Is it possible, just maybe possible, that the reason they have Linus on board is so that right after they announce Crusoe will run every appliance in your house and make them all work together, Linus pops out and says "Hey look! I've already ported Linux to work with the Crusoe chip? Nifty, huh? Now you can have a Beowulf cluster of toaster ovens and blenders! You can compile the kernel while you blend and burn the indigineous life on our very own planet!" 3 cheers for Linus! Hip, hip, hooray! Hip, hip....guys? Hello?::chirp::
The PJB 100 Personal Jukebox limited Premier Edition will be available the week of Nov 15, 1999 at a major web music site. If you would like us to notify you by e-mail when additional product is available please contact us at pjbinfo@mp3factorydirect.com
When I was at the US Naval Academy 2 years ago, they started doing random searches for mp3's. The reason for doing this was to look for any type of music at all, cd's, tapes, anything. You see thing thing is, when you're a plebe there (first year student) you're not allowed to have any music at all. Nothing. The whole year. Of course no one goes the whole year doing this, and I introduced quite a few of my classmates to the wonderful world of mp3's. When they started doing the random searches, we realized they were just doing a global search for *.mp* (they thought they were being smart and getting all those mp2 files too.) So we just went and changed the extenstions of all our mp3 files to.IHT (IHT is short for IHTFP which is an abbreviation of I Hate This F---ING Place) They didnt find our mp3's. -BH
By the way this sounds, it says that I must apply a rating to verything I post. But who will check that my rating is fair? I smell a bureacracy in the making, and the smell is fairly nauseous.
I went to the new site, did a couple of reloads. Reloads on current site usually take about 10 seconds (384 kb DSL). New site takes about 2 or 3 seconds. So hurry up and move over!
In the not-too-distant future, I see a time when I can log onto my computer on election day, type in my social security number and password, and vote for the candidate of my choice. Such a system would massively increase voter participation and would result in a government truly elected by the people. Do you think that such a system will truly come to pass, and if so, when?
Just like to drop a note that Myth and Myth II have developed a widespread community over the past 3 years or so. Some of the sites to visit if you have more interest in the game are Myth Townhall and Myther.com. Another interesting item to note is that bungie.net, the game server, runs entirely on Linux and supports over 40000 users.
While I agree with much of what Brin said, there were a few flaws in one of his arguments. The first flaw is Han Solo. Irreverent and rebellant, he's exactly the sort of character that made the first 3 movies great. A Han Solo type character was left out of Phantom Menace, and thats what truly hurt the movie. But, back to my argument, Han Solo has no superior genetic traits, he's just a lowly smuggler, yet he accomplishes a great deal, and blows apart the genetic superiorty theme that Brin gets out of the movies. Another flaw is Queen Amidalah. She doesn't rule out of divine right, she wasn't born to it, she was elected, and turns out to be a fine ruler. Another hole in his argument is that the corruption in the democratic process that appears in the senate is a historical allusion to the Roman Empire, not a call for a tyrant. And Brin states that the Rebels in the trilogy have no basis for their rebellion, yet it seemed to me like they were fighting to reinstall a democracy. I'm not sure where Brin got the idea that Lucas was advocating tyrants, but it appears to be unjustified to me.
Well, after seeing it, I've decided it is definetly made for children, much more than any of the other star wars were. While it's slightly annoying, it's to be expected, especially with the age of one of the major stars of the movie. Hopefully as Anakin ages in the next 2 movies, the maturity level of the target audience will move along with it. A nice dramatic effect if George can pull it off, and the sort of grand plan he seems to enjoy.
One thing that I can't overlook, and that annoyed the hell out of me is the accents of the trade federation. Clearly Japanese in nature, they present some racial overtones to this movie. Now, I have no asian ancestry, nor am I politically correct in any way, but the representation of these characters was annoying, and the fact that they were evil and stupid to boot is offensive.
But aside from that, the movie rocked. i will see it again in the theater, maybe 3 times. The battles were amazing, Jar Jar was as annoying as everyone says he is, and the fish eats bigger fish sequence was my favorite part.
