Don't read Popular Mech.. I mean Science. I used to think they were okay until I found out they are a total tool for the man. They are tasked with shaping public perception and expectation. I read a report pointing out several examples but just the most recent one I can think of is thier 'debunking the 9/11 truth myths'. They are completely full of shit, although there is some cool technology in the mag.
If you watch 'They Live' three times in a row and then look at an issue of PS, I swear you will see the brain slugs all over that rag.
I'm getting everyone a Sony Walkman. Or a GoldStar knockoff if they're cheaper.
I don't know about linux cds for X-Mas.. What happened to that cd iso that had all the great free/open source windows apps on it? Wouldn't mind that myself (hint. Oh, I only wish..)
Save your money. You will spend years paying back the "financial aid" and most of the course work is/will be irrelevant. USA model is start putting them in debt right out of high school.
Party with your friends and start a band or something. Just learn to code in C, read a good software engineering book then build a medium-complex application on a linux box, all on your own. I just saved you thousands of dollars.
"The price of anything is set by supply & demand."
Not really. That's what they teach people in university. A fun theory. Prices (currency) today are set by Central Banks. They are large corrupt private banks. Gold's value will not completely collapse unless you discover how to make it from sea water. Currency's collapse when the central banks decide it's time to kill it. I've been to the Fed in NYC and touched the gold bars. Most of it isn't ours anyway. US holds about 2% of dollar issued backed in gold. China holds about 20%.
Sorry but the conspiracy goes much deeper than that. Your (USD) cash is a fEDERAL rESERVE nOTE; which is what?.. A private bank. USD only has worth because the fED says so. It's a private bank designed to rob you of your real income.
So you will have to convert that stash under the litter box to gold if you want to be free from the talons of corrupt banking institutions.
What is a good game for my Logitech Extreme 3D pro. I never use it because there don't seem to be a lot of games that make sense of joystick anymore. Flying, spaceships, cars. All I play now is Urban Terror and games that use mouse & AWSD.
"Bzzzzzt! Mmm.. Not bad. Bzzzzzzzzzztt! Ooh. A little crispy now.. Bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzztttttttttss!. KRACKKK! Okay that's enough. Hmm.. Shit.. Looks like they're unsafe. Okay, what's next? Sound weapon? Great, aim at the little guy this time."
I already have a dvd writer and blank dvd's, so software solution is attratcive.
This system needs to exist because XP with a dvd writer is so prevalent today, and if I can find a solution, then I can duplicate it anyware OR anyone else (my family, friends work, &c.) can duplicate the solution.
Yes, my mp3's are valuble to me. I'm not interested in duplicating all those non-billable hours to re rip/encode everything ever again. Plus I no longer have some cds/got them from other sources, &c.
My mp3 collection grows, but those files rarley 'change', so an initial full copy makes sense. Right now I can fit all of it (~30GB) on 5 or 6 discs. They are cheap! I can make redundant copies/sets if I'm worried about bad media.
Dvds travel nicely. Dedicated hardware does not. In the past I have given copies of my backup cds to friends I trust who live in a different physical location. Fire, Government seisure, &c. is not a social networking thing and I want to be able to have my stuff (data) if I should suddenly never see my computer or house again. Spare drive in the same box doesn't help me there. I currently keep a cd backup of my critical data in my 'Go Bag' with my passport, other important docs, change of close, flashlight, water, first aid, &c. You do have a 'Go Bag' don't you?
Again, it needs to be readable, uncompressed, cdfs layout (or dvdfs, if that exists). Just pop it in any old dvdrom drive and read/copy whatever you like. Also helpful if I need to 'lend' mp3s to someone.
I don't want to calculate copysize to match to dvd 4.7G. That is a tedious manual process that will have to be repeated everytime. The routine needs to do that for me and just say, "insert disc 2 of 6".
The bottom line is, this needs to exist. I know of many people who this would take care of all their needs.
Please reply if YOU HAVE DONE THIS and KNOW A WORKING SOLUTION, not just theorizing. Thx.
Yes, but that is the equivalent to a great big comment field. I talking about useful standards that other applications recognize. Mass tagging, sort by, &c.
I have wanted to use other formats, but in the end I am back to encoding everything in mp3. You know why. It is the same reason many linux users eventually cave and just run [a] windows somewhere. You need compatibility and everything plays mp3. I like to stream my music over the Internet and most of my friends do not have ogg/flac/etc. players installed on thier system. Also, I don't have the same volume of tools available for other formats; ex: mp3GAIN is a must but does not allow ogg track editing. Plus ogg doesn't have Id3V2! I have a Rio Karma but it doesn't matter. I might as well get one of these suckers now, since all I need is mp3. And I want removable media storage only (fuck your stupid transfer wizards)[although the ethernet on the rio is nice but too slow], no drm bs, better playlist control and gapless playback. There that's all.
