yes, yes, we all know it's ancient . . .
my only guess is maybe this is trying to get someone out there to take the initiative and write something that does scale?
since it still works fine (as I download 2 episodes of TNG), I'm guessing nobody cares . . . but as the lack of scaling becomes an issue, i'm sure someone will get off their arse and write it . . .
i can't wait to see it, either:)
in the meantime . . . *shrug* it's better'n napster, so let's use what we've got:)
is that this is just the first of many older movies going to be re-released on DVD with lots of other added extras and cool stuff. I mean, how cool would it be to have a bunch of extra edited scenes from back to the future, or the terminator or any other really great older movies? I say keep 'em coming . . . and that's why i'm going to buy my copy
(not to mention that i love the movie too:)
K
this will be the first step towards nanobots inside the human body. If these things can monitor pollutant rate, then they can be easily modified to check for oxygen level in the blood, nutrient level, etc. If they can start moving things around, maybe they can fix internal damage . . .
There's lots of great application for this . . . if it starts by fixing pollution, cool, but I'm going to continue to look ahead to all of the great thigns that this can lead to.
K
this wasn't in the US . . . because if it were not only would the company care, they'd realize they could make a killing. thankfully Germans seem to realize that such lawsuits shouldn't really happen, and drop them.
Go Germany:)
why don't they just buy a lot of normal old personal computers (that we can obviously export) and built huge beowulf cluster? wouldn't that be just as fast (if not faster) than these supercomputers, providing youg et enough baby comps? and wouldn't this work a lot better for third world countries who can always split the comps up and say "see, no supercomputer here"?
i dunno, i don't really see the need for supercomputers around at all, but that's just me:)
but i'm afraid it will really confuse a lot of people out there . . . we have the 2.2 kernel tree, 2.4 kernel tree and 2.5 kernel tree already. now throwing in 2.4-mjc? yes extra performance enhancing stuff will be cool, but man are a lot of people going to be confused . . .
I've been addicted. It wasn't to EQ, it was actually to a MUD, ages ago, called World's End. I used to spend 8-10 hours a day on the mud, even during school (higschool at the time).
I'm no longer addicted. Why? The IMP (DM) of the mud made my life hell for a while, and eventually the mud shut down. I went through withdrawal; it sucked. But I'm okay now.
What do I think we should do? I don't know. What helped me get through figuring out how to live IRL was my friends. We can't exactly keep giving people friends. However, if you know someone who is addicted, keep inviting them places. Make them get away from the computer. Don't let them talk about it.
I'm not anti-gaming. Gaming is good, in moderation. We need to be careful; in today's sensationalized world people have trouble stepping away from the bright lights and high action of games for real life. However, it's necessary if you want to be a functional part of society.
We'll never be able to solve this problem, but the good news is that you can kick the habit. I'm proof, it can be done.
I recall Brent Spiner (Data) previously saying that he would only do it again if Frakes (Riker) was directing . . . does this mean we have no data, or they've somehow managed to strongarm him (!?!) into acting under another director for just one more movie?
Because, for those of you who don't know, Spiner is getting quite old, and as data has to look ilke he doesn't age, it's a hell of a lot of makeup there . . .
my thought is that linux will eventually pick up, but it's going to take a while. Why? Linux works great and people will eventually realize that, but there really isn't much marketing as far as I can tell. IBM with it's Peace Love and Linux campaign has probably done a lot, but compared to MS . . .
*shrug*
Once linux's PR is going well, poor MS will probably be in for the fight of it's life . . .
on in what way you think. some people would probably be much better in this "3-d" environment. or they would be much better in the weird tree like think they had on the second page. i vastly prefer directory structure and simply putting things where they should be based on my own sorting procedure. i think everybody finds what works for them best. if this works for someone, more power to them. if on the other hand you like a structure like:/mnt/win/d/hd/f/pictures (i swear i know a guy who has directory structure like this . ..) then go for it. if it works best for you, that's what really matters.
(as an aside, i don't see this really taking off, but i can't see it hurting anybody much by merely existing.)
I realize they're saying that they are only going to use information about the person's "ongoing" crime or crime's they're considering committing, but who among us really believes them?
