Ever tried out a new game and it borked up so bad you had to ssh in from somewhere else and do a reboot? Well, in my opinion, the best part about this feature is that from now on, you should be able to just bring up a VT with Ctrl-Alt-Fx and just kill the rogue process!
Of course putting more into the kernel, like complex rendering operations, would be a mistake, but setting the video mode should have been in there years ago. Now all we need is a better system for getting notifications of the vertical retrace!
Well said (to the PP). I've argued with Seppos about freedom of speech so many times it's not funny. The funny thing is that they don't even realise that they don't have absolute freedom of speech (take your friend for example). It's one of the bigger delusions the Seppos have. Most "free"[1] countries (I'm from Australia, but have lived in Brazil and the UK) at least are realistic about this and don't claim to have free speech. Morover, in practice they probably have more freedom of speech than the US!
[1] whatever that means
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He answered your question and you get upset?!
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You sound like you were expecting him not to answer your question and say "oh, no, we love the US, we all wished we lived there!" Instead you say "I disagree on the fact." To be fair, it's pretty hard to disagree with someone's stated perceptions; they may be unjust perceptions, but you get what you ask for!
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I think the impression you have of an anti-US sentiment can be at least partly explained by understanding Australia's Tall Poppy Syndrome, probably the biggest difference between the two societies. In Australian society, anyone who doesn't subscribe to TPS is almost seen as a traitor. Some say it's a problem, but at least it teaches humility.
Tall poppy syndrome From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tall poppy syndrome (TPS) is a pejorative term used in Australia and New Zealand to describe what is seen as a levelling social attitude. Someone is said to be suffering from tall poppy syndrome when their assumption of a higher economic, social or political position attracts criticism, being perceived as presumptuous, attention seeking or without merit.
The term originates from accounts in Aristotle's Politics (Book 5, Chapter 10) and Livy's History of Rome, Book I. Aristotle wrote: "Periander advised Thrasybulus by cutting off the tops of the tallest ears of corn, meaning that he must always put out of the way the citizens who overtop the rest." In Livy's account, the Roman tyrant, Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, received a messenger from his son Sextus asking what he should do next in Gabii, since he had become all-powerful there. Rather than answering the messenger, Tarquinius went into his garden, took a stick, and symbolically swept it across his garden, thus cutting off the heads of the tallest poppies that were growing there. The messenger, tired of waiting for an answer, returned to Gabii and told Sextus what happened, who realised that his father wished him to put to death all the most eminent people of Gabii, which he then did.
A kind of reverse snobbery, this syndrome may have originated in Australasia as a rejection of the British class system. Immigrants to Australia and New Zealand often adopted an egalitarian attitude, viewing people as admirable for what they themselves could do and rejecting the notion that some people are "naturally" superior to their peers by right of birth.
This phenomenon is often misinterpreted by foreign observers as a resentment of others' success. For the majority of the population, however, the targets are those who are seen as taking themselves too seriously or flaunting their success without humility. Apparent cases of tall poppy syndrome can often be explained as resentment not of success but of snobbery and arrogance. Many Australasians have achieved success and wealth without attracting such hostility (e.g. Dick Smith); they usually do so by remaining humble about their achievements and avoiding "lording" their success over others. Thus, Australians and New Zealanders are often self-deprecating, especially those in the public eye.
In modern Australasia, tall poppy syndrome is frequently invoked as an explanation when a public figure is on the receiving end of negative publicity -- even if such publicity can be seen as a result of that person's own misconduct.
Belief in the strength of this cultural phenomenon, and the degree to which it represents a negative trait, is to some extent influenced by politics. Conservative commentators, particularly city-based ones, often criticise Australians for their alleged desire to punish the successful. Sometimes, tall poppy syndrome is claimed to be linked to the concept of 'The Politics of Envy'. Critics of the tall poppy syndrome sometimes compare Australia unfavourably to the United States in this respect, in the belief that Americans generally appreciate the successful as an example to admire and attempt to emulate.
Some commentators have argued that tall poppy syndrome may well be a universal phenomenon, accentuated in some cultures. The concept of janteloven, or "Jante law", in Scandinavia is very similar. Similar phenomena are said to exist in Canada and the Netherlands. The Japanese proverb "The nail that sticks out gets hammered down" is particularly well known.
Does this actually follow your gaze without looking at your eyes? Surely the headphones can't be sensitive enough to pick up the neural or nervous signalling?
Still, it seems quite rudimentary compared with other AR projects like Tinmith: http://www.tinmith.net/
indeed, mp3 tries to encode 44kHz of audio when a phone line is typically about 5kHz, so there's quite a bit wasted there. ogg/speex is definitely what they should have used, and probably been able to cut it down to 1/10 the size of the mp3.
Not sure exactly where it's from, but in Australia a drink of this vein called XLR8 has been available for at least 7 years. It not only has alcohol and caffeine but guarana and lots of sugar and carbon dioxide. I had a friend who suffered from depression who loved the stuff cause she could drink alcohol without getting all sad - in fact the guarana had her bouncing off the walls!
