Every dumbass knows that Nielson is just a stupid shallow representation of the idiots of the United States.. And, you, supposedly beeing a geek, should know that. You should've had your TV timer set to automatically turn the damn thing on during Enterprise and off after Enterprise.. It doesn't matter if you were watching it or not... You represented something like 1,000,000 geeks and you decided some random measurement that Neilson doesn't yet measure was more important.. Shame on you.
Why be a Nielson kiddie if you're not even going to do your TV watching or purposeful misrepresentation through the damn Nielson system? At least make it SEEM like you were a geek.. Instead, you made it seem like geeks are unmarketable through the current system (ya.. maybe so.. but who cares) and have no money to spend.. and they watch no shows. Thus, Nielson people can readily say, "Hey.. we need more stupid reality shows because smart people don't watch TV."
I can hear the TV whine too.. In fact, I noticed I can tell which TVs are on from almost anywhere in my apartment. It seems that each TV has its own unique sound.
I consider myself an audiophile - but one that cannot afford anything nice. So, I get something considered 'decent' and live with it. I find that any 'live' (meaning actual air from the instrument and not amplified shit) sounds so much more smooth to me. I can't stand old music since it's recorded horribly.. and I cannot stand new music because it all sounds harsh to me.. Even Enya sounds harsh in a way I can't explain. Though, I still listen to music and enjoy it very much..
Anyway.. the TV whine annoys the hell out of me. I often leave the TV on, though, with a channel like PBS (since it doesn't have annoyingly loud commercials) just as a 'noise buffer' for the rest of sounds that annoy the hell out of me... computer fans, refrigerator, air conditioner (especially annoying since it emits like 3 different-pitched whistles at the same time).. hell.. even my AC adapter for my battery charger annoys me. So, I need that buffer sound.
With noise-eliminating technology found in headphones, couldn't one theroetically eliminate TV noise... or better yet, invent a TV that eliminates its own produced whine through its own speakers!! OMG I'm gonna go get a patent.. Damn I come up with good ideas when I'm rambling..
A business I used to work closely with (Tropicana) had offices with speakers built-in that emitted white noise at a low volume. This was used to increase privacy and make phone calls easier to hear with cubicle chatter.. I found the white noise to have a soothing effect on me. But then stepping into the server room (where I had to do the majority of my work) was like extra fooking hell since servers have lots and lots of annoying fans! GRR..
PC's can be easily infected by other humans... relatively benign
Macs can be infected by aliens!!!... extinction of the human race!
So.. just don't run SETI on Macs (because they're compatible with every computer in the universe, including their viruses) and you will be able to keep your puny human I mean precious race..
You can smoke and drink doing almost anything.. It's just not always a good idea..
I tend to play better golf when I'm not smoking or drinking.. Also, my tennis game really suffers when I decide to quench my thirst with a shot of whisky and a smoke.
Yes.. the article is wrong on a technicality.. because it states "build the world" instead of "vitally important to the development of much software".. So, because it uses some sensationalist exaggeration to boost interest, HTTP is more deserving of that title..
But then again.. http was made possible by computers - so computers built the world! Oh wait.. computers were made by man - so man built the world! oh wait.. man was evolved from monkeys.. so monkeys built the world! and then skip a few steps..
the world was built by a 'big bang' when the entire known universe, compressed smaller than the size of an atom, exploded into one beautiful starry sky..
Buffy, Angel, Xena, Conan, Smallville (scoff)... seems like there's an agenda to call them 'scifi' just to make the scifi nerds think it's okay for them to watch those horrible poorly-written poorly-acted shows.
Why the hell is Buffy considered sci-fi while CSI, CSI Miami, CSI NY, Navy NCIS, Bones, Numb3rs all usually aren't considered Scifi?
I mean.. is Lord of the Rings-type epic stuff considered sci-fi now? I thought that was all considered fantasy-epic or some genre like that.
