They make it sound like it was unavoidable to destroy the original footage. Somehow I doubt that.
Wouldn't the first step in making the "special editions" be to digitize and clean up the original film? And who in their right mind would destroy that data? It can't take up too many drives.
So to me it means one of two things:
1. In his hatred of his original work, Lucas ordered the data deleted, which is pretty stupid (since keeping it around would be cheap).
2. He *has* a very nice cleaned up original version sitting on the Lucas SAN somewhere but refused to allow that to be released.
And I'm sure if they did that then the US would not feel very compelled to honor any European copyrights. Do you really think they want to go down that path?
On the one hand, yes, Microsoft evil. We know. Monopoly bad.
But I can see their point. If the EU commission can go and levy arbitrary fines if it doesn't like what Microsoft does then I can see Microsoft wanting guidance before releasing a new product. I don't think the EU Commission has treated Microsoft fairly - their dealings seem to be tinged with a bit of anti-Americanism that seems to be all the rage in Europe of late.
So I say go ahead, Microsoft, take your ball and go home (or at least don't let them play with it a little while) so that these power-tripping politicians can understand the consquences on their actions.
In the original terrorist plot, a cell phone or an iPod was to be used to detonate the liquid explosive. Since laptops could be considered an electronic device that's capable of the same or more computing power as the above, it also became a banned object for carry-on luggage.
That's nice. That still doesn't deal with the fact that they want you to check things like laptops, and then when they get stolen they take no responsbility. Or the bigger issue that if something can be taken out then something else can be put in.
Up to the airlines, although to make travel more appeasing on longer flights I would suggest they look at their entertainment infrastructure within the planes.
Why should they? Clearly our comfort is not remotely their concern, unless you pay a lot more money to fly than I do. They clearly won't spend the money, especially for the people who pay the majority of the bills (business travelers) who have no choice but to fly.
Me, personally, if this goes on long enough I'd hope to see a dramatic increase in air rage. A few diverted flights and maybe something would happen.
A friend of mine flew home shortly after 9/11 from the UK and was told to check his laptop. It was stolen from checked luggage. The really funny part was when the baggage people at SFO told him he shouldn't have checked his laptop.
They tell us to check things like laptops and such and the ease with such things are stolen somehow indicates to me that checked luggage is nowhere near safe. Why don't they just tell people not to travel on business. Because I'm sure the airlines need another huge-ass bailout...
What really annoys is that this was a liquid-fuel plot supposedly. Why the hell then is my laptop all of a sudden an issue? This thing doesn't exactly run on fuel cells.
What is it you think Parallels does, exactly? Because, uh, it's a virtual machine, just like VMware.
Having played with it I was, shall we say, unimpressed, especially compared to VMWare. I seem VMWare's quality/performance on my Mac. Hopefully it won't take forever.
Thank you for attempting to explain to me that running MacOS on non-Mac hardware is illegal. In doing so, however, you missed the point entirely. As I said, I've already got an Intel Mac (as referenced by my saying I have a MacBook Pro, as well as referencing Boot Camp and Parallels).
What I want to do is use VMWare to run a Windows VM so that I can run software like Visio without having to boot into Windows via Boot Camp. I am hoping that VMWare will make it possible to do so at some point.
Anyone know when/if their software will support OS X? I mean Parallels is all nice and everything, and BootCamp is great, but I really have been hoping to run Workstation on my MacBook Pro. That's the money shot that will help Apple out a lot. Live in Mac land day-to-day, and when you need to run that one app you can't get on Mac (in my case it's Visio) you've got it in a window. That's what I can't wait for.
I hope they've thought this through. They say that high performers can keep telecommuting, but I somehow doubt they'll allow that due to morale issues. The clued people who can perform while telecommuting are the same people who can easily find new jobs. If I was being asked to relocate because they won't let me telecommute anymore then I'd consider if I really want to work for a company that says they no longer trust me.
When you lay off your least valuable folks and then start doing stuff like this your most valuable folks start looking. You end up with the people that aren't good enough to get hired elsewhere but probable were gonna be on the next layoff list. Yeah, that's really the kind of people I want supporting my mission-critical gear...
My Dad always has called me for help with his Windows machine at work. He us a University professor. I have been a unix admin and now am a router/switch/firewall jockey. Never in my career have I done Windows desktop support.
One time when my dad called me at work with some Windows question I said "Dad, you know they have IT people in your department who not only know Windows but know your systems/network better than I ever would. Maybe they can help you figure this problem out."
His reponse:
"I didn't pay for 4 years of college to get any backchat out of you. Now answer my fucking question!"
