1993 was fun. A few buddies and I built out a hardware ram disk with an unused 486 and some serial cables. Granted, it didn't come in as a native HDD, or even as a linux file system, but we built a little API that made it work reasonably well in software with standard file operations and even a crappy little "directory" structure. It worked fairly well... for some reason Mondo2000 pops into my mind.
As children (4th thru 6th grade) my wife and I attended a once-a-week school for the gifted in Okaloosa County, Florida (think Destin-area) as the gifted program. Not only was it like college, where you signed up for classes in things like Chemistry, Children's Theatre, or Visual Arts - but they had an amazing class called "Looking Good". Dr. Christensen taught one class for girls, and one for boys on etiquette, dating, ballroom dancing, hygiene, etc. At the end of the year, they held a dance at which the two classes would interact.
I have to say it left a huge impression on me over the years - and I feel my life, particularly in social situations, was greatly enriched by her program and teaching.
Ever read Cuckoo's Egg? little non-secrets add up to big secrets.
Little "insignificant" things add up to significant things.
Willingly signing up to assist in a war is not insignificant.
It could be construed through participation in the botnet, since you are directly aiding in an armed conflict between two foreign powers, that you are in fact becoming an enemy combatant, esp if you look back on the old (now defunct) NSA munitions definitions of software. This happens all the time, but could cause you some difficulties if you need to make an insurance claim on system damage - some insurance companies might consider counter-attacks that damage your files/servers/etc to be acts of war, and outside your policy.
Granted this would all have to be tested in court, but particpating in a war as a private citizen is generally discouraged, if not illegal in many cases.
I've just created the rotary version - with letters arranged by frequency (E in the center - others further out.) the E-writer or somesuch... or "Summoner" since it looks like you trace pentagrams on the circle. Different enough to get around the patent, I hope:)
My son will easily say - wow, you're right dad - Megaman rocks. cha-ching for Nintendo Wii.
He came into the gaming scene after the "progression of graphics", so he easily yawns as 4 extra FPS or slightly enhanced visuals - he wants playability.
Caught them playing pac-man on one of those joysticks that plugs into the TV. He laughed at the graphics, but they kept right on playing for an hour or so.
I've been experimenting with metadata and blogs, and specifically the cluster analysis of those conversations on the web - so far so good ( http://www.wallcloud.net/ ). I'm really interested in seeing how our desktops change as our information starts "clumping" together for us - our contacts, files, work items, etc arranging themselves on screen. I'd love to have a dev tool that would allow me to right click and jump to the SQL table I'm hovering in the code, and maybe gesture to bring up jobs that intersect with those tables. I think our work will one day be more like origami - unfold and turn find related information...
Years ago I was a sign language interpreter (ASL), and after a few years realized that I was thinking in ASL and "visually" instead of the usual auditory monologue... I always wondered if you use a completely different part of the brain to process the language - or if it just gets translated into language concepts before processing... I wonder how long before "telepathic" audio is available.
How about the Eula completely encapsulating use of the site? Then the site could use the DMCA on the guy if he uses the content in open court... I think we need an opensource version of our legal system, this old one's got too many bugs.
In order to encourage open communication in [forum X] I agree to hold this list harmless, and waive any implied rights to defamation... blah blah blah or some such crap.
Could a disclaimer/waiver hold up in court? They work for personal injury, why not "social injury"?
Does anyone else dislike when the pressure spots on the side of the mouse are buttons? Maybe I'm just old, but thats how I move the mouse around (pinch between thumb and ring finger - use index and middle for left and right)... and I always end up getting extraneous clicks when the sides are buttons. I'd turn this off on my own PC, but its when I use a customer's PC on site. erg.
Browser security not withstanding... By effectively emulating a CPU, it does open up some interesting experiments in distributed computing - and, yes, I'd like to see a tiny linux distro running in a browser:)
Thats funny, that was my reaction.
How much of our daily existence do we hallucinate out of habit, and not even notice because it fits nicely.
And if your brain can add things, how much does it "edit" out things that are there.
And finally, how could you disprove that the things you see are not real?
It does open up some interesting ideas.
Was in northwest florida over thanksgiving (near destin,fl) , and the live-oaks had a ridiculous amount of acorns, so much that your shoes were cakes in acorn mush. Way more than I think I have ever seen, when growing up there.
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According to the series, it's all under water... and he'd have to get waterwings for the sheep.
1993 was fun. A few buddies and I built out a hardware ram disk with an unused 486 and some serial cables. Granted, it didn't come in as a native HDD, or even as a linux file system, but we built a little API that made it work reasonably well in software with standard file operations and even a crappy little "directory" structure. It worked fairly well... for some reason Mondo2000 pops into my mind.
I think gameplay in line with Dynasty Warriors 4 and the Samurai one would have been great for LOTR, lots of tactical stuff, etc...
