So, at that rate, by removing ALL the letters, you get a speed increase of over 300%. Remove the keyboard, and the computer, and you could probably get productivity well into the thousands.
It's not just computer stuff. A good friend of mine wants to drill a hole in a d100 (a 100-sided "die" used in rpg's) to put on his keychain. I know several people that have d20's.
Somewhat OT, but I made up a giant fuzzy d10 (Mage style) from wire and felt fabric for a friend of mine once. He wanted a 20, but a d10 was hard enough to put together. It ended up looking... well... decent?, although it was a little bit large to go from the rearview.
Please post anything you've written that can compete with Gibson's novels and then you can share your assesments of someone else's writing in such a dogmatic and prickish way.
Now there's an argument I can't stand. Being good at criticism and being good at the object of criticism are two seperate skills. Although knowledge is generally necessary, and adeptitude may help criticism, it's not outside the realm of possibility to be a good critic of something you can't do.
Why do people not count Hussein as a terrorist? How many hundreds of thousands of murders do you have to commit before people think you're a bad guy these days?
You're right, there never was (IIRC) an out-and-outright claim, but there was quite a lot of wordplay, insinuation, and almost-but-not-quite implication, and it's not unreasonable to say that this was intentional.
Right, but on Mozilla, you can just type into the URL bar and hit a button to search. it eliminates the step of tabbing to the "Search" bar. It's minor, but actually is much more convenient, especially if you're used to it.
Acceptable quality is acceptable quality. Most of what makes a piece of music enjoyable-- lyrics, beat, instrumental adeptitude-- can be quite well reproduced by, say, 192-VBR MP3. For some tastes, or for music that is exceptional in a more blatant vein, even a (and I shudder!) 256-CBR could suffice.
I know that 192-VBR MP3 is less quality than CD, but with very, very few exceptions, I'm perfectly happy to build my music collection (my primary collection, not just backups) off more convenient and cheaper MP3 downloads. If I became more discriminating about it, I would probably find that my terrible stereo equipment (70s garage-sale fare) would end up being the bottleneck.
If you're in a hospital capable of the implant, you're probably going to have better methods of 3D scanning and reproduction. That said, you'd have to take the original bone out, scan it, and then put in the replacement, assuming the bone isn't broken as to be unscannable. If you're just talking about a "standardized" bone, a more suitable bone could be created by a doctor/engineer in CAD.
Exactly. I think the problem that a lot of people have is that this is supposed to be a system for authentication. It's not (from what I've seen). It's supposed to be a system so that you don't have to go through the register/confirm/sign-on whenever you just want to post a comment with your own name on it. It just gives you a consistent signature, and gives site-owners a better way to filter malicious comments without setting up too many hoops.
I'm not worldly in any sense, but I would probably agree that the US is nowhere near as paranoid as many nations. However, I do think that the rate of paranoia in the last few years is probably a fair contender.
Even if the general populus isn't paranoid, a paranoid government with laws driven by paranoia can enable a paranoid minority of the populous to stir up heavily disproportionate difficulties for people who might just happen to look suspicious. Instead of a ludicrous "tip" being met with a deserved "screw off, you paranoid freak", it may be met with damaging gung-ho investigation.
Anyone who sympathizes or identifies with the shooters does so because he or she harbors secret fantasies of being a psychopathic killer, not because he or she is a "geek."
Why can't one be both a geek and a harborer of great secret fantasies? What's the big problem with great, secret fantasies? A bit better than bloody public realities, certainly. Perhaps (and this is the thesis of the whole situation) the great, secret fantasies are reactions to negative situations which breed the desire for revenge.
Certainly, innocent people got caught in the crossfire, shot down for no reason other than being there. Even for the guilty, death is an unduly harsh sentence. Hence, society condemns and punishes this behavior. It is criminal.
However, a believer in the concept of justice could say that some manner of justice should have been be meted out to the true adversaries of these goths, dorks, etc. Although the Columbine shooters wildly overstepped bounds with their vengeance, some can find real understanding, even sympathy, for the direction, if not the scope, of their actions.
I would even question your contemptuous tone over sympathizers' "secret fantasies". To deny these fantasies is to deny the idea that "geeks" and "jocks" in such situations are adversaries. The natural goal of an adversary is to eliminate the conflict. If you are in a world without empathy, society, or law, then the best method may be to eliminate the enemy. In the real world, we are bound by these restrictions, but in the mind's eye, in the fantasy, we are free from such cares. Unbounded by consequence as fantasy is, then, is it so wrong and contemptible to let your thoughts wander to the most direct route of adversarial elimination, as long as it doesn't escape the world of fancy (as a school rampage in the real world is far too messy a method of meteing out justice).
(So. I guess this means I'm most likely on a watch-list somewhere now, huh? BTW: Please forgive the obtuse language. I'm sleepy, and I get sort of rambling and flowery multisyllabic when I'm tired.)
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So, at that rate, by removing ALL the letters, you get a speed increase of over 300%. Remove the keyboard, and the computer, and you could probably get productivity well into the thousands.
Sadly, it's true.
The gift was well-recieved, so at least I'm in good company.
I recharged it. The "E" meant empty. The "F" stands for "full".
It's not just computer stuff. A good friend of mine wants to drill a hole in a d100 (a 100-sided "die" used in rpg's) to put on his keychain. I know several people that have d20's.
Somewhat OT, but I made up a giant fuzzy d10 (Mage style) from wire and felt fabric for a friend of mine once. He wanted a 20, but a d10 was hard enough to put together. It ended up looking... well... decent?, although it was a little bit large to go from the rearview.
