"Matt Reece If you can't figure out how to e-mail me, don't."
If they cant figure it out, how are they going to email you in the first place? Or are you talking to Matt Reece? Isnt that you? You`re telling yourself not to email yourself if you can`t figure it out? Eh? EH?!
Clone: Hello! I`m Pizza Delivery Boy #2 Other clone: Hi! I`m long distance lorry driver Girl #1232 Clone: Have you seen my daddy? Other clone: No. Have you?
All mp3's sound like they were recorded underwater...really muddy bass. I`ve tried several encoders and its the same - regardless of compression rate. Havent tried ogg yet though.
I didnt get a PC because they were shit. I still think they are shit, but i get paid more to code for them than i did for the PC.
I doubt that a 3d desktop will make computer haters hate them less, and i doubt they`ll make them more productive than 2d gui`s - or text based interfaces.
The writeup described the 3d glasses idea as `annoying` although its surely not as annoying as having to spend thousands on new untested technology. Given that my cd writer lasted just over a year before becoming infinitely fussy about which cds it wrote to, i`ll be damned if i`m going to be an early adopter on this nonsense. 3D will always be a gimmick, anyway. Games will be nice, but i cant see how it will ever be standard on the desktop.
Fair enough! I feel your pain! Not everyone who reads/posts to this site thinks that anything you can scan/digitize/sample is fair game for uploading and 'sharing'! Although it often feels like it.
If he`s into all that bollocks, a 90 degree rotated world view is the least of his problems. I cant believe he adopts such an attitude at an airport. Get him to try checking onto an Isreali plane before he starts whinging about rights and damage!
"Except for the chemical dependency, the violent interference with the brain's core function, the hallucinations, ability to ignore pain, increased heart rate and risk of heart failure, sexual disfunction, and massive expense, it's just like any other addiction"
Good, isnt it. Never understood why ACs exist. I read once it was because people need to hide their identity. That doesnt make sense, given that 99% of users here dont use their real names anyway!
Hey, dont get me wrong. I`m in the UK - in a few months it could be Class C (possession legal)! Its just that theres enough misinformation about drugs on the net as it is!:)
"in belgium they are still discussing what to do about cannabis"
You just roll it up with some tobacco and smoke it maaan...
"On the other hand, suppose that individual in the theater is getting an urgent call having to do with life-threatening events affecting a loved one?"
If i`m watching a film, and someone else is in that sitation, i dont give a fuck. They should make alternative arrangements, and not expect to take phone calls in a cinema/theater. And if its a call that they arent expecting, they can take it when the film is over, when they get outside. Life goes on!
You dont need prior experience of falling, seeing as they`d have prior experience of gravity, momentum etc. When you are new-born, you are actually 9 months old. Given that its been shown that children can pick up songs their mother has heard/hummed, what makes you think even less abstract concepts are not going to be picked up?
I dunno. Whenever i hear Neall Stephensons name mentioned i get nervous. What did he invent again? Any new ideas? This one certainly sounds like both steganography and a one time pad. He didnt invent either, did he? What next? `They flew to Mars...just like that guy out of that movie with Arnie in it`?
Can you get an all-in-one board which is any good for 3d games or audio work yet? They all seem a bit crap - no better than a card which is a couple of years old.
for when super-intelligent machines take over the world. Then they`ll be making the news AND reporting it. Perhaps we should build in such an interface now - perhaps they`ll be easier on us then...
"Last time I checked, even the English were ahead of you in this field (they're using the metric system)"
Not when it comes to miles per hour. Also, we drink pints of beer. This possibly isnt relevant in the states, where you apparantly get funny looks if you drink more than 2 pints in a day, for some reason.
Drug sales are a curious mixture of both. Think thats something to do with harmonisation with Europe!
I support The (Hopefully) Great Slashdot Blackout [slashdot.org], April 21-27 -SL
Eh up - whats this? Um...ok, i DONT support it, and it`ll be cool to have access to an even faster SlashDot during that period! Thanks!
(You could always move over to K5 - seems to be the afghanistan of the digital world - refugees from all the major webblogs getting together to bitch about moderation systems!)
Slashdot Mirror
"The second particle would be the first one visiting itself from the future."
How will they prove this is the case, and its not just some other unknown mechanism?
"Matt Reece If you can't figure out how to e-mail me, don't."
If they cant figure it out, how are they going to email you in the first place? Or are you talking to Matt Reece? Isnt that you? You`re telling yourself not to email yourself if you can`t figure it out? Eh? EH?!
Not much different to:
Clone: Hello! I`m Pizza Delivery Boy #2
Other clone: Hi! I`m long distance lorry driver Girl #1232
Clone: Have you seen my daddy?
