I actually won a "no resale" promo disc from my college radio station back in the late 90s. They basically grabbed a handful of discs out of a box when you won whatever contest they were doing to promote whichever event it was.
Sneaker Pimps, Becoming X... really good disc, actually, if you like the whole trip-hop kind of stuff.
I'm 6'6" and I love my Scion xB. I still have a couple of inches to go before I bump the ceiling. It has great visibility and great fuel economy. You couldn't call it over-powered by any stretch of the imagination and the looks are unique for sure, but it's a solid car....and I'm talking about the first US style, not the semi-rounded ugliness of the newer versions.
You know what has always pissed me off about McCain and his cohorts (and many others too) when talking about terrorism? Calling it "Islamic terrorism"
There's no fricking practical need in the world to throw that "Islamic" adjective on there. It sounds great because there's some implied racism associated with Muslims and Islam but it really rubs me the wrong way.
How about we focus on terrorism in general? How about we make it hard for ANYONE to perpetrate terror attacks on our country?
I'm not entirely sure what your point is. First you say 1984 is crap, then you say it has useful parts.
Let me give you my opinion of 1984. I think it's a brilliant book. I think Orwell had some great insight into society and government and I think the way he shared it demonstrates his genius.
I think where people get derailed when the book pops up in political discussion is that it's not a manual, it's not supposed to be a prophecy. It's a work of fiction. He wanted to share his vision of how bad things could get if the citizens aren't paying close attention to their government.
The thing about good fiction, whether it's books or movies, is that we learn something about ourselves or about the human condition or about the world around us. While the reality contained in the fiction is not real and may never be real, there should be some universal truth that moves us, some insight that that makes us pause and say, "Huh..."
I think Orwell's theme has grasped the imagination of many many people. Not because it's literally truthful, but because he points out in a fictional but believable scenario how easy it could be for things to go horribly horribly wrong. It's not supposed to be a checklist, as some are trying to make it. It's not about the specific techniques or tactics used by the characters in the book. It's the theme that scarily relevant.
One thing I remember from working at a school years ago is that educational games tend to suck really bad.
There's just no motivation to be fun. Speaking from a proprietary standpoint, what factors does an educator look for when deciding which games to purchase? Cost and what the learning topics are. "Here's a game that teaches multiplication and is $10 cheaper than all the others." Fun doesn't fit into the equation. And it's not like many educators are test-driving these games either. Oh, and these are typically poorly written games too.
My point being, the educational games sector is filled with poorly made products that feature very little fun and are a pain to administer. Hopefully some open source options don't suffer from the same issues. Hopefully you'll be able to sort through the crap and find some good ones though.
The thing with religion is that you have to believe things by faith. Faith is trusting something is right even if there is no evidence to back that up.
Climate change and evolution regularly get accused of being a new sort of religion... but that accusation doesn't work. There's no faith required to believe in climate change or the evolution of species via natural selection. There's a plenty of evidence to back those up.
The other thing I find odd about the "global warming is a religion" rant is that the term "religion" is used as an insult. It implies contempt that people are willing to believe something blindly whether they're right or wrong. The irony is that many people disparaging climate change and evolution believers as religious are good church-going Americans.
I might try to equate a person's goals in higher education to a person's goals in life.
Do you want to be defined by your job? Is a job going to be the most important part of your life?If your life is going to be centered on getting and keeping really good jobs, then the obvious choice is a tech school.
Do you want a good job to pay the bills while you do other things, pursue other hobbies, travel, make music, paint, etc? Then you should be headed for a liberal arts school.
My bias is towards trying to get the most out of every part of life, not just my job, but I try not to judge career oriented people too harshly.
I'm not trying to suggest there isn't really good stuff out there. It just seems like there are a lot of people that pick up a camera and automatically strive to create beautiful images. But it seems when people pick up a camcorder, the instinct is to film antics and personally meaningful things, not necessarily art.
I'm sure one of the barriers is that photos are much more easy to work with. Point, shoot, download from camera, upload to internet. It's hard to have such a simple approach to video without at least some basic editing.
I'd love for average joes to pick up a camcorder and strive to create something with a hint of art in it and I hope Flickr can help inspire that. However, I'm not convinced we'll get more than a friend doing something stupid, a kid doing something cute, and a pet doing something crazy.
