*APPLAUSE!* Most excellant prose, sir! I also thought along those lines. "Acme's guide to Securing Your Roadrunner" by Wile E. Coyote S.G. (Super Genius) Available in bookstores soon!
Well, I don't know...as we are aware that Seattle is such a hotbed of terrorist activity. That's why we haven't got Bin L. yet in the mountains of over Middle East way- he's operating out of the Cascades! OMG! I'm crawling into my shelter here in Oklahoma right now! *sarcasm off*
WTF? Terrorists responding to fires?- give 'em a hose and let them help fight the fires! We know that they would not be smart enough to use a scanner, use their ears and follow the sirens, watch the frikken news- but heaven help us if they have access to Google Earth!
Damn, the insanity in this country is starting to drive me crazy.
"...is an incredible challenge for even people who have spoken both languages for -decades..."
That seems to be the crux of the problem. To use your example of Japanese-English translations: How long have we (USA) had dialog with Japan, and how long has there been mistranslations/mistakes? Even after occupation from the end of WW2 to now, there are still language problems.
Different cultures (thus perspectives) will always cause problems with communications on a person to person dialog- it even happens within the same language due to different dialects or slang, or geographical diff's causing the different perspectives on a given subject. This has taken many centuries to get to the imperfect state we have reached with communication.
Software is in it's infancy (along with requisite hardware) compared to human communication(languages) and if we can't get all the bugs worked out in face to face scenarios, how can we expect to get them solved in software Real Soon(tm)?
Reminds me of several things.....MS's voice recog software and the "delete my Aunt" debacle (I don't remember the exact 'quote', but I've seen it in this commentary on TFA already, and it's becoming a/. meme, so I'll assume most will get it)- the second thing is something my grandfather tried pounding through my thick skull: there is three sides to every story- my side, your side, and what REALLY happened (from the rest of the world's view).
BTW, for what it's worth (as a comabat veteran)- I personally could care less about your sexual preference if you were in my squad ( I was a team leader for SF Team) as long as it had no effect on your duties in that capacity- and I would suspect that it would not. Understand- my team and I trained together (for 16 months), partied together, and were deployed together. We were as cose (maybe closer than most) brothers, but more emphasis was put on "doing your job" and not letting the team down than ideology.
(bottom line to be blunt: if you did not keep trying to seduce any of the team after being turned down, then there would be no problem- but this seems to be a homophobic attitude: to assume that you would do this- it's been my experience that just the opposite is to be expected: ie: most of my homosexual friends have been mor circumspect/ subtle than almost any of my heterosexual friends- I've had no problem saying 'no thanks' and my 'manhood/machismo' has not suffered one bit from it- it can be flattering even....but duty is duty.)
Sorry you have to deal with the BS. If I was Dictator For A Week, then I would change it to: on the job, be professional, off the job, do your own thing.
I can see it now: 1.Images and music files end up on alien P2P network- RIAA and MPAA go batshit, sue aliens, start intergalactic war- ALL of them against Earth. 2. Romulus, not having latest version of flashplayer (they are running Romulinix), get paranoid that it is secret invasion plans, makes first strike. 3. The Vulcans- instead of seeing Cochran's warp signiture get spammed with OMGZ!!!!11!PINK PONIES and Goatse.cx, turn tail and first contact is instead by 1 and 2 above. 4. The G'ould, seeing something going on at one of there pyramids tune in...Apophis gets an eyeful of Tubgirl, goes yellow-eyed, and orders the total destruction of Earth- again.
Maybe we should just stick to the "beaming" of the pinnacle of our science and technology out there- then they can see that we are still too limited to be a threat, too stupid to be a resource, and let us be. If we include religion, philosophy, and our culture, we are in deep shite!
If all (or most, even) media spin was halted, then teh world would destabilse and crash into the sun, we would all float up-no gravity. "Spin" ha become the defact standard to the point that I suspect it alone is responsible for global warming- all that increased friction and methane from all the BS.
All joking aside, if this was actually workable, it would be an interesting experiment.
...'cause it ain't happining. I'll stick to my dualboot (win 98 for games-FC5 for everything else) setup. My upgrade costs can be figured at the price of a cdr or dvdr disc and the bandwidth to download the newest desired linux distro.
I see no compelling reason to even think about the newest spyware sponge from MS getting installed on my PC. I feel bad for those out there that have little choice with their jobs requiring Vista, but luckily that does not apply to me.:-)
I actually kinda liked XP until MS sprung the WGA spyware feature- my legit copy worked for 3 1/2 years until WGA, then suddenly WGA decided it was a pirated version....format-install FC5- did not look back.
Yes, but then us mice just learn how to steal the bait from the new trap, then you build a better mouse trap,...lather, rinse, repeat.
