The Beatles haven't outlasted their generation. It takes a while for things that are quite popular to really outlast their generation, hell, there's even two beatles left alive. How's that outlasting their generation if even they themselves are still around?
Mozart and other classics HAVE outlasted their generation. Most definitely. But I somehow doubt anyone will know what The Beatles were in a few hundred years, but they'll probably still know Mozart, Strauss and the others. Hell, they might even still know Morrison and Presley, perhaps even some Sinatra. Why? Because they were more than just very popular, very well marketed music.
The only innovation The Beatles did was become the first pop band as we know them today. Talentless and popular. Being the first they perhaps weren't quite talentless, but they were as creative and artistic as Britney Spears.
Interesting observation actually, I think many more modern youth know Frank Sinatra than they do the Beatles.
Of course not all great music was done in that classical span of a hundred years, but I really wouldn't call The Beatles as something all that worthwhile. Dunno, they just don't seem all that special and most other people under 30 that I ask also seem to agree. Perhaps it's just not what's "in" these days as we seem to be far more into 1950's, 1970's and 1980's music than 1960's. Interesting no?
Also, strangely enough, I can't find a single person above 15 who likes 2000's music. Why is that?
Look I'm sorry but The Beatles are nowhere NEAR Mozart, Bach, Beethoven and the likes. Please don't even hint at the possibility that they might be timeless even taking into account that "timeless" really means "until the end of our civilisation". The moment everybody who remembers them from their youth dies, The Beatles will fade into obscurity and/or will become an musicophiliac's thing.
Hell, Marlene Dietrich was "timeless", now most people don't even know who she was, same goes for people like von Braun, Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Marlon Brando etc. etc. All very well known, all very timeless, all almost unknown of amongst the modern youth.
Probably depends on how it's done. If you just swing emptily around with gestures, that's boring. But if the motion of your wiimote is directly translated into the motions of your character's sword then that's something. But such a game with all its procedural programming would probably be top news on slashdot throughout its development like Spore was and wouldn't just be "a couple of games..."
Actually we should also ban being in public, since people often use this so called "public" for meeting. We should also ban all types of corporations, since people meet ther too, oh and lets not forget that homes need to be banned since people meet there as well. So basically we should probably ban the planet Earth form existance all together, since terrorists seem to be using it for meeting and planning.
No, 1st person shooters on a wiimote? That's insane, you'd _actually_ have to be a good shot to be any good at the game and I doubt most gamers are.
However I can't think of a better way to play Diablo or some other hack&slash than with a wiimote that carefully translates your actions into sword movements. THAT would be awesome! Does it even have enough precision by the way?
In slovenia postgrad "students" usually ARE paid for their research and their tuition only goes towards the few classes and exams they take on the course to their master's or doctorate. I think that's a lovely solution to the whole IP thing, because you were paid to invent and got to do the thesis on paid time, it's only fair that the university gets what you invent.
More often than not, if you want to develop your research further than the thesis after getting your doctorate they are willing to continue paying you to do so.
Nah, just that this is Europe. We don't care about sex and skimpy clothing in public. We just get turned off by breastfeeding so we don't like it in public... you know, just like seeing someone take a poo in the middle of the street would be offputting.
Are you saying people don't realise that it's the monkey in them where those kneejerk reactions come from? Sounds awfully silly of them to be behaving in exactly the way they dislike being reminded of.
And yet sex is an intimate act between two individuals just because certain religions and cultures have deemed it so. It used to be just about procreation and there was zero emotion or intimacy attached, do you see monkeys having trouble with sexual acts in public? No, because it's a normal act of furthering the species.
I can assure you that one does not gather a crowd with having sex in public. It would seem that nobody cares and will at most give you a passing glance they otherwise would not.
Who cares about the bloody children. Do YOU want to be seeing ugly naked people everywhere? Breastfeeding is where it starts, next you'll see a fat chick with saggy bewbs the size of a small country taking her shirt off in public just because she can. Or worse, some hairy man will take off his shorts because it's more comfortable.
Just why exactly isn't it illegal to breastfeed in public when it's illegal to have sex in public? Both are equally natural and equally disconcerting to everyone but the people involved.
Last time I did an ubuntu version update the files downloaded in 20minutes. But I guess we should all blame our slow network connections on the OS, because naturally windows takes so much less time to download 600 megs than Ubuntu does.
And you couldn't install flash properly over that VNC why exactly? See this is why I'd opt to install linux on an old person's computer: instant ssh access when something breaks so I can fix it without their being any the wiser.
But now it is used for all kinds of financial transactions any organization has to guard those 9 numbers better than Fort Knox guards its gold.
