I've been thinking about getting into ham radio, any ideas where to start getting info? (I've hit google, almost too much info) My life is too busy right at the moment, but I know I just want some really basic equipment, nothing too fancy to start. Have the fun be the experence and not just the equipment:)
I thought about this after readind the 20 or so 'hot enough to cook a !' comments. I don't see why an increase in traffic could cause any more affect then running the CPU and network at 100% with something.
I'm with you on the crash/hand before any real heat gets made. And these Epia boards have no fan, they are MADE for low heat. (I just got one, it does have one tiny fan, but that one does not)
It's a messenger bag, not a backpack.;)
So it's actually $120 for a freaking messenger bag!
Get yer facts straight. ^_^
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Well it was all in jest, and though incorrect, it sprung to mind.
Besides, It's the first comment i've made thats been modded. So it's all good.:)
There are a few PhDs to do with health, so it's not too far of a stretch really.
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Lame? You mean the lightning fast loading SIMPLE page with zero ads?
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Time to study up for my death doctorate. Really gonna be hard to uphold the oath to cause harm to everyone, I mean, there are only so many hours in a day people!
I just got my licence last year (I'm 18, Arizona) and it does not expire till 2051. So come renewal time, I'll be the one currently unborn slashdotters will be complaining about ^_^
Semis going slower then the flow of traffic? I've driven I-40 almost every day, and they always pass me, and I go at the speed limit... What mystical land are your truckers from? I'd like to import them into this world. (I keed I keed)
They just haul ass around here, they tend to pass at 85 in the 75 more often then not.
Uhh. I live in Arizona, there are a hell of a lot of curvy roads... Just drive from Phoenix to Flagstaff. Mountains and an elevation change of about 5000 feet. Up in Flag you have to deal with snow and curves. (YES ARIZONA HAS SNOW. I live at 7000' Higher then Denver.) I think for long straight roads, you want Kansas. Lotsta them.;)
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Hehe, I'm typing on a gates foundation computer now. Piece o' shit gateways. (These actual ones, they are a pain in the butt to work inside) But hey, they are great for this library though.
Well on the subject of not socializing with people of my own
age, it is mainly that I simply don't have much in common, I see no problem
with that at all. I don't like sports,
don't attend church, and of course
don't go to school, so after that there
is not much to talk about, now I can communicate
and socialize with people my own age just fine, and have done in many cases
(Being on a Library 'Teen Council')
Being that there is something in common to talk about (the issue(s) at
hand that meeting) Small talk for me
generally does not go well, as what I'm passionate about (computers and other
geekly matters) no one else I've found in the real world cares or knows what
I'm talking about. (I would be the
social outcast in a school I believe, simply because I prefer doing things solo
rather then in a group)
"I think that many people don't realize that there are great
public schools out there just like there are great parents that properly
homeschool their parents." Exactly, that is the point most people cannot wrap
their minds around.
On relationships and dating, I must confess that I've never
actually had one. I do not feel this is
any fault of my upbringing, or any sort of 'sheltering'. Just something I've never actually pursued.
I am not sure if this has hindered or helped any socials skills. On one hand, I have never tried, but on the
other, I can talk to girls normally, without any problems, while I have seen
other people my own age stutter, get shy, generally not function near the
opposite sex. In most volunteering or
other events, 9/10 times I'm the only guy there, I got used to it. I generally
don't go to 'social events' not because of people there or any reasons like
that, I simply have not come across any events that I like. (Smaller town, 50k people, nothing exciting
comes around believe it or not) So really,
time will tell in that case, however don't use my situation to try to attach to
anyone else, as every homeschooler is in a different pot when it comes to
'socializing'. It's not quite as
important as people make it out to be, yet there is a need. I don't feel like I'm missing out on
anything.
When I was 16 I helped build a
haunted house for the library (I do a lot there) got along better with the
college students (Half a sorority, yeah I know, how horrible;) then the 15/16 year olds.
Ahh, interacting with adults on a
professional level. As far as in a job
environment, I have never been in a professional place. At 14
I ran the front counter of a small chainsaw repair show, job sucked but
I did fine at it, got complemented for how well I did things, but the general
environment was unprofessional.
For the last three years I have
volunteered at the public library, only 300 hours total, but it was a much more
professional place. I often answered
phones and helped adult patrons find materials, and got along with other adults,
teenagers, and small children just
fine.
