This is especially true in fighting sports, where having an unorthodox stance really throws your opponent off. This seems to support the theory that it was developed as a self-defense advantage.
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The internet, like anything else is what you make of it.
I only partly agree. The internet is very unlike anything else. On the other hand, it IS what you make of it. I was hoping that most people would be able to make more of it, that's all.
For the longest time, I thought that the free exchange of information that the Internet brings would ensure that good ideas get spread, and that the overall knowledge of its users would rise as a result of being exposed to better information. What seems to have happened, though, is that people who use internet got stupider. Nobody can spell anymore (it's considered 'cool' to screw up even the most orthographically simple words). Arguments on internet boards (with a few exceptions) are getting stupider, and people who would get a good spanking IRL are turning into the most obnoxious flamers. Instead of using the vast amounts of information available to them to reexamine their views, people seek out only the articles and sites which support their already cemented opinions, with little regard to critical thought.
Sadly, it seems that, while the Internet was ready to face the challenges of global information exchange 20 years ago, we are not nearly at that stage yet. Simply providing the tools hasn't helped the society as a whole to improve our level of communication, or to expand our knowledge through the availability of information (fringe groups like scientists excluded). Because of this reason, I'm wondering whether Internet in schools will serve the purpose I originally believed it would serve, or if it will simply produce a new army of AOL and MSN Messenger trolls.
Screenwriter Dave Callahan claims "everyone was keen to keep the game's atmosphere", though there are some "minor" changes done to the film's concept: The monsters have nothing to do with hell, the plot is not taking place on Mars and "space marines" are not well "space marines" as their outfits are more like SWAT team members.
In related news, the producers of the movie "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" said they wanted to keep the books' atmosphere, though there are some minor changes to the film's concept. The character Arthur Dent is an American drag queen, Ford Prefect's name will change to Dodge Vpier, Zaphod will not be a two-headed alien, but a purple dinosaur, and Marvin will become the comic relief. And instead of space, the story will take place on a luxury ocean cruiser. Other than that, they said, the movie will stay true to the books.
I think it would make a smashing movie if, instead of demons from hell, the hero got to shoot up religious extremists of all denominations. Fun AND educational:)
Well, the Doom story and implementation is definitely not for the widest appeal, it's pretty much a thing for hard-core horror fans. This is the reason it wasn't so popular with everyone.
Making it pull the widest possible audience will not make it a horror movie, and in that case, Doom doesn't make much sense.
Why do people believe this stupid myth. Dude, go to a cinema and watch LotR on a big screen. During panning scenes, you will literally see the landscape jump around the screen because 24 fps is not enough to make it smooth. 24 fps is enough to make Mickey Mouse look like he's moving, but it's not enough for a fast paced game where (by its very nature) the world gets panned around.
Sadly, that's not the only treaty the US is conspicuously absent from:
- Convention on the Rights of the Child. Here the US is in the respectable company of Somalia and nobody else. - The Landmine Ban Treaty (would hurt the weapons industry). - Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty - Persistent Organic Pollutants Treaty - Basel Convention on hazardous waste - Protocol to the Biological Weapons Convention - International Criminal Court
You can try to justify not signing Kyoto through bunk science claiming that greenhouse gasses are good for you and make your children more clever, but the fact of the matter is that whenever the world at large signs some treaty that would make the world a better place (even if it is only symbolic), the US, more often than not, chooses not to give a fuck. Not the first or the last time.
I don't think he is. All my friends were crazy about Finding Nemo, loved Toy Story and adored Monsters, Inc. They know who Pixar are and if they find out that the company which made all those great movies has left Disney and is making their own movies, I think they will know to make a choice between their new movies and Toy Story 4.
while this is very nice, does this make "traditional" musicians "evil"?
That's a bit stretched. The traditional musicians (before the Britney Spears explosion and the like) used to (and still do) earn their money from playing live, selling merchandise, as well as selling records. Don't confuse the talentless boobs-on-legs who sing stupid songs the music execs composed for them and then sit on their asses and parade themselves in teeny magazines for traditional musicians.
Actually, many bands (like Metallica) only got popular due to piracy, and they had nothing against it while they were small. Because back then, just like always, the corporate media were ignoring anything that wasn't mainstream. It took them four albums before getting a song on the radio, even though they had millions of fans by that time. Compare that to the 'stars' of today, who get on MTV before anyone's even heard of them.
