Incas... Incas.. I don't remember much about the Incas at this time.
But I do know the ancient Mayans used seven in about everything, I can't remember what the tourguide said was the probable reason (if there was one) though.
Yeah, I took a trip to Cancun, and we went and visited the Chichaniza (yeah thats spelled wrong) temple. All their serpent drawings had seven segments, seven steps on the pyramid... pretty crazy.
Oh, and the Inca's and the Mayas came into contact at some point as I remember.
Ok, scratch that. Er, no pun intended there. I just did a quick check of half.com and couldn't easily find much vinyl. But I know ebay has some, and if you live in a much populated area check out used record stores. I've seen from Rage Against the Machine to Nirvana to System of a Down to Radiohead to NIN to Portished to AFI to... all on vinyl.
LP's can sound incredible, especially new ones (you might be suprised by how many bands you like produce LP's, go check out eBay or half.com). Also, they're just more fun to play, and have a "different", usually discribed as warmer, sound.
I think the goal here though is to save those old Pink Floyd/The Who records you still want to play every other day, but don't want to wear out from constant use. And who wants to go out and buy a whole new set of CD's?
I go to Northern Michigan University, where every student is provided (though outragous tuition increases of course) with an IBM Thinkpad. While not the best computers in the world, they are handy sometimes, especially as a computer science major.
I always bring my computer to my programming classes to take notes, try out code examples, etc. HOWEVER, it is a an easy trap to fall into, using your computer too much in class. One tends not to really pay attention to things. Actually, I usually take most notes, including code, on paper. Which can be rather tough, when the prof. remembers a bunch of stuff that needs to be "inserted" in the middle.
Anyway, the point on laptops is, they're at least as useful as desktops in my opinion (since almost all college computers are used soley for MP3 playing, email, web, and paper writing), and the portability is nice (especially for a CS major who likes to code camped outside of prof.'s offices and at the local coffeeshop.)
IANAPS (not a philosophy student), though I am going to take the intro class next semester, but I have a bit of a question with this - hopefully you can help me out:
Why must everything have a cause? I mean, I can't think of anything that doesn't (except God, I'll get to that) but that doesn't mean such a thing doesn't exist.
Second - if everything must have a cause, but there is a root cause (God) which doesn't have a cause, isn't that a direct contradiction?
I have to agree very much with your selection, at least the ones I've read so far. Might I recommend Brave New World Revisited as well as Island if you like Huxley, personally he's my favorite.
I used to read a lot of sci-fi, then I realized how many great books were out there in "other" catagories, and I rarely go back. I suggest Orwell, Huxley (Island), Vonnegut (ok so some of these are still sci-fi in many ways), and especially Hesse. Go for some Lewis Carrol for a neat read. Also, there are more than just fiction novels, try a little Neitzsche, Blake, or Poe.
But I almost feel bad just making suggestions, there is so much good stuff out there, just pick something random up and start reading!
Indeed. I took up skeet and trap shooting over the summer break last year (I'm a student) and my arm was in a continual state of pain. So was my wallet, those shells are expensive.
Maybe a super shotgun in the game is a ten gauge - I've seen them but never shot one. I've never shot a 4-10 either (actually 12 is as far as my experience takes me), though I hear they are pretty weak.
Somehow, I don't think shooting a double-barreled super shotgun (super shotgun? seriously now) at a transdimensional demon in a videogame and shooting a double-barreled super shotgun at a transdimensional demon in real life are very similar experiances. But, I could be wrong.
I'm very sorry to hear about your father as well, though I must admit that I really have to agree with the parent of this post. Anyway, concerning LSD and your views on it, I think you should read your sig one more time...
If you ignore the other uses of a tool, does that make the tool less useful, or you less useful?
I don't think this is true, even if it used to be.
I'm still pretty new to linux, and I use Slack. I use slack because it respects standards.
For instance, I was using Red Hat, and whenever I would ask my linux friends how to do something, they would reply with something along the lines of "just add such and such a line to such and such a file." Using Red Hat, this didn't work, because Red Hat put a lot of its configuration stuff in weird places.
Now I'm using Slackware (installed with the help of a friend) and I'm learning linux faster than ever - and loving it.