Most of the technical shows I've found on there
"There", referring to Podcasting, not ITCon, which is a rather good site.
But, would it be a successful thing?
If given the choice between a top 40 station
Off? Is "off" an option?
http://www.itconversations.com/ is about the best I've found along these lines.
Keep an eye on Podcasts. Most of the technical shows I've found on there are just a gloss-over, but something good has to come around sooner or later.
Please post anything you've written that can compete with Gibson's novels and then you can share your assesments of someone else's writing in such a dogmatic and prickish way.
Now there's an argument I can't stand. Being good at criticism and being good at the object of criticism are two seperate skills. Although knowledge is generally necessary, and adeptitude may help criticism, it's not outside the realm of possibility to be a good critic of something you can't do.
Why do people not count Hussein as a terrorist? How many hundreds of thousands of murders do you have to commit before people think you're a bad guy these days?
Murderous Dictator != Terrorist
Murderer != Terrorist
Bad? Yes. Invadable? Debatable. Terrorist? Probably not.
You're right, there never was (IIRC) an out-and-outright claim, but there was quite a lot of wordplay, insinuation, and almost-but-not-quite implication, and it's not unreasonable to say that this was intentional.
Right, but on Mozilla, you can just type into the URL bar and hit a button to search. it eliminates the step of tabbing to the "Search" bar. It's minor, but actually is much more convenient, especially if you're used to it.
Is there a way to get the old Mozilla "Search xxxxx for xxxxx" in the URL bar in FF? That's about the only thing holding me back from jumping to FF.
Well, that and the anemic Preferences dialog.
Acceptable quality is acceptable quality. Most of what makes a piece of music enjoyable-- lyrics, beat, instrumental adeptitude-- can be quite well reproduced by, say, 192-VBR MP3. For some tastes, or for music that is exceptional in a more blatant vein, even a (and I shudder!) 256-CBR could suffice.
I know that 192-VBR MP3 is less quality than CD, but with very, very few exceptions, I'm perfectly happy to build my music collection (my primary collection, not just backups) off more convenient and cheaper MP3 downloads. If I became more discriminating about it, I would probably find that my terrible stereo equipment (70s garage-sale fare) would end up being the bottleneck.
Since when is the music industry in a real slump?
IIRC, shortly after they lost innovation, healthy competition, and interest in the music.
At home?
If you're in a hospital capable of the implant, you're probably going to have better methods of 3D scanning and reproduction. That said, you'd have to take the original bone out, scan it, and then put in the replacement, assuming the bone isn't broken as to be unscannable. If you're just talking about a "standardized" bone, a more suitable bone could be created by a doctor/engineer in CAD.
Exactly. I think the problem that a lot of people have is that this is supposed to be a system for authentication. It's not (from what I've seen). It's supposed to be a system so that you don't have to go through the register/confirm/sign-on whenever you just want to post a comment with your own name on it. It just gives you a consistent signature, and gives site-owners a better way to filter malicious comments without setting up too many hoops.
They'll go bankrupt doing that. After few dozen lawsuits, they'll realize this.
(un)Fortunately, one lawsuit, some PR, and a few dozen threatening letters can work just as well.
I'd see that as giving your consent. It'd be like getting busted for grabbing something from a "TAKE ONE" box.
They were destroyed. Got a broom? This kitchen's a mess.
With an iron blade? That would be... you know... ...
cliche?
Well, for one, it wasn't very stealthy.
"Stealth Stealth Stealth"
It was right there, clear as day.
I'm not worldly in any sense, but I would probably agree that the US is nowhere near as paranoid as many nations. However, I do think that the rate of paranoia in the last few years is probably a fair contender.
Even if the general populus isn't paranoid, a paranoid government with laws driven by paranoia can enable a paranoid minority of the populous to stir up heavily disproportionate difficulties for people who might just happen to look suspicious. Instead of a ludicrous "tip" being met with a deserved "screw off, you paranoid freak", it may be met with damaging gung-ho investigation.
Amend! Amend!
Anyone who sympathizes or identifies with the shooters does so because he or she harbors secret fantasies of being a psychopathic killer, not because he or she is a "geek."
Why can't one be both a geek and a harborer of great secret fantasies? What's the big problem with great, secret fantasies? A bit better than bloody public realities, certainly. Perhaps (and this is the thesis of the whole situation) the great, secret fantasies are reactions to negative situations which breed the desire for revenge.
Certainly, innocent people got caught in the crossfire, shot down for no reason other than being there. Even for the guilty, death is an unduly harsh sentence. Hence, society condemns and punishes this behavior. It is criminal.
However, a believer in the concept of justice could say that some manner of justice should have been be meted out to the true adversaries of these goths, dorks, etc. Although the Columbine shooters wildly overstepped bounds with their vengeance, some can find real understanding, even sympathy, for the direction, if not the scope, of their actions.
I would even question your contemptuous tone over sympathizers' "secret fantasies". To deny these fantasies is to deny the idea that "geeks" and "jocks" in such situations are adversaries. The natural goal of an adversary is to eliminate the conflict. If you are in a world without empathy, society, or law, then the best method may be to eliminate the enemy. In the real world, we are bound by these restrictions, but in the mind's eye, in the fantasy, we are free from such cares. Unbounded by consequence as fantasy is, then, is it so wrong and contemptible to let your thoughts wander to the most direct route of adversarial elimination, as long as it doesn't escape the world of fancy (as a school rampage in the real world is far too messy a method of meteing out justice).
(So. I guess this means I'm most likely on a watch-list somewhere now, huh? BTW: Please forgive the obtuse language. I'm sleepy, and I get sort of rambling and flowery multisyllabic when I'm tired.)