Actually the upper bound is one quarter of the surface area (in Planck units so 10^-66 cm^2) of the volume enclosing the brain. That's the fundamental limit to information density in the Universe:)
Heh, point one is a given here on/. But as for point two, the overall conclusion from decades of twin studies and other types of studies into personality all show that on average, parenting contributes the least towards personality - genetic factors and childhood environment (culture, school, friendship groups etc.) each contribute far more.
Except that other than the ability to add friends the only 'social' features of Myspace were uploading photos (no tagging/albums though) and posting a comment on someone's page. Facebook offers an order of magnitude more ways of interacting with people, and they all support conversations with as many participants as want to be involved.
And that's ignoring quite how crap Myspace's interface was when Facebook went public; even now it's years behind.
Or for those of us with lots of friends/relatives it's a way to share information/gossip across a wider group of people than your immediate circle of people you see regularly, or people separated by distance, to find out what people have been up to, to see pictures of yours or others events. And then there's the fact that it makes organising social events a breeze, both mine or my friends and those by any of the dozens of club nights I might want to go out - people get an invitation, and only those who accept/say maybe get any of the further information that might be sent out.
Which I would imagine accounts for the vast majority of people using FB.
Nope, less than a couple of minutes on the phone last time I did it. I did get a letter a while later saying they were going to send someone round to check, but never did (or I was out).
I grew up with cats and was fine until I left home for uni at 18, then the next time I went home about 3 months later it was the works - streaming eyes and nose and constant sneezing. Same when I started going out with a girl who had a kitten, but after a year or so I was back to being fine, and rarely get any symptoms at all now - only when a long-haired cat is moulting can it be a problem.
Yes, iTunes is a POS, first thing I did when I got an iPhone was make sure the manage my library option was turned off, then selected manually copy files. Even then I only add stuff to my library if I'm adding it to the phone, and that still involves setting "part of a compilation" for mixed albums, and gapless playback for almost everything.
It might be tolerable if you could even just bloody sort/arrange things by path, but apparently that's not something you're allowed to do *rolls eyes*
Having taken all of those drugs and more over the last 14 years I'll definitely say that the scrambled and fried effect is a temporary thing, unless you really work at it;) Anyway, good luck with things, forming new habits is harder than it sounds, but well worth it to take advantage of our brain's wonderful auto-pilot features:)
Important things get added with a reminder 2 weeks before the event, and another one 3 days before lol. And hopefully there'll be an email on the day if I've synced my phone and Google calendar recently, and often a Facebook event... all I need to do really is try and build the habit of checking these things and then actually doing something or making a mental note rather than going "Oh yes, ooh, shiny, huh?" and forgetting:)
My first programming job was 100% Python, writing custom modules for print estimation for clients. My current job I'm doing Python 50% of the time writing plugins for our XML editor. Which is two jobs out of five.
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Cheers for the link, very interesting :)
Actually the upper bound is one quarter of the surface area (in Planck units so 10^-66 cm^2) of the volume enclosing the brain. That's the fundamental limit to information density in the Universe :)
You're too kind :)
From, an employee of the BMJ Group :)
Heh, point one is a given here on /. But as for point two, the overall conclusion from decades of twin studies and other types of studies into personality all show that on average, parenting contributes the least towards personality - genetic factors and childhood environment (culture, school, friendship groups etc.) each contribute far more.
It runs on roads in the end of town nearest East Croydon station.
Except that other than the ability to add friends the only 'social' features of Myspace were uploading photos (no tagging/albums though) and posting a comment on someone's page. Facebook offers an order of magnitude more ways of interacting with people, and they all support conversations with as many participants as want to be involved.
And that's ignoring quite how crap Myspace's interface was when Facebook went public; even now it's years behind.
Try The Light of Other Days by Arthur C Clarke and Stephen Baxter for a newer take on that idea.
Or for those of us with lots of friends/relatives it's a way to share information/gossip across a wider group of people than your immediate circle of people you see regularly, or people separated by distance, to find out what people have been up to, to see pictures of yours or others events. And then there's the fact that it makes organising social events a breeze, both mine or my friends and those by any of the dozens of club nights I might want to go out - people get an invitation, and only those who accept/say maybe get any of the further information that might be sent out.
Which I would imagine accounts for the vast majority of people using FB.
Love the analogy :)
No :)
Nope, less than a couple of minutes on the phone last time I did it. I did get a letter a while later saying they were going to send someone round to check, but never did (or I was out).
We drive on the left in the UK, but stand on the right side of escalators.
I grew up with cats and was fine until I left home for uni at 18, then the next time I went home about 3 months later it was the works - streaming eyes and nose and constant sneezing. Same when I started going out with a girl who had a kitten, but after a year or so I was back to being fine, and rarely get any symptoms at all now - only when a long-haired cat is moulting can it be a problem.
Yes, iTunes is a POS, first thing I did when I got an iPhone was make sure the manage my library option was turned off, then selected manually copy files. Even then I only add stuff to my library if I'm adding it to the phone, and that still involves setting "part of a compilation" for mixed albums, and gapless playback for almost everything.
It might be tolerable if you could even just bloody sort/arrange things by path, but apparently that's not something you're allowed to do *rolls eyes*
Great link, thanks :)
Having taken all of those drugs and more over the last 14 years I'll definitely say that the scrambled and fried effect is a temporary thing, unless you really work at it ;) Anyway, good luck with things, forming new habits is harder than it sounds, but well worth it to take advantage of our brain's wonderful auto-pilot features :)
Ours is called BigDogsCock.
Important things get added with a reminder 2 weeks before the event, and another one 3 days before lol. And hopefully there'll be an email on the day if I've synced my phone and Google calendar recently, and often a Facebook event... all I need to do really is try and build the habit of checking these things and then actually doing something or making a mental note rather than going "Oh yes, ooh, shiny, huh?" and forgetting :)
As someone with ADD and memory issues I too can attest to the immense value to my life my mobile phone's calendar has provided :)
Huh, good sexual advice on /., this must be a first in the 10 years I've been reading it...
Indeed, Soulseek is the only place to go to find music, and good enough that I send them a donation every so often.
Pretend they're virgins?
You too? I don't think I've ever completed a game of CivIII either, CIV was much better.
Indeed, are you Hungary bitches?
My first programming job was 100% Python, writing custom modules for print estimation for clients. My current job I'm doing Python 50% of the time writing plugins for our XML editor. Which is two jobs out of five.