His protest was in texting the competitor service it was costing Telecom a lot more than Telecom to Telecom texts.
And by doing so, he's provided an excuse for Telecom to get free airtime to say things like "I suppose it's an indication of the kind of thing we wanted to discourage by putting a cap", thereby ensuring that most consumers think he's a kook.
He should bill Telecom for the excellent public relations job he's done for them.
Call it flamebait if you like, but the fact is that people who grew up with the X cut-and-paste paradigm are pissed off by the nonsensical Windows extra steps, and it's only you Windows weinies that want to come in and screw up our GUIs now.
I HATE working in Windows primarily because of the screwed-up cut-and-paste.
Why is everybody, but everybody, talking about MySQL when Firebird is just as free, has a LOT more funtions (the transaction handling is great), and it's FAST.
'cause we're still bitter about having to change the name of our web browser.
Yeah FedX is a pain where I live, since they won't deliver anything without a signature that is an express package, so I end up driving 100 miles round trip to go get my box, usually computer parts.
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They do have a deal though that you can sign up for a preauthorized drop point, either at your house or another location that can solve my problem of them wanting a signature, but I haven't gotten around to doing it yet.
Translation: "Fedex is a pain. I have to fill out a form if I want them to dump expensive crap on the porch, and I can't be bothered to fill out that form, despite the fact that it's printed on the back of the notice they stick on my door."
That's not Fedex being a pain where you live, that's you being a lazy bastard who can't turn a piece of paper over, fill it out, and stick it back on the door.
And in the days of silent movies, good actors (in the loosest sense of the phrase...)with lousy voices got the jobs. when talkies came along, out they went.
Additionally, computer animation could help that sort of actor for a while; they could get jobs on projects that use motion-capture.
Of course, that technology may eventually go away as the programs get more sophisticated.
You do still need voice actors. With an animated feature, a really good voice actor can really add to the experience.
Yes, but your pool is WAY more open.
In the days before TV, ugly people with great voices were stars. Today, it's a lot harder for that to happen. (it does happen, but they aren't playing romantic leads.)
An independant filmmaker can find an actor with a great voice, and it doesn't matter what he looks like, what his physical capabilities are, etc.
Don't imagine that because a character isn't listed on IMDb 4.5 months before release, the character isn't in the film.
To expand on my response, in a less flip manner:
I assumed no such thing. The reason I stated that those important characters aren't in the credits (in any source I checked, which is several, but surely not all) is because it tends to suggest they aren't important characters in the film.
I'd be very surprised if Eckels isn't in the film, for instance; but clearly, he's not an important character.
This supports the notion that the events of the short story make up only the beginning of the film, which indeed appears to be the case.
Don't imagine that because a character isn't listed on IMDb 4.5 months before release, the character isn't in the film. IMDb rarely has complete credits this far before release. I'm surprised the Slashdot editors let such a silly claim through.
Perhaps they let it through because multiple different sources agree. Or hadn't you done as much research as I did before you flamed me?
Enterprise is not my favorite flavor of Trek, but it's better than nothing.
No, it's not. It's far worse than nothing.
With nothing, they might take the time to rethink things, start hiring actual writers instead of using the same two people over and over again, think of fresh new ideas instead of the same tired old time-travel and deus ex machina tripe, and just generally scrape off the freakin' barnacles and come back later with a good show.
Enterprise is crap, but what's worse is it's crap that's preventing progress.
Besides, there have been a couple good episodes this season.
Read what you wrote again. Two good episodes, in a whole season. There's a term for that. It's "crap".
Has anybody ever successfully engaged a real carrier with an Exocet? With the exception of tiny frigates hastilly converted into temporary carriers, I believe every such attempt has been a failure, and that's against far less capable navies than the US Navy.
Any US Carrier Task Force is, by itself, the most powerful navy in the world other than ours.
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Don't forget that refusing to allow more oil production in the US is effectively outsourcing all oil production jobs.
His protest was in texting the competitor service it was costing Telecom a lot more than Telecom to Telecom texts.
And by doing so, he's provided an excuse for Telecom to get free airtime to say things like "I suppose it's an indication of the kind of thing we wanted to discourage by putting a cap", thereby ensuring that most consumers think he's a kook.
He should bill Telecom for the excellent public relations job he's done for them.
It's been tried before. Remember Nachi/Welchia? That only added to the congestion that the MyDoom worm caused.
That was due to a design flaw. A bug in one example of a program isn't proof it can't be written.
And I remember it well. I can't ping my damn servers for troubleshooting to this day because of it.
I think Windows is at the very least, doing an admirable job of patching it's flaws, but you can't force people to update.
Sure you can. Just write a virus that runs it. If it fails, have it wipe the hard drive.
