Re:Dave's Top Ten on IT
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Is this something you actually heard Letterman say, or is it "Iberian's Top 10 List"? It really doesn't sound like Dave, and it's not funny except for a few things. You make some good points, but they are diminished by the expectation that they should be funny.
I think that we should simply _not_ buy these CDs. That alone will speak louder than purchasing said CD and then returning it.
Not really. Receiving and handling a return will cost record companies and music stores more than not buying one will. Restocking basically either doubles (or some other multiplier) production cost, or they can't restock at all and just trash the old CDs. Losing a bunch of products is a lot harsher than having a bunch of products.
Not to bite the bait, but even if we had run more than one line to each office, it really wouldn't have helped in this case, nor likely in any other. Because a different firm rents every office, and billing is done by connection, it's completely illogical for one firm to want to pay for two connections every month.
The main reason is because we already had an old (free) hub and extra network cards lying around, it was just easier and cheaper to do it this way - costs less both for us and our clients.
Actually, there are many places where it is somewhat useful. For example, I've been responsible for wiring the office building in which my company rents an office. A new tenant moved in, and wanted ethernet connectivity for 3 computers, but we had only run one drop to each office, and we weren't interested in running an additional 200' drop, especially with the 3" of workspace above the ceiling panels.
In order to set them up (and have them pay for only one connection), we had to run the live wire out of the wall, into one computer that's running NAT, then from a second NIC in that computer to a hub, then two cables from the hub back into the wall jack, then running over to the second jack (in an adjacent room of the same suite).
If we had had a hub/switch integrated into the walljack (and especially if it had NAT capability, *wink* *wink* 3com), this would have made the job one hell of a lot cleaner. I'd even consider replacing our current setup with this, if just to try the thing out.
The only problem is that, when I'm searching for a site on Google, I'm not interested in taking the time to see how other people rated other sites. Metamoderation works (somewhat) on Slashdot because (when/if) people are willing to take the time to care, and look at other comments. I don't think anybody would be interested in metamoderating or generating karma on a search engine.
Hmm...is that *really* from the Mac OSX license? I find it really hard to believe that a company as large and powerful as Apple would release a product with a license in which the word 'license' is misspelled two times.
for example, it takes some voodoo before java actually works
I had that exact problem - the netscape 6 plugin repeatedly b0rked my installation. The best solution I've seen, and it seems to work pretty well, is to just use the plugin file that's included with the jdk. On my linux box, it's in/usr/java/jdk1.3.1/jre/plugin/i386/ns600/libjavapl ugin_oji.so and I see somebody's already posted its location on Windows. I just symlinked this file into/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins, restarted mozilla, and java worked perfectly.
While that is sort of interesting, I found it rather hard to understand. For those of you who aren't smarter than I am, and want a little assistance, I'll try to rephrase the AC's post:
Interesting Fact:
The first two automobiles to be (made? present?) in Illinois crashed into each other.
I blame their parents myself.
That makes more sense to me than the first did, but maybe I'm just a bit slow. The spelling threw me for a little loop as well.
Not to support a troll or anything, but you (and anybody else who expects his console to break) would be better off buying one now, and another one when/if yours breaks. Unless the console is incredibly popular, rare, and out of production, prices will fall with time, and you can get a replacement cheaper by waiting.
What will I do when my dive computer runs CE, though?
Drown?
Re:How about an XBox? - I think I got that covered
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Geek Gift Ideas 2001
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That's exactly the point. You don't need an X-box. It doesn't help you at all by itself. For that matter, you never needed any game console systems, since they were all just readily available hardware.
Oh wait, you want to play a game? Sorry, this game's only available for X-Box/PS2/GameCube. You may have 3x the power in your computer, but still won't run. Nobody is going to buy an X-box for the hardware; they buy it for the games.
I was about to post this link as well, but figured I'd scan for it first. Just FYI, the Popular Science article is called "The Best of What's New," and it's an annual feature that culls the most interesting/innovative/promising inventions out of the year. Every issue has a section called "What's New" and this is just a distillation of that; there are often some quite interesting things that come up and then are never seen again.
No, "as smart as I (am)" is correct. The "am" is just omitted, as it often is in daily use. How you have it would read "as smart as myself am", which doesn't work because myself is reflexive (and therefore wouldn't even apply in this case) and objective. Now, pedantry aside, what the original poster said ("as smart as me") is what is most common in America today (don't know about Britain). However, what is right is not always popular; what is popular is not always right.
