Have you ever watched Celebrity Deathmatch on MTV? The claymation fights to the death between celebrities?
They had this one between N'Sync and the Backstreet Boys. All I could think was, somethings got to happen here, because neither of these groups can live knowing the writiers of the show. Well, Marilyn Manson showed up above the fighting ring and sawed down the scaffolding and dropped it on both of the bands and killed them all....twisted, but absolutely hilarious.
Very true. This sounds like it could be even stronger than standard ATM pins. ATM pins are only 4 places, and there are only 10 possible digits for each place.
This thing makes you pick 5 images, and then tosses in another group of images to mix it up. If they make the password sequence based on top of all this, it would be very good.
The thing of it is, I can remember numbers and passwords like a champ. I could see myself sitting at the ATM going "Hrrrm....did I pick the light green or the dark green last time?" =)
You're right, stay away from speed ball. Stick to the Sup' Air fields and hyperball...they are sooo much more fun =)
I find Tippman's to be built a lot better than Spyders. I had a Spyder for a year, but after trying to play in tournaments with it I tossed in favor of
ICD Busmaster 2000 (w/ Teardrop Milling)
Air America Raptor 118/3000 HPA
Lapco BigShot
Air America Vigilante HP Reg
Sonic LP Reg & ASA Adapter
Dye Stickies
You will NEVER go back to a Spyder/Tippman/Brass Eagle toy after you get your hands one a well made electro gun. Of course, the debate as to which electro is just about as bad as which Linux distro, but hey, it's all a matter of preference more than anything.
I have to say, I was pretty damn surprised to see some other paintballers on Slashdot...it's nice to see!
Glad to hear someone else has the same experiences as me!
Everyone that I work with is a friend of mine...we typically go out for beer and chicken wings every week, party together, and do other things together. Have you ever seen The Screensavers on TechTV at all? That's kind of how my office is.
Everyone gets along really well, we rip on each other all day and occasionally conduct such exciting research as "What IS inside of a CueCat" or the infamous "CD In A Microwave" experiment. We know how to have fun when there is nothing to do at our job.
On the other hand, I work with the most dedicated and talented group of people I've ever met...during certain times of the year we are all required to work 90 hour work weeks for a few weeks in a row...it's kind of like a trial by fire. Once you make it through the hell weeks, you are part of the group and all is well.
I'm pretty sure it's widespread...I know several people (my friends are college students) who work for UPS and they say that the general attitude at a UPS shipping center is that a fragile sign is as good as a big red flashing bullseye with the words "kick me" right smack in the middle of it.
I just bought two of the 60GB drives about a week ago. I've got them striped on a Hot Rod 100 Pro RAID controller on my Abit KG-7 RAID board.....I've been happy with them, but I'm really, really nervous now....
Argh......the only reason I bought them is because I had an electrical problem in my machine that fried everything - I don't want to go through rebuilding all my data again.....
So what the heck is the deal? I read through the article, and couldn't seem to find anything that told me how they are going to get the screensaver onto the students computers. How the heck are they going to do this?
Is part of the internet connection that you sign up for in your dorms going to be a requirement that you put this screensaver onto your machine? I would be royally pissed if my university would make me put a screensaver onto my computer, just so that they could a load of money off of me. That would just seriously....argh!!! Just the thought of this aggravates me.
Would it be a forced install over the network? If so, I would just install ZoneAlarm or set up a firewall under Linux or Win2k. I'll be damned if someone is going to install software on my computer that I don't want. And even if they do get the software on my computer, just shut your screensaver off (they are essentially pointless with many of today's monitor anyway).
So yeah....anyone have more information on this, or things like this? I would be really interested in reading more on this....
This article is debating the issue of developing a technology if it has the potential to do harm. Due to recent terrorist attacks, there is a lot of discussion going on in regards to cryptography and nanotechnology. The main gist of the article is that we should develop technologies, even if they can be used for harm. If we don't develop the technologies, we may lose the benefits that we can gain from them - also, if we don't develop it, someone else will and we will be unprepared to deal with it.
I am not 100% sure where I stand on this issue. As far as encryption technology goes, I am all for it, regardless of the potential for abuse that it has. Encryption is essential to business operations today - without it we just wouldn't have the economy that we do.
Nanotechnology is interesting, and has the potential to be a great boon to our society. If it can create truly microscopic robots that can be used to save lives, all the better.
What I don't like is the attitude of the statements in the article - if we don't create it, someone else will, and they will use it for harm. It depresses me that human society is like that. It is quite similar to the development of nuclear weapons - we had to do it before someone else did. It's like a race on a pair of treadmills - each one is racing faster and faster yet they are getting nowhere and they will never win.
