Ski masks are dangerous! Somebody won a Darwin Award for going to the bank with a ski mask on. The teller thought he was holding up the bank and gave him $10000. He didn't say anything and the police chased him off a cliff! -- "I was a fool to think I could dream as a normal man."
Mac users can get a program called MacROT13 that rot-13's the contents of the clipboard. Eudora still includes it; just paste into a text file. -- "I was a fool to think I could dream as a normal man."
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Actually, I believe there is a zero-g porno movie. Liam Howlett from the Prodigy and 3D from Massive Attack made the music. Obviously, they didn't shoot the film in space; they borrowed the vomit comet. It's called The Uranus Experiment. Here's the story at NME -- "I was a fool to think I could dream as a normal man."
I remember hearing about experiments like this a while ago. Back in 1992, I had some CD-ROM from the San Diego Zoo, which showcased storage of endangered species' DNA. They also had a picture with a caption of 'Cheetah Enticement' in relation to collection of semen samples. -- "I was a fool to think I could dream as a normal man."
Everyone knows that the only way to learn to breakdance is to try and steal hubcaps off of moving cars. -- "I was a fool to think I could dream as a normal man."
There was a IIcx. It had the same case as the IIci, but it was slower, and it didn't have builtin video. It was also one of the four Macs that was unable to use 32-bit memory addressing without MODE32 or 32-bit enabler, along with the SE/30, IIx, and II. -- "I was a fool to think I could dream as a normal man."
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For Macs it's very easy. Just use ResEdit to make a new keyboard map and select it from the Keyboards control panel. (you need the right file type code, but I don't know what it is. and since I'm sitting at something decidedly non-Mac right now, I can't check) -- "I was a fool to think I could dream as a normal man."
I remember a Wired issue about a year ago proclaiming how all the Y2K programmers were "scared shitless". In fact, that was the first I heard of embedded chips in power plants that were susceptible to the bug. It's interesting to see Wired pinning blame on someone else. I'm not surprised that any sort of medium these days resorts to doublespeak. -- "I was a fool to think I could dream as a normal man."
"...after all, if one's imagination readily grants full human rights to future AI programs, robots, dolphins, and extraterrestrial aliens, mere color and gender can't seem very important any more. " -- "I was a fool to think I could dream as a normal man."
Notice that there was an IF at the beginning of that sentence. I suppose you're right, though. There will always be those who get off on doing the exact opposite of everyone else. IANASociologist. -- "I was a fool to think I could dream as a normal man."
Didn't Katz write an article about this right after the Kennedyboi flew his plane into the ocean?
For the record, I do see a problem with this. If only people with extreme amounts of fame receive attention, eventually everyone will be worshipping the exact same set of people, and there will be less and less variety and flavor in life. Pay attention to your local scene first! -- "I was a fool to think I could dream as a normal man."
You can do this now with MkLinux, which uses the Mach microkernel. Just be careful that you don't give both kernels the same root directory. -- "I was a fool to think I could dream as a normal man." B. B. Buick
Wrong. We'd all be using DOS because Xerox's workstations were wayyyy too expensive. -- "I was a fool to think I could dream as a normal man." B. B. Buick
The problem with chess is the ease with which a computer can visualize possible moves. Chess is essentially a robotic game. There is a finite number of spaces on the board, and all the rules are well defined. Given the status of the board at any time, Deep Blue could easily make a list of many many combinations of future moves and choose the most advantageous. Now, can a computer write a novel as well as human masters? Or a symphony? -- "I was a fool to think I could dream as a normal man." B. B. Buick
Ha! At my high school there were students as the network admins in the library! And I was the webmaster! -- "I was a fool to think I could dream as a normal man." B. B. Buick
I don't see how this is meant to usurp MIDI. (I haven't looked through the specs yet.) Unless GMICS carries timecodes and note data, too, I'll still have to deal with a bunch of MIDI cables to connect my sequencer to all the boxes that it controls. Which isn't as bad, if MIDI wasn't so finicky and limited to 16 channels per bus. -- "I was a fool to think I could dream as a normal man." B. B. Buick
Well, lossless compression should be possible and worth it, especially if it "compresses" 7 channels that don't transfer anything at all (as I guess inactive channels would do).
True, but how many lossless audio compression algorithms are there? Are they easy enough to fit onto a tape deck or inside an acoustic guitar?
