The post office is mentioned in the constitution. That doesn't make it a civil liberty. (Letters that you send through the post office, however, fall under the first amendment.)
Conversely, I doubt anyone would disagree that privacy is a civil liberties issue. But depending on who you talk to, privacy may or may not be covered by the Bill of Rights.
So there are parts of the Constitution that aren't about civil liberties, and there are civil liberties that aren't necessarily in the Constitution. That means that they're two overlapping but not identical sets -- which sounds exactly like what that quote is saying.
The main issue is that in windows, two files can not exist under the same name (no concept of linking).
The other problem is file locking. In many cases you can't replace an open file on Windows (often you can't copy or move it either, which really annoys me). In many cases, rebooting isn't just to restart all the processes with the new version of the library -- it's to close the old version so that it can be replaced!
IIRC the installer sets up the files in a temporary location and creates some registry entries that tell the system to replace those files on boot.
I maintain mail servers with some honeypot addresses. Incoming mail is not only used to train our own filters, but reported to other services like Razor. The whole thing about getting the signatures to travel faster than the worm is easy if you already know where you're sending the data (the worm either has to do scans or pick destinations at random).
Is the novelty
1. Using this technique for viruses? 2. Using a dedicated honeynet?
Yeah, the GP post mentioned that. I was trying to say that JMS could have said something like, "While rehearsing this episode, Walter came up with the idea that one of his hands would be crippled. This impacted the character by..." somewhere in the 40-page introduction. Either he didn't think of it when he wrote the intro, or he figured it wasn't relevant to the script he was introducing -- though there are plenty of "such-and-such changed because of X" stories in there.
I'm not sure it's ever been explicitly stated, but here's one way to connect the dots:
The assassin was a member of the Minbari Wind Swords clan. The Wind Swords sheltered Deathwalker, the worst war criminal among the Dilgar. The Dilgar have been implied to have been allies of the Shadows. At least some Shadow allies are known to have been active since the Earth-Minbari War or earlier. This suggests that the Wind Swords clan is either allied with the Shadows or has been infiltrated by Shadow agents.
It's entirely likely that the Shadows, or their agents, recognized Babylon 5's significance -- as they recognized Babylon 4 -- and wanted to destabilize it before it beame a threat. What better way than to strike at a likely pivotal figure (Sinclair) by killing a Vorlon and sparking a potential conflict with the Vorlons themselves?
Yeah, it's pretty steep. But to put it in perspective, apparently people have been selling photocopied scripts at conventions for $20+ each. With that price in mind, $30 for 6-7 scripts plus the commentary, memos, and photos doesn't look quite so bad.
I was still reluctant at first, but there's enough in the first volume that I'll probably keep going.
People signing up for the mailing list crashed the server. Orders pouring in overwhelmed CafePress' ability to print the first publication run on time. (They've geared up for volume 2, now that they know what to expect.)
Sure, it wasn't in the script, but JMS could have mentioned it in the introduction to the episode, which was written about 2 months ago. Presumably the detail slipped his mind.
Long, involved stories are more rewarding to an audience that makes the effort to keep up. Short, episodic stories are easier for casual viewers to watch, but less rewarding for people who do show up every week.
It's just a different approach. To make a comparison to prose writing, you can either publish a new short story each week, or you can publish a new chapter in a novel each week. Most TV goes for the short story approach, because they want the casual viewer. B5 went for the serialized novel approach, because, well, that's how the show was designed.
They did start out trying to keep the episodes new-viewer friendly, but by the middle of season 3 it got very serial -- which was fantastic for people who had been watching all along, but became a barrier to bringing in new viewers.
Since it's no longer an issue, because the show was not picked up, the series I'd mentioned that had come to me to talk about coming aboard as an EP was Warren Ellis' Global Frequency. I'd met with the people involved, been approved by the network, went by to meet Warren during filming in Vancouver, who seemed like a very nice sort, and was waiting for the next round of serious conversations...but the show has not been picked up by WB.
He wasn't involved with the pilot, but he would almsot certainly have been involved in the series.
Um, did you miss the "space-based" part of "space-based sci-fi?"
And B5 first aired in January 1993 (the network chickened out and aired the pilot as a stand-alone movie, so the series launched the following year), so I'm not sure what you're trying to say with Earth 2 or Space: Above and Beyond.
As for the big sci-fi launch of '93, all I can remember is B5, DS9 and Space Rangers. JMS had been shopping B5 around for about 5 years, much longer than DS9 had been in development, and I seriously doubt anyone spent much time on Space Rangers.
Actually, Jeremiah predated his Trek pitch by a couple of years. He basically went straight from B5 to Crusade to Jeremiah, then dropped out of TV for a while. (Well, dropped out of TV that's aired. He's had several deals that fell through before ging into production, like Global Frequency.)
The Trek pitch was, IIRC, either 2004 or 2005 -- after it was clear that Enterprise was foundering.
Just a typo. He wrote all of seasons three and four, and all but one episode of season five.