Some friends and I were just talking about this last week. Our final course here in the CS department involves us doing systems analysis and coding some sort of program for an area business (not too hard at all). The problem with this is, the university sells our services to the business sometimes. Sometimes they donate us, but often they try to make a profit off of the software that we spend a semester coding (well...3/4 of the morons in the major spend a semester anyway). We don't like the professor that teaches this course, so we were going to GPL the project to prevent him from selling it, or owning it.
One of our best jokes on him is a project that we did analysis on for one of his classes - he has had 3 semesters worth of this final CS class working on the project, and it still doesn't work. He gave us extra credit back in our sophomore year if we could actually finish the project (29 percentage points!!). We did it in a week, and it worked perfectly. A year and a half later, he still doesn't have a working project =)
Personal vendetta aside, the work that we do is not funded by the public in any way. We have a few workstations of course, but we do all the work - no money received. So why shouldn't we be able to license it the way we want to?
We plan on GPLing the code regardless of what the university says - it's our work. We've never signed anything that says our work belongs to the university. I have had one big question about this though.
Once I GPL something, can it ever be "un-GPL'ed"? If we license it, can the university ever take that away from us? I'd be curious....
I just sold of a Palm IIIc w/ a keyboard, and I've been waiting for a new keyboard to come out for my m505. I loved that little keyboard for the palm - it had a great feel to it, and it wasn't that small.
This thing looks cool, but I would definitely have one huge gripe about it for the Palm. The Palm keyboard has a little stand built into it, so that the Palm already sits up for easy viewing of the screen. I hate having to look at my Palm when it's laying on the table. It would be a huge pain to have to find something to lean the Palm against all the time. Otherwise the thing does look kinda cool...
In our house, we have a Harmon Kardon receiver paired with our cd player and sony dvd player. It's backed up with PSB speakers all around, and the sound is amazing. The best thing for you to do though, is go try some out. Don't go to a huge megastore...find one of those little out of the way audio shops, that you would never think of visiting. More often than not, they sell equipment that will blow you away. The people that work there know there stuff more than any Best Buy geek could ever dream of. And they let you play around a lot more with the systems that they already have set up, so you can see what works for you. It's mostly a matter of preference, really.
See, that's exactly the problem I have when I start thinking about this. I've never taken an astronomy course, so my knowledge on this subject is really limited - if you know any good resources that I could learn more from, online or offline, let me know. But, assuming that there is a finite amount of matter and energy, what is beyond the point where that matter and energy run out? Nothingness? I mean, I envision this huge black...blob, I guess, that represents the finite amount of space. What happens when you reach the end? I'm not trying to argue you with you here or anything, I'm just honestly curious.
I was thinking the same thing. I almost laughed out loud when the astronomer was quoted as saying "I thought we understood it all". How the heck can they even start to believe they understand everything? I mean, in all honesty, space is infinite! I have a hard time even imagining that...it never ends, it's a size that a human mind can't even wrap around. To think that they understand it all is kinda dumb, and a little arrogant even.
Nothing like having a company tell you how to think. "We noticed you didn't want to receive anything.....so we put you in line with the rest of the community." Gee...sorry for thinking for myself, and not like a bunch of sheep. It's good to know that the companies out there are respecting our opinions. I have an ebay account, but I didn't seem to get that email yet. Kind of odd, I just placed a bid on something yesterday.
I took a look at the "Mystery Solved" video that was available on the page. Apparently, a group of students called "Some People" put the monolith there to celebrate the real coming of the millenium, and to "help the evolution of people". The group is made up of hundreds of students, artists, and every day people. It's a pretty neat video. For now, the sanctuary people are going to leave it where it is, as they are kind of "honored" that they were chosen for a site for the monolith. Just thought those of you who couldn't watch the video might be interested.
Actually, they can be just as accurate. It's just as easy to grab a topographical map and a compass (which I use to do a lot before I got a GPS). But, there is a lot more time involved with a compass, and it's not as quick and convenient to hike through the woods, checking your compass and getting a bearing every couple of minutes. The GPS just makes it a lot easier. I always have something else as a backup tho.
Good point...I just kind of quick glanced over the list. I guess the $40 off if you get the bare bones isn't too bad of a deal =/ That's what I get for slacking off at work and reading Slashdot.
Wow, $300. That's unbelievable, when you consider if you check out this page it's got the part's list and the prices the guy got them for. You get a whole $40 off if you buy the "bare bones" kit from this company. You'd be better off building your own from scratch with the plans that you can find at the site of the guy who originally built it.
Yeah right. The program here is really preparing me to be a hell of a good electrical engineer. Let me tell you, I'm up to my waist in semiconductors around here....
