A wise man once said... well I can't remember the exact words, but it was something along the lines of "Wisdom starts with humility". If you can't laugh at yourself than thats something you should work on. Recognising your shortfalls is the first step to overcoming them.
And another wise man said: "If someone can't take a joke - fuck it" (Tucker Max).
A little rude, but you can't be fun, honest and polite at the same time. I (like him) prefer tossing the politeness out.
And it is called economics. Which stems from the law of nature - survival of the fittest. If you manage to deceive the others to give you resources you survive, the others do not. If you manage to detect the lie you (and the honest ones) survive, the lier does not. It was always like that, and will be only on a different level as we evolve.
Agreed. Toyota has bugs in their software, caused by the mistakes of their programmers. Of course their software team had no choice, but blame other factors - like the cosmic rays. No self respecting programmer will admit he made an error.
As for the antibacterial soaps - they are effective only for a certain type of bacteria. The result is that these soaps kill around 10% of the bacteria on your hands. The only effective way of getting rid of bacteria is with alcohol - which would kill around 90% of the bacteria on your hands. A simple explanation here:
i.e. in a car; there is plenty of extraneous sound to mask most limitations of compressed audio;
The luxury cars and some mid-class models are very well sound isolated. I agree that the dynamics are not that important, but there are other effects that are clearly distinguishable - for example the high frequency filtering in MP3.
To escape the black hole sun once you were, say, 3.1 km away, you would need to somehow achieve a speed near to the speed of light, which we simply can't do.
Seems the term "escape velocity" is somewhat misinterpreted by many people.
It is actually not needed to achieve the escape velocity. If you manage to achieve and keep up a speed different than zero, in a direction outwards of the center of the object you will "escape" its gravitational field.
The quantity of food is important, but the quality and balance are more important, as it turns out.
Let's take the only scientifically and statistically proven diet I have heard of - the Zone Diet. What Dr. Sears recommends is - eat the right protein/carb ratio in each meal and your body will go into fat burning mode (with all the benefits of this). As for the quantity - there is a formula to calculate how much proteins you must intake for the day. It turned out that it is hard for me to eat that MUCH food. And, I still eat the same tasty stuff I eat before, just shifting a little the ratio to the proteins.
And what about audio power amplifiers? Consider the average surround amp: 7x50W=3500W + 150W for the subwoofer = 3650W. Add 30% for the losses.
So I have to run my amp from the dedicated circuit?
I totally disagree. My current car (Citroen C5) has a drive-by-wire throttle and it is a very unpleasant experience to drive it. There is like 0.5 - 1 second delay in the reaction of the throttle. This leads to difficult starting (especially on a slope), revving up while changing gears and so on. I am already used to the slowness and I manage to drive smoothly, but I do not like the feeling anyway.
Of course there may be some problem with my car. I got it diagnosed by my dealer and they assured me everything is OK and this is normal. It is hard for me to believe that the computer inside is too slow;), so I guess this behavior is intentional.
Of course you are talking about the legitimate children. But consider that the rich people have more illegitimate children than the poor - maybe without even knowing. As I remember somewhere about 20% of the people are conceived in infidelity. This skews the statistics quite a lot.
Therefore the only practically viable option unless you don't care how much you spend on your phone costs is by using an offline solution like a Tom-tom or Garmin device.
Or use software for a smartphone with pre-loaded maps. The only disadvantage I can think of is the low accuracy the smartphone's GPS chips have.
Totally agree. My current phone has a 8 MP camera and the quality of the photos is almost the same as my old phone's 2MP camera. The optics are the limiting factor here, and the phone size optics allow no more than 3MP-like quality.
And, to the grandparent - we are far from the limit of the human eye yet.
--nodeps:)
try supplying the option of your package manager to ignore the dependancies and everything shall be fixed.
As for the article - I also got rid of pulseaudio, although it kinda worked for me. I just wanted to be sure, that no re-sampling/mixing/sw volume adjustment took place. All this processing distorts the stream, and the quality you get is lower than with the old "single-app-blocks-sound-card" OSS. When I play a movie or music I do NOT want any other sounds mixed in.
