When you hear shit like "the terrorists hate our freedom," think of Bhopal. Around 3k people died on 9/11. In Bhopal, the lasting death toll is somewhere around 15,000. I wonder if Anderson would have been allowed to settle if 15,000 Americans had died.
Mod me down if you want, I have karma to burn. But I'd sure like to see some magnetic yellow ribbons to support the victims of US multinational homicide.
Mox
I'm only actually a VFR pilot, and I've just bullshitted a lot, but to all intents and purposes, you don't need colour outside of the cockpit!
I don't mean this unkindly...mostly. But if you really are a rated pilot, then you missed some very fundamental knowledge. Colors are extremely important. You may think you can reason it all out by context, but as you fly more you're going to realize that there are just too many different ways things are done in aviation. Color-blindness can kill. There's a reason you were tested for it when you took your flight physical.
You should also start working on, or reading up on your IFR rating, before posting about it. At some point, all but the most sophisticated aircraft need to transition between IFR and visual. (some commercial planes can literally land themselves) Sometimes it's only a hundred feet off the ground, but there is always a transition. And when you make that transition, things like the VASI/PAPI/etc (any multi-colored glideslope indicator) are extremely important to get right. Things like making sure you're not landing on a taxi-way are important to get right. (Even multi-thousand hour pilots have done that)
I'm guessing you're newly rated, in which case welcome to the club. But you're making some very dangerous assertions that I hope doesn't indicate a dangerous flying attitude.
He noted that incidents of lasers being directed at commercial airliners during takeoff and landings have raised fears that "this in fact may be a new form of terrorism."
"Lasers are easily obtainable and can be self-manufactured weapons in the terrorist arsenal, which essentially can effect a soft-kill solution and leave virtually no detectable evidence," he said.
I'm a private pilot, so I certainly won't make light of this problem. But
please...is every new way to hurt somebody going to be another weapon in
the terrorist arsenal? Are we going to assume that everytime something
happens to someone, a terrorist is behind it? I for one am tired of our
leaders trying to make us afraid.
And yeah, this is a rant. Mod me down if you will, before I strike again.
In all of those, however (even being a Trek fan), I fail to see any semblance of a cerebral root.
Then you may want to go back and rent some TOS DVDs. Were they all cerebral? Hell no. Some of them were downright awful. But when you put them in the context of the era (late 1960s) they were powerful but subtle. They addressed issues of race, politics, social issues, sexism, and more. It seems a simple space western today, because we don't have the context.
Even the worst episodes of TOS were better than many "better" episodes of later series, because the writers seemed to care.
Levar and company are right, Nimoy is high. (not that that's a bad thing...)
Although I'd give it even longer, say ten years.
It's all a pipe dream though. ST is just too hot a property, and I
seriously doubt they'll have the patience to wait two years, let alone
five. Coming to a WB station near you: Star Trek Babies!
But a simple hiatus won't fix ST. ST needs better writing, fresher ideas,
and to get away from this fixation of techno-babble saving the day. And
while I'd be the first to jump into a goo chamber with T'Pol, the "FOX
approach" is simply gratuitous and insulting.
ST needs to get back to it's cerebral roots. (yeah the current line in
Enterprise is better, but after living through Voyager, it would
be hard to get worse.) It needs a rest, but it also needs intelligent
direction. coughfirebermancough.
How can people who parody people sue people who parody them?
That's an easy one. Because the people who are being sued are not
parodying them. They're blatantly using the MST3k formula. At one point
they even called the show "Mister Sinus Theater 3000." They also tried
to license rights to MST3k. They knew what they were doing. Duh.
Now, can we get back to feeling sorry for people that steal music please?
To quote Mark Twain, the rumors of our death are greatly exaggerated.
Someone gave McBride the wrong quote. He actually meant to quote Hudson, from Aliens:
"Well that's great, that's just fuckin' great man, now what the fuck are we supposed to do? We're in some real pretty shit now man... That's it man, game over man, game over, man! Game over! What the fuck are we gonna do now? What are we gonna do?"