A significant portion of the web population feels the ads have become too much of a hassle (intrusive, gawdy,malware exploits, etc.), otherwise ad blockers would not be deemed a worthy subject to be newsworthy.
Firefox, NoScript, Adblock (or Adblock+) with filterset, and flashblock (mainly Windows) are your friends on the internet, er...I mean tubes.
LOL! "So the response to 'Grand Theft Auto might make kids violent!' is 'Oh, you mean like D&D?'"
I love that...good stuff.
I'm probably older than than the average aged/.'er (weather changing reminds me I turn 50 this winter), but not what I would think of as "old". Anyway, we played "Army", "Cowboys and Indians", "Cops and Robbers", and "Space Explorers and Martians" growing up. Real-time RPG at it's finest...massivel destruction frequently entered the plot: EVERYBODY DIES!!! Oh Noooo!
Videogame violence is only new because it's in videogames, which are new.
If you're a Christian, then it's been happening since Cain and Abel. (Any other religion:insert theology here) If more (arguabley) scientific-minded, it's been happening since Alley Oop picked up a club.
Fundamentalists/fanatics have always pushed for prohibitionist legislation- trying to legislate morality, and it only serves to increase courts and law enforcement's budgets without tangible results. (except in the eyes of the prohibitionists)
This type of approach always seems to backfire. For example- alcohal prohibitions in USA's early 20th century spawned moonshiners, but more importantly, shine runners- the 733t drivin' mofo's that transported the moonshine.
These guys formed the backbone of what would later turn into a multi-billion dollar entity: NASCAR (cue redneck jokes here:)
Our "War on Drugs" has caused us to invade Panama, covert ops in Columbia, enabled the rise of the Columbian Cartels, etc.
These "videogames are teh evil" campaigns always make me think of the SG1 episode where T'ealc was helping the researchers out by "playing their VR combat sim", and a bug in the software (or design flaw) kept him in a respawn with no exit loop until he beat the adaptive game AI. I want to strap Jack Thompson into that VR interface and let him battle the Go'uld berserker-for real.
I understand where you're coming from with this: "However, I appreciate the fact that my kids don't have to grow up too fast. "
But they will still grow up faster than you want them to, and you will always feel you have not quite have them ready to go out on their own, but go they will- wide eyed and full of energy.
Always try to keep in mind that you will be teaching by example more than any other method. They can emulate you sooner and easier than they can grasp any "instruction" you try. and will.
Like most anything else in life, it's what you make of it;From burden to great joy- like the Prego commercial:"It's in there."
I also consider you a realist, and showing common sense. The world is not always the utopia that many idealists want it to be (or thinks that it is). My grandfather would always point out that just because you may have a legal right to poke the bear, doesn't mean that it is always a good idea to do so. His analogy- not mine, but I was not so pedantic and limited that I missed the concept he was trying to teach.
A more realistc scenario (saw this conflict many times!) was while living/working in PA around Breezewood with all of it's tractor-trailor and tourist traffic. With the hills they call mountains, sometimes the trucks would be coming down the hill into town (Breezewood) with brakes not up to par/ overheated towards a stop sign. Instead of using common sense, many drivers (in cars) would still pull out in front of that runaway truck, if they survived usually the first reaction from them is "but I had the right of way!".....don't poke the bear without a good reason!
Kudos for a well composed, reasonable reply to the well sheltered one. May his world stay safe for him.
Okay, if it makes you feel better : I will remove the NIC drivers.
I have no clue where I will find them, as they where never installed on the 98 partitions, but I will search until I find some NIC drivers to delete....just for you!
How do we stop this insane practise of piling one bill on top of another as it passes through the gauntlet? This practise has probably more to do with the sad state we are in than any other- this even bypasses/surpasses pork barrel crap shuffled through.
Let the original bill stand (or fall) on it's own- quit this backscratchin',feel good,get re-elected bullshit end. If not, we fial and stay where we are.
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Admirably cromulent description!
*APPLAUSE!*
Most excellant prose, sir!
I also thought along those lines.
"Acme's guide to Securing Your Roadrunner" by Wile E. Coyote S.G. (Super Genius)
Available in bookstores soon!
Well, I don't know...as we are aware that Seattle is such a hotbed of terrorist activity.
That's why we haven't got Bin L. yet in the mountains of over Middle East way- he's operating out of the Cascades!
OMG! I'm crawling into my shelter here in Oklahoma right now! *sarcasm off*
WTF? Terrorists responding to fires?- give 'em a hose and let them help fight the fires!
We know that they would not be smart enough to use a scanner, use their ears and follow the sirens, watch the frikken news- but heaven help us if they have access to Google Earth!
