That's nothing...I had some lobster at a restaurant the other night, and it was slightly dry!!! Worst part was there was no sauce, so I had to drench it with melted butter...
Anyone ever work for Computer Associates? I've heard employee satisfaction isn't particularly high there, or at least it's a really bizarre corporate culture...
I think in some ways it did copy some things from DS9 (yes, I know it was conceived several years before DS9, but it was filmed after DS9 started), especially with the 1-shot episodes. After a few seasons it really started to pick up the pace, and became very enjoyable. A lot of the plotlines were taken straight from SF novels, and it even grew fairly melodramatic. Sci-fi is one of the few genres that can handle melodrama and still work though, and while when it was bad it was very bad, when B5 was good it couldn't be touched...
Why are they, to quote the lead, nuts? It sounds like a perfectly sane plan to me, and you'll notice that these two "astronuts" actually made it to space, while we're huddled in front of our computers on earth. Making out better than us it looks like.
I have to do this sort of thing for a living, so it's nice to have a report on this book, but I'm wondering why more tech book reviews don't make it to the main slashdot page. Any special reason this did?
Didn't he leave Origin before? Can't remember any details, but I thought he was out of the loop for a few ultimas, then came back near the end of the series.
And just wanted to add to the others that yes, Ultima 5 is the greatest game ever made.
It's ironic how the violent incidents that everyone's talking about seem to be an exclusively middle class, suburban phenomenon. People moved to the suburbs partly for security, but I feel a lot safer living in NYC than I would in these weird planned communities that blanket the country.
Of course, the easiest way to prevent another Columbine would be to simply outlaw firearms, but hey, that would be too easy.
It's not just geeks, it's the entire white collar/middle management/professional layer in our socioeconomic strata. Money doesn't necessarily mean power; you also need organization...
Wonder why when I submitted this story it was declined...hey, I should have taken out a patent on the idea of posting this story, I mean, it's obviously an original and innovative Business Strategy...
Nice of them to do that, but if it becomes too widespread I think it will become a victim of it's own success, where publishers will notice a sharp drop in sales because of it.
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Alphas do.
RI's so small I'm surprised the whole state can't see it from their window...
Now that's just beautiful.
That's nothing...I had some lobster at a restaurant the other night, and it was slightly dry!!! Worst part was there was no sauce, so I had to drench it with melted butter...
Anyone ever work for Computer Associates? I've heard employee satisfaction isn't particularly high there, or at least it's a really bizarre corporate culture...
I think in some ways it did copy some things from DS9 (yes, I know it was conceived several years before DS9, but it was filmed after DS9 started), especially with the 1-shot episodes. After a few seasons it really started to pick up the pace, and became very enjoyable. A lot of the plotlines were taken straight from SF novels, and it even grew fairly melodramatic. Sci-fi is one of the few genres that can handle melodrama and still work though, and while when it was bad it was very bad, when B5 was good it couldn't be touched...
We already have a militia...it's called the friggin Army
Why are they, to quote the lead, nuts? It sounds like a perfectly sane plan to me, and you'll notice that these two "astronuts" actually made it to space, while we're huddled in front of our computers on earth. Making out better than us it looks like.
It may have a reputation for springing leaks, but it also has a reputation for outliving everyone's expectations as to it's lifespan...
Well I'll give them credit for it anyway.
I have to do this sort of thing for a living, so it's nice to have a report on this book, but I'm wondering why more tech book reviews don't make it to the main slashdot page. Any special reason this did?
Actually, their non-OS/non-application software tends to be quite well-made (I'm thinking of Age of Empires and their multimedia/"infotainment" line)
Didn't he leave Origin before? Can't remember any details, but I thought he was out of the loop for a few ultimas, then came back near the end of the series.
And just wanted to add to the others that yes, Ultima 5 is the greatest game ever made.
-- The altar speaks, and a quest is ordained!
It's ironic how the violent incidents that everyone's talking about seem to be an exclusively middle class, suburban phenomenon. People moved to the suburbs partly for security, but I feel a lot safer living in NYC than I would in these weird planned communities that blanket the country.
Of course, the easiest way to prevent another Columbine would be to simply outlaw firearms, but hey, that would be too easy.
It's not just geeks, it's the entire white collar/middle management/professional layer in our socioeconomic strata. Money doesn't necessarily mean power; you also need organization...
Whatever happened to AIX?
A while ago, Unix==Big Iron hardware. Today, Unix can equal a 486/33.
A while ago, a 486/33 was Big Iron hardware. I mean, my palm pilot can outperform some of the hardware they used to run Unix on...
Yes, it physically rotates.
Linux IPOs will slow down because of one principle reason; horrible overvaluation of past public offerings.
Viewsonic's VPA150 does the exact same thing. Extremely disorienting though; I gave up on it after less than a minute of use like that...
Why don't they just wait until Dec. 31st and give us a show to welcome the new milleniun in?
Considering that 99.99% of the music produced in the past 100 years is in my opinion bloody awful, do I really care what the RIAA tries to protect?
Offtopic, eh. Excuse me for trying to infuse a little humor here. Let me guess, this is offtopic too.
Wonder why when I submitted this story it was declined...hey, I should have taken out a patent on the idea of posting this story, I mean, it's obviously an original and innovative Business Strategy...
Nice of them to do that, but if it becomes too widespread I think it will become a victim of it's own success, where publishers will notice a sharp drop in sales because of it.