Actually it is not that ironic when you read his thesis:
"In Hamburg, Atta worked on a thesis exploring the history of Aleppo's urban landscapes. It explored the general themes of the conflict between Arab civilization and modernity. Atta criticized how the modern skyscrapers and development projects in Aleppo were disrupting the fabric of that city by blocking community streets and altering the skyline. He received a high mark on his report from his German supervisor."
Actually the land area of the US and China is on par with the US having the edge in land useful for crops. Check out the CIA World Fact Book for the raw numbers.
When I was in Ukraine I went to visit the WWII Museum and Afgan War Museum, both in Kiev and pretty close to a McDonalds. There was a school field trip there and one rambunctious boy went swinging off a tank barrel and cried out, "I want McDonalds, not stupid, boring tanks!"
So, it seems McDonalds is pretty popular there as it is in most places. I didn't eat there, but I did eat at one in Italy and if you are an American, you have to try it out - in my opinion the burgers are 10x better than here at home.
Also, check out those museums I mentioned in Kiev, they are great if you love history.
All the equipment is cold war era but the museums have lots of interesting pictures and personal equipment.
I agree that while there is a lot of corruption there is also a lot of opportunity.
That's really well written, thanks. I pretty much agree with your points entirely from my reading of the situation.
I think actualy the result we got is probably the best we could have gotten. By "we" I mean everyone. History has momentum and the things that lead to WWII started a long, long time before 1937.
The real question to ask is why on God's Green Earth (or blue once you actually see it from space) did the Japanese intermix their civilian population with military manufacture? No one else did that as much as was possible (though the Brits did have secret aircraft factories in populated areas.)
The reason is multi-part but basically that was simply how Japan worked. Instead of big, mega factories, often you had small cottage industry that served the greater factory. Its actually a very nice model in peacetime.
The casualties were even worse than they needed to be. Fearing incendiery attacks, the Japanese organized to pull down wooden structures. However, they did not organize to haul away said piles of wood which ended up burning more efficiently that way.
If you look at what the japanese were doing to prepare themselves for the inevitable invasion by the Allies (including the Russians) you will no doubt come to the conclusion that dropping two atomic bombs was by far better than having a poorly armed population attempting to fight it out. They were trainng young women to fight with bamboo spears. It would have been a sensless slaughter that Japan probably would not have recovered from. I think the question is quite well answered in the book "Downfall."
Also, there is a film put out by Showtime in 1995 called "Hiroshima" that I thought was very well balanced. It does portray the Emperor in a more heroic light than I think he deserves but for the most part I think it does show the intentions of everyone involved quite well. Its 3 hours long. I got a copy off of Half.com. Its hard to find but well worth it.
--Pete
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I take it you have never watched a single episode of C.S.I.?
Listen kids, while I am not the oldest sage on this site, I am old enough to have seen enough to know one thing: Microsoft is not going away.
Read some history. You want to know something? There was and still is a big, "bad" organization that in many ways was just like Microsoft: The Catholic Church. That organization had just as many haters as Microsoft because it was big, powerful and used strong arm tactics. Lots of upstarts tried to steal the flame too. But you know what? The church is still around. Its a big business just like Microsoft, has a huge war chest, has survived some of the toughest battles in courts and will continue to be around for a long time. Microsoft is at the same level of power, I believe.
I know you all want it to die out and go away. I bet Taco even has the graphic all set up to discuss the dismantling of Microsoft after the Chapter 11 filing but I don't think its ever going to get used. Sorry to say that but lets face facts.
And if microsoft does file Chap 11 in my *lifetime*, i will gladly wear a meat helmet.
She isn't a leftist (by any stretch) but she did look down upon geeks in my opinion. I think most geeks are more open minded about unconventional thinking than conservatives who, by definition, tend towards the tried and true.
"Also, are you sure the "wooden" acting is due to the green screen?"
Yeah, that's an assumption on my behalf. It all depends on how much the director lets the actor act. I've been in one film (Daltry Calhoun, coming out later this year I think) and from what I gathered from the other actors - this director was rather picky about how things should look exactly. A director like Clint Eastwood on the other hand will do 3 takes MAXIMUM on a scene.
