First off it's easy to decline when you're the world leader to begin with. Unfortunately in an age where the Internet is taking over, and unlimited possibilities for learning present themselves, the protectionists in the Bush administration are having their way with Americans. What kind of an insane world leader would suggest that we have to fight religious extremists, and then in the next breath insists that he supports Christian ideology being taught in the 21st Century science classroom?
I find I can make a more current and better CD than OpenCD, and I'd encourage other geeks to compile their own Open Software CDs, and recommend software to their friends. If they're looking to record sounds, use Audacity. If they want to borrow your Word CD, show them Open Office 1.9.122.
If they want to rip their CD collection, install CDex for them and show them the CDDB button, then press F9.
For 90% of people, they'd benefit from going to sleep at a time closer to when the sun sets, and getting up about the time it rises. The other 10% have found ways to get around doing that, and remain healthy, but I'm certain that a majority of society's ills come at least in part from sleep deprivation.
Wearing out your brain is a physically demaning job, I don't deny that. Real energy is expended through serious thinking, but I think you're having trouble falling asleep at night not because your brain isn't worn out, but rather because your body isn't worn out. How much physical activity do you do in a day? Are you biking for about 30 minutes, walking for 45 minutes, or working outdoors for a few hours? If not then you're probably not getting enough physical activity, and if you did you'd find you'd fall asleep after being in bed for 30 minutes or much much less. When I was younger I had trouble falling alseep the first hour I was in bed, so I read and daydreamed. Now that I'm not getting enough sleep, and I bike about 20 minutes a day at least, I can get to sleep in minutes.
" You could go to sleep at 4am and still be refreshed the next morning... Err... Afternoon."
I don't find that personally. When I go to sleep about 4 hours late at 4AM, even if I sleep until noon, the day never seems quite right. I think it has more to do with getting to bed at a regular time, and also getting enough hours to have a restful and rejuvenating sleep, than simply getting the hours in.
Just try being productive or creative on a day you got up after staying up past when you usually go to sleep.
You could try pouring distilled water into the keyboard, while it's unplugged naturally, and let it sit for a while then drain it. It should remove the stickiness, and not leave any residue or rust the connections if you're fortunate.
My first traumatic computer injury was in about 1996, when I was attempting to remove an ISA card from a 486, and I was rocking the card using my hand on the card to pull, and my index finger to rock the metal plate. Well the card popped out suddenly, and my finger slid up the hole for the interface at the back, and the edge was sharper than any other I'd encountered before, and I had a [small] chunk of my finger flopping around and bleeding more than most bad paper cuts do.
I've since injured my thumbnail while removing a metal bezel cover the incorrect way, and had various knocks and scrapes inside the case while removing power or IDE cables mostly.
One thing the media should have asked Bush about his contention that hurting an embryo is like taking a human life, is when the trafficing of human life isn't a crime in the USA. Why are sperm banks and invitro fertilization legal if doctors are accepting money to enslave an embryo to a human female?
And why aren't embryos issued Social Security numbers, and how come they don't have legal names? Obviously women should be required to name their fetus as soon as they are aware they are pregnant, and begin the process of documenting the new life so that the government can begin taxation and prepare for the new arrival.
Of course this whole post is just a touch sarcastic.
Hi, I just had to correct you that the CFL uses yards just like American football. Essentially the differences are there are 110 yards in the length between endzones, there are 3 downs, the ball is a bit bigger, the endzones are bigger, the field wider, goalposts at the front of the endzones, and the salaries are a lot smaller.
But since a game designer can do whatever they want, they could invent their own style football game to make things more interesting.
Almost nobody in America maybe, but that's only because they haven't been made to think they can understand the games. Most video games are a mystery when you first start playing that, but that's part of the fun is learning something new and following either a story or a competition of which you don't know the outcome. And who says they have to make the rules authentic, they can spice things up, or simplify however they want, and aren't dragged down by the rules baggage that would come with the NFL. You'd have some football geek complaining that you can't do a chop block if they allowed that as a legal play, for instance, but where the "fan" doesn't know the rules, anything can go.
" most people who'd buy this, still have the very playable (I suppose) Madden 2005."
