The idea of vibrating knives/swords/etc. has been a mainstay in space opera style sci-fi for decades. I think making the jump from a vibro-knife to a vibro-razor is very easy, and probably occured to many people independently.
99% of people who spout off "Analog is better" have no idea that before their vinyl is pressed it is first digitally mastered, removing any of the benefits of true analog sound, while leaving the disadvantages of an analog playback media (playing the record actually degrades its sound quality).
You'd laugh at Richie Hawtin and John Acquaviva? I doubt it. They're some of the original pioneers. Richie is famous for his sets that mix songs, effects, and drum machines. He made the switch to Final Scratch (maps mp3's to a special vinyl record) so that he can carry the 3000 or so tracks that he wants with him around in his notebook, rather than having to tote 3 refrigerator box size crates around with him. Final Scratch and similar systems combine the portability of mp3 with the vinyl handling ability you traditionally think of when you think of djs (you can even needle drop the mp3s).
The one disadvantage of mp3 or cd is that you can't see the breaks in the vinyl, and the more intimately you know the track the less of a disadvantage that is. And if you're going to choose anything other than vinyl, why go with cd? Cd's have the disadvantages of mp3s (can't see the vinyl grooves) and the disadvantages of records (have to cart around all the physical media). If anyone's curious about mixing mp3's just at home for fun, check out this awesome software which has really advanced auto-beatmatching capabilities.
Mods, you're smoking my crack again, give it back. This was the first comment pointing out similar technologies that exist in mass production, redundant my ass.
Yeah you got me. Having to compile the module and do all the rest is actually SO much easier than clicking 'Yes'. How could I have been so blind?
The point is one requires work from the user, while the other makes the OS do all the work automatically. It's not that a keyboard is hard to use, it's that I don't want to do any work, which I think is quite an admirable goal. I'd actually like the computer to research the best price for the part, order it, sign for delivery, and plug the unit into itself without me being involved too, but we're not quite there yet. And while we're at it, it might as well cook my dinner for me, bathe me, clothe me, and troll for me on slashdot.
I finished Cryptonomicon about 2 weeks before HavenCo made their first public announcements. I couldn't believe it. I've seen sci-fi become reality before, but never in as quick as 2 weeks.
i doubt your statement. easy to say 'i did such and such' online, much easier than actually doing it.
if you actually did do this - did your bank laugh in your face when you told them why you were leaving? cuz i totally would. this just is not a market force. more like a market farce.
except when you need to get your cash, which is actually what a bank is FOR.
i'm not trolling. just pointing out that a lot of people on here talk the talk of boycotting companies (which is easy), but less than 1% actually walk the walk (which is hard).
you can sign up on msn.bendmeoverandrapemebillgates.bank.com:P
That he said his wife paid all his bills. Doesn't look like he actually has ANY choice does he? And it's not MS taking it away. It's his horrible, evil, stupid wife who likes commercial crap sites that spam her and shiznit like that. It's also his bank's choice, not his, or even hers.
It has always been easier to have your credit card information stolen by a waiter or cashier, or especially over the phone, than online. YOU MIGHT WAKE THE FUCK UP AND NOTICE THAT THIS ADDS A LAYER OF SECURITY TO THE PROCESS! Now if someone steals your credit card numbers, they can still use it anywhere over the phone or on sites that don't require passport verification, but on sites that do require passport verification they won't be able to use it unless they've also stolen your passport password. This means some fraudulent charges will be bloced. It adds no ability for someone to actually get your card number, which again is easier to do as a waiter or cashier.
Neither you, nor any other person I have ever met, will switch your bank b/c they sign up with passport. You chose your bank because it has convenient atm's, is close to your work or business, has the right hours, or whatever. NOBODY will ever be so upset by this that they'll switch to a bank whose atm's they can't get to, that's closed by the time they get off work, etc.
So yeah, as soon as you and all the other smart mouths on here go out and demand no riaa, no mpaa, no passport etc - the rest of the world will still fucking ignore you.
If you're set to 'always sign me into any passport site' then when you go to a passport site after having earlier checked your hotmail account, you find yourself automatically logged in, whether you actively wanted to use passport there or not. For a long time I visited no passport sites other than hotmail, and it never affected me. Now there are a couple I go to, and at first finding myself automatically logged in as whatever identity's email I happened to check last was really disconcerting. I have several hotmail accounts, but the whole passport thing is based on the assumption of one computer, one person, one identity. I feel like I should be able to be logged in at msdn.microsoft.com using my work/business hotmail account, while still reading email from one of my personal hotmail accounts. Can't do it. Even though they're separate sites, they completely identify you by your passport cookie, so you can only be one 'identity' to all of them. If passport verification starts popping up all over the place, other people will run into this issue too.
You don't have a job programming in the real world. Disagree with Microsoft all you want, but just closing your eyes and pretending that the 900 pound gorilla in the corner just doesn't matter is foolish.
And try not to flaunt your ignorance as a virtue. Passport really has nothing whatsoever to do with an operating system.
No, I think it's more like the Nazis killing the Jews. Or maybe it's like priests raping little boys. Or the dark god Cthulu eating the world. Yeah, it's exactly like that.
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The idea of vibrating knives/swords/etc. has been a mainstay in space opera style sci-fi for decades. I think making the jump from a vibro-knife to a vibro-razor is very easy, and probably occured to many people independently.
john and ritchie, but yes, same stuff
I'm not sure what you mean. You can already see the waveforms in AtomixMP3. I vaguely remember the version 1 begin kinda lame, but version 2 rocks.
99% of people who spout off "Analog is better" have no idea that before their vinyl is pressed it is first digitally mastered, removing any of the benefits of true analog sound, while leaving the disadvantages of an analog playback media (playing the record actually degrades its sound quality).
