Long jaunts of GT is hazardous to your health. I had an old ('83) Benz 230E. While being a rather big and heavy car, it had rear-wheel drive (like Merc and BMW _still_ have, because it's better:) Despite being an automatic, locking the transmission in second gear and skidding up hillside drives, rally style, was my pastime in the winter.
Good driving practice, that was. I now drive an old Accord 1.6 (again '83) - and now that it's winter, I'm amazed at the road handling of this FF car - I guess the all-around independent McPherson does the trick. It's not bad on the Autobahn either - but won't go faster than 179 KM/h (GPS measured):)
...and what about Peter Jackson? With "only" cult splatters like Bad Taste, Meet the Feebles et al behind him (and the pun that was Forgotten Silver), he was chosen(?) to direct LOTR.
I see Peter Jackson as the new Lucas - Indie star starts with nothing, gets noticed, build advanced film studio, makes big movies.
BTW, anyone noticed the "ketchup splurt" sound in LOTR2 when the orc loses its head (when the two hobbits are captured)? Definite Jackson meta-homage by the sound crew:) LOTR is full of "bad taste" camera angles and movements too - love his style.
I'm not a USian, so I haven't had the "pleasure" of seeing Mr. Rogers' children's shows:) However I know enough to think "cool" would be a serious mis-match with Mr Rogers, yeah.
The host for the show us Norwegians watched back then was a woman, Vibeke Sæther, whom I know many a young boy had a crush on.
This reminds me of sitting glued to the family TV as a child when my favorite children's show would run segments like this. Loved it, watching how all the machines in the factory worked.
That, and tinkering with BASIC on my Spectravideo 738 MSX machine.
Since Americans generally have shoes on inside and out, I'd imagine their houses must smell really bad when every family member take their shoes off at night.
I've always considered the Japanese/Chinese custom as very sensible, but here in Norway we do as the Fins, too - every house generally has a hallway in which to hang your coat and put your shoes.
It keeps the floor and carpets clean. Due to the changing seasons we also have good insulation, carpets - or even heated floors in most new houses. No need for shoes inside to stay warm.
You people _should_ revolt! The feeling that you need another civil war, sooner rather than later grows stronger with every law that is passed restricting civil rights, with every action the government takes seemingly on behalf of the people when in reality the people is opposed to them.
Stop your complaining and take up your arms to set things straight again over there in Bushville, like your founding fathers encouraged you to, should the government ever start working against the people.
It does so, right now, and have been doing it ever since Bush jr. came to power. Viva la Revolución! Storm the White House _now_! Kill the president and his entire supporting staff.
Or split the country in two again, and let the pro-war nutcases, the "tekkin' arr jubs" types live down south.
Now, can I expect a visit from the Department of Homeland Security? It's all serious, no joke from me. If they do, please call the Prime Minister of Norway and tell them CIA secretly abducted a citizen of their country. Even _that_ could happen (not likely to me for saying this though), that's how corrupt and evil, to use Bush's own words, yout government is.
Wake. The. Fuck. Up!
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Elsewise, slashdot will find itself becoming increasingly irrelevant
However, the "discussion" on digg sucks. On Slashdot, you always get some good comments with replies. Digg doesn't even _have_ a "reply to this" function.
The file format support in iTunes is horrible, but the interface and database are amazing. Until Apple gets a clue and either adds support for FLAC, Shorten, Ogg et al or makes it easier to develop plugins for iTunes or Quicktime, just create 320Kbps MP3's of your precious FLAC files and use those in iTunes, keeping the lossless ones as a backup or something. I know, sort of defies the point, but hey.
Trying out Vista build 5231 I was actually disappointed with how similar everything was to WinXP - apart from the OpenGL ALT+TAB and min/max effects and minor changes to the control panel etc. I had expected a Windows OS that actually looked great and had major changes to how things worked, but found the same old crock I've seen since Win95. Bleh.