I propose we all think collectively in a team-oriented manner to break through the paridigm and create a beautiful world that we will all be happy to pass on to our children!
My statement sounds great too.. but it says nothing./same as original article
This IS the future, and anything going against this is just a speed bump for the future...
1. 'telephone' calls will be free 2. Internet access will be free 3. cell phone calls will be free 4. music will be free 5. television will be commercial free 6. movies will be free
Now.. companies need to figure out how to make the free business model work. Think outside the box! Break through the paridijim!
Seriously.. this whole corporate culture of enacting laws to prevent any company from innovation by threatening to put other companies out of business is just gross. I mean.. so fucking what if Cingular goes out of business if free wireless service is offered.. This is a capitalist economy - no matter what, SOMEONE will be making money and someone will be losing it.
Everything online is forced agreement anyway.. It's probby Google's policy to begin data collection the first time a word is entered into their search..
"By visiting this site, you agree to everything we want now and everything we will want in the future. This agreement is entirely legally binding because we said so and no one will ever test us on it."
Or is extended litigation actually benefecial for our economy? I mean.. Money goes into research for goods and services.. Or, corporate money (money indirectly and directly from workers and investers) can go into the hands of rich law firms (to the tune of 30% each transaction)..
So.. is it beneficial for our economy to increase the gap between the rich and the middle class?
I have an old expensive 100% down pillow that is more than 15 years old. It's never really been washed. It has a nice 'musk' smell to it - like an old tent. I have 3 other pillows - all newer - and they're all 100% down, but they just don't feel near as nice. I like my old pillow.. it's yellowish/tan in color (used to be pure white).
I read this article and then hugged my old pillow.
Next thing you know, I'm gonna read an article that says "OMG OMG STOP EVERYTHING.. There's fungi in cheese!"
If you read what I was saying, I am saying that a private school teacher should have as much access to his or her Blackberry as a public school teacher.
I also agree they should remove the government accounts. Keeping government accounts alive is like telling a cell-phone provider that they must lose 99% of their customers but keep the entire network infrastructure alive in order for the few important 1%. There are many doctors, paramedics, vets, teachers (private schools too if 'teacher' falls under gov't employee), hell.. the media that all use Blackberries. Why are gov't employees more important?
If I were a stockholder (if it's publicly traded or not), I would be fuming if they kept the entire network running - wasting precious company money..
BTW, I can get email on my cellphone that is not a RIM device. Is that infringing on this vapor-company's patent too?
Great. We'll have an entire Internet that is 90% useless junk. And, in order to download the 100mb that you want, you will need to download 200mb of data that identifies the 100mb that you want. And, everything will expire in 30-50 days.
Then I could argue that lack of perfection keeps you from being truly happy. And, further, no matter what you manage to achieve, your idea of happiness will also change.
There will always be many aspects in your life that are not perfect. And, perfect those aspects and there will be new aspects.
No matter where you are or what you acheive, one is never truly happy. To be happy is to be content.. and to be content is to lack the craving to better oneself. And to lack that craving is to lack a fundamental part of 'survival of the fittest.'
Yes.. It's human nature to be discontent.. and that separates some of us from the apes.
I swear.. we're all guilty here. Please stop lying. We all use the floppy disk. I don't care who you are (but more likely so if you're a government employee), you have a green floppy disk in your briefcase that has a masking-tape label on it written with pencil..
I see this all the time.. people thinking they're cool on campus with their laptop and 1GB USB thumb drive.. plugging in a floppy to get at the 1.44mb of data they really need.
LONG LIVE THE FLOPPY! *salute*
Good.. cause' Fox News, CNN, and CNBC are JUNK.
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You can watch 24 hours worth of flipping through Fox News, CNN, and CNBC to get the same amount of news you'd get from 10 minutes of browsing through slashdot.org and fark.com...
