I think we're going to see the widescreen iPod... you know, the one that has the virtual click wheel overlayed on the touch sensitive LCD screen. This makes sense with the showtime theme -- in fact, to go a little further out on the limb, I'm going to predict that it will be introduced along with a device for streaming videos to TV sets. Not quite a Media Center PC, but more like Airport Express Video.
You know... speaking of girlfriends and wives, MythTV must be the Linux project that has the highest wife acceptance factor (WAF) ever. We have two mythboxen in the house with a total of five tuners and 2 TB of disk space. We don't watch everything we record, but it gives us plenty of options. There's always a Mythbusters or a Most Dangerous Job sitting on the machine waiting for us.
Finally - that we can use it to play ripped movies and to feed MP3s into the stereo... she totally digs it.
A few of the coolest things, IMHO, about MythTV: 1) Scheduling in a web browser and... wait for it... watching my programs remotely in a web browser. 2) Free listing updates. 3) Automatic commercial skipping works awesome these days.
I wouldn't call it more pointless than the war in Iraq. That's pretty damn pointless. But clearly - the value in the space station, and probably the space program in general isn't from it's direct research value, but from the spinoff from it. Here's what I think the indirect benefits are:
1) Pumping large amounts of money into defense contractors - particularly important for those contractors during peacetime. FWIW - I say take the 100's of billions of dollars we're pumping into Iraq, and divert it to NASA. Then you'd see one heck of a manned space program. 2) All of the spinoff technology that come from doing such innovative things. Need I mention integrated circuits, advances in lightweight composites, Tang or the Nintendo Powerglove? Come on, where would we be without our Tang? 3) National pride. Critics will argue the ephemerality of this one, but I would argue that it has real measurable effect. National pride is a factor in both the perception of America in the eyes of the rest of the world and maybe even our own perception of ourselves. Both of these are ultimately, in my eyes, good for America doing business in a world economy. 4) Finally, the longest range effect (but maybe most important) is the increase in students pursuing science and engineering education. In fact, it probably translates to great numbers of students pursuing higher education in general. And this, I would argue, has the potential to be the biggest and most lasting effect for our economy.
I have to agree with the majority of responses to your question. The money of a job may seem appealing, but it doesn't compare to the fun and experiences you'll enjoy in school. I've been out of school and working for about 6 years now, and make very good money - but the happiest I've ever been (and everyone I know says this too) was in school, scraping to get buy. It's not the money, it's the experiences that matter!
I've also go to say that I agree you shouldn't look at college as just prep for your eventual career. It's a little bit of that, but its mostly about discovering who you are as a person, whats important to you and what your beliefs and passions are. I say - take as wide a variety of classes as possible: math, sciences, art, philosophy.
Finally, I would also say its about learning all about others. How to interact and value people who may be different and hold different values, beliefs, likes and dislikes from you, but are just as important in the grand scheme of things.
Stay in school. Work may sound good now... but all these slashdot posters aren't wrong. School is the best, most enjoyable thing you will ever do. Jobs will always be there. But to really benefit ftom the college "experience" you need your youth, and you'll only have that now.
I would recommend every self-respecting geek needs to read "Surely you must be joking, Mr. Feynman" by Richard Feynman. Very cool... very smart... and a lot of laughs.
Re:"Taken" from other shows and movies...
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I'm thinking of the "Alice in Wonderland" planet that the Old Generation crew visited. In it Bones saw a giant rabbit.
"Taken" from other shows and movies...
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I agree with the original poster that Taken seems to have cribbed bits and pieces from all over the place. I must say, in Episode 9 - where people were seeing what they were thinking about. Well - I do believe that came from an episode of Star Trek - The Original Series. And I do think it was done better in Trek.
Also, the original poster is right on about how the first episodes were good, and how it went south in the second half. I say, just about the time Alison was conceived was where it took a dive. Of course, that's just IMHO.
One of my favorite e-libraries is The Gutenberg Project which houses thousands of pieces of classic literature.
And if I can make a shameless plug, the following is the address of a mailing list based bookclub that aims to read one Gutenberg text a month: iBookclub
I'll stick my.02 in... I had AT&T and now use Sprint PCS.
AT&T was great, until the promo-deal I signed up on ran out. (I think it included an insane number of weekend minutes.) After the deal ran out, though, you have to commit to another year given whatever their current best promo is.
After two years, I switched to Sprint and am quite happy. I still have a year contract (allowed me to add extra minutes to their base plan), but the deal you sign up under stays in effect until you cancel service. The deal I have is 200 anytime + 300 evening/weekend all with long distance for $39.99.
The criticism that Sprint coverage is weak out of the major cities is true... but I do a fair amount of work travel, and I've never found myself out of Sprint coverage.
