You statements are simplistic, naive and just wrong.
Read a damn history book. No country in history has ever "become the ruling force in a country by offering nice health plans and a school for everyone". The Visigoths who were defeated by the Muslims conquered the country through force after they finished sacking Rome. Every country has blood on their hands. Stop being simplistic.
I feel like you want to believe that human history and interaction is a series of simplistic events, carried out by caricatures rather than by complicated human cultures, each with their own desires, fears and circumstances. It's never that simple. NEVER.
I don't know how it is in Germany, but here in the USA (especially in the Silicon Valley) if you want a late career boost, go get an MBA. Having an MBA isn't a four-letter word around here, especially if you get one from a good program. MIT has an excellent executive MBA program that can be done remotely, and everyone I've encountered with one has been top-notch. Same goes for an MBA from Stanford or even the other colleges local to the area.
Having an MBA opens a lot more doors for you. If you already have a good amount of experience in IT and Software Development, go get a degree in something outside of those fields to help expand your options.
You could also get a degree in something you enjoy personally but won't directly get you a job. Education doesn't just have to be for professional development.
"And Dave Weiner argues that the iPhone isn't a "platform" at all: "The idea that it's a platform should mean no individual or company has the power to turn you off.""
I disagree. All of the modern game consoles are clearly platforms, yet you must have approval in order to develop and sell software for them. You have to submit your game to MS, Sony or Nintendo and they have to approve it. They can (and will) refuse authoring and certification of your game if you fail to meet their criteria. Granted, I don't think they've ever refused a game due to competition (only technical issues) but they can still refuse. The iPhone is a de facto platform. Whining about how it isn't open enough won't change that.
This is Apple after all, they've been locking people into developing software *their* way for as long as I can remember. Apple stopped being about openness a long time ago.
Sure, he might be safe to you. But to some of us, those who have lived in the pellet villages, the terrible sound of "Wakka wakka wakka" makes us run as the impending consumption of the village begins. I have been there my friends, hiding in the dark corners hoping not to be seen, watching as poor power pellets are gobbled up before my eyes.
I mean, don't tell me I'm the only one to see a striking similarity between this creation and ED-209.
After watching the video, it looks like it would have as much luck with stairs as ED-209 would. All it needs is more weapons, the ability to walk and to malfunction with bloody yet hillarious results at a board meeting and we're well on our way!
Hey asshole, I happen to go to Chico. We're no more of a party school than most colleges. We aren't on any of the main "party school" lists out there, so shut your hole. Most of us are real students just trying to learn.
Chico was also named a while back (I believe it was by Newsweek or another magazine of the same type) as one of the best value schools. Chico isn't much of a party town since they cracked down on it over 15 years ago. In fact, the place is more locked down than most, as Halloween is strictly clamped down on by the police. Radio, TV and print ads tell people not to invite others to town. I tried to take my girlfriend out for dinner and we saw no less than 15 cops on foot, half a dozen mounted police officers, and 3 different car checkpoints. St. Patty's day happens during spring break when almost no one is here.
So pretty please with sugar on top, keep your jackass, uneducated opinions to yourself.
I thought that SG1 was cancelled. Now, why would they cancel one show and then start up another show that will probably be the same, except with a new cast and no McGyver.
I mean, I don't know about you, but without McGyver it just won't be the same.
Seriously, I liked some of the newer films that they released. The costumes have gotten to the point where you don't have to work hard to get past the whole "man in a rubber suit" issue. The city models have also gained an incredible level of detail. It's a shame really, but hopefully in a decade or so they'll bring him back.
After all, you can't actually kill Godzilla. No matter what you may think you've seen or read, he always comes back again. He cannot die.
Godzilla lives!
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That since Japan opened itself up to the west it's been a maniac for other cultures. With the exception of the years before and during ww2, Japan has long been a rabid consumer for American culture, along with european culture.
Just take a walk throughout Shibuya, Shinjuku, Ueno or Akihabara. You'll find a massive number of japanese teenagers (and adults) wearing shirts with "engrish" on them. Music is often sprinkled with a hearty dose of engrish as well. Try watching their TV programs sometime, you'll find plenty of american culture. Of course, they like to take it and modify it to their own means and that's exactly what Japan has been doing forever.