Other clone: No. Have you?
All mp3's sound like they were recorded underwater...really muddy bass. I`ve tried several encoders and its the same - regardless of compression rate. Havent tried ogg yet though.
but i get paid more to code for them than i did for the PC^H^HAmiga.
12 years ago i was writing games for the Amiga.
I didnt get a PC because they were shit. I still think they are shit, but i get paid more to code for them than i did for the PC.
I doubt that a 3d desktop will make computer haters hate them less, and i doubt they`ll make them more productive than 2d gui`s - or text based interfaces.
The writeup described the 3d glasses idea as `annoying` although its surely not as annoying as having to spend thousands on new untested technology. Given that my cd writer lasted just over a year before becoming infinitely fussy about which cds it wrote to, i`ll be damned if i`m going to be an early adopter on this nonsense. 3D will always be a gimmick, anyway. Games will be nice, but i cant see how it will ever be standard on the desktop.
Fair enough! I feel your pain! Not everyone who reads/posts to this site thinks that anything you can scan/digitize/sample is fair game for uploading and 'sharing'! Although it often feels like it.
Well, thats the sort of thing i was talking about! Though quite why you are holding me personally responsible is beyond me.
You`d be suprised. Up until a year or 2 ago, the Net was full of people who seemed to think they were above the law.
If he`s into all that bollocks, a 90 degree rotated world view is the least of his problems. I cant believe he adopts such an attitude at an airport. Get him to try checking onto an Isreali plane before he starts whinging about rights and damage!
"Except for the chemical dependency, the violent interference with the brain's core function, the hallucinations, ability to ignore pain, increased heart rate and risk of heart failure, sexual disfunction, and massive expense, it's just like any other addiction"
Wow! What brand of cigarettes do YOU smoke?!
Good, isnt it. Never understood why ACs exist. I read once it was because people need to hide their identity. That doesnt make sense, given that 99% of users here dont use their real names anyway!
Hey, dont get me wrong. I`m in the UK - in a few months it could be Class C (possession legal)! Its just that theres enough misinformation about drugs on the net as it is! :)
"in belgium they are still discussing what to do about cannabis"
You just roll it up with some tobacco and smoke it maaan...
Cannabis is not `legalized` in the Netherlands. Possession of a few grams is tolerated.
"automatically put all phones into "silent" ring mode"
Eh? How will that help? I dont want people using their phones in cinemas period. If it doesnt ring, but they still talk on them, how has that helped?
"On the other hand, suppose that individual in the theater is getting an urgent call having to do with life-threatening events affecting a loved one?"
If i`m watching a film, and someone else is in that sitation, i dont give a fuck. They should make alternative arrangements, and not expect to take phone calls in a cinema/theater. And if its a call that they arent expecting, they can take it when the film is over, when they get outside. Life goes on!
You dont need prior experience of falling, seeing as they`d have prior experience of gravity, momentum etc. When you are new-born, you are actually 9 months old. Given that its been shown that children can pick up songs their mother has heard/hummed, what makes you think even less abstract concepts are not going to be picked up?
"without any prior experience of falling"
I can see down.
I`ve seen down before and it hurt.
How long do you think it takes to learn that?
"To most people, Compuserve *did* come before the Internet"
Quack quack quack.
I dunno. Whenever i hear Neall Stephensons name mentioned i get nervous. What did he invent again? Any new ideas? This one certainly sounds like both steganography and a one time pad. He didnt invent either, did he?
What next? `They flew to Mars...just like that guy out of that movie with Arnie in it`?
Can you get an all-in-one board which is any good for 3d games or audio work yet? They all seem a bit crap - no better than a card which is a couple of years old.
for when super-intelligent machines take over the world. Then they`ll be making the news AND reporting it. Perhaps we should build in such an interface now - perhaps they`ll be easier on us then...
"Last time I checked, even the English were ahead of you in this field (they're using the metric system)"
Not when it comes to miles per hour. Also, we drink pints of beer. This possibly isnt relevant in the states, where you apparantly get funny looks if you drink more than 2 pints in a day, for some reason.
Drug sales are a curious mixture of both. Think thats something to do with harmonisation with Europe!
I support The (Hopefully) Great Slashdot Blackout [slashdot.org], April 21-27 -SL
Eh up - whats this? Um...ok, i DONT support it, and it`ll be cool to have access to an even faster SlashDot during that period! Thanks!
(You could always move over to K5 - seems to be the afghanistan of the digital world - refugees from all the major webblogs getting together to bitch about moderation systems!)