[the doorbell rings] Mike: That'll be the front door. Neil: I bet I know who's got to answer it. Mike: But, Neil - you like meeting people! Neil (to camera): If I had a penny for everytime I had to answer the door, I'd have five pound sixty three! [Neil gets up and goes to door] Vyvyan: It's probably someone unbelievably boring! Neil: Oh, no! It's the TV Detector Van! Rik:MIKE, YOU BASTARD! Why didn't you buy a licence? I can't go to prison! I'm too pretty! I'll get raped! Mike: Yeah, steady on! Steady on! We're not beat yet! All right, the time has come for diplomacy! Neil: Oh, no - he's asked me if we've got a telly! I think I'm gonna have to lie! Bad Karma! Mike: All right - the time for diplomacy is over. Vyv? [Mike unplugs the TV] Mike: Chuck the telly out the window! Rik: Get rid of it! Quickly! Quickly! [Vyvyan picks up TV and throws it at the window. The TV bounces off the window] Mike (to camera): That, I did not expect! Vyvyan: What if we sneak it out past him into the street? Rick (to Mike): Yes! Yes! Yes! Mike, you go out and point to the sky, right, and say, 'Look at that interesting thing up there!' Rick (to Vyvyan): You disguise the TV as an old woman, and sneak it past him! Mike: Rick, suicide may be a great hobby - but I wouldn't do it for a living! Neil: Lads, I've told him we don't have a telly, and I think that's thrown him a bit - but it won't hold him forever! Rik: Good thinking, Neil! Keep it up! [Rick starts writing in a notebook] Mike: This is a very tricky spot, but Mike - the cool person - will squeeze it! Rick, stop crying! [Rick rubs his eye] Rik: I'm not crying - I just got something in my eye, that's all! Mike: Vyv? Eat the telly! Vyvyan: That's a completely brilliant idea, Mike! I've been wanting to do this for a long time! [Vyