Honestly, my first reaction to this story was "let's roll out some seventeen-year-old H. Ross Perot jokes!" - and I assumed the name was a coincidence which could be exploited for comedy purposes.
But you know, H. Ross Perot is rich for a reason, right? Something about being in business or something...
And sure enough, TFA says Perot Systems was founded by H. Ross Perot, and his son (H. Ross Perot Junior) is now chairman...
So how does this story not have anything to do with "ross"?:)
Dell: So, we were thinking we'd like to buy- Perot: Can I finish? Dell: Yes, but- Perot: Can I finish... Can I finish can I finish can I finish? Dell: well, naturally- Perot: Can I finish?
I mean, Indiana Jones was dealing with 'found' antiquities. I can see the argument that such antiquities really have no "proper" owner, and ownership shouldn't just go to the first person to touch it (i.e. the person that found it), so I have no problem with the notion that such antiquities should go to a public museum for all to see. But for people's belongings, if you think after their death, they revert to the public/state, then your philosophy is very close to some sort of communism or socialism, at least.
Maybe Jones wasn't oblivious to the fact that he was basically stealing these treasures, and the "in a museum" thing was necessary for him to continue his tomb-raiding ways without being crippled by guilt?
Maybe part of his pervasive love of achaeology was in being able to present it to others?
Maybe it just served as a nice bit of dialogue for the character to convey to the audience what actually happened to the artifact at the end of the movie?:)
iTunes has gotten to a saturation point with so many artists that the ones who demand payment would just have to be the ones who afford to lose out on that market. iTunes doesn't *need* them, anymore, and neither does Amazon.
I'm not sure that's true any more. iTunes really is not the only game in town any more - and with DRM having basically fallen out of favor there's not a substantial technical barrier to people using another music store, either.
It talks about police and wiretapping so we'll get plenty of paranoid theories and the resulting jokes. Plus we're guaranteed a mangled Ben Franklin quote.
Ooh, ooh, I got one!
"I am BEN FRANKLIN, master of SEX and VOODOO!"
I'm not sure if it's exactly relevant to this discussion, though...
Honestly, I'm not surprised people are finding fault with the Drake Equation. I mean, it was written up by Ludwig Von Drake! He's not a proper scientist at all, he's just a cartoon! You can't rely on cartoon characters to do your science for you, it's not sensible... And you've got to question the repeatability of any experiment taking place in a cartoon environment...
That also makes it incredibly easy to write a script that goes through meta data and provides the proper comic strip.
And then, just in case the script gets it wrong, we can hedge our bets by providing a list of alternate "correlation in interest" links - things which we don't claim are necessarily related to the story, but which we expect those interested in the story might be interested in or enjoy. By being non-specific about why the links might be interesting, we effectively improve the odds that we will appear to have made some correct predictions...
It's Spring you Northern Fool! Spring follows Winter on the 1st September So smell the yellow Daffodils
Huh. Is that some Southern Hemisphere thing? Or does it vary by country?
Aroond here the seasons are roughly organized around the solstices and equinoxes - Summer starts around the solstice and ends close to the equinox, around the 20th of September.
Now, I could certainly understand a case being made for summer and winter centering around, rather than starting on, the solstice... <shrug>
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If by IT you mean your mom, then I can attest to the perils of ramming products down her throat. She's a biter.
So how does this story not have anything to do with "ross"?
Because Sr. came back to work for the company a couple of years ago.
I interviewed at the HQ out of college. The place is pretty cool.
Did you miss the "not" in that question?
Let's not forget he was the guy that attempted a Soldier of Fortune-type rescue of the Iranian hostages.
Oh yeah - he sent in that "Blake" joker, right?
Honestly, my first reaction to this story was "let's roll out some seventeen-year-old H. Ross Perot jokes!" - and I assumed the name was a coincidence which could be exploited for comedy purposes.
But you know, H. Ross Perot is rich for a reason, right? Something about being in business or something...
And sure enough, TFA says Perot Systems was founded by H. Ross Perot, and his son (H. Ross Perot Junior) is now chairman...
So how does this story not have anything to do with "ross"? :)
Dell: So, we were thinking we'd like to buy-
Perot: Can I finish?
Dell: Yes, but-
Perot: Can I finish... Can I finish can I finish can I finish?
Dell: well, naturally-
Perot: Can I finish?
