that's the most stupJ00 4r3 0wn3d!id thing I've ever heard! My Windows XP box h45 b33n h4x0rd h4h4h4h4h4! sorry, I don't know what's wrong with my keyboard10wn3dj00 it keeps messing up.. but anyway, Microsoft security is perfectly fine here
Actually, I would normally agree that "layoffs" were due to un-profitable areas. Unfortunately, in today's economic climate, layoffs are used to bolster bottom lines (temporarily) to increase stock price. Witness the airlines latest disaster. They receive billions in "Federal Welfare" to offset their losses with the ostensible purpose of preventing layoffs, but instead, the first thing they do is layoff most of their workforce. We could argue that the "workers" were not doing anything profitable (the airline industry was in a slump over safety concerns), but those "workers" were already paid for by OUR tax dollars. Had the airlines not received a bailout, I'd have said "yeah, lay em off". However, they DID get a bailout, like so many of our American corporations. And now, those same airlines are frantically hiring back those workers, who have been without pay for 2-4 months once they realized that their "slump" was no where near as severe as it was thought to be. What's more bullshit? That millionaire CEO's lay off tens of thousands while keeping their 7 digit salaries AND pocketing government subsidies, or that poor Joe Schmoe working the ticket counter who just lost his house because that same CEO would rather show his "profits" to his shareholders to bolster his own worth rather than keep Joe on for a few months to build business back up? Please, don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to say "Kill the Evil Corporation," but rather, kill the "Short Term Planning" frame of mind that depends on government (tax funded) bailouts that makes "Short Term Planning" feasible. Let corporations who can't stay in business fail. And, most certainly, don't allow corporations who RECEIVE government bailouts to fire their front-line, unskilled workers (many of whom are trying to go to school, raise families, etc) just so their stock values will increase, (just to turn around and hire those positions back with new employees with no seniority for less pay).
As for "self-sovereignty", I suggest you also rethink that. Where do you draw the line? We yell and scream about "exclusionist" Turks oppressing Kurds, "exclusionist" Iraqi's doing the same, "exclusionist" taliban (who are more multi-ethnic than the "northern alliances") oppressing others, I mean, where do you draw the line and how? Whom gets the pie? States based upon RACE and FUNDAMENTALISM should be frowned upon and not supported, as both are intolerant of just about every other group except their own. Do we foster racism at the expense of *freedom*? Because that's exactly WHAT we are fostering when we support Israeli and/or Palestinian statism. Jews vs. Arabs. If I'm not mistaken, Israel has a very "exclusionary" government that prohibits native Palestinians from participating in the government process, hell, I'd be pissed, too. Unfortunately for the Palestinians, they want to create a sovereign nation to exclude JEWS (many of whom have been in the region for centuries) from the political process. Get rid of religious fundamentalism and refuse to support racist regimes (including those that advocate slave labor), quit giving them our money, quit building slave labor factories or contracting to slave labor factories, and you dry up their wells. Money is the factor here, as much as I sometimes hate to admit it. People, regardless of what they say, are greedy bastards. Anyway, this is waaay to involved for a slashdot posting, so I'll leave it at that.
Jesus Christ. I just wasted 30 minutes of my life reading through that whole mess. I want those 30 minutes back!
Do I have such a miserable life that I'm willing to spend that much time on something that affects me in no way whatsoever AND the few minutes it takes to post about it on/.????
No shit. When I was using Windows, my first burning prog was Nero. I loved that program. Then i lost the CD, wasn't aware of the "demo" version, and could only find that Roxio POS at CompUSA. UGH! What a horrendous, crash prone program!
Vivid video has most certainly created more compelling plotlines and dialogue than any book-to-movie adaption I've ever seen. And when you see the actresses taking off their clothes, they do it with such professionalism that you just *know* that they're not acting. They're *living* their roles.