The only use-case when I need mixing is when I play some music as a background and I want to hear my IM notifications. So, it will be best if I can switch easily (automatically?) between the two modes. Pulseaudio does not have this ability, that's why it is gone. I may try OSSv4 though...
P.S. To windows fans - in windows it is even harder to guarantee undistorted output - the directsound driver will resample and mix everything.
And maybe actually the universe is single threaded and nothing happens simultaneously. It is just too fast and we do not notice it. The "parallel" computing will be of no help in this case.
And, someone told me recently, blackjack IS dropped in many of the casinos. The ones that still offer the game do it as a favor to their clients. The casino managers know they may lose in blackjack, so there is a limit on the bets. Thus the loss is miserable compared to the win of the other games.
Actually you CAN win, and people DO win by gambling. So the average gambler is not fooling himself. If you think you WILL DEFINITELY WIN you are fooling yourself.
So, knowing they may win, people gamble because they like the feeling of suspension. Of course, the other factors mentioned also contribute to the full casinos.
As for the question in the article - i have worked for some time as a developer in the gambling industry. No one ever had mentioned it could be a black mark in my resume. And I have talked to some HRs and managers of other IT companies.
I am tired of all the experts around, that know what the money have to be spent for. Too good, that their opinion does not matter at all. What matters is the decisions of people that actually have some reliable information.
And for the "suicidal" mission: Why would somebody want to stay here and breathe its last breath on this shithole, called Earth? Some people want to get away from here, and as fast as possible. There are people out there that have different philosophical views than you.
Sometimes lane splitting is done not by motorcycles but by cars. And, besides not being legal, this is tolerated by the cops and the drivers.
Example - a 3-lane road becomes a 4-lane when congested, because when the cars move slowly they can safely be very close to one another.
This often happens where I live, in Bulgaria.
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A wise man once said... well I can't remember the exact words, but it was something along the lines of "Wisdom starts with humility". If you can't laugh at yourself than thats something you should work on. Recognising your shortfalls is the first step to overcoming them.
And another wise man said: "If someone can't take a joke - fuck it" (Tucker Max).
A little rude, but you can't be fun, honest and polite at the same time. I (like him) prefer tossing the politeness out.
And it is called economics. Which stems from the law of nature - survival of the fittest. If you manage to deceive the others to give you resources you survive, the others do not. If you manage to detect the lie you (and the honest ones) survive, the lier does not. It was always like that, and will be only on a different level as we evolve.
Don't think of sizes in terms of pixels -- think of them in inches.
Dang these imperial units! I think in meters!
Agreed. Toyota has bugs in their software, caused by the mistakes of their programmers. Of course their software team had no choice, but blame other factors - like the cosmic rays. No self respecting programmer will admit he made an error.
From what I recall he then went on to work at FPS systems
I didn't know the First Person Shooter systems were that old ;)
If you try hard enough you may find complex life in Europe. As for the intelligent life... lost cause
http://health.howstuffworks.com/skin-care/cleansing/myths/question692.htm
i.e. in a car; there is plenty of extraneous sound to mask most limitations of compressed audio;
The luxury cars and some mid-class models are very well sound isolated. I agree that the dynamics are not that important, but there are other effects that are clearly distinguishable - for example the high frequency filtering in MP3.
To escape the black hole sun once you were, say, 3.1 km away, you would need to somehow achieve a speed near to the speed of light, which we simply can't do.
Seems the term "escape velocity" is somewhat misinterpreted by many people.
It is actually not needed to achieve the escape velocity. If you manage to achieve and keep up a speed different than zero, in a direction outwards of the center of the object you will "escape" its gravitational field.
The quantity of food is important, but the quality and balance are more important, as it turns out.
Let's take the only scientifically and statistically proven diet I have heard of - the Zone Diet. What Dr. Sears recommends is - eat the right protein/carb ratio in each meal and your body will go into fat burning mode (with all the benefits of this). As for the quantity - there is a formula to calculate how much proteins you must intake for the day. It turned out that it is hard for me to eat that MUCH food. And, I still eat the same tasty stuff I eat before, just shifting a little the ratio to the proteins.
