That's why, sometimes, a simple Google search won't do. The results you found suck! Cakewalk wasn't even returned by your search and it's one of the better digital home recording products out there. No one seems to get that Ask Slashdot is about getting the opinion of geeks, not just cold hard results from a search engine!:)
Cakewalk rocks. I've recorded about 10 songs using "Guitar Tracks". Look into it. It's 8 tracks too. You'd be surprised how many tracks you can use when you get creative! You can also "bounce" 7 of the tracks to the eighth, opening up the 7 tracks for more! Great product IMO!
I accept responsibility for NUMEROUS other f-ups in my life that I had a part in. Being beat up for no fucking reason when I was 10 or 11 had NOTHING to do with me--maybe their fathers beat them up every day and they grouped together to pick on my friends and me--I don't give a shit anymore. I was 10, I didn't choose my school, I didn't choose my classmates, I didn't have an adult mind. Nothing a 10 year old kid does asks for that. Everyone has an answer: hide, run away, take the beating, fight, etc. NOTHING works when you're dealing with people who don't give a shit about other people. Take the beating, they'll beat you up the same way every day (no fucking thanks), fight back, you might hurt one of em (which I did at times).
You interacted with them first. Why? Why did you try to befriend someone who was mean? Then you try to beat the shit out of them. Smart. 6 or 7 guys, and you try to fight them. By yourself, or did you decide to get equally stupid people to do it too?
Isn't it human nature to try and make friends? When I started a new class, I just did the same old BS-ing like I did with "normal" people; however, these guys morphed into fiends when they were in groups. Actually, when I was in the situation where I had to deal with them one-on-one, they were nice guys. It was a gang mentality back in 5th grade. I didn't do anything but just be a kid. When I went to a different school in 6th grade I had no problems. I don't know why you have a quest to turn this around on me. You have the attitude that a burglar victim should be shunned for being weak and the burglar set free because he's superior due to genetics. I think your thought processes have gone a little to the wacko side. I had no part in being beaten up regardless of what has happened to you in your past. In other situations my smart mouth defeated me years later on, yes, but not during the worst of it. I don't buy your argument that I asked for it for one second.
Then you try to beat the shit out of them. Smart. 6 or 7 guys, and you try to fight them
So you're saying that if I'm surrounded by 6 or 7 guys and they're trying to beat me up that I shouldn't try to fight them off? Now who's the pussy? I DID NOT go looking for these guys. I generally tried to slip away without being seen because I was freakin' scared out of my mind after shitting sand for a week. God, you have to be one messed up guy to think that someone actually WANTED to be treated that way.
Dude, I did not pre-judge them as they did me. I judged them after I tried my best to a) befriend them b) avoid them c) beat the shit out of them. Nothing worked against a group of 6 or 7 guys.
Let me ask you something? Are you the kind of person who says that a woman deserved it if she was raped? There's a parallel between that and what I was describing. I definitely don't know what it's like to be raped; however, I know that no woman is "asking" for it. Furthermore, I never asked for it. I believed from an early age that a person's space and body are not to be invaded. That is common human decency. Unless you are physically attacked, you have NO reason to aggressively touch or harm another person. Period.
But, maybe you have a point. The doctor who treated me in the hospital told me that it wasn't the blow to the back of my 11 year old head that caused involuntary seizures, it was because I was a pussy!!! I forgot about that.
I, too, have taken MANY blows to the head prior and subsequent to the dictionary; however, the blow was done with enough force and at the correct spot to cause me problems I never asked for. To suggest otherwise is an insult.
Bullshit. I was and am a very friendly person and rarely judge a person as dumber than me. Nonetheless, I STILL got sand shoved down my throat while being pinned down by 3 guys, my head cracked against my friend's on the bus, got hit in the head with a 1000+ page hard cover dictionary which gave me seizures. I WANTED (STUPIDLY in retrospect) them to be my friends. I tried talking with them and joking around with them and they just said I was a fag. The problem is NOT with the people getting the shit beat out of them it's with the freakin' idiots who gang up and torture people who are different than them or actually enjoy school and learning. It's because of "fucktarts" like that who made me despise going to school in the end (until I got to college). Your post really pisses me off when you say someone's thoughts "...transform into a big neon sign saying 'I'm a fucktart, beat me!'..." because it's simply not true. Even the most obnoxious person in the world does not deserve to have seizures caused by head trauma.