Fort Knox still has gold!? I thought with how all american money is based on credit they'd have stacks upon stacks of paper specifying just how much imaginary money there is. Guess I was wrong and that gold can just be pumped back into the economy thus saving the day. hooray
Graphics tablets are great and I use them all the time for drawing. But I find using one for day-to-day "mousing" becomes problematic after a while because of the exercise. Then again, maybe I just have too large a tablet sine it was bought mainly for drawing.
Biggest problem I have with the tablet when clicking is that I find it to be too accurate. It registers every little tremble in my hand, which is good for drawing, but very bad for, say, selecting text or clicking a small button.
I know you're trying to be sarcastic, but you're onto something now. Since that myspace chick got sentenced for fraud or whatnot because of registering under a false name then, legally, any name you put into facebook is either your real name and thus a legal representation of yourself, or you're a criminal and... well, if they find the papers weren't properly served because the name wasn't real then...
Oh I don't know. It's all become such a big mess, no wonder we need lawyers to clear up these things.
Alright true, moving a mouse or using a trackpad is rather similar. But what about clicking?
The main thing with tactile responses are, imho, keyboards not so much mice. Mice come into play more when we're talking about the gorilla arm syndrome.
A large plastic bulk that moves where you move it isn't tactile enough for you? How did you ever get through all those primary school PE classes that involve balls?
It's not that. Smart-assery is the substitution for physical and economical weakness. Since you can't beat them at life you can at least pretend you're smarter and of quicker thought.
Which since the brain gets dumber and slower with age you are. It's, so to say, a young person's single advantage over their elders. So they use it in the ever popular battles of supremacy between alpha figures.
You should've read the parent post as well. They said the solution to the gorilla arm syndrome would be to put the touch-screen where the keyboard is now. I just pointed out the glaring fault in that setup;)
Most people I know don't really read books for 8 hours every day in that position. In fact, most pick it up and lean back when they read for an extended period of time.
Same goes for writing, you'll notice most kids at school (the kind of people who _actually_ write by hand for extended periods of time these days) lean back most of the time to reduce neck and shoulder strain.
Hell, even a lot of typists lean back a lot of the time to reduce neck and shoulder strain.
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The Beatles haven't outlasted their generation. It takes a while for things that are quite popular to really outlast their generation, hell, there's even two beatles left alive. How's that outlasting their generation if even they themselves are still around?
Mozart and other classics HAVE outlasted their generation. Most definitely. But I somehow doubt anyone will know what The Beatles were in a few hundred years, but they'll probably still know Mozart, Strauss and the others. Hell, they might even still know Morrison and Presley, perhaps even some Sinatra. Why? Because they were more than just very popular, very well marketed music.
The only innovation The Beatles did was become the first pop band as we know them today. Talentless and popular. Being the first they perhaps weren't quite talentless, but they were as creative and artistic as Britney Spears.
Interesting observation actually, I think many more modern youth know Frank Sinatra than they do the Beatles.
Of course not all great music was done in that classical span of a hundred years, but I really wouldn't call The Beatles as something all that worthwhile. Dunno, they just don't seem all that special and most other people under 30 that I ask also seem to agree. Perhaps it's just not what's "in" these days as we seem to be far more into 1950's, 1970's and 1980's music than 1960's. Interesting no?
Also, strangely enough, I can't find a single person above 15 who likes 2000's music. Why is that?
Look I'm sorry but The Beatles are nowhere NEAR Mozart, Bach, Beethoven and the likes. Please don't even hint at the possibility that they might be timeless even taking into account that "timeless" really means "until the end of our civilisation". The moment everybody who remembers them from their youth dies, The Beatles will fade into obscurity and/or will become an musicophiliac's thing.
Hell, Marlene Dietrich was "timeless", now most people don't even know who she was, same goes for people like von Braun, Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Marlon Brando etc. etc. All very well known, all very timeless, all almost unknown of amongst the modern youth.
Probably depends on how it's done. If you just swing emptily around with gestures, that's boring. But if the motion of your wiimote is directly translated into the motions of your character's sword then that's something. But such a game with all its procedural programming would probably be top news on slashdot throughout its development like Spore was and wouldn't just be "a couple of games ..."
Actually we should also ban being in public, since people often use this so called "public" for meeting. We should also ban all types of corporations, since people meet ther too, oh and lets not forget that homes need to be banned since people meet there as well. So basically we should probably ban the planet Earth form existance all together, since terrorists seem to be using it for meeting and planning.