I think the Green rooms and CGI was hard to act with. In acting classes I've been in one of the things we did was acting towards a mirror - seeing yourself and getting to the heart of the emotion you are trying to portray. Its great feedback. When you are told "ok the tall floppy eared fellow will be here (points to thin air) and he'll act like a cheesy coward. Ok! Action!" hehe!
Movies should be directed more like the sequence in "Orgasmo" with Ron Jeremy. Its a howl but that film is not for everyone... best watched at 3am as you are winding down from a wild night.
I thought about that too. I think that when the Force is in equalibrium then things like Sith Masters don't generate. When there is balance then there is peace.
How did the Force become unbalanced is another question. I think this part is up to speculation/interpretation.
My girlfriend LOVED Wicket(tm) and the Ewoks(TM)! She didn't have years of waiting for each movie to have built in expectations!
Its fun meeting people and finding out what hooked them to whatever interests them. For me, I agree with you, the battle scenes in the 3rd movie were fun. As in the 2nd movie too. Being a gamer and hooked on plastic crack (aka collectable star wars miniatures from WotC) I've been building terrain for the various locals in Star Wars and putting on fun games. Of the 180 models that have been put out I have about 170 or so with multiples of many of them.
My goal now is to get 60 or so of the Ewoks and redo "Roarke's Drift" with the Ewoks as the Zulu's and the Imperial forces as... well... the Imperial forces! I'll be using a game called "The Sword and the Flame" as the rules. Should be loads of laughs!
Trust me it wierds me out too. Also, I look 25 - genetic freak of nature (and also the benefits of programming in dark places means I don't let evil sunlight age my skin!)
She's in school to be a dentist so already she is wierd (she willingly wants to put her hands into other people's dirty mouths...)
Finally, we watched them over a week.
In a way I've corrupted her much like Palpatine corrupted Anakin. I took her to Origins one year and introduced her to gaming and like minded geeks who wear costumes. I got her to like Risk (LotR's version is her favorite.) Its funny really. She was a conservative from Vermont (NH border, Red State influence I guess) and now she is a full fleged geek with a pocket PC (she did a term paper at a bar with it!)
The funny part of your diatribe is when you state "like they got the narrator for a feel good Disney movie to appeal to the kiddies." Hello! From the beginning this was a film for the kiddies. Note the PG rating. Until now its been PG all the way.
Back in 1977 I was 12 years old and what really got me excited about the film was a TV ad like one of these with a similar friendly announcer that was shown the Saturday of the opening weekend. We saw the film that afternoon.
I am now dating a woman who is 25 and had never seen any of the films. So this past week we watched all 5. Everyone has their favorites and they also have bits that they hate about the different films. Here are some interesting comments she made: She liked the Ewoks, she even liked Phantom Menace. Upon watching it with her and explaining what was going on I realized I like the structure of Phantom Menace and the part of the story that is told in it. I also realized that the "veiled racism" is really just coloring viewers add - there is nothing overtly racist in it. Its a real stretch to claim the characters *represent* real world cultures. The biggest problems with Phantom Menace are the dialog which isn't punchy enough and the acting which I think lacks the proper reaction because you have actors in green rooms talking to thin air - that type of acting will progress over time but I think classically trained actors are used to reacting to something they can see.
The 5th movie is a blast. It is a lot of fun and there is a lot of action. The dialog is much better and the acting is a lot better. Hayden Christensen actually does a decent job with the script and I think the main issue is not his acting range (which should improve over time) but the script itself. He does emote frustration, anger, happiness, joy, brooding, etc. The script itself could probably tighten up the transitions though and it doesn't.
Even with that said, episode II moves along a lot faster and doesn't have some of the more difficult plot complications of Episode I. When you look at a book like Dune you see an interesting and complex interconnection of science and mysticism. We have that here too in the Star Wars saga. One thing stands in contrast though - Frank Hurbert can include appendixes and go on for several pages about the subtlties of these concepts. In a 2 hour movie Lucas can at best hope to give us a hint of what he means. Things like the symbiosis of the Midi-chlorians and the immaculate conception of Anakin are difficult enough to explain on paper let alone in 15 seconds on film. In going over the additional information available from the official sites it becomes more clear what Lucas means when he inserts this stuff. It is a question for film makers: how do you do it differently without affecting the tone of the story or slowing it to a crawl while you lecture?