Granted, the person in prison really ought to NOT tell their lawyers other illicit plans (simply because it's a dumb idea) however they should NOT be listened to anyway.
I don't believe the article when it says that eavesdropped material in the current case wouldn't be used. Of course it would be used. People can't hear things that are pertinent to something their working on and not incorporate that extra information into what they're going to do somehow. It's human nature.
You're worried about terrorism? This won't stop terrorism one bit, because a real terrorist isn't going to trust their random court appointed lawyer. Even if he's their own lawyer, he's not going to go on about how he's going to kill people. It's dumb.
But I bet you the government says they will and they'll use that "admission" to keep them locked away for a good long time before a trial. Even besides that, they'll go to the public and say "This person confessed to being a murderer to his attorney, and he indicated persons X, Y and Z" they then arrest X Y and Z whether or not the person said it, and the government gets carte blanche . . .
Hooray abuse of power.
I can't see this going anywhere good . . .
All I can say is I'm glad I'm not an arab . . . and my prayers to all of the arabs to weather the propaganada storm.
K
that new kernel releases are being dropped like flies? not that i don't like having the kernel as up to date as possible, but it seems that the number of releases this fall has been astounding . . . i'd rather see the numbers stay low but each new kernel be a significant step . . .
just my.02 . . .
they waited 2 days too long . . .
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because how cool would it have been if kernel 2.2.20 came out on 11.1.01?
is because people with modem connections wouldn't want to waste 95% of their bandwidth for spotty radio when they could just turn on the radio or start playing cds (or mp3s) of their own. in the meantime the people who had connections that could easily handle the load and not blink (which until recently was mostly only college affiliates) were either downloading all the mp3s of the songs they wanted to listen to and listening to the songs themselves. it's clearly a lot more flexible to have the songs yourself and play them whenever you want and in whatever order you want.
so who would listen to the radio over the web, then? people who wanted to listen to specific talk shows that they didn't get, and . . . well, i can't really think of any other good reason to listen to streaming radio via the web. there was no middle ground of connectivity speed that would have been really good for radio (fast enough to handle the load and still be okay for doing other things, but slow enough that it wasn't worth it just to get all the mp3s). it's nobody's fault, really, but radio's just not worth it over the web
it's a start. next maybe we'll work on getting the poor food, shelter and jobs. i doubt it, but in the meantime, at least they can surf the web and pretend to be rich:)
about 5 years ago they could make a sub which could go under its own power for about 24 hours. 5 years later we've heard zero revolutions related to this . . . how about cars that go under their own power for 24 hours on a cupful of gasoline? And no exhaust?
oh wait, what am i thinking, we can't have those sorts of revolutions . . . the gasoline companies would go bankrupt and our economy would fall into ruin . . .
There are already variations like this. Of note is Nightmare CHess (SJG), which is an almost MTG like adaptation to chess. Basicaly, you get 5 cards, and can play one before, or after either your move or your opponents, depending on what the card says. Cards say things like: Earthquake: rotate the board 90 degrees either clockwise or counterclockwise. Promote all appropriate pawns. Earthquake counts as your move.
or New Tactics, which makes pawns move diagonally and capture forward. It's a crazy game. I've also personally seen a USCF Senior Master play against some of my friends, and whomp us all, proving that it isn't all luck . . .
It'd sure be interesting to see a GM play it vs a computer:)
I don't know about the first two, but I remember hearing of a case of something very similar to the third. A person broke into a house, and was in the process of committing larceny when the homeowner's dog attacked the burglar. The burglar ended up with some extent of injury, took the homeowner to court, and won. I don't remember how much he sued for, but it was significant enough to disgust me.
*shrug*
take it for what you will.
Taxing the internet from state to state is one thing, but what's going to happen when you buy things out of country? Are we going to be paying tarriffs online, or will it be considered duty free (like on airplanes and in some airports)? Also, does anybody know whether or not they're going to try and tax auctions/auction sites? Because I can't see a legitimate claim for taxing purchases but not auctions, and I can't see a way for enforcing auctions . . .
eBay anyone?
