Fast: Well, Danger Mouse obviously would host it somewhere. Obviously he would offer it lossless. And the listeners would have a higher rate of people who do not share anything else. With that OS thing even all of them would share as much bandwidth as they could.
Doesn't the word "Techno" in the USA include anything that you can dance to, and that has even a hint of electronic sounds in it? I mean you are not exactly experts that can tell UK Garage from Gabber, French House, Schranz, 2Step, BigBeat, Drum & Bass, Trance or Hardcore, etc. ^^
He trusts is his clients not being total retards. And maybe he does not want to have retard fans too. So of course it will not be available at Walmart. ^^
Well, I would make a double-sided CD/DVD. The real pressed long-lasting DVD side is a LiveDVD that boots an OS, downloads the tracks via torrent, and mixes them with a script, in the DJ's style, with a bit of individuality for every buyer. Then it burns the tracks on the CD side. (After asking you to turn it around.)
Meanwhile, the minimalistic, but cool looking OS shows a video of the guy mixing the stuff in his studio, with completion percentage. And while burning, it plays the tracks, with a video of him DJing. The images would fit the sound. And the downloads would be fast and lossless. (So you do not have to run that thing forever, but have a nice show meanwhile.)
Seriously. You have troops, agents and all. Just shoot them. And if they are in another country, and that country refuses to extradite them, invade 'em. It's what you do best, and for once, everybody on the whole world could agree. Even North Korea and the Taliban. ^^
Bad dad!:P Put them some Flash on their Linux systems. You will be awarded with not having to re-install their virus-ridden machines every 6 months. Think ahead! In the long run, it will *save* you work.
It reminds me of my old boss, who thought there was no time to take one single week, to develop a tool that would have saved 90% of our very very repetitive work. No no... we have no time...
Needless to say, I do not work for that idiot anymore. ^^
Oh, and about children: Why would it be hard for them to use a computer? They naturally love to play with things and learn how they work. This was proven in a very impressive experiment: Someone did put some tablet PCs on walls in the crappiest slums of India, next to the kids' gathering places. After a week there were always kids touching it and trying to get it to do things. After a month they surfed YouTube and played music. After 3 months they were on the level of an average multi-year computer user.
Your kids are insanely smart, if you give them the chance, and don't treat them like retards.:)
In a related study, scientists found, that genius has nothing to do with genetics. It's all a matter of keeping the perfect motivational balance between too hard and too easy. (As hard as possible, as easy as needed.) It's the same effect that makes good games so fun that you become really good at them. And it's a matter of grouping and abstraction. If you learn to group concepts at an early age, you will advance faster. Like in chess, beginners think about positions of the pieces, amateurs think about different famous moves and positions, and professionals thing in terms of "this is a basic Kasparov set-up, with Someguy move, and my pawn is one step away from that set-up" That's grouping.:)
Oh, and some notes on the site: 1. Please add more pictures. We wanna *see* the system in action, without going to a store. Remember that we are not the people that we get that system for. They do not surf yet.:) 2. Make the feature comparison scalable. The text is way too tiny. The best thing would be to make it XHTML. 3. And make stuff a bit bigger. No need to support 800px with anymore. Dynamic width would be more professional too. 4. Those terms under "Algemene Voorwaarden" look a bit long, which I associate with crookery. No offense, but this is just how this feels. Like someone wants to hide "gotcha" stuff in there. Not very cool. I hope you understand this. 5. The thing with offering different languages, that I mentioned in my other comment. Maybe get a professional translator to translate the OS, manual, site etc. for you, a sales person to distribute it locally, including roadshows at computer chains etc., and a support guy who answers the phone etc. I bet this would quickly boost your income.) 6. Last but not least: http://validator.w3.org/check?verbose=1&uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.simpc.nl%2F *OW* Get yourself a real web developer. One that does valid XHTML 1.1 with closed eyes, and can do real CSS layouting. I was someone like that for five years, and it physically hurts me to look at that code. ^^ Again, no offense, but... it's only an hour of work to clean that up. Most of it is already ok. Add a real XHTML header (look at the W3C example template), fix some img-alt-parameters, etc., and you're done.:)
Apart from that, I must say the whole thing is really great, and I with your business well!
Hey, does that thing exist in other languages (eg German). I would also translate it myself. Because my grandma would love that thing. She always wants to use a computer, but without all the hassle etc. With your system, I could use a cheap laptop with big keys and a big screen, and make her very happy. I also hope it does support wifi. Then I would install a strongly secured hotspot in her house. She could even use it in her garden.
The coolest thing would be if I could log myself in remotely (via SSH), and help her, in case she wants something special.
The only thing I find a bit strange, is that it looks like it's a web-based interface only (essentially making the browser the shell). But I guess that's much less work, than writing your own apps. (By the way: Why is that so? Writing a real graphical app should be just as easy.)
