Yeah those old hdd's are pretty tough. I had and old 5.25 drive; I removed the philips screws that held the top on, hooked it up and set it as my swap partition.
I had a lot of fun sitting there, drinking scotch and watching the heads seek.
Well what if they comprimised the file integrity checker *checker*? or the backup file integrity checker checker *checker*. Or what if they hacked the matrix and made you stupid.
Point well taken with regards to the puzo books, I really couldn't see myself picking one up anytime soon.
However I do believe that there are times when the genius in the original work of art will outshine any subsequent work. I do not dispute the genius in taking a good book and pulling out a vision, in film, so compelling as to outstrip the any brilliance in the original work. However in this case I feel that the great film-making on the part of mr jackson only served to live up to the original quality and brilliance of the books. That is the major distinction here.
Of course my opinion of the books quality being better then the films is completely subjective, but I am not the only one, Mr Jackson himself claims to have read the works every year for some years and has heaped nothing but praise for them on the DVDs. He has put the books, in my opinion, on a pedestal and he strives to live up to their quality.(In this secondary sense an homage)
I wonder if Mr Coppola ever aspired to rise to the level of Puzo, or did he know that he took something good and made it great.
Not all experience, or learning, is positive, and some things can't be unlearned.
"Polanyi admits that focusing on particulars may improve our capacity to attend to the overall meaning. For instance, when we analyze poetry we might temporarily destroy our appreciation of it but it also makes for a much richer understanding once our attention is returned to the whole. It can be expected that one's understanding will be different from one's original understanding once attention has been shifted to the particulars and then back to the whole, in keeping with the idea that the relationship between the proximal and distal terms is dynamic and an active shaping of experience. The shifting of awareness may improve on previous understanding--as in the case with the poem, but, according to Polanyi, one's perspective can never be the same."
I believe that the contrast is also true, If you see a bad movie (or even a good one) it can forever alter how you view the book. Not always a bad thing, but usually somthing is lost after watching a bad film based on a good book.
I'm not sure I'm getting what your saying, are you implying the LOTR jackson films are better then the book? Or that it doesn't matter if they are better or not?
Is your argument that "I've seen some very moving movies in my time, and read some awful books." asserting that visual media *is* 'superior' to books?
Or simply that there is no cause to believe either assertion. I dont mean to get on your case, but it seems that your comment was more derisively pointed towards the idea that it is ridiculous to assume books are superior to movies. Strange, especially in a case where the movies are essentially an homage to the books and the author.
You have a well thought out analysis, and I do not disagree, but here is a question: despite the fact that the USA spends as much on defense as the next 20 Nations Combined or around 400 billion dollars.
Why would at a time when parity is not even close to bing an issue, why is military spending increasing?
Now keeping that rhetorical question in mind, Why would you assume that *everybody* wants to keep weapons out of space? And if not weapons, what of the support systems for weapons? GPS being a prime example. Hell, if I had a budget of 400 fricking billion dollars I would be looking at ways to launch rubber bands into space, if only to keep the wheels of the military industrial complex greased. I believe there is in space, in addition to clumsy lasers and nuclear bombs, a whole host of other military crap and more is being added all the time. I dont disagree with you per se, my view is
'because there is no reason for the military to do something, isn't a reason for them to not do it':p
Whats funny is that if you combine a bios with a tcp stack and a Wake on Lan style feature, you could potentially gain access to a network, turn all the powered off computers on, infect the bios, and then use the DRM features built into the system to cripple the antivirus software. Well that may be far fetched, but you could creat all kinds of havoc.
Full remote access to the hardware is stupid Idea, even more so when the underlying technology will be based upon microsoft's high standards of security.
I have heard that it is good feng shui to keep *everything* off the floor. Not that I do it myself, I just battle the piles currently on the floor.
My favorite reference to junk has to be from PK Dick's "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep", The simpleton living the vast empty apartment complex constantly had to fight the "kipple", or junk, as it has (Ive found this to be true) the tendancy to flow into his apartment.
There is a certain amount of truth to this...Just between you and me I can see the next Ask Slashdot
"geek hygene, when is is too much a bad thing?"
Seriously though I found that when I had a problem with useless cast-off computer junk (of which there is an endless supply) I performed a simple test; Had I touched it in the last year, if not, I tossed it in the trash. I found that it cut down the junk by quite a bit.
Why would that comment be modded as Troll? Besides the fact that it expresses an opinion contrary to to the views of the moderator and majority.
I think computer users/nerds, above all others, seem to get sucked into the mindset of buying the newest, shiniest gadgets, often only to throw them away in a couple years. I am not saying that I am completely above a consumer lifestyle, especially when it comes to new hardware;) , but I think there is some truth in the calls to restrain the rampant buying of crap.
The desire to buy things that one does not need is often manufactured...
I have a feeling that if we did that we would have no shortage of nickle and iron I wonder, though, if an asteroid mining operation in earth orbit would constitute not only a national econamic asset, but possibly a military asset as well, a "clean" weapon of mass destruction.
I can imaging several world leaders saying "Look ma, no fallout!"
