tambo, what is connected to your television? You said you want to control your server but how are you going to see what you're doing?
Get some cheap frontend system that can output the native resolution via DVI to your tv. Then ssh/vnc/rdp/etc. and you can use a normal wireless keyboard.
I consider Wikipedia valuable because its formation is from multiple sources, which include viewpoints and thought processes; most people consider this method of formation to have inherent fallacy. If you're studying or researching you are (hopefully) thinking, and will become aware of inaccuracies before you reach the level where you fully understand your topic. IMHO, since that requires thinking for yourself it is a better way to learn than assuming something is correct because it has credentials. Facts that come from credentials are likely to be well informed and less likely to incorrect, but that doesn't make them more likely to be correct.
The people I was referring to say that things like peer reviewed journals are valid, but adding Internet to the equation makes them highly questionable. The only reasoning I've heard is based on the assumption that the property of change in a form of media makes it unverifiable.
I am unfamiliar with Scholar (will be checking shortly..) but there are things like it available between schools via the Internet. You must have a login from your school to access them, and that control is what makes people consider them verifiable. With something similar that is freely available, the source(s) of control are unknown, so it's considered unverifiable, and invalid.
As a note, I used educators in my example because that's where I encountered a problem. I wanted to do a research project on ZFS but there weren't enough verifiable/trustworthy/etc. sources at the time (whitepapers and man pages on sun.com were not valid reference material because sun.com is on the Internet.)
You're right on the money about the term "information interpretation". But you only know that because you're some type of techie, right? Most people who aren't heavy Internet (or other information exchange) users don't realize that, and most younger people haven't been exposed long enough to have realized it. Unfortunately people in general education don't realize it yet, and often act as though they're threatened when it is suggested to them.
Librarians and the average non-tech instructor consider resources on the Internet invalid or at least unverifiable. Things like wikipedia are, at best, starting points because the fact that they can be edited makes them untrustworthy. I've been told on several occasions that I can only trust information on a.edu domain, and never on a.com or.net domain because.edu means it's an educational institution (therefore correct) and.com is a company or commercial organization (therefore motivated monetarily, not by education or fact).
As long as that remains the accepted baseline in validity, the potential the Internet offers will rarely be noticed, and will only be making "us" smarter.
We may be able to say goodbye to "those" commercials, but do you really think they won't be replaced? From now on expect only 3 dorks in a van. They'll be looking for their red-shirted friend only to discover that he's hanging out with his network, and that said network is now partially comprised of wizards.
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if you are someone who tries to find your self-value and distinction in being different by doing stuff that majority does not, that implies a problem with your self-awareness, not what you are refusing to do. That may be true, but keep in mind having a drive to stay different can make you stay on top of the geek (or other) culture you love. When you notice somebody, or people in general, using things that you consider old hat you come up with something new. That leads directly to creativity and/or learning something.
"Powered by Fiber Optics" is a phrase used in current Comcast ads here. A perfect example of "Let's just make irrelevant claims that make us sound good.. they won't see through it." marketing.
..It's the answer! It's the reason!..something something
I don't actually remember the show very well, just thinking it was awesome. What about the other show with the math detectives? I can't remember what it was called. But when they entered dangerous situations they'd whip out their calculators for protection!
Shoot, cell towers already use directional high-data-rate wireless links to communicate with each other. Are you sure/can you clarify? I have never heard of that. I've always been given the impression they each have dedicated (wired) lines.
I think anybody who's a regular on the Internet knows how silly and meaningless trolls are. As a regular slashdotter, I think he knows that the praise is much higher than the trolling is low. Most everything anti-Wil I've seen consists of pointless, poorly thought out sentences. But the complements are just as consistent: thoughtful appreciation of the warm, emotional relationships that are unique to his writing, yet instantly familiar to us.
I just hope for the Democrats' sake that they are smart enough to pick someone who can win based on the fact that they should be President, and not just throwing out the candidate who is most effective at saying "I'm not the other guy."
Jack Johnson: It's time someone had the courage to stand up and say: "I'm against those things that everybody hates".
John Jackson: Now I respect my opponent. I think he's a good man but, quite frankly, I agree with everything he just said!
Jack Johnson: I say your three cent titanium tax goes too far.
John Jackson: And I say your three cent titanium tax doesn't go too far enough!
I doubt carriers could suddenly gain control over all of these things, but it is something that needs to be avoided, however it may happen. The real reasons that would be a problem lie in their customer relations practices.
