Didn't Mick Fleetwook and Dweezil Zappa do this in The Running Man? Remember the scene towards the end where Ben Richards discovers the dead bodies of the so-called winners of the Running Man game? It is at that time he is captured by the resistance (for lack of a better term). He then helps them capture the satellite. If I recall all they had was a bunch of machine guns and one clever geek who made that girl remember the uplink code.
If this thing isn't escorted by at least two 688s it will never hear the modern diesel boat running on batteries that launches 4 torpodoes on it.
Cool. That means that Canada could potentially sink the pride of the American fleet? After all, we happen to have 4 Victoria Class modern diesel powered subs.
some theatres could have LCD shutter glasses wired to every seat.
Famous Players bought a chunk of IMAX years ago. They had a big expansion of Famous Players cinemas and a big selling point was IMAX theatres. While I had seen many IMAX movies, I had yet to see an IMAX 3d movie. I decided to see an IMAX 3d movie, to see what all the fuss was about.
As impressive as the LCD glasses are, the main problem is that I had to try on 3 different pairs to find a pair that wasn't covered in greasy fingerprints. And the glasses were kept in a locked room between shows. Imagine how damaged those things would get if attached to the seats? I guarantee that kids would break them on purpose.
Now I want to go see it a 3rd time, back to DLP to see if it really was that much better, or if I'm imagining it.
I believe you accidently stumbled across the real reason for the switch: People will see movies numerous times to see if the quality is better in the digital version or the film version. If everybody who currently sees movies sees everything twice, well... I'm no math whiz, but that seems like a lot of money to me.
The same burnout effect can happen to professional atheletes, as well. Ever heard of Alexandre Daigle? He was a first overall NHL draft pick, and was expected to be a superstar. He only played about 5 years and just quit. He said he was bored, and effectively burnt out, after playing hockey since he was a small child. Eventually he admitted that the main reason he played was because he was good at it, not necessarily because he loved to play.
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Anyone who is at the top of their "game" in any discipline will tell you that without practice (that is, activities that keep your skills honed and fresh), your ability to excel will diminish. No question about it.
When Pittsburgh won 2 Stanley Cups, Lemieux would show up about 20 minutes before gametime, and skip the pregame skate. He could still manage to score 2-3 goals a night, against teams and goalies that practiced daily.
I know there is no scientific basis behind it, but I still believe that certain people are just better at certain things. While practice can't hurt, you still need some kind of talent to start with. Perhaps Chaos theory can explain it?
I think I might upgrade to 2.4.21, maybe even apply to pre-empt/low-latency patches. I'm feeling adventurous.
If your're feeling really adventurous, try and use Con Kolivas' low-latency patches. I haven't tried them yet, but lots of people on the Gentoo Forums talk about how responsive they make your system.
Only problem I see is that Con admits that his patches are focused more on responsiveness and less on stability.
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Sure, an older person can pick up the ability and wield a certain prowess and even artistry. But no one, to my knowledge, would argue the fact that a person who learns to play the piano in childhood has a certain "feel" for it that people who pick up this ability later in life can never attain. It's not that the older person can't play sonoriously with rhythm and emotion. But the younger player has a certain reach that will never be known to the older guy.
I totally disagree. I don't think you can "learn" the art of playing a piano. And I'm not talking about playing a few simple songs, I'm taking about playing symphonies. Playing real piano music. You need to have the talent, and talent is something you can't be taught. Sure, you need the lessons to refine your talent, but you still need to have the gift of music. It is the same with sports: You can practise hockey all your life, but if you don't have that athletic talent that is needed, you will never make it to the NHL. The same can be said about drawing, painting, music.
Some people are just better at certain things than other people. For some reason the sports analogies come easily: Players like Mario Lemieux don't need to practise, and they will still be better than anybody. Somebody like myself, who is a fairly competent hockey player, could practise 4 hours every day for 10 years and still not even come close to being as good as Lemieux. He has the gift, and his brain can do that particular discipline better than anyone. I think the same is true for arts, music and sports.
I don't believe coding falls into that category, either.
It is rare these days that I get nostalgic about video games, but Intellivision always seems to do it for me. When I first got one, I had it connected to an old b/w tv. I could usually get it connected to the living room colour tv once in a while, but it only lasted until somebody wanted to watch TV.