Yep, I saw a clip of that somewhere (can't remember exactly if it was the DVD or some TV special).
To risk being OT, BTW, I want to be you!:) After seeing how gorgeous New Zealand is, I think I want to live the rest of my days there (either that, or the Rocky Mountains, but it looks like NZ even has the Rockies beaten). It is amazing how the area where they created Hobbiton really looked like something out of Tolkien's books, I was really surprised at the beauty!
Hi,
Maybe just splitting hairs here, but according to various special effects specials on the DVDs and the web site (I think) the special effects are precisely lifted from Andy Serkis acting as Gollum in the scene in person. The facial features are lifted from Serkis, the motions, the voice. They even showed him hunched over skirting around as Gollum in a couple scenes. It's a shame because he put a LOT of acting skills into the development of Gollum that he should be nominated, but I think the Academy would have had to have an open mind and I don't think anyone in the Academy does (IMO).
...any book by W. Richard Stevens. The Stevens books are awesome references for learning TCP/IP, Unix Programming, etc. If I had those books in high school I would've kicked ass by now! Instead I'm just a hacker wannabe...:(
RIP Mr. Stevens!
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No, you don't have fuck all knowledge of american geography. We have an east and a west. However, we have no north and south.
Well, I guess as long as their press is so free, it doesn't matter if you censor in other areas, huh? You'd NEVER see anything like this in the US. Every view is allowed, no matter how unpopular. This is why I think the referenced article is BS. It's humorous that study was done in Germany, and then this comes out about censorship.
Do you honestly think that most states haven't thought of this already? I just think they're trying to slip it in slowly here in Illinois someday when we're not looking and it's too late to complain. How can you not make the connection between time and distance to calculate velocity, even if you are just a politician?:)
It's interesting and helpful to hear your concurrence with the review. I was totally excited to see an O'Reilly book on T-1s being released, but if the help you were hoping to see in the book is not covered, I think it's pretty worthless as well. Are there any good T-1/T-1 troubleshooting references out there at all? Jeesh!
I don't know if it's me, a poor search engine, or just the massiveness of CCO, but I am ALWAYS spending tons of time searching for what I want on CCO. I think Cisco's tech support people are the best I've ever dealt with and their documentation is great, but I just have to spend too much time searching for stuff. It just doesn't seem as organized as it should be, but I can't concretely explain why.
I think I have found some gems related to T1's on CCO though. That's usually where I turn if I can't find anything on groups.google or www.google.
Obviously you're right, however, your point is purely academic. He was just measuring the performance of a loop which will calculate something on every iteration, not optimizing a prime number algorithm. In other words, it doesn't matter for this study as long as the same loop is executed for each test.
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What is this, a new generation of geeks ragging on TNG or something? God, I thought all geeks loved TNG like me. You can excuse a few cheesy lines for interesting stories and a wonderful escape from the real world. And, dammit, I love the holodeck episodes too. Why the hell is everyone cheesing TNG so much?
Oh well, I still love the shows.
Yeah, this kind of movie has too much talking in it. I don't get that at all. Some people say it has something to do with this thing they call intelligence or imagination, but I've never heard of that. I just want to see blood and action. No talking or "fine" acting for me. Blah. Give me "Schwarzenegger vs. Rambo" anyday.
There's always someone who has to act cool, disparage most peoples' opinions, and act like they're rooting for the bad guys. It happens every time.
I know most people don't care about grammar anymore, but come on folks, English is simple compared to the brainwork required for technical, scientific, and mathematical subjects. Look at this submittal and its title. There are 3 apostrophes missing--maybe this is sounding anal to a lot of you, but apostrophes are simple to remember and denote possession.
