What's next, a remake of Citizen Kane, Casablanca or Blade Runner?
I've seen TV ads (yeah I caught about 20 minutes of TV this weekend, first time I watched all month) and saw two -recent- films coming out as remakes. One was probably 'Dawn of the Dead', the other I don't remember at the moment.
Some of this is bound to happen. It seems the plethora of cinema megaplexes has really spurred a glut of films and not all of them can be gems. So take an old idea, put a *STAR* in it and strip out anything the audience has to remember for more than 20 seconds and slap it in a can.
Actually pretty cool how Passion of Christ has kicked some serious boxoffice butt. Are moguls looking at this and thinking, "Hey, we could remake The Ten Commandemnts!"
While I think Spielberg has done some fine films, I also think he's done some utter rubbish. Cruise, I have little respect for in any role other than martian invader for this film. I expect nothing less than an insipid
action picture filled with orange fireball explosions and Cruise trying to look heroic and utterly out of place with the subject.
Can you can't tell this is one of my favorite books? The 1953 movie was utterly camp, despite assertions of playing off cold war fears, but expect it to look good in comparison. I'm rather bummed and would prefer some artsy director and a cast of unknowns and trying to stay
true to the underlying message of Well's original tale, rather than focusing on the vehicle (martians invading earth, killing people, etc.)
The difference between Heinlein's Starship Troopers and the movie 'adaptation' will probably be the same in this instance.
I'm glad to see that at least Europe still has some functioning antitrust laws, unlike the US where antitrust laws were effectively gutted by the judiciary.
IIRC the judiciary pursues what the head of law enforcement wants it to. The head of law enforcement is the cheif executive. The president.
If the president doesn't want to enforce a law or wants to enforce it only with a wink and a nod, that's their discretion.
Now, it's nice to see that, once again Europe is showing some balls. I really expect there's some phone calling between Washington DC and Europe trying to weasel some leniency in this matter. You and I won't be privy to these calls, but in the wake of the Spanish Election, this is another instance of that disorganized herd of sheep standing up for their own beliefs. Another blow, really, for the current administration (which went all limp-wristed on Microsoft.)
By this time we should be getting used to the rest of the world questioning the US goverment stands and going their own way. As the economies of Europe and China approach their full potential, so grow their clout. Too bad we've been wasting some checks over the years, now they're going to be in shorter supply.
Have them pay for an alpha pager and move your alerts there. Really, quitting over the use of a device you've become addicted to is not the smartest reason to terminate employment.
Consider for a moment working for someone who's either too poor or too PHB stupid to foot the bill for the technology to do a job effectively. You bring in your own toys (or buy them out of your own pocket, as I have on occasion) to make your job easier.
When I leave for a new job, I take it all with me. It's their problem getting along without the proper tools.
If the poster can't do his/her job effectively under the new company policy, sometimes it's a good practice to go along with the policy to show the folly of it.
I can understand some of these policies, as I've been super irritated in the past by people who answer cell phones in meetings (unless it's a relevent call to what the meeting is about.)
It's just like every alternate history novel I ever read!
No kidding. Ever read Job: A Comedy of Justice, by Heinlein? Many alternate realities in there, including IIRC one with lots of dirigibles as WWI hadn't happened and the advances in aircraft had not taken place. (in Job the alternate realities are just the vehicle for the story, like many of Heinlein's works.)
While this is all very interesting in that I like dirigibles (and would like to see them come back some day for transoceanic travel) all this security isn't making me feel any more secure.
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Many people are doing the work of 2, 3 or more these days in the California public arena. Low tax revenues and state funding cuts have resulted in small staffs trying to get the most done they can. That paralegal was probably working in another capacity when this came about.
That said he seems to be less of a disaster than Grey Davis and appears to be doing a better job than I would have expected.
On the other hand I don't live in California so I might be getting a distorted view of the situation.
It's early yet. Even Jesse "The Mind" didn't look like a total disaster for about a year. Arnold is currently finding out he can only get what the state legislature is willing to let him have. As he ran as a GOP candidate, it's interesting that he's pissing off many of the GOP state house members while he courts the DEMs. It's an awful mess and it's not going to get better anytime soon, particularly without tax increases. California will be 46th in the nation in school spending. Don't bring your kids out here to go to school.
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How about the power LED which you can only see if you look directly at it, where I have my printer off to the side and can't see whether it's on or off without craning my neck. Simple change, to make, how did they get it wrong to begin with?
What about when the people who spam fake PayPal, BofA, Fleet, etc. try their luck spamming for native americans, to con them out of their ID/Pin/Password, whatever to steal their money? At some point good security depends upon the end user.
Seems rather appropriate. What software are they running?
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Avoiding all the usual stereotypes, humor and marketing concepts, try as I might, I can't objectively think of a reason
why a printer for a woman should be any different than a
printer for a man.
As far as I can see, it's just another printer design created by an independent group of designers.
It all looks reasonable to me, assuming that handle can be removed from the Colorio me: E-100
(OK, it does look like it should have Louis Vuitton printed on it somewhere, but trying if it works
better than what I've got I could care less who it was designed for.)
Couldn't help but note that that old dying technology Bluetooth is an option.;-)
I'm probably camping in Death Valley this coming Thanksgiving and it would be pretty cool to swing past this site on the way and catch a flight or landing. Doesn't look like they publish when they're going to do things though.
At least with my telescope I could spy on them 8^)
I live in California and if you think a paralegal who doesn't know the first thing about Chemistry being fooled is shocking you're pretty close minded. We can't all be experts on everything. What differentiates, IMHO, intelligent people from unintelligent is that an intelligent person seeks out advice, while an unintelligent person assumes they have all the answers. There have been some silly laws passed all around the country and outdated laws still on books.
That said, there really are some dumb things going on in California, like an overwhelming majority electing a political novice to the governor's office. Clearly people didn't pay much attention when a similar thing happened in Minnesota not so long ago.
I didn't think you could live in Manhattan on 40k, let alone have money left over for Spam offers.
My guess is, like many property managers, his residence is provided (as long as he works for his employer) and living in Manhattan you've got to have more money that that to keep a car, so he and his wife probably use the subways and buses for transport. Take away housing and transportation and you find you don't really need to make a lot to live comfortably on.
Nearly everyone knows that St. Patrick's Day is the 17th, and a day many people tip a pint of Guinness in tribute, in a pub, for which (ta-da) the Guinness Book or World Records was created to settle bets and disagreements.
Consider two geeks in a pub (yeah, it's a stretch, usually one pint and they're under the table babbling about some OS or Kirk&Spok or making Monty Python references before passing out,..):
Geek 1:
"So then I visualized a tiny Beowulf cluster with a slew of IBM microdrives, the smallest drives in the world and it was..."
Geek 2: "Whoa, Cowboy, Toshiba has the smallest hard drive in the world."
Geek 1: "No, it's IBM, you're wrong romulan breath!"
Geek 2: "NOT! It's Toshiba!"
Barmaid: "Hold on boys, I'll get the book to settle this."
Geek 1: "Awe crap, OK, so it's Toshiba!"
Geek 2: "Facial burns on you!"
Geek 1: "So I filled out a request for the parts."
Geek 2: "What did purchasing say?"
Geek 1: "They said they couldn't understand it because I filled it out in spanish."
Geek 2: "Ah ha! They didn't expect the spanish requisisition!"
Barmaid throws the book at them.
Its almost like a reality show were they've tweaked things up a bit for TV.
This is an average joe and his wife that are suddenly famous... maybe by a bit a of acting? Because nobody is really that naive.
Never met an optimistic person, have you? Pretty much everyone on Slashdot is cynical, but I've actually met people who are cut from almost the same cloth as Will Rogers. They're truly amazing people without anything bad to say or negative aspersions to cast on others. You'd probably meet Mr. Soto and think he's one of the nicest, most at peace people you've ever met.
He'd have to be, wouldn't he?
If Ralsky or Richter were in front of me it would be only a matter of hours until my arraignment.
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I've seen TV ads (yeah I caught about 20 minutes of TV this weekend, first time I watched all month) and saw two -recent- films coming out as remakes. One was probably 'Dawn of the Dead', the other I don't remember at the moment.
Some of this is bound to happen. It seems the plethora of cinema megaplexes has really spurred a glut of films and not all of them can be gems. So take an old idea, put a *STAR* in it and strip out anything the audience has to remember for more than 20 seconds and slap it in a can.
Actually pretty cool how Passion of Christ has kicked some serious boxoffice butt. Are moguls looking at this and thinking, "Hey, we could remake The Ten Commandemnts!"
While I think Spielberg has done some fine films, I also think he's done some utter rubbish. Cruise, I have little respect for in any role other than martian invader for this film. I expect nothing less than an insipid action picture filled with orange fireball explosions and Cruise trying to look heroic and utterly out of place with the subject.
Can you can't tell this is one of my favorite books? The 1953 movie was utterly camp, despite assertions of playing off cold war fears, but expect it to look good in comparison. I'm rather bummed and would prefer some artsy director and a cast of unknowns and trying to stay true to the underlying message of Well's original tale, rather than focusing on the vehicle (martians invading earth, killing people, etc.)
The difference between Heinlein's Starship Troopers and the movie 'adaptation' will probably be the same in this instance.
You'd think Junkyard Wars would be enough for them.
IIRC the judiciary pursues what the head of law enforcement wants it to. The head of law enforcement is the cheif executive. The president.
If the president doesn't want to enforce a law or wants to enforce it only with a wink and a nod, that's their discretion.
