I know that feeling. I wonder if it works like that with everybody?
I know that lots of my friends block ads only to speed up loading of webpages. It can be interesting to ask them.
I had a laugh from my parents. I built a PC for them (Ubuntu) with FF and AdBlock. They genuinely didn't know that Internet is full of ads. They've never seen one;)
>> Unfortunately, now that news is global, there is a vast oversupply of news reporting; thousands of newspapers to chose from. The news sources are simply driving each other out of business.
Which would be good from supply point of view but... The problem is that usually competition in this sector leads to survival of lowest common denominator. In UK the biggest paper is free Metro full of ads and only aggregating news as they don't do any reporting. Second one is The Sun, a very poor tabloid. And so on. Good papers are expensive (relatively, £1 vs 20p for Sun or free for metro). This leads to higher chances of survival of crap, as it's more cost effective.
I don't like the ads. But similarly like you I understand their importance to get free content. That's the reason I would like to have option in AdBlock to load ads but don't show them. Win for everybody. People like me who *NEVER* click on them will be covered, but sites will be paid.
I agree with you. Basic NLP is quite ok, but all more advanced stuff is crap. I wouldn't pay for seminars either, waste of cash. I'd like to go to see Bandler, as he's like a stand-up comedian, but that's another story. But some introductory books will not make things worse for sure. Some parts of NLP are actually useful - ways of categorising people, Milton model, presuppositions. Not to be used to force your will on somebody, but to understand the dynamics of discussions.
I cannot agree with you that all NLP is equal to horse shit. I had something like Milton model and presuppositions during Language Logic classes (vocabulary logic, not IT one). It used to be called differently, but the idea was exactly the same. Yes, at some point of time Bandler & Co went way over the top with some stuff, but some is actually based on science (to variable degree of word "science"). Also important thing is to understand is that it is not 100% infallible. We're talking humans here. That's where I strongly disagree with NLP practitioners, as they claim it's THE TRUTH.
You know, some of us are actually married (with a woman, shock, horror!) and we passed though lots of those pitfalls.
But back on subject. I suggest some NLP training - it's a good stuff if you want to understand other people. I know, lots of you will not agree, but I still believe that the basic parts of it are very useful, relationship wise. Best is that those not only apply to marriage but all kind of relationships.
Then I'd get into some books/audiobooks about negotiations. Only Win-Win stuff. Surprisingly helpful;)
You can also try to get stuff like "Laugh your way to better marriage". It floats somewhere on intertubes.
Go to elbitz.net and search there. They have lots of cool material. Just stop your urge when you get there and build the ratio as it's quite hard later;)
Have fun - marriage is to make your life better. If it is not going to make it better - why bother?
Only sad part is that in Japan those are evolving for peaceful reasons whereas in USofA for military purposes. Check recent stories about exoskeletons before you mod me down as flamebait...
Sad as cooperation for peaceful purposes would make world a much better place, and military one, no comments. Recently they started testing some of airborne droids to shot on meat targets without human interaction. Sad where all this is going...
>>I've also found going a few rounds with a punching bag to be something I can do without feeling like it's a big hassle. (though obviously this probably won't work in an office environment)
Actually most nutritionists/doctors suggest both at the same time. Exercise boosts muscle mass and metabolism whereas diet delivers proper nutrition. If you use only diet you will put on weight back. If you exercise but with crap diet you will build muscles, but you'll still keep all the fat (or even put more!).
Body is an interesting mechanism. When food is a plenty, it stores fat. But as soon as you start diet, metabolism slows down and your calorie usage lowers. Body gets into energy saving mode. That's the reason is so hard to lose weight.
My friend doctor told me: "Exercise, you will build muscles. Muscles use a lot of energy, so it will get harder to put on weight back." It works.
If it comes to UK it was mostly about database that should store them and information there. And UK.gov ineptitude when it comes to anything IT.