This brings up an interesting question: Why are the Japanese so keen to take, modify and integrate other cultures to suit their needs, yet they're still incredibly racist of other cultures? If you doubt their racism, ask why they still have stores and places of business that advertise "Japanese Only"? Of course, for Americans it is a bit hard to understand the concept of being a distinct civilization since we've long been a melting pot, a nation made up of other nations.
But I'm getting off the point. This article is nothing new. The reason why collectables are so expensive overseas is that it's so damned expensive in Japan! Whenever you feel like complaining about the price of dvds, remember that they charge around 40-60$ per dvd, and usually it has half as much as a dvd here in America.
And my father goes over there on a fairly frequent basis for 2-3 months at a time. Always sticks me with taking care of his affairs while he's away... *grumble*
Anyways, I went all over that damned town. I spent an entire day walking around (mostly because I got lost) and I don't honestly remember there being that much of a massive wire problem overhead. I'd remember it because I'm a geek at heart and got thrown out of more than one cyber cafe for playing around to how to break their censorship software. But I'm getting off track. Sure, there were plenty of lines overhead, but no more so than any large city I've been in, reguardless of country. There's nothing wrong with running wires overhead, you just have to be certain of what you're running and not run useless wire. If it's useless I completely agree with tearing it down.
Personally, I still think that we should run fiber through the sewage systems to all locations. Everyone has to have sewage, and no one really cares if we run something through it. Why it isn't a standard I don't understand. The expense in the short term is offset by the long term gain in my opinion.
Was just an adaption of the wonderful Richard Matheson book "I am Legend" which came out back in the 1950's (I believe). I personally would love to see the book put to the screen but those damned screen writers keep changing the plot so that it fits with what the studios think we want: ie love interest, more action, etc etc.
It's really a shame, since I highly recommend the book and a film of it would bring it to the masses.
In my opinion, the film was a wonderful Zombie film. It didn't get bogged down in trying to explain the how and why of the virus so it didn't bother me a bit. Not explaining the details also plays another role: it puts the audience into the same position as the characters. The characters don't give a flying damn about the details, they just want to survive.
The film manages to spook you but doesn't often give in to the common traps that most horror films fall into. Sure, some things are pretty obviously going to happen, but the film doesn't go for cliques(sp) which was a pleasant suprise. Of course, the differences between American and European film styles is quite clear, especially their repective attitudes towards violence and nudity.
Something else I should note was pointed out to me by my artisticly inclined friend, which was that the fact that it even made it over here to the states is a statement in and of itself. Most of their films don't make it over here for a theatrical release and are relegated to the foriegn film isle at the local rental store. The camera work is also different with some seemingly awkward angles that work well for the film. The music fits the mood of the film as well.
All in all, I highly recommend this film for Zombie film fans, and I can also recommend it to those who aren't really into zombie flicks since the plot is decent and they don't try to gross out the audience.
Arnold Schwarzenegger in the video game remake of... Kindergarden Cop! "STOP WHINING!" Watch as you control the hulking man run through tiny classrooms and shout various random statements at little children! Marvel as they react to your actions by the patented "cry-meter"!
I swear, I'll never play that game in the dark again. Damned headcrabs scared the hell out of me, jumping out of dark corners and attacking me in air ducts.
Afterwards I hard a hard time getting to sleep since there was a storm outside and it sounded like the headcrabs were coming to get me.
Just to comment on the last thing you said about "That's right, Windows 98 is a great product. Anyone who says otherwise is a pro-Linux zelot or a fool," umm, I'm not a pro-linux zealot (learn to spell it before you use it", and I most certainly am not a fool, and I hate windows 98. I currently work as a Sysadmin at a multi-million dollar company and we use NT, and I use 95 at home, but I will never use 98 because of all the CRAP that was intaled in it. As for your rather unintelligent commants about slashdot breaking every copyright law in the book, well, I feel that perhaps you should actually look up those laws before you go off bathering about them and looking like a complete idiot. I've read the posts that MS wants removed, and in no way shaoe or form have I been able to see any copyright issues. And YES, I have dealt with those laws because I have been involved in such lawsuits. Maybe you should pull your head out of your anus before you post again.
