humans, and some other animals, both parents being around apparently leads to greater survival of the offspring (agreeing with TripMaster Monkey), which may be a result of the complexity of our society as well, though of course an entire community helps in raising a child as well, little different from most primate societies, with their complex social hierarchies.
Sounds like we've created a society highly hostile to the raising of offspring, and the protection and efforts of two or more parents greatly increase success.
Watching TV and seeing what is marketed directly at kids, I would have to say, we really are trying to exploit them. We have met the enemy...
Since the odds of survival for a human child with two parents is (or at least was) much higher than the odds of a single-parent child, it shouldn't be surprising that humans have a strong drive to forge lasting relationships. Natural selection in action, and all that.
Then what about all the animals in the wild kingdom (no, not with Marlon Perkins) which mate then split, leaving mom to do all the work? Seems it's our society, economy, attitudes and plain damn bad luck which have a stronger influence, as these comprise our environment.
Back in the 90's I mudded a lot, which was effectively MMORPG without the graphics and there where people who would wander off to some secluded corner of the mud and chat and kiss and emote and all that. They often would group together. Some even, myself included, would travel hundreds of miles for face to face meetings with other mudders of the same game. I know some romances sprung that way, others died (when people finally met the person they thought was clearly someone else.)
What was always amazing to me was the people who were married, raising kids, etc. who could still find time for 3-8 hours of mudding each day. I really expect that is not unlike today, with graphics added.
Lastly, to commemorate the day, a p03m I typed on/. 6 years ago:
Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
All my base,
Are belong to you!
Dedicated to all the friends I made online over the years and haven't seen since.
Set your phone to vibrate. It's been working for me for years. Non-invasive when doing anything in my daily routine.
The major drawback I've found with the Motorola Razr V3 is the volume control also changes your ring volume, so after each call I have to remember to turn it all the way back down to vibrate. Who thought of that?
An emulated IBM 370 on VM/370. Running WATFIV. happy days.
We didn't have accounts on the IBM 360/40, but I did get an account on a PDP 11/50, which was heaven on earth.
I did dabble with basic on Ohio Scientific computers (back when OSI meant them) before buying a C64, Apple ][, Amiga 1000, Amiga 2000, 2 Sun Sparc IPXs, a Sony Vaio Laptop and finally this 64bit AMD homebuilt PC I'm typing on. I think the next with be a Power based Mac Powerbook once they start going up for sale.
Usually I can't find a station which suits my tastes.
2. The music is the same playlist shuffled differently for each new day
The playlist is effectively managed by RIAA members in cahoots, under the table, with station ownership. It was called Payola and it was illegal, but it's obvious it's rampant and as long as Al Qeada isn't involved the FBI isn't going to assign more than one already overworked person to it. Remember the How Songs Get Popular? Keep hammering that song you have heard 20 times today into the heads of people, some actually like it.
3. There are no deejays that will actually play obscure requests
You need a station like KPIG
4. Too many annoying commercials / fake deejays
Too many commercials, period. I switched from satallite to broadcast and had forgotten how awful it was listening to KFOX.
5. Too many stations are owned by the same companies
Seems to me this is the result of a deregulation thing during Reagan, as being in some way better to serve the public BS.
6. Companies have been doing 'pay to play' illegally - big surprise
Addressed above.
7. I buy my own music to hear the artists I enjoy - I am in control
I listen to satellite (Sirius) and pick and chose mostly between 4 stations, whichever suits my mood at the time.
On the BBC this morning they were going on about this new tomb found in Egypt near Tut's digs. Fascinating level of detail in the broadcast I could never expect on a local station.
You effectively need to have a portable wi-fi player... which is an awful lot like having a traditional radio. The only difference is being able to listen to the same station where ever you go, like satellite radio. If that's not a significant enough advantage and/or lacks a strong enough appeal, it should be no mystery that Internet Radio isn't catching on.
Re:They probably violated RIAA, MPAA and TV Patent
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· Score: 1
I think the person that patented the method by which disease and pestilence are spread, beat them to it.
Thinking of Good Omens?
I did like the bit about " MEALS
was CHOW with added sugar and fat."
"It's the law of physics that states that if one girl screams for something, it will make other girls scream... until all girls within a five-mile radius are screaming. Once you get girls screamin', you can't stop 'em! They're crazy!" --Chef, South Park
Sorry, Chef, but Wilma And Betty had devised a method back in the 60's to counteract popular hysteria. Simply suggest the subject is, "you know", and draw a square in the air with your index fingers.
They probably violated RIAA, MPAA and TV Patents
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How Songs Get Popular
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· Score: 1, Funny
Turns out popularity bred popularity, which explains why there's so much crap on the radio."
