Evil Terrorist Type : I must destroy the (infidels/capitalist opressors/alien invasion force)* for the glory of (allah/jahweh/the big purple dinosaur/elvis told me to do it)*!
ETT: Oh, hang on, they might have some CCTV cameras, and find out it was me. Best not then, that's me really deterred. It's not like I'm on a holy crusade or anything.
*Delete as appropriate to denote your own favourite demon de jour.
CCTV is about as much use against a terrorist threat as a man with a pointed stick.
At best it's useful for tracking known troublemakers (petty criminals, subversives, etc) and producing lots of nice footage to show on 'Americas Crimiest Crimes XII', but I can't really say that the constant feeling of being watched makes me feel particularly safe.
Er, no. I think he was saying that MBAs[1] who don't listen to engineers about engineering are idiots destined to crash and burn in spectacular fashion.
Hence the ridicule.
[1] No, not all of them, just the ones who refuse to listen to experts in their area of expertise.
And the first thing I'd reply is "What part of 'spare time' don't you understand?"
Maybe this is one of those weird things specific to the game industry, but I know the day my manager starts telling me what I can and can't do in my spare time is the day I run away to join the circus.
One wonders what would have happened if Harris and Klebold had seen "You shall not kill" a few times at school?
Oh yeah, I can just see it now...
EH : Hey Dylan, you all set to shoot up the school tomorrow?
DK : Sure Eric. Hey wait a minute, what's this? Points to 10 commandments poster on wall
DK : Look, 'Thou shall not kill'. Oh man! What were we thinking?
EH : You're right. Let's sell all our guns and use the money to buy gifts for the whole school to demonstrate our Christian love.
DK : Good idea Eric.
Can I trademark the name "Typist" for a keyboard?
As long as no-one else has already done it, sure, go right ahead. What about "Runner" for a shoe - or "walk"
Yup. Can't see a problem with that.
Now if you want to call your keyboard 'Keyboard', or your shoes 'Shoes' or even 'Walking shoes', you might have a problem trying to claim it as a trademark. Then again, you could call your keyboard 'Shoes' and your shoes 'Keyboard' and rest assured that no-one else has the right to make 'keyboard' shoes or 'shoe' keyboards.
Personally, apart from the demands of money (probably legal, but definitely not nice), I can't see a real problem here. KIllustrator as a name immediately suggests 'Hey, this is just like Illustrator, but for KDE' which is basically a mildly cheeky way of grabbing attention to itself.
Adobe would have every right, legally and morally to say 'Hey, don't do that!'. 'Hey, don't do that, and give us some money too!' is a bit more unreasonable, but if Adobe get enough hassle about it (which seems likely - it might just be Slashdot, but bad press is bad press) they could most likely be convinced to call off their deadly attack lawyers.
Who would need such a hypothetical device, and what data would fill this black hole of a memory - and how would you index it - or transmit it, for that matter.
It would take a lifetime to fill.
Yeah. Ten billion gigabytes ought to be enough for anyone...
Actually, I'll expand that one a bit.
If people weren't so stupid, and lazy, greedy and generally a bunch of bastards, there'd be no need for democracy.
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Oh hell, I know I shouldn't, but..
"The other bosses said I was mad to build an office on a swamp, but I built it anyway.
It sank into the swamp.
So I built another one. That sank into the swamp as well.
So I built a third. That burned down, fell over and then sank into the swamp.
But the fourth office. That stayed up."
You know, that's always been one of my favourite arguments
"People died so you could have the freedom to say that, so shut up."
Yes, I know those weren't your exact words, but it was implied.
Right, I can just picture it now.
Evil Terrorist Type : I must destroy the (infidels/capitalist opressors/alien invasion force)* for the glory of (allah/jahweh/the big purple dinosaur/elvis told me to do it)*!
ETT: Oh, hang on, they might have some CCTV cameras, and find out it was me. Best not then, that's me really deterred. It's not like I'm on a holy crusade or anything.
