Joking aside, twitter, in the final analysis, everyone dies [that's the common maritime practise thus far, at least] - it's merely a matter of how.
I fully intend to chose the manner of my death, starting and continuing with drinking, smoking, driving fast, listening to loud music, coding, eating unhealthy food, surfing and fornicating [order-inspecific list] as often as possible until I'm plucked forcibly off this mortal coil [probably involving my cold, dead fingers] or I'm told it's all going tits up and then, basically, I say, "BRING ON THE MORPHINE"!
Like the old fortune says, don't take it too seriously - no-one's getting out alive. Quick or slow, crying, screaming, laughing...whatever, I genuinely don't think it makes much difference in the long run. The sky's blue, the water's wet, we all die.
In the meantime, if you come up with a way of stopping death for sure, please do drop me a line.
"Judge technology by it's merits and pitfalls not by it's creators past acheivement, or personal disputes with it's creator."
Can you say 'vendor lock-in'? Microsoft is driven by money - that's it. Like it...or don't. But don't expect people to blindly trust something that's so utterly ubiquitous and, indeed, open to abuse...because you're asking too much.
What happens when 'they' crack the human machine interface? Will MS own a bit of my brain? My kids' brains? Their kids' brains?
I watched the second video while listening to System of a Down - I must be tired, but it took me about 5 minutes to realise that there should've been sound with it. Up till then I figured the mouse user suffered from a medical disorder.
"Speed freaks. The computer equivilent of the people who buy sports cars to go 20 miles an hour on the freeway. It doesn't matter that you can't use it for anything, just that you have it."
Good analogy. A friend of mine bought a de-restricted, Japanese import Mitsubishi GTO that was chipped for 200+ mph [clocked at 207]. He bought it to do high speeds on the motorway - not that he ever did - the roads in the UK just aren't built for those sorts of speeds.
Before he sold it he fitted a flame kit to the exhaust - basically a spark plug bolted into the exhaust bin [the car was kitted with a single stainless steel baffle, differing from the usual twin or quad variant], with a live wire to the engine.
Sad as it sounds, I thought two-foot flames looked fucking cool.
So, to extend your analogy, I fully expect computers to have flaming exhaust vents in the near future.
On reflection, judging by the copper-boiler-heat-sink monstrosities I see on the Xeon chips, it may be sooner than you think.
I say "bring it on" - I want flames coming off my processor. Maybe even my graphics card too.
I'd just like to say how cool I think that 'Ice Baron' editorial is you penned.
Very nicely summed up and succinctly put to boot.
Even though you're clearly an evil capitalist at heart [heh heh, my little joke], I'd like to publicly thank you - you've distilled something of a highly complex nature into a droplet even the thickiest thicky can understand.
As a somewhat peculiar and unrelated offshoot of what you've said, I find myself wondering how any nation could allow its government to go to war 'on its behalf' and apparently by its bequest.
Then I think of the overwhelming public reaction in the UK when 'the Tony' said we were going to war with 'insert Middle Eastern entity of choice here'...
...and I find myself deeply fearing this so called 'democracy' that we're all supposedly fighting for.
I'm not berating you, parent poster...or anyone else for that matter; just voicing a couple of thoughts.
Hint for the hard of thinking: There are fundamental flaws in democracy.
clicking between the two browser tabs to see which would win the download race.
Sad, I know.
PS, neither won and, if you're really nerdy, I have a 2.5Mb connection.
No, I didn't measure it beyond that. Who on earth would bother? For Christ's sake, get some perspective! It's a couple of maps that have zero meaning to the majority of people. The fact that two companies are looking to screw everyone and each other over is moot! Hell, if you w^^^^^NO CARRIER
Me saying something, like, "Mwa-ha-ha-ha-haaaargh! You bought a Mac, you fashion victim "it just works" fuckhead! Why didn't you try Linux first!? You pointless wank-monkey!", would be a troll.
Slashdot Mirror
Well, one's a pointless, ineffectual slob, the other's Richard Stallman. You decide
What if there were no rrhetorical questions?
;o)
Would it mmatter?
I'm in the UK. Do the US-centric have anything to report on this?
The two precepts are opposing. Death is inevitable and therefore not preventable.
How many people have hit the wall with Windows?
Wouldn't they just smash through?
Very, very bright lasers.
Try steering something when your eyeballs are on fire.
It's not funny when you work with the victims.
Joking aside, twitter, in the final analysis, everyone dies [that's the common maritime practise thus far, at least] - it's merely a matter of how.
I fully intend to chose the manner of my death, starting and continuing with drinking, smoking, driving fast, listening to loud music, coding, eating unhealthy food, surfing and fornicating [order-inspecific list] as often as possible until I'm plucked forcibly off this mortal coil [probably involving my cold, dead fingers] or I'm told it's all going tits up and then, basically, I say, "BRING ON THE MORPHINE"!
