Ahhh for the ones who don't know their history. This is the same story as the original Doom, which predates Half Life by a number of years. You were probably not one of the individuals playing Doom of a low end 486 in the dark and jumping out of your skin when something came around the corner. Personally, I have been awaiting this title patiently for quite sometime. No game since has scared me out of whits like the original Doom did. Here's to hoping Caramack and company did the same thing with this one.
Let's think about the largest player in the game...Blockbuster. Blockbuster has to actually have DVDs on-hand to rent to customers. Well if all these DVDs keep degrading then what is BB going to have to do...carry more inventory so where they might keep a new release for four months with 40 copies now you have to go out and multiply your inventory by 1000x. I don't go up the full way because this does give Blockbuster the opportunitiy to not replace DVD's as their popularity wanes. BB already gets some residual value today when they sell the DVDs they have rented though.
Now before anyone gets sneaky and says "well now anyone can rent out movies because they never have to be returned." Not too many folks are going to give up precious shelf space for something that will inherently create some distrust and confusion amongest consumers. No thanks.
Tivo should become a cable company...bare with me for a moment. Big hard drive and good compression, fat pipe into the house, customers trained to watch things at odd ball times and not necessairly at the time of broadcast. Get a couple of networks together and will send the favorites to your Tivo box and you can watch them at some other point. Delivered shows without having to have a satelite or cable package! Send my wife House Hunters from HDTV, send me some History channel and I don't have to go spend 50 bucks for cable because I get it sent directly to me.
With the automation Dell has in terms of its manufacturing process, I would not be surprised if that password is unique to the Dell Tag number itself instead of just a wide open tag for anyone to use.
I will be sending faxes to my senators detailing my opposition to this proposed law. If I am not mistaken Hatch tried to backdoor the last one or these too a few years back.
This will probably come out as a troll, but oh well. MySQL in terms of complexity is no where near what DB2, Oracle, or MS SQL are today. It boils down to that probably MySQL is supporting 1/4 to 1/3 of the things that these particular platforms support today. Also, these platforms have to support legacy apps as well. Freaking DB2 has to support stuff from darn near the inception of SQL while also adding new features. MySQL has relatively a short history of code and a feature set that is much smaller in comparison. So if you have a fairly new product and your doing things that are simpler and already solved by others of course your going to have an easier time doing it and thus less errors.
This is where good database auditing practices should be in place and mandatory. It doesn't take a great deal to put these sorts of procedures in place. If a manager is consistently shaving time it would show up easily in an audit report. Just look for the managers who have the most changes in time in relation to the number of employees they manage with total time in hours and minutes that they have manipulated. If you see consistent lowering of time by a manager or district manager over time then it would be easy to recognize this situation. What was the original value for a record, what is the changed value for a record. If your using a SQL Server based system, you can use a product like Entegra from Lumigent to catch this sort of thing http://www.lumigent.com/products/entegra/entegra.h tm
How many times is Windows mentioned in these books? Our author does not include this in the article so if were making comparisons lets at least know the other side.
Traditionally Unix and Linux have bastions in CompSci departments and MIS departments have skewed to the Windows world. Microsoft has heavily infuenced US business schools with low priced licensing and faculty sponsored research, Linux does not have this advantage. Alos, I would mention that Linux+Unices only have 8% of the marketplace while Windows occupies 85% therefore if Linux/Unix have 3 references and you see more then 30 references for Windows then it really is out of whack with reality.
Outside of Slashdot and in the real world, Linux is a minority group, (not to say it will always be that way) and therefore will have less coverage because of it. (I am a fan of Trance music but I do not complain that my local Best Buy does carry the kind of selection I can get in a Miami independent record store devoted to Trance/Dance music). The store and also the author of these books are playing to the largest segment of the population. I would take a guess that more people know how to manipulate digital pictures on a computer then know how to use a Unix-based system.
Finally, university textbooks are NOTORIOUS for being behind the curve when it comes to new developments in fields so you can't really fault the books for being behind the times when it comes to Linux, it is only since 1999-2000 that Linux began to get real traction in the marketplace.