Now please explain to me what's trollish about this post. Because I would understand, if I had been offensive. But I do not even know what could have looked trollish, or offended you. My only guess: A troll got mod points. Else I'm at a loss...
So *this* is, why Ubuntu and Gnome are becoming pretty much unusable for an educated human with an own will? Removal of options, of settings, and the imitation of every Windows-retard-assistant out there... How *genius*. And the best thing: They copy others in a worse way than Microsoft themselves do it.
I'm just waiting until they present a 1980-style badly rendered animated "desktop assistant" called "Tuxxy". I swear, when this happens, I'm going down there, to gift them with a first-class Hulk-style one-man-apocalypse.
As I said before: There is absolutely no reason for Linux to be the main OS for every retard out there! No way! Repeat after me: There is no NEED for this. It is all some made-up drift. It's the same bullshit as the rule that every company always has to grow. Even if there is no reason. Even if the market does not support it and is saturated. Always. it seems, people think: Even if the world falls apart, we *have* to grow. We don't know any reason for it, but that does not stop us!
If you want to build a retard-OS, go ahead, but leave my Linux the hell outta there!
How about you ask the Playmobil "special needs" division, or something?
No. But we have an oracle now. Unfortunately, like all new oracles, it's *huge* (even compared to the sun) for no reason at all. . . . If you laughed, you definitely need to go out more. ^^
Ok, good point. I will do that, when card readers are usable for more than 6 months, before a new version or technology comes out. ^^
Seriously: There is not a single card of my last phones and cameras, that I still can stick into anything that I have... except for the trash. While my old 128MB USB stick still works on every single USB slot out there.
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Fast: Well, Danger Mouse obviously would host it somewhere. Obviously he would offer it lossless. And the listeners would have a higher rate of people who do not share anything else. With that OS thing even all of them would share as much bandwidth as they could.
For fast downloads (and I mean "saturating your pipe" fast): http://btjunkie.org/ (look at the most popular ones)
And for the lossless thing: http://btjunkie.org/search?q=lossless
Noob. ^^
I just thought: Let me see what google things about it.
Look at result no. 3: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-a&rls=org.gentoo%3Ade%3Aofficial&hs=93K&q=%22wolfram+alpha%22+sucks%3F&btnG=Search&cts=1242483558988
LOL. WTF.
A blank CD-R still is writable. With the music off of bittorrent.
A recording of silence obviously not. You can play it in your player.
You are right, except for the fact, that it already is available for download.
Here you can listen to it: http://www.npr.org/templates/player/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=104129585&m=104105184
The funny thing is: It isn't even techno. It sounds more like BritPop or TripHop. (Do you know the difference? :)
Doesn't the word "Techno" in the USA include anything that you can dance to, and that has even a hint of electronic sounds in it?
I mean you are not exactly experts that can tell UK Garage from Gabber, French House, Schranz, 2Step, BigBeat, Drum & Bass, Trance or Hardcore, etc. ^^
He trusts is his clients not being total retards. And maybe he does not want to have retard fans too. So of course it will not be available at Walmart. ^^
Well, I would make a double-sided CD/DVD. The real pressed long-lasting DVD side is a LiveDVD that boots an OS, downloads the tracks via torrent, and mixes them with a script, in the DJ's style, with a bit of individuality for every buyer. Then it burns the tracks on the CD side. (After asking you to turn it around.)
Meanwhile, the minimalistic, but cool looking OS shows a video of the guy mixing the stuff in his studio, with completion percentage. And while burning, it plays the tracks, with a video of him DJing. The images would fit the sound. And the downloads would be fast and lossless. (So you do not have to run that thing forever, but have a nice show meanwhile.)
Now THAT would be an ingenious concept. :)
[citation needed]
Or in other words: I call total bullshit on your assumption.
[citation needed]
Just take them to a US base. Duh. :P
This one's simple: They are sufficiently new and different enough for the bayesian filter no not declare them spammy* enough.
* Yes, I just made that word up, and I'll sue you if you do *not* use it. ^^
I say spammers are natural selection at work. Let them be. As long as it takes power away from the retards, it's a good thing. ^^
Seriously. You have troops, agents and all. Just shoot them. And if they are in another country, and that country refuses to extradite them, invade 'em. It's what you do best, and for once, everybody on the whole world could agree. Even North Korea and the Taliban. ^^
Bad dad! :P Put them some Flash on their Linux systems. You will be awarded with not having to re-install their virus-ridden machines every 6 months. Think ahead! In the long run, it will *save* you work.
It reminds me of my old boss, who thought there was no time to take one single week, to develop a tool that would have saved 90% of our very very repetitive work. No no... we have no time...
Needless to say, I do not work for that idiot anymore. ^^
Oh, and about children: Why would it be hard for them to use a computer? They naturally love to play with things and learn how they work.
