That's a good analogy, but does it extend to the type and quality of the images you can produce? Personally, I don't listen to MIDI songs because a recording (WAV) is much more versatile and a better representation of the recorded music.
So, with SVG, is it useful for images more complex than just line art or cell shaded drawings? Images more realistic? (Like photo-realistic drawings?) Line art and cell shading definately has a huge application, especially on the desktop, but if SVG is only good for line art and related style images, I can see the application being limited.
Try telling some of the kids in the design building across from me that they have to use only line art and cell shading from now on... (then run...):)
I really wish that instead of wasting effort trying to get around the RIAA and legalize the sharing of music copyrighted by RIAA artists, people would change their focus and just abandon the music industry! Then, put the effort and energy into reinventing a new way to create, distribute, and listen to music! One that gives that gives the artists what is due to them for their creativity and provides for the promotion and distribution needs as well.
I mean seriously, how many of the top 40 artists actually put out creative music that isn't just a rehash of the last material that made the record company millions? Very few! (If you answered spears, timberlake, or others of their breed, leave now!):)
How much do you really care about the music you listen to? Do you search for music you really enjoy? Quality music? original music? Bands that pour themselves into their projects? Or do you just buy the next thing the record companies and MTV shoves in your face?
I really hate the fact that the industry is controlled by the pre-teens who could care less about wether the music they listen to is any good. The drones that buy the next spears look-a-like or the latest Creed cover band.
Ok, enough ranting.:) Unfortunately, I have no idea *how* the industry should be rewritten. But, IMHO, we should completely abandon the current industry and start something new from scratch. A system that would work, that would be fair, and that would not be controlled by the corps.
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I don't think so. This could very well be completely true. This guy is a habitual impulse buyer. He's addicted to buying stuff and it evidently gives him a thrill to do so.
I've known several people that were addicted to buying things like this, only they did it at the mall, or pawn shops, or thrift stores, etc. I had a friend who's parents bought stuff all the time. Their house was stacked high with junk they never used or even touched again after it was purchased. They literally had to move large piles of random things whenever they wanted to sit on the couch, eat at the table, or do most anything in the house.
If you're addicted to this extent, what better place to feed your addiction than the internet and specifically, your email box? There are thousands of things pitched to you every day (maybe every hour!) no matter what you're doing on the net.
Just like every other media outlet, it screams "YOU NEED MORE STUFF!"... but I digress.:-)
For me, I'd rather play video games than watch TV because it engages my brain and makes me think more than just vegging in front of the tube. More active, instead of passive entertainment...
If I want to disengage my brain, I'll sleep (which doesn't happen much...)
I imagine this sort of thing would be considered in the US and other countries were pirated games as widespread as they are in China.
Or you might just end up with a situation like the one in the music industry. Some sort of video game RIAA that is formed and then proceeds to try to regain control via lawsuits. ~gb
Dr. Bradley? Modest!? Yeah right!! The writer of the article has obviously never been in his classes (or was just trying to land a job at IBM):-)
Don't get me wrong, Dr. Bradley is an extremely nice guy and good professor too, but modest? hardly! lol. He has this thing he calls the "I Love Me File", which is just a collection of videos and articles on him and his life achievements (Ctrl-Alt-Del being one of several). He shows the video of him and Bill Gates (previously referenced by several people) and one when he was the question to Final Jeopardy and a whole slew of articles from his work on the early days of the IBM PC... and he makes sure to show it to *every* class he teaches. Doesn't matter the subject, he'll work it in somewhere! (I've seen it twice already and would have seen it a third time, but I skipped out)
I guarantee this will be the next addition to his "I Love Me File"... but like I said, he's a great guy... so, congrats! GO Dr. Bradley!:-)
If someone else has similar jamming devices, doesn't the military's "workaround" involve pinpointing the device and then hitting it with a missle??
Seems that they dealt with the GPS jammers Iraq was using by following this method in the past war. I've been unable to find references for that particular action, but I seem to remember discussing it in my signals class last spring.
the world would definately slow down if we went back to a normally dark night, but i wouldn't consider this a bad thing. stress levels would be *seriously* reduced by a daylight only work schedule. imho, we spend *way* too much of our lives working when there are so many things more worthwhile that are missed in the 75 or so years we've got here. plus, the night sky is one of the most beautiful parts of nature... why miss it all the time??
maybe we'd all be better off and happier if we wove pants out of hemp...:)
so people are saying it's a "reusable" camera, not disposable and that this is more of a rental... (i missed this in the articles, for some reason)
so are there extra charges if i feel like smashing it against the wall after i buy it? or can i do what i want with it after giving up the $11? anyone know?