I mean, Indiana Jones was dealing with 'found' antiquities. I can see the argument that such antiquities really have no "proper" owner, and ownership shouldn't just go to the first person to touch it (i.e. the person that found it), so I have no problem with the notion that such antiquities should go to a public museum for all to see. But for people's belongings, if you think after their death, they revert to the public/state, then your philosophy is very close to some sort of communism or socialism, at least.
Maybe Jones wasn't oblivious to the fact that he was basically stealing these treasures, and the "in a museum" thing was necessary for him to continue his tomb-raiding ways without being crippled by guilt?
Maybe part of his pervasive love of achaeology was in being able to present it to others?
Maybe it just served as a nice bit of dialogue for the character to convey to the audience what actually happened to the artifact at the end of the movie? :)
eBay must be run by the Ferengi.
In fact, they seem to be even greedier than the Ferengi.
Nah, don't be silly. eBay is nothing like the Ferengi.
The Ferengi follow a very strict code which governs how they may profit from commerce...
We have... evolved... beyond primitive concepts like... money...
I'll give you a hundred credits for it.
Thankyou for inspiring me to re-read all my SCUD books.
Have you read the four-issue series conclusion they published last year?
In some ways it didn't seem to measure up, IMO, but it could also be that I just see the material differently at this point...
Were I Apple, I'd drop people who charged for it.
iTunes has gotten to a saturation point with so many artists that the ones who demand payment would just have to be the ones who afford to lose out on that market. iTunes doesn't *need* them, anymore, and neither does Amazon.
I'm not sure that's true any more. iTunes really is not the only game in town any more - and with DRM having basically fallen out of favor there's not a substantial technical barrier to people using another music store, either.
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Yeah, it's like when Pacman eats the big dot...
It talks about police and wiretapping so we'll get plenty of paranoid theories and the resulting jokes. Plus we're guaranteed a mangled Ben Franklin quote.
Ooh, ooh, I got one!
"I am BEN FRANKLIN, master of SEX and VOODOO!"
I'm not sure if it's exactly relevant to this discussion, though...
Also known as Balboa.
Nyet! Is hideout for moose and squirrel!
Honestly, I'm not surprised people are finding fault with the Drake Equation. I mean, it was written up by Ludwig Von Drake! He's not a proper scientist at all, he's just a cartoon! You can't rely on cartoon characters to do your science for you, it's not sensible... And you've got to question the repeatability of any experiment taking place in a cartoon environment...
That also makes it incredibly easy to write a script that goes through meta data and provides the proper comic strip.
And then, just in case the script gets it wrong, we can hedge our bets by providing a list of alternate "correlation in interest" links - things which we don't claim are necessarily related to the story, but which we expect those interested in the story might be interested in or enjoy. By being non-specific about why the links might be interesting, we effectively improve the odds that we will appear to have made some correct predictions...
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None of the current options are going to give you better bandwidth than simply loading up the RV with backup tapes and taking them with you...
Very well said! This post deserves a score higher! Yes it's language, it's human, and it's not logical :-)
Fascinating...
There just as immune as Linux is.
Where is just as immune as Linux is?
Why do you say where is just as immune as linux is?
Your so-called "monoculture" is sort of false out of the gate.
Self-defeating qualifier: ten yard penalty!
Easy, count syllables. Syllables are moras. Moras are syllables.
Except not...
"jyan", for instance, is one syllable, but three moras, in Japanese.
It's Spring you Northern Fool!
Spring follows Winter on the 1st September
So smell the yellow Daffodils
Huh. Is that some Southern Hemisphere thing? Or does it vary by country?
Aroond here the seasons are roughly organized around the solstices and equinoxes - Summer starts around the solstice and ends close to the equinox, around the 20th of September.
Now, I could certainly understand a case being made for summer and winter centering around, rather than starting on, the solstice... <shrug>
P.S.: Your Haiku ain't one. :)
Senryuu mo
Haiku no uchi ni
Haitteru zo
=P
Too many moras... "senryuu" and "haitteru" are each five on their own... :)
Vega tatsu
Shoryuuken!
mata ochiru.
A haiku is more
Than five, seven, and five words.
Fuck you, it's Spring!
I'll say it again
for Southern Hemisphere friends:
It's still winter, fool!
(Pedantic, yes, but - I hope it is still funny. If it was before...)
In 8 more days it will be autumn in the Northern Hemisphere.
And the weather's already broke here in southern California. Trees are shedding leaves like mad.
Fair enough...
In any case, I absolutely love the last line of that haiku... XD
Uhh, it's the middle of September, dude. You might want to get a calendar.
You might ask yourself,
On what date does summer end?
Do you see my point?