"Yes, sir, I understand that you're eating dinner. No, sir, we do not have a no-call list, as we are not governed by-
FUCK.
And here I was thinking about the possibilities and the future of Skype. This could suck some of the happies out of it pretty fast. I mean, I realize (hope) they won't be doing the telemarketing right away, but in time I'm sure they will.
With all due respect, I think you missed my point.
I have done a smattering of low level programming, and I'm well aware there's a huge difference between a bit and a byte. A byte is after all nearly, but not quite, ten bits. So for example suppose we were to compare 100 bits and 100 bytes size-wise. We see that 100 bytes is eight times as much as the 100 bits which is nearly ten times as much (it's gross rounding, I know) which is something even id10ts with their tongues lolling on the ground should be able to comprehend.
What I meant was, it seems to me there are many people that mentally evaluate the size abbreviations ending in "b" or "B" case insensitively so that there's no good way to tell if [bB] means "bit" or "byte" without context.
Now, if the convention that "b" = bits and "B" = bytes had near universal acceptance, then I could understand correcting the occasional weirdo/freak that happened to mix up their usage. But as it happens, with only nerds getting it right, and even then not always, I just don't see how attempting to correct someone's usage of [bB] is really, in the long run, pragmatically speaking, effective.:-)
I don't either, but delusions of grandeur can sometimes go a long way at convincing dopes you're the messiah. Now, flying off the handle, that's harder to make work for you, but some people can. E.g. Sam Kinison
I'm not an astronomer or astrophysicist, so a lot of the bullshit in this pseudosicence-y article, I could have potentially fallen for. But then at the very end, they have this choice little piece:
An Aerial View of Stonehenge. The view includes the circular bank, ditch, and counterscarp bank. A number of the Aubrey holes are also visible. The Heel Stone can be seen in the lower right.
Our ancestors witnessed a cosmic electrical discharge up close. It raises fundamental issues about the recent history of the Earth and its cargo of life.
The explosion in new understanding will be an intellectual and cultural supernova!
And, for me, that's where they give the game away. They write as though they've somehow conclusively, incontrovertably shown that there's a connection between electric supernovas and frickin' Stonehenge. I mean, if that's not NewAge malarky, then I dunno what is.
I hate MS with a firey passion that will never abate or die, but I'm also a skeptic by nature. Can we really blame MS for all of the problems of HTML? It seems to me, those were wild and crazy days, when the web was young, and the W3C had trouble reigning people in since, it has no real authority. Or am I mistaken? I could be.
I know the DOM has problems, and I gather IE's implementation has left a lot to be desired at one time or another. It seems more likely that blame could be placed on MS for DOM problems than for HTML problems. Still though, weren't early versions of Netscape Navigator pretty bad with both HTML and DOM compliance?
Actually, it's "Embrace and Extend" and the order matters. But to really understand it, for MS, you have to change it to "Embrace and Extend [then lock them in tigher than a nut in a vice]".
Lock-in, lock-in, lock-in. It's all about the Lock In.
But fees aren't crack or something--they are micropayments! They're just going to the middleman instead of the guy at the other end of the chain. Of course banks and the like aren't going to give them up. If micropayments are actually capable of generating real money for someone (in theory), then it stands to reason that an even larger per-transaction fee will make money for the middleman in practice. So the micropayments idea is screwed, at least for now.
If someone could figure a way to send over the payments feeless, then there ya go.
I don't just think embedding of video/audio in documents isn't necessary, I think it's very stupid. A document should be able to be printed out!!!
I think a document should be capable of being printed out too. But I also think you should not be allowed to make arbitrary decisions about what a document is on the user's behalf. Let the user figure out for herself or himself what a pain in the ass multimedia in documents can be.:-) (HHOS--also, if I understand correctly, it was not difficult for them to impliment this with their snazzy OLE stuff.)
The problem I have with this, is that one of the two types is called "realism", and, to me, realism means more than just, "well the polygons have all this nifty shading and lighting."
