knee-jerk is having a reaction without any thought or control. It is in reference to a doctor testing your reaction by hitting the muscle in the front of your leg with his rubber hammer and causing your knee to jerk.
So would you rather listen to the same top 20 on the radio over and over (not to mention commercials), or twenty thousand of your own hand picked songs? I'll take the latter (although my collection is only up to 2K songs at the moment)
Why is this an either or thing? They added a radio to the MP3 player. That means I get both. Why do you assume I have to listen to music on the radio? Maybe I am somewhere and want to catch the President's address, or a football game, or well music.:)
You loose absolutely nothing by having the radio added, so tell me why that is a bad thing? Your comment would only be relevant to: "I decided to trade in my Rio Volt for an FM radio."
Yeah, and I can take my engineering degree and apply it to 18th-century western European literature.
No, but you can change into somethings close. I was going through the program for getting my Electrical Engineering degree. I realized that I would not like to do this for a full time job, about the middle of my junior year. I started adding on more computer courses and no have an electrical Engineering degree, but have been programing for web based enterprise intergration applications for 3 years.
Unfortunately the job market is tighter than it was before, but your CS education gave you some problem solving skills. That is all engineering is, problem solving with a fixed set of tools. Be it mechanical, electrical, or with code. Figure out what you want to do and work for it.
Also, realize that the real work is different from school. There are jobs in programming that are enjoyable and a lot of fun.
Also, has anyone else noticed that we are getting more and more in front of movies these days? I went and saw K-Pax last weekend. 23 minutes of commercials and previews. Monsters was not as bad, but was still up over 17 minutes of previews. By the time the movie starts, I frequently have forgetten what I came to see.
I love the trailers. It is the reason I won't be later to a movie if possible. You get to see the best parts of the junky movies that you won't ever see. It's great. Like cliff-notes...:)
The problem that I saw was the 6 digit door codes. A 6 digit primary key to access millions of doors, without using Alpha-Numeric codes (I didn't see any, it was always numbers). I'm seeing a serious problem after door number 999999... Somebody can't design a database.:)
What I noticed is that the Primary Key for the door was only a 6 digit number. Then later you see millions of doors. Umm... Something ain't right there. I'm seeing a max limit of 999,999 doors, as there were no Alpha-Numeric door codes...
I could see how it was attached to the print. The typical bad theater animation couldn't be played with this film, because it went directly from SW: Attack of the Clones trailer to the Pixar short, then the film. (It is normally played after the previews just before the film.) The manager was feeding you a line.
The scenes sitting outside of the cave with the wind howling had some seriously believable hair movement. I enjoyed the short before it too. Best time time i've had at the movies in quite a while.
I am a person who would love to us Linux for things, but almost every time I try, I keep getting bit by unsupported hardware or lacking features.
For $70 you can purchase Home Studio from Cakewalk (a subset of their SONAR professional package). It supports DirectX plugins (the standard now for adding third party mixes, effects, and instruments.) The amount of plugins available is mind boggling. If a Linux package doesn't support this forget it.
Also, on the hardware side. Is there any support for mixing board interfaces, or multiple in/out cards for when you need to get more than 2 channels in and out at one time?
It would be nice, but It ain't gonna happen soon. There features just aren't there.
Yet, 100 inches is not the height, but the diagonal measurement. (assuming a 4x3 ratio)
(4x)^2 + (3x)^2 = 10000 in^2
16x^2 + 9x^2 = 10000 in^2
x^2 = 10000/25 in^2
x^2 = 400 in^2
x = 20 in
3x = 60 in
60 inches = 5 feet.
So, technically up to five feet, not eight.
(I feel like I am back in middle school...:)
How is this a good thing? It is a vigilante act that shouldn't be allowed. If there are people doing the wrong thing, bring them to justice. Real justice. That is what the court system is for. They have no legal right to attack (yes, this is a digital attack) the suspects. Exactly what restitution do I have after they hack my machine, delete all my mp3s (legally ripped for CDs in my collection) and expose any secret information I have that they feel like grabbing. They just burglarized and vanadalized my property and should be arrested.
I have a problem with most of the legislation, except the limitation on Internet Gambling. Outlaw it. Who cares. The only people who come out ahead are the people running the games. What we get out of it are gambling addicts who no longer have money, because they are constantly in search for that illusive jackpot/payoff that they see.
Just as the lottery is taxes for those not good at math. Who really cares. Take the money you would lose gambling and put it in a Roth IRA, and pretty so you will actually HAVE that jackpot you wanted.
Slashdot Mirror
I guess you bring food and water. And sustaining life... Um, take to your parents about that. It is filed under "birds and bees".
knee-jerk is having a reaction without any thought or control. It is in reference to a doctor testing your reaction by hitting the muscle in the front of your leg with his rubber hammer and causing your knee to jerk.
So would you rather listen to the same top 20 on the radio over and over (not to mention commercials), or twenty thousand of your own hand picked songs? I'll take the latter (although my collection is only up to 2K songs at the moment)
:)
Why is this an either or thing? They added a radio to the MP3 player. That means I get both. Why do you assume I have to listen to music on the radio? Maybe I am somewhere and want to catch the President's address, or a football game, or well music.
