One of the best is actually a book used by the CIA (Culinary Institute of America, not the black helicopter agency) called The Professional Chef. I got the 5th edition about ten years ago and it is great instruction. Its about 1000 pages, about a third of which are techniques and basic prepeartions. The rest is restaurant quality recipes. The recipes are also restaurant sized, so you'll have to scale them down.
oh my god! Thanks for posting that pic! That really brings back memories -- I had a Blip game too -- was a blast until it was played so much that the mechanicals inside broke and the ball stopped moving. After that, the "cool" toy was a handheld LED football game.
Having one of those earned you instant friends and kept the jocks from beating you up and stealing your lunch money!
I'm sorry. I wasn't trying to gloat or to disrespect anyone. Surely everyone laid off from a tech job these days is having a tough time. (I know that I was very lucky to land a job in 3 weeks.) But in general I think Net Admins, being somewhat the "Jack of all trades" of the industry, have a better chance of staying employed or regaining employment quickly than the "specialists."
New technologies, languages, platforms, etc will come and go over the course of your career, but there will ALWAYS be a need for the Network and PC Administrators. I'm a Network Administrator and haven't had a problem finding a job in the last 10 years. I was laid off in late 2000, and found a new job within 3 weeks. Just get a well rounded understanding of Windows, Linux, Telecommunications, security, etc., and you'll probably always be able to get a job. You probably won't be making a 6 figure salary, but I'm more than comfortable making less than that.
And now the industry makes more money on video rentals than on the theatrical release. Kind of amazing that they are lobbying so hard against DVD and electronic distribution when any sane person can see the amazing profit potential on the horizon. Valenti's a nitwit.
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If it wasn't for unions, we wouldn't have the 40-hour work week, paid sick time, or probably any other benifits......Oh wait...I'm on Slashdot, talking to a bunch of young single males with no familes or social lives who are either independant contractors or H1B workers....
Well, I'm probably not a typical slashdotter since I'm 37, married and an "MIS Director", but I have to say that Unions overall suck. I worked at UPS during the Teamsters strike a few years ago. (In their technology group - non-union) I can give you an example of how much the union was looking out for their people: They gave their members $55 per week in strike pay. Then they took out the union dues. Some people went home with $13 paychecks with which they were supposed to feed their families. Yeah, I can see how much the union cared about its "brothers and sisters"..... They cared about filling the coffers.
The time for Unions by-and-large has passed, the things that the unions did for employees all those years ago are now standard work policies overseen by the government fair employment agencies.
It's Lucas's story -- and it's his to do with what he wants. I am interested to see what, if anything, he adds to the movies when they hit DVD. Personally, I LIKED the additions to Episode 4. (well, except the Greedo-shoots-first-bit), For instance, the extra CGI animals/people/vehicles in the Mos Eisley scenes added some needed texture and depth to a set of scenes that didn't really show what was scripted. Mos Eisley is supposed to be a bustling spaceport in addition to a "wretched hive of scum and villany" but the original version has it looking like a one-horse town. So as far as I'm concerned, Lucas can go for broke. I hope he does it well of course, but if I don't like the changes, well too bad for me.
Who siad they need Humans? I beleive the line is "gestate inside a living host". They evolved as parasites. Any convenient life form would probably work.
The 1984 SuperBowl commercial by Apple featured "Big Brother" on a giant screen lecturing the grey, anonymous IBM "clones". An athlete wearing white and red runs in, chased by "police" figures and throws a huge hammer through the screen.
You're comparing apples and oranges -- The Wright brothers made the first powered flight WITHOUT a "lighter-than-air" technology. Previously all succesful flights had been made using ballons, dirigibles, etc.
>>Modular reconfigurable robots are built up from tens to hundreds, and potentially millions, of modules.
Millions of modules? Like molecules? Can you say "liquid metal alloy?"
Damn, I hope the company doesn't start calling itself "Cyberdyne".....
