Exactly - 8 million people didn't have the idea of naming a website slashdot.org, and no one had the idea for the usernames "TheOnlyCoolTim" and "varebel."
(Actually I think that slashdot.COM might have been taken by someone else before slashdot.org existed, but they sold it to this place pretty early on)
You, sir, are a funny man. When the AIM developers programmed a feature into the protocol and client to send binary files, I am sure they intended it to be used for sending binary files.
At least you get to pick the numbers so that they make sense and are easy to remember. If I wanted the username randomidiot, and it was taken, I could use, to give some all too common examples, randomidiot69, randomidiot666, randomidiot1985, randomidiot420, or any other number that people will remember.
It's interesting how in that report African countries with ratings of 31st and 47th have "have genuine press freedom too," but the U.S. is a bunch of Nazis and has a "poor rating" for being 17th.
There's also no sources or statistics, although there are numerical "notes" references next to each country. I couldn't find the "notes" anywhere, but apparently the U.S.A. is ranked low because of imprisoning journalists. Again, no references, and I wonder if they are referring to "journalists" like Mumia...
My PSU is currently outputting 1.71 V to Core 0, 2.46 V to Core 1, 3.28 V to +3.3 V,.497 V to +5 V, 11.86 V to +12 V, -12.27 V to -12 V, and -5.04 V to -5 V.
I can tell this all either in my BIOs or with some software I have called Motherboard Monitor or MBM for short.
One jury-rigged solution to this is to find an old AT PSU (where the power button goes directly to the PSU rather than the motherboard) and use that to power your hard drives.
That's the one thing I like about when I occasionally work on old AT computers. The damn power supplies go ON and OFF when you want them to, none of this crap with the power button connected to the motherboard and holding it for 6 seconds to make it turn off.
Oh, I have my own hobbies and jobs, which I enjoy. I am glad you enjoy public speaking - I know quite a few kids who would take up public speaking and hate it, but just want to put it on their resume.
The point is that these kids I see do activities they *DO NOT* enjoy.
And I stand by what I said about admissions. Someone whose whole life is joining any school sponsored activity he can just for the sake of being on activities isn't going to be interesting.
I can of course accept a person enjoying a few extracurricular activities, but I find it harder to accept that a person truly enjoys being in every club the school offers AND it seems that these same people who are in every club also worry incessantly about their college admissions.
Even in high school I see these kids who spend all their fucking time playing an instrument, joining the debate team, being in the school play, playing three varsity sports, etc ad infinitum et ad nauseam... There's no way in hell they can actually *ENJOY* doing all that stuff and having no free time whatsoever, but they want to have a big shitload to put down on their college apps, becuase their worth as a person and future happiness in the world is decided by whether or not they get into one of the Ivies.
If I ever worked for a college admissions office, I'd take all these applicants who are defined as a person by their impressive list of Extracurricular Activities, and shitlist them.
Do stuff you *ENJOY* with your life. Fuck all else.
So I guess I'm not the only one who uses paper clips to short the power switch pins on the motherboard to see if it's the motherboard or the power button that's broken, or to jury rig battery powered devices to take AAA batteries instead of AA...
Once upon a time I was asked to help with some of the computers at school.
If you wanted to do ANYTHING internal with these computers, you had to get a scissors and cut about 5 twist ties (without cutting any wires!) before you were able to accomplish what you wanted, even if it was something simple like adding a memory chip - the wires were twist tied in the way.
The thing is that towing asteroids around doesn't seem like anything we're all that likely to do until we have a space elevator as a jumping-off point.
In a recent clip show, at the end they actually apologized for making a clip show, but they promised that the show still had a lot of ideas, and put up goofy pictures to illustrate, like "Marge turns into a robot."
One of the pictures was Homer jumping over a shark on water skis.
Slashdot Mirror
Some asshole vigilante is flying around like Captain Planet helping the government fuck up people's property rights. Great.
Tim
Exactly - 8 million people didn't have the idea of naming a website slashdot.org, and no one had the idea for the usernames "TheOnlyCoolTim" and "varebel."
(Actually I think that slashdot.COM might have been taken by someone else before slashdot.org existed, but they sold it to this place pretty early on)
Tim
You, sir, are a funny man. When the AIM developers programmed a feature into the protocol and client to send binary files, I am sure they intended it to be used for sending binary files.