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yes, yes, we all know it's ancient . . . :)
:)
my only guess is maybe this is trying to get someone out there to take the initiative and write something that does scale?
since it still works fine (as I download 2 episodes of TNG), I'm guessing nobody cares . . . but as the lack of scaling becomes an issue, i'm sure someone will get off their arse and write it . . .
i can't wait to see it, either
in the meantime . . . *shrug* it's better'n napster, so let's use what we've got
is that this is just the first of many older movies going to be re-released on DVD with lots of other added extras and cool stuff. I mean, how cool would it be to have a bunch of extra edited scenes from back to the future, or the terminator or any other really great older movies? I say keep 'em coming . . . and that's why i'm going to buy my copy :)
(not to mention that i love the movie too
K
this will be the first step towards nanobots inside the human body. If these things can monitor pollutant rate, then they can be easily modified to check for oxygen level in the blood, nutrient level, etc. If they can start moving things around, maybe they can fix internal damage . . .
There's lots of great application for this . . . if it starts by fixing pollution, cool, but I'm going to continue to look ahead to all of the great thigns that this can lead to.
K
this wasn't in the US . . . because if it were not only would the company care, they'd realize they could make a killing. thankfully Germans seem to realize that such lawsuits shouldn't really happen, and drop them. :)
Go Germany
why don't they just buy a lot of normal old personal computers (that we can obviously export) and built huge beowulf cluster? wouldn't that be just as fast (if not faster) than these supercomputers, providing youg et enough baby comps? and wouldn't this work a lot better for third world countries who can always split the comps up and say "see, no supercomputer here"? :)
i dunno, i don't really see the need for supercomputers around at all, but that's just me
but i'm afraid it will really confuse a lot of people out there . . . we have the 2.2 kernel tree, 2.4 kernel tree and 2.5 kernel tree already. now throwing in 2.4-mjc? yes extra performance enhancing stuff will be cool, but man are a lot of people going to be confused . . .
and if you try and register a domain name that someone has as .com expect to be sued for cybersquatting!
oh, the world we live in . . .
And how is the Internet supposed to draw people together when the same old language barrier still exists?
one word: babelfish.
I've been addicted. It wasn't to EQ, it was actually to a MUD, ages ago, called World's End. I used to spend 8-10 hours a day on the mud, even during school (higschool at the time).
I'm no longer addicted. Why? The IMP (DM) of the mud made my life hell for a while, and eventually the mud shut down. I went through withdrawal; it sucked. But I'm okay now.
What do I think we should do? I don't know. What helped me get through figuring out how to live IRL was my friends. We can't exactly keep giving people friends. However, if you know someone who is addicted, keep inviting them places. Make them get away from the computer. Don't let them talk about it.
I'm not anti-gaming. Gaming is good, in moderation. We need to be careful; in today's sensationalized world people have trouble stepping away from the bright lights and high action of games for real life. However, it's necessary if you want to be a functional part of society.
We'll never be able to solve this problem, but the good news is that you can kick the habit. I'm proof, it can be done.
I recall Brent Spiner (Data) previously saying that he would only do it again if Frakes (Riker) was directing . . . does this mean we have no data, or they've somehow managed to strongarm him (!?!) into acting under another director for just one more movie?
Because, for those of you who don't know, Spiner is getting quite old, and as data has to look ilke he doesn't age, it's a hell of a lot of makeup there . . .
my thought is that linux will eventually pick up, but it's going to take a while. Why? Linux works great and people will eventually realize that, but there really isn't much marketing as far as I can tell. IBM with it's Peace Love and Linux campaign has probably done a lot, but compared to MS . . .
*shrug*
Once linux's PR is going well, poor MS will probably be in for the fight of it's life . . .
on in what way you think. some people would probably be much better in this "3-d" environment. or they would be much better in the weird tree like think they had on the second page. i vastly prefer directory structure and simply putting things where they should be based on my own sorting procedure. i think everybody finds what works for them best. if this works for someone, more power to them. if on the other hand you like a structure like: /mnt/win/d/hd/f/pictures (i swear i know a guy who has directory structure like this . . .) then go for it. if it works best for you, that's what really matters.
(as an aside, i don't see this really taking off, but i can't see it hurting anybody much by merely existing.)
