I'll be the first to deride American's "we're the only ones who matter" mindset, but I work for a datacenter with colocos all over the world, and bandwith flow follows a predictable curve that kicks in when Americans wake up and dies when they go to bed.
Yeah, we're egotistical pricks but we do make up most of the internet.
Aw hell, I loved setting up macros to steal the snot out of everything. 'course you couldn't get the best ship in the game due to your honor rating, but... =)
I'm a'gonna bitchslap the first person that wonders out loud if they can port *nix to this device. A swift kick goes to the one who calls for a boycott if it's not open sourced.
Is anyone really walking by tons of new people every day at work, or don't they already know pretty much everyone there? Maybe you're just randomly walking around downtown...
Movie theatres (hope it vibrates). Dance clubs. The subway. Waiting in line to fill out some form at the DMV. A concert in the park. Parties where you don't know everyone. Parties where you don't know anyone. At your dentists office. Grocery shopping. Raves. Bertucci's.
Whee! Just what the world needs, intimacy without social interaction. This is great, can we have machines have sex for us too? For the enjoyment of it? Part of the fun IS the chase.
Don't you get it?? This starts the chase. I'm a bit of a social amorphism, I have no problem talking to just about anyone. But even then, I'd love to have something that clued me in to a girl within 50m with a Sparc that serves her mail! [grin] Imagine the doors that this opens for people a little more reserved. Dare I say one or two Slashdot readers?
Wireless "geek codes" with an shalow drop in to conversation mode? Jesus, why didn't I think of this? Why not just make it a module for a Visor? You can whack my big toe with a ball-peen hammer if these don't get as big as Tomagotchi, 'cept with the 12-20 crowd.
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What if every big company decides to put up a big network of satelites interfering with one frequency range, but agrees to be nice in certain locations at certain times? Not good for science!
Call me an optimist, but incentive for an observatory on the moon? Don't get me wrong, you're not incorrect.
please continue to send tasty satelites in our general direction [stop] they coincide nicely with our breeding cycle [stop] failure to comply would be bad [stop]
I've been positively dumbfounded at the spin the corporate heads are putting on this. Rumor has it that Gates finally managed an erection thanks to the media coverage. His wife thanks you.
My question is: I'm sure you've explained all the basics to the agressors here - that it doesn't facilitate copying, it doesn't actually break anything, the encryption doesn't protect the disc and it's too expensive to do anyways.
I just want to know what on earth they say when faced with such obvious and amazingly verifiable facts. How can they continue to accuse you of being a portal for piracy when that's so obviously not the case?
Thanks for your pains man, there are a lot of people that wouldn't go to bat for what they believe.
My first question is... Why are wheels nessesary, really? Is it because the surface provides too much/not enough friction with the surface? The only other option is that the motion looks good, but it fails to emulate it to the degree nessesary for true-to-life locomotion.
Perhaps this could be addressed.
And how hard would it be to provide a micro GPS and transmitter? We do this with birds (the transmitter anyways), so it obviously isn't heavy or cumbersome. Snakes aren't exactly light either, so if you could get the locomotion correct then simply inserting substantial batteries in the "cells" (mold them around the drivetrain) could create an interesting self-supporting system, at least for a while.
Imagine solar cells. Have it bask when the energy is low. Just think about what a skin made of solar cells would look like... [grin]
Like any good religious person, you appeal to the unknown. As our knowledge advances, the further your precipice receeds. We find an intermediate animal (C) between A and E, creationists cry that we still don't have intermediate B.
Theology has shown itself to be impotent to explain the seen, and you want us to take your word on the unseen??
If the bible said that 1+1=20, I imagine you'd not see a problem with a creationist being a mathemetician, right?
"It seems to me that atheists are as religious as anyone. I really am astonished sometimes how strongly the atheists believe that there is no god, and how they are preaching the non-existence of this god!"
Do you believe there are no invisible smurfs? Do you *strongly* believe there are no invisible smurfs?
Does this then make you "religious"? Obviously not. [sigh] What a contrived argument that is, to suppose that someone who says something is not must therefore believe in the item they say doesn't exist.
Did you read this before you hit "submit"? Have you ever bothered to attack your own arguments to see how far you'd get? Yeeesh.
Slashdot is giving you the opportunity to quiz your nemesis on all those things that are bugging you...
I think, judging by the questions, that nobody really has anything to say to JP except 'fsck off'. What can we get from quizing him that we don't already know? Do you think it's possible for anyone to think *less* of him??
/. takes up about...perhaps 60 minutes of reading/online time each day. I fought my friends when they predicted dark skies after the purchase, but I think this might be the linchpin to admitting they had merit. I'd like to say this is just a lapse in judgement, but I think maybe its time to find a site that is represenative of what is important to me as a coder, hacker and geek.
But maybe I'm being too harsh. Some of their recent articles have been wonderful. The LinuxChix and subsequent 'how to get a girl' articles were refreshing. The DOJ coverage has been *very* insightful (mostly due to./ member postings).
I guess I'll just have to see where this trend is going.
Forgive me for barging in at the end, but I just have to take exception to slashdot not being a community. I can't think of a single way in which it does not qualify. Is the ham radio set not a community because they don't meet?
Your post seems intelligently worded (I can't speak to content, haven't read the whole thread), so it stuns me that you could make such an assertion. Not trying to flame at ALL, just...stuns me.
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I'll be the first to deride American's "we're the only ones who matter" mindset, but I work for a datacenter with colocos all over the world, and bandwith flow follows a predictable curve that kicks in when Americans wake up and dies when they go to bed.
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Yeah, we're egotistical pricks but we do make up most of the internet.
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Since you're pretty much perceived as the uncorruptable flag-bearer of the movement, what's next on your cause wish-list?