Before we perfect non-terrestial mining techniques, we have to work on a long term, self contained biosphere.
True independence from earth, I believe, is embodied in a self sustaining operation that can last for years (like on a mission to mars). But it requires a fusion of disiplines, some of which science science has less of a grasp on. It seems to me that having a functioning biosphere is in many ways as important as, say, mining oxygen from the moon or fuels needed to get home, and in some ways more difficult to perfect.
I does not matter, If you are an ISP you alienate your core customers if you slow down access to, say, non-premium sites.
People would be pissed if they found out they were buying a crippled. product like with turbotax.Bandwidth being cheap they would move to a provider that can serve up streaming porn the way they like it;fullscreen and high bitrate...
The internet will persevere, and in the end I believe that it will be better off *because* of the actions of inept regulation and the corporate need to dominate, to crush diversity. The demise of the internet has become mantra of the weinies that gets repeated every couple of years. It SHOULD be a mantra: "Lets try to kill the internet", because in the end it will only make the net stronger.
When I first heard people say things like: the internet, as it was in the good old days, will be gone, the fixtures(?) of what make the internet what it is, are crumbling. I didn't like it. I didn't like the idea of corporate interests taking over and homogenizing and whitewashing cyberspace.
Take a step back and think about how the internet has changed in the last 5-10 years. Where are those homogenizing influences that everyone was sure were going to sweep over the *entire* net and turn it into the bastard child of AOL? They *are* there and can be found, but the hacker subculture is still alive and strong! I would argue that as long as this is the case it is impossible to kill the net. The hackers ( in the prejoritive and neutral sense) are what started the net and what made it great, the hackers(crackers) that wield destructive energy combined with hackers(intelectual idealists) both created the natural law in cyberspace and shape it.
Again and again, people try to control; the net reacts. Look at what is happening with intellectual property! A cornerstone in the legal system for hundreds of years, intelectual property rights, backed by some of the largest interest groups in the country, billions of dollars and hoards of raving lawyers are being crushed. Even now at this moment, jack valenti's pinhead is being crushed with an imutable fact; information WILL, MUST, flow. Like a river encountering an obstacle in its path, it will find a way and grind the object into dust.
If anyone has not read Bruce Sterling's "Information Wants to Be Worthless" you should give it a shot. The internet is completely out of control. Well maybe not completely but seriously, what does Jack Valenti think about when he goes to sleep at night? Maybe "You know, in a couple years the RIAA and MPAA will have this whole internet thing wrapped up" or "As soon as Microsoft gets that DRM bullshit going we'll be golden!" or maybe "as soon as we sieze control of every Internet backbone and filter all traffic...tell people what they can and cant do...(mumble)". Just think, if all the backbones in the country had their "spigots" turned off, there would still be enough information in manhatten, flowing over thousands of wi-fi node, to keep people downloading brittney porn and browsing endless mp3's. Shit, there's probably 500 years worth of porn sitting on hd's all across NYC.
I am starting to rant here but show me someone who thinks that they can control the internet and I will say that there is a thousand people will to step forward and circumvent that control.
Slashdot Mirror
I had a lot of fun sitting there, drinking scotch and watching the heads seek.
Well what if they comprimised the file integrity checker *checker*? or the backup file integrity checker checker *checker*. Or what if they hacked the matrix and made you stupid.
Maybe hackers prefer linux boxes, because linux is preferable?
However I do believe that there are times when the genius in the original work of art will outshine any subsequent work. I do not dispute the genius in taking a good book and pulling out a vision, in film, so compelling as to outstrip the any brilliance in the original work. However in this case I feel that the great film-making on the part of mr jackson only served to live up to the original quality and brilliance of the books. That is the major distinction here.
Of course my opinion of the books quality being better then the films is completely subjective, but I am not the only one, Mr Jackson himself claims to have read the works every year for some years and has heaped nothing but praise for them on the DVDs. He has put the books, in my opinion, on a pedestal and he strives to live up to their quality.(In this secondary sense an homage)
I wonder if Mr Coppola ever aspired to rise to the level of Puzo, or did he know that he took something good and made it great.
Not all experience, or learning, is positive, and some things can't be unlearned.
"Polanyi admits that focusing on particulars may improve our capacity to attend to the overall meaning. For instance, when we analyze poetry we might temporarily destroy our appreciation of it but it also makes for a much richer understanding once our attention is returned to the whole. It can be expected that one's understanding will be different from one's original understanding once attention has been shifted to the particulars and then back to the whole, in keeping with the idea that the relationship between the proximal and distal terms is dynamic and an active shaping of experience. The shifting of awareness may improve on previous understanding--as in the case with the poem, but, according to Polanyi, one's perspective can never be the same."
I believe that the contrast is also true, If you see a bad movie (or even a good one) it can forever alter how you view the book. Not always a bad thing, but usually somthing is lost after watching a bad film based on a good book.
Is your argument that "I've seen some very moving movies in my time, and read some awful books." asserting that visual media *is* 'superior' to books?