The solution, of course, is every geek (or otherwise computer-literate user) switching to Jabber. Most forums out there on Teh IntarWeb don't even have a "Jabber id" field, only AIM, MSN and ICQ.
But I shudder to think what'll happen when Google Talk gets invaded by AOL'ers....
Dream Theater is _not_ embarassing? OK, the band is great, technically - Petrucci is a master along with the other instrumentalists - but they should sack that overly theatrical canuck. Seriously, have you _seen_ him on stage? Oh, the Pain! the Horror! the Tragedy!
And Portnoy's lyrics... *ugh*
I do listen to them though, A Change of Seasons is my favourite song by them. The guitar solo is beautiful - and not too difficult to learn:)
The funny thing is: companies like MS still don't bother to implement things properly. Take PNG. In IE, PNG transparency took forever (I'm only vaguely recalling that it might have been fixed recently)
What you recall may be IE finally being able to show PNGs in the first place. Transparency is still crap. Having such an image floating in a block DIV with background-color: #whatever does not reveal the background color at all:/
I know some people who have been playing WoW constantly for the last six months; before that it was Galaxies for a year or something. We never see them anymore, they're usually locked up in an apartment playing. Asking them to join us for beers in the weekend is futile, I would think they have withdrawal symptoms, but maybe they can answer themselves? I know you read Slashdot, Mr. Replicant. Stand up for your constant gaming, you've got the chance now. Or else we, your friends, might have to set up an intervention:)
Myself, I've had Net addiction. A long period of not having a connection took care of that, and made me regain my taste for meeting other people IRL, spending the summers outside, going to town. Now that I've got DSL again, I'm a lot more careful, making sure to not sit by the computer at all hours. But the withdrawal symptoms brought on by suddenly losing your 'net feed - gaah!
They were not as strong as nicotine withdrawal symptoms (I've had those, believe me), but they worked in the same way. With cigarettes, it's the psysical nicotine dependency. With the net, and games, and cannabis, and sex; it's the dopamine. If you do too much of _anything_ that brings inordinate amounts of pleasure to your brain, you can get addicted to it.
But I'm no psychologist, nor a doctor of any other kind. I just have personal experience, so my assertions are wide open for correction, which I welcome.
Well sometimes it's quite hard getting tongue-in-cheek humor, or any kind, in text only. That's what smilies were invented for, but now everybody are afraid of using them. It's not 'hackerish' enough, it's 'lame'.
They serve a purpose. You're so stupid! or: You're so stupid!:)
see? Use them, but don't abuse them. Support the Smilies Please Return movement!
...was the best product of 2005, in my opinion. Cellphone with 2 Mp autofocus Sony camera and MP3 player with support for MemoryStick Duo cards.
Granted the W800 is (though the same phone, really) a bit better with minijack for headphones and, apparently, better MP3 software. Still, the K750 was the first _good_ MP3 cellphone:)
But that is meant in the sense of the provider wanting to provide it to you for $0, not someone taking his copy and providing it to you in his stead when the provider really wants a couple bucks for it.
In the case of music, I feel bands should set up their own sites and sell their music themselves - reaping all the profit. Abolish record companies completely - they're not needed any more. Music would be cheaper and more accessible for that cheap price online.
How true! The only better product was Morpheus, before they too went and became all spyware-crazy.
To me, Gnutella is the network du jour for finding obscure single tracks. However, it's not so good as Napster and Morpheus were back in the day - and it's flooded with ([non]deliberately)corrupt files and pr0n. Possibly it's because there are more choices - before, you had only Napster (and later Morpheus). Now, with DC++, Gnutella and the donkey thing, all those obscure files are strewn across all of them.
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Long jaunts of GT is hazardous to your health. I had an old ('83) Benz 230E. While being a rather big and heavy car, it had rear-wheel drive (like Merc and BMW _still_ have, because it's better :) Despite being an automatic, locking the transmission in second gear and skidding up hillside drives, rally style, was my pastime in the winter.
