Me: "Ok, I want a ticket for the Manchester United match..."dit-dit-diddit Phone: "Congratulations! You have an advance ticket for Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith" Me: "wtf.. Gimme a ticket for The Producers..."diddit-dit-dit-dit Phone: "Congratulations! You have another advance ticket for Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith" Me: "whaaaattt.. How about a ticket for standing in the road and being hit by a bus..." dit-diddit-dit Phone: "Congratulations! You have yet another advance ticket for Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith" Me: "Hm.. I think this thing's been 0wn3d, that could explain all the sold out performances of Barry Manilow."
I think we need the return of the old western "Wanted Dead or Alive" posters.
From many comics: Wanted Dead or Alive, preferably Dead
For example, the FBI pays $50,000 for tips leading to the arrests of most of its top 10 fugitives.""
Yow! $50,000! Alright, I know just how to get that money, right after the 21st!
Me: "Lessee.. 1-800-EFF-BEE-I.." diit doot doot deet diit doot doot... FBI: "Hello, Federal Bureau of Investigation" Me: "I'd like to report a dangerous criminal!" FBI: "Great! Please give us the details!" Me: "His name is George Lucas and he lives at Skywalker Ranch along Lucas Valley Road in Marin County, California!" FBI: "Uh.." Me: "And he's responsible for ruining Star Wars!" FBI: "You mean the reissue?" Me: "Yes!!!" FBI: "Sorry, Sir, but we've already received 301,723 reports on his activities and whereabouts." Me: "Dang!" FBI: "Don't worry, he'll be busting rocks in San Quentin very soon, there's not a jury in the country that wouldn't convict him."
I wrote for a paper once, my columns were regularly 'edited'* to fit the available page space. Read some the pedant should read some newspaper articles some time and wonder why certain things are repeated and restated in different words, the answer is because the writer has no idea what will eventually end up in print, after so many inches it's usually drivel.
I'd had enough and decided my words were to valuable to be so butchered so I left for another profession, programmer, where I could work for hours or weeks on a project just to see it die anyway.
* Chopped, Hacked, Mangled, etc. to make writer look like damn fool.
Actually, I don't think he mentions any changes to the trilogy, other than they are the Special Edition versions.
in the 90's they added a sequence of Han Solo talking to Jaba the Hutt at the space port. Jaba was added through computer animation, but the live shot of Harrison Ford was from the original filming. Upon reflection it added nothing to the story or the film that wasn't already apparently clear.
Not seeing Jaba gave the impression of something menacing. The CG Jaba looked small and rendered on a sheet of Saran Wrap which seemed to shift in the breeze and looked terrible.
I'm not going to spend the, we're talking millions of dollars here, the money and the time to refurbish that, because to me, it doesn't really exist anymore. It's like this is [the movie] I wanted it to be, and I'm sorry you saw half a completed [film] and fell in love with it. But I want it to be the way I want it to be. I'm the one who has to take responsibility for it. I'm the one who has to have everybody throw rocks at me all the time, so at least if they're going to throw rocks at me, they're going to throw rocks at me for something I love rather than something I think is not very good, or at least something I think is not finished.
Except for 'the movie' and 'film' it's the same exact quote Michael Jackson used to defend the plastic surgery of his [face] and [nose]!
As we all know, editors often strip out items they consider unimportant or trivial to make an artical fit, or as the saying goes, "All the news that fits, in print" Here are the missing bits:
AP: Will there be any other surprises for viewers in these episodes?
Lucas: Well, I was quoted a while back as stating the whole Star Wars story is about Anakin Skywalker, his turn to the dark side and eventual rescue by his own son, but that was only half the whole truth, you see
as I said a film is only half finished which ripped out of the filmmakers hands, this is really the story of Jar Jar Binks and he has been added into key rolls in all three episodes. I like the character and don't care what anyone else thinks.
A valid point. The death of the CD has been predicted for years, but with growth in music downloads it's a matter of time before physical distribution of music AND movies becomes a relic of history. Of course, DRM bolted onto everything, by Microsoft's design, could rather play havoc with Open Source.
The letter, dated 2 September 2004, says that Microsoft's offer came "literally in the last few days" but requires that labels across the entire industry agree upon a specification for the functionality of the protected discs by 20 September.
In other news, Microsoft to offer computer training packages on Herding Cats.
