I picked up an old NES. It worked, w/ some of the trimmings, but it was giving me lip about every cart I tried. An excellent long-term fix involved accessing the springs inside the console slot and re-bending them back into postion.
It was easy enough to find an appropriate how-to website using the google.
But showing one's age isn't a *bad* thing, is it? I thought one of the benefits of getting old was being allowed to yell "HEY YOU KIDS GET OUTTA MY FRONT YARD!" and "THESE PUNKASS WHIPPERSNAPPERS DON'T KNOW HOW GOOD THEY'VE GOT IT NOWADAYS".
Ohmigod I'm shorter of breath and one day closer to death. Thanks for the existential lesson.
Thank you all for coming out of the woodwork and enlightnening me as to both the identity of the record-identifier guy and just how many grooves an LP/vinYl album can have. All of the stories have been fun and informative. Thanks again.
funniest thing i've seen in a while. thx for making my day:)
i saw this guy on johnny carson who could tell you what record he was holding without looking at the label, only the groove pattern. he could only do classical, but sometimes you hafta specialise.
reminds me also of the trick question "how many grooves on a LP?"
and how about the days when you'd bag school entirely to continue tweaking the city until the wee hours of the *next* night? or mebbe that was just me....
relatively on-topic, i'm concerned about another maxis product called "the sims" which relies heavily on having the CD in the drive at all times, reading from it constantly, absolutely *killing* my drive. can't they just put the whole thing on my gigantic HD? c'mon, we're way past the days of having to run the OS from the 5.25" floppy. or mebbe that's just me again.
fred
Re:a review of Wolfram's book
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winner! winner! we have a winner! best left-handed compliment ever dished out!
i thought i wanted SW's massive yet attractive tome for father's day, but JM's review has iced the cake for me and made me decide that no amount of yellow and black artwork could make me happier than a hug from mah kid. and the hug will no doubt be a lil more relevant than intense naval-gazing.
dude you forget these are *nightshift* workers. they be a differnt breed of cat. "beside, yah caint be pixin cotton inna middah o' da naite- whachu tankin?" pax, fred
It's probly in MS's best interest to make CLI mean anything *but* "command line interface", since that's antithetical to their windows philosophy. I'd bet MS would LOVE to transform those letters into something else and distance themselves from their CLI past.
I'm not sure it's coincidence that they're appropriating the acronym.
yes the memo smells a little funny, to the point where i would be more blown away if it turns out to be real. plz plz let this one be the amateurish hackjob and NOT the broadcasted thoughts of a ms flunkee who probly doesn't open his own mail....
Hey Zeus the voice of reason has a name, and its name is Sanity. There's an old adage that says "Start as you intend to continue" which in Bill's case resonates loudly. The company has come up with a total of _zero_ innovations over the course of its lifetime, and the few original ideas (Bob and that fucking paperclip come to mind) have gone over like lead balloons. If these MS bastards have *any* say in how things will work in the future, the world will look a little more Orwellian, and i mean that in a bad way.
From the "story" link we find the fuel capacity is 8.5 gallons. Assuming a best-case 7 mpg , the ultimate superbike has a cruising range of almost 60 miles! Solar Cars can do better than that! (Of *course* the Solar Cars can't do zero to sixty with nearly the aplomb, but the 60 mile limit struck me as lowish.)
I'm getting vertigo 'cause this is the first/. story to knock me ass over tin cups in a while. And Brian See's comments have had the disorienting and disturbing effect of seeing a lost soul trying to defend the indefensible- creating a "market" for laws. Responding to BS (and i use the abbreviation with no little irony) , Voters are Not Law Consumers. Unless Things have become very, Very Fucked Up..
.
.
which mebbe they have.
hiding under the bed,
fred
"Tottenville" made me think of "Toten Hosen", which is German for "dead pants", so it would be "deadville".
As for Dobson, a Dobson Unit is the most basic measure used in ozone research. The unit is named after G.M.B. Dobson, one of the first scientists to investigate atmospheric ozone (~1920 - 1960). He designed the 'Dobson Spectrometer' - the standard instrument used to measure ozone from the ground. The Dobson spectrometer measures the intensity of solar UV radiation at four wavelengths, two of which are absorbed by ozone and two of which are not.
