Our definition of life is biased as to what we have observed on this planet. So if we are looking for life that could sustain itself on our planet then the definition we use suffices. I for one, would rather not find a life form that can sustain itself on our planet due to all the documentaries / science fiction movies depicting our demise. Lets try to find life that has nothing to do with the life we know and endure on this planet and would die if it tried to live amongst us. Likewise, the aliens, don't want us to migrate to their neck of the woods either and be like a little brother wanting to tag along. The release of Avatar is happening galaxy wide simultaneously and they know what we intend to do.
The good question is do you think that aliens somewhere else are watching Star Trek (original Series)? Would they think it was a documentary or understand its fictional content, all technological hurdles to translate and view aside... perhaps television earlier than that is like a repellant spray... We just have to wait till they watch Star Trek and realize we've evolved a tad. They are probably affended by the all the cheesy scifi stuff.. or believe we kill aliens... ( What if it was thought to be real... how would they know fiction from reality? )...
A used game was once a purchased game. Meaning someone out there paid full retail for it then decided after playing it decided personally it had less value to them than they could get at gamestop. Others who may not have been interested in paying retail then sweep in and purchase afterwards.
Hey I had classes in Norris. It's very small building in comparison to others. I had thermodynamics and maybe like game theory there at the very least. I remember it was like mineral science and mechanical engineering... I am sad. very sad.
My prayers and thoughts to the students, families, friends, alumni...
Suresh thakoor.
Maybe all of us less than fully employed could do at home tech support. I mean get an extra line and throw out your number for that line at businesses and people. Just have to figure out the charge system for it. I'm thinking of it just cause I could spend my time at slashdot and still be able to make a penny or two. Maybe that is how unemployed techies make some dough in this soft economy.
I wonder if it would take a grassroots type effort, where in which we unemployed, make some sort of Open Source Corporation or whatnot. I wonder if it has anything to do with the tech support moving to india and the confusion that is caused as the english is different.
I am not trying to flame, being that I am of indian decent. I just think if you are in country A, you'd prefer to have people of country A to communicate to you when asking for technical help. Maybe if this Open source corporation where to work, atleast taking on some contracts, or indicating some sort of success, that these big corporations would finally understand quality of service is a good thing.
If everyone sent their old cd's back to the RIAA. Also send them AOL Cd's too. I mean just to flood their headquarters with like cds. Penny jam doors and such fun.
Another fun thing to do may be to like have vans blast indie music at them.
This system rewards good music and consumer choice. I mean we all know this scenario quite well: You buy a cd and find that maybe three songs are good and the rest suck. Now why should we pay for stuff we don't want. Artists are lazy because they feel as long as they make one or two good songs the rest can be garbage and we still, those that purchase the cds, have to buy everything.
As for the artists, they need to realize that they will make more money this way cause they could produce and sell song by song instead of trying to put up a bunch of songs together to make a cd. They also get to know exactly what songs are working and what are not by the amount each is downloaded.
Hey I'm going to school @ UTI. The web addy is like www.uticorp.com . You go to school to learn like your basics, if you have good grades you can go to the manufacturer's programs. Not just BMW, but Porsche, Mercedes, Volvo, VolksWagon. The fun part of going is the few classes that add up to make hotrod u : power and performance classes, street/hot rodding/ NOS... I'm taking Diesel as well and industrial which adds refrigeration and hydraulics.
BMW's by the way use fiber optics to drive all sorts of systems. The courses I believe take 22 weeks.
I used to work in computers. Overclocking just doesn't feel the same when you tweak an engine and hear it break class and make car alarms cry.
If you have any questions or would like to know more about UTI , the BMW manufacturing program, let me know. I'll be glad to help. email: crea5e AT yahoo dot com.
Speech recognition prediction is like the "first post posts". Computers may get complex enough to understand speech. But you know I bet then they decide not to listen cause they think we are just a sad sack of genes, "All they do is complain and read slashdot. Life is tough as a server." Don't want them to be like humans, they may just become human and that'd be a problem.
When I need a cheap fix, I use the render> lighting effects in photoshop and use an alpha channel as a texture map. Some of my best 3d was really just photoshop. You can do a lot if you really know how to use channels:) . I can show you some examples, just send me an email --
crea5e at yahoo dot com
You got to realize that in a way saving money can cost businesses more money in the longrun. I mean it's like a balancing act when it comes to the books. You want to be able to not pay taxes, to be able to write off as many expenses as possible. Also, it's a budget thing as well. In a way, by purchasing higher priced software, you are helping your self in the future. If you cut costs today, you will have to cut costs tomorrow. Management will expect that. It's the same penny game that corporations would do on earnings that stock analysts predict. They always have their books fudged or whatever it took to be a penny above the earnings estimates each quarter. This way the analysts aren't going to expect the world from you next quarter. It's like survival and the tale about the tortoise and the hare. Unfortunately, and I apologize in advance for the generalization, business has been about just doing enough to not get fired or just enough to last another quarter.
Slashdot Mirror
Our definition of life is biased as to what we have observed on this planet. So if we are looking for life that could sustain itself on our planet then the definition we use suffices. I for one, would rather not find a life form that can sustain itself on our planet due to all the documentaries / science fiction movies depicting our demise. Lets try to find life that has nothing to do with the life we know and endure on this planet and would die if it tried to live amongst us. Likewise, the aliens, don't want us to migrate to their neck of the woods either and be like a little brother wanting to tag along. The release of Avatar is happening galaxy wide simultaneously and they know what we intend to do. The good question is do you think that aliens somewhere else are watching Star Trek (original Series)? Would they think it was a documentary or understand its fictional content, all technological hurdles to translate and view aside... perhaps television earlier than that is like a repellant spray ... We just have to wait till they watch Star Trek and realize we've evolved a tad. They are probably affended by the all the cheesy scifi stuff.. or believe we kill aliens... ( What if it was thought to be real... how would they know fiction from reality? ) ...
