It will take several days to determine whether or not a signal was received, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory said. The data processing task is as challenging as "looking for a (particular) grain of sand on the beach," spokeswoman Mary Hardin told MSNBC. Hmmm...challenging data...like picking out a key...yep sounds like a job for...DISTRIBUTED.NET!
...and I think Illiad and Nitrozac are the ringleaders. I guess they weren't content with what fame they already had, and decide to go out and either kill or threaten the other cartoonists. Yeah we all know Charles Shultz is retiring but do we know the "real" reason? =)))))
I live in a wired community with Ethernet to each apartment (http://www.waldenweb.com). By having mailing lists, we kinda have a community. Each of the mailing lists in divided into certain topics (graphics, linux, etc and the catch-all, misc). All of the main mailing lists are mirrored to an NNTP server keeping a historical record. This allows comments to be sent out to all and feedback generated. As for the ability to see "who is on" at any particualr moment, we all use ICQ.
I think part of the "trouble" is that people have many more options for engaging strangers in cooperative/competitive play. Most new computer games have multiplayer capabilities and pretty graphics to boot. Games such as EQ, UO, and Asheron's call I think take many people away from MUDs.
If one is considering elegant and purposeful technology as "hacks", the SR-71 blackbird is impressive. Built by engineers in a rather quick amount of time without computers. Even on its retirement flight it set a cross country speed record.
And of course, da Woz is da Man! I saw mention of his work on the floppy controller in an earlier post. I also vaguely remember a story about one of his earlier video controller designs. Not one but two great hacks!:)
I usually believe that a technology/process/program/etc to be neither good,bad,illegal, or evil. Only what we as users of said technology do with it is good,bad,illegal etc. In fact, this is one of the reasons (basically) why the RIAA's suit against the Diamond Rio failed. The Rio's sole intent was to play MP3s. The human is the one that supplied it with MP3s be they legit or non-legit. This is also the same type of arguement given by the makers of Napster. Napster is a distribution and search method for MP3s. Of course they warn people against releasing copyrighted works. "We are a way for unknown bands to get their mp3s out", the makers of napster have basically said. Unfortunately, how does one do searchs for bands you don't know even existed, if your search fields are artist or song title? This is where I think the RIAA's suit may get them. So it would seem that Napster is primarily a tool for searching and distributing known works...almost all of which are copyrighted.
Diamond Rio is ethical. Napster will probably be found to not be ethical.
...Heisenburg compensators. Always works for Jordi. Oh and if you can channel all of the energy through some kind of deflector dish for just one shot before overloading it, I think that will work too.
I mean, she was on South Park, a very successful show! It just goes to show the money doesn't buy happiness and neither does fame. I am reminded of the phrase "being alone in a crowd". I think many of us have felt lonely and misunderstood even around friends and coworkers
I have begun using PNGs (no GIFs) on my web sites, but none of the browsers I have encountered fully support PNGs. IE4+ supports PNG best so far but even it doesn't support partial transparency.
The main problem with DVD is that the copies are perfect, making them difficult to distinguish from an original
...except for the fact that they reside on someone's hard drive or have been burned to some disk (DVD-R, -RAM, VCD, etc) as opposed to a "pressed" DVD.:):) I understood what you meant though.:):)
Yeah no kidding. I remember how one time I begged my computer teacher to allow us to try to connect to a BBS with her computer since hers was the only one with a modem (not to mention the only one near a phone line). Boy was it good to go to college and learn about the internet...even if it wasn't good for my grades:)
The department where I used to work used gods (primarily Greek and Roman) but then had a few B-5 characters thrown in. The engineering college were I went to school used to have an interesting scheme based on a naval theme: the large log-in servers were named after battleships, and everything smaller was named after smaller ship classes (cruisers, destroyers, etc equated to application servers, workstations, etc). Network printers were named after missiles (Like tomahawk, shrike, harpoon).
Where I work now, we have a boring scheme based partially on location, type of server, and a few other attributes.
There is a version for IE users as well. A friend of mine wanted me to check out the movie clips for the movie "Fight Club". At that site, they give you the option of half-screen quicktime or full screen pixelon. Naturally, I decided to give Pixelon a try. Two words: Don't bother. It was very pixelated. I guess in that case, the branding name is apt.
The University of Oklahoma has your social security number as your student, faculty, or staff id and it is printed on your card in plain text and in the magnetic strip on the back. Also, your computer services username is the first four letters of your last name concatenated with the last four digits of your id number. There are some provisions for changing your OU ID number but by default, the above system is it. The state of Oklahoma also uses your Social Security number as your driver's license number although there are provisions for being assigned a different number.
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Heheh the reason why I didn't include SETI@Home was because I already know which is a better client ;)
As we've all heard hashed over many times, SETI@Home's client isn't as well behaved.
It will take several days to determine whether or not a signal was received, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory said. The data processing task is as challenging as "looking for a (particular) grain of sand on the beach," spokeswoman Mary Hardin told MSNBC.
Hmmm...challenging data...like picking out a key...yep sounds like a job for...DISTRIBUTED.NET!
The question to Multivac (and its incarnations throughout Time) was (moreorless) "How to stop the eventual heat death of the Universe."