I thought that one of the updates to the Kazaa client changed it from being distributed into a central server type network. Anyone have more info on this?
They're doing this? I think it's awesome. Thats it, I'm moving to Maine, and reinrolling in school. Forget college, I'll go through all of gradeschool again if I have to.:-)
I wonder if they'll have a problem convincing local hospitals and medical centers to let students who learned all they know online work for them. It might work, and well, but I can forsee a lot of resistance to this at first.
This is the sort of thing I'd like to see put on a satalite flying through space, for possible future contact with intelligent species. Then they would have a good chance to study other lifeforms, even if we are long gone.
I think they were put there by the guy who designed the planet. Didn't he get an award for Finland (help me out here) or something? Lots of fjords I think?
Oh man! Having like a gallon of different of differnt dice is the best part. You can buy them by the cup full at gaming conventions and stuff. D4's, D6's, D8's, D10's, D12's, D20,s D30's....
Not that you use more than like 3 of them.
But then wouldn't the interference pattern act just like a regular speaker? How do they keep it so just one person can hear it, and no one else? They make it sound like its bypassing the ear entirely, which surely can't be possible. I mean, if I can hear it, then sounds waves _are_ being produced (interference created or otherwise) so why can't the guy next to me? I must say I'm skeptical...
Yes! I stuck penny's in the wall as a child.
I'm horrible with names, my average is meeting people 6 times before I know their name.
I always forget stuff.
Speaking of fun with electricity...
When we were younger my cousin and I worked with our parents in a small lawnmower repair shop. One day we found a strange box (coil tester) and started playing with it. He was holding onto the leads while I played with the knob, the needle jumped to 7 (out of ten) and he was rolling on the floor, very comical like. 70,000 volts we found out later. Luckily it was a very low amperage...
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Incas... Incas.. I don't remember much about the Incas at this time.
But I do know the ancient Mayans used seven in about everything, I can't remember what the tourguide said was the probable reason (if there was one) though.
Yeah, I took a trip to Cancun, and we went and visited the Chichaniza (yeah thats spelled wrong) temple. All their serpent drawings had seven segments, seven steps on the pyramid... pretty crazy.
Oh, and the Inca's and the Mayas came into contact at some point as I remember.
I know! We'll use one of those "DNA computers" I heard those are really fast at doing work like that.
Ha! As everyone knows, Pink Floyd makes every experiance better.
In so much as breakfast is an "experiance", I think your milage may vary.
Ok, scratch that. Er, no pun intended there. I just did a quick check of half.com and couldn't easily find much vinyl. But I know ebay has some, and if you live in a much populated area check out used record stores. I've seen from Rage Against the Machine to Nirvana to System of a Down to Radiohead to NIN to Portished to AFI to ... all on vinyl.
LP's can sound incredible, especially new ones (you might be suprised by how many bands you like produce LP's, go check out eBay or half.com). Also, they're just more fun to play, and have a "different", usually discribed as warmer, sound.
I think the goal here though is to save those old Pink Floyd/The Who records you still want to play every other day, but don't want to wear out from constant use. And who wants to go out and buy a whole new set of CD's?
I go to Northern Michigan University, where every student is provided (though outragous tuition increases of course) with an IBM Thinkpad. While not the best computers in the world, they are handy sometimes, especially as a computer science major.
I always bring my computer to my programming classes to take notes, try out code examples, etc. HOWEVER, it is a an easy trap to fall into, using your computer too much in class. One tends not to really pay attention to things. Actually, I usually take most notes, including code, on paper. Which can be rather tough, when the prof. remembers a bunch of stuff that needs to be "inserted" in the middle.
Anyway, the point on laptops is, they're at least as useful as desktops in my opinion (since almost all college computers are used soley for MP3 playing, email, web, and paper writing), and the portability is nice (especially for a CS major who likes to code camped outside of prof.'s offices and at the local coffeeshop.)
IANAPS (not a philosophy student), though I am going to take the intro class next semester, but I have a bit of a question with this - hopefully you can help me out:
Why must everything have a cause? I mean, I can't think of anything that doesn't (except God, I'll get to that) but that doesn't mean such a thing doesn't exist.