P.S. Man, the donuts taste like rancid shit.
And what about audio power amplifiers? Consider the average surround amp: 7x50W=3500W + 150W for the subwoofer = 3650W. Add 30% for the losses.
So I have to run my amp from the dedicated circuit?
I totally disagree. My current car (Citroen C5) has a drive-by-wire throttle and it is a very unpleasant experience to drive it. There is like 0.5 - 1 second delay in the reaction of the throttle. This leads to difficult starting (especially on a slope), revving up while changing gears and so on. I am already used to the slowness and I manage to drive smoothly, but I do not like the feeling anyway. ;), so I guess this behavior is intentional.
Of course there may be some problem with my car. I got it diagnosed by my dealer and they assured me everything is OK and this is normal. It is hard for me to believe that the computer inside is too slow
Of course you are talking about the legitimate children. But consider that the rich people have more illegitimate children than the poor - maybe without even knowing. As I remember somewhere about 20% of the people are conceived in infidelity. This skews the statistics quite a lot.
Therefore the only practically viable option unless you don't care how much you spend on your phone costs is by using an offline solution like a Tom-tom or Garmin device.
Or use software for a smartphone with pre-loaded maps. The only disadvantage I can think of is the low accuracy the smartphone's GPS chips have.
The Mayans actually had dates carved into stylae which took place long, long after 2012.
Maybe we should stop call it 2012 already. I wouldn't stick with 2208 either: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_calendar#Presumed_2012_doomsday
Did you invent the lyrics of that song...
My idea of fun
Is killing everyone
Totally agree. My current phone has a 8 MP camera and the quality of the photos is almost the same as my old phone's 2MP camera. The optics are the limiting factor here, and the phone size optics allow no more than 3MP-like quality.
And, to the grandparent - we are far from the limit of the human eye yet.
--nodeps :)
try supplying the option of your package manager to ignore the dependancies and everything shall be fixed.
As for the article - I also got rid of pulseaudio, although it kinda worked for me. I just wanted to be sure, that no re-sampling/mixing/sw volume adjustment took place. All this processing distorts the stream, and the quality you get is lower than with the old "single-app-blocks-sound-card" OSS. When I play a movie or music I do NOT want any other sounds mixed in.
The only use-case when I need mixing is when I play some music as a background and I want to hear my IM notifications. So, it will be best if I can switch easily (automatically?) between the two modes. Pulseaudio does not have this ability, that's why it is gone. I may try OSSv4 though...
P.S. To windows fans - in windows it is even harder to guarantee undistorted output - the directsound driver will resample and mix everything.
And maybe actually the universe is single threaded and nothing happens simultaneously. It is just too fast and we do not notice it. The "parallel" computing will be of no help in this case.
And, someone told me recently, blackjack IS dropped in many of the casinos. The ones that still offer the game do it as a favor to their clients. The casino managers know they may lose in blackjack, so there is a limit on the bets. Thus the loss is miserable compared to the win of the other games.
Actually you CAN win, and people DO win by gambling. So the average gambler is not fooling himself. If you think you WILL DEFINITELY WIN you are fooling yourself. So, knowing they may win, people gamble because they like the feeling of suspension. Of course, the other factors mentioned also contribute to the full casinos. As for the question in the article - i have worked for some time as a developer in the gambling industry. No one ever had mentioned it could be a black mark in my resume. And I have talked to some HRs and managers of other IT companies.
Anyway, they are better, because led is lighter than mercury.
I am tired of all the experts around, that know what the money have to be spent for. Too good, that their opinion does not matter at all. What matters is the decisions of people that actually have some reliable information.
And for the "suicidal" mission: Why would somebody want to stay here and breathe its last breath on this shithole, called Earth? Some people want to get away from here, and as fast as possible. There are people out there that have different philosophical views than you.
Sometimes lane splitting is done not by motorcycles but by cars. And, besides not being legal, this is tolerated by the cops and the drivers. Example - a 3-lane road becomes a 4-lane when congested, because when the cars move slowly they can safely be very close to one another. This often happens where I live, in Bulgaria.
... and that's what happens when several of them gather to play the game "limp bizkit"