They may not monitor the content of your traffic, but they certainly keep track of how much data was sent. To the byte. The justice department required a full report down to the last byte (of course like 0.1% of traffic was unaccounted for) for MCI to merge with WorldCom. (I had to stay late that day).
(Moderators please mod this redundant and off topic.)
I have 20/20 vision. For development, I certainly like a nice dual-monitor setup at 1280x1024. For leisure (like right now), I vastly prefer sitting 7 feet away from my 36" tv in my comfy chair with a wireless keyboard on my lap.
I like to blast music. My phones are broken in a weird way where only one of my three phones rings each time I receive a call. Which phone that is is completely random. Do not ask. I don't know why that's how it is.
I'm interested in a device that deaf people have -- that notices the phone ring, and turns on a strobe/siren light. That way I can know the phone is ringing, even when blasting music.
I call bullshit. I've been computing almost exclusively on my 36" television for years. Some web text is occasionally too small, so I do view->text->larger (Which doesn't work with stylesheets -- GRR). But for the most part, I can read everything, including my 4NT ("dos") command line (at about 132 columns by 45 rows or so). And, as I've said before, porn looks great! Although a TV lacks the resolution of a monitor, skin tones and pictures look better due to some sort of airbrushing effect. Sort of like how adding a slight blur to a video clip can reduce the perception of electromagnetic interference that may be in the video.
Okay I'm rambling on a few different topics here. I really just wanted to call bullshit. I can read almost any text on any webpage from 15 feet away from my TV. And in those rare situations where it is too small, I've learned to read the shape of words much better too.
And there is no noticeable flicker. I also watch all my tv shows as AVI files like this.
Thank you for the clarification. Maybe it was an unprotected one. Perhaps I have tried to copy some protected ones, seen that they didn't play, and thought it was a coaster (as opposed to a valid non-coaster that is unplayable), and promptly mentally forgotten the experiences. I don't really know either.:)
In 100% of situations, I prefer to have the data on my computer where it takes zero cubic space, than in a box which takes up much-needed space. All this stuff is on the internet. And when I view the downloaded box art, it would look alot nicer on my 36" television (primary monitor) than it on a 5" cardboard piece-o-trash box.
I think what you describe is more "swinging" and less "polyamory", tho there is more stigma attached to the word swinging. But it's all subjective, and yes, the legality of a legalized polyamorous divorce would be every divors lawyer's wet dream.
I'm not a reader. But "I have no mouth and cannot scream" was totally fucking chilling. It stuck in my head longer than seeing Requiem For A Dream ( a close call ).
And I hope you are still using 4DOS/4NT today, because it is more powerful and useful now than ever.
For a pathetically simple example, I google from the command line. (C:\4NT> google your+mom+is+a+slut.. remember spaces are pluses with GET.)
For a more complicated example, scripts that I have that reference specific files on specific harddrives use environment variables ("%HD25G") so that they function on EVERY computer despite the file being on ONE computer. (This is how I "mchk " a regular expression to see if I have that music, or "vchk " one to see if I have that video, or "# " to get a friend's phone number.
Yes... I can finally admit it. I am a windows user and I love grep. (hangs head in shame)
To clarify, when I said "This paragraph", I meant paragraph #2.
And the cost I have always gotten for cds is 15 each, DVDs 61 each, which for me is 46M vs 73M per penny.
But I have not bought cds for over a year. That last batch of 1200 was it. I bought about 4000 or so and that's it. (Now, I've purchased over 600 DVD-Rs in the last year.)
To buy? Go to Pricewatch and click on media. My stated costs include shipping as discs are surprisingly heavy. I usually end up buying from AllMediaOutlet.
80 minute cds are about 10-15 cents each and store 700M. That gives 46-70 megs per penny. 4X blank DVD-Rs are 61-81 cents each and store 4485M. That is 56-73 megs per penny.
Time wise, DVD 1X burning is equivalent to CD 9.2X burning, I THINK. Which means the 16X burners coming out now burn data at a cd-recorder equivalent speed of 147.2X. Thus it not only saves money, but also burning time (And also labelling time and physical cubic space.)
My facts may be incorrect in this paragraph, but NOT the last one. A 4X burner can be had, shipped, for under $100.
Uhhhhhhh.... Ever hear of polyamory? Look it up sometime. It's not just a man thing, and you're wrong. Though what you said works well as a rule of thumb but not as an absolutism/tautology.
I once set 2 computers in my house to the same (Static, routeable) IP address. Amazingly, they could both surf the web, though I couldn't sit in both chairs at once to see if they could both surf the web simultaneously.