But hey, at least it's not Jon Katz! And there are little pictures along the side too. I like it.
Luckily, I'm pretty sure they still require waypoints to get anywhere in the map, so we're probably still safe.. Unless they airdrop the robot drone killer right next to you, in which run outside of the robot's Field of View.
Maybe it's because some of the companies started to roll out new tech, or more often the hot air promise of new tech, too soon during the.com bubble. Now, after it's exploded, the companies that remain are too scared to stick their neck out by putting forth novel technology. Or maybe not. *shrug*
This is interesting. I can't tell if it's real or not. Thank you for casting doubt on it though, I think that's generally a healthy thing to do.
So far, all I can say for sure is: 1) the name "Jurassic Technology" sounds really, really strange/kind of fishy 2) the bit about the ant "screaming" seems wrong, and the overall description seems sloppy 3) the paragraphs of text about the rainforest (on their website) seem like bland, soulless propaganda devoid of real content.
The other day on NPR they had an army corp guy saying how they would get the breeches closed in a day, and even if they didn't it would not be a big deal as the city would drain a bit as the river receeded.
I'm glad you heard that too, now I know I wasn't halucinating or something. Later on, via some weblink, I heard the deeply disgruntled mayor of New Orleans saying he flew over the area where they were supposed to put those special, huge sand bags in place, and nothing had been done yet.
I think the most depressing thing is that we have this new fangled Homeland security office that we paid dearly for, both with money and personal freedoms. They are supposed to help us with stuff like this, but all that has happened is talk. We will do this, we will do that. A week is almost gone, and we are still waiting. I know everyone is doing thier best, but honestly sometimes ones best is not good enough, and one has to be big enough to admit it. Texas was ready to help. The feds, however, are still on vacation. The benifit of being a rich country is quickly mobilizing aid to those in need. These people are in need. I don't care about the price of gas. I don't care about the effect on the economy. I just want help sent to those standed people. I just want the feds to stop jerking off, stope trying to minimize the impact to save political face, and do the job they are paid to do.
... Ok, I realize it's your poragative, but is there really any point to *correcting* l33t speak? I mean I thought it was all about the k405, so... if some of it's "misspelled", then what's the point really?
Slashdot Mirror
FUCK.
And here I was thinking about the possibilities and the future of Skype. This could suck some of the happies out of it pretty fast. I mean, I realize (hope) they won't be doing the telemarketing right away, but in time I'm sure they will.
Good point. I'm not really that great at zoo keeper, but it has always been one of my favorite arcade games from back in the day.
With all due respect, I think you missed my point.
:-)
I have done a smattering of low level programming, and I'm well aware there's a huge difference between a bit and a byte. A byte is after all nearly, but not quite, ten bits. So for example suppose we were to compare 100 bits and 100 bytes size-wise. We see that 100 bytes is eight times as much as the 100 bits which is nearly ten times as much (it's gross rounding, I know) which is something even id10ts with their tongues lolling on the ground should be able to comprehend.
What I meant was, it seems to me there are many people that mentally evaluate the size abbreviations ending in "b" or "B" case insensitively so that there's no good way to tell if [bB] means "bit" or "byte" without context.
Now, if the convention that "b" = bits and "B" = bytes had near universal acceptance, then I could understand correcting the occasional weirdo/freak that happened to mix up their usage. But as it happens, with only nerds getting it right, and even then not always, I just don't see how attempting to correct someone's usage of [bB] is really, in the long run, pragmatically speaking, effective.
You use INTERCAL daily or monthly? My god, man why!? (me="humorously stunned")
I don't either, but delusions of grandeur can sometimes go a long way at convincing dopes you're the messiah. Now, flying off the handle, that's harder to make work for you, but some people can. E.g. Sam Kinison
Yeah, but you do get paid real cash for participating in your fantasy, right? I doubt the comic book nerds can say the same.
Maybe the real reason they got fired was that they were behaving like children, and the abuse of the email system thing was just a convenient excuse.
