i agree in full. i'm not really a hacker per say, but i engage in recreational use of php for somewhat simple web applications (mostly the backend, i usually put up a minimal front end). linux is great for this type of development; kwrite, ssh/scp, konqueror, and apache/php, are all great tools.
i like how you can make the system less catered to people who want the "are you sure you want to..." dialogs.
"Apple uses all Bose speakers even down to the smallest speakers in their systems."
so apple is into innaccurate audio reproduction from highly overpriced and overrated equipment. hard to say i'm shocked. they probably design the speaker housings more for looks than for quality audio. or at least it wouldn't surprise me if that's what happened.
i'm not sure about the other brands you mentioned, but i'm quite positive that bose is not the brand to buy when you're talking sound reproduction. didn't altec lansing previuosly design drivers and enclosures for apple sound systems?
computer speakers aren't that great anyway though. nice headphones and full size stereos (it's much easier to design a good speaker when you have legitimate amounts of room to work with, especially with subs) are the way to go.
at first i read that as "ghosts, physics, etc." that made me laugh:)
this page has a portion of the new scientist article "13 things that don't make sense" that in part covers some interesting findings on homeopathy. (#4) i would have linked to the original article, but it cuts off shortly and asks you to subscribe.
anyway, it seems to me that the majority of places employing cobblestone as a walking surface usually have a pleasant atmosphere as well. that also might have something to do with their findings
research aside, i just like cobblestone; it seems more natural to me.
i previously hosted my site on a p100. now it's on a p200 with 84mb of edo/fpm:) and it runs apache (mod_php, mod_ssl, all static modules), mysql, qmail, samba, and ssh all on top of slack 10.1 with a 2.4.31 kernel. faster than i expected too
at the very most they could put a tax on things like this if they really really really felt the need, e.g. if it was starting to be a problem or something. at that point someone could air statements against the use of such items during prime time commercials or something. get some media coverage
the most ideal solution to me would be other people demonstrating to users of this product what a waste it is and maybe teaching them of the wonderful thermos (those things are sooo cool (or hot, depending)). this is something for society to correct, not the government (i think of them as separate but coexisting entities)
"this Desktop Pal(tm) remembers all your passwords for you! free download from the well known gator corporation"
i thought it was funny until i looked to make sure the company was called gator (and not just the product). i was surprised to find the gator ewallet that fills out forms, holds passwords, and encrypts stuff, and now i don't know what to say.
i just remember them (i only have 3 aliases, and i remember the phases my passwords went through. the trick is using them enough; i forget them when i don't)
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machines can't feel as a general rule, and i am fairly confident that machines will never get a feeling for a certain piece of music (if you're into playing you know what i mean by this). it's just one of those things that i believe is unprogrammable. it might be possible if the computer was programmed to learn via highly associative memory processing, but it would have to be superbly done. i don't think we can outdo ourselves in this area. also, i do not read popular literature on the subject of AI.
you can program the nuances, but the only way a computer currently understands how to play is human instruction (or hampsters and markov chains). once a computer is programmed in such a way that it can deviate from the instructions fed to it in a constructive manner, then people might be at risk of losing their music playing jobs.
at the point where someone spends enough time programming a music playing device to get a certain piece right, they probably could have better spent that time learning the piece on their own (or with a group). the nice benefit to this route is that the person can easily change the music according to their tastes and even compose entirely different music. the only people i could think of who would bother with the machine played route are those who want the challenge of making it happen.
i have come to realize that playing music precisely how it was written is somewhat cold and lifeless; there are little nuances to how a tune's rythm goes that just don't translate through musical notation. the beats divide mostly evenly, but there's that one little bit.... i always like to listen to a piece before i play it; or play it and add a little something of my own. makes it more interesting to me anyway
machines will never get a feeling for the piece. that said, they will 0wn my human hands on any two part bach invention that doesn't involve player interpretation of ornaments
that and the language they used. i disliked the overuse of terms like "aesthetic", "experience", and other apple-style buzzwords. (they've been around i know, but not so prevalent until more recently. i'm guessing the article was written by a mac enthusiast)
and if that wasn't enough they add a splash of business lingo to the mix. capital.
does everything have to look smooth, shiny, and modern? apparently it does if you're "innovative"
sorry, i'm a big fan of plain and purposeful things. when they said industrial design, i knew what it was, but i was half hoping to see pictures of some manufacturing equipment, or at least a snippet on how they made the product. this was more geared to "oh it looks nice" and "why don't you go buy it". although like you said, a few good ones.
i hope (and my faith in a portion of humanity rests on this hope) that such things are rare if not unheard of and you are only conjecturing on a hypothetical possibility of something that John Doe might think of pondering while trying to come up with a good "what if" line for a short artistic work he might get around to writing.
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tv and movies wouldn't be that much of a loss to me, but i really dig music.
then i remembered that one nice part about music is you can make your own.
"I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate."
are you quoting that from bladerunner or the oakenfold track based of the same?
if it's bladerunner, how is that movie?
Cthulhu in charge of "Interfaith Relations"?
for when you're tired of picking the lesser of two evils
nah, it's just easier :) (i do the same thing usually)
i agree in full. i'm not really a hacker per say, but i engage in recreational use of php for somewhat simple web applications (mostly the backend, i usually put up a minimal front end). linux is great for this type of development; kwrite, ssh/scp, konqueror, and apache/php, are all great tools.
i like how you can make the system less catered to people who want the "are you sure you want to..." dialogs.
amen.
i really like all the buttons too... i wish they'd put even more of them in! but i'm quite happy with how configurable it is now.
