Could this really be avoided? Is it still time to revert those climate changes? Shouldn't we be preparing for the worse yet? Instead of deciding whether or not it's really happening ?
Well, I'm french, and I do have phone + television + net connection for about 30 a month.
The phone is voip so it's not as good as a standard line, but it's free as long as you call within france.
The internet connection is pretty good and the television do have a lot more channels than the standard french broadcast.
Well, maybe it's just me, but I feel like being interrupted by IM, mail, phone, and (yes) needy co-workers in person have much to do with letting your mind float away for a moment. Those interuptions actually cause me a lot of stress. They can occur any moment, and most of the time you just can't just ditch people that easily.
Well, there are two trends of blogs I know about: - intellectual masturbation (as you said). Look, I found a journalist card with my burger ! - teenage craze. Show the world how cool you are and how many friends you have.
But all in all, it's pretty much what the web was already all about for lots of people. Blogs just made it more evident.
And I, myself, admit to posting with ego. Mod me up !
Maybe we're just getting old. I was 15 when I started playing to FPS games. Gee, it's ten years away now. Games have grown into an industry, and we've eventually grown into adults.
Not that I don't like playing, but if FPS games were just to happen, I doubt I would get as much hooked as I was back then.
Besides there were a great potential for innovation at the time. Nowadays with the current technology, I feel like there are only rooms for improvement left.
Yesterday I got called by a friend of mine (usual) who kept scratching her head on a malware problem. I took control of the machine through the XP Remote Assistance, and wow, I was just amazed. Pieces of malware by dozens, hundreds of infected files in any antivirus / antispyware. And those were unable to clean the machine - this seems more and more usual.
As a result, I got into hours of tracking, cleaning, rebooting, etc. So yeah, I can't make users who don't really care turn into wanabee sysadmins, but I can at least make them take preventive measures. IE & relatives still are the vector for most malware. So yeah, the security argument of Firefox matters to me, *A WHOLE LOT*.
Except... You're forgetting about the MS policy of doing things "friendly". Just get a pick at that new version of MSN, it's completely bloated with all sort of fancy features. This thing even scares me, tbh.:)
I think spam isn't the sole reason to be blamed, actually. A few years ago, the net had a huge appeal and was still quite a quiet place to be in.
The very first time I got myself into an online Diablo game, I almost went to the moon when I saw there were _strangers_ from some foreign countries _playing along_ with me. It was also exciting to get involved in some emerging communities, use ICQ and talk with complete strangers that live on the opposite side of Earth, and so on.
I think all this changed for two reasons: - we got used to it, no more magic involved. The net has become a daily life tool. - it opened itself to the mainstream. No more a quiet place there, nor people who behave themselves, but a sample of your everyday life humans, including all the annoying bunches.
Yep, I'm into learning Japanese, and I came here because anime made me used to this language. I got to love how japanese sounds, and was kind of mindlessly happy each time I could get the meaning of some very, very basic words. So, I naturally came to have a growing interest into Japan, and started to learn the language by myself.
Very same goes for the _halfwitted anime nerd who's "learning japanese"_, that's true: I can barely manage basic japanese. It's a long, long process that learning this language. It's entirely different from what you've seen. I'd be far better off today if I had spent that time and efforts into learning some western language, let's say German. But, well, I wouldn't have any basis in that exciting, interestingly different, and difficult language. Nor would I know a few hundreds of those pretty kanjis, as "halfwitted" as I might be.
as a matter of fact I think it's more than most, it's close to ALL. Human nature is to take the path of least resistance, and while some take to the challenge of stealing... most don't.
You mean, like, my least resistance, rather than making me enter a search string in some p2p application, will lead me to go out to the music store and talk to some salepersons ? You're new here ain't you ?
I didn't rtfa, but I'm wondering, what about mere "intuition" ? There's a whole lot of details our brain processes that are not bound to reach the consciousness level. The unconcious part of our brain nevertheless plays a role in the way we think, and "gives us warnings" in the form of "impressions", "feelings", etc. I wouldn't think a sixth sense is involved here.
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Isn't the funniest part of this the fact you've been moderated "Informative" ?
Could this really be avoided? Is it still time to revert those climate changes?
Shouldn't we be preparing for the worse yet?
Instead of deciding whether or not it's really happening ?
