There's already at least 3 different kinds of USB cables I'm glad someone else pointed this out. I think this is ridiculous, personally. The entire idea behind USB is to make it universal. Yet, my MP3 player, my printer, my camera and my TASCAM US-122 audio interface all have DIFFERENT USB connectors. So friggin' frustrating.
He was handcuffed, on the ground, with six cops kneeling on him when he was tasered In fairness, you can't see that on the video. It seems clear he was on the ground and that 6 cops were on him trying to handcuff him, but there is no evidence that they were able to do that without having to resort to the taser. This guy could very well have been a threat to Mr. Kerry or anyone else in the audience. This guy could have had a weapon. Why should the police have done anything other than whatever they had to do in order to ensure a potential threat was neutralized?
Look, I'm all for free speech. I'm just pointing out that he was not tasered for being "annoying" or for asking unpopular questions or even for going over his alloted time. He was tasered for acting in an erratic and potentially threatening manner in a closed environment with a member of government present and subsequently resisting attempts to remove/subdue him otherwise. You can actually see him lunge toward the stage at at the beginning of the video, would we be having this argument if it was determined that he had a gun/knife and was intending on hurting someone? Given the information at the time, the police had to assume that this was a possibility and thus had to make a major effort to ensure everyone's safety. If this guy was really on the level, he should have calmly walked with the officers (regardless of whether he thought it was fair) and not broken loose and rushed the stage.
I love Trent and think he's a very talented musician, but I'm wondering if someone's back on heroin again. I agree that the music industry is ripping off the artists and the listeners, but when you sign a contract, you agree to many things and it's doubtful that the company with which the agreement was made is going to look fondly on any attempt to decrease what they were promised (i.e. profits).
Face it Trent, you've still gotta make a few records for them. Do what Prince did, paint 'slave' on your face and release a few "best of NIN" albums and then do whatever you want on your own label or just sell your stuff online, we'll buy it.
He apparently fainted and died at the cafe from exhaustion. 'The report did not say what the man, whose name was not given, was playing. How funny/sad is that? No "did he have a medical condition?", no "was there evidence of foul play", no "is there an autopsy scheduled", just "what game was he playing?"
Seriously. I think this is great as it gives at least some hope to the prospect of getting third parties on a ballot and giving them some sort of visibility to compete with the standard two parties. What I wonder is, what if a large, successful site (similar to Slashdot, but with an obvious political angle) starts to give enough attention to a third party candidate that seriously threatens the chances of the other 2 parties winning? I'm betting suddenly there would be changes in regulations. I hope not, but I bet there would be.
Also, I hope this Penelope thing goes through the usual Mozilla trend of changing its name 4 or 5 times Yeah, maybe something that skews a little younger so they can get a solid user base early. Something like.....Eudora the Explorer??
I am gross and perverted
I'm obsessed 'n deranged
I have existed for years
But very little has changed
I'm the tool of the Government
And industry too
For I am destined to rule
And regulate you
I may be vile and pernicious
But you can't look away
I make you think I'm delicious
With the stuff that I say
I'm the best you can get
Have you guessed me yet?
I'm the slime oozin' out
From your TV set
You will obey me while I lead you
And eat the garbage that I feed you
Until the day that we don't need you
Don't go for help . . . no one will heed you
Your mind is totally controlled
It has been stuffed into my mold
And you will do as you are told
Until the rights to you are sold
That's right, folks . ..
Don't touch that dial
Well, I am the slime from your video
Oozin' along on your livin' room floor
I am the slime from your video
Can't stop the slime, people, lookit me go
I am the slime from your video
Oozin' along on your livin' room floor
I am the slime from your video
Can't stop the slime, people, lookit me go
Are you also a fan of the WWF or WWE or whatever the hell they call it now? You are seriously one deluded, retarded motherfucker.
I watch neither of the above, and don't especially appreciate your tone there, tough guy.
You have no evidence for any of your claims, but you keep making up excuses to support this mysticism.
I made no claims/excuses supporting any "mysticism". However, I have experience that your painfully, obviously, inexperienced self could benefit from.