This was proven in a very impressive experiment:
Someone did put some tablet PCs on walls in the crappiest slums of India, next to the kids' gathering places.
After a week there were always kids touching it and trying to get it to do things.
After a month they surfed YouTube and played music. After 3 months they were on the level of an average multi-year computer user.
Your kids are insanely smart, if you give them the chance, and don't treat them like retards. :)
In a related study, scientists found, that genius has nothing to do with genetics. It's all a matter of keeping the perfect motivational balance between too hard and too easy. (As hard as possible, as easy as needed.) It's the same effect that makes good games so fun that you become really good at them. :)
And it's a matter of grouping and abstraction. If you learn to group concepts at an early age, you will advance faster.
Like in chess, beginners think about positions of the pieces, amateurs think about different famous moves and positions, and professionals thing in terms of "this is a basic Kasparov set-up, with Someguy move, and my pawn is one step away from that set-up" That's grouping.
Oh, and some notes on the site: :) :)
1. Please add more pictures. We wanna *see* the system in action, without going to a store. Remember that we are not the people that we get that system for. They do not surf yet.
2. Make the feature comparison scalable. The text is way too tiny. The best thing would be to make it XHTML.
3. And make stuff a bit bigger. No need to support 800px with anymore. Dynamic width would be more professional too.
4. Those terms under "Algemene Voorwaarden" look a bit long, which I associate with crookery. No offense, but this is just how this feels. Like someone wants to hide "gotcha" stuff in there. Not very cool. I hope you understand this.
5. The thing with offering different languages, that I mentioned in my other comment. Maybe get a professional translator to translate the OS, manual, site etc. for you, a sales person to distribute it locally, including roadshows at computer chains etc., and a support guy who answers the phone etc. I bet this would quickly boost your income.)
6. Last but not least: http://validator.w3.org/check?verbose=1&uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.simpc.nl%2F *OW* Get yourself a real web developer. One that does valid XHTML 1.1 with closed eyes, and can do real CSS layouting. I was someone like that for five years, and it physically hurts me to look at that code. ^^ Again, no offense, but... it's only an hour of work to clean that up. Most of it is already ok. Add a real XHTML header (look at the W3C example template), fix some img-alt-parameters, etc., and you're done.
Apart from that, I must say the whole thing is really great, and I with your business well!
Then I wish him to get well soon, with that nasty penis twist-off injury. :P
Hey, does that thing exist in other languages (eg German). I would also translate it myself. Because my grandma would love that thing.
She always wants to use a computer, but without all the hassle etc. With your system, I could use a cheap laptop with big keys and a big screen, and make her very happy.
I also hope it does support wifi. Then I would install a strongly secured hotspot in her house. She could even use it in her garden.
The coolest thing would be if I could log myself in remotely (via SSH), and help her, in case she wants something special.
The only thing I find a bit strange, is that it looks like it's a web-based interface only (essentially making the browser the shell).
But I guess that's much less work, than writing your own apps. (By the way: Why is that so? Writing a real graphical app should be just as easy.)
Now please explain to me what's trollish about this post. Because I would understand, if I had been offensive. But I do not even know what could have looked trollish, or offended you.
My only guess: A troll got mod points. Else I'm at a loss...
So *this* is, why Ubuntu and Gnome are becoming pretty much unusable for an educated human with an own will? Removal of options, of settings, and the imitation of every Windows-retard-assistant out there... How *genius*. And the best thing: They copy others in a worse way than Microsoft themselves do it.
I'm just waiting until they present a 1980-style badly rendered animated "desktop assistant" called "Tuxxy".
I swear, when this happens, I'm going down there, to gift them with a first-class Hulk-style one-man-apocalypse.
Hell no!
As I said before: There is absolutely no reason for Linux to be the main OS for every retard out there! No way!
Repeat after me: There is no NEED for this. It is all some made-up drift.
It's the same bullshit as the rule that every company always has to grow. Even if there is no reason. Even if the market does not support it and is saturated. Always.
it seems, people think: Even if the world falls apart, we *have* to grow. We don't know any reason for it, but that does not stop us!
If you want to build a retard-OS, go ahead, but leave my Linux the hell outta there!
How about you ask the Playmobil "special needs" division, or something?
So what. Can happen to any other launching and non-launching system too, that contains something potentially dangerous.
No. But we have an oracle now. Unfortunately, like all new oracles, it's *huge* (even compared to the sun) for no reason at all.
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If you laughed, you definitely need to go out more. ^^
What happens when you carve a "stone" out of a tree, and then attach a fiberoptic cable to it, and let it roll into a burying hole?
Ok, good point. I will do that, when card readers are usable for more than 6 months, before a new version or technology comes out. ^^
Seriously: There is not a single card of my last phones and cameras, that I still can stick into anything that I have... except for the trash.
While my old 128MB USB stick still works on every single USB slot out there.
That is my point.