Nation's report card. Johnny's score.
If we can't teach English properly so we can communicate consistently, then what's the use of worrying about science?
My advice would be to pay attention and try to get what you can out of school. There is more to life than just computers and awesome and fun as they are, I'm glad I can speak somewhat intelligently to others about different topics. It is good to be well-rounded and to speak your language well. Everything you learn is what comprises who you are, in my opinion. Do you want to just be a techno geek, or do you want to be a techno geek who understands wonderful literature (great for talkin' with the ladies--hint, hint), knows what elements are used in fashioning chips, who can discuss current events, etc.
Believe me, I have had regrets so many times for having the attitude you're expressing because I would like to know more about what I thought was a "waste of time". That's just some advice from a boring old 30 year old. If only I had listened to similar advice!!!
One thing you might consider, if your provider has the same deals as here in Chicago, is to sign a 3-year contract to waive some hefty installation charges. No one told us about that on our early T-1 installs, and a consultant mentioned it to us one day. We've save quite a bit by signing up for 3 years.
Adtran CSU/DSUs are great products, but they're pretty pricey. Personally, I've had bad luck with Verilink brand CSUs, but a lot of people love them and they do have the better telnet management interface IMO.
The other option is to get something like the Cisco 3640 routers with a CSU/DSU wic card so it's all in one router and csu/dsu. Whatever floats your boat!
I would say that's a reasonable viewpoint myself. But all too often, people easily lean more towards it being purely the United States' fault that 5000+ of its own people were killed. I'd mod ya up if I didn't post, you weren't a AC, and I had mod points this week!:)
In my own mind, I don't think I'd call you a pacifist. To me a pacifist is someone who thinks that there's a peaceful solution to everything and is somewhat unrealistic (IMO) in their peaceful solutions--we'll analyze what we've done to cause this, we just have to be nice to them and give them what they want. As Henry Kissinger said on Fox News a few weeks ago, the people who say that we should look at what we've done to cause this are masochists. That's a little harsh, but there is a grain of truth there. It's like they're saying we ASKED for this.
And besides, if you must have a label, you're an isolationist!:)
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That's why, sometimes, a simple Google search won't do. The results you found suck! Cakewalk wasn't even returned by your search and it's one of the better digital home recording products out there. No one seems to get that Ask Slashdot is about getting the opinion of geeks, not just cold hard results from a search engine! :)
Cakewalk rocks. I've recorded about 10 songs using "Guitar Tracks". Look into it. It's 8 tracks too. You'd be surprised how many tracks you can use when you get creative! You can also "bounce" 7 of the tracks to the eighth, opening up the 7 tracks for more! Great product IMO!
I accept responsibility for NUMEROUS other f-ups in my life that I had a part in. Being beat up for no fucking reason when I was 10 or 11 had NOTHING to do with me--maybe their fathers beat them up every day and they grouped together to pick on my friends and me--I don't give a shit anymore. I was 10, I didn't choose my school, I didn't choose my classmates, I didn't have an adult mind. Nothing a 10 year old kid does asks for that. Everyone has an answer: hide, run away, take the beating, fight, etc. NOTHING works when you're dealing with people who don't give a shit about other people. Take the beating, they'll beat you up the same way every day (no fucking thanks), fight back, you might hurt one of em (which I did at times).
Isn't it human nature to try and make friends? When I started a new class, I just did the same old BS-ing like I did with "normal" people; however, these guys morphed into fiends when they were in groups. Actually, when I was in the situation where I had to deal with them one-on-one, they were nice guys. It was a gang mentality back in 5th grade. I didn't do anything but just be a kid. When I went to a different school in 6th grade I had no problems. I don't know why you have a quest to turn this around on me. You have the attitude that a burglar victim should be shunned for being weak and the burglar set free because he's superior due to genetics. I think your thought processes have gone a little to the wacko side. I had no part in being beaten up regardless of what has happened to you in your past. In other situations my smart mouth defeated me years later on, yes, but not during the worst of it. I don't buy your argument that I asked for it for one second.