So with one exception (Season 5's "Day of the Dead," written by Sandman writer Neil Gaiman) he wrote three entire seasons in a row -- plus more than half of the first two seasons' scripts.
Mainly he's writing comic books -- Amazing Spider-Man, Fantastic Four and an original project with Colleen Doran called The Book of Lost Souls. (I haven't read his Marvel Universe books, and Lost Souls is too early to tell.)
There's also a couple of potential TV series coming up next year, but the TV industry is volatile enough you never know until the last contract is signed whether you've actually got a deal. JMS has a habit of not letting too much slip until the deal is finalized, which is probably a good business practice.
Hey, if nothing else, they were able to convince networks to pick up a non-Star Trek sci-fi show. That was one of their biggest obstacles to getting on the air: networks thought there was only room for one space-based science fiction show on the air at a time, and that was Star Trek.
It darn near killed him, too. I'd seen him at various conventions during Babylon 5's run, and it was clear the stress was getting to him. I saw him again at this year's San Diego Comic Con -- 5 years after the show ended -- and he looked 10 years younger.
I haven't read any of the actual scripts yet, but I've read the entire 40-odd-page intro and the memos. The introduction is fascinating not only for the "making of" information and the stories it tells, but for the self-deprecating, occasionally humorous writing style.
I'm not sure I'd spend $40 just for the background material, but I have no regrets about spending $30 for the combination of background and the scripts themselves. (There's a $10 discount on each volume for the first week that it's on sale.)
So, hypothetically: If you were to make a libelous statement about Slashdot and post it on Slashdot, and if, as you suggest, Slashdot should not be able to disclaim responsibility, then Slashdot could be held liable for libelous statements made about itself that were posted on its own site.
I don't know about you, but I think there's something absurd in the idea of Slashdot suing itself for libel.
So if it turns out that Slashdot is not "attempting to escape legal responsibility for inaccurate and libelous content that they publish," that means your statement is libelous. And if, as you suggest, Slashdot is responsible for what they publish, then Slashdot is liable for the libel which you wrote.
Slashdot Mirror
The post office is mentioned in the constitution. That doesn't make it a civil liberty. (Letters that you send through the post office, however, fall under the first amendment.)
Conversely, I doubt anyone would disagree that privacy is a civil liberties issue. But depending on who you talk to, privacy may or may not be covered by the Bill of Rights.
So there are parts of the Constitution that aren't about civil liberties, and there are civil liberties that aren't necessarily in the Constitution. That means that they're two overlapping but not identical sets -- which sounds exactly like what that quote is saying.
Each cause has its own lobby. The 1st and 4th amendments, in particular, have the ACLU. The 2nd has the NRA.
The ACLU doesn't need to protect the 2nd, given how hard the NRA fights for it.
The main issue is that in windows, two files can not exist under the same name (no concept of linking).
The other problem is file locking. In many cases you can't replace an open file on Windows (often you can't copy or move it either, which really annoys me). In many cases, rebooting isn't just to restart all the processes with the new version of the library -- it's to close the old version so that it can be replaced!
IIRC the installer sets up the files in a temporary location and creates some registry entries that tell the system to replace those files on boot.
I maintain mail servers with some honeypot addresses. Incoming mail is not only used to train our own filters, but reported to other services like Razor. The whole thing about getting the signatures to travel faster than the worm is easy if you already know where you're sending the data (the worm either has to do scans or pick destinations at random).
Is the novelty
1. Using this technique for viruses?
2. Using a dedicated honeynet?
Sorry, I'd just assumed that your link went to a write-up of the episode. I have to say, having looked at it:
That's one heck of a theory!
Yeah, the GP post mentioned that. I was trying to say that JMS could have said something like, "While rehearsing this episode, Walter came up with the idea that one of his hands would be crippled. This impacted the character by..." somewhere in the 40-page introduction. Either he didn't think of it when he wrote the intro, or he figured it wasn't relevant to the script he was introducing -- though there are plenty of "such-and-such changed because of X" stories in there.
I'm not sure it's ever been explicitly stated, but here's one way to connect the dots:
The assassin was a member of the Minbari Wind Swords clan. The Wind Swords sheltered Deathwalker, the worst war criminal among the Dilgar. The Dilgar have been implied to have been allies of the Shadows. At least some Shadow allies are known to have been active since the Earth-Minbari War or earlier. This suggests that the Wind Swords clan is either allied with the Shadows or has been infiltrated by Shadow agents.
It's entirely likely that the Shadows, or their agents, recognized Babylon 5's significance -- as they recognized Babylon 4 -- and wanted to destabilize it before it beame a threat. What better way than to strike at a likely pivotal figure (Sinclair) by killing a Vorlon and sparking a potential conflict with the Vorlons themselves?
Ah, yes, Lennier-fu!
Ah, yes, "Believers."
"Next week, on a Very Special Episode of Babylon 5..."
Though it did have one of the best Kosh quotes ever.
