but who do I have to stab in the throught around here to get an am/fm tuner integrated into a device like this?
Seems pretty silly that I can buy a phone/camera/video game but i can't buy a machine that plays mp3 and the radio.
My boyfriend, jbrader, just read me your post. Uh, of course your girlfriend is mad. As the former girlfriend of many nerds, and now about to be the wife of one, I've learned quite a bit besides the basic, "I love my nerd".
You have to engage your girlfriend in what you are doing. Explain the games to her, have her watch G4 with you, or even explain the/. site to her. Show her what you are doing in the game and why it is important to you. These things might seem like they won't work. But women are persistent aren't they? By being persistent that you're girlfriend understand the games that are important to you, she will begin to take notice, or possibly interest, in what you are doing.
In short, this is how to get her off your back. It's what jbrader did.
To which I would like to add: do you think there is any reason to try to copy human nature? I can see the point in having machines understand humans as it could make communicating with robots and computers easier. But why try to make an artificial human? It seems as though we have more than enough of the real thing already.
Perhaps the real story isn't that the percentage of Americans online at home has grown about 25% in the last 4 years.
I think the fact that we've gone from almost nobody being online in the early nineties to having 3/4 of the population on the net in only a decade is the really impressive figure.
I live in a city that has had its own fiber network for a few years now ( in fact it bills itself as the Most Wired City in the Country which is super funny considering all the meth labs we have around here).
I was on there service for a while, and while it wasn't nearly as crappy as most of the other government services I've encountered, it wasn't great either. So no I'm back with my friendly local conglomerate.
Don't forget all those calls you make to computers. Calls to the bank etc. I for one don't really want to talk to Max Headroom(sp?) every time I call for my balance.
Though I can see how that could be use full. The deaf perhaps...
I used to work for a guy who buzzed the stubble off his face like twice a day. He was a real hustler and he thought he got more sales if he was all bay smooth I guess.
But he was dumber than a bag of hammers.
I guess now i know why.
Iapetus actually:-)
In the film the monolith was orbiting Jupiter. and in the book theres hardly any mention of Jupiter.
For the sequals though, Clarke went with the movie and moved everything from Saturn.
The way that I seem to remember it is Clarke wrote the novel and Kubrick wrote the screenplay of a story that they collaberated on. Though there are major plot differences.
In fact I remember reading once that Clarke said he wouldn't touch screenwriting with a bargepole (too technical)
Not in all cases, your forgetting about turntableists and scrathing contests. And if the purpose of DJing was soley for dancing then people would'nt buy very many Moby or FatBoy Slim cds for listening to at home.
Exactly what I was going to say. And if one were to replac Hector's rattle can with a real spray rig (or with 3 if you want color) it would be no sweat to implement world class murals very quickly and easily.
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but who do I have to stab in the throught around here to get an am/fm tuner integrated into a device like this? Seems pretty silly that I can buy a phone/camera/video game but i can't buy a machine that plays mp3 and the radio.
My boyfriend, jbrader, just read me your post. Uh, of course your girlfriend is mad. As the former girlfriend of many nerds, and now about to be the wife of one, I've learned quite a bit besides the basic, "I love my nerd". You have to engage your girlfriend in what you are doing. Explain the games to her, have her watch G4 with you, or even explain the /. site to her. Show her what you are doing in the game and why it is important to you. These things might seem like they won't work. But women are persistent aren't they? By being persistent that you're girlfriend understand the games that are important to you, she will begin to take notice, or possibly interest, in what you are doing.
In short, this is how to get her off your back. It's what jbrader did.
Well of course it should be banned. Hundreds of people drown in huge pools of it every year.
Don't forget all those "house of the future" newsreels from the 50's
Damn I wish I'd thought of that one. Somebody mod this guy up. I'd do it myself but I already posted.
To which I would like to add: do you think there is any reason to try to copy human nature? I can see the point in having machines understand humans as it could make communicating with robots and computers easier. But why try to make an artificial human? It seems as though we have more than enough of the real thing already.
Perhaps the real story isn't that the percentage of Americans online at home has grown about 25% in the last 4 years. I think the fact that we've gone from almost nobody being online in the early nineties to having 3/4 of the population on the net in only a decade is the really impressive figure.
I think it's incredibly ironic somewhere right now there is probably someone using a satellite link to look at the Flat Earth Society web site.
I live in a city that has had its own fiber network for a few years now ( in fact it bills itself as the Most Wired City in the Country which is super funny considering all the meth labs we have around here). I was on there service for a while, and while it wasn't nearly as crappy as most of the other government services I've encountered, it wasn't great either. So no I'm back with my friendly local conglomerate.
Don't forget all those calls you make to computers. Calls to the bank etc. I for one don't really want to talk to Max Headroom(sp?) every time I call for my balance. Though I can see how that could be use full. The deaf perhaps...
Haha see the oil companies are realy our saviors
I used to work for a guy who buzzed the stubble off his face like twice a day. He was a real hustler and he thought he got more sales if he was all bay smooth I guess. But he was dumber than a bag of hammers. I guess now i know why.
Because you could connect it your web-enabled refrigerator, and instead of ordering new food for you it could just cover up the funk of the old stuff.
Does this spell the end of bad perl syntax jokes???
Iapetus actually :-)
In the film the monolith was orbiting Jupiter. and in the book theres hardly any mention of Jupiter.
For the sequals though, Clarke went with the movie and moved everything from Saturn.
Yes and it already happend once with alcohol.
The way that I seem to remember it is Clarke wrote the novel and Kubrick wrote the screenplay of a story that they collaberated on. Though there are major plot differences. In fact I remember reading once that Clarke said he wouldn't touch screenwriting with a bargepole (too technical)
Yes but aren't the violinists in an orchestra just playing someone elses work?
Not in all cases, your forgetting about turntableists and scrathing contests. And if the purpose of DJing was soley for dancing then people would'nt buy very many Moby or FatBoy Slim cds for listening to at home.
But a live show doesn't have to be musicians on traditional indtruments. If that were the case no one would watch DJs
am all for it. Nothing like a little social engineering at the office.
I think that's a little like saying an Ansel Adams isn't art because the camera did all the work.
Exactly what I was going to say. And if one were to replac Hector's rattle can with a real spray rig (or with 3 if you want color) it would be no sweat to implement world class murals very quickly and easily.
Well in the universe the rest of us live in Lucas had nothing to do with ROTK
Haha 5 minutes after its posted and /.ed already.
Must be a leaked Star Wars clip