Wow! I have been programming perl for years and had no idea about Mason. My conclusion was that PHP's only advantage was that you could mix code and HTML easily, and that appears to be exactly what Mason does. That is so sweet.
And you would rather have no network than have a privately owned one? Where are you from, comrade?
From reading the article, you see that they don't plan on using tax dollars for it. They are making a proposal for some company to come and build this. The city will offer permission to use its space (on top of light poles, for example), the company will build the network and charge the users, one of whom will be the city government.
I think it is a great plan, and I'm looking forward to see if it works out.
I was there too. We drove from Minneapolis. Wow, what a great concert. I expected to hear music from the opera part of FFIII (FFVI in Japan), but alas... I suppose it would have been a little bit lame since operas have words and 16 bit FFIII had "ooo ooo ooo ooooooo"'s.
I've just been looking for reviews on the show. Not much for reviews, though there are a few previews. I've been wanting to hear a bit about what traditional symphony music types thought about this show. So far all I've got is that last year in LA a flutist called it "muzak"... still haven't googled what that is supposed to mean.
I was a little dissapointed that they had a PA system there. Other symphony halls I've been to didn't use a PA, and I think they sounded a lot better, not to mention they were getting some bass feedback.
But what a great experience! I love those games and I've always loved the music, even when it was 8-bit and maximum 30 s for a loop. It was great to hear it in the "real world"!
well for one thing the cost of paperwork is down, as is the tendancy for someone to run from the law easily since the linking of state crime databases are poor for all but the worse offences. Likewise one unified card would prevent the numerous fake ids that are used by using a state id that is easily spoofed (in NJ its well known you can get a NY ID and drink away at 18, up until recently NY ids sucked while NJ ones had a few methods of preventing counterfitting)
That's all theory and you did not once reference "the rest of the world".
Don't worry about it anyways. I don't really care about this issue today, I'm just harassing you for poor technique.
If you're going to imply that this would be "catching up", you first have to prove that the other countries have some advantage because they have this system.
Maybe if a dirt-cheap electronic device like this got popular, it would bring more emphasis to efficient, minimilistic programming practices instead of bloat and feature creep.
Then you would see how crappy the graphics are...they "got away" with "PS2-like" graphics by only having to display them on a tiny screen. They would look prehistoric on a TV.
Heh, what's wrong with that? I love playing Gameboy games on my TV through the Game Cube. It feels like I'm going retro even if the game is brand new!
Actually, the best part is the sound. Listening to Gamboy waveforms through a home stereo... heh heh.
That's a rather narrow definition of "normal". Care to elaborate on how those who like indie bands are somehow "abnormal", while those who like mainstream stuff are "normal"?
Actually it's a broad definition of "normal". Normal as in, given a random person, you can expect them to listen to music from the major 5 record labels. Normal as in, more probable.
Quite a few comments (usually modded troll) commenting how the powerbooks are overpriced, underpowered laptops. I'm curiious what x86 laptop they'd reccomend for the same price that would have so much more power. However, I'm not interested in a 2" thick 10 lb. "desktop replacement", thanks.
It was amazing how quickly they modified their personal belief systems to fit their consumer preferences when I told them that it's a subsidiary of McD's.
They must do whatever is neccessary. Like the spice on Arakis, the Ote must flow...
If consoles were shaped like other consumer electronics - longish rectangles. I've always found it annoying that you can't stack your consoles with the rest of your stuff. Plus maybe they could benefit from the extra size.
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Wow! I have been programming perl for years and had no idea about Mason. My conclusion was that PHP's only advantage was that you could mix code and HTML easily, and that appears to be exactly what Mason does. That is so sweet.
Great, another government granted last mile monopoly. Government granted molopolies are far worse than government run services.
Perhaps. But is there any other way to do this? You have to put the equipment somewhere, and they (the would-be monopoly) don't own that space.
That is all.
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Yes, but unlike conventional cities which just have to cover a 2D area with wireless, our new service will also have to reach our flying cars.
