I gotta say, I don't disagree with this sentiment.
There's been quite a few movies and TV shows that I've seen in 1080p in the past year or two and quite frankly, I'd rather NOT see every blemish on some actress' faces. When there's a closeup on a large HD screen, the head's nearly 3 feet tall and you can see every pore in every details. Sorry, that ruins the magic for me. Some of those beautiful actresses... not so hot. I had a thing for older ladies until I saw Mary McDonnell on BSG.
Now MMA, boxing, K-1 and other fighting sports, I'm all about the HD.
'But Jack Bauer, owner of the city's largest beer and soft drink distributor, calls the network "a great thing." His store hasn't been robbed, he said, since four cameras went up nearby. "There's nothing wrong with instilling fear," he said.'"
I nearly choked on my coffee when I read this. I wonder if Jack Bauer thinks anything is wrong with instilling terror.
Ray Bradbury wrote some good books. One book in particular was truly great, providing a social commentary on the value of information and what it means to have open and free access. This makes him a man who was forward thinking for his time and perhaps means future societies will remember him.
Unfortunately, he's become a bit of a cranky old man. That's okay. I suppose he's earned the right to be one.
The value of his works shouldn't be diminished but certainly, time has passed him by.
Particularly ironic considering the events of the past week in Iran and the internet's enabling role in that continuing saga.
Just to make a point of this and to the GP post, I have run CFW on my PSP fat for years. I have not pirated a single game during this time.
I've written posts about this before when people start with this nonsense but here are the reasons why I run CFW:
I go on overseas assignments that run ~9 months. I like my game library with me and that's about 30-40 games. 30 UMDs in even the most space efficient case is still a lot of space for me since I live out of a backpack and a duffel bag. I rip every UMD and carry my entire PSP game library on either my laptop and/or external HD. Running off of the MS PD gives me several advantages on top of the space savings:
- Less power consumption, longer batter time (though not as much as some claim) which is a double plus because I often don't have access to consistent electricity. - Less load time on most titles (some take about the same amount of time UMD vs MS) - Originals are at home, where they stand less of a chance of being stolen. - Often, I work in extremely dusty environments. UMDs and dust don't mix.
When I'm at home in the US, Europe or Korea, I don't play many games on my PSP and usually it runs as a secondary display on my XP machine. This is the only homebrew I run on a regular basis. Sometimes, I tinker with uClinux. If I had the patience and the same technical bent I had back in college, I'd probably be trying to shoehorn NetBSD on somehow.
So there. You now know at least one person who does not and has never pirated a single PSP game, yet runs CFW for a number of purposes.
If you knew my brother (also US Army), you'd know two guys who don't pirate games and run CFW. Though he runs emulators. He's one of those guys who still has every NES/SNES cartridge he ever owned so you can't even accuse him of pirating ROMs.
It was first ported way back in the days of the 1.x iPhone OS. The control scheme sucked, which is what I guess these guys are working on. One way or another, this isn't news.
The article's is too vague about the terms of reference.
I wouldn't make recommendations simply because I don't know enough from the submitter's description to understand what their requirements are. At the very least:
Which countries? Where in these countries - rural or urban? How long is the deployment? How big is the team? Are you relying exclusively on Blackberries/GSM or will you be using backup satphone/data? GSM data can be strange, depending on the country and provider.
IOW, there is not enough information to provide a recommendation. Also, as much as I love Slashdot, this is the wrong place to ask. Too much noise to signal.
For a few months, I had the vehicle warranty scammers calling me on my PREPAID mobile phone. That's actually abated somewhat. Funny, because I don't live in the US much and I don't own a car.
Now, I think the same group is calling with health insurance. Repeatedly.
Oh, I've had a few calls from random "IT support" tell me that they're calling me about my recent computer problems.
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No, it's not. What I am saying is an affirmation of what the two former naval officers have said in this thread, which is that command aptitude is not the same thing as command ability.
The Colonel is the Army rank equivalent of a Navy Captain. A Colonel might typically command a brigade and depending on the force structure, this numbers between 2000-4000 men. The ability to command several thousand men in combat is not just about command aptitude, but about experience earned over time. There is no substitute.
No one would take the idea of someone fresh out of college being instantly promoted to being the CEO of say, Apple or IBM seriously. What makes you think military command is any easier? It's not Ender's Game.
Typically, even the most remarkable field promotion or breveted rank in extraordinary circumstances over multiple ranks certainly wouldn't be confirmed.
One way or another, while I'm enjoying this geek's debate, it's a relatively minor point with me. I still enjoyed the movie despite this one itch because I know I'm in the minority. We're talking about a movie with space katanas and gratuitously long and convoluted water tubes that are just wide enough for man, strong enough for a woman... I mean, you know what I mean.
I actually like Win7RC1. I will probably buy two copies to put on my windows machines.
That said, the pirates are already offering a better product. You can get Win7RC without the watermark and reporting. Despite what The Man would have us believe, the counterfeits in the world of warez are actually superior.