A billing error that can't be fixed at local stores, and the subscriber is forced to lead resolution of the issue while waiting on hold for 10 minutes every time an attempt is made, then arguing with customer "service" to convince them a problem exists. (AT&T)
Quality of tech support is laughable - I was told by a tech supervisor that data transfer on my phone was very expensive because the screen was large. Not just physically, but it had a high resolution too. (Cingular)
Salespeople lying directly to customers about plan availability when a similar plan with higher commission is available. (T-Mobile)
I'm curious, where do you live in Portland? Or are you just in the metro area? It's incredibly hard to find out where service is available. I once waited about 12 minutes on the phone before the rep realized I was in Qwest territory. And that's after giving a complete address and the number for my house's land line.
I prefer Portland to the Beaverton and Gresham areas but haven't found a reliable way to check availability. (For example, they claim FiOS is available in an area in SE where I used to live and know is Qwest territory..)
especially since radiohead gets to keep most of it, if not virtually all of it.
Keep in mind bandwidth isn't too cheap. Certainly they did very well, but the bandwidth and server resources needed to support all those downloads wasn't cheap.
Does the party need to be held during the official party window for attendees to be eligible for totally rad shirts? Or any other schwag for that matter? I would hate to miss out.
I agree, Halo (the whole series) is good, not great. It has done so well because of extensive marketing to people with relatively limited FPS horizons. It really hasn't done anything new I can think of, it just decently rehashed things that were important at the time of its release. Nothing else (on a console) provided the majority of what any Halo game has provided. In other words, I've never liked Halo much and only play it when several friends want to play with me.. but I respect Bungie for their work because it seems to always be an excellent example of a successful game release.
In regards to sibling, I'm looking forward to learning more about Forge, which, afaik, is new to console FPS games. The earliest level design I remember was for an NES racing game. As for FPS's, in general, it's laughable; doesn't every PC FPS have a complete, free level editor? They didn't even come up with an original name. They just did a great job of including a decent feature in a piece of software when that softwares platform and audience are unaware it exists. And with all that new exposure, there will be very interesting things coming out of it.
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You could also try giving them slightly buggy code for free with a disclaimer stating they must fix it.
You never know what a little push like that could accomplish.
tambo, what is connected to your television? You said you want to control your server but how are you going to see what you're doing?
Get some cheap frontend system that can output the native resolution via DVI to your tv. Then ssh/vnc/rdp/etc. and you can use a normal wireless keyboard.
I consider Wikipedia valuable because its formation is from multiple sources, which include viewpoints and thought processes; most people consider this method of formation to have inherent fallacy. If you're studying or researching you are (hopefully) thinking, and will become aware of inaccuracies before you reach the level where you fully understand your topic. IMHO, since that requires thinking for yourself it is a better way to learn than assuming something is correct because it has credentials. Facts that come from credentials are likely to be well informed and less likely to incorrect, but that doesn't make them more likely to be correct.
The people I was referring to say that things like peer reviewed journals are valid, but adding Internet to the equation makes them highly questionable. The only reasoning I've heard is based on the assumption that the property of change in a form of media makes it unverifiable.
I am unfamiliar with Scholar (will be checking shortly..) but there are things like it available between schools via the Internet. You must have a login from your school to access them, and that control is what makes people consider them verifiable. With something similar that is freely available, the source(s) of control are unknown, so it's considered unverifiable, and invalid.
As a note, I used educators in my example because that's where I encountered a problem. I wanted to do a research project on ZFS but there weren't enough verifiable/trustworthy/etc. sources at the time (whitepapers and man pages on sun.com were not valid reference material because sun.com is on the Internet.)
You're right on the money about the term "information interpretation". But you only know that because you're some type of techie, right? Most people who aren't heavy Internet (or other information exchange) users don't realize that, and most younger people haven't been exposed long enough to have realized it. Unfortunately people in general education don't realize it yet, and often act as though they're threatened when it is suggested to them.
Librarians and the average non-tech instructor consider resources on the Internet invalid or at least unverifiable. Things like wikipedia are, at best, starting points because the fact that they can be edited makes them untrustworthy. I've been told on several occasions that I can only trust information on a .edu domain, and never on a .com or .net domain because .edu means it's an educational institution (therefore correct) and .com is a company or commercial organization (therefore motivated monetarily, not by education or fact).
As long as that remains the accepted baseline in validity, the potential the Internet offers will rarely be noticed, and will only be making "us" smarter.