You're an alarmist. It's not racism. If there are certain types of individuals whose appearance/actions fit a set of parameters that are known to be telltales of undesirable behavior, it's common sense to pay a little closer attention to those individuals.
For instance: In the middle of a hot summer day in Southern California, a man wearing a long trench-coat walks into a bank and stands in line with the rest of the customers who are wearing t-shirts and shorts. I certainly hope that the bank security is going to take a real close look at that individual. Why? Because his behavior/dress doesn't fit the profile of a usual bank customer. Does this mean they are "prejudiced" against people in trench-coats?
No. It means that they are observant.
Someone should tell the antivirus companies that subscription doesn't work.
It completely pisses me off that now I have to essentially "repurchase" my anti-virus software every year or two in order to keep getting auto updates. (Yes, I can manually update the AV data files, but that's a pain in the ass in a multi-user environment of any reasonable size.)
Remember when you bought your AV software once and got updates for ever?
There is a mention in The Making of Star Trek about this. (a book published in the 70's giving a behind-the-scenes look at the original series.)
Apparently the Navy was interested in the "ergonomics" of the Star Trek "bridge" set. They came in and studied the set, especially the control panels because they had noticed that the panels were designed so that the controls were placed within easy reach of each person. (curved and angled panels resembling the arc of movement of the human arm.)
There's also mention of a hospital that wanted to know how the set designers got the automatic doors to open so fast. (whoosh!) Unfortunately, the doors were pulled open manually by people off screen.
>>In truth, a teaser
How about In truth, the crappiest trailer ever made?. Christ, they could've made a more effective trailer out of scraps of the 4 existing movies.
Sheesh, Lucas -- don't strain yourself......
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Stunts! OMG, I forgot about that one. It did have a kicking track editor. I remember the anti-piracy codes too -- "find the word on page 46 to complete this sentence, blahblahblah _______."
I ended up memorizing most of them, there were only about 15 different ones.
For a remake: Imagine the ease of track design combined with the car performance/handling engine from NFS:Porsche Unleashed? That would rock!
Perhaps thay don't actually USE the Macs -- notice the DELL parts bag under the pack of smokes? Maybe they actually use PCs whenever Jobs isn't looking!
Does anyone go to the arcades anymore? Everytime I go by one it seems that there are only a couple of people playing games at any time. Contrast that with my High School days in the early 80's when there were LINES for most of the good games. And as a whole the arcades were PACKED - even during the day. (not that I ever skipped school to play games, of course....)
(Who remembers people lining up their quarters on the consoles to hold their place in line?)
Anyway the point being -- is there significant money to be made in the Arcade game motherboard market?
Reminds me of a politician here in New Hampshire named Dick Swett. Didn't help his campaign though -- he lost.
I find it amazing that someone would encourage others to call him by a name that is, well... somewhat distasteful -- I mean, he could have stuck with "Richard".
Just so we're straight:
The Global Burger company = "McDonalds"
Your friendly neighborhood butcher = "MacDonalds" (note the first "a")
If what you say is true and not an urban legend of some sort, I'm not sure why McDonalds Corp. would even try to force the butcher to change its name or how the UK legal system could possibly rule that there was potential confusion. UNLESS the butcher was intentionally trying to take advantage of the name buy using a similar logo, etc.
I worked at UPS during the Teamsters strike a few years ago. I can tell you how much the union was looking out for their people:
They gave their members $55 per week in strike pay. Then they took out the union dues. Some people went home with $13 paychecks with which they were supposed to feed their families.
Yeah, I can see how much the union cared about its "brothers and sisters".....
What a f***ing crock, they cared NOTHING about their members.
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One of the best is actually a book used by the CIA (Culinary Institute of America, not the black helicopter agency) called The Professional Chef. I got the 5th edition about ten years ago and it is great instruction. Its about 1000 pages, about a third of which are techniques and basic prepeartions. The rest is restaurant quality recipes. The recipes are also restaurant sized, so you'll have to scale them down.
oh my god! Thanks for posting that pic! That really brings back memories -- I had a Blip game too -- was a blast until it was played so much that the mechanicals inside broke and the ball stopped moving.
