I couldn't get a grasp whether this guy was for real or not until he started ranting about China. What a waste of brain matter, but great for laughs. Pitty he's the type of guy that gives other people the confidence to be dumb.
Classical music/Jazz is definitely for the educated soul. This Agulera\Spears\Bizkit Pop is only for the pre-adolescents with no clue how fscked their corporate tastes are. They're the types that drove Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold nuts. Ignore it - it is only the artistic static that occurs with every generation.
Is MSFT the most profitable corporation in the world? If not, who is? Is it some drug company? Some oil company? I ask because profits=evil. Money is the root of all evil, right?
I wonder if Slashdot will ever turn away the "stupid, mass-media brainwashed masses". We need to keep a close-knit society. Inhaling all those brain farts from MSN or AOL can cause serious mental and psychological damage.
Beware, my son, interacting with dumb people will make you dumb.
Actually yahoo gives sheitload of information\tools away for free. The only reason they're still around is because of all that venture backing way back when. Wouldn't be surprised to see the whole shibang consolidate within 10 years and become a single pay-per-use subscription service. It'll only happen when all the other free sites die out, though.
Wonder if a Napster like host at HavenCo would be legal. I've been using BearShare (gnuTella) for a while, but the usage is low and the results are unpredictable. Could this HavenCo\Napster like company charge for it's list of IP addresses and corresponding MP3 files? Possibly, if it were a low-low fee and the results were reliable.
Can't wait for the headlines: RIAA bombs HavenCo, two nerds dead.
I remember a professor of mine showing our class a picture of what biologists predicted the human would look like in a thousand years. The picture was of a pink, veiny tadpole with a huge dick. The head was huge (to house a massive brain) and the body had no arms or feet. With this in mind, I think the future is easy to predict - given we make it another thousand years.
We will use our minds to dominate. Physical attributes will be for pleasure only - huge pleasure centers such as a large penis or vagina - possibly asexual. Extensions of our physical body will be mechanical (http://www.theonion.com/onion3123/hawkingexo.html ). Extensions of our mind will be computers. Our memories will be recorded and catalogued. If bored, we could watch, instead of TV, our 19th birthday. Aggression will be taken out virtually instead of physically through super advanced games like Quake and Unreal. Interaction will be limited to a dream space like reality as exemplified in The Matrix. We'll live to be over 300 years old.
That's where the human race is headed - if we're not wiped out by aliens first.
I agree. The US Congress was formed for the proper representation of the "people". Back in the 1700s to be in public office was a noble thing. A God given duty. Now, to our youth, to be in public office is to be a smiling, forked tongue asshole. This current representation we have is false. I am not a booze drinking, womanizing 40 year old. In the 1700s we, the general public, didn't have the communication infrastructure to understand quickly what was important to us. We now have that capability. Funny thing, it's the damn politicians that are keeping us from phasing them out!!
I envision a voting system where every vote counts. Not like what we have now - we vote, but our vote gets overridden by the Electoral College. The purpose of the Electoral College was so that "educated" voters would define the policy and not emotion driven madmen. I propose before voting on an issue, we'd have to pass an exam on the issue to guarantee each voter knows all the angles. And thus, we'd be "educated" on the issue at hand.
When I had an operation last fall i had to stay over a couple nights. The hospital had lame ass, super basic cable - I remember settling on a Dukes of Hazzard marathon, blah! After the operation I was in total pain and the only thing that gave me solace was watching TV. I wonder if you could give patients access to high budget cable, movies on demand, even beter - a sony playstation 2 to help the recovery boredom.
What we have here, ladies and gentleman, is the first technology superior to the human limb. Minus the fact that it can't heal itself, the limb is completely independant of ligaments and muscles leaving only the nesesity to bind the two pieces, socket and joint with some material -- if you want to. Being magnets these balls and sockets could be removed with a certain applied force. Interchangable arms for prostetics. Interchangeable arms for robots. Pretty interesting concept.
You would have to have a special pair of super clean, sticky VR shoes. But I get your point. The morning jog/excersize might turn into a game of Unreal.
Actually a VR suit would make sense here. If you get hit, the magnetic balls could throw you down then ping you where you were shot.
You would need a VR helmet, of course... to protect your head!
