Now maybe we'll finally get to see "Jews in Outer Space".
I just hope we don't see "Jump The Shark in Outer Space"
The original film is still funny, but seems to become a little bit less with each viewing. It's also a challenge to be be funny on a regular basis and Brooks used to be very funny, but mostly through R rated films.
You know, most of the tax increases in California are voted for directly by the voters. Notice how many bond measures get passed? Yes, those are taxes. California is simply financially suicidle. The state would not fall into a deficit situation if they would stop giving money to special interest groups for projects that have nothing to do with basic govrnment services.
Sadly the state was in the black, with a reserve, before Enron and friends, with complete support of the whitehouse ("Energy concerns are not the concern of the Department of Energy") or sommat like that was their response, which was one of many of the litany of stupid things said by the president while terrible things happened at home and abroad. Energy companies robbed the state while the governor turned to Washington for assistance and was ignored then turned to what resources were at his disposal. I certainly doubt things would have gone the way they had if a republican were governor, in short I and many others believe it was a set-up to get Gray Davis sacked and put a republican in Sacramento so the GOP could do in California what they did in Florida.
On another note, Prop 13 gave everyone in California tax relieve, including businesses, who hadn't actually asked for it(!) That's what has really broken the back of the state budget for years in California. Education is the largest (or nearly) expense of each state. California with 35 million (+) is in the bottom third nationally in education spending. Which explains the poor shape of many of California's once stellar school and university education systems. Now it's a wreck and the state is in a deep budget hole.
Perhaps a state gas tax... I'm sure those who don't drive the preposterous SUVs or lifted 4x4's wouldn't really mind so much. Make those who are a disproportionate demand on petrol pay for it. Besides, who but the rich and insecure really need a Hummer in the city?
Also, IIRC the $300 fee that you reffer to was deemed unconstitutional, and one of Arnold's first acts as governor was to issue refunds to everyone who had paid it.
You don't recall correctly. The 300 fee was ordered refunded, with interest, by the court decision and preceded Herr Schwarzenegger's unintentionally-GOP-propelled grab at top office in the golden state. Ahnold's first move was to encumber the state by a couple billion zorkmids by repealing an emergency bugetary measure which increased a vehicle registration fee. The act had been in place, should the state fall into a deficit situation and, riding a populist wave of revolt against it, he yanked the revenue generator. The impact to most californians was minimal. Thanks to this knee-jerk tax revolt the people of California can look forward to spending that amount and more (interest) on the state debt floated on bonds (which was an idea Ahnold and the GOP slung mud at when it was Gray Davis' plan, then they did it anyway and proclaimed a great victory.)
I got my $300 back, plus about $30 in interest. Long before der governator was installed in Sacto.
To fully appreciate the positive impact of California emissions laws one only need smell a pre-1973 car go past. Gag! Acid rain in me lungs! Can't even imagine now what the world of the 70's was like in LA, must have really sucked. I know it did when I traveled to the east coast in the mid-80's. Eyes, nose and throat all burned from the pollutants in the air. It was good to get the heck out of there. How people can stand it, I dunno. Probably takes a few years off peoples lives that stuff. Kills trees and strips their bark, the acid does.
Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, VOTE
That way the machine will access it's hidden firmware and convert ALL the votes to the person of your choice..
I heard that if you find the right combination, you can get a bonus extra vote.
Seriously, this is a common and old problem, not just among users, but among all positions public or private. Ultimately you need a self policing policy to evaluate users, fair judgement on violations and termination where deemed necessary.
There's got to be, published somewhere, some guidlines and how scalable they are.
I was in a position to make or break the hiring of a student I knew was writing password spoof programs. I knew he had done it. I also knew he hadn't done any harm in it. I think him knowing I knew was enough and it more or less proved right in the long run, opting to hire him as a student worker anyway. Most of us started out the same way. It takes a bit more psychology to spot those who lie about innocuous activities and could present a greater problem down the road.
System encountered a kernel panic in the panic() function.
Cue infinite recursion...
Been there, seen it.
What I love is an operating system that knows it's dying, bothers to tell you repeatedly as it's goind to bits. 'Couldn't find miscsrvc.dll, dying.', 'process that does nothing except has to be there when system is dying couldn't be found, dying.','foobar.exe not found, dying.'
But Amiga wasn't first. The Mac "Bomb" preceded it, and was notoriously useless for troubleshooting.
Now that I think about it, I was in Sacramento, CA, back in the mid-80's and saw an evaluation Atari ST machine in the hands of a developer. He kept getting mushroom clouds. Seems he could get more than one at a time, too.
It's not like Microsoft invented it, either. I remember these quite unfondly.
Before that I had a frozen screen on a C64. And before that I had stopped lights on the PDP-11 display. And before that we had random characters all
over the screen of Ohio Scientific (OSI) computers.
