Soo many times I've wished computers ran on magic.
I wish computers ran on magic because then when someone whose expertise way outside of what I do requests an explanation and struggles with the details but is insistent upon knowing them, I could say ", because magic" then they would accept that and say "I see."
> I have never seen a Linux Install work out of the box. NEVER. And by work I mean you actually have something that you don't have to install drivers, compile code or update things before you can use it. You want a GUI? That's 4 hours of compiling things, and then you have to futz with closed source drivers that only work on one specific kernel version or hope the open source drivers even implement half the functionality of the windows version. That is NOT working out of the box.
"However, there is anecdotal evidence that these lyric websites generate huge web traffic and may involve more money than one might think. "
My anecdotal evidence is that if I am not quick enough with SoundHound (usually while driving) I google the lyrics then buy the content on CD or iTunes or Google Play. Music industry lawyers, your clients make more money by allowing the alleged "infringement" than not allowing it - just like in the days of Napster.
Now for a more productive post: This is insanely stupid. Since DJs are a thing of the past the artist/title usually isn't announced so unless you have soundhound ready to go what you do is go home and query on the lyrics, find the artist/title on a lyrics site then go to Worst Buy, Sprawl*Mart, or Amazon or Google Play or iTunes and buy the music. They're shooting themselves in the foot yet again.
Obviously the music industry STILL doesn't "get" teh interwebz.
They pissed away our money a generation ago. Right now they are pissing away the money of our GRANDCHILDREN and at the current rate within two years they will be saddling our great-grandchildren with debt.
At this point they have gone well beyond pissing away our money, the next generation's money, and are piling debt on the shoulders of our great-grandchildren. When they come of age they're going to be learning about us in history class and we are going to be viewed as the most fiscally irresponsible and selfish generation in all of human history.
> air conditioning unit (which can be run as a heater).
. . . providing you live where it rarely goes below freezing, or with the newest heat pump tech, -15c/5f, below which they become very inefficient and more than a few degrees below that point they cease to function. At my house (I live in NH) we use oil heat and wood, but I am adding a heat pump for my basement office/home theater next year. I expect for several weeks in the winter I will be back to space heaters when it dips below zero - and it will get that cold.
As far as Wince patents are concerned, a lot of them should start expiring soon, but of course Microsoft & Co. will pull a Sunny Bono and manage to get patents extended for lifetime of creator + 95 years.
Yeah, but they might hit China if they aim for us. They are a blind kid at a shooting range firing a shooting competition, hitting spectators behind the firing range. If life were Star Wars, NK would be Imperial Stormtroopers, who couldn't hit a target the size of the broad side of an Executor Class star destroyer if they were 20 meters away.
They also claimed self-buttering toast but really that was my invention. I never brought it to market because the bread market bullied me and took the patents. If it weren't for that powerful lobby you could be enjoying my yummy toast for breakfast as you cruise to work in your water-fueled self-driving flying car which was also stopped by powerful lobbies. >_>
> If you don't want to hurt people, you will be concerned about the long term effects of climate change and the effects of nuclear meltdowns. [...] Ask the people in Fukushima.
Climate change causes earthquakes now?!
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BINGO - that is, if he was driving in a safe (note: "speeding" is not inherently unsafe since the Federal lnterstate system is designed for unlimited speeds) manner.
Remember, the Federal Interstate system was modeled after the autobahn and intended to allow travel at similar speeds (including unlimited in rural areas)
It is much more difficult to obtain a driver's license there, and keep right (or keep center when there is a travel lane)/pass left is strictly enforced, as is DUI.
> Speed limits have virtually nothing to do with the quality of the road surface. It's about hidden driveways, pedestrians,
Almost 100% nonexistent on the Federal Interstate system, which is modeled after the autobahn
> wildlife,
which is why there are fences along almost 100% of the Federal Interstate freeways and many/most limited-access state highways as well, again, modeled after autobahn
> oversized vehicles,
Hmm, Germany seems to handle this just fine with unlimited speed in rural areas.
> bends, trees, sun glare, ect.
Again, Federal Interstate system, modeled after autobahn, and again, rural areas. You never see decreasing radius turns on Interstates - bends are constant and ones in rural areas are very easily traversed at 2-3 times the posted limit even in sedans.
Hell, the system was designed for safe 120-130mph travel in the 1960s, based on average suspension, brake, and tire designs of the time. Even a lowly sedan will outhandle a Ferrari or Corvette from that era.
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. . . and weeks to months to analyze the spaghetti code, db schema, etc.
Soo many times I've wished computers ran on magic.
I wish computers ran on magic because then when someone whose expertise way outside of what I do requests an explanation and struggles with the details but is insistent upon knowing them, I could say ", because magic" then they would accept that and say "I see."
> I have never seen a Linux Install work out of the box. NEVER. And by work I mean you actually have something that you don't have to install drivers, compile code or update things before you can use it. You want a GUI? That's 4 hours of compiling things, and then you have to futz with closed source drivers that only work on one specific kernel version or hope the open source drivers even implement half the functionality of the windows version. That is NOT working out of the box.
Try using a distro newer than 2001 releases.
> My family had ME. Occasionally it would boot directly to a blue screen.