"Apple uses all Bose speakers even down to the smallest speakers in their systems."
so apple is into innaccurate audio reproduction from highly overpriced and overrated equipment. hard to say i'm shocked. they probably design the speaker housings more for looks than for quality audio. or at least it wouldn't surprise me if that's what happened.
i'm not sure about the other brands you mentioned, but i'm quite positive that bose is not the brand to buy when you're talking sound reproduction. didn't altec lansing previuosly design drivers and enclosures for apple sound systems?
computer speakers aren't that great anyway though. nice headphones and full size stereos (it's much easier to design a good speaker when you have legitimate amounts of room to work with, especially with subs) are the way to go.
and do home users care if their systems can handle 8x the load they put on them?
i would care if i owned one that could do that, because i'd still be paying for it, not because it would be over-capable
"Long live 'science'! I can't wait till we're past this new religion."
well put
"ghosts, psychics, etc."
:)
at first i read that as "ghosts, physics, etc." that made me laugh
this page has a portion of the new scientist article "13 things that don't make sense" that in part covers some interesting findings on homeopathy. (#4) i would have linked to the original article, but it cuts off shortly and asks you to subscribe.
anyway, it seems to me that the majority of places employing cobblestone as a walking surface usually have a pleasant atmosphere as well. that also might have something to do with their findings
research aside, i just like cobblestone; it seems more natural to me.
i previously hosted my site on a p100. now it's on a p200 with 84mb of edo/fpm :) and it runs apache (mod_php, mod_ssl, all static modules), mysql, qmail, samba, and ssh all on top of slack 10.1 with a 2.4.31 kernel. faster than i expected too
how well does 2k3 run on a p3/550?
at the very most they could put a tax on things like this if they really really really felt the need, e.g. if it was starting to be a problem or something. at that point someone could air statements against the use of such items during prime time commercials or something. get some media coverage
the most ideal solution to me would be other people demonstrating to users of this product what a waste it is and maybe teaching them of the wonderful thermos (those things are sooo cool (or hot, depending)). this is something for society to correct, not the government (i think of them as separate but coexisting entities)
and how did it take 10y and $24e6 to develop such a simple product?
oh, with that system i wouldn't bother writing it down (then again, i don't have that many usernames/passes)
"this Desktop Pal(tm) remembers all your passwords for you! free download from the well known gator corporation"
i thought it was funny until i looked to make sure the company was called gator (and not just the product). i was surprised to find the gator ewallet that fills out forms, holds passwords, and encrypts stuff, and now i don't know what to say.
i think his idea had the advantage of being able to come up with the password if you forget it, although yours is certainly more secure
that's certainly the most convenient method
i just remember them (i only have 3 aliases, and i remember the phases my passwords went through. the trick is using them enough; i forget them when i don't)
some people even map caps lock to escape
i'm fairly certain the other fellow has the classical definition as it pertains to literature, as that is how i learned the word in school.
you probably have the popular definition that somehow got mangled along the way (and understandably too)
machines can't feel as a general rule, and i am fairly confident that machines will never get a feeling for a certain piece of music (if you're into playing you know what i mean by this). it's just one of those things that i believe is unprogrammable. it might be possible if the computer was programmed to learn via highly associative memory processing, but it would have to be superbly done. i don't think we can outdo ourselves in this area. also, i do not read popular literature on the subject of AI.
you can program the nuances, but the only way a computer currently understands how to play is human instruction (or hampsters and markov chains). once a computer is programmed in such a way that it can deviate from the instructions fed to it in a constructive manner, then people might be at risk of losing their music playing jobs.
at the point where someone spends enough time programming a music playing device to get a certain piece right, they probably could have better spent that time learning the piece on their own (or with a group). the nice benefit to this route is that the person can easily change the music according to their tastes and even compose entirely different music. the only people i could think of who would bother with the machine played route are those who want the challenge of making it happen.
maybe the 2.1 series had other code changes that made the fix easier to implement
wow, i went the other direction, my newly set up server (so called only because of the server software, it's an old desktop) is running 1.3
:)
good thing i don't have to upgrade
i have come to realize that playing music precisely how it was written is somewhat cold and lifeless; there are little nuances to how a tune's rythm goes that just don't translate through musical notation. the beats divide mostly evenly, but there's that one little bit.... i always like to listen to a piece before i play it; or play it and add a little something of my own. makes it more interesting to me anyway
machines will never get a feeling for the piece. that said, they will 0wn my human hands on any two part bach invention that doesn't involve player interpretation of ornaments
that and the language they used. i disliked the overuse of terms like "aesthetic", "experience", and other apple-style buzzwords. (they've been around i know, but not so prevalent until more recently. i'm guessing the article was written by a mac enthusiast)
and if that wasn't enough they add a splash of business lingo to the mix. capital.
does everything have to look smooth, shiny, and modern? apparently it does if you're "innovative"
sorry, i'm a big fan of plain and purposeful things. when they said industrial design, i knew what it was, but i was half hoping to see pictures of some manufacturing equipment, or at least a snippet on how they made the product. this was more geared to "oh it looks nice" and "why don't you go buy it". although like you said, a few good ones.
"someone posing as an Apple guy"
i hope (and my faith in a portion of humanity rests on this hope) that such things are rare if not unheard of and you are only conjecturing on a hypothetical possibility of something that John Doe might think of pondering while trying to come up with a good "what if" line for a short artistic work he might get around to writing.