I personally use a Rio 600 with a 32meg expansion backpack (the unit itself only came with 32 megs). Its an older player, but it works great and I can't make it skip no matter what I do. If you're interested, I believe Pricewatch can find them for you cheap.
How about as an addendum to this question, when making beer-brats, does it make a big difference what kind of beer you use, and more importantly, which beer tastes best in a beer-brat?? (my vote is for Guiness)
First off, you need to take all your social life from high-school and throw it out the window. You will meet new people at college who will quickly become your best friends. Keep in touch with your old friends from high-school, especially the good ones, but don't be surprised if you gradually loose touch, as these people will be going through the same changes as you.
Being a smart guy suddenly makes you popular! People will be asking for help, advice, things like that. I know when I first moved in to the dorms, I openly advertised the fact that I was a computer guy. I met a bunch of great people when they asked me to come help them get set up to use the internet. Similar things will occur in other areas if computers aren't your thing, ie. you're good in math and are vocal in math class, getting things right all the time, then suddenly people start asking you questions outside of class. Help them, get to know them, and if they are worth keeping around, then invite them to join you in a game of Starcraft or something.
Don't dismiss liberal arts out of hand, if they aren't your thing. I'm a computer geek, but I took a philosophy course and never regretted it. It was one of the most enjoyable classes I've ever taken, and it's made me understand the power of the question "why?". Ask this one a lot, of yourself, your classmates, your professors. Ask lots of questions, and never be afraid to ask. If you're not getting something in class, then you're probably also surrounded by people who also don't get it, and in helping yourself, you're also helping them.
Take lots of notes. I can't stress this one enough. High-school was pretty easy for all of us, and I got out of it with less than 10 minutes of homework per week, on average, with almost no note taking. When you step in to the college realm, suddenly a lot more is expected of you, and you really have to know your stuff there, you can't just BS your way through an answer. Professors know their stuff, they've been teaching it for years and have PhD's in it. Question their information, but don't act as if you know something they don't.
If you find an interest group that fascinates you, like the SCA or a Laser Tag club, don't just let it slide, go join them at least once to try it on for yourself. You may find something you want to get really involved in.
Never underestimate the value of study. Even if you go into a daze during class, your hand just automatically taking notes for you, you'd be surprised what even 15 minutes of looking them over and browsing the textbook can do for you. Find a system that works for you, and don't put it all off 'till the last minute. With the increased expectations of you, you will NOT be able to learn everything you need to know for the finals in the last week. I tried and was unable to do it for all my classes, and ended up failing Calculus (after acing every math class in high-school). You will need to KNOW the material, not just be able to say when I see X, I do Y. That's just pattern matching, not actual learning.
All that aside, you should be able to get by with plenty of time left for yourself. Spend it relaxing, napping (you relearn the value of the afternoon nap in college), having fun, lounging, whatever. Unwind. Decompress. Don't let it get to you or you will get an ulcer.
You or your parents will be spending a lot of money to send you here, so take advantage of the resources available. Take your learning seriously, as this is what will be preparing you for the rest of your life. Take advantage of your newfound freedom as well, as the learning experience isn't just about what you learn in the classroom.
The North London Internet was again attacked by the South London Internet hackers in an attempt to regain control of their fileservers in the North's webspace. The fact that many of these hackers could simply walk a few blocks and physically take the servers back to their own private webspace seems not to have occured to them.
The United States, which is still a part of the Non-European Internet (the mainstream computer network used by the rest of the world) was jubilant, and representatives from across the nation were quoted as saying, "Ha-ha!".
We may have to buy CPU cooling cartridges, but perhaps we could start manufacturing recycled cooling cartridges for less? Of course, once HP starts bitching that we're stealing their market share, they will tell their customers that recycled cartridges could damage their chips, or they will put "killer chips" that will destroy your robot when the cartridges become empty. That then brings up the possibility of recycled robots...
It can't yet be attatched to a person, so what they're essentially saying is that they have come up with a robot replacement for the Adams Family's pet, Thing the Hand...
It depends on what you mean exactly by the "best tool". If you're looking for something easier, then I can't help you. If you're looking for something FASTER, then just use Assembly Language.
Today Congress passed a bill that would allow multimedia content providers to send a flag with certain broadcasts that would render digital recording devices unable to record them. Speaker of the House Berman said, "This is a great blow against content stealers and copyright infringers everywhere."
Expect an easy workaround to be Slashdotted later this week.
You're assuming the existance of a god or gods here. Not just any god or gods, but YOUR god. You are taking it for granted that everyone else here is christian. I am offended.
Besides, this is the internet, an place for idea sharing and tolerance. Perhaps people like YOU should be castrated, simply so they don't reproduce and create MORE little biggots.
