Another factor that may cause "gifted" individuals to listen to metal is the complexity and technicality. If you break down metal music, you'll find that it's much more "musical" then any modern bands. Bands such as Slayer, Amon Amarth, Nile, Testament, and Kreator play with such precision and technical perfection. Anyone who has taken music theory can easily see that this genre is superior to most modern pop. While the growling lyrics may be intimidating to many, there are metal bands out there that combine the brutal and technical musical style with epic and melodic vocals. Examples would be Falconer, Ensiferium, Sonata Arctica, and Iced Earth. In fact, the lead singer of Falconer is actually a Shakespearian actor and has played the leading role in many Broadway style musicals.
Of course, unless you consider the nu-metal(pop metal) bands like Slipknot that crank as much overdrive as they can into the amp and bang incoherently on their guitars. They give "metal" a band wrap.
The reason I'm dropping Verizon and switching to Cingular is phone features. I bought a Razr for the bluetooth functionality and neat little toys. However, Verizon cripples all of their phones, and of course, does not mention this in any adds or on any packaging. The $100 Motorola-to-PC software is useless because Verizon has crippled the phone so image/ringtone transfers are non-functional. Verizon also uses a hacked bluetooth protocol. Using my PDA, I can connect to a bluetooth phone and dial out using my address book, but my Verizon Razr will not accept a connection from my palm. All of this is crippled so you have to use their "GetItNow" service. No Thanks.
I use this ruse also. Although my identification of choice is a handheld ham radio. If you have a walky-talky style radio, people will let you anywhere.
A little trick I learned when geocaching. People are always suspicious if they see people snooping around. I found that a relective vest(like that worn by motorcyclists), a clipboard and ham radio would get me into ANYWHERE! Do Not Enter? HA! Authorized Personel Only? JOKE!
This situation just happened yesterday. A client's PC went down hard. I popped out the hard drive and tossed it into my machine. I was able to copy the bookmarks file, mailbox files, etc from their Mozilla software quite easily with a single cp command. Their new PC arrives, and some quick drag and drops has everything back to normal.
Now with this SQLlite layer, will I be able to do this just as easily? I pray that Thunderbird never decides to go this route!
As the sole IT employee in my mid-sized company, I understand your wants. However, perhaps you don't see that you're micro-managing a bit?
My bosses want to be kept informed at all times. However, trust me and let me do my job. When I fix something, don't ask me what was wrong or how I fixed it. I don't have time to explain to you what you learn in 2 semesters of network infrastructure classes. Just back off and you'll be surprised how much an IT person will get done. Sometimes you just have to accept, "It was a problem with the hosts file and it was throwing off sendmail" without probing into sendmail.mc theory. And as far as explaining it in non-techie terms, I can only dumb down SSH tunnels and the TCP/IP protocol so much before I want to jab myself in the eye with a spork. OK boss, it works likes this. A computer stands up and yells,"Hey Server!!!". All the computers here it, but only the server yells back, "Yeah, what do you want?"
As an example, my boss was on vacation in Florida. While he was gone, in 1 week, I was able to complete more projects to improve business and workflow then I previsouly had since the first of the year. You know why I was so non-productive? My bosses demanded a military-like work ethic, wanted to be constantly informed, wanted to triple check the line items on a budget request for a freakin tape drive, etc. Without him breathing over my shoulder and constantly asking me why I had a browser open(that better be work related!) and without having to explain to him why DNS is so important to an AD network, I was able to do what he was trying to 'motive' me to do, actual work!
And just because you don't see me doing anything doesn't mean I'm not busy. Sometimes I have to push myself away from my desk and 'space out' for a bit while I brainstorm what the heck is wrong with the httpd.conf file.
IT is a tough job. If people don't know you exist, that means you're doing a good job. Conversly, they get the impression that you don't do anything since you're out of sight/out of mind. And ever since I bought that Time Management for Systems Administrators(previsouly reviewed on slashdot), it seems I have become more productive while giving the illusion of doing less work.
Seriously, out of all the things to borrow from MS, the 2 big desktop managers copy the start menu. It has to be the most un-intuitive GUI feature in the history of the GUI.
I dislike Nicolas Petreley's arguements as much as the next guy, but I hate it when I try a new distro and have a start button staring up at me. E and XFCE users will site bloat and memory leaks and lag all day. Me, the reason I use E is that there's no start menu. I click, the menu is there. Now _that's_ intuitive!
All Systems
* Prior to installing Thunderbird 1.5, please ensure that the directory you've chosen to install into is clean and doesn't contain any previous Thunderbird installations.
Problem solved. You cannot install TB over itself in the same directory. You must first uninstall the old version.