After that, the "cool" toy was a handheld LED football game.
Having one of those earned you instant friends and kept the jocks from beating you up and stealing your lunch money!
"This Atari t-shirt is made of 100% pre-shrunk cotton. The Atari logo is made of silk screen."
Is "silk screen" some new kind of cloth? Cool.
I'm sorry. I wasn't trying to gloat or to disrespect anyone. Surely everyone laid off from a tech job these days is having a tough time. (I know that I was very lucky to land a job in 3 weeks.) But in general I think Net Admins, being somewhat the "Jack of all trades" of the industry, have a better chance of staying employed or regaining employment quickly than the "specialists."
New technologies, languages, platforms, etc will come and go over the course of your career, but there will ALWAYS be a need for the Network and PC Administrators.
I'm a Network Administrator and haven't had a problem finding a job in the last 10 years. I was laid off in late 2000, and found a new job within 3 weeks.
Just get a well rounded understanding of Windows, Linux, Telecommunications, security, etc., and you'll probably always be able to get a job. You probably won't be making a 6 figure salary, but I'm more than comfortable making less than that.
And now the industry makes more money on video rentals than on the theatrical release.
Kind of amazing that they are lobbying so hard against DVD and electronic distribution when any sane person can see the amazing profit potential on the horizon.
Valenti's a nitwit.
If it wasn't for unions, we wouldn't have the 40-hour work week, paid sick time, or probably any other benifits......Oh wait...I'm on Slashdot, talking to a bunch of young single males with no familes or social lives who are either independant contractors or H1B workers....
Well, I'm probably not a typical slashdotter since I'm 37, married and an "MIS Director", but I have to say that Unions overall suck. I worked at UPS during the Teamsters strike a few years ago. (In their technology group - non-union) I can give you an example of how much the union was looking out for their people: They gave their members $55 per week in strike pay. Then they took out the union dues. Some people went home with $13 paychecks with which they were supposed to feed their families. Yeah, I can see how much the union cared about its "brothers and sisters"..... They cared about filling the coffers.
The time for Unions by-and-large has passed, the things that the unions did for employees all those years ago are now standard work policies overseen by the government fair employment agencies.
It's Lucas's story -- and it's his to do with what he wants. I am interested to see what, if anything, he adds to the movies when they hit DVD. Personally, I LIKED the additions to Episode 4. (well, except the Greedo-shoots-first-bit), For instance, the extra CGI animals/people/vehicles in the Mos Eisley scenes added some needed texture and depth to a set of scenes that didn't really show what was scripted. Mos Eisley is supposed to be a bustling spaceport in addition to a "wretched hive of scum and villany" but the original version has it looking like a one-horse town.
So as far as I'm concerned, Lucas can go for broke. I hope he does it well of course, but if I don't like the changes, well too bad for me.
Based on this quote from the translation:
"A sticking tire helps as ruler."
I'd have to agree.
Who siad they need Humans? I beleive the line is "gestate inside a living host". They evolved as parasites. Any convenient life form would probably work.
Sorry, mis-typed.
Just to clarify:
The 1984 commercial was "Big Brother". 1985 was "Lemmings".
Actually, the first comment was correct.
The 1984 SuperBowl commercial by Apple featured "Big Brother" on a giant screen lecturing the grey, anonymous IBM "clones". An athlete wearing white and red runs in, chased by "police" figures and throws a huge hammer through the screen.
The "IBM Lemmings" commercial was a different one.
See these links for details:
Big Brother
Lots of Apple Ads
"where do you want to poop today?"
You're comparing apples and oranges -- The Wright brothers made the first powered flight WITHOUT a "lighter-than-air" technology. Previously all succesful flights had been made using ballons, dirigibles, etc.