Real fighters fight in the UFC
*yawn* You sound like a frustrated, little, adolescent boy. If you want to continue in your homo-erotic lust for UFC, be my guest. I never suggested that any of these guys is completely without any talent. However, your assessment that UFC is the standard by which all martial arts should be judged is laughable, and eventually you will see that. Don't believe me? Are you still reading this and scoffing at me? Fine. Do yourself a favor, do a little research and find the nearest serious dojo in your area. By "serious" I mean a dojo that is affiliated with a mainline of a particular style (not just some place in a strip mall that says martial arts/karate/tae kwon do/etc). Pick a dojo, go in, and find their top guy. Attack this guy, and when you come out of your coma in 15 years (maybe) I'll be waiting for your apology. You have absolutely no idea what you're talking about. I have had the honor of training with an actual master (which by the way means the HEAD of a particular style), and have felt the true power of a refined, classical martial art and I assure you, UFC doesn't stand a chance.
I know I shouldn't feed a blatant troll here, but I just have to say that this idea of the UFC being the de facto benchmark as to how "good" a martial art(ist) is makes me laugh. Anyone who's trained seriously in martial arts will tell you that true masters would have absolutely no interest in UFC not because they're incapable of winning or afraid to compete, but because it's obvious showmanship and goes against most martial arts principles particularly "leaving fighting as a last resort". Anyone who achieves master level certainly does not do so by "proving" himself in publicized "battles", but by years and years of disciplined study and practice.
Besides, a true master of any art would never let himself get into a position where a much larger and more experienced grappler (to use your example) would have a superior position, it just wouldn't happen. It might not make great tv, but there's no way one of the "big boys" is going to get a hold of a true master, despite how much he can bench press. People forget that strength and speed are only 2 of many factors in what makes a martial artist great.
People have been forced to buy and use crack at gunpoint, including myself.
I'm sorry, but I don't believe that for a second. Why on earth would someone force you to use crack at gunpoint? If they wanted to "hook" you so they'd get your money when you needed to buy more, why wouldn't they just take your money at gunpoint? I just don't buy it.
Buzzword can import and export Microsoft Word documents, it boasts built-in sharing and collaboration features, and it has a rich, animated user interface
Great, an animated user interface. As if work doesn't suck enough.
, all of the data losses can now be attributed to a single incident, in which Verus employees left a firewall down following the transfer of data from one server to another,
I confess, I am not someone who works professionally in the IT field, so I may be off the mark here, but can someone explain a situation where a computer would need to have its firewall dropped totally merely to transfer data from one system to another? I guess it just sounds a little unusual to me. Is this a systemic flaw in the way these systems were being administered or is this someone leaving out an obviously crucial step in an otherwise routine operation?
He's weawwy twying to spell cowwectly. Maybe if he were a bwunette instead of a bwond, his post would be mow weadable. It could be that he's tired fwom hunting wabbits though...
I would say that I'd be open for the electoral votes to be cast not as winner take all, but, on a more % basis
That would be a fair way to do it as well. I understand your (and a few other posters') responses explaining the reasoning behind the design of the Electoral College and while I agree to a degree, it's just frustrating when you're someone like me who is a slightly left-leaning Centrist (somewhere between a Democrat and Libertarian I guess) who has the unfortunate situation of living in a redneck, backwoods, theologically crippled state like North Carolina. I get so irate seeing ALL of our state's electoral votes go for the Republicans regardless of how close it is in terms of the popular vote. So, I guess what you're suggesting wouldn't be a bad fix, as my main issue with the current system is that the "winner" only needs 51% to get 100% of a state's votes, and that just seems skewed to me.
As an American, I could not agree with you more. It's very unfortunate that a large portion of the voting public (those that can even be bothered to stand in line to vote in the first place) feel that their only option is to vote for one party or another. I believe that a large part of this problem is the ridiculous, antiquated Electoral College. It is precisely this sliding scale which makes it possible for political candidates to play the odds and take advantage of various "hot button" issues.
There is nothing more incensing to me than to watch the various political ads preceding any election as it becomes quite apparent how truly stupid the candidate(s) believe the voting public to be (heck I guess it's working, so they must be partly right). Being able to swing votes your way by trying to convince the public that your opponent is in huge favor and would prefer to kill babies (for example) is the type of "mudslinging" and polarizing ideas that get presented in these advertisements. It's unfortunate that a lot of the voters don't realize that they're being manipulated by allowing their personal religious beliefs to cloud their thinking and are putting WAY too much trust into people who would stoop to that level.