Lucas was inspried a bit by watching Japanese films. He enjoyed them without having to fully understand them. In those films the Japanese don't explain everything about their culture (actually quite the opposite they explain nothing) and its up to the viewer to interpret or just accept and move on. The problem initially I had with the Imaculate Conception of Anakin is its too close to Christian beliefs about The Christ. The Will of the Force thus becomes an intelligence and one that is all pervasive much like God. Its hard to escape that conclusion. The problem with the alegory is that Anakin isn't Jesus but a person who has a hard life, becomes corrupted into a force of Evil and 25-30 years later finds partial redemption and perhaps does bring balance to the Force by getting rid of the Sith Master.
I am looking forward to this 6th installment of the series. Mainly because it wraps things up. In many ways the story is already well known. We know all the roads that get to here.
Yep, court time is not free. In Tennessee where I live it costs $48 to file a complaint. $142 is more but in the grand scheme of things if the object of the complaint is important to you then it's worth the money.
The only way you can lose a case like this is not being prepared or acting out in court. Just present the facts and be level headed. Once you get the judgement then you file a lien. Trust me, no one wants one on their credit report.
Also, if the case instead was a subcontracting issue where the guy was working for a contractor on a project you could ALSO put the lein on the company that owns the project. A realestate example would be A has a house built by Contracter B who hires C to do the plumbing. B doesn't pay C who then puts a lein on both A and B. A gets pissed off and sues the bejesus out of B, meanwhile B still owes C and has crap credit.
Courts work. Do we here at Slashdot believe in democracy, free and open government or are we just veneful warlords? I'd prefer to live in America than Afganistan any day.
Sue them. That is why we have the Goverment. You don't need a lawyer. Just take some time off, go to the local circuit court, fill out the paper work and figure out what your damages are. Put it at something reasonable like $500. If they even bother to show up, just present your paperwork and some screenshots of what your website looked like. The judge will likely find in your favor and you can move on. If he doesn't then who cares? They would have a HUGE legal bill fighting a $500 complaint.
Offer to settle out of court first, give them time to respond to your complaint (30 days is normal) then submit the paperwork. Its a simple civil process.
Why are people on Slashdot so afraid of exercising their rights and using the courts to protect them? That is what they are there for.
Hmmm, given a lot of geeks are the most svelt people in the world I wonder if the floor gets dead pixels when they play "Jump Around!" and other similar songs?
At least dead pixels on this display are easier to fix! Just throw in the guy that solders with his feet!
I have a "series I" and I like it when it works. My first battery had to be RMA'd as it was DOA. My second one this weekend started to give me trouble. I have this to say, though, the company's tech service people are great. I was all prepared to have a coronary on the phone and they guy was actually helpful, knowlegeable and mannered that I just kept my mouth shut. Hopefully its working now (won't know until I give it a test tonight.)
I think I need to do the anti-starwars. I am going to rip the DVD, convert the vobs to avi and re-render it in black and white film noir style.
It will be a send up of "The Cabinet of Dr. Calibari" or "M." Very often, a film noir story was developed around a cynical, hard-hearted, disillusioned male character so now the focus won't be on that dupe Luke, but instead will be a foil between Obi Wan and Han Solo, both of whom have been around the block and think they know better. In order to be true to form, Princess Leia will use her come-hither good looks to manipulate Tarkin, Vader and the Boy to all be fall guys and thus she will, ultimately, be seen as the true villian of the film before Solo and Obiwan stop her. Of course it would be to late for the boy.
Hey George. Try and make a film like that. Stop Selling Toys! Hmmm, that should be a bumper sticker!
Star Wars as Film Noir. Now that I could learn to love.
Back in 1980 when I got started in D&D we used miniatures. The tradition started when the original game designers expanded upon the game Chainmail which they were playing with miniatures.
So, just because you are an inexperienced first level whelp doesn't mean that the use of "tradition" here has any less meaning.;-)
P.S. I moved on to the Hero System long, long ago leaving D&D in the dust.
I agree - worms are the biggest problem with this scheme. You can't hold the spammer accountable because the spammer is most likely not even sending the spam but using millions of zombie machines.
