A couple years ago, we figured out one thing. If she was on a boat, she could use these Sony headphones I had. They pressed against her ears, and she would listen to music the entire ride. For the first time she made it to Catalina on the Express without a (major) problem. The a couple months later, we went again, but I forgot these headphones. She used the standard in ear headphones that come with the iPod, but they didn't seem to work. For whatever reason, they didn't block out enough of the noise of the engine, or whatever. She didn't get too sick, but she still felt minor nausea.
We always charge up the iPod and use those headphones every time we go now.
A couple weeks ago, the headphones finally broke. I'd had em for over 10 years now that I think about it, and they had taking a beating. So i used iPod "default" headphones for awhile at work, but gawddamn they begin to kill your ears when you wear em for 8 hours straight. And they don't block out any noise at all. If somebody is talking 3 feet away from you, you're gonna hear it, no matter how loud you have it.
On woot a couple days ago, i saw a deal for Jabra noise reduction headphones, and I bought them quick cause I was in the market for a replacement for my old headphones. They arrived this weekend and I popped the battery in put them on. Without any audio input, they just reduce the ambient noise around you. Now don't worry, this is not a product review. Its just this... I pull the headphones off and pass em to Jen (turned off). She put them on and flips the switch to turn them on. In about 2 seconds she says, "oh, thats really cool..." and then about 5 seconds later she yanks the headphones off her head, and her hand instantly goes to the table to balance herself. The only thing is... she's already sitting down. It took about 7 to 10 seconds to completely make her sick. Just looking at her, i could see the same look that she had after about an hour on a boat. No shit.
sunday breakfast with the parents at dish and then a walk around Descanso gardens. When you get there early on the place is EMPTY. So we walked around for awhile and had a great time. Oh, and the tree is stinky.
then one of paige earlier last week
So the part that really pissed me off has come this last month. Over the course of 5 days my entire internet connection went up and down it seems any time it felt like it. I was without any connection for hours at a time, and at undisclosed times. After the first outage, I knew it was something else going on. I did all the normal dipshit things... reset the modem, reset the router, checked my local network. Then I noticed the completely obvious... the IP address that I've had to the last 2 years had finally changed. I guess they'd finally gotten around the flushing their DHCP tables. Now the really great part is that I'm on a entirely new block of IP's. This isn't really a quick DHCP reassignment. I was put on what looks like an entirely different network. So i'm wondering when I was going to be notified of maintenance on the system (if i was going to be notified at all).
This is really not the part that pisses me off. The part that does is that new network assignment blocks port 80. 2 Years with no problem. I can actually get access to my home server, do work, and test within my own environment, even when I'm at work (or anywhere else for that matter). But now... nothing. So it looks like I'm going to have to find another ISP. I'm not going to put up with this bullshit. Its just another example of another corporation treating its PAYING customers like children.
NOTE: and don't think that I don't know how to map http to another port. thats fuckin easy, its just the principle of it.
UPDATE with legal:
6.8 Network Security and Management: Customer agrees that Charter may block traffic to and from any source, including, without limitation, the deletion of any electronic mail, as it deems necessary to secure its network and/or eliminate spam. Charter may take other actions, in its sole discretion, to manage or protect its network or to benefit the greatest number of its subscribers, including, but not limited to, traffic prioritization and protocol filtering, and in some instances, suspend or terminate access by Customer to the network. Charter may take these actions, with or without notice, in situations where Charter believes, in its sole discretion, that Customer may harm the Charter network or disrupt the performance of the Service for other users or where Customer is transmitting or is otherwise connected with what Charter considers in its sole discretion to be spam. Customer agrees that Charter is entitled to damages if Customer is transmitting or is otherwise connected with spam. Customer agrees Charter is entitled to actual damages, however, if actual damages cannot be reasonably calculated, Customer agrees to pay Charter liquidated damages of five dollars (U.S. $5.00) for each piece of spam transmitted from or otherwise connected with Customer’s account.
"Get Old Man's War, and move it to the top of your Giant Pile of Books You Bought And Won't Ever Have Time To Read."
I can't agree more.
Arrrggggh! Teh stupid! It burns!!
So to the point... (but the rest of the comments are just as good)
Source:
import flash.display.BitmapData;
import flash.geom.Matrix;
import flash.geom.ColorTransform;
myBitmapData = new BitmapData(500, 500, false, 0x000000);
bmpCover = new BitmapData(500, 500, false, 0x000000);
createEmptyMovieClip("bitmapHolder",10);
my_matrix = new Matrix();
bitmapHolder.attachBitmap(myBitmapData,bitmapHolder);
function drawIt() {
offset += .1;
myBitmapData.draw(bmpCover);
for (x=0; x<20; x++) {
for (y=0; y<20; y++) {
my_matrix.tx = x*10-y*10+250;
my_matrix.ty = y*5+x*5+200;
a = Math.sin(x/2+offset)*20+Math.cos(y/3+offset)*25;
my_matrix.ty += a;
my_matrix.ty += Math.random()*2;
my_matrix.tx += Math.random()*2;
tempTransform = new ColorTransform(1, 1, 1, 1, -50, -50, -a*1.5, 0);
myBitmapData.draw(bit,my_matrix,tempTransform);
}
}
}
offset = 0;
this.onEnterFrame = drawIt;
stop();
The only thing you've gotta do is drop a movieClip on stage and call the instace "bit". The script will draw with that movieClip.
this is so absolutely similar to Dustin Andrew's little piece. I just looked at his example, and said, "damn, I can do that".
