All my life - people had problems understanding what I said,
or me having problems getting understood. My mind has been in a mental prison all my life so far, finding the keys to freedom is my ultimate task - funny thing is...the less I try...the more freedom I have. When I ramble science - I am sure to clear any company within 15 minutes or they could probably be declaired legally dead or sleeping. Now it matters very little...
You can usually pick these up at your local video-rental pusher. Surplus DVD's that went out of mass-popularity, top notch names, box office hits for measly 1-5 bucks.
They have a huge advantage over ex-rental videotapes. The videotapes used to clog your videoheads with "beer" and other dirt from other people's abuse, but the DVD's remain pretty good with minor scratches.
Now - when that "hot-freebie-tip" has been served
to you, we interrupt this message with a public service message:
Internet killed the video-staaaar...
Internet killed the video-staaaaaar...
What a good idea this is! Heh....he's right you know, they really DO save on every component they can when producing these low-end devices.
The good thing is that you can do this with other devices too - not just DVD players and such.
I'm quite happy about this Slashdot post as it has sparked me into something I really didn't think about. To me - IT SHOULD have been obvious as I have my own little private "electronics-lab" with all the trimmings a geek ever could wish for.
And yet it's all collecting dust. Time to dust off those Digital-Scope's, frequency counters, voltage meters & precision inductivity/condensator testers.
Btw folks - you can get HEAPS of CHEAP electronic-components from surplus sales
on EBAY. It's a goldmine!
Oh...and make sure you brush up upon those soldering skills
plus --> When you do this - remember - SAFETY FIRST!
Shitty code "as you say" will be replaced by better code - thats the beauty of OpenSource.
Everyone have total insight into whatever you contributed. Therefor you (and others) can make changes anytime you want to, or spot an error...or even just want to improve on the existing code.
Ive been witnessing the "blender" explosion over 3 years now and its absolutely amazing, kind of like Linux additions. People see that something could be improved upon...and they add their bits. These bits gets scooped up by the main contributors...and they approve of the changes....thus it evolves into better code..
..and who benefits fromt this? Us! The end users.
Ive been using the 3dstudio max software myself for 3-4 years because I bought it with my really HARD earned money, but every time I complained about a bug to Discreet...they either dismissed the problems as a "problem-with-your-computer-or-windows-installatio n" or incompetence on my part...
Whereas the Blender coders didnt even act that arrogant or nasty and just searched and "fixed" the problems in 2-3 days after reporting it
This kind of efficiency is incredible - and made me "switch" on the spot. I immedately tried to "sell" my license and luckily got a legal-license transfer from my license (3dstudio max).
Now - We receive software updates faster than we can compile (and yes...even me as a software user...have gone into compiling and error checking on the software because of the joint community effort put into Blender) because I too want to help out developing this incredible piece of software
This is an enormous demostration that OpenSource GPL software really works...and that the "idealism" behind it also really succeed with it.
I make a living of it...therefor Im entirely convinced!
Thanks to GPL weve got thousands of pieces of codes that
the community can both learn from and distribute amongst
each other.
Dont even think for a minute that the world is so "well-adapted"
and would play nice if we took away GPL.
Let me take http://www.blender3d.org/ as an example.
The community bought this excellent piece of 3d software free
from the grasp of shareholders and re-licensed it to GPL.
Thanks to that, its relatively safe from its actual competitors
such as Discreet(AutoDesk), Alias etc. This program is so powerful
that it actually can compete with the big ones, I know... I use
it commercially today to develop artworks for ad-campaings
that bring food on the table, but the GPL license made it affordable
for me to get a "start" on my own instead of having to invest
thousands of dollars into expensive 3d-software.
The big companies see us as potential customers as long as
Blender where inferior to their software, but now as it has grown
bigger...and more companies/personal users etc. are using
it...
Dont go thinking theyll play it nice forever...losing customers
theyll look for an "edge" somewhere...such as a license
infringement...maybe code or functions that are equal to theirs
SUE SUE SUE!
20 % alcohol = 20 Bigger moon
40 & alcohol = thats one BIG moon
90 & alcohol = the size of the moon is no longer
a concern of yours. You're somewhere else.
I'm one of those old "retro geezers" myself
that still have my old trusty SX-64 (Portable commodore 64..err...luggable) and an Amiga 1000.
Why? Exactly like the man said - they are pure gold when going back to the basics
Just think of it - you have limited hardware, but you know what you got. As a challenge you will try to stretch the hardware to it's breaking point and hopefully way beyond that. You thrive on new discoveries of what you can do with the hardware...stuff the hardware wasn't even made to do.
Another challenge is the use of the simple registers and limited math capabilities of those golden-days CPU's. Not to mention...trying to squeeze all of that fancy code down to fit the last bit of your memory. I taking out my trusty commodore, firing up the old Assembly Cartridge and go nuts all weekend. It may be sad and demented - but HEAPS of fun!