The whole "illegal enemy combatant" thing is immoral regardless of whether the "attacks" are physical attacks or just attempts made to disrupt digital communications.
No, it's very much moral and necessity. The application of it by the previous administration, however, is outright criminal.
The Laws of Armed Conflict and the Geneva Conventions that provides the clause for "illegal enemy combatants" as a classification to exist, exist for a reason. It's to prevent war from descending to absolute fucking barbarism. War is ugly and brutal enough as it is when everyone follows the rules.
You have no idea how inhuman the actors who play outside of those rules can be unless you've seen it for yourself. The terrible things that criminal things soldiers have done pale in comparison to the gutwrenchingly and heartbreakingly deplorable acts that armed people will do in the absence of good order and discipline.
That we're using illegal combatant status as a loophole legal justification for torture IS immoral, but the rules were there to try to force everyone to behave with some semblance of human civility, no matter how small.
They so firmly entrenched XP and created an ecosystem that even they can't kill.
It's crazy the number of businesses out there that want to buy new licenses for XP. They're not willing to move on, they actually demand that MS sell it to them.
Imagine consumers demanding Ford sell them the 69 Mustang instead of the 2010. (Well, I for one would be in line.)
There's been a lot more news on this since I started posting on this thread and if those cases in Kansas and New York are in fact the same strain as the one in Mexico, this one definitely has pandemic potential.
The coming few days will tell. If a few confirmed cases were to be reported on another continent in the next 24 to 48 hours, it additional control and containment procedures might be in order.
You're inferring too much from what this immunologist said. It is wise to prepare, but that doesn't mean control mechanisms at the source will not be effective in limiting both the pace and geographical spread of the disease.
If the immunologist said it was by and far too late to worry about it, he should be quiet and leave outbreak control to people who know what they're talking about.
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I gotta say, I don't disagree with this sentiment.
There's been quite a few movies and TV shows that I've seen in 1080p in the past year or two and quite frankly, I'd rather NOT see every blemish on some actress' faces. When there's a closeup on a large HD screen, the head's nearly 3 feet tall and you can see every pore in every details. Sorry, that ruins the magic for me. Some of those beautiful actresses... not so hot. I had a thing for older ladies until I saw Mary McDonnell on BSG.
Now MMA, boxing, K-1 and other fighting sports, I'm all about the HD.
'But Jack Bauer, owner of the city's largest beer and soft drink distributor, calls the network "a great thing." His store hasn't been robbed, he said, since four cameras went up nearby. "There's nothing wrong with instilling fear," he said.'"
I nearly choked on my coffee when I read this. I wonder if Jack Bauer thinks anything is wrong with instilling terror.
Mind boggling.
GP is obviously referring to plugins that attempt to imitate the features of other browsers.
Or is that in the air as well?
Ray Bradbury wrote some good books. One book in particular was truly great, providing a social commentary on the value of information and what it means to have open and free access. This makes him a man who was forward thinking for his time and perhaps means future societies will remember him.
Unfortunately, he's become a bit of a cranky old man. That's okay. I suppose he's earned the right to be one.
The value of his works shouldn't be diminished but certainly, time has passed him by.
Particularly ironic considering the events of the past week in Iran and the internet's enabling role in that continuing saga.
Just to make a point of this and to the GP post, I have run CFW on my PSP fat for years. I have not pirated a single game during this time.
I've written posts about this before when people start with this nonsense but here are the reasons why I run CFW:
I go on overseas assignments that run ~9 months. I like my game library with me and that's about 30-40 games. 30 UMDs in even the most space efficient case is still a lot of space for me since I live out of a backpack and a duffel bag. I rip every UMD and carry my entire PSP game library on either my laptop and/or external HD. Running off of the MS PD gives me several advantages on top of the space savings:
- Less power consumption, longer batter time (though not as much as some claim) which is a double plus because I often don't have access to consistent electricity.
- Less load time on most titles (some take about the same amount of time UMD vs MS)
- Originals are at home, where they stand less of a chance of being stolen.
- Often, I work in extremely dusty environments. UMDs and dust don't mix.
When I'm at home in the US, Europe or Korea, I don't play many games on my PSP and usually it runs as a secondary display on my XP machine. This is the only homebrew I run on a regular basis. Sometimes, I tinker with uClinux. If I had the patience and the same technical bent I had back in college, I'd probably be trying to shoehorn NetBSD on somehow.
So there. You now know at least one person who does not and has never pirated a single PSP game, yet runs CFW for a number of purposes.
If you knew my brother (also US Army), you'd know two guys who don't pirate games and run CFW. Though he runs emulators. He's one of those guys who still has every NES/SNES cartridge he ever owned so you can't even accuse him of pirating ROMs.
It was first ported way back in the days of the 1.x iPhone OS. The control scheme sucked, which is what I guess these guys are working on. One way or another, this isn't news.
The article's is too vague about the terms of reference.
I wouldn't make recommendations simply because I don't know enough from the submitter's description to understand what their requirements are. At the very least:
Which countries?
Where in these countries - rural or urban?
