Are NASA this stupid or what? I'd be pissed if I was one of the guys who signed up thinking my name was going to be part of a serious scientific venture.
why?? how does someone elses sense of humour at all detract from the value of your contribution?? If they wanted to spend the money on making sure Hugh Jass was represented, it's no skin off of you, my or anyone elses ass...
ye gods.. just because you're a crufty stick in the mud doesn't mean EVERYONE else is...
no... not at all... I don't think such an entity exists... I just don't have a problem with the government supporting a station that has the same general bias as a reasonable cross section of the populous... same thing as what I expect the government to be...
and what corporate news shill has an independant ombudsman that I can contact if I see what I consider to be questionable material?? If I think FoxNews has horribly skewed a story to put a pet project of theirs in a better light, do you think Rupert Murdoch is going to care??
also, the CBC is under no onus to be entertaining... it will exist whether or not anyone watches it, and so there is no drive to sensationalize stories to increase viewership, allowing them to report the news, instead of spewing bright, garish news-tainment across the screen...
and I hate to break this to everyone... but the CBC is moderately left... Canada is also moderately left... hmm, funny thing that... a broadcasting company that has the same view as the people it serves rather than trying to enforce its view on those people?? I can see how this would frighten and disorient certain people...
Good old Access... how many credits have/you/ earned from Athabasca University watching movies and documentaries on Access??
For those not from Alberta... Athabasca University is almost exclusively distance learning post-secondary institute and a great many of the programs on the local public access station can earn the viewers credit in certain courses offered by the university...
it doesn't have a 'better' sense of humour... it has a british sense of humour... the CBC has a Canadian sense of humour which is usually an even split between making fun of ourselves and making fun of everyone else... the yankee sense of humor involves making fun of (primarily) everyone else and the british sense of humour almost exclusively make fun of themselves...
After serious consideration by both men and their company boards, a merger was announced between Wendy's and Tim Hortons in 1995. This was a $425-million U.S. deal that left Ron Joyce the biggest shareholder of the third-largest hamburger chain in the United States. It also made Tim Hortons a division of the U.S.-based Wendy's chain. The merger left Tim Hortons a wholly owned subsidiary of Wendy's, although the two do retain separate management. As part of the deal, Tim Donut Ltd. was given 13.5% of Wendy's stock, worth about $300 million U.S., and Wendy's assumed $125 million U.S. of Tim Hortons' debt. In the end, the total deal was worth about $580 million Canadian.
So, although Timmy's is now owned by Wendy's, Ron Joyce (the Hamilton cop who bought Tim Horton's after Tim's death in '74) is the majority shareholder of Wendy's... which means that Timmy's is owned by an american company that is owned by a Canuck... heh
This is my problem with windows... above and beyond the security issues... past its susceptibility to virii and other malware which is crippling the internet... microsoft server products allow normal users to run server software... it allows, exactly as the parent states, an 'administrator' who knows nearly nothing, but had a win9x box that he played around with, to become a sysadmin being paid to muddle his way through... I recognize this, my boss is one of them... if the solution doesn't fit into one of the formulas he knows, reinstall the OS... he had 3 AD/DNS servers on a network of less that 30 machines (including printers and other such network devices), then he removed one without demoting it or removing it from the update tree... 8 weeks later we had to pull a 12 hour shift trying to fix the DNS issues caused by this... I had told him after two weeks that something was wrong with DNS, but was unaware of the role being played by the removed server... the only way we got it fixed was 4 hours on the phone with microsoft, with them netmeeting'd into the server in question...
and what really burns my cheese?? they get payed for this!! they are taking money from MY pocket and food from MY mouth (and a Lamborghini from my driveway) because they've flooded the market... all of these 'certified' admins... mcse, mcp, mcsa... they are a joke... the certifications themselves aren't, but the courses that prepare you for the exam are just memorization of questions and answers, there is no test of ability to solve, or even to identify, a problem...
is it wrong for me to expect competence from someone getting paid to administrate a network??
