I agree that Pixar is the bee's knees and very original, but 'A Bug's Life' is a (very good) reworking of 'The Seven Samurai'.
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When you give an actual gift, rather than money, remember that not everybody likes what you like...In your example, a vegetarian might not only dislike ham, but may actually get very offended.
Very true. I think the ability to take lots of pictures with a digital camera and only keep what you like is a great bonus. However, as many of us have seen, computer storage media has a way of becoming obsolete and unreadable in a very short amount of time, compared to standard printed photos which you will be able to "read" as long as you can see.
>Your math surprises me. > >Ten dollars divided by twenty-four is forty-one >and two-thirds cents. That's about forty-two >cents per picture, not $2.40
He also doesn't factor in the cost of PRINTING the digital pictures, which is where the cost per picture easily skyrockets past the cost per picture of traditional film, and the printouts are nowhere near as durable.
I dont think many geeks wear Benetton. All I wear is the t-shirts/jackets I get from expos. So until they start putting tracking devices in those freebies, I am not worried.
Maybe I wasn't clear. I do understand that this has damaged the relations with real allies. I do think tho, that if the coalition handles the rebuilding of iraq properly, much of that anger will dissapear. The hardcore protesters are also the antiglobalization forces, who will hate the us no matter what. The real shame is that the leaders of france and germany do realize that a war had to be fought to remove saddam, and they have been playing this game purely as a way of trying to control the new power structure of the EU. Jackass bush surely has made things much worse.
Its funny, I actually agree with most of what you say, and what much of what the parent post said. The US really needs to come up with a "10 commandments" or "prime directive" when dealing with these thug/regimes. The old, "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" crap has hurt/killed way too many in the end. What effect will our relationship with Pakistan have 10 years from now? or the Saudis?
I do find fault with one of your arguments tho: The US has effectively thrown away most of the compassion it gained on 9/11. I don't buy this. Most of the countries whose populations and gov'ts had any REAL sympathy were already our friends. No one on what the media likes to call "the arab street" had any real sympathy and many had a "they got what they deserved" attitude(go back and reread their media). Granted, we've made our friends angry. But I think our handling of post-saddam can go far to change that, as well as some in the muslim world.
from the email: "For a minority of the participants there was another layer of AntiAmericanism that focused on moralisms and religion. I often heard delegates complain that the US "opposes the rights of children", because we block all treaties and UN efforts that would support sex education and condom access for children and teens. They spoke of sex education as a "right". Similarly, there was a decidedly mixed feeling about Ashcroft, who addressed the conference. I attended a small lunch with Ashcroft, and observed Ralph Reed and other prominent Christian fundamentalists working the room and bowing their heads before eating. The rest of the world's elite finds this American Christian behavior at least as uncomfortable as it does Moslem or Hindu fundamentalist behavior. They find it awkward every time a US representative refers to "faith-based" programs. It's different from how it makes non-Christian Americans feel -- these folks experience it as downright embarrassing."
I think Samsung has a 27" HDTV for around $600 usd. HD really is beautiful, almost like looking out your window....HEY! If anyone wants to pay me $600 I'll let them look out my window.
It may very well be 'rebadged' as you say, but i've never seen any optimus equiptment that was the same as another brand with just different labels tacked on. If in fact like you say someone else builds their stuff, i would say that is very different than just rebranding something. I wasn't suggesting that Panasonic's manufacturing plants COULDN'T build something worthwhile, just that they WEREN'T building anythin of quality for their products branded with the panasonic logo. You should try some Optimus equiptment and see for yourself.
Can we all please do something for the sake of clarity? A "Flat Screen" monitor is a crt monitor that has a flat screen, i.e. the front is flat which is great for better looking images and glare reduction. A "Flat Panel" monitor is a monitor the is also flat, and it is extremely thin. This article is about Flat Panel monitors.
I can't believe that none of you will face the fact that some slashdot-reading, EFF wannabe just fucked up big in a fit of reactionary rage and might just possiblly cost lives. Granted that is a stretch, but at the very least, work has been lost and time (that could be better spent) will have to be wasted on it.
M.U.L.E. is truly one of my favorite things in the universe. (Hopefully Dani is in one of the places in heaven reserved for true genius.) This could signal the appearance of a new black hole in my schedule. I just hope they keep the same music.
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for M$ anyway. That quote is gibberish.
The Shining
I agree that Pixar is the bee's knees and very original, but 'A Bug's Life' is a (very good) reworking of 'The Seven Samurai'.
When you give an actual gift, rather than money, remember that not everybody likes what you like...In your example, a vegetarian might not only dislike ham, but may actually get very offended.