Agreed. Back in high school I used Lotus SmartSuite. Pretty neat stuff except AmiPro held it back. Bad Word Processor = No Traction. The best application in the suite though and still to this day is better then PowerPoint is Freelance Graphics. So many interesting templates some even created by Zig Ziglar. You can design your own slide layouts instead of the crappy 20 that Microsoft will only allow you to have...Gee I don't want all of my text + chart displays to look like that, I'll just change my default for the presentation...BOOM! Done. Since I am in business I have to use PowerPoint, unfortunately, its the standard. As for working with something like Flash to do a presentation. PowerPoint's to damn easy to use then trying to build an entire presentation in it, I do not want to sketch out the entire process. Also, with Microsoft's dominance of the productivity applications they have no need to update PowerPoint because no one else will buy anything else.
Bah...if you have looked at the piracy rate in Asian countries, you will notice especially in China that they don't purchase these products, they pirate them.
Goto a street market and you can pick up any software for a $5 a copy.
whoops took 30 seconds to come back, your not going to make it.
Great idea who don't have the self control to not drive drunk, bad idea to force this on everyone. I am not guilty until proven innocent.
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SCO UNIX(R) is a Proven, Stable and Reliable Platform - for me to POOP ON! SCO UNIX(R) is backed by a single, experienced vendor - lawyers who are unmatched in the legal profession SCO UNIX(R) has a Committed, Well-Defined Roadmap - sue everyone and hope we make money SCO UNIX(R) is Secure - because nobody knows or wants to know how to use it SCO UNIX(R) is Legally Unencumbered - because no one in their right mind would copy it
Start shooting five - eight megapixel shots in RAW or TIFF format for sports events then you will get to know why many in the high-end digicam world are drooling.:)
Oh because, Windows shops don't know what their doing right and all hail our protectors the mighty Unix shops.
We have dealt with DB2 databases running on AS/400 systems, we keep our s*it patched and watch the security newsgroups, we ensure that things that don't need to run under the system account don't so no we are not an accident waiting to thank you very much. Code Red, MyDoom, SQL Slammer never heard of them because we were patched.
We don't live our life in a beautiful world where we can all learn technologies that don't relate to what we do today, we have a business to support. Accept the fact that there are places in the world where MS might be a better alternative and that while we are in the minority it seems some of us on the other side of the fence do know what we are doing.
Peters, Country Energy's information systems manager, wanted to leverage the large amount of inhouse Unix skills within the IT department by choosing Linux as the operating system platform for front end applications.
Of course it's going to be cheaper to run Linux in their environment; they have a large in-house staff that already knows Unix. This is not rocket science and I myself would tell them to go the Linux route. However, if your a Windows-only shop like our little cranny of the world then moving to Linux doesn't make a lot of sense because their is no internal knowledge base. Moral of the story: Use what's best for you because if you don't have the resources then the alternative most times will be more expensive.
Having had a similar experience I can relate to yours. I worked for Walt Disney World as intern (I was in IT, not working the parks) and had a lot of the same thoughts. I was supporting the Sales and Marketing staff so it was no different then working in any other office building (except for the enormous amount of Disney stuff everywhere but that is here nor there). However, when I wanted to go see the big picture it was easy. I drove to the parks (Epcot at night was a fave) and got to see exactly what it was all about. I have never had a better job because unlike most businesses you get to see the tangible benefit of your work and say 'Hey I was a part of making that kids smiling face happen.' The ultimate in job satisfaction.
You know I would have believed in Kyoto if only we weren't one of only a handfull of countries that would have been pegged to it. Sure I will sign the Kyoto treaty if I don't have to follow it ie the rest of the world. Also, don't give me the business about...oh well we have to help them grow so we need to cut them some slack. Nobody wants to go along with something when the only person it hurts is you. If everybody was sharing the environmental pain then I am all for it.
Retail for $600 in China!! From the country that can't afford to purchase software and piracy so rampant you can buy any piece of software on the streets for $5. Yes, I'm sure this will do quite well.
Ahhh yes, the ultimate in vapor/forever ware. I can remember being in a Quake 2 CTF match sometime in December 1998 and someone asking about DNF. At that time, I said "I think its supposed to be out in March 99. I was playing in Stronghold Opposition...damn I wish I had kept a screenshot of me writing that. Absolutely, hilarious. Whoever is bank rolling them needs to shut them down and scuttle the project. Could you given a ton of money, learned C++ and written a game given within five years by yourself? I know I could.