I throw Bloodrayne II into my Xbox and play it for 1/2 an hour - 2 hours at a stretch... there are rooms with respawning enemies that gang up on you 3-4 at a time, and so I cheat... despite the sexy damphiar with the huge knockers and the great lines I still get pretty bored pretty quickly...
yesterday I played Moria, Nethack and Xevil... that's all I did... and even then I only switched games upon realizing I had spent 4 hours on the same game...
todays video games compare to the old games the same way TV compares to books... they appeal to a larger market and suck all the imagination out of the user... but, man, are they ever pretty...
actually you do, you just don't know it... the imperial system of weights and measures has been re-calibrated (since only one country uses it) so that one inch is exactly equal to 2.54 cm... the same goes for other measurements, but I forget actual numbers since I have no reason to waste the memory space on calculating a redundant measuring system...
flashy blond with fake tits and nothing happening on the inside
...and who, after 40 years of the same dumpy soccer mom,/wouldn't/ go for the cute blonde...
it's time for a change... we've been to the moon... 40 years ago... where's the new tech? the states couldn't do it again with current tech, we've actually gone backwards in some capabilities in the last decades... and it's starting to show, when people aren't busy looking up, it seems they start to look left and right, and I don't know if you've noticed... but a lot of people are assholes who don't like anything different from themselves... we need some new space development to distract everyone away from killing their neighbours, and maybe giving some common goal to strive for...
If it's the best entry, then it's the best entry... that's the beauty of this contest idea, the money doesn't go to the company who/says/ they can build the best thruster engine, it goes to the company who/builds/ the best thruster engine...
I was dissapointed that it wasn't one of the Canadian teams that one the X-Prize, but that doesn't mean I'm upset that it was won... that puts us one step further outside of our little world...
only down side I see is it could also scare off buisnesses
The only businesses that it will scare off are the ones that aren't willing to do the work. In any other sector, work is done, then compensation is given, but in the public sector, that all goes topsy turvy. How does rewarding someone for not doing anyting entice someone to do anything? "So, I can sit on my ass and scratch my balls for 18 months, and I still get $7 million from uncle sam? I'm in"
This sounds like the way to go for big research. Outsource it to the willing. When was the last time that hackers were actually acknowledged and rewarded for their efforts on behalf of humanity?? Probably the Renaissance... c'mon NASA... just see what a group of motivated geeks at play can come up with...
But at least a user interface can be consistent. Dragging the floppy to the trash would suggest wiping the entire floppy disk, but it doesn't do that; in fact, it makes sure your files aren't deleted!
It's the exact same argument as winders (l)users having to click the start button to shut down... but then, I use fluxbox over xfree86, so intuition isn't really what I look for in a GUI...
I think that's really what this whole election is going to come down to... so many of my american friends are voting "against bush" rather than "for kerry"
Bush's suggestion that the only problem with the war currently was that we "won too quickly," that the enemy was supposed to stand, fight and be killed instead of retreating and coming back with car bombs the way they have, is ridiculous.
But right in line with how things have been going over the last couple of centuries. The revolutionary war against brittain was fought using geurilla tactics learned from the native tribes. The brittish cried foul, saying that the yankees were'nt fighting "fair". We fast forward to 'nam, where the VC would hit and fade, hit and fade... hit and fade. This tactic has the advantage of continually reducing both enemy numbers and moralle. America cried foul, said the VC weren't fighting fair, took their ball and went home. Now the same thing is happening, a smaller, weaker enemy is using guerrila warfare to constantly harrass a larger and better equipped force. The tactic works, and always has worked.
The whole premise of insurance coverage (much of which is required by law) is to take the stupidity of some people and spread it out over the entire population.
We just changed our system up here... while those of us who don't make mistakes do still have to have insurance, the only thing that will raise your premiums are claims filed where you were at fault. A minor victory, but a victory none-the-less...
(though you could refine your verbage)
First off, I was quite irate at the arrogance of the parent I originally responded to, and so perhaps my language was a bit strong for mixed company. Secondly, I'm Canadian, studies have shown that we swear more than any other nationality, and so my language is typically peppered by, shall we say, more colourful metaphores (double dumb-ass on you, and so forth)... I already restrain myself most of the time in order to protect the sensibilities of my backwards neighbours to the south *Grin*
I know I'll never eradicate stupidiy... but can't I at least keep making the lives of stupid people more difficult?? I know it won't make them any smarter, or help me any in the long run... but I do enjoy watching them struggle, furrowing their brows in a desperate attempt to understand the situation...
Thanks for the input, I'll remember to tone it back down now that I've cooled off... it's good to know I'm not alone...