Astrosmash was one of my favourites, which is strange because the background would change colour depending on the level you were at. I believe the same was true of Night Stalker (a game I really sucked at, for some reason). Luckily I had no younger siblings, as my friend who had an Intellivision 2 did. His younger brother and sister ruined all of his overlays, making it much more difficult to play games like football. Of course we played so much we had the buttons memorized anyway...
It was a sad day indeed when my mother sold it, along with my Ti99-4A, at a garage sale for 40 bucks.
Just wait until after RotK is released at Christmas. A few months following that they will likely release the "Super-Duper Special Ultimate Limited 24-disc Ultra" edition, which will include everything previously released about the movie on DVD.
These guys might be exactly what you are looking for!
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And Palahniuk's writing was rough, to say the least. Maybe it's gotten better in his newer books
Strange that your complaint about his writing style is what I liked so much about him. His style hasn't really changed at all in his newer books. I suppose I like Palahniuk's style so much because it is very similar to my own (or at least it would be if I was as talented a writer as I wish). That and his fairly intense subject matter...
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If you are looking for something even better, check out The Doors of Perception by Aldous Huxley. A well written account of his experience with Mescaline.
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For the last 3 days I have been reading Breakfast of Champions. Until now, the only book I had read of his was Slaughterhouse Five. I had no idea his stuff was so great. Before that, I read Survivor by Palaniuk on a recommendation. I finished it in 2 days and then proceeded to buy and read the rest of his books within a week. Fantastic stuff, and for those not in the know he is the author of Fight Club.
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Gentoo is great, but I don't particularly care to 'emerge ut2006' and wait 6 hours while it compiles.
Then bite the bullet and invest in broadband. It only took me about an hour to "compile" ut2002, and 58 minutes of it was for the download of the binary.
foldable PC case made entirely out of cardboard?! I have no idea about the target group
I haven't actually seen kids breakdancing on folded pieces of cardboard since 1984, but I guess it was bound to make a comeback sometime! Now they can have a PC full of MP3's, instead of a ghetto blaster.
Why do people insist on using the term virii? The last time I checked, the only plural to virus is viruses. I wonder how he would spell the plural of jesus or venus?
You think a Vantec stealth fan sounds "like a jet engine"?
No, that is why I purchased it in the first place. Start with a quiet fan, and then undervolt it to make it that much quieter. You lose airflow, but you more than make up for it with lower decibels. The jet engine I was referring to is the stock fan that AMD puts on their cpu's, or those 5000+ rpm Delta screamers. Those are the fans you need to use to get the >2000 XP's into the low 40's.
With a normal-speed (~5500rpm) CPU fan my athlon XP 1700+ overclocked to 1.66GHz (Athlon XP 2000+ speed) my CPU temp is at 40 deg C even (104 deg F.)
Ah, yes but there lies my problem. I have Vantec stealth fan, undervolted to decrease noise. When I crank up the fans, I can get my temp down to the low 40's, at the expense of noise. That is something I will not accept. I'll deal with heat for a quiet room. Now if I could just do something about that damn GeForce fan...
I believe the 85C rating is the die temperature. My crappy motherboard measures the temperature underneath the CPU. I believe you are supposed to add around 15-20 degrees to that temp to get your real temperature. That makes my 48 more like 68. Still well within acceptable temperatures, however.
I think I'm just paranoid, for some reason. I guess I spend too much time reading the arstechnica cooling forums.
I already have trouble cooling my XP1900 without having it sound like a jet engine. With a slow fan and decent heatsink, my CPU still sits around 48 degrees C. I'm afraid to think how hot this thing would be. How can anybody productively use a computer with a fan that is as loud as an engine idling?
For porn. Don't have to be embarrassed by walking into the adult video shop and renting a few titles, when you can order them from the privacy of your parents basement. Of course, you must make sure that you intercept the bell, lest mom and dad find out what you are REALLY doing in the basement.