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Btw, here's an extremely biased link (the farmer in question), so read at your own risk: monsanto vs farmer
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1) "Genetic Drift" was most like an error on the poster's part
2) It wasn't soy, it was canola
3) The "patented" Monsanto canola was *not* sterile, and in fact propagated quite readily, which means that:
seeds spilling from Monsanto harvest would *grow* quite well wherever they sprouted, regardless if they'd been paid for or not. The trucks would bounce down the road with a bed full of canola and canola would go everywhere. Wind can pick up canola and spread it (and then spread itself). Birds, animals, etc could also carry it around. The facts are, the man had been a canola farmer for decades. DECADES. He'd also developed his own seed stock. His field, by his hand or by accident, became contaminated with Monsanto's version of canola (but not the whole field!) There was no judgement regarding whether or not it was intentional or not, but the courts forced said farmer to destroy his ENTIRE crop, his entire SEEDBANK, and his LIVLIHOOD because Monsanto has the legal backup to have it done. They did not have to prove he intentionally planted Monsanto seeds, which were VIABLE and are like every other fucking plant and spread. He even proved that after he burned his fields that Monsanto plants came back up! They reproduced and spread! How can this be legal? Should they salt his fields, too? No, Monsanto wants him to pay like everyone else and because the onus of proof is upon him to prove otherwise, he's a thief.
Actually, that's an interesting observation. To be honest, I never read EULA's in my software. Why? Because by the time I get through the legalese and what not, I could've already been WORKING with the software. I don't have time to go through every licensing nuance. I'd rather spend my time learning the OS or the Application rather than trying to figure out if I can install it on more than one machine of my own and not worry about some jack-booted Anti-Terrorism (Piracy is Terrorism!) squad smashing through my door.
When merely using software requires you to keep a lawyer on retainer, it's time to switch software.:)
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Off from work, that's for sure.
A working phone line (beware moving the week before christmas)
Internet Connectivity (ditto)
Laid
Over this stupid flu
Letter from Credit Card Companies saying "Hey, that's okay.. don't worry about that $15k you owe us, we'll call it even."
On the other hand, if I can get my ass up in 3 hours, my mom has invited me over for free food! Fuck socks, money, and cheap Walmart bullshit, I want turkey! To hell with Chef Boyardee for a day! woohoo!
You know, this is going to sound like a troll, but fuck it.
What the fuck is it you do that you need all that shit? Any of you? Come on! This is getting well out of hand. This is beyond "geek enthusiasm," this is a fucking disease. Like bulimia, ever hear of that? I'm fucking serious.
Think about it: what exactly do you do that you need all that shit? That you need to do all that shit? That you need to do all that shit and still maintain a healthy, active lifestyle? NOTHING! Not a goddamned thing. you don't *need*/. You don't *need* the new kernel. You don't *need* online forums. You don't *need* AOL chatrooms (oh wait, maybe you might *need* a date with some hairy guy named Jill).
I just moved into a new apartment. I'm more concerned with the neighborhood than I am my internet connection. Hell, I don't even fucking *have* an internet connection at the moment except for this one at work. Due to the holidays, I don't even have a fucking phone! No dialup. no internet. And you know what? I don't miss it! I'm just as fucking surprised as everyone else. In fact, I've done more productive work on my computer in the past 3 days without (g)AIM, IRC,/., etc etc than ever!
The internet is a productivity killer! It's a collossal waste of time! Get outside! Do something meaningful! Turn off your internet connection for a week! Try it! You might find you don't MISS it and figure out that all that money you spend on "computer shit" you could fucking spend on lap dances at a titty bar or something! Or buying that cute chick at the end of the bar (yes, you have to go out for this, folks) a drink! I mean, shit.
Wow, I sound bitter today, but I don't mean to be. It's just that there's millions of fucking problems in the world today and the last one that should be on your mind is "Well, is my apartment fucking wired? I just can't function without Quake..."
Jesus christ. Einhander *defined* shooters for the playstation. Really, other than the Working Designs games, I can't think of any other shooters worth mentioning for the PSX.
