a one-handed device -similar to the twiddler, but better-designed and cordless- that combines mouse and keyboard. this would work very well with a tablet setup, as everyone knows that they can type much faster than they can write, and it would be good to have one hand free for......ahem... whatever reasons....
not-very-scientific (or serious) explanation: when you yawn you're equalizing the pressure in your ears with the outside environment, thus upsetting the pressure balance in the ears of those around you, causing them to yawn...:)
the record industry sucks, and I'm all for seeing their demise, but I want to still have people who make a living as musicians, and while they can make a decent living by performing, they really need the profits from selling their music.
I'd recommend that they make the CD itself (and not just the music on it) an object worth having. Unique and artful packaging, tickets to concerts inside, or whatever. It's not rocket science. People don't buy the CD's cause the CD isn't worth having.
...perhaps we would just never have to delete anything again? maybe the computer can just keep a log of everything that's happened since it was turned on......on second thought, that might not be such a good idea...
i don't think bayesian filtering based on the occurrence of keywords would work, but i'd be down with some sort of combination of bayesian filtering and a moderation system like slashdot uses.
consider if everyone on slashdot had the ability to moderate all the time, and slashdot gave your username a "fingerprint" based on what you modded up and what you modded down.
it could then compare your fingerprint to others' and show you the things that others with similar fingerprints modded up.
people who consistently mod-up trolls would get pages full of trolls, people who consistently mod-up funny stuff would consistently get funny stuff. no more karma.
they don't have to have been raised being taught about God to feel guilty about something they did which they have been convinced by believers was wrong. cheat on your girlfriend, experiment with drugs, steal a few things, whatever you may do out of youthful ignorance- if you can't get over that everyone does these things and forgive yourself, you might find God as your only relief. religion seems to play on that a lot... that and people who can't get over the fact that they're going to die someday.
not the individual consumers. Not that individual consumers are pirating cd's any less, but these are the guys you can catch outright without creating new laws that restrict our rights.
would be if the cable modem/DSL providers wised up and took advantage of their last-mile dominance. they could build secure WiFi routers into all of their cable modems, and offer wireless access anywhere within their service area. i already pay for my internet access at home- why should i have to pay someone else to use it away from home?
why are all of you so insistent on stealing music? and so proud of it. i mean $15/CD isn't too much to pay. You're getting a recording of an artist's performance that you can listen to as many times as you want. you'd pay $20 to go to one of their concerts. just because you CAN get music and software without paying for it doesn't mean you SHOULD.
i don't think your brain really increases in processing power as you age. i think it's more like, with experience, your brain develops subroutines to handle tasks. remember how much concentration it took when you first started driving? and now you can do like, 5 things at once while you're driving and still (hopefully) manage to not get in a wreck. Once the subroutine is down, it can run on its own, only occasionally sending interrupts to request attention.
I think it's a cultural thing. Pretty much everywhere outside of western europe, north america, and japan, people tend to be more about community values. people here are so numbed into submission by television that they'll beleive that they should pay money for an operating system or any other program, despite that the fact that the cost of reproducing it is nil.
granted, i use win 2k, and tons of proprietary programs......but i didn't pay for them:)
if the entire movie is 87 GB (i'm talkin' some HIGH definition shit, or maybe just encoded uncompressed or both) it's gonna take you some serious time to rip the movie and encode it to divx. that's what i'm talking about.
the RIAA/MPAA uses a new format such as this to release audio and video that is so data-heavy that it becomes impractical to try to rip/compress/share it?
...of hearing that we don't need faster CPU's, that the technology of 5 years ago, or whatever, is good enough for what most people do.
While this may be true, video editing is getting easier and easier for average users to do, and soon (if not already) average users WILL want to edit video.
Perhaps none of you are familiar with the processing demands of video, as there aren't any decent video editing applications for Linux, but I get REALLY TIRED of waiting for my 800 MHz PIII to render my (admittedly effects-heavy) stuff. Surely a processor running almost 4 times as fast would make a big difference. yeah, i know there are other bottlenecks, but shhh! I'm trying to make a point.:)
Get one of the new imacs. the hemispherical design means heat rises up through the holes in the top, sucking cool air in from the bottom. no fan, no noise. This was also one of the original benefits of geodesic dome houses. What'll those crazy folks at Apple think of next?
I suppose you could make your own hemispherical case for a PC, but don't come cryin' to me when it doesn't work and you fry yer motherboard:)
dude - i think by "relevance trumps novelty" he meant a book's relevance is more important than its newness. see def's 1 & 2
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Why don't we see more transflective screens, particularly on laptops? I've only been able to find one decent laptop with a transflective screen. LCD's are great, but now that we have wi-fi, I want to compute outside!