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Didn't Mick Fleetwook and Dweezil Zappa do this in The Running Man? Remember the scene towards the end where Ben Richards discovers the dead bodies of the so-called winners of the Running Man game? It is at that time he is captured by the resistance (for lack of a better term). He then helps them capture the satellite. If I recall all they had was a bunch of machine guns and one clever geek who made that girl remember the uplink code.
Beowulf Cluster. This is Slashdot, after all.
If this thing isn't escorted by at least two 688s it will never hear the modern diesel boat running on batteries that launches 4 torpodoes on it.
Cool. That means that Canada could potentially sink the pride of the American fleet? After all, we happen to have 4 Victoria Class modern diesel powered subs.
some theatres could have LCD shutter glasses wired to every seat.
Famous Players bought a chunk of IMAX years ago. They had a big expansion of Famous Players cinemas and a big selling point was IMAX theatres. While I had seen many IMAX movies, I had yet to see an IMAX 3d movie. I decided to see an IMAX 3d movie, to see what all the fuss was about.
As impressive as the LCD glasses are, the main problem is that I had to try on 3 different pairs to find a pair that wasn't covered in greasy fingerprints. And the glasses were kept in a locked room between shows. Imagine how damaged those things would get if attached to the seats? I guarantee that kids would break them on purpose.
Now I want to go see it a 3rd time, back to DLP to see if it really was that much better, or if I'm imagining it.
I believe you accidently stumbled across the real reason for the switch: People will see movies numerous times to see if the quality is better in the digital version or the film version. If everybody who currently sees movies sees everything twice, well... I'm no math whiz, but that seems like a lot of money to me.
The same burnout effect can happen to professional atheletes, as well. Ever heard of Alexandre Daigle? He was a first overall NHL draft pick, and was expected to be a superstar. He only played about 5 years and just quit. He said he was bored, and effectively burnt out, after playing hockey since he was a small child. Eventually he admitted that the main reason he played was because he was good at it, not necessarily because he loved to play.
Anyone who is at the top of their "game" in any discipline will tell you that without practice (that is, activities that keep your skills honed and fresh), your ability to excel will diminish. No question about it.
When Pittsburgh won 2 Stanley Cups, Lemieux would show up about 20 minutes before gametime, and skip the pregame skate. He could still manage to score 2-3 goals a night, against teams and goalies that practiced daily.
I know there is no scientific basis behind it, but I still believe that certain people are just better at certain things. While practice can't hurt, you still need some kind of talent to start with. Perhaps Chaos theory can explain it?
I think I might upgrade to 2.4.21, maybe even apply to pre-empt/low-latency patches. I'm feeling adventurous.
If your're feeling really adventurous, try and use Con Kolivas' low-latency patches. I haven't tried them yet, but lots of people on the Gentoo Forums talk about how responsive they make your system.
Only problem I see is that Con admits that his patches are focused more on responsiveness and less on stability.
Sure, an older person can pick up the ability and wield a certain prowess and even artistry. But no one, to my knowledge, would argue the fact that a person who learns to play the piano in childhood has a certain "feel" for it that people who pick up this ability later in life can never attain. It's not that the older person can't play sonoriously with rhythm and emotion. But the younger player has a certain reach that will never be known to the older guy.
I totally disagree. I don't think you can "learn" the art of playing a piano. And I'm not talking about playing a few simple songs, I'm taking about playing symphonies. Playing real piano music. You need to have the talent, and talent is something you can't be taught. Sure, you need the lessons to refine your talent, but you still need to have the gift of music. It is the same with sports: You can practise hockey all your life, but if you don't have that athletic talent that is needed, you will never make it to the NHL. The same can be said about drawing, painting, music.
Some people are just better at certain things than other people. For some reason the sports analogies come easily: Players like Mario Lemieux don't need to practise, and they will still be better than anybody. Somebody like myself, who is a fairly competent hockey player, could practise 4 hours every day for 10 years and still not even come close to being as good as Lemieux. He has the gift, and his brain can do that particular discipline better than anyone. I think the same is true for arts, music and sports.
I don't believe coding falls into that category, either.
It is rare these days that I get nostalgic about video games, but Intellivision always seems to do it for me. When I first got one, I had it connected to an old b/w tv. I could usually get it connected to the living room colour tv once in a while, but it only lasted until somebody wanted to watch TV.