Almost nobody actually respects the "b" = bits, "B" = Bytes convention. Why do you bother? (Not trying to rant or troll, just curious.)
http://www.skepticality.com/ They've had Phil on twice so far, I believe.
I'm not an astronomer or astrophysicist, so a lot of the bullshit in this pseudosicence-y article, I could have potentially fallen for. But then at the very end, they have this choice little piece:
And, for me, that's where they give the game away. They write as though they've somehow conclusively, incontrovertably shown that there's a connection between electric supernovas and frickin' Stonehenge. I mean, if that's not NewAge malarky, then I dunno what is.
Well, but look at the bright side. "Articles" like this one are fertile ground for /Score:5 Funny/ posts.
Wow. That's some good stuff, man. :-) You deserve a higher score than 5.
That's a good theory. I have saved a copy of the comic.
I hate MS with a firey passion that will never abate or die, but I'm also a skeptic by nature. Can we really blame MS for all of the problems of HTML? It seems to me, those were wild and crazy days, when the web was young, and the W3C had trouble reigning people in since, it has no real authority. Or am I mistaken? I could be.
I know the DOM has problems, and I gather IE's implementation has left a lot to be desired at one time or another. It seems more likely that blame could be placed on MS for DOM problems than for HTML problems. Still though, weren't early versions of Netscape Navigator pretty bad with both HTML and DOM compliance?
Actually, it's "Embrace and Extend" and the order matters. But to really understand it, for MS, you have to change it to "Embrace and Extend [then lock them in tigher than a nut in a vice]".
Lock-in, lock-in, lock-in. It's all about the Lock In.
But fees aren't crack or something--they are micropayments! They're just going to the middleman instead of the guy at the other end of the chain. Of course banks and the like aren't going to give them up. If micropayments are actually capable of generating real money for someone (in theory), then it stands to reason that an even larger per-transaction fee will make money for the middleman in practice. So the micropayments idea is screwed, at least for now.
If someone could figure a way to send over the payments feeless, then there ya go.
I think a document should be capable of being printed out too. But I also think you should not be allowed to make arbitrary decisions about what a document is on the user's behalf. Let the user figure out for herself or himself what a pain in the ass multimedia in documents can be. :-) (HHOS--also, if I understand correctly, it was not difficult for them to impliment this with their snazzy OLE stuff.)
The problem I have with this, is that one of the two types is called "realism", and, to me, realism means more than just, "well the polygons have all this nifty shading and lighting."
But hey, at least it's not Jon Katz! And there are little pictures along the side too. I like it.
not bad--don't know why it's been modded -1.
Hey man, that might not be that funny.
.. Unless they airdrop the robot drone killer right next to you, in which run outside of the robot's Field of View.
Luckily, I'm pretty sure they still require waypoints to get anywhere in the map, so we're probably still safe
Maybe it's because some of the companies started to roll out new tech, or more often the hot air promise of new tech, too soon during the .com bubble. Now, after it's exploded, the companies that remain are too scared to stick their neck out by putting forth novel technology. Or maybe not. *shrug*
This is interesting. I can't tell if it's real or not. Thank you for casting doubt on it though, I think that's generally a healthy thing to do.
So far, all I can say for sure is:
1) the name "Jurassic Technology" sounds really, really strange/kind of fishy
2) the bit about the ant "screaming" seems wrong, and the overall description seems sloppy
3) the paragraphs of text about the rainforest (on their website) seem like bland, soulless propaganda devoid of real content.
But it sure seems like one right now, doesn't it?
I agree completely.
I'm glad you heard that too, now I know I wasn't halucinating or something. Later on, via some weblink, I heard the deeply disgruntled mayor of New Orleans saying he flew over the area where they were supposed to put those special, huge sand bags in place, and nothing had been done yet.
I agree completely.
...
Ok, I realize it's your poragative, but is there really any point to *correcting* l33t speak? I mean I thought it was all about the k405, so... if some of it's "misspelled", then what's the point really?