First of all, finish third-grade english, then come back here and post your opinion.
Care to point out the errors, oh master linguist?
Second of all, the difference between a geek and a nerd is that geeks have social skills.
These words do not have any real firm meaning anymore, but 'geek' has always been a more forcefull insult then nerd. Think about, nerd has always meant academic misfit, while geek orgionaly meant a circus freak who would eat live animals. The term grew to include any dirty, foul, person, including the lowest of the nerds.
I would rather have a child eho challenged himself and got B's, then one that took the easy couses and got A's.
For some people, unlike yourself, getting As in any highschool class is as easy as breating. At my HS there were lots of people who were bright and totaly socialy ajusted. Not me, of course.
If no one else will help you, you need to help yourself. If you don't you're responsible. This is not to say that you're 'culpable' or should be punished, only a recognition of the fact that you should have tried to stop it.
Bitching about everything and saying that they all hated you because you were stupid is not going to help anything, and it's probably not even correct.
I can't believe this made Slashdot, I really can't belive it. Well, now that I think about it, I can belive it. I'm just dissapointed.
I saw the article on another site, metafilter, I think. and I thought it was idiotic. Basically a winy "People didn't like me because I wasn't smart." rant, with absolutely no scientific grounding whatsoever.
Really, it's just excuse making. "nerds" don't want to believe they aren't popular because they lack social skills, but because they are feared for their intelligence.
It's just not true, there are smart people who are social, and *ghasp* there are smart people who play sports, believe it or not. There were also outcasts who were idiots.
I have a simple rule that applies to just about any kind of argument, especially sociological things like this. Show me real data, or shut the fuck up. An anecdote from a biased, self-serving viewpoint is not data.
I was looking for red hat 8 ISOs the other day, and did the obvious thing. Typed in "Redhat 8 ISOs" into google. I got back a bunch of random message board posts in foreign languages.
I tried the same thing at alltheweb and got back two links to to rethat 8 ISOs.
Of course my main beef with google is that Autopr0n.com shows on the 10th page or something on a search for something as obvious as "autopr0n" or "autopr0n.com" on google now. I actually had someone email me to complain the other day (since they actually used the "I'm feeling lucky button" rather then typing in URLs). The first links are to my slashdot and kuro5hin user info pages, then links to tons of pages that link to my site.
I'm guessing it has something to do with the fact that I link to tons of porn with relevant descriptions, but I'm not trying to fool google at all, and I'm definitely not a Spam site.
I really think google went overboard doing whatever it is they did, and caused their site to suffer. I still search with google first, but I don't know how long I'll do that if alltheweb starts to turn up better results.
Ok, not really. Maybe the first with the good karma modifier though:)
I read Dave Barry's book on the internet/computers a long time ago. It was funny as hell. I think the funniest part was the discussion of Jerry Pournelli's article in byte magazine, painting him as the archetypal PC user, illustrating why we didn't use Macs. I mean, if a computer always works, it just isn't fun:)
That would certanly explain why so many people use Linux on the desktop these days *ducks*
At first glance, it seems like they're doing everything wrong. The idea seems stupid.
But on the other hand, so much of what's popular out there is also stupid. So who knows, maybe it'll pan out. One of the most annoying things is the requirement of XP. WTF?
If the people at MS actually managed to do sound research on this, then there's no reason for it to fail. I don't think most people have the same kind of negative reaction to being obviously manipulated that we do... But who knows?
Is it just me, or did it seem like the audio was way off in this.mov? It just seemed really bass heavy, and quiet.
The comic book it's based on looked pretty cool, actually, but to me it seems that a lot of Hollywood people, when they want to make a movie based on a comic book seem to think that they should make it comic-book-like, which to them means cheesy and simplistic. They seem to be forgetting that comics actually can contain strong plots. Marvel has got it right, in that they try to create films based on the soul of their stories, not just the name. (the opposite would be DC with the horrible batman movies)
The other interesting thing this movie brings up is the idea of public domain. I mean, all (I think) the characters in this movie ripped right from old works, Capt. Nemo, Dr Jeckle/Mr Hyde, etc. Imagine the films and stories that could be coming out if copyright expired at a more reasonable time? It's pretty fucked up that the only cultural references we can really use have to be so old that they came from a whole other culture, really.
Actually, the idea that the idea that qwerty is slower then dovrak is a myth is a myth.