Now the Saturn is another story altogether. Radiant Silvergun, Do Don Pachi (cheesy, but fun!), and others. Wow.
While I agree that Chrono Trigger is probably my favorite SNES RPG, I also would like to mention Lufia, Lufia II, and Breath of Fire as other great RPG's you really shouldn't miss out on..:)
I'm replaying through Dragon Warrior III on the Gameboy Advance (it's a "color" cart), having a blast, and am looking forward to playing Lufia on the GBA.
That's why I use(d) Konq. Beautiful fonts in 2.x series. However, the thing that annoyed me is that the font size was sometimes not commiserate with the screen resolution. For example, the font would be bigger than the title bar, a minor annoyance. And while browsing my filesystem, the fonts were too big, putting 3 chars on a line.. UGH. I had to futz around in the configuration utility to finally get it looking right, took about 3 minutes. To KDE's credit, I found the config utility relatively easy to figure out. However, I found it also to be somewhat a pain in the ass. MS windows has never required me to set a font size for my window title bars (indeed, can you even do such a thing without something like Windowblinds?).
Sweet! I wanted to grab a WRX wagon, but couldn't pony up another $5k. I got a Protege5, which I love, but man, something about the WRX that just keeps me wishing I could've waited another 3 or 4 months...:( Of course, my wagon gets about 25-28 mpg, down from the 36-38 my 88 Honda Civic Hatch was giving me, but still...
Re:Why can't anyone see the implications of this?
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This looks extremely promising to me. Other than the theft potential, it looks like a great way to get me the 1 mile from my apartment to my classes. I did use my bike, but my knee is shot from years of judo and peddling is just damned painful. $3k isn't so bad, considering I paid $1200 for my mountain bike 10 years ago. If this can hold up, I'd really consider it. Hell,.05 electricity a day is just $1.50/month, compare that to my gas my car uses to get me back and forth to my usual hangouts..:/
And, it's $3k NOW, for early adopters. I reckon these'll get down to $500-$1000 once the cheap Chinese knockoffs come online.:)
Personally, I'm waiting to see how they hold up. And in NYC, while it may solve some problems, I see massive "Ginger" traffic jams in the future..:P It really will take some purposeful design work on the infrastructure...
Re:I couldnt use it daily, but I would like one.
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What kind of laptop do you have??
I mean, christ, I have a laptop, several UNIX admin books, gameboy advance, and various notebooks that fit fine in my timbuk2 bike messenger bag. Quit whining!:) Yeah, it gets heavy, but you learn to deal with it. Hell, it might even allow you to get out in the SUN a few days a week and get rid of that "pasty skin syndrome."
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If you read the time article, you'd see some of your questions answered:
1) IT moves at 4-5x walking speed.
2) IT supposedly only needs 5 cents of electricity a day.
If your only gripe is about it's speed, well, check your "facts," although I submit that the "facts" are still somewhat unknown..:/
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Here's where I'm lost:
They say GINGER has *no powertrain* and only uses 5 cents of electricity all day long. Now, I dunno about you, but if that's true, less moving/powered parts = less maintainence and I sure as hell spend more than 5 cents fueling my car if I drive all day long..
Say what you will, but if he can produce the goods as promised (when's the last time anyone has done that?) I'd be very interested in grabbing one. I wanna see how it stands up to curb jumping and the like..:)
I'd personally be pissed if they passed laws against eating and driving. I fucking work 60-80 hours a week, 16 hours a day, between two jobs. The only time I get to eat is on the drive between jobs and that usually consists of stopping at Wendy's and scarfing it down at red lights and straightaways. However, I'm also eating "one-handed" foods, I could see some argument against eating, say, a big bowl of chili or the like. From personal experience, I drive a lot while Drowsy (see 16 hour work days), which is even more dangerous than drinking. When I catch myself falling asleep at the wheel, I start looking for a parking lot to pull into, and then usually have to worry about the fucking rent-a-cops coming to harass me out. Bastards. It's not like anyone is shopping at 5AM and I usually need about 30 minutes before I'm fine enough to drive again. but that's another story.