You can actually find iFeel mice on ebay for about $1 American in big lots now. The shipping is kind of steep (about $10) but I'd say that's not too bad a price overall for an iFeel. I'm getting one now to see how I like it, maybe it'll replace my old MouseMan.
I know its a little off topic, but is there a way to put together some hardware on a spare box, download the TiVo kernel onto it, and make your own TiVo, complete with the cool GUI? Getting the remote stuff might be a little difficult, but just include some mouse drivers and you're all good (you'd already be including drivers for all the stuff already in the box that isn't TiVo standard, so why not?).
The worm is running around the internet fixing flaws, but how is it going to get into someone's system? Answer: A FLAW! You'd have to make a new worm for each new flaw that was discovered just to get into all the systems you already fixed.
I just get this funny image of a vigilante crawling into someone's house through a broken window, fixing it, then finding that he's locked himself in. LOL!
The magnetic field of the earth DOES change polarity every so often... but we are not due for another such switch for a great many years, and the pole does not spontaneously shift, it gradually changes, sort of "wandering" toward the other side of the planet.
Such changes, along with sea floor spreading, are one reason that geologists confirmed continental drift theory. If you look at the seafloor magnetically as it spreads from the Mid-Atlantic ridge, you will see a patern of magnetic "stripes", detailing the polarity of the planet at the time the crust at that point was formed at the ridge.
I'm not saying that it is feasible, only that it is (remotely) possible. You may not even need to do something that complicated to get your way, just bribe a surveyor or hack the individual GPS handheld.
Anyone else see a possible parallel (on a much smaller scale) to the GPS hacking done in the Tomorrow Never Dies? Lets say you want someone else's property REALLY bad... go mess with a GPS satellite and change the boundary lines by a few meters in your favor! Suddenly, the greener grass on the other side of the fence is all yours!
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Obligatory Dell-bashing UserFriendly link...
I personally use a Rio 600 with a 32meg expansion backpack (the unit itself only came with 32 megs). Its an older player, but it works great and I can't make it skip no matter what I do. If you're interested, I believe Pricewatch can find them for you cheap.
It figures, just as soon as this comes out, all the powergloves on eBay start getting 5-6 bids apiece.
How about as an addendum to this question, when making beer-brats, does it make a big difference what kind of beer you use, and more importantly, which beer tastes best in a beer-brat?? (my vote is for Guiness)
What the hell are you talking about? I'm starving ;-)
First off, you need to take all your social life from high-school and throw it out the window. You will meet new people at college who will quickly become your best friends. Keep in touch with your old friends from high-school, especially the good ones, but don't be surprised if you gradually loose touch, as these people will be going through the same changes as you.
Being a smart guy suddenly makes you popular! People will be asking for help, advice, things like that. I know when I first moved in to the dorms, I openly advertised the fact that I was a computer guy. I met a bunch of great people when they asked me to come help them get set up to use the internet. Similar things will occur in other areas if computers aren't your thing, ie. you're good in math and are vocal in math class, getting things right all the time, then suddenly people start asking you questions outside of class. Help them, get to know them, and if they are worth keeping around, then invite them to join you in a game of Starcraft or something.
Don't dismiss liberal arts out of hand, if they aren't your thing. I'm a computer geek, but I took a philosophy course and never regretted it. It was one of the most enjoyable classes I've ever taken, and it's made me understand the power of the question "why?". Ask this one a lot, of yourself, your classmates, your professors. Ask lots of questions, and never be afraid to ask. If you're not getting something in class, then you're probably also surrounded by people who also don't get it, and in helping yourself, you're also helping them.
Take lots of notes. I can't stress this one enough. High-school was pretty easy for all of us, and I got out of it with less than 10 minutes of homework per week, on average, with almost no note taking. When you step in to the college realm, suddenly a lot more is expected of you, and you really have to know your stuff there, you can't just BS your way through an answer. Professors know their stuff, they've been teaching it for years and have PhD's in it. Question their information, but don't act as if you know something they don't.
If you find an interest group that fascinates you, like the SCA or a Laser Tag club, don't just let it slide, go join them at least once to try it on for yourself. You may find something you want to get really involved in.
Never underestimate the value of study. Even if you go into a daze during class, your hand just automatically taking notes for you, you'd be surprised what even 15 minutes of looking them over and browsing the textbook can do for you. Find a system that works for you, and don't put it all off 'till the last minute. With the increased expectations of you, you will NOT be able to learn everything you need to know for the finals in the last week. I tried and was unable to do it for all my classes, and ended up failing Calculus (after acing every math class in high-school). You will need to KNOW the material, not just be able to say when I see X, I do Y. That's just pattern matching, not actual learning.