Give them the adventure of a lifetime! Take your
kids for an extended trip..lasting 2-3 days
out in the wilderness.
At first - they'll probably think you're mad and
go crazy over it and want to go home.
When the first period of "I-hate-u-dad" are gone, theyll realize that they have no choice but to make the best of it, and then together you'll
solve survival puzzle's and discover all the exciting things in nature.....there's nothing like the REAL aliens out there - natures own wonders...bugs...in all their colors etc. Your kids are sure to be fascinated.
Later - when they get back to their "tech" world...don't hinder them, let them play at will, don't be surprised if they try to look up the bugs at the internet...and want to go "exploring" at some later time in life - because this is the time when you'll bring memories that will live inside them forever!
Time is a concept because you die!
Tic...tic....and freakin tic!
You can't go back in your concept of time!
Whats in the past happened and is now forever
gone.
You can quantum this and quantum that until
you go tripping on a formula collection by
collective minds (read -> recognized math).
The biggest evidence to what I just wrote is:
"Seen your future relatives yet?"
Gah! Now go invent something that prohibits
the natural breakdown of telomere instead!
http://www.telomere.net/
Hehehe....Me and my riches.
Ive totally forgotten that there actually are people out there
with less memory.
It has been...oh....ages since I had anything less than 512 Mb
On...my old Commodore 64 perhaps...
Boot of a CD - problem solved right there!
There are numerous stand-alone bootable OS'es out
there (QNX comes to mind) not to mention all the
live-CD's such as SuSE, Knoppix etc.
It's your right to view any information you want.
Even if it's questionable. If that right is taken
away from you - you have no freedom anymore.
Is that what we want?
Who in their right mind would pirate windows anyway?
That would indicate that the product is actually worth something. But then again...that's mindless Freddy for you......you know - the idiot neighbour that wants to
have everything you have to make him seem smart and in the know.
It's like living in the Matrix - The makers of that
movie where actually onto something - there IS life outside the window.
Slashdot Mirror
Are you sure you want to know...? :)
...the less I try...the more freedom I have. When I ramble science - I am sure to clear any company within 15 minutes or they could probably be declaired legally dead or sleeping. Now it matters very little...
All my life - people had problems understanding what I said, or me having problems getting understood. My mind has been in a mental prison all my life so far, finding the keys to freedom is my ultimate task - funny thing is
MindPrison is a very fitting name...I think...
...This is definetively what he would spend his spare time on researching.
...is the DVD ex-rentals!
You can usually pick these up at your local video-rental pusher. Surplus DVD's that went out of mass-popularity, top notch names, box office hits for measly 1-5 bucks.
They have a huge advantage over ex-rental videotapes. The videotapes used to clog your videoheads with "beer" and other dirt from other people's abuse, but the DVD's remain pretty good with minor scratches.
Now - when that "hot-freebie-tip" has been served to you, we interrupt this message with a public service message:
Internet killed the video-staaaar...
Internet killed the video-staaaaaar...
(come on now...sing along)..
And I mean that a literal sense.
What a good idea this is! Heh....he's right you know, they really DO save on every component they can when producing these low-end devices.
The good thing is that you can do this with other devices too - not just DVD players and such.
I'm quite happy about this Slashdot post as it has sparked me into something I really didn't think about. To me - IT SHOULD have been obvious as I have my own little private "electronics-lab" with all the trimmings a geek ever could wish for.
And yet it's all collecting dust. Time to dust off those Digital-Scope's, frequency counters, voltage meters & precision inductivity/condensator testers.
Btw folks - you can get HEAPS of CHEAP electronic-components from surplus sales
on EBAY. It's a goldmine!
Oh...and make sure you brush up upon those soldering skills
plus --> When you do this - remember - SAFETY FIRST!
it wont.
..and who benefits fromt this? Us! The end users.
o n" or incompetence on my part...
Shitty code "as you say" will be replaced by better code - thats the beauty of OpenSource.
Everyone have total insight into whatever you contributed. Therefor you (and others) can make changes anytime you want to, or spot an error...or even just want to improve on the existing code.
Ive been witnessing the "blender" explosion over 3 years now and its absolutely amazing, kind of like Linux additions. People see that something could be improved upon...and they add their bits. These bits gets scooped up by the main contributors...and they approve of the changes....thus it evolves into better code..
Ive been using the 3dstudio max software myself for 3-4 years because I bought it with my really HARD earned money, but every time I complained about a bug to Discreet...they either dismissed the problems as a "problem-with-your-computer-or-windows-installati
Whereas the Blender coders didnt even act that arrogant or nasty and just searched and "fixed" the problems in 2-3 days after reporting it
This kind of efficiency is incredible - and made me "switch" on the spot. I immedately tried to "sell" my license and luckily got a legal-license transfer from my license (3dstudio max).