I guess you answered what the gaming companies have to do. They have to provide an RIAA like solution, and DRM the game so that it can only be played during the year it is purchased for and after that it will come up with a message that you need to purchase an upgrade for it to maintain its game-like authenticity in both players and stats.
Instead of making NFL games, the gaming companies should focus on unheralded games like the Canadian Football League, and Aussie Rules football. Then people can learn a new sport, have a good time in front of their TV, and be a little more worldly than just another Joe that talks about Monday Night.
"The principal would probably be brought up on charges for loosing thousands of dollars worth of school equipment."
Granted their security was loose, but I didn't know you could be charged with a loose security policy in the school.
It's still not reasonable for someone to take equipment they know isn't theirs, in a building that isn't theirs. But we're talking about laptops with passwords provided, and the laptops were in the students home in the guise of being learning tools. If I didn't have the password to a computer, I'd find a harder time learning how to use it.
"It's like if I were to always leave my keys in the ignition of my car: plain stupid."
Hardly accurate.
It's as if you lended your car to a friend and told them they could learn in it, but couldn't drive it anywhere, but you taped the key to the dashboard.
Why even bother with the videos? You can have a static screen made to look like a BSOD, and save on power and give the real LCD to a needy 9 year old learning how to send naked pictures over MSN Messenger now that you're not alive to watch that they don't do that.
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First off it's easy to decline when you're the world leader to begin with. Unfortunately in an age where the Internet is taking over, and unlimited possibilities for learning present themselves, the protectionists in the Bush administration are having their way with Americans. What kind of an insane world leader would suggest that we have to fight religious extremists, and then in the next breath insists that he supports Christian ideology being taught in the 21st Century science classroom?
http://www.theopencd.org/
Is a common link when a topic like this comes up.
I find I can make a more current and better CD than OpenCD, and I'd encourage other geeks to compile their own Open Software CDs, and recommend software to their friends. If they're looking to record sounds, use Audacity. If they want to borrow your Word CD, show them Open Office 1.9.122.
If they want to rip their CD collection, install CDex for them and show them the CDDB button, then press F9.
"I had a cellphone go through the washing machine before."
I'm fairly certain that cleaning method isn't in the phone's owner manual. You might want to read it again.
Usually they suggest wiping the phone with a damp cloth and no cleaning solutions. Tide is a pretty harsh detergent and could foul your electronics.
(Yes I know you washed it by accident, just teasing.)
For 90% of people, they'd benefit from going to sleep at a time closer to when the sun sets, and getting up about the time it rises. The other 10% have found ways to get around doing that, and remain healthy, but I'm certain that a majority of society's ills come at least in part from sleep deprivation.
Wearing out your brain is a physically demaning job, I don't deny that. Real energy is expended through serious thinking, but I think you're having trouble falling asleep at night not because your brain isn't worn out, but rather because your body isn't worn out. How much physical activity do you do in a day? Are you biking for about 30 minutes, walking for 45 minutes, or working outdoors for a few hours? If not then you're probably not getting enough physical activity, and if you did you'd find you'd fall asleep after being in bed for 30 minutes or much much less. When I was younger I had trouble falling alseep the first hour I was in bed, so I read and daydreamed. Now that I'm not getting enough sleep, and I bike about 20 minutes a day at least, I can get to sleep in minutes.
"
You could go to sleep at 4am and still be refreshed the next morning... Err... Afternoon."
I don't find that personally. When I go to sleep about 4 hours late at 4AM, even if I sleep until noon, the day never seems quite right. I think it has more to do with getting to bed at a regular time, and also getting enough hours to have a restful and rejuvenating sleep, than simply getting the hours in.
Just try being productive or creative on a day you got up after staying up past when you usually go to sleep.
If I stopped reading slashdot until 12:00AM that would help with my sleep deprivation, without the use of drugs.
I have a feeling most other computer users would find the same benefits from turning off their computers at 10:00PM.
"NB: this happened three times and after the third time and the purchase of my x800 xt I moved back to fans"
He pulled the pipe out 3 times? Time to get a new "friend" I think.
You could try pouring distilled water into the keyboard, while it's unplugged naturally, and let it sit for a while then drain it. It should remove the stickiness, and not leave any residue or rust the connections if you're fortunate.
