Sounds highly speculative. BTW, Koenig is german for 'king.' Did you look around any other sources on the internet to check for other, older references to Koenigswald? Or Gigantopithecus blackii?
So the name means 'king' and has 'kong' in it? And it's an antient name? See! The marketers have been hyping it for centuries! And we didn't know! That's sooooooo viral marketing to the extreme! I say again good man: DAMN MARKETERS!
Scientists also estimate this gorilla had a penis larger than the leg of a full grown man.
Hence the name "Gigantopithecus blackii". It means "penis as large as a black guy" in pig latin or something like that. Or maybe it means "my giant penis will give you a black eye". I bet that's it. It's a warning label. Yep, that's it.
I nearly thought it was suddenly April 1 when I read the fourth paragraph:
Research into Gigantopithecus blackii began in 1935, when the Dutch paleontologist G.H. von Koenigswald discovered a yellowish molar among the "dragon bones" for sale in a Hong Kong pharmacy.
Hmmm, the 30's and the word "kong" in there twice? Then again, TFA never mentions King Kong (which Gigantopithecus blackii is about 10 feet too short for), so maybe the association is there for subliminal hype. Those marketers are sooooo clever. Damn marketers.
The only shitty part about living credit-free though is trying to buy a house.
Exactly what I went through too. I eventually sold the house for a decent profit and now have an actual credit rating, but my interest rate sucked and the loan company was always hoping I would default (low end predatry lending). It makes me glad you stuck it to Cap1. I tip my hat to you for that.
"What's in your wallet?" Nothing you have any rights to! Now stop asking me.;)
'I wish I had a picture of the salesman's face when.' when what?
Oops. I missed that incomplete sentence. Sorry about that.
When he tried to talk me into buying the TV by applying for the store's "no interest or payments till ___" credit card, I took him aside and showed him $4,000 in cash. If I remember right, I said somethng like "THAT is my credit card - no interest and I pay you immediately".
Ah, the American/Western dream.... to own lots of flashy possessions and die knee deep in credit card debt;)
Not my dream. I've never had a credit card and never will. 15+% interest to spend more money than I have has always seemed like a losing option to me. "Credit" ratings and trying to get a "better" credit score has always seemed a dubious construct to me - a fallacy as well. Sure that attitude has bitten me in the ass at times, but I simply don't trust most credit companies. Especially now that you can't wash it away with going bankrupt.
I paid cash for my plasma (after lots of shopping for features and capabilities compared to price). I went with an Akai. I wish I had a picture of the salesman's face when . Ironically, it's hooked up to a Fedora based PVR machine.
And yes, I have a very healthy bank account as well.
Sadly you are right about most westerners (90+% I would bet). Like I said, not my dream. I plan to live a responsible, fulfilling life instead. Maybe even retire decently.
I didn't plan my situation. I'm just lucky that I don't need gas. I think that if you really wanted to you could keep from buying gas.
I gave my car away over a year ago (really, literally gave it away to someone). I stopped driving about 2 1/2 years ago. What happened? I saved about $700 a month on gas, insurance (another evil) and repairs. I got healthier from riding a bicycle and walking. I learned more about my area by taking public rail (busses still suck most everywhere).
I did plan my situation and now I don't think I would ever buy another scam-mobile. I laugh openly at people who drive. When they get all purturbed or argue, I ask them how much they spend on insurance/gas every month. It usually adds up that they could have that plasma screen they want in just a month or two. I have my plasma screen and a bunch of other things.
Want a 360? PS3? Trip to Europe? Park your car for a month or two and re-insure it as parked if you must.
Want to stop the middle-east/big-oil/politicians from becoming so powerful? Stop handing them your money.
Good for you for dropping the gas pump syringe. More Americans should.
It wasn't id that ported it. I remember salivating at the chance of playing Doom ][ under NT 3.51. Then Quake came out and changed everything (dual boot DOS to play). Ah, back when those tech baby steps were truly exciting.
No. Unless you wrote the song in the first place, you are simply doing a cover version. Most pop stars today don't write "their" songs either, hence the term "Performance Artist" or performer rather than musician or songwriter.
Or is it simply a copied work with the rights belonging to the original author?
Like I said, it's a cover version. The original author, label or others depending on contract owns the Publishing rights. When you cover a song, you owe ASCAP, BMI and other fees. You may not realize it, but you will automagically owe those fees under US law.
Is it Piracy?
Of a sort, yes.
What do the you think?
I try not to... especially about today's music industry.
