How are the brains wired in people who commit crimes like this? In an "honest" bank robbery, you are committing an obvious crime and only trying to conceal your identity. In fraud, you are creating a deliberate facade to hide what you are doing until you can safely vanish.
To sell highly visible pieces of property that you do not own, then lie quite openly (with documentation!) that you still have them, seems to require being out of touch with reality. How can you not get found out?
Do crimes like this indicate some mental issue, perhaps like kleptomania? I would be his driving force wasn't even the money, but some other compulsion or need.
It is still a bit disappointing that Zaphod does not have his 2nd head on the movie.
He has it, but I understand that is it situated below his normal head, and pops up when it has something to say. From sites where people have seen sneak previews it sounds like it plays okay, but I was sort of hoping for a dopey prosthetic like in the BBC TV version.
There is a sneak-preview review (and comments about Zaphod's head) at AICN.
So many of the rest of the real innovators in comics never got a true slice of the wild cash their creations produced. Siegel and Shuster got a pittance for Superman, and their story is far more the normal than Stan Lee's. It is the creative spark that should really reap the lion's share of the rewards in an endeavor, and not the marketing machine that grinds it away after the truly unique work is done.
If you haven't read it, I highly recommend The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, a fictional biographic account of two cousins riding the wave of comics. It won a Pulitzer, and is a fascinating, engaging tour through the history of comics and their role in society. It was reviewed on Slashdot about a year and a half ago, but since the story seems so relevant to Stan Lee's victory here I thought it was worth a mention.
So, I think to myself, what game could I get for my wife so she gets more enjoyment from our PS2? I heard about Karamari Damacy online (Penny Arcade, I think) so went out and found a copy.
Now the wife sings the danged music walking around the hosue... well, she sings it the few times I see her anymore. I've seen her rolling up laundry into large balls, and she has been eyeing our dogs for size.
And then there is the wacked out funk coming out of this King of All Cosmos' mouth! I'd like a little of whatever this guy is smoking. I'm really starting to think that this game is some sort of cult programming device, creating a legion of garbage-rolling zombies ready to serve some unsavory purpose...
The moral of the story? Either Be Careful What You Wish For, or Don't Let Your Wife Game. Take your pick.
I've got a box running MythTV that acts as my tivo, fileserver, network audio device, and game console. Can tivo do all that?
That strikes me as a poor evaluation criteria. Would a combination stove, dishwasher, automobile, and sofa be the best investment? The integration surely has some benefit, but if you're not getting the best out of each individual function you're losing out in the end.
I have a DirecTiVo satellite/TiVo combination. Here is a beautiful combination of maximizing the TiVo UI and remote (love that peanut!) with seamless satellite feed on two incoming lines. I wouldn't give that up to add a game console... I went out and bought a PS2.
So I'd be interested in a side by side by side comparison of all the offerings, but you won't gain any points over here for impressive functionality overloading.
I have never received anything good in trade for computer services. The most I can hope for is a temporary abatement of the Maternal Guilt Ray that drags me over to my mother's PC every time she gets a new virus.
I think the best approach here is to adopt Penny Arcade's brilliant strategy.
There was a day when hollywood was populated by people's who's job was to make good movies, not money. So I'll villify them all day long because they're not there to do art, they're there because they smell a fast way to a cozy lifestyle.
Okay, I'll take the bait. When was this ever the case? Please show me the specific years and movies around which making "good movies" rather than money was the norm and not the exception?
Look at the problems that surrounded getting Citizen Kane, Casablanca, or even Star Wars made and I think you might find that good movies have always emerged from a fortunate confluence of events rather than an altrusitic streak in the studios.
I agree with you that most good ideas in Hollywood tend to die out in the boardroom, but I think your spin on their motivation might be a little unfair.
It is easy to vilify the boards and execs of movie houses, but they have a job to do: make money. If you are looking for an investment for yourself, say a new stock you heard about, are you going to pour in your hard-earned money if you have absolutely no proof that it will work? If there is no other company doing what this stock's company is doing? No, you're going to mitigate your risk by picking a stock around which you have some data or an established track record.
Movie execs are in the same boat. Some might take some small, calculated risks, and there are a few "venture capitalists" who will really take a wild gamble, but most are doing the exact job they are supposed to do in taking only moderate risks to maximize returns.
I've been noticing the use of the phrase "so-called" everywhere lately, and it has me curious. So-called weapons of mass destruction, so-called mad-cow disease, so-called homeless hacker, etc. Quite often it seems to precede terms that are generally accepted rather than something obscure, which confuses me even further. Is there some sort of butt-covering here, like when news agencies go out of their way to refer to the guy seen on video tape committing a crime as an "alleged suspect"? Does it have some specific purpose? Is it just slang? My so-called mind wants to know.
I would have rathered that Google stay private forever. That way they can make decisions based on what they think is best, not what will increase their stock price the most next quarter.
Nice, but not realistic. Google has come to thrive under our glorious capitalistic marketplace that rewards entrepreneurial efforts. People who have the fire in their belly to sweat and claw to build the #1 search engine on the Internet are rarely the sort altruistic souls who will suddenly stop short of fully reaping their rewards to keep their endeavor "pure". Give them props for proceeding carefully and not selling off the whole company, but don't expect much more than that.