Well, at least with Tennis, white-color is equally accurate. Many "high-class" clubs still require members and guests to wear all-white outfits. That said, I believe white collar is what the original poster meant.
Maybe intentionally malformed packets *are* modern art...in a more pure sense of the term. Not only is it just poorly done, it's using a completely modern medium. Just you wait, someday you'll find a computer terminal showing live tcpdumps of malformed packets.
Re:From the "Reminds me of this classic prose" guy
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We get some science history, and even mention of alchemy, but mostly how it paved the way for future exploration and experimentation. We mostly learn names of influential scientists, like Rutherford, Boyle, Dalton, etc. and what each contributed. I'd never heard of the Philosopher's Stone as an object of alchemists' search, rather that they were just looking for "a way" to transmute substances into gold.
(I suppose when I say 'we', I mean 'I'...but I'd think it's similar for most Americans)
People pay for cable television, but I don't hear too much complaining about commercial breaks on ESPN/TNT/other cable stations. I think it may be something people will just have to get used to. Just signing up for the basic OnStar service won't get you any advertisements, but if you want things like stock quotes, you may just have to live with hearing an ad for Fidelity Investments.
Oftentimes there will only be one person in the car and hence he/she wont be able to look down to see the ad.
OnStar is a voice system, not computer/LCD. There's a little button that basically places a cellphone call to a directory service, and also sends your GPS location. From there, you're talking to a real person (or, as in the case of ads, listening to a recording, like on the radio). There won't be a requirement to look anywhere in order to receive the information.
Now something more realistic (if it isnt there already) would be having the system allow a user to query information about nearby hotels, malls, restaurants, etc.
That's pretty much what OnStar's good for right now, aside from auto-calling in an emergency. You can press the OnStar button, and ask somebody where there's a hotel, gas station, movie theater, italian restaurant (and I think they can even make reservations), or as in an example another poster provided, the nearest tittie bar.
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Is this something you actually heard Letterman say, or is it "Iberian's Top 10 List"? It really doesn't sound like Dave, and it's not funny except for a few things. You make some good points, but they are diminished by the expectation that they should be funny.
http://ewob.colorado.edu
Gotta love us Americans who turn 'without' into two words in making an acronym.
(FWIW, the actual site calls itself 'EWB', but ewb.colorado.edu doesn't work...hmm)
I think that we should simply _not_ buy these CDs. That alone will speak louder than purchasing said CD and then returning it.
Not really. Receiving and handling a return will cost record companies and music stores more than not buying one will. Restocking basically either doubles (or some other multiplier) production cost, or they can't restock at all and just trash the old CDs. Losing a bunch of products is a lot harsher than having a bunch of products.
Not to bite the bait, but even if we had run more than one line to each office, it really wouldn't have helped in this case, nor likely in any other. Because a different firm rents every office, and billing is done by connection, it's completely illogical for one firm to want to pay for two connections every month.
The main reason is because we already had an old (free) hub and extra network cards lying around, it was just easier and cheaper to do it this way - costs less both for us and our clients.
How about ? That's worked in every browser I've ever used.
Actually, there are many places where it is somewhat useful. For example, I've been responsible for wiring the office building in which my company rents an office. A new tenant moved in, and wanted ethernet connectivity for 3 computers, but we had only run one drop to each office, and we weren't interested in running an additional 200' drop, especially with the 3" of workspace above the ceiling panels.
In order to set them up (and have them pay for only one connection), we had to run the live wire out of the wall, into one computer that's running NAT, then from a second NIC in that computer to a hub, then two cables from the hub back into the wall jack, then running over to the second jack (in an adjacent room of the same suite).
If we had had a hub/switch integrated into the walljack (and especially if it had NAT capability, *wink* *wink* 3com), this would have made the job one hell of a lot cleaner. I'd even consider replacing our current setup with this, if just to try the thing out.
The only problem is that, when I'm searching for a site on Google, I'm not interested in taking the time to see how other people rated other sites. Metamoderation works (somewhat) on Slashdot because (when/if) people are willing to take the time to care, and look at other comments. I don't think anybody would be interested in metamoderating or generating karma on a search engine.