Then you try to beat the shit out of them. Smart. 6 or 7 guys, and you try to fight them
So you're saying that if I'm surrounded by 6 or 7 guys and they're trying to beat me up that I shouldn't try to fight them off? Now who's the pussy? I DID NOT go looking for these guys. I generally tried to slip away without being seen because I was freakin' scared out of my mind after shitting sand for a week. God, you have to be one messed up guy to think that someone actually WANTED to be treated that way.
Let me ask you something? Are you the kind of person who says that a woman deserved it if she was raped? There's a parallel between that and what I was describing. I definitely don't know what it's like to be raped; however, I know that no woman is "asking" for it. Furthermore, I never asked for it. I believed from an early age that a person's space and body are not to be invaded. That is common human decency. Unless you are physically attacked, you have NO reason to aggressively touch or harm another person. Period.
But, maybe you have a point. The doctor who treated me in the hospital told me that it wasn't the blow to the back of my 11 year old head that caused involuntary seizures, it was because I was a pussy!!! I forgot about that.
I, too, have taken MANY blows to the head prior and subsequent to the dictionary; however, the blow was done with enough force and at the correct spot to cause me problems I never asked for. To suggest otherwise is an insult.
Bullshit. I was and am a very friendly person and rarely judge a person as dumber than me. Nonetheless, I STILL got sand shoved down my throat while being pinned down by 3 guys, my head cracked against my friend's on the bus, got hit in the head with a 1000+ page hard cover dictionary which gave me seizures. I WANTED (STUPIDLY in retrospect) them to be my friends. I tried talking with them and joking around with them and they just said I was a fag. The problem is NOT with the people getting the shit beat out of them it's with the freakin' idiots who gang up and torture people who are different than them or actually enjoy school and learning. It's because of "fucktarts" like that who made me despise going to school in the end (until I got to college). Your post really pisses me off when you say someone's thoughts "...transform into a big neon sign saying 'I'm a fucktart, beat me!'..." because it's simply not true. Even the most obnoxious person in the world does not deserve to have seizures caused by head trauma.
No! Dolores...dummy. :)
To risk being OT, BTW, I want to be you! :) After seeing how gorgeous New Zealand is, I think I want to live the rest of my days there (either that, or the Rocky Mountains, but it looks like NZ even has the Rockies beaten). It is amazing how the area where they created Hobbiton really looked like something out of Tolkien's books, I was really surprised at the beauty!
Hi, Maybe just splitting hairs here, but according to various special effects specials on the DVDs and the web site (I think) the special effects are precisely lifted from Andy Serkis acting as Gollum in the scene in person. The facial features are lifted from Serkis, the motions, the voice. They even showed him hunched over skirting around as Gollum in a couple scenes. It's a shame because he put a LOT of acting skills into the development of Gollum that he should be nominated, but I think the Academy would have had to have an open mind and I don't think anyone in the Academy does (IMO).
RIP Mr. Stevens!
No, you don't have fuck all knowledge of american geography. We have an east and a west. However, we have no north and south.
Well, I guess as long as their press is so free, it doesn't matter if you censor in other areas, huh? You'd NEVER see anything like this in the US. Every view is allowed, no matter how unpopular. This is why I think the referenced article is BS. It's humorous that study was done in Germany, and then this comes out about censorship.
A mantra to repeat:
Radiohead, OK Computer.
Radiohead, Kid A.
Radiohead, OK Computer.
Radiohead, Kid A.
Radiohead, OK Computer.
Radiohead, Kid A.
Both CDs shame DSOTM.
Do you honestly think that most states haven't thought of this already? I just think they're trying to slip it in slowly here in Illinois someday when we're not looking and it's too late to complain. How can you not make the connection between time and distance to calculate velocity, even if you are just a politician? :)
It's interesting and helpful to hear your concurrence with the review. I was totally excited to see an O'Reilly book on T-1s being released, but if the help you were hoping to see in the book is not covered, I think it's pretty worthless as well. Are there any good T-1/T-1 troubleshooting references out there at all? Jeesh!
