This just goes to show you, there are some people with too damn much money. While the idea of owning your own submarine may tickle the Jacques Cousteau fancy in all of us, a $78M U-boat hardly constitutes a personal luxury vehicle. I'm sticking to the plastic submarine in the bath tub, thank-you-very-much.
At any rate, I don't think it will gain mass acceptance until teenage poseurs can put phat rims, big chrome tips, clear lights and "Type-R" stickers on it. Not to mention installing the "Trunk of Funk".
I'm curious, too. Is he perhaps suggting that each pixel in the LCD has prominent square borders, whereas there's some bleed in CRT pixels? Or, perhaps he's referring to the way images look if they screen is in a non-native resolution (e.g. scaled)?
I've used the Samsung 955DF at home for about three months, and I compared against the Viewsonic PF90 when I bought it. Personally, I think the Samsung presents a better picture. It seems a little bright (even with the brightness down), but the "highlight zone" (whatever) feature does make for a very nice image. I run it at 1280x1024 in Win98 (mea culpa, mea culpa), and it's great. Q3A looks sweet. I haven't watched any DVDs on it (that's what the 27" TV is for;) but I'd imagine they would look pretty sharp too.
However, you won't go wrong with the Viewsonic either. If the Viewsonic is cheaper by a good margin (check for rebates, I got $70 back on mine), it's probably worth saving the money and getting the Viewsonic.
My alma mater's student radio station, KAMP, is only available via webcast last I heard (due to some pretty pro-corporation FCC regulations), so I have to wonder how these sorts of RIAA shenanigans will affect student radio.
It's great to know that content is still king on the ol' World Wide Web...
Those Flash-based Saturn ads with the Suburban Assault Vehicle chasing the lizard were offensive enough (making me wonder why I still allow Flash), but is nothing sacred? I'm sorry if I'm limiting their "artistic vision", but I really have to call these sorts of practices into question. My browser window is just that--a window into the Web--and their influence should stop there.
On the topic of independent bands, the prototypical fiercely independent band that everyone should be listening to, if they aren't already, is Fugazi. Their music is incredible and they've held to their principles for fifteen years (I saw them here last year, only $5 and they played for over two hours!). Dischord Records, started by singer/guitarist Ian Mackaye is the model for independent labels. Check them out.
Also, a little semi-local plug, if you liked the Refreshments ("Down Together", "Banditos", and the theme song from "King of the Hill"), check out Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers (Roger was the lead singer of the Refreshments).
I have to agree that the Clear Channel takeover of local radio stations has really degraded the quality of said stations. Although, in my area (Tucson, AZ), it seems as though it's all nu-metal more so than cock rock like Creed et. al.
My alarm is set to the local "modern rock" station, and there was a stretch of several months where every single morning I inevitably heard a Linkin Park song (technically, one of three, but they're all very similar). How's that for variety?
As I recall, cocaine induces a state of anhedonia (yeah, spell check it before you look it up to see if I'm abusing the right word). In effect, regular cocaine users permanently affect the neurotransmitter levels in their brain, such that they need cocaine to achieve even formerly "normal" levels of happiness. My details are fuzzy, since I rarely attended Psych 101 in college;), but how is that not physiological addiction?
There's one problem: you're still going to have to boot off of the provided Sony DVD-ROM. So, I don't think it's likely that you'll be able to work around their cripped RTE. Unless a mod chip becomes commonly available, or someone finds a way to create PS2-bootable DVDs, PS2 Linux users are stuck with Sony's crippleware.
The only reason it's here is that it's a story about Microsoft doing something to protect themselves.
Well, that, and the fact that they lied about complaining to the organizers:
What makes this even more funny is that Microsoft officials denied that the company had complained to the Messe. but the show organizers confirmed that Richard Roy, vice president, corporate strategy, had complained.
This may sound entirely foreign to some people, but sometimes Microsoft deserves the ridicule they get.
I work as a software developer in C, so my opinion may not be too valuable, but I have several friends from college who work at a company that does primarily Java devlopment. They didn't have any Java certifications when they started, and it wasn't a problem. What ended up happening is that their company paid for the certification tests, mostly so they can say that their developers are certified. The certifications didn't really get the developers anything as I recall. In my experience certifications are nearly worthless for developers.
However, I should note that they both have college degrees (BS in CS). If you want to be a developer, most companies that I've dealt with are degree snobs. If you are in college now, majoring in CS or EE (or even other disciplines), there should be internships and co-op positions available to you regardless of experience.
