Charlie: Excuse me, Lieutenant. Is there something wrong? Maverick: Yes ma'am, the data on the DVD reader is inaccurate. Charlie: How's that, Lieutenant? Maverick: Well, I just happened to see a DVD containing... Goose: We! Maverick: Uh, sorry Goose. WE happened to see a DVD containing 89 megabytes. Charlie: Where did you see this? Maverick: Uh, that's classified. Charlie: It's what? Maverick: It's classified. I could tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.
(All credit to IMDB and none to me - I didn't even try to make it funnier. I'd say I am a lazy karma whoring bastard, but I think i'm capped:)
I guess I'm not the stereotypical nerd. Lets see whats in my den....
Computer w/ Monitor & Printer (just one. Not five, not fifty, one) Stack of cd blanks Peanut butter Chocolate bar wrappers Fruit cup wrappers Approximately 6 black socks Weight bench Squat rack Stationary bike Freeweights Stack of video game boxes Two sheets over the window (the yellow face, it burns usss) Box of pudding Paper shredder Rollerblades CD Binder Computer books Various diplomas on the wall (mine + gf) Slippers that look like stuffed wolf toys Plastic storage tubs in the closet (some w/ pc or electronics gear)
That's just my den. I have a bunch of home entertainment shit in the living room, but most people do, not worth talking about. I also keep a few backup pc's in a storage closet.
In any case, I'm more of the stereotypical athletic nerd. I'm hungry now... mmm, pudding.
The 'getting laid' bit usually comes from my weekend trips to Sheffield to see my friends (and their friends:) So what you are saying is you don't get laid at home. That explains it!;)
Luckily for me, the girl I met (and now live with) in college is an english geek so she had a bedroom crammed with the trappings of her geekiness (basically: lots and lots of books). My room wasn't much of a shock for her.
Dude, you aren't a packrat. You can justify everything you keep (ie/ "I am rough on keyboards so I keep extras around" or "I have a couple of DECstations cuz their k3wl") but you don't just horde pc junk. I think what you said agrees w/ parent post.
Personally, whenever I get a new PC, I throw out an old one, so I only have 3 at a time (incidently only running one right now). I don't need anymore than that, so I don't keep em. And as for spare parts, I just have a plastic tub filled with em - if the tub fills up, I go through it and throw out the stuff I don't need.
From the article (in parent): The researchers urged more studies of the link between computer use and physical and mental symptoms.
I always like to see this sort of thing. It helps reassure me that the group performing the study is trying to be responsible and not just scare people.
(Personally, I'm more concerned that this story is probably a dupe than it being "unimportant to the readers of Slashdot", but anyway...)
That being why many marketing gurus have psychology degrees. People don't have anywehre near as much free will as they'd like to believe. We're creatures of habit and instinct, and we're very easily manipulated.
--- They may take our lives, but they will never take our FREEDOM!!!
Normally I would have a smart ass comment, but I don't think I need to say anything here.
Ie/ Sure, i'll fix your computer. Can you do my taxes|fix my car|help me move|cook me dinner|etc.
Personally, if someone is always taking and not giving, I just don't help anymore (and usually stop interacting with said person).
I can sympathise with the guy, but just imagine the poor doctor at the dinner party - "Hey doc, what's this purple splotchy flaking patch on my shoulder?"
All professionals have to put up with this sort of thing - unfortunately, some of us (geeks, mechanics, accountants) more than others (gynocologist, proctologist).
Online games can use online authentication methods - those are fairly hard to crack.
Not sure what the other one would be...
In any case there is copy protection in the game industry. And often it is removed with an official patch because so many people have problems reading the discs and playing the games they buy and they often hurt performance too.
Just for the record (as pointed out in another reply) this link is to Junk Science which is a website maintained by Steve Milloy, who is associated with the Cato Institute, a corporate funded think tank. This website often has a subtle right-wing, corporate friendly bias.
Often the topics stray from the root scientific questions. For example - what the hell does a story about the Animal Liberation Front have to do with junk science? I fully support animal testing, but this is a tale of morality and politics, not science.
Basically, whenever you read anything published anywhere, just ask three questions: "Where is the evidence, how much evidence is there, and can it and has it been duplicated elsewhere?"
For timing things. No wait, I know. Because. Bwa ha ha ha.
Seriously, MP3 players are clearly the perfect device for athletic types. I bought mine for jogging and for cycling. I want my next MP3 player to track my heart rate as well as including a timer. Maybe if we could get one to measure my VO2...
My current one only plays MP3 files. I clearly need to upgrade.
Interesting points. Could be junk science. Personally, I never believe headlines and I won't even pay attention until there have been several studies from independant sources.
The problem is we see this stuff published every day - it often gets retracted, but that rarely makes the news.
People may use these online materials, get really good, and appeal to the University to take a test to get recognition for this knowledge. Perhaps not a true degree, but still better than, say, an MCSE and definately better than nothing at all.