Okay... off-topic, I know... but I just had to comment on your signature line... the quote from Bill Gates. That was the funniest thing I had ever read when I first saw it!! An easy way to factor prime numbers... man, he almost sounds educationalized.
Anyway, that's Microsoft's chief software architect for you.
How has the Andover IPO/Slashdot buyout affected your life? No... not the gooshy stuff about more support for the site, able to pay some of the most involved people... have you gotten any fun new toys since then, and what are your favorite?
We hear and see a lot of negative things about childhood these days. Stories in the media about violence in the schools is not uncommon.
Given your work with children, what is your opinion of "The State of the Union" of under-eighteen year-olds? Is school a brighter place, given all the exposure to new technologies? Or is it really as gloomy as the media portrays?
Finally, what has been your own children's experience of the school system, and are they at all technically inclined?
I've followed them and downloaded their etexts for a number of years now, and I must say that Gutenberg is one of the finest, most selfless projects on the internet.
My favorite thing to do with Gutenberg etexts is to load them up in TextEdit Plus on my Powerbook and "Speak document" while I work. It's very cool... and the voices in OS 9 are much better than they have been in the past.
Three cheers to project Gutenberg, and anyone out there who hasn't already checked them out should do so ASAP!!
I'm not saying it's going to happen, but you know that the President could step in and with a wave of the hand (actually, probably a signature, but a wave of the hand has more flair) could pardon Bill and Microsoft any wrongdoing.
Aren't presidential pardons wonderful? I wonder what it would take (if anything) for such a situation to come pass.
Hello?!?!?! How can you talk about Microsoft innovations without mentioning their great AI tool, Microsoft Bob. It'll be back... it's the way of the future, and we just weren't ready for it when it first came out.
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I think we're going to see the widescreen iPod ... you know, the one that has the virtual click wheel overlayed on the touch sensitive LCD screen. This makes sense with the showtime theme -- in fact, to go a little further out on the limb, I'm going to predict that it will be introduced along with a device for streaming videos to TV sets. Not quite a Media Center PC, but more like Airport Express Video.
Add your predictions?
You know ... speaking of girlfriends and wives, MythTV must be the Linux project that has the highest wife acceptance factor (WAF) ever. We have two mythboxen in the house with a total of five tuners and 2 TB of disk space. We don't watch everything we record, but it gives us plenty of options. There's always a Mythbusters or a Most Dangerous Job sitting on the machine waiting for us.
... she totally digs it.
... wait for it ... watching my programs remotely in a web browser.
Finally - that we can use it to play ripped movies and to feed MP3s into the stereo
A few of the coolest things, IMHO, about MythTV:
1) Scheduling in a web browser and
2) Free listing updates.
3) Automatic commercial skipping works awesome these days.
I wouldn't call it more pointless than the war in Iraq. That's pretty damn pointless. But clearly - the value in the space station, and probably the space program in general isn't from it's direct research value, but from the spinoff from it. Here's what I think the indirect benefits are:
1) Pumping large amounts of money into defense contractors - particularly important for those contractors during peacetime. FWIW - I say take the 100's of billions of dollars we're pumping into Iraq, and divert it to NASA. Then you'd see one heck of a manned space program.
2) All of the spinoff technology that come from doing such innovative things. Need I mention integrated circuits, advances in lightweight composites, Tang or the Nintendo Powerglove? Come on, where would we be without our Tang?
3) National pride. Critics will argue the ephemerality of this one, but I would argue that it has real measurable effect. National pride is a factor in both the perception of America in the eyes of the rest of the world and maybe even our own perception of ourselves. Both of these are ultimately, in my eyes, good for America doing business in a world economy.
4) Finally, the longest range effect (but maybe most important) is the increase in students pursuing science and engineering education. In fact, it probably translates to great numbers of students pursuing higher education in general. And this, I would argue, has the potential to be the biggest and most lasting effect for our economy.
Anyway - just IMHO.
I have to agree with the majority of responses to your question. The money of a job may seem appealing, but it doesn't compare to the fun and experiences you'll enjoy in school. I've been out of school and working for about 6 years now, and make very good money - but the happiest I've ever been (and everyone I know says this too) was in school, scraping to get buy. It's not the money, it's the experiences that matter!
... but all these slashdot posters aren't wrong. School is the best, most enjoyable thing you will ever do. Jobs will always be there. But to really benefit ftom the college "experience" you need your youth, and you'll only have that now.
I've also go to say that I agree you shouldn't look at college as just prep for your eventual career. It's a little bit of that, but its mostly about discovering who you are as a person, whats important to you and what your beliefs and passions are. I say - take as wide a variety of classes as possible: math, sciences, art, philosophy.
Finally, I would also say its about learning all about others. How to interact and value people who may be different and hold different values, beliefs, likes and dislikes from you, but are just as important in the grand scheme of things.
