I mean, after you've paid for the whole MS package, then you go out and pick up / download netscape, haven't your already paid for IE? I guess they do give away IE free, but I'd be willing to bet that some of the money you spend on the windowsXP os is for the work they put into these programs (windows media player, IE, outlook)
How 'bout a partial refund?:)
I guess I shouldn't wine since i don't even use windows.. but, that's how I am, always keeping YOUR interests in mind!:)
Although, it says in the article, that someone with a paralyzed leg was able to move the mouse by attempting to move the leg. Makes me wonder how it could work for someone with a complete, healthy body. I remember reading a case study about a person who had two fingers melded together (naturally) at birth. They did an MRI on his brain before and after separating his fingers and the results showed that his brain changed slightly. Their hypothesis was that it made new connections to deal with more input resulting from the extra skin and nerves. So, I wonder if it'd be possible to help the brain make new facultys for input/output. (although, i'm clearly not a neurosurgeon.:) ) Maybe they could just interecept and block input to the leg temporarily, rerouting it to the computer interface. I remember reading about a study that showed there is some mechanism in the body that blocked input to your body from your brain during sleep, as an explanation for people who don't have control over their body for a couple seconds after waking up. (never happened to me though)
Not to be inflamatory.. But maybe the oscar was implying that the effects were classier/put to better use.:) On the other hand, what geek puts any merit in the Oscars, It's just hollywood kissing its own ass.:) I'd put more merit in any of the people's choice awards, although, hollywood probably fixes those too, they lie for a living for chrisakes!:)
I wasn't particularly down on TPM, ('cept for the jar jar/jerry lewis routine) ((I wonder, what did the french think of Jar Jar? "Monsier, Jar Jar waz Brilliant!!":) )) But I do think the Matrix's plot was pretty fascinating, what geek isn't fascinated by working AI? Last time we saw any kind of interesting insight about AI was in 2001.
Spokesman Jon Murchinson said Microsoft has been talking about how to allow open-source and proprietary software to coexist. "Our goal is to resolve difficult issues that are driving a wedge between the commercial and free software models," he said.
Jesus!! That's thoughtful of them!-- As a linux enthusiast, I just hope they 'allow' us to continue using free software!
I sorta think IM clients are 'killer apps' everyone uses them, but for the same reasons you suggested, its annoying that they've fractured. I decided to try and make one using a code snippets from my friends network code, I made a pretty good client-side version in flash (was doing flash as a career during the.com era) but, halfway through writing one in c, I found out about Jabber. After realizing that one didn't work out I dropped the project. (Although, it wasn't all for nothing, I ended up making an obfuscated chat client to talk to my girl-friend at work)((Boss didn't allow chatting at work,(especially since it was his ex-girlfriend)))
Man, I remember when DoomII came out, My friend and I, for a whole year in highschool played from 12:00am to 3:00am over a direct modem connection.... Good times. On the other hand, endlessly poking holes through your friend with white hot projectiles isn't most peoples idea of a good time, but what those people forget to realise is that, most of the time, he had it coming.:)
Might've been a little much, but I did well enough in school that many of my teachers didn't mind my sleeping in class. It also made me miss more school than I should've, Well, I wouldn't say that I 'Missed' it, Bob.:)
I'm actually just using the Aim for linux client now, [ technically i'm on vacation in NC and using my dad's windows machine:) ] So people interested in talking to me moved over to aim, and I pretty much don't talk to the rest, 'cept through e-mail. Maybe I don't need a better version of everybuddy after all.:)
It would be pretty cool to see an online gta, but one thing I noticed about this game was that it was only partially a pervasive environment. ie. if you follow a car it stays in existance, but lose sight of it and it can dissapear. Seems like a pretty good idea to me, the cars that pass you and you come up on are generated dynamically (same for pedestrians) If you steal a lot of cars and park them in the same place, cars stop coming. I wonder if it was just easier to do it that way or if it was a way of getting around memory problems. If the latter is the case that might be a problem for an online version,(world would have to be persistant.)
instant messaging client supports both ICQ and AOL Instant Messenger... Yay!
I tried the 'everybody' client which also worked on the MSNchat, but like many other things that do everything... it failed miserably at most of them. Can't wait to try it out.
Linux may have been programmed in another language if C hadn't been invented, Or better yet, without big corps, maybe C would have been a collaborative project from a bunch of enthusiasts. Maybe C would've been even better. Also, not everyone programs for linux because they hate microsoft. ie. that's not exclusively my reason for programming in linux:)
Thank god for/. finally somewhere that I can complain about M$ and big business and not be critisized for it.:)
Flash is not difficult to learn. Got a job in the.com industry for a while with a game company (they're dead now:) (gamebrain.com)
I for one hate flash's proverbial guts.. (now anyways) but I do think they're should be an easy/cheap way to get ahold of software to learn. (most productive learning i've done is by myself) There's a lot of software people could do well in an industry. ie.(3d studio max, maya, flash)
Kind of a moot point anyways, There IS a cheap (read free) way to get ahold of the software:) Anyways I got a good (50,000 a year) job at the age of 19 because a pirated the flash5 author tool and made a decent game.