The Bluespoon headsets have been the masters of battery life and sound quality for years, but have been really expensive. Their budget headsets (first the AX and now the AX2) however are great as well. It has a USB charging socket. That means that while at home I plug it in to the wall charger that came with it and on the road I just pack a USB cable. I love that for travel. It has a replaceable watch-battery sized LiIon battery. Replaceable is good. Finally, it can be pared with up to 8 devices. Whatever device it talked to last will be the one it talks to when you hit the button. So I can have a nice Skype call on my Mac with it and then if I originate a phone call from my phone the headset is then pointed at the phone.
I'm not saying that now this is the only headset with these features, but that feature set combined with the Bluespoon rep and the $70 price tag has made me a happy camper. So if you're comparing I suggest you take a look.
All these people talking about guns and no one has said it yet?
"This is the weapon of a Jedi Knight. Not as clumsy or as random as a blaster, but an elegant weapon for a more civilized age.":%s/blaster/handgun:%s/Jedi Knight/Ninja
A lot of my Indian co-workers say Indian managers are often bad because they act really hard-ass and start power tripping once they get in to management. And I've seen that with a couple of Indian managers I work with. So while their management philosophy may be advanced, I'm not so sure about how that interfaces with their culture.
When I got my TiBook in 2002 I got one of these cases in the "gunmetal" color. Come on, we've always wanted one...in the movies they're always carrying guns. Or money. Or drugs. Or some combination thereof.
I picked up one from a discount place in Union Square, so I didn't pay full price, and I started using it. It's nowhere near as functional as, say, a Timbuk2 bag. You can't cram as much crap in. But it looks damn cool. And it does provide great protection.
Shorly after I got it I was on my way to London for a business trip. I figured what better time to use a case like that then when lugging my crap through the airport? Well it did protect things well. But there were two downsides. First of all, it gets attention. Thieves might want it, and everyone else looks at you funny because of the aforementioned movie roles as carriers of drugs and guns and money. When that seatbelt sign goes off and you pull it out, your seatmate will wonder if you're about to take over the aircraft. The other problem is that it scratches easily. I put it under the seat, and when I pulled it out it had scratches all over it from the metal under the seat. So if you get one get the bare aluminium which won't show scratches nearly as much.
To be honest, when going to work I use a Tumi Safecase bag. Pretty much standard business issue these days. They never show wear, are incredibly functional, and well suited for business travel - just look at home many you see on your next flight. For other stuff I still use a Timbuk2 bag - can't beat it for street gear.
Let's say I'm a telcom manager at a large-ish company. I've got two choices here. On the one hand I've got my long-haired-hippie linux geek telling me that he can totally hack together a system around Asterisk. On the other hand I have a major corporation trying to sell me a product.
It seems a no-brainer to me. Unless I acquire some sort of obvious advantage (other than cost) why should I bring the development knowledge in house? I'll just end up with some system that's hard to maintain when my hippie linux guy up and quits.
And if you don't think that's what goes through the head of management, then you're a moron who can't figure out how business works.
At the end of your resume cut and paste the job requirements. Of course this breaks Dice and other on-line places to search, but if you apply then all you do is list everything they've put.
It's hard enough to find clued people now. Thanks for making it harder, asshats.
Oh, it does, does it? So now it can read the.vss stencils that I download from cisco.com? Oh, no, it still can't.
Sorry, but unrealistic Mac evangelists annoy me as much as "screaming Linux teenagers" do.
The fact is that in the world of Network Engineering, Visio is king. OmniGraffle XML-import doesn't look anything like the Visio diagrams, and their output is very ugly. If you're a neteng you use Visio, plain and simple.
Do you have a suggestion to replace VAG-COM? And "buy a VAG-1551" is not a valid answer. Or maybe an option for Visual CertExam Suite?
Don't get me wrong - I have several Macs at home. My best friend bought a couple because I showed them the way that they rock. But the fact of the matter is that sometimes, especially if you work in IT, you need Windows. Even Apple realizes this - they touted VirtualPC when it was a viable option. The best of both worlds (and what I long for) is Windows inside of a OSX Window with a VMWare-ish application (or something that doesn't slow it down too much). Maybe even some way to get all the PCs attention so that games will run. That will insure I never buy anything other than a Mac.:-)
The problem is that now it's not PPC vs Intel anymore...Apple is buying the same hardware as everyone else. The premium in cost is *much* more obvious now. Back in the day you could say "Yeah it costs more, but it's really faster. You Intel folks just don't know." Not you're just flat out spending more for nicer designed hardware and their software. It clarifies the value proposition but folks have to be honest about what they're paying for.