There are very few artists today who have the ability to negotiate a good deal with a record company. Most of them still live from live gigs, attended by people who heard their music from a friend, or downloaded it off the internet. The bottom line is, if you want to support your band, see them play live (ticket price, once the touring costs are taken away, are pure profit), buy a T-shirt at a gig (pure profit) or buy a CD from them at a gig (less profit, because they have to buy their own CDs from the record company at high prices, but still a lot more than buying it from a shop).
99% of all artists NEVER see any money from the CDs they sell. This myth should die already.
Yes, I'm referring to the little icons between the Start button and the taskbar. If you minimise Winamp, for example, it doesn't get minimised to the taskbar, but to the little launch icon. If you want to restore the Winamp window, you have to look for it in the taskbar, find that it's not there, then look at the system tray, see that it's not there either, then click on the launch icon, which will restore the window. That's not very logical to me.
Thanks for the civil reply. I have used Windows quite a lot, and many different versions. Over the years it didn't get easier, but more frustrating. When I tried Linux/KDE, it felt liberating. Now, it might be my personal preference, but that's the way it is with me. Windows forces you to do things one way, which is not efficient, or optimal, and can usually not be changed or adapted. KDE, on the other hand, lets you change almost anything you wish (including the single/double click behaviour you mentioned -- directly from the KDE wizard you get the first time you run it).
For a long time, I had issues with some KDE behaviour, but with time, those problems went away. Windows, on the other hand, still has the same quirks and they are as annoying as ever.
Nowadays, the interface can behave any bloody way you want. I used to run Afterstep for the longest time because I liked the Wharf, the transparent taskbar on top, magic borders and many other things. Then I figured out that KDE can do all that and more. With a little setting up, it will act however you like. That's the point.
I've used every version of Windows since 3.0. Actually, I've used Win far longer than KDE, including developing for it in a large company. It doesn't let me the use virtual desktops with magic borders. It doesn't let me do focus follows mouse. It doesn't let me split the panel into several parts so I can separate the taskbar from the application launch buttons. It doesn't have focus stealing prevention so some stupid dialog always interrupts my typing. It doesn't (to my knowledge) let me push current window to the background so I can type in it while it's covered by something else. I could go on. KDE lets me do all these things, making me much more productive. And it's not some hardcore TWM-like setup, it's full of pretty icons still, and features such as kioslaves which make my life much more easy.
Let's not even get into the illogical nonsense which Windows fans still defend as user-friendly. For example, if I minimise a program, there are THREE different places it can go. It can go to the taskbar (the only LOGICAL place), it can go to the system tray, or it can be minimised to one of the application launch buttons on the panels. Now how the hell is this friendly and useful, when I have to thing three times before finding my minimised program? Windows usability is SERIOUSLY overrated, get over it. Use KDE for a while and when you get used to it, you will see that it's a much more usable environment.
Sure, using all these things from the browser interface is stupid, but you're missing the point. Konqueror is not a browser, it's merely a shell which is very nice for viewing webpages. You are not supposed to browse most of these things (nntp, mail etc.) from Konqueror, but you CAN simply because you can embed just about anything into Konqueror.
The useful thing is for example:
- Writing a webpage in Quanta and uploading it directly to your webserver simply by typing ftp://blahblah in the file save dialog. - Streaming your movios from an smb share directly to Kaffeine without needing to use smbmount or anything similar. Or stream directly from http or ftp or ssh servers - Opening an mp3 song from an audio CD. You simply type audiocd:// in the file open dialog and you'll be able to find a virtual mp3 on there. You open it from amaroK and you get an mp3 encoded on the fly. OK, not the most useful usage and not sure if it works, but you get the drift
The point is, if it works from Konqueror, it works from EVERYWHERE in KDE. Automatically.
Something more useful for this type of thing might be the ability to use ftp://user@host/blah/blah/blah to WRITE files.
I might not understand what you're trying to say, but that's the whole point of kioslaves. You simply type ftp://user@host/blah/blah into any KDE file save dialog and KDE does the rest for you.
That's a very biased opinion from someone who obvioudly doesn't use KDE much. I find KDE miles more usable (as a desktop) than Windows. Using Windows is an exercise in frustration for me, and not being able to change it to some sane behaviour is even worse.
Unfortunately, the article is slashdotted, but I am not sure you know what the hell you are talking about. They are talking about network protocols integrated in all applications and you're talking about metadata? HUH?
Can you open the save dialog in MS Word and save your document on a remote ssh server via the fish protocol without doing anything special? Who's playing catchup again, huh?
No, but every scientist will tell you that with women, it is impossible to EVER figure out how they work. With men, it might be difficult, but it's still possible:)
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This is especially true in fighting sports, where having an unorthodox stance really throws your opponent off. This seems to support the theory that it was developed as a self-defense advantage.