(AP) Paris - 12/12/2003 10:53 AM Vivendi Universal today was among the host of media companies with record company subsidiaries reporting record profits for the third quarter. Jean-Marie Messier, CEO of Vivendi, attributed the stellar quarter to the company's partnership with the Napster Inc. Napster, a software program used to share and download music, started out as a way to pirate music, but turned legitimate in December 2000 with a broad licensing agreement between each of the five major record labels. Since that time, Napster has made agreements with 6 of the 7 largest US ISPs and OEM deals with computer manufactuers Hewlett Packard and Dell Computer to either install or give users the right to download music from the network. In the case of AOL and Earthlink subscribers, each customer pays an additional $10 a month to share and download from the network. In addition, deals with most of the top indie record labels have followed since 2000 giving Napster users the right to share and download those record label files from the Napster network.
"While we ceratinly were anxious at the beginning of the Napster "experiment", it has truly taken off. It is our hope that even more users will join the network, we are already seeing wonderful penetration in Europe." This past spring, Napster opened its gates to European users in one of the biggest product launches in history. "The network almost doubled the day we opened up to Europe. We are now seeing concurrent usage approaching over 500,000 users with nearly 100 Terabytes of files being shared on the network." explained chief technology officer Shawn Fanning. "With our improved distribution system, we hope to push on into Asia sometime in the 2nd quarter of 2004 once we reach deals with many of the labels there."
The success of the music industry stands in dark contrast to the rest of the economy which grew at an annualized rate of 1.2% this quarter while revenue among the five largest record labels was up 11% from last year. When questioned about Napster Messier replied "Napster has truly been an innovative product and has rewarded Vivendi shareholders and most other media company shareholders immensely."
Somehow even if AOL was stupid enough to lay him off, I am sure the creator and lead for WinAmp would have NO problem finding employment. In fact, I bet a certain company in Redmond, WA wouldn't have any problem in picking him up.
I will be going back and sending Mr. Johnson an email stating the question. Since the normal career progression of someone into a Project Management position is through a "coding" position at what point do the project management jobs you speak so highly not move as well. In fact, wouldn't it be easier for someone to project manage their team in the country where they are developing the application and at nearly 10% of the cost of a "US" project manager. In addition, since were already buying the cheapest product what's to stop us from shipping Project Management positions.
To use an analogy, how many individuals have you known become team leaders or shop bosses in a manufacturing plant without actually at least working near or around a plant floor. I'm going to say not too many. Thus, this sort of thinking will end any sort of software project management as well.
I like this choice quote too
We will require different services, medical devices, all kinds of things to support an aging population.
Of course, instead of actually producing things that will make our lives better and move us ahead in the world we can focuses all our energies on something that none of the world seems to want to pay for prescription drugs, life-saving procedures, and incredible medicial devices. The whole entire world looks to us to subsidize this stuff so they can get it on the cheap. I don't see a lot of Indians or Chinese companies coming out with these products, but I see whole lot knock-offs and piracy coming from them. We cannot export those products.
As much as I like to say free trade, free trade is only free when everybody plays by the rules. No one plays by the rules, we slap a tarriff on products, but other countries subsidize their industries because they worry about their own workers unrest (Steel comes to mind). I think their is a very large difference between the manufacturing movement of the 80s and now. In that time, you could go back to school (government subsidized) retrain for a new position and get another job. What happens when you have already gone to school, your now sitting on $50,000 worth of college debt, and somebody tells you sorry...you shouldn't have done that, but your more then qualified to take a $30,000 a year job. What happens when your paying $283 on month on a student loan which is 20% of your entire salary after taxes. I'm thinking you wouldn't be buying a whole lot of stuff. (Not me thankfully at the moment, that's why I am paying down my college debt as fast as possible.)
Used to be education could get you ahead, now you just have to live in another country and work for an obscenely low wage in comparison to the US.
I will go one step further, why was confidential client information on his laptop to begin with and not encrypted. Working for a financial institution myself, I sometimes have to do work from home. However, when I do leave the office all of my files are encrypted. We actually use a package called Entrust to do the encryption. Therefore, even if my laptop was stolen the information on it would be useless to a thief. We are very anal about client confidentiality and if you get caught with unencrypted client information you are in trouble.