...we'll intercept their communications, and then some alien lawyers will
serve earth with a big-ass lawsuit, for illegally downloading bootleg
copies of "Frobzug and the Gleems." This will be a huge cosmic joke,
because Frobzug and the Gleems are like, so totally ten million years
ago, and anyway you can pick their albums up in the ten-blork bins.
Part of the agreement will be that we agree to "uninstall" our illegal
SETI programs, and promise to never download illegal communications again.
The Sub-Etha net community will, of course, be outraged that the [unpronouncable high-pitched wheezing noise]
industry is picking on a planet that's only 4.5 billion years old.
I know your post is meant to be funny, but I'd like to point out that "Al Gore claimed to create the internet" is false. What he said was:
During my service in the United States Congress I took the initiative in creating the Internet.
Although you can argue semantics (okay yes, he literally said it.) What he meant, was that he was instrumental in the funding of ARPANET. So, in a sense, you can say that the internet probably wouldn't exist, or at least would have taken longer to come into existence, had it not been for Al Gore. I'm no Al Gore apologist (well, except here, I guess) but the guy does deserve some credit for having the foresight to help fund the project. (I don't for a moment believe he had the foresight to see what the internet would become, but then nobody else did either.)
I'm a Mac user, and I spent roughly twice the money an equivilent PC would
have cost me. Many of the software titles I'd like to run are only
available on the PC. In fact, I also own a PC so I can run those programs,
bringing the total cost of my Mac up to about three times the cost of a
single PC.
I had to buy a BMW because Apple doesn't make speakers yet for my iPod.
This isn't about your rights here, it's slashdot and PBS trying to turn this into a bigger issue than it really is. Everybody has to play by the FCC's rules.
I actually applaud Slashdot for being "fair and balanced." After all, the Slash in Slashdot is right-leaning. (otherwise it'd be back-Slashdot) It only makes sense to publish the occasional left-leaning story.
teaching a user about network storage or even using the IRDA file transfer was unsucessful... yet these dolts took to using the thumb drives like it was second nature.
Wow...that's some dumb users. We tell ours to "put your files on your H: drive, or they won't be backed up." For 95% of our users, that seems to work pretty well. For the other 5%...even thumb drives would do nothing more than collect drool.
I recently came into contact with a similar policy at a consulting
firm that was concerned that top-secret information might escape through
my USB watch, and made me leave it at the front desk every day. In that
case, I know it was absurd overkill... but is this concern a legitimate
concern?
Not to skirt the question, but is this really "absurd overkill?" I'm sure
that USB pens/watches/etc have been a boon to corporate espionage. With
a USB storage device, you don't have to worry about burning CDs or
emailing your stolen information off-site.
Having said that, I do think that some companies need to quit treating
their employees like potential criminals. But if you work for a company
like mine, where the data is the company's life-blood I can completely
understand why they'd want to keep your USB and other storage devices
(like iPods) out of their space. (thin clients would have gone a long
way towards solving this problem, but that's another discussion)
OH MY! You did know, of course, by slandering the patron Saint of Slashdot, you where destine for "flamebait", but it is still VERY funny.
It only re-affirms my belief that Slashdot mods are just very confused people. I mean, if you're going to mod me down, at least use "Off Topic." Flaimbait? Here's flamebait: Moderators have small penises! There's yer friggin flaimbait, bitches!
Oh, and so I can stay on topic, I read Sport Pilot, and Writers Digest. I'd say that PC Magazine sucks, but I think it's the official magazine of the Slashdot moderator. So I'll refrain.
...the official magazine of Commander Taco. This week's issue finds
the Commander in the kitchen, where he'll show you how to re-use those
leftover stories...again and again! Mmm-mm! Then, it's off to "The
Taco Journal" where you'll learn that spelling really doesn't have to
count. Also in this issue, take a road trip with the Travelling Taco,
where he'll show you how to spice up a slow news day with obscure Menga
websites! And finally, join us in the kitchen, where the Taco show you
how to re-use those leftover stories!