Now, it's nice to see that, once again Europe is showing some balls. I really expect there's some phone calling between Washington DC and Europe trying to weasel some leniency in this matter. You and I won't be privy to these calls, but in the wake of the Spanish Election, this is another instance of that disorganized herd of sheep standing up for their own beliefs. Another blow, really, for the current administration (which went all limp-wristed on Microsoft.)
By this time we should be getting used to the rest of the world questioning the US goverment stands and going their own way. As the economies of Europe and China approach their full potential, so grow their clout. Too bad we've been wasting some checks over the years, now they're going to be in shorter supply.
1. I rent
2. The Neighborhood Nazi Association bans them (that's just this backward neighborhood.)
In that case, you need a Lazybowl.
Can't have a sat dish
Local cable stinks
Both cost an arm, leg and couple fingers
My only subscription is sat radio, which I will never give up.
Consider for a moment working for someone who's either too poor or too PHB stupid to foot the bill for the technology to do a job effectively. You bring in your own toys (or buy them out of your own pocket, as I have on occasion) to make your job easier.
When I leave for a new job, I take it all with me. It's their problem getting along without the proper tools.
If the poster can't do his/her job effectively under the new company policy, sometimes it's a good practice to go along with the policy to show the folly of it.
I can understand some of these policies, as I've been super irritated in the past by people who answer cell phones in meetings (unless it's a relevent call to what the meeting is about.)
No kidding. Ever read Job: A Comedy of Justice, by Heinlein? Many alternate realities in there, including IIRC one with lots of dirigibles as WWI hadn't happened and the advances in aircraft had not taken place. (in Job the alternate realities are just the vehicle for the story, like many of Heinlein's works.)
While this is all very interesting in that I like dirigibles (and would like to see them come back some day for transoceanic travel) all this security isn't making me feel any more secure.
"MOM! The blimp is spying on me again!"
That this is attached to a post which has no relation to it
OR
That I actually have that Tandy Whiz Kids comic...
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*sniff* *sniff* Hmm smells like summer job opportunity at the Dept of Interior. Any geeks up for a job moving them to a secure platform? ;-)
Many people are doing the work of 2, 3 or more these days in the California public arena. Low tax revenues and state funding cuts have resulted in small staffs trying to get the most done they can. That paralegal was probably working in another capacity when this came about.
On the other hand I don't live in California so I might be getting a distorted view of the situation.
It's early yet. Even Jesse "The Mind" didn't look like a total disaster for about a year. Arnold is currently finding out he can only get what the state legislature is willing to let him have. As he ran as a GOP candidate, it's interesting that he's pissing off many of the GOP state house members while he courts the DEMs. It's an awful mess and it's not going to get better anytime soon, particularly without tax increases. California will be 46th in the nation in school spending. Don't bring your kids out here to go to school.
How about the power LED which you can only see if you look directly at it, where I have my printer off to the side and can't see whether it's on or off without craning my neck. Simple change, to make, how did they get it wrong to begin with?
What about when the people who spam fake PayPal, BofA, Fleet, etc. try their luck spamming for native americans, to con them out of their ID/Pin/Password, whatever to steal their money? At some point good security depends upon the end user.
Seems rather appropriate. What software are they running?
Couldn't help but note that that old dying technology Bluetooth is an option. ;-)
At least with my telescope I could spy on them 8^)
Consider yourself reminded.
I live in California and if you think a paralegal who doesn't know the first thing about Chemistry being fooled is shocking you're pretty close minded. We can't all be experts on everything. What differentiates, IMHO, intelligent people from unintelligent is that an intelligent person seeks out advice, while an unintelligent person assumes they have all the answers. There have been some silly laws passed all around the country and outdated laws still on books.
That said, there really are some dumb things going on in California, like an overwhelming majority electing a political novice to the governor's office. Clearly people didn't pay much attention when a similar thing happened in Minnesota not so long ago.
My guess is, like many property managers, his residence is provided (as long as he works for his employer) and living in Manhattan you've got to have more money that that to keep a car, so he and his wife probably use the subways and buses for transport. Take away housing and transportation and you find you don't really need to make a lot to live comfortably on.
Where do you think I bought most of it? :-)
The junk is still sitting around my place because Goodwill doesn't want it. Even they have standards.
Consider two geeks in a pub (yeah, it's a stretch, usually one pint and they're under the table babbling about some OS or Kirk&Spok or making Monty Python references before passing out, ..):
This is an average joe and his wife that are suddenly famous
Never met an optimistic person, have you? Pretty much everyone on Slashdot is cynical, but I've actually met people who are cut from almost the same cloth as Will Rogers. They're truly amazing people without anything bad to say or negative aspersions to cast on others. You'd probably meet Mr. Soto and think he's one of the nicest, most at peace people you've ever met.
He'd have to be, wouldn't he?
If Ralsky or Richter were in front of me it would be only a matter of hours until my arraignment.