ID cards can be very useful - I came from country where those are the norm. But I strongly oppose them in UK as last thing I want is UK gov to lose a disk with all those details (like it never happened). Also cost quoted was ridiculous, just like all IT projects in that country.
Modern passenger aircraft can glide with engines on for about 30-60min before crashing. That thing, made for gliding can glide from 10.000 m whole night, I suppose... I wouldn't be so nervous about it.
Seconded. My 3rd party battery for FZ18 (brilliant camera btw!) is 1000mAh whereas original one is 710mAh. I much more prefer the non original one, obviously.
I'm doing it on IBM T42 with 1.7GHz PIV and Radeon 9700. That's like 4 years old. We really don't need faster processors we have already for general use computing. Games on the other hand...
I use Ubuntu (with Compiz), but I suppose Windows should be also fine, probably even better as drivers are faster.
And that's the point: SuSE or Ubuntu, or RedHat, or...???
There are too many variants. I have no problems with different distros but why each one needs to reinvent the wheel? Can we just standardise (yeah, we speak about standards all the time!) on major functions, like, silly, directory structure, to start with.
Don't get me wrong, I like Linux, use it a lot, but current situation doesn't help it much. It would be much better if all major distros got together and devised a plan to get to some point in interoperability. That would make everybody's life easier. They can still keep different packages, colour themes, etc, but at least make possible to create app and run it everywhere.
But at the end we are just a bunch of geeks arguing whos dad is bigger...
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I know that feeling. I wonder if it works like that with everybody?
I know that lots of my friends block ads only to speed up loading of webpages. It can be interesting to ask them.
I had a laugh from my parents. I built a PC for them (Ubuntu) with FF and AdBlock. They genuinely didn't know that Internet is full of ads. They've never seen one ;)
On /. only 12 years ;)
>> Unfortunately, now that news is global, there is a vast oversupply of news reporting; thousands of newspapers to chose from. The news sources are simply driving each other out of business.
Which would be good from supply point of view but...
The problem is that usually competition in this sector leads to survival of lowest common denominator. In UK the biggest paper is free Metro full of ads and only aggregating news as they don't do any reporting. Second one is The Sun, a very poor tabloid. And so on. Good papers are expensive (relatively, £1 vs 20p for Sun or free for metro). This leads to higher chances of survival of crap, as it's more cost effective.
I don't like the ads. But similarly like you I understand their importance to get free content. That's the reason I would like to have option in AdBlock to load ads but don't show them. Win for everybody. People like me who *NEVER* click on them will be covered, but sites will be paid.
I agree with you. Basic NLP is quite ok, but all more advanced stuff is crap. I wouldn't pay for seminars either, waste of cash. I'd like to go to see Bandler, as he's like a stand-up comedian, but that's another story. But some introductory books will not make things worse for sure. Some parts of NLP are actually useful - ways of categorising people, Milton model, presuppositions. Not to be used to force your will on somebody, but to understand the dynamics of discussions.
I cannot agree with you that all NLP is equal to horse shit. I had something like Milton model and presuppositions during Language Logic classes (vocabulary logic, not IT one). It used to be called differently, but the idea was exactly the same. Yes, at some point of time Bandler & Co went way over the top with some stuff, but some is actually based on science (to variable degree of word "science"). Also important thing is to understand is that it is not 100% infallible. We're talking humans here. That's where I strongly disagree with NLP practitioners, as they claim it's THE TRUTH.
You know, some of us are actually married (with a woman, shock, horror!) and we passed though lots of those pitfalls.
But back on subject. I suggest some NLP training - it's a good stuff if you want to understand other people. I know, lots of you will not agree, but I still believe that the basic parts of it are very useful, relationship wise. Best is that those not only apply to marriage but all kind of relationships.
Then I'd get into some books/audiobooks about negotiations. Only Win-Win stuff. Surprisingly helpful ;)
You can also try to get stuff like "Laugh your way to better marriage". It floats somewhere on intertubes.
