Comment cheap tunes, DRM-free (Score 1) 633
Why not buy tunes for $.49 at Real while it lasts, burn them to an audio CD , rip them in iTunes, and transfer them to an iPod, DRM-free?
Any real quality loss there?
darobu
Comment Please name the robot Coriolis (Score 2, Funny) 263
Not so much a formal study but a fun paper to read: On the Directional Correlation of Axial Rotation in Inverted Felines and Planetary Spin: Coriolis Revisited
The author also happens to be a Computer Science professor in data networks. Quite a dry sense of humor -- his classes are a lot of fun!
Mandatory Disclaimer : yes, I'm a starving grad student of his, and yes, I'm pulling for a graduation date this decade!
The author also happens to be a Computer Science professor in data networks. Quite a dry sense of humor -- his classes are a lot of fun!
Mandatory Disclaimer : yes, I'm a starving grad student of his, and yes, I'm pulling for a graduation date this decade!
Journal Journal: Belief is a choice
Sometimes I wish I had strayed a little more from the applied sciences of engineering when I made my blazing run through university. I love to kick back at times, and let my mind ponder the higher things in life: why are we here? how can we solve the problems man faces? However, I have no exposure to the great philosophers, other than the few I've read on my own -- believe me, they are few. So with apologies to the reader, this amateur is about to take on questions that have stumped others
Journal Journal: freedom of choice
Sloganeering is an interesting science. Much as George Orwell predicted, those who control the meaning of words have gone much of the distance towards controlling the people. Sometimes I get pretty frustrated trying to have a normal conversation because I have to spend so much time clarifying what the word "is" means! What a brave new world ...
