I've found that 75mhz on a CRT is gentle enough for long sessions, with no headaches or detectable eyestrain. Can't say that about the cheap AST monitor I used in college for writing papers. After one 12+ hour last-minute writing marathon, I looked in the mirror and thought I had conjunctivitis. Ouch.
Being a commie is worse than being a slave? Ooooookay......
Bah, he's just trolling. Nevetheless, I think being a "commie," as in being a "citizen" of a communist country, is indistinguishable from slavery, but insofar as the bulk of humanity subscribes to Fallacy Numero Uno, that one human being can own another human being or be an executor of arbitrary power, then we're all slaves of one kind or another, either those that live under the shadow of some State/Corporate master's whip, or those who are held captive by an erroneous belief in their perogative to lord it over "lesser" people.
With respect to the "post-retirement lobbying jobs," I was referring to the rewards doled out by big business to venal Congressmen and -women, but your remarks about your experience with a telco are an eye-opener. Sounds pretty draconian to me.
I mean, could anybody have foreseen that the phone monopolies would try to remain monopolies? Here's a trick for identifying scumbags: look for where there is easy money to be made by chiseling people who have few or no alternatives. Samples of this phenomenon include health care, real estate, and government. Oh, and quite often, telecommunications.
Hear hear. I have a nice car that sits in the driveway as I feel guilty about driving it. Air pollution, water pollution, noise pollution, burdensome infrastructure--these are the costs of automobile reliance. So I beat the system by riding a bike, rain or shine. I love the exercise and somehow find a way to enjoy the invigorating experience of riding through Oregon winter rainstorms. What a pity that this isn't an option for the legions who endure 100 mile daily commutes. High energy density petroleum has been an unbelieveable boon in economic terms, but those days of cheap oil are dwindling and I don't think a tolerable solution will be at hand when it gets really expensive. Prediction? The suburbs will go the way of those abandoned industrial sites in the Rust Belt. Thus ends another costly experiment in inefficient living.
We, as in those who aspire to see great leaps in space technology, have been going about this the wrong way for a very long time. Check the link. This whole vertical lauch with chemical rockets paradigm is lucrative for aerospace contractors, but a monstrous waste in light of what we know about basic physics.
Is consumer culture planned obsolescense or is it the result of our wish to do less work, have more leisure time, and "make life easier?" Every purchase is the result of a more or less deliberate decision-making process, and in most product categories, the passage of time does bring "better" things, and by better I mean more features, miniturization, etc. In this system, durability naturally suffers, but since most consumers tend to buy replacements before the original actually breaks, it is a sensible descision on the part of the manufacturer to make items this way. Anyway, check this link. The book is most relevant to this discussion. No time to elaborate further, cheers.
Ah, but this isn't the case - the 3gb hard drive is just there to hold even longer, more annoying ring tones. The factory default will use bluetooth to sense when the owner is nowhere near the phone and then launch into a 4-hour midi retrospective of Nelly: the early years.
I think a more likely scenario is that with more storage the ringtones will play at CD-quality sample rates. Imagine hearing the first 40 seconds of Die Meistersinger as some woman fumbles frantically through her handbag the next time you're at the movies. A dark future, indeed.
Yes, especially if you happen to be a "defense" contractor...
"Thank you, Congressman, for your stauch advocacy of this worthy project. The $11 billion you allocated for the fiscal year will fund additional research in order to get this system fielded. Um, by the way, we noticed that you are retiring soon. Perhaps you would like to lend your national security expertise as a consultant to our "advisory board," in exchange for a modest stipend, of course." *wink*
"Why, I think that I might be able to set aside a few hours a week with your fine company. After all, it's a matter of national security." *wink*
I created the Event Horizon to reach the stars, but she's gone much, much farther than that. She tore a whole in our universe, a gateway to another dimension, a dimension of pure chaos, pure evil
Yeah? We created Lawrence Fishburne, aka "Cowboy Curtiss," aka "Othello," aka "Morpheus," and we say he's gonna whoop that bitch-ass "Event Horizon" all the way to Pluto. Oh yeah.
I wonder how it will compare to Hyukatake ('96?) I remember "holy shit" feeling of awe I got one winter night when I looked up at the sky in my rural front yard--absolutely incredible.
So the pirate the feds arrested, interrogated, and impounded in April, but didn't file charges yet against, is the Half-life guy. That narrows it down quite a bit.
No shit. If they have any brains at all, the cops and the pirates will be examining this article for clues as to where the leaks are. Of course, even identifying the leaks in the pirate hierarchy still leaves them in a difficult position, as cutting off the leakers' access may lead to vengeful dime-dropping.
Here's a sign of the times. A Korean company is the first to announce a zero dead-pixel policy, a gesture of confidence sure to make an impression on customers and industry peers alike. Meanwhile, does anybody care to tell how many LCD monitors were even manufactured in the United States last year?
This is obviously a training problem. Nobody showed them how to run the food synthesizer. They've been standard in Federation starships since the 1960s.
Yes, but Mir is a Russian starship. The synthesizer only dispenses vodka.
Then we could finally get those flying cars they have been showing in movies about the future for the last hundred years.
You're closer to the truth than you realize. There is a multitude of hobbyists toying around with primitive anti-gravity technology. Here's one article among many to describe the phenomenon. As for large-scale commercial applications, well, that's going to require serious investment from the likes of Hyundai or Antonov. Meanwhile, we can keep dreaming.