...and I think Illiad and Nitrozac are the ringleaders. I guess they weren't content with what fame they already had, and decide to go out and either kill or threaten the other cartoonists. Yeah we all know Charles Shultz is retiring but do we know the "real" reason? =)))))
"If someone asks if you are a god...you say, 'Yes!'"
"Dogs and cats living together...mass hysteria!"
It looks like a cross between the AOL logo and the Motorola logo
Electronic deposit....I use it.
I live in a wired community with Ethernet to each apartment (http://www.waldenweb.com). By having mailing lists, we kinda have a community. Each of the mailing lists in divided into certain topics (graphics, linux, etc and the catch-all, misc). All of the main mailing lists are mirrored to an NNTP server keeping a historical record. This allows comments to be sent out to all and feedback generated. As for the ability to see "who is on" at any particualr moment, we all use ICQ.
I think part of the "trouble" is that people have many more options for engaging strangers in cooperative/competitive play. Most new computer games have multiplayer capabilities and pretty graphics to boot. Games such as EQ, UO, and Asheron's call I think take many people away from MUDs.
If one is considering elegant and purposeful technology as "hacks", the SR-71 blackbird is impressive. Built by engineers in a rather quick amount of time without computers. Even on its retirement flight it set a cross country speed record.
:)
And of course, da Woz is da Man! I saw mention of his work on the floppy controller in an earlier post. I also vaguely remember a story about one of his earlier video controller designs. Not one but two great hacks!
I usually believe that a technology/process/program/etc to be neither good,bad,illegal, or evil. Only what we as users of said technology do with it is good,bad,illegal etc. In fact, this is one of the reasons (basically) why the RIAA's suit against the Diamond Rio failed. The Rio's sole intent was to play MP3s. The human is the one that supplied it with MP3s be they legit or non-legit. This is also the same type of arguement given by the makers of Napster. Napster is a distribution and search method for MP3s. Of course they warn people against releasing copyrighted works. "We are a way for unknown bands to get their mp3s out", the makers of napster have basically said. Unfortunately, how does one do searchs for bands you don't know even existed, if your search fields are artist or song title? This is where I think the RIAA's suit may get them. So it would seem that Napster is primarily a tool for searching and distributing known works...almost all of which are copyrighted.
Diamond Rio is ethical. Napster will probably be found to not be ethical.
Well they don't have to be compensated often but modulating the field harmonics usually works... =)
...Heisenburg compensators. Always works for Jordi. Oh and if you can channel all of the energy through some kind of deflector dish for just one shot before overloading it, I think that will work too.
I mean, she was on South Park, a very successful show!
It just goes to show the money doesn't buy happiness and neither does fame. I am reminded of the phrase "being alone in a crowd". I think many of us have felt lonely and misunderstood even around friends and coworkers
[doc brown voice] "...The only problem with a Slashdot effect is that you never know when one's going to strike!"[/doc brown voice]
[marty mcfly voice] "We do now! January 19th, 2000! 12:00am! http://www.transmeta.com!" [/marty mcfly voice]
I have begun using PNGs (no GIFs) on my web sites, but none of the browsers I have encountered fully support PNGs. IE4+ supports PNG best so far but even it doesn't support partial transparency.
The main problem with DVD is that the copies are perfect, making them difficult to distinguish from an original
:):) I understood what you meant though. :):)
...except for the fact that they reside on someone's hard drive or have been burned to some disk (DVD-R, -RAM, VCD, etc) as opposed to a "pressed" DVD.
Yeah no kidding. I remember how one time I begged my computer teacher to allow us to try to connect to a BBS with her computer since hers was the only one with a modem (not to mention the only one near a phone line). Boy was it good to go to college and learn about the internet...even if it wasn't good for my grades:)
The department where I used to work used gods (primarily Greek and Roman) but then had a few B-5 characters thrown in. The engineering college were I went to school used to have an interesting scheme based on a naval theme: the large log-in servers were named after battleships, and everything smaller was named after smaller ship classes (cruisers, destroyers, etc equated to application servers, workstations, etc). Network printers were named after missiles (Like tomahawk, shrike, harpoon).
Where I work now, we have a boring scheme based partially on location, type of server, and a few other attributes.
...Or politics or religion. Yep...explains alot about me. :)
There is a version for IE users as well. A friend of mine wanted me to check out the movie clips for the movie "Fight Club". At that site, they give you the option of half-screen quicktime or full screen pixelon. Naturally, I decided to give Pixelon a try. Two words: Don't bother. It was very pixelated. I guess in that case, the branding name is apt.
Time to call the Anti-Trust division of the Galatic Justice League!
And coke was represented by characters in China which stated, "Bite the Wax Tadpole" Sounds a bit kinky to me...
The University of Oklahoma has your social security number as your student, faculty, or staff id and it is printed on your card in plain text and in the magnetic strip on the back. Also, your computer services username is the first four letters of your last name concatenated with the last four digits of your id number. There are some provisions for changing your OU ID number but by default, the above system is it. The state of Oklahoma also uses your Social Security number as your driver's license number although there are provisions for being assigned a different number.
Others that I enjoy include:
Userfriendly (http://www.userfriendly.org)
and
Kevin and Kell (http://www.kevinandkell.com)
Enjoy them!