Just everyone use mp3. It sounds great at high bit rate and we'll have no more problems with the music.
I had an PIII ASUS mobo that had everything integrated. I lied to the system and used some unsupported components that were newer/faster than the mobo was rated for. It was always unstable under heavy load. One day I knocked over a two day old beer and pretty much soaked the mobo (that's what I get for leaving the case open all the time and not using the no-beverage rule that I impose at work). I wiped it up as much as I could & thought about washing with water but didn't want to risk that either. After everythng was dry, I didn't think it would boot but it did AND the instability issue was 'fixed'.
As bad as it has gotten, we are going to see it get MUCH worse in the next 5 - 10 years. I am constantly reseaching this exact topic and there seems to be a consistent observable pattern. They play on the masses desire for convenience. Restrictive measures happen as well, but usually take more effort and often waving the t3rr03ist flag to gain support, thus they creep in a bit more slowly. Convenience is the big seller. Any time you hear about ANY great new [electronic] convenience making your life that much easier (and that's easier to reach the goal that they have chosen for you which you want terribly of course, ie: consumption, accumulation of wealth, hot women/men, your own top 40 music video, &c.) you can almost be completely certain that there getting closer to making you live in a pod ("I didn't say it would be easy, I just said it would be the truth")("I know this steak isn't real".."put me back in the pod").
Ha you read my post even though you knew that subject was bullshit. SGI burnt my ass too many times. They made great machines. Pretty good support. Their upgrade path was: throw out the machines and buy our new line of machines because we've discontinued that line and you will never find any type of compatible hardware ever unless you troll ebay for one of those guys who makes his living stocking used components, compatible with only this one particular sgi model that has tragically unfortunally been discontinuted forever. SGI! Could have been the one! Fuck is a matter with you man?
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Don't read Popular Mech.. I mean Science. I used to think they were okay until I found out they are a total tool for the man. They are tasked with shaping public perception and expectation. I read a report pointing out several examples but just the most recent one I can think of is thier 'debunking the 9/11 truth myths'. They are completely full of shit, although there is some cool technology in the mag.
If you watch 'They Live' three times in a row and then look at an issue of PS, I swear you will see the brain slugs all over that rag.
Believe it.
Why on earth would the Dutch Kill need to transmit tv to the nation?
I reboot if necessary but otherwise I don't shut my machine down. ever. why?
Believe it.
Crush you enemies. See them driven before you. Enjoy the lamantation of the women.
No shit the Van Allen Belt will kill you. We haven't solved that issue and we certainly weren't able to solve it in 1969.
Believe it.
The ones who created us with their genes.
Believe it.
I'm getting everyone a Sony Walkman. Or a GoldStar knockoff if they're cheaper.
I don't know about linux cds for X-Mas.. What happened to that cd iso that had all the great free/open source windows apps on it? Wouldn't mind that myself (hint. Oh, I only wish..)
Save your money. You will spend years paying back the "financial aid" and most of the course work is/will be irrelevant. USA model is start putting them in debt right out of high school.
Party with your friends and start a band or something. Just learn to code in C, read a good software engineering book then build a medium-complex application on a linux box, all on your own. I just saved you thousands of dollars.
Believe it.
"The price of anything is set by supply & demand."
Not really. That's what they teach people in university. A fun theory. Prices (currency) today are set by Central Banks. They are large corrupt private banks. Gold's value will not completely collapse unless you discover how to make it from sea water. Currency's collapse when the central banks decide it's time to kill it. I've been to the Fed in NYC and touched the gold bars. Most of it isn't ours anyway. US holds about 2% of dollar issued backed in gold. China holds about 20%.
It's a giant scam.
Believe it.
Sorry but the conspiracy goes much deeper than that. Your (USD) cash is a fEDERAL rESERVE nOTE; which is what?.. A private bank. USD only has worth because the fED says so. It's a private bank designed to rob you of your real income.
So you will have to convert that stash under the litter box to gold if you want to be free from the talons of corrupt banking institutions.
Believe it.
What is a good game for my Logitech Extreme 3D pro. I never use it because there don't seem to be a lot of games that make sense of joystick anymore. Flying, spaceships, cars. All I play now is Urban Terror and games that use mouse & AWSD.
Tell me some good demos!
And since there is no law requiring citizens to pay income tax.. Yes you can still vote (but no free room & board).
"Bzzzzzt! Mmm.. Not bad. Bzzzzzzzzzztt! Ooh. A little crispy now.. Bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzztttttttttss!. KRACKKK! Okay that's enough. Hmm.. Shit.. Looks like they're unsafe. Okay, what's next? Sound weapon? Great, aim at the little guy this time."
Asshole.
Here are some more specs to my situation:
I already have a dvd writer and blank dvd's, so software solution is attratcive.
