At some point, when natural mines are all but exhausted, that'll change, but not for now. By then we'll see current waste deposits become the new mines
Indeed. And in this case, surely it would be a good idea if we started burying E-waste in separate dedicated E-waste dumps instead of in with all the other landfill trash, so we can find it more easily when we need it again.
The heartbeat is way too fast! Since at 60bpm it is half dance music speed of ~120bpm(+), the brain merely interpolates the extra beats in between. Remember the quote:
"127 - disco heaven!":-)
Everyone knows slower reggae/hip-hop tempos around 90bpm are more mellow. So a tempo of 90 or 45 would work better, or if they'd wanted to relax people, use a steadily slowing down tempo say ranging imperceptibly gradually from 100bpm to 40bpm.
The ever-changing randomly-placed sounds and panning are distracting, not relaxing. The drifty evolving analogue pad sounds are nice, but there is so much else wrong with this to know where to begin. There is nothing new here that Eno wasn't already doing in the late 1970's. But I guess it's all about the self-promotion and attention-seeking. Perhaps these so-called experts and scientists should come and visit my record collection. Or just check out artists like Oophoi.
Btrfs uses Copy on Write: Modified data is written into new data blocks to preserve the old data. Only once the data has been written is the tree to the data updated - until then, the file entry points to the old data blocks.
Checksums verify metadata and data blocks, which allows flawed data to be detected
Files can be compressed when they are written (mount option compress)
The file system can be up-sized or down-sized as well as de-fragmented during operation
It's not quite ready for prime time yet, but looks good.
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So would that just earn you more bigpenis spam? It's hard to guess what low tricks these scum won't stoop to.
I simply don't like the music produced right now, and I don't think I'm alone. In the 60's through the 80's, the defining part of each piece of music was typically the melody. We listened to things that had beautiful sounds and chords. We had thought provoking lyrics that read like poetry, or lyrics that one could simply associate with.
There, fixed that for you. Older readers may wish to substitute 70's or just stay in the 60's.
While I agree with your sentiments about cheap pop crap, there is good music out there in every decade; it sometimes just takes time to discover. The problem remains the same as ever: lots of dross obscuring the talent. It used to be commercially-driven manufactured pop stars under the wing of major labels. Now we have a democratised industry with cheap studio gear/time, and MiceBase (owned by Rupert Murdoch) is full of bedroom wannabees clamouring to sell out all over again. The independent artists with their own websites/distribution are there, once you start looking. Some are good, and hopefully will thrive.
I was going to reply to the GP's fascinating post, but the AC pretty much said it all. I'll just add some
other stuff...
In Olden Times, knowledge was transmitted orally, from one generation to the next. Once people started writing stuff down, that left them with less time to teach orally. Later on, once people started putting knowledge online, and maintaining the infrastructure to keep it balanced precariously there (power distribution, computer industry, cheap labour force, etc.), there was even less time. This was especially compounded by the fact that nowadays with all this superabundance of information, we're all reading so much more (well I am at least). Add to that the meta-information that goes along with it, and we're documenting the documentation, blogging about blogging, not just our lives/technology. Not to mention the new opportunities the tech now gives us to waste time.
Eventually we end up bringing up children with lots of awesomely intricate high-level knowledge, but less in the way of low-level skills they'd never use in this ultra-modern world where everything is done for them (at least at the moment, while stocks last...). For example, many computer courses nowadays teach how to use a particular brand of office suite/compiler/IDE, rather than the actual principles involved a programming language. Applied knowledge is too often favoured over pure knowledge, sadly.
In the event of a failure of our vast knowledge system (new MS Office data format, massive planet-wide electricity blackout/economic crash, war, etc.) lots of data goes dark, plus with it goes the knowledge to rebuild it. The kidz just can't hack it any more, and so reluctantly revert to barbarianism.
"The Shinto monks of Iso, Japan, have a curious custom. Every 20 years since
the year 772, they've dismantled their central shrine and rebuilt it from
scratch. In so doing, they pass down the knowledge of their sacred
construction techniques from generation to generation. It's also an
effective way for the monks to participate eagerly in the transitoriness of
life, rather than merely being resigned to it. They practice the art of
death and rebirth not just in meditation but through a practical long-term
ritual."