How long is the deployment?
How big is the team?
Are you relying exclusively on Blackberries/GSM or will you be using backup satphone/data?
GSM data can be strange, depending on the country and provider.
IOW, there is not enough information to provide a recommendation. Also, as much as I love Slashdot, this is the wrong place to ask. Too much noise to signal.
Man, I can't imagine living 20 years in one state.
For a few months, I had the vehicle warranty scammers calling me on my PREPAID mobile phone. That's actually abated somewhat. Funny, because I don't live in the US much and I don't own a car.
Now, I think the same group is calling with health insurance. Repeatedly.
Oh, I've had a few calls from random "IT support" tell me that they're calling me about my recent computer problems.
Someone needs to nail these guys to the wall.
That's a cute semantic game he plays with security and safety. You could switch the two words around and sell the same snake oil just as well.
John Gruber's wrong about the anchored shift selection, too.
I've the option of blocking ads on Slashdot offered to me as well but I choose to keep it enabled.
Post mortem?
What is there to know? This isn't brain surgery.
Cause of death:
Lack of Adult Supervision.
No, it's not. What I am saying is an affirmation of what the two former naval officers have said in this thread, which is that command aptitude is not the same thing as command ability.
The Colonel is the Army rank equivalent of a Navy Captain. A Colonel might typically command a brigade and depending on the force structure, this numbers between 2000-4000 men. The ability to command several thousand men in combat is not just about command aptitude, but about experience earned over time. There is no substitute.
No one would take the idea of someone fresh out of college being instantly promoted to being the CEO of say, Apple or IBM seriously. What makes you think military command is any easier? It's not Ender's Game.
Typically, even the most remarkable field promotion or breveted rank in extraordinary circumstances over multiple ranks certainly wouldn't be confirmed.
One way or another, while I'm enjoying this geek's debate, it's a relatively minor point with me. I still enjoyed the movie despite this one itch because I know I'm in the minority. We're talking about a movie with space katanas and gratuitously long and convoluted water tubes that are just wide enough for man, strong enough for a woman... I mean, you know what I mean.
I watched the movie and as a Trekkie and former Army officer, this is the one issue that really kept toggling my suspension of disbelief button.
Why bother with the whole pseudo military rank and organization convention when the basic tenet will be thrown out the window?
Everything else, I can accept as space opera and good fun. Sulu with a folding space katana? What's not to love about that?
I actually like Win7RC1. I will probably buy two copies to put on my windows machines.
That said, the pirates are already offering a better product. You can get Win7RC without the watermark and reporting. Despite what The Man would have us believe, the counterfeits in the world of warez are actually superior.
The whole "illegal enemy combatant" thing is immoral regardless of whether the "attacks" are physical attacks or just attempts made to disrupt digital communications.
No, it's very much moral and necessity. The application of it by the previous administration, however, is outright criminal.
The Laws of Armed Conflict and the Geneva Conventions that provides the clause for "illegal enemy combatants" as a classification to exist, exist for a reason. It's to prevent war from descending to absolute fucking barbarism. War is ugly and brutal enough as it is when everyone follows the rules.
You have no idea how inhuman the actors who play outside of those rules can be unless you've seen it for yourself. The terrible things that criminal things soldiers have done pale in comparison to the gutwrenchingly and heartbreakingly deplorable acts that armed people will do in the absence of good order and discipline.
That we're using illegal combatant status as a loophole legal justification for torture IS immoral, but the rules were there to try to force everyone to behave with some semblance of human civility, no matter how small.
This isn't science. This isn't even engineering.
I don't begrudge them this, but really, this is an attempt to cash in on the upcoming Star Trek movie.
And the end of the day, it's simple. Are causality violations an implication of this technology? If yes, then go back to writing science fiction.
I am intrigued by your ideas and would like to subscribe to your newsletter.
Is the tinfoil hat included as a part of the membership kit?
They so firmly entrenched XP and created an ecosystem that even they can't kill.
It's crazy the number of businesses out there that want to buy new licenses for XP. They're not willing to move on, they actually demand that MS sell it to them.
Imagine consumers demanding Ford sell them the 69 Mustang instead of the 2010. (Well, I for one would be in line.)
It's definitely one of the funnier grammar trolls I've read on Slashdot.
BLAME CANADA!!!
With all their beady little eyes
And flapping heads so full of lies
Watch out, here comes the RIAA. Maybe I should have posted this from Canada.
There's been a lot more news on this since I started posting on this thread and if those cases in Kansas and New York are in fact the same strain as the one in Mexico, this one definitely has pandemic potential.
The coming few days will tell. If a few confirmed cases were to be reported on another continent in the next 24 to 48 hours, it additional control and containment procedures might be in order.
You're inferring too much from what this immunologist said. It is wise to prepare, but that doesn't mean control mechanisms at the source will not be effective in limiting both the pace and geographical spread of the disease.
If the immunologist said it was by and far too late to worry about it, he should be quiet and leave outbreak control to people who know what they're talking about.
And just where are getting these numbers?