You both have valid, and excellent points. They basically support what I was saying: Have a 'blog', and enjoy yourself. But please, seek quality over quantity. I also did not say all blogs are bad, in fact I said there are 10 (at least) that are exemplary. There may be many more, and many of them, as you both have pointed out, serve a function that is important to a narrow readership. So, if I don't care to stop by and read it, don't get pissed at me. But I'd point out this: If people begin to transmit every little momentary "Ah-Ha!" to a 'blog', then where are we going? Remember when you had to ruminate on a thought, and it grew and expanded in your head? And then finally, like relieving yourself after a long holding, it flowed so nice and freely? At least that is how it is with me. Even then, if it is important, I'll wallow in it for a day or two, or put it aside ahile and review it days later.
At least it is a clever marketing ploy on the cell phone companys' part to sell more airtime to subscribers.
Is anyone else getting tired of these "blogs"? Why the need to post the minutiae of every little brain fart? Don't believe that's what it is? Check this out.
Admittedly, there may be 10 or less that are worthy of a visit, or can justify their reason to be, but far more often than not, I don't see the point. "Everyone Can Be A Publisher", but I question, Should They?
1. There still isn't enough good stuff to incite me to want to do this, yet.
2. I use Linux, so Microsoft won't work with my stuff anyway.
3. Excessive consumerism-no one really needs one of these, it is just more marketing hype by the Redmond Bug Factory. Instead, why not spend the money on helping Open-source projects. Take 10% of what you spend on Microsoft and other proprietary software/hardware, and the quality of open-source will improve dramatically.
I'd love to see a list of the components they used for this thing. I'm guessing, having been in the Army, that it's way overbuilt, and when it gets to the field, the troops will hate it. And, it won't be long before someone figures out a low-tch way to defeat the "gee-whiz" factor, just as happened in Bosnia. (See Fooling High-Tech with kerosene lanters, aluminum foil, and other household items).
These are the kinds of ideas I'm looking for, like the "Project Mayhem" stuff from the film Fight Club. I used to get junk faxes, and after awhile I'd copy them and tape them together in a loop, and feed it in on a friday night, late. Other times I'd reply, one very large letter to a page. A friend used to return all faxes in black.
Here you have to PAY to be on the do-not-call list, which, to me at least, sucks. I'm looking at alternative methods, such as making the "out-of-service" tone on my answering machine.
So, I pay the phone company, they sell my name and number, then I have to pay them to block spammers? No thanks!
...will require a significant investment of time and energy. You already know this, after two or three days of searching. Might want to settle in for the long haul. Personally, I have yet to see anything on TV interesting enough to incite me to want to see it better. Some of those projectors are very nice, but you already know this, too.
Your anger is directed at everyone and everything that you have no control or influence over. Me, the moderators, the gang at farscape and the sci-fi channel, your mother, and who-know-who-else. You know what's bleeding obvious?
IT'S A TELEVISION SHOW. Turn off the TV and go outside and play with your friends, or make some new ones. You'll either get over it, or die.
I know some peole will get their knickers in a twist over this, but here's The Ugly Truth: Everything Dies. Just like the post about the science programme on BBC going off the air after more than 30 years, it has to end sometime. Best advice: Go out with a bang, don't wither and whimper. One more thing: less TV, more life.
In the article: "If the ring turns out to be due to a satellite galaxy, it would mean that we are seeing the Milky Way cannibalizing a small galaxy and incorporating it into the galactic disk..." But what if it's the other way around?
I'd always heard that "Ivy League" referred to the Four (hence "IV"), none of which I attended, either. However, that would exclude the University of Pennsylvania, as not even they could make IV equal 5.
No chance of a GTA4 coming out of that place. Hey, that was a joke. They only pick 100 per year anyway, so if you can learn it on your own you'll be ahead. I'm glad to see a diversification on the so-called 'university' education.
But that's the way I like it. It's cold here half the year, and my computers provide supplemental heat. Plus, the noise (I call it "Machine Music") is callming and soothing, and I feel like I'm actually working. Well, sometimes.
The Lawyer whorde will soon enough (probably already 'working' on it) patch the wholes, further screwing everyone else just a little more. This is not a troll, just basing my prediction on their standard operating procedures.
Lets just hope we the people manage to stay one step ahead of them.
That said, it really just a variation of the same thing. I bought some nice, tall server towers, in black, for next to nothing at an auction, threw in all new gear, from power supply to extra fans, and everything in between. Total cost (because I installed Linux)- $500 each. I'll bet my rack of black boxes are more impressive than a pimp-puter with lights. Also, I don't give a rats ass what other people think about my setup. I have to admin it, and use it. An extra hole in the side and some lights do not improve my efficiency. Sure, I'd prefer a direct neural interlink, and a secondary interface like Romy (the AI on Andromeda), and a bioprocessor, and and...