I don't know if it's me, a poor search engine, or just the massiveness of CCO, but I am ALWAYS spending tons of time searching for what I want on CCO. I think Cisco's tech support people are the best I've ever dealt with and their documentation is great, but I just have to spend too much time searching for stuff. It just doesn't seem as organized as it should be, but I can't concretely explain why.
I think I have found some gems related to T1's on CCO though. That's usually where I turn if I can't find anything on groups.google or www.google.
Obviously you're right, however, your point is purely academic. He was just measuring the performance of a loop which will calculate something on every iteration, not optimizing a prime number algorithm. In other words, it doesn't matter for this study as long as the same loop is executed for each test.
What is this, a new generation of geeks ragging on TNG or something? God, I thought all geeks loved TNG like me. You can excuse a few cheesy lines for interesting stories and a wonderful escape from the real world. And, dammit, I love the holodeck episodes too. Why the hell is everyone cheesing TNG so much?
Oh well, I still love the shows.
Yeah, this kind of movie has too much talking in it. I don't get that at all. Some people say it has something to do with this thing they call intelligence or imagination, but I've never heard of that. I just want to see blood and action. No talking or "fine" acting for me. Blah. Give me "Schwarzenegger vs. Rambo" anyday.
There's always someone who has to act cool, disparage most peoples' opinions, and act like they're rooting for the bad guys. It happens every time.
I know most people don't care about grammar anymore, but come on folks, English is simple compared to the brainwork required for technical, scientific, and mathematical subjects. Look at this submittal and its title. There are 3 apostrophes missing--maybe this is sounding anal to a lot of you, but apostrophes are simple to remember and denote possession.
Nation's report card. Johnny's score.
If we can't teach English properly so we can communicate consistently, then what's the use of worrying about science?
My advice would be to pay attention and try to get what you can out of school. There is more to life than just computers and awesome and fun as they are, I'm glad I can speak somewhat intelligently to others about different topics. It is good to be well-rounded and to speak your language well. Everything you learn is what comprises who you are, in my opinion. Do you want to just be a techno geek, or do you want to be a techno geek who understands wonderful literature (great for talkin' with the ladies--hint, hint), knows what elements are used in fashioning chips, who can discuss current events, etc.
Believe me, I have had regrets so many times for having the attitude you're expressing because I would like to know more about what I thought was a "waste of time". That's just some advice from a boring old 30 year old. If only I had listened to similar advice!!!
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One thing you might consider, if your provider has the same deals as here in Chicago, is to sign a 3-year contract to waive some hefty installation charges. No one told us about that on our early T-1 installs, and a consultant mentioned it to us one day. We've save quite a bit by signing up for 3 years.
Adtran CSU/DSUs are great products, but they're pretty pricey. Personally, I've had bad luck with Verilink brand CSUs, but a lot of people love them and they do have the better telnet management interface IMO.
The other option is to get something like the Cisco 3640 routers with a CSU/DSU wic card so it's all in one router and csu/dsu. Whatever floats your boat!
I would say that's a reasonable viewpoint myself. But all too often, people easily lean more towards it being purely the United States' fault that 5000+ of its own people were killed. I'd mod ya up if I didn't post, you weren't a AC, and I had mod points this week! :)
In my own mind, I don't think I'd call you a pacifist. To me a pacifist is someone who thinks that there's a peaceful solution to everything and is somewhat unrealistic (IMO) in their peaceful solutions--we'll analyze what we've done to cause this, we just have to be nice to them and give them what they want. As Henry Kissinger said on Fox News a few weeks ago, the people who say that we should look at what we've done to cause this are masochists. That's a little harsh, but there is a grain of truth there. It's like they're saying we ASKED for this.
:)
And besides, if you must have a label, you're an isolationist!