T...The Magazine for the Slashdotter who missed the story the third time
around!
Linux is already being used in Abu-Garaib. If you look closely at the
prison abuse pictures, you can see Pvt First Class Lyndy Englund pointing
to a humiliated prisoner at a laptop. I believe she's saying "Compile that pre-release kernel, bitch!"
...is a rest. For about 10 years. I don't say that unkindly...I like
Star Trek, but familiarity breeds contempt. Only time can make it fresh
at this point. Well that and interesting characters, decent writing, and
fewer solutions that involve reversing the polarity of something and shooting
it out the deflector. But I digress.
For all the people who fuss and complain about the money spent on actual space programs, this is a great example of the kind of wastefulness that goes on.
I agree! And all those stupid dinosaur bones cluttering up our museums...toss em! And all those damned paintings in the Looo-ver--digitize the damn things and burn em. Waste of space!
...is what I would have said if I were as ignorant as the original poster. There's probably more than a few scientists and/or astronauts who started down their career path by looking up at that piece of "waste," and thinking how wonderful it would be to be a part of something that great. Some things have more value than just their raw materials.
Slashdot Mirror
That would be www.thescogroup.net. Mox
Mox
When you hear shit like "the terrorists hate our freedom," think of Bhopal. Around 3k people died on 9/11. In Bhopal, the lasting death toll is somewhere around 15,000. I wonder if Anderson would have been allowed to settle if 15,000 Americans had died.
Mod me down if you want, I have karma to burn. But I'd sure like to see some magnetic yellow ribbons to support the victims of US multinational homicide. Mox
Here's a tip:
When asking for an interview, do not also offer to enlarge his penis. Mox
Honey bees are do-bees. Dinosaurs are don't-bees.
I don't mean this unkindly...mostly. But if you really are a rated pilot, then you missed some very fundamental knowledge. Colors are extremely important. You may think you can reason it all out by context, but as you fly more you're going to realize that there are just too many different ways things are done in aviation. Color-blindness can kill. There's a reason you were tested for it when you took your flight physical.
You should also start working on, or reading up on your IFR rating, before posting about it. At some point, all but the most sophisticated aircraft need to transition between IFR and visual. (some commercial planes can literally land themselves) Sometimes it's only a hundred feet off the ground, but there is always a transition. And when you make that transition, things like the VASI/PAPI/etc (any multi-colored glideslope indicator) are extremely important to get right. Things like making sure you're not landing on a taxi-way are important to get right. (Even multi-thousand hour pilots have done that)
I'm guessing you're newly rated, in which case welcome to the club. But you're making some very dangerous assertions that I hope doesn't indicate a dangerous flying attitude.
Hey lookit me, I'm a comedian and didn't even know it. Do you hear that Jon Stewart? I'm coming after your job!
"Lasers are easily obtainable and can be self-manufactured weapons in the terrorist arsenal, which essentially can effect a soft-kill solution and leave virtually no detectable evidence," he said.
I'm a private pilot, so I certainly won't make light of this problem. But please...is every new way to hurt somebody going to be another weapon in the terrorist arsenal? Are we going to assume that everytime something happens to someone, a terrorist is behind it? I for one am tired of our leaders trying to make us afraid.
And yeah, this is a rant. Mod me down if you will, before I strike again.
Then you may want to go back and rent some TOS DVDs. Were they all cerebral? Hell no. Some of them were downright awful. But when you put them in the context of the era (late 1960s) they were powerful but subtle. They addressed issues of race, politics, social issues, sexism, and more. It seems a simple space western today, because we don't have the context.
Even the worst episodes of TOS were better than many "better" episodes of later series, because the writers seemed to care.