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The internet, like anything else is what you make of it.
I only partly agree. The internet is very unlike anything else. On the other hand, it IS what you make of it. I was hoping that most people would be able to make more of it, that's all.
For the longest time, I thought that the free exchange of information that the Internet brings would ensure that good ideas get spread, and that the overall knowledge of its users would rise as a result of being exposed to better information. What seems to have happened, though, is that people who use internet got stupider. Nobody can spell anymore (it's considered 'cool' to screw up even the most orthographically simple words). Arguments on internet boards (with a few exceptions) are getting stupider, and people who would get a good spanking IRL are turning into the most obnoxious flamers. Instead of using the vast amounts of information available to them to reexamine their views, people seek out only the articles and sites which support their already cemented opinions, with little regard to critical thought.
Sadly, it seems that, while the Internet was ready to face the challenges of global information exchange 20 years ago, we are not nearly at that stage yet. Simply providing the tools hasn't helped the society as a whole to improve our level of communication, or to expand our knowledge through the availability of information (fringe groups like scientists excluded). Because of this reason, I'm wondering whether Internet in schools will serve the purpose I originally believed it would serve, or if it will simply produce a new army of AOL and MSN Messenger trolls.
Hahaha. That's the most horrible joke I've heard in weeks. Well done! :)
In related news, the producers of the movie "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" said they wanted to keep the books' atmosphere, though there are some minor changes to the film's concept. The character Arthur Dent is an American drag queen, Ford Prefect's name will change to Dodge Vpier, Zaphod will not be a two-headed alien, but a purple dinosaur, and Marvin will become the comic relief. And instead of space, the story will take place on a luxury ocean cruiser. Other than that, they said, the movie will stay true to the books.
I think it would make a smashing movie if, instead of demons from hell, the hero got to shoot up religious extremists of all denominations. Fun AND educational :)
Well, I thought it was obvious.
Virus = biological weapon = weapon of mass destruction. A very popular concept these days.
Well, the Doom story and implementation is definitely not for the widest appeal, it's pretty much a thing for hard-core horror fans. This is the reason it wasn't so popular with everyone.
Making it pull the widest possible audience will not make it a horror movie, and in that case, Doom doesn't make much sense.
Can you please clarify how your comment makes any sense whatsoever?
Why do people believe this stupid myth. Dude, go to a cinema and watch LotR on a big screen. During panning scenes, you will literally see the landscape jump around the screen because 24 fps is not enough to make it smooth. 24 fps is enough to make Mickey Mouse look like he's moving, but it's not enough for a fast paced game where (by its very nature) the world gets panned around.
Sadly, that's not the only treaty the US is conspicuously absent from:
- Convention on the Rights of the Child. Here the US is in the respectable company of Somalia and nobody else.
- The Landmine Ban Treaty (would hurt the weapons industry).
- Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
- Persistent Organic Pollutants Treaty
- Basel Convention on hazardous waste
- Protocol to the Biological Weapons Convention
- International Criminal Court
You can try to justify not signing Kyoto through bunk science claiming that greenhouse gasses are good for you and make your children more clever, but the fact of the matter is that whenever the world at large signs some treaty that would make the world a better place (even if it is only symbolic), the US, more often than not, chooses not to give a fuck. Not the first or the last time.
Now mod me into oblivion.
I don't think he is. All my friends were crazy about Finding Nemo, loved Toy Story and adored Monsters, Inc. They know who Pixar are and if they find out that the company which made all those great movies has left Disney and is making their own movies, I think they will know to make a choice between their new movies and Toy Story 4.
You mean like, Toy Story 3: Making Woody Buzz? Sorry, but Disney has the rights to that one!
while this is very nice, does this make "traditional" musicians "evil"?
That's a bit stretched. The traditional musicians (before the Britney Spears explosion and the like) used to (and still do) earn their money from playing live, selling merchandise, as well as selling records. Don't confuse the talentless boobs-on-legs who sing stupid songs the music execs composed for them and then sit on their asses and parade themselves in teeny magazines for traditional musicians.
Actually, many bands (like Metallica) only got popular due to piracy, and they had nothing against it while they were small. Because back then, just like always, the corporate media were ignoring anything that wasn't mainstream. It took them four albums before getting a song on the radio, even though they had millions of fans by that time. Compare that to the 'stars' of today, who get on MTV before anyone's even heard of them.
