I don't know if they're supporting the Day of Silence, but every 30 minutes, a short advertisement comes on the air. It always says something to effect of "The RIAA is trying to exercise its control over internet radio. Stop them before you can't hear your favourite artists, again." And, the ad is right. Forcing fees on already underfunded radio stations is terrible for the future of music.
Some of the lesser-known ambient music artists, for example, *ONLY* have their music played on SomaFM. What happens when SomaFM can't afford to keep their station anymore? I call it a tragedy. Call it whatever you want. Either way, it sucks. For us and for them.
I don't know about that. I've been working at a small company for about 15 months, now. I am responsible for ALL our internet presence, since I have repeatedly proven that critical network systems (DNS, mail, web serving, FTP serving) are handled much better by Unix systems. I'm the only guy in the office who knows Unix, so I'm in charge. I've also built all our servers from the ground, up.
I suppose that if I were to leave the company, they would be in a world of trouble. It is certainly job security at its finest, but I can see how a company would not want to entrust its entire internet presence to one person.
We do have a good reason for having only one person at the helm, however. Money has been very tight recently, following the telecommunications economic crisis, and we simply can't afford to let someone else host our services, as we were, before.
There's a store just up the road called GameStop. It's a part of Barnes and Noble, so I assume you can find GameStops pretty much anywhere you can find a Barnes and Noble. Anyway, they sell used consoles, including Dreamcasts. I bought my N64 there about a year ago for only about $50, and it's worked wonderfully since then. Good quality, low prices. Check them out.
The aesthetics are perfect. Small rectangular prisms are modular, stackable, and possible to store in odd places. An engineer's aesthetic dream come true!
I find it rather disturbing that I can actually determine the qualifications of each acronym shown above. Don't you?
PPPoE - PPP over Ethernet CATV - Community Access Television DBS - Duplex Bus Selector (?) POTS - Plain Old Telephone System HDTV - High Definition Television
As an amateur game programmer, I must say I prefer NVIDIA-based cards to ATI-based cards, simply because NVIDIA takes care of their customers.
I've used the latest flavours of the ATI Radeon series, and the drivers always seem to be a bit unstable. Downloading updated drivers doesn't always fix the problem, either; sometimes, it makes the problems worse. It's hard to tell whether they're even trying. It seems ATI, at this point, is just trying to keep up with NVIDIA in terms of speed, rather than in both speed, quality, and stability.
NVIDIA, on the other hand, fixes bugs properly *the first time*. They don't really produce many bugs, either, which means they can put forth more effort toward making everything more featureful.
There's no contest, in my opinion. NVIDIA wins, hands down. It will take quite a bit for ATI to change my mind, or the minds of my game programming colleagues, about this one.
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Or INTERCAL, for that matter. Hail, Eris! Praise INTERCAL!
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Great. So, now, I'll have to learn another Perl, in addition to another VB, J#, and C#, just to keep up with what's going on in the computer science world. Why does everyone think rewriting their languages and pulling new ones out of thin air is so cool, all of a sudden?
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I knew C, C++, Assembly, and a few other languages before I learned Perl. I found parts of Perl that are very, very similar to other languages, and that's what made learning it so easy for me. I haven't really put my Perl skills to use for anything large, but they're nice to have when I need to hack something up quickly. The design concepts behind Perl are similar to those of C++ and even (*gasp*) Verilog. The API and modules are a bit wonky, but I guess that's to be expected when so many people work on them. Anyway, just my $0.02. Back to work.
Don't we have enough of these? Authors are trying to combine modern concepts with mythical ideologies, and it never really works. I appreciate that people are still trying, for the sake of keeping literature alive. But, frankly, I'm sick of dumbed-down fantasy books.
Of course, I haven't read this book, but from what I can tell, it's just the same as Harry Potter or your other favourite similar book. Oh, well.
It's frequently said that Linux is not stable enough for mainframe systems. It's also frequently said that mainframes have been obsoleted by smaller, more powerful computers.
I am quite relieved to see that Winnebago has challenged the "norms" and put Linux to use on a mainframe. Linux is commonly used for mission-critical software, like the Linux server sitting next to me that handles our company's mail, but to see it doing something mission-critical on a mainframe is quite impressive.
Either way you look at it, the IMAP support still bites. Understandably, people care more about the browser than the IMAP capability, but that's really what has kept me off Mozilla thus far. If IMAP works well now, I may end up keeping a copy of Mozilla around.
Well, I'm proud of the Mozilla team. But, I don't really think it's fair to compare Mozilla's development to the development of Duke Nukem Forever. At least Mozilla's dev team has members who are competent enough to put forth effort toward their project.
Indeed. It seems like just a few years ago that I was still using Netscape. Then, I started using IE because of its unrivaled stability. Now that Mozilla 1.0 is here, I think it might be worth a shot, too. Being built off a Netscape codebase disturbs me a bit, but Mozilla is definitely mature enough now to deserve a try. I'll be downloading 1.0 as soon as I get home, I think.:)
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Yeah. When I woke up a couple hours ago, I still had SomaFM going. But, it was classic rock. Scared the hell out of me. :)
It's May 1. And, SomaFM is still broadcasting.
I don't know if they're supporting the Day of Silence, but every 30 minutes, a short advertisement comes on the air. It always says something to effect of "The RIAA is trying to exercise its control over internet radio. Stop them before you can't hear your favourite artists, again." And, the ad is right. Forcing fees on already underfunded radio stations is terrible for the future of music.
Some of the lesser-known ambient music artists, for example, *ONLY* have their music played on SomaFM. What happens when SomaFM can't afford to keep their station anymore? I call it a tragedy. Call it whatever you want. Either way, it sucks. For us and for them.