My hope is that there will be some sort of either dual-boot (lame) or VMWare-ish option. The reason being is that while I have 3 Macs in my house and not a single Windows box I have realized there are some Windows apps I *need* to run. (Visio. Some plug-ins for Acrobat. And I'd love to run VAG-COM.) Since I've got plenty of Macs I'm not gonna abandom them (the minimac hooked in to my HDTV is schweet) but I'm sorry, I'm not enough of a purist anyone to try and live life as an IT engineer without Windows. Plus, there is the occasional game.
I think that this would hit a great niche for me in terms of non-business travel if they had one of these in London proper (or any other city I'd like to visit, London being a personal favorite). I *don't* need a really fluffy hotel room, but the last "quaint" place I stayed in was not that nice. So somewhere between "super-budget" and "luxury" I could see people going for a small room but with the right features. Something $100/night in London that didn't suck would probably go over very well.
Which means that he's free to sue. Quite often these days it seems when the criminal court can't accomplish something, folks turn to the civil court. So while his treatment may not be illegal (although ill advised), it may be actionable. If the school were to get sued for millions of dollars it would hurt them more than any other action he could take. Seeing that they took his money, they entered into a contract. I would be that a smart enough lawyer could find a way to sue them for breaking that contract.
From my point of view they announced the 5th gen iPod, which some were waiting for. For the same price as the 4th gen 60GB iPod color you get one with a better screen, *way* more battery life (going from 12 to 20 hrs) and smaller. Yeah, it does video, but that's not what it's really about. If the feature takes off then expect to see something new, but if it doesn't then who cares - it still costs the same.
The new iPod is what I was holding off for - a regular iPod using the latest PortalPlayer chipset to up the battery life, and maybe some new features. I suppose they might have waited for Hitachi's new 80gig perpendicular drive to up the content, but otherwise I'm happy.
And BTW, I ordered white because it's the One True iPod color. Anyone who orders black is a heretic and should be beaten.
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They make it sound like it was unavoidable to destroy the original footage. Somehow I doubt that.
Wouldn't the first step in making the "special editions" be to digitize and clean up the original film? And who in their right mind would destroy that data? It can't take up too many drives.
So to me it means one of two things:
1. In his hatred of his original work, Lucas ordered the data deleted, which is pretty stupid (since keeping it around would be cheap).
2. He *has* a very nice cleaned up original version sitting on the Lucas SAN somewhere but refused to allow that to be released.
Either way it blows....
And I'm sure if they did that then the US would not feel very compelled to honor any European copyrights. Do you really think they want to go down that path?
On the one hand, yes, Microsoft evil. We know. Monopoly bad.
But I can see their point. If the EU commission can go and levy arbitrary fines if it doesn't like what Microsoft does then I can see Microsoft wanting guidance before releasing a new product. I don't think the EU Commission has treated Microsoft fairly - their dealings seem to be tinged with a bit of anti-Americanism that seems to be all the rage in Europe of late.
So I say go ahead, Microsoft, take your ball and go home (or at least don't let them play with it a little while) so that these power-tripping politicians can understand the consquences on their actions.
In the original terrorist plot, a cell phone or an iPod was to be used to detonate the liquid explosive. Since laptops could be considered an electronic device that's capable of the same or more computing power as the above, it also became a banned object for carry-on luggage.
That's nice. That still doesn't deal with the fact that they want you to check things like laptops, and then when they get stolen they take no responsbility. Or the bigger issue that if something can be taken out then something else can be put in.
Up to the airlines, although to make travel more appeasing on longer flights I would suggest they look at their entertainment infrastructure within the planes.
Why should they? Clearly our comfort is not remotely their concern, unless you pay a lot more money to fly than I do. They clearly won't spend the money, especially for the people who pay the majority of the bills (business travelers) who have no choice but to fly.
Me, personally, if this goes on long enough I'd hope to see a dramatic increase in air rage. A few diverted flights and maybe something would happen.
A friend of mine flew home shortly after 9/11 from the UK and was told to check his laptop. It was stolen from checked luggage. The really funny part was when the baggage people at SFO told him he shouldn't have checked his laptop.
They tell us to check things like laptops and such and the ease with such things are stolen somehow indicates to me that checked luggage is nowhere near safe. Why don't they just tell people not to travel on business. Because I'm sure the airlines need another huge-ass bailout...