*Delete as appropriate to denote your own favourite demon de jour.
CCTV is about as much use against a terrorist threat as a man with a pointed stick.
At best it's useful for tracking known troublemakers (petty criminals, subversives, etc) and producing lots of nice footage to show on 'Americas Crimiest Crimes XII', but I can't really say that the constant feeling of being watched makes me feel particularly safe.
I remeber watching some U.S. network version of 7 1/2 weeks on TV back in 89. There were 30 minutes gaps of commericals. This would be just like that.
You mean they cut it so badly they lost 2 whole weeks of the movie.
Wow.
Er, no. I think he was saying that MBAs[1] who don't listen to engineers about engineering are idiots destined to crash and burn in spectacular fashion.
Hence the ridicule.
[1] No, not all of them, just the ones who refuse to listen to experts in their area of expertise.
And the first thing I'd reply is "What part of 'spare time' don't you understand?"
Maybe this is one of those weird things specific to the game industry, but I know the day my manager starts telling me what I can and can't do in my spare time is the day I run away to join the circus.
ANTHRAX! Whoops, now the whole discussion is being stored on some Carnivore database...
Why, do the Feds have a thing for 80's metal or something?
Here, let me try...
MEGADETH!
METALLICA!
TWISTED SISTER!
oops, gotta go. There's a man in a black suit and sunglasses at the door. I wonder what he wants...
One wonders what would have happened if Harris and Klebold had seen "You shall not kill" a few times at school?
Oh yeah, I can just see it now...
EH : Hey Dylan, you all set to shoot up the school tomorrow?
DK : Sure Eric. Hey wait a minute, what's this?
Points to 10 commandments poster on wall
DK : Look, 'Thou shall not kill'. Oh man! What were we thinking?
EH : You're right. Let's sell all our guns and use the money to buy gifts for the whole school to demonstrate our Christian love.
DK : Good idea Eric.
Can I trademark the name "Typist" for a keyboard?
As long as no-one else has already done it, sure, go right ahead.
What about "Runner" for a shoe - or "walk"
Yup. Can't see a problem with that.
Now if you want to call your keyboard 'Keyboard', or your shoes 'Shoes' or even 'Walking shoes', you might have a problem trying to claim it as a trademark.
Then again, you could call your keyboard 'Shoes' and your shoes 'Keyboard' and rest assured that no-one else has the right to make 'keyboard' shoes or 'shoe' keyboards.
Personally, apart from the demands of money (probably legal, but definitely not nice), I can't see a real problem here. KIllustrator as a name immediately suggests 'Hey, this is just like Illustrator, but for KDE' which is basically a mildly cheeky way of grabbing attention to itself.
Adobe would have every right, legally and morally to say 'Hey, don't do that!'.
'Hey, don't do that, and give us some money too!' is a bit more unreasonable, but if Adobe get enough hassle about it (which seems likely - it might just be Slashdot, but bad press is bad press) they could most likely be convinced to call off their deadly attack lawyers.
So which planet would that be then?
Last time I checked, the only thing we've landed anyone on was a satellite.
So you're either saying that your p4 runs at refrigerator temperatures (30-45 farenheit), or you shower in boiling water (100 Celsius).
You don't work for NASA by any chance, do you?
Wow, now that's compression. :)
74 minutes of audio into less than 2k, eh?
That certainly makes mp3 look a bit shoddy
narcotic stimulants?
Can anyone say oxymoron?
Who would need such a hypothetical device, and what data would fill this black hole of a memory - and how would you index it - or transmit it, for that matter.
It would take a lifetime to fill.
Yeah. Ten billion gigabytes ought to be enough for anyone...
Actually, I'll expand that one a bit.
If people weren't so stupid, and lazy, greedy and generally a bunch of bastards, there'd be no need for democracy.
If people weren't so fucking stupid, there'd be no need for democracy.
Yeah, but if it weighs the same as a duck, it's a WITCH!
:)
BURN IT!
sorry