To fix this, I uninstalled the new 1.5. Reinstall into a different folder. I created a new one called Thunderbird instead of 'Mozilla Thunderbird'. Then, delete the old directory and you are good to go.
Well, while the above links may prove humorous, keep in mind that this does not in anyway speak poorly about the patent system. The issue with patents is not that stupid things are patented, but that patents are being thrown around on obvious inventions/methods.
All of the patents on patentsilly are quite silly. However, they are valid patents. There is a HUGE difference between silly patents and absurd patents. A patent on a glove that chews your food for you is silly. A patent on a 'review system allowing consumers that purchased the item to review it for the public' is an absurd patent.
If you think about it, a patent on a roller skate where the 4 wheels are placed inline seems quite silly. However, the inline skate is born and people are roller blading everywhere.
Quite correct. I have stopped my research so perhaps the digital units have improved. However, being a HTPC, watching/timeshifting television is not it's only function. I don't care what card you're using, a DVD will look nowhere near as good as a decent unit.
A HTPC will give DVD quality roughly equal to that of a PS2 even with digital HD outs. For most people, this is good enough. But when you're someone who complains that a projector has 'poor blacks', then this will not cut it.
I'm not saying a DIY HTPC is crap. I'm saying it's not high-end and the article implies it is.
I see these all the time and the hype is amazing. Yet, the more I try to consider building one, the less reasonable it is for myself. Frankly, I have not found a video card capable of producing high enough quality video for videophiles or a/v heads. And 6 channel on board sound? Hardly tolerable.
The big and bad units are expensive for a reason. A DIY PVR just will not compare to a decent mid-range unit.
I can't remember the link, but there was a site that had screenshot comparisons of all the main tuner cards with pros-cons. Frankly, they all looked like crap. I would never put the output stream through my HD projector.
So, to answer the question quite bluntly: Hype aside, is it really possible to build a PC that is quiet and does everything that a high-end remote-controlled set-top box can do?
No, not even close. While the software for it is there, PC hardware is hardly capable of producing anything remotely comparable to high end. Comparable to a budget model or upper end of the low quality units? Sure! The joy of DIY? Yep! High end? Hardly...
After hearing this story, I simply noted the proof that two different people growing up in the same household with two different preferences for after school and weekend activities can produce two entirely different outcomes in their lives.
So... the gamer became a criminal and the outdoorsman became a model citizen. However, his story suggests no more proof then saying boy A became a criminal because he likes Doritos and boy B became a model citizen because he prefered Fritos Corn Chips.
Did he not stop and think that perhaps boy A became a criminal because he lived in a state of continual social solitude while boy B flourished because he interacted with people, the environment and his world? I'm sure I could pull some studies out of my ass to show a stronger correlation of my theory than of his.
I whole heartily agree. Not to mention with all the homebrew projects and compilcated electronics, Ham Radio is the Linux of communication media. I'm surprised more geeks aren't involved.
I left 3dgameman about 5 years ago because of this. At the time, he never had a bad review. Out of ALL of his video and written reviews, all products were 'kickass'.
I'm not sure if he continued that route, but I wouldn't be surprised in the least. Especially with his flashing Shockwave banners, and the countless product posters placed rather non-descretely behind him during his video reviews.
I mean how many times can you hear, "This CPU fan stopped working and completely melted my brand new AMD64 chip(courtesy of AMD via past review). However it did drop my temps.2C while it was functioning. If you don't mind the 15dB increase, then this product is for you! Kickass!", before you want to blow your/his brains out?
Does it support sata out of the box yet or do I need to upgrade to the experimental 2.6.10 kernel? My hard drive is dying and I want to buy a SATA, but I'd like to avoid any unnecessary issues that this may cause.
After an intense session of Burn-out 3, I was driving to pick the wife up from work. Comming up on a sharp intersection, I instinctively reached for the e-brake, ready to power slide around the 90degree turn at 50mph. Luckily I caught myself, but it gave me quite a scare.
This is because game designers avoid AO like the plague! I garauntee the new Playboy game coming out will be AO. The first version of "The Punisher" sent to the ERSB was rated as AO, and they had to somewhat censor all of the graphic cutscene deaths.
I don't see anything wrong with requiring a consumer to be 18 to purchase a game marked mature. I think it's a good idea to require proof of age when purchasing games marked AO or Mature by the ERSB.
If anything, this puts responsibility back onto the parents. You can't blame you're kid shooting someone on video games if the parents have to buy them for them.
