I assume you're also giving him Fs in the previous three as well. The tax rate hasn't lowered one bit for most Americans, in fact many of the poorer Americans are paying higher taxes. Al Qaeda is stillin Afghanistan, and most of the country is still in chaos. Also, he did manage to reform public education, into a much worse entity than it was before. Ask any public school teacher what they think of the underfunded bad idea called "No Child Left Behind".
So according to your report card: F F F I. That's still a miserable failure
I mean, really, even if there are still applications for such systems, is "VR" still the term to describe them? Until my "virtual" world can look at least as realistic as FF, I don't want to enter the "virtual world". I can see shitty slightly unrealistic renditions of the real world if I don't sleep for a few days or drink rather heavily, and that's cheaper and more fun.
I personally welcome the idea of "TV Over IP" type providers. I'd love it if I could watch the shows I want WHEN I want, streamed or downloadable.
I'd like to think the geek crowd is also tired of having nothing but info-mercials to watch while finding the latest logic error in $openSourceProject.
Parent is right about this one. Tivo's real fear should be all of the cable/satellite PVRs that are on the market. The true tivo "fans" will quickly turn when unremovable restrictions are enforced. Let's face it, the guy who's hacking a tivo could just as easily build a mythtv box or a windows equivalent.
This whole issue illustrates a point I've been pointing out on/. for quite some time: It is impossible for movie/music companies to stifle the free flow of information. So tivo's going to be controlled now, oh well, time for any capable geek to move on to another technology which circumvents these measures. More importantly, time for the inept masses to look to the geek for their solutions as well.
Something that the majority of people don't understand, even our president doesn't understand, that, is that you cannot rule a mass of intelligent motivated people with mandate. Look at the comparisons, prohibition, the war on drugs, the "war" on music "piracy", all failing, and rather miserably. Why? Because the motivation of the people and the means to accomplish these goals is far superior to that of the government trying to prevent them.
So sure, let tivo slit their own throats an inch at a time, I'll still watch my ripped movies and I'm sure NFL fans will find a workaround as well.
"will preserve the peace by fostering an era of good relations among the world's great powers"
The first step in fostering these relations, is obviously keeping them from seeing my website.
I can definitely see use for this, imagine googling your intended location "Jim's Steakhouse"
Not only could google give you the directions, but a map, a menu, and an aerial photo. Sometimes aerial photos are AMAZINGLY helpful. You can see tons of things not on maps such as:
Where there's nearby parking (lots)
How many lanes on the hiway (turn lanes too)
Color of the building/surroundings, which really helps if you've never been there before
Nearby landmarks (streams, forests, trees, big buildings)
Come on, seriously now, who HASN'T gotten at least one job from a friend/family member/spouse/etc.
I understand that this is a bit bigger, but powell saying he got the job because of his resume and not his father is like Paris Hilton saying she's famous because she's pretty. There are a lot of unfamous prettier people and a lot of more qualified candidates for this position not named Powell.
Because if you're not living in the US, YOU'RE SUPPORTING THE TERRORISTS.
OK, but seriously now, this should give you some idea of just how much this guy cares about world affairs and international politics. He doesn't care if any of his policies make sense anywhere but in his own private little playland, and even then he really doesn't care as long as he gets reelected.
I'm really not trying to sound like an extremist, but Mr. Bush has continually demonstrated apathy toward world opinion toward the US, and his supporters are often the kind to post "US out of UN" signs in their front yards. It's this kind of isolationalist arrogance that got us in trouble before, and it's going to come back to bite us in the arse again if we keep it up.
You know, Hitler was pretty good at distributing literature to only people within his country too
At least the first three (4,5,&6) were SOMEWHAT realistic. Sure there was some futuristic/fantasy gear, but light sabers, blasters, and the force aren't that far of a stretch.
But now you bring in SURFING ON LAVA! What the hell kind of stupid ass idea is this? Somewhere in the formula of $goodMovie = $whatsAlreadyBeen done * $somethingExtravagantlyStupid ^ $corporatefunding there is a missing $creativity, $originality, or $substance, and that's just going to make this move suck more than EP 1.
On an altogether second star wars bitch, I still fscking hate Jar-Jar Binx, and think whoever created that turdmonkey should be shot, even if it is Lucas
OK, so no lie, I have made several (failed) attempts to build, and will one day successfully build a similar hamster case.
For everyone who's wondering why there are several attempts consider the following.