I would love to see the expulsion of the Electoral College, and I'd love to see some serious reform for campaign advertisement and debates. I'd prefer a much more level playing field. I'd like to see a situation where these things are controlled so that a grass-roots candidate is able to have the same visibility as a veteran of "the game". The elections shouldn't come down to essentially who has the most money to spend on advertising and who can hire the best "muckrakers" to dig up crap about their opponent(s), it should come down to who comes the closest to what everyone wants. I concede that if this ever happens, we'll have to listen to some real whacko's, but I'd much rather sit through a ridiculous speech of impossible campaign promises from some "nobody" than I would from 2 or 3 "somebodys" realizing that I HAVE to choose one of the 2-3.
the music industry was just as cold before the internet as it is now, if not colder.
Just curious, why do you think it's just as cold if not colder? I'm not trolling, I'm seriously asking your opinion. I am an independent musician myself, and I have done the "indie label" thing. I also live in an area that is definitely NOT one of the 'music centers'.
That said, I think that if anything, the internet has made the music industry irrelevant. That is, now instead of having to go to extraordinary lengths to get my music heard by people (i.e. playing lots of shows "on the road", mailing press kit after press kit, trying to get on the "solicited" list of record labels, getting magazine/zine write-ups, etc) I can create my own website, or put my music on any of the artist oriented sites to get the word out. I've actually been able to get in touch with (and work with) several filmmakers through my website which I would not have practically been able to do without the involvement of some professional representation if it weren't for the internet.
Personally, I find the internet very liberating as a medium for conducting music business in that it allows me to choose whether or not to involve anyone else (like a manager, agent, accountant, producer, etc). If I choose to allow one of my pieces to be used in an independent film, I can negotiate the terms directly with the filmmaker(s) rather than have the terms dictated to me. I also am free of the obligations that come with even the most liberal contracts that are rampant in the music industry.
And music that people make by themselves isn't necessarily bad.
That's exactly right. Frank Zappa did some unbelievably complex composing with no one but himself. Trent Reznor is a master of it as well (in a very different vein). Aphex Twin is another who is pushing the musical envelope with just 1 person, I could go on and on with examples.
However, there is no substitute for playing with other people in a real live situation 100% agree there. I am also primarily a guitar player for the last 20 years. I've since stopped doing the band thing for right now and am composing/writing music on my own. While I definitely agree with you that there is no substitute for playing and collaborating with others, I think you'd probably agree that technology/computers have made the process of CAPTURING those magic moments that occur much easier and thus have contribute hugely to music creation as a whole.
Now, when you're just "jamming" with some people, you can have a laptop there recording everything so that when someone does something "accidentally brilliant" 10 minutes into a jam session, you have it captured in a very clear, editable form. I don't know about you, but for me, this has been invaluable. There's nothing worse than doing something that just works for a song/piece and then never being able to do it again. One of the deciding factors in my buying my workstation keyboard (a Roland Fantom X6 incidentally) was what they call "skip back sampling". That is, it's constantly recording what you're playing, so if you do something great, you hit a button and boom, you've got a perfect digital copy of what you did. Many a great tune has been born out of an odd chord voicing, an interesting poly-rhythm, or the elusive "blue note".
Extra long load bank cables. Have your electrician make them up for you. If you make them extra long and store them onsite, you can use them to jumper out inside switchgear if you suffer a catastrophic failure (it might be ugly, but if done right, it can save your ass).
Hand operated pumps. If you have a pump fail and you need to get diesel fuel from your storage tanks to the "day tanks" of you generators, you'll be glad this is on the shelf.
Why not host your own blog on your own server? I mean sure, you're still subject to the possibility that your ISP may block your server if you get labeled as a "terrorist" or "dissident", but you'd likely have more control over your site (even in terms of what ads, if any, you wanted to serve on your site). Pick up a second-hand computer, install your favorite distro and have a go. If you do, try Thingamablog, I love it.