This whole idea of "virtual property" brings along a whole lot more serious questions, the type of questions that make lawyers chuckle gleefully and rub their hands together in praying-mantis type fashion. What happens if the Ultima server crashes? Are the people who paid thousands of dollars allowed to sue Ultima for the loss of their virtual property? What if they're the victim of cheating, are they allowed to sue the person who cheated them, or sue the company, or sue nobody? What exactly are they paying for? These are they type of questions that have to be answered soon, because if they aren't, Congress and the courts will answer for us, and some of us won't like the answers.
As I read this article, and the comments associated with it, a common theme leaped out: I'm Superior. It's natural for a person who has been shunned by popular society and scorned by his peers to respond by building up their own self-worth in their mind. This is natural and healthy, and the only effective response. However, I believe what happened in Littleton is an example of this attitude being carried to the extreme. I know the feeling, I get it myself sometimes, when I rage at the stupidity of my fellow man, when I label them mindless sheep, when I laugh at their fumblings and missteps. We've all done it. How many times have you watched someone try to use a computer for the first time, and felt a whole lot better about yourself as you watch them struggle? The danger lies in truly believing that you are more important than other people, that their lives mean less than your own. As a member of the military, I see this attitude more often than most. Because of the restrictions that combat poses on people, the military must place a higher standard of ethical and moral conduct than is expected of people in the civilian world. But we receive constant counseling about the dangers of having these standards. They serve to seperate us from the society that we have pledged to serve, and they sometimes make us feel superior. I've heard many a shipmate read the newspaper, then throw it down in disgust and say "These are the people we're defending with our lives?" It's that sort of superior attitude that leads to police states, military coups, and restrictions on freedom. It's the sort of attitude the Nazi's championed, and it was the mindset of those boys in Littleton.
My point is simple: You may believe that you're smarter than everyone you see around you, but that doesn't make you a better person, nor does it make them any less so. Beware the hubris of intelligence, for that way leads to Littleton.
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Is it possible, just maybe possible, that the reason they have Linus on board is so that right after they announce Crusoe will run every appliance in your house and make them all work together, Linus pops out and says "Hey look! I've already ported Linux to work with the Crusoe chip? Nifty, huh? Now you can have a Beowulf cluster of toaster ovens and blenders! You can compile the kernel while you blend and burn the indigineous life on our very own planet!" 3 cheers for Linus! Hip, hip, hooray! Hip, hip....guys? Hello? ::chirp::
The PJB 100 Personal Jukebox limited Premier Edition will be available the week of Nov 15, 1999 at a major web music site. If you would like us to notify you by e-mail when additional product is available please contact us at pjbinfo@mp3factorydirect.com
When I was at the US Naval Academy 2 years ago, they started doing random searches for mp3's. The reason for doing this was to look for any type of music at all, cd's, tapes, anything. You see thing thing is, when you're a plebe there (first year student) you're not allowed to have any music at all. Nothing. The whole year. Of course no one goes the whole year doing this, and I introduced quite a few of my classmates to the wonderful world of mp3's. When they started doing the random searches, we realized they were just doing a global search for *.mp* (they thought they were being smart and getting all those mp2 files too.) So we just went and changed the extenstions of all our mp3 files to .IHT (IHT is short for IHTFP which is an abbreviation of I Hate This F---ING Place) They didnt find our mp3's. -BH
By the way this sounds, it says that I must apply a rating to verything I post. But who will check that my rating is fair? I smell a bureacracy in the making, and the smell is fairly nauseous.
I went to the new site, did a couple of reloads. Reloads on current site usually take about 10 seconds (384 kb DSL). New site takes about 2 or 3 seconds. So hurry up and move over!
-BH
In the not-too-distant future, I see a time when I can log onto my computer on election day, type in my social security number and password, and vote for the candidate of my choice. Such a system would massively increase voter participation and would result in a government truly elected by the people. Do you think that such a system will truly come to pass, and if so, when?
Apple has a quicktime 4 mirror.
www.apple.com/quicktime has a quicktime 4 mirror.