University could profit from this - I doubt it would offset the investment in the courseware, but who knows...
In any case, this type of initiative pleases me to no end. In the current university climate of patents and profit, this is certainly a breath of fresh air.
He's obviously a troll. He even contradicts himself. He uses the temptuous Internet, when he should remove it completely from his life, right?
Hell, I know someone that cheated on her husband with a member of her bible study group. Better stop interacting at all, right? Let's all live in little boxes, read the bible, and reproduce in petri dishes (that way none of our seed is wasted - hey, it's the Catholic way, right?:) Sounds like Utopia to me...
for I have heard of nothing as addictive and will-sapping as Instant Messenger.
Isn't Everquest a sin? It should be.
you may feel some loin-stirring
My girlfriend stirred my loins last night - it was most excellent.
In my parenting workgroups, I tell parents to get rid of chatting clients; AIM, jabber, Yahoo Instant Messenger, AOL. I tell the same things in my engagement workshops. While the children and couples protest at first, years later they thank me. You will to.
Thanks Adam. I do find it hard to believe that anyone will let you near children though, what with the restraining orders and all. See you next week at masturbators anonymous!
Parent is right on target. I read that review and proceeded to have flashbacks of my 7th grade book reports. I said "and then" a lot more, but it reads roughly the same as mine did.
They should find Katz and get him to review books. At least he would try to shoehorn some unoriginal pet theory that tries to link it to geeks and their love of (pr0n|games|linux|etc).
What happens if there really was something found, but due to the high rate of contamination that it was thought to be too good to be true and discarded. Consequences really need to be thought out before you start wrecking the hardwork of scientists and academics who are only doing a service for everyone's benefit.
Not that I disagree with you overall, but if they thought they found something but the results were contaminated, they would just reprocess them. Now, what we should worry about is something being overlooked...
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Ok, the answer is "cornflakes." I mean, "yes."
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Heh... no offense to the parent, but how can this be informative when he's asking a question?
The answer will be informative.
I don't know the answer though, so mod me as "-1, Tool" if you'd like.
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Charlie: Excuse me, Lieutenant. Is there something wrong?
:)
Maverick: Yes ma'am, the data on the DVD reader is inaccurate.
Charlie: How's that, Lieutenant?
Maverick: Well, I just happened to see a DVD containing...
Goose: We!
Maverick: Uh, sorry Goose. WE happened to see a DVD containing 89 megabytes.
Charlie: Where did you see this?
Maverick: Uh, that's classified.
Charlie: It's what?
Maverick: It's classified. I could tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.
(All credit to IMDB and none to me - I didn't even try to make it funnier. I'd say I am a lazy karma whoring bastard, but I think i'm capped
I got real excited when I thought something like Lemon Plegde would allow me to store more data on a DVD...
:)
Dude, be careful! You'll start a new rumour for those silly audiophiles - first it was cd greening, next it will DVD pledging!
(No offense to the not-so-silly audiophiles - you know who I'm talking about
I think they are increasing the layers of data, not the density, so the impact of dust would be the same.
The article doesn't really confirm either way, however.
Though it may placate the MPAA/RIAA a bit :)
On another topic, I hate shit like:
"...equal to 87,000 paperback books."
My mother in law knows what a gigabyte is. I think it's safe to stop with the point-of-reference crap.
I guess I'm not the stereotypical nerd. Lets see whats in my den....
Computer w/ Monitor & Printer (just one. Not five, not fifty, one)
Stack of cd blanks
Peanut butter
Chocolate bar wrappers
Fruit cup wrappers
Approximately 6 black socks
Weight bench
Squat rack
Stationary bike
Freeweights
Stack of video game boxes
Two sheets over the window (the yellow face, it burns usss)
Box of pudding
Paper shredder
Rollerblades
CD Binder
Computer books
Various diplomas on the wall (mine + gf)
Slippers that look like stuffed wolf toys
Plastic storage tubs in the closet (some w/ pc or electronics gear)
That's just my den. I have a bunch of home entertainment shit in the living room, but most people do, not worth talking about. I also keep a few backup pc's in a storage closet.
In any case, I'm more of the stereotypical athletic nerd. I'm hungry now... mmm, pudding.
The 'getting laid' bit usually comes from my weekend trips to Sheffield to see my friends (and their friends :) ;)
So what you are saying is you don't get laid at home. That explains it!
Luckily for me, the girl I met (and now live with) in college is an english geek so she had a bedroom crammed with the trappings of her geekiness (basically: lots and lots of books). My room wasn't much of a shock for her.
Dude, you aren't a packrat. You can justify everything you keep (ie/ "I am rough on keyboards so I keep extras around" or "I have a couple of DECstations cuz their k3wl") but you don't just horde pc junk. I think what you said agrees w/ parent post.
