Trash Talk Getting Life and Purpose

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Trash Talk and Wifi

Trash Talk and Wifi 04/09/2004 04:02 PM
When I posted about Conference Wifi I said When people create and share networks from their Powerbooks, it causes collisions that interfere with everyone's access. Turns out I am wrong, Macs are the victims here, as Kevin Marks pointed out:...

Mac OS X Virus Idea: Mac Trash Talk

Mac OS X Virus Idea: Mac Trash Talk 04/09/2004 04:00 PM
I've had this idea for a while and have only told one person so far. That means it's probably time to solicit feedback (or groans) from a larger audience on it. The intent is not to build a virus, but merely to think about what an amusing virus on the Mac might do--one that takes special advantage of the Mac OS X platform. It started out, like many ideas do, as the result of some idle brain time. For no...

Sunbeams, Trash Talk Edition

Sunbeams, Trash Talk Edition 06/21/2004 08:24 PM
Yow, DME cranked up the numbers at Planet Sun, so I got kind of buried when I went by there this morning; he’s got some interesting stats. Let’s open with a nasty political joke (the best kind). New today, a couple of Javaphone geeks speak up: Jeff Solof on the ultracoolness of Voice Connect and Hinkmond Wong on wireless snitching. For a side trip into philosophy, M. Mortazavi talks up Dreyfus’ On the Internet and makes it sound like a must-read. Finally, I hate it when life online veers into nastiness about personalities and politics and that kind of stuff, but hey, engineers are competitive, and I have no problem with a little my-tech-is-better-than-yours; so in this corner we have Eric Schrock seriously dissing Linux troubleshooting capabilities. I’m sure there’ll be someone in the other corner before too long.

Disco Rice, and Other Trash Talk

Disco Rice, and Other Trash Talk 07/31/2004 09:08 AM
In New York, picking up the garbage means picking up the lingo.

Berlin dustbins talk trash (Reuters)

Berlin dustbins talk trash (Reuters) 04/26/2004 09:02 AM
Reuters - Berlin has introduced five talking waste bins which say thank you in three different languages or scream "goal" to help promote a cleaner city.

Trash Talk Tops Political Buzzwords List
in August PQ Index

Trash Talk Tops Political Buzzwords List
in August PQ Index 08/10/2004 03:51 AM
The Incivility of Political Discourse in American Politics has reached unprecedented heights according to the August PQ Index (Political-sensitivity Quotient) released by The Global Language Monitor (www.LanguageMonitor.com). The PQ Index is a proprietary algorithm that tracks politically sensitive words and phrases in the media and on the Internet. Arnold Schwarzenegger's 'Girlie Men,' Vice President Cheney's use of vulgarity, President Bush and Senator Kerry both being characterized as 'Liars!', Mrs. Kerry's rude directive to a reporter, and RFK, Jr's 'Fascist America' proposition highlight Top 10 for August. [PRWEB Aug 10, 2004]

Fast Talk: Life Savers

Fast Talk: Life Savers 04/20/2004 06:07 AM
It is the most important industry the world will ever know -- keeping people alive. It's a huge undertaking by physicians, researchers, product engineers, and more. We asked some of the best: How do they save lives?

Life Hacks: Tech Secrets of Overprolific
Alpha Geeks ETCON talk notes

Life Hacks: Tech Secrets of Overprolific
Alpha Geeks ETCON talk notes 02/11/2004 03:01 PM
Here're my running notes from Li fe Hacks: Tech Secrets of Overprolific Alpha Geeks at the O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference in San Diego.

It's the 10-second rule: if you can't file something in 10 seconds, you won't do it. Todo.txt involves cut-and-paste, the simplest interface we can imagine.

It's also the simplest way to find intercomation. EMACS, Moz and Panther have incremental search: when you type a "t" it goes to the first mention of "t", add "to" and you jump to the first instance of "to", etc.

This is being added to Longhorn (Unix geeks, we've had this since Jan 1 1900, and it will go away in 2038).

Power-users don't trust complicated apps. Every time power-geeks has had a crash, s/he moves away from it. You can't trust software unless you've written it -- and then you're just more forgiiving.

Text files are portable (except for CRLF issues) between mac and win and *nix.

Link

Lets Talk Computers: Chris Repetto from
Intuit and Luke Chung from FMS featured
on this week's Let's Talk Comp

Lets Talk Computers: Chris Repetto from
Intuit and Luke Chung from FMS featured
on this week's Let's Talk Comp 08/28/2004 02:46 PM
Investors Business Daily Aug 28 2004 6:33PM GMT

New Dr. Who Leaked on Purpose?

