It just wasn't cool to be smart. The smart kids go teased and beat up.
Is this actually true? I'm from the UK, and there is a stereotype of the American geek as small, weak, beaten up, no girlfriend etc, but I've wondered if this is accurate.
In the UK, (at least, in my highly subjective experience) this doesn't happen. I'm really geeky, and am recognised as such, but I've still got a lot of friends/girlfriends/social life, and I, nor any of my friends get "beaten up" or teased for being intelligent/liking science/computers etc.
This is a question I've wondered about before. Notice how few responses your question recieved (apart from dtfinch, who did make some useful comments). The "Install-Linux-On-Everything" majority at Slashdot don't like to discuss the implications of your question.
Btw, I dual boot between Fedora and WinMe at home.
I would think it unlikely they would use this for archiving, they'd be more interested in a lossless format. Of course, if they're planning on serving the archive out to people, then maybe this could be useful for them...
...you will not take anyone as a client unless they... He's running a small business. For a massive company like Amazon or eBay, yes, this is an ideal solution, but he shouldn't be forced to alienate clients because of their choice of email provider/ISP. This should be an extreme last resort!
Do not: 4. Store discs horizontally for a long time (years).
I have never heard this before. All the rest is common sense (and therefore slightly redundant) advice, except for this about keeping discs vertical. Anyone comment?
I used to have my password as a pattern typed on the keypad. The password, as far as I was concerned, was a pattern on the keyboard, not a number. But... I tried to use the same thing on an ATM machine for typing in my PIN number, but the keypads aren't the same... so I had to go in to the bank and explain my mistake... oops.
fair enough! I get the feeling my solution won't be so easy. I explain Outlook about once a week right now. The hardest concept is (Outlook != Email) & (IE != The Internet).... and also the idea that when one window obscures another, but you can switch between them using the taskbar, the windows are just "hiding"!
they're generally very clever people, they run a successful local shop in a time when local shops are shutting down in the 1000's... I just get so frustrated trying to teach them anything, but if I don't, they end up not getting email etc.
hopefully the new XP box they're getting soon will help.
You're actually completely right, and I only just realised it. I'm trying to teach my parents to use the (Win98, yeah) PC, because when I go to uni (in October), I won't be able to help them out all the damn time. But writing everything down on paper isn't helping.
In that case, here's a new question:
How do you teach complete technophobes to use computers?
(and I mean regular computers, not this new-fangled thing the story is about. the knowledge given to my parents (or whoever) must be reusable in the real world)
But... If you don't want Amazon to store information about you, don't use their services. I like the fact that Amazon keeps all my pass purchases stored, along with a list of things I've "..said I owned..", because it makes the services they provide for me better. This isn't about "wanting privacy". Yes, I want privacy *sometimes*. The whole point of this new service is that it *doesn't* give you any privacy.
so? I've been looking for an excuse to buy a GBA, assuming this comes to Europe fairly quicky, this will probably be the reason I do. I've never owned or played FFI/II, but I kept intending to buy Origins for the PSX, now I'm thinking I'll hold off and get this instead. Square at a profit-based company don't forget, and they make good games. Isn't it better that they release good games and occasionally go off and re-release them for profit that not make good games at all?
Also, hopefully this will improve relations between Square and Nintendo, having Squares support for the Gamecube 2 (or whatever it is) will really help Nintendo.
Yeah, I agree with you, it's just that most of the examples don't apply to me, so I never thought of them (mostly cos I appear to be a generation beneath you). My whole music collection is either on CD (which slowly filters onto my hd as ogg/mp3), or vinyl (which I wouldn't want to convert anyway (though I am in the process of archiving as.wav)).
Incidentally, I wonder if (legally) you are correct in saying my house was once burglarized. the burglars took about 50 cd's. in that case, i certainly still consider myself to have the right to play that music, given that the physical cd was stolen, and i paid for the right Ethically, yeah, that's a good standpoint, but if the physical discs are stolen, are your rights to the music stolen as well..?
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I'm so glad they cancelled Sam and Max 2. Now they can get on with more important projects.
Seriously, this really sucks. They cancel a great game, lay off a load of people. But not to worry, there's always room for more Star Wars.
It just wasn't cool to be smart. The smart kids go teased and beat up.
Is this actually true? I'm from the UK, and there is a stereotype of the American geek as small, weak, beaten up, no girlfriend etc, but I've wondered if this is accurate.
