Actually, Stanford tends to use a fair amount of student contributed software. During my time there, the students wrote the software that provided webmail access, course evaluations, remote login/printer accounts, an many other facilities. The residential computing group (maintains networks in dorms, etc) was primarily staffed by students and used all kinds of student implemented tools. Hell, I myself wrote some code for their undergrad advising center.
Some of the student SW was more effective than other bits (the webmail program sucked ass, but the rescomp stuff was pretty solid). All told though, students contributed all kinds of projects/tools for campus use.
You should easily be able to do this. You can map some (maybe all) of the function keys to do anything you want. So, you could conceivably write an AppleScript to do what you wanted and then map the function key to it.
Iron Chef America was a lot of fun but I was extremely disappointed with the tasters. If you can't eat food of all shapes, sizes, textures and flavors, you shouldn't be a taster. The chefs created amazing food, with an extrodinary amount of creativity but the tasters were afraid of it.
The guy from the Sopranos (Bug Pussy?) was ridiculous. He had no business being on the show. They need to get tasters with some taste.
AB was great though. Choosing him to be the commentator was wise.
Does anyone really care about Mario or Zelda or Pokemon anymore?
Yep. Windwaker was one of the best games I've ever seen. The thing with the Nintendo franchises is that they are now more about brands than the characters/universes themselves. You know when you buy a Zelda game that it is going to be an awesome open-ended gaming experience. Same with Metroid. I'm not saying Nintendo hasn't missed with their franchise titles before, but the brand is still key.
If I only have so much time/money to spend on a game, I'm going to go with a brand that I know will reward my effort. This is why I'll almost certainly buy the next Zelda GC game. I would imagine that this applies to handhelds too.
Very simple. Depending on the interest rate of their debt -- they were probably making more in interest by sitting on their cash, than the interest that was accruing on their debt. Thus it made more sense for them to sit on the cash as long as possible because it was worth more to them in interest than it was as a payment on the debt.
$200 savings but as I understand it they also have an extra $512 of RAM... considering Apple's RAM pricing structure, this turns out to be like a $500-$600 savings...
On top of that, why would anyone actually buy a textbook on a language. They aren't cheap but a good reference book like the ones from O'Reilly are going to be way, way more useful than any textbook teaching you a language (and at least cheaper than a textbook).
Besides, in general a good CS course will teach concepts and use the language to illustrate them. My experience has usually been that the notes and handouts from the profs (assuming they're good profs) are better than any book.
Nah -- an Xserve is waaaaay too deep for normal applications -- close to 30".
I looked into adding one to my portable rig and even though I have a box with a bigass mixer in it, it was nowhere near deep enough. Most pro audio equipment is no more than 12" deep, they just don't mix well...
Most home audio stuff isn't even 20" deep. So I guess you could add an Xserve but either you'd need some crazy-deep shelf space or be happy with one unit sticking like 10" out the back of your rack/shelf...
ProTools killer? They already own eMagic which makes Logic. Sure, it doesn't do the hardware, but it has the software side down! Get whatever digital input you want (I recommend a PreSonus Firestation myself) and you are business.
I would like to see a cheap ( $200) or free 8-16 track mixing/recording package though... that would encourage a whole new group of people to get into experimenting with music...
Uh, hate to burst your bubble there Che, but Apple has repeatedly said that the music sales don't really make them all that much money -- instead they use the iTunes store to drive iPod purchases...
It'll take them selling a TON of songs before they make any real money when their profit per song is around 1 - 2 cents
Most of Stanford's curriculum does teach the what's and how's of CS. However they do offer a series of classes (all with course numbers like 193I, 193J, 193E) that teach practical systems. These courses usually can't be used as credit for the major and are only offered only for interested students.
The've had a Win32 based class in this series for years as well as Internet programming, Java, Advanced Java, Lisp, and a few others. This is just a logical next step (bad pun intended).
yeah, but if you're anal about your ID3 tags, you don't do this... the CDDB information is sketchy at best (with misspellings, poor genre classifications, different info in the same fields for multi-disc albums, abbreviations for band/album/track names, etc.)
I love iTunes (have been using it for years) - but I think they might want to consider moving away from CDDB to another service (maybe based on their store, or perhaps allmusic?)
It is great that this is possible, but it sure isn't something I would ever do...
Who was their customer service trainer, the RIAA? I've never seen a company take such an adversarial position toward their customers. It is like someone forgot to remind them -- "YOU WORK AT A FREAKING MOVIE THEATER"
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... yeah ... and they always give me shit for only having the bare minimum number of pieces of flair...
Yeah, but the Apple screen is only $3299
So it undercuts the sony you linked to in price and the resolution is better!
Still out of my budget range though, unless they start selling them at the Good Guys with a 30 month/no interest pricing plan.
Actually, Stanford tends to use a fair amount of student contributed software. During my time there, the students wrote the software that provided webmail access, course evaluations, remote login/printer accounts, an many other facilities. The residential computing group (maintains networks in dorms, etc) was primarily staffed by students and used all kinds of student implemented tools. Hell, I myself wrote some code for their undergrad advising center.
Some of the student SW was more effective than other bits (the webmail program sucked ass, but the rescomp stuff was pretty solid). All told though, students contributed all kinds of projects/tools for campus use.
