Actually, it is Carmina Burana -- or at least something heavily based on it. I've listened to CB on cd and in concert, and though I don't remember that exact section, it sounds like somebody just chopped up the vocals a bit so that it is in harmony or something else with the original...(have to sound a LITTLE original, right?) The killer is that the end of the audio IS the same as CB, exactly.
The thing that pisses me off is that the rest of the Carmina Burana is really pretty too, but people always play that first part, and then always say "Oh, that's excalibur!".
If you've got a few bucks, go by a cheap CD, it's pretty!
I'm part of a group that is testing laptops w/ wireless access at UC Berkeley... and I almost never use mine. I think it's often more trouble than it's worth...
but in mongolia, they don't have last names, so they must be really individual, right?
I think you're constructing a quirk into something that it isn't. it's like logic : F=>T is T. yeah, more group spirit, but the last name thing is not causing it, nor a sign of it.
I'd love to see this happen... I too get sick of people who dismiss things with a wave of a hand ("give me a paper clip and some scratch paper, I'll have it in two minutes"). People like to bullshit -- I'd love a chance for them to step up to the plate!
If banking was done on cell phones, things would be better... Think, 1. Unique ID (via sim-card type thing) 2. almost awlays on (few power failures/coverage blackouts) 3. untrojanable (or at least not now) 4. the promise of well encrypted communications...
re: Do you accuse anyone who disagrees with you of opposing freedom?
of course not -- don't be silly. I'm just saying that the BSD license includes this particular freedom (that GPL doesn't. Although GPL has many "freedoms" this particular one isn't included). That, and that Apple/Windows took advantage of that freedom, making much better OSes because of that. And that's their "god given" right -- the license allows for this freedom.
it tests how well you can answer questions about english grammer, etc. I've seen people with decent toefls that can't really explain things that well in english, ESPECIALLY spoken english.
again, Eladio, why are you trolling so much today? (see my other comment)
she's saying she's not able to understand her TA. She's probably a native English speaker. She may not be trained to be a professional english evaluater or whatever, but she plain can't understand.
I don't think it takes a degree or whatever certification you might have to be able to say "Damn, I really can't understand this person". In fact, since language is a "living thing" the best judges of comprehensiblity (sp) ARE the average citizens (perhaps averaged over groups or something to remove bad samples).
If you don't mind me asking, why are you so all over this topic? I mean, was someone you know once in this situation or something? Seems like it's hitting a mighty sorespot...
(note: I speak fluent Chinese, and used to live there)
I worked with this guy from China during the summer...and he had very poor English. Several times after meetings I'd have to go through what was said a couple of times (using both languages) and spent about as much time with him as I did in the original meeting.
It worked for me -- we were able to communicate.
My other co-workers? I don't think he was able communicate with them that much at all -- and it hurt the team as a whole.
My conclusion --
1. It's cool if you're from a different country
2. You should really be able to communicate effectively in English IF that's the language of your workplace. At least enough to fulfill your duties. We had Indian and Vietnamese co-workers too -- they had no problem with communication. Even though some had thick accents, thoughts were able to be shared just fine.
The problem is, not everybody is like this...
Please calm down a bit with the automatic race war trigger -- the real answer is not at simple as you seem to believe.
The same kind of license that allowed Microsoft to rip off the BSD tcp/ip stack and use it in Win2k?
...and then _even_more_ people benefit from good code! BSD is also the roots of darwin, and that's what apple is using for its backend on osX.
Yeah, MS sucks, but one of the reasons they suck is because their code sucks. BSD helped them with that (and at least it's a "standard" stack). Got a problem with freedom?
usually -fuck or -cum works for me. I mean, I may be reading something about "the male sex" or whatever, but I'm not usually reading something about the word fuck.
Also, -"credit card" and -"member"
usually filter out a lot of shit.
1. Somethink like freenet (in the caching capability) is what is needed. People who want pr0n and sports news highlights will be able to get them close to themselves (say, for instance, @home had a freenet node for every couple of blocks), and other, more interactive traffic will go across the net.
What is really needed is seemless integration -- i.e. you go to a website, and check out a URL for a sportscenter swimsuit video -- and they send you a... "forked redirect" (check A, if not A, check B, etc.) that sends you to a local freenet node or ordered cache server to pick up the information.
Even this little example is not perfect, though -- too limiting (and too "seemed" (!seemless) -- smarter browsers (first encode the URL -->freenet key, then look. If not exist, go directly "on the net"). (segue into part 2...)
2. I don't understand why people like to point to fixed routes as a solution. The less dynamic things get, the worse things are in case of failure, and, in a sense, the harder they are to figure out. DHCP, IPv6, routing protocols, Banyan's old NOS -- these things exist in fluid situations, and aren't hampered by failure, etc.
A more "organic" solution to this is already happening -- proxying, caching, and Akamai-esque things. This stuff is pretty much transparent to the user (good), doesn't do any exclusive "pick and choose from that selection" and if stuff breaks, the network will adjust itself automagically. (i.e. the proxy's down, so go out to the server and get stuff directly instead!).
Ultimately, the more we engineer our systems to be self regulating (with careful, well thought out protocols) the better off we are, and the easier the upgrade path.
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Check out http://www-inst.eecs.berkeley.edu/~cs70 I'm taking it now -- it's a great class. willis/
Actually, it is Carmina Burana -- or at least something heavily based on it. I've listened to CB on cd and in concert, and though I don't remember that exact section, it sounds like somebody just chopped up the vocals a bit so that it is in harmony or something else with the original...(have to sound a LITTLE original, right?) The killer is that the end of the audio IS the same as CB, exactly.