Mod me as a troll or whatever, but this really isn't slashdot material.
On the contrary, "Why the hell is this on the main page" comments invariably end up as +5. You may be right, but eventually it comes down to "You acutally have no say in what makes it to the main page". K5 might be that way, but/. never has been.
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We're coming out with a compute cluster edition of Windows Server
Typical MS. Instead of building clustering into Server and making Server (gasp!) more robust, they make yet another "Edition" of Windows. I forsee a licensing nightmare in the future. "Sorry boss, we don't have enough cluster licenses so the third node can't be installed." Maybe they are trying to emulate the fragmentation of the various Distros...
Despite eveyone talking smack, I can see this being a valuable benchmark board. How well do these CPU/Chipset combos work? How well does this ATI card do with an AMD CPU? Okay now how about an Intel CPU? It's not a new idea to expand the CPU, but doing it across vendors like this is interesting.
You know, sooner later some kid is going to post an article on discovering this cool cartoon called "Thundar the Barbarian" and Slashdot is going to go nuts.
Damn! It got rejected. You tipped them off didn't you! Well, they'll never expect the Micronauts. No one expects Baron Karza!
If you are a US or Canadian citizen, remember that Rent A Coder is worldwide. When I tried to get some gigs from it, people overseas (Rumania, The Orient and Brazil were big) will bid too. For you, a day's pay might be a couple of hundred dollars. For them, it might be $20US. All RAC did for me as a programmer was teach me why outsourcing overseas is cost effective. Never did land a gig on RAC. The cost of living/income ratio was way out of wack for a US citizen.
The other is, as always, hardware support. Getting less important now in some ways, for some uses (I use quite a lot of virtual instruments, so not a huge deal for me) the lack of hardware DSP support is a killer. Proprietary developers are to blame here, in fairness, but it's still a problem.
I agree with you here. If it weren't for the MIDI spec being so mature and some other specs that the industry it self has developed to prevent hardware wars (VST, SMPTE, SDS), there would be very little open source audio. The hardware companies do very little to support it because of some odd sense of tradition.
Back when MIDI first started taking hold, people said that it would kill musicianship. Giving these tools to "the masses" would enable "hacks" (like Elfman) to take jobs away in film and other "sundry" music roles. This belief still pervades the music industry. From Soundblaster being consumer level to Roland being "professional" gear to needing to hire a "top notch produceer" to record. There have been companies that have bucked that trend (Ensoniq, M-Audio). However, the idea that "consumers" could make their own music has terrified everyone in this undustry - especially labels. Hardware and software manufacturers will dabble in the consumer pool for the obvious volume reasons, but will be shunned for making "consumer grade" gear.
The sad part is that they aren't looking around them. The 3D/Film industry is revelling in consumer ability. Look at TV: The more camera jockeys the better today. Desktop publishing has become more of an art _because_ anyone can do it - few do it well. The good part is that masses are doing it on their own via mixes, mash-ups, DJs and other sample based forms of music that have grown since the 80s. Consumers are finding ways of circumventing hardware in some cases and usurping it in others. All of this only makes the industry more out of touch and seem more alien. Good, solid, open source audio will be a reality when the dinosaurs die. I hope it will be soon, but there are many branches on this particular diseased tree.
Yes, but the King part is assumed for anyone who is a longtime fan. Just imagine that, when people write it, it's a silent King. All hail the giant ape... Long live the Ape... oh wait.
Under the new license you would need to have an extra license to run Win3.11 apps on the latest (not-in-and-of-itself backward compatible (sic)) Windows version.
Win 3.11 and it's apps weren't licensed by CPU, they were licensed by machine. The old license still applies to old software anyway.
If they listened to their customers they would create 1 flavor of windows (non of this pro/server/enterprise crap). That 1 flavor would come with all the things you would need to make a server/desktop/etc and make that an installation question like most Linux distros do. Charge one flat fee for Windows(like $59) regardless of what you plan to use it for or how many processors you have. Make licensing simple and make it cheap and then people wouldn't have a need to pirate anything. By default you do not get any support beyond regular updates. If the customer needs extra support then charge them extra for it. Nice and simple. I would even buy a copy then.
Yes, I also would love a utopia, a personal under the desk redhead and a private jet. Until miracles happen, just think of this as the first of many million steps for MS in a pure customer service direction.
I'm not sure if this new system covers that situation or not.
Exactly. Licensing gets easier under the new system, which most people postig seem to have missed (RTFA people).