All that aside, you should be able to get by with plenty of time left for yourself. Spend it relaxing, napping (you relearn the value of the afternoon nap in college), having fun, lounging, whatever. Unwind. Decompress. Don't let it get to you or you will get an ulcer.
You or your parents will be spending a lot of money to send you here, so take advantage of the resources available. Take your learning seriously, as this is what will be preparing you for the rest of your life. Take advantage of your newfound freedom as well, as the learning experience isn't just about what you learn in the classroom.
Dateline 2012:
The North London Internet was again attacked by the South London Internet hackers in an attempt to regain control of their fileservers in the North's webspace. The fact that many of these hackers could simply walk a few blocks and physically take the servers back to their own private webspace seems not to have occured to them.
The United States, which is still a part of the Non-European Internet (the mainstream computer network used by the rest of the world) was jubilant, and representatives from across the nation were quoted as saying, "Ha-ha!".
...a half million dollars in loans they gave themselves...
How the hell do you give yourself a half a million dollars?
X - 0.5*10^6 (the give) + 0.5*10^6 (the take) = X no matter how many times you do it!
They think they can use DRM soft/hardware to protect various forms of media from being copied...
/.'ed by the next morning.
In doing so, they are pitting their limited resources against the collective sex-drive of every script kiddy who ever ripped a pr0n DVD.
When and if this ever gets released, expect a workaround to be
We may have to buy CPU cooling cartridges, but perhaps we could start manufacturing recycled cooling cartridges for less? Of course, once HP starts bitching that we're stealing their market share, they will tell their customers that recycled cartridges could damage their chips, or they will put "killer chips" that will destroy your robot when the cartridges become empty. That then brings up the possibility of recycled robots...
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It can't yet be attatched to a person, so what they're essentially saying is that they have come up with a robot replacement for the Adams Family's pet, Thing the Hand...
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Those SOB's at the RIAA still haven't gotten it... if they just keep quiet, then actions like the following will not be neccesary...
/.ing of the RIAA website or alternatly click here
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It depends on what you mean exactly by the "best tool". If you're looking for something easier, then I can't help you. If you're looking for something FASTER, then just use Assembly Language.
Thank you for making my point.
Dateline 2006:
Today Congress passed a bill that would allow multimedia content providers to send a flag with certain broadcasts that would render digital recording devices unable to record them. Speaker of the House Berman said, "This is a great blow against content stealers and copyright infringers everywhere."
Expect an easy workaround to be Slashdotted later this week.
You're assuming the existance of a god or gods here. Not just any god or gods, but YOUR god. You are taking it for granted that everyone else here is christian. I am offended.
Besides, this is the internet, an place for idea sharing and tolerance. Perhaps people like YOU should be castrated, simply so they don't reproduce and create MORE little biggots.
You can actually find iFeel mice on ebay for about $1 American in big lots now. The shipping is kind of steep (about $10) but I'd say that's not too bad a price overall for an iFeel. I'm getting one now to see how I like it, maybe it'll replace my old MouseMan.
I know its a little off topic, but is there a way to put together some hardware on a spare box, download the TiVo kernel onto it, and make your own TiVo, complete with the cool GUI? Getting the remote stuff might be a little difficult, but just include some mouse drivers and you're all good (you'd already be including drivers for all the stuff already in the box that isn't TiVo standard, so why not?).
This idea is good, but it has one fatal flaw...
The worm is running around the internet fixing flaws, but how is it going to get into someone's system? Answer: A FLAW! You'd have to make a new worm for each new flaw that was discovered just to get into all the systems you already fixed.
I just get this funny image of a vigilante crawling into someone's house through a broken window, fixing it, then finding that he's locked himself in. LOL!
The magnetic field of the earth DOES change polarity every so often... but we are not due for another such switch for a great many years, and the pole does not spontaneously shift, it gradually changes, sort of "wandering" toward the other side of the planet. Such changes, along with sea floor spreading, are one reason that geologists confirmed continental drift theory. If you look at the seafloor magnetically as it spreads from the Mid-Atlantic ridge, you will see a patern of magnetic "stripes", detailing the polarity of the planet at the time the crust at that point was formed at the ridge.
I'm not saying that it is feasible, only that it is (remotely) possible. You may not even need to do something that complicated to get your way, just bribe a surveyor or hack the individual GPS handheld.
Anyone else see a possible parallel (on a much smaller scale) to the GPS hacking done in the Tomorrow Never Dies? Lets say you want someone else's property REALLY bad... go mess with a GPS satellite and change the boundary lines by a few meters in your favor! Suddenly, the greener grass on the other side of the fence is all yours!
...misconceptions about the honeypots such as the "entrapment" issue...
:)
You mean Pooh never really got his head stuck in one of those things?