Like the old fortune says, don't take it too seriously - no-one's getting out alive. Quick or slow, crying, screaming, laughing...whatever, I genuinely don't think it makes much difference in the long run. The sky's blue, the water's wet, we all die.
In the meantime, if you come up with a way of stopping death for sure, please do drop me a line.
smoking is the second largest source of preventable death
'preventable death' is an oxymoron.
To all you puritan non-smokers, I say good luck - hope you enjoy the old folks' home!!
Haaaaaa-ha-ha-ha-ha-haaaaarggghhhhh!!!!
*cough*
Prove that an article can make little and no sense to you.
No.
Because you'd have to be an 8 year old mathematical genius to figure out TFA.
Maybe it's because I'm old [33] or something but that article made little and/or no sense to me on any level.
Idiots.
"Judge technology by it's merits and pitfalls not by it's creators past acheivement, or personal disputes with it's creator."
Can you say 'vendor lock-in'? Microsoft is driven by money - that's it. Like it...or don't. But don't expect people to blindly trust something that's so utterly ubiquitous and, indeed, open to abuse...because you're asking too much.
What happens when 'they' crack the human machine interface? Will MS own a bit of my brain? My kids' brains? Their kids' brains?
Oh, the humanity!
"I've noticed that there are a whole lot of conservative leaning Anonymous Coward posts on this thread."
And not one of them funny, dammit.
"Coincidence?"
Is anything a coincidence?
Yes [ ]
No [ ]
If 'Yes', please detail [in less than four words] below:
I watched the second video while listening to System of a Down - I must be tired, but it took me about 5 minutes to realise that there should've been sound with it. Up till then I figured the mouse user suffered from a medical disorder.
Like any company that relies on VC, it must make forward-looking statememts?
Seriously dude, it's good for the economy.
We need idiots at the top to keep us idiots down at the bottom.
I bet you used MS Word to check it....
;)
"Speed freaks. The computer equivilent of the people who buy sports cars to go 20 miles an hour on the freeway. It doesn't matter that you can't use it for anything, just that you have it."
Good analogy. A friend of mine bought a de-restricted, Japanese import Mitsubishi GTO that was chipped for 200+ mph [clocked at 207]. He bought it to do high speeds on the motorway - not that he ever did - the roads in the UK just aren't built for those sorts of speeds.
Before he sold it he fitted a flame kit to the exhaust - basically a spark plug bolted into the exhaust bin [the car was kitted with a single stainless steel baffle, differing from the usual twin or quad variant], with a live wire to the engine.
Sad as it sounds, I thought two-foot flames looked fucking cool.
So, to extend your analogy, I fully expect computers to have flaming exhaust vents in the near future.
On reflection, judging by the copper-boiler-heat-sink monstrosities I see on the Xeon chips, it may be sooner than you think.
I say "bring it on" - I want flames coming off my processor. Maybe even my graphics card too.
I admit I haven't RTFA, but I fear it wouldn't be worth my while, judging by your interpretation of it.
Dude, I understood about 75% of what you just wrote, the rest seems to just loop in my head....
Hi pieterh,
I'd just like to say how cool I think that 'Ice Baron' editorial is you penned.
Very nicely summed up and succinctly put to boot.
Even though you're clearly an evil capitalist at heart [heh heh, my little joke], I'd like to publicly thank you - you've distilled something of a highly complex nature into a droplet even the thickiest thicky can understand.
Cheers.
As a somewhat peculiar and unrelated offshoot of what you've said, I find myself wondering how any nation could allow its government to go to war 'on its behalf' and apparently by its bequest.
Then I think of the overwhelming public reaction in the UK when 'the Tony' said we were going to war with 'insert Middle Eastern entity of choice here'...
...and I find myself deeply fearing this so called 'democracy' that we're all supposedly fighting for.
I'm not berating you, parent poster...or anyone else for that matter; just voicing a couple of thoughts.
Hint for the hard of thinking: There are fundamental flaws in democracy.
clicking between the two browser tabs to see which would win the download race.
Sad, I know.
PS, neither won and, if you're really nerdy, I have a 2.5Mb connection.
No, I didn't measure it beyond that. Who on earth would bother? For Christ's sake, get some perspective! It's a couple of maps that have zero meaning to the majority of people. The fact that two companies are looking to screw everyone and each other over is moot! Hell, if you w^^^^^NO CARRIER
**sounds of head being blugeoned by a Russian**
You've been smoking too much of that weed, freeweed. You're parroting the counter-counter-counter-counter urban legend....
Or are you just oOparanoidOo??!!
"oooEEEooo!"
I disagree.
Me saying something, like, "Mwa-ha-ha-ha-haaaargh! You bought a Mac, you fashion victim "it just works" fuckhead! Why didn't you try Linux first!? You pointless wank-monkey!", would be a troll.
Everything they've just said is the truth.
Apple mainboard, anyone?
*cough*
"You would rather die?"
Who wouldn't?
It's the next big thing, dude!
Anybody that's anybody's doing it!