The best way to deal with the problem is follow the money then show up at 4am and stick a Glock in the face of the spammers and their family members. After they shit the bed give them the option to play nice or die anonymously. Harsh? Yes. But not quite as bad as prior reform methods such as the Pyramid of Skulls*. I may be biased, my computer system was compromised by trojans from those bastards last week and pretty much I am still pissed about it.
* Historical note on the making decortive yet functional pyramid of skulls (taken, I shit you not, from kids.mapzones.com): 1258 Baghdad was conquered and sacked by Hulagu, grandson of the great Mongol conqueror Genghis Khan. Hulagu killed all the scholars in Baghdad and erected a pyramid from their skulls. He destroyed the elaborate irrigation system that the Abbasids had established. Iraq became a neglected frontier area ruled from the Mongol capital of Tabriz in Iran. In 1335 the last great Mongol ruler of this region died, and anarchy prevailed. The Turkic conqueror Tamerlane sacked Baghdad in 1401, again massacring many of its inhabitants. He, too, built a pyramid of skulls. Tamerlane's invasion and conquest marked the end of Baghdad's greatness.
an Xbox is, what, $150??? How much is your time worth? I mean really, working on this kind of project seems to me to be a serious misallocation of resources.
Unless...
-- You can make the games play better -- Do things you can't normally do with an XBox that are interesting and fun -- Improve the development of XBox titles -- Port other cool games to XBox more easily
A bit more work starting with hydrogen. Considering the worsening nuclear prolifiration problem world wide there are many more easy to get, ready to use sources. Of course fusion weapons are a bit harder to come by, but hey, money talks!
The capability of accessing all of the controls and settings on a Russian fusion weapon are by far better than just dropping a dumb weapons such as a lead pipe with hydrogen in it, no?
There is a MIG-23 in Dayton, OH at the museum at Wright Patterson AFB. It was bought by a private investor and then the mean U.S. Government confiscated it because, gosh darn, it was nuclear capable! Clearly labled as such! A Russian General unable to get money for food and other supplies from his government sold it.
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Actually it is not that ironic when you read his thesis:
"In Hamburg, Atta worked on a thesis exploring the history of Aleppo's urban landscapes. It explored the general themes of the conflict between Arab civilization and modernity. Atta criticized how the modern skyscrapers and development projects in Aleppo were disrupting the fabric of that city by blocking community streets and altering the skyline. He received a high mark on his report from his German supervisor."
He had it in for skyscrapers from the begining...
Actually the land area of the US and China is on par with the US having the edge in land useful for crops. Check out the CIA World Fact Book for the raw numbers.
When I was in Ukraine I went to visit the WWII Museum and Afgan War Museum, both in Kiev and pretty close to a McDonalds. There was a school field trip there and one rambunctious boy went swinging off a tank barrel and cried out, "I want McDonalds, not stupid, boring tanks!"
So, it seems McDonalds is pretty popular there as it is in most places. I didn't eat there, but I did eat at one in Italy and if you are an American, you have to try it out - in my opinion the burgers are 10x better than here at home.
Also, check out those museums I mentioned in Kiev, they are great if you love history.
All the equipment is cold war era but the museums have lots of interesting pictures and personal equipment.
I agree that while there is a lot of corruption there is also a lot of opportunity.
That's really well written, thanks. I pretty much agree with your points entirely from my reading of the situation.
I think actualy the result we got is probably the best we could have gotten. By "we" I mean everyone. History has momentum and the things that lead to WWII started a long, long time before 1937.
--Pete
The real question to ask is why on God's Green Earth (or blue once you actually see it from space) did the Japanese intermix their civilian population with military manufacture? No one else did that as much as was possible (though the Brits did have secret aircraft factories in populated areas.)
The reason is multi-part but basically that was simply how Japan worked. Instead of big, mega factories, often you had small cottage industry that served the greater factory. Its actually a very nice model in peacetime.
The casualties were even worse than they needed to be. Fearing incendiery attacks, the Japanese organized to pull down wooden structures. However, they did not organize to haul away said piles of wood which ended up burning more efficiently that way.
If you look at what the japanese were doing to prepare themselves for the inevitable invasion by the Allies (including the Russians) you will no doubt come to the conclusion that dropping two atomic bombs was by far better than having a poorly armed population attempting to fight it out. They were trainng young women to fight with bamboo spears. It would have been a sensless slaughter that Japan probably would not have recovered from. I think the question is quite well answered in the book "Downfall."
