more importantly, i'm worried about being forced to wear a blindfold to any gigs i go and see, in case i'm secretly memorising what chords they're playing...
"please look away from the stage during clever solos"
aye, but i head torvalds is working on Lisney, a themeable open source cartoon o/s... the kernel will be called Kaa - due to it's python interface and duck typing
"not much different than putting stickers or writing band names all over their notebooks and lockers"
that's exactly it... IMHO... i mean, i am a geek - to a point - i run linux as my o/s of choice at home... [ yeah yeah, with win2k clients too... but that's cos i can't get the s/w i need on linux and i cant afford a new mac ]... i use div tags not tables... all that sorta stuff...
i joined myspace last week... i knew it was crap before i joined... but i joined because it's a place i can link up with people i vaguely know... and just scribble stuff out, as you say - like on a locker door... i'm a musician, in my thirties, and 'my my friends' aren't teenage school kids either... nor immature, nor even particular tech-n00bs...
but it does what it does... i drive an old knackered early 90s ford... the stereo is missing, it makes disturbing noises, eats oil... it's scratched all down one side from when it used to live in another part of the country less convivial to leaving a car on the street...
but it gets me to work or to here or there when i need it... i don't give a flying fig about how classy or cool it is... it does the job i want from it...
"but sir, you're car does not confirm to WC3 car compliance standards for geek shineyness and blah blah... " "yeah?... oh.. thanks, i'll bear that in mind... now get off the road, g33k"
myspace, for my music, and network of music 'allys'... gets me to work too
yeah, i've done a style sheet hack to make the home page a little sweeter... and it worked... simple... quick... no pains... yeah it's got crap around it with ads, but i don't care really.. i have my own website if i want perfect pages...
yeah.. it sometimes misses my files or images... because of the distributed server loading... but hey, my car mis-fires sometimes...
and as for people whinging that 'i cant read half these peoples pages'... well... i would like to ask... are you actually this persons friend?... do *they* give a damn if you can read it? if i walk into someone elses house to see what it's like i don't walk out saying 'houses are shit... the wallpaper in there is terrible'...
it's difficult to see the logic behind complaints that are based upon a free service whereby you're either
a) using myspace... and complaining that it's not cool enough, but *still* using it for some masochistic reason
b) not using myspace... and complaining that it's not good enough for you... as a non-user
sure, its broken... and backward... but it gets me what it want, even with all it's faults...
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more importantly, i'm worried about being forced to wear a blindfold to any gigs i go and see, in case i'm secretly memorising what chords they're playing... "please look away from the stage during clever solos"
aye, but i head torvalds is working on Lisney, a themeable open source cartoon o/s ... the kernel will be called Kaa - due to it's python interface and duck typing
all your mice are belong to us
For the Horde! ... oh, damnit, does that make Linus a member of The Alliance?
"not much different than putting stickers or writing band names all over their notebooks and lockers"
... i use div tags not tables... all that sorta stuff...
... gets me to work too
... well... i would like to ask... are you actually this persons friend? ... do *they* give a damn if you can read it? if i walk into someone elses house to see what it's like i don't walk out saying 'houses are shit... the wallpaper in there is terrible' ...
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that's exactly it... IMHO... i mean, i am a geek - to a point - i run linux as my o/s of choice at home... [ yeah yeah, with win2k clients too... but that's cos i can't get the s/w i need on linux and i cant afford a new mac ]
i joined myspace last week... i knew it was crap before i joined... but i joined because it's a place i can link up with people i vaguely know... and just scribble stuff out, as you say - like on a locker door... i'm a musician, in my thirties, and 'my my friends' aren't teenage school kids either... nor immature, nor even particular tech-n00bs...
but it does what it does... i drive an old knackered early 90s ford... the stereo is missing, it makes disturbing noises, eats oil... it's scratched all down one side from when it used to live in another part of the country less convivial to leaving a car on the street...
but it gets me to work or to here or there when i need it...
i don't give a flying fig about how classy or cool it is... it does the job i want from it...
"but sir, you're car does not confirm to WC3 car compliance standards for geek shineyness and blah blah... "
"yeah?... oh.. thanks, i'll bear that in mind... now get off the road, g33k"
myspace, for my music, and network of music 'allys'
yeah, i've done a style sheet hack to make the home page a little sweeter... and it worked... simple... quick... no pains... yeah it's got crap around it with ads, but i don't care really.. i have my own website if i want perfect pages...
yeah.. it sometimes misses my files or images... because of the distributed server loading... but hey, my car mis-fires sometimes...
and as for people whinging that 'i cant read half these peoples pages'
it's difficult to see the logic behind complaints that are based upon a free service whereby you're either
a) using myspace... and complaining that it's not cool enough, but *still* using it for some masochistic reason
b) not using myspace... and complaining that it's not good enough for you... as a non-user
sure, its broken... and backward... but it gets me what it want, even with all it's faults...
oh and, p.s. tom is not my friend
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