Along the eastern states, you've got to visit a couple sections of the Appalachian Trail! Since you'll be backpacking anyway, it'd be really easy to hike a few days along the trail and then head back to civilization. I would suggest the following sections: Great Smokey Mountain National Park
(NC), Mount Rodgers or the Shenandoah (VA), the White Mountains (NH), or anything in Maine! You won't be disappointed... there is some beautiful territory out there! and you just can't see the same views from a car.
so pick up and move to another country for awhile and get one of those overseas jobs! the world is too big to stay in one place too long!! sounds like a nice way to see the world to me.
My only question is, if you have questions with the code, aren't you going to need a translator for the comments?
Not with India. Being a former British colony, English is an official language and widely spoken. We do some of this at my company and it works fairly well. Hardest thing to deal with is the timezone difference.
My college campus still uses Netscape as their standard browser. I think the reason is just because it's the easiest option that they can run on all our lab platforms (Solaris, Linux, and Windows). They only just recently made Mozilla available on the Linux lab machines as an alternative. I think the campus will be upgrading to Netscape 6 or 7 as our standard browser sometime this summer.
> with people attempting to sell unwanted products in vain
I'm not sure it's all in vain. Somebody has to buy the crap, otherwise you'd think it wouldn't be so widespread and companies would quit using it as a method of advertising.
Unfortunately, I'm sad to say that my age 80+ grandparents have bought way too much of the junk sold by telemarketers, and I'm sure there are others like them out there.
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Canada may have cheaper drugs than the US, but I'm willing to bet that they pay for it in taxes!
There is no such thing as a free lunch. When the government gives or provides "free" services in one place, it is taking from another place
I guess politics is all about make sure the other place isn't you! :)
That's a good analogy, but does it extend to the type and quality of the images you can produce? Personally, I don't listen to MIDI songs because a recording (WAV) is much more versatile and a better representation of the recorded music.
So, with SVG, is it useful for images more complex than just line art or cell shaded drawings? Images more realistic? (Like photo-realistic drawings?) Line art and cell shading definately has a huge application, especially on the desktop, but if SVG is only good for line art and related style images, I can see the application being limited.
Try telling some of the kids in the design building across from me that they have to use only line art and cell shading from now on... (then run...) :)
I really wish that instead of wasting effort trying to get around the RIAA and legalize the sharing of music copyrighted by RIAA artists, people would change their focus and just abandon the music industry! Then, put the effort and energy into reinventing a new way to create, distribute, and listen to music! One that gives that gives the artists what is due to them for their creativity and provides for the promotion and distribution needs as well.
I mean seriously, how many of the top 40 artists actually put out creative music that isn't just a rehash of the last material that made the record company millions? Very few! (If you answered spears, timberlake, or others of their breed, leave now!) :)
How much do you really care about the music you listen to? Do you search for music you really enjoy? Quality music? original music? Bands that pour themselves into their projects? Or do you just buy the next thing the record companies and MTV shoves in your face?
I really hate the fact that the industry is controlled by the pre-teens who could care less about wether the music they listen to is any good. The drones that buy the next spears look-a-like or the latest Creed cover band.
Ok, enough ranting. :) Unfortunately, I have no idea *how* the industry should be rewritten. But, IMHO, we should completely abandon the current industry and start something new from scratch. A system that would work, that would be fair, and that would not be controlled by the corps.
I don't think so. This could very well be completely true. This guy is a habitual impulse buyer. He's addicted to buying stuff and it evidently gives him a thrill to do so.
I've known several people that were addicted to buying things like this, only they did it at the mall, or pawn shops, or thrift stores, etc. I had a friend who's parents bought stuff all the time. Their house was stacked high with junk they never used or even touched again after it was purchased. They literally had to move large piles of random things whenever they wanted to sit on the couch, eat at the table, or do most anything in the house.