It reminds me of people who say "If I had as much money as Bill Gates, I would stop working", to which I always reply "And that is why you will never have as much money as Bill Gates."
The article raises a good example of searching for a Hilton in Paris. I tried this search before going to France and ended up staying at a different hotel chain during my visit. From what I found off of Google the rooms at the Paris Hilton come with some very nice extras, but the lighting is just an awful shade of green.
Is this now the fastest way to give myself brain cancer? There are so many neat options on the market these days, I find it difficult to find the best solution for my particular needs. With the holiday seasons almost upon us, this could be a gift that keeps on giving.
Why does this comes up every year at Halloween? I thought years ago we proved that this whole War of the Worlds panic was just a big hoax, and no one was really scared. There was a video clip released that showed several people from that night not scared at all, and just sort of looking around for some candy. The video is a bit grainy, but you can clearly tell that it is hunger and not panic on their faces.
I'm starting to think there might be a cover-up going on.
CygWin the Linux-like environment for Windows. WS FTP Light a FREE, FTP client that works great. PuTTY a free SSH client for Windows. GNU-EMacs for Windows. I usually install it, but use Vi more. Dev-C++ a free C++ compiler. I use VC++ 6.0, but this is free, and I think it's pretty good. NetHack You MUST have NetHack installed on everything...
Sweet Christmas! The poster asked for a general family-type system. I'm not sure what sort of family YOU have, but these programs would cause my mother to die from fright.
Not that they aren't handy tools, but I don't think that is what the poster was after...
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How are the brains wired in people who commit crimes like this? In an "honest" bank robbery, you are committing an obvious crime and only trying to conceal your identity. In fraud, you are creating a deliberate facade to hide what you are doing until you can safely vanish.
To sell highly visible pieces of property that you do not own, then lie quite openly (with documentation!) that you still have them, seems to require being out of touch with reality. How can you not get found out?
Do crimes like this indicate some mental issue, perhaps like kleptomania? I would be his driving force wasn't even the money, but some other compulsion or need.
It is still a bit disappointing that Zaphod does not have his 2nd head on the movie.
He has it, but I understand that is it situated below his normal head, and pops up when it has something to say. From sites where people have seen sneak previews it sounds like it plays okay, but I was sort of hoping for a dopey prosthetic like in the BBC TV version.
There is a sneak-preview review (and comments about Zaphod's head) at AICN.
So many of the rest of the real innovators in comics never got a true slice of the wild cash their creations produced. Siegel and Shuster got a pittance for Superman, and their story is far more the normal than Stan Lee's. It is the creative spark that should really reap the lion's share of the rewards in an endeavor, and not the marketing machine that grinds it away after the truly unique work is done.
If you haven't read it, I highly recommend The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, a fictional biographic account of two cousins riding the wave of comics. It won a Pulitzer, and is a fascinating, engaging tour through the history of comics and their role in society. It was reviewed on Slashdot about a year and a half ago, but since the story seems so relevant to Stan Lee's victory here I thought it was worth a mention.
So, I think to myself, what game could I get for my wife so she gets more enjoyment from our PS2? I heard about Karamari Damacy online (Penny Arcade, I think) so went out and found a copy.
Now the wife sings the danged music walking around the hosue... well, she sings it the few times I see her anymore. I've seen her rolling up laundry into large balls, and she has been eyeing our dogs for size.
And then there is the wacked out funk coming out of this King of All Cosmos' mouth! I'd like a little of whatever this guy is smoking.
I'm really starting to think that this game is some sort of cult programming device, creating a legion of garbage-rolling zombies ready to serve some unsavory purpose...
The moral of the story? Either Be Careful What You Wish For, or Don't Let Your Wife Game. Take your pick.
THE EARTH GETS BLOWN UP!???!!!
Oh no! Does that mean the Lone Gunmen are dead?
All the funding at NASA never went to a nobler effort than getting this man his oral sex.
Happy Anniversary, Mr. Gorsky!
I've got a box running MythTV that acts as my tivo, fileserver, network audio device, and game console. Can tivo do all that?
That strikes me as a poor evaluation criteria. Would a combination stove, dishwasher, automobile, and sofa be the best investment? The integration surely has some benefit, but if you're not getting the best out of each individual function you're losing out in the end.
I have a DirecTiVo satellite/TiVo combination. Here is a beautiful combination of maximizing the TiVo UI and remote (love that peanut!) with seamless satellite feed on two incoming lines. I wouldn't give that up to add a game console... I went out and bought a PS2.
So I'd be interested in a side by side by side comparison of all the offerings, but you won't gain any points over here for impressive functionality overloading.
I have never received anything good in trade for computer services. The most I can hope for is a temporary abatement of the Maternal Guilt Ray that drags me over to my mother's PC every time she gets a new virus.
I think the best approach here is to adopt Penny Arcade's brilliant strategy.
sold more chips than Intel during a two week period (52% to 47%)
Interesting statistic, but you didn't cite the source. Where did this figure come from?