I didn't say it would be easy. But it would be AWESOME! :P
No, 1st person shooters on a wiimote? That's insane, you'd _actually_ have to be a good shot to be any good at the game and I doubt most gamers are.
However I can't think of a better way to play Diablo or some other hack&slash than with a wiimote that carefully translates your actions into sword movements. THAT would be awesome! Does it even have enough precision by the way?
In slovenia postgrad "students" usually ARE paid for their research and their tuition only goes towards the few classes and exams they take on the course to their master's or doctorate. I think that's a lovely solution to the whole IP thing, because you were paid to invent and got to do the thesis on paid time, it's only fair that the university gets what you invent.
More often than not, if you want to develop your research further than the thesis after getting your doctorate they are willing to continue paying you to do so.
Nah, just that this is Europe. We don't care about sex and skimpy clothing in public. We just get turned off by breastfeeding so we don't like it in public ... you know, just like seeing someone take a poo in the middle of the street would be offputting.
Are you saying people don't realise that it's the monkey in them where those kneejerk reactions come from? Sounds awfully silly of them to be behaving in exactly the way they dislike being reminded of.
And yet sex is an intimate act between two individuals just because certain religions and cultures have deemed it so. It used to be just about procreation and there was zero emotion or intimacy attached, do you see monkeys having trouble with sexual acts in public? No, because it's a normal act of furthering the species.
Next argument please.
I can assure you that one does not gather a crowd with having sex in public. It would seem that nobody cares and will at most give you a passing glance they otherwise would not.
Who cares about the bloody children. Do YOU want to be seeing ugly naked people everywhere? Breastfeeding is where it starts, next you'll see a fat chick with saggy bewbs the size of a small country taking her shirt off in public just because she can. Or worse, some hairy man will take off his shorts because it's more comfortable.
Just why exactly isn't it illegal to breastfeed in public when it's illegal to have sex in public? Both are equally natural and equally disconcerting to everyone but the people involved.
Last time I did an ubuntu version update the files downloaded in 20minutes. But I guess we should all blame our slow network connections on the OS, because naturally windows takes so much less time to download 600 megs than Ubuntu does.
And you couldn't install flash properly over that VNC why exactly? See this is why I'd opt to install linux on an old person's computer: instant ssh access when something breaks so I can fix it without their being any the wiser.
But now it is used for all kinds of financial transactions any organization has to guard those 9 numbers better than Fort Knox guards its gold.
Fort Knox still has gold!? I thought with how all american money is based on credit they'd have stacks upon stacks of paper specifying just how much imaginary money there is. Guess I was wrong and that gold can just be pumped back into the economy thus saving the day. hooray
True, but the precedent still gives a very good basis for anyone wanting to exploit it.
Graphics tablets are great and I use them all the time for drawing. But I find using one for day-to-day "mousing" becomes problematic after a while because of the exercise. Then again, maybe I just have too large a tablet sine it was bought mainly for drawing.
Biggest problem I have with the tablet when clicking is that I find it to be too accurate. It registers every little tremble in my hand, which is good for drawing, but very bad for, say, selecting text or clicking a small button.
I know you're trying to be sarcastic, but you're onto something now. Since that myspace chick got sentenced for fraud or whatnot because of registering under a false name then, legally, any name you put into facebook is either your real name and thus a legal representation of yourself, or you're a criminal and ... well, if they find the papers weren't properly served because the name wasn't real then ...
Oh I don't know. It's all become such a big mess, no wonder we need lawyers to clear up these things.
Alright true, moving a mouse or using a trackpad is rather similar. But what about clicking?
The main thing with tactile responses are, imho, keyboards not so much mice. Mice come into play more when we're talking about the gorilla arm syndrome.
A large plastic bulk that moves where you move it isn't tactile enough for you? How did you ever get through all those primary school PE classes that involve balls?
It's not that. Smart-assery is the substitution for physical and economical weakness. Since you can't beat them at life you can at least pretend you're smarter and of quicker thought.
Which since the brain gets dumber and slower with age you are. It's, so to say, a young person's single advantage over their elders. So they use it in the ever popular battles of supremacy between alpha figures.
You should've read the parent post as well. They said the solution to the gorilla arm syndrome would be to put the touch-screen where the keyboard is now. I just pointed out the glaring fault in that setup ;)
Most people I know don't really read books for 8 hours every day in that position. In fact, most pick it up and lean back when they read for an extended period of time.
Same goes for writing, you'll notice most kids at school (the kind of people who _actually_ write by hand for extended periods of time these days) lean back most of the time to reduce neck and shoulder strain.
Hell, even a lot of typists lean back a lot of the time to reduce neck and shoulder strain.