Habitrail tubes aren't solid, they have holes for ventilation (which will be addressed later). Hamsters urinate alot, and not in the same place, which led to the first case with junk parts smelling like hot piss in almost no time. Also urine corrodes things quickly.
Hamsters need bedding, which gets everywhere, they chew it up or scratch it into minute pieces that will clog fan intakes, etc. Bad stuff
Hamsters need some sort of open air ventilation to survive (and breathe). If this ventilation isn't above where they can reach they'll throw bedding/poop out of it somehow. If the ventilation is too high, it won't work and the hamster is done for. If you use even a low cfm fan to add to the ventilation, hamster will avoid it like the plague, causing general health and discomfort to the hamster
Hamsters chew...A LOT. One nearly unfortunate hamster chewed a hole big enough for him to get out into the case, he was working on the insulation of a 12V line when I cought him.
So, there's the trials and tribulations of the Hamster case. Can't belive someone stole my idea...
Yogesh Gupta spoke on just such a technology and how useful it would be. His big theme was integration of technologies, and he talked about your PDA interfacing with your car. So your car would look for Starbuckses, Starbucksss...coffee shops near your 2:30 meeting. I sounds like a good idea to me.
I always thought cars should be equipped with some sort of short distance communication (wifi, bluetooth?) and a HUD so you can receive messages from other drivers. Think of the uses "Hey your tail light is out", "Stop tailing me!", "Wow!, are those real". I'm sure emergency signals could also be displayed over this kind of stuff, it'd be nice to know when you're 1500 meters from an accident so yo could quickly cut across 5 lanes and bypass the traffic.
With as much crap as is released today, I'll gladly contribute my share to all of the folks who contributed to making and re-releasing this movie. I never understood why "timeless classics" stop playing in theaters. How many times have you wanted to go see a movie, in a theater (for a date, or just to get out of the house) and ended up watching something terrible like "scooby doo" because nothing good was playing? Life of Brian in the theaters will be an event to remember. Screw dressing up for star wars (every theatrical release of star wars post 1990 has been disappointing), I'm going to dig up my "Big Nose" costume.
My first experience with Linux, like yours, was not so good. (5+ years ago now), so I reverted back to Windows 98. Then windows 2000 came out, and I got it for free, legitimately (I went to Penn State at the time, who was in bed with Microsoft, along with about 30,000 other companies). Win2K, was, and still is, in my opinion, the best windows release. But after experiencing a few bugs with win2k, waiting forever and a day for patches, and meeting a few linux advocates, I was again pushed to try Linux. Second experience, not so bad at all, but work said use MS, and programming classes said use MS, and eventually the Linux box took a back burner to the windows box.
However, the amount of changes in recent Linux distros have been enough to positively convince me that Linux/Unix *is* the future for both home AND server markets. Namely, Gentoo and FreeBSD with their port(age) systems have convinced me that these OSs are heading in a better direction than Windows.
Learning X, especially when you throw in Gnome or KDE, isn't that much more difficult than Windows, and most of the bundled software that comes with various Linux distros is as simple as MS software. Add to that more recently vastly improved hardware recogniton and you've got a dead heat (in my opinion). But here's where I think there is an advantage, how many (non-technical) people do you know that bought a computer bundled with win98, office 97, or other outdated software, and still run that software? I could name about ten without even trying. Either the prohibitive cost or the fear of doing something wrong prevents many home users from keeping up to date. I was talking to an engineer friend of mine, who although in a technical field, is by no means l33t. After I had reformatted his machine for the second time (his family likes kazaa), I asked him what his ideal version of a computer/OS should be. He said "I should be able to plug it in, connnect the keyboard, whatever, and then just go to work, I should have most of the programs I need on it, and if I need to add a program, there should be a way to either download it or put in a disc and just let it do its thing." One of the reasons for his kazaa affinity was free software, his brother, a 15 year old amateur artist, wanted illustrator and photoshop, but didn't have the hundreds of dollars to throw at it. Unfortunately, it's MUCH easier to get these programs illegally than legally, I don't know how to solve this issue in relationship to non-open-source software, but I know that if the GIMP was a standard, I wouldn't have been reformatting his system.
Long story short, Linux has grown in LEAPS AND BOUNDS as of late, and easy-to-use ways of acquiring software and updates will eventually persuade the average consumer to make the switch. MS's days are numbered. Mark my words!
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Damn, maybe it's the politics thread right below this one, but you beat me to the punch on making almost that exact same statement.