"The avalanche has already started. It is too late for the pebbles to vote."
Yeah, it's pretty steep. But to put it in perspective, apparently people have been selling photocopied scripts at conventions for $20+ each. With that price in mind, $30 for 6-7 scripts plus the commentary, memos, and photos doesn't look quite so bad.
I was still reluctant at first, but there's enough in the first volume that I'll probably keep going.
Any other series that I have seen has not impressed me, and is most likely the primary reason for their demise.
Wow. I didn't realize that you had that big an impact on the ratings.
How many TVs do you have in your house?
People signing up for the mailing list crashed the server. Orders pouring in overwhelmed CafePress' ability to print the first publication run on time. (They've geared up for volume 2, now that they know what to expect.)
I'd say there's enough interest.
Sure, it wasn't in the script, but JMS could have mentioned it in the introduction to the episode, which was written about 2 months ago. Presumably the detail slipped his mind.
Long, involved stories are more rewarding to an audience that makes the effort to keep up. Short, episodic stories are easier for casual viewers to watch, but less rewarding for people who do show up every week.
It's just a different approach. To make a comparison to prose writing, you can either publish a new short story each week, or you can publish a new chapter in a novel each week. Most TV goes for the short story approach, because they want the casual viewer. B5 went for the serialized novel approach, because, well, that's how the show was designed.
They did start out trying to keep the episodes new-viewer friendly, but by the middle of season 3 it got very serial -- which was fantastic for people who had been watching all along, but became a barrier to bringing in new viewers.
What wrench? JMS has gone on record saying:
He wasn't involved with the pilot, but he would almsot certainly have been involved in the series.
Um, did you miss the "space-based" part of "space-based sci-fi?"
And B5 first aired in January 1993 (the network chickened out and aired the pilot as a stand-alone movie, so the series launched the following year), so I'm not sure what you're trying to say with Earth 2 or Space: Above and Beyond.
As for the big sci-fi launch of '93, all I can remember is B5, DS9 and Space Rangers. JMS had been shopping B5 around for about 5 years, much longer than DS9 had been in development, and I seriously doubt anyone spent much time on Space Rangers.
I think it's one of those things like the joke/mind teaser about the sign that says:
KEEP OFF THE
THE GRASS
If you know what it's likely to say (3, 4 and 5, rather than 4, 5 and 5) and you just skim it, you're not going to notice the typo.
Actually, Jeremiah predated his Trek pitch by a couple of years. He basically went straight from B5 to Crusade to Jeremiah, then dropped out of TV for a while. (Well, dropped out of TV that's aired. He's had several deals that fell through before ging into production, like Global Frequency.)
The Trek pitch was, IIRC, either 2004 or 2005 -- after it was clear that Enterprise was foundering.
Just a typo. He wrote all of seasons three and four, and all but one episode of season five.
So with one exception (Season 5's "Day of the Dead," written by Sandman writer Neil Gaiman) he wrote three entire seasons in a row -- plus more than half of the first two seasons' scripts.
Sounds like you want this fan site.
Mainly he's writing comic books -- Amazing Spider-Man, Fantastic Four and an original project with Colleen Doran called The Book of Lost Souls. (I haven't read his Marvel Universe books, and Lost Souls is too early to tell.)
There's also a couple of potential TV series coming up next year, but the TV industry is volatile enough you never know until the last contract is signed whether you've actually got a deal. JMS has a habit of not letting too much slip until the deal is finalized, which is probably a good business practice.
Hey, if nothing else, they were able to convince networks to pick up a non-Star Trek sci-fi show. That was one of their biggest obstacles to getting on the air: networks thought there was only room for one space-based science fiction show on the air at a time, and that was Star Trek.
It darn near killed him, too. I'd seen him at various conventions during Babylon 5's run, and it was clear the stress was getting to him. I saw him again at this year's San Diego Comic Con -- 5 years after the show ended -- and he looked 10 years younger.
I haven't read any of the actual scripts yet, but I've read the entire 40-odd-page intro and the memos. The introduction is fascinating not only for the "making of" information and the stories it tells, but for the self-deprecating, occasionally humorous writing style.
I'm not sure I'd spend $40 just for the background material, but I have no regrets about spending $30 for the combination of background and the scripts themselves. (There's a $10 discount on each volume for the first week that it's on sale.)
I guess you missed the "if" part of my comment.
So, hypothetically: If you were to make a libelous statement about Slashdot and post it on Slashdot, and if, as you suggest, Slashdot should not be able to disclaim responsibility, then Slashdot could be held liable for libelous statements made about itself that were posted on its own site.
I don't know about you, but I think there's something absurd in the idea of Slashdot suing itself for libel.
So if it turns out that Slashdot is not "attempting to escape legal responsibility for inaccurate and libelous content that they publish," that means your statement is libelous. And if, as you suggest, Slashdot is responsible for what they publish, then Slashdot is liable for the libel which you wrote.
Have I got that right?