We've known about the rings at Stonehenge for how long? What do we know about them? Not much.
The simple fact is that we are still discovering evidence of what man did before inventing writing of any sort.
Maybe some of the olde knowledge has not been passed on orally, and so has gone extinct. "Primitive" mankind may have developed capabilities we no longer know much about, simply because being, say, a Dowser/Alchemist/Ostrich-Racer was no longer a sexy enough career for a young man once the printing press was the hottest new tech, and everyone was getting into journalism; so Little Johnny didn't care to learn his father's skills (forgive me if I mixed up dates in that example).
I'm continually amazed at the apparent opinion of many that what science knows now is all there is to know, or that it is not possible that it is not quite right.
Indeed. There is still a lot we can learn from "Primitive" societies.
Who's to say that just because a skill fell out of favour during a time of
war/hardship, and then was lost, that it might never be needed later in
the future?
One of my interests lies in traditional (African) music. The best stuff gets remembered and becomes popular, renowned for its quality, and therefore survives as it is taught to others. This has been going on for centuries before us Westerners started notating it. The old rhythms really are the best, as they've been refined and perfected over time. Like Linux;-)
That must have been a puzzling childhood. One would be bad enough, but having two must have been confusing figuring out who to call "Father".
And if you don't mind me asking, are you really the offspring of canines, or sheep farmers from The Black Forest? I tried looking at your homepage, but it's broken.
one night we found a particularly stupid burglar huddled in our basement with the two dogs
Slashdot Mirror
...including the letter N from his first name!
cf. Roadside Picnic:
I always thought my sig wasn't far wrong :-)
Some quotes on why walking rocks : )
Indeed. And in this case, surely it would be a good idea if we started burying E-waste in separate dedicated E-waste dumps instead of in with all the other landfill trash, so we can find it more easily when we need it again.
The manual? They'll be expecting us to RTFA next! ; )
"We'd like your finger-embedded smartcard to authorize a new computer via a tap on the computer."
At last! A /. story where everyone is guaranteed to RTFA! ;-)
UGH, stupid BaceFook walled garden and Soundclod pages which don't play; I finally found it on YouTube:
Marconi Union - Weightless (Radox) HighQuality Audio (most relaxing tune)
The heartbeat is way too fast! Since at 60bpm it is half dance music speed of ~120bpm(+), the brain merely interpolates the extra beats in between. Remember the quote:
Everyone knows slower reggae/hip-hop tempos around 90bpm are more mellow. So a tempo of 90 or 45 would work better, or if they'd wanted to relax people, use a steadily slowing down tempo say ranging imperceptibly gradually from 100bpm to 40bpm.
The ever-changing randomly-placed sounds and panning are distracting, not relaxing. The drifty evolving analogue pad sounds are nice, but there is so much else wrong with this to know where to begin. There is nothing new here that Eno wasn't already doing in the late 1970's. But I guess it's all about the self-promotion and attention-seeking. Perhaps these so-called experts and scientists should come and visit my record collection. Or just check out artists like Oophoi.
Yeahright.
Be careful...
http://www.ex-parrot.com/pete/upside-down-ternet.html
I found this informative Heise article (linked to from the comments in TFA) gave helpful explanations, for example:
It's not quite ready for prime time yet, but looks good.
OMG NO! It's The Bottom Inspectors! Quick! Hide the children!!!1
My first computing experiences were ZX80+BBC BASIC, Elite, et al.
These are the apps that have most revolutionised my computing over recent (interweb) years:
Soon more music software will join that list. And one day I'll get into Blender, probably when/if I can stop wasting my time playing prboom (=Doom)...
Yay for twin sisters :-)
And their mother.
Surely someone out there can conceive a better system than what we have now...?
FTLA:
http://www2.bt.com/static/i/btretail/webwise/help.html#how-do-i-prevent-webwise-from-scanning-my-site [scroll down]
So would that just earn you more bigpenis spam? It's hard to guess what low tricks these scum won't stoop to.