Astrosmash was one of my favourites, which is strange because the background would change colour depending on the level you were at. I believe the same was true of Night Stalker (a game I really sucked at, for some reason). Luckily I had no younger siblings, as my friend who had an Intellivision 2 did. His younger brother and sister ruined all of his overlays, making it much more difficult to play games like football. Of course we played so much we had the buttons memorized anyway...
It was a sad day indeed when my mother sold it, along with my Ti99-4A, at a garage sale for 40 bucks.
Just wait until after RotK is released at Christmas. A few months following that they will likely release the "Super-Duper Special Ultimate Limited 24-disc Ultra" edition, which will include everything previously released about the movie on DVD.
These guys might be exactly what you are looking for!
And Palahniuk's writing was rough, to say the least. Maybe it's gotten better in his newer books
Strange that your complaint about his writing style is what I liked so much about him. His style hasn't really changed at all in his newer books. I suppose I like Palahniuk's style so much because it is very similar to my own (or at least it would be if I was as talented a writer as I wish). That and his fairly intense subject matter...
If you are looking for something even better, check out The Doors of Perception by Aldous Huxley. A well written account of his experience with Mescaline.
For the last 3 days I have been reading Breakfast of Champions. Until now, the only book I had read of his was Slaughterhouse Five. I had no idea his stuff was so great. Before that, I read Survivor by Palaniuk on a recommendation. I finished it in 2 days and then proceeded to buy and read the rest of his books within a week. Fantastic stuff, and for those not in the know he is the author of Fight Club.
Gentoo is great, but I don't particularly care to 'emerge ut2006' and wait 6 hours while it compiles.
Then bite the bullet and invest in broadband. It only took me about an hour to "compile" ut2002, and 58 minutes of it was for the download of the binary.
foldable PC case made entirely out of cardboard?! I have no idea about the target group
I haven't actually seen kids breakdancing on folded pieces of cardboard since 1984, but I guess it was bound to make a comeback sometime! Now they can have a PC full of MP3's, instead of a ghetto blaster.
Why do people insist on using the term virii? The last time I checked, the only plural to virus is viruses. I wonder how he would spell the plural of jesus or venus?
Or perhaps it is some l33t h4xor thing?
The Robot was a break dance?
Hell yeah. Didn't you ever watch Breakin' or Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo?
Even Wormser did it in Revenge of the Nerds!
You think a Vantec stealth fan sounds "like a jet engine"?
No, that is why I purchased it in the first place. Start with a quiet fan, and then undervolt it to make it that much quieter. You lose airflow, but you more than make up for it with lower decibels. The jet engine I was referring to is the stock fan that AMD puts on their cpu's, or those 5000+ rpm Delta screamers. Those are the fans you need to use to get the >2000 XP's into the low 40's.
You mean I could have kept on doing Mushrooms and actually have gotten paid for it? And in the process do meaningful research? That is so not fair.
With a normal-speed (~5500rpm) CPU fan my athlon XP 1700+ overclocked to 1.66GHz (Athlon XP 2000+ speed) my CPU temp is at 40 deg C even (104 deg F.)
Ah, yes but there lies my problem. I have Vantec stealth fan, undervolted to decrease noise. When I crank up the fans, I can get my temp down to the low 40's, at the expense of noise. That is something I will not accept. I'll deal with heat for a quiet room. Now if I could just do something about that damn GeForce fan...
I believe the 85C rating is the die temperature. My crappy motherboard measures the temperature underneath the CPU. I believe you are supposed to add around 15-20 degrees to that temp to get your real temperature. That makes my 48 more like 68. Still well within acceptable temperatures, however.
I think I'm just paranoid, for some reason. I guess I spend too much time reading the arstechnica cooling forums.
I already have trouble cooling my XP1900 without having it sound like a jet engine. With a slow fan and decent heatsink, my CPU still sits around 48 degrees C. I'm afraid to think how hot this thing would be. How can anybody productively use a computer with a fan that is as loud as an engine idling?
For porn. Don't have to be embarrassed by walking into the adult video shop and renting a few titles, when you can order them from the privacy of your parents basement. Of course, you must make sure that you intercept the bell, lest mom and dad find out what you are REALLY doing in the basement.