How is this impossible? In mission to mars, their capsule was spinning around a central axis. Assuming you build your helix around that center axis, and give each M&M an initial kick to cancel out that rotation, the M&M's would be perfectly still, (rotationally) and the capsule would rotate around 'em, making them look like they were the things doing the rotating.
So uh... I dunno. Maybe I am wrong, but honestly, I don't think I am, and isn't Michael just a wee bit too quick to jump down people's throats?
It's pretty much the size, probably. I doubt people like sitting so close to it, so you need a 30+ inch screen to have a really good experience with a movie.
Besides. Forget the fact that you can't see the detail. I ripped all my movies at 720x480 because that's how they come on DVD, more or less, and the Dreamcast just won't play them. That's really the rub, right there.
Okay, okay, you got him. They only have more than 400,000 subscribers. So, my poor dears, that company is only making well more than $12 million dollars. A MONTH.
I only hope they can provide internet access for $12 million dollars a month. Christ, that's easily a few dozen OC-12's. And they're piping it over wires they ALREADY HAD!
Actually, I think they're there to make sure the trucks aren't dangerously overloaded. You would have sounded like less of a fucking retard had you said:
And they pay for it too, what the hell do you think all those toll booths all over the interstates are for? Art?
Oh, the hell with it. It's a day later, but I'll post.
What the fuck is so great about always on? Christ, you'd think the 30-60 seconds of modem dialing was the most complicated thing on the frigging planet, and took hours to do, and ate babies for breakfast with all this fuss over always on.
What good is always on if you can't run a server? (Which is in the agreement on most of these crap cable deals...) Honestly, do you work better during the day knowing that your computer at home is more vulnerable to any sort of attack?
Videos can be up to 496x496 but 320x240 or lower recommended.
320x240 or lower recommended? Ye-haw. Pardon me while I go re-rip all 120 of my 720x480 rips so that I lose 75% of the clarity, and squint the whole time instead of spending the extra $150. I know that the weeks of re-ripping will pay off, so long as I consider my time worth less than $.25 an hour.
And no, I didn't pull 75% out of my ass, either. 320x240 is 1/4th (more or less) of 720x480.
I wonder. Okay, let's assume for the moment that I have a billion dollars.
Stop laughing, and imagine, dammit.
Now, I saw Vanilla Sky. And I hated it, but that's besides the point. But there is a scene, with good old Tom, running through Times Square, and it's completely empty. There's another one in The Devil's Advocate, with Keanu on 5th Avenue, all alone, with no cars.
First of all, how the heck did they do that? I don't remember any massive, massive street closings. But let's say that, as with this Matrix sequence, they just shut it down, keep people out, and take pictures.
So, I have this billion dollars. Do you think I could rent say, Red Square, or some other major landmark, keep everyone out, just to stand around by myself and think, "Wow, this is pretty cool..."?
Of course, people who waste money like that probably won't have a billion dollars.
Sadly, it doesn't really matter.
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I mean, it's a step in the right direction, but to the/. crowd, it should seem pretty darn obvious - if someone points out a mistake, you have to fix it. Oddly enough, since the government is there to serve the people, if the people point out that the government is a bozo, this is exactly what *should* happen.
The problem with this bill is just what the article says - no one is going to be challenging the data where a minor functionary has his phone number listed incorrectly. The *big* companies that probably want this sort of ability to challenge data would be the tobbaco companies. After all, those surgeon general warnings are technically government data.
Theoretically, it will depend on how this data can be used, once changed. A whole hell of a lot of court cases have been won and lost through government researched data. If some important stuff gets debunked, appeals will flood the system more than they do now, digging up old cases from as far back as human memory.
As an aside - remember the FOIA? It turns out that if the paper you're writing is a draft, it's not FOIA-able. Which is why, (and I'm in government service, sorry to say) that I spend so much time stamping draft on things.
Seriously, I was wondering about this comment: I was told that it took 4 full-time people to maintain the MESD system when it was using Microsoft software. Now it takes 1 person half time.
I work in a medium sized company IT environment - 3,000 employees, and associated desktops. IT staff of 30 people, give or take. We do everything from making sure people can log in and get e-mail, to internet/intranet/in house custom SQL databases, etc. We need all 30 people, and sometimes it feels like more.
So how is this large system (45,000 people?)supported by half a guy? Heck, how did only 4 do it with Microsoft stuff? I'm wondering in all seriousness if we're doing something very wrong.
