i think the robots will still do more to increase leisure time...just not the workers who have been replaced's leisure time.
the people who designed/built/sold the robots, and the people to run the companies that bought the robots and laid off the workers.
you can buy a police band reciever over the counter, so to speak, about anywhere, legally.
you can also buy (legally, if memory serves and the law's still the same, it might vary locally) the chip that turns one kind of two way radio into the same that the cops use. basically allowing you to transmit so that they can hear it. ie, interfere with their transmissions. buying the chip is legal. installing it into a radio and then talking on said radio on police frequencies is highly not legal.
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this is interesting, and often times when i'm reading something printed, i want more information. if i were to follow a link everytime this happened, i'd never finish what i started reading in the first place.
occasionally, when i look something up on wikipedia, this happens. i get sidetracked by something, then by something else, etc...until i've got 12 tabs open, and i have to work backwards to get back to the original problem.
i could see this working if instead of sitting in front of the computer reading the book, checking out links as you read them, you could highlight words to be researched later. like the queue in netflix or something.
at the end of a chapter, i save my list, and it sends an email full of links to me for me to check out at my leisure.
doing it as i read would be too distracting. plus, the text i'm reading that contains links that i'm interested in following may explain themselves if i were to keep reading, making the distracting link follow process unnecessary.
registry permissions can be modified as well if needed. obviously this is only useful if the keys the game needs access to will not compromise administrative control of the machine.
the guy unloading the pallets of disks off the truck with the forklift doesn't just have to set them down. to carry the analogy farther, so that it's a more realistic comparison, he'd have to unload, sort, and open the dvd's, and get them ready to play, compared to dl'ing the data/having it accessible/etc.
Saying "You put it online, so you shouldn't mind people ripping it" is like telling a car dealership that they should accept that their cars are being stolen because they put them on display in their lot.
um...no. it's like a car "dealership" saying "i know we put these cars in the lot, with the keys in them, for people to use for free, but stealing them is wrong."
the songs aren't there to be looked at and not used. as far as i know, there's no limit to how many times you can listen to a song on someone's profile. just keep hitting play, and it starts over.
i used to work in an office, and i got there an hour before everyone else. (so i could leave an hour before them later...) i would get there at 7, turn on the radio to npr, and listen to the news. at 8, my boss would come in, and turn it to the oldies station.
one day, as she's turning the dial, she asks me "josh, do you ever watch the news?" to which i respond, "i listen to the news everyday. then you come in and change it."
"no, i mean the real news." she came back with.
"you mean, the news that's on tv?"
"yeah."
"um...that's not real news."
"why not?"
"nevermind."
the drive chain was certainly another big obstacle...but i had a somewhat convoluted way to make it run worked out on paper, but once the "this bike doesn't really drive sideways" issue came into play, i was no longer interested...
independent steering with l/r bars is an interesting idea. i've built some things where you couldn't weight the bars--like i you say--and it's more akin to riding a unicycle, in that you use your feet, legs, and butt to balance. stopping and starting are tough, but once you get going, it's alright. imagine starting to ride a bike with no hands.
this was an option, but it wouldn't really do much in the way of changing the steering, except for making the turning radius shorter. plus, if you check out swing bikes, these are actually sort of along this line. i wanted something new...hence the goofy steering idea.
In fact all sorts of sudden directional changes and steering become much simpler.
at first glance, maybe.
but think about this:
i'm a bicycle mechanic, and tool around with various art bikes in my spare time. one idea i had was for a dual steering bike, where both wheels turned at the same time, synched up with rods and bearings. the goal was to make a bike that travels diagonally, or even sideways, once the balance issues are worked out.
as i thought about this, it occured to me that if i was riding along at a steady pace on a northerly heading--say 10 mph, and turned the bars to the west a little bit--turning both wheels in the same direction--the bike and me aren't gonna all of a sudden gonna be travelling in a northwest heading.
the bike and i have momentum built up, as well the wheels act as gyroscopes, which aren't all that easy to turn while they're spinning.
as i go to turn the bars, i'll be tweaking the bike and me in the direction/amount i've tried to turn the bars. the bike and i will continue heading north, but we'll be sort of doglegged, riding sideways...
i couldn't figure out how to get past this, so i abandoned the project...
word. i stopped worrying about identity theft years ago.
also stopped "worrying" about whether i would qualify for a loan, credit, any damn thing at all...
how do you program the computer?
it's been said that this would not work on our current system of roads, streets, and highways. methinks it would only work in a closed system where all the vehicles on said system are computer controlled. in which case, swerving into a lane which would cause the current occupants of that lane to swerve out of the way, etc, would be avoided to begin with, as the initial swerver's computer wouldn't allow them to squeeze into/cut off the other drivers.
I'm thankful that MS Word et al. will at least auto-correct most inherant butcherings
really? i'm of the opinion that this is part of the problem. i'm 29, and i didn't use a computer to write a paper until college. the only spell check i knew was me reading over my paper before turning it in. i think autocorrect type features (grammar and spelling) make people lazy. i think they're a great tool, if used correctly, and i do use them when typing up formal written pieces. for posting on the internet, or using im, i tend to ignore capital letters, and minor spelling mistakes.