Maybe. But, I'm also sure they're alot like Car Dealerships. They show you the invoice, but then they get "incentives" and "kickbacks" every quarter based on numbers, which does not show on the invoices.
Still, Dischord rules and if they can do it, anyone can.:)
I met 3 of some of the best friends I've ever had at Stream, doing telephone tech support. We all went through training together, we'd all go out for lunch together, etc. All but one of us has left the company, yet we three that escaped manage to go out and eat once every week or two, and the fourth I meet online whilst playing Everquest.
As an example, Howard Stern's radio station had to pay thousands of fines for his use of profanity on his show. The kicker was that the made more money on advertising, so they were glad to let "the shock jock" continue. On a reasonable level.
I don't know why papers and the like censor shit, piss, fart, cunt, cocksucker, motherfucker, tits, fart, dirty twat. I don't know of a specific ordinance other than local "obscenity" laws that would be applicable, so the point regarding "mass acceptance" may be pretty valid.
I actually put a lot of thought into the same thing awhile back, but didn't come up with anything substantial.
The biggest problem is the lack of commoditized componentry that would make this work out.
Here's what I would recommend starting with:
cerfcube (search on/. or google should bring it up): this has built-in 10/100baseT if I'm not mistaken and a nice StrongARM processor, with some RAM.. Plus they can load Linux on it..:)
Then, pick up one of those 1.8" HD's, see pricewatch?
get a happy hacker's keyboard
grab a 13" LCD and take off all the "extra crap".
Now, the problem becomes: how to integrate it all together, for which I have no answer. You'd also have to cobble together some sort of power supply, which I am also clueless about, nor do I have the funds to experiment with.
Personally, I found a Sony Vaio 505FX on ebay for around $600 with shipping sometime back, and I run Linux (Redhat 7.1) exclusively on it. Works and installed flawlessly. It's durable, rugged, and very lightweight. Small size, no built in networking, though (although newer models have it), and the battery life absolutely sucks ass (I don't go anywhere without my AC adapter and constantly look for places to plug-in, if I can find it), but other than that, it's great. I use it at work to work on programming homework (although I've now got ssh installed on my linux machine at home and I find myself ssh'ing in from my desktop more and more..). Again, battery life sucks, even in console mode. I'm going to pick up a quad-life battery sometime soon (although they're INSANELY expensive.. maybe someone will come up with a retro-kit one day with one of those nice batteries the little Apple MP3 playercomes with..).
I really don't give a FUCK about the WTC. I really don't give a FUCK about Afghanistan.
"I don't give a fuck about Nicaragua . . . . Your Politics are boring, Your Politics are FUCKING boring." - Screeching Weasle, "Nicaragua"
Yes, I'm saddened that some terrorists helped flatten a set of buildings that some of the most money grubbing bastards in the world called home, and I really feel saddened by the loss of life that accompanied it. I also feel outraged that in the aftermath of 9-11 we've given "blank checks" to an illegitamate, borderline-illiterate RICH KID and his administration to stomp on our civil liberties in the name of "Saving the Children". Oh wait, wrong campaign. I meant "Stopping Terrorism." Fuck that.
TV is just fucking TV and that's the first show I've watched in a long damn time (the Tick, that is). I found it quite amusing, having never read the comic or seen the cartoon series. Evil Masterminds plotting to take over the world is old-hat and anyone offended by it should've just changed the fucking channel to something else. The Food Network seems to be devoid of such references. Oh wait, Emeril likes to say "Bam!" a lot and someone might construe that as some kind of distasteful reference to an airplane slamming into one of the Towers.
Get a life, get a clue, enjoy life, go outside and get away from the TV and your computer as you obviously take it too seriously.