My 'distaste' with talking with
people my own age is, as I said above, mostly vast differences in
interest. I don't really care about
sports, so right there is a big gap,
religion and politics is another subject I chose not to talk about. (Not bragging or anything, but my scope and
understanding of politics is so far beyond most people 'my age' that I talk to,
so I get rather annoyed at their narrow-mindedness and rather than argue and
make an ass of myself, chose to leave the subject for others to discuss) (And
I'm not going to cite any examples, I don't want to spark a pointless flamewar)
I have also been described by
others to be much more mature then others, that helps with communicating with
adults, and also partly the reason for annoyance with others my age. However in
a job environment, I can get along better, there is a common thread, the
job/workplace.
Take it as you will, this is just
my life and experiences, you would be hard pressed to find anyone else quite in
this s
What the hell are you all smoking? I'm homeschooled, have been all my life (17 years of it, that's counting from birth) I have had maybe a dozen friends my whole life, yet am somehow 'well adjusted' and the argument that "It is very important for a child to be around many children his or her own age." Is bullshit. I can't stand 90% of people my age for the last six or so years, they are all SO STUPID. It's not that I can't socialize. It's that I really can't stand to like, talk to like, anyone who like, ya know? (Yes I know there are articulate and intelligent people from public schools, I just never run into them it seems...) Other homeschoolers in my area are religious, and I don't socialize with them mainly for that reason, they try to recruit me into their religion.
However I could carry on a conversation with an adult at age 11 rather well, could understand Dilbert and got the jokes, (while it seems stupid, do you know any 11 year olds who got office politic humor?), taught myself how to use computers, and within the year, I will have my A+ certification (before I turn 18 even) and an Electronics Technician certification.
Vancorps: You have ONLY met the extremist religious fanatics; "crucial exposure to other children" is BS. Its your environment, not social crap.
RobinH: "For instance, there are some home-schooling parents who actually believe that kids do not need schooling at all, and simply let their kids do whatever they want, and don't teach them any kind of a formal education. I personally don't think that they're doing their kids any favours. "
That is exactly my education, with the exception of math, and an accounting course, I never had a 'formal' education. I taught myself almost everything, and it was because that was how I wanted to learn, not because my parents did not care.
RobinH: "I actually only think there's one caveat to home-schooling, and that is how a home-schooled child is probably not going to be exposed to people with different opinions."
HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!! Laughable, homeschoolers are more likely to read newspapers, world news, and 'controversial' subjects. Hell I have the internet, I have seen opinions of every sort, and, amazingly, am able to form my own.
RobinH: "I think that the reaction of a home-schooled kid in that case is going to be to close themselves off from other points of view, and then seek out other like-minded (probably home-schooled) individuals to protect themselves from the ambiguity."
Again, laughable. The ones that really are that close-minded other homeschoolers can't stand even. You are making VERY broad assumptions.
At 17, I know how to balance a checkbook, mortgages, risks and the use of credit cards (and how to use them properly), researching and purchasing stock, the intricacies of buying a house. I know the risks of sex, how to use a condom, I know about abstaining but was never told what to do either way (note lack of impression of all values there). It goes on and on.
There were some good posts in this thread, but I had to flame out. I've put up with this bullshit for 17 years, ignorance and all homeschoolers being funneled into the same box as those damn religious hippies. Adults talk to me normally then when they find out I'm homeschooled their whole attitude changes. I'm treated differently, know how frustrating that is; not being treated like everyone else? For no damn good reason?
I see hundreds of posts a month on/. and Fark about people bitching 'Hey I went to public school and I was not a !!' Well guess what, homeschoolers are like that also, dozens of different types, and MANY are not doing it only for religious reasons. It's like saying every poster on/. wears a Babylon 5 tshirt while drinking jolt before trying to be a 1337 aim hacker.
>Phew!
Am not being trollish, this was pent up over the last decade and a half.. The above ignorance and stupidity set it off. Dictator For Life had a few points, though I disagree with some of them, he was mostly correct.
Slashdot Mirror
If it was real that is....
I just hope they take over XM's price.
I've been thinking about getting into ham radio, any ideas where to start getting info? (I've hit google, almost too much info) My life is too busy right at the moment, but I know I just want some really basic equipment, nothing too fancy to start. Have the fun be the experence and not just the equipment :)
I'm on a POS Compaq 800MHz with 383MB of RAM, and had over 60 tabs open in Firefox at once in the same window. Not a peep out of it.