Seems there was something within the last month where Microsoft's Windows Media advances on big media content were spurned.
"We're calling together a representative coalition of the industry to plan a possible meeting to discuss whether further consideration of
your offer is necessary. Not that we're worried about you getting a cut of our cut, but we're all insane with greed and want to be sure we don't
let anyone dictate our destiny to us in the same way we have for decades to consumers. Now if you'll excuse me I have several new acts to screw, I mean, negotiate standard
industry contracts with."
If only the Dell Dude would have had access to this technology!
"I swear dude, I'm holding it for my laptop! Dude!"
How could I forget!
I live in the Santa Cruz area where Hemp is pushed upon everyone like it's the greatest thing in the world for food, clothing, oils, etc. etc., but along the way they'd like you to forget their real agenda is to legalize pot. So with that in mind, I bet some locals could find a way to power a Laptop off Hemp, or even pot to show it has more benefits and should be legalized, and so on.
Then Jay and Silent Bob could be spokesmen for this great new technology and you could pick it up outside convenience stores coast to coast.
Mr. Brookwood should be moderated -1 Troll. He's likely being paid off by another chip manufacturer to "trumpet this news loudly" and keep the public's attention away from other people's lack of success in the same arena.
That's a bit harsh. Yes, Intel is going to have stuff in R&D that would make your eyes pop and have you salivating and the thought of being posessed of such technology (a friend, back in 1980, was working on CPUs for the DoD clocked at 100 MHz, while we dinked around with sub 10 MHz stuff) but you would probably find it in such a state that it couldn't be housed in a standard cabinet or the motherboard is fairly jury-rigged to support it, and that says nothing about actually having a compiled O/S to run on the thing and take full advantage of it.
So what they're really saying is it's a rigged demo. Probably with rigged benchmarks and all the other trappings.
At last week's Developer Forum, Intel demonstrated how its Digital Office vision might enable three workers in different locations to collaborate to solve a complicated problem. One of the workers ("Jason") had to juggle several compute-intensive tasks on his system, but the work flowed easily without the sorts of fits and starts that would plague many contemporary systems.
But the key is moderation. The researchers found three beers would have the opposite effect.
WARNING: The Surgeon General has determined that having your car wrapped around the trunk of a tree or overturned in a ditch may be harmful to your health. Drink in moderation and call a cab if you've had too much.
I mean, seriously. The prices were ludicrous for high-end manufacturers, and the low-end can sometimes die, and you have no recourse.
Meanwhile the price of petroleum continues to drop, yet we're still shelling for $2/gal. (yeah, I know it's cheaper than in Europe, but you pay more taxes on it than we do.) Heck, with all the oil execs in Washington DC, in the government, it's small wonder nobody investigates price fixing of that commodity, heck, how could they run a re-election campaign if they found what pretty much everyone should know - they are a cartel and they run the government. Infineon's error was not getting their own people into high office.
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I'm the person who posted that information over at bikeforums. All I can say is this is going to be a pretty big deal.
After buying a couple of these things and recommending them to friends, I can say I feel mightily let down.
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What's the world coming to?
You pay for the software that's full of bugs and holes
THEN
You pay, again to have someone protect you from those bugs and holes.
Sh!t, it's like Detroit and the Saudi Royal Family in bed with each other... oh, wait... never mind.
Orange Alert: Someone has figured it out in Sector 12! Paging Carl Rove! Damage Containment! Whoop! Whoop!
The worst part is when the guy at the turnstile tears your phone in half.
Me: "Ok, I want a ticket for the Manchester United match..."dit-dit-diddit
Phone: "Congratulations! You have an advance ticket for Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith"
Me: "wtf.. Gimme a ticket for The Producers..."diddit-dit-dit-dit
Phone: "Congratulations! You have another advance ticket for Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith"
Me: "whaaaattt.. How about a ticket for standing in the road and being hit by a bus..." dit-diddit-dit
Phone: "Congratulations! You have yet another advance ticket for Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith"
Me: "Hm.. I think this thing's been 0wn3d, that could explain all the sold out performances of Barry Manilow."
From many comics: Wanted Dead or Alive, preferably Dead
For example, the FBI pays $50,000 for tips leading to the arrests of most of its top 10 fugitives.""
Yow! $50,000! Alright, I know just how to get that money, right after the 21st!