I now sure there's a patent on a business process of promoting junk as solid gold.
or does the tailor who sold the king his clothes have prior art?
Is it implying that we desended from a common ancestor or that we descended from sharks with this ability?
Yes, the single-cell southeastern australian wombat.
I don't think that's very plausible. After all, humans claim to have ESP and what's that supposed to be? Detection of electrical impulses from just into the future?
'sixth sense' and allow them to detect electrical signals could also be responsible for the development of the head and facial features in humans.
Actually, I saw Sixth Sense and what it really allows sharks to do is see the ghosts of dead sea-life which lead them to the carcasses. Shit, I thought everyone already knew that.
Or perhaps they are trying to say that companies like Google have found a moreprofitable use for bandwidth than they have and they would like apiece of the pie. A free piece of the pie.
Did it ever occur to anyone that this is effectively what landlords do? Once a shop or restaurant starts to prosper they jack up the rent.
Ages ago I had a Gyration GyroMouse which totally kicked butt. With a mouse free from having to make contact
with a horizontal surface, plus the fact I clicked with my thumb, rather than stressing my
index finger, I found it to be a natural and easy feel. The only caveat was as the mouse remained
in my palm the piezo-gyros would warm up a bit and the mouse would drift a little, but recalibration wasn't
hard to do. $75 isn't an issue when you're talking about
getting a superior mouse.
Poo. I've got some real ideas on how a mouse really should work, which could allow hands to remain
on the keyboard, but after seeing an idea of mine ripped right off of/. and for sale on ThinkGeek, you
can guess why I won't post any of these ideas.
I'd take a cut to have a Mgr that actually knew more than me.
I'd settle for a manager who created a positive work environment. I've had a few and let me tell you, there's nothing quite like the feeling of actually looking forward to a good day at work, when you've spent years coming in at 7 or 8 and just trying to get through the day/week/month/year...
This is why the space program is failing, they can't even launch satellites now. They had to resort to dumping an old space suit, but they didn't even manage to do that right. Yeeesh.
Yesh, they don't even know how to send out the laundry right. No Good Spacekeeping Seal for them!
Here's to hoping China or Russia can do a better job.
I do hope that wasn't a veiled reference to chinese laundry, after the Cartoon uproar, slashdot could bearly withstand the assault of 1.4 billion chinese posting their displeasure at a bigoted stereotypical view of chinese.
It's space-debris, but not as we thought we knew it.
There's a comet in the skies these days, which will be closest in a couple months. Unfortunately, I seem to have grabbed the wrong printout before leaving home.:-(
Slashdot Mirror
Rather have one hooked up to my Nikon D70s. I could then display pictures I've just taken, against a wall or other surface.
Sounds like we've created a society highly hostile to the raising of offspring, and the protection and efforts of two or more parents greatly increase success.
Watching TV and seeing what is marketed directly at kids, I would have to say, we really are trying to exploit them. We have met the enemy...
Then what about all the animals in the wild kingdom (no, not with Marlon Perkins) which mate then split, leaving mom to do all the work? Seems it's our society, economy, attitudes and plain damn bad luck which have a stronger influence, as these comprise our environment.
It says in 65nm letters (soon 45nm at Intel) And some time after I posted this original poem on
I don't know what to think.
A later version dedicated to Rob and Kathleen (in 2002) can be found here
Yes. I couldn't help but notice they lifted my poem. ThinkGeek is connected with /.
They're still studying western ways.
Back in the 90's I mudded a lot, which was effectively MMORPG without the graphics and there where people who would wander off to some secluded corner of the mud and chat and kiss and emote and all that. They often would group together. Some even, myself included, would travel hundreds of miles for face to face meetings with other mudders of the same game. I know some romances sprung that way, others died (when people finally met the person they thought was clearly someone else.)
What was always amazing to me was the people who were married, raising kids, etc. who could still find time for 3-8 hours of mudding each day. I really expect that is not unlike today, with graphics added.
Lastly, to commemorate the day, a p03m I typed on /. 6 years ago:
Dedicated to all the friends I made online over the years and haven't seen since.The major drawback I've found with the Motorola Razr V3 is the volume control also changes your ring volume, so after each call I have to remember to turn it all the way back down to vibrate. Who thought of that?
We didn't have accounts on the IBM 360/40, but I did get an account on a PDP 11/50, which was heaven on earth.
I did dabble with basic on Ohio Scientific computers (back when OSI meant them) before buying a C64, Apple ][, Amiga 1000, Amiga 2000, 2 Sun Sparc IPXs, a Sony Vaio Laptop and finally this 64bit AMD homebuilt PC I'm typing on. I think the next with be a Power based Mac Powerbook once they start going up for sale.