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I hope this gets incorporated into the next version of the ElecticSheep p2p distributed screensaver...
they're definately going to find CowboyNeal's secret hideout in that comet... and he's gonna be pissed...
Are NASA this stupid or what? I'd be pissed if I was one of the guys who signed up thinking my name was going to be part of a serious scientific venture.
why?? how does someone elses sense of humour at all detract from the value of your contribution?? If they wanted to spend the money on making sure Hugh Jass was represented, it's no skin off of you, my or anyone elses ass...
ye gods.. just because you're a crufty stick in the mud doesn't mean EVERYONE else is...
what if "what's preserved inside" is some sort of giant mutant space lizard
all that symbolism helps to remind them that they stole the festival from the pagans... this is a long read, but a good read...
you're still looking for an unbiased news source
no... not at all... I don't think such an entity exists... I just don't have a problem with the government supporting a station that has the same general bias as a reasonable cross section of the populous... same thing as what I expect the government to be...
better chicken lady and cancer boy than space lasers and nukes...
and what corporate news shill has an independant ombudsman that I can contact if I see what I consider to be questionable material?? If I think FoxNews has horribly skewed a story to put a pet project of theirs in a better light, do you think Rupert Murdoch is going to care??
also, the CBC is under no onus to be entertaining... it will exist whether or not anyone watches it, and so there is no drive to sensationalize stories to increase viewership, allowing them to report the news, instead of spewing bright, garish news-tainment across the screen...
and I hate to break this to everyone... but the CBC is moderately left... Canada is also moderately left... hmm, funny thing that... a broadcasting company that has the same view as the people it serves rather than trying to enforce its view on those people?? I can see how this would frighten and disorient certain people...
you mean as opposed to CNNBCBS - a division of ABC??
Good old Access... how many credits have /you/ earned from Athabasca University watching movies and documentaries on Access??
For those not from Alberta... Athabasca University is almost exclusively distance learning post-secondary institute and a great many of the programs on the local public access station can earn the viewers credit in certain courses offered by the university...
it doesn't have a 'better' sense of humour... it has a british sense of humour... the CBC has a Canadian sense of humour which is usually an even split between making fun of ourselves and making fun of everyone else... the yankee sense of humor involves making fun of (primarily) everyone else and the british sense of humour almost exclusively make fun of themselves...
So, although Timmy's is now owned by Wendy's, Ron Joyce (the Hamilton cop who bought Tim Horton's after Tim's death in '74) is the majority shareholder of Wendy's... which means that Timmy's is owned by an american company that is owned by a Canuck... heh
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This is my problem with windows... above and beyond the security issues... past its susceptibility to virii and other malware which is crippling the internet... microsoft server products allow normal users to run server software... it allows, exactly as the parent states, an 'administrator' who knows nearly nothing, but had a win9x box that he played around with, to become a sysadmin being paid to muddle his way through... I recognize this, my boss is one of them... if the solution doesn't fit into one of the formulas he knows, reinstall the OS... he had 3 AD/DNS servers on a network of less that 30 machines (including printers and other such network devices), then he removed one without demoting it or removing it from the update tree... 8 weeks later we had to pull a 12 hour shift trying to fix the DNS issues caused by this... I had told him after two weeks that something was wrong with DNS, but was unaware of the role being played by the removed server... the only way we got it fixed was 4 hours on the phone with microsoft, with them netmeeting'd into the server in question...
and what really burns my cheese?? they get payed for this!! they are taking money from MY pocket and food from MY mouth (and a Lamborghini from my driveway) because they've flooded the market... all of these 'certified' admins... mcse, mcp, mcsa... they are a joke... the certifications themselves aren't, but the courses that prepare you for the exam are just memorization of questions and answers, there is no test of ability to solve, or even to identify, a problem...
is it wrong for me to expect competence from someone getting paid to administrate a network??
I throw Bloodrayne II into my Xbox and play it for 1/2 an hour - 2 hours at a stretch... there are rooms with respawning enemies that gang up on you 3-4 at a time, and so I cheat... despite the sexy damphiar with the huge knockers and the great lines I still get pretty bored pretty quickly...
yesterday I played Moria, Nethack and Xevil... that's all I did... and even then I only switched games upon realizing I had spent 4 hours on the same game...
todays video games compare to the old games the same way TV compares to books... they appeal to a larger market and suck all the imagination out of the user... but, man, are they ever pretty...
