Being a member of the Religious Society of Friends I feel it is my place to let you know you're confusing Quaker and Shaker. I understand the confusion, but let it be known that there is no anti technology stigma among Friends. Also, uh..I'm gonna go ahead and say he was probably referring to his Quake gaming habit...
i feel as though you should limit your online conversing to people that can type competently enought to manage complete sentences (give or take appropriate punctuation and capitalisation)
hmm, sounds like another person that hasn't spent a whole lot of time in front of an Apple disply. Seriously, try it out sometime and then you can comment without being ignorant. As a 15 inch powerbook owner and a frequent user of a new 17 inch I suggest you roll through an apple store and check it out. It may be too expensive (I can't argue with the f-ing price tag) but the screen quality is sweet and the different aspect ratio allows for a docked program on the side and a window that's the equivalent of a normal full screen. -pale
here's a link to a student's thesis work on the subject, it's pretty indepth but not too complicated. http://www.lems.brown.edu/vision/cou rses/computer- vision/projects/McBride/pres_files/CV-final.html
I've been doing some reading on this subject and it's actually possible for a human to distinguish between other humans' gaits by only 5 points of light that represent the motion of 5 points on the body. If a can find links I'll post them.
am I undrstanding correctly that the systems return a score that reflects your % accuracy? Cool, so it's just a game of digital hot/cold. This sounds like a promising technology but honestly, how does the implementation get screwed up so badly.
well avant....Since I spend my 200 beans on an Xbox I would like to be able to do what I like with it....I suppose you would think it's ok for Dell to solder in the RAM and not let you open your case? How can you wish a lawsuit on anybody? You're clearly a douchebag and don't understand the spirit of ownership...go ahead, succumb to the corporate ideal of you don't own what you buy... also, why the fuck would MS care what you run if you are still buying their hardware?
I believe this bad reception is much like the dance of the G4 titanium user when attempting to find wireless coverage. If you caught the WWDC keynote or have it available, check out the beginning before they turned the wireless points on. Its quite amusing to watch a room full of the MEGAGEEKs do the wave. -pale
actually the point is that, like the mars mission, there may have been a discrepency between the units being used. I understand that 0ft = 0mt = sea level, but such was the case on mars and they still tried tunneling. Think about your posts before you submit so I don't feel compelled to insult you, monkey.
this would leave an error of around 16000 feet. Sounds a lot like the reason Mars has a dent in it. Think before you post, monkey (my karma is shot for this, but some people piss me off damnit) -Palewhitemale
everybody knows that there are indeed viruses for windows and that many of the microsoft apps for other OSs, most notably IE for OSX have had vulnerabilities. I've been wondering lately, are there any serious virus threats for systems other than windows?
indeed, it seems that inherent in the name of this familiar activity is the ability for these journalists (and I use the term losely) to be held as enemy combattants. They are indeed wardrivers committing acts of privacy invasion against children.
what is this holier than thou trash. You're a geek if you're reading this anyway...go read your harry potter/star wars/star trek/router manual/WiFi review and stop denying who you are. Otherwise what are you doing with a username on/.??
so I've got about 10000 baseball cards in individual sleeves, including limited run production (with full docs for all of them) sets, error production cards, etc... I brought some to be apraised and they're not worth much....I wonder what ever happened to that "they're gonna be worth something someday." I hope comic books fair better than baseball cards have, and it seems that if print books go out the colectability will drop...if it's digital it can be pirated (thank god...most of the time)
I hate to start this argument, but I don't have any problems with any app putting things on my computer that I don't want....perchance this is because I run a machine sans Microsuck? Seriously though, I'm a new mac user and it's pretty damn cool that there are no virus or spyware/adware worries on this platform.
