How many people take the time to reinstall the system on a used computer? (I have no idea, really)
ugh... i would _never_ (as in...uuh... NEVER EVER) work with the existing system on a used computer! on the other hand, i'm of the pc fraction and maybe a bit more paranoid, though...:)
reading the article made me think of a camera-waggon undistinguishable from an unmodified one. just an opening in the front and those switchies in the back.
but what i see on the pics just looks ugly and so not 1337...:-( just imagine showing this thing to your pals! can you proudly say: "hey, it cost me 170c$ and two days (?) of work. i know it looks ugly and stuff, but, hey..."
i would have gone for one of the commercial waggons if i were you.
i don't think they all play in the same league, you have to see the author's background.
snowcrash was mind-blowing in it's fast forward action-style. great sophisticated book.
the diamond age was very slow in comparision, but held way more technological mind-candy. even more sophisticated and thought-inspiring for months after the read.
cryptonomicon - OMG! what a work. medium-paced, strong on personalities, exerting to read. strange that it didn't get any more mainstream attention. maybe it's main success is still to come... (waiting for quicksilver, by the way)
zodiac the eco-thriller. i enjoyed it. it is different, but it is definitely stephenson. as always, you learn much about stuff, you never would have thought about. oh, and one point made that book special to me: irony. set in a real-world scenario, stephenson gave some of his best comments on modern society in THIS book.
last, but not least, i have to agree with parent on the big u. this book should be a must-read for every student and everyone going to a public school. it is stephensons first novel IIRC. great fun! see a big and bulky system go down in well documented steps and laugh your ass off.;)
you can compare inhaling nanotech products with inhaling laser-printer toner... but, you know, if it is really smart nanotech, it will find its way out again...! and repair your lung tissue on the fly...;) sorry, can't help you with the study...
-- "gallia est divisae in partes tres, quarum unam incolunt belgae, aliam aquitani, tertiam, quo ipsorum lingua celtae, nostra galli appellantur." de bello gallico
Nature = "Gaia Hypothesis" "do something about it" = "AIDS & Global Warming."
Nature = everything on the planet, that is not controlled by human lifeforms, environment "do something about it" = hostile development, valued by human lifeforms (adapt, or die)
*pah* your puny arguments are none...:)
-- "gallia est divisae in partes tres, quarum unam incolunt belgae, aliam aquitani, tertiam, quo ipsorum lingua celtae, nostra galli appellantur." de bello gallico
With the earth at 6 billion + population and people genetically programmed to breed like rabbits, what nature will probablly do (to stabillize the population at more controlled levels) is global warming, this will reduce the excess population thru enviromental collaps.
*gasp* why do you expect "nature" to "do" something against "excess population"(*shudder*)? do you know so much more than us about the earth's ecosystem and its regulation mechanisms? if that is the case, please enlighten us! till then i'll stay with my view of the earth as a chaotic system. maybe a planetism, but that's all.;)
Of course, we could develop nanotech real fast and try to stop this from happening, but we will probablly have to get used to living in what ammounts to a giant computer controlled greenhouse coverd planet..
now you are talking science fiction here. we (mankind) are in no way capable of developing a system to control climatic conditions on earth based on nano-sized robots real fast. sorry.:)
of course, you could use nanotech to go to the moon or mars, or the asteroid belt cheaplly to get away from the maddening crowds...
ok, i have to admit, that we can develop a nanotech-based weather-changing system real fast. faster, at least, than nanotech terraforming other planets... oh: and cheaply!;) sorry, dude, you are way off...
