The new firmware/software update (2.5) is a big improvement; smart playlists, manual and automatic tag editing, gapless playback. It's like someone actually listened to my whining and did something about it. I should whine more often.
Yes, he's a self-indulgent geek. And damnit, I love that. So am I.
Reading his books, you can't help but feel that he's constantly nudging and winking at you, sharing the joke and deligt of writing as it were. I can see why some people would hate that, or not have the patience to wade through it, but I can't get enough of it.
In that, he reminds me of Roger Zelazny. Lately, though, I find Charles Stross to feel rather similar.
Well, maybe not. In fact, I didn't even RTFA. But never mind about that.
OK, so here's an idea. I haven't thought it through in even the slightest way, so it's bound to work.
Rather than have just a single tether straight up, have 3 or 4 arranged regularly. Let them connect at terminus. At the terminus, for no good reason at all, have spoke stations rotating vertically around the hub.
Damn, but I could do with a nice.ogg-compatible portable player with one of those in.
OK, look, I'll try and say something worth reading: it has annoyed me quite a bit lately that, as SSD-driven audio players have mostly dominated over HDD ones in the last few years, the high-end of the capacity spectrum has become quite sparse; a few iPods that don't play.ogg and some very big and expensive media players that do. All I want is a nice, small, fairly inexpensive-ish ~100Gb.ogg player! Now, will someone please make me look like an idiot by telling me where to get one?
Because you're then out of sync with your social circle. You might have more sunlight to enjoy in the evening, but you'll spend the first hour of it on your lonesome, and head off to bed before everyone else. I've worked night-shifts; being out of sync is Not Fun.
Csll me an idiot, but isn't the whole idea that the car carries the hydrogen and converts it to water for energy ? The cracking happens on the supply side.
I no longer consider suicide as an option, but whether this marks an improved state of mind or simply reflects my belief in quantum immortality, I can't say!
Why do you assume things came into existence? If time is just a dimension, then the universe as a whole is atemporal (see 'block universe') and has always existed, unchanging.
Are you implying you know what the things are that we don't know?
And c'mon... energy? Energy has a strictly defined meaning, in that it's a conserved, dissipated quantity. In what way has a 'soul' or 'life force' or whatever been shown to exist or even be able to behave anything like that? There's no point inventing entities that can't be measured to explain phenomenona that don't occur.
In that case, 50% of the relevance in the argument between science and religion is irrelevant.
I don't care what you call it, even philosophy - especially, perhaps - needs to justify itself. It can't just assert itself loudly and hope that counts.
Those looking for an external meaning for their lives are looking in the wrong place. The universe is not built on human 'meaningfulness'.
And yes, I get far more interesting and relevant philosophies from scientific ideas and theories.
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Peter Watts, eh? Haven't read the Rifters trilogy, but Blindsight was very, very good.
The new firmware/software update (2.5) is a big improvement; smart playlists, manual and automatic tag editing, gapless playback. It's like someone actually listened to my whining and did something about it. I should whine more often.
I have an HDD Zune 80. It has a battery life of around 20 hours. You were saying...?
Am I the only one who wants to hear more about the drive that went ballistic?
Warning! Cat-like walking detected!
Yes, he's a self-indulgent geek. And damnit, I love that. So am I.
Reading his books, you can't help but feel that he's constantly nudging and winking at you, sharing the joke and deligt of writing as it were. I can see why some people would hate that, or not have the patience to wade through it, but I can't get enough of it.
In that, he reminds me of Roger Zelazny. Lately, though, I find Charles Stross to feel rather similar.
When girls find out I've liked them for a while, they usually stop talking to me for a year :D
Well, maybe not. In fact, I didn't even RTFA. But never mind about that.
OK, so here's an idea. I haven't thought it through in even the slightest way, so it's bound to work.
Rather than have just a single tether straight up, have 3 or 4 arranged regularly. Let them connect at terminus. At the terminus, for no good reason at all, have spoke stations rotating vertically around the hub.
Damn, but I could do with a nice
OK, look, I'll try and say something worth reading: it has annoyed me quite a bit lately that, as SSD-driven audio players have mostly dominated over HDD ones in the last few years, the high-end of the capacity spectrum has become quite sparse; a few iPods that don't play
As someone who lives in Manchester, the sky being blue tomorrow would be a welcome surprise....
Damned italics; I wondered what you meant by "This is I." for a second there...
Look, don't diminish my argument by being reasonable. It's rude.
Which I do!
Damn your friends and their social ways! Why can't they just leave you alone with your faithful petunias?!
Because you're then out of sync with your social circle. You might have more sunlight to enjoy in the evening, but you'll spend the first hour of it on your lonesome, and head off to bed before everyone else. I've worked night-shifts; being out of sync is Not Fun.
'Opera'
Give her diamonds - they're pretty much all over the place and there for the taking!
I don't own a TV, and I don't miss a thing.
I just use my landlord's.
Oh, no, I get it. Yeah. I definitely get it. Yes. It was a test. And you passed. Well done. Yes. Um.
Also, feel free to call me an idiot for apparently not being able to type....
Csll me an idiot, but isn't the whole idea that the car carries the hydrogen and converts it to water for energy ? The cracking happens on the supply side.
I no longer consider suicide as an option, but whether this marks an improved state of mind or simply reflects my belief in quantum immortality, I can't say!
Why do you assume things came into existence? If time is just a dimension, then the universe as a whole is atemporal (see 'block universe') and has always existed, unchanging.
You cannot create that which cannot change.
Are you implying you know what the things are that we don't know? And c'mon... energy? Energy has a strictly defined meaning, in that it's a conserved, dissipated quantity. In what way has a 'soul' or 'life force' or whatever been shown to exist or even be able to behave anything like that? There's no point inventing entities that can't be measured to explain phenomenona that don't occur.
In that case, 50% of the relevance in the argument between science and religion is irrelevant.
I don't care what you call it, even philosophy - especially, perhaps - needs to justify itself. It can't just assert itself loudly and hope that counts.
Those looking for an external meaning for their lives are looking in the wrong place. The universe is not built on human 'meaningfulness'.
And yes, I get far more interesting and relevant philosophies from scientific ideas and theories.