Lord knows! ABP + NoScript, and I die a little death every time I accidentally fire up IE and see OH MY GOD THE ADS! MY EYES! MAKE IT STOP!
Has anyone, anywhere, ever, clicked a picture of a dancing super-deformed girl character dressed in a green smock in an actual attempt to become a social worker? WTH?
By the way, the TV I own isn't in my home. Wife and I use 'net for pretty much everything for years now. I actually get a little queasy in waiting rooms and restaurants, under the constant barrage of over-compressed audio and perfectly-histogrammed video that never... ever... stops... Fear of a Blank Planet indeed.
Won't someone think of the children?! Who will there be to consume consume consume, if they're little fingers are busy making awful sounds of their own?
Mod parent up, please. I have recently been to the range with friends that know guns and gun safety, and own a number of pistols/rifles/shotguns. Something really clicked this last time I was there, and I managed to put 10.45 shots into 3" of center/left (heart area) target at 21 yards. Please bear in mind, this is my second time shooting anything, ever. Practice with guns (for the moment, someone else's) has been critically important for me. I'll be getting my first hunting license this year (at age 31), and actually doing some hunting. I'm sure that someday, there will be guns in my house, and the children I don't have yet will all get very thorough schooling, including gun handling and safety. Sniping auctions is fun, but so is blowin' up stuff real good.
Yup. We're still analog creatures, with good ol' bones in our ears that respond to vibrations in air, and rods and cones in our eyes that read patterns of light. The analog point will never be overcome, because the electrical signals that power speakers and video screens can always just be re-encoded.
DVD's themselves haven't gotten any cheaper, because those prices are controlled by the content cartels. However, DVD reading and writing devices, where the technology is put to practice, have gotten orders of magnitude less expensive.
Gas is not a technology, it's a finite resource, the price of which happens to be controlled by a number of economic and political factors in addition to being mandated by a different set of cartels.
Don't you think it cost old Mr. Ford a pretty penny to put together that first Model-T? There was a time when only the rich had cars, back when they were a commodity. Nowadays, very few people in industrialized nations don't have cars. How hard is it to buy a used Corolla for a couple grand in the Trading Post?
Is anyone else thinking, "Some day, users will be *unable to avoid* backing up every photo, conversation, etc."
Yeah, I think that makes it official. Bill wants to [Brain]take over the world[/Brain], including every soul in it. Imagine being handed a certificate at the hospital, "Thank you for expanding our Microsoft Global Community by the birth of your child. Your child has been registered will all appropriate authorities, and every moment of his/her life, from the pre-birth registration to the present, will be securely available at http://people.microsoft.com/mylife?sid=Ag49xURju5t 4N0th3RC0GinD4mAch1N3
I'm in presently in school alongside a chief (instructor), a commander-at-arms (? something like that, I have no clue, I'm not military), and a guy who's working for EDS.
I hear tell that they're supposed to be cutting down the number of proprietary, legacy apps to *2,500*. That's AFTER they're done.:P
Now all we need is an array of miniscule cameras interwoven with the display layers to pass image ~through a body. Might work real well for flat, static things, like buildings. Less well for Predator and Snake, but workable.
The effort has brought together some of the biggest names in business, including computer chipmaker Intel Corp., Chevron and Visa -- part of the group that helped create the standards and is encouraging their use.
So, these three mega-corps (among others. [like who]) are providing the USGov. with recommendations on how to secure W2K? Huh?
We can be sure that Intel, Chevron, and Visa are making recommendations that keep their own corporate goals at heart.
Yes, it is a good thing. That's me, through and through - I've been begging, borrowing, and breaking code for a long time, in attempts to do the most simple things. I've got a shell account, but I've not used it for much more than hand-wrung HTML; I just want to get up and running in something, like perl or CGI or anything, that will help me accomplish simple things efficiently (I recently spent quite a few hours just trying to kludge together some ~useful page-hit stats, and ended up with very little to show for it).
I read the review, and as soon as I'm done typing this, I'm going to order the book.