-- "gallia est divisae in partes tres, quarum unam incolunt belgae, aliam aquitani, tertiam, quo ipsorum lingua celtae, nostra galli appellantur." de bello gallico
reading this i just had a moment of clarity(tm)... when i was a kid, i always wondered, why they would draw the northpole as a red-white-striped stick stuck in the earth(/snow) in american comics and cartoons. in german the northpole is called Nordpol and Pol doesn't have anything to do with a pole (like in stick). it is more like the pole of a magnet. just another miracle solved...
this is one of the most interesting threads at/. i ever read. thanks to all of you hobby- and junior- and full-grown-astronomers/-physicians to share your knowledge with the unwashed masses.:)
as i'm a fan of this noblest profession myself, i want to place a link here to the online version of one of my favourite fictional short stories. it is titled "The Planck Dive" and is written by Greg Egan. if you are into hard-sf, it's a must-read. it features a nice description of a black-hole-jump...:)
but there is one thing i would have done different.
why lose any place on the desk to a monitor/display or even a mouse? why not just build a nice 19" touch-sensitive tft display into the deskplate? that would be 1337...:)
the ones we use at work are bare (as in "no case") and feature a ruggedized frontpane. they are for industrial purposes and can handle a lot more then spilled coffee/NaCl/body fluids.;)
here! i've got a sharp md-mt20 minidisc-player for about 4 years now. as it has seen appr. 12 different countries it is nearing the end of its lifespan now. looking for a replacement i'm in trouble, whether to stay with the format, or dumping it for a mp3-player...
i love minidiscs for their ease of use and neat of look and would love to help them to new dimensions via netmd-technology.
on the other hand there are the new i-pods and zens and the promise to never care about realtime-transfer and disc-splitting again. that makes them so damn attractive to me.
i got my whole cd-collection ripped in mp3 anyway, so why not just smack it all on a hd??? too simple to resist!
for the moment i have delayed the decision. i am somewhat trapped between the coolness of these gadgets and their exorbitant price. i have not seen the zen yet, but it may be the first real alternative for apples ipod. the jb's i've seen so far were all inacceptable in size/weight or quality.
i think it's rather RAM produced in the former "Deutsche Demokratische Republik" (as in East Germany)... beware of this cheapo russian memory-mass-product!;-)
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... i found a weasel chomping on my privates.
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Nell, dammit... ;-)
How can you dare not remembering Princess Nell?
i would _never_ (as in
on the other hand, i'm of the pc fraction and maybe a bit more paranoid, though...
i'm a bit dissapointed...
:-(
reading the article made me think of a camera-waggon undistinguishable from an unmodified one. just an opening in the front and those switchies in the back.
but what i see on the pics just looks ugly and so not 1337...
just imagine showing this thing to your pals! can you proudly say: "hey, it cost me 170c$ and two days (?) of work. i know it looks ugly and stuff, but, hey..."
i would have gone for one of the commercial waggons if i were you.
but it's ok, if you like your work.
well, you ARE one of the only people that have read those books...
:)
as are the other only people that have read those books...
SCNR
i don't think they all play in the same league, you have to see the author's background.
;)
snowcrash was mind-blowing in it's fast forward action-style. great sophisticated book.
the diamond age was very slow in comparision, but held way more technological mind-candy. even more sophisticated and thought-inspiring for months after the read.
cryptonomicon - OMG! what a work. medium-paced, strong on personalities, exerting to read. strange that it didn't get any more mainstream attention. maybe it's main success is still to come... (waiting for quicksilver, by the way)
zodiac the eco-thriller. i enjoyed it. it is different, but it is definitely stephenson. as always, you learn much about stuff, you never would have thought about. oh, and one point made that book special to me: irony. set in a real-world scenario, stephenson gave some of his best comments on modern society in THIS book.
last, but not least, i have to agree with parent on the big u. this book should be a must-read for every student and everyone going to a public school. it is stephensons first novel IIRC. great fun! see a big and bulky system go down in well documented steps and laugh your ass off.
i read ings "datafat" (horrible) and sterlings "schizmatrix" (mindbogglingly great) and found a strange (HA!) affection for futuristic erotic/sex... :)
i wanna ask slashdot: are there more novels dedicated to that topic?
some tips on well written scifi/erotic stories would be appreciated...
...and his shaper/mechanist universe, definitely...
...
the greatest i've read so far. the keyword is: diversity...
a good universe must have a good and believable history and political system. sterling built that one up masterfully.
get your copy here
No, it's from Darts (the pointy thingies). Three Bull's Eyes in a row.