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that's the most stupJ00 4r3 0wn3d!id thing I've ever heard! My Windows XP box h45 b33n h4x0rd h4h4h4h4h4! sorry, I don't know what's wrong with my keyboard10wn3dj00 it keeps messing up.. but anyway, Microsoft security is perfectly fine here
Actually, I would normally agree that "layoffs" were due to un-profitable areas. Unfortunately, in today's economic climate, layoffs are used to bolster bottom lines (temporarily) to increase stock price. Witness the airlines latest disaster. They receive billions in "Federal Welfare" to offset their losses with the ostensible purpose of preventing layoffs, but instead, the first thing they do is layoff most of their workforce. We could argue that the "workers" were not doing anything profitable (the airline industry was in a slump over safety concerns), but those "workers" were already paid for by OUR tax dollars. Had the airlines not received a bailout, I'd have said "yeah, lay em off". However, they DID get a bailout, like so many of our American corporations. And now, those same airlines are frantically hiring back those workers, who have been without pay for 2-4 months once they realized that their "slump" was no where near as severe as it was thought to be. What's more bullshit? That millionaire CEO's lay off tens of thousands while keeping their 7 digit salaries AND pocketing government subsidies, or that poor Joe Schmoe working the ticket counter who just lost his house because that same CEO would rather show his "profits" to his shareholders to bolster his own worth rather than keep Joe on for a few months to build business back up? Please, don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to say "Kill the Evil Corporation," but rather, kill the "Short Term Planning" frame of mind that depends on government (tax funded) bailouts that makes "Short Term Planning" feasible. Let corporations who can't stay in business fail. And, most certainly, don't allow corporations who RECEIVE government bailouts to fire their front-line, unskilled workers (many of whom are trying to go to school, raise families, etc) just so their stock values will increase, (just to turn around and hire those positions back with new employees with no seniority for less pay).
As for "self-sovereignty", I suggest you also rethink that. Where do you draw the line? We yell and scream about "exclusionist" Turks oppressing Kurds, "exclusionist" Iraqi's doing the same, "exclusionist" taliban (who are more multi-ethnic than the "northern alliances") oppressing others, I mean, where do you draw the line and how? Whom gets the pie? States based upon RACE and FUNDAMENTALISM should be frowned upon and not supported, as both are intolerant of just about every other group except their own. Do we foster racism at the expense of *freedom*? Because that's exactly WHAT we are fostering when we support Israeli and/or Palestinian statism. Jews vs. Arabs. If I'm not mistaken, Israel has a very "exclusionary" government that prohibits native Palestinians from participating in the government process, hell, I'd be pissed, too. Unfortunately for the Palestinians, they want to create a sovereign nation to exclude JEWS (many of whom have been in the region for centuries) from the political process. Get rid of religious fundamentalism and refuse to support racist regimes (including those that advocate slave labor), quit giving them our money, quit building slave labor factories or contracting to slave labor factories, and you dry up their wells. Money is the factor here, as much as I sometimes hate to admit it. People, regardless of what they say, are greedy bastards. Anyway, this is waaay to involved for a slashdot posting, so I'll leave it at that.
Jesus Christ. I just wasted 30 minutes of my life reading through that whole mess. I want those 30 minutes back!
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Do I have such a miserable life that I'm willing to spend that much time on something that affects me in no way whatsoever AND the few minutes it takes to post about it on
Man. I need to get back to work.
No shit. When I was using Windows, my first burning prog was Nero. I loved that program. Then i lost the CD, wasn't aware of the "demo" version, and could only find that Roxio POS at CompUSA. UGH! What a horrendous, crash prone program!
I most certainly agree.
Vivid video has most certainly created more compelling plotlines and dialogue than any book-to-movie adaption I've ever seen. And when you see the actresses taking off their clothes, they do it with such professionalism that you just *know* that they're not acting. They're *living* their roles.
I LIKE my goddamned Cheetos!