Also, figure that for a guitar you will be using at least 6 (one for each string). An acoustic guitar could use even more for strategically placed microphones. And then you have 7string and 12 string guitars. I don't know how many strings a Chapman stick has, but it's more than 12, I think. -- "I was a fool to think I could dream as a normal man." B. B. Buick
Well, lossless compression should be possible and worth it, especially if it "compresses" 7 channels that don't transfer anything at all (as I guess inactive channels would do).
True, but how many lossless audio compression algorithms are there? Are they easy enough to fit onto a tape deck or inside an acoustic guitar?
Also, figure that for a guitar you will be using at least 6 (one for each string). An acoustic guitar could use even more for strategically placed microphones. And then you have 7string and 12 string guitars. I don't know how many strings a Chapman stick has, but it's more than 12, I think. -- "I was a fool to think I could dream as a normal man." B. B. Buick
I hope Gibson doesn't expect huge licensing fees for this. Domination by one company often hurts acceptance. Look at Yamaha's XG and Roland's GS. Have you ever seen an XG synth NOT made by Yamaha?
/me shivers, thinking of the hard disk space that audio will take up.
192 kHz * 8 channels * 32 bits per sample / 60 seconds per minute / 8 bits per byte = 100 MB per minute.
I wouldn't bother adding compression. I don't think pro audio guys would go for it. -- "I was a fool to think I could dream as a normal man." B. B. Buick
"So if you are redistributing copies of free software, you might as well charge a substantial fee and make some money." -- "I was a fool to think I could dream as a normal man." B. B. Buick
The NEOGEO also used a Z80 as a coprocessor. That's what they used to make their 24-bit claim. (It had a 16-bit CPU) -- "I was a fool to think I could dream as a normal man." B. B. Buick
You used to be able to do this with older NuBus 68k Macs with the Radius Rockets. 6-way SMP on machines with 6 Nubus slots! (One was for the video card) -- "I was a fool to think I could dream as a normal man." B. B. Buick
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Ski masks are dangerous! Somebody won a Darwin Award for going to the bank with a ski mask on. The teller thought he was holding up the bank and gave him $10000. He didn't say anything and the police chased him off a cliff!
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"I was a fool to think I could dream as a normal man."
Mac users can get a program called MacROT13 that rot-13's the contents of the clipboard. Eudora still includes it; just paste into a text file.
--
"I was a fool to think I could dream as a normal man."
Actually, I believe there is a zero-g porno movie. Liam Howlett from the Prodigy and 3D from Massive Attack made the music. Obviously, they didn't shoot the film in space; they borrowed the vomit comet. It's called The Uranus Experiment.
Here's the story at NME
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"I was a fool to think I could dream as a normal man."
I remember hearing about experiments like this a while ago. Back in 1992, I had some CD-ROM from the San Diego Zoo, which showcased storage of endangered species' DNA. They also had a picture with a caption of 'Cheetah Enticement' in relation to collection of semen samples.
--
"I was a fool to think I could dream as a normal man."
Silly...
Everyone knows that the only way to learn to breakdance is to try and steal hubcaps off of moving cars.
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"I was a fool to think I could dream as a normal man."
Whoever patents the X chromosome will make bank. No reproduction without a license.
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"I was a fool to think I could dream as a normal man."
There was a IIcx. It had the same case as the IIci, but it was slower, and it didn't have builtin video. It was also one of the four Macs that was unable to use 32-bit memory addressing without MODE32 or 32-bit enabler, along with the SE/30, IIx, and II.
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"I was a fool to think I could dream as a normal man."
For Macs it's very easy. Just use ResEdit to make a new keyboard map and select it from the Keyboards control panel. (you need the right file type code, but I don't know what it is. and since I'm sitting at something decidedly non-Mac right now, I can't check)
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"I was a fool to think I could dream as a normal man."
You want an alien chair. From H. R. Giger
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"I was a fool to think I could dream as a normal man."
I remember a Wired issue about a year ago proclaiming how all the Y2K programmers were "scared shitless". In fact, that was the first I heard of embedded chips in power plants that were susceptible to the bug. It's interesting to see Wired pinning blame on someone else. I'm not surprised that any sort of medium these days resorts to doublespeak.
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"I was a fool to think I could dream as a normal man."
Also from the Jargon File:
"...after all, if one's imagination readily grants full human rights to future AI programs, robots, dolphins, and extraterrestrial aliens, mere color and gender can't seem very important any more. "
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"I was a fool to think I could dream as a normal man."