You see...
if 95% of the given comments get rated "+1 funny", or more indirect "-1 smartass", there are two possibilities:
a) the article is of comical nature and no serious discussion is expected anyway
b) the article is overly scientific in its expressions (!!!)
you can compare inhaling nanotech products with inhaling laser-printer toner... but, you know, if it is really smart nanotech, it will find its way out again...! and repair your lung tissue on the fly... ;)
sorry, can't help you with the study...
--
"gallia est divisae in partes tres, quarum unam incolunt belgae, aliam aquitani, tertiam, quo ipsorum lingua celtae, nostra galli appellantur."
de bello gallico
"do something about it" = hostile development, valued by human lifeforms (adapt, or die)
*pah* your puny arguments are none...
--
"gallia est divisae in partes tres, quarum unam incolunt belgae, aliam aquitani, tertiam, quo ipsorum lingua celtae, nostra galli appellantur."
de bello gallico
now you are talking science fiction here. we (mankind) are in no way capable of developing a system to control climatic conditions on earth based on nano-sized robots real fast. sorry.
ok, i have to admit, that we can develop a nanotech-based weather-changing system real fast. faster, at least, than nanotech terraforming other planets... oh: and cheaply!
--
"gallia est divisae in partes tres, quarum unam incolunt belgae, aliam aquitani, tertiam, quo ipsorum lingua celtae, nostra galli appellantur."
de bello gallico
reading this i just had a moment of clarity(tm)... when i was a kid, i always wondered, why they would draw the northpole as a red-white-striped stick stuck in the earth(/snow) in american comics and cartoons. in german the northpole is called Nordpol and Pol doesn't have anything to do with a pole (like in stick). it is more like the pole of a magnet. just another miracle solved...
*phew* i'm growing up, me thinks...
you can limit the spin rate of any cd-rom drive with programmes like cd-bremse. makes a notable difference...
and... ahem... of course there are further detailed information about black holes and space time along with a few more stories by egan...
this is one of the most interesting threads at /. i ever read. thanks to all of you hobby- and junior- and full-grown-astronomers/-physicians to share your knowledge with the unwashed masses. :)
:)
as i'm a fan of this noblest profession myself, i want to place a link here to the online version of one of my favourite fictional short stories. it is titled "The Planck Dive" and is written by Greg Egan. if you are into hard-sf, it's a must-read. it features a nice description of a black-hole-jump...
have fun!
do you really think that there are no needle printers around anymore? well, at my workplace we still use them and sell ca. 100-200 pc./month!
:)
let's talk about "impact printer" and "carbon copy" and even "tco"...
and yes: they are damn loud!
looks nice, indeed.
:)
;)
but there is one thing i would have done different.
why lose any place on the desk to a monitor/display or even a mouse? why not just build a nice 19" touch-sensitive tft display into the deskplate? that would be 1337...
the ones we use at work are bare (as in "no case") and feature a ruggedized frontpane. they are for industrial purposes and can handle a lot more then spilled coffee/NaCl/body fluids.
maybe i'll try it out.
here! i've got a sharp md-mt20 minidisc-player for about 4 years now. as it has seen appr. 12 different countries it is nearing the end of its lifespan now. looking for a replacement i'm in trouble, whether to stay with the format, or dumping it for a mp3-player...
i love minidiscs for their ease of use and neat of look and would love to help them to new dimensions via netmd-technology.
on the other hand there are the new i-pods and zens and the promise to never care about realtime-transfer and disc-splitting again. that makes them so damn attractive to me.
i got my whole cd-collection ripped in mp3 anyway, so why not just smack it all on a hd??? too simple to resist!
for the moment i have delayed the decision. i am somewhat trapped between the coolness of these gadgets and their exorbitant price. i have not seen the zen yet, but it may be the first real alternative for apples ipod. the jb's i've seen so far were all inacceptable in size/weight or quality.
maybe there's a light..?
the reason i do mind a comment is that i want to make a connection here, you see? it is student and notebook prices...
and maybe there are not as many nb's as you think there are...
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