Now - We receive software updates faster than we can compile (and yes...even me as a software user...have gone into compiling and error checking on the software because of the joint community effort put into Blender) because I too want to help out developing this incredible piece of software
This is an enormous demostration that OpenSource GPL software really works...and that the "idealism" behind it also really succeed with it.
I make a living of it...therefor Im entirely convinced!
Thanks to GPL weve got thousands of pieces of codes that the community can both learn from and distribute amongst each other.
Dont even think for a minute that the world is so "well-adapted" and would play nice if we took away GPL.
Let me take http://www.blender3d.org/ as an example. The community bought this excellent piece of 3d software free from the grasp of shareholders and re-licensed it to GPL.
Thanks to that, its relatively safe from its actual competitors such as Discreet(AutoDesk), Alias etc. This program is so powerful that it actually can compete with the big ones, I know... I use it commercially today to develop artworks for ad-campaings that bring food on the table, but the GPL license made it affordable for me to get a "start" on my own instead of having to invest thousands of dollars into expensive 3d-software.
The big companies see us as potential customers as long as Blender where inferior to their software, but now as it has grown bigger...and more companies/personal users etc. are using it...
Dont go thinking theyll play it nice forever...losing customers theyll look for an "edge" somewhere...such as a license infringement...maybe code or functions that are equal to theirs SUE SUE SUE!
Darl McBride anyone?
We need GPL, now more than ever!
He'd be a GREAT coder if he could output the same amount of code as his words..
Yay! 10 project accepted for Blender! (*claps my little sweaty hands*)
...and NO... This is NOT an opensource kitchen appliance!
The more you drink...
...the bigger it will seem
20 % alcohol = 20 Bigger moon 40 & alcohol = thats one BIG moon 90 & alcohol = the size of the moon is no longer a concern of yours. You're somewhere else.
I'm one of those old "retro geezers" myself that still have my old trusty SX-64 (Portable commodore 64..err...luggable) and an Amiga 1000.
Why? Exactly like the man said - they are pure gold when going back to the basics
Just think of it - you have limited hardware, but you know what you got. As a challenge you will try to stretch the hardware to it's breaking point and hopefully way beyond that. You thrive on new discoveries of what you can do with the hardware...stuff the hardware wasn't even made to do.
Another challenge is the use of the simple registers and limited math capabilities of those golden-days CPU's. Not to mention...trying to squeeze all of that fancy code down to fit the last bit of your memory. I taking out my trusty commodore, firing up the old Assembly Cartridge and go nuts all weekend. It may be sad and demented - but HEAPS of fun!
Give them the adventure of a lifetime! Take your kids for an extended trip..lasting 2-3 days out in the wilderness. At first - they'll probably think you're mad and go crazy over it and want to go home. When the first period of "I-hate-u-dad" are gone, theyll realize that they have no choice but to make the best of it, and then together you'll solve survival puzzle's and discover all the exciting things in nature.. ...there's nothing like the REAL aliens out there - natures own wonders...bugs...in all their colors etc. Your kids are sure to be fascinated.
Later - when they get back to their "tech" world...don't hinder them, let them play at will, don't be surprised if they try to look up the bugs at the internet...and want to go "exploring" at some later time in life - because this is the time when you'll bring memories that will live inside them forever!
What good is it with a huge dumbbell on your your stick figure if you don't utilize it for least 90 % of it's capacity?
I've met smart people that solve advanced IQ tests with ease, but go trough their whole
life wasting their time not knowing what to do.
Time is a concept because you die! Tic...tic....and freakin tic! You can't go back in your concept of time! Whats in the past happened and is now forever gone. You can quantum this and quantum that until you go tripping on a formula collection by collective minds (read -> recognized math). The biggest evidence to what I just wrote is: "Seen your future relatives yet?" Gah! Now go invent something that prohibits the natural breakdown of telomere instead! http://www.telomere.net/
Hehehe....Me and my riches. Ive totally forgotten that there actually are people out there with less memory. It has been ...oh....ages since I had anything less than 512 Mb
On...my old Commodore 64 perhaps...
Boot of a CD - problem solved right there! There are numerous stand-alone bootable OS'es out there (QNX comes to mind) not to mention all the live-CD's such as SuSE, Knoppix etc. It's your right to view any information you want. Even if it's questionable. If that right is taken away from you - you have no freedom anymore. Is that what we want?
Who in their right mind would pirate windows anyway? That would indicate that the product is actually worth something. But then again...that's mindless Freddy for you... ...you know - the idiot neighbour that wants to
have everything you have to make him seem smart and in the know.
It's like living in the Matrix - The makers of that
movie where actually onto something - there IS life outside the window.