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Have you ever watched Celebrity Deathmatch on MTV? The claymation fights to the death between celebrities?
They had this one between N'Sync and the Backstreet Boys. All I could think was, somethings got to happen here, because neither of these groups can live knowing the writiers of the show. Well, Marilyn Manson showed up above the fighting ring and sawed down the scaffolding and dropped it on both of the bands and killed them all....twisted, but absolutely hilarious.
Very true. This sounds like it could be even stronger than standard ATM pins. ATM pins are only 4 places, and there are only 10 possible digits for each place.
This thing makes you pick 5 images, and then tosses in another group of images to mix it up. If they make the password sequence based on top of all this, it would be very good.
The thing of it is, I can remember numbers and passwords like a champ. I could see myself sitting at the ATM going "Hrrrm....did I pick the light green or the dark green last time?" =)
I was kidding more than anything =)
It's just funny to see your name on a website....15 second 'o' fame kinda thing.
I'm going to be bitchy now =)
I submitted this article and got denied today....the karma whore in me is crying out at the top of my lungs!!! =)
You're right, stay away from speed ball. Stick to the Sup' Air fields and hyperball...they are sooo much more fun =)
I find Tippman's to be built a lot better than Spyders. I had a Spyder for a year, but after trying to play in tournaments with it I tossed in favor of
ICD Busmaster 2000 (w/ Teardrop Milling)
Air America Raptor 118/3000 HPA
Lapco BigShot
Air America Vigilante HP Reg
Sonic LP Reg & ASA Adapter
Dye Stickies
You will NEVER go back to a Spyder/Tippman/Brass Eagle toy after you get your hands one a well made electro gun. Of course, the debate as to which electro is just about as bad as which Linux distro, but hey, it's all a matter of preference more than anything.
I have to say, I was pretty damn surprised to see some other paintballers on Slashdot...it's nice to see!
Glad to hear someone else has the same experiences as me!
Everyone that I work with is a friend of mine...we typically go out for beer and chicken wings every week, party together, and do other things together. Have you ever seen The Screensavers on TechTV at all? That's kind of how my office is.
Everyone gets along really well, we rip on each other all day and occasionally conduct such exciting research as "What IS inside of a CueCat" or the infamous "CD In A Microwave" experiment. We know how to have fun when there is nothing to do at our job.
On the other hand, I work with the most dedicated and talented group of people I've ever met...during certain times of the year we are all required to work 90 hour work weeks for a few weeks in a row...it's kind of like a trial by fire. Once you make it through the hell weeks, you are part of the group and all is well.
I'm pretty sure it's widespread...I know several people (my friends are college students) who work for UPS and they say that the general attitude at a UPS shipping center is that a fragile sign is as good as a big red flashing bullseye with the words "kick me" right smack in the middle of it.
I just bought two of the 60GB drives about a week ago. I've got them striped on a Hot Rod 100 Pro RAID controller on my Abit KG-7 RAID board.....I've been happy with them, but I'm really, really nervous now....
Argh......the only reason I bought them is because I had an electrical problem in my machine that fried everything - I don't want to go through rebuilding all my data again.....
That's what I was thinking, but the article is pretty lean on the details. Maybe someone should call the university =)
So what the heck is the deal? I read through the article, and couldn't seem to find anything that told me how they are going to get the screensaver onto the students computers. How the heck are they going to do this?
Is part of the internet connection that you sign up for in your dorms going to be a requirement that you put this screensaver onto your machine? I would be royally pissed if my university would make me put a screensaver onto my computer, just so that they could a load of money off of me. That would just seriously....argh!!! Just the thought of this aggravates me.
Would it be a forced install over the network? If so, I would just install ZoneAlarm or set up a firewall under Linux or Win2k. I'll be damned if someone is going to install software on my computer that I don't want. And even if they do get the software on my computer, just shut your screensaver off (they are essentially pointless with many of today's monitor anyway).
So yeah....anyone have more information on this, or things like this? I would be really interested in reading more on this....
This article is debating the issue of developing a technology if it has the potential to do harm. Due to recent terrorist attacks, there is a lot of discussion going on in regards to cryptography and nanotechnology. The main gist of the article is that we should develop technologies, even if they can be used for harm. If we don't develop the technologies, we may lose the benefits that we can gain from them - also, if we don't develop it, someone else will and we will be unprepared to deal with it.
I am not 100% sure where I stand on this issue. As far as encryption technology goes, I am all for it, regardless of the potential for abuse that it has. Encryption is essential to business operations today - without it we just wouldn't have the economy that we do.
Nanotechnology is interesting, and has the potential to be a great boon to our society. If it can create truly microscopic robots that can be used to save lives, all the better.
What I don't like is the attitude of the statements in the article - if we don't create it, someone else will, and they will use it for harm. It depresses me that human society is like that. It is quite similar to the development of nuclear weapons - we had to do it before someone else did. It's like a race on a pair of treadmills - each one is racing faster and faster yet they are getting nowhere and they will never win.
What's even funnier is you didn't even get it ;-)
Heh....that is hilarious.
One of our best jokes on him is a project that we did analysis on for one of his classes - he has had 3 semesters worth of this final CS class working on the project, and it still doesn't work. He gave us extra credit back in our sophomore year if we could actually finish the project (29 percentage points!!). We did it in a week, and it worked perfectly. A year and a half later, he still doesn't have a working project =)
Personal vendetta aside, the work that we do is not funded by the public in any way. We have a few workstations of course, but we do all the work - no money received. So why shouldn't we be able to license it the way we want to?
We plan on GPLing the code regardless of what the university says - it's our work. We've never signed anything that says our work belongs to the university. I have had one big question about this though.
Once I GPL something, can it ever be "un-GPL'ed"? If we license it, can the university ever take that away from us? I'd be curious....
I just sold of a Palm IIIc w/ a keyboard, and I've been waiting for a new keyboard to come out for my m505. I loved that little keyboard for the palm - it had a great feel to it, and it wasn't that small. This thing looks cool, but I would definitely have one huge gripe about it for the Palm. The Palm keyboard has a little stand built into it, so that the Palm already sits up for easy viewing of the screen. I hate having to look at my Palm when it's laying on the table. It would be a huge pain to have to find something to lean the Palm against all the time. Otherwise the thing does look kinda cool...
In our house, we have a Harmon Kardon receiver paired with our cd player and sony dvd player. It's backed up with PSB speakers all around, and the sound is amazing. The best thing for you to do though, is go try some out. Don't go to a huge megastore...find one of those little out of the way audio shops, that you would never think of visiting. More often than not, they sell equipment that will blow you away. The people that work there know there stuff more than any Best Buy geek could ever dream of. And they let you play around a lot more with the systems that they already have set up, so you can see what works for you. It's mostly a matter of preference, really.
See, that's exactly the problem I have when I start thinking about this. I've never taken an astronomy course, so my knowledge on this subject is really limited - if you know any good resources that I could learn more from, online or offline, let me know. But, assuming that there is a finite amount of matter and energy, what is beyond the point where that matter and energy run out? Nothingness? I mean, I envision this huge black...blob, I guess, that represents the finite amount of space. What happens when you reach the end? I'm not trying to argue you with you here or anything, I'm just honestly curious.
I was thinking the same thing. I almost laughed out loud when the astronomer was quoted as saying "I thought we understood it all". How the heck can they even start to believe they understand everything? I mean, in all honesty, space is infinite! I have a hard time even imagining that...it never ends, it's a size that a human mind can't even wrap around. To think that they understand it all is kinda dumb, and a little arrogant even.
Nothing like having a company tell you how to think. "We noticed you didn't want to receive anything.....so we put you in line with the rest of the community." Gee...sorry for thinking for myself, and not like a bunch of sheep. It's good to know that the companies out there are respecting our opinions. I have an ebay account, but I didn't seem to get that email yet. Kind of odd, I just placed a bid on something yesterday.
I took a look at the "Mystery Solved" video that was available on the page. Apparently, a group of students called "Some People" put the monolith there to celebrate the real coming of the millenium, and to "help the evolution of people". The group is made up of hundreds of students, artists, and every day people. It's a pretty neat video. For now, the sanctuary people are going to leave it where it is, as they are kind of "honored" that they were chosen for a site for the monolith. Just thought those of you who couldn't watch the video might be interested.
Argh. Didn't notice that I now have a +1 bonus. Didn't mean to use it on that comment.
Actually, they can be just as accurate. It's just as easy to grab a topographical map and a compass (which I use to do a lot before I got a GPS). But, there is a lot more time involved with a compass, and it's not as quick and convenient to hike through the woods, checking your compass and getting a bearing every couple of minutes. The GPS just makes it a lot easier. I always have something else as a backup tho.
Good point...I just kind of quick glanced over the list. I guess the $40 off if you get the bare bones isn't too bad of a deal =/ That's what I get for slacking off at work and reading Slashdot.
Wow, $300. That's unbelievable, when you consider if you check out this page it's got the part's list and the prices the guy got them for. You get a whole $40 off if you buy the "bare bones" kit from this company. You'd be better off building your own from scratch with the plans that you can find at the site of the guy who originally built it.
Yeah right. The program here is really preparing me to be a hell of a good electrical engineer. Let me tell you, I'm up to my waist in semiconductors around here....