But Microsoft is widely credited with perfecting the BSoD and giving it fame.
A system crash with a tasteful little box can be as easily dispised as all the the preceding. I suppose, like everything Apple is doing
these days, they've given it a certain panache and now everybody will want one.
I don't think it says much about people being unhappy in their real world First Life, I think it is a means for some people to live out a fantasy life for fun.
Right, where in real life they're not necessarily accepted into any group or don't have a lot of friends.
Online: Hi, I'm Bobasaurus. Hi Bobasaurus, how's it going? Great, can I hang with you? Sure. etc.
Why do they call it "Second Life" if it's for MMO people who don't even have a primary life?
Because they can get the kind of life they want in, oh a few days or less online, where they can try for years to get the kind of life they want IRL and still end up where they started, if not worse off?
660,000 people online. Says something about dissatisfaction with that status quo, perhaps.
Seriously, you think there's no problem with people getting the wrong idea or trying to pervert things in a highly pixelated environment where they once got on just dandy with nothing but text?
Isn't that a kind of a contradiction? If death isn't permanent, it's not really a risk, is it? I find comments such as this stupid.
Oh, there's a risk alright. You'll lose all your 1337 EQZ if you don't get back to your virtual remains quick enough. (I've always wondered when someone would institute virtual insurance policies, where your junk would be saved for so many minutes from anyone getting their mitts on it before you can recover it.)
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Now maybe we'll finally get to see "Jews in Outer Space".
I just hope we don't see "Jump The Shark in Outer Space"
The original film is still funny, but seems to become a little bit less with each viewing. It's also a challenge to be be funny on a regular basis and Brooks used to be very funny, but mostly through R rated films.
Use a balloon?
I love flying. There's so much to look forward to on each flight..
Well... maybe I can steal a few industrial secrets, peek at the screen next to me or in front of me. Next up on ebay...
302785349102 Bifurcated Wombat Exhonorator, Includes Nebulousity Interrogator $120.00 Buy It Now
You know, most of the tax increases in California are voted for directly by the voters. Notice how many bond measures get passed? Yes, those are taxes. California is simply financially suicidle. The state would not fall into a deficit situation if they would stop giving money to special interest groups for projects that have nothing to do with basic govrnment services.
Sadly the state was in the black, with a reserve, before Enron and friends, with complete support of the whitehouse ("Energy concerns are not the concern of the Department of Energy") or sommat like that was their response, which was one of many of the litany of stupid things said by the president while terrible things happened at home and abroad. Energy companies robbed the state while the governor turned to Washington for assistance and was ignored then turned to what resources were at his disposal. I certainly doubt things would have gone the way they had if a republican were governor, in short I and many others believe it was a set-up to get Gray Davis sacked and put a republican in Sacramento so the GOP could do in California what they did in Florida.
On another note, Prop 13 gave everyone in California tax relieve, including businesses, who hadn't actually asked for it(!) That's what has really broken the back of the state budget for years in California. Education is the largest (or nearly) expense of each state. California with 35 million (+) is in the bottom third nationally in education spending. Which explains the poor shape of many of California's once stellar school and university education systems. Now it's a wreck and the state is in a deep budget hole.
Perhaps a state gas tax... I'm sure those who don't drive the preposterous SUVs or lifted 4x4's wouldn't really mind so much. Make those who are a disproportionate demand on petrol pay for it. Besides, who but the rich and insecure really need a Hummer in the city?
Also, IIRC the $300 fee that you reffer to was deemed unconstitutional, and one of Arnold's first acts as governor was to issue refunds to everyone who had paid it.
You don't recall correctly. The 300 fee was ordered refunded, with interest, by the court decision and preceded Herr Schwarzenegger's unintentionally-GOP-propelled grab at top office in the golden state. Ahnold's first move was to encumber the state by a couple billion zorkmids by repealing an emergency bugetary measure which increased a vehicle registration fee. The act had been in place, should the state fall into a deficit situation and, riding a populist wave of revolt against it, he yanked the revenue generator. The impact to most californians was minimal. Thanks to this knee-jerk tax revolt the people of California can look forward to spending that amount and more (interest) on the state debt floated on bonds (which was an idea Ahnold and the GOP slung mud at when it was Gray Davis' plan, then they did it anyway and proclaimed a great victory.)
I got my $300 back, plus about $30 in interest. Long before der governator was installed in Sacto.
To fully appreciate the positive impact of California emissions laws one only need smell a pre-1973 car go past. Gag! Acid rain in me lungs! Can't even imagine now what the world of the 70's was like in LA, must have really sucked. I know it did when I traveled to the east coast in the mid-80's. Eyes, nose and throat all burned from the pollutants in the air. It was good to get the heck out of there. How people can stand it, I dunno. Probably takes a few years off peoples lives that stuff. Kills trees and strips their bark, the acid does.