On a slighly more serious note, you can't automate everything, or you blow away security. If you start creating say, user accounts totally through software, I'd be happy to walk up to the nearest terminal, and introduce myself as your new CIO. Not only that, but servers only maintain themselves if they *work*, kiddo. Just look at cars. They're seriously old tech. They still need mechanics. Always will. Always.
Are you dumping stock in fuel cell companies in preperation for cold fustion, btw? I hear that's the next big thing.
Even my Grisham collection agrees with you. And six dollars an hour to torture spammers to death? Well, okay, I only have a $20... I'll take three hours.;p
Just so everyone knows, this case has been dragging on since 3/01. Over a year, in which Monsterhut had unlimitied spamming rights on an ISP's network, actually against their will.
It's so odd. The US is the most litigious nation, worldwide, and yet we STILL suck at it.
Maybe he didn't try it himself, but you should get aquainted with density. Make two balls, one of lead, and one of wood, of equal size. Drop. *whap* at the same time. =)
Delay of a release date is always a terrible thing, especially for the poor release manager, who, in this case, sounds like things got a little out of his control. Perhaps it's the peril of working on free software, and having volunteers instead of cubicle drones.
Of course, the delay will net the Linux community something positive - a better Debian. Well, maybe not for the l33t d00ds out there who can take charge, and manually bonk around and get all their own security updates... but for the sysadmins, and the desktop supporting IT people.
What I'm wondering is why games are often the most delayed. If anything, a patch to a game won't be the most terrible thing you could do. But Neverwinter Nights, Duke Nukem Forever, oh, and that steaming John Romero pile... Every Blizzard game ever made! Hmmmm. Maybe they don't want us to have so much fun too fast.;p
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How is this impossible? In mission to mars, their capsule was spinning around a central axis. Assuming you build your helix around that center axis, and give each M&M an initial kick to cancel out that rotation, the M&M's would be perfectly still, (rotationally) and the capsule would rotate around 'em, making them look like they were the things doing the rotating.
So uh... I dunno. Maybe I am wrong, but honestly, I don't think I am, and isn't Michael just a wee bit too quick to jump down people's throats?
That's the funniest thing I've read today. And that's saying something. (I think.)
He may very well have. The IMDB page has no listing for the computer voice.
http://us.imdb.com/Credits?0086567
Odd, since they list all the way down to the lighting techs. So I guess it must have been someone doing double duty.
Yeah, smarmy people like you should be shot.
Out of curiosity, why do you believe him? Just because he says he never said it (nearly 15 years after the fact) doesn't mean he didn't say it.
In fact, people have been known from time to time, to "lie". Bill Gates, for instance. Isn't that who we were talking about?
Christ, you're just as gullible as you think the guy you're making fun of is.
It's pretty much the size, probably. I doubt people like sitting so close to it, so you need a 30+ inch screen to have a really good experience with a movie.
Besides. Forget the fact that you can't see the detail. I ripped all my movies at 720x480 because that's how they come on DVD, more or less, and the Dreamcast just won't play them. That's really the rub, right there.
Okay, okay, you got him. They only have more than 400,000 subscribers. So, my poor dears, that company is only making well more than $12 million dollars. A MONTH.
I only hope they can provide internet access for $12 million dollars a month. Christ, that's easily a few dozen OC-12's. And they're piping it over wires they ALREADY HAD!
Yeah, you really disproved his point.
Actually, I think they're there to make sure the trucks aren't dangerously overloaded. You would have sounded like less of a fucking retard had you said:
And they pay for it too, what the hell do you think all those toll booths all over the interstates are for? Art?
Oh, the hell with it. It's a day later, but I'll post.
What the fuck is so great about always on? Christ, you'd think the 30-60 seconds of modem dialing was the most complicated thing on the frigging planet, and took hours to do, and ate babies for breakfast with all this fuss over always on.
What good is always on if you can't run a server? (Which is in the agreement on most of these crap cable deals...) Honestly, do you work better during the day knowing that your computer at home is more vulnerable to any sort of attack?
Shhhh... don't make sense. You'll scare them. :)
Does it matter?
From your own freakin' link:
Videos can be up to 496x496 but 320x240 or lower recommended.
320x240 or lower recommended? Ye-haw. Pardon me while I go re-rip all 120 of my 720x480 rips so that I lose 75% of the clarity, and squint the whole time instead of spending the extra $150. I know that the weeks of re-ripping will pay off, so long as I consider my time worth less than $.25 an hour.
And no, I didn't pull 75% out of my ass, either. 320x240 is 1/4th (more or less) of 720x480.
I wonder. Okay, let's assume for the moment that I have a billion dollars.
Stop laughing, and imagine, dammit.