We may be able to say goodbye to "those" commercials, but do you really think they won't be replaced? From now on expect only 3 dorks in a van. They'll be looking for their red-shirted friend only to discover that he's hanging out with his network, and that said network is now partially comprised of wizards.
In other words:
"Yes, but will it run Doom?"
"Yes! 220 versions of it!"
"Powered by Fiber Optics" is a phrase used in current Comcast ads here. A perfect example of "Let's just make irrelevant claims that make us sound good.. they won't see through it." marketing.
..It's the answer! It's the reason!..something something
I don't actually remember the show very well, just thinking it was awesome. What about the other show with the math detectives? I can't remember what it was called. But when they entered dangerous situations they'd whip out their calculators for protection!
That was actually my first thought. "The Internet is a terrorist threat? uhhh..for serious? Ok, heh, uh, well.. your mom is a terrorist threat!"
I think anybody who's a regular on the Internet knows how silly and meaningless trolls are. As a regular slashdotter, I think he knows that the praise is much higher than the trolling is low. Most everything anti-Wil I've seen consists of pointless, poorly thought out sentences. But the complements are just as consistent: thoughtful appreciation of the warm, emotional relationships that are unique to his writing, yet instantly familiar to us.
Search for that board elsewhere. It's just a cheap board, not some Fry's deal. You should have no trouble finding it online etc.
I was looking at that board recently, my only big complaint is that it has 10/100, not gigabit. It's a pretty sweet little platform.
Good idea, I was unaware they had these.
Jack Johnson: It's time someone had the courage to stand up and say: "I'm against those things that everybody hates".
John Jackson: Now I respect my opponent. I think he's a good man but, quite frankly, I agree with everything he just said!
Jack Johnson: I say your three cent titanium tax goes too far.
John Jackson: And I say your three cent titanium tax doesn't go too far enough!
I doubt carriers could suddenly gain control over all of these things, but it is something that needs to be avoided, however it may happen. The real reasons that would be a problem lie in their customer relations practices.
A billing error that can't be fixed at local stores, and the subscriber is forced to lead resolution of the issue while waiting on hold for 10 minutes every time an attempt is made, then arguing with customer "service" to convince them a problem exists. (AT&T)
Quality of tech support is laughable - I was told by a tech supervisor that data transfer on my phone was very expensive because the screen was large. Not just physically, but it had a high resolution too. (Cingular)
Salespeople lying directly to customers about plan availability when a similar plan with higher commission is available. (T-Mobile)
How do you know he got swag? Our party's host never showed up either.. hope he didn't take it.
It's good to hear WD has upgraded their drive internals to ceramic components.
Why stop there? He could have lined his bath tub with Cyrix chips to make it a spa.
Very nice, but our party was on the 9th!
..and our fourth is tomorrow!
..but cordial and educational. It could even be fun. If there is a presidential debate that's cordial, educational, and fun, I'll buy SCO stock.I'm curious, where do you live in Portland? Or are you just in the metro area? It's incredibly hard to find out where service is available. I once waited about 12 minutes on the phone before the rep realized I was in Qwest territory. And that's after giving a complete address and the number for my house's land line.
I prefer Portland to the Beaverton and Gresham areas but haven't found a reliable way to check availability. (For example, they claim FiOS is available in an area in SE where I used to live and know is Qwest territory..)
Keep in mind bandwidth isn't too cheap. Certainly they did very well, but the bandwidth and server resources needed to support all those downloads wasn't cheap.
Still, yeah, huge success.
Does the party need to be held during the official party window for attendees to be eligible for totally rad shirts? Or any other schwag for that matter? I would hate to miss out.
I agree, Halo (the whole series) is good, not great. It has done so well because of extensive marketing to people with relatively limited FPS horizons. It really hasn't done anything new I can think of, it just decently rehashed things that were important at the time of its release. Nothing else (on a console) provided the majority of what any Halo game has provided. In other words, I've never liked Halo much and only play it when several friends want to play with me.. but I respect Bungie for their work because it seems to always be an excellent example of a successful game release.
In regards to sibling, I'm looking forward to learning more about Forge, which, afaik, is new to console FPS games. The earliest level design I remember was for an NES racing game. As for FPS's, in general, it's laughable; doesn't every PC FPS have a complete, free level editor? They didn't even come up with an original name. They just did a great job of including a decent feature in a piece of software when that softwares platform and audience are unaware it exists. And with all that new exposure, there will be very interesting things coming out of it.