Bah, that's still not gonna help, unless you go all the way and just remove their rights.
I suggest someting reasonable, a "modest proposal" if you will. If you wish to make any purchases, travel plans, or just plain live, you should give everyone all the information they ask for, especially if they are doing it for a corporation. These corporate offices should then share their information and build detailed profiles of everyone. Susie Q PunkRocker is average,but likely to vandalize, while John P PaleGeek is highly likely to shoot up a school. If you let the companies and the government work together, They'll not have to worry about racial profiling, because they'll have your personality flaws flagged when you do certain things! Take our examples. Susie Q can do almost anything except own spraypaint and has an earlier curfew. John P can do most things, he's even allowed to travel anywhere. The only thing that he can't do is buy guns or M-rated games! Now, let's say there's a new guy in town...Yousef J Mossud. Name sounds suspicious, and with racial profiling, he's definitely terrorist. Unfortunately, his personality profile shows him to be a kind, caring man that likes football and plays golf on the weekends. How is racial profiling fair?
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Crap, you got to it first! I definitely think that a wallpaper-like implementation would be sweet. Personally, I'd like a visualization plugin running from xmms or winamp on my walls. That would be perfect for parties! And hell, if you can do that, why not use one when you host a LAN party?
Jeez...all these ideas...
Movie Theater
Game room (Smash Brothers, DDR, Midnight Club 2, blah blah...)
Computer Display (UT2k3, photo editing, woo!)
...Replace the Projector/Whiteboard combo for presentations! Make a touch-sensitive overlay, something like a huge wacom tablet. That'll bring a whole new level of photo editing goodness!
Whoo...need to breathe...getting a little *too* excited... ...hmmm...'excited'...now THAT could be interesting...
Good question, one that he probably won't need to worry about. Then again, this guy is *so* geeky that it might actually make him cool enough to get into parties.
Of course, you should never trust any single source of interpretation...
I think you've got it right there. If you care about a story, you should get as much information as possible. Of course, sometimes you can only get biased opinions, but in that case, you can just get a whole lot of opinions, average them out, and come out with at least a little info.
Man, do you have a low end computer, or what? Radeon 9700's got TV out, with an optional HDTV adaptor. SB Live (and newer) has dolby digital (optical) out, and most games since Unreal Tournament have 3d sound (DX and/or Dolby). If you really need the controller, you can go buy a used one, slap on a USB connector and play. The only real problem, like was said earlier, is the release date.
I don't know if it was that one, but I did see something on them. They're in the prototype stage, and you could probably buy one for a few hundred thousand, you'd just have a hard time fueling it. I think they said they were planning to go to market with them sometime around 2008.
Sorry about that. I'm not a movie buff, I was just going off of what a few people have told me (obviously idiots like me). Thanks for the clarification.
The fact is *you* can't see the difference. It's the same thing with audiophiles/musicians and complaints about mp3 compression. The people that are attuned to/care about it will almost always be able to tell the difference. Ever hear people talk about movies and how "the human eye can only see 24 fps"? You've probably played games. 24 fps is acceptable, but not really smooth. (They've got it backwards anyway. 24 fps is the speed where the average person sees the images as motion.) Of course, if your average fps is above your monitor's refresh rate, you're not going to see the whole frame, but everything below that is potentially noticable.
Audiophiles can hear artifacts in high quality mp3s, fighter pilots can identify aircraft in 1/100th of a second or less, and hardcore gamers can tell the difference between 60 and 100 fps.
Just because most people can't detect some miniscule difference doesn't mean it can't be done. Some people are skilled/crazy/stupid enough to need that extra edge.
Now if only we could use these chambers on RIAA CEOs...A couple months at most and we can get on with the important work of finding new ways to make fun of SCO.
I think he's talking about stuff your friends talk about (but are too forgetful to bring the CD in to let you listen), or songs you hear about on web sites and such. Stuff you hear about, but can't listen to unless you download or buy.
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I suggest someting reasonable, a "modest proposal" if you will. If you wish to make any purchases, travel plans, or just plain live, you should give everyone all the information they ask for, especially if they are doing it for a corporation. These corporate offices should then share their information and build detailed profiles of everyone. Susie Q PunkRocker is average,but likely to vandalize, while John P PaleGeek is highly likely to shoot up a school.