The news nowadays is just sensationalized crap completely edited for a bunch of sheep. If there's an article that may hurt the parent companies of any of the media conglomerates, it's not shown. If there's a motorcycle chase where the motorcyclist gets away, thus showing that the justice isn't 100%, it's edited and ignored. (happened about a month ago while I was watching Fox News)
This Yahoo News is a good thing. Hopefully, they'll make a TV-like format that actually shows some NEWS and not just a bunch of small news made big to get ratings...
Hopefully Yahoo will take a cue from Univision. You can get more news from a 15-minute halftime report in the middle of a soccer game on Univision than you can from a day of any of the American networks... and that's even if you don't speak Spanish!
Oh wait.. Yahoo is already a big conglomerate allied with other big fat conglomerates.. Something tells me this will be more of the same, but with pretty new technology.
Instead of charging $99 for a stupid talking device that doesn't even have a screen, and then having it compete against their Gameboy SP's and PSP's, how about develop some software for their portable devices.
Like.. put some educational interactive software on a PSP UMD disk. Make it so the kid has to get to certain levels in his educational software in order for him to 'earn' PSP time to play his games.
The idea of some $99 device that 9-14yo's will talk to annoys the hell out of me. When the fvck can a 9-14yo kid talk aloud and separate himself from friends, school, and family comotion?
Seriously.. the PSP and the Gameboy SP are two of the most ultimate devices that could be used for teaching... Instead, that aspect is completely ignored. Kids carry those things around.. They play them more than the parents control. How about some software that at least makes it so the kid has to spend a third of his time learning to spell or something.
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You bastard!!! You got Enterprise cancelled!!!
Every dumbass knows that Nielson is just a stupid shallow representation of the idiots of the United States.. And, you, supposedly beeing a geek, should know that. You should've had your TV timer set to automatically turn the damn thing on during Enterprise and off after Enterprise.. It doesn't matter if you were watching it or not... You represented something like 1,000,000 geeks and you decided some random measurement that Neilson doesn't yet measure was more important.. Shame on you.
Why be a Nielson kiddie if you're not even going to do your TV watching or purposeful misrepresentation through the damn Nielson system? At least make it SEEM like you were a geek.. Instead, you made it seem like geeks are unmarketable through the current system (ya.. maybe so.. but who cares) and have no money to spend.. and they watch no shows. Thus, Nielson people can readily say, "Hey.. we need more stupid reality shows because smart people don't watch TV."
Ass. I hate you.
I can hear the TV whine too.. In fact, I noticed I can tell which TVs are on from almost anywhere in my apartment. It seems that each TV has its own unique sound.
I consider myself an audiophile - but one that cannot afford anything nice. So, I get something considered 'decent' and live with it. I find that any 'live' (meaning actual air from the instrument and not amplified shit) sounds so much more smooth to me. I can't stand old music since it's recorded horribly.. and I cannot stand new music because it all sounds harsh to me.. Even Enya sounds harsh in a way I can't explain. Though, I still listen to music and enjoy it very much..
Anyway.. the TV whine annoys the hell out of me. I often leave the TV on, though, with a channel like PBS (since it doesn't have annoyingly loud commercials) just as a 'noise buffer' for the rest of sounds that annoy the hell out of me... computer fans, refrigerator, air conditioner (especially annoying since it emits like 3 different-pitched whistles at the same time).. hell.. even my AC adapter for my battery charger annoys me. So, I need that buffer sound.
With noise-eliminating technology found in headphones, couldn't one theroetically eliminate TV noise... or better yet, invent a TV that eliminates its own produced whine through its own speakers!! OMG I'm gonna go get a patent.. Damn I come up with good ideas when I'm rambling..
A business I used to work closely with (Tropicana) had offices with speakers built-in that emitted white noise at a low volume. This was used to increase privacy and make phone calls easier to hear with cubicle chatter.. I found the white noise to have a soothing effect on me. But then stepping into the server room (where I had to do the majority of my work) was like extra fooking hell since servers have lots and lots of annoying fans! GRR..