Second - if everything must have a cause, but there is a root cause (God) which doesn't have a cause, isn't that a direct contradiction?
I have to agree very much with your selection, at least the ones I've read so far. Might I recommend Brave New World Revisited as well as Island if you like Huxley, personally he's my favorite.
I used to read a lot of sci-fi, then I realized how many great books were out there in "other" catagories, and I rarely go back. I suggest Orwell, Huxley (Island), Vonnegut (ok so some of these are still sci-fi in many ways), and especially Hesse. Go for some Lewis Carrol for a neat read. Also, there are more than just fiction novels, try a little Neitzsche, Blake, or Poe.
But I almost feel bad just making suggestions, there is so much good stuff out there, just pick something random up and start reading!
Indeed. I took up skeet and trap shooting over the summer break last year (I'm a student) and my arm was in a continual state of pain. So was my wallet, those shells are expensive. Maybe a super shotgun in the game is a ten gauge - I've seen them but never shot one. I've never shot a 4-10 either (actually 12 is as far as my experience takes me), though I hear they are pretty weak.
Somehow, I don't think shooting a double-barreled super shotgun (super shotgun? seriously now) at a transdimensional demon in a videogame and shooting a double-barreled super shotgun at a transdimensional demon in real life are very similar experiances. But, I could be wrong.
I'm very sorry to hear about your father as well, though I must admit that I really have to agree with the parent of this post. Anyway, concerning LSD and your views on it, I think you should read your sig one more time...
If you ignore the other uses of a tool, does that make the tool less useful, or you less useful?
I really like the quote by the way.
I don't think this is true, even if it used to be. I'm still pretty new to linux, and I use Slack. I use slack because it respects standards. For instance, I was using Red Hat, and whenever I would ask my linux friends how to do something, they would reply with something along the lines of "just add such and such a line to such and such a file." Using Red Hat, this didn't work, because Red Hat put a lot of its configuration stuff in weird places. Now I'm using Slackware (installed with the help of a friend) and I'm learning linux faster than ever - and loving it.
Heh, can't be worse than the bootlegs I get off of kazaa...
I thought that one of the updates to the Kazaa client changed it from being distributed into a central server type network. Anyone have more info on this?
No, they'll only be made illegal when we want to use them to oppress a minority. Then we'll use those reasons as justification for their illegality.
From what I've seen of them, I didn't know they _could_ do things discreetly.
They're doing this? I think it's awesome. Thats it, I'm moving to Maine, and reinrolling in school. Forget college, I'll go through all of gradeschool again if I have to. :-)
I wonder if they'll have a problem convincing local hospitals and medical centers to let students who learned all they know online work for them. It might work, and well, but I can forsee a lot of resistance to this at first.
This is the sort of thing I'd like to see put on a satalite flying through space, for possible future contact with intelligent species. Then they would have a good chance to study other lifeforms, even if we are long gone.
I think they were put there by the guy who designed the planet. Didn't he get an award for Finland (help me out here) or something? Lots of fjords I think?
Techno-mag-turned-fashion-rag?
Whatever happened to newsources being unbiased?
Oh man! Having like a gallon of different of differnt dice is the best part. You can buy them by the cup full at gaming conventions and stuff. D4's, D6's, D8's, D10's, D12's, D20,s D30's.... Not that you use more than like 3 of them.
But then wouldn't the interference pattern act just like a regular speaker? How do they keep it so just one person can hear it, and no one else? They make it sound like its bypassing the ear entirely, which surely can't be possible. I mean, if I can hear it, then sounds waves _are_ being produced (interference created or otherwise) so why can't the guy next to me? I must say I'm skeptical...
Yes! I stuck penny's in the wall as a child. I'm horrible with names, my average is meeting people 6 times before I know their name. I always forget stuff.
Speaking of fun with electricity... When we were younger my cousin and I worked with our parents in a small lawnmower repair shop. One day we found a strange box (coil tester) and started playing with it. He was holding onto the leads while I played with the knob, the needle jumped to 7 (out of ten) and he was rolling on the floor, very comical like. 70,000 volts we found out later. Luckily it was a very low amperage...