This system needs to exist because XP with a dvd writer is so prevalent today, and if I can find a solution, then I can duplicate it anyware OR anyone else (my family, friends work, &c.) can duplicate the solution.
Yes, my mp3's are valuble to me. I'm not interested in duplicating all those non-billable hours to re rip/encode everything ever again. Plus I no longer have some cds/got them from other sources, &c.
My mp3 collection grows, but those files rarley 'change', so an initial full copy makes sense. Right now I can fit all of it (~30GB) on 5 or 6 discs. They are cheap! I can make redundant copies/sets if I'm worried about bad media.
Dvds travel nicely. Dedicated hardware does not. In the past I have given copies of my backup cds to friends I trust who live in a different physical location. Fire, Government seisure, &c. is not a social networking thing and I want to be able to have my stuff (data) if I should suddenly never see my computer or house again. Spare drive in the same box doesn't help me there. I currently keep a cd backup of my critical data in my 'Go Bag' with my passport, other important docs, change of close, flashlight, water, first aid, &c. You do have a 'Go Bag' don't you?
Again, it needs to be readable, uncompressed, cdfs layout (or dvdfs, if that exists). Just pop it in any old dvdrom drive and read/copy whatever you like. Also helpful if I need to 'lend' mp3s to someone.
I don't want to calculate copysize to match to dvd 4.7G. That is a tedious manual process that will have to be repeated everytime. The routine needs to do that for me and just say, "insert disc 2 of 6".
The bottom line is, this needs to exist. I know of many people who this would take care of all their needs.
Please reply if YOU HAVE DONE THIS and KNOW A WORKING SOLUTION, not just theorizing. Thx.
Yes, but that is the equivalent to a great big comment field. I talking about useful standards that other applications recognize. Mass tagging, sort by, &c.
I have wanted to use other formats, but in the end I am back to encoding everything in mp3. You know why. It is the same reason many linux users eventually cave and just run [a] windows somewhere. You need compatibility and everything plays mp3. I like to stream my music over the Internet and most of my friends do not have ogg/flac/etc. players installed on thier system. Also, I don't have the same volume of tools available for other formats; ex: mp3GAIN is a must but does not allow ogg track editing. Plus ogg doesn't have Id3V2! I have a Rio Karma but it doesn't matter. I might as well get one of these suckers now, since all I need is mp3. And I want removable media storage only (fuck your stupid transfer wizards)[although the ethernet on the rio is nice but too slow], no drm bs, better playlist control and gapless playback. There that's all.
Just everyone use mp3. It sounds great at high bit rate and we'll have no more problems with the music.
I had an PIII ASUS mobo that had everything integrated. I lied to the system and used some unsupported components that were newer/faster than the mobo was rated for. It was always unstable under heavy load. One day I knocked over a two day old beer and pretty much soaked the mobo (that's what I get for leaving the case open all the time and not using the no-beverage rule that I impose at work). I wiped it up as much as I could & thought about washing with water but didn't want to risk that either. After everythng was dry, I didn't think it would boot but it did AND the instability issue was 'fixed'.
As bad as it has gotten, we are going to see it get MUCH worse in the next 5 - 10 years. I am constantly reseaching this exact topic and there seems to be a consistent observable pattern. They play on the masses desire for convenience. Restrictive measures happen as well, but usually take more effort and often waving the t3rr03ist flag to gain support, thus they creep in a bit more slowly. Convenience is the big seller. Any time you hear about ANY great new [electronic] convenience making your life that much easier (and that's easier to reach the goal that they have chosen for you which you want terribly of course, ie: consumption, accumulation of wealth, hot women/men, your own top 40 music video, &c.) you can almost be completely certain that there getting closer to making you live in a pod ("I didn't say it would be easy, I just said it would be the truth")("I know this steak isn't real".."put me back in the pod").
Aaron Russo's new film opened yesterday:
http://www.freedomtofascism.com/
And don't forget INFOWARS
http://www.infowars.com/
Believe it.
not sure WTF it is doing on slashdot.
What is the best ratio b/w calls & shorts on sweet crude for the next 6 months?
Check it out:
http://www.freedomtofascism.com/
Then revisit this topic.
Oh and 3x the price of building your own system! Plus we'll shove this red hot poker up your ass at no extra charge!
NOTE: This is my 2nd post on this subject. My number of votes cast reflects how strongly I support the candidate.
Ha you read my post even though you knew that subject was bullshit. SGI burnt my ass too many times. They made great machines. Pretty good support. Their upgrade path was: throw out the machines and buy our new line of machines because we've discontinued that line and you will never find any type of compatible hardware ever unless you troll ebay for one of those guys who makes his living stocking used components, compatible with only this one particular sgi model that has tragically unfortunally been discontinuted forever. SGI! Could have been the one! Fuck is a matter with you man?
Amen.
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