Stupid noise pollution.. I need therapy.
Independence Day taught me one thing...
PC's can be easily infected by other humans... relatively benign
Macs can be infected by aliens!!!... extinction of the human race!
So.. just don't run SETI on Macs (because they're compatible with every computer in the universe, including their viruses) and you will be able to keep your puny human I mean precious race..
I don't have the time to fathom the differences between 47 desktop models, 37 laptops, 53 laser printers and 73 inkjets with varying specs.
OMG.. How the hell do you buy groceries then? There's like 40 different types of toothpaste. God.. that must scare the crap out of you.
You're the first person I've ever heard of condemning variety..
You can smoke and drink doing almost anything.. It's just not always a good idea..
I tend to play better golf when I'm not smoking or drinking.. Also, my tennis game really suffers when I decide to quench my thirst with a shot of whisky and a smoke.
The same probby goes for gamers..
Who would've thought bad caps would spark so much geek laughter?
Yes.. the article is wrong on a technicality.. because it states "build the world" instead of "vitally important to the development of much software".. So, because it uses some sensationalist exaggeration to boost interest, HTTP is more deserving of that title..
But then again.. http was made possible by computers - so computers built the world! Oh wait.. computers were made by man - so man built the world! oh wait.. man was evolved from monkeys.. so monkeys built the world! and then skip a few steps..
the world was built by a 'big bang' when the entire known universe, compressed smaller than the size of an atom, exploded into one beautiful starry sky..
I agree..
Buffy, Angel, Xena, Conan, Smallville (scoff)... seems like there's an agenda to call them 'scifi' just to make the scifi nerds think it's okay for them to watch those horrible poorly-written poorly-acted shows.
Why the hell is Buffy considered sci-fi while CSI, CSI Miami, CSI NY, Navy NCIS, Bones, Numb3rs all usually aren't considered Scifi?
I mean.. is Lord of the Rings-type epic stuff considered sci-fi now? I thought that was all considered fantasy-epic or some genre like that.
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I propose we all think collectively in a team-oriented manner to break through the paridigm and create a beautiful world that we will all be happy to pass on to our children!
/same as original article
My statement sounds great too.. but it says nothing.
This IS the future, and anything going against this is just a speed bump for the future...
1. 'telephone' calls will be free
2. Internet access will be free
3. cell phone calls will be free
4. music will be free
5. television will be commercial free
6. movies will be free
Now.. companies need to figure out how to make the free business model work. Think outside the box! Break through the paridijim!
Seriously.. this whole corporate culture of enacting laws to prevent any company from innovation by threatening to put other companies out of business is just gross. I mean.. so fucking what if Cingular goes out of business if free wireless service is offered.. This is a capitalist economy - no matter what, SOMEONE will be making money and someone will be losing it.
Everything online is forced agreement anyway.. It's probby Google's policy to begin data collection the first time a word is entered into their search..
"By visiting this site, you agree to everything we want now and everything we will want in the future. This agreement is entirely legally binding because we said so and no one will ever test us on it."
Or is extended litigation actually benefecial for our economy? I mean.. Money goes into research for goods and services.. Or, corporate money (money indirectly and directly from workers and investers) can go into the hands of rich law firms (to the tune of 30% each transaction)..
So.. is it beneficial for our economy to increase the gap between the rich and the middle class?
I have an old expensive 100% down pillow that is more than 15 years old. It's never really been washed. It has a nice 'musk' smell to it - like an old tent. I have 3 other pillows - all newer - and they're all 100% down, but they just don't feel near as nice. I like my old pillow.. it's yellowish/tan in color (used to be pure white).
I read this article and then hugged my old pillow.
Next thing you know, I'm gonna read an article that says "OMG OMG STOP EVERYTHING.. There's fungi in cheese!"