I commit to pursue my CueHawk business plan/dream despite the apparent failure of DC's CueCat. I plan to send out free web cams to Maxim subscribers. My customers would hook them up to their computers and I'd be able to track their every move. I'd know what cereal they eat. Their sleeping patterns. If they have a dog or not. Imagine the possibilities! I could use this customer data to create my own television shows! People loved that Ed TV idea! Yeah!
Hmmm. I'll need one employee for every CueHawk in operation to better track my customer's needs. And I'll need some sort of feedback device. Got it! A shocker welded to the right hand of each CueHawk user. This way if the CueHawk user doesn't wake up in time to eat their (my) favorite cereal, I can remotely motivate them.
Ah, DC - I know you wish you came up with this plan, but it's mine. Let this post prove that CueHawk is my idea. And I'll sue you for royalties, I will.
Galvin the Great
United Worker for Better Understanding of Why We Work
I dropped out of college when I was 19 to move to NYC and work for Citibank's trading floor technical support group. Partially inspired by Bill Gates dropping out, I realized I had a sweet job opportunity that I shouldn't pass up. I had to work hard to keep up. But it sure paid off - my resume looks beautiful because of my time there.
When I left college I felt I wasn't learning anything. And the things I learned I forgot about within months. My motto became: if you learn something on your own, you know it. If you learn something by having it crammed down your throat, your professor knows it.
Now, about six years later, I'm working for eCollege.com. eCollege is an online distance education ASP. We host a plethora of courses ranging from small community colleges to large well known universities. How ironic! And how convenient! I can access the content of these courses offered by the greatest minds on earth at my leisure. I do believe I'm learning a wider range of topics than any college education could offer me.
Last point: not having a degree motivates me. It makes me work harder than my fellow employees. It pushes me because I have to prove myself over and over again. I've noticed this in a programmer friend of mine that only has a high school degree. He is super skilled technically - a huge asset to our company. The college educated folks seem lazy compared this friend mine.
My opinion: college is an antiquated rite of passage that can be skipped if you're smart enough.
Slashdot Mirror
I couldn't get a grasp whether this guy was for real or not until he started ranting about China. What a waste of brain matter, but great for laughs. Pitty he's the type of guy that gives other people the confidence to be dumb.
Now if only more people would share their music on a gnuTella network.
Classical music/Jazz is definitely for the educated soul. This Agulera\Spears\Bizkit Pop is only for the pre-adolescents with no clue how fscked their corporate tastes are. They're the types that drove Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold nuts. Ignore it - it is only the artistic static that occurs with every generation.
So, define love...
I think the concern is the .NET platform and it's implications to the unknowning corporate consumer.
Is MSFT the most profitable corporation in the world? If not, who is? Is it some drug company? Some oil company? I ask because profits=evil. Money is the root of all evil, right?
I wonder if Slashdot will ever turn away the "stupid, mass-media brainwashed masses". We need to keep a close-knit society. Inhaling all those brain farts from MSN or AOL can cause serious mental and psychological damage.
Beware, my son, interacting with dumb people will make you dumb.
Actually yahoo gives sheitload of information\tools away for free. The only reason they're still around is because of all that venture backing way back when. Wouldn't be surprised to see the whole shibang consolidate within 10 years and become a single pay-per-use subscription service. It'll only happen when all the other free sites die out, though.
Wonder if a Napster like host at HavenCo would be legal. I've been using BearShare (gnuTella) for a while, but the usage is low and the results are unpredictable. Could this HavenCo\Napster like company charge for it's list of IP addresses and corresponding MP3 files? Possibly, if it were a low-low fee and the results were reliable.
Can't wait for the headlines: RIAA bombs HavenCo, two nerds dead.
I remember a professor of mine showing our class a picture of what biologists predicted the human would look like in a thousand years. The picture was of a pink, veiny tadpole with a huge dick. The head was huge (to house a massive brain) and the body had no arms or feet. With this in mind, I think the future is easy to predict - given we make it another thousand years.
l ). Extensions of our mind will be computers. Our memories will be recorded and catalogued. If bored, we could watch, instead of TV, our 19th birthday. Aggression will be taken out virtually instead of physically through super advanced games like Quake and Unreal. Interaction will be limited to a dream space like reality as exemplified in The Matrix. We'll live to be over 300 years old.