If you let the companies and the government work together, They'll not have to worry about racial profiling, because they'll have your personality flaws flagged when you do certain things! Take our examples. Susie Q can do almost anything except own spraypaint and has an earlier curfew. John P can do most things, he's even allowed to travel anywhere. The only thing that he can't do is buy guns or M-rated games! Now, let's say there's a new guy in town...Yousef J Mossud. Name sounds suspicious, and with racial profiling, he's definitely terrorist. Unfortunately, his personality profile shows him to be a kind, caring man that likes football and plays golf on the weekends. How is racial profiling fair?
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That's "expensive talking WALKING bullshit" to you bub.
AIM is bald guys claiming to be 14 year olds, 14 year olds claiming to be intellegent, and your grammama's nigerian buddies.
You know what, I'm sure I'd follow that billboard's lead and crash too. (Not quite directly of course, laughter vs. software failure and all that)
Jeez...all these ideas...
Movie Theater
...Replace the Projector/Whiteboard combo for presentations! Make a touch-sensitive overlay, something like a huge wacom tablet. That'll bring a whole new level of photo editing goodness!
Game room (Smash Brothers, DDR, Midnight Club 2, blah blah...)
Computer Display (UT2k3, photo editing, woo!)
Whoo...need to breathe...getting a little *too* excited...
...hmmm...'excited'...now THAT could be interesting...
Good question, one that he probably won't need to worry about. Then again, this guy is *so* geeky that it might actually make him cool enough to get into parties.
I don't know, I was pretty happy. He looked like a fool and people started to hate him and what he was saying.
Oversimplification, yes, but one that seems to be reasonable and probably unbiased. Nice work.
Interesting point. I think your estimate of $1 is a bit high, but I'm not informed enough to know exactly. Anybody have any specifics?
Or perhaps he has read 1984. Definitely a recommended read, and probably the origin of the reference from Babylon 5.
I think you've got it right there. If you care about a story, you should get as much information as possible. Of course, sometimes you can only get biased opinions, but in that case, you can just get a whole lot of opinions, average them out, and come out with at least a little info.
I think he was making fun of the "Security through Obscurity" that less informed people tend to think is best.
There's a reason for that...you bought Microsoft Money...either that or you didn't and it's sending info to the BSA right now.
Man, do you have a low end computer, or what? Radeon 9700's got TV out, with an optional HDTV adaptor. SB Live (and newer) has dolby digital (optical) out, and most games since Unreal Tournament have 3d sound (DX and/or Dolby). If you really need the controller, you can go buy a used one, slap on a USB connector and play. The only real problem, like was said earlier, is the release date.
If ICANN was still there for the good of the internet, yeah, that should work. Otherwise, you should only bother complaining if you're a CEO.
At least we know what they want. Maybe not specifically, but the general idea at least. Who knows what Ashcroft, Ridge and co. want in the long run?
I don't know if it was that one, but I did see something on them. They're in the prototype stage, and you could probably buy one for a few hundred thousand, you'd just have a hard time fueling it. I think they said they were planning to go to market with them sometime around 2008.
Yeah, I do too, but people who care tend to be a little zealous about it. Oh well...
As for the rest of it, thanks for the clarifications. I don't quite agree with the subjective stuff, but at least it was reasonably stated.
Argh...yet again cursed by the lack of information in text communication.
Sorry about that. I'm not a movie buff, I was just going off of what a few people have told me (obviously idiots like me). Thanks for the clarification.
Audiophiles can hear artifacts in high quality mp3s, fighter pilots can identify aircraft in 1/100th of a second or less, and hardcore gamers can tell the difference between 60 and 100 fps.
Just because most people can't detect some miniscule difference doesn't mean it can't be done. Some people are skilled/crazy/stupid enough to need that extra edge.
Now if only we could use these chambers on RIAA CEOs...A couple months at most and we can get on with the important work of finding new ways to make fun of SCO.
I think he's talking about stuff your friends talk about (but are too forgetful to bring the CD in to let you listen), or songs you hear about on web sites and such. Stuff you hear about, but can't listen to unless you download or buy.
You could always try to achieve the pipe dream of making wars unnessecary.
Oh, forgot to answer the question too. The flac decoder isn't bundled with winamp, but it shouldn't be too hard to find a plugin on winamp's site.