I don't know if I'd call them cheap. Check out this example. I admittedly don't know enough about rectennae so I realize I have no frame of reference for their practical application in distributing power over a few hundred miles (in terms of size, susceptibility to curvature of the earth issues, etc). However, it just seems implausible to me that if this technology were evolved as far as you and the grandparent say, that SOMEONE would have found a way to utilize it effectively for distribution, even in semi-limited capacities.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying you're wrong, I admit I know nothing about this technology, but I'm fascinated that it isn't be used yet. It seems like a very unexploited money making opportunity for an engineering firm somewhere.
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I'm glad someone else pointed this out. I think this is ridiculous, personally. The entire idea behind USB is to make it universal. Yet, my MP3 player, my printer, my camera and my TASCAM US-122 audio interface all have DIFFERENT USB connectors. So friggin' frustrating.
In fairness, you can't see that on the video. It seems clear he was on the ground and that 6 cops were on him trying to handcuff him, but there is no evidence that they were able to do that without having to resort to the taser. This guy could very well have been a threat to Mr. Kerry or anyone else in the audience. This guy could have had a weapon. Why should the police have done anything other than whatever they had to do in order to ensure a potential threat was neutralized?
Look, I'm all for free speech. I'm just pointing out that he was not tasered for being "annoying" or for asking unpopular questions or even for going over his alloted time. He was tasered for acting in an erratic and potentially threatening manner in a closed environment with a member of government present and subsequently resisting attempts to remove/subdue him otherwise. You can actually see him lunge toward the stage at at the beginning of the video, would we be having this argument if it was determined that he had a gun/knife and was intending on hurting someone? Given the information at the time, the police had to assume that this was a possibility and thus had to make a major effort to ensure everyone's safety. If this guy was really on the level, he should have calmly walked with the officers (regardless of whether he thought it was fair) and not broken loose and rushed the stage.
I love Trent and think he's a very talented musician, but I'm wondering if someone's back on heroin again. I agree that the music industry is ripping off the artists and the listeners, but when you sign a contract, you agree to many things and it's doubtful that the company with which the agreement was made is going to look fondly on any attempt to decrease what they were promised (i.e. profits).
Face it Trent, you've still gotta make a few records for them. Do what Prince did, paint 'slave' on your face and release a few "best of NIN" albums and then do whatever you want on your own label or just sell your stuff online, we'll buy it.
How funny/sad is that? No "did he have a medical condition?", no "was there evidence of foul play", no "is there an autopsy scheduled", just "what game was he playing?"
Seriously. I think this is great as it gives at least some hope to the prospect of getting third parties on a ballot and giving them some sort of visibility to compete with the standard two parties. What I wonder is, what if a large, successful site (similar to Slashdot, but with an obvious political angle) starts to give enough attention to a third party candidate that seriously threatens the chances of the other 2 parties winning? I'm betting suddenly there would be changes in regulations. I hope not, but I bet there would be.
Yeah, maybe something that skews a little younger so they can get a solid user base early. Something like.....Eudora the Explorer??
*apologies, it's late and I'm getting tired*
I watch neither of the above, and don't especially appreciate your tone there, tough guy.
You have no evidence for any of your claims, but you keep making up excuses to support this mysticism.
I made no claims/excuses supporting any "mysticism". However, I have experience that your painfully, obviously, inexperienced self could benefit from.
Real fighters fight in the UFC
*yawn* You sound like a frustrated, little, adolescent boy. If you want to continue in your homo-erotic lust for UFC, be my guest. I never suggested that any of these guys is completely without any talent. However, your assessment that UFC is the standard by which all martial arts should be judged is laughable, and eventually you will see that. Don't believe me? Are you still reading this and scoffing at me? Fine. Do yourself a favor, do a little research and find the nearest serious dojo in your area. By "serious" I mean a dojo that is affiliated with a mainline of a particular style (not just some place in a strip mall that says martial arts/karate/tae kwon do/etc). Pick a dojo, go in, and find their top guy. Attack this guy, and when you come out of your coma in 15 years (maybe) I'll be waiting for your apology. You have absolutely no idea what you're talking about. I have had the honor of training with an actual master (which by the way means the HEAD of a particular style), and have felt the true power of a refined, classical martial art and I assure you, UFC doesn't stand a chance.