Just like to drop a note that Myth and Myth II have developed a widespread community over the past 3 years or so. Some of the sites to visit if you have more interest in the game are Myth Townhall and Myther.com. Another interesting item to note is that bungie.net, the game server, runs entirely on Linux and supports over 40000 users.
While I agree with much of what Brin said, there were a few flaws in one of his arguments. The first flaw is Han Solo. Irreverent and rebellant, he's exactly the sort of character that made the first 3 movies great. A Han Solo type character was left out of Phantom Menace, and thats what truly hurt the movie. But, back to my argument, Han Solo has no superior genetic traits, he's just a lowly smuggler, yet he accomplishes a great deal, and blows apart the genetic superiorty theme that Brin gets out of the movies. Another flaw is Queen Amidalah. She doesn't rule out of divine right, she wasn't born to it, she was elected, and turns out to be a fine ruler. Another hole in his argument is that the corruption in the democratic process that appears in the senate is a historical allusion to the Roman Empire, not a call for a tyrant. And Brin states that the Rebels in the trilogy have no basis for their rebellion, yet it seemed to me like they were fighting to reinstall a democracy. I'm not sure where Brin got the idea that Lucas was advocating tyrants, but it appears to be unjustified to me.
-BH
Well, after seeing it, I've decided it is definetly made for children, much more than any of the other star wars were. While it's slightly annoying, it's to be expected, especially with the age of one of the major stars of the movie. Hopefully as Anakin ages in the next 2 movies, the maturity level of the target audience will move along with it. A nice dramatic effect if George can pull it off, and the sort of grand plan he seems to enjoy.
One thing that I can't overlook, and that annoyed the hell out of me is the accents of the trade federation. Clearly Japanese in nature, they present some racial overtones to this movie. Now, I have no asian ancestry, nor am I politically correct in any way, but the representation of these characters was annoying, and the fact that they were evil and stupid to boot is offensive.
But aside from that, the movie rocked. i will see it again in the theater, maybe 3 times. The battles were amazing, Jar Jar was as annoying as everyone says he is, and the fish eats bigger fish sequence was my favorite part.
thats my two pence
-Bravehamster
This whole idea of "virtual property" brings along a whole lot more serious questions, the type of questions that make lawyers chuckle gleefully and rub their hands together in praying-mantis type fashion. What happens if the Ultima server crashes? Are the people who paid thousands of dollars allowed to sue Ultima for the loss of their virtual property? What if they're the victim of cheating, are they allowed to sue the person who cheated them, or sue the company, or sue nobody? What exactly are they paying for? These are they type of questions that have to be answered soon, because if they aren't, Congress and the courts will answer for us, and some of us won't like the answers.
-Bravehamster
As I read this article, and the comments associated with it, a common theme leaped out: I'm Superior. It's natural for a person who has been shunned by popular society and scorned by his peers to respond by building up their own self-worth in their mind. This is natural and healthy, and the only effective response. However, I believe what happened in Littleton is an example of this attitude being carried to the extreme. I know the feeling, I get it myself sometimes, when I rage at the stupidity of my fellow man, when I label them mindless sheep, when I laugh at their fumblings and missteps. We've all done it. How many times have you watched someone try to use a computer for the first time, and felt a whole lot better about yourself as you watch them struggle? The danger lies in truly believing that you are more important than other people, that their lives mean less than your own.
As a member of the military, I see this attitude more often than most. Because of the restrictions that combat poses on people, the military must place a higher standard of ethical and moral conduct than is expected of people in the civilian world. But we receive constant counseling about the dangers of having these standards. They serve to seperate us from the society that we have pledged to serve, and they sometimes make us feel superior. I've heard many a shipmate read the newspaper, then throw it down in disgust and say "These are the people we're defending with our lives?" It's that sort of superior attitude that leads to police states, military coups, and restrictions on freedom. It's the sort of attitude the Nazi's championed, and it was the mindset of those boys in Littleton.
My point is simple: You may believe that you're smarter than everyone you see around you, but that doesn't make you a better person, nor does it make them any less so. Beware the hubris of intelligence, for that way leads to Littleton.