"Ya know - your parents toaster that they got when they were married still works, but you go through one every year or two?"
When I went to college I actually used the toaster my grandmother got as a wedding present roughly 60 years ago. It made better toast than any other toaster I've ever used. Unfortunatly the power cord frayed and then split causing an electrical fire. I decided not to use it after that, but I intend to fix it and put it back into service.
I agree about the point of spending more gets you something that lasts longer.
I took a whole bunch of Electrical Engineering courses (along with CS), it says "Engineer" on my Diploma, but I >feel like I'm currently doing code monkey work. Am I an engineer because I know how to think like an engineer, a code monkey because that's the kind of work I'm doing, or am I both?
Yeah, cause devices made for blocking the flow of liquid in an enclosed canal really should be flushed, with a liquid, through an enclosed canal. Do you see the problem there?
Oddly enough, there are such things as flushable tampons you can buy.
Let's try and get the aol crowd! Hi! It's in a tin so it must be important!
No, let's try and get the geek crowd. We use linux! We can recompile a kernel on a whim, bow before us!
No! We can get both! Aol likes linux, linux is geeky, linux can be in a tin! You should like linux too! (Our distribution in particular)
Those that have found serious logic problems with the above should take comfort in the fact that they aren't alone.
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Did I say that we should ignore them? No. I was commenting on how it's silly to restrict our freedoms due to our "war" with a force that won't and can't surrender. (Terrorism is not a nation, it's an idea, an idea can't surrender) There will always be terrorism. Should we sit on our asses and let terror reign? Probably not. Should we restrict our liberties due to our combating of a force that can't surrender? DEFINATLY NOT. Thanks for misinterpreting my message!
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Yes, I agree with you. It's silly. I actually wasn't even implying that our freedoms will be back, just that we're making the same mistakes that we did before. As if terrorism is just going to get up and surrender...
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Needed? No. However, creating problems which are similar to ones that the students are interested in can be effective in causing the students to actually REMEMBER the material. Most people don't learn about transformations, beizer curves and texturing techniques for the fun of it (though I'll admit some do), they learn about them because it could apply to what they want to accomplish later. If this is directly demonstrated (direct analogy to modern games that they wish to emulate) they then have a reason to remember it aside from the "we're going to be tested on this" factor.
Now granted, there doesn't have to be serious amounts of actual gameplay, but it would help build enthusiasm for the topic material.
They were one of the universities to block napster when it started becoming a problem, but they later reversed that. I'm no longer on the campus network having moved to my own appartment but when I was on the network, even when there was massive amounts of file sharing it was still considerably faster than my 1.5/768 dsl is now, so I don't think bandwidth is the real issue as some have suggested. They flag down those that consume a lot of bandwidth and send them warnings, and sometimes suspensions. (I have a friend that shared files over irc and got a nasty letter about using too much bandwidth)
My freshman year (a while ago) the "my network neighborhood" feature of windows worked and many shared files that way. That went away the following year much to the annoyance of many students.
This e-mail isn't really news, it's more of a reminder of a policy that was already in place.
On an only slightly related note. The campus network is handled by ISD (Internet Services Division) which has nothing to do with the CS department. The CS department has an eternal grudge with ISD. (As do a good number of CS students)
USC also seems to take complaints about the students overly seriously. My friend got spam sent to him to which he replied "Fuck you" along with some other unpleasentness. The spammer complained to USC who sent my friend a warning about proper conduct.
I downloaded the demo. The levels are fairly purdy. It seems to play like a slightly faster paced ut. Unfortunatly the master server is experiancing too much load at the moment which makes finding a multiplayer game somewhat difficult. Hopefully that will be sorted out soon.
Well, you see, after the Remote control rats used these speakers to voice themselves once again on slashdot they decided they needed to give credit where credit was due and give a second appearnce to the speakers that made it all possible.
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I see I'm not the only /. geek that tivos Good Eats. I guess it makes sense with the science and puns and all.
I don't even like cooking and I love that show.
Microwave controllable over the internet.
oh, that's JUST what I need, hackers fucking up my microwave dinners.
I'm pretty sure my Talkie Toaster (patent applied for) would get upset as well. He likes his space.
"Ya know - your parents toaster that they got when they were married still works, but you go through one every year or two?"
When I went to college I actually used the toaster my grandmother got as a wedding present roughly 60 years ago. It made better toast than any other toaster I've ever used. Unfortunatly the power cord frayed and then split causing an electrical fire. I decided not to use it after that, but I intend to fix it and put it back into service.
I agree about the point of spending more gets you something that lasts longer.
So where are the Bitboys product anouncements on the list?
Though this morning I really did own a Glaze 3d. Then I ate it.
Mmmmmmm sugary goodness
I took a whole bunch of Electrical Engineering courses (along with CS), it says "Engineer" on my Diploma, but I >feel like I'm currently doing code monkey work.