This may be a little off topic, but.. I've never actually played sims but my younger sister has every expansion pack and plays the crap out of that game. One day I was asking her about it the game, I wondered if you were able to kill/fight anyone in the game. Her answer was a hesitant no, she said, "Well, I did kill my maid, she wasn't very good at her job." "How'd you do it, if you're not allowed to kill anyone?", I asked. Here's how she did it. 1. Build a small empty room next to your house. 2. Put a fishtank or something that a maid would want to fiddle with in there. 3. Ask maid to clean fishtank. 4. Close the door by building a wall. 5. She'll starve in there.:) 6. Optionally, turn the room she's in into a pool, that'll cut her lifespan down to about 2 days.:)
Is the latest version of Linux really more important than getting out and taking a walking holding hands with someoue you love?
Not yet.. But hopefully someday that will be the case (not linux necesarilly, but intellectual persuits) I'm not suggesting we should collectively castrate ourselves, But all the simple needs that our meatsack is always bugging us about (eating, pooping, sex, sleeping) only seem like fun because of an evolved, behavioral system. carrot on a stick kinda stuff-- Maybe someday we should evolve past that.. or maybe this will make more sense as become closer to technology.
Woops, did I say that outloud? For the record, I'm NOT a machine and I DON'T plan on harvesting the eletrical energy of your speices.:)
That's why we have a love story in this movie. (Not to mention it would be hard to conceive Luke and Leia without some love story somewhere.)
Are you saying it's impossible to conceive children without romance?!:) I personally would have preffered skipping the romance and seeing the shhh, the bad and the naughty instead. (I don't actually have that much of thing for natalie, but i love porn as much as the next geek.
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I mean, after you've paid for the whole MS package, then you go out and pick up / download netscape, haven't your already paid for IE? I guess they do give away IE free, but I'd be willing to bet that some of the money you spend on the windowsXP os is for the work they put into these programs (windows media player, IE, outlook)
:)
:)
How 'bout a partial refund?
I guess I shouldn't wine since i don't even use windows.. but, that's how I am, always keeping YOUR interests in mind!
Man, I'd cut my hand off for a neural interface :)
:) ) Maybe they could just interecept and block input to the leg temporarily, rerouting it to the computer interface. I remember reading about a study that showed there is some mechanism in the body that blocked input to your body from your brain during sleep, as an explanation for people who don't have control over their body for a couple seconds after waking up. (never happened to me though)
Although, it says in the article, that someone with a paralyzed leg was able to move the mouse by attempting to move the leg. Makes me wonder how it could work for someone with a complete, healthy body. I remember reading a case study about a person who had two fingers melded together (naturally) at birth. They did an MRI on his brain before and after separating his fingers and the results showed that his brain changed slightly. Their hypothesis was that it made new connections to deal with more input resulting from the extra skin and nerves. So, I wonder if it'd be possible to help the brain make new facultys for input/output. (although, i'm clearly not a neurosurgeon.
On second thought, Salon should keep on doin' what they're doin'. Even though some jackass /. reader (me) thought there was more article (there isn't)
:)
sorry.
Not to be inflamatory.. But maybe the oscar was implying that the effects were classier/put to better use. :) On the other hand, what geek puts any merit in the Oscars, It's just hollywood kissing its own ass. :) I'd put more merit in any of the people's choice awards, although, hollywood probably fixes those too, they lie for a living for chrisakes! :)
As some others have pointed out, The balance of the article is only available to premium salon members (subcribers)
I wasn't particularly down on TPM, ('cept for the jar jar/jerry lewis routine) ((I wonder, what did the french think of Jar Jar? "Monsier, Jar Jar waz Brilliant!!" :) )) But I do think the Matrix's plot was pretty fascinating, what geek isn't fascinated by working AI? Last time we saw any kind of interesting insight about AI was in 2001.
Hmm.. I was being sarcastic, but if they did release specs for smb protocal or .doc, they'd get some honest to god heart-felt gratitude from me. :)
Spokesman Jon Murchinson said Microsoft has been talking about how to allow open-source and proprietary software to coexist. "Our goal is to resolve difficult issues that are driving a wedge between the commercial and free software models," he said.
Jesus!! That's thoughtful of them!-- As a linux enthusiast, I just hope they 'allow' us to continue using free software!
I sorta think IM clients are 'killer apps' everyone uses them, but for the same reasons you suggested, its annoying that they've fractured. I decided to try and make one using a code snippets from my friends network code, I made a pretty good client-side version in flash (was doing flash as a career during the .com era) but, halfway through writing one in c, I found out about Jabber. After realizing that one didn't work out I dropped the project. (Although, it wasn't all for nothing, I ended up making an obfuscated chat client to talk to my girl-friend at work)((Boss didn't allow chatting at work,(especially since it was his ex-girlfriend)))
hehe, No it isn't, I guess I shouldn't bother asking you if your name is Lance. :)
Man, I remember when DoomII came out, My friend and I, for a whole year in highschool played from 12:00am to 3:00am over a direct modem connection.... Good times. On the other hand, endlessly poking holes through your friend with white hot projectiles isn't most peoples idea of a good time, but what those people forget to realise is that, most of the time, he had it coming. :)
:)
:)
Might've been a little much, but I did well enough in school that many of my teachers didn't mind my sleeping in class. It also made me miss more school than I should've, Well, I wouldn't say that I 'Missed' it, Bob.
Woops, this isn't all that relevant, sorry.
Your itemized bill...
- $100 electric
- $50 water
- $50 internet
- $30 using your toilet for (number 2) tax
etc.
Viola! $50 dollar internet bill!
I'm actually just using the Aim for linux client now, [ technically i'm on vacation in NC and using my dad's windows machine :) ] So people interested in talking to me moved over to aim, and I pretty much don't talk to the rest, 'cept through e-mail. Maybe I don't need a better version of everybuddy after all. :)
It would be pretty cool to see an online gta, but one thing I noticed about this game was that it was only partially a pervasive environment. ie. if you follow a car it stays in existance, but lose sight of it and it can dissapear. Seems like a pretty good idea to me, the cars that pass you and you come up on are generated dynamically (same for pedestrians) If you steal a lot of cars and park them in the same place, cars stop coming. I wonder if it was just easier to do it that way or if it was a way of getting around memory problems. If the latter is the case that might be a problem for an online version,(world would have to be persistant.)
instant messaging client supports both ICQ and AOL Instant Messenger ... Yay!
I tried the 'everybody' client which also worked on the MSNchat, but like many other things that do everything... it failed miserably at most of them. Can't wait to try it out.
At the risk of being accused of splitting hairs..
shouldn't (horse = cart) in the following sentence? happy to tie their horse to Microsoft while Microsoft was willing to pull them.
Well, it is kind of a funny image..
Linux may have been programmed in another language if C hadn't been invented, Or better yet, without big corps, maybe C would have been a collaborative project from a bunch of enthusiasts. Maybe C would've been even better. Also, not everyone programs for linux because they hate microsoft. ie. that's not exclusively my reason for programming in linux :)
/. finally somewhere that I can complain about M$ and big business and not be critisized for it. :)
Thank god for
Maybe some better regulation between the mini-companies?
I think government should be all over businesses and leave choices about personal lives to the people that own them.
On the other hand, I don't own a business, so, to be fair, I haven't worn any oversized, giant company sized shoes.
Flash is not difficult to learn. Got a job in the .com industry for a while with a game company (they're dead now :) (gamebrain.com)
:)
I for one hate flash's proverbial guts.. (now anyways) but I do think they're should be an easy/cheap way to get ahold of software to learn. (most productive learning i've done is by myself) There's a lot of software people could do well in an industry. ie.(3d studio max, maya, flash)
Kind of a moot point anyways, There IS a cheap (read free) way to get ahold of the software
Anyways I got a good (50,000 a year) job at the age of 19 because a pirated the flash5 author tool and made a decent game.
Breaking up all the really big companys would probably be sufficent. :)
Hey, this IS hypothetical right?
This may be a little off topic, but.. :) :)
:)
I've never actually played sims but my younger sister has every expansion pack and plays the crap out of that game. One day I was asking her about it the game, I wondered if you were able to kill/fight anyone in the game. Her answer was a hesitant no, she said, "Well, I did kill my maid, she wasn't very good at her job." "How'd you do it, if you're not allowed to kill anyone?", I asked. Here's how she did it.
1. Build a small empty room next to your house.
2. Put a fishtank or something that a maid would want to fiddle with in there.
3. Ask maid to clean fishtank.
4. Close the door by building a wall.
5. She'll starve in there.
6. Optionally, turn the room she's in into a pool, that'll cut her lifespan down to about 2 days.
My little sister freaks me out sometimes.
Is the latest version of Linux really more important than getting out and taking a walking holding hands with someoue you love?
:)
Not yet.. But hopefully someday that will be the case (not linux necesarilly, but intellectual persuits) I'm not suggesting we should collectively castrate ourselves, But all the simple needs that our meatsack is always bugging us about (eating, pooping, sex, sleeping) only seem like fun because of an evolved, behavioral system. carrot on a stick kinda stuff-- Maybe someday we should evolve past that.. or maybe this will make more sense as become closer to technology.
Woops, did I say that outloud? For the record, I'm NOT a machine and I DON'T plan on harvesting the eletrical energy of your speices.
This from the same company that used the DMCA as reported here on slashdot last fall to shutdown one fan/hack site."
:) So, screw 'em!
I wouldn't critisize them for taking a turn for the better. On the other hand, how many chances should mega-corps get.
That's why we have a love story in this movie. (Not to mention it would be hard to conceive Luke and Leia without some love story somewhere.)
:)
Are you saying it's impossible to conceive children without romance?!
I personally would have preffered skipping the romance and seeing the shhh, the bad and the naughty instead. (I don't actually have that much of thing for natalie, but i love porn as much as the next geek.
sorry to reply to myself but..
Btw, here is a link to his book that
preceeded 'Age of Spiritual Machines'
Full-Length book in Html Age of intelligent Machines