Right on. I read through the whole trilogy immediately before seeing the flick, and throughout the whole movie (even though it was, what, ~3hours long?), it kind of felt rushed. There seemed to be a lot of CHARACTER missing from the characters. The fellowship spent so much time getting right through the story that it all came up a bit thin in comparison to the books. 'course, I didn't read through the first book in three hours, either...
(off-topic)
hahaha! I remember that! Some creepy lady was checking it out at Circuit City or wherever, and I heard the book talking and thought, "neat!" Unfortunately, I was like 8 or something, and it passed into faded memory. Nice to have a childhood flash of memory validated!:)
but just look at YOU! You are in the vast minority, my friend. Making money in this modern world of too-much-everything is all about how many people you can reach, and how you can cash in on those knee-jerk, primitive instincts. Check the statistics and you'll see that you and your ilk (the vast majority of/.ers, et al) do not fall into that biggest category, hence you have no value to warrant being marketed to. Does that make sense?
I mean, I'm with you! "Just the facts, ma'am" and all that... text only is great for communicating and functionality, but apparently people are still lazy and patient enough to make it worth all those pretty colors and noise.
entirely agreed on both points; this list does seem rather computer-centric, and if they were going to include Quake and Half-Life, why not include Goldeneye? Or LLL? "influential" is so vague...
;) you want free music?
Check out Left Hand Circus. Just low brow, in-the-back-room stuff, but we love and make music, and we'd be honored for a handful of/.ers to request a free disc or two. We make music whether we profit or not (but it'd be nice to buy ramen off of the generosity of our fan).
*braces himself for downward moderation*
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I dunno why, but that game still haunts me. Loved every minute of it.
And funny to think of it, but unprompted today, I wished for Ultima Underworld all over again... *sigh*
Lord knows! ABP + NoScript, and I die a little death every time I accidentally fire up IE and see OH MY GOD THE ADS! MY EYES! MAKE IT STOP!
Has anyone, anywhere, ever, clicked a picture of a dancing super-deformed girl character dressed in a green smock in an actual attempt to become a social worker? WTH?
By the way, the TV I own isn't in my home. Wife and I use 'net for pretty much everything for years now. I actually get a little queasy in waiting rooms and restaurants, under the constant barrage of over-compressed audio and perfectly-histogrammed video that never... ever... stops... Fear of a Blank Planet indeed.
Won't someone think of the children?! Who will there be to consume consume consume, if they're little fingers are busy making awful sounds of their own?
And by the way, yes and yes.
Mod parent up, please. I have recently been to the range with friends that know guns and gun safety, and own a number of pistols/rifles/shotguns. Something really clicked this last time I was there, and I managed to put 10 .45 shots into 3" of center/left (heart area) target at 21 yards. Please bear in mind, this is my second time shooting anything, ever. Practice with guns (for the moment, someone else's) has been critically important for me. I'll be getting my first hunting license this year (at age 31), and actually doing some hunting. I'm sure that someday, there will be guns in my house, and the children I don't have yet will all get very thorough schooling, including gun handling and safety. Sniping auctions is fun, but so is blowin' up stuff real good.
Anyway, strongly concurred. Go to the range.
But what about all that unthinkable PIRACY that goes on with the now-DRM free music?! Will Intellectual Property ever be secure?! Ye gods!
Yup. We're still analog creatures, with good ol' bones in our ears that respond to vibrations in air, and rods and cones in our eyes that read patterns of light. The analog point will never be overcome, because the electrical signals that power speakers and video screens can always just be re-encoded.
Mmm, let's see about that list...
DVD's themselves haven't gotten any cheaper, because those prices are controlled by the content cartels. However, DVD reading and writing devices, where the technology is put to practice, have gotten orders of magnitude less expensive.
Gas is not a technology, it's a finite resource, the price of which happens to be controlled by a number of economic and political factors in addition to being mandated by a different set of cartels.
Don't you think it cost old Mr. Ford a pretty penny to put together that first Model-T? There was a time when only the rich had cars, back when they were a commodity. Nowadays, very few people in industrialized nations don't have cars. How hard is it to buy a used Corolla for a couple grand in the Trading Post?