Groove Salad.
I don't know about that. I've been working at a small company for about 15 months, now. I am responsible for ALL our internet presence, since I have repeatedly proven that critical network systems (DNS, mail, web serving, FTP serving) are handled much better by Unix systems. I'm the only guy in the office who knows Unix, so I'm in charge. I've also built all our servers from the ground, up.
I suppose that if I were to leave the company, they would be in a world of trouble. It is certainly job security at its finest, but I can see how a company would not want to entrust its entire internet presence to one person.
We do have a good reason for having only one person at the helm, however. Money has been very tight recently, following the telecommunications economic crisis, and we simply can't afford to let someone else host our services, as we were, before.
Anyway, that's my two cents.
There's a store just up the road called GameStop. It's a part of Barnes and Noble, so I assume you can find GameStops pretty much anywhere you can find a Barnes and Noble. Anyway, they sell used consoles, including Dreamcasts. I bought my N64 there about a year ago for only about $50, and it's worked wonderfully since then. Good quality, low prices. Check them out.
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void main()
{
cout 7 + 'p' + 'u' + 'r' + 'p' + 'l' + 'e' endl;
}
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When do I get my turn at being the world's best chess player? :(
The aesthetics are perfect. Small rectangular prisms are modular, stackable, and possible to store in odd places. An engineer's aesthetic dream come true!
What a cute little box. I wouldn't be terribly surprised if I could cook bacon and eggs on it, though. Does it come with a miniature frying pan, too?
I find it rather disturbing that I can actually determine the qualifications of each acronym shown above. Don't you?
PPPoE - PPP over Ethernet
CATV - Community Access Television
DBS - Duplex Bus Selector (?)
POTS - Plain Old Telephone System
HDTV - High Definition Television
Scary. Very scary, indeed.
Nah. It's on an ADSL line with 128kbps upstream. Which is another good reason to only serve up a logo. ;)
I can't say I've ever owned anything from the Quadro series, but the GeForce series handles the drivers very well. *shrug*
Hmm, you have a point. I guess I never thought of it that way. :P
Personal websites are usually just clutter, rather than content. I prefer the "just a logo" approach. :)
As an amateur game programmer, I must say I prefer NVIDIA-based cards to ATI-based cards, simply because NVIDIA takes care of their customers.
I've used the latest flavours of the ATI Radeon series, and the drivers always seem to be a bit unstable. Downloading updated drivers doesn't always fix the problem, either; sometimes, it makes the problems worse. It's hard to tell whether they're even trying. It seems ATI, at this point, is just trying to keep up with NVIDIA in terms of speed, rather than in both speed, quality, and stability.
NVIDIA, on the other hand, fixes bugs properly *the first time*. They don't really produce many bugs, either, which means they can put forth more effort toward making everything more featureful.
There's no contest, in my opinion. NVIDIA wins, hands down. It will take quite a bit for ATI to change my mind, or the minds of my game programming colleagues, about this one.
Or INTERCAL, for that matter. Hail, Eris! Praise INTERCAL!
Great. So, now, I'll have to learn another Perl, in addition to another VB, J#, and C#, just to keep up with what's going on in the computer science world. Why does everyone think rewriting their languages and pulling new ones out of thin air is so cool, all of a sudden?
I knew C, C++, Assembly, and a few other languages before I learned Perl. I found parts of Perl that are very, very similar to other languages, and that's what made learning it so easy for me. I haven't really put my Perl skills to use for anything large, but they're nice to have when I need to hack something up quickly. The design concepts behind Perl are similar to those of C++ and even (*gasp*) Verilog. The API and modules are a bit wonky, but I guess that's to be expected when so many people work on them. Anyway, just my $0.02. Back to work.
Yet Another Teenage Book.
Don't we have enough of these? Authors are trying to combine modern concepts with mythical ideologies, and it never really works. I appreciate that people are still trying, for the sake of keeping literature alive. But, frankly, I'm sick of dumbed-down fantasy books.
Of course, I haven't read this book, but from what I can tell, it's just the same as Harry Potter or your other favourite similar book. Oh, well.
It's frequently said that Linux is not stable enough for mainframe systems. It's also frequently said that mainframes have been obsoleted by smaller, more powerful computers.
I am quite relieved to see that Winnebago has challenged the "norms" and put Linux to use on a mainframe. Linux is commonly used for mission-critical software, like the Linux server sitting next to me that handles our company's mail, but to see it doing something mission-critical on a mainframe is quite impressive.
Good work, Winnebago.
Blue screens? Heh. I develop DSP applications under Windows XP. Enough said. :)
It's a very strange, charming company, actually.
That's good to hear, I guess. Maybe I can finally migrate all the mail clients in my company away from stupid Netscape 4.77. :)
Happy day.
Either way you look at it, the IMAP support still bites. Understandably, people care more about the browser than the IMAP capability, but that's really what has kept me off Mozilla thus far. If IMAP works well now, I may end up keeping a copy of Mozilla around.
Well, I'm proud of the Mozilla team. But, I don't really think it's fair to compare Mozilla's development to the development of Duke Nukem Forever. At least Mozilla's dev team has members who are competent enough to put forth effort toward their project.
Indeed. It seems like just a few years ago that I was still using Netscape. Then, I started using IE because of its unrivaled stability. Now that Mozilla 1.0 is here, I think it might be worth a shot, too. Being built off a Netscape codebase disturbs me a bit, but Mozilla is definitely mature enough now to deserve a try. I'll be downloading 1.0 as soon as I get home, I think. :)