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Another factor that may cause "gifted" individuals to listen to metal is the complexity and technicality. If you break down metal music, you'll find that it's much more "musical" then any modern bands. Bands such as Slayer, Amon Amarth, Nile, Testament, and Kreator play with such precision and technical perfection. Anyone who has taken music theory can easily see that this genre is superior to most modern pop. While the growling lyrics may be intimidating to many, there are metal bands out there that combine the brutal and technical musical style with epic and melodic vocals. Examples would be Falconer, Ensiferium, Sonata Arctica, and Iced Earth. In fact, the lead singer of Falconer is actually a Shakespearian actor and has played the leading role in many Broadway style musicals.
Of course, unless you consider the nu-metal(pop metal) bands like Slipknot that crank as much overdrive as they can into the amp and bang incoherently on their guitars. They give "metal" a band wrap.
The reason I'm dropping Verizon and switching to Cingular is phone features. I bought a Razr for the bluetooth functionality and neat little toys. However, Verizon cripples all of their phones, and of course, does not mention this in any adds or on any packaging. The $100 Motorola-to-PC software is useless because Verizon has crippled the phone so image/ringtone transfers are non-functional. Verizon also uses a hacked bluetooth protocol. Using my PDA, I can connect to a bluetooth phone and dial out using my address book, but my Verizon Razr will not accept a connection from my palm. All of this is crippled so you have to use their "GetItNow" service. No Thanks.
I use this ruse also. Although my identification of choice is a handheld ham radio. If you have a walky-talky style radio, people will let you anywhere.
A little trick I learned when geocaching. People are always suspicious if they see people snooping around. I found that a relective vest(like that worn by motorcyclists), a clipboard and ham radio would get me into ANYWHERE! Do Not Enter? HA! Authorized Personel Only? JOKE!
Thanks, that's why I asked. I did not know.
This situation just happened yesterday. A client's PC went down hard. I popped out the hard drive and tossed it into my machine. I was able to copy the bookmarks file, mailbox files, etc from their Mozilla software quite easily with a single cp command. Their new PC arrives, and some quick drag and drops has everything back to normal.
Now with this SQLlite layer, will I be able to do this just as easily? I pray that Thunderbird never decides to go this route!
As the sole IT employee in my mid-sized company, I understand your wants. However, perhaps you don't see that you're micro-managing a bit?
My bosses want to be kept informed at all times. However, trust me and let me do my job. When I fix something, don't ask me what was wrong or how I fixed it. I don't have time to explain to you what you learn in 2 semesters of network infrastructure classes. Just back off and you'll be surprised how much an IT person will get done. Sometimes you just have to accept, "It was a problem with the hosts file and it was throwing off sendmail" without probing into sendmail.mc theory. And as far as explaining it in non-techie terms, I can only dumb down SSH tunnels and the TCP/IP protocol so much before I want to jab myself in the eye with a spork. OK boss, it works likes this. A computer stands up and yells,"Hey Server!!!". All the computers here it, but only the server yells back, "Yeah, what do you want?"
As an example, my boss was on vacation in Florida. While he was gone, in 1 week, I was able to complete more projects to improve business and workflow then I previsouly had since the first of the year. You know why I was so non-productive? My bosses demanded a military-like work ethic, wanted to be constantly informed, wanted to triple check the line items on a budget request for a freakin tape drive, etc. Without him breathing over my shoulder and constantly asking me why I had a browser open(that better be work related!) and without having to explain to him why DNS is so important to an AD network, I was able to do what he was trying to 'motive' me to do, actual work!
And just because you don't see me doing anything doesn't mean I'm not busy. Sometimes I have to push myself away from my desk and 'space out' for a bit while I brainstorm what the heck is wrong with the httpd.conf file.
IT is a tough job. If people don't know you exist, that means you're doing a good job. Conversly, they get the impression that you don't do anything since you're out of sight/out of mind. And ever since I bought that Time Management for Systems Administrators(previsouly reviewed on slashdot), it seems I have become more productive while giving the illusion of doing less work.
Yes, but when E17 comes out, I'll be playing Duke Nukem Forever on my wearible PC.
Seriously, out of all the things to borrow from MS, the 2 big desktop managers copy the start menu. It has to be the most un-intuitive GUI feature in the history of the GUI.
I dislike Nicolas Petreley's arguements as much as the next guy, but I hate it when I try a new distro and have a start button staring up at me. E and XFCE users will site bloat and memory leaks and lag all day. Me, the reason I use E is that there's no start menu. I click, the menu is there. Now _that's_ intuitive!
Ever try the geek dating website?
Geek2Geek
I've browsed it out of curiosity(I'm married), and it seems interesting enough.
Release Notes read
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* Prior to installing Thunderbird 1.5, please ensure that the directory you've chosen to install into is clean and doesn't contain any previous Thunderbird installations.
Easy enough to miss.
Problem solved. You cannot install TB over itself in the same directory. You must first uninstall the old version.
To fix this, I uninstalled the new 1.5. Reinstall into a different folder. I created a new one called Thunderbird instead of 'Mozilla Thunderbird'. Then, delete the old directory and you are good to go.
I'm having the same issue here. Upgraded on a WIN2k machine, and it won't run.
Well, while the above links may prove humorous, keep in mind that this does not in anyway speak poorly about the patent system. The issue with patents is not that stupid things are patented, but that patents are being thrown around on obvious inventions/methods.
All of the patents on patentsilly are quite silly. However, they are valid patents. There is a HUGE difference between silly patents and absurd patents. A patent on a glove that chews your food for you is silly. A patent on a 'review system allowing consumers that purchased the item to review it for the public' is an absurd patent.
If you think about it, a patent on a roller skate where the 4 wheels are placed inline seems quite silly. However, the inline skate is born and people are roller blading everywhere.
"Evil will always defeat good because good is dumb."
Quite correct. I have stopped my research so perhaps the digital units have improved. However, being a HTPC, watching/timeshifting television is not it's only function. I don't care what card you're using, a DVD will look nowhere near as good as a decent unit.
A HTPC will give DVD quality roughly equal to that of a PS2 even with digital HD outs. For most people, this is good enough. But when you're someone who complains that a projector has 'poor blacks', then this will not cut it.
I'm not saying a DIY HTPC is crap. I'm saying it's not high-end and the article implies it is.
I see these all the time and the hype is amazing. Yet, the more I try to consider building one, the less reasonable it is for myself. Frankly, I have not found a video card capable of producing high enough quality video for videophiles or a/v heads. And 6 channel on board sound? Hardly tolerable.
The big and bad units are expensive for a reason. A DIY PVR just will not compare to a decent mid-range unit.
I can't remember the link, but there was a site that had screenshot comparisons of all the main tuner cards with pros-cons. Frankly, they all looked like crap. I would never put the output stream through my HD projector.
So, to answer the question quite bluntly:
Hype aside, is it really possible to build a PC that is quiet and does everything that a high-end remote-controlled set-top box can do?
No, not even close. While the software for it is there, PC hardware is hardly capable of producing anything remotely comparable to high end . Comparable to a budget model or upper end of the low quality units? Sure! The joy of DIY? Yep! High end? Hardly...
So... the gamer became a criminal and the outdoorsman became a model citizen. However, his story suggests no more proof then saying boy A became a criminal because he likes Doritos and boy B became a model citizen because he prefered Fritos Corn Chips.
Did he not stop and think that perhaps boy A became a criminal because he lived in a state of continual social solitude while boy B flourished because he interacted with people, the environment and his world? I'm sure I could pull some studies out of my ass to show a stronger correlation of my theory than of his.
I work harder and longer than half the people here
So this makes you an incredibly average employee, yes?
KC0NBY KC0NBY this is KC9HXG
I whole heartily agree. Not to mention with all the homebrew projects and compilcated electronics, Ham Radio is the Linux of communication media. I'm surprised more geeks aren't involved.
KC9HXG clear
I left 3dgameman about 5 years ago because of this. At the time, he never had a bad review. Out of ALL of his video and written reviews, all products were 'kickass'.
I'm not sure if he continued that route, but I wouldn't be surprised in the least. Especially with his flashing Shockwave banners, and the countless product posters placed rather non-descretely behind him during his video reviews.
I mean how many times can you hear, "This CPU fan stopped working and completely melted my brand new AMD64 chip(courtesy of AMD via past review). However it did drop my temps .2C while it was functioning. If you don't mind the 15dB increase, then this product is for you! Kickass!", before you want to blow your/his brains out?
For those who don't want to go through the trouble of decrypting the free tshirt anagram at thinkgeek:
fake ghostlike photons!
translates to
Fools shop at thinkgeek!
I'm not trolling, check it yourself.
Does it support sata out of the box yet or do I need to upgrade to the experimental 2.6.10 kernel? My hard drive is dying and I want to buy a SATA, but I'd like to avoid any unnecessary issues that this may cause.
After an intense session of Burn-out 3, I was driving to pick the wife up from work. Comming up on a sharp intersection, I instinctively reached for the e-brake, ready to power slide around the 90degree turn at 50mph. Luckily I caught myself, but it gave me quite a scare.
This is because game designers avoid AO like the plague! I garauntee the new Playboy game coming out will be AO. The first version of "The Punisher" sent to the ERSB was rated as AO, and they had to somewhat censor all of the graphic cutscene deaths.
I don't see anything wrong with requiring a consumer to be 18 to purchase a game marked mature. I think it's a good idea to require proof of age when purchasing games marked AO or Mature by the ERSB.
If anything, this puts responsibility back onto the parents. You can't blame you're kid shooting someone on video games if the parents have to buy them for them.