New Dr. Who Leaked on Purpose? 03/17/2005 03:16 AM
The BBC might have slipped a new episode of a cult classic onto the internet to generate buzz, says a consultant. He should know -- he told the BBC to tap the power of viral advertising to make people talk about its TV shows. By Daniel Terdiman.

New Purpose for Any Spare PC

New Purpose for Any Spare PC 06/05/2005 11:39 PM
Bartels Media releases the new version 2 of the software solution MaxiVista which can turn up to three spare PCs into additional monitors for your primary PC. [PRWEB Jun 4, 2005]

PHP as a General-Purpose Language

PHP as a General-Purpose Language 08/18/2004 05:25 AM
PHP isn't exclusively for Web pages. You can use it like Perl for cron jobs and other tasks.

Did Google Get Loud On Purpose?

Did Google Get Loud On Purpose? 08/13/2004 06:07 PM
Well, it's a ridiculously slow news day, so it's really no surprise that something like this might boil up. Following yesterday's efforts to give techies and investment types an extra reason to buy a copy of Playboy, IPO pundit Tom Taulli is (half jokingly... I think) rolling out the rumor that Google purposely pushed Playboy to get the interview out in order to have the SEC delay their IPO until slightly more favorable conditions existed. That would seem especially sneaky, and it's unlikely it's actually what happened. Though, if it is what they tried to do, it appears the plan didn't work. The SEC has made Google explain away the difference between their filings and the Playboy article, but otherwise has let the IPO move forward.

General Purpose Converter 0.2.8

General Purpose Converter 0.2.8 03/13/2003 10:20 AM
A tool for converting between different units of measurement.

Printers for Every Purpose (PC World)

Printers for Every Purpose (PC World) 07/01/2004 03:46 PM
PC World - Different inkjets for different folks: We evaluate 15 models for quality, speed, and ink costs, from snapshot specialists to office workhorses.

Using GPUs For General-Purpose Computing

Using GPUs For General-Purpose Computing 05/09/2004 03:17 AM

Gangs who fail exams on purpose

Gangs who fail exams on purpose 09/17/2004 06:33 AM
Gang culture in the north east of England means teenagers deliberately fail exams to "stay cool", researchers say.

What is the real purpose of military
spending?

What is the real purpose of military
spending? 08/23/2004 02:08 PM
For last year’s invasion of Grenada, by any measure a quick and efficient operation, the U.S. Army last week…

Blue - General Purpose C++ Library

Blue - General Purpose C++ Library 03/20/2003 03:12 PM
Blue Xml Extension Version 0.01 & Blue Version 0.05 Released

Communities of Purpose: The Third Type
of Community

Communities of Purpose: The Third Type
of Community 04/09/2005 08:45 PM

Nova Spivack raps it out.....

Communities of Purpose: The Third Type of Community

I've been thinking about different types of communities recently. Two forms of community that are often discussed are "communities of interest" where the members share a common set of interests (e.g. a community of people interested in Japanese culture), and "communities of practice" where the members share a common set of skills (e.g. a community of marketing professionals). To these I would add a third type called a "community of purpose," where the focus is on a shared goal (e.g. a political activist community or a community collaborating on a common project). Most existing community tools today are either focused on building communities of interest or communities of practice. But I am more interested in creating tools that help people create more productive communities of purpose. To do this we need to merge the functionality of groupware and knowledge management with emerging community tools for social networking, blogging, and wikis.

Minding the Planet

[via E M E R G I C . O R G]

BrookGPU: General Purpose Programming on
GPUs

BrookGPU: General Purpose Programming on
GPUs 12/21/2003 01:12 PM
An anonymous reader writes " BrookGPU is a compiler and runtime system that provides an easy, C-like programming environment (read: No GPU programming ...

Miss World 2002 - Beauty with Purpose

Miss World 2002 - Beauty with Purpose 12/07/2003 06:01 AM
"Press release from the Miss World Organisation" .. §Šª …Š ª §Šª‡ .. official web page .. WTF

missworld.org
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In Cannes, This Festival of Film Lives
Up to Its Purpose

In Cannes, This Festival of Film Lives
Up to Its Purpose 05/13/2004 04:59 PM
The 57th Cannes festival has, in its first few days, shown signs of fulfilling the fantasy of what it could and should be.

Test Drive | All-purpose fixer has some
limits

Test Drive | All-purpose fixer has some
limits 03/27/2005 05:50 AM
Philadelphia Inquirer Mar 27 2005 8:44AM GMT

Web Page Design Priorities: Purpose vs.
Presentation?

Web Page Design Priorities: Purpose vs.
Presentation? 08/06/2002 12:54 PM
Coding and the target audience.

General purpose dynamic array - Judy

General purpose dynamic array - Judy 09/15/2004 03:23 PM
Judy moves to 1.0.0!