But surely the greatest danger to inexperienced/untrained pilots is below 10ft altitude, i.e., the ground (and the people/buildings on it)?
Heck, I got thousands of hours' of flying, but my best times were always those nifty stunts under bridges and between buildings.
But in our modern age of The War Of Terror, I just can't see this getting off the ground legally.
No, read the SilentPCReview article linked to above. Intel=typical, AMD=maximum.
Fast Food and candy will kill your brain...
...FAST!
There, fixed that for you. Older readers may wish to substitute 70's or just stay in the 60's.
While I agree with your sentiments about cheap pop crap, there is good music out there in every decade; it sometimes just takes time to discover. The problem remains the same as ever: lots of dross obscuring the talent. It used to be commercially-driven manufactured pop stars under the wing of major labels. Now we have a democratised industry with cheap studio gear/time, and MiceBase (owned by Rupert Murdoch) is full of bedroom wannabees clamouring to sell out all over again. The independent artists with their own websites/distribution are there, once you start looking. Some are good, and hopefully will thrive.
More like victims.
I was going to reply to the GP's fascinating post, but the AC pretty much said it all. I'll just add some other stuff...
In Olden Times, knowledge was transmitted orally, from one generation to the next. Once people started writing stuff down, that left them with less time to teach orally. Later on, once people started putting knowledge online, and maintaining the infrastructure to keep it balanced precariously there (power distribution, computer industry, cheap labour force, etc.), there was even less time. This was especially compounded by the fact that nowadays with all this superabundance of information, we're all reading so much more (well I am at least). Add to that the meta-information that goes along with it, and we're documenting the documentation, blogging about blogging, not just our lives/technology. Not to mention the new opportunities the tech now gives us to waste time.
Eventually we end up bringing up children with lots of awesomely intricate high-level knowledge, but less in the way of low-level skills they'd never use in this ultra-modern world where everything is done for them (at least at the moment, while stocks last...). For example, many computer courses nowadays teach how to use a particular brand of office suite/compiler/IDE, rather than the actual principles involved a programming language. Applied knowledge is too often favoured over pure knowledge, sadly.
In the event of a failure of our vast knowledge system (new MS Office data format, massive planet-wide electricity blackout/economic crash, war, etc.) lots of data goes dark, plus with it goes the knowledge to rebuild it. The kidz just can't hack it any more, and so reluctantly revert to barbarianism.
Seems like common sense to me.
Maybe some of the olde knowledge has not been passed on orally, and so has gone extinct. "Primitive" mankind may have developed capabilities we no longer know much about, simply because being, say, a Dowser/Alchemist/Ostrich-Racer was no longer a sexy enough career for a young man once the printing press was the hottest new tech, and everyone was getting into journalism; so Little Johnny didn't care to learn his father's skills (forgive me if I mixed up dates in that example).
Indeed. There is still a lot we can learn from "Primitive" societies. Who's to say that just because a skill fell out of favour during a time of war/hardship, and then was lost, that it might never be needed later in the future?
One of my interests lies in traditional (African) music. The best stuff gets remembered and becomes popular, renowned for its quality, and therefore survives as it is taught to others. This has been going on for centuries before us Westerners started notating it. The old rhythms really are the best, as they've been refined and perfected over time. Like Linux ;-)
That must have been a puzzling childhood. One would be bad enough, but having two must have been confusing figuring out who to call "Father".
And if you don't mind me asking, are you really the offspring of canines, or sheep farmers from The Black Forest? I tried looking at your homepage, but it's broken.
I'm not even going to say anything.
Wow, at last a modern car that doesn't look stupid! Very nice, and intelligently designed too (if you'll pardon the phrase :-)
In case you missed it, recordings have been released from The Last HOPE conference, including Myrcurial's InfoSec talk "From a Black Hat to a Black Suit - How to Climb the Corporate Security Ladder Without Losing Your Soul" [direct link to large 64kbps MP3 file].