In the UK, (at least, in my highly subjective experience) this doesn't happen. I'm really geeky, and am recognised as such, but I've still got a lot of friends/girlfriends/social life, and I, nor any of my friends get "beaten up" or teased for being intelligent/liking science/computers etc.
Maybe it's a cutural thing?
This is a question I've wondered about before. Notice how few responses your question recieved (apart from dtfinch, who did make some useful comments). The "Install-Linux-On-Everything" majority at Slashdot don't like to discuss the implications of your question.
Btw, I dual boot between Fedora and WinMe at home.
I would think it unlikely they would use this for archiving, they'd be more interested in a lossless format. Of course, if they're planning on serving the archive out to people, then maybe this could be useful for them...
...you will not take anyone as a client unless they...
He's running a small business. For a massive company like Amazon or eBay, yes, this is an ideal solution, but he shouldn't be forced to alienate clients because of their choice of email provider/ISP.
This should be an extreme last resort!
this from amazon.co.uk:
"Hacking in this sense refers to modifying these devices to perform in a manner not originally intended; not compromising the security of the devices"
shame that Amazon assume that people will immediately read "Hacking" as "Cracking"
I have never heard this before. All the rest is common sense (and therefore slightly redundant) advice, except for this about keeping discs vertical.
Anyone comment?
cool pac-man game! you should submit it to that IF competition...
I used to have my password as a pattern typed on the keypad. The password, as far as I was concerned, was a pattern on the keyboard, not a number.
But... I tried to use the same thing on an ATM machine for typing in my PIN number, but the keypads aren't the same... so I had to go in to the bank and explain my mistake... oops.
789
456
123
Keyboard
123
456
789
ATM machine
Yeah... Mork and Mindy.
fair enough!
I get the feeling my solution won't be so easy. I explain Outlook about once a week right now. The hardest concept is (Outlook != Email) & (IE != The Internet)....
and also the idea that when one window obscures another, but you can switch between them using the taskbar, the windows are just "hiding"!
they're generally very clever people, they run a successful local shop in a time when local shops are shutting down in the 1000's... I just get so frustrated trying to teach them anything, but if I don't, they end up not getting email etc.
hopefully the new XP box they're getting soon will help.
You're actually completely right, and I only just realised it.
I'm trying to teach my parents to use the (Win98, yeah) PC, because when I go to uni (in October), I won't be able to help them out all the damn time.
But writing everything down on paper isn't helping.
In that case, here's a new question:
How do you teach complete technophobes to use computers?
(and I mean regular computers, not this new-fangled thing the story is about. the knowledge given to my parents (or whoever) must be reusable in the real world)
You're right, I have no retort.
But... If you don't want Amazon to store information about you, don't use their services. I like the fact that Amazon keeps all my pass purchases stored, along with a list of things I've "..said I owned..", because it makes the services they provide for me better. This isn't about "wanting privacy". Yes, I want privacy *sometimes*. The whole point of this new service is that it *doesn't* give you any privacy.
If you've got nothing to hide...
so? I've been looking for an excuse to buy a GBA, assuming this comes to Europe fairly quicky, this will probably be the reason I do. I've never owned or played FFI/II, but I kept intending to buy Origins for the PSX, now I'm thinking I'll hold off and get this instead.
Square at a profit-based company don't forget, and they make good games. Isn't it better that they release good games and occasionally go off and re-release them for profit that not make good games at all?
Also, hopefully this will improve relations between Square and Nintendo, having Squares support for the Gamecube 2 (or whatever it is) will really help Nintendo.
Wrong...
Yeah, that was one of the reasons I switched. Adding diagrams to text with OOo Writer is much much easier than with MSWord.
Good answer.
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Yeah, I agree with you, it's just that most of the examples don't apply to me, so I never thought of them (mostly cos I appear to be a generation beneath you). My whole music collection is either on CD (which slowly filters onto my hd as ogg/mp3), or vinyl (which I wouldn't want to convert anyway (though I am in the process of archiving as
Incidentally, I wonder if (legally) you are correct in saying
my house was once burglarized. the burglars took about 50 cd's. in that case, i certainly still consider myself to have the right to play that music, given that the physical cd was stolen, and i paid for the right
Ethically, yeah, that's a good standpoint, but if the physical discs are stolen, are your rights to the music stolen as well..?
why would anyone download anything they already owned..!? my bandwidth is precious, I would never waste it on downloading something I already owned...