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Seen that one too, but I will have you know the lawyer is Vic Fizell in Waco.:)
Got a kick out of the Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer reference. Truly one of the brilliant concepts from SNL.
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Ahhh for the ones who don't know their history. This is the same story as the original Doom, which predates Half Life by a number of years. You were probably not one of the individuals playing Doom of a low end 486 in the dark and jumping out of your skin when something came around the corner. Personally, I have been awaiting this title patiently for quite sometime. No game since has scared me out of whits like the original Doom did. Here's to hoping Caramack and company did the same thing with this one.
Let's think about the largest player in the game...Blockbuster. Blockbuster has to actually have DVDs on-hand to rent to customers. Well if all these DVDs keep degrading then what is BB going to have to do...carry more inventory so where they might keep a new release for four months with 40 copies now you have to go out and multiply your inventory by 1000x. I don't go up the full way because this does give Blockbuster the opportunitiy to not replace DVD's as their popularity wanes. BB already gets some residual value today when they sell the DVDs they have rented though.
Now before anyone gets sneaky and says "well now anyone can rent out movies because they never have to be returned." Not too many folks are going to give up precious shelf space for something that will inherently create some distrust and confusion amongest consumers. No thanks.
No posting before caffeine from now on! :)
Tivo should become a cable company...bare with me for a moment. Big hard drive and good compression, fat pipe into the house, customers trained to watch things at odd ball times and not necessairly at the time of broadcast. Get a couple of networks together and will send the favorites to your Tivo box and you can watch them at some other point. Delivered shows without having to have a satelite or cable package! Send my wife House Hunters from HDTV, send me some History channel and I don't have to go spend 50 bucks for cable because I get it sent directly to me.
With the automation Dell has in terms of its manufacturing process, I would not be surprised if that password is unique to the Dell Tag number itself instead of just a wide open tag for anyone to use.
I will be sending faxes to my senators detailing my opposition to this proposed law. If I am not mistaken Hatch tried to backdoor the last one or these too a few years back.
This will probably come out as a troll, but oh well. MySQL in terms of complexity is no where near what DB2, Oracle, or MS SQL are today. It boils down to that probably MySQL is supporting 1/4 to 1/3 of the things that these particular platforms support today. Also, these platforms have to support legacy apps as well. Freaking DB2 has to support stuff from darn near the inception of SQL while also adding new features. MySQL has relatively a short history of code and a feature set that is much smaller in comparison. So if you have a fairly new product and your doing things that are simpler and already solved by others of course your going to have an easier time doing it and thus less errors.
This is where good database auditing practices should be in place and mandatory. It doesn't take a great deal to put these sorts of procedures in place. If a manager is consistently shaving time it would show up easily in an audit report. Just look for the managers who have the most changes in time in relation to the number of employees they manage with total time in hours and minutes that they have manipulated. If you see consistent lowering of time by a manager or district manager over time then it would be easy to recognize this situation. What was the original value for a record, what is the changed value for a record. If your using a SQL Server based system, you can use a product like Entegra from Lumigent to catch this sort of thing http://www.lumigent.com/products/entegra/entegra.h tm
How many times is Windows mentioned in these books? Our author does not include this in the article so if were making comparisons lets at least know the other side.
Traditionally Unix and Linux have bastions in CompSci departments and MIS departments have skewed to the Windows world. Microsoft has heavily infuenced US business schools with low priced licensing and faculty sponsored research, Linux does not have this advantage. Alos, I would mention that Linux+Unices only have 8% of the marketplace while Windows occupies 85% therefore if Linux/Unix have 3 references and you see more then 30 references for Windows then it really is out of whack with reality.
Outside of Slashdot and in the real world, Linux is a minority group, (not to say it will always be that way) and therefore will have less coverage because of it. (I am a fan of Trance music but I do not complain that my local Best Buy does carry the kind of selection I can get in a Miami independent record store devoted to Trance/Dance music). The store and also the author of these books are playing to the largest segment of the population. I would take a guess that more people know how to manipulate digital pictures on a computer then know how to use a Unix-based system.
Finally, university textbooks are NOTORIOUS for being behind the curve when it comes to new developments in fields so you can't really fault the books for being behind the times when it comes to Linux, it is only since 1999-2000 that Linux began to get real traction in the marketplace.
