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| Hydra wrote on Wed, 30 August 2006 01:34 |
It was humorous to listen to a deaf woman talk, though.
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You are religious and yet you make fun of people with disabilities...nice to know there are slots reserved in heaven for people like you 
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| Re: What The Bleep Do We Know!? [message #216351 is a reply to message #216340] |
Wed, 30 August 2006 16:45 |
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| Blazer wrote on Wed, 30 August 2006 19:26 |
| NeoSaber wrote on Wed, 30 August 2006 00:03 |
If I bypass it, my ISP always seems to cut me off if I download a large file for more than an hour.
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How do you bypass your router?
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Not use the router?
And thanks for the movie man - it's so far really interesting.
I'm going to watch it time after time, though. It's just so damn confusing to me.
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| Re: What The Bleep Do We Know!? [message #216383 is a reply to message #215638] |
Wed, 30 August 2006 19:25 |
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You might find it useful to remind yourself once in a while. When I get back from dinner, I will tell you all a story about myself that related to the concepts introduced in this film.
I'm the bawss.
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| Re: What The Bleep Do We Know!? [message #216388 is a reply to message #216340] |
Wed, 30 August 2006 20:27 |
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| Blazer wrote on Wed, 30 August 2006 19:26 |
Sure you can...as I said there are many download managers like GetRight, ReGet, and even ftp programs like FlashFXP, Bulletproof FTP, etc...that automatically reconnect and resume a transfer if its interrupted.
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I have a download manager. The problem isn't that if I get interrupted I have to start over, the problem is that when I get interrupted I have to physically reset my router to make it reconnect to my modem. I could start the download, walk away, and in five minutes my router glitches and stops working. It's like I'm offline. Until I pull the power on it, it won't reset and work again. If I just plug into my modem, instead of going through the router, my ISP has this nasty habit of cutting me off during large downloads. I can get chunks of a file, then my modem disconnects and I have to get everything working again to get the next chunk.
About two weeks ago, I downloaded a 300MB file. It took 3 times longer than it should have because I kept having to reset my router, or connect to my modem directly, or reset my modem and my router, etc. After all that for a 300MB file, a 700MB file looks impossible to me.
Although, after reading that link warranto posted, I'm a little more intrigued to see if this video is really that bad. Originally I thought it would just be a rehash of everything I've read about quantum physics, but if that site is even half right, it might be worth watching just to laugh at it. I'll see if I can work up the will download something twice the size of that last file... that thing was a nightmare. 
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| Re: What The Bleep Do We Know!? [message #216393 is a reply to message #215638] |
Wed, 30 August 2006 22:46 |
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Why don't you complain to your ISP about getting cutoff? I would try replacing your router too, but it sounds to me like the problem could just be your ISP, or your connection. Do you have a cable modem, or DSL? Either way you should be able to complain to them about your service and they will come out and do a line check for free. You shouldn't have to put up with crappy service if you are paying the same price as people who have no problems.
As for the film, I didn't say everyone would agree with it, in fact I figured it would even make some people angry, or even amused...it all depends on how open-minded you are. Either way, it will make you think, which is the main thing that I like about it.
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| Re: What The Bleep Do We Know!? [message #216433 is a reply to message #215638] |
Thu, 31 August 2006 05:56 |
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Yeah, I remember watching this while browsing through somewhere. I found it pretty interesting. I guess I'll rewatch it after i get back from school
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It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat. - Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt
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| Re: What The Bleep Do We Know!? [message #216510 is a reply to message #215638] |
Thu, 31 August 2006 13:53 |
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OK, my story...
Keep in mind that part of the premise of this movie was to show you that (possibly/probably) you are/can be addicted to your emotions, positive or negative. They also put forth that you can break the cycle of your emotional addictions by consciously deciding to do so. If you force yourself to respond a different/better way to a situation or stimulus, eventually that will become your natural response. This is a short story of something I went through and did to myself back in 1998 that serves as an example of this in action.
So... it was February of 1998 and I was living with my then-boyfriend at his parents' house. I had graduated from high school the previous June and was working at a great, fun job for shit pay. So, we ended up breaking things off (ok, he dumped me, I only tell you this because it's relevant) and I was left at a job not making enough money to even afford an apartment. So, I had a friend who had moved to Wyoming to live with her parents about a year before. She was tired of living with her parents and suggested that I move up there and we could get a place together. I debated this for a few days and decided to do it. So, within the next couple of weeks, I packed up most of what I owned into my 1986 Toyota Corolla (my first car -- paid in full and I had just got my license the month before) and with my aunt to help me make the drive, we took off. My friend had found a small house with all utilities paid for $425/month to rent and signed us up. (Did I mention the cost of living there was insanely low? We didn't even have state income tax because the mining industry made enough money to support the state in their taxes)
So, here I am with no job, one friend, very little money, and about 3 weeks to go before our first rent check was due. I don't know what I was doing or when I decided this, but I looked at my situation and realized that I was giving myself a huge opportunity. This time was a very pivotal time in my life. Freshly graduated from high school, in a new state... no debt, no obligations. At this point in time I could set my path in life.