Now, I saw Vanilla Sky. And I hated it, but that's besides the point. But there is a scene, with good old Tom, running through Times Square, and it's completely empty. There's another one in The Devil's Advocate, with Keanu on 5th Avenue, all alone, with no cars.
First of all, how the heck did they do that? I don't remember any massive, massive street closings. But let's say that, as with this Matrix sequence, they just shut it down, keep people out, and take pictures.
So, I have this billion dollars. Do you think I could rent say, Red Square, or some other major landmark, keep everyone out, just to stand around by myself and think, "Wow, this is pretty cool..."?
Of course, people who waste money like that probably won't have a billion dollars.
I mean, it's a step in the right direction, but to the /. crowd, it should seem pretty darn obvious - if someone points out a mistake, you have to fix it. Oddly enough, since the government is there to serve the people, if the people point out that the government is a bozo, this is exactly what *should* happen.
The problem with this bill is just what the article says - no one is going to be challenging the data where a minor functionary has his phone number listed incorrectly. The *big* companies that probably want this sort of ability to challenge data would be the tobbaco companies. After all, those surgeon general warnings are technically government data.
Theoretically, it will depend on how this data can be used, once changed. A whole hell of a lot of court cases have been won and lost through government researched data. If some important stuff gets debunked, appeals will flood the system more than they do now, digging up old cases from as far back as human memory.
As an aside - remember the FOIA? It turns out that if the paper you're writing is a draft, it's not FOIA-able. Which is why, (and I'm in government service, sorry to say) that I spend so much time stamping draft on things.
I'm not trolling, I swear... but...
(don't you love posts that start like that?)
Seriously, I was wondering about this comment: I was told that it took 4 full-time people to maintain the MESD system when it was using Microsoft software. Now it takes 1 person half time.
I work in a medium sized company IT environment - 3,000 employees, and associated desktops. IT staff of 30 people, give or take. We do everything from making sure people can log in and get e-mail, to internet/intranet/in house custom SQL databases, etc. We need all 30 people, and sometimes it feels like more.
So how is this large system (45,000 people?)supported by half a guy? Heck, how did only 4 do it with Microsoft stuff? I'm wondering in all seriousness if we're doing something very wrong.
Fahrenheit 451?
No, no. I see what you got wrong. They said science fiction! Or haven't you read an American newspaper lately?
*clap* *clap*
Indeed, sir, a fine comeback. My hat is off to you!
=)
Never fear. The fact that you feel it necessary to tell slashdot that you're "seeing a pretty girl" clinches that you are indeed a geek.
Eventually servers will maintain themselves...
Ahahahahahahahahahaha!
Why aren't you modded at least +3 funny?
On a slighly more serious note, you can't automate everything, or you blow away security. If you start creating say, user accounts totally through software, I'd be happy to walk up to the nearest terminal, and introduce myself as your new CIO. Not only that, but servers only maintain themselves if they *work*, kiddo. Just look at cars. They're seriously old tech. They still need mechanics. Always will. Always.
Are you dumping stock in fuel cell companies in preperation for cold fustion, btw? I hear that's the next big thing.
Happily, that's why God made billboards by the sides of highways. =)
For the record, she's not really a vulcan. ;p
By George, you're right!
;p
Even my Grisham collection agrees with you. And six dollars an hour to torture spammers to death? Well, okay, I only have a $20... I'll take three hours.
Just so everyone knows, this case has been dragging on since 3/01. Over a year, in which Monsterhut had unlimitied spamming rights on an ISP's network, actually against their will.
It's so odd. The US is the most litigious nation, worldwide, and yet we STILL suck at it.
Maybe he didn't try it himself, but you should get aquainted with density. Make two balls, one of lead, and one of wood, of equal size. Drop. *whap* at the same time. =)
The great quote from the article:
Hopefully people will be able to use the forthcoming suffering as an incentive to get this done right next time.
Now that's the hellfire and damnation management theory I subscribe to! =)
Delay of a release date is always a terrible thing, especially for the poor release manager, who, in this case, sounds like things got a little out of his control. Perhaps it's the peril of working on free software, and having volunteers instead of cubicle drones.
;p
Of course, the delay will net the Linux community something positive - a better Debian. Well, maybe not for the l33t d00ds out there who can take charge, and manually bonk around and get all their own security updates... but for the sysadmins, and the desktop supporting IT people.
What I'm wondering is why games are often the most delayed. If anything, a patch to a game won't be the most terrible thing you could do. But Neverwinter Nights, Duke Nukem Forever, oh, and that steaming John Romero pile... Every Blizzard game ever made! Hmmmm. Maybe they don't want us to have so much fun too fast.