/me toasts to the AC and his quick wit
The jamming technique fails miserably when the target satellites are equipped with the requisite "tin foil hat" defense system.
I assume you're also giving him Fs in the previous three as well. The tax rate hasn't lowered one bit for most Americans, in fact many of the poorer Americans are paying higher taxes. Al Qaeda is stillin Afghanistan, and most of the country is still in chaos. Also, he did manage to reform public education, into a much worse entity than it was before. Ask any public school teacher what they think of the underfunded bad idea called "No Child Left Behind".
So according to your report card: F F F I. That's still a miserable failure
"coldest area on earth at high altitude with nearly no women"
Now you've done it, hardocp will soon establish a city of overclocking enthusiasts there.
Apparently they stole several tags as well. Be on the lookout...
"Can anyone say true VR?"
Can anyone say who the hell still cares about VR?
I mean, really, even if there are still applications for such systems, is "VR" still the term to describe them? Until my "virtual" world can look at least as realistic as FF, I don't want to enter the "virtual world". I can see shitty slightly unrealistic renditions of the real world if I don't sleep for a few days or drink rather heavily, and that's cheaper and more fun.
Red Moon appears in the sky
Boston wins the world series
INTERNET BEING USED FOR SOMETHING PRODUCTIVE
Oh dear lord, we're all doomed!
I personally welcome the idea of "TV Over IP" type providers. I'd love it if I could watch the shows I want WHEN I want, streamed or downloadable.
I'd like to think the geek crowd is also tired of having nothing but info-mercials to watch while finding the latest logic error in $openSourceProject.
Hey the caller ID says Oliver Klozoff...
Parent is right about this one. Tivo's real fear should be all of the cable/satellite PVRs that are on the market. The true tivo "fans" will quickly turn when unremovable restrictions are enforced. Let's face it, the guy who's hacking a tivo could just as easily build a mythtv box or a windows equivalent.
This whole issue illustrates a point I've been pointing out on /. for quite some time: It is impossible for movie/music companies to stifle the free flow of information. So tivo's going to be controlled now, oh well, time for any capable geek to move on to another technology which circumvents these measures. More importantly, time for the inept masses to look to the geek for their solutions as well.
Something that the majority of people don't understand, even our president doesn't understand, that, is that you cannot rule a mass of intelligent motivated people with mandate. Look at the comparisons, prohibition, the war on drugs, the "war" on music "piracy", all failing, and rather miserably. Why? Because the motivation of the people and the means to accomplish these goals is far superior to that of the government trying to prevent them.
So sure, let tivo slit their own throats an inch at a time, I'll still watch my ripped movies and I'm sure NFL fans will find a workaround as well.
You can blow out your eardrums.
YAY TECHNOLOGY.
"will preserve the peace by fostering an era of good relations among the world's great powers" The first step in fostering these relations, is obviously keeping them from seeing my website.
I can definitely see use for this, imagine googling your intended location "Jim's Steakhouse"
Not only could google give you the directions, but a map, a menu, and an aerial photo. Sometimes aerial photos are AMAZINGLY helpful. You can see tons of things not on maps such as:
- Where there's nearby parking (lots)
- How many lanes on the hiway (turn lanes too)
- Color of the building/surroundings, which really helps if you've never been there before
- Nearby landmarks (streams, forests, trees, big buildings)
I for one welcome our new google overlords.Come on, seriously now, who HASN'T gotten at least one job from a friend/family member/spouse/etc. I understand that this is a bit bigger, but powell saying he got the job because of his resume and not his father is like Paris Hilton saying she's famous because she's pretty. There are a lot of unfamous prettier people and a lot of more qualified candidates for this position not named Powell.
wait wait wait....
Are you saying someone in the Bush Administration is incompetent?
OK, but seriously now, this should give you some idea of just how much this guy cares about world affairs and international politics. He doesn't care if any of his policies make sense anywhere but in his own private little playland, and even then he really doesn't care as long as he gets reelected.
I'm really not trying to sound like an extremist, but Mr. Bush has continually demonstrated apathy toward world opinion toward the US, and his supporters are often the kind to post "US out of UN" signs in their front yards. It's this kind of isolationalist arrogance that got us in trouble before, and it's going to come back to bite us in the arse again if we keep it up.
You know, Hitler was pretty good at distributing literature to only people within his country too
How much of a solid foreign policy this guy has.
At least the first three (4,5,&6) were SOMEWHAT realistic. Sure there was some futuristic/fantasy gear, but light sabers, blasters, and the force aren't that far of a stretch.