Notice that there was an IF at the beginning of that sentence.
I suppose you're right, though. There will always be those who get off on doing the exact opposite of everyone else. IANASociologist.
--
"I was a fool to think I could dream as a normal man."
Didn't Katz write an article about this right after the Kennedyboi flew his plane into the ocean?
For the record, I do see a problem with this. If only people with extreme amounts of fame receive attention, eventually everyone will be worshipping the exact same set of people, and there will be less and less variety and flavor in life. Pay attention to your local scene first!
--
"I was a fool to think I could dream as a normal man."
You can do this now with MkLinux, which uses the Mach microkernel. Just be careful that you don't give both kernels the same root directory.
--
"I was a fool to think I could dream as a normal man."
B. B. Buick
Wrong. We'd all be using DOS because Xerox's workstations were wayyyy too expensive.
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"I was a fool to think I could dream as a normal man."
B. B. Buick
I hate how nobody ever remembers the GOBOTS!
Replace that Decepticon logo with Cy-kill's face, and put a big picture of Leader 1 on the side of the case.
Or even better, a VOLTRON PC!
Your choice of five different lion cases!
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"I was a fool to think I could dream as a normal man."
B. B. Buick
The problem with chess is the ease with which a computer can visualize possible moves. Chess is essentially a robotic game. There is a finite number of spaces on the board, and all the rules are well defined. Given the status of the board at any time, Deep Blue could easily make a list of many many combinations of future moves and choose the most advantageous. Now, can a computer write a novel as well as human masters? Or a symphony?
--
"I was a fool to think I could dream as a normal man."
B. B. Buick
Ha! At my high school there were students as the network admins in the library! And I was the webmaster!
--
"I was a fool to think I could dream as a normal man."
B. B. Buick
I don't see how this is meant to usurp MIDI. (I haven't looked through the specs yet.) Unless GMICS carries timecodes and note data, too, I'll still have to deal with a bunch of MIDI cables to connect my sequencer to all the boxes that it controls. Which isn't as bad, if MIDI wasn't so finicky and limited to 16 channels per bus.
--
"I was a fool to think I could dream as a normal man."
B. B. Buick
Well, lossless compression should be possible and worth it, especially if it "compresses" 7 channels that don't transfer anything at all (as I guess inactive channels would do).
True, but how many lossless audio compression algorithms are there? Are they easy enough to fit onto a tape deck or inside an acoustic guitar?
Also, figure that for a guitar you will be using at least 6 (one for each string). An acoustic guitar could use even more for strategically placed microphones. And then you have 7string and 12 string guitars. I don't know how many strings a Chapman stick has, but it's more than 12, I think.
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"I was a fool to think I could dream as a normal man."
B. B. Buick
Well, lossless compression should be possible and worth it, especially if it "compresses" 7 channels that don't transfer anything at all (as I guess inactive channels would do).
True, but how many lossless audio compression algorithms are there? Are they easy enough to fit onto a tape deck or inside an acoustic guitar?
Also, figure that for a guitar you will be using at least 6 (one for each string). An acoustic guitar could use even more for strategically placed microphones. And then you have 7string and 12 string guitars. I don't know how many strings a Chapman stick has, but it's more than 12, I think.
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"I was a fool to think I could dream as a normal man."
B. B. Buick
I hope Gibson doesn't expect huge licensing fees for this. Domination by one company often hurts acceptance. Look at Yamaha's XG and Roland's GS. Have you ever seen an XG synth NOT made by Yamaha?
/me shivers, thinking of the hard disk space that audio will take up.
192 kHz * 8 channels * 32 bits per sample / 60 seconds per minute / 8 bits per byte = 100 MB per minute.
I wouldn't bother adding compression. I don't think pro audio guys would go for it.
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"I was a fool to think I could dream as a normal man."
B. B. Buick
Check this out.
"So if you are redistributing copies of free software, you might as well charge a substantial fee and make some money."
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"I was a fool to think I could dream as a normal man."
B. B. Buick
The NEOGEO also used a Z80 as a coprocessor. That's what they used to make their 24-bit claim. (It had a 16-bit CPU)
--
"I was a fool to think I could dream as a normal man."
B. B. Buick
You used to be able to do this with older NuBus 68k Macs with the Radius Rockets. 6-way SMP on machines with 6 Nubus slots! (One was for the video card)
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"I was a fool to think I could dream as a normal man."
B. B. Buick