And if you get really bored in your new space habitat, you can make sexy underwear to keep your colony's population rising. :)
Yeah, so much for "your huddled masses" :(
Additionally, watch Americans be completely surprised when these countries reciprocate the generosity.
I have this feeling that in 100 years "mechanical" robots will be very passe.
As children (4th thru 6th grade) my wife and I attended a once-a-week school for the gifted in Okaloosa County, Florida (think Destin-area) as the gifted program. Not only was it like college, where you signed up for classes in things like Chemistry, Children's Theatre, or Visual Arts - but they had an amazing class called "Looking Good". Dr. Christensen taught one class for girls, and one for boys on etiquette, dating, ballroom dancing, hygiene, etc. At the end of the year, they held a dance at which the two classes would interact. I have to say it left a huge impression on me over the years - and I feel my life, particularly in social situations, was greatly enriched by her program and teaching.
yerp - I was thinking "Unlawful Combatant" when I wrote this - but "enemy" just slipped out
Ever read Cuckoo's Egg? little non-secrets add up to big secrets. Little "insignificant" things add up to significant things. Willingly signing up to assist in a war is not insignificant.
It could be construed through participation in the botnet, since you are directly aiding in an armed conflict between two foreign powers, that you are in fact becoming an enemy combatant, esp if you look back on the old (now defunct) NSA munitions definitions of software. This happens all the time, but could cause you some difficulties if you need to make an insurance claim on system damage - some insurance companies might consider counter-attacks that damage your files/servers/etc to be acts of war, and outside your policy. Granted this would all have to be tested in court, but particpating in a war as a private citizen is generally discouraged, if not illegal in many cases.
I want mammoth burgers, the original human food. oh, and organized mammoth hunts on the canadian tundra.
I've just created the rotary version - with letters arranged by frequency (E in the center - others further out.) the E-writer or somesuch... or "Summoner" since it looks like you trace pentagrams on the circle. Different enough to get around the patent, I hope :)
My son will easily say - wow, you're right dad - Megaman rocks. cha-ching for Nintendo Wii. He came into the gaming scene after the "progression of graphics", so he easily yawns as 4 extra FPS or slightly enhanced visuals - he wants playability. Caught them playing pac-man on one of those joysticks that plugs into the TV. He laughed at the graphics, but they kept right on playing for an hour or so.
ger - thanks Trahloc - I added to .htaccess to redirect to it. Too much nog.
I've been thinking about modifying my VSDB software to do something like this...
I've been experimenting with metadata and blogs, and specifically the cluster analysis of those conversations on the web - so far so good ( http://www.wallcloud.net/ ). I'm really interested in seeing how our desktops change as our information starts "clumping" together for us - our contacts, files, work items, etc arranging themselves on screen. I'd love to have a dev tool that would allow me to right click and jump to the SQL table I'm hovering in the code, and maybe gesture to bring up jobs that intersect with those tables. I think our work will one day be more like origami - unfold and turn find related information...
Years ago I was a sign language interpreter (ASL), and after a few years realized that I was thinking in ASL and "visually" instead of the usual auditory monologue... I always wondered if you use a completely different part of the brain to process the language - or if it just gets translated into language concepts before processing... I wonder how long before "telepathic" audio is available.
How about the Eula completely encapsulating use of the site? Then the site could use the DMCA on the guy if he uses the content in open court... I think we need an opensource version of our legal system, this old one's got too many bugs.
In order to encourage open communication in [forum X] I agree to hold this list harmless, and waive any implied rights to defamation... blah blah blah or some such crap. Could a disclaimer/waiver hold up in court? They work for personal injury, why not "social injury"?
Does anyone else dislike when the pressure spots on the side of the mouse are buttons? Maybe I'm just old, but thats how I move the mouse around (pinch between thumb and ring finger - use index and middle for left and right) ... and I always end up getting extraneous clicks when the sides are buttons. I'd turn this off on my own PC, but its when I use a customer's PC on site. erg.
That's because it's an Alexander the Great detector!
Browser security not withstanding... By effectively emulating a CPU, it does open up some interesting experiments in distributed computing - and, yes, I'd like to see a tiny linux distro running in a browser :)
Read: http://www.amazon.com/Broken-Spears-Account-Conquest-Mexico/dp/0807055018
Thats funny, that was my reaction. How much of our daily existence do we hallucinate out of habit, and not even notice because it fits nicely. And if your brain can add things, how much does it "edit" out things that are there. And finally, how could you disprove that the things you see are not real? It does open up some interesting ideas.
Was in northwest florida over thanksgiving (near destin,fl) , and the live-oaks had a ridiculous amount of acorns, so much that your shoes were cakes in acorn mush. Way more than I think I have ever seen, when growing up there.