:)
Good driving practice, that was. I now drive an old Accord 1.6 (again '83) - and now that it's winter, I'm amazed at the road handling of this FF car - I guess the all-around independent McPherson does the trick. It's not bad on the Autobahn either - but won't go faster than 179 KM/h (GPS measured)
...and what about Peter Jackson? With "only" cult splatters like Bad Taste, Meet the Feebles et al behind him (and the pun that was Forgotten Silver), he was chosen(?) to direct LOTR.
:) LOTR is full of "bad taste" camera angles and movements too - love his style.
I see Peter Jackson as the new Lucas - Indie star starts with nothing, gets noticed, build advanced film studio, makes big movies.
BTW, anyone noticed the "ketchup splurt" sound in LOTR2 when the orc loses its head (when the two hobbits are captured)? Definite Jackson meta-homage by the sound crew
Heretic! Blasphemist!
Look everyone, an Internet Explorer user! Quick, gimmie the clue-stick!
I'm not a USian, so I haven't had the "pleasure" of seeing Mr. Rogers' children's shows :) However I know enough to think "cool" would be a serious mis-match with Mr Rogers, yeah.
The host for the show us Norwegians watched back then was a woman, Vibeke Sæther, whom I know many a young boy had a crush on.
This reminds me of sitting glued to the family TV as a child when my favorite children's show would run segments like this. Loved it, watching how all the machines in the factory worked.
That, and tinkering with BASIC on my Spectravideo 738 MSX machine.
Since Americans generally have shoes on inside and out, I'd imagine their houses must smell really bad when every family member take their shoes off at night.
I've always considered the Japanese/Chinese custom as very sensible, but here in Norway we do as the Fins, too - every house generally has a hallway in which to hang your coat and put your shoes.
It keeps the floor and carpets clean. Due to the changing seasons we also have good insulation, carpets - or even heated floors in most new houses. No need for shoes inside to stay warm.
...and whale! And seal, which taste a bit like whale really.
You people _should_ revolt! The feeling that you need another civil war, sooner rather than later grows stronger with every law that is passed restricting civil rights, with every action the government takes seemingly on behalf of the people when in reality the people is opposed to them.
Stop your complaining and take up your arms to set things straight again over there in Bushville, like your founding fathers encouraged you to, should the government ever start working against the people.
It does so, right now, and have been doing it ever since Bush jr. came to power. Viva la Revolución! Storm the White House _now_! Kill the president and his entire supporting staff.
Or split the country in two again, and let the pro-war nutcases, the "tekkin' arr jubs" types live down south.
Now, can I expect a visit from the Department of Homeland Security? It's all serious, no joke from me. If they do, please call the Prime Minister of Norway and tell them CIA secretly abducted a citizen of their country. Even _that_ could happen (not likely to me for saying this though), that's how corrupt and evil, to use Bush's own words, yout government is.
Wake. The. Fuck. Up!
The file format support in iTunes is horrible, but the interface and database are amazing. Until Apple gets a clue and either adds support for FLAC, Shorten, Ogg et al or makes it easier to develop plugins for iTunes or Quicktime, just create 320Kbps MP3's of your precious FLAC files and use those in iTunes, keeping the lossless ones as a backup or something. I know, sort of defies the point, but hey.
Trying out Vista build 5231 I was actually disappointed with how similar everything was to WinXP - apart from the OpenGL ALT+TAB and min/max effects and minor changes to the control panel etc. I had expected a Windows OS that actually looked great and had major changes to how things worked, but found the same old crock I've seen since Win95. Bleh.
I'm and idiot, and started counting at 1, not zero. Gaah. Your post is actually informative, shame 'bout the modding down.
The solution, of course, is every geek (or otherwise computer-literate user) switching to Jabber. Most forums out there on Teh IntarWeb don't even have a "Jabber id" field, only AIM, MSN and ICQ.