Btw, here's an extremely biased link (the farmer in question), so read at your own risk: monsanto vs farmer
1) "Genetic Drift" was most like an error on the poster's part
2) It wasn't soy, it was canola
3) The "patented" Monsanto canola was *not* sterile, and in fact propagated quite readily, which means that:
seeds spilling from Monsanto harvest would *grow* quite well wherever they sprouted, regardless if they'd been paid for or not. The trucks would bounce down the road with a bed full of canola and canola would go everywhere. Wind can pick up canola and spread it (and then spread itself). Birds, animals, etc could also carry it around. The facts are, the man had been a canola farmer for decades. DECADES. He'd also developed his own seed stock. His field, by his hand or by accident, became contaminated with Monsanto's version of canola (but not the whole field!) There was no judgement regarding whether or not it was intentional or not, but the courts forced said farmer to destroy his ENTIRE crop, his entire SEEDBANK, and his LIVLIHOOD because Monsanto has the legal backup to have it done. They did not have to prove he intentionally planted Monsanto seeds, which were VIABLE and are like every other fucking plant and spread. He even proved that after he burned his fields that Monsanto plants came back up! They reproduced and spread! How can this be legal? Should they salt his fields, too? No, Monsanto wants him to pay like everyone else and because the onus of proof is upon him to prove otherwise, he's a thief.
God bless the Corporation!
Actually, that's an interesting observation. To be honest, I never read EULA's in my software. Why? Because by the time I get through the legalese and what not, I could've already been WORKING with the software. I don't have time to go through every licensing nuance. I'd rather spend my time learning the OS or the Application rather than trying to figure out if I can install it on more than one machine of my own and not worry about some jack-booted Anti-Terrorism (Piracy is Terrorism!) squad smashing through my door.
:)
When merely using software requires you to keep a lawyer on retainer, it's time to switch software.
Off from work, that's for sure.
A working phone line (beware moving the week before christmas)
Internet Connectivity (ditto)
Laid
Over this stupid flu
Letter from Credit Card Companies saying "Hey, that's okay.. don't worry about that $15k you owe us, we'll call it even."
On the other hand, if I can get my ass up in 3 hours, my mom has invited me over for free food! Fuck socks, money, and cheap Walmart bullshit, I want turkey! To hell with Chef Boyardee for a day! woohoo!
Merry xmas to everyone!
You know, this is going to sound like a troll, but fuck it.
/. You don't *need* the new kernel. You don't *need* online forums. You don't *need* AOL chatrooms (oh wait, maybe you might *need* a date with some hairy guy named Jill).
/., etc etc than ever!
:)
What the fuck is it you do that you need all that shit? Any of you? Come on! This is getting well out of hand. This is beyond "geek enthusiasm," this is a fucking disease. Like bulimia, ever hear of that? I'm fucking serious.
Think about it: what exactly do you do that you need all that shit? That you need to do all that shit? That you need to do all that shit and still maintain a healthy, active lifestyle? NOTHING! Not a goddamned thing. you don't *need*
I just moved into a new apartment. I'm more concerned with the neighborhood than I am my internet connection. Hell, I don't even fucking *have* an internet connection at the moment except for this one at work. Due to the holidays, I don't even have a fucking phone! No dialup. no internet. And you know what? I don't miss it! I'm just as fucking surprised as everyone else. In fact, I've done more productive work on my computer in the past 3 days without (g)AIM, IRC,
The internet is a productivity killer! It's a collossal waste of time! Get outside! Do something meaningful! Turn off your internet connection for a week! Try it! You might find you don't MISS it and figure out that all that money you spend on "computer shit" you could fucking spend on lap dances at a titty bar or something! Or buying that cute chick at the end of the bar (yes, you have to go out for this, folks) a drink! I mean, shit.
Wow, I sound bitter today, but I don't mean to be. It's just that there's millions of fucking problems in the world today and the last one that should be on your mind is "Well, is my apartment fucking wired? I just can't function without Quake..."
Just something to chew on , you know?
::sigh:: back to everquest
Jesus christ. Einhander *defined* shooters for the playstation. Really, other than the Working Designs games, I can't think of any other shooters worth mentioning for the PSX.