What really annoys is that this was a liquid-fuel plot supposedly. Why the hell then is my laptop all of a sudden an issue? This thing doesn't exactly run on fuel cells.
If a teacher intercepted your note it could be read? What, you didn't use one-time pads? Weak.
What is it you think Parallels does, exactly? Because, uh, it's a virtual machine, just like VMware.
Having played with it I was, shall we say, unimpressed, especially compared to VMWare. I seem VMWare's quality/performance on my Mac. Hopefully it won't take forever.
Thank you for attempting to explain to me that running MacOS on non-Mac hardware is illegal. In doing so, however, you missed the point entirely. As I said, I've already got an Intel Mac (as referenced by my saying I have a MacBook Pro, as well as referencing Boot Camp and Parallels).
What I want to do is use VMWare to run a Windows VM so that I can run software like Visio without having to boot into Windows via Boot Camp. I am hoping that VMWare will make it possible to do so at some point.
Anyone know when/if their software will support OS X? I mean Parallels is all nice and everything, and BootCamp is great, but I really have been hoping to run Workstation on my MacBook Pro. That's the money shot that will help Apple out a lot. Live in Mac land day-to-day, and when you need to run that one app you can't get on Mac (in my case it's Visio) you've got it in a window. That's what I can't wait for.
I hope they've thought this through. They say that high performers can keep telecommuting, but I somehow doubt they'll allow that due to morale issues. The clued people who can perform while telecommuting are the same people who can easily find new jobs. If I was being asked to relocate because they won't let me telecommute anymore then I'd consider if I really want to work for a company that says they no longer trust me.
When you lay off your least valuable folks and then start doing stuff like this your most valuable folks start looking. You end up with the people that aren't good enough to get hired elsewhere but probable were gonna be on the next layoff list. Yeah, that's really the kind of people I want supporting my mission-critical gear...
My Dad always has called me for help with his Windows machine at work. He us a University professor. I have been a unix admin and now am a router/switch/firewall jockey. Never in my career have I done Windows desktop support.
One time when my dad called me at work with some Windows question I said "Dad, you know they have IT people in your department who not only know Windows but know your systems/network better than I ever would. Maybe they can help you figure this problem out."
His reponse:
"I didn't pay for 4 years of college to get any backchat out of you. Now answer my fucking question!"
That kind of sums it all up.
The Bluespoon headsets have been the masters of battery life and sound quality for years, but have been really expensive. Their budget headsets (first the AX and now the AX2) however are great as well. It has a USB charging socket. That means that while at home I plug it in to the wall charger that came with it and on the road I just pack a USB cable. I love that for travel. It has a replaceable watch-battery sized LiIon battery. Replaceable is good. Finally, it can be pared with up to 8 devices. Whatever device it talked to last will be the one it talks to when you hit the button. So I can have a nice Skype call on my Mac with it and then if I originate a phone call from my phone the headset is then pointed at the phone.
I'm not saying that now this is the only headset with these features, but that feature set combined with the Bluespoon rep and the $70 price tag has made me a happy camper. So if you're comparing I suggest you take a look.
All these people talking about guns and no one has said it yet?
:%s/blaster/handgun :%s/Jedi Knight/Ninja
"This is the weapon of a Jedi Knight. Not as clumsy or as random as a blaster, but an elegant weapon for a more civilized age."
A lot of my Indian co-workers say Indian managers are often bad because they act really hard-ass and start power tripping once they get in to management. And I've seen that with a couple of Indian managers I work with. So while their management philosophy may be advanced, I'm not so sure about how that interfaces with their culture.
It scratches *really* easy.
When I got my TiBook in 2002 I got one of these cases in the "gunmetal" color. Come on, we've always wanted one...in the movies they're always carrying guns. Or money. Or drugs. Or some combination thereof.
I picked up one from a discount place in Union Square, so I didn't pay full price, and I started using it. It's nowhere near as functional as, say, a Timbuk2 bag. You can't cram as much crap in. But it looks damn cool. And it does provide great protection.
Shorly after I got it I was on my way to London for a business trip. I figured what better time to use a case like that then when lugging my crap through the airport? Well it did protect things well. But there were two downsides. First of all, it gets attention. Thieves might want it, and everyone else looks at you funny because of the aforementioned movie roles as carriers of drugs and guns and money. When that seatbelt sign goes off and you pull it out, your seatmate will wonder if you're about to take over the aircraft. The other problem is that it scratches easily. I put it under the seat, and when I pulled it out it had scratches all over it from the metal under the seat. So if you get one get the bare aluminium which won't show scratches nearly as much.