Your wit has just gone out.
The topic is pitch black.
You are likely to be moderated by a grue.
There was a day when hollywood was populated by people's who's job was to make good movies, not money. So I'll villify them all day long because they're not there to do art, they're there because they smell a fast way to a cozy lifestyle.
Okay, I'll take the bait. When was this ever the case? Please show me the specific years and movies around which making "good movies" rather than money was the norm and not the exception?
Look at the problems that surrounded getting Citizen Kane, Casablanca, or even Star Wars made and I think you might find that good movies have always emerged from a fortunate confluence of events rather than an altrusitic streak in the studios.
But I'm not a movie historian, so prove me wrong.
I agree with you that most good ideas in Hollywood tend to die out in the boardroom, but I think your spin on their motivation might be a little unfair.
It is easy to vilify the boards and execs of movie houses, but they have a job to do: make money. If you are looking for an investment for yourself, say a new stock you heard about, are you going to pour in your hard-earned money if you have absolutely no proof that it will work? If there is no other company doing what this stock's company is doing? No, you're going to mitigate your risk by picking a stock around which you have some data or an established track record.
Movie execs are in the same boat. Some might take some small, calculated risks, and there are a few "venture capitalists" who will really take a wild gamble, but most are doing the exact job they are supposed to do in taking only moderate risks to maximize returns.
I've been noticing the use of the phrase "so-called" everywhere lately, and it has me curious. So-called weapons of mass destruction, so-called mad-cow disease, so-called homeless hacker, etc. Quite often it seems to precede terms that are generally accepted rather than something obscure, which confuses me even further. Is there some sort of butt-covering here, like when news agencies go out of their way to refer to the guy seen on video tape committing a crime as an "alleged suspect"? Does it have some specific purpose? Is it just slang? My so-called mind wants to know.
I would have rathered that Google stay private forever. That way they can make decisions based on what they think is best, not what will increase their stock price the most next quarter.
Nice, but not realistic. Google has come to thrive under our glorious capitalistic marketplace that rewards entrepreneurial efforts. People who have the fire in their belly to sweat and claw to build the #1 search engine on the Internet are rarely the sort altruistic souls who will suddenly stop short of fully reaping their rewards to keep their endeavor "pure". Give them props for proceeding carefully and not selling off the whole company, but don't expect much more than that.
It reminds me of people who say "If I had as much money as Bill Gates, I would stop working", to which I always reply "And that is why you will never have as much money as Bill Gates."
The article raises a good example of searching for a Hilton in Paris. I tried this search before going to France and ended up staying at a different hotel chain during my visit. From what I found off of Google the rooms at the Paris Hilton come with some very nice extras, but the lighting is just an awful shade of green.
All I want for Christmas is just One Ring.
Is this now the fastest way to give myself brain cancer? There are so many neat options on the market these days, I find it difficult to find the best solution for my particular needs. With the holiday seasons almost upon us, this could be a gift that keeps on giving.
This marks the second time I've seen the word/phrase "cock-ups" used in a sentence. The first time was when I read the article this morning.
That's because "cock-ups" is what was displayed on the site until it got transferred back to Microsoft.
Why does this comes up every year at Halloween? I thought years ago we proved that this whole War of the Worlds panic was just a big hoax, and no one was really scared. There was a video clip released that showed several people from that night not scared at all, and just sort of looking around for some candy. The video is a bit grainy, but you can clearly tell that it is hunger and not panic on their faces.
I'm starting to think there might be a cover-up going on.
Assuming you use IE as a browser (which I assume the majority of my fellow posters will advise against) the Google Toolbar is a must have.
It's a double must-have for a family system for the searching power it brings to computer neophytes.
CygWin the Linux-like environment for Windows.
WS FTP Light a FREE, FTP client that works great.
PuTTY a free SSH client for Windows.
GNU-EMacs for Windows. I usually install it, but use Vi more.
Dev-C++ a free C++ compiler. I use VC++ 6.0, but this is free, and I think it's pretty good.
NetHack You MUST have NetHack installed on everything...
Sweet Christmas! The poster asked for a general family-type system. I'm not sure what sort of family YOU have, but these programs would cause my mother to die from fright.
Not that they aren't handy tools, but I don't think that is what the poster was after...
"a zealous group of vigilantes, hunting down and killing spammers"
I kinda liked the "hunting down" part too.
I think there is potential here for a popular new sport. Rather than "Hunting for Bambi" we could have "Hunting for Spambi".
I know quite a few people who would be willing to fork over for some quality time with a gun and Mr. Enlarge-Your-Breasts/Schlong.
Ugh... some of these asteroids are the size of hefty animals, small buildings, or even American cars.
If one is headed our way, I'm hoping for a direct hit. I sure wouldn't want to pass a stone that large...
They forgot to add in the additional weight of the coconuts.
The problem wasn't that they forgot. The problem was that one engineer used Metric Coconuts and another engineer used British Standard Coconuts.
Just to be safe, maybe we should add the number for the WOPR to the Do Not Call list.
Anyone have the number handy? Bueller? Bueller?