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I've found that 75mhz on a CRT is gentle enough for long sessions, with no headaches or detectable eyestrain. Can't say that about the cheap AST monitor I used in college for writing papers. After one 12+ hour last-minute writing marathon, I looked in the mirror and thought I had conjunctivitis. Ouch.
By chance, you wouldn't have run into that wierdo Koveras around Candlekeep, would you?
I don't suppose you happen to be a computer enthusiast?
Bah, he's just trolling. Nevetheless, I think being a "commie," as in being a "citizen" of a communist country, is indistinguishable from slavery, but insofar as the bulk of humanity subscribes to Fallacy Numero Uno, that one human being can own another human being or be an executor of arbitrary power, then we're all slaves of one kind or another, either those that live under the shadow of some State/Corporate master's whip, or those who are held captive by an erroneous belief in their perogative to lord it over "lesser" people.
Happee New Year!!!
With respect to the "post-retirement lobbying jobs," I was referring to the rewards doled out by big business to venal Congressmen and -women, but your remarks about your experience with a telco are an eye-opener. Sounds pretty draconian to me.
Campaign contributions. Post-retirement lobbying jobs. Stuff like that.
I mean, could anybody have foreseen that the phone monopolies would try to remain monopolies? Here's a trick for identifying scumbags: look for where there is easy money to be made by chiseling people who have few or no alternatives. Samples of this phenomenon include health care, real estate, and government. Oh, and quite often, telecommunications.
Hear hear. I have a nice car that sits in the driveway as I feel guilty about driving it. Air pollution, water pollution, noise pollution, burdensome infrastructure--these are the costs of automobile reliance. So I beat the system by riding a bike, rain or shine. I love the exercise and somehow find a way to enjoy the invigorating experience of riding through Oregon winter rainstorms. What a pity that this isn't an option for the legions who endure 100 mile daily commutes. High energy density petroleum has been an unbelieveable boon in economic terms, but those days of cheap oil are dwindling and I don't think a tolerable solution will be at hand when it gets really expensive. Prediction? The suburbs will go the way of those abandoned industrial sites in the Rust Belt. Thus ends another costly experiment in inefficient living.
We, as in those who aspire to see great leaps in space technology, have been going about this the wrong way for a very long time. Check the link. This whole vertical lauch with chemical rockets paradigm is lucrative for aerospace contractors, but a monstrous waste in light of what we know about basic physics.
Is consumer culture planned obsolescense or is it the result of our wish to do less work, have more leisure time, and "make life easier?" Every purchase is the result of a more or less deliberate decision-making process, and in most product categories, the passage of time does bring "better" things, and by better I mean more features, miniturization, etc. In this system, durability naturally suffers, but since most consumers tend to buy replacements before the original actually breaks, it is a sensible descision on the part of the manufacturer to make items this way. Anyway, check this link. The book is most relevant to this discussion. No time to elaborate further, cheers.
I think a more likely scenario is that with more storage the ringtones will play at CD-quality sample rates. Imagine hearing the first 40 seconds of Die Meistersinger as some woman fumbles frantically through her handbag the next time you're at the movies. A dark future, indeed.
Yes, especially if you happen to be a "defense" contractor...
"Thank you, Congressman, for your stauch advocacy of this worthy project. The $11 billion you allocated for the fiscal year will fund additional research in order to get this system fielded. Um, by the way, we noticed that you are retiring soon. Perhaps you would like to lend your national security expertise as a consultant to our "advisory board," in exchange for a modest stipend, of course." *wink*
"Why, I think that I might be able to set aside a few hours a week with your fine company. After all, it's a matter of national security." *wink*
Cool. Let's divert it's orbit a little then. Mars needs water if we want to start terraforming.
Yeah? We created Lawrence Fishburne, aka "Cowboy Curtiss," aka "Othello," aka "Morpheus," and we say he's gonna whoop that bitch-ass "Event Horizon" all the way to Pluto. Oh yeah.
Then we'll counter-retaliate! Kill 'em all and let God sort 'em out! Damn godless comets...
I wonder how it will compare to Hyukatake ('96?) I remember "holy shit" feeling of awe I got one winter night when I looked up at the sky in my rural front yard--absolutely incredible.
No shit. If they have any brains at all, the cops and the pirates will be examining this article for clues as to where the leaks are. Of course, even identifying the leaks in the pirate hierarchy still leaves them in a difficult position, as cutting off the leakers' access may lead to vengeful dime-dropping.
Here's a sign of the times. A Korean company is the first to announce a zero dead-pixel policy, a gesture of confidence sure to make an impression on customers and industry peers alike. Meanwhile, does anybody care to tell how many LCD monitors were even manufactured in the United States last year?
Thanks for the link. I'm not rich by any means but I gave $50 now that the magnitude of the disaster has sunk in. Those people are fucked.
You can take your tinfoil hat off once you're inside your tinfoil room.
And that big Tour Eiffel thing; the Danish built that, right? And this this silly thing. Yes, obviously the French know nothing of engineering.
Ah yes. But they're extremely obese women with shaven armpits. I mean, if you're into that kind of thing.
Yes, but Mir is a Russian starship. The synthesizer only dispenses vodka.
I say we threaten them with a Soyuz full of ramen noodles if they eat too much. That'll keep 'em in line.
You're closer to the truth than you realize. There is a multitude of hobbyists toying around with primitive anti-gravity technology. Here's one article among many to describe the phenomenon. As for large-scale commercial applications, well, that's going to require serious investment from the likes of Hyundai or Antonov. Meanwhile, we can keep dreaming.