The original point stands - tech gets cheaper.
My 12yo self could probably give me some insight that comes harder now. Things are much cloudier now, like Solomon said.
Either that or, "Don't quick skating! Hardcore, RAHH!"
Is anyone else thinking, "Some day, users will be *unable to avoid* backing up every photo, conversation, etc."
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Yeah, I think that makes it official. Bill wants to [Brain]take over the world[/Brain], including every soul in it. Imagine being handed a certificate at the hospital, "Thank you for expanding our Microsoft Global Community by the birth of your child. Your child has been registered will all appropriate authorities, and every moment of his/her life, from the pre-birth registration to the present, will be securely available at http://people.microsoft.com/mylife?sid=Ag49xURju5
I'm in presently in school alongside a chief (instructor), a commander-at-arms (? something like that, I have no clue, I'm not military), and a guy who's working for EDS.
:P
I hear tell that they're supposed to be cutting down the number of proprietary, legacy apps to *2,500*. That's AFTER they're done.
The last time I tried to hack somebody's pants, I woke up in a cell with a black eye. Apparently, she was trying to prevent unauthorized duplication.
Profit! ... of course.
Now all we need is an array of miniscule cameras interwoven with the display layers to pass image ~through a body. Might work real well for flat, static things, like buildings. Less well for Predator and Snake, but workable.
The effort has brought together some of the biggest names in business, including computer chipmaker Intel Corp., Chevron and Visa -- part of the group that helped create the standards and is encouraging their use.
So, these three mega-corps (among others. [like who]) are providing the USGov. with recommendations on how to secure W2K? Huh?
We can be sure that Intel, Chevron, and Visa are making recommendations that keep their own corporate goals at heart.
Yeah, the important setup bits. All except for the Barrow-Wight ordeal, where
Pippin (or Merry? I forget now) gets that dagger that he uses at the end to kill the head Nazgul.
I do wonder how that will be resolved; it can't very well just remain ignored.
Yes, it is a good thing. That's me, through and through - I've been begging, borrowing, and breaking code for a long time, in attempts to do the most simple things. I've got a shell account, but I've not used it for much more than hand-wrung HTML; I just want to get up and running in something, like perl or CGI or anything, that will help me accomplish simple things efficiently (I recently spent quite a few hours just trying to kludge together some ~useful page-hit stats, and ended up with very little to show for it).
I read the review, and as soon as I'm done typing this, I'm going to order the book.
Right on. I read through the whole trilogy immediately before seeing the flick, and throughout the whole movie (even though it was, what, ~3hours long?), it kind of felt rushed. There seemed to be a lot of CHARACTER missing from the characters. The fellowship spent so much time getting right through the story that it all came up a bit thin in comparison to the books. 'course, I didn't read through the first book in three hours, either...
(off-topic) hahaha! I remember that! Some creepy lady was checking it out at Circuit City or wherever, and I heard the book talking and thought, "neat!" Unfortunately, I was like 8 or something, and it passed into faded memory. Nice to have a childhood flash of memory validated! :)
but just look at YOU! You are in the vast minority, my friend. Making money in this modern world of too-much-everything is all about how many people you can reach, and how you can cash in on those knee-jerk, primitive instincts. Check the statistics and you'll see that you and your ilk (the vast majority of /.ers, et al) do not fall into that biggest category, hence you have no value to warrant being marketed to. Does that make sense?
I mean, I'm with you! "Just the facts, ma'am" and all that... text only is great for communicating and functionality, but apparently people are still lazy and patient enough to make it worth all those pretty colors and noise.
entirely agreed on both points; this list does seem rather computer-centric, and if they were going to include Quake and Half-Life, why not include Goldeneye? Or LLL? "influential" is so vague...
... ever been to a rave?
;) you want free music? Check out Left Hand Circus. Just low brow, in-the-back-room stuff, but we love and make music, and we'd be honored for a handful of /.ers to request a free disc or two. We make music whether we profit or not (but it'd be nice to buy ramen off of the generosity of our fan).
*braces himself for downward moderation*