Seems like even for revenge it would be worth it to you. Go get 'em, Tiger!
BTW, have you turned them into Spamhaus?
I'd had enough and decided my words were to valuable to be so butchered so I left for another profession, programmer, where I could work for hours or weeks on a project just to see it die anyway.
* Chopped, Hacked, Mangled, etc. to make writer look like damn fool.
in the 90's they added a sequence of Han Solo talking to Jaba the Hutt at the space port. Jaba was added through computer animation, but the live shot of Harrison Ford was from the original filming. Upon reflection it added nothing to the story or the film that wasn't already apparently clear.
Not seeing Jaba gave the impression of something menacing. The CG Jaba looked small and rendered on a sheet of Saran Wrap which seemed to shift in the breeze and looked terrible.
Except for 'the movie' and 'film' it's the same exact quote Michael Jackson used to defend the plastic surgery of his [face] and [nose]!
C3PO: Oh, I'm afraid you were originaly designed as mobile trash compactor.
R2D2: Dweep! Dweep! Dweep! (translation: Noooooooo!)
*Wiggle*
*Sniff*
HEADSHOT!
Or...
*Wiggle*
*Sniff*
*Blink*
Fr1st Ps0t
Yeah, it'll be a hit with the
A valid point. The death of the CD has been predicted for years, but with growth in music downloads it's a matter of time before physical distribution of music AND movies becomes a relic of history. Of course, DRM bolted onto everything, by Microsoft's design, could rather play havoc with Open Source.
In other news, Microsoft to offer computer training packages on Herding Cats.
Seems there was something within the last month where Microsoft's Windows Media advances on big media content were spurned.
"We're calling together a representative coalition of the industry to plan a possible meeting to discuss whether further consideration of your offer is necessary. Not that we're worried about you getting a cut of our cut, but we're all insane with greed and want to be sure we don't let anyone dictate our destiny to us in the same way we have for decades to consumers. Now if you'll excuse me I have several new acts to screw, I mean, negotiate standard industry contracts with."
"I swear dude, I'm holding it for my laptop! Dude!"
How could I forget!
I live in the Santa Cruz area where Hemp is pushed upon everyone like it's the greatest thing in the world for food, clothing, oils, etc. etc., but along the way they'd like you to forget their real agenda is to legalize pot. So with that in mind, I bet some locals could find a way to power a Laptop off Hemp, or even pot to show it has more benefits and should be legalized, and so on.
Then Jay and Silent Bob could be spokesmen for this great new technology and you could pick it up outside convenience stores coast to coast.
It malfunctions
You hit it
It hits you back
???
Profit!
I wonder why they don't use Algae, seems that stuff works extremely well and multiplies fast to prove the point
"Dude, your laptop smells like a swamp!"
That's a bit harsh. Yes, Intel is going to have stuff in R&D that would make your eyes pop and have you salivating and the thought of being posessed of such technology (a friend, back in 1980, was working on CPUs for the DoD clocked at 100 MHz, while we dinked around with sub 10 MHz stuff) but you would probably find it in such a state that it couldn't be housed in a standard cabinet or the motherboard is fairly jury-rigged to support it, and that says nothing about actually having a compiled O/S to run on the thing and take full advantage of it.
Technically it's still Summer for a few more days. ;-)
At last week's Developer Forum, Intel demonstrated how its Digital Office vision might enable three workers in different locations to collaborate to solve a complicated problem. One of the workers ("Jason") had to juggle several compute-intensive tasks on his system, but the work flowed easily without the sorts of fits and starts that would plague many contemporary systems.
Ah, a flawless network connection! Proof!
pay attention to the man behind the curtain.
"it's not just for breakfast anymore"
Meanwhile the price of petroleum continues to drop, yet we're still shelling for $2/gal. (yeah, I know it's cheaper than in Europe, but you pay more taxes on it than we do.) Heck, with all the oil execs in Washington DC, in the government, it's small wonder nobody investigates price fixing of that commodity, heck, how could they run a re-election campaign if they found what pretty much everyone should know - they are a cartel and they run the government. Infineon's error was not getting their own people into high office.
After buying a couple of these things and recommending them to friends, I can say I feel mightily let down.
Some other interesting discussion. Small wonder I scarcely let my racing bike out of my sight.
"may I borrow your pen? I need to pick up some transportation."