I'm not saying I think you SHOULD, but you CAN.
It follows the RFCs.
"Recompile it on every PC" isn't on this list for a reason.
Funny, I hate it because I can't drag windows with ALT+LMB.
Everybody's different.
Exactly. And that's why the folks developing GUIs for the Open Source world ignore the whiners.
Call it flamebait if you like, but the fact is that people who grew up with the X cut-and-paste paradigm are pissed off by the nonsensical Windows extra steps, and it's only you Windows weinies that want to come in and screw up our GUIs now.
I HATE working in Windows primarily because of the screwed-up cut-and-paste.
Whine, whine, whine.
Submit a patch or shut yer yap.
Funny that he wants to do it to bring Solaris into the model of Java, which they won't Open.
The other reason is, people who want access to the code in their car are many, and bitch to their Congressman.
People who want access to the code in their Xbox are few, and bitch on Slashdot.
Why is everybody, but everybody, talking about MySQL when Firebird is just as free, has a LOT more funtions (the transaction handling is great), and it's FAST.
'cause we're still bitter about having to change the name of our web browser.
The makers of speakers and microphones were too busy high-fiving each other to comment.
Yeah FedX is a pain where I live, since they won't deliver anything without a signature that is an express package, so I end up driving 100 miles round trip to go get my box, usually computer parts.
snip
They do have a deal though that you can sign up for a preauthorized drop point, either at your house or another location that can solve my problem of them wanting a signature, but I haven't gotten around to doing it yet.
Translation: "Fedex is a pain. I have to fill out a form if I want them to dump expensive crap on the porch, and I can't be bothered to fill out that form, despite the fact that it's printed on the back of the notice they stick on my door."
That's not Fedex being a pain where you live, that's you being a lazy bastard who can't turn a piece of paper over, fill it out, and stick it back on the door.
And in the days of silent movies, good actors (in the loosest sense of the phrase...)with lousy voices got the jobs. when talkies came along, out they went.
Additionally, computer animation could help that sort of actor for a while; they could get jobs on projects that use motion-capture.
Of course, that technology may eventually go away as the programs get more sophisticated.
You do still need voice actors. With an animated feature, a really good voice actor can really add to the experience.
Yes, but your pool is WAY more open.
In the days before TV, ugly people with great voices were stars. Today, it's a lot harder for that to happen. (it does happen, but they aren't playing romantic leads.)
An independant filmmaker can find an actor with a great voice, and it doesn't matter what he looks like, what his physical capabilities are, etc.
A quadrapeligic could play James Bond.
You should have known you'd be marked Troll on that. This is Slashdot; it's only appropriate for oil production jobs to be outsourced.
Whether you reach orbital velocity in 9 days or 9 minutes, you're still travelling at orbital velocity.
Don't imagine that because a character isn't listed on IMDb 4.5 months before release, the character isn't in the film.
To expand on my response, in a less flip manner:
I assumed no such thing. The reason I stated that those important characters aren't in the credits (in any source I checked, which is several, but surely not all) is because it tends to suggest they aren't important characters in the film.
I'd be very surprised if Eckels isn't in the film, for instance; but clearly, he's not an important character.
This supports the notion that the events of the short story make up only the beginning of the film, which indeed appears to be the case.
As submitter of this story, I hereby declare your comment to be the funniest yet. Well done, sir.
Don't imagine that because a character isn't listed on IMDb 4.5 months before release, the character isn't in the film. IMDb rarely has complete credits this far before release. I'm surprised the Slashdot editors let such a silly claim through.
Perhaps they let it through because multiple different sources agree. Or hadn't you done as much research as I did before you flamed me?
$500 million might be enough to get this changed; it might be cheaper to bribe enough Senators to get a bill through.
Read Peter F. Hamilton's Night's Dawn trilogy for an interesting take on this from a science fiction angle.
Enterprise is not my favorite flavor of Trek, but it's better than nothing.
No, it's not. It's far worse than nothing.
With nothing, they might take the time to rethink things, start hiring actual writers instead of using the same two people over and over again, think of fresh new ideas instead of the same tired old time-travel and deus ex machina tripe, and just generally scrape off the freakin' barnacles and come back later with a good show.
Enterprise is crap, but what's worse is it's crap that's preventing progress.
Besides, there have been a couple good episodes this season.
Read what you wrote again. Two good episodes, in a whole season. There's a term for that. It's "crap".
Has anybody ever successfully engaged a real carrier with an Exocet? With the exception of tiny frigates hastilly converted into temporary carriers, I believe every such attempt has been a failure, and that's against far less capable navies than the US Navy.
Any US Carrier Task Force is, by itself, the most powerful navy in the world other than ours.