C'mon, people, lets see something like the pumkin 'puter, only smarter. I've got a project I'm working on, and no, it doesn't use wood. All these smart minds, and all we get are case mods. I want to see case RADS!
The day I right-clicked a banner in Mozilla and selected "block images from this server", and then stopped pop-ups, was the day I began to enjoy web surfing again. Flash is going down next.
...That I have watched, without making a comment on the quality, include Scientific American Frontiers, Nova, and a couple of others whose names I cannot recall right now, but one seemed to be based in Australia, and of course Bill Nye. I've never seen the show mentioned in the article, so maybe these aren't similar.
I often wonder if corporations like BBC aren't too quick to just chuck a long-running series without attempting changes, even radical ones (like the poster who suggested nudity, which was my first thought-but in a 'remove the stodginess' sort of way.
We've been using data mining in mineral exploration for quite some time now, and it really helps given the tremendous volums of data generated from modern geophysical, geochemical, and geological exploration.
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At least it is a clever marketing ploy on the cell phone companys' part to sell more airtime to subscribers.
I did not intend for my post to sound negative.
You: "Hey, where's those hot babes I met last night when I was drunk?"
Your Phone: "I deleted them, trust me, you don't want to see what you did last night."
The new-tek version of "Chewing your arm off".
Another use for picture-cell phones: Over-exposed schoolgirl victim of high-tech bullying
Admittedly, there may be 10 or less that are worthy of a visit, or can justify their reason to be, but far more often than not, I don't see the point. "Everyone Can Be A Publisher", but I question, Should They?
Over-exposed schoolgirl victim of high-tech bullying
1. There still isn't enough good stuff to incite me to want to do this, yet.
2. I use Linux, so Microsoft won't work with my stuff anyway.
3. Excessive consumerism-no one really needs one of these, it is just more marketing hype by the Redmond Bug Factory. Instead, why not spend the money on helping Open-source projects. Take 10% of what you spend on Microsoft and other proprietary software/hardware, and the quality of open-source will improve dramatically.
Hospital computer makes fatal error Hmmm, Windows?
Over-exposed schoolgirl victim of high-tech bullying
These are the kinds of ideas I'm looking for, like the "Project Mayhem" stuff from the film Fight Club. I used to get junk faxes, and after awhile I'd copy them and tape them together in a loop, and feed it in on a friday night, late. Other times I'd reply, one very large letter to a page. A friend used to return all faxes in black.
So, I pay the phone company, they sell my name and number, then I have to pay them to block spammers? No thanks!
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How many mouse nuts does it take to make 12 pounds of mouse nuts?
How many mice does it take to make 12 pounds of mouse nuts? And why are people eating them?
Man Gets 70mpg in Homemade Car-Made from a Mainframe Computer
IT'S A TELEVISION SHOW. Turn off the TV and go outside and play with your friends, or make some new ones. You'll either get over it, or die.
But it sure could be.
Man Gets 70mpg in Homemade Car-Made from a Mainframe Computer
Man Gets 70mpg in Homemade Car-Made from a Mainframe Computer
Man Gets 70mpg in Homemade Car-Made from a Mainframe Computer
Man Gets 70mpg in Homemade Car-Made from a Mainframe Computer
This computer is hotter and louder than any: Man Gets 70mpg in Homemade Car-Made from a Mainframe Computer
Lets just hope we the people manage to stay one step ahead of them.
Louisiana prosecutors rebuked for wearing 'noose' ties in court
You are angry because you know the truth.
Heres a much faster browser: Man Gets 70mpg in Homemade Car-Made from a Mainframe Computer
That said, it really just a variation of the same thing. I bought some nice, tall server towers, in black, for next to nothing at an auction, threw in all new gear, from power supply to extra fans, and everything in between. Total cost (because I installed Linux)- $500 each. I'll bet my rack of black boxes are more impressive than a pimp-puter with lights. Also, I don't give a rats ass what other people think about my setup. I have to admin it, and use it. An extra hole in the side and some lights do not improve my efficiency. Sure, I'd prefer a direct neural interlink, and a secondary interface like Romy (the AI on Andromeda), and a bioprocessor, and and...
C'mon, people, lets see something like the pumkin 'puter, only smarter. I've got a project I'm working on, and no, it doesn't use wood. All these smart minds, and all we get are case mods. I want to see case RADS!
"As of Monday, you will fear me,"
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Having said that, consider what organisms have been around for the previous 250 million years, and why:
Tube worms, mosquitos, reptiles, dragonflies, and my faves, the octopus and cockroach, to name but a few.
That's how animals will look 250 million years from now.
I often wonder if corporations like BBC aren't too quick to just chuck a long-running series without attempting changes, even radical ones (like the poster who suggested nudity, which was my first thought-but in a 'remove the stodginess' sort of way.
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