I thought about this after readind the 20 or so 'hot enough to cook a !' comments. I don't see why an increase in traffic could cause any more affect then running the CPU and network at 100% with something. I'm with you on the crash/hand before any real heat gets made. And these Epia boards have no fan, they are MADE for low heat. (I just got one, it does have one tiny fan, but that one does not)
Seeing as it's a VIA CPU that would be a feat indeed.
It's a messenger bag, not a backpack. ;)
So it's actually $120 for a freaking messenger bag!
Get yer facts straight. ^_^
Well it was all in jest, and though incorrect, it sprung to mind. Besides, It's the first comment i've made thats been modded. So it's all good. :)
There are a few PhDs to do with health, so it's not too far of a stretch really.
Lame? You mean the lightning fast loading SIMPLE page with zero ads?
Time to study up for my death doctorate. Really gonna be hard to uphold the oath to cause harm to everyone, I mean, there are only so many hours in a day people!
Er, damn. http://sluggy.com/daily.php?date=040710
Already been beat to it.
http://sluggy.com/daily.php?date=040710/
Of course everyone else but me can find the blinding ly obvious location for the videos.. Asimo can really book across a room..
I think this is a very exciting development. I can't wait to see videos of this thing in action! (Also my first story posted. Woohoo!)
I just got my licence last year (I'm 18, Arizona) and it does not expire till 2051. So come renewal time, I'll be the one currently unborn slashdotters will be complaining about ^_^
My $50 prepaid Virgin Mobile cell has GPS in it.. almost every new phone does ALREADY. 911 can find your butt that way.
Northern Arizona. The part I drive is 65 MPH, so all the trucks just keep going 75 MPH :\ They tend to speed around here. Rather unusual it seems...
Semis going slower then the flow of traffic? I've driven I-40 almost every day, and they always pass me, and I go at the speed limit... What mystical land are your truckers from? I'd like to import them into this world. (I keed I keed) They just haul ass around here, they tend to pass at 85 in the 75 more often then not.
Uhh. I live in Arizona, there are a hell of a lot of curvy roads... Just drive from Phoenix to Flagstaff. Mountains and an elevation change of about 5000 feet. Up in Flag you have to deal with snow and curves. (YES ARIZONA HAS SNOW. I live at 7000' Higher then Denver.) I think for long straight roads, you want Kansas. Lotsta them. ;)
You mean president@whitehouse.gov? They all use the same one. No GBush@whitehouse.gov or WClinton@whitehouse.gov. They all used the same one.
So I imagine they still get increasing amounts of spam.
Words cannnot express the scream I would make upon hearing such news.
Though I can try...
AAAAAAAAAAGH!! MURGLE! >gasp AGGGGH!! NO! NO! WHY WHY WHY?!
Something like that I guess.
Hehe, I'm typing on a gates foundation computer now. Piece o' shit gateways. (These actual ones, they are a pain in the butt to work inside) But hey, they are great for this library though.
Well on the subject of not socializing with people of my own age, it is mainly that I simply don't have much in common, I see no problem with that at all. I don't like sports, don't attend church, and of course don't go to school, so after that there is not much to talk about, now I can communicate and socialize with people my own age just fine, and have done in many cases (Being on a Library 'Teen Council') Being that there is something in common to talk about (the issue(s) at hand that meeting) Small talk for me generally does not go well, as what I'm passionate about (computers and other geekly matters) no one else I've found in the real world cares or knows what I'm talking about. (I would be the social outcast in a school I believe, simply because I prefer doing things solo rather then in a group)
"I think that many people don't realize that there are great public schools out there just like there are great parents that properly homeschool their parents." Exactly, that is the point most people cannot wrap their minds around.
On relationships and dating, I must confess that I've never actually had one. I do not feel this is any fault of my upbringing, or any sort of 'sheltering'. Just something I've never actually pursued. I am not sure if this has hindered or helped any socials skills. On one hand, I have never tried, but on the other, I can talk to girls normally, without any problems, while I have seen other people my own age stutter, get shy, generally not function near the opposite sex. In most volunteering or other events, 9/10 times I'm the only guy there, I got used to it. I generally don't go to 'social events' not because of people there or any reasons like that, I simply have not come across any events that I like. (Smaller town, 50k people, nothing exciting comes around believe it or not) So really, time will tell in that case, however don't use my situation to try to attach to anyone else, as every homeschooler is in a different pot when it comes to 'socializing'. It's not quite as important as people make it out to be, yet there is a need. I don't feel like I'm missing out on anything.
When I was 16 I helped build a haunted house for the library (I do a lot there) got along better with the college students (Half a sorority, yeah I know, how horrible ;) then the 15/16 year olds.
Ahh, interacting with adults on a professional level. As far as in a job environment, I have never been in a professional place. At 14 I ran the front counter of a small chainsaw repair show, job sucked but I did fine at it, got complemented for how well I did things, but the general environment was unprofessional.
For the last three years I have volunteered at the public library, only 300 hours total, but it was a much more professional place. I often answered phones and helped adult patrons find materials, and got along with other adults, teenagers, and small children just fine.
My 'distaste' with talking with people my own age is, as I said above, mostly vast differences in interest. I don't really care about sports, so right there is a big gap, religion and politics is another subject I chose not to talk about. (Not bragging or anything, but my scope and understanding of politics is so far beyond most people 'my age' that I talk to, so I get rather annoyed at their narrow-mindedness and rather than argue and make an ass of myself, chose to leave the subject for others to discuss) (And I'm not going to cite any examples, I don't want to spark a pointless flamewar)
I have also been described by others to be much more mature then others, that helps with communicating with adults, and also partly the reason for annoyance with others my age. However in a job environment, I can get along better, there is a common thread, the job/workplace.
Take it as you will, this is just my life and experiences, you would be hard pressed to find anyone else quite in this s
What the hell are you all smoking? I'm homeschooled, have been all my life (17 years of it, that's counting from birth) I have had maybe a dozen friends my whole life, yet am somehow 'well adjusted' and the argument that "It is very important for a child to be around many children his or her own age." Is bullshit. I can't stand 90% of people my age for the last six or so years, they are all SO STUPID. It's not that I can't socialize. It's that I really can't stand to like, talk to like, anyone who like, ya know? (Yes I know there are articulate and intelligent people from public schools, I just never run into them it seems...) Other homeschoolers in my area are religious, and I don't socialize with them mainly for that reason, they try to recruit me into their religion.
/. and Fark about people bitching 'Hey I went to public school and I was not a !!' Well guess what, homeschoolers are like that also, dozens of different types, and MANY are not doing it only for religious reasons. It's like saying every poster on /. wears a Babylon 5 tshirt while drinking jolt before trying to be a 1337 aim hacker.
However I could carry on a conversation with an adult at age 11 rather well, could understand Dilbert and got the jokes, (while it seems stupid, do you know any 11 year olds who got office politic humor?), taught myself how to use computers, and within the year, I will have my A+ certification (before I turn 18 even) and an Electronics Technician certification.
Vancorps: You have ONLY met the extremist religious fanatics; "crucial exposure to other children" is BS. Its your environment, not social crap.
RobinH: "For instance, there are some home-schooling parents who actually believe that kids do not need schooling at all, and simply let their kids do whatever they want, and don't teach them any kind of a formal education. I personally don't think that they're doing their kids any favours. "
That is exactly my education, with the exception of math, and an accounting course, I never had a 'formal' education. I taught myself almost everything, and it was because that was how I wanted to learn, not because my parents did not care.
RobinH: "I actually only think there's one caveat to home-schooling, and that is how a home-schooled child is probably not going to be exposed to people with different opinions."
HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!! Laughable, homeschoolers are more likely to read newspapers, world news, and 'controversial' subjects. Hell I have the internet, I have seen opinions of every sort, and, amazingly, am able to form my own.
RobinH: "I think that the reaction of a home-schooled kid in that case is going to be to close themselves off from other points of view, and then seek out other like-minded (probably home-schooled) individuals to protect themselves from the ambiguity."
Again, laughable. The ones that really are that close-minded other homeschoolers can't stand even. You are making VERY broad assumptions.
At 17, I know how to balance a checkbook, mortgages, risks and the use of credit cards (and how to use them properly), researching and purchasing stock, the intricacies of buying a house. I know the risks of sex, how to use a condom, I know about abstaining but was never told what to do either way (note lack of impression of all values there). It goes on and on.
There were some good posts in this thread, but I had to flame out. I've put up with this bullshit for 17 years, ignorance and all homeschoolers being funneled into the same box as those damn religious hippies. Adults talk to me normally then when they find out I'm homeschooled their whole attitude changes. I'm treated differently, know how frustrating that is; not being treated like everyone else? For no damn good reason?
I see hundreds of posts a month on
>Phew!
Am not being trollish, this was pent up over the last decade and a half.. The above ignorance and stupidity set it off. Dictator For Life had a few points, though I disagree with some of them, he was mostly correct.
-koz