You loose absolutely nothing by having the radio added, so tell me why that is a bad thing? Your comment would only be relevant to: "I decided to trade in my Rio Volt for an FM radio."
The cooler product is mentioned at the end of the page. Finally Rio put a radio in their CD-R MP3 Player. Yeah!
:)
Who needs 80 Gigs of MP3s, give me a portable radio add on anyday.
Yeah, and I can take my engineering degree and apply it to 18th-century western European literature.
No, but you can change into somethings close. I was going through the program for getting my Electrical Engineering degree. I realized that I would not like to do this for a full time job, about the middle of my junior year. I started adding on more computer courses and no have an electrical Engineering degree, but have been programing for web based enterprise intergration applications for 3 years.
Unfortunately the job market is tighter than it was before, but your CS education gave you some problem solving skills. That is all engineering is, problem solving with a fixed set of tools. Be it mechanical, electrical, or with code. Figure out what you want to do and work for it.
Also, realize that the real work is different from school. There are jobs in programming that are enjoyable and a lot of fun.
Does this fix the speed problems in Windows XP?
Silly slashbots, you are assuming monsters would use a base 10 number system.
Being that the representative digits had only ten variations, that is a valid assumption.
A better thought out retort that I would have come up with, but it captures my thoughts too.
True, but 000,000 is reservered for putting the door station in debug mode? :)
No
(Had to be done.)
Also, has anyone else noticed that we are getting more and more in front of movies these days? I went and saw K-Pax last weekend. 23 minutes of commercials and previews. Monsters was not as bad, but was still up over 17 minutes of previews. By the time the movie starts, I frequently have forgetten what I came to see.
:)
I love the trailers. It is the reason I won't be later to a movie if possible. You get to see the best parts of the junky movies that you won't ever see. It's great. Like cliff-notes...
OK Slashdot. Tell me you didn't post, then post anyway. What's up with that?
:)
Can someone mod one of thes out of sight? I've got 50 points to spare...
The problem that I saw was the 6 digit door codes. A 6 digit primary key to access millions of doors, without using Alpha-Numeric codes (I didn't see any, it was always numbers). I'm seeing a serious problem after door number 999999... Somebody can't design a database. :)
What I noticed is that the Primary Key for the door was only a 6 digit number. Then later you see millions of doors. Umm... Something ain't right there. I'm seeing a max limit of 999,999 doors, as there were no Alpha-Numeric door codes...
I could see how it was attached to the print. The typical bad theater animation couldn't be played with this film, because it went directly from SW: Attack of the Clones trailer to the Pixar short, then the film. (It is normally played after the previews just before the film.) The manager was feeding you a line.
The scenes sitting outside of the cave with the wind howling had some seriously believable hair movement. I enjoyed the short before it too. Best time time i've had at the movies in quite a while.
Does that work as a stand alone MP3 player? There really isn't any info for that feature on the site you listed.
I am a person who would love to us Linux for things, but almost every time I try, I keep getting bit by unsupported hardware or lacking features.
For $70 you can purchase Home Studio from Cakewalk (a subset of their SONAR professional package). It supports DirectX plugins (the standard now for adding third party mixes, effects, and instruments.) The amount of plugins available is mind boggling. If a Linux package doesn't support this forget it.
Also, on the hardware side. Is there any support for mixing board interfaces, or multiple in/out cards for when you need to get more than 2 channels in and out at one time?
It would be nice, but It ain't gonna happen soon. There features just aren't there.
I was curious and found a link to plans. Assume it is the same type of design. I'll stick with my projector.
Yet, 100 inches is not the height, but the diagonal measurement. (assuming a 4x3 ratio) :)
(4x)^2 + (3x)^2 = 10000 in^2
16x^2 + 9x^2 = 10000 in^2
x^2 = 10000/25 in^2
x^2 = 400 in^2
x = 20 in
3x = 60 in
60 inches = 5 feet.
So, technically up to five feet, not eight.
(I feel like I am back in middle school...
How is this a good thing? It is a vigilante act that shouldn't be allowed. If there are people doing the wrong thing, bring them to justice. Real justice. That is what the court system is for. They have no legal right to attack (yes, this is a digital attack) the suspects. Exactly what restitution do I have after they hack my machine, delete all my mp3s (legally ripped for CDs in my collection) and expose any secret information I have that they feel like grabbing. They just burglarized and vanadalized my property and should be arrested.
I have a problem with most of the legislation, except the limitation on Internet Gambling. Outlaw it. Who cares. The only people who come out ahead are the people running the games. What we get out of it are gambling addicts who no longer have money, because they are constantly in search for that illusive jackpot/payoff that they see.
Just as the lottery is taxes for those not good at math. Who really cares. Take the money you would lose gambling and put it in a Roth IRA, and pretty so you will actually HAVE that jackpot you wanted.
How much magnetic field does my LCD monitor on my Thinkpad produce?
Mod this up, it is pretty funny and on-topic!
So put a charger at the urinal! What is the problem. :)