A used game was once a purchased game. Meaning someone out there paid full retail for it then decided after playing it decided personally it had less value to them than they could get at gamestop. Others who may not have been interested in paying retail then sweep in and purchase afterwards.
Markets work :)
In related news, Boston College has also released a processor of their own.
The Tequila128. Free copy of virtual beer pong included.
Hey I had classes in Norris. It's very small building in comparison to others. I had thermodynamics and maybe like game theory there at the very least. I remember it was like mineral science and mechanical engineering... I am sad. very sad. My prayers and thoughts to the students, families, friends, alumni... Suresh thakoor.
LEG-OS. 64 block architecture. Also themeable for star wars and lord of the ring fanboys.
Oregon Trail. Larry Bird vs. Dr J if i'm feeling it.
All we have to do is to just patch it.. web 2.01
This is one step closer to having Dungeons and Dragons in Real Life.
Don't they sell Linux too ?
SCO VS SCO
ultimate deathmatch!
Maybe all of us less than fully employed could do at home tech support. I mean get an extra line and throw out your number for that line at businesses and people. Just have to figure out the charge system for it. I'm thinking of it just cause I could spend my time at slashdot and still be able to make a penny or two. Maybe that is how unemployed techies make some dough in this soft economy.
I wonder if it would take a grassroots type effort, where in which we unemployed, make some sort of Open Source Corporation or whatnot. I wonder if it has anything to do with the tech support moving to india and the confusion that is caused as the english is different.
I am not trying to flame, being that I am of indian decent. I just think if you are in country A, you'd prefer to have people of country A to communicate to you when asking for technical help. Maybe if this Open source corporation where to work, atleast taking on some contracts, or indicating some sort of success, that these big corporations would finally understand quality of service is a good thing.
If everyone sent their old cd's back to the RIAA. Also send them AOL Cd's too. I mean just to flood their headquarters with like cds. Penny jam doors and such fun.
Another fun thing to do may be to like have vans blast indie music at them.
Just bored,
st.
Something wrong with the peacock network?
Don't wives already make decisions for us. Why on earth would we want a phone to also do this, its already a pain in the ass as is.
This system rewards good music and consumer choice. I mean we all know this scenario quite well: You buy a cd and find that maybe three songs are good and the rest suck. Now why should we pay for stuff we don't want. Artists are lazy because they feel as long as they make one or two good songs the rest can be garbage and we still, those that purchase the cds, have to buy everything. As for the artists, they need to realize that they will make more money this way cause they could produce and sell song by song instead of trying to put up a bunch of songs together to make a cd. They also get to know exactly what songs are working and what are not by the amount each is downloaded.
Microsoft's answer ... Crackpot
No that was to easy. Mod me down dammit!
Hey I'm going to school @ UTI. The web addy is like www.uticorp.com . You go to school to learn like your basics, if you have good grades you can go to the manufacturer's programs. Not just BMW, but Porsche, Mercedes, Volvo, VolksWagon. The fun part of going is the few classes that add up to make hotrod u : power and performance classes, street/hot rodding/ NOS ... I'm taking Diesel as well and industrial which adds refrigeration and hydraulics.
BMW's by the way use fiber optics to drive all sorts of systems. The courses I believe take 22 weeks.
I used to work in computers. Overclocking just doesn't feel the same when you tweak an engine and hear it break class and make car alarms cry.
If you have any questions or would like to know more about UTI , the BMW manufacturing program, let me know. I'll be glad to help. email: crea5e AT yahoo dot com.
be called smelly cat. Red Hat Smelly Cat. Sure pheobe can make a charming lyric for it.
Speech recognition prediction is like the "first post posts". Computers may get complex enough to understand speech. But you know I bet then they decide not to listen cause they think we are just a sad sack of genes, "All they do is complain and read slashdot. Life is tough as a server." Don't want them to be like humans, they may just become human and that'd be a problem.
When I need a cheap fix, I use the render> lighting effects in photoshop and use an alpha channel as a texture map. Some of my best 3d was really just photoshop. You can do a lot if you really know how to use channels :) . I can show you some examples, just send me an email --
crea5e at yahoo dot com
I believe it's called a local/regional monopoly.
any one for a quick game?
I guess even planets can leave "their kids at the pool".
First cars are going to electrical motors, now laptops are using fuel cells. Why not a diesel powered cell phone ?
Next thing you'll tell me is that there is like a tenth planet or something.
Damn slashdot. I used to be a normal person.
Somebody added CowboyNeal as a voting option. It does it every time.
You got to realize that in a way saving money can cost businesses more money in the longrun. I mean it's like a balancing act when it comes to the books. You want to be able to not pay taxes, to be able to write off as many expenses as possible. Also, it's a budget thing as well. In a way, by purchasing higher priced software, you are helping your self in the future. If you cut costs today, you will have to cut costs tomorrow. Management will expect that. It's the same penny game that corporations would do on earnings that stock analysts predict. They always have their books fudged or whatever it took to be a penny above the earnings estimates each quarter. This way the analysts aren't going to expect the world from you next quarter. It's like survival and the tale about the tortoise and the hare. Unfortunately, and I apologize in advance for the generalization, business has been about just doing enough to not get fired or just enough to last another quarter.