Not to mention the way Kazaa operates on a LAN. It occupies and does not let go of the bandwidth that it uses. Then if more opens up, it uses that and doesn't ever let go. I really hope this thing gets abused by the RIAA just like Jesse over at chewplastic.com If he was guilty for providing a search engine to list files that were already open for sharing, these guys must be for providing a worldwide network of files, most of which were not located in open shares before the product install. -pale
I really can't believe the things I read sometimes. It truely seems to me that people take thier affiliation to an operating system a bit too seriously. I feel that I am a true geek, along with many of the people around who read/. The vast majority of us don't spend time going off ranting about their OS superiority, much less their hardware specs. I think that there is something wrong with you people, especially if you can't acknowledge the areas of downfall for your OS and/or hardware of choice. The bottom line is that the time you people spend ranting shouold be spent learning another operating system. MacOS folks know that they're at a disadvantage because of the severe minority they are, while Windows users should also acknowledge that by using Microsoft products there are many people who will attack them for supporting the company. While I do feel a bit of animosity toward the business practices of Microsoft, I understand that I need to be able to use, administer and troubleshoot their products to keep myself employed. As for the open source people, I wish I had the time to do more with unix than I do.
I've strayed from the point. In my mind, the bottom line is I am often embarrassed at how some of you people conduct yourselves. I, for one, spent the majority of my younger years being made fun of for my computer habit (and I don't mean the porn), as I'm sure many of you did. GET OFF EACHOTHERS' backs and try to remember the days before it was cool to be a g33k.
Spend less time paying attention to the freaks that post, don't lower yourself to their level and use your time to broaden your horizons.
As for the hardware side, everybody should be happy to see advances such as 64-bit CPUs and 1Ghz system busses...the release of these products will do nothing but push the competition to move along.
not only is it pointless from a foreign policy point of view, but it is goddamn ridiculous. Having family in the on the administrative level of the record industry (with a major, unnamed label)I've heard the numbers that they've "lost in revenue" because of "illegal" uses of CDs. I say F 'em, the artists and execs are going to have to live without a christmas bonus...on their tiny (ha) salaries until they realize that we will always be able to figure out how to copy their media. Hmmm...I'll suggest it here too...maybe the answer is CDs for less than 15 dollars?
Pale
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Being a member of the Religious Society of Friends I feel it is my place to let you know you're confusing Quaker and Shaker. I understand the confusion, but let it be known that there is no anti technology stigma among Friends. Also, uh..I'm gonna go ahead and say he was probably referring to his Quake gaming habit...
pale
i feel as though you should limit your online conversing to people that can type competently enought to manage complete sentences (give or take appropriate punctuation and capitalisation)
pale
hmm, sounds like another person that hasn't spent a whole lot of time in front of an Apple disply. Seriously, try it out sometime and then you can comment without being ignorant. As a 15 inch powerbook owner and a frequent user of a new 17 inch I suggest you roll through an apple store and check it out. It may be too expensive (I can't argue with the f-ing price tag) but the screen quality is sweet and the different aspect ratio allows for a docked program on the side and a window that's the equivalent of a normal full screen.
-pale
I understand the gripe about the batttery life, they should be able to do better than that, but why the complaint about the screen resolution?
-pale
here's a link to a student's thesis work on the subject, it's pretty indepth but not too complicated.u rses/computer- vision/projects/McBride/pres_files/CV-final.html
http://www.lems.brown.edu/vision/co
I've been doing some reading on this subject and it's actually possible for a human to distinguish between other humans' gaits by only 5 points of light that represent the motion of 5 points on the body. If a can find links I'll post them.
pale
am I undrstanding correctly that the systems return a score that reflects your % accuracy? Cool, so it's just a game of digital hot/cold. This sounds like a promising technology but honestly, how does the implementation get screwed up so badly.
-palewhitemale
don't knock the sparc man...it's 64 bit
well avant....Since I spend my 200 beans on an Xbox I would like to be able to do what I like with it....I suppose you would think it's ok for Dell to solder in the RAM and not let you open your case? How can you wish a lawsuit on anybody? You're clearly a douchebag and don't understand the spirit of ownership...go ahead, succumb to the corporate ideal of you don't own what you buy...
also, why the fuck would MS care what you run if you are still buying their hardware?
oh snap, he called out your metaphor.
I believe this bad reception is much like the dance of the G4 titanium user when attempting to find wireless coverage. If you caught the WWDC keynote or have it available, check out the beginning before they turned the wireless points on. Its quite amusing to watch a room full of the MEGAGEEKs do the wave.