My first traumatic computer injury was in about 1996, when I was attempting to remove an ISA card from a 486, and I was rocking the card using my hand on the card to pull, and my index finger to rock the metal plate. Well the card popped out suddenly, and my finger slid up the hole for the interface at the back, and the edge was sharper than any other I'd encountered before, and I had a [small] chunk of my finger flopping around and bleeding more than most bad paper cuts do.
I've since injured my thumbnail while removing a metal bezel cover the incorrect way, and had various knocks and scrapes inside the case while removing power or IDE cables mostly.
Someone should posted a MIDI version of Taps.
One thing the media should have asked Bush about his contention that hurting an embryo is like taking a human life, is when the trafficing of human life isn't a crime in the USA. Why are sperm banks and invitro fertilization legal if doctors are accepting money to enslave an embryo to a human female?
And why aren't embryos issued Social Security numbers, and how come they don't have legal names? Obviously women should be required to name their fetus as soon as they are aware they are pregnant, and begin the process of documenting the new life so that the government can begin taxation and prepare for the new arrival.
Of course this whole post is just a touch sarcastic.
Err, live long and prosper Captain, I mean.
Trek fans should check out http://www.newvoyages.com/ too if you like indie Trek TV.
Hi,
I just had to correct you that the CFL uses yards just like American football. Essentially the differences are there are 110 yards in the length between endzones, there are 3 downs, the ball is a bit bigger, the endzones are bigger, the field wider, goalposts at the front of the endzones, and the salaries are a lot smaller.
But since a game designer can do whatever they want, they could invent their own style football game to make things more interesting.
Almost nobody in America maybe, but that's only because they haven't been made to think they can understand the games. Most video games are a mystery when you first start playing that, but that's part of the fun is learning something new and following either a story or a competition of which you don't know the outcome. And who says they have to make the rules authentic, they can spice things up, or simplify however they want, and aren't dragged down by the rules baggage that would come with the NFL. You'd have some football geek complaining that you can't do a chop block if they allowed that as a legal play, for instance, but where the "fan" doesn't know the rules, anything can go.
" most people who'd buy this, still have the very playable (I suppose) Madden 2005."
I guess you answered what the gaming companies have to do. They have to provide an RIAA like solution, and DRM the game so that it can only be played during the year it is purchased for and after that it will come up with a message that you need to purchase an upgrade for it to maintain its game-like authenticity in both players and stats.
Instead of making NFL games, the gaming companies should focus on unheralded games like the Canadian Football League, and Aussie Rules football. Then people can learn a new sport, have a good time in front of their TV, and be a little more worldly than just another Joe that talks about Monday Night.
" Buffering..."
Is that what the door says to Cowboyneal when it attempts to open to the correct girth for his oversized bottom?
It seems a new troll has developed, where someone can create a Wiki forward link to another Wiki topic.
"The principal would probably be brought up on charges for loosing thousands of dollars worth of school equipment."
Granted their security was loose, but I didn't know you could be charged with a loose security policy in the school.
It's still not reasonable for someone to take equipment they know isn't theirs, in a building that isn't theirs. But we're talking about laptops with passwords provided, and the laptops were in the students home in the guise of being learning tools. If I didn't have the password to a computer, I'd find a harder time learning how to use it.
Don't forget John Denver, you insensitive clod!
I for one welcome our singing wing aircraft overlords.
"It's like if I were to always leave my keys in the ignition of my car: plain stupid."
Hardly accurate.
It's as if you lended your car to a friend and told them they could learn in it, but couldn't drive it anywhere, but you taped the key to the dashboard.
" segmentation fault"
Does that mean you're a failed organ donor, or that you died of excessive amputation?
Why even bother with the videos? You can have a static screen made to look like a BSOD, and save on power and give the real LCD to a needy 9 year old learning how to send naked pictures over MSN Messenger now that you're not alive to watch that they don't do that.
.. Of Death.
After all it's the Blue Screen
" I'll be the first person to receive a C&D from beyond the grave :-)"
You wouldn't be the first. About a year ago, a dead grandmother got a C&D letter from the RIAA. Look it up on google News to verify this.
" Umm, you *do* realize who you're correcting, right?"
I don't. But since you were moderated as funny, I'll have to guess it's someone central to creating Linux.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Cox