I sold my AMD shares (all my money was in AMD) at 16.20 a few months ago after losing hope..
If you read what I was saying, I am saying that a private school teacher should have as much access to his or her Blackberry as a public school teacher.
I also agree they should remove the government accounts. Keeping government accounts alive is like telling a cell-phone provider that they must lose 99% of their customers but keep the entire network infrastructure alive in order for the few important 1%. There are many doctors, paramedics, vets, teachers (private schools too if 'teacher' falls under gov't employee), hell.. the media that all use Blackberries. Why are gov't employees more important?
If I were a stockholder (if it's publicly traded or not), I would be fuming if they kept the entire network running - wasting precious company money..
BTW, I can get email on my cellphone that is not a RIM device. Is that infringing on this vapor-company's patent too?
Newsnet is a good example..
Great. We'll have an entire Internet that is 90% useless junk. And, in order to download the 100mb that you want, you will need to download 200mb of data that identifies the 100mb that you want. And, everything will expire in 30-50 days.
Then I could argue that lack of perfection keeps you from being truly happy. And, further, no matter what you manage to achieve, your idea of happiness will also change.
There will always be many aspects in your life that are not perfect. And, perfect those aspects and there will be new aspects.
No matter where you are or what you acheive, one is never truly happy. To be happy is to be content.. and to be content is to lack the craving to better oneself. And to lack that craving is to lack a fundamental part of 'survival of the fittest.'
Yes.. It's human nature to be discontent.. and that separates some of us from the apes.
I swear.. we're all guilty here. Please stop lying. We all use the floppy disk. I don't care who you are (but more likely so if you're a government employee), you have a green floppy disk in your briefcase that has a masking-tape label on it written with pencil..
I see this all the time.. people thinking they're cool on campus with their laptop and 1GB USB thumb drive.. plugging in a floppy to get at the 1.44mb of data they really need.
LONG LIVE THE FLOPPY! *salute*
You can watch 24 hours worth of flipping through Fox News, CNN, and CNBC to get the same amount of news you'd get from 10 minutes of browsing through slashdot.org and fark.com...
The news nowadays is just sensationalized crap completely edited for a bunch of sheep. If there's an article that may hurt the parent companies of any of the media conglomerates, it's not shown. If there's a motorcycle chase where the motorcyclist gets away, thus showing that the justice isn't 100%, it's edited and ignored. (happened about a month ago while I was watching Fox News)
This Yahoo News is a good thing. Hopefully, they'll make a TV-like format that actually shows some NEWS and not just a bunch of small news made big to get ratings...
Hopefully Yahoo will take a cue from Univision. You can get more news from a 15-minute halftime report in the middle of a soccer game on Univision than you can from a day of any of the American networks... and that's even if you don't speak Spanish!
Oh wait.. Yahoo is already a big conglomerate allied with other big fat conglomerates.. Something tells me this will be more of the same, but with pretty new technology.
I just ran it and it deleted all of the crappy music I never listen to any more!
Now everything is hacking.. People use hack like they use fuck. Even Battlestar Galactica combines hack and fuck into frack..
"What the hack are you hacking doing, you hacking hack!"
Instead of charging $99 for a stupid talking device that doesn't even have a screen, and then having it compete against their Gameboy SP's and PSP's, how about develop some software for their portable devices.
Like.. put some educational interactive software on a PSP UMD disk. Make it so the kid has to get to certain levels in his educational software in order for him to 'earn' PSP time to play his games.
The idea of some $99 device that 9-14yo's will talk to annoys the hell out of me. When the fvck can a 9-14yo kid talk aloud and separate himself from friends, school, and family comotion?
Seriously.. the PSP and the Gameboy SP are two of the most ultimate devices that could be used for teaching... Instead, that aspect is completely ignored. Kids carry those things around.. They play them more than the parents control. How about some software that at least makes it so the kid has to spend a third of his time learning to spell or something.