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i think the robots will still do more to increase leisure time...just not the workers who have been replaced's leisure time. the people who designed/built/sold the robots, and the people to run the companies that bought the robots and laid off the workers.
you know...for when the tubes are all filled up.
you can buy a police band reciever over the counter, so to speak, about anywhere, legally. you can also buy (legally, if memory serves and the law's still the same, it might vary locally) the chip that turns one kind of two way radio into the same that the cops use. basically allowing you to transmit so that they can hear it. ie, interfere with their transmissions. buying the chip is legal. installing it into a radio and then talking on said radio on police frequencies is highly not legal.
this is interesting, and often times when i'm reading something printed, i want more information. if i were to follow a link everytime this happened, i'd never finish what i started reading in the first place. occasionally, when i look something up on wikipedia, this happens. i get sidetracked by something, then by something else, etc...until i've got 12 tabs open, and i have to work backwards to get back to the original problem. i could see this working if instead of sitting in front of the computer reading the book, checking out links as you read them, you could highlight words to be researched later. like the queue in netflix or something. at the end of a chapter, i save my list, and it sends an email full of links to me for me to check out at my leisure. doing it as i read would be too distracting. plus, the text i'm reading that contains links that i'm interested in following may explain themselves if i were to keep reading, making the distracting link follow process unnecessary.
they're fucking Aristotle or something.
necrophilia is gross.
hey now. what happens at chucky cheese...stays at chucky cheese.
registry permissions can be modified as well if needed. obviously this is only useful if the keys the game needs access to will not compromise administrative control of the machine.
good to know. thanks.
oops. gotta go, mom says dinner's ready!
Besides I, for one, prefer this [vegard2.no] to Clippy...
of course you do. you can't see part of clippy's ass.
the guy unloading the pallets of disks off the truck with the forklift doesn't just have to set them down. to carry the analogy farther, so that it's a more realistic comparison, he'd have to unload, sort, and open the dvd's, and get them ready to play, compared to dl'ing the data/having it accessible/etc.
ok gene simmons.
Saying "You put it online, so you shouldn't mind people ripping it" is like telling a car dealership that they should accept that their cars are being stolen because they put them on display in their lot.
um...no. it's like a car "dealership" saying "i know we put these cars in the lot, with the keys in them, for people to use for free, but stealing them is wrong." the songs aren't there to be looked at and not used. as far as i know, there's no limit to how many times you can listen to a song on someone's profile. just keep hitting play, and it starts over.
yeah, when i see an attractive woman and think of my mom, i kinda get weirded out, too.
kinda my point. neither is necessary to live.
i don't eat either.
the TI calculators have cool games which get alot of use during monotonous lectures.
well, bring on the laptops. that'll make the lectures less boring for sure.
i used to work in an office, and i got there an hour before everyone else. (so i could leave an hour before them later...) i would get there at 7, turn on the radio to npr, and listen to the news. at 8, my boss would come in, and turn it to the oldies station. one day, as she's turning the dial, she asks me "josh, do you ever watch the news?" to which i respond, "i listen to the news everyday. then you come in and change it." "no, i mean the real news." she came back with. "you mean, the news that's on tv?" "yeah." "um...that's not real news." "why not?" "nevermind."
the drive chain was certainly another big obstacle...but i had a somewhat convoluted way to make it run worked out on paper, but once the "this bike doesn't really drive sideways" issue came into play, i was no longer interested... independent steering with l/r bars is an interesting idea. i've built some things where you couldn't weight the bars--like i you say--and it's more akin to riding a unicycle, in that you use your feet, legs, and butt to balance. stopping and starting are tough, but once you get going, it's alright. imagine starting to ride a bike with no hands.
this was an option, but it wouldn't really do much in the way of changing the steering, except for making the turning radius shorter. plus, if you check out swing bikes, these are actually sort of along this line. i wanted something new...hence the goofy steering idea.
In fact all sorts of sudden directional changes and steering become much simpler.
at first glance, maybe.
but think about this: i'm a bicycle mechanic, and tool around with various art bikes in my spare time. one idea i had was for a dual steering bike, where both wheels turned at the same time, synched up with rods and bearings. the goal was to make a bike that travels diagonally, or even sideways, once the balance issues are worked out. as i thought about this, it occured to me that if i was riding along at a steady pace on a northerly heading--say 10 mph, and turned the bars to the west a little bit--turning both wheels in the same direction--the bike and me aren't gonna all of a sudden gonna be travelling in a northwest heading. the bike and i have momentum built up, as well the wheels act as gyroscopes, which aren't all that easy to turn while they're spinning. as i go to turn the bars, i'll be tweaking the bike and me in the direction/amount i've tried to turn the bars. the bike and i will continue heading north, but we'll be sort of doglegged, riding sideways... i couldn't figure out how to get past this, so i abandoned the project...
word. i stopped worrying about identity theft years ago. also stopped "worrying" about whether i would qualify for a loan, credit, any damn thing at all...
at about the point where you get free email, search, news, pics, video, storage space, etc, no?
you live in a bar?
how do you program the computer? it's been said that this would not work on our current system of roads, streets, and highways. methinks it would only work in a closed system where all the vehicles on said system are computer controlled. in which case, swerving into a lane which would cause the current occupants of that lane to swerve out of the way, etc, would be avoided to begin with, as the initial swerver's computer wouldn't allow them to squeeze into/cut off the other drivers.
I'm thankful that MS Word et al. will at least auto-correct most inherant butcherings really? i'm of the opinion that this is part of the problem. i'm 29, and i didn't use a computer to write a paper until college. the only spell check i knew was me reading over my paper before turning it in. i think autocorrect type features (grammar and spelling) make people lazy. i think they're a great tool, if used correctly, and i do use them when typing up formal written pieces. for posting on the internet, or using im, i tend to ignore capital letters, and minor spelling mistakes.
congratulations, mr cox. i loved repo man. sid and nancy was good as well.