I realize they're saying that they are only going to use information about the person's "ongoing" crime or crime's they're considering committing, but who among us really believes them?
Granted, the person in prison really ought to NOT tell their lawyers other illicit plans (simply because it's a dumb idea) however they should NOT be listened to anyway.
I don't believe the article when it says that eavesdropped material in the current case wouldn't be used. Of course it would be used. People can't hear things that are pertinent to something their working on and not incorporate that extra information into what they're going to do somehow. It's human nature.
You're worried about terrorism? This won't stop terrorism one bit, because a real terrorist isn't going to trust their random court appointed lawyer. Even if he's their own lawyer, he's not going to go on about how he's going to kill people. It's dumb.
But I bet you the government says they will and they'll use that "admission" to keep them locked away for a good long time before a trial. Even besides that, they'll go to the public and say "This person confessed to being a murderer to his attorney, and he indicated persons X, Y and Z" they then arrest X Y and Z whether or not the person said it, and the government gets carte blanche . . .
Hooray abuse of power.
I can't see this going anywhere good . . .
All I can say is I'm glad I'm not an arab . . . and my prayers to all of the arabs to weather the propaganada storm.
K
that new kernel releases are being dropped like flies? not that i don't like having the kernel as up to date as possible, but it seems that the number of releases this fall has been astounding . . . i'd rather see the numbers stay low but each new kernel be a significant step . . . .02 . . .
just my
because how cool would it have been if kernel 2.2.20 came out on 11.1.01?
is because people with modem connections wouldn't want to waste 95% of their bandwidth for spotty radio when they could just turn on the radio or start playing cds (or mp3s) of their own. in the meantime the people who had connections that could easily handle the load and not blink (which until recently was mostly only college affiliates) were either downloading all the mp3s of the songs they wanted to listen to and listening to the songs themselves. it's clearly a lot more flexible to have the songs yourself and play them whenever you want and in whatever order you want.
so who would listen to the radio over the web, then? people who wanted to listen to specific talk shows that they didn't get, and . . . well, i can't really think of any other good reason to listen to streaming radio via the web. there was no middle ground of connectivity speed that would have been really good for radio (fast enough to handle the load and still be okay for doing other things, but slow enough that it wasn't worth it just to get all the mp3s). it's nobody's fault, really, but radio's just not worth it over the web
it's a start. next maybe we'll work on getting the poor food, shelter and jobs. i doubt it, but in the meantime, at least they can surf the web and pretend to be rich :)
about 5 years ago they could make a sub which could go under its own power for about 24 hours. 5 years later we've heard zero revolutions related to this . . . how about cars that go under their own power for 24 hours on a cupful of gasoline? And no exhaust?
oh wait, what am i thinking, we can't have those sorts of revolutions . . . the gasoline companies would go bankrupt and our economy would fall into ruin . . .
well, maybe if we all pretend really hard . . .
There are already variations like this. Of note is Nightmare CHess (SJG), which is an almost MTG like adaptation to chess. Basicaly, you get 5 cards, and can play one before, or after either your move or your opponents, depending on what the card says. Cards say things like: Earthquake: rotate the board 90 degrees either clockwise or counterclockwise. Promote all appropriate pawns. Earthquake counts as your move. or New Tactics, which makes pawns move diagonally and capture forward. It's a crazy game. I've also personally seen a USCF Senior Master play against some of my friends, and whomp us all, proving that it isn't all luck . . . It'd sure be interesting to see a GM play it vs a computer :)
I don't know about the first two, but I remember hearing of a case of something very similar to the third. A person broke into a house, and was in the process of committing larceny when the homeowner's dog attacked the burglar. The burglar ended up with some extent of injury, took the homeowner to court, and won. I don't remember how much he sued for, but it was significant enough to disgust me. *shrug* take it for what you will.
Taxing the internet from state to state is one thing, but what's going to happen when you buy things out of country? Are we going to be paying tarriffs online, or will it be considered duty free (like on airplanes and in some airports)? Also, does anybody know whether or not they're going to try and tax auctions/auction sites? Because I can't see a legitimate claim for taxing purchases but not auctions, and I can't see a way for enforcing auctions . . . eBay anyone?
Time flows like a river. Here's a stick, don't drown.