Also, there is a film put out by Showtime in 1995 called "Hiroshima" that I thought was very well balanced. It does portray the Emperor in a more heroic light than I think he deserves but for the most part I think it does show the intentions of everyone involved quite well. Its 3 hours long. I got a copy off of Half.com. Its hard to find but well worth it.
--Pete
I take it you have never watched a single episode of C.S.I.?
Right on brother! You totally get my meaning.
c =84
Hey, found a picture of one of those computers: http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?
I started with the Sinclair ZX-80 myself. That thing was fun.
--Pete
No kidding. Nothing to see at all.
Listen kids, while I am not the oldest sage on this site, I am old enough to have seen enough to know one thing: Microsoft is not going away.
Read some history. You want to know something? There was and still is a big, "bad" organization that in many ways was just like Microsoft: The Catholic Church. That organization had just as many haters as Microsoft because it was big, powerful and used strong arm tactics. Lots of upstarts tried to steal the flame too. But you know what? The church is still around. Its a big business just like Microsoft, has a huge war chest, has survived some of the toughest battles in courts and will continue to be around for a long time. Microsoft is at the same level of power, I believe.
I know you all want it to die out and go away. I bet Taco even has the graphic all set up to discuss the dismantling of Microsoft after the Chapter 11 filing but I don't think its ever going to get used. Sorry to say that but lets face facts.
And if microsoft does file Chap 11 in my *lifetime*, i will gladly wear a meat helmet.
She isn't a leftist (by any stretch) but she did look down upon geeks in my opinion. I think most geeks are more open minded about unconventional thinking than conservatives who, by definition, tend towards the tried and true.
"Also, are you sure the "wooden" acting is due to the green screen?"
Yeah, that's an assumption on my behalf. It all depends on how much the director lets the actor act. I've been in one film (Daltry Calhoun, coming out later this year I think) and from what I gathered from the other actors - this director was rather picky about how things should look exactly. A director like Clint Eastwood on the other hand will do 3 takes MAXIMUM on a scene.
I think the Green rooms and CGI was hard to act with. In acting classes I've been in one of the things we did was acting towards a mirror - seeing yourself and getting to the heart of the emotion you are trying to portray. Its great feedback. When you are told "ok the tall floppy eared fellow will be here (points to thin air) and he'll act like a cheesy coward. Ok! Action!" hehe!
Movies should be directed more like the sequence in "Orgasmo" with Ron Jeremy. Its a howl but that film is not for everyone... best watched at 3am as you are winding down from a wild night.
And I agree, it looks like it will be a blast.
That is a fantastic question!
I thought about that too. I think that when the Force is in equalibrium then things like Sith Masters don't generate. When there is balance then there is peace.
How did the Force become unbalanced is another question. I think this part is up to speculation/interpretation.
Good question. You should get modded up.
My girlfriend LOVED Wicket(tm) and the Ewoks(TM)! She didn't have years of waiting for each movie to have built in expectations!
Its fun meeting people and finding out what hooked them to whatever interests them. For me, I agree with you, the battle scenes in the 3rd movie were fun. As in the 2nd movie too. Being a gamer and hooked on plastic crack (aka collectable star wars miniatures from WotC) I've been building terrain for the various locals in Star Wars and putting on fun games. Of the 180 models that have been put out I have about 170 or so with multiples of many of them.
My goal now is to get 60 or so of the Ewoks and redo "Roarke's Drift" with the Ewoks as the Zulu's and the Imperial forces as... well... the Imperial forces! I'll be using a game called "The Sword and the Flame" as the rules. Should be loads of laughs!
--Pete
Trust me it wierds me out too. Also, I look 25 - genetic freak of nature (and also the benefits of programming in dark places means I don't let evil sunlight age my skin!)
She's in school to be a dentist so already she is wierd (she willingly wants to put her hands into other people's dirty mouths...)
Finally, we watched them over a week.
In a way I've corrupted her much like Palpatine corrupted Anakin. I took her to Origins one year and introduced her to gaming and like minded geeks who wear costumes. I got her to like Risk (LotR's version is her favorite.) Its funny really. She was a conservative from Vermont (NH border, Red State influence I guess) and now she is a full fleged geek with a pocket PC (she did a term paper at a bar with it!)
