Kudos to those that can solve a Rubik's Cube.
Hats off to those who can do it in under 15 minutes.
I bow to those who can do it in under 5 minutes.
I am humbled by those who can do so while drunk.
But the prize goes to the sysadmin I once worked with who figured out, in under 2 minutes, while drunk, that I had switched a couple of stickers in the hopes of driving him insane.
My first CD purchase was The Beatles - Revolver in 1987. It still plays flawlessly to this day. I've never had a CD since that has failed to play unless I lent it to my brother (from the looks of them, he used them as scouring pads to clean his dirty pots).
Attention DJ Dangermouse and any other enterprising artist out there - feel free to sample from my band's repertoire. In fact, I dare you to make something useful out of this.
Ok, I retract my previous post. Once the CRIA throws these 29 guys in prison, can I then get my CD-R levy rebate?:)
Presumably, I would then have no source of shared CRIA content in which to burn to CD-Rs other than my own, which I shouldn't have to pay a levy for as it falls under fair use.
I'm sure I probably downloaded a song or two beforehand, I don't remember. But I immediately set about digitizing my old cassette archive of Artificial Migraine sessions from 1987 and burned them to a CD-R (probably cost me about $8 at the time). The only downside was that I encoded at 128kps - not that the material really deserved any better, but it isn't really "archive" quality.
Anyhow, the funny thing is I dug out the CD-R a few months back and it still works flawlessly, so I loaded up Cool Edit Pro and set about cleaning up, remixing and remastering the entire collection. I ended up with a 2-CD set, complete with cover art, spray-painted CD-label and liner notes - quite a limited edition:). I mailed a copy out to my old bandmates for a surprise Christmas gift - they shit their pants when they opened it.
Sure enough, the CD-Rs were mostly unplayable - they just don't make them like they used to and they didn't hold up to sitting in a cold mailbag for a few days, I guess. I ended up re-ripping the CDs and recreating the album as a web-site just so they could hear the end result of all my work.
Fortunately, I just took the web server down yesterday after I found that one of my buddies was spending too much time trying to hack into it. Good thing - I would have been temped to post the URL here and would be setting myself up for one hell of a slashdotting:)
That's a tough sell to someone who just just spent their life savings (or debt) earning a now- worthless tech degree.
Finding new skills costs money. It's quite scary when your skills are rendered obsolete faster than your ability to pay off the debt earned to acquire such skills.
I still remember the goosebumps I had when I first viewed the Phantom Menace teaser trailer. Keep in mind that this is before you actually heard Jar Jar open his mouth.
The soundtrack was all original-trilogy, the story looked promising, the opening, with the Gungans walking through the mist...the battles and characters all looked really cool. Man, I thought this was going to be the most kick-ass movie ever.
Then I saw the movie and was completely underwhelmed. Still, I have to give credit to the editors of that trailer - it still kicks ass.
"With its heavy load of instruments, the spacecraft would have to be at least 300 feet long. The nuclear reactor and the instruments would have to be at opposite ends of the craft -- widely separated by scaffolding to protect the instruments from the reactor's radiation."
I was surprised Lucas didn't edit the basket chase scene on the Raiders of the Lost Ark DVD so that the swordsman shoots first.
I can just picture it:
Indy finds himself in the middle of a crowded market square, searching frantically for a sign of the thugs carrying Marion off.
The crowd disperses except for a single man, standing there twirling a sword (digitally converted to a gun) in an impressive display of talent. Suddenly the sword(now gun)man fires at Indy, but Indy (in a really bad Photoshop kind of edit) dodges the bullet and returns fire, killing the sword(now gun)man in self-defense.
Children around the world cheer the new "family-oriented" Indiana Jones on his happy fun quest to search for the Lost Ark that is is being held by the evil(now friendly and cuddly) Nazis(now Ewoks).
Not only is the internet full of useful reference material, but I value it immensely for opinions/critiques/experiences.
How often do you check on the 'net prior to making a purchase these days? I do almost every time and it likely saved me from several potential poor investments on anything from automobiles, pet care, health products, lawn care - you name it.
I actually read a resume once of a developer who stated his goal was to be the greatest developer on the planet.
We were stumped on how one would actually certify such a claim. Is there a ranking somewhere? I wonder where I rank. I guess we need a professional league where stats, etc can be maintained. At the very least, I could use an agent when it comes time for negotiating.
>>Still, on the bright side, the record company is paying good money (or it's ill-gotten gains, depending on how you look at it) to license the "copy protection," er... system, and it's associated software. Which means less money for them, and the RIAA! Hurrah!
And, unfortunately, less money for the unsuspecting artist, who probably has no idea this is being applied to their work.
I've used a Kinesis (original model) for the past 8 years and can say that it has prolonged my career (pending offshore outsourcing). This ergonomical gem (complete with footpedals) has stopped carpal tunnel symptoms completely, if not reversed progression.
As Charlton Heston would say, "From my cold dead hands".
Slashdot Mirror
Bah, you had it easy.
In my day, we had to chisel the blocks from a tree to build our Start Trek base.
And we liked it.
Kudos to those that can solve a Rubik's Cube.
Hats off to those who can do it in under 15 minutes.
I bow to those who can do it in under 5 minutes.
I am humbled by those who can do so while drunk.
But the prize goes to the sysadmin I once worked with who figured out, in under 2 minutes, while drunk, that I had switched a couple of stickers in the hopes of driving him insane.
FYI, All but one scene (George didn't say which one) of Ep. I was shot on film He didn't go digital until Ep. II.
My first CD purchase was The Beatles - Revolver in 1987. It still plays flawlessly to this day. I've never had a CD since that has failed to play unless I lent it to my brother (from the looks of them, he used them as scouring pads to clean his dirty pots).
Friday, eh? I'll stick to Ultimate Elimination Challenge.It has better writing and character development than the last couple of Trek series.
Extreme Makeover - Mesh Algorithms with Pseudo-fractal Post-processing Edition.
Attention DJ Dangermouse and any other enterprising artist out there - feel free to sample from my band's repertoire. In fact, I dare you to make something useful out of this.
Presumably, I would then have no source of shared CRIA content in which to burn to CD-Rs other than my own, which I shouldn't have to pay a levy for as it falls under fair use.
Does this mean the CRIA is going to rebate or cancel the levies I pay on every CD-R I buy so that I can presumably burn CRIA content?
Anyhow, the funny thing is I dug out the CD-R a few months back and it still works flawlessly, so I loaded up Cool Edit Pro and set about cleaning up, remixing and remastering the entire collection. I ended up with a 2-CD set, complete with cover art, spray-painted CD-label and liner notes - quite a limited edition :). I mailed a copy out to my old bandmates for a surprise Christmas gift - they shit their pants when they opened it.
Sure enough, the CD-Rs were mostly unplayable - they just don't make them like they used to and they didn't hold up to sitting in a cold mailbag for a few days, I guess. I ended up re-ripping the CDs and recreating the album as a web-site just so they could hear the end result of all my work.
Fortunately, I just took the web server down yesterday after I found that one of my buddies was spending too much time trying to hack into it. Good thing - I would have been temped to post the URL here and would be setting myself up for one hell of a slashdotting :)
They're an awesome Canadian band. Check them out
Finding new skills costs money. It's quite scary when your skills are rendered obsolete faster than your ability to pay off the debt earned to acquire such skills.
The soundtrack was all original-trilogy, the story looked promising, the opening, with the Gungans walking through the mist...the battles and characters all looked really cool. Man, I thought this was going to be the most kick-ass movie ever.
Then I saw the movie and was completely underwhelmed. Still, I have to give credit to the editors of that trailer - it still kicks ass.
That's because we were supposed to have run out of oil by now but haven't. Therefore, the technology will remain "in safe hands".
You're a thief... and a MUUURDEEREER.
I'll frag your ass on my PII-350, which was relatively new when QIII was released.
"With its heavy load of instruments, the spacecraft would have to be at least 300 feet long. The nuclear reactor and the instruments would have to be at opposite ends of the craft -- widely separated by scaffolding to protect the instruments from the reactor's radiation."
Then you know what to expect next. Feel the burn of a good server slashdotting.
I can just picture it:
Indy finds himself in the middle of a crowded market square, searching frantically for a sign of the thugs carrying Marion off.
The crowd disperses except for a single man, standing there twirling a sword (digitally converted to a gun) in an impressive display of talent. Suddenly the sword(now gun)man fires at Indy, but Indy (in a really bad Photoshop kind of edit) dodges the bullet and returns fire, killing the sword(now gun)man in self-defense.
Children around the world cheer the new "family-oriented" Indiana Jones on his happy fun quest to search for the Lost Ark that is is being held by the evil(now friendly and cuddly) Nazis(now Ewoks).
Whenever I get a Microsoft patch upgrade notice, I immediately drop what I'm doi
How often do you check on the 'net prior to making a purchase these days? I do almost every time and it likely saved me from several potential poor investments on anything from automobiles, pet care, health products, lawn care - you name it.
We were stumped on how one would actually certify such a claim. Is there a ranking somewhere? I wonder where I rank. I guess we need a professional league where stats, etc can be maintained. At the very least, I could use an agent when it comes time for negotiating.
And, unfortunately, less money for the unsuspecting artist, who probably has no idea this is being applied to their work.
Correction - the inflated price is the main reason - but this is yet another incentive to spend my money on something more worthwhile.
I like both bands, but I will not support this behaviour by their labels.I've used a Kinesis (original model) for the past 8 years and can say that it has prolonged my career (pending offshore outsourcing). This ergonomical gem (complete with footpedals) has stopped carpal tunnel symptoms completely, if not reversed progression.
As Charlton Heston would say, "From my cold dead hands".