As you said, under the old system, you were charged for each processor. Thus, a server with two physical processors was charged for two processor licenses for SQL Server even though you were only running it on one. The situation now lets you simply purchase a single license for each CPU you are _actually running it on_. Despite everyone shouting greed, this is a rare occasion of MS doing what the customers (Corp Customers) have been asking for for a long time.
If some kind Mod comes along, please mod the parent (this one) up. Of all us learned jackasses here, this was the first earnest no to the Blender question. Whoever black_mariah is, some karma kindness is in order for nailing it right off the bat...
...steps off the/. geek soapbox Someone steps right up on it after BrynM
Here's the customer announcement. Funny enough, the Slashdot article is what I saw first. Some geek I am, not checking my mail...October 4, 2005
From: Alias
To: bryn
Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2005 00:49:17 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Autodesk Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Alias
Dear Alias Customer,
Today Autodesk and Alias announced the signing of a definitive agreement for Autodesk to acquire Alias.
Alias is a leading developer of 3D graphics technology, headquartered in Toronto, Canada. Alias develops and delivers software and services for film and video, interactive games, media and the Web. It also develops software and services for consumer products, industrial design, automotive, architecture and visualization customers.
With more than six million users, Autodesk is the world's leading software and services company for the manufacturing, infrastructure, building, digital media and wireless data services fields. Autodesk's solutions help customers to create, manage and share their digital assets more effectively. The acquisition of Alias will continue to round out our product lines across industry segments.
As many of you are aware, in the media and entertainment industry, most leading film studios, game developers and high-end visual effects companies use Alias' Maya®, MotionBuilder® and FBX® software. Most also use Autodesk's complementary Inferno®, Flame®, Lustre® and 3ds Max® products. The most demanding industrial designers in the world use Alias' StudioTools(TM), primarily in the automotive and consumer products segments. Bringing this technology to Autodesk will strengthen the manufacturing business by integrating conceptual design as a front-end to Inventor Series and the PLM solution.
The acquisition also brings to Autodesk a highly talented group of individuals, a wealth of technologies and a great set of products. By combining the technology and talents of two successful, financially healthy companies, we will be better able to continue delivering solutions that address your ever-changing and increasingly complex needs. And yes, Autodesk plans to continue to support and develop Alias products as well as utilize the strength of the combined organization to provide customers with continued innovation and technology development.
The transaction is expected to close in the next four to six months. Until that time, Autodesk and Alias will continue operating as independent companies and will remain focused on our current customer needs. We do not anticipate any changes with respect to planned product releases for either company. Please continue using your existing contacts for sales, services and support. We will update you on the progress of this acquisition, both directly and online at http://www.autodesk.com/autodeskandalias.
On behalf of Autodesk and Alias, we would like to thank you for your business and reiterate our commitment to ensuring that this event which is exciting for both our companies will prove even more so for you.
Slashdot Mirror
"What's in your wallet?" Nothing you have any rights to! Now stop asking me. ;)
When he tried to talk me into buying the TV by applying for the store's "no interest or payments till ___" credit card, I took him aside and showed him $4,000 in cash. If I remember right, I said somethng like "THAT is my credit card - no interest and I pay you immediately".
I paid cash for my plasma (after lots of shopping for features and capabilities compared to price). I went with an Akai. I wish I had a picture of the salesman's face when . Ironically, it's hooked up to a Fedora based PVR machine.
And yes, I have a very healthy bank account as well.
Sadly you are right about most westerners (90+% I would bet). Like I said, not my dream. I plan to live a responsible, fulfilling life instead. Maybe even retire decently.
I did plan my situation and now I don't think I would ever buy another scam-mobile. I laugh openly at people who drive. When they get all purturbed or argue, I ask them how much they spend on insurance/gas every month. It usually adds up that they could have that plasma screen they want in just a month or two. I have my plasma screen and a bunch of other things.
Want a 360? PS3? Trip to Europe? Park your car for a month or two and re-insure it as parked if you must.
Want to stop the middle-east/big-oil/politicians from becoming so powerful? Stop handing them your money.
Good for you for dropping the gas pump syringe. More Americans should.
It wasn't id that ported it. I remember salivating at the chance of playing Doom ][ under NT 3.51. Then Quake came out and changed everything (dual boot DOS to play). Ah, back when those tech baby steps were truly exciting.
This karma-whoring tip brought to you by Microsfot - Where do you want to whore today?
Someone had to say it.