There are very few artists today who have the ability to negotiate a good deal with a record company. Most of them still live from live gigs, attended by people who heard their music from a friend, or downloaded it off the internet. The bottom line is, if you want to support your band, see them play live (ticket price, once the touring costs are taken away, are pure profit), buy a T-shirt at a gig (pure profit) or buy a CD from them at a gig (less profit, because they have to buy their own CDs from the record company at high prices, but still a lot more than buying it from a shop).
99% of all artists NEVER see any money from the CDs they sell. This myth should die already.
Yes, I'm referring to the little icons between the Start button and the taskbar. If you minimise Winamp, for example, it doesn't get minimised to the taskbar, but to the little launch icon. If you want to restore the Winamp window, you have to look for it in the taskbar, find that it's not there, then look at the system tray, see that it's not there either, then click on the launch icon, which will restore the window. That's not very logical to me.
Thanks for the civil reply. I have used Windows quite a lot, and many different versions. Over the years it didn't get easier, but more frustrating. When I tried Linux/KDE, it felt liberating. Now, it might be my personal preference, but that's the way it is with me. Windows forces you to do things one way, which is not efficient, or optimal, and can usually not be changed or adapted. KDE, on the other hand, lets you change almost anything you wish (including the single/double click behaviour you mentioned -- directly from the KDE wizard you get the first time you run it).
For a long time, I had issues with some KDE behaviour, but with time, those problems went away. Windows, on the other hand, still has the same quirks and they are as annoying as ever.
Nowadays, the interface can behave any bloody way you want. I used to run Afterstep for the longest time because I liked the Wharf, the transparent taskbar on top, magic borders and many other things. Then I figured out that KDE can do all that and more. With a little setting up, it will act however you like. That's the point.
I've used every version of Windows since 3.0. Actually, I've used Win far longer than KDE, including developing for it in a large company. It doesn't let me the use virtual desktops with magic borders. It doesn't let me do focus follows mouse. It doesn't let me split the panel into several parts so I can separate the taskbar from the application launch buttons. It doesn't have focus stealing prevention so some stupid dialog always interrupts my typing. It doesn't (to my knowledge) let me push current window to the background so I can type in it while it's covered by something else. I could go on. KDE lets me do all these things, making me much more productive. And it's not some hardcore TWM-like setup, it's full of pretty icons still, and features such as kioslaves which make my life much more easy.
Let's not even get into the illogical nonsense which Windows fans still defend as user-friendly. For example, if I minimise a program, there are THREE different places it can go. It can go to the taskbar (the only LOGICAL place), it can go to the system tray, or it can be minimised to one of the application launch buttons on the panels. Now how the hell is this friendly and useful, when I have to thing three times before finding my minimised program? Windows usability is SERIOUSLY overrated, get over it. Use KDE for a while and when you get used to it, you will see that it's a much more usable environment.
Sure, using all these things from the browser interface is stupid, but you're missing the point. Konqueror is not a browser, it's merely a shell which is very nice for viewing webpages. You are not supposed to browse most of these things (nntp, mail etc.) from Konqueror, but you CAN simply because you can embed just about anything into Konqueror.
The useful thing is for example:
- Writing a webpage in Quanta and uploading it directly to your webserver simply by typing ftp://blahblah in the file save dialog.
- Streaming your movios from an smb share directly to Kaffeine without needing to use smbmount or anything similar. Or stream directly from http or ftp or ssh servers
- Opening an mp3 song from an audio CD. You simply type audiocd:// in the file open dialog and you'll be able to find a virtual mp3 on there. You open it from amaroK and you get an mp3 encoded on the fly. OK, not the most useful usage and not sure if it works, but you get the drift
The point is, if it works from Konqueror, it works from EVERYWHERE in KDE. Automatically.
Something more useful for this type of thing might be the ability to use ftp://user@host/blah/blah/blah to WRITE files.
I might not understand what you're trying to say, but that's the whole point of kioslaves. You simply type ftp://user@host/blah/blah into any KDE file save dialog and KDE does the rest for you.
That's a very biased opinion from someone who obvioudly doesn't use KDE much. I find KDE miles more usable (as a desktop) than Windows. Using Windows is an exercise in frustration for me, and not being able to change it to some sane behaviour is even worse.
Unfortunately, the article is slashdotted, but I am not sure you know what the hell you are talking about. They are talking about network protocols integrated in all applications and you're talking about metadata? HUH?
Can you open the save dialog in MS Word and save your document on a remote ssh server via the fish protocol without doing anything special? Who's playing catchup again, huh?
No, but every scientist will tell you that with women, it is impossible to EVER figure out how they work. With men, it might be difficult, but it's still possible :)