Life is full of strange things!
The funny part of your diatribe is when you state "like they got the narrator for a feel good Disney movie to appeal to the kiddies." Hello! From the beginning this was a film for the kiddies. Note the PG rating. Until now its been PG all the way.
Back in 1977 I was 12 years old and what really got me excited about the film was a TV ad like one of these with a similar friendly announcer that was shown the Saturday of the opening weekend. We saw the film that afternoon.
I am now dating a woman who is 25 and had never seen any of the films. So this past week we watched all 5. Everyone has their favorites and they also have bits that they hate about the different films. Here are some interesting comments she made: She liked the Ewoks, she even liked Phantom Menace. Upon watching it with her and explaining what was going on I realized I like the structure of Phantom Menace and the part of the story that is told in it. I also realized that the "veiled racism" is really just coloring viewers add - there is nothing overtly racist in it. Its a real stretch to claim the characters *represent* real world cultures. The biggest problems with Phantom Menace are the dialog which isn't punchy enough and the acting which I think lacks the proper reaction because you have actors in green rooms talking to thin air - that type of acting will progress over time but I think classically trained actors are used to reacting to something they can see.
The 5th movie is a blast. It is a lot of fun and there is a lot of action. The dialog is much better and the acting is a lot better. Hayden Christensen actually does a decent job with the script and I think the main issue is not his acting range (which should improve over time) but the script itself. He does emote frustration, anger, happiness, joy, brooding, etc. The script itself could probably tighten up the transitions though and it doesn't.
Even with that said, episode II moves along a lot faster and doesn't have some of the more difficult plot complications of Episode I. When you look at a book like Dune you see an interesting and complex interconnection of science and mysticism. We have that here too in the Star Wars saga. One thing stands in contrast though - Frank Hurbert can include appendixes and go on for several pages about the subtlties of these concepts. In a 2 hour movie Lucas can at best hope to give us a hint of what he means. Things like the symbiosis of the Midi-chlorians and the immaculate conception of Anakin are difficult enough to explain on paper let alone in 15 seconds on film. In going over the additional information available from the official sites it becomes more clear what Lucas means when he inserts this stuff. It is a question for film makers: how do you do it differently without affecting the tone of the story or slowing it to a crawl while you lecture?
Lucas was inspried a bit by watching Japanese films. He enjoyed them without having to fully understand them. In those films the Japanese don't explain everything about their culture (actually quite the opposite they explain nothing) and its up to the viewer to interpret or just accept and move on. The problem initially I had with the Imaculate Conception of Anakin is its too close to Christian beliefs about The Christ. The Will of the Force thus becomes an intelligence and one that is all pervasive much like God. Its hard to escape that conclusion. The problem with the alegory is that Anakin isn't Jesus but a person who has a hard life, becomes corrupted into a force of Evil and 25-30 years later finds partial redemption and perhaps does bring balance to the Force by getting rid of the Sith Master.
I am looking forward to this 6th installment of the series. Mainly because it wraps things up. In many ways the story is already well known. We know all the roads that get to here.
Yep, court time is not free. In Tennessee where I live it costs $48 to file a complaint. $142 is more but in the grand scheme of things if the object of the complaint is important to you then it's worth the money.
The only way you can lose a case like this is not being prepared or acting out in court. Just present the facts and be level headed. Once you get the judgement then you file a lien. Trust me, no one wants one on their credit report.
Also, if the case instead was a subcontracting issue where the guy was working for a contractor on a project you could ALSO put the lein on the company that owns the project. A realestate example would be A has a house built by Contracter B who hires C to do the plumbing. B doesn't pay C who then puts a lein on both A and B. A gets pissed off and sues the bejesus out of B, meanwhile B still owes C and has crap credit.
Courts work. Do we here at Slashdot believe in democracy, free and open government or are we just veneful warlords? I'd prefer to live in America than Afganistan any day.
Sue them. That is why we have the Goverment. You don't need a lawyer. Just take some time off, go to the local circuit court, fill out the paper work and figure out what your damages are. Put it at something reasonable like $500. If they even bother to show up, just present your paperwork and some screenshots of what your website looked like. The judge will likely find in your favor and you can move on. If he doesn't then who cares? They would have a HUGE legal bill fighting a $500 complaint.