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Aw hell, I loved setting up macros to steal the snot out of everything. 'course you couldn't get the best ship in the game due to your honor rating, but... =)
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If a machine ever becomes self-aware, what will we be to it except gods? And how will it feel about the creators after it surpasses us?
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The MIT Flea...!
Egad, this is gonna' be a good year. =)
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I'm a'gonna bitchslap the first person that wonders out loud if they can port *nix to this device. A swift kick goes to the one who calls for a boycott if it's not open sourced.
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Movie theatres (hope it vibrates). Dance clubs. The subway. Waiting in line to fill out some form at the DMV. A concert in the park. Parties where you don't know everyone. Parties where you don't know anyone. At your dentists office. Grocery shopping. Raves. Bertucci's.
Need I continue? =P
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Don't you get it?? This starts the chase. I'm a bit of a social amorphism, I have no problem talking to just about anyone. But even then, I'd love to have something that clued me in to a girl within 50m with a Sparc that serves her mail! [grin] Imagine the doors that this opens for people a little more reserved. Dare I say one or two Slashdot readers?
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Wireless "geek codes" with an shalow drop in to conversation mode? Jesus, why didn't I think of this? Why not just make it a module for a Visor? You can whack my big toe with a ball-peen hammer if these don't get as big as Tomagotchi, 'cept with the 12-20 crowd.
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Call me an optimist, but incentive for an observatory on the moon? Don't get me wrong, you're not incorrect.
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please continue to send tasty satelites in our general direction [stop] they coincide nicely with our breeding cycle [stop] failure to comply would be bad [stop]
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I've been positively dumbfounded at the spin the corporate heads are putting on this. Rumor has it that Gates finally managed an erection thanks to the media coverage. His wife thanks you.
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My question is: I'm sure you've explained all the basics to the agressors here - that it doesn't facilitate copying, it doesn't actually break anything, the encryption doesn't protect the disc and it's too expensive to do anyways.
I just want to know what on earth they say when faced with such obvious and amazingly verifiable facts. How can they continue to accuse you of being a portal for piracy when that's so obviously not the case?
Thanks for your pains man, there are a lot of people that wouldn't go to bat for what they believe.
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Picture City Slickers, but with cats. And all the requisite jokes. Cowboys with lint brushes. War stories about being scratched. The works.
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Neither are you. Get a spell checker.
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Why not just have an index that weights the site using a text:images ratio. If it has 120k of images and 2k of text, assume it's content-free.
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My first question is... Why are wheels nessesary, really? Is it because the surface provides too much/not enough friction with the surface? The only other option is that the motion looks good, but it fails to emulate it to the degree nessesary for true-to-life locomotion.
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Perhaps this could be addressed.
And how hard would it be to provide a micro GPS and transmitter? We do this with birds (the transmitter anyways), so it obviously isn't heavy or cumbersome. Snakes aren't exactly light either, so if you could get the locomotion correct then simply inserting substantial batteries in the "cells" (mold them around the drivetrain) could create an interesting self-supporting system, at least for a while.
Imagine solar cells. Have it bask when the energy is low. Just think about what a skin made of solar cells would look like... [grin]
God, this has made my whole day...
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Do I even *need* to make this reference?
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I'm sincerely confused.
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If a person claims to take the bible literally, how can they come to any other conclusion than the bible endorsing pi = 3.
I despise religion openly, but this is *not* a flame. This just seems like an outright contradiction.
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Like any good religious person, you appeal to the unknown. As our knowledge advances, the further your precipice receeds. We find an intermediate animal (C) between A and E, creationists cry that we still don't have intermediate B.
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Theology has shown itself to be impotent to explain the seen, and you want us to take your word on the unseen??
If the bible said that 1+1=20, I imagine you'd not see a problem with a creationist being a mathemetician, right?
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That should have read "War of the Worlds".
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Orson Welles' War of the World radio broadcast.
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"It seems to me that atheists are as religious as anyone. I really am astonished sometimes how strongly the atheists believe that there is no god, and how they are preaching the non-existence of this god!"
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Do you believe there are no invisible smurfs? Do you *strongly* believe there are no invisible smurfs?
Does this then make you "religious"? Obviously not. [sigh] What a contrived argument that is, to suppose that someone who says something is not must therefore believe in the item they say doesn't exist.
Did you read this before you hit "submit"? Have you ever bothered to attack your own arguments to see how far you'd get? Yeeesh.
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If your praying has as much effect on me as it did on the patients in the study, I guess I'm screwed, neh?
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LOL.
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Slashdot is giving you the opportunity to quiz your nemesis on all those things that are bugging you...
...perhaps 60 minutes of reading/online time each day. I fought my friends when they predicted dark skies after the purchase, but I think this might be the linchpin to admitting they had merit. I'd like to say this is just a lapse in judgement, but I think maybe its time to find a site that is represenative of what is important to me as a coder, hacker and geek.
./ member postings).
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I think, judging by the questions, that nobody really has anything to say to JP except 'fsck off'. What can we get from quizing him that we don't already know? Do you think it's possible for anyone to think *less* of him??
/. takes up about
But maybe I'm being too harsh. Some of their recent articles have been wonderful. The LinuxChix and subsequent 'how to get a girl' articles were refreshing. The DOJ coverage has been *very* insightful (mostly due to
I guess I'll just have to see where this trend is going.
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Forgive me for barging in at the end, but I just have to take exception to slashdot not being a community. I can't think of a single way in which it does not qualify. Is the ham radio set not a community because they don't meet?
...stuns me.
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Your post seems intelligently worded (I can't speak to content, haven't read the whole thread), so it stuns me that you could make such an assertion. Not trying to flame at ALL, just
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