Now the Saturn is another story altogether. Radiant Silvergun, Do Don Pachi (cheesy, but fun!), and others. Wow.
While I agree that Chrono Trigger is probably my favorite SNES RPG, I also would like to mention Lufia, Lufia II, and Breath of Fire as other great RPG's you really shouldn't miss out on.. :)
I'm replaying through Dragon Warrior III on the Gameboy Advance (it's a "color" cart), having a blast, and am looking forward to playing Lufia on the GBA.
That's why I use(d) Konq. Beautiful fonts in 2.x series. However, the thing that annoyed me is that the font size was sometimes not commiserate with the screen resolution. For example, the font would be bigger than the title bar, a minor annoyance. And while browsing my filesystem, the fonts were too big, putting 3 chars on a line.. UGH. I had to futz around in the configuration utility to finally get it looking right, took about 3 minutes. To KDE's credit, I found the config utility relatively easy to figure out. However, I found it also to be somewhat a pain in the ass. MS windows has never required me to set a font size for my window title bars (indeed, can you even do such a thing without something like Windowblinds?).
Sweet! I wanted to grab a WRX wagon, but couldn't pony up another $5k. I got a Protege5, which I love, but man, something about the WRX that just keeps me wishing I could've waited another 3 or 4 months... :( Of course, my wagon gets about 25-28 mpg, down from the 36-38 my 88 Honda Civic Hatch was giving me, but still...
This looks extremely promising to me. Other than the theft potential, it looks like a great way to get me the 1 mile from my apartment to my classes. I did use my bike, but my knee is shot from years of judo and peddling is just damned painful. $3k isn't so bad, considering I paid $1200 for my mountain bike 10 years ago. If this can hold up, I'd really consider it. Hell, .05 electricity a day is just $1.50/month, compare that to my gas my car uses to get me back and forth to my usual hangouts.. :/
:)
:P It really will take some purposeful design work on the infrastructure...
And, it's $3k NOW, for early adopters. I reckon these'll get down to $500-$1000 once the cheap Chinese knockoffs come online.
Personally, I'm waiting to see how they hold up. And in NYC, while it may solve some problems, I see massive "Ginger" traffic jams in the future..
What kind of laptop do you have??
:) Yeah, it gets heavy, but you learn to deal with it. Hell, it might even allow you to get out in the SUN a few days a week and get rid of that "pasty skin syndrome."
I mean, christ, I have a laptop, several UNIX admin books, gameboy advance, and various notebooks that fit fine in my timbuk2 bike messenger bag. Quit whining!
If you read the time article, you'd see some of your questions answered:
:/
1) IT moves at 4-5x walking speed.
2) IT supposedly only needs 5 cents of electricity a day.
If your only gripe is about it's speed, well, check your "facts," although I submit that the "facts" are still somewhat unknown..
Here's where I'm lost:
:)
They say GINGER has *no powertrain* and only uses 5 cents of electricity all day long. Now, I dunno about you, but if that's true, less moving/powered parts = less maintainence and I sure as hell spend more than 5 cents fueling my car if I drive all day long..
Say what you will, but if he can produce the goods as promised (when's the last time anyone has done that?) I'd be very interested in grabbing one. I wanna see how it stands up to curb jumping and the like..
I'd personally be pissed if they passed laws against eating and driving. I fucking work 60-80 hours a week, 16 hours a day, between two jobs. The only time I get to eat is on the drive between jobs and that usually consists of stopping at Wendy's and scarfing it down at red lights and straightaways. However, I'm also eating "one-handed" foods, I could see some argument against eating, say, a big bowl of chili or the like. From personal experience, I drive a lot while Drowsy (see 16 hour work days), which is even more dangerous than drinking. When I catch myself falling asleep at the wheel, I start looking for a parking lot to pull into, and then usually have to worry about the fucking rent-a-cops coming to harass me out. Bastards. It's not like anyone is shopping at 5AM and I usually need about 30 minutes before I'm fine enough to drive again. but that's another story.