But a simple hiatus won't fix ST. ST needs better writing, fresher ideas, and to get away from this fixation of techno-babble saving the day. And while I'd be the first to jump into a goo chamber with T'Pol, the "FOX approach" is simply gratuitous and insulting.
ST needs to get back to it's cerebral roots. (yeah the current line in Enterprise is better, but after living through Voyager, it would be hard to get worse.) It needs a rest, but it also needs intelligent direction. coughfirebermancough.
That's an easy one. Because the people who are being sued are not parodying them. They're blatantly using the MST3k formula. At one point they even called the show "Mister Sinus Theater 3000." They also tried to license rights to MST3k. They knew what they were doing. Duh.
Now, can we get back to feeling sorry for people that steal music please?
Someone gave McBride the wrong quote. He actually meant to quote Hudson, from Aliens:
"Well that's great, that's just fuckin' great man, now what the fuck are we supposed to do? We're in some real pretty shit now man... That's it man, game over man, game over, man! Game over! What the fuck are we gonna do now? What are we gonna do?"
I could be wrong.
During my service in the United States Congress I took the initiative in creating the Internet.
Although you can argue semantics (okay yes, he literally said it.) What he meant, was that he was instrumental in the funding of ARPANET. So, in a sense, you can say that the internet probably wouldn't exist, or at least would have taken longer to come into existence, had it not been for Al Gore. I'm no Al Gore apologist (well, except here, I guess) but the guy does deserve some credit for having the foresight to help fund the project. (I don't for a moment believe he had the foresight to see what the internet would become, but then nobody else did either.)
I had to buy a BMW because Apple doesn't make speakers yet for my iPod.
PC users. What a bunch of dumbasses.
...do not taunt happy stargate.
I actually applaud Slashdot for being "fair and balanced." After all, the Slash in Slashdot is right-leaning. (otherwise it'd be back-Slashdot) It only makes sense to publish the occasional left-leaning story.
Wow...that's some dumb users. We tell ours to "put your files on your H: drive, or they won't be backed up." For 95% of our users, that seems to work pretty well. For the other 5%...even thumb drives would do nothing more than collect drool.
Not to skirt the question, but is this really "absurd overkill?" I'm sure that USB pens/watches/etc have been a boon to corporate espionage. With a USB storage device, you don't have to worry about burning CDs or emailing your stolen information off-site.
Having said that, I do think that some companies need to quit treating their employees like potential criminals. But if you work for a company like mine, where the data is the company's life-blood I can completely understand why they'd want to keep your USB and other storage devices (like iPods) out of their space. (thin clients would have gone a long way towards solving this problem, but that's another discussion)
It only re-affirms my belief that Slashdot mods are just very confused people. I mean, if you're going to mod me down, at least use "Off Topic." Flaimbait? Here's flamebait: Moderators have small penises! There's yer friggin flaimbait, bitches!
Oh, and so I can stay on topic, I read Sport Pilot, and Writers Digest. I'd say that PC Magazine sucks, but I think it's the official magazine of the Slashdot moderator. So I'll refrain.
Mod: +1 Bitter Sarcasm
T...The Magazine for the Slashdotter who missed the story the third time around!
Linux is already being used in Abu-Garaib. If you look closely at the prison abuse pictures, you can see Pvt First Class Lyndy Englund pointing to a humiliated prisoner at a laptop. I believe she's saying "Compile that pre-release kernel, bitch!"
...is a rest. For about 10 years. I don't say that unkindly...I like Star Trek, but familiarity breeds contempt. Only time can make it fresh at this point. Well that and interesting characters, decent writing, and fewer solutions that involve reversing the polarity of something and shooting it out the deflector. But I digress.
I agree! And all those stupid dinosaur bones cluttering up our museums...toss em! And all those damned paintings in the Looo-ver--digitize the damn things and burn em. Waste of space!
NPR is privately funded through donations. It hasn't been publically funded for years.