If you're looking for a full-time development position, though, it's going to be difficult. You're competing for the same job with people who have college degrees. If you're an HR director, which applicants do you schedule for interviews?
Is it fair? Maybe not. Is that the way it works? Absolutely*. (*YMMV)
***Insert Bad Metaphor***
Kinda like if they made marijuana legal in the US. In countries where it's legal, it's no big deal because it's always been that way...
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I believe you mean "bad analogy", and indeed, it is a poor one. The (il)legality of marijuana is just one facet of the criminal justice system, whereas the patent system is fairly autonomous. That is, legalizing marijuana is a matter of reclassifying its status as a drug ("schedule I", or something, I'm not an expert), doing away with patents means completely rethinking "intellectual property."
However, I don't necessarily disagree with your assertion that it's difficult to change from supporting patents to allowing free reign in large part because that happens to be the way we've done it for so long. As has been pointed out, there are companies that produce only "intellectual property"; without patents, what happens to them? (not that such is necessarily a bad thing;)
Do you have any support for this? IIRC, African-American voters are generally considered heavily Democratic.
The gun companies created the gun for what it was to be used for, and that was not killing.
Please, this is just disingenuous. Tasers aren't designed to kill. Pepper spray isn't designed to kill. Guns are designed to kill, and that's why they fall under the 2nd Amendment. If they're just toys for target practice, they're not constitutionally protected as an "arm." You can't have it both ways.
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At any rate, I don't think it will gain mass acceptance until teenage poseurs can put phat rims, big chrome tips, clear lights and "Type-R" stickers on it. Not to mention installing the "Trunk of Funk".
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However, you won't go wrong with the Viewsonic either. If the Viewsonic is cheaper by a good margin (check for rebates, I got $70 back on mine), it's probably worth saving the money and getting the Viewsonic.
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I'm like a chocoholic, except for booze.
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My alma mater's student radio station, KAMP, is only available via webcast last I heard (due to some pretty pro-corporation FCC regulations), so I have to wonder how these sorts of RIAA shenanigans will affect student radio.
Those Flash-based Saturn ads with the Suburban Assault Vehicle chasing the lizard were offensive enough (making me wonder why I still allow Flash), but is nothing sacred? I'm sorry if I'm limiting their "artistic vision", but I really have to call these sorts of practices into question. My browser window is just that--a window into the Web--and their influence should stop there.
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Yeah, remember the "This is not a Fugazi t-shirt" shirt? It was from the Repeater era as I recall--I think it also said "you are not what you own".
On the topic of independent bands, the prototypical fiercely independent band that everyone should be listening to, if they aren't already, is Fugazi. Their music is incredible and they've held to their principles for fifteen years (I saw them here last year, only $5 and they played for over two hours!). Dischord Records, started by singer/guitarist Ian Mackaye is the model for independent labels. Check them out.
Also, a little semi-local plug, if you liked the Refreshments ("Down Together", "Banditos", and the theme song from "King of the Hill"), check out Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers (Roger was the lead singer of the Refreshments).
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My alarm is set to the local "modern rock" station, and there was a stretch of several months where every single morning I inevitably heard a Linkin Park song (technically, one of three, but they're all very similar). How's that for variety?
Alright, now you're just being a jackass.
As I recall, cocaine induces a state of anhedonia (yeah, spell check it before you look it up to see if I'm abusing the right word). In effect, regular cocaine users permanently affect the neurotransmitter levels in their brain, such that they need cocaine to achieve even formerly "normal" levels of happiness. My details are fuzzy, since I rarely attended Psych 101 in college ;), but how is that not physiological addiction?
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A: A beginner.
Come on, I know you're all smirking... ;)
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However, I should note that they both have college degrees (BS in CS). If you want to be a developer, most companies that I've dealt with are degree snobs. If you are in college now, majoring in CS or EE (or even other disciplines), there should be internships and co-op positions available to you regardless of experience. If you're looking for a full-time development position, though, it's going to be difficult. You're competing for the same job with people who have college degrees. If you're an HR director, which applicants do you schedule for interviews?
Is it fair? Maybe not. Is that the way it works? Absolutely*. (*YMMV)
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Of course, Germans would say that Dutch is like German, but with poor spelling ;)
However, I don't necessarily disagree with your assertion that it's difficult to change from supporting patents to allowing free reign in large part because that happens to be the way we've done it for so long. As has been pointed out, there are companies that produce only "intellectual property"; without patents, what happens to them? (not that such is necessarily a bad thing ;)
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The newspaper may be in Kansas City, MO, but the incident in question happened in Kansas. Reading is FUNdamental. -J