I am very much impressed by his responce to Microsoft. In terms of debating, he has just make a classical attack of questioning his opponents tactics in general, both in the case at hand AND the governments case against them. Also, I feel I must stand up for the lawyer. I mean come on guys, not all of them are really that bad, and most of them are great guys. They are intelligent, and deserve some respect. After all, its not the lawyers that are complicated, but the law itself. Give it on up now for them. "Controlling your future, one invention at a time." ---Evil INC.
I consider myself to be somewhat of a geek at heart. I've never been kissed, I have a few female friends, and I prefer to be alone and away from those who would consider themselves to be my better. I think that this article seems to paint the common picture of a geek; a short, ugly, pocket-protector and glass wearing littleboy. This is not true. In fact, the only girl that I have ever liked (and likes me. long story) was attracted to me because of my willingness to be quiet and alone. And she could relate to me in many ways, although she's had more experiance in romance than myself. This article is nothing more than the propagation of the common nerd/geek myth. Its time that it dies.
I find it very amusing that what started out as a small company that had to contend with a large company known as IBM are now trying to corner the market and get rid of the very same pro-competion laws that helped to protect them during their beginings. Can anyone else here see what is wrong?
How sad it is for such a powerful company to forget its roots. I fear that if Microsoft has its way, it would control everything. They need to be reminded of where they came from, and what they went through.
Microsoft should remember the saying : "Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutly."
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You statements are simplistic, naive and just wrong.
Read a damn history book. No country in history has ever "become the ruling force in a country by offering nice health plans and a school for everyone". The Visigoths who were defeated by the Muslims conquered the country through force after they finished sacking Rome. Every country has blood on their hands. Stop being simplistic.
I feel like you want to believe that human history and interaction is a series of simplistic events, carried out by caricatures rather than by complicated human cultures, each with their own desires, fears and circumstances. It's never that simple. NEVER.
For security purposes, I use a WiebeTech drive eraser to scrub the drive (DoD Sanitize standard), then send them to a physical destruction service.
Paranoid? Yes. Expensive? Yes. Worth it to my employers? Yes.
The Inland Sea (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seto_Inland_Sea) is not deep enough.
I don't know how it is in Germany, but here in the USA (especially in the Silicon Valley) if you want a late career boost, go get an MBA. Having an MBA isn't a four-letter word around here, especially if you get one from a good program. MIT has an excellent executive MBA program that can be done remotely, and everyone I've encountered with one has been top-notch. Same goes for an MBA from Stanford or even the other colleges local to the area.
Having an MBA opens a lot more doors for you. If you already have a good amount of experience in IT and Software Development, go get a degree in something outside of those fields to help expand your options.
You could also get a degree in something you enjoy personally but won't directly get you a job. Education doesn't just have to be for professional development.
Version *.0 never works. *.1 will work.
Therefore, always release 2.1 instead of 2.0.
2.1 will work.
2.0 won't.
Everything will be fixed in SnowLeopard.
"And Dave Weiner argues that the iPhone isn't a "platform" at all: "The idea that it's a platform should mean no individual or company has the power to turn you off.""
I disagree. All of the modern game consoles are clearly platforms, yet you must have approval in order to develop and sell software for them. You have to submit your game to MS, Sony or Nintendo and they have to approve it. They can (and will) refuse authoring and certification of your game if you fail to meet their criteria. Granted, I don't think they've ever refused a game due to competition (only technical issues) but they can still refuse. The iPhone is a de facto platform. Whining about how it isn't open enough won't change that.
This is Apple after all, they've been locking people into developing software *their* way for as long as I can remember. Apple stopped being about openness a long time ago.