You should easily be able to do this. You can map some (maybe all) of the function keys to do anything you want. So, you could conceivably write an AppleScript to do what you wanted and then map the function key to it.
Ha! I'm glad I'm not the only one that saw that name and immediately thought - "I wonder if they mean that Gobo..."
Although if you really want one that's better than GoboLinux, wouldn't you have to wait for UncleTravellingMattLinux?
The name is long but at least it manages to make it above ground from time to time...
Iron Chef America was a lot of fun but I was extremely disappointed with the tasters. If you can't eat food of all shapes, sizes, textures and flavors, you shouldn't be a taster. The chefs created amazing food, with an extrodinary amount of creativity but the tasters were afraid of it.
The guy from the Sopranos (Bug Pussy?) was ridiculous. He had no business being on the show. They need to get tasters with some taste.
AB was great though. Choosing him to be the commentator was wise.
Does anyone really care about Mario or Zelda or Pokemon anymore?
Yep. Windwaker was one of the best games I've ever seen. The thing with the Nintendo franchises is that they are now more about brands than the characters/universes themselves. You know when you buy a Zelda game that it is going to be an awesome open-ended gaming experience. Same with Metroid. I'm not saying Nintendo hasn't missed with their franchise titles before, but the brand is still key.
If I only have so much time/money to spend on a game, I'm going to go with a brand that I know will reward my effort. This is why I'll almost certainly buy the next Zelda GC game. I would imagine that this applies to handhelds too.
Very simple. Depending on the interest rate of their debt -- they were probably making more in interest by sitting on their cash, than the interest that was accruing on their debt. Thus it made more sense for them to sit on the cash as long as possible because it was worth more to them in interest than it was as a payment on the debt.
$200 savings but as I understand it they also have an extra $512 of RAM... considering Apple's RAM pricing structure, this turns out to be like a $500-$600 savings...
On top of that, why would anyone actually buy a textbook on a language. They aren't cheap but a good reference book like the ones from O'Reilly are going to be way, way more useful than any textbook teaching you a language (and at least cheaper than a textbook).
Besides, in general a good CS course will teach concepts and use the language to illustrate them. My experience has usually been that the notes and handouts from the profs (assuming they're good profs) are better than any book.
Guilty? Nah... I have the opposite problem.
And thus... we get to meet one of the earliest ancestors of Marvin the parnoid android.
Sorry but to really use the ugly stick line with the Aztek you need to say:
God must've looked like Robert Redford in The Natural when he hit that thing with the ugly stick.
Yep... its that ugly.
Not my printer... ever seen Office Space?
Hee hee...
Nah -- an Xserve is waaaaay too deep for normal applications -- close to 30".
I looked into adding one to my portable rig and even though I have a box with a bigass mixer in it, it was nowhere near deep enough. Most pro audio equipment is no more than 12" deep, they just don't mix well...
Most home audio stuff isn't even 20" deep. So I guess you could add an Xserve but either you'd need some crazy-deep shelf space or be happy with one unit sticking like 10" out the back of your rack/shelf...
Doesn't matter... if they have the schwartz, they can just use it to flip the switch to the desired setting...
ProTools killer? They already own eMagic which makes Logic. Sure, it doesn't do the hardware, but it has the software side down! Get whatever digital input you want (I recommend a PreSonus Firestation myself) and you are business.
I would like to see a cheap ( $200) or free 8-16 track mixing/recording package though... that would encourage a whole new group of people to get into experimenting with music...
Shocking... I was positive that post would get a negative reaction. At least some of us seem to have gotten a charge out of it...
Amen...
Easily one of the coolest places I've ever visited. The Hendrix stuff alone is worth it.
Uh, hate to burst your bubble there Che, but Apple has repeatedly said that the music sales don't really make them all that much money -- instead they use the iTunes store to drive iPod purchases...
It'll take them selling a TON of songs before they make any real money when their profit per song is around 1 - 2 cents
Most of Stanford's curriculum does teach the what's and how's of CS. However they do offer a series of classes (all with course numbers like 193I, 193J, 193E) that teach practical systems. These courses usually can't be used as credit for the major and are only offered only for interested students.
The've had a Win32 based class in this series for years as well as Internet programming, Java, Advanced Java, Lisp, and a few others. This is just a logical next step (bad pun intended).
Does anyone else think this looks like the wheel GizmoDuck used to ride around on in Ducktales?
Now all we need is someone to retrofit it into an armored suit...
yeah, but if you're anal about your ID3 tags, you don't do this... the CDDB information is sketchy at best (with misspellings, poor genre classifications, different info in the same fields for multi-disc albums, abbreviations for band/album/track names, etc.)
I love iTunes (have been using it for years) - but I think they might want to consider moving away from CDDB to another service (maybe based on their store, or perhaps allmusic?)
It is great that this is possible, but it sure isn't something I would ever do...
Sometimes that can be an asset... the 15 mins they cut from Episode II made it a much better movie...
I don't think people really missed lines like "I truly, deeply, love you" A 120 min cap forces some directors to cut out the dreck...
I've had similar problems.
Who was their customer service trainer, the RIAA? I've never seen a company take such an adversarial position toward their customers. It is like someone forgot to remind them -- "YOU WORK AT A FREAKING MOVIE THEATER"