In my opinion, there's a pretty big difference between photography and videography.
I think a lot of people that post to Flickr try to create art with their cameras. I know there are many many people that share family and vacation photos too but there is a lot of high quality work on there as well and that's one of the reasons I love Flickr.
Videos... well, I haven't seen too much art created by a member of the masses with a video camera. I see people causing all sorts of harm to themselves in online videos. I see a lot of cute/stupid/weird things.
I think it would be great if there was a push to get artsy videos published online. I just don't think a lot of people are capable or willing to do it.
I heard once that there are only two main factors of attractiveness that crosses all cultural boundaries. Health and youth. Sure, they are pretty vague terms but it makes sense.
I listen to indie bands a lot. Not *because* they're indie but because they are making cool music.
Compare music with food (not cars, sorry/.ers!). Take your global franchise like Applebees or Olive Garden. Do you know why they're popular? Because they have a decent-ish product, they're consistent, they're everywhere, they're marketed, and their food is engineered to appeal to the broadest cross-section of people as possible. They make sure they don't offend anyone's tastes. If you want Mexican food, do you go to Taco Bell or the taco shop on the corner owned by Mr. and Mrs. Garcia?
So I listen to more indie stuff because they're going farther out on limbs and taking more chances because they don't care about offending 5% of the market's tastes. I like music that takes risks sometimes and I'll rarely, if ever, find that in top 40 music.
I was under the impression that the ACLU stayed away from 2nd Amendment issues because there are many other organization that will step in should the situation arise. The NRA being one of them.
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Dang it! I totally thought that said "dismemberment"!
Why don't you tell us how you really feel about AVG?
I actually won a "no resale" promo disc from my college radio station back in the late 90s. They basically grabbed a handful of discs out of a box when you won whatever contest they were doing to promote whichever event it was.
Sneaker Pimps, Becoming X... really good disc, actually, if you like the whole trip-hop kind of stuff.
I'm 6'6" and I love my Scion xB. I still have a couple of inches to go before I bump the ceiling. It has great visibility and great fuel economy. You couldn't call it over-powered by any stretch of the imagination and the looks are unique for sure, but it's a solid car. ...and I'm talking about the first US style, not the semi-rounded ugliness of the newer versions.
That's it! I'm buying a Hummer to solve world hunger! I encourage everyone else to do the same.
You know what has always pissed me off about McCain and his cohorts (and many others too) when talking about terrorism? Calling it "Islamic terrorism"
There's no fricking practical need in the world to throw that "Islamic" adjective on there. It sounds great because there's some implied racism associated with Muslims and Islam but it really rubs me the wrong way.
How about we focus on terrorism in general? How about we make it hard for ANYONE to perpetrate terror attacks on our country?
My wife did the CD trading thing. Was a really nice service.
They also host woxy, the best internet radio station, imo.
It just seems odd that they would be going in this new, stupid direction.
I'm not entirely sure what your point is. First you say 1984 is crap, then you say it has useful parts.
Let me give you my opinion of 1984. I think it's a brilliant book. I think Orwell had some great insight into society and government and I think the way he shared it demonstrates his genius.
I think where people get derailed when the book pops up in political discussion is that it's not a manual, it's not supposed to be a prophecy. It's a work of fiction. He wanted to share his vision of how bad things could get if the citizens aren't paying close attention to their government.
The thing about good fiction, whether it's books or movies, is that we learn something about ourselves or about the human condition or about the world around us. While the reality contained in the fiction is not real and may never be real, there should be some universal truth that moves us, some insight that that makes us pause and say, "Huh..."
I think Orwell's theme has grasped the imagination of many many people. Not because it's literally truthful, but because he points out in a fictional but believable scenario how easy it could be for things to go horribly horribly wrong. It's not supposed to be a checklist, as some are trying to make it. It's not about the specific techniques or tactics used by the characters in the book. It's the theme that scarily relevant.
Well, hiding all those backdoors has got to be pretty hard, right?
One thing I remember from working at a school years ago is that educational games tend to suck really bad.