Well, the *was* talking about changing the weather, and he may have even presaged our ozone issues!
restrictive licenses indeed. excellent points raised here by a lot of people, but i haven't seen anyone mention the following quote: "This is a shift in focus from individual Web sites or devices to new constellations of computers, devices, and services that work together to deliver broader, richer solutions"
does anyone else see this as part of a MS larger strategy of world domination? edge out the little guys, marginalize the individual?
i could do a thesis on the philosphies espoused in this propaganda.
I am hereby patenting this "pufferfish pc" idea. Nobody else can claim to have EVER thought of the "pufferfish pc" idea, I am the FIRST and will PROVE it by getting a PATENT. Don't even THINK of putting pufferfish in your pc without getting my prior CONSENT and approval and a receipt for your MONEY. There are thousands of slimy LAWYERS who will help me make them a few SHECKELS on this one. Remember- *I* ownz MY comments, they belong to ME and I'm only LETTING you read them out of the GOODness of my HEART. and because i'm craving attention right now. seems more like the latter.
hmm.
Now where was I?
Oh yeah- Stay outta my booze!
Maybe moderately salty or "brackish" water would make the best medium for an aquarium pc. Pufferfish, for example, would make perfect companions for internet surfers. They are hearty and longlived and withstand a wide variety of temperatures and water conditions.
i've heard that wal-mart employs as many people as live in north dakota. while ND may not be the most populous state in the union, this is a vivid illustration of how dependant we are on the socially-constructed incorporations (embodiments) of capitalism. the food thing is kinda missing the point while hinting at the larger problems inherently associated with socialism. x probly wanted to point out an interpretation of the op-ed piece so thoughtfully copied-and-pasted from the overburdened k5 site.
Slashdot Mirror
When they threatened penny arcade i didn't take a stand cuz those comix weren't all that funny;
When they outlawed DeCSS i didn't take a stand cuz i don't watch DVDs anyway;
When they passed the DMCA i didn't take a stand cuz, well, IANAL, and that shit's confusing;
When they used CIPA against pulic libraries i didn't take a stand cuz i read mostly newspapers.
BUT
When they outlaw open source, heads will roll.
fred
long live ellen
fred
I picked up an old NES. It worked, w/ some of the trimmings, but it was giving me lip about every cart I tried. An excellent long-term fix involved accessing the springs inside the console slot and re-bending them back into postion.
It was easy enough to find an appropriate how-to website using the google.
fred
no, more like this, *another* previous slashdot story-
/ 12 19237)
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/06
"After a SF Weekly column on DARPA's TIA, attention has turned to the Poindexter Family house." (http://cryptome.org/tia-eyeball.htm)
Show of hands, anybody that feels these stories are not related?
Touche ashi.
But showing one's age isn't a *bad* thing, is it? I thought one of the benefits of getting old was being allowed to yell "HEY YOU KIDS GET OUTTA MY FRONT YARD!" and "THESE PUNKASS WHIPPERSNAPPERS DON'T KNOW HOW GOOD THEY'VE GOT IT NOWADAYS".
Ohmigod I'm shorter of breath and one day closer to death. Thanks for the existential lesson.
By "obscure" I suppose you mean "anything that's not Brittany Spears or NSYNC"
Criminy! Hasn't anybody heard of cultural literacy?
pax,
fred
Thank you all for coming out of the woodwork and enlightnening me as to both the identity of the record-identifier guy and just how many grooves an LP/vinYl album can have. All of the stories have been fun and informative. Thanks again.
pax out
funniest thing i've seen in a while. :)
thx for making my day
i saw this guy on johnny carson who could tell you what record he was holding without looking at the label, only the groove pattern. he could only do classical, but sometimes you hafta specialise.
reminds me also of the trick question "how many grooves on a LP?"
pax out
and how about the days when you'd bag school entirely to continue tweaking the city until the wee hours of the *next* night? or mebbe that was just me....
relatively on-topic, i'm concerned about another maxis product called "the sims" which relies heavily on having the CD in the drive at all times, reading from it constantly, absolutely *killing* my drive. can't they just put the whole thing on my gigantic HD? c'mon, we're way past the days of having to run the OS from the 5.25" floppy. or mebbe that's just me again.
fred
winner! winner! we have a winner!
best left-handed compliment ever dished out!
i thought i wanted SW's massive yet attractive tome for father's day, but JM's review has iced the cake for me and made me decide that no amount of yellow and black artwork could make me happier than a hug from mah kid. and the hug will no doubt be a lil more relevant than intense naval-gazing.
kudos, JM, from J Miller
dude you forget these are *nightshift* workers. they be a differnt breed of cat.