Agreed. Back in high school I used Lotus SmartSuite. Pretty neat stuff except AmiPro held it back. Bad Word Processor = No Traction. The best application in the suite though and still to this day is better then PowerPoint is Freelance Graphics. So many interesting templates some even created by Zig Ziglar. You can design your own slide layouts instead of the crappy 20 that Microsoft will only allow you to have...Gee I don't want all of my text + chart displays to look like that, I'll just change my default for the presentation...BOOM! Done. Since I am in business I have to use PowerPoint, unfortunately, its the standard. As for working with something like Flash to do a presentation. PowerPoint's to damn easy to use then trying to build an entire presentation in it, I do not want to sketch out the entire process. Also, with Microsoft's dominance of the productivity applications they have no need to update PowerPoint because no one else will buy anything else.
Bah...if you have looked at the piracy rate in Asian countries, you will notice especially in China that they don't purchase these products, they pirate them.
Goto a street market and you can pick up any software for a $5 a copy.
whoops took 30 seconds to come back, your not going to make it.
Great idea who don't have the self control to not drive drunk, bad idea to force this on everyone. I am not guilty until proven innocent.
SCO UNIX(R) is a Proven, Stable and Reliable Platform - for me to POOP ON!
SCO UNIX(R) is backed by a single, experienced vendor - lawyers who are unmatched in the legal profession
SCO UNIX(R) has a Committed, Well-Defined Roadmap - sue everyone and hope we make money
SCO UNIX(R) is Secure - because nobody knows or wants to know how to use it
SCO UNIX(R) is Legally Unencumbered - because no one in their right mind would copy it
Start shooting five - eight megapixel shots in RAW or TIFF format for sports events then you will get to know why many in the high-end digicam world are drooling. :)
Oh because, Windows shops don't know what their doing right and all hail our protectors the mighty Unix shops.
We have dealt with DB2 databases running on AS/400 systems, we keep our s*it patched and watch the security newsgroups, we ensure that things that don't need to run under the system account don't so no we are not an accident waiting to thank you very much. Code Red, MyDoom, SQL Slammer never heard of them because we were patched.
We don't live our life in a beautiful world where we can all learn technologies that don't relate to what we do today, we have a business to support. Accept the fact that there are places in the world where MS might be a better alternative and that while we are in the minority it seems some of us on the other side of the fence do know what we are doing.
Peters, Country Energy's information systems manager, wanted to leverage the large amount of inhouse Unix skills within the IT department by choosing Linux as the operating system platform for front end applications.
Of course it's going to be cheaper to run Linux in their environment; they have a large in-house staff that already knows Unix. This is not rocket science and I myself would tell them to go the Linux route. However, if your a Windows-only shop like our little cranny of the world then moving to Linux doesn't make a lot of sense because their is no internal knowledge base. Moral of the story: Use what's best for you because if you don't have the resources then the alternative most times will be more expensive.
Having had a similar experience I can relate to yours. I worked for Walt Disney World as intern (I was in IT, not working the parks) and had a lot of the same thoughts. I was supporting the Sales and Marketing staff so it was no different then working in any other office building (except for the enormous amount of Disney stuff everywhere but that is here nor there). However, when I wanted to go see the big picture it was easy. I drove to the parks (Epcot at night was a fave) and got to see exactly what it was all about. I have never had a better job because unlike most businesses you get to see the tangible benefit of your work and say 'Hey I was a part of making that kids smiling face happen.' The ultimate in job satisfaction.
You know I would have believed in Kyoto if only we weren't one of only a handfull of countries that would have been pegged to it. Sure I will sign the Kyoto treaty if I don't have to follow it ie the rest of the world. Also, don't give me the business about...oh well we have to help them grow so we need to cut them some slack. Nobody wants to go along with something when the only person it hurts is you. If everybody was sharing the environmental pain then I am all for it.
Retail for $600 in China!! From the country that can't afford to purchase software and piracy so rampant you can buy any piece of software on the streets for $5. Yes, I'm sure this will do quite well.