Stay in school. Work may sound good now
http://www.clatfelter.com/arcade.html
Actually, though ... I was inspired by CmdrTaco's
MAME cab Jubei ... so the science of creating MAME
cabinets is nothing quite new.
How about Carl Sagan's Contact? While the movie is good, the book is awesome ! It inspired me to sit down and actually code a calculation of pi.
I would recommend every self-respecting geek needs to read "Surely you must be joking, Mr. Feynman" by Richard Feynman. Very cool ... very smart ... and a lot of laughs.
I'm thinking of the "Alice in Wonderland" planet that the Old Generation crew visited. In it Bones saw a giant rabbit.
I agree with the original poster that Taken seems to have cribbed bits and pieces from all over the place. I must say, in Episode 9 - where people were seeing what they were thinking about. Well - I do believe that came from an episode of Star Trek - The Original Series. And I do think it was done better in Trek.
Also, the original poster is right on about how the first episodes were good, and how it went south in the second half. I say, just about the time Alison was conceived was where it took a dive. Of course, that's just IMHO.
Personally - I think the all lowercase is very sexy. And her response about the dog show ... sigh ...
One of my favorite e-libraries is The Gutenberg Project which houses thousands of pieces of classic literature.
And if I can make a shameless plug, the following is the address of a mailing list based bookclub that aims to read one Gutenberg text a month:
iBookclub
I'll stick my .02 in ... I had AT&T and now use Sprint PCS.
... but I do a fair amount of work travel, and I've never found myself out of Sprint coverage.
AT&T was great, until the promo-deal I signed up on ran out. (I think it included an insane number of weekend minutes.) After the deal ran out, though, you have to commit to another year given whatever their current best promo is.
After two years, I switched to Sprint and am quite happy. I still have a year contract (allowed me to add extra minutes to their base plan), but the deal you sign up under stays in effect until you cancel service. The deal I have is 200 anytime + 300 evening/weekend all with long distance for $39.99.
The criticism that Sprint coverage is weak out of the major cities is true
And, the little Samsung phones rock!
DC
I wonder what PARC would go for one eBay? Come on ... wouldn't that be the way you'd like to see it end up?
I have an Alpha that is the identical model to the one that ran Slashdot for the first 9 months of its life, and served the first million pages.
Make me an offer today, and you too might be
able to own one of these phenomenal Multias.
D
It's all about high density bubble memory. ... yes it is...
That's the anwser
bubble.com
Okay ... off-topic, I know ... but I just had to ... the quote from ... man, he almost sounds
comment on your signature line
Bill Gates. That was the funniest thing I had
ever read when I first saw it!! An easy way to
factor prime numbers
educationalized.
Anyway, that's Microsoft's chief software
architect for you.
D
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm ....... ROOM SERVICE.
Rob & Jeff,
... not the gooshy stuff about more support for the site, able to pay some of the most involved people ... have you gotten any fun new toys since then, and what are your favorite?
... any chance of a new Slash release?
... and what do you have in mind for E2?
How has the Andover IPO/Slashdot buyout affected your life? No
Also
Oh
David
Steve,
(Woz? Mr. Wozniak, sir?)
We hear and see a lot of negative things about childhood these days. Stories in the media about violence in the schools is not uncommon.
Given your work with children, what is your opinion of "The State of the Union" of under-eighteen year-olds? Is school a brighter place, given all the exposure to new technologies? Or is it really as gloomy as the media portrays?
Finally, what has been your own children's experience of the school system, and are they at all technically inclined?
Thanks,
David
This sounds a little farfetched for today's neural nets. My guess is that this was either a sci-fi story, or urban legend.
I've followed them and downloaded their etexts for a number of years now, and I must say that Gutenberg is one of the finest, most selfless projects on the internet.
... and the voices in OS 9 are much better than they have been in the past.
My favorite thing to do with Gutenberg etexts is to load them up in TextEdit Plus on my Powerbook and "Speak document" while I work. It's very cool
Three cheers to project Gutenberg, and anyone out there who hasn't already checked them out should do so ASAP!!
I'm not saying it's going to happen, but you know that the President could step in and with a wave of the hand (actually, probably a signature, but a wave of the hand has more flair) could pardon Bill and Microsoft any wrongdoing.
Aren't presidential pardons wonderful? I wonder what it would take (if anything) for such a situation to come pass.
FEATURE BLOAT, compliments of Microsoft.
It's been awhile since I watched Triumph of the Nerds, but didn't Kildall found DEC? And then turned away IBM when they were looking for an OS?
And wasn't originally, Intergalactic Digital?
Hello?!?!?! How can you talk about Microsoft innovations without mentioning their great AI tool, Microsoft Bob. It'll be back ... it's the way of the future, and we just weren't ready for it when it first came out.
Yes, actually, I jest.