Go to elbitz.net and search there. They have lots of cool material. Just stop your urge when you get there and build the ratio as it's quite hard later ;)
Have fun - marriage is to make your life better. If it is not going to make it better - why bother?
>>Frist Post!!11one
If only we could censor some parts of Internet... oh, never mind...
Only sad part is that in Japan those are evolving for peaceful reasons whereas in USofA for military purposes. Check recent stories about exoskeletons before you mod me down as flamebait...
Sad as cooperation for peaceful purposes would make world a much better place, and military one, no comments. Recently they started testing some of airborne droids to shot on meat targets without human interaction. Sad where all this is going...
I think they're also missing AI for 90% of "population"...
>>I've also found going a few rounds with a punching bag to be something I can do without feeling like it's a big hassle. (though obviously this probably won't work in an office environment)
Try your manager ;)
Actually most nutritionists /doctors suggest both at the same time. Exercise boosts muscle mass and metabolism whereas diet delivers proper nutrition. If you use only diet you will put on weight back. If you exercise but with crap diet you will build muscles, but you'll still keep all the fat (or even put more!).
Body is an interesting mechanism. When food is a plenty, it stores fat. But as soon as you start diet, metabolism slows down and your calorie usage lowers. Body gets into energy saving mode. That's the reason is so hard to lose weight.
My friend doctor told me: "Exercise, you will build muscles. Muscles use a lot of energy, so it will get harder to put on weight back." It works.
If it comes to UK it was mostly about database that should store them and information there. And UK.gov ineptitude when it comes to anything IT.
ID cards can be very useful - I came from country where those are the norm. But I strongly oppose them in UK as last thing I want is UK gov to lose a disk with all those details (like it never happened). Also cost quoted was ridiculous, just like all IT projects in that country.
I'd say it's WHOOOSH! ;)
"yeah, my spelling sucks, but i've been drinking for the last 13 hours.. can you do better?"
Spelling or drinking? ;)
Modern passenger aircraft can glide with engines on for about 30-60min before crashing. That thing, made for gliding can glide from 10.000 m whole night, I suppose... I wouldn't be so nervous about it.
Seconded. My 3rd party battery for FZ18 (brilliant camera btw!) is 1000mAh whereas original one is 710mAh. I much more prefer the non original one, obviously.
Rather more VPN servers you can connect to. Those are already quite popular in countries like Sweden, where bandwidth is cheap and plenty.
Also there is a chance of people going for seedboxes as prices of those also dropped.
Nice to meet you shitfuck. Welcome to Slashdot!
I'm doing it on IBM T42 with 1.7GHz PIV and Radeon 9700. That's like 4 years old. We really don't need faster processors we have already for general use computing. Games on the other hand...
I use Ubuntu (with Compiz), but I suppose Windows should be also fine, probably even better as drivers are faster.
Bite my shiny metal ass!
Which hasn't been incorporated into MSN/Live/Bing yet. There was a story about it on /. recently.
Simple really. How many 40" TVs can you sell? And how many 40" monitors?
Here's your answer...
Even get rid of your wrinkles...
And that's the point: SuSE or Ubuntu, or RedHat, or...???
There are too many variants. I have no problems with different distros but why each one needs to reinvent the wheel? Can we just standardise (yeah, we speak about standards all the time!) on major functions, like, silly, directory structure, to start with.
Don't get me wrong, I like Linux, use it a lot, but current situation doesn't help it much. It would be much better if all major distros got together and devised a plan to get to some point in interoperability. That would make everybody's life easier. They can still keep different packages, colour themes, etc, but at least make possible to create app and run it everywhere.
But at the end we are just a bunch of geeks arguing whos dad is bigger...
Has anybody checked whois database? Guys, it's fake, somebody made a website (hosted on godaddy) just to stir a hornets' nest.
Have fun being played...