But now you bring in SURFING ON LAVA! What the hell kind of stupid ass idea is this? Somewhere in the formula of $goodMovie = $whatsAlreadyBeen done * $somethingExtravagantlyStupid ^ $corporatefunding there is a missing $creativity, $originality, or $substance, and that's just going to make this move suck more than EP 1.
On an altogether second star wars bitch, I still fscking hate Jar-Jar Binx, and think whoever created that turdmonkey should be shot, even if it is Lucas
and Dotted
That was quick, April Fools, enjoy your stupid bandwidth bill
OK, so no lie, I have made several (failed) attempts to build, and will one day successfully build a similar hamster case.
For everyone who's wondering why there are several attempts consider the following.
So, there's the trials and tribulations of the Hamster case. Can't belive someone stole my idea...
At least they get you out in the open air
Anyone go to Internet World last year?
Yogesh Gupta spoke on just such a technology and how useful it would be. His big theme was integration of technologies, and he talked about your PDA interfacing with your car. So your car would look for Starbuckses, Starbucksss...coffee shops near your 2:30 meeting. I sounds like a good idea to me.
I always thought cars should be equipped with some sort of short distance communication (wifi, bluetooth?) and a HUD so you can receive messages from other drivers. Think of the uses "Hey your tail light is out", "Stop tailing me!", "Wow!, are those real". I'm sure emergency signals could also be displayed over this kind of stuff, it'd be nice to know when you're 1500 meters from an accident so yo could quickly cut across 5 lanes and bypass the traffic.
I got $5 that either
/political jab
With as much crap as is released today, I'll gladly contribute my share to all of the folks who contributed to making and re-releasing this movie. I never understood why "timeless classics" stop playing in theaters. How many times have you wanted to go see a movie, in a theater (for a date, or just to get out of the house) and ended up watching something terrible like "scooby doo" because nothing good was playing? Life of Brian in the theaters will be an event to remember. Screw dressing up for star wars (every theatrical release of star wars post 1990 has been disappointing), I'm going to dig up my "Big Nose" costume.
Hail theathar! and Welease Wodewik!
My first experience with Linux, like yours, was not so good. (5+ years ago now), so I reverted back to Windows 98. Then windows 2000 came out, and I got it for free, legitimately (I went to Penn State at the time, who was in bed with Microsoft, along with about 30,000 other companies). Win2K, was, and still is, in my opinion, the best windows release. But after experiencing a few bugs with win2k, waiting forever and a day for patches, and meeting a few linux advocates, I was again pushed to try Linux. Second experience, not so bad at all, but work said use MS, and programming classes said use MS, and eventually the Linux box took a back burner to the windows box.
However, the amount of changes in recent Linux distros have been enough to positively convince me that Linux/Unix *is* the future for both home AND server markets. Namely, Gentoo and FreeBSD with their port(age) systems have convinced me that these OSs are heading in a better direction than Windows.
Learning X, especially when you throw in Gnome or KDE, isn't that much more difficult than Windows, and most of the bundled software that comes with various Linux distros is as simple as MS software. Add to that more recently vastly improved hardware recogniton and you've got a dead heat (in my opinion). But here's where I think there is an advantage, how many (non-technical) people do you know that bought a computer bundled with win98, office 97, or other outdated software, and still run that software? I could name about ten without even trying. Either the prohibitive cost or the fear of doing something wrong prevents many home users from keeping up to date. I was talking to an engineer friend of mine, who although in a technical field, is by no means l33t. After I had reformatted his machine for the second time (his family likes kazaa), I asked him what his ideal version of a computer/OS should be. He said "I should be able to plug it in, connnect the keyboard, whatever, and then just go to work, I should have most of the programs I need on it, and if I need to add a program, there should be a way to either download it or put in a disc and just let it do its thing." One of the reasons for his kazaa affinity was free software, his brother, a 15 year old amateur artist, wanted illustrator and photoshop, but didn't have the hundreds of dollars to throw at it. Unfortunately, it's MUCH easier to get these programs illegally than legally, I don't know how to solve this issue in relationship to non-open-source software, but I know that if the GIMP was a standard, I wouldn't have been reformatting his system.
Long story short, Linux has grown in LEAPS AND BOUNDS as of late, and easy-to-use ways of acquiring software and updates will eventually persuade the average consumer to make the switch. MS's days are numbered. Mark my words!