If you're addicted to this extent, what better place to feed your addiction than the internet and specifically, your email box? There are thousands of things pitched to you every day (maybe every hour!) no matter what you're doing on the net.
Just like every other media outlet, it screams "YOU NEED MORE STUFF!"... but I digress. :-)
For me, I'd rather play video games than watch TV because it engages my brain and makes me think more than just vegging in front of the tube. More active, instead of passive entertainment...
If I want to disengage my brain, I'll sleep (which doesn't happen much...)
if it wasn't before, it sure as heck is now!! yah slashdot!
I imagine this sort of thing would be considered in the US and other countries were pirated games as widespread as they are in China.
Or you might just end up with a situation like the one in the music industry. Some sort of video game RIAA that is formed and then proceeds to try to regain control via lawsuits.
~gb
> He's much too modest.
:-)
... and he makes sure to show it to *every* class he teaches. Doesn't matter the subject, he'll work it in somewhere! (I've seen it twice already and would have seen it a third time, but I skipped out)
:-)
Dr. Bradley? Modest!? Yeah right!! The writer of the article has obviously never been in his classes (or was just trying to land a job at IBM)
Don't get me wrong, Dr. Bradley is an extremely nice guy and good professor too, but modest? hardly! lol. He has this thing he calls the "I Love Me File", which is just a collection of videos and articles on him and his life achievements (Ctrl-Alt-Del being one of several). He shows the video of him and Bill Gates (previously referenced by several people) and one when he was the question to Final Jeopardy and a whole slew of articles from his work on the early days of the IBM PC
I guarantee this will be the next addition to his "I Love Me File"... but like I said, he's a great guy... so, congrats! GO Dr. Bradley!
If someone else has similar jamming devices, doesn't the military's "workaround" involve pinpointing the device and then hitting it with a missle??
Seems that they dealt with the GPS jammers Iraq was using by following this method in the past war. I've been unable to find references for that particular action, but I seem to remember discussing it in my signals class last spring.
the world would definately slow down if we went back to a normally dark night, but i wouldn't consider this a bad thing. stress levels would be *seriously* reduced by a daylight only work schedule. imho, we spend *way* too much of our lives working when there are so many things more worthwhile that are missed in the 75 or so years we've got here. plus, the night sky is one of the most beautiful parts of nature... why miss it all the time??
:)
maybe we'd all be better off and happier if we wove pants out of hemp...
so people are saying it's a "reusable" camera, not disposable and that this is more of a rental... (i missed this in the articles, for some reason)
so are there extra charges if i feel like smashing it against the wall after i buy it? or can i do what i want with it after giving up the $11? anyone know?
The Williamsburg, Jamestown, Yorktown area is great if you want colonial history. Pretty cool area!
Along the eastern states, you've got to visit a couple sections of the Appalachian Trail! Since you'll be backpacking anyway, it'd be really easy to hike a few days along the trail and then head back to civilization. I would suggest the following sections: Great Smokey Mountain National Park (NC), Mount Rodgers or the Shenandoah (VA), the White Mountains (NH), or anything in Maine! You won't be disappointed... there is some beautiful territory out there! and you just can't see the same views from a car.
NPS Appalachian Trail Site
so pick up and move to another country for awhile and get one of those overseas jobs! the world is too big to stay in one place too long!! sounds like a nice way to see the world to me.
My only question is, if you have questions with the code, aren't you going to need a translator for the comments?
Not with India. Being a former British colony, English is an official language and widely spoken. We do some of this at my company and it works fairly well. Hardest thing to deal with is the timezone difference.
illegally downloading movies is a blow to creativity
and hollywood doesn't need any help coming up short on creativity... they've got that covered just fine.
My college campus still uses Netscape as their standard browser. I think the reason is just because it's the easiest option that they can run on all our lab platforms (Solaris, Linux, and Windows). They only just recently made Mozilla available on the Linux lab machines as an alternative. I think the campus will be upgrading to Netscape 6 or 7 as our standard browser sometime this summer.
> with people attempting to sell unwanted products in vain
I'm not sure it's all in vain. Somebody has to buy the crap, otherwise you'd think it wouldn't be so widespread and companies would quit using it as a method of advertising.
Unfortunately, I'm sad to say that my age 80+ grandparents have bought way too much of the junk sold by telemarketers, and I'm sure there are others like them out there.