You'd laugh at Richie Hawtin and John Acquaviva? I doubt it. They're some of the original pioneers. Richie is famous for his sets that mix songs, effects, and drum machines. He made the switch to Final Scratch (maps mp3's to a special vinyl record) so that he can carry the 3000 or so tracks that he wants with him around in his notebook, rather than having to tote 3 refrigerator box size crates around with him. Final Scratch and similar systems combine the portability of mp3 with the vinyl handling ability you traditionally think of when you think of djs (you can even needle drop the mp3s).
The one disadvantage of mp3 or cd is that you can't see the breaks in the vinyl, and the more intimately you know the track the less of a disadvantage that is. And if you're going to choose anything other than vinyl, why go with cd? Cd's have the disadvantages of mp3s (can't see the vinyl grooves) and the disadvantages of records (have to cart around all the physical media). If anyone's curious about mixing mp3's just at home for fun, check out this awesome software which has really advanced auto-beatmatching capabilities.
Mods, you're smoking my crack again, give it back. This was the first comment pointing out similar technologies that exist in mass production, redundant my ass.
Yeah you got me. Having to compile the module and do all the rest is actually SO much easier than clicking 'Yes'. How could I have been so blind?
The point is one requires work from the user, while the other makes the OS do all the work automatically. It's not that a keyboard is hard to use, it's that I don't want to do any work, which I think is quite an admirable goal. I'd actually like the computer to research the best price for the part, order it, sign for delivery, and plug the unit into itself without me being involved too, but we're not quite there yet. And while we're at it, it might as well cook my dinner for me, bathe me, clothe me, and troll for me on slashdot.
'nuff said
Maybe you think this whole 'graphical user interface' thing is a fad?
I finished Cryptonomicon about 2 weeks before HavenCo made their first public announcements. I couldn't believe it. I've seen sci-fi become reality before, but never in as quick as 2 weeks.
isn't that there aren't hacks around the problem
just that there's a problem
one person one online identity
Because I said something that didn't bash MS (note, it also did NOT praise MS, just said don't ignore them) I am modded as flamebait.
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I wish I was an MS mole, I'd be better paid.
r u 4 real?
can you lynx to your bank account?
do you have more than $50 in your bank account?
i doubt your statement. easy to say 'i did such and such' online, much easier than actually doing it.
if you actually did do this - did your bank laugh in your face when you told them why you were leaving? cuz i totally would. this just is not a market force. more like a market farce.
except when you need to get your cash, which is actually what a bank is FOR.
:P
i'm not trolling. just pointing out that a lot of people on here talk the talk of boycotting companies (which is easy), but less than 1% actually walk the walk (which is hard).
you can sign up on msn.bendmeoverandrapemebillgates.bank.com
That he said his wife paid all his bills. Doesn't look like he actually has ANY choice does he? And it's not MS taking it away. It's his horrible, evil, stupid wife who likes commercial crap sites that spam her and shiznit like that. It's also his bank's choice, not his, or even hers.
It has always been easier to have your credit card information stolen by a waiter or cashier, or especially over the phone, than online. YOU MIGHT WAKE THE FUCK UP AND NOTICE THAT THIS ADDS A LAYER OF SECURITY TO THE PROCESS! Now if someone steals your credit card numbers, they can still use it anywhere over the phone or on sites that don't require passport verification, but on sites that do require passport verification they won't be able to use it unless they've also stolen your passport password. This means some fraudulent charges will be bloced. It adds no ability for someone to actually get your card number, which again is easier to do as a waiter or cashier.
If you've used up your free hours, shouldn't you then start paying? You didn't say anything about cancelling, so it looks valid to me.
"I will not trust a M$ computer on my network much less let it manipulate my money"
Dood, fucking grow up.
Neither you, nor any other person I have ever met, will switch your bank b/c they sign up with passport. You chose your bank because it has convenient atm's, is close to your work or business, has the right hours, or whatever. NOBODY will ever be so upset by this that they'll switch to a bank whose atm's they can't get to, that's closed by the time they get off work, etc.
So yeah, as soon as you and all the other smart mouths on here go out and demand no riaa, no mpaa, no passport etc - the rest of the world will still fucking ignore you.
If you're set to 'always sign me into any passport site' then when you go to a passport site after having earlier checked your hotmail account, you find yourself automatically logged in, whether you actively wanted to use passport there or not. For a long time I visited no passport sites other than hotmail, and it never affected me. Now there are a couple I go to, and at first finding myself automatically logged in as whatever identity's email I happened to check last was really disconcerting. I have several hotmail accounts, but the whole passport thing is based on the assumption of one computer, one person, one identity. I feel like I should be able to be logged in at msdn.microsoft.com using my work/business hotmail account, while still reading email from one of my personal hotmail accounts. Can't do it. Even though they're separate sites, they completely identify you by your passport cookie, so you can only be one 'identity' to all of them. If passport verification starts popping up all over the place, other people will run into this issue too.
You don't have a job programming in the real world. Disagree with Microsoft all you want, but just closing your eyes and pretending that the 900 pound gorilla in the corner just doesn't matter is foolish.
And try not to flaunt your ignorance as a virtue. Passport really has nothing whatsoever to do with an operating system.
No, I think it's more like the Nazis killing the Jews. Or maybe it's like priests raping little boys. Or the dark god Cthulu eating the world. Yeah, it's exactly like that.
XBoxen? Fucking lame d00d
I'm sure the security on the X-Box is up to the military standards of say, Tuvalu or Somalia.
How is that not an update?
"for a situation where a new kernel has something you need but dont have... you dont ever need to recompile your kernl if everything works ok..."
That sounds exactly like an update to me. You had no need to update windows if 3.11 had everything you needed.