...but here it goes again. there is a digital download service featuring independent artists called audiolunchbox that offers DRM free decently high quality mp3 and ogg downloads, it's great and is comparable in price to all the other services so far available. the slashdot crowd needs to pick up on this and fast, we can show the recording industry that this is what we want.
I don't know how the slashdot crowd has slept on this one so long but there is a service called Audiolunchbox that has DRM free music available for download. It's all web based so it is platform independent and the files are available in OGG or MP3 formats (192k variable mp3 and level 6 variable OGG i do believe) and the kicker is that all the labels are independent...i hope everyone picks up on this and soon
The math program I was a part of in high school, at Whitney Young Magnet School in Chicago, was called IMP, or Integrated Mathematics program but it could have just as easily stood for Interactive Mathematics Program.
Basically the way it was structured was that instead of the traditional math program where one learns algebra the first year, geometry the second, trig the third and then moves onto precal, we learned a litte bit of each every year.
Furthermore, instead of them just shoving facts down our throat and saying here, memorize these (such as all the proofs from traditional geometry) we were actually guided along in discovering them for ourselves.
Every problem was given to us in word problem format. Each unit, which represented a major concept such as the quadratic equation or some of that other stuff, was presented as one big word problemm and it was broken up into smaller pieces which slowly led up to the solution of the actual problem.
So instead of coming out of it with simply memorizing the quadratic equation, pythagorean theorem, pi, geometric proofs and the like, we were actually able to discover these on our own.
It's just too bad the teachers weren't all that great and the program didn't much fit into the "flash/bang" you need to know this information right now that most high school classes are based around. God forbid students actually understand and can apply the information they are learning.
I also can't seem to recall who published the books we used but I'm sure a bit of googling can solve that.
Well what happens then is they just wait for a special anniversary (25th, 50th...) and release a special edition print or cd or dvd and charge extra for it just so people can say "oooh i remember that but i could never get my hands on it, lemme pay an arm and a leg for it." It's like what Disney has been doing with their animated movies: "These will only be available for a limited time and then will be locked up in the vault, so get 'em while you can" and what they fail to mention is that they will release another special edition in 5 or 10 years.
I really don't get it when it comes to the big fuss over this Total Information Awareness. The structure to do it is already in place and it comes in two forms, AOL and AIM. All the government has to do is set up an account, add everyone to their buddy list and hire some goons to check away messages, you always know where people are by their away messages. How easy is this, and it's free too!
And just why is that kind sir? That's what EVERYONE will be saying: "This isn't punishment it just furthers the monopoly by giving people more Microsoft Software and blah blah blah!" But what they will all fail to notice is the little word ANY in the statement when referring to the software manufacturers.
I think certain posts should be modded up +1 Captain Obvious for pointing out those little details trolls and ACs tend to ignore to further their innane rants.
"I don't believe in the "violent video games make you do violent things" theory. If this was true, then how come the "sports video games make you a better athlete" theory isn't??"
The argument is not that violent video games make you better at being a violent person, it is that they cause you to have violent urges which need to be manifested. I personally don't agree with the theory either but the first step to countering any argument is to be able to understand that argument entirely. And I know after a few games of Madden I want to get the boys together for a game or two of some football and this is more closely what the argument put forth is saying.
But it seems that what i want isn't what anybody else (at least of the posts i've read) wants. so the solution seems to be a completely and totally controllable and customizable user interface. one where the user upon installing the OS chooses exactly what he or she wants but in a way that i don't have to go and edit/usr/bin/desktop/blahblahblah...and putz around through code that i didn't write and may not understand or that the average user can't understand.
or how about a UI that is dynamic. upon the first few startups and when new apps are used and new functions performed, the OS asks the user about the available options and so after a little bit of good use, everything is configured to at least the best available options for the user.
i'm not too up to date on where exactly the software market is in this respect, and i am surely not a coder who can begin to work on this kind of thing myself. but a truly dynamic, customizable UI that learns from the user's input based on questions asked due to the user's actions would be wonderful.
and as a start, how about we just begin with giving options as to the layout and configuration and don't try and hide the ways that these kinds of things can be done.
The PC I have would probably be put in the category of P.O.S. by you hardcore geeks, but it does just fine for me.
It was free, a gift for going off to college, and has about 128 MB of RAM (if i'm lucky) a 466 MHz Celeron, a 7 GB hardrive and everything else (soundcard, video card, network card) are all built in right on board.
I don't plan on buying a new one until I'm done with school and so far it has sufficed pretty well for surfing the net, downloading mp3s, oggs, movies, pr0n, etc. and even for recording music in my dormroom and bedroom. No hurries here.
Dr. Who!? Douglas Adams!? can't be beat i tells ya, can't be beat! i just finished reading "So long and thanks for all the fish" again and i still love it...hey do you think i can get people to call me "Wonko the Sane?" Or how's about "Wonka the Insane"
Actually Taiwan wasn't evicted from the UN...it was kinda like:
Taiwan - "If you won't recognize us, than we won't be a part of this anymore."