"beside, yah caint be pixin cotton inna middah o' da naite- whachu tankin?"
pax,
fred
Helluva comment, dude. Instead of M$ making a better product, they just kneecap their competition. MUCH easier, and ultimately more effective.
good points
"the largest set of discs that both my wide and I enjoy "
love the freudian slips....
It's probly in MS's best interest to make CLI mean anything *but* "command line interface", since that's antithetical to their windows philosophy. I'd bet MS would LOVE to transform those letters into something else and distance themselves from their CLI past.
I'm not sure it's coincidence that they're appropriating the acronym.
then it's even funnier than before ;j
yes the memo smells a little funny, to the point where i would be more blown away if it turns out to be real. plz plz let this one be the amateurish hackjob and NOT the broadcasted thoughts of a ms flunkee who probly doesn't open his own mail....
"Highest Standard of Living" is not an excuse.
Hey Zeus the voice of reason has a name, and its name is Sanity. There's an old adage that says "Start as you intend to continue" which in Bill's case resonates loudly. The company has come up with a total of _zero_ innovations over the course of its lifetime, and the few original ideas (Bob and that fucking paperclip come to mind) have gone over like lead balloons. If these MS bastards have *any* say in how things will work in the future, the world will look a little more Orwellian, and i mean that in a bad way.
criminy, you'd think folks would learn already
From the "story" link we find the fuel capacity is 8.5 gallons. Assuming a best-case 7 mpg , the ultimate superbike has a cruising range of almost 60 miles! Solar Cars can do better than that! (Of *course* the Solar Cars can't do zero to sixty with nearly the aplomb, but the 60 mile limit struck me as lowish.)
I'm getting vertigo 'cause this is the first /. story to knock me ass over tin cups in a while. And Brian See's comments have had the disorienting and disturbing effect of seeing a lost soul trying to defend the indefensible- creating a "market" for laws. Responding to BS (and i use the abbreviation with no little irony) , Voters are Not Law Consumers. Unless Things have become very, Very Fucked Up..
.
.
which mebbe they have.
hiding under the bed,
fred
funny stuff, there, shook. thanks for making the world a little brighter place.
fred
"Tottenville" made me think of "Toten Hosen", which is German for "dead pants", so it would be "deadville".
As for Dobson, a Dobson Unit is the most basic measure used in ozone research. The unit is named after G.M.B. Dobson, one of the first scientists to investigate atmospheric ozone (~1920 - 1960). He designed the 'Dobson Spectrometer' - the standard instrument used to measure ozone from the ground. The Dobson spectrometer measures the intensity of solar UV radiation at four wavelengths, two of which are absorbed by ozone and two of which are not.
Well, the *was* talking about changing the weather, and he may have even presaged our ozone issues!
fred
restrictive licenses indeed. excellent points raised here by a lot of people, but i haven't seen anyone mention the following quote: "This is a shift in focus from individual Web sites or devices to new constellations of computers, devices, and services that work together to deliver broader, richer solutions"
does anyone else see this as part of a MS larger strategy of world domination? edge out the little guys, marginalize the individual?
i could do a thesis on the philosphies espoused in this propaganda.
I am hereby patenting this "pufferfish pc" idea. Nobody else can claim to have EVER thought of the "pufferfish pc" idea, I am the FIRST and will PROVE it by getting a PATENT. Don't even THINK of putting pufferfish in your pc without getting my prior CONSENT and approval and a receipt for your MONEY. There are thousands of slimy LAWYERS who will help me make them a few SHECKELS on this one. Remember- *I* ownz MY comments, they belong to ME and I'm only LETTING you read them out of the GOODness of my HEART. and because i'm craving attention right now. seems more like the latter.
hmm.
Now where was I?
Oh yeah- Stay outta my booze!
fred
a modicum of decorum, plz
Maybe moderately salty or "brackish" water would make the best medium for an aquarium pc. Pufferfish, for example, would make perfect companions for internet surfers. They are hearty and longlived and withstand a wide variety of temperatures and water conditions.
fred
a modicum of decorum, plz
i've heard that wal-mart employs as many people as live in north dakota. while ND may not be the most populous state in the union, this is a vivid illustration of how dependant we are on the socially-constructed incorporations (embodiments) of capitalism. the food thing is kinda missing the point while hinting at the larger problems inherently associated with socialism. x probly wanted to point out an interpretation of the op-ed piece so thoughtfully copied-and-pasted from the overburdened k5 site.
should...be....working......now.........