It was written by a bunch of free-market zealot economists who refused to believe the market could make 'mistakes'. Their only evidence was that the original study wasn't adequate. They certainly didn't disprove the advantage.
Apple is the only computer maker who makes people "_feel_"! For example, Apple users got to _feel_ constant crashes from a non-preemptive, non-protected-memory OS for decades. Mac users get to _feel_ slow ass machines!
Anyway, apple makes me _feel_ like throwing up. Those information-free switch ads do nothing but insult my intelligence (just like almost all of apple's marketing I've seen)
Maybe some people just want to have a computer that does what they want, and think *gasp* they might be better served by a PC.
Yeah, god forbid Microsoft should actually defend themselves using the same medium, I mean, that's just pathetic laziness.
But we all knew that, Apple is the most innovative company in the world! All their products are amazing, and far more powerful then PCs with several times the core clock! Anything any-bit like apple is simply derivative.
She was averse to all branding, with the only exception being Hello Kitty and other cutesy Japanese things. We're talking about a girl who sanded the logo off the button on her pants.
She reacted more to some brands then others, (including the 'new' Michelin man, not just the old one) but all brands bothered her.
8, 12, what's three digits between friends?
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All that the record industry had on the alleged thief was an eight-digit Internet protocol address, 141.158.104.94
Of course, it would have been 8 digits if it was written in Hex. maybe the author was just a hard-core nerd? And thought, digit = 4bits?
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First of all, finish third-grade english, then come back here and post your opinion.
Care to point out the errors, oh master linguist?
Second of all, the difference between a geek and a nerd is that geeks have social skills.
These words do not have any real firm meaning anymore, but 'geek' has always been a more forcefull insult then nerd. Think about, nerd has always meant academic misfit, while geek orgionaly meant a circus freak who would eat live animals. The term grew to include any dirty, foul, person, including the lowest of the nerds.
I would rather have a child eho challenged himself and got B's, then one that took the easy couses and got A's.
For some people, unlike yourself, getting As in any highschool class is as easy as breating. At my HS there were lots of people who were bright and totaly socialy ajusted. Not me, of course.
There were some stupid fucking nerds out there. This one kid, total nerd. Bad hair, glasses, bad skin gawky. In to computers, math, etc.
But he was stuid too. Just fundementaly. I tried to avoid him, as he annoyed the hell out of me.
If these people are beating you up, why not press charges? Sue them, or the school?
I mean, at some point you have to take some responsibility for your life.
If no one else will help you, you need to help yourself. If you don't you're responsible. This is not to say that you're 'culpable' or should be punished, only a recognition of the fact that you should have tried to stop it. Bitching about everything and saying that they all hated you because you were stupid is not going to help anything, and it's probably not even correct.
I can't believe this made Slashdot, I really can't belive it. Well, now that I think about it, I can belive it. I'm just dissapointed.
I saw the article on another site, metafilter, I think. and I thought it was idiotic. Basically a winy "People didn't like me because I wasn't smart." rant, with absolutely no scientific grounding whatsoever.
Really, it's just excuse making. "nerds" don't want to believe they aren't popular because they lack social skills, but because they are feared for their intelligence.
It's just not true, there are smart people who are social, and *ghasp* there are smart people who play sports, believe it or not. There were also outcasts who were idiots.
I have a simple rule that applies to just about any kind of argument, especially sociological things like this. Show me real data, or shut the fuck up. An anecdote from a biased, self-serving viewpoint is not data.
I was looking for red hat 8 ISOs the other day, and did the obvious thing. Typed in "Redhat 8 ISOs" into google. I got back a bunch of random message board posts in foreign languages.
I tried the same thing at alltheweb and got back two links to to rethat 8 ISOs.
Of course my main beef with google is that Autopr0n.com shows on the 10th page or something on a search for something as obvious as "autopr0n" or "autopr0n.com" on google now. I actually had someone email me to complain the other day (since they actually used the "I'm feeling lucky button" rather then typing in URLs). The first links are to my slashdot and kuro5hin user info pages, then links to tons of pages that link to my site.
I'm guessing it has something to do with the fact that I link to tons of porn with relevant descriptions, but I'm not trying to fool google at all, and I'm definitely not a Spam site.
I really think google went overboard doing whatever it is they did, and caused their site to suffer. I still search with google first, but I don't know how long I'll do that if alltheweb starts to turn up better results.