Ahhh yes, the ultimate in vapor/forever ware. I can remember being in a Quake 2 CTF match sometime in December 1998 and someone asking about DNF. At that time, I said "I think its supposed to be out in March 99. I was playing in Stronghold Opposition...damn I wish I had kept a screenshot of me writing that. Absolutely, hilarious. Whoever is bank rolling them needs to shut them down and scuttle the project. Could you given a ton of money, learned C++ and written a game given within five years by yourself? I know I could.
(AP) Paris - 12/12/2003 10:53 AM
Vivendi Universal today was among the host of media companies with record company subsidiaries reporting record profits for the third quarter. Jean-Marie Messier, CEO of Vivendi, attributed the stellar quarter to the company's partnership with the Napster Inc. Napster, a software program used to share and download music, started out as a way to pirate music, but turned legitimate in December 2000 with a broad licensing agreement between each of the five major record labels. Since that time, Napster has made agreements with 6 of the 7 largest US ISPs and OEM deals with computer manufactuers Hewlett Packard and Dell Computer to either install or give users the right to download music from the network. In the case of AOL and Earthlink subscribers, each customer pays an additional $10 a month to share and download from the network. In addition, deals with most of the top indie record labels have followed since 2000 giving Napster users the right to share and download those record label files from the Napster network.
"While we ceratinly were anxious at the beginning of the Napster "experiment", it has truly taken off. It is our hope that even more users will join the network, we are already seeing wonderful penetration in Europe." This past spring, Napster opened its gates to European users in one of the biggest product launches in history. "The network almost doubled the day we opened up to Europe. We are now seeing concurrent usage approaching over 500,000 users with nearly 100 Terabytes of files being shared on the network." explained chief technology officer Shawn Fanning. "With our improved distribution system, we hope to push on into Asia sometime in the 2nd quarter of 2004 once we reach deals with many of the labels there."
The success of the music industry stands in dark contrast to the rest of the economy which grew at an annualized rate of 1.2% this quarter while revenue among the five largest record labels was up 11% from last year. When questioned about Napster Messier replied "Napster has truly been an innovative product and has rewarded Vivendi shareholders and most other media company shareholders immensely."
Somehow even if AOL was stupid enough to lay him off, I am sure the creator and lead for WinAmp would have NO problem finding employment. In fact, I bet a certain company in Redmond, WA wouldn't have any problem in picking him up.
To use an analogy, how many individuals have you known become team leaders or shop bosses in a manufacturing plant without actually at least working near or around a plant floor. I'm going to say not too many. Thus, this sort of thinking will end any sort of software project management as well.
I like this choice quote too We will require different services, medical devices, all kinds of things to support an aging population.
Of course, instead of actually producing things that will make our lives better and move us ahead in the world we can focuses all our energies on something that none of the world seems to want to pay for prescription drugs, life-saving procedures, and incredible medicial devices. The whole entire world looks to us to subsidize this stuff so they can get it on the cheap. I don't see a lot of Indians or Chinese companies coming out with these products, but I see whole lot knock-offs and piracy coming from them. We cannot export those products.
As much as I like to say free trade, free trade is only free when everybody plays by the rules. No one plays by the rules, we slap a tarriff on products, but other countries subsidize their industries because they worry about their own workers unrest (Steel comes to mind). I think their is a very large difference between the manufacturing movement of the 80s and now. In that time, you could go back to school (government subsidized) retrain for a new position and get another job. What happens when you have already gone to school, your now sitting on $50,000 worth of college debt, and somebody tells you sorry...you shouldn't have done that, but your more then qualified to take a $30,000 a year job. What happens when your paying $283 on month on a student loan which is 20% of your entire salary after taxes. I'm thinking you wouldn't be buying a whole lot of stuff. (Not me thankfully at the moment, that's why I am paying down my college debt as fast as possible.)
Used to be education could get you ahead, now you just have to live in another country and work for an obscenely low wage in comparison to the US.
I will go one step further, why was confidential client information on his laptop to begin with and not encrypted. Working for a financial institution myself, I sometimes have to do work from home. However, when I do leave the office all of my files are encrypted. We actually use a package called Entrust to do the encryption. Therefore, even if my laptop was stolen the information on it would be useless to a thief. We are very anal about client confidentiality and if you get caught with unencrypted client information you are in trouble.
Seen that one too, but I will have you know the lawyer is Vic Fizell in Waco. :)
Got a kick out of the Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer reference. Truly one of the brilliant concepts from SNL.