Tim
At least you get to pick the numbers so that they make sense and are easy to remember. If I wanted the username randomidiot, and it was taken, I could use, to give some all too common examples, randomidiot69, randomidiot666, randomidiot1985, randomidiot420, or any other number that people will remember.
Tim
Does this mean ICQ might finally throw out those stupid numbers?
I mean - no one goes to slashdot by typing http://64.28.67.150...
Tim
It's interesting how in that report African countries with ratings of 31st and 47th have "have genuine press freedom too," but the U.S. is a bunch of Nazis and has a "poor rating" for being 17th.
There's also no sources or statistics, although there are numerical "notes" references next to each country. I couldn't find the "notes" anywhere, but apparently the U.S.A. is ranked low because of imprisoning journalists. Again, no references, and I wonder if they are referring to "journalists" like Mumia...
Tim
Hrm.
.497 V to +5 V, 11.86 V to +12 V, -12.27 V to -12 V, and -5.04 V to -5 V.
My PSU is currently outputting 1.71 V to Core 0, 2.46 V to Core 1, 3.28 V to +3.3 V,
I can tell this all either in my BIOs or with some software I have called Motherboard Monitor or MBM for short.
Tim
One jury-rigged solution to this is to find an old AT PSU (where the power button goes directly to the PSU rather than the motherboard) and use that to power your hard drives.
Tim
That's the one thing I like about when I occasionally work on old AT computers. The damn power supplies go ON and OFF when you want them to, none of this crap with the power button connected to the motherboard and holding it for 6 seconds to make it turn off.
Tim
Google will not inflate a PageRank score for money. All Google's ads are separate from the main results, and clearly marked.
Tim
Oh, I have my own hobbies and jobs, which I enjoy. I am glad you enjoy public speaking - I know quite a few kids who would take up public speaking and hate it, but just want to put it on their resume.
Tim
The point is that these kids I see do activities they *DO NOT* enjoy.
And I stand by what I said about admissions. Someone whose whole life is joining any school sponsored activity he can just for the sake of being on activities isn't going to be interesting.
Tim
I can of course accept a person enjoying a few extracurricular activities, but I find it harder to accept that a person truly enjoys being in every club the school offers AND it seems that these same people who are in every club also worry incessantly about their college admissions.
Tim
Hells yeah...
Even in high school I see these kids who spend all their fucking time playing an instrument, joining the debate team, being in the school play, playing three varsity sports, etc ad infinitum et ad nauseam... There's no way in hell they can actually *ENJOY* doing all that stuff and having no free time whatsoever, but they want to have a big shitload to put down on their college apps, becuase their worth as a person and future happiness in the world is decided by whether or not they get into one of the Ivies.
If I ever worked for a college admissions office, I'd take all these applicants who are defined as a person by their impressive list of Extracurricular Activities, and shitlist them.
Do stuff you *ENJOY* with your life. Fuck all else.
Tim
"Cupio ejaculare in tuum orem."
and
"Magnum phallum habeo."
Tim
There are "games" that are basically hardcore pornos that carry the AO rating...
Tim
So I guess I'm not the only one who uses paper clips to short the power switch pins on the motherboard to see if it's the motherboard or the power button that's broken, or to jury rig battery powered devices to take AAA batteries instead of AA...
Rock on!
Tim
Once upon a time I was asked to help with some of the computers at school.
If you wanted to do ANYTHING internal with these computers, you had to get a scissors and cut about 5 twist ties (without cutting any wires!) before you were able to accomplish what you wanted, even if it was something simple like adding a memory chip - the wires were twist tied in the way.
Tim
Damn, now I need to get into MIT even more. Put in a good word for me or something, will ya?
Tim
The thing is that towing asteroids around doesn't seem like anything we're all that likely to do until we have a space elevator as a jumping-off point.
Tim
Will the wire generate power?
Yes, but only in the milliwatts.
Tim
In a recent clip show, at the end they actually apologized for making a clip show, but they promised that the show still had a lot of ideas, and put up goofy pictures to illustrate, like "Marge turns into a robot."
One of the pictures was Homer jumping over a shark on water skis.
Tim
They were running their own cell phone antenna and dialing system inside the building, so nothing was delayed.
Tim
Did you wear it in the style of a True Scotsman?
Tim
I used to do that, since it was easier, but now they've figured out how to change their IP....
Tim