Very true. I think the ability to take lots of pictures with a digital camera and only keep what you like is a great bonus. However, as many of us have seen, computer storage media has a way of becoming obsolete and unreadable in a very short amount of time, compared to standard printed photos which you will be able to "read" as long as you can see.
>>That's $10/24 pictures, or $2.40/picture.
>Your math surprises me.
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>Ten dollars divided by twenty-four is forty-one >and two-thirds cents. That's about forty-two >cents per picture, not $2.40
He also doesn't factor in the cost of PRINTING the digital pictures, which is where the cost per picture easily skyrockets past the cost per picture of traditional film, and the printouts are nowhere near as durable.
You thing the businesses are more to blame than religion?
Maybe I wasn't clear. I do understand that this has damaged the relations with real allies. I do think tho, that if the coalition handles the rebuilding of iraq properly, much of that anger will dissapear. The hardcore protesters are also the antiglobalization forces, who will hate the us no matter what.
The real shame is that the leaders of france and germany do realize that a war had to be fought to remove saddam, and they have been playing this game purely as a way of trying to control the new power structure of the EU. Jackass bush surely has made things much worse.
Its funny, I actually agree with most of what you say, and what much of what the parent post said. The US really needs to come up with a "10 commandments" or "prime directive" when dealing with these thug/regimes. The old, "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" crap has hurt/killed way too many in the end. What effect will our relationship with Pakistan have 10 years from now? or the Saudis?
I do find fault with one of your arguments tho:
The US has effectively thrown away most of the compassion it gained on 9/11.
I don't buy this. Most of the countries whose populations and gov'ts had any REAL sympathy were already our friends. No one on what the media likes to call "the arab street" had any real sympathy and many had a "they got what they deserved" attitude(go back and reread their media). Granted, we've made our friends angry. But I think our handling of post-saddam can go far to change that, as well as some in the muslim world.
i was referring to turning the water on and off to simulate binary data transfer
Seriously, are they getting their bandwidth thru a garden hose?
Mr. Potato Head! Back doors are not secrets!
from the email:
"For a minority of the participants there was another layer of
AntiAmericanism that focused on moralisms and religion. I often heard
delegates complain that the US "opposes the rights of children", because
we block all treaties and UN efforts that would support sex education
and condom access for children and teens. They spoke of sex education as
a "right". Similarly, there was a decidedly mixed feeling about
Ashcroft, who addressed the conference. I attended a small lunch with
Ashcroft, and observed Ralph Reed and other prominent Christian
fundamentalists working the room and bowing their heads before eating.
The rest of the world's elite finds this American Christian behavior at
least as uncomfortable as it does Moslem or Hindu fundamentalist
behavior. They find it awkward every time a US representative refers to
"faith-based" programs. It's different from how it makes non-Christian
Americans feel -- these folks experience it as downright embarrassing."
I find this behavior embarrassing as well.
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I think Samsung has a 27" HDTV for around $600 usd. HD really is beautiful, almost like looking out your window....HEY! If anyone wants to pay me $600 I'll let them look out my window.
Step 1 - steal underpants.
Step 3 - profit.
It may very well be 'rebadged' as you say, but i've never seen any optimus equiptment that was the same as another brand with just different labels tacked on. If in fact like you say someone else builds their stuff, i would say that is very different than just rebranding something. I wasn't suggesting that Panasonic's manufacturing plants COULDN'T build something worthwhile, just that they WEREN'T building anythin of quality for their products branded with the panasonic logo. You should try some Optimus equiptment and see for yourself.
Two points:
Panasonic surely isn't the leader in quality. Way too many returns of defective equiptment.
Optimus is a GREAT brand. Especially their audio equiptment.
Can we all please do something for the sake of clarity? A "Flat Screen" monitor is a crt monitor that has a flat screen, i.e. the front is flat which is great for better looking images and glare reduction. A "Flat Panel" monitor is a monitor the is also flat, and it is extremely thin. This article is about Flat Panel monitors.
The 'story' linked to is actually shorter than the slashdot 'story' reporting on the linked 'story'......my head hurts.
Nintendo of course retained DK.
I think doing that would be against everything good about rare. Let them run wild, don't fence them in with a re-hash of former glory.
I can't believe that none of you will face the fact that some slashdot-reading, EFF wannabe just fucked up big in a fit of reactionary rage and might just possiblly cost lives. Granted that is a stretch, but at the very least, work has been lost and time (that could be better spent) will have to be wasted on it.
ahh, the good old "faint of wallet".
M.U.L.E. is truly one of my favorite things in the universe. (Hopefully Dani is in one of the places in heaven reserved for true genius.) This could signal the appearance of a new black hole in my schedule. I just hope they keep the same music.