Ok, not really. Maybe the first with the good karma modifier though :)
:)
I read Dave Barry's book on the internet/computers a long time ago. It was funny as hell. I think the funniest part was the discussion of Jerry Pournelli's article in byte magazine, painting him as the archetypal PC user, illustrating why we didn't use Macs. I mean, if a computer always works, it just isn't fun
That would certanly explain why so many people use Linux on the desktop these days *ducks*
At first glance, it seems like they're doing everything wrong. The idea seems stupid.
But on the other hand, so much of what's popular out there is also stupid. So who knows, maybe it'll pan out. One of the most annoying things is the requirement of XP. WTF?
If the people at MS actually managed to do sound research on this, then there's no reason for it to fail. I don't think most people have the same kind of negative reaction to being obviously manipulated that we do... But who knows?
This is a single gene, either you have it or you don't. Those that don't are severely limited, basically retarded. Every single normal human has it.
Lets splice this geene into some Chimps and see what happens!
Is it just me, or did it seem like the audio was way off in this .mov? It just seemed really bass heavy, and quiet.
The comic book it's based on looked pretty cool, actually, but to me it seems that a lot of Hollywood people, when they want to make a movie based on a comic book seem to think that they should make it comic-book-like, which to them means cheesy and simplistic. They seem to be forgetting that comics actually can contain strong plots. Marvel has got it right, in that they try to create films based on the soul of their stories, not just the name. (the opposite would be DC with the horrible batman movies)
The other interesting thing this movie brings up is the idea of public domain. I mean, all (I think) the characters in this movie ripped right from old works, Capt. Nemo, Dr Jeckle/Mr Hyde, etc. Imagine the films and stories that could be coming out if copyright expired at a more reasonable time? It's pretty fucked up that the only cultural references we can really use have to be so old that they came from a whole other culture, really.
This is CmdrTaco we're talking about. I'm sure he has access to faster connections. My guess is he's on the road using a cellphone or something.
Actually, the idea that the idea that qwerty is slower then dovrak is a myth is a myth.
It was written by a bunch of free-market zealot economists who refused to believe the market could make 'mistakes'. Their only evidence was that the original study wasn't adequate. They certainly didn't disprove the advantage.
I'd heard that the phone company actually put the numbers on 'upside down' because they were worried about people typing the numbers in to fast.
Apple is the only computer maker who makes people "_feel_"! For example, Apple users got to _feel_ constant crashes from a non-preemptive, non-protected-memory OS for decades. Mac users get to _feel_ slow ass machines!
Anyway, apple makes me _feel_ like throwing up. Those information-free switch ads do nothing but insult my intelligence (just like almost all of apple's marketing I've seen)
Maybe some people just want to have a computer that does what they want, and think *gasp* they might be better served by a PC.
Yeah, god forbid Microsoft should actually defend themselves using the same medium, I mean, that's just pathetic laziness.
But we all knew that, Apple is the most innovative company in the world! All their products are amazing, and far more powerful then PCs with several times the core clock! Anything any-bit like apple is simply derivative.
If you weren't so fucking illiterate, you'd see he did manage to get it set up. Why don't you go learn to read?
The point he was making was that for HTTP, it would have been easy as pie to set that system up, while FTP took hours and tons of work.
I've actually got a Top-loading NES. I'll sell it for $100 :P
I'd be there are some on ebay, but the problem would be finding 'em. I don't feel like searching through a few hundred listings though.
I did find this 72-pin connector for replacing the cartage edge.
The NES cleaning kit also helps a lot.
A spammer took his AOL address and used it in the 'from' feild. He got, I think, five or six replies and a few IMs. All very angry :P
See for yourself. There are 9 instances of the word "Sony". 8 refering to monitors, one to a person named "Sony Mao".
She was averse to all branding, with the only exception being Hello Kitty and other cutesy Japanese things. We're talking about a girl who sanded the logo off the button on her pants.
She reacted more to some brands then others, (including the 'new' Michelin man, not just the old one) but all brands bothered her.
All that the record industry had on the alleged thief was an eight-digit Internet protocol address, 141.158.104.94
Of course, it would have been 8 digits if it was written in Hex. maybe the author was just a hard-core nerd? And thought, digit = 4bits?
That review editions of the book were being sold for $hundreds on ebay in January, right?
If you have trouble with that simple vocab, you should definitely not read the book. Those are all every day words, not technical literary terms.