U.N. - "Alright guys see ya lata."
Taiwan - "Whoops..."
And with the whole "one China" thing it's kind of different. Both countries actually agree that Taiwan and China are one country, the dispute is on which is the official government of China. The current Taiwanese government was the official government of all of China until Mao and the Communists took over, and then they fled to Taiwan. So therein lies the problem, which government is actually the true government of China.
...that it has happened. I live in Chicago and I can tell you that the mass transit here (consisting of elevated trains, subways and buses) are all quite reliable and serve us so well that most of the city rides one of the three everyday. There's no point in driving downtown or across town here, the mass transit does it easier, faster most of the time (especially during rush hours) and especially cheaper ($1.50 per ride or $1.50 per gallon of gas plus the cost of parking, which can be upwards of $20 a day). So don't give me your we'll-never-have-reliable-mass-transit-in-the-US-m ilitary-auto-company-big-oil-conspiracy crap!
The Jaguar was not a handheld, that was the Atari Lynx which you are speaking of, and that's a whole other story. I remember almost buying a Jaguar once because it was only $40 with about 12 games or so at K-Mart...much like the Dreamcast now...the cycle really doesn't end does it...
The U-Force (i believe that's what it was called) It came out a bit later than the power glove and was supposedly a hands free controller for the good old NES. I had one, and at 8 years old could never get the damn thing to work, but i bet if I could find it I could now, and that would be a sweet sweet hack.
And come to think about it, is it really such a good idea for the government to fund a game like this when it has yet to be decided by a court whether or not games have influenced school shootings and other killings by teenagers?
Since when do courts decide the cause of human action?
It's already here, The Hives introduced it last year:
"Why settle for twenty-four when I can have a hundred fractions. Who knew I'd be the one pulling off the perfect crime. So here's my new line I'll change your mind and the metric system to time. Caused trouble all over town and it's bound to start a reaction. Metric time will come around it's gonna overtake your contraction I've found a way out yeah a way out of this stress. I made my time last and its total success."
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...but here it goes again. there is a digital download service featuring independent artists called audiolunchbox that offers DRM free decently high quality mp3 and ogg downloads, it's great and is comparable in price to all the other services so far available. the slashdot crowd needs to pick up on this and fast, we can show the recording industry that this is what we want.
I don't know how the slashdot crowd has slept on this one so long but there is a service called Audiolunchbox that has DRM free music available for download. It's all web based so it is platform independent and the files are available in OGG or MP3 formats (192k variable mp3 and level 6 variable OGG i do believe) and the kicker is that all the labels are independent...i hope everyone picks up on this and soon
The math program I was a part of in high school, at Whitney Young Magnet School in Chicago, was called IMP, or Integrated Mathematics program but it could have just as easily stood for Interactive Mathematics Program.
Basically the way it was structured was that instead of the traditional math program where one learns algebra the first year, geometry the second, trig the third and then moves onto precal, we learned a litte bit of each every year.
Furthermore, instead of them just shoving facts down our throat and saying here, memorize these (such as all the proofs from traditional geometry) we were actually guided along in discovering them for ourselves.
Every problem was given to us in word problem format. Each unit, which represented a major concept such as the quadratic equation or some of that other stuff, was presented as one big word problemm and it was broken up into smaller pieces which slowly led up to the solution of the actual problem.
So instead of coming out of it with simply memorizing the quadratic equation, pythagorean theorem, pi, geometric proofs and the like, we were actually able to discover these on our own.
It's just too bad the teachers weren't all that great and the program didn't much fit into the "flash/bang" you need to know this information right now that most high school classes are based around. God forbid students actually understand and can apply the information they are learning.
I also can't seem to recall who published the books we used but I'm sure a bit of googling can solve that.
Well what happens then is they just wait for a special anniversary (25th, 50th...) and release a special edition print or cd or dvd and charge extra for it just so people can say "oooh i remember that but i could never get my hands on it, lemme pay an arm and a leg for it." It's like what Disney has been doing with their animated movies: "These will only be available for a limited time and then will be locked up in the vault, so get 'em while you can" and what they fail to mention is that they will release another special edition in 5 or 10 years.
that one person's definition of "evil" is most people's definition of "succesful capitalist." what a screwy world we live in
See the thing is that when people download the music they find out how shitty it is BEFORE they actually go out and buy it.
It's like "What the fuck do I think I'm doing!?" Not buying your crappy album, that's what!
here
April Fools jokes stopping before noon!? if that were the case there wouldn't be any at all...I mean who wakes up by noon, especially on a tuesday!?
I really don't get it when it comes to the big fuss over this Total Information Awareness. The structure to do it is already in place and it comes in two forms, AOL and AIM. All the government has to do is set up an account, add everyone to their buddy list and hire some goons to check away messages, you always know where people are by their away messages. How easy is this, and it's free too!
"We all know Slashdotters are far more intelligent than any of these suits
Wait, wait, wait...do we read the SAME slashdot!?