HP failed Fortune test on purpose - memo

HP failed Fortune test on purpose - memo 01/27/2004 05:13 PM
Bangalore Bill translates HP-speak to English

Surveylab Offering Special-Purpose
Pocket PC

Surveylab Offering Special-Purpose
Pocket PC 02/17/2004 01:10 PM
BrightHand Feb 17 2004 4:56PM GMT

General Purpose Hash Function Library
0.0.2

General Purpose Hash Function Library
0.0.2 09/12/2004 11:26 PM
A series of commonly used string hashing algorithms.

The Real Purpose Of Dashboard In Tiger:
Block Longhorn

The Real Purpose Of Dashboard In Tiger:
Block Longhorn 07/09/2004 09:36 PM
By Charles Arthur (via MyAppleMenu)

More Adults Trying To Capitalize On
Video Games For Higher Purpose

More Adults Trying To Capitalize On
Video Games For Higher Purpose 04/15/2005 06:44 PM
The media has latched on to this theme and is clinging to it like a bug-eyed Grand Theft Auto addict: using video games to educate the younger generation. Yesterday, it was about teaching kids how to combat world hunger and avoid the perils of the internet. Today, it's about li teracy and cultural sensitivity. First, a teacher in the U.K. has thought of creative use of an existing game -- the Myst series. He takes his young students through a round of Myst play, encouraging them to pretend they're actually inside the scenes and then write down their observations. The second example involves a new game sponsored by the U.S. Army that walks soldiers through everyday situations in Iraq, schooling them on the appropriate ways to interact with locals. Both stories demonstrate the educational potential of hip-looking games. Adults are increasingly catching on to the medium's power to keep the attention of younger people. It also raises a corollary lesson: If the game is going to work in the classroom, it should be innovative and interesting, rather than contrived and pandering.

They that can give up general purpose
computers for the sake of a little eye
candy

They that can give up general purpose
computers for the sake of a little eye
candy 12/17/2003 02:39 AM
Today, I wore my new NTK shirt to work and to the Google Xmas Party, and boy, did I ever get a lot of compliments. It reads: "They that can give up general purpose computers for the sake of a little eye candy deserve neither computers nor eye candy," a reference to Franklin's famous "They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security." Link

Modern Day “Dr. Doolittle”, Joy Turner,
Debuts on Internet Talk Radio Network
VoiceAmerica Radio with Show Talk With
Your Animals

Modern Day “Dr. Doolittle”, Joy Turner,
Debuts on Internet Talk Radio Network
VoiceAmerica Radio with Show Talk With
Your Animals 01/04/2005 04:14 AM
The new radio show dedicated to helping people learn how to communicate effectively with their animals, airs at a new time starting on January 7, 2005 on VoiceAmerica. [PRWEB Jan 4, 2005]

trash

trash 01/01/2004 09:52 PM
trash project Begins

"not-very-updated (on purpose!) version
of the classic '80s adventure game"

"not-very-updated (on purpose!) version
of the classic '80s adventure game" 09/23/2004 02:53 AM

what is trash to you might be treasure
to another ...

what is trash to you might be treasure
to another ... 11/18/2003 12:45 PM
Freecycling. Reducing the amount of trash we generate by connecting people who have things that they no longer want with people who want those same things. The only rule: Every item posted must be free.

Taking out the trash

Taking out the trash 04/09/2004 04:10 PM
So, I went to the talk on unified garbage collection theory Monday. I'd like to say it was breathtakingly innovative, filled with impressive insights, but honestly it was pretty mundane. There wasn't anything new, though it wasn't a waste of time. The executive summary, for those who're interested, is that Refcounting and Tracing, as means of garbage collection, are really the same thing. Or, rather, opposites of one another--refcounting finds the dead stuff and tracing finds the live stuff. Which is better for you depends on the application and your requirements. Slides for this talk are on the web. Even...

Talking Trash

Talking Trash 04/22/2004 10:44 AM
BoingBoing reader ben peek says:

Talking garbage bins, how's that not futuristic coolness? but how long until they get irritating? (and will they update the poptune bins monthly?) from the article:

"In a uniquely German mix of hi-tech gadgetry and environmental awareness, Berlin authorities are installing talking trash cans in some of the German capital's most popular squares. Pop your litter into one of the bins and it's liable to say thank you. Or welcome you to Berlin in English, French or Japanese. Or even sing.

After a successful trial period, 20 of the bins have been installed in the Zoologischer Garten area of western Berlin's biggest shopping district and at the bustling business and entertainment hub of Potsdamer Platz."

Link

Trash Can 3.2 (Stable)

Trash Can 3.2 (Stable) 11/11/2003 04:31 PM
Command Line Recycle Bin
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