The thing that pisses me off is that the rest of the Carmina Burana is really pretty too, but people always play that first part, and then always say "Oh, that's excalibur!".
If you've got a few bucks, go by a cheap CD, it's pretty!
willis/
I'm part of a group that is testing laptops w/ wireless access at UC Berkeley... and I almost never use mine. I think it's often more trouble than it's worth...
willis/
This guy made a damn good point -- please, roblimo, show some discretion.
willis/
aren't Amtrak trains Diesel? isn't that also petrol-based?
willis/
you should try BSD. just maybe.
willis/
I just spent an hour looking at this and related pages -- thanks for posting the link.
willis/
but in mongolia, they don't have last names, so they must be really individual, right?
I think you're constructing a quirk into something that it isn't.
it's like logic : F=>T is T. yeah, more group spirit, but the last name thing is not causing it, nor a sign of it.
willis/
Thanks for explaining things to everybody else.
willis/
I'd love to see this happen... I too get sick of people who dismiss things with a wave of a hand ("give me a paper clip and some scratch paper, I'll have it in two minutes"). People like to bullshit -- I'd love a chance for them to step up to the plate!
willis/
If banking was done on cell phones, things would be better...
Think,
1. Unique ID (via sim-card type thing)
2. almost awlays on (few power failures/coverage blackouts)
3. untrojanable (or at least not now)
4. the promise of well encrypted communications...
what do you think?
willis/
can you please provide a reference to the X.com security hole?
Thanks,
willis/
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This thing's been going up and down like crazy!
/willis
no kidding. me too. DAMN.
re: Do you accuse anyone who disagrees with you of opposing freedom?
of course not -- don't be silly. I'm just saying that the BSD license includes this particular freedom (that GPL doesn't. Although GPL has many "freedoms" this particular one isn't included). That, and that Apple/Windows took advantage of that freedom, making much better OSes because of that. And that's their "god given" right -- the license allows for this freedom.
yeah.
willis/
again, Eladio, why are you trolling so much today? (see my other comment)
willis/
I don't think it takes a degree or whatever certification you might have to be able to say "Damn, I really can't understand this person". In fact, since language is a "living thing" the best judges of comprehensiblity (sp) ARE the average citizens (perhaps averaged over groups or something to remove bad samples).
If you don't mind me asking, why are you so all over this topic? I mean, was someone you know once in this situation or something? Seems like it's hitting a mighty sorespot...
willis/
I worked with this guy from China during the summer...and he had very poor English. Several times after meetings I'd have to go through what was said a couple of times (using both languages) and spent about as much time with him as I did in the original meeting.
It worked for me -- we were able to communicate.
My other co-workers? I don't think he was able communicate with them that much at all -- and it hurt the team as a whole.
My conclusion --
1. It's cool if you're from a different country
2. You should really be able to communicate effectively in English IF that's the language of your workplace. At least enough to fulfill your duties. We had Indian and Vietnamese co-workers too -- they had no problem with communication. Even though some had thick accents, thoughts were able to be shared just fine.
The problem is, not everybody is like this...
Please calm down a bit with the automatic race war trigger -- the real answer is not at simple as you seem to believe.
willis/
nice touch.
Most people have yet to realize this...
...and then _even_more_ people benefit from good code! BSD is also the roots of darwin, and that's what apple is using for its backend on osX.
Yeah, MS sucks, but one of the reasons they suck is because their code sucks. BSD helped them with that (and at least it's a "standard" stack). Got a problem with freedom?
/willis
usually -fuck or -cum works for me. I mean, I may be reading something about "the male sex" or whatever, but I'm not usually reading something about the word fuck.
Also, -"credit card" and -"member"
usually filter out a lot of shit.
willis/
I do believe that MIT/CalTech/CMelon/Berkeley
all have better _computer_science programs than Cambridge/Waterloo.
That's true, correct?
Sure, the world doesn't revolve around the US, but it does have it's highlights.
1. Somethink like freenet (in the caching capability) is what is needed. People who want pr0n and sports news highlights will be able to get them close to themselves (say, for instance, @home had a freenet node for every couple of blocks), and other, more interactive traffic will go across the net. ... "forked redirect" (check A, if not A, check B, etc.) that sends you to a local freenet node or ordered cache server to pick up the information.
What is really needed is seemless integration -- i.e. you go to a website, and check out a URL for a sportscenter swimsuit video -- and they send you a
Even this little example is not perfect, though -- too limiting (and too "seemed" (!seemless) -- smarter browsers (first encode the URL -->freenet key, then look. If not exist, go directly "on the net"). (segue into part 2...)
2. I don't understand why people like to point to fixed routes as a solution. The less dynamic things get, the worse things are in case of failure, and, in a sense, the harder they are to figure out. DHCP, IPv6, routing protocols, Banyan's old NOS -- these things exist in fluid situations, and aren't hampered by failure, etc.
A more "organic" solution to this is already happening -- proxying, caching, and Akamai-esque things. This stuff is pretty much transparent to the user (good), doesn't do any exclusive "pick and choose from that selection" and if stuff breaks, the network will adjust itself automagically. (i.e. the proxy's down, so go out to the server and get stuff directly instead!).
Ultimately, the more we engineer our systems to be self regulating (with careful, well thought out protocols) the better off we are, and the easier the upgrade path.
Yeah!
willis/
I'm interested in the results -- can you post back and tell if it works?
thanks,
willis/
the recent slashdot article reported that they had around 5-10% w2k, and the rest assumed to be freeBSD...
willis/