And just why is that kind sir? That's what EVERYONE will be saying: "This isn't punishment it just furthers the monopoly by giving people more Microsoft Software and blah blah blah!" But what they will all fail to notice is the little word ANY in the statement when referring to the software manufacturers.
I think certain posts should be modded up +1 Captain Obvious for pointing out those little details trolls and ACs tend to ignore to further their innane rants.
"I don't believe in the "violent video games make you do violent things" theory. If this was true, then how come the "sports video games make you a better athlete" theory isn't??"
The argument is not that violent video games make you better at being a violent person, it is that they cause you to have violent urges which need to be manifested. I personally don't agree with the theory either but the first step to countering any argument is to be able to understand that argument entirely. And I know after a few games of Madden I want to get the boys together for a game or two of some football and this is more closely what the argument put forth is saying.
Can someone please explain to me why a joke that old still gets modded up as being Funny?
But it seems that what i want isn't what anybody else (at least of the posts i've read) wants. so the solution seems to be a completely and totally controllable and customizable user interface. one where the user upon installing the OS chooses exactly what he or she wants but in a way that i don't have to go and edit /usr/bin/desktop/blahblahblah...and putz around through code that i didn't write and may not understand or that the average user can't understand.
or how about a UI that is dynamic. upon the first few startups and when new apps are used and new functions performed, the OS asks the user about the available options and so after a little bit of good use, everything is configured to at least the best available options for the user.
i'm not too up to date on where exactly the software market is in this respect, and i am surely not a coder who can begin to work on this kind of thing myself. but a truly dynamic, customizable UI that learns from the user's input based on questions asked due to the user's actions would be wonderful.
and as a start, how about we just begin with giving options as to the layout and configuration and don't try and hide the ways that these kinds of things can be done.
The PC I have would probably be put in the category of P.O.S. by you hardcore geeks, but it does just fine for me.
It was free, a gift for going off to college, and has about 128 MB of RAM (if i'm lucky) a 466 MHz Celeron, a 7 GB hardrive and everything else (soundcard, video card, network card) are all built in right on board.
I don't plan on buying a new one until I'm done with school and so far it has sufficed pretty well for surfing the net, downloading mp3s, oggs, movies, pr0n, etc. and even for recording music in my dormroom and bedroom. No hurries here.
BEER!? no beer here, only liquor for me...i like it hard and i like it strong...you know what i'm talking about big boy ;-) (yes i am still drunk)
Dr. Who!? Douglas Adams!? can't be beat i tells ya, can't be beat! i just finished reading "So long and thanks for all the fish" again and i still love it...hey do you think i can get people to call me "Wonko the Sane?" Or how's about "Wonka the Insane"
(pardon the gibberish, i am a tad intoxicated)
Actually Taiwan wasn't evicted from the UN...it was kinda like:
Taiwan - "If you won't recognize us, than we won't be a part of this anymore."
U.N. - "Alright guys see ya lata."
Taiwan - "Whoops..."
And with the whole "one China" thing it's kind of different. Both countries actually agree that Taiwan and China are one country, the dispute is on which is the official government of China. The current Taiwanese government was the official government of all of China until Mao and the Communists took over, and then they fled to Taiwan. So therein lies the problem, which government is actually the true government of China.
...that it has happened. I live in Chicago and I can tell you that the mass transit here (consisting of elevated trains, subways and buses) are all quite reliable and serve us so well that most of the city rides one of the three everyday. There's no point in driving downtown or across town here, the mass transit does it easier, faster most of the time (especially during rush hours) and especially cheaper ($1.50 per ride or $1.50 per gallon of gas plus the cost of parking, which can be upwards of $20 a day). So don't give me your we'll-never-have-reliable-mass-transit-in-the-US-m ilitary-auto-company-big-oil-conspiracy crap!
The Jaguar was not a handheld, that was the Atari Lynx which you are speaking of, and that's a whole other story. I remember almost buying a Jaguar once because it was only $40 with about 12 games or so at K-Mart...much like the Dreamcast now...the cycle really doesn't end does it...
The U-Force (i believe that's what it was called) It came out a bit later than the power glove and was supposedly a hands free controller for the good old NES. I had one, and at 8 years old could never get the damn thing to work, but i bet if I could find it I could now, and that would be a sweet sweet hack.
Ahhhh poopbot...It's stuff like this that makes me question the TRUE worth of humanity...and dream of the possibilities with a weapon like this.
And come to think about it, is it really such a good idea for the government to fund a game like this when it has yet to be decided by a court whether or not games have influenced school shootings and other killings by teenagers?
Since when do courts decide the cause of human action?
It's already here, The Hives introduced it last year:
"Why settle for twenty-four when I can have a hundred fractions. Who knew I'd be the one pulling off the perfect crime. So here's my new line I'll change your mind and the metric system to time. Caused trouble all over town and it's bound to start a reaction. Metric time will come around it's gonna overtake your contraction I've found a way out yeah a way out of this stress.
I made my time last and its total success."
From the Hives album "Veni Vidi Vicious"
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