Sure, he might be safe to you. But to some of us, those who have lived in the pellet villages, the terrible sound of "Wakka wakka wakka" makes us run as the impending consumption of the village begins. I have been there my friends, hiding in the dark corners hoping not to be seen, watching as poor power pellets are gobbled up before my eyes.
At night, I can sometimes still hear the screams.
I mean, don't tell me I'm the only one to see a striking similarity between this creation and ED-209.
After watching the video, it looks like it would have as much luck with stairs as ED-209 would. All it needs is more weapons, the ability to walk and to malfunction with bloody yet hillarious results at a board meeting and we're well on our way!
Hey asshole, I happen to go to Chico. We're no more of a party school than most colleges. We aren't on any of the main "party school" lists out there, so shut your hole. Most of us are real students just trying to learn.
Chico was also named a while back (I believe it was by Newsweek or another magazine of the same type) as one of the best value schools. Chico isn't much of a party town since they cracked down on it over 15 years ago. In fact, the place is more locked down than most, as Halloween is strictly clamped down on by the police. Radio, TV and print ads tell people not to invite others to town. I tried to take my girlfriend out for dinner and we saw no less than 15 cops on foot, half a dozen mounted police officers, and 3 different car checkpoints. St. Patty's day happens during spring break when almost no one is here.
So pretty please with sugar on top, keep your jackass, uneducated opinions to yourself.
I thought that SG1 was cancelled. Now, why would they cancel one show and then start up another show that will probably be the same, except with a new cast and no McGyver.
I mean, I don't know about you, but without McGyver it just won't be the same.
Oh no, they say he's got to go!
Godzilla!
Seriously, I liked some of the newer films that they released. The costumes have gotten to the point where you don't have to work hard to get past the whole "man in a rubber suit" issue. The city models have also gained an incredible level of detail. It's a shame really, but hopefully in a decade or so they'll bring him back.
After all, you can't actually kill Godzilla. No matter what you may think you've seen or read, he always comes back again. He cannot die.
Godzilla lives!
That since Japan opened itself up to the west it's been a maniac for other cultures. With the exception of the years before and during ww2, Japan has long been a rabid consumer for American culture, along with european culture.
Just take a walk throughout Shibuya, Shinjuku, Ueno or Akihabara. You'll find a massive number of japanese teenagers (and adults) wearing shirts with "engrish" on them. Music is often sprinkled with a hearty dose of engrish as well. Try watching their TV programs sometime, you'll find plenty of american culture. Of course, they like to take it and modify it to their own means and that's exactly what Japan has been doing forever.
This brings up an interesting question: Why are the Japanese so keen to take, modify and integrate other cultures to suit their needs, yet they're still incredibly racist of other cultures? If you doubt their racism, ask why they still have stores and places of business that advertise "Japanese Only"? Of course, for Americans it is a bit hard to understand the concept of being a distinct civilization since we've long been a melting pot, a nation made up of other nations.
But I'm getting off the point. This article is nothing new. The reason why collectables are so expensive overseas is that it's so damned expensive in Japan! Whenever you feel like complaining about the price of dvds, remember that they charge around 40-60$ per dvd, and usually it has half as much as a dvd here in America.
And my father goes over there on a fairly frequent basis for 2-3 months at a time. Always sticks me with taking care of his affairs while he's away... *grumble*
Anyways, I went all over that damned town. I spent an entire day walking around (mostly because I got lost) and I don't honestly remember there being that much of a massive wire problem overhead. I'd remember it because I'm a geek at heart and got thrown out of more than one cyber cafe for playing around to how to break their censorship software. But I'm getting off track. Sure, there were plenty of lines overhead, but no more so than any large city I've been in, reguardless of country. There's nothing wrong with running wires overhead, you just have to be certain of what you're running and not run useless wire. If it's useless I completely agree with tearing it down.
Personally, I still think that we should run fiber through the sewage systems to all locations. Everyone has to have sewage, and no one really cares if we run something through it. Why it isn't a standard I don't understand. The expense in the short term is offset by the long term gain in my opinion.
