It's that kind of substitution -- giving us more phasers, nebulae, and "transphasic torpedoes" instead of human drama, that makes Star Trek suck today...
Too true. As a friend of mine once put it, good science fiction starts with good fiction. You can't have a good story just by tossing in tech.
Or sit-com writers stealing plot ideas to get a jump on their competing shows. Oh, wait. Given every sit-com I've seen in the past few years I think that's already been done.:)
Only the home page is in Cajun french, the links I checked show the rest are in American english. There's also a very visible link to the home page in American english. I don't think this constitutes him having forgotten he lives in America. He's just showing some pride in his Cajun roots.
Have you considered using the Ticket module from ArsDigita Community System?
The developers where I work need a bug tracking system (right now it's a very crude process, stone tablets, lots of grunting, etc...you get the idea.) We've been considering using the Ticket module from Ars Digita. From the description it does all sorts of nifty things related to bug/enhancement/etc tracking. Anyone have any comments about this particular system?
I had a chance to use a Durapoint at a chemical plant once. It is definitely solid and *heavy*. At the time I remember thinking the thing must be tough to damage. If you're thinking it's a pain to use, you're right. Definitely not for fine graphics work. It took a nontrivial amount of pressure to move the mouse.
(Saw someone mention a ball, there is none. The rubber disk on the top is how you move the pointer.)
Sounds like you're making a case for either plain extremely useful interfaces or UI's with the ability to load themes. Why can't we have both? Maybe a theme doesn't add any value to the UI (in your opinion), but even at that, so what? They're fun. And I remember one of my professors mentioning something about user interface design. Eyecandy is not for the developers, it's for the users and it *does* contribute to the general acceptance of the software. Sort of runs on the same theme (no pun intended) as "Executives *like* pie charts.":)
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"Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition..." --Dixie Chicks, Sin Wagon
Maybe they should make his character a disguised alien...oh wait that may make it even more probable...
"One of them was disguised as a woman, but wasn't pulling it off . Like, her hair was red... but it was a little too red, you know?":) (Probably my *favorite* episode...)
I'd agree that it's going down hill. That's even more of a reason to get Campbell into this thing. If he breathes life into it (got a great fan base) then great! He got a steady paycheck for a while. But if he doesn't and realizes it then I'd only hope that would make it funnier...:)
Now if NASA could invent a lander that can take abandoned/wrecked NASA hardware and convert it to living quarters, the first Mars settlers will have it made.
Has anyone ever tried to fix information in one of the big credit databases? It's very difficult and can take months and sometimes longer. One of my concerns is that some kid gets put into this database when they're 14 and doesn't know any better (or maybe the entry in the database was just a plain and simple mistake). Then when they're an adult and gotten over all the crap somebody shows up on his doorstep to "check" on him because another private company decided to use the database for some other perverse reason. It's OK, right? Because the people let the database get put together in the first place so they *must* think it's OK to use the information for other reasons.
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Too true. As a friend of mine once put it, good science fiction starts with good fiction. You can't have a good story just by tossing in tech.
Or sit-com writers stealing plot ideas to get a jump on their competing shows. Oh, wait. Given every sit-com I've seen in the past few years I think that's already been done. :)
I hope they're obeying the Multimedia Temporal Prime Directive.
Somebody point the creators of this system to the subdermal GPS implants. Time's a wastin'. We need Utopia. NOW!
Laissez Le Bon Temps Roule!
No way we're losing NEAR on *my* watch!
The developers where I work need a bug tracking system (right now it's a very crude process, stone tablets, lots of grunting, etc...you get the idea.) We've been considering using the Ticket module from Ars Digita. From the description it does all sorts of nifty things related to bug/enhancement/etc tracking. Anyone have any comments about this particular system?
I had a chance to use a Durapoint at a chemical plant once. It is definitely solid and *heavy*. At the time I remember thinking the thing must be tough to damage. If you're thinking it's a pain to use, you're right. Definitely not for fine graphics work. It took a nontrivial amount of pressure to move the mouse.
(Saw someone mention a ball, there is none. The rubber disk on the top is how you move the pointer.)
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"Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition..." --Dixie Chicks, Sin Wagon
Someone should get to work on an SEP field generator.
"One of them was disguised as a woman, but wasn't pulling it off . Like, her hair was red... but it was a little too red, you know?" :) (Probably my *favorite* episode...)
Nothing informative or funny, just plain "Damn. I'd have loved to see Campbell in that show."
I'd agree that it's going down hill. That's even more of a reason to get Campbell into this thing. If he breathes life into it (got a great fan base) then great! He got a steady paycheck for a while. But if he doesn't and realizes it then I'd only hope that would make it funnier... :)
Now that's just not policy, my friend. Hush and eat your air. :)
Now if NASA could invent a lander that can take abandoned/wrecked NASA hardware and convert it to living quarters, the first Mars settlers will have it made.
Hey...we could sell that as a kit. "Slashdot's Internet in a Box" :)
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Jeez.