Got a life. Met a hot geek girl on BBSes and it's only gone up from there. We have had unimaginably fun adventures over the past 12 yrs. And I have a job; using it to add 600 sq ft to my house this summer (read: fuck off and sorry about the inches vs feet typo).
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I've just invented the smelloscope!
They may not monitor the content of your traffic, but they certainly keep track of how much data was sent. To the byte. The justice department required a full report down to the last byte (of course like 0.1% of traffic was unaccounted for) for MCI to merge with WorldCom. (I had to stay late that day). (Moderators please mod this redundant and off topic.)
Are you quoting the Jane's Addiction song?
Wow...There must really be a "Savage Land" heated by underground volcanos and alien technology, just like in the X-Men comic books.
No point. Just thought I'd say that.
Filenames without spaces is like, so, totally 20th century dude. Gag me with a backslash.
I'm interested in a device that deaf people have -- that notices the phone ring, and turns on a strobe/siren light. That way I can know the phone is ringing, even when blasting music.
Gimme.
Okay I'm rambling on a few different topics here. I really just wanted to call bullshit. I can read almost any text on any webpage from 15 feet away from my TV. And in those rare situations where it is too small, I've learned to read the shape of words much better too.
And there is no noticeable flicker. I also watch all my tv shows as AVI files like this.
Thank you for the clarification. Maybe it was an unprotected one. Perhaps I have tried to copy some protected ones, seen that they didn't play, and thought it was a coaster (as opposed to a valid non-coaster that is unplayable), and promptly mentally forgotten the experiences. I don't really know either. :)
How come I have, then, successfully copied a (DVD-5) movie using only Nero, a standard DVD-R, and a PlayStation2 as a player?
In 100% of situations, I prefer to have the data on my computer where it takes zero cubic space, than in a box which takes up much-needed space. All this stuff is on the internet. And when I view the downloaded box art, it would look alot nicer on my 36" television (primary monitor) than it on a 5" cardboard piece-o-trash box.
Paper is obsolete.
You damn pedophile. I'm telling.
I think what you describe is more "swinging" and less "polyamory", tho there is more stigma attached to the word swinging. But it's all subjective, and yes, the legality of a legalized polyamorous divorce would be every divors lawyer's wet dream.
Note to self: Increase penis.
I'm not a reader. But "I have no mouth and cannot scream" was totally fucking chilling. It stuck in my head longer than seeing Requiem For A Dream ( a close call ).
For a pathetically simple example, I google from the command line. (C:\4NT> google your+mom+is+a+slut .. remember spaces are pluses with GET.)
For a more complicated example, scripts that I have that reference specific files on specific harddrives use environment variables ("%HD25G") so that they function on EVERY computer despite the file being on ONE computer. (This is how I "mchk " a regular expression to see if I have that music, or "vchk " one to see if I have that video, or "# " to get a friend's phone number.
Yes... I can finally admit it. I am a windows user and I love grep. (hangs head in shame)
I agree with you actually. It's my favorite book. Ever.
And the cost I have always gotten for cds is 15 each, DVDs 61 each, which for me is 46M vs 73M per penny.
But I have not bought cds for over a year. That last batch of 1200 was it. I bought about 4000 or so and that's it. (Now, I've purchased over 600 DVD-Rs in the last year.)
To buy? Go to Pricewatch and click on media. My stated costs include shipping as discs are surprisingly heavy. I usually end up buying from AllMediaOutlet.
80 minute cds are about 10-15 cents each and store 700M. That gives 46-70 megs per penny. 4X blank DVD-Rs are 61-81 cents each and store 4485M. That is 56-73 megs per penny.
Time wise, DVD 1X burning is equivalent to CD 9.2X burning, I THINK. Which means the 16X burners coming out now burn data at a cd-recorder equivalent speed of 147.2X. Thus it not only saves money, but also burning time (And also labelling time and physical cubic space.)
My facts may be incorrect in this paragraph, but NOT the last one. A 4X burner can be had, shipped, for under $100.
My haikus. Not perl though, sorry.
Uhhhhhhh.... Ever hear of polyamory? Look it up sometime. It's not just a man thing, and you're wrong. Though what you said works well as a rule of thumb but not as an absolutism/tautology.
I once set 2 computers in my house to the same (Static, routeable) IP address. Amazingly, they could both surf the web, though I couldn't sit in both chairs at once to see if they could both surf the web simultaneously.
My wife and I don't even have wedding rings. There's better (and shinier) things to spend money on.
Got a life. Met a hot geek girl on BBSes and it's only gone up from there. We have had unimaginably fun adventures over the past 12 yrs. And I have a job; using it to add 600 sq ft to my house this summer (read: fuck off and sorry about the inches vs feet typo).
Awesome!