Maybe. But, I'm also sure they're alot like Car Dealerships. They show you the invoice, but then they get "incentives" and "kickbacks" every quarter based on numbers, which does not show on the invoices.
:)
Still, Dischord rules and if they can do it, anyone can.
I met 3 of some of the best friends I've ever had at Stream, doing telephone tech support. We all went through training together, we'd all go out for lunch together, etc. All but one of us has left the company, yet we three that escaped manage to go out and eat once every week or two, and the fourth I meet online whilst playing Everquest.
Oddly enough, we talk tech when hanging out.
As an example, Howard Stern's radio station had to pay thousands of fines for his use of profanity on his show. The kicker was that the made more money on advertising, so they were glad to let "the shock jock" continue. On a reasonable level.
I don't know why papers and the like censor shit, piss, fart, cunt, cocksucker, motherfucker, tits, fart, dirty twat. I don't know of a specific ordinance other than local "obscenity" laws that would be applicable, so the point regarding "mass acceptance" may be pretty valid.
Personally, fuck's just another word.
I actually put a lot of thought into the same thing awhile back, but didn't come up with anything substantial.
/. or google should bring it up): this has built-in 10/100baseT if I'm not mistaken and a nice StrongARM processor, with some RAM.. Plus they can load Linux on it.. :)
The biggest problem is the lack of commoditized componentry that would make this work out.
Here's what I would recommend starting with:
cerfcube (search on
Then, pick up one of those 1.8" HD's, see pricewatch?
get a happy hacker's keyboard
grab a 13" LCD and take off all the "extra crap".
Now, the problem becomes: how to integrate it all together, for which I have no answer. You'd also have to cobble together some sort of power supply, which I am also clueless about, nor do I have the funds to experiment with.
Personally, I found a Sony Vaio 505FX on ebay for around $600 with shipping sometime back, and I run Linux (Redhat 7.1) exclusively on it. Works and installed flawlessly. It's durable, rugged, and very lightweight. Small size, no built in networking, though (although newer models have it), and the battery life absolutely sucks ass (I don't go anywhere without my AC adapter and constantly look for places to plug-in, if I can find it), but other than that, it's great. I use it at work to work on programming homework (although I've now got ssh installed on my linux machine at home and I find myself ssh'ing in from my desktop more and more..). Again, battery life sucks, even in console mode. I'm going to pick up a quad-life battery sometime soon (although they're INSANELY expensive.. maybe someone will come up with a retro-kit one day with one of those nice batteries the little Apple MP3 playercomes with..).
Well, have fun.
Jesus christ.
I really don't give a FUCK about the WTC. I really don't give a FUCK about Afghanistan.
"I don't give a fuck about Nicaragua . . . . Your Politics are boring, Your Politics are FUCKING boring." - Screeching Weasle, "Nicaragua"
Yes, I'm saddened that some terrorists helped flatten a set of buildings that some of the most money grubbing bastards in the world called home, and I really feel saddened by the loss of life that accompanied it. I also feel outraged that in the aftermath of 9-11 we've given "blank checks" to an illegitamate, borderline-illiterate RICH KID and his administration to stomp on our civil liberties in the name of "Saving the Children". Oh wait, wrong campaign. I meant "Stopping Terrorism." Fuck that.
TV is just fucking TV and that's the first show I've watched in a long damn time (the Tick, that is). I found it quite amusing, having never read the comic or seen the cartoon series. Evil Masterminds plotting to take over the world is old-hat and anyone offended by it should've just changed the fucking channel to something else. The Food Network seems to be devoid of such references. Oh wait, Emeril likes to say "Bam!" a lot and someone might construe that as some kind of distasteful reference to an airplane slamming into one of the Towers.
Get a life, get a clue, enjoy life, go outside and get away from the TV and your computer as you obviously take it too seriously.