Bah! Vinyl will never replace ...the wax cylinders on my Gramophone
I eagerly await the new Microsoft/RIAA Vinyl DRM
Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, VOTE That way the machine will access it's hidden firmware and convert ALL the votes to the person of your choice..
I heard that if you find the right combination, you can get a bonus extra vote.
I just spent 4 hours downloading and installing patches over the weekend and now I've got more...
I'm just glad I don't use IE, that's all.
i'd really like to know why it downloaded all those outlook patches, considering i don't have that installed and have never had it installed...
like the slashdot user who just basically approved the same story as the last one?
Looks like a new guy.
They'll probably watch him/her for a bit to see if they really screw up and if so, promote to the big time.
you're in charge of finding out who leaked or secrets, use any means necessary, only don't bring congress in on our asses.
Seriously, this is a common and old problem, not just among users, but among all positions public or private. Ultimately you need a self policing policy to evaluate users, fair judgement on violations and termination where deemed necessary.
There's got to be, published somewhere, some guidlines and how scalable they are.
I was in a position to make or break the hiring of a student I knew was writing password spoof programs. I knew he had done it. I also knew he hadn't done any harm in it. I think him knowing I knew was enough and it more or less proved right in the long run, opting to hire him as a student worker anyway. Most of us started out the same way. It takes a bit more psychology to spot those who lie about innocuous activities and could present a greater problem down the road.
I mean, we could all moderate/evaluate the slashdot editors on their choice of stories and keep stats, like onna baseball card.
CmdrTaco
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System encountered a kernel panic in the panic() function.
Cue infinite recursion...
Been there, seen it.
What I love is an operating system that knows it's dying, bothers to tell you repeatedly as it's goind to bits. 'Couldn't find miscsrvc.dll, dying.', 'process that does nothing except has to be there when system is dying couldn't be found, dying.','foobar.exe not found, dying.'
Notify Microsoft?
IIRC we had BSOD on NetWare first. But then it was the Black Screen Of Death.
I just knew we had a problem when nsnipes stopped working
But Amiga wasn't first. The Mac "Bomb" preceded it, and was notoriously useless for troubleshooting.
Now that I think about it, I was in Sacramento, CA, back in the mid-80's and saw an evaluation Atari ST machine in the hands of a developer. He kept getting mushroom clouds. Seems he could get more than one at a time, too.
But you know, the growth of this new technology could be explosive.
But imagine servicing it... it could give a pro pain.
It's not like Microsoft invented it, either. I remember these quite unfondly. Before that I had a frozen screen on a C64. And before that I had stopped lights on the PDP-11 display. And before that we had random characters all over the screen of Ohio Scientific (OSI) computers.
But Microsoft is widely credited with perfecting the BSoD and giving it fame.
A system crash with a tasteful little box can be as easily dispised as all the the preceding. I suppose, like everything Apple is doing these days, they've given it a certain panache and now everybody will want one.
I don't think it says much about people being unhappy in their real world First Life, I think it is a means for some people to live out a fantasy life for fun.
Right, where in real life they're not necessarily accepted into any group or don't have a lot of friends.
Online: Hi, I'm Bobasaurus. Hi Bobasaurus, how's it going? Great, can I hang with you? Sure. etc.
Why do they call it "Second Life" if it's for MMO people who don't even have a primary life?
Because they can get the kind of life they want in, oh a few days or less online, where they can try for years to get the kind of life they want IRL and still end up where they started, if not worse off?
660,000 people online. Says something about dissatisfaction with that status quo, perhaps.
rediculous
As opposed to bluediculous or greendiculous..
Seriously, you think there's no problem with people getting the wrong idea or trying to pervert things in a highly pixelated environment where they once got on just dandy with nothing but text?
Isn't that a kind of a contradiction? If death isn't permanent, it's not really a risk, is it? I find comments such as this stupid.
Oh, there's a risk alright. You'll lose all your 1337 EQZ if you don't get back to your virtual remains quick enough. (I've always wondered when someone would institute virtual insurance policies, where your junk would be saved for so many minutes from anyone getting their mitts on it before you can recover it.)
lalala jejejeje mi lykes =)
gee, i miss it so much...
People, Its time to step outside of your parent's basement.
Uh. That's where I used to explode capacitors. I have such pleasant memories of it all.
Nearly as original as putting up a DikuMUD, today.
what?!?!? that waifish female elfen thief is really a 57 year old cost accountant named Roger? I think I'll be sick first, then kill his ass!
Either by solving our energy problems, or eliminating us.
The quickest way to solve energy problems is to use less of it.
It's already begun!
Don't worry about it. 3 billion years from now and the Andromeda Galaxy (M31) will be ripping this place to bits.
there's also the Great Attractor, so we're all doomed eventually anyway.