Speaking of Vader, am I the only one who was really let down by the 30-second battle between Anakin and Dooku? I mean, this kid is destined to be the Jedi, yet this scene lacked any real tension.
Think about it. The kid's bitching about how he should be all powerful. Then, he enters into a lightsabre battle with a longwinded older gentleman, and gets his ass, not to mention his arm, handed to him. Boy, he just might be a bit more tempted to try out some of that darkside power now.
His lightsaber shouldn't've had to blur once; he should've just been able to stand there and defend against attacks like a kendo master. Dooku attacks, and Yoda blocks, barely moving his saber to knock the blow aside before returning to a waiting position.
I think he was straining because Dooku was at that point trying to slam it down. Once Dooku turns and leaves, Yoda just heaves it aside.
The problem I have is that none of them use the Force to DO anything. Like in the first movie, at the beginning. Oooh, droids with shields. PICK THEM UP AND POINT THEM AT ONE ANOTHER!
I'd have thought that most of the optical media, such as CD-ROM, was the spirtual, if not linear, descendant of punch cards. Only difference is how many holes, the idea of spinning for faster access, and using a "las-er" instead of some form of mechanical armature.
Complaining that your "Athlon XP 1900+ 1.5GHz" doesn't run at 1.9Ghz is about as sensible as complaining that your 2002 Honda Civic CE doesn't have 2002 horsepower. =)
No, my friend, complaining that your Athlon XP 1900+ doesn't run at 1.9 Ghz is about as sensible as complaining that your '2002 Honda Civic' is, infact, a 1995 Honda Civic.
What, Millions of Instructions per Second? How well does it hold up to things like SIMD(or is it SMID?), or VLIW, or the lovely accelerated thingies that AltiVec does, and so on?
Aye, and nowhere does the Ford Pinto 500HP claim that it's actually a measure of horsepower. But when, for, what, ten years, the chip designation has been followed by a number denoting clockspeed, then putting that number there is a blatent attempt to take advantage of some people, who happily assume that the trend is continuing.
Otherwise, why not call it an AMD XP 2200-Equivalent?
Now, I'll be the first to say that we need a cohesive, third party, solid rating system for chips. But throwing in a number that you damn well know the rank and file are going to misinterpret is just naughty.
It's worth mentioning that the above poster doesn't know what he's talking about.
No operating system in the history of the series has ever been rated as anything. Why? Because the rating takes into account all of the other important factors for computer security, like hardware, setup, physical location, and so on.
So, yeah, the last time Microsoft submitted a system to be tested, I believe it was compaq hardware, it got the coveted C2 rating. But they never bothered since, because you need a full and functional installation (and I mean physical, not software) to be rated.
I'll also point out that "Linux" as it stands doesn't even meet the basic requirements, such as ACLs. Yes, they can be bolted on, but....
It's false advertising in the sense that saying 'Our All New Ford Pinto 500HP can do 0 to 60* in under.1 seconds!' with the fine print at the bottom noting that the '500HP' does not refer to horsepower, and 0-60 is measured in repair costs, not velocity.
Aye, and a locked door, and people who know not to give out passwords, and so on and so forth. A disconnected machine is still meat for the beast if I can get at it for five minutes.
Security is an approach, a discipline, not an exercise, not a task.
Translation: SEC can't prove anything, but they know Microsoft did something naughty. And they can make life difficult for MS, but can't ultimately do anything about it.
So, they agree to call off the dogs, and Microsoft publicly (and legally) states that they'll be EXTRA careful in the future. Mistakes are made, after all. But, in the future, the SEC will be able to come down extra hard, with this as a precident.
Apparently, as long as the worker has a sunblade, their smart card, and a pipe into the server farm. The joys of VoIP phones and the like.
We were looking at doing this for our call center people; VoIP, VPN and a cable modem means that they can log into our network securely, have their phone calls automagically sent to them, and access the CSR app online. IM for communication with other CSRs, and it's all good.
Sun took it a step beyond the 'roaming profile.' Sun makes the location of the worker be the office, as opposed to the office being the location of the worker.
Ok. So if not watching the commercial when you're supposed to is stealing from them, and the commercial's only supposed to be watched once, because it's only supposed to be aired once, does that mean that they owe somebody who watches a commercial over and over again extra money?
Actually, I'm suggesting just that. I was deeply disturbed by the lack of using the force to do ANYTHING in TPM and ATOC.
I think that in Episode 3, you'll see Kenobi finally defeat Dooku.
Actually, if you read up on kendo, which is what the lightsaber styles of the first three movies are based on, you'll see that Kenobi's skills have improved to the point that he realizes that jumping around and swinging is useless. He's 'fighting for center.'
But some of his brash recklessness shows through with the spin cuts. Watch him in TPM, and you'll see a poor fighter. "Hey, I've got an idea, I'll adopt a guard stance that involves holding a glowing rod right in front of my eyes!"
Microsoft didn't post anything. Pictures were posted, by users, on a Microsoft community site.
This is like saying that Geocities is responsible for making sure that no pictures that are hosted on a Geocities site are illegal.
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It's got nothing to do with OSS. It's intended to ban him from things like exploit scripts and crack generators and the like.
Banning him from sharp objects isn't an underhanded shot at Gilette, and banning him from non-commercial software isn't an underhanded shot at OSS.
I think the idea here is that, to follow your example, Netscape would now be able to create a replacement for mshtml.dll, the core rendering engine, that's used by explorer, the help system, active desktop, and so on.