Offer to settle out of court first, give them time to respond to your complaint (30 days is normal) then submit the paperwork. Its a simple civil process.
Why are people on Slashdot so afraid of exercising their rights and using the courts to protect them? That is what they are there for.
Hmmm, given a lot of geeks are the most svelt people in the world I wonder if the floor gets dead pixels when they play "Jump Around!" and other similar songs?
At least dead pixels on this display are easier to fix! Just throw in the guy that solders with his feet!
--Pete
I have a "series I" and I like it when it works. My first battery had to be RMA'd as it was DOA. My second one this weekend started to give me trouble. I have this to say, though, the company's tech service people are great. I was all prepared to have a coronary on the phone and they guy was actually helpful, knowlegeable and mannered that I just kept my mouth shut. Hopefully its working now (won't know until I give it a test tonight.)
A more indepth review would have been nice.
It will be a send up of "The Cabinet of Dr. Calibari" or "M." Very often, a film noir story was developed around a cynical, hard-hearted, disillusioned male character so now the focus won't be on that dupe Luke, but instead will be a foil between Obi Wan and Han Solo, both of whom have been around the block and think they know better. In order to be true to form, Princess Leia will use her come-hither good looks to manipulate Tarkin, Vader and the Boy to all be fall guys and thus she will, ultimately, be seen as the true villian of the film before Solo and Obiwan stop her. Of course it would be to late for the boy.
Hey George. Try and make a film like that. Stop Selling Toys! Hmmm, that should be a bumper sticker!
Star Wars as Film Noir. Now that I could learn to love.
Back in 1980 when I got started in D&D we used miniatures. The tradition started when the original game designers expanded upon the game Chainmail which they were playing with miniatures.
;-)
So, just because you are an inexperienced first level whelp doesn't mean that the use of "tradition" here has any less meaning.
P.S. I moved on to the Hero System long, long ago leaving D&D in the dust.
I agree - worms are the biggest problem with this scheme. You can't hold the spammer accountable because the spammer is most likely not even sending the spam but using millions of zombie machines.
The best way to deal with the problem is follow the money then show up at 4am and stick a Glock in the face of the spammers and their family members. After they shit the bed give them the option to play nice or die anonymously. Harsh? Yes. But not quite as bad as prior reform methods such as the Pyramid of Skulls*. I may be biased, my computer system was compromised by trojans from those bastards last week and pretty much I am still pissed about it.
* Historical note on the making decortive yet functional pyramid of skulls (taken, I shit you not, from kids.mapzones.com): 1258 Baghdad was conquered and sacked by Hulagu, grandson of the great Mongol conqueror Genghis Khan. Hulagu killed all the scholars in Baghdad and erected a pyramid from their skulls. He destroyed the elaborate irrigation system that the Abbasids had established. Iraq became a neglected frontier area ruled from the Mongol capital of Tabriz in Iran. In 1335 the last great Mongol ruler of this region died, and anarchy prevailed. The Turkic conqueror Tamerlane sacked Baghdad in 1401, again massacring many of its inhabitants. He, too, built a pyramid of skulls. Tamerlane's invasion and conquest marked the end of Baghdad's greatness.
an Xbox is, what, $150??? How much is your time worth? I mean really, working on this kind of project seems to me to be a serious misallocation of resources.
Unless...
-- You can make the games play better
-- Do things you can't normally do with an XBox that are interesting and fun
-- Improve the development of XBox titles
-- Port other cool games to XBox more easily
A bit more work starting with hydrogen. Considering the worsening nuclear prolifiration problem world wide there are many more easy to get, ready to use sources. Of course fusion weapons are a bit harder to come by, but hey, money talks!
The capability of accessing all of the controls and settings on a Russian fusion weapon are by far better than just dropping a dumb weapons such as a lead pipe with hydrogen in it, no?
Nice try but wrong.
There is a MIG-23 in Dayton, OH at the museum at Wright Patterson AFB. It was bought by a private investor and then the mean U.S. Government confiscated it because, gosh darn, it was nuclear capable! Clearly labled as such! A Russian General unable to get money for food and other supplies from his government sold it.
http://www.planetware.com/photos/US/OHUASF1.HTM
Note the tri-foil on the nose cone!