Do you work for the department of redundancy department? When you first mentioned you had Me, you did not have to mention it booted to BSOD.
Sheesh. ;)
How is that a troll? Have you not seen what the national debt is up to? It's actually over $60 TRILLION now when all federal liabilities are included.
"However, there is anecdotal evidence that these lyric websites generate huge web
traffic and may involve more money than one might think. "
My anecdotal evidence is that if I am not quick enough with SoundHound (usually while driving) I google the lyrics then buy the content on CD or iTunes or Google Play. Music industry lawyers, your clients make more money by allowing the alleged "infringement" than not allowing it - just like in the days of Napster.
Morons.
Now for a more productive post: This is insanely stupid. Since DJs are a thing of the past the artist/title usually isn't announced so unless you have soundhound ready to go what you do is go home and query on the lyrics, find the artist/title on a lyrics site then go to Worst Buy, Sprawl*Mart, or Amazon or Google Play or iTunes and buy the music. They're shooting themselves in the foot yet again.
Obviously the music industry STILL doesn't "get" teh interwebz.
today, not a single fuck was given.
They pissed away our money a generation ago. Right now they are pissing away the money of our GRANDCHILDREN and at the current rate within two years they will be saddling our great-grandchildren with debt.
> But you are advocating pissing away MY MONEY.
At this point they have gone well beyond pissing away our money, the next generation's money, and are piling debt on the shoulders of our great-grandchildren. When they come of age they're going to be learning about us in history class and we are going to be viewed as the most fiscally irresponsible and selfish generation in all of human history.
> air conditioning unit (which can be run as a heater).
. . . providing you live where it rarely goes below freezing, or with the newest heat pump tech, -15c/5f, below which they become very inefficient and more than a few degrees below that point they cease to function. At my house (I live in NH) we use oil heat and wood, but I am adding a heat pump for my basement office/home theater next year. I expect for several weeks in the winter I will be back to space heaters when it dips below zero - and it will get that cold.
The attraction of this movie is the same as Battlefield Earth: It's just so bad and painful to watch that it's a fun waste of time.
That, and Dina Meyer.
They can't do that because Windows users will want to put the card in their PC to pull photos off.
But, there isn't any reason a proper ext3 or ext4 driver couldn't be ported to Windows. http://www.howtoforge.com/access-linux-partitions-from-windows
As far as Wince patents are concerned, a lot of them should start expiring soon, but of course Microsoft & Co. will pull a Sunny Bono and manage to get patents extended for lifetime of creator + 95 years.
Yeah, but they might hit China if they aim for us. They are a blind kid at a shooting range firing a shooting competition, hitting spectators behind the firing range. If life were Star Wars, NK would be Imperial Stormtroopers, who couldn't hit a target the size of the broad side of an Executor Class star destroyer if they were 20 meters away.
They also claimed self-buttering toast but really that was my invention. I never brought it to market because the bread market bullied me and took the patents. If it weren't for that powerful lobby you could be enjoying my yummy toast for breakfast as you cruise to work in your water-fueled self-driving flying car which was also stopped by powerful lobbies. >_>
It was referred to as a chip, not a scratch. Just grind/polish it.
> it will still fail eventually
Not necessarily, if he took the time to de-stress the chip. It will still be a weak point but will not necessarily propagate.
> If you don't want to hurt people, you will be concerned about the long term effects of climate change and the effects of nuclear meltdowns. [...] Ask the people in Fukushima.
Climate change causes earthquakes now?!
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Your ideas intrigue me and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.
BINGO - that is, if he was driving in a safe (note: "speeding" is not inherently unsafe since the Federal lnterstate system is designed for unlimited speeds) manner.
It works fine here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1G1p3B5cDgY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9O1j_BKnQY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpDxwrGb530
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H93tKq1aYB0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fooWuPuRLzQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pN_kPwMXzGI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoFsFBF2hWI
Remember, the Federal Interstate system was modeled after the autobahn and intended to allow travel at similar speeds (including unlimited in rural areas)
In some jurisdictions the legal definition of reckless requires that other drivers have to react in an evasive measure.
see: autobahn statistics
It is much more difficult to obtain a driver's license there, and keep right (or keep center when there is a travel lane)/pass left is strictly enforced, as is DUI.
> Speed limits have virtually nothing to do with the quality of the road surface. It's about hidden driveways, pedestrians,
Almost 100% nonexistent on the Federal Interstate system, which is modeled after the autobahn
> wildlife,
which is why there are fences along almost 100% of the Federal Interstate freeways and many/most limited-access state highways as well, again, modeled after autobahn
> oversized vehicles,
Hmm, Germany seems to handle this just fine with unlimited speed in rural areas.
> bends, trees, sun glare, ect.
Again, Federal Interstate system, modeled after autobahn, and again, rural areas. You never see decreasing radius turns on Interstates - bends are constant and ones in rural areas are very easily traversed at 2-3 times the posted limit even in sedans.
Hell, the system was designed for safe 120-130mph travel in the 1960s, based on average suspension, brake, and tire designs of the time. Even a lowly sedan will outhandle a Ferrari or Corvette from that era.
> Of course, you're still required to pay the tax even if the retailer doesn't collect it.
Which is unconstitutional because it is a violation of the interstate commerce clause.