It's a well thought out system, but is potentialy handing another monopoly over a big company.
It's a big job. Big jobs require big companies. Ma and Pa's Wireless, Inc. won't cut it.
And it's not exactly "handing" it away. They have to win a bid (compete), and then build the thing.
I'm screwed.
Move. out. of. North. Minneapolis!
Free .... with our tax dollars != free
And you would rather have no network than have a privately owned one? Where are you from, comrade?
From reading the article, you see that they don't plan on using tax dollars for it. They are making a proposal for some company to come and build this. The city will offer permission to use its space (on top of light poles, for example), the company will build the network and charge the users, one of whom will be the city government.
I think it is a great plan, and I'm looking forward to see if it works out.
I lived there for a year. That's not true.
Here's some previews, from more or less official sources:
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I was there too. We drove from Minneapolis. Wow, what a great concert. I expected to hear music from the opera part of FFIII (FFVI in Japan), but alas... I suppose it would have been a little bit lame since operas have words and 16 bit FFIII had "ooo ooo ooo ooooooo"'s.
I've just been looking for reviews on the show. Not much for reviews, though there are a few previews. I've been wanting to hear a bit about what traditional symphony music types thought about this show. So far all I've got is that last year in LA a flutist called it "muzak"... still haven't googled what that is supposed to mean.
I was a little dissapointed that they had a PA system there. Other symphony halls I've been to didn't use a PA, and I think they sounded a lot better, not to mention they were getting some bass feedback.
But what a great experience! I love those games and I've always loved the music, even when it was 8-bit and maximum 30 s for a loop. It was great to hear it in the "real world"!
only old people are old.
well for one thing the cost of paperwork is down, as is the tendancy for someone to run from the law easily since the linking of state crime databases are poor for all but the worse offences. Likewise one unified card would prevent the numerous fake ids that are used by using a state id that is easily spoofed (in NJ its well known you can get a NY ID and drink away at 18, up until recently NY ids sucked while NJ ones had a few methods of preventing counterfitting)
That's all theory and you did not once reference "the rest of the world".
Don't worry about it anyways. I don't really care about this issue today, I'm just harassing you for poor technique.
If you're going to imply that this would be "catching up", you first have to prove that the other countries have some advantage because they have this system.
Maybe if a dirt-cheap electronic device like this got popular, it would bring more emphasis to efficient, minimilistic programming practices instead of bloat and feature creep.
Then you would see how crappy the graphics are...they "got away" with "PS2-like" graphics by only having to display them on a tiny screen. They would look prehistoric on a TV.
Heh, what's wrong with that? I love playing Gameboy games on my TV through the Game Cube. It feels like I'm going retro even if the game is brand new!
Actually, the best part is the sound. Listening to Gamboy waveforms through a home stereo... heh heh.
None of the Best Buy employees I have ever seen have had any product knowledge anyways.
That's a rather narrow definition of "normal". Care to elaborate on how those who like indie bands are somehow "abnormal", while those who like mainstream stuff are "normal"?
Actually it's a broad definition of "normal". Normal as in, given a random person, you can expect them to listen to music from the major 5 record labels. Normal as in, more probable.
haha, this is why I browse at +6 Troll.
Look harder.
Quite a few comments (usually modded troll) commenting how the powerbooks are overpriced, underpowered laptops. I'm curiious what x86 laptop they'd reccomend for the same price that would have so much more power. However, I'm not interested in a 2" thick 10 lb. "desktop replacement", thanks.
It was amazing how quickly they modified their personal belief systems to fit their consumer preferences when I told them that it's a subsidiary of McD's.
They must do whatever is neccessary. Like the spice on Arakis, the Ote must flow...
oh! I guess they do stack nicely after all! :)
you leave Chipotle out of this.
If consoles were shaped like other consumer electronics - longish rectangles. I've always found it annoying that you can't stack your consoles with the rest of your stuff. Plus maybe they could benefit from the extra size.