There's just no motivation to be fun. Speaking from a proprietary standpoint, what factors does an educator look for when deciding which games to purchase? Cost and what the learning topics are. "Here's a game that teaches multiplication and is $10 cheaper than all the others." Fun doesn't fit into the equation. And it's not like many educators are test-driving these games either. Oh, and these are typically poorly written games too.
My point being, the educational games sector is filled with poorly made products that feature very little fun and are a pain to administer. Hopefully some open source options don't suffer from the same issues. Hopefully you'll be able to sort through the crap and find some good ones though.
I wish my wife thought "nano" things are sexy.
The thing with religion is that you have to believe things by faith. Faith is trusting something is right even if there is no evidence to back that up.
Climate change and evolution regularly get accused of being a new sort of religion... but that accusation doesn't work. There's no faith required to believe in climate change or the evolution of species via natural selection. There's a plenty of evidence to back those up.
The other thing I find odd about the "global warming is a religion" rant is that the term "religion" is used as an insult. It implies contempt that people are willing to believe something blindly whether they're right or wrong. The irony is that many people disparaging climate change and evolution believers as religious are good church-going Americans.
Wow, a 12 year old looking at pr0n?!?!
Say it ain't so!
Time to burn the latest AV tools to a boot CD and start making some house calls. Where do we get this list from?
I might try to equate a person's goals in higher education to a person's goals in life.
Do you want to be defined by your job? Is a job going to be the most important part of your life?If your life is going to be centered on getting and keeping really good jobs, then the obvious choice is a tech school.
Do you want a good job to pay the bills while you do other things, pursue other hobbies, travel, make music, paint, etc? Then you should be headed for a liberal arts school.
My bias is towards trying to get the most out of every part of life, not just my job, but I try not to judge career oriented people too harshly.
Hey baby, mind if I Flock you?
I got Flocked by like 20 people last night.
I'm not trying to suggest there isn't really good stuff out there. It just seems like there are a lot of people that pick up a camera and automatically strive to create beautiful images. But it seems when people pick up a camcorder, the instinct is to film antics and personally meaningful things, not necessarily art.
I'm sure one of the barriers is that photos are much more easy to work with. Point, shoot, download from camera, upload to internet. It's hard to have such a simple approach to video without at least some basic editing.
I'd love for average joes to pick up a camcorder and strive to create something with a hint of art in it and I hope Flickr can help inspire that. However, I'm not convinced we'll get more than a friend doing something stupid, a kid doing something cute, and a pet doing something crazy.
In my opinion, there's a pretty big difference between photography and videography.
I think a lot of people that post to Flickr try to create art with their cameras. I know there are many many people that share family and vacation photos too but there is a lot of high quality work on there as well and that's one of the reasons I love Flickr.
Videos... well, I haven't seen too much art created by a member of the masses with a video camera. I see people causing all sorts of harm to themselves in online videos. I see a lot of cute/stupid/weird things.
I think it would be great if there was a push to get artsy videos published online. I just don't think a lot of people are capable or willing to do it.
I heard once that there are only two main factors of attractiveness that crosses all cultural boundaries. Health and youth. Sure, they are pretty vague terms but it makes sense.
I thought the "tasting" was a bust...
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/03/14/1535236
Ah hah! You've fallen into my trap!
Top 40 isn't music either.
I listen to indie bands a lot. Not *because* they're indie but because they are making cool music.
/.ers!). Take your global franchise like Applebees or Olive Garden. Do you know why they're popular? Because they have a decent-ish product, they're consistent, they're everywhere, they're marketed, and their food is engineered to appeal to the broadest cross-section of people as possible. They make sure they don't offend anyone's tastes. If you want Mexican food, do you go to Taco Bell or the taco shop on the corner owned by Mr. and Mrs. Garcia?
Compare music with food (not cars, sorry
So I listen to more indie stuff because they're going farther out on limbs and taking more chances because they don't care about offending 5% of the market's tastes. I like music that takes risks sometimes and I'll rarely, if ever, find that in top 40 music.
I was under the impression that the ACLU stayed away from 2nd Amendment issues because there are many other organization that will step in should the situation arise. The NRA being one of them.
Maybe they should do some software-based computer modeling of their webserver...
Uh oh, looks like someone is going to start a gategate!