We will use our minds to dominate. Physical attributes will be for pleasure only - huge pleasure centers such as a large penis or vagina - possibly asexual. Extensions of our physical body will be mechanical (http://www.theonion.com/onion3123/hawkingexo.htm
That's where the human race is headed - if we're not wiped out by aliens first.
I agree. The US Congress was formed for the proper representation of the "people". Back in the 1700s to be in public office was a noble thing. A God given duty. Now, to our youth, to be in public office is to be a smiling, forked tongue asshole. This current representation we have is false. I am not a booze drinking, womanizing 40 year old. In the 1700s we, the general public, didn't have the communication infrastructure to understand quickly what was important to us. We now have that capability. Funny thing, it's the damn politicians that are keeping us from phasing them out!! I envision a voting system where every vote counts. Not like what we have now - we vote, but our vote gets overridden by the Electoral College. The purpose of the Electoral College was so that "educated" voters would define the policy and not emotion driven madmen. I propose before voting on an issue, we'd have to pass an exam on the issue to guarantee each voter knows all the angles. And thus, we'd be "educated" on the issue at hand.
When I had an operation last fall i had to stay over a couple nights. The hospital had lame ass, super basic cable - I remember settling on a Dukes of Hazzard marathon, blah! After the operation I was in total pain and the only thing that gave me solace was watching TV. I wonder if you could give patients access to high budget cable, movies on demand, even beter - a sony playstation 2 to help the recovery boredom.
What we have here, ladies and gentleman, is the first technology superior to the human limb. Minus the fact that it can't heal itself, the limb is completely independant of ligaments and muscles leaving only the nesesity to bind the two pieces, socket and joint with some material -- if you want to. Being magnets these balls and sockets could be removed with a certain applied force. Interchangable arms for prostetics. Interchangeable arms for robots. Pretty interesting concept.
You would have to have a special pair of super clean, sticky VR shoes. But I get your point. The morning jog/excersize might turn into a game of Unreal. Actually a VR suit would make sense here. If you get hit, the magnetic balls could throw you down then ping you where you were shot. You would need a VR helmet, of course... to protect your head!
I commit to pursue my CueHawk business plan/dream despite the apparent failure of DC's CueCat. I plan to send out free web cams to Maxim subscribers. My customers would hook them up to their computers and I'd be able to track their every move. I'd know what cereal they eat. Their sleeping patterns. If they have a dog or not. Imagine the possibilities! I could use this customer data to create my own television shows! People loved that Ed TV idea! Yeah!
Hmmm. I'll need one employee for every CueHawk in operation to better track my customer's needs. And I'll need some sort of feedback device. Got it! A shocker welded to the right hand of each CueHawk user. This way if the CueHawk user doesn't wake up in time to eat their (my) favorite cereal, I can remotely motivate them.
Ah, DC - I know you wish you came up with this plan, but it's mine. Let this post prove that CueHawk is my idea. And I'll sue you for royalties, I will.
Galvin the Great United Worker for Better Understanding of Why We Work
I dropped out of college when I was 19 to move to NYC and work for Citibank's trading floor technical support group. Partially inspired by Bill Gates dropping out, I realized I had a sweet job opportunity that I shouldn't pass up. I had to work hard to keep up. But it sure paid off - my resume looks beautiful because of my time there. When I left college I felt I wasn't learning anything. And the things I learned I forgot about within months. My motto became: if you learn something on your own, you know it. If you learn something by having it crammed down your throat, your professor knows it. Now, about six years later, I'm working for eCollege.com. eCollege is an online distance education ASP. We host a plethora of courses ranging from small community colleges to large well known universities. How ironic! And how convenient! I can access the content of these courses offered by the greatest minds on earth at my leisure. I do believe I'm learning a wider range of topics than any college education could offer me. Last point: not having a degree motivates me. It makes me work harder than my fellow employees. It pushes me because I have to prove myself over and over again. I've noticed this in a programmer friend of mine that only has a high school degree. He is super skilled technically - a huge asset to our company. The college educated folks seem lazy compared this friend mine. My opinion: college is an antiquated rite of passage that can be skipped if you're smart enough.