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Ever tried out a new game and it borked up so bad you had to ssh in from somewhere else and do a reboot? Well, in my opinion, the best part about this feature is that from now on, you should be able to just bring up a VT with Ctrl-Alt-Fx and just kill the rogue process! Of course putting more into the kernel, like complex rendering operations, would be a mistake, but setting the video mode should have been in there years ago. Now all we need is a better system for getting notifications of the vertical retrace!
So BattleChess is classed as which? Nibbles? Frozen Bubble?
Well said (to the PP). I've argued with Seppos about freedom of speech so many times it's not funny. The funny thing is that they don't even realise that they don't have absolute freedom of speech (take your friend for example). It's one of the bigger delusions the Seppos have. Most "free"[1] countries (I'm from Australia, but have lived in Brazil and the UK) at least are realistic about this and don't claim to have free speech. Morover, in practice they probably have more freedom of speech than the US!
[1] whatever that means
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You sound like you were expecting him not to answer your question and say "oh, no, we love the US, we all wished we lived there!" Instead you say "I disagree on the fact." To be fair, it's pretty hard to disagree with someone's stated perceptions; they may be unjust perceptions, but you get what you ask for!
I think the impression you have of an anti-US sentiment can be at least partly explained by understanding Australia's Tall Poppy Syndrome, probably the biggest difference between the two societies. In Australian society, anyone who doesn't subscribe to TPS is almost seen as a traitor. Some say it's a problem, but at least it teaches humility.
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tall_poppy_syndrome :
Tall poppy syndrome
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tall poppy syndrome (TPS) is a pejorative term used in Australia and New Zealand to describe what is seen as a levelling social attitude. Someone is said to be suffering from tall poppy syndrome when their assumption of a higher economic, social or political position attracts criticism, being perceived as presumptuous, attention seeking or without merit.
The term originates from accounts in Aristotle's Politics (Book 5, Chapter 10) and Livy's History of Rome, Book I. Aristotle wrote: "Periander advised Thrasybulus by cutting off the tops of the tallest ears of corn, meaning that he must always put out of the way the citizens who overtop the rest." In Livy's account, the Roman tyrant, Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, received a messenger from his son Sextus asking what he should do next in Gabii, since he had become all-powerful there. Rather than answering the messenger, Tarquinius went into his garden, took a stick, and symbolically swept it across his garden, thus cutting off the heads of the tallest poppies that were growing there. The messenger, tired of waiting for an answer, returned to Gabii and told Sextus what happened, who realised that his father wished him to put to death all the most eminent people of Gabii, which he then did.
A kind of reverse snobbery, this syndrome may have originated in Australasia as a rejection of the British class system. Immigrants to Australia and New Zealand often adopted an egalitarian attitude, viewing people as admirable for what they themselves could do and rejecting the notion that some people are "naturally" superior to their peers by right of birth.
This phenomenon is often misinterpreted by foreign observers as a resentment of others' success. For the majority of the population, however, the targets are those who are seen as taking themselves too seriously or flaunting their success without humility. Apparent cases of tall poppy syndrome can often be explained as resentment not of success but of snobbery and arrogance. Many Australasians have achieved success and wealth without attracting such hostility (e.g. Dick Smith); they usually do so by remaining humble about their achievements and avoiding "lording" their success over others. Thus, Australians and New Zealanders are often self-deprecating, especially those in the public eye.
In modern Australasia, tall poppy syndrome is frequently invoked as an explanation when a public figure is on the receiving end of negative publicity -- even if such publicity can be seen as a result of that person's own misconduct.
Belief in the strength of this cultural phenomenon, and the degree to which it represents a negative trait, is to some extent influenced by politics. Conservative commentators, particularly city-based ones, often criticise Australians for their alleged desire to punish the successful. Sometimes, tall poppy syndrome is claimed to be linked to the concept of 'The Politics of Envy'. Critics of the tall poppy syndrome sometimes compare Australia unfavourably to the United States in this respect, in the belief that Americans generally appreciate the successful as an example to admire and attempt to emulate.
Some commentators have argued that tall poppy syndrome may well be a universal phenomenon, accentuated in some cultures. The concept of janteloven, or "Jante law", in Scandinavia is very similar. Similar phenomena are said to exist in Canada and the Netherlands. The Japanese proverb "The nail that sticks out gets hammered down" is particularly well known.
Has noone heard of popjisho?
Does this actually follow your gaze without looking at your eyes? Surely the headphones can't be sensitive enough to pick up the neural or nervous signalling?
Still, it seems quite rudimentary compared with other AR projects like Tinmith: http://www.tinmith.net/
I never understood, why is it that the US have such a concentration of pilots in the Navy rather than the air force?
You know it's really not nice to talk of your sister that way.
And still no-one notices...
indeed, mp3 tries to encode 44kHz of audio when a phone line is typically about 5kHz, so there's quite a bit wasted there. ogg/speex is definitely what they should have used, and probably been able to cut it down to 1/10 the size of the mp3.
Not sure exactly where it's from, but in Australia a drink of this vein called XLR8 has been available for at least 7 years. It not only has alcohol and caffeine but guarana and lots of sugar and carbon dioxide. I had a friend who suffered from depression who loved the stuff cause she could drink alcohol without getting all sad - in fact the guarana had her bouncing off the walls!
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