I'm not celebrating the birth of your saviour
that's okay... neither are they
it'll be 3 days after my 49th... cheers...
actually you do, you just don't know it... the imperial system of weights and measures has been re-calibrated (since only one country uses it) so that one inch is exactly equal to 2.54 cm... the same goes for other measurements, but I forget actual numbers since I have no reason to waste the memory space on calculating a redundant measuring system...
flashy blond with fake tits and nothing happening on the inside
...and who, after 40 years of the same dumpy soccer mom, /wouldn't/ go for the cute blonde...
it's time for a change... we've been to the moon... 40 years ago... where's the new tech? the states couldn't do it again with current tech, we've actually gone backwards in some capabilities in the last decades... and it's starting to show, when people aren't busy looking up, it seems they start to look left and right, and I don't know if you've noticed... but a lot of people are assholes who don't like anything different from themselves... we need some new space development to distract everyone away from killing their neighbours, and maybe giving some common goal to strive for...
If it's the best entry, then it's the best entry... that's the beauty of this contest idea, the money doesn't go to the company who /says/ they can build the best thruster engine, it goes to the company who /builds/ the best thruster engine...
/some/ faith in humanity??
I was dissapointed that it wasn't one of the Canadian teams that one the X-Prize, but that doesn't mean I'm upset that it was won... that puts us one step further outside of our little world...
maybe I just still have
only down side I see is it could also scare off buisnesses
The only businesses that it will scare off are the ones that aren't willing to do the work. In any other sector, work is done, then compensation is given, but in the public sector, that all goes topsy turvy. How does rewarding someone for not doing anyting entice someone to do anything? "So, I can sit on my ass and scratch my balls for 18 months, and I still get $7 million from uncle sam? I'm in"
This sounds like the way to go for big research. Outsource it to the willing. When was the last time that hackers were actually acknowledged and rewarded for their efforts on behalf of humanity?? Probably the Renaissance... c'mon NASA... just see what a group of motivated geeks at play can come up with...
But at least a user interface can be consistent. Dragging the floppy to the trash would suggest wiping the entire floppy disk, but it doesn't do that; in fact, it makes sure your files aren't deleted!
It's the exact same argument as winders (l)users having to click the start button to shut down... but then, I use fluxbox over xfree86, so intuition isn't really what I look for in a GUI...
touch of course...
copy con 'me baby'...
it just doesn't have the same zing...
I prefer him over Cheney though.
I think that's really what this whole election is going to come down to... so many of my american friends are voting "against bush" rather than "for kerry"
But right in line with how things have been going over the last couple of centuries. The revolutionary war against brittain was fought using geurilla tactics learned from the native tribes. The brittish cried foul, saying that the yankees were'nt fighting "fair". We fast forward to 'nam, where the VC would hit and fade, hit and fade... hit and fade. This tactic has the advantage of continually reducing both enemy numbers and moralle. America cried foul, said the VC weren't fighting fair, took their ball and went home. Now the same thing is happening, a smaller, weaker enemy is using guerrila warfare to constantly harrass a larger and better equipped force. The tactic works, and always has worked.
You do live in the US, don't you?
no
You are aware of the tax system?
I am aware that you _have_ one...
The whole premise of insurance coverage (much of which is required by law) is to take the stupidity of some people and spread it out over the entire population.
We just changed our system up here... while those of us who don't make mistakes do still have to have insurance, the only thing that will raise your premiums are claims filed where you were at fault. A minor victory, but a victory none-the-less...
(though you could refine your verbage)
First off, I was quite irate at the arrogance of the parent I originally responded to, and so perhaps my language was a bit strong for mixed company. Secondly, I'm Canadian, studies have shown that we swear more than any other nationality, and so my language is typically peppered by, shall we say, more colourful metaphores (double dumb-ass on you, and so forth)... I already restrain myself most of the time in order to protect the sensibilities of my backwards neighbours to the south *Grin*
I know I'll never eradicate stupidiy... but can't I at least keep making the lives of stupid people more difficult?? I know it won't make them any smarter, or help me any in the long run... but I do enjoy watching them struggle, furrowing their brows in a desperate attempt to understand the situation...
Thanks for the input, I'll remember to tone it back down now that I've cooled off... it's good to know I'm not alone...