-pale
actually the point is that, like the mars mission, there may have been a discrepency between the units being used. I understand that 0ft = 0mt = sea level, but such was the case on mars and they still tried tunneling. Think about your posts before you submit so I don't feel compelled to insult you, monkey.
TamMan----here's some advanced math for you.
8000meters = apx 24000 feet.
8000 feet = apx 8000 feet.
this would leave an error of around 16000 feet.
Sounds a lot like the reason Mars has a dent in it.
Think before you post, monkey (my karma is shot for this, but some people piss me off damnit)
-Palewhitemale
everybody knows that there are indeed viruses for windows and that many of the microsoft apps for other OSs, most notably IE for OSX have had vulnerabilities. I've been wondering lately, are there any serious virus threats for systems other than windows?
-pale
indeed, it seems that inherent in the name of this familiar activity is the ability for these journalists (and I use the term losely) to be held as enemy combattants. They are indeed wardrivers committing acts of privacy invasion against children.
-p4l3wh1t3m4l3
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what is this holier than thou trash. You're a geek if you're reading this anyway...go read your harry potter/star wars/star trek/router manual/WiFi review and stop denying who you are. Otherwise what are you doing with a username on /.??
Pale
mmmm.....offtopic
so I've got about 10000 baseball cards in individual sleeves, including limited run production (with full docs for all of them) sets, error production cards, etc...
I brought some to be apraised and they're not worth much....I wonder what ever happened to that "they're gonna be worth something someday."
I hope comic books fair better than baseball cards have, and it seems that if print books go out the colectability will drop...if it's digital it can be pirated (thank god...most of the time)
-Pale
I hate to start this argument, but I don't have any problems with any app putting things on my computer that I don't want....perchance this is because I run a machine sans Microsuck? Seriously though, I'm a new mac user and it's pretty damn cool that there are no virus or spyware/adware worries on this platform.
-Bill
Not to mention the way Kazaa operates on a LAN. It occupies and does not let go of the bandwidth that it uses. Then if more opens up, it uses that and doesn't ever let go. I really hope this thing gets abused by the RIAA just like Jesse over at chewplastic.com If he was guilty for providing a search engine to list files that were already open for sharing, these guys must be for providing a worldwide network of files, most of which were not located in open shares before the product install.
-pale
I really can't believe the things I read sometimes. It truely seems to me that people take thier affiliation to an operating system a bit too seriously. I feel that I am a true geek, along with many of the people around who read /. The vast majority of us don't spend time going off ranting about their OS superiority, much less their hardware specs. I think that there is something wrong with you people, especially if you can't acknowledge the areas of downfall for your OS and/or hardware of choice. The bottom line is that the time you people spend ranting shouold be spent learning another operating system. MacOS folks know that they're at a disadvantage because of the severe minority they are, while Windows users should also acknowledge that by using Microsoft products there are many people who will attack them for supporting the company. While I do feel a bit of animosity toward the business practices of Microsoft, I understand that I need to be able to use, administer and troubleshoot their products to keep myself employed. As for the open source people, I wish I had the time to do more with unix than I do.
I've strayed from the point. In my mind, the bottom line is I am often embarrassed at how some of you people conduct yourselves. I, for one, spent the majority of my younger years being made fun of for my computer habit (and I don't mean the porn), as I'm sure many of you did. GET OFF EACHOTHERS' backs and try to remember the days before it was cool to be a g33k.
Spend less time paying attention to the freaks that post, don't lower yourself to their level and use your time to broaden your horizons.
As for the hardware side, everybody should be happy to see advances such as 64-bit CPUs and 1Ghz system busses...the release of these products will do nothing but push the competition to move along.
-palewhitemale
not only is it pointless from a foreign policy point of view, but it is goddamn ridiculous. Having family in the on the administrative level of the record industry (with a major, unnamed label)I've heard the numbers that they've "lost in revenue" because of "illegal" uses of CDs. I say F 'em, the artists and execs are going to have to live without a christmas bonus...on their tiny (ha) salaries until they realize that we will always be able to figure out how to copy their media. Hmmm...I'll suggest it here too...maybe the answer is CDs for less than 15 dollars?
Pale