>>Modular reconfigurable robots are built up from tens to hundreds, and potentially millions, of modules.
Millions of modules? Like molecules? Can you say "liquid metal alloy?"
Damn, I hope the company doesn't start calling itself "Cyberdyne".....
That's called racism, fool. That's what's wrong.
You're an alarmist. It's not racism. If there are certain types of individuals whose appearance/actions fit a set of parameters that are known to be telltales of undesirable behavior, it's common sense to pay a little closer attention to those individuals.
For instance: In the middle of a hot summer day in Southern California, a man wearing a long trench-coat walks into a bank and stands in line with the rest of the customers who are wearing t-shirts and shorts. I certainly hope that the bank security is going to take a real close look at that individual. Why? Because his behavior/dress doesn't fit the profile of a usual bank customer. Does this mean they are "prejudiced" against people in trench-coats?
No. It means that they are observant.
Someone should tell the antivirus companies that subscription doesn't work.
It completely pisses me off that now I have to essentially "repurchase" my anti-virus software every year or two in order to keep getting auto updates. (Yes, I can manually update the AV data files, but that's a pain in the ass in a multi-user environment of any reasonable size.)
Remember when you bought your AV software once and got updates for ever?
There is a mention in The Making of Star Trek about this. (a book published in the 70's giving a behind-the-scenes look at the original series.)
Apparently the Navy was interested in the "ergonomics" of the Star Trek "bridge" set. They came in and studied the set, especially the control panels because they had noticed that the panels were designed so that the controls were placed within easy reach of each person. (curved and angled panels resembling the arc of movement of the human arm.)
There's also mention of a hospital that wanted to know how the set designers got the automatic doors to open so fast. (whoosh!) Unfortunately, the doors were pulled open manually by people off screen.
>>In truth, a teaser
How about In truth, the crappiest trailer ever made?. Christ, they could've made a more effective trailer out of scraps of the 4 existing movies.
Sheesh, Lucas -- don't strain yourself......
Stunts! OMG, I forgot about that one. It did have a kicking track editor. I remember the anti-piracy codes too -- "find the word on page 46 to complete this sentence, blahblahblah _______ ."
I ended up memorizing most of them, there were only about 15 different ones.
For a remake: Imagine the ease of track design combined with the car performance/handling engine from NFS:Porsche Unleashed? That would rock!
Perhaps thay don't actually USE the Macs -- notice the DELL parts bag under the pack of smokes? Maybe they actually use PCs whenever Jobs isn't looking!
Does anyone go to the arcades anymore? Everytime I go by one it seems that there are only a couple of people playing games at any time. Contrast that with my High School days in the early 80's when there were LINES for most of the good games. And as a whole the arcades were PACKED - even during the day. (not that I ever skipped school to play games, of course....)
(Who remembers people lining up their quarters on the consoles to hold their place in line?)
Anyway the point being -- is there significant money to be made in the Arcade game motherboard market?
Reminds me of a politician here in New Hampshire named Dick Swett. Didn't help his campaign though -- he lost.
I find it amazing that someone would encourage others to call him by a name that is, well... somewhat distasteful -- I mean, he could have stuck with "Richard".
Just so we're straight:
The Global Burger company = "McDonalds"
Your friendly neighborhood butcher = "MacDonalds" (note the first "a")
If what you say is true and not an urban legend of some sort, I'm not sure why McDonalds Corp. would even try to force the butcher to change its name or how the UK legal system could possibly rule that there was potential confusion. UNLESS the butcher was intentionally trying to take advantage of the name buy using a similar logo, etc.
I worked at UPS during the Teamsters strike a few years ago. I can tell you how much the union was looking out for their people: They gave their members $55 per week in strike pay. Then they took out the union dues. Some people went home with $13 paychecks with which they were supposed to feed their families. Yeah, I can see how much the union cared about its "brothers and sisters"..... What a f***ing crock, they cared NOTHING about their members.