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a one-handed device -similar to the twiddler, but better-designed and cordless- that combines mouse and keyboard. this would work very well with a tablet setup, as everyone knows that they can type much faster than they can write, and it would be good to have one hand free for... ...ahem... whatever reasons....
not-very-scientific (or serious) explanation: when you yawn you're equalizing the pressure in your ears with the outside environment, thus upsetting the pressure balance in the ears of those around you, causing them to yawn... :)
the record industry sucks, and I'm all for seeing their demise, but I want to still have people who make a living as musicians, and while they can make a decent living by performing, they really need the profits from selling their music.
I'd recommend that they make the CD itself (and not just the music on it) an object worth having. Unique and artful packaging, tickets to concerts inside, or whatever. It's not rocket science. People don't buy the CD's cause the CD isn't worth having.
Aren't women sorta like organism printers?
...perhaps we would just never have to delete anything again? maybe the computer can just keep a log of everything that's happened since it was turned on... ...on second thought, that might not be such a good idea...
i don't think bayesian filtering based on the occurrence of keywords would work, but i'd be down with some sort of combination of bayesian filtering and a moderation system like slashdot uses.
consider if everyone on slashdot had the ability to moderate all the time, and slashdot gave your username a "fingerprint" based on what you modded up and what you modded down.
it could then compare your fingerprint to others' and show you the things that others with similar fingerprints modded up.
people who consistently mod-up trolls would get pages full of trolls, people who consistently mod-up funny stuff would consistently get funny stuff. no more karma.
that's what i'd like...
they don't have to have been raised being taught about God to feel guilty about something they did which they have been convinced by believers was wrong. cheat on your girlfriend, experiment with drugs, steal a few things, whatever you may do out of youthful ignorance- if you can't get over that everyone does these things and forgive yourself, you might find God as your only relief. religion seems to play on that a lot... that and people who can't get over the fact that they're going to die someday.
Depends? Yeah, I guess diapers for old people ARE pretty revolutionary...
not the individual consumers. Not that individual consumers are pirating cd's any less, but these are the guys you can catch outright without creating new laws that restrict our rights.
the real key is to not get attached to your data in the first place. everything decays. everything will be lost. you will die someday. let go.
would be if the cable modem/DSL providers wised up and took advantage of their last-mile dominance. they could build secure WiFi routers into all of their cable modems, and offer wireless access anywhere within their service area. i already pay for my internet access at home- why should i have to pay someone else to use it away from home?
why are all of you so insistent on stealing music? and so proud of it. i mean $15/CD isn't too much to pay. You're getting a recording of an artist's performance that you can listen to as many times as you want. you'd pay $20 to go to one of their concerts. just because you CAN get music and software without paying for it doesn't mean you SHOULD.
...so that would explain why they've been big on linux...
...so what is the real purpose of ice melt contests?
i don't think your brain really increases in processing power as you age. i think it's more like, with experience, your brain develops subroutines to handle tasks. remember how much concentration it took when you first started driving? and now you can do like, 5 things at once while you're driving and still (hopefully) manage to not get in a wreck. Once the subroutine is down, it can run on its own, only occasionally sending interrupts to request attention.
I think it's a cultural thing. Pretty much everywhere outside of western europe, north america, and japan, people tend to be more about community values. people here are so numbed into submission by television that they'll beleive that they should pay money for an operating system or any other program, despite that the fact that the cost of reproducing it is nil.
...but i didn't pay for them :)
granted, i use win 2k, and tons of proprietary programs...
if the entire movie is 87 GB (i'm talkin' some HIGH definition shit, or maybe just encoded uncompressed or both) it's gonna take you some serious time to rip the movie and encode it to divx. that's what i'm talking about.
...well, it's awfully quiet... :)
the RIAA/MPAA uses a new format such as this to release audio and video that is so data-heavy that it becomes impractical to try to rip/compress/share it?
Just a thought...
...of hearing that we don't need faster CPU's, that the technology of 5 years ago, or whatever, is good enough for what most people do.
:)
While this may be true, video editing is getting easier and easier for average users to do, and soon (if not already) average users WILL want to edit video.
Perhaps none of you are familiar with the processing demands of video, as there aren't any decent video editing applications for Linux, but I get REALLY TIRED of waiting for my 800 MHz PIII to render my (admittedly effects-heavy) stuff. Surely a processor running almost 4 times as fast would make a big difference. yeah, i know there are other bottlenecks, but shhh! I'm trying to make a point.
Get one of the new imacs. the hemispherical design means heat rises up through the holes in the top, sucking cool air in from the bottom. no fan, no noise. This was also one of the original benefits of geodesic dome houses. What'll those crazy folks at Apple think of next?
:)
I suppose you could make your own hemispherical case for a PC, but don't come cryin' to me when it doesn't work and you fry yer motherboard
is your current room smaller than a tardis? i'd have a pretty hard time fitting all my stuff in one...
what exactly is and "emergine" nation, kenp2002? i think the word you want is emerging
dude - i think by "relevance trumps novelty" he meant a book's relevance is more important than its newness. see def's 1 & 2
Why don't we see more transflective screens, particularly on laptops? I've only been able to find one decent laptop with a transflective screen. LCD's are great, but now that we have wi-fi, I want to compute outside!