Am I an engineer because I know how to think like an engineer, a code monkey because that's the kind of work I'm doing, or am I both?
I've seen, on more than one occasion, the very >first post in the entire discussion being moderated redundant. (Viewed oldest to newest)
If one is a moderator not viewing in chronological order, for heaven's sake look at the dates before moderating redundant.
Actually, due to the way threads are handled, look at the dates no matter how the ordering is.
I teamed up with a friend of mine and did (very dim) rave-esque lighting with a bunch of them.
I have pictures... somewhere...
Ahhh, college years...
Yeah, cause devices made for blocking the flow of liquid in an enclosed canal really should be flushed, with a liquid, through an enclosed canal.
Do you see the problem there?
Oddly enough, there are such things as flushable tampons you can buy.
See what happens when you buy from a company that uses obnoxious popup ads?
Server.. toast..
Does it have an ad campaign along the lines of "Sign up now and get 3 pirated movies free!"?
Perhaps they should send it over to Disneyworld to keep that pesky alien that keeps escaping in check.
(Though I hear California Adventure is going to be getting an alien too)
Funny, I was always under the impression that Satan, in his Fire and Brimstone Hell cheapened how evil spam is.
What sort of market are they going for, anyway?
Let's try and get the aol crowd!
Hi! It's in a tin so it must be important!
No, let's try and get the geek crowd.
We use linux! We can recompile a kernel on a whim, bow before us!
No! We can get both! Aol likes linux, linux is geeky, linux can be in a tin! You should like linux too! (Our distribution in particular)
Those that have found serious logic problems with the above should take comfort in the fact that they aren't alone.
Did I say that we should ignore them? No. I was commenting on how it's silly to restrict our freedoms due to our "war" with a force that won't and can't surrender. (Terrorism is not a nation, it's an idea, an idea can't surrender) There will always be terrorism. Should we sit on our asses and let terror reign? Probably not. Should we restrict our liberties due to our combating of a force that can't surrender? DEFINATLY NOT.
Thanks for misinterpreting my message!
Yes, I agree with you. It's silly. I actually wasn't even implying that our freedoms will be back, just that we're making the same mistakes that we did before. As if terrorism is just going to get up and surrender...
*cough*McCarthyism*cough*
*cough*Salem*cough*
Of course, the real reason they're going to the moon is to make a giant smiley face using our remaining coal resources.
You've got to understand that PEOPLE are, in general, stupid and gullible.
Needed? No. However, creating problems which are similar to ones that the students are interested in can be effective in causing the students to actually REMEMBER the material. Most people don't learn about transformations, beizer curves and texturing techniques for the fun of it (though I'll admit some do), they learn about them because it could apply to what they want to accomplish later. If this is directly demonstrated (direct analogy to modern games that they wish to emulate) they then have a reason to remember it aside from the "we're going to be tested on this" factor.
Now granted, there doesn't have to be serious amounts of actual gameplay, but it would help build enthusiasm for the topic material.
See: "When are we ever going to use this stuff?"
". In addition, by-wire technology may make it feasible to provide remote-control operation"
I'm guessing it's a nono to have even your environmentally friendly car drive in the carpool lane with nobody in it.
They were one of the universities to block napster when it started becoming a problem, but they later reversed that. I'm no longer on the campus network having moved to my own appartment but when I was on the network, even when there was massive amounts of file sharing it was still considerably faster than my 1.5/768 dsl is now, so I don't think bandwidth is the real issue as some have suggested. They flag down those that consume a lot of bandwidth and send them warnings, and sometimes suspensions. (I have a friend that shared files over irc and got a nasty letter about using too much bandwidth)
My freshman year (a while ago) the "my network neighborhood" feature of windows worked and many shared files that way. That went away the following year much to the annoyance of many students.
This e-mail isn't really news, it's more of a reminder of a policy that was already in place.
On an only slightly related note. The campus network is handled by ISD (Internet Services Division) which has nothing to do with the CS department. The CS department has an eternal grudge with ISD. (As do a good number of CS students)
USC also seems to take complaints about the students overly seriously. My friend got spam sent to him to which he replied "Fuck you" along with some other unpleasentness. The spammer complained to USC who sent my friend a warning about proper conduct.
I downloaded the demo. The levels are fairly purdy. It seems to play like a slightly faster paced ut. Unfortunatly the master server is experiancing too much load at the moment which makes finding a multiplayer game somewhat difficult. Hopefully that will be sorted out soon.
I'll counter the necro by having my hero buy a wand of negation.
Now where do I find those goblins on the mars map...
Well, you see, after the Remote control rats used these speakers to voice themselves once again on slashdot they decided they needed to give credit where credit was due and give a second appearnce to the speakers that made it all possible.
The R2 unit is giving me horrible horrible furby flashbacks.
"Ka may may ooh nai"
AHHHHHH!!!!!!!