Despite eveyone talking smack, I can see this being a valuable benchmark board. How well do these CPU/Chipset combos work? How well does this ATI card do with an AMD CPU? Okay now how about an Intel CPU? It's not a new idea to expand the CPU, but doing it across vendors like this is interesting.
If you are a US or Canadian citizen, remember that Rent A Coder is worldwide. When I tried to get some gigs from it, people overseas (Rumania, The Orient and Brazil were big) will bid too. For you, a day's pay might be a couple of hundred dollars. For them, it might be $20US. All RAC did for me as a programmer was teach me why outsourcing overseas is cost effective. Never did land a gig on RAC. The cost of living/income ratio was way out of wack for a US citizen.
Back when MIDI first started taking hold, people said that it would kill musicianship. Giving these tools to "the masses" would enable "hacks" (like Elfman) to take jobs away in film and other "sundry" music roles. This belief still pervades the music industry. From Soundblaster being consumer level to Roland being "professional" gear to needing to hire a "top notch produceer" to record. There have been companies that have bucked that trend (Ensoniq, M-Audio). However, the idea that "consumers" could make their own music has terrified everyone in this undustry - especially labels. Hardware and software manufacturers will dabble in the consumer pool for the obvious volume reasons, but will be shunned for making "consumer grade" gear.
The sad part is that they aren't looking around them. The 3D/Film industry is revelling in consumer ability. Look at TV: The more camera jockeys the better today. Desktop publishing has become more of an art _because_ anyone can do it - few do it well. The good part is that masses are doing it on their own via mixes, mash-ups, DJs and other sample based forms of music that have grown since the 80s. Consumers are finding ways of circumventing hardware in some cases and usurping it in others. All of this only makes the industry more out of touch and seem more alien. Good, solid, open source audio will be a reality when the dinosaurs die. I hope it will be soon, but there are many branches on this particular diseased tree.
Half glass of water?
As you said, under the old system, you were charged for each processor. Thus, a server with two physical processors was charged for two processor licenses for SQL Server even though you were only running it on one. The situation now lets you simply purchase a single license for each CPU you are _actually running it on_. Despite everyone shouting greed, this is a rare occasion of MS doing what the customers (Corp Customers) have been asking for for a long time.
Someone steps right up on it after BrynM
From: Alias
To: bryn
Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2005 00:49:17 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Autodesk Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Alias
Dear Alias Customer,
Today Autodesk and Alias announced the signing of a definitive agreement for Autodesk to acquire Alias.
Alias is a leading developer of 3D graphics technology, headquartered in Toronto, Canada. Alias develops and delivers software and services for film and video, interactive games, media and the Web. It also develops software and services for consumer products, industrial design, automotive, architecture and visualization customers.
With more than six million users, Autodesk is the world's leading software and services company for the manufacturing, infrastructure, building, digital media and wireless data services fields. Autodesk's solutions help customers to create, manage and share their digital assets more effectively. The acquisition of Alias will continue to round out our product lines across industry segments.
As many of you are aware, in the media and entertainment industry, most leading film studios, game developers and high-end visual effects companies use Alias' Maya®, MotionBuilder® and FBX® software. Most also use Autodesk's complementary Inferno®, Flame®, Lustre® and 3ds Max® products. The most demanding industrial designers in the world use Alias' StudioTools(TM), primarily in the automotive and consumer products segments. Bringing this technology to Autodesk will strengthen the manufacturing business by integrating conceptual design as a front-end to Inventor Series and the PLM solution.
The acquisition also brings to Autodesk a highly talented group of individuals, a wealth of technologies and a great set of products. By combining the technology and talents of two successful, financially healthy companies, we will be better able to continue delivering solutions that address your ever-changing and increasingly complex needs. And yes, Autodesk plans to continue to support and develop Alias products as well as utilize the strength of the combined organization to provide customers with continued innovation and technology development.
The transaction is expected to close in the next four to six months. Until that time, Autodesk and Alias will continue operating as independent companies and will remain focused on our current customer needs. We do not anticipate any changes with respect to planned product releases for either company. Please continue using your existing contacts for sales, services and support. We will update you on the progress of this acquisition, both directly and online at http://www.autodesk.com/autodeskandalias.
On behalf of Autodesk and Alias, we would like to thank you for your business and reiterate our commitment to ensuring that this event which is exciting for both our companies will prove even more so for you.
Sincerely,
Carol Bartz
Chairman and CEO
Autodesk, Inc.
Doug Walker
President and CEO
Alias