I know I shouldn't feed a blatant troll here, but I just have to say that this idea of the UFC being the de facto benchmark as to how "good" a martial art(ist) is makes me laugh. Anyone who's trained seriously in martial arts will tell you that true masters would have absolutely no interest in UFC not because they're incapable of winning or afraid to compete, but because it's obvious showmanship and goes against most martial arts principles particularly "leaving fighting as a last resort". Anyone who achieves master level certainly does not do so by "proving" himself in publicized "battles", but by years and years of disciplined study and practice.
Besides, a true master of any art would never let himself get into a position where a much larger and more experienced grappler (to use your example) would have a superior position, it just wouldn't happen. It might not make great tv, but there's no way one of the "big boys" is going to get a hold of a true master, despite how much he can bench press. People forget that strength and speed are only 2 of many factors in what makes a martial artist great.
Got any documentation? Does the local news have a website? Local newspaper?
I'm sorry, but I don't believe that for a second. Why on earth would someone force you to use crack at gunpoint? If they wanted to "hook" you so they'd get your money when you needed to buy more, why wouldn't they just take your money at gunpoint? I just don't buy it.
Great, an animated user interface. As if work doesn't suck enough.
I confess, I am not someone who works professionally in the IT field, so I may be off the mark here, but can someone explain a situation where a computer would need to have its firewall dropped totally merely to transfer data from one system to another? I guess it just sounds a little unusual to me. Is this a systemic flaw in the way these systems were being administered or is this someone leaving out an obviously crucial step in an otherwise routine operation?
He's weawwy twying to spell cowwectly. Maybe if he were a bwunette instead of a bwond, his post would be mow weadable. It could be that he's tired fwom hunting wabbits though...
Thanks, but I think you mean http://en.meizu.com/product_m6.asp for that link.
That would be a fair way to do it as well. I understand your (and a few other posters') responses explaining the reasoning behind the design of the Electoral College and while I agree to a degree, it's just frustrating when you're someone like me who is a slightly left-leaning Centrist (somewhere between a Democrat and Libertarian I guess) who has the unfortunate situation of living in a redneck, backwoods, theologically crippled state like North Carolina. I get so irate seeing ALL of our state's electoral votes go for the Republicans regardless of how close it is in terms of the popular vote. So, I guess what you're suggesting wouldn't be a bad fix, as my main issue with the current system is that the "winner" only needs 51% to get 100% of a state's votes, and that just seems skewed to me.
As an American, I could not agree with you more. It's very unfortunate that a large portion of the voting public (those that can even be bothered to stand in line to vote in the first place) feel that their only option is to vote for one party or another. I believe that a large part of this problem is the ridiculous, antiquated Electoral College. It is precisely this sliding scale which makes it possible for political candidates to play the odds and take advantage of various "hot button" issues.
There is nothing more incensing to me than to watch the various political ads preceding any election as it becomes quite apparent how truly stupid the candidate(s) believe the voting public to be (heck I guess it's working, so they must be partly right). Being able to swing votes your way by trying to convince the public that your opponent is in huge favor and would prefer to kill babies (for example) is the type of "mudslinging" and polarizing ideas that get presented in these advertisements. It's unfortunate that a lot of the voters don't realize that they're being manipulated by allowing their personal religious beliefs to cloud their thinking and are putting WAY too much trust into people who would stoop to that level.
I would love to see the expulsion of the Electoral College, and I'd love to see some serious reform for campaign advertisement and debates. I'd prefer a much more level playing field. I'd like to see a situation where these things are controlled so that a grass-roots candidate is able to have the same visibility as a veteran of "the game". The elections shouldn't come down to essentially who has the most money to spend on advertising and who can hire the best "muckrakers" to dig up crap about their opponent(s), it should come down to who comes the closest to what everyone wants. I concede that if this ever happens, we'll have to listen to some real whacko's, but I'd much rather sit through a ridiculous speech of impossible campaign promises from some "nobody" than I would from 2 or 3 "somebodys" realizing that I HAVE to choose one of the 2-3.