Usually I can't find a station which suits my tastes.
2. The music is the same playlist shuffled differently for each new day
The playlist is effectively managed by RIAA members in cahoots, under the table, with station ownership. It was called Payola and it was illegal, but it's obvious it's rampant and as long as Al Qeada isn't involved the FBI isn't going to assign more than one already overworked person to it. Remember the How Songs Get Popular? Keep hammering that song you have heard 20 times today into the heads of people, some actually like it.
3. There are no deejays that will actually play obscure requests
You need a station like KPIG
4. Too many annoying commercials / fake deejays
Too many commercials, period. I switched from satallite to broadcast and had forgotten how awful it was listening to KFOX.
5. Too many stations are owned by the same companies
Seems to me this is the result of a deregulation thing during Reagan, as being in some way better to serve the public BS.
6. Companies have been doing 'pay to play' illegally - big surprise
Addressed above.
7. I buy my own music to hear the artists I enjoy - I am in control
I listen to satellite (Sirius) and pick and chose mostly between 4 stations, whichever suits my mood at the time.
On the BBC this morning they were going on about this new tomb found in Egypt near Tut's digs. Fascinating level of detail in the broadcast I could never expect on a local station.
You effectively need to have a portable wi-fi player... which is an awful lot like having a traditional radio. The only difference is being able to listen to the same station where ever you go, like satellite radio. If that's not a significant enough advantage and/or lacks a strong enough appeal, it should be no mystery that Internet Radio isn't catching on.
Thinking of Good Omens?
I did like the bit about " MEALS was CHOW with added sugar and fat."
Sorry, Chef, but Wilma And Betty had devised a method back in the 60's to counteract popular hysteria. Simply suggest the subject is, "you know", and draw a square in the air with your index fingers.
I now sure there's a patent on a business process of promoting junk as solid gold.
or does the tailor who sold the king his clothes have prior art?
Yes, the single-cell southeastern australian wombat.
I don't think that's very plausible. After all, humans claim to have ESP and what's that supposed to be? Detection of electrical impulses from just into the future?
'sixth sense' and allow them to detect electrical signals could also be responsible for the development of the head and facial features in humans.
Actually, I saw Sixth Sense and what it really allows sharks to do is see the ghosts of dead sea-life which lead them to the carcasses. Shit, I thought everyone already knew that.
Did it ever occur to anyone that this is effectively what landlords do? Once a shop or restaurant starts to prosper they jack up the rent.
Ages ago I had a Gyration GyroMouse which totally kicked butt. With a mouse free from having to make contact with a horizontal surface, plus the fact I clicked with my thumb, rather than stressing my index finger, I found it to be a natural and easy feel. The only caveat was as the mouse remained in my palm the piezo-gyros would warm up a bit and the mouse would drift a little, but recalibration wasn't hard to do. $75 isn't an issue when you're talking about getting a superior mouse.
Poo. I've got some real ideas on how a mouse really should work, which could allow hands to remain on the keyboard, but after seeing an idea of mine ripped right off of /. and for sale on ThinkGeek, you
can guess why I won't post any of these ideas.
and it makes toast, too!
I'd settle for a manager who created a positive work environment. I've had a few and let me tell you, there's nothing quite like the feeling of actually looking forward to a good day at work, when you've spent years coming in at 7 or 8 and just trying to get through the day/week/month/year ...
If they can't pick it up on their spendy spendy equipment, what chance do I have?
Heck, I couldn't even look for it with my scope, damn fog moved in as soon as the clouds left.
This is why the space program is failing, they can't even launch satellites now. They had to resort to dumping an old space suit, but they didn't even manage to do that right. Yeeesh.
Yesh, they don't even know how to send out the laundry right. No Good Spacekeeping Seal for them!
Here's to hoping China or Russia can do a better job.
I do hope that wasn't a veiled reference to chinese laundry, after the Cartoon uproar, slashdot could bearly withstand the assault of 1.4 billion chinese posting their displeasure at a bigoted stereotypical view of chinese.
some other lab animal.. that would really suck if we couldn't talk to them during their final descent.
"What they say?"
"Hot hot hot HOT! HOT!! HOT!! HOT!!! AAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEE...."
Mrs. Jetson washed it instead of drycleaning!
It's space-debris, but not as we thought we knew it.
There's a comet in the skies these days, which will be closest in a couple months. Unfortunately, I seem to have grabbed the wrong printout before leaving home. :-(
What? I thought Dell were finally opening their monolithic doors to AMD, which have processors which would be quite popular in "Green" Europe.
We'll call it the Ecch-Box