Personally, whenever I get a new PC, I throw out an old one, so I only have 3 at a time (incidently only running one right now). I don't need anymore than that, so I don't keep em. And as for spare parts, I just have a plastic tub filled with em - if the tub fills up, I go through it and throw out the stuff I don't need.
hehe - there's a win95 programming in c/c++ book helping support some old computer. Somehow that's funny to me, but I can't quite explain why...
For those not in on the joke:
The Moon Does Not Exist!
Reminds me of a quote...
"I refuse to believe that the moon does not exist when we don't observe it." - Einstein (attributed)
From the article (in parent):
The researchers urged more studies of the link between computer use and physical and mental symptoms.
I always like to see this sort of thing. It helps reassure me that the group performing the study is trying to be responsible and not just scare people.
(Personally, I'm more concerned that this story is probably a dupe than it being "unimportant to the readers of Slashdot", but anyway...)
This is an embarrassment. A disgrace. What do you think Tim Bernard Lee would be saying if he were alive today?
"Help me out of this box, I can't breathe in here! Help, let me out!"
That being why many marketing gurus have psychology degrees. People don't have anywehre near as much free will as they'd like to believe. We're creatures of habit and instinct, and we're very easily manipulated.
--- They may take our lives, but they will never take our FREEDOM!!!
Normally I would have a smart ass comment, but I don't think I need to say anything here.
I agree, I prefer to trade services myself.
Ie/ Sure, i'll fix your computer. Can you do my taxes|fix my car|help me move|cook me dinner|etc.
Personally, if someone is always taking and not giving, I just don't help anymore (and usually stop interacting with said person).
I can sympathise with the guy, but just imagine the poor doctor at the dinner party - "Hey doc, what's this purple splotchy flaking patch on my shoulder?"
All professionals have to put up with this sort of thing - unfortunately, some of us (geeks, mechanics, accountants) more than others (gynocologist, proctologist).
Online games can use online authentication methods - those are fairly hard to crack.
Not sure what the other one would be...
In any case there is copy protection in the game industry. And often it is removed with an official patch because so many people have problems reading the discs and playing the games they buy and they often hurt performance too.
Wow, this got modded up fast.
Just for the record (as pointed out in another reply) this link is to Junk Science which is a website maintained by Steve Milloy, who is associated with the Cato Institute, a corporate funded think tank. This website often has a subtle right-wing, corporate friendly bias.
Often the topics stray from the root scientific questions. For example - what the hell does a story about the Animal Liberation Front have to do with junk science? I fully support animal testing, but this is a tale of morality and politics, not science.
Basically, whenever you read anything published anywhere, just ask three questions: "Where is the evidence, how much evidence is there, and can it and has it been duplicated elsewhere?"
and a timer (Why?).
For timing things. No wait, I know. Because. Bwa ha ha ha.
Seriously, MP3 players are clearly the perfect device for athletic types. I bought mine for jogging and for cycling. I want my next MP3 player to track my heart rate as well as including a timer. Maybe if we could get one to measure my VO2...
My current one only plays MP3 files. I clearly need to upgrade.
Interesting points. Could be junk science. Personally, I never believe headlines and I won't even pay attention until there have been several studies from independant sources.
The problem is we see this stuff published every day - it often gets retracted, but that rarely makes the news.
Another possible source of revenue:
People may use these online materials, get really good, and appeal to the University to take a test to get recognition for this knowledge. Perhaps not a true degree, but still better than, say, an MCSE and definately better than nothing at all.
University could profit from this - I doubt it would offset the investment in the courseware, but who knows...
In any case, this type of initiative pleases me to no end. In the current university climate of patents and profit, this is certainly a breath of fresh air.
Heh. I read that as Gay Runn. My eyes aren't doing so well. Maybe I should go for a walk. To much games today.
He's obviously a troll. He even contradicts himself. He uses the temptuous Internet, when he should remove it completely from his life, right?
:) Sounds like Utopia to me...
Hell, I know someone that cheated on her husband with a member of her bible study group. Better stop interacting at all, right? Let's all live in little boxes, read the bible, and reproduce in petri dishes (that way none of our seed is wasted - hey, it's the Catholic way, right?
My girlfriend stirred my loins last night - it was most excellent.
Thanks Adam. I do find it hard to believe that anyone will let you near children though, what with the restraining orders and all. See you next week at masturbators anonymous!
Parent is right on target. I read that review and proceeded to have flashbacks of my 7th grade book reports. I said "and then" a lot more, but it reads roughly the same as mine did.
They should find Katz and get him to review books. At least he would try to shoehorn some unoriginal pet theory that tries to link it to geeks and their love of (pr0n|games|linux|etc).
Not that I disagree with you overall, but if they thought they found something but the results were contaminated, they would just reprocess them. Now, what we should worry about is something being overlooked...
Ok, the answer is "cornflakes." I mean, "yes."
Heh... no offense to the parent, but how can this be informative when he's asking a question?
The answer will be informative.
I don't know the answer though, so mod me as "-1, Tool" if you'd like.