Just curious, why do you think it's just as cold if not colder? I'm not trolling, I'm seriously asking your opinion. I am an independent musician myself, and I have done the "indie label" thing. I also live in an area that is definitely NOT one of the 'music centers'.
That said, I think that if anything, the internet has made the music industry irrelevant. That is, now instead of having to go to extraordinary lengths to get my music heard by people (i.e. playing lots of shows "on the road", mailing press kit after press kit, trying to get on the "solicited" list of record labels, getting magazine/zine write-ups, etc) I can create my own website, or put my music on any of the artist oriented sites to get the word out. I've actually been able to get in touch with (and work with) several filmmakers through my website which I would not have practically been able to do without the involvement of some professional representation if it weren't for the internet.
Personally, I find the internet very liberating as a medium for conducting music business in that it allows me to choose whether or not to involve anyone else (like a manager, agent, accountant, producer, etc). If I choose to allow one of my pieces to be used in an independent film, I can negotiate the terms directly with the filmmaker(s) rather than have the terms dictated to me. I also am free of the obligations that come with even the most liberal contracts that are rampant in the music industry.
That's exactly right. Frank Zappa did some unbelievably complex composing with no one but himself. Trent Reznor is a master of it as well (in a very different vein). Aphex Twin is another who is pushing the musical envelope with just 1 person, I could go on and on with examples.
100% agree there. I am also primarily a guitar player for the last 20 years. I've since stopped doing the band thing for right now and am composing/writing music on my own. While I definitely agree with you that there is no substitute for playing and collaborating with others, I think you'd probably agree that technology/computers have made the process of CAPTURING those magic moments that occur much easier and thus have contribute hugely to music creation as a whole.
Now, when you're just "jamming" with some people, you can have a laptop there recording everything so that when someone does something "accidentally brilliant" 10 minutes into a jam session, you have it captured in a very clear, editable form. I don't know about you, but for me, this has been invaluable. There's nothing worse than doing something that just works for a song/piece and then never being able to do it again. One of the deciding factors in my buying my workstation keyboard (a Roland Fantom X6 incidentally) was what they call "skip back sampling". That is, it's constantly recording what you're playing, so if you do something great, you hit a button and boom, you've got a perfect digital copy of what you did. Many a great tune has been born out of an odd chord voicing, an interesting poly-rhythm, or the elusive "blue note".
Uh...because you can't have people sign contracts that are being projected on a screen. Well, you could, but I don't know if you'd want to.
I'd say you'll thank yourself if you have some of these items:
A Spot Cooler- If you have a CRAC unit crap out and need some coverage while replacing part(s).
Replacement compressor(s)
A variety of above floor fans, and below floor fans (in case of water under the floor).
As many spare breakers as they'll let you buy. (that UPS is no good to you with a bad breaker downstream of it).
Don't just get tarps, get these tarps.
Extra long load bank cables. Have your electrician make them up for you. If you make them extra long and store them onsite, you can use them to jumper out inside switchgear if you suffer a catastrophic failure (it might be ugly, but if done right, it can save your ass).
Flashlights that will work.
Hand operated pumps. If you have a pump fail and you need to get diesel fuel from your storage tanks to the "day tanks" of you generators, you'll be glad this is on the shelf.
A megger.
A phase rotation meter.
A good circuit tracer.
That's a pretty good start.
Inconceivable!
Why not host your own blog on your own server? I mean sure, you're still subject to the possibility that your ISP may block your server if you get labeled as a "terrorist" or "dissident", but you'd likely have more control over your site (even in terms of what ads, if any, you wanted to serve on your site). Pick up a second-hand computer, install your favorite distro and have a go. If you do, try Thingamablog, I love it.
I don't know if I'd call them cheap. Check out this example. I admittedly don't know enough about rectennae so I realize I have no frame of reference for their practical application in distributing power over a few hundred miles (in terms of size, susceptibility to curvature of the earth issues, etc). However, it just seems implausible to me that if this technology were evolved as far as you and the grandparent say, that SOMEONE would have found a way to utilize it effectively for distribution, even in semi-limited capacities.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying you're wrong, I admit I know nothing about this technology, but I'm fascinated that it isn't be used yet. It seems like a very unexploited money making opportunity for an engineering firm somewhere.