I decided that one of my goals was to change myself. Considering the horrible breakup I had just suffered and was getting over, and the fact that I hated school and was never one of the "popular" ones, I was shy and quiet. There were reasons for this... please don't interpret that as bragging or whatever, it's just a fact... I was a lot smarter than most of my classmates and school went way to slow for me. Whenever I spoke, I was asked things like "How did you know that? How do you remember those things? How can you do that?" and I was also treated like crap for the same reasons -- people thinking I was showing off, or whatever. So I learned to just shut the hell up and quietly finish my coursework.
So, I'm at this crossroad and I decide that I don't like my social personality. I lacked self-confidence, but I had seen people of all shapes and sizes be liked. So I decided that I was going to go "out there" and pretend that I was "the shit". (Yes, "the shit" was the term at the time, and that's what I told myself) I was going to go to my job (at Taco Bell, no less) and pretend that I was this confident, friendly, outgoing person and that I was awesome and what-have-you. So, that's what I did. And I was amazed at how quickly people warmed up to me, talked to me, and liked me. It didn't take long before I was no longer pretending I was "the shit"... I actually WAS "the shit" and being more outgoing became natural to me. I ended up switching jobs when an opportunity came up to be an assistant manager and then main manager of the local Domino's Pizza and made a lot of friends, had a lot of parties, and had a great time.
So, this story of mine serves as my example of how, through the power of your own thought, you can do anything. You can train yourself out of your old responses to situations.
I'm the bawss.
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| Re: What The Bleep Do We Know!? [message #216521 is a reply to message #215638] |
Thu, 31 August 2006 14:36 |
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Heh, not to take away from your story, but just to compare that to my own school experience.
I was nearly the same, except I didn't care enough to bother to shut up. Heck, I still have no friends, still considered to be "shy and quiet". But, I also decided to act like I was not a loaner. However, for me it's a stress filled job, and exhausts me the more I have to act.
But, the point I'm trying to make is that it does works, even when you fake it. I now work at a law office, people actually think that I'm outgoing and sociable. Even if you don't actually WANT to make a difference, if you act like you do it can still "work".
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| Re: What The Bleep Do We Know!? [message #216523 is a reply to message #216516] |
Thu, 31 August 2006 14:58 |
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| help-linux wrote on Thu, 31 August 2006 16:17 |
| Crimson wrote on Thu, 31 August 2006 21:53 |
I was a lot smarter than most of my classmates and school went way to slow for me. Whenever I spoke, I was asked things like "How did you know that? How do you remember those things? How can you do that?" and I was also treated like crap for the same reasons -- people thinking I was showing off, or whatever. So I learned to just shut the hell up and quietly finish my coursework.
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i am the same exact situation, me and the17doctor we are both in the same class in year 10.
it usally was when i answer a question with a little more detail then the teatcher wanted and well all i get then is "shut the fuck up" and "fuckin dickhead". i don't participate in lessons at all now. teachers dont even care.
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classic! sounds like my school
teacher asks for an example of an OS.... i give Linux... im told to STFU -.-
EDIT: just ot keep this on topic, im downloading the movie now to see what i think
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| Re: What The Bleep Do We Know!? [message #216538 is a reply to message #215638] |
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The good thing is, as you get older, your intelligence becomes more of an asset than a burden. I'll still never know the right way to answer the question about "How do you do that?"... of course the real answer is "Because I'm smarter than you!" but I've settled for "I don't know, I just do" for now.
At this particular time, I am still mostly extroverted socially, but I am an introvert and I thrive on alone time and solitude at least once or twice a week. I don't always get it, sharing my house with two boys and two houseguests (who are moving out the weekend after next).
I'm the bawss.
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| Re: What The Bleep Do We Know!? [message #216540 is a reply to message #216538] |
Thu, 31 August 2006 16:36 |
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| Crimson wrote on Fri, 01 September 2006 11:28 |
The good thing is, as you get older, your intelligence becomes more of an asset than a burden. I'll still never know the right way to answer the question about "How do you do that?"... of course the real answer is "Because I'm smarter than you!" but I've settled for "I don't know, I just do" for now.
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i know the feeling. it's basically what i say to people when they ask me how i knew something.
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btw, has anyone learnt to trust instincts? cos there have been times when i'd have an instinct about something, but think it's not right. then, ironicallly enough, i find out my instinct was right and what i did wasnt.
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Thu, 31 August 2006 16:43 |
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| the17doctor wrote on Fri, 01 September 2006 00:36 |
| Crimson wrote on Fri, 01 September 2006 11:28 |
The good thing is, as you get older, your intelligence becomes more of an asset than a burden. I'll still never know the right way to answer the question about "How do you do that?"... of course the real answer is "Because I'm smarter than you!" but I've settled for "I don't know, I just do" for now.
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i know the feeling. it's basically what i say to people when they ask me how i knew something.
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btw, has anyone learnt to trust instincts? cos there have been times when i'd have an instinct about something, but think it's not right. then, ironicallly enough, i find out my instinct was right and what i did wasnt.
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i don't, i never "feel" or get an instinct so i would not know.
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