Or simply that there is no cause to believe either assertion. I dont mean to get on your case, but it seems that your comment was more derisively pointed towards the idea that it is ridiculous to assume books are superior to movies. Strange, especially in a case where the movies are essentially an homage to the books and the author.
I think that qualifies as a comparison
according to Godwins Law this thread is over.
Not if it was up to ashcroft
Why would at a time when parity is not even close to bing an issue, why is military spending increasing?
Now keeping that rhetorical question in mind, Why would you assume that *everybody* wants to keep weapons out of space? And if not weapons, what of the support systems for weapons? GPS being a prime example. Hell, if I had a budget of 400 fricking billion dollars I would be looking at ways to launch rubber bands into space, if only to keep the wheels of the military industrial complex greased. I believe there is in space, in addition to clumsy lasers and nuclear bombs, a whole host of other military crap and more is being added all the time. I dont disagree with you per se, my view is
'because there is no reason for the military to do something, isn't a reason for them to not do it' :p
jk
*sigh*
Full remote access to the hardware is stupid Idea, even more so when the underlying technology will be based upon microsoft's high standards of security.
Though I have never cut a wire by accident I have stabbed a few cords(never a good thing), point well taken about the server room...
My favorite reference to junk has to be from PK Dick's "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep", The simpleton living the vast empty apartment complex constantly had to fight the "kipple", or junk, as it has (Ive found this to be true) the tendancy to flow into his apartment.
"geek hygene, when is is too much a bad thing?"
Seriously though I found that when I had a problem with useless cast-off computer junk (of which there is an endless supply) I performed a simple test; Had I touched it in the last year, if not, I tossed it in the trash. I found that it cut down the junk by quite a bit.
I think computer users/nerds, above all others, seem to get sucked into the mindset of buying the newest, shiniest gadgets, often only to throw them away in a couple years. I am not saying that I am completely above a consumer lifestyle, especially when it comes to new hardware ;) , but I think there is some truth in the calls to restrain the rampant buying of crap.
The desire to buy things that one does not need is often manufactured...
I wonder, though, if an asteroid mining operation in earth orbit would constitute not only a national econamic asset, but possibly a military asset as well, a "clean" weapon of mass destruction.
I can imaging several world leaders saying "Look ma, no fallout!"
True independence from earth, I believe, is embodied in a self sustaining operation that can last for years (like on a mission to mars). But it requires a fusion of disiplines, some of which science science has less of a grasp on. It seems to me that having a functioning biosphere is in many ways as important as, say, mining oxygen from the moon or fuels needed to get home, and in some ways more difficult to perfect.
From a trolls point of view, that image must never get old!
total number of times I have replaced the drives?
3
Maxtor drives suck, maxtor customer service is always prompt with returns but that doesn't make up for the constant paranoia that a drive will fail...
People would be pissed if they found out they were buying a crippled. product like with turbotax.Bandwidth being cheap they would move to a provider that can serve up streaming porn the way they like it;fullscreen and high bitrate...
>organized money
>unorganized masses
>They are cowering sheep ready to be slaughtered.
which one was it?
Anonymous Hero
When I first heard people say things like: the internet, as it was in the good old days, will be gone, the fixtures(?) of what make the internet what it is, are crumbling. I didn't like it. I didn't like the idea of corporate interests taking over and homogenizing and whitewashing cyberspace.
Take a step back and think about how the internet has changed in the last 5-10 years. Where are those homogenizing influences that everyone was sure were going to sweep over the *entire* net and turn it into the bastard child of AOL? They *are* there and can be found, but the hacker subculture is still alive and strong! I would argue that as long as this is the case it is impossible to kill the net. The hackers ( in the prejoritive and neutral sense) are what started the net and what made it great, the hackers(crackers) that wield destructive energy combined with hackers(intelectual idealists) both created the natural law in cyberspace and shape it.
Again and again, people try to control; the net reacts. Look at what is happening with intellectual property! A cornerstone in the legal system for hundreds of years, intelectual property rights, backed by some of the largest interest groups in the country, billions of dollars and hoards of raving lawyers are being crushed. Even now at this moment, jack valenti's pinhead is being crushed with an imutable fact; information WILL, MUST, flow. Like a river encountering an obstacle in its path, it will find a way and grind the object into dust.
If anyone has not read Bruce Sterling's "Information Wants to Be Worthless" you should give it a shot. The internet is completely out of control. Well maybe not completely but seriously, what does Jack Valenti think about when he goes to sleep at night? Maybe "You know, in a couple years the RIAA and MPAA will have this whole internet thing wrapped up" or "As soon as Microsoft gets that DRM bullshit going we'll be golden!" or maybe "as soon as we sieze control of every Internet backbone and filter all traffic...tell people what they can and cant do...(mumble)". Just think, if all the backbones in the country had their "spigots" turned off, there would still be enough information in manhatten, flowing over thousands of wi-fi node, to keep people downloading brittney porn and browsing endless mp3's. Shit, there's probably 500 years worth of porn sitting on hd's all across NYC.
I am starting to rant here but show me someone who thinks that they can control the internet and I will say that there is a thousand people will to step forward and circumvent that control.
Anonymous Hero