Bah, I just know my history! I turn 22 in two weeks :p
Was just an adaption of the wonderful Richard Matheson book "I am Legend" which came out back in the 1950's (I believe). I personally would love to see the book put to the screen but those damned screen writers keep changing the plot so that it fits with what the studios think we want: ie love interest, more action, etc etc.
It's really a shame, since I highly recommend the book and a film of it would bring it to the masses.
In my opinion, the film was a wonderful Zombie film. It didn't get bogged down in trying to explain the how and why of the virus so it didn't bother me a bit. Not explaining the details also plays another role: it puts the audience into the same position as the characters. The characters don't give a flying damn about the details, they just want to survive.
The film manages to spook you but doesn't often give in to the common traps that most horror films fall into. Sure, some things are pretty obviously going to happen, but the film doesn't go for cliques(sp) which was a pleasant suprise. Of course, the differences between American and European film styles is quite clear, especially their repective attitudes towards violence and nudity.
Something else I should note was pointed out to me by my artisticly inclined friend, which was that the fact that it even made it over here to the states is a statement in and of itself. Most of their films don't make it over here for a theatrical release and are relegated to the foriegn film isle at the local rental store. The camera work is also different with some seemingly awkward angles that work well for the film. The music fits the mood of the film as well.
All in all, I highly recommend this film for Zombie film fans, and I can also recommend it to those who aren't really into zombie flicks since the plot is decent and they don't try to gross out the audience.
Yeah, except one exists, and the other is less real than the Easter Bunny.
Daikatana?
Arnold Schwarzenegger in the video game remake of... Kindergarden Cop!
"STOP WHINING!"
Watch as you control the hulking man run through tiny classrooms and shout various random statements at little children! Marvel as they react to your actions by the patented "cry-meter"!
I swear, I'll never play that game in the dark again. Damned headcrabs scared the hell out of me, jumping out of dark corners and attacking me in air ducts.
Afterwards I hard a hard time getting to sleep since there was a storm outside and it sounded like the headcrabs were coming to get me.
Just to comment on the last thing you said about "That's right, Windows 98 is a great product. Anyone who says otherwise is a pro-Linux zelot or a fool," umm, I'm not a pro-linux zealot (learn to spell it before you use it", and I most certainly am not a fool, and I hate windows 98. I currently work as a Sysadmin at a multi-million dollar company and we use NT, and I use 95 at home, but I will never use 98 because of all the CRAP that was intaled in it. As for your rather unintelligent commants about slashdot breaking every copyright law in the book, well, I feel that perhaps you should actually look up those laws before you go off bathering about them and looking like a complete idiot. I've read the posts that MS wants removed, and in no way shaoe or form have I been able to see any copyright issues. And YES, I have dealt with those laws because I have been involved in such lawsuits. Maybe you should pull your head out of your anus before you post again.
I am very much impressed by his responce to Microsoft. In terms of debating, he has just make a classical attack of questioning his opponents tactics in general, both in the case at hand AND the governments case against them. Also, I feel I must stand up for the lawyer. I mean come on guys, not all of them are really that bad, and most of them are great guys. They are intelligent, and deserve some respect. After all, its not the lawyers that are complicated, but the law itself. Give it on up now for them. "Controlling your future, one invention at a time." ---Evil INC.
I consider myself to be somewhat of a geek at heart. I've never been kissed, I have a few female friends, and I prefer to be alone and away from those who would consider themselves to be my better. I think that this article seems to paint the common picture of a geek; a short, ugly, pocket-protector and glass wearing littleboy. This is not true. In fact, the only girl that I have ever liked (and likes me. long story) was attracted to me because of my willingness to be quiet and alone. And she could relate to me in many ways, although she's had more experiance in romance than myself. This article is nothing more than the propagation of the common nerd/geek myth. Its time that it dies.
I find it very amusing that what started out as a small company that had to contend with a large company known as IBM are now trying to corner the market and get rid of the very same pro-competion laws that helped to protect them during their beginings. Can anyone else here see what is wrong?
How sad it is for such a powerful company to forget its roots. I fear that if Microsoft has its way, it would control everything. They need to be reminded of where they came from, and what they went through.
Microsoft should remember the saying : "Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutly."