Am I the only one who likes cubes? * I hate seeing anybody else, leave me to my own world and I can space-out and do the job better. I wish I was in a cube at my current job. (4-man open bullpen/closet with 2 desks, 2 PC's and 2 phones.) A cube would be an UPGRADE!
*I only like the cubes that allow me to see the 'door' when sitting. Nothing is worse then sitting in a cube and not seeing people standing behind you. (yes I have a mirror taped to my monitor, I tell people it's because I enjoy the company.)
Taco himself scrapes the bottom of the story-barrel.
Back on topic though; considering the fact that the 'fragile' nature of ceramic has always been an issue, this research should open up some great possibilites in other fields that depend on ceramics.
I know the traditional setup and design of music production follows the concert setting, (the entire band in front of you) but have you ever heard a good recording where the band surrounds you?
It is incredibly enjoyable. I will use AC/DC Back in Black to illustrate.
Lead vocals - front center Drums rear left Lead Guitar - front left (untill Angus starts moving around) Bass front right
So if you close your eyes it feels like the band is all around you. It is very unfortunate that very few records are recorded like this, it gives any song an incredible amount of depth.
I find it somewhat ironic that Capitalism is the cancer of Democracy.
Of the people, by the people, for the people.*
*replace people for money or *only for people with money
All forms of government fail because they all forget to factor in 1 key element. Human Nature.
Communism doesn't work because some people will realize that they don't have to work hard and still get the same benefits. Democracy doesn't work because of greed. Socalist governments don't work for the combined reasons of above. Monarcy doesn't work because you are the victim to the whims of 1 person.
It seems like it's a lot like the prison system,
It's broken, it doesn't work, we need something better. It's the best we have.
Ok, I give up. You two (Gnome & KDE) can just stop fighting over me. You have won.
I started out (RedHat v5.2) hating Gnome with a passion. So I checked out what my choices were (thank-god for Linux) and moved on to KDE. I loved the options and the configurability....years later...
Ok I can't stand XP anymore. I'm "grown-up" enough to stop playing games and doing something constructive with my PC so let's give Debian a try for a desktop.
Well I see that Gnome is still spoon-feeding me, that took 10 minutes, so let's give KDE a whirl. Love the tools hate the wrapper. Hello IRC, can sombody suggest a different WM/DE?
Wow IceWM now you are talking!!!! Cool XFce even better...
Geez I wish Debian would hurry up and update the kernel, I NEED THOSE PATCHES OR I CRASH! Hello Ubuntu! Well I know that I hate Gnome, KDE isn't installing right... Where is IceWM? Hey look XFce.
Shit not working right. ---format---reinstall---etc lather-rise-repeat
3 attempts later.
Fine! I'll try this default stuff. woah, it works. I hate this thing. Geez it is working though.,
My solution: I mostly run KDE-based apps in the Gnome DE. (While wishing XFCe would work 100%.) Gnome has won the "It just works" contest for me.
MP3 Players come in all shapes and sizes, that's why our editors decided to compile a list of the "Top 10 Strangest MP3 Players" for your enjoyment. 10. Teddy Bear MP3 Player
This makes our list because...well...it's a teddy bear shaped MP3 player! The keys look almost too tiny to press and it only comes with 128MB built-in memory. 9. Clip Type MP3 Player
For the person who easily loses things, this clip type MP3 player is for you. Measuring 25.6 x 53.2 x 22.6mm and weighing just 20g, it can be clipped just about anywhere. 8. $5 Cereal Box MP3 Player
Coming soon to a vending machine near you. These $5 MP3 players are shaped like mini cereal boxes and play all your favorite MP3 and WMA tracks. At this price, don't expect it to hold more than a few songs.
[TechDigest] 7. Magic Mirror MP3 Player
Shenzhen Xindaxin Technology Co. Ltd. claims that the "screen can be used as a mirror". Other perks include, MP3 playback/recording, FM tuner, and synchronized lyrics.
[StrangeNewProducts] 6. Scented MP3 Players
Who wants a rose, lemon, chocolate, blueberry, strawberry, or rasberry scented MP3 player? Check out the iCool by Solid Alliance.
[AkihabaraNews] 5. Brain Wave MP3 Player
CURE-alpha is an MP3 player that supposedly emits alpha waves which calm and rejuvinate the brain. They are transmitted at very low frequencies while listening to MP3/WMA files.
[I4U] 4.Minty MP3
This is actually an MP3 player you can build yourself. Minty claims that half of the parts can be sampled for free, meaning you'll only end up spending around $50 along with countless hours of brain wracking.
[Minty] 3. NES Controller MP3 Player
Martin Kersch of Germany made great use of a boring Saturday afternoon by transforming an ordinary USB Stick and NES Controller into a fully functional battery powered MP3 Player.
[FutureNews] 2. MP3 Toilet
Technically, it's not a stand alone MP3 player, but rather one that works with your toilet. This SD memory based player attaches to the wall above your toilet and includes a special receiver that goes under the toilet seat, how sanitary.
[Akihabara] 1. PEZ MP3 Player
At first glance, it looks like any other PEZ dispenser, but upon furthur inspection, you'll find a 3.5mm stereo mini jack and music keys. It packs an ample 512MB memory and weighs just 0.78 ounces.
What Canadian companies do you deal with? I would love to find one that I trust.
atic.ca - Poor delivery standards (retail box wrapped in brown paper), great prices. tigerdirect.ca - Evil all the way around bigfootcomputers - small selection, decent shipping, 'feels like a basement operation'.
Hell, I have used many more but have blocked the experience from my memory. I used to LOVE canada.com before they were bought by Global.
With all the Hollywood greed and current excitment over fantasy-style movies I deeply hope WoT never gets made into a movie. To many religious undertones, (not like Narnia wasn't full of those); to much like politics of who/what is running the White Tower.
The Feminists would riot over the way the Red Ajaih are depicted. The only "monsters" that Hollywood would like are they Trollics, and they are not a big-enough part of the story.
I love the books, I hope it never gets made into a movie.
In my previous job my desk was against the wall in a warehouse. People walking up behind me all the time. Servers spread-out across 3 desks, Cat5 cables hanging down from the ceiling.
No heat in Winter (Hey this is Ontario it does get cold!) No air in Summer (Hey this is Ontario it does get hot!)
The only way I could impove my situation; wait for somebody to get canned & steal their desk. By the time somebody noticed I had been there for a few months and 'entrenched'. =)
I think this is funny. Like a Mafia hitman offering "Protection Insurance". Or a car-salesman offering a car dirt-cheap, but if you want a seat-belt and bumpers, well those are "Extras".
Actually no. Windows (hrm, Linux =) mousing is normal.
I guess it is because all of my gaming experience started with a joystick, (even the early FPS-style; like Descent) so 90% of the time I was used to airplane navigation.
When I started using a mouse to FPS, it seemed natural to continue the joystick style of play. If I hop on a buddies computer and try to use the mouse I am fubar.
I have always turned off most of the HUDs on my FPS games. The only HUD that I want/need to keep is the crosshair, without it I find that I usually cok my head to the side and try to look down the barrel of the gun (and end-up missing the target because the gun never actually points at where the crosshairs go.)
I actually take it ever further, I will remove the gun too. I find I am a better player if I only have the crosshairs.
My point: make them an option that you can turn on/off. OBTW, what the hell are some of these people thinking by not including an option to invert the mouse axis?!?!?!
I can only play with an "airplane" style Y-axis (you push the mouse forward; and the plane dives down/FPS gun points toward the ground), I will admit that I am probable in the minority but for the love of all that is decent in the world, LET ME CHOOSE if I want an inverted mouse!
I have been loving the use of 2 screens to play NeverWinter nights. You can almost see around corners with it.
What I would donate a kidney for is the ability to use 3 screens. I have tried using Nvidia PCI & AGP cards in the same box, but I am never able to get past POST (all screens black).
If anybody has a suggestion I would love to hear it.
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Am I the only one who likes cubes? *
I hate seeing anybody else, leave me to my own world and I can space-out and do the job better. I wish I was in a cube at my current job. (4-man open bullpen/closet with 2 desks, 2 PC's and 2 phones.) A cube would be an UPGRADE!
*I only like the cubes that allow me to see the 'door' when sitting. Nothing is worse then sitting in a cube and not seeing people standing behind you. (yes I have a mirror taped to my monitor, I tell people it's because I enjoy the company.)
"220, 240. Whatever it takes."
Would it not be easier to translate the spoken words into text?
Taco himself scrapes the bottom of the story-barrel.
Back on topic though; considering the fact that the 'fragile' nature of ceramic has always been an issue, this research should open up some great possibilites in other fields that depend on ceramics.
I know the traditional setup and design of music production follows the concert setting, (the entire band in front of you) but have you ever heard a good recording where the band surrounds you?
It is incredibly enjoyable. I will use AC/DC Back in Black to illustrate.
Lead vocals - front center
Drums rear left
Lead Guitar - front left (untill Angus starts moving around)
Bass front right
So if you close your eyes it feels like the band is all around you. It is very unfortunate that very few records are recorded like this, it gives any song an incredible amount of depth.
What are you?
An All-Girl Senior Citizens Band?
Atari 2600 and NES.
Why?
They are square and painfull!
I have been making a habit of buying games that support Linux out of the box. NeverWinter Nights, Unreal Tourney, etc..
Considering how linux-centric this site is, would it be difficult to add the titles that are 'supposed' to work with linux in the summary?
I find it somewhat ironic that Capitalism is the cancer of Democracy.
Of the people, by the people, for the people.*
*replace people for money
or
*only for people with money
All forms of government fail because they all forget to factor in 1 key element. Human Nature.
Communism doesn't work because some people will realize that they don't have to work hard and still get the same benefits.
Democracy doesn't work because of greed.
Socalist governments don't work for the combined reasons of above.
Monarcy doesn't work because you are the victim to the whims of 1 person.
It seems like it's a lot like the prison system,
It's broken, it doesn't work, we need something better.
It's the best we have.
Jobs not recruiters..
Ok, I give up. You two (Gnome & KDE) can just stop fighting over me. You have won.
...years later...
I started out (RedHat v5.2) hating Gnome with a passion. So I checked out what my choices were (thank-god for Linux) and moved on to KDE. I loved the options and the configurability.
Ok I can't stand XP anymore. I'm "grown-up" enough to stop playing games and doing something constructive with my PC so let's give Debian a try for a desktop.
Well I see that Gnome is still spoon-feeding me, that took 10 minutes, so let's give KDE a whirl.
Love the tools hate the wrapper.
Hello IRC, can sombody suggest a different WM/DE?
Wow IceWM now you are talking!!!!
Cool XFce even better...
Geez I wish Debian would hurry up and update the kernel, I NEED THOSE PATCHES OR I CRASH!
Hello Ubuntu!
Well I know that I hate Gnome, KDE isn't installing right... Where is IceWM? Hey look XFce.
Shit not working right.
---format---reinstall---etc
lather-rise-repeat
3 attempts later.
Fine! I'll try this default stuff.
woah, it works.
I hate this thing.
Geez it is working though.,
My solution: I mostly run KDE-based apps in the Gnome DE. (While wishing XFCe would work 100%.)
Gnome has won the "It just works" contest for me.
Congrats on the release guys. Good Job.
Mirror:t ech-gadget/top-10-strangest-mp3-players/
http://www.techeblog.com.nyud.net:8080/index.php/
Article Text:
MP3 Players come in all shapes and sizes, that's why our editors decided to compile a list of the "Top 10 Strangest MP3 Players" for your enjoyment.
10. Teddy Bear MP3 Player
This makes our list because...well...it's a teddy bear shaped MP3 player! The keys look almost too tiny to press and it only comes with 128MB built-in memory.
9. Clip Type MP3 Player
For the person who easily loses things, this clip type MP3 player is for you. Measuring 25.6 x 53.2 x 22.6mm and weighing just 20g, it can be clipped just about anywhere.
8. $5 Cereal Box MP3 Player
Coming soon to a vending machine near you. These $5 MP3 players are shaped like mini cereal boxes and play all your favorite MP3 and WMA tracks. At this price, don't expect it to hold more than a few songs.
[TechDigest]
7. Magic Mirror MP3 Player
Shenzhen Xindaxin Technology Co. Ltd. claims that the "screen can be used as a mirror". Other perks include, MP3 playback/recording, FM tuner, and synchronized lyrics.
[StrangeNewProducts]
6. Scented MP3 Players
Who wants a rose, lemon, chocolate, blueberry, strawberry, or rasberry scented MP3 player? Check out the iCool by Solid Alliance.
[AkihabaraNews]
5. Brain Wave MP3 Player
CURE-alpha is an MP3 player that supposedly emits alpha waves which calm and rejuvinate the brain. They are transmitted at very low frequencies while listening to MP3/WMA files.
[I4U]
4.Minty MP3
This is actually an MP3 player you can build yourself. Minty claims that half of the parts can be sampled for free, meaning you'll only end up spending around $50 along with countless hours of brain wracking.
[Minty]
3. NES Controller MP3 Player
Martin Kersch of Germany made great use of a boring Saturday afternoon by transforming an ordinary USB Stick and NES Controller into a fully functional battery powered MP3 Player.
[FutureNews]
2. MP3 Toilet
Technically, it's not a stand alone MP3 player, but rather one that works with your toilet. This SD memory based player attaches to the wall above your toilet and includes a special receiver that goes under the toilet seat, how sanitary.
[Akihabara]
1. PEZ MP3 Player
At first glance, it looks like any other PEZ dispenser, but upon furthur inspection, you'll find a 3.5mm stereo mini jack and music keys. It packs an ample 512MB memory and weighs just 0.78 ounces.
Louis Wu unavailable for comment.
What Canadian companies do you deal with? I would love to find one that I trust.
atic.ca - Poor delivery standards (retail box wrapped in brown paper), great prices.
tigerdirect.ca - Evil all the way around
bigfootcomputers - small selection, decent shipping, 'feels like a basement operation'.
Hell, I have used many more but have blocked the experience from my memory.
I used to LOVE canada.com before they were bought by Global.
Wheel of Time.
With all the Hollywood greed and current excitment over fantasy-style movies I deeply hope WoT never gets made into a movie.
To many religious undertones, (not like Narnia wasn't full of those); to much like politics of who/what is running the White Tower.
The Feminists would riot over the way the Red Ajaih are depicted.
The only "monsters" that Hollywood would like are they Trollics, and they are not a big-enough part of the story.
I love the books, I hope it never gets made into a movie.
Old school:
C64 - Space Taxi
C64 - Steel Thunder
Dos - SeaWolf
Modern:
Dos/Win - MOO2
Dos/Win - Civ2
XP'ish - Tribes 1 & 2
If I had mod points I'd give them to ya.
I doubt many here caught that.
I adore my 64 my Commodore64!
Man I do miss those days when being "into computers" actually meant something.
300/1200 baud pocket modem.
BBS's
1581 & 1541 floppy drives.
Ahh the core of my geek upbringing.
In my previous job my desk was against the wall in a warehouse. People walking up behind me all the time. Servers spread-out across 3 desks, Cat5 cables hanging down from the ceiling.
No heat in Winter (Hey this is Ontario it does get cold!)
No air in Summer (Hey this is Ontario it does get hot!)
The only way I could impove my situation; wait for somebody to get canned & steal their desk. By the time somebody noticed I had been there for a few months and 'entrenched'. =)
"Halo 2 the game that redefined first-person combat and multiplayer action for millions of gamers worldwide, is set to explode onto PCs..."
Wasn't Starseige Tribes the first FPS that "redefined" multiplayer gaming?
About the only chance MS has of getting me to buy an Xbox, is if I can get it modded to run MythTV for free.
I think this is funny.
Like a Mafia hitman offering "Protection Insurance".
Or a car-salesman offering a car dirt-cheap, but if you want a seat-belt and bumpers, well those are "Extras".
Actually no. Windows (hrm, Linux =) mousing is normal.
I guess it is because all of my gaming experience started with a joystick, (even the early FPS-style; like Descent) so 90% of the time I was used to airplane navigation.
When I started using a mouse to FPS, it seemed natural to continue the joystick style of play. If I hop on a buddies computer and try to use the mouse I am fubar.
I have always turned off most of the HUDs on my FPS games. The only HUD that I want/need to keep is the crosshair, without it I find that I usually cok my head to the side and try to look down the barrel of the gun (and end-up missing the target because the gun never actually points at where the crosshairs go.)
I actually take it ever further, I will remove the gun too. I find I am a better player if I only have the crosshairs.
My point: make them an option that you can turn on/off. OBTW, what the hell are some of these people thinking by not including an option to invert the mouse axis?!?!?!
I can only play with an "airplane" style Y-axis (you push the mouse forward; and the plane dives down/FPS gun points toward the ground), I will admit that I am probable in the minority but for the love of all that is decent in the world, LET ME CHOOSE if I want an inverted mouse!
It seems like this trend is getting popular.
Yeah did that. Still no luck. Thanks for the reply though.
I have been loving the use of 2 screens to play NeverWinter nights. You can almost see around corners with it.
What I would donate a kidney for is the ability to use 3 screens.
I have tried using Nvidia PCI & AGP cards in the same box, but I am never able to get past POST (all screens black).
If anybody has a suggestion I would love to hear it.