To be honest, when going to work I use a Tumi Safecase bag. Pretty much standard business issue these days. They never show wear, are incredibly functional, and well suited for business travel - just look at home many you see on your next flight. For other stuff I still use a Timbuk2 bag - can't beat it for street gear.
Hrm, let's see:
Let's say I'm a telcom manager at a large-ish company. I've got two choices here. On the one hand I've got my long-haired-hippie linux geek telling me that he can totally hack together a system around Asterisk. On the other hand I have a major corporation trying to sell me a product.
It seems a no-brainer to me. Unless I acquire some sort of obvious advantage (other than cost) why should I bring the development knowledge in house? I'll just end up with some system that's hard to maintain when my hippie linux guy up and quits.
And if you don't think that's what goes through the head of management, then you're a moron who can't figure out how business works.
At the end of your resume cut and paste the job requirements. Of course this breaks Dice and other on-line places to search, but if you apply then all you do is list everything they've put.
It's hard enough to find clued people now. Thanks for making it harder, asshats.
Oh, it does, does it? So now it can read the .vss stencils that I download from cisco.com? Oh, no, it still can't.
:-)
Sorry, but unrealistic Mac evangelists annoy me as much as "screaming Linux teenagers" do.
The fact is that in the world of Network Engineering, Visio is king. OmniGraffle XML-import doesn't look anything like the Visio diagrams, and their output is very ugly. If you're a neteng you use Visio, plain and simple.
Do you have a suggestion to replace VAG-COM? And "buy a VAG-1551" is not a valid answer. Or maybe an option for Visual CertExam Suite?
Don't get me wrong - I have several Macs at home. My best friend bought a couple because I showed them the way that they rock. But the fact of the matter is that sometimes, especially if you work in IT, you need Windows. Even Apple realizes this - they touted VirtualPC when it was a viable option. The best of both worlds (and what I long for) is Windows inside of a OSX Window with a VMWare-ish application (or something that doesn't slow it down too much). Maybe even some way to get all the PCs attention so that games will run. That will insure I never buy anything other than a Mac.
The problem is that now it's not PPC vs Intel anymore...Apple is buying the same hardware as everyone else. The premium in cost is *much* more obvious now. Back in the day you could say "Yeah it costs more, but it's really faster. You Intel folks just don't know." Not you're just flat out spending more for nicer designed hardware and their software. It clarifies the value proposition but folks have to be honest about what they're paying for.
My hope is that there will be some sort of either dual-boot (lame) or VMWare-ish option. The reason being is that while I have 3 Macs in my house and not a single Windows box I have realized there are some Windows apps I *need* to run. (Visio. Some plug-ins for Acrobat. And I'd love to run VAG-COM.) Since I've got plenty of Macs I'm not gonna abandom them (the minimac hooked in to my HDTV is schweet) but I'm sorry, I'm not enough of a purist anyone to try and live life as an IT engineer without Windows. Plus, there is the occasional game.
I think that this would hit a great niche for me in terms of non-business travel if they had one of these in London proper (or any other city I'd like to visit, London being a personal favorite). I *don't* need a really fluffy hotel room, but the last "quaint" place I stayed in was not that nice. So somewhere between "super-budget" and "luxury" I could see people going for a small room but with the right features. Something $100/night in London that didn't suck would probably go over very well.
I was more referring to the Digital Transition Content Security Act , which according to /. wants to ban pretty much all A/D conversion.
Isn't the MPAA trying to make these things illegal?
Which means that he's free to sue. Quite often these days it seems when the criminal court can't accomplish something, folks turn to the civil court. So while his treatment may not be illegal (although ill advised), it may be actionable. If the school were to get sued for millions of dollars it would hurt them more than any other action he could take. Seeing that they took his money, they entered into a contract. I would be that a smart enough lawyer could find a way to sue them for breaking that contract.
It's the new iPod. It just happens to do video.
From my point of view they announced the 5th gen iPod, which some were waiting for. For the same price as the 4th gen 60GB iPod color you get one with a better screen, *way* more battery life (going from 12 to 20 hrs) and smaller. Yeah, it does video, but that's not what it's really about. If the feature takes off then expect to see something new, but if it doesn't then who cares - it still costs the same.
The new iPod is what I was holding off for - a regular iPod using the latest PortalPlayer chipset to up the battery life, and maybe some new features. I suppose they might have waited for Hitachi's new 80gig perpendicular drive to up the content, but otherwise I'm happy.
And BTW, I ordered white because it's the One True iPod color. Anyone who orders black is a heretic and should be beaten.