But I shudder to think what'll happen when Google Talk gets invaded by AOL'ers....
Nah, the summary didn't compare anyone with Hitler. Spreading false information like that is just like Hitler spreading his propaganda!
There. Killed it.
Color me stupid, but I've always read this joke as you write it. Is it not wrong? Should it not be "there are (0)1 types of people in the world?"
10 in binary is 3 dec, no? Or am I an idiot (rhetorical question) and...
AH! finally get it. WHOOOSH!
Yes, "Informative" should be the right mod here :)
DEVELOPERSDEVELOPERS byproduct - a bit salty water.
Yes, and GAIM 2 promises to solve any problems and annoyances I've ever had with it. I'm happy if that's even only half true!
Dream Theater is _not_ embarassing? OK, the band is great, technically - Petrucci is a master along with the other instrumentalists - but they should sack that overly theatrical canuck. Seriously, have you _seen_ him on stage? Oh, the Pain! the Horror! the Tragedy!
:)
And Portnoy's lyrics... *ugh*
I do listen to them though, A Change of Seasons is my favourite song by them. The guitar solo is beautiful - and not too difficult to learn
I know some people who have been playing WoW constantly for the last six months; before that it was Galaxies for a year or something. We never see them anymore, they're usually locked up in an apartment playing. Asking them to join us for beers in the weekend is futile, I would think they have withdrawal symptoms, but maybe they can answer themselves? I know you read Slashdot, Mr. Replicant. Stand up for your constant gaming, you've got the chance now. Or else we, your friends, might have to set up an intervention :)
Myself, I've had Net addiction. A long period of not having a connection took care of that, and made me regain my taste for meeting other people IRL, spending the summers outside, going to town. Now that I've got DSL again, I'm a lot more careful, making sure to not sit by the computer at all hours. But the withdrawal symptoms brought on by suddenly losing your 'net feed - gaah!
They were not as strong as nicotine withdrawal symptoms (I've had those, believe me), but they worked in the same way. With cigarettes, it's the psysical nicotine dependency. With the net, and games, and cannabis, and sex; it's the dopamine. If you do too much of _anything_ that brings inordinate amounts of pleasure to your brain, you can get addicted to it.
But I'm no psychologist, nor a doctor of any other kind. I just have personal experience, so my assertions are wide open for correction, which I welcome.
Well sometimes it's quite hard getting tongue-in-cheek humor, or any kind, in text only. That's what smilies were invented for, but now everybody are afraid of using them. It's not 'hackerish' enough, it's 'lame'.
:)
They serve a purpose. You're so stupid!
or:
You're so stupid!
see? Use them, but don't abuse them. Support the Smilies Please Return movement!
...was the best product of 2005, in my opinion. Cellphone with 2 Mp autofocus Sony camera and MP3 player with support for MemoryStick Duo cards.
:)
Granted the W800 is (though the same phone, really) a bit better with minijack for headphones and, apparently, better MP3 software. Still, the K750 was the first _good_ MP3 cellphone
ObDisclaimer: I have one, of course.
But that is meant in the sense of the provider wanting to provide it to you for $0, not someone taking his copy and providing it to you in his stead when the provider really wants a couple bucks for it.
In the case of music, I feel bands should set up their own sites and sell their music themselves - reaping all the profit. Abolish record companies completely - they're not needed any more. Music would be cheaper and more accessible for that cheap price online.
Would still be pirating out there though.
How true! The only better product was Morpheus, before they too went and became all spyware-crazy.
To me, Gnutella is the network du jour for finding obscure single tracks. However, it's not so good as Napster and Morpheus were back in the day - and it's flooded with ([non]deliberately)corrupt files and pr0n. Possibly it's because there are more choices - before, you had only Napster (and later Morpheus). Now, with DC++, Gnutella and the donkey thing, all those obscure files are strewn across all of them.