Well, I'm french, and I do have phone + television + net connection for about 30 a month. The phone is voip so it's not as good as a standard line, but it's free as long as you call within france. The internet connection is pretty good and the television do have a lot more channels than the standard french broadcast.
...a USB device that releases an aroma when you receive an email from a loved one...
Why part of the loved one does it smell like ? I smell something fishy here.
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Your faithfully,
Zorro.
EDIT: I don't feel like.
My bad.
Well, maybe it's just me, but I feel like being interrupted by IM, mail, phone, and (yes) needy co-workers in person have much to do with letting your mind float away for a moment. Those interuptions actually cause me a lot of stress. They can occur any moment, and most of the time you just can't just ditch people that easily.
Well, there are two trends of blogs I know about :
- intellectual masturbation (as you said). Look, I found a journalist card with my burger !
- teenage craze. Show the world how cool you are and how many friends you have.
But all in all, it's pretty much what the web was already all about for lots of people. Blogs just made it more evident.
And I, myself, admit to posting with ego. Mod me up !
is there any effective measure to be taken besides relying on intelligence services ?
Will cool down your system to a great extent and kill any fly in your room !
Maybe we're just getting old. I was 15 when I started playing to FPS games. Gee, it's ten years away now. Games have grown into an industry, and we've eventually grown into adults.
Not that I don't like playing, but if FPS games were just to happen, I doubt I would get as much hooked as I was back then.
Besides there were a great potential for innovation at the time. Nowadays with the current technology, I feel like there are only rooms for improvement left.
Yesterday I got called by a friend of mine (usual) who kept scratching her head on a malware problem. I took control of the machine through the XP Remote Assistance, and wow, I was just amazed. Pieces of malware by dozens, hundreds of infected files in any antivirus / antispyware. And those were unable to clean the machine - this seems more and more usual.
As a result, I got into hours of tracking, cleaning, rebooting, etc. So yeah, I can't make users who don't really care turn into wanabee sysadmins, but I can at least make them take preventive measures. IE & relatives still are the vector for most malware. So yeah, the security argument of Firefox matters to me, *A WHOLE LOT*.
Except... You're forgetting about the MS policy of doing things "friendly". Just get a pick at that new version of MSN, it's completely bloated with all sort of fancy features. This thing even scares me, tbh. :)
I second that. I've come from one extreme to the other, I can no longer stand being interrupted any time by an IM client.
"Instant" is too much stress. Mail makes filtering and postponing easy.
I think spam isn't the sole reason to be blamed, actually. A few years ago, the net had a huge appeal and was still quite a quiet place to be in.
:
The very first time I got myself into an online Diablo game, I almost went to the moon when I saw there were _strangers_ from some foreign countries _playing along_ with me. It was also exciting to get involved in some emerging communities, use ICQ and talk with complete strangers that live on the opposite side of Earth, and so on.
I think all this changed for two reasons
- we got used to it, no more magic involved. The net has become a daily life tool.
- it opened itself to the mainstream. No more a quiet place there, nor people who behave themselves, but a sample of your everyday life humans, including all the annoying bunches.
Yep, I'm into learning Japanese, and I came here because anime made me used to this language. I got to love how japanese sounds, and was kind of mindlessly happy each time I could get the meaning of some very, very basic words. So, I naturally came to have a growing interest into Japan, and started to learn the language by myself.
Very same goes for the _halfwitted anime nerd who's "learning japanese"_, that's true: I can barely manage basic japanese. It's a long, long process that learning this language. It's entirely different from what you've seen. I'd be far better off today if I had spent that time and efforts into learning some western language, let's say German. But, well, I wouldn't have any basis in that exciting, interestingly different, and difficult language. Nor would I know a few hundreds of those pretty kanjis, as "halfwitted" as I might be.
Your devoted anime fanboy.
You mean, like, my least resistance, rather than making me enter a search string in some p2p application, will lead me to go out to the music store and talk to some salepersons ? You're new here ain't you ?
Bush II, the revenge returns.
I didn't rtfa, but I'm wondering, what about mere "intuition" ? There's a whole lot of details our brain processes that are not bound to reach the consciousness level. The unconcious part of our brain nevertheless plays a role in the way we think, and "gives us warnings" in the form of "impressions", "feelings", etc. I wouldn't think a sixth sense is involved here.
So..... When are we going to visit the people on other planets and scare them off by randomly appearing in the sky ? :p