No, I believe aluminum coated plastic discs is right. CDs are largely plastic, with just the recorded level (substrate?) as a reflective metal.
Just wait for an unstable kernel release, so that when you try to disconnect your brain, the kernel wipes your brain. Uhh...oops.
Hmm...is that *really* from the Mac OSX license? I find it really hard to believe that a company as large and powerful as Apple would release a product with a license in which the word 'license' is misspelled two times.
for example, it takes some voodoo before java actually works
/usr/java/jdk1.3.1/jre/plugin/i386/ns600/libjavapl ugin_oji.so and I see somebody's already posted its location on Windows. I just symlinked this file into /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins, restarted mozilla, and java worked perfectly.
I had that exact problem - the netscape 6 plugin repeatedly b0rked my installation. The best solution I've seen, and it seems to work pretty well, is to just use the plugin file that's included with the jdk. On my linux box, it's in
That makes more sense to me than the first did, but maybe I'm just a bit slow. The spelling threw me for a little loop as well.
Not to support a troll or anything, but you (and anybody else who expects his console to break) would be better off buying one now, and another one when/if yours breaks. Unless the console is incredibly popular, rare, and out of production, prices will fall with time, and you can get a replacement cheaper by waiting.
Indeed. I wouldn't be so paranoid if they weren't all out to get me.
What will I do when my dive computer runs CE, though?
Drown?
That's exactly the point. You don't need an X-box. It doesn't help you at all by itself. For that matter, you never needed any game console systems, since they were all just readily available hardware.
Oh wait, you want to play a game? Sorry, this game's only available for X-Box/PS2/GameCube. You may have 3x the power in your computer, but still won't run. Nobody is going to buy an X-box for the hardware; they buy it for the games.
I was about to post this link as well, but figured I'd scan for it first. Just FYI, the Popular Science article is called "The Best of What's New," and it's an annual feature that culls the most interesting/innovative/promising inventions out of the year. Every issue has a section called "What's New" and this is just a distillation of that; there are often some quite interesting things that come up and then are never seen again.
No, "as smart as I (am)" is correct. The "am" is just omitted, as it often is in daily use. How you have it would read "as smart as myself am", which doesn't work because myself is reflexive (and therefore wouldn't even apply in this case) and objective. Now, pedantry aside, what the original poster said ("as smart as me") is what is most common in America today (don't know about Britain). However, what is right is not always popular; what is popular is not always right.
Well, at least with Tennis, white-color is equally accurate. Many "high-class" clubs still require members and guests to wear all-white outfits. That said, I believe white collar is what the original poster meant.
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Nietzche is dead - God
Maybe intentionally malformed packets *are* modern art...in a more pure sense of the term. Not only is it just poorly done, it's using a completely modern medium. Just you wait, someday you'll find a computer terminal showing live tcpdumps of malformed packets.
We get some science history, and even mention of alchemy, but mostly how it paved the way for future exploration and experimentation. We mostly learn names of influential scientists, like Rutherford, Boyle, Dalton, etc. and what each contributed. I'd never heard of the Philosopher's Stone as an object of alchemists' search, rather that they were just looking for "a way" to transmute substances into gold.
(I suppose when I say 'we', I mean 'I'...but I'd think it's similar for most Americans)
People pay for cable television, but I don't hear too much complaining about commercial breaks on ESPN/TNT/other cable stations. I think it may be something people will just have to get used to. Just signing up for the basic OnStar service won't get you any advertisements, but if you want things like stock quotes, you may just have to live with hearing an ad for Fidelity Investments.
Oftentimes there will only be one person in the car and hence he/she wont be able to look down to see the ad.
OnStar is a voice system, not computer/LCD. There's a little button that basically places a cellphone call to a directory service, and also sends your GPS location. From there, you're talking to a real person (or, as in the case of ads, listening to a recording, like on the radio). There won't be a requirement to look anywhere in order to receive the information.
Now something more realistic (if it isnt there already) would be having the system allow a user to query information about nearby hotels, malls, restaurants, etc.
That's pretty much what OnStar's good for right now, aside from auto-calling in an emergency. You can press the OnStar button, and ask somebody where there's a hotel, gas station, movie theater, italian restaurant (and I think they can even make reservations), or as in an example another poster provided, the nearest tittie bar.