Nod. As somebody who's been in this situation, I'll tell you that in the face of such resistance, all you can do is have proof that you brought it up, wait for the horses to run away, then put in some overtime closing and locking the door after the fact.
Yup. Passwords need to be done away with, wherever possible, in lieu of things like smart cards, SecureID style schemes, and other such thingies.
Otherwise, you get an email address from a company, divine from that, probably, the login name scheme, then start randomly trying names, using all the usual suspects for the password, and you'll get in eventually. Don't even need to try any more.
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I think he was straining because Dooku was at that point trying to slam it down. Once Dooku turns and leaves, Yoda just heaves it aside. The problem I have is that none of them use the Force to DO anything. Like in the first movie, at the beginning. Oooh, droids with shields. PICK THEM UP AND POINT THEM AT ONE ANOTHER!
I'd have thought that most of the optical media, such as CD-ROM, was the spirtual, if not linear, descendant of punch cards. Only difference is how many holes, the idea of spinning for faster access, and using a "las-er" instead of some form of mechanical armature.
What, Millions of Instructions per Second? How well does it hold up to things like SIMD(or is it SMID?), or VLIW, or the lovely accelerated thingies that AltiVec does, and so on?
Aye, and nowhere does the Ford Pinto 500HP claim that it's actually a measure of horsepower. But when, for, what, ten years, the chip designation has been followed by a number denoting clockspeed, then putting that number there is a blatent attempt to take advantage of some people, who happily assume that the trend is continuing. Otherwise, why not call it an AMD XP 2200-Equivalent? Now, I'll be the first to say that we need a cohesive, third party, solid rating system for chips. But throwing in a number that you damn well know the rank and file are going to misinterpret is just naughty.
It's worth mentioning that the above poster doesn't know what he's talking about. No operating system in the history of the series has ever been rated as anything. Why? Because the rating takes into account all of the other important factors for computer security, like hardware, setup, physical location, and so on. So, yeah, the last time Microsoft submitted a system to be tested, I believe it was compaq hardware, it got the coveted C2 rating. But they never bothered since, because you need a full and functional installation (and I mean physical, not software) to be rated. I'll also point out that "Linux" as it stands doesn't even meet the basic requirements, such as ACLs. Yes, they can be bolted on, but....
It's false advertising in the sense that saying 'Our All New Ford Pinto 500HP can do 0 to 60* in under .1 seconds!' with the fine print at the bottom noting that the '500HP' does not refer to horsepower, and 0-60 is measured in repair costs, not velocity.
Nautical mile. Quit assuming that your frame of reference is the only one out there.
Aye, and a locked door, and people who know not to give out passwords, and so on and so forth. A disconnected machine is still meat for the beast if I can get at it for five minutes. Security is an approach, a discipline, not an exercise, not a task.
Translation: SEC can't prove anything, but they know Microsoft did something naughty. And they can make life difficult for MS, but can't ultimately do anything about it. So, they agree to call off the dogs, and Microsoft publicly (and legally) states that they'll be EXTRA careful in the future. Mistakes are made, after all. But, in the future, the SEC will be able to come down extra hard, with this as a precident.
Apparently, as long as the worker has a sunblade, their smart card, and a pipe into the server farm. The joys of VoIP phones and the like. We were looking at doing this for our call center people; VoIP, VPN and a cable modem means that they can log into our network securely, have their phone calls automagically sent to them, and access the CSR app online. IM for communication with other CSRs, and it's all good.
Sun took it a step beyond the 'roaming profile.' Sun makes the location of the worker be the office, as opposed to the office being the location of the worker.
Ok. So if not watching the commercial when you're supposed to is stealing from them, and the commercial's only supposed to be watched once, because it's only supposed to be aired once, does that mean that they owe somebody who watches a commercial over and over again extra money?
They'd say you're paying for the signal, not the content.
Actually, I'm suggesting just that. I was deeply disturbed by the lack of using the force to do ANYTHING in TPM and ATOC. I think that in Episode 3, you'll see Kenobi finally defeat Dooku.
Actually, if you read up on kendo, which is what the lightsaber styles of the first three movies are based on, you'll see that Kenobi's skills have improved to the point that he realizes that jumping around and swinging is useless. He's 'fighting for center.' But some of his brash recklessness shows through with the spin cuts. Watch him in TPM, and you'll see a poor fighter. "Hey, I've got an idea, I'll adopt a guard stance that involves holding a glowing rod right in front of my eyes!"
Microsoft didn't post anything. Pictures were posted, by users, on a Microsoft community site. This is like saying that Geocities is responsible for making sure that no pictures that are hosted on a Geocities site are illegal.
It's got nothing to do with OSS. It's intended to ban him from things like exploit scripts and crack generators and the like. Banning him from sharp objects isn't an underhanded shot at Gilette, and banning him from non-commercial software isn't an underhanded shot at OSS.
I think the idea here is that, to follow your example, Netscape would now be able to create a replacement for mshtml.dll, the core rendering engine, that's used by explorer, the help system, active desktop, and so on.
What, like this?
Nod. As somebody who's been in this situation, I'll tell you that in the face of such resistance, all you can do is have proof that you brought it up, wait for the horses to run away, then put in some overtime closing and locking the door after the fact.
Yup. Passwords need to be done away with, wherever possible, in lieu of things like smart cards, SecureID style schemes, and other such thingies. Otherwise, you get an email address from a company, divine from that, probably, the login name scheme, then start randomly trying names, using all the usual suspects for the password, and you'll get in eventually. Don't even need to try any more.