Damn, the insanity in this country is starting to drive me crazy.
"...is an incredible challenge for even people who have spoken both languages for -decades..."
/. meme, so I'll assume most will get it)- the second thing is something my grandfather tried pounding through my thick skull: there is three sides to every story- my side, your side, and what REALLY happened (from the rest of the world's view).
That seems to be the crux of the problem.
To use your example of Japanese-English translations:
How long have we (USA) had dialog with Japan, and how long has there been mistranslations/mistakes?
Even after occupation from the end of WW2 to now, there are still language problems.
Different cultures (thus perspectives) will always cause problems with communications on a person to person dialog- it even happens within the same language due to different dialects or slang, or geographical diff's causing the different perspectives on a given subject. This has taken many centuries to get to the imperfect state we have reached with communication.
Software is in it's infancy (along with requisite hardware) compared to human communication(languages) and if we can't get all the bugs worked out in face to face scenarios, how can we expect to get them solved in software Real Soon(tm)?
Reminds me of several things.....MS's voice recog software and the "delete my Aunt" debacle (I don't remember the exact 'quote', but I've seen it in this commentary on TFA already, and it's becoming a
BTW, for what it's worth (as a comabat veteran)- I personally could care less about your sexual preference if you were in my squad ( I was a team leader for SF Team) as long as it had no effect on your duties in that capacity- and I would suspect that it would not. Understand- my team and I trained together (for 16 months), partied together, and were deployed together. We were as cose (maybe closer than most) brothers, but more emphasis was put on "doing your job" and not letting the team down than ideology.
(bottom line to be blunt: if you did not keep trying to seduce any of the team after being turned down, then there would be no problem- but this seems to be a homophobic attitude: to assume that you would do this- it's been my experience that just the opposite is to be expected: ie: most of my homosexual friends have been mor circumspect/ subtle than almost any of my heterosexual friends- I've had no problem saying 'no thanks' and my 'manhood/machismo' has not suffered one bit from it- it can be flattering even....but duty is duty.)
Sorry you have to deal with the BS. If I was Dictator For A Week, then I would change it to: on the job, be professional, off the job, do your own thing.
Interesting theory, but I have to wonder just how much of a problem those unclean penguins were in the middle east.
I suppose next you will be trying to tell us that Linux/Tux is not kosher.
Good one!
(I don't have mod points)
I hope he posts the video of him explaining this one to his (soon to be EX) wife on youtube!
Outstandingly astounding!
Yeah, that sums it up pretty well.
The reality of Star Trek- like voice interaction with a computer is still a ways off- decades perhaps.
You have a point there.
I can see it now:
1.Images and music files end up on alien P2P network- RIAA and MPAA go batshit, sue aliens, start intergalactic war- ALL of them against Earth.
2. Romulus, not having latest version of flashplayer (they are running Romulinix), get paranoid that it is secret invasion plans, makes first strike.
3. The Vulcans- instead of seeing Cochran's warp signiture get spammed with OMGZ!!!!11!PINK PONIES and Goatse.cx, turn tail and first contact is instead by 1 and 2 above.
4. The G'ould, seeing something going on at one of there pyramids tune in...Apophis gets an eyeful of Tubgirl, goes yellow-eyed, and orders the total destruction of Earth- again.
Maybe we should just stick to the "beaming" of the pinnacle of our science and technology out there- then they can see that we are still too limited to be a threat, too stupid to be a resource, and let us be.
If we include religion, philosophy, and our culture, we are in deep shite!
In addition to having a percentage based system, I hope they also have a WTF?!?! rating.
Bad idea:"Newspapers should employ de-spinners."
If all (or most, even) media spin was halted, then teh world would destabilse and crash into the sun, we would all float up-no gravity.
"Spin" ha become the defact standard to the point that I suspect it alone is responsible for global warming- all that increased friction and methane from all the BS.
All joking aside, if this was actually workable, it would be an interesting experiment.
I was wondering the same thing.
Then I had a mental image of Clippy and Spellchecker on steroids...with a whole screen devoted to that *shudder* unholy union!
Need to go bleach my brain now.
Ohhh...I don't know about that. I've got Clippy up to a level 60 wizard now!
Thou art agin the spoken word changing, sirrah?
Get thyself over it, knave- verily thou art most shortsighted, and methinks art a Luddite!
Sign language, guttarals, and waving my stone axe around caveman style does not translate too well to the internet, so I'll stop here.
...'cause it ain't happining.
:-)
I'll stick to my dualboot (win 98 for games-FC5 for everything else) setup. My upgrade costs can be figured at the price of a cdr or dvdr disc and the bandwidth to download the newest desired linux distro.
I see no compelling reason to even think about the newest spyware sponge from MS getting installed on my PC. I feel bad for those out there that have little choice with their jobs requiring Vista, but luckily that does not apply to me.
I actually kinda liked XP until MS sprung the WGA spyware feature- my legit copy worked for 3 1/2 years until WGA, then suddenly WGA decided it was a pirated version....format-install FC5- did not look back.
Yes, but then us mice just learn how to steal the bait from the new trap, then you build a better mouse trap, ...lather, rinse, repeat.
A significant portion of the web population feels the ads have become too much of a hassle (intrusive, gawdy,malware exploits, etc.), otherwise ad blockers would not be deemed a worthy subject to be newsworthy.
Firefox, NoScript, Adblock (or Adblock+) with filterset, and flashblock (mainly Windows) are your friends on the internet, er...I mean tubes.
LOL!
/.'er (weather changing reminds me I turn 50 this winter), but not what I would think of as "old".
"So the response to 'Grand Theft Auto might make kids violent!' is 'Oh, you mean like D&D?'"
I love that...good stuff.
I'm probably older than than the average aged
Anyway, we played "Army", "Cowboys and Indians", "Cops and Robbers", and "Space Explorers and Martians" growing up. Real-time RPG at it's finest...massivel destruction frequently entered the plot: EVERYBODY DIES!!! Oh Noooo!
Videogame violence is only new because it's in videogames, which are new.
If you're a Christian, then it's been happening since Cain and Abel. (Any other religion:insert theology here)
If more (arguabley) scientific-minded, it's been happening since Alley Oop picked up a club.
Fundamentalists/fanatics have always pushed for prohibitionist legislation- trying to legislate morality, and it only serves to increase courts and law enforcement's budgets without tangible results. (except in the eyes of the prohibitionists)
This type of approach always seems to backfire. For example- alcohal prohibitions in USA's early 20th century spawned moonshiners, but more importantly, shine runners- the 733t drivin' mofo's that transported the moonshine.
These guys formed the backbone of what would later turn into a multi-billion dollar entity: NASCAR
(cue redneck jokes here:)
Our "War on Drugs" has caused us to invade Panama, covert ops in Columbia, enabled the rise of the Columbian Cartels, etc.
These "videogames are teh evil" campaigns always make me think of the SG1 episode where T'ealc was helping the researchers out by "playing their VR combat sim", and a bug in the software (or design flaw) kept him in a respawn with no exit loop until he beat the adaptive game AI. I want to strap Jack Thompson into that VR interface and let him battle the Go'uld berserker-for real.
"Hmmm...Baby, the other, other white meat!"
I understand where you're coming from with this:
"However, I appreciate the fact that my kids don't have to grow up too fast. "
But they will still grow up faster than you want them to, and you will always feel you have not quite have them ready to go out on their own, but go they will- wide eyed and full of energy.
Always try to keep in mind that you will be teaching by example more than any other method. They can emulate you sooner and easier than they can grasp any "instruction" you try. and will.
Like most anything else in life, it's what you make of it;From burden to great joy- like the Prego commercial:"It's in there."
Have fun, and good luck with the young 'un.
I also consider you a realist, and showing common sense.
The world is not always the utopia that many idealists want it to be (or thinks that it is).
My grandfather would always point out that just because you may have a legal right to poke the bear, doesn't mean that it is always a good idea to do so. His analogy- not mine, but I was not so pedantic and limited that I missed the concept he was trying to teach.
A more realistc scenario (saw this conflict many times!) was while living/working in PA around Breezewood with all of it's tractor-trailor and tourist traffic.
With the hills they call mountains, sometimes the trucks would be coming down the hill into town (Breezewood) with brakes not up to par/ overheated towards a stop sign. Instead of using common sense, many drivers (in cars) would still pull out in front of that runaway truck, if they survived usually the first reaction from them is "but I had the right of way!".....don't poke the bear without a good reason!
Kudos for a well composed, reasonable reply to the well sheltered one. May his world stay safe for him.
Okay, if it makes you feel better :
I will remove the NIC drivers.
I have no clue where I will find them, as they where never installed on the 98 partitions, but I will search until I find some NIC drivers to delete....just for you!
Thanks for the informative reply.
I guess I have some writing to do, as this stuff really bothers me.
Thanks again for taking the time for a reasonable explaination.
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How do we stop this insane practise of piling one bill on top of another as it passes through the gauntlet?
This practise has probably more to do with the sad state we are in than any other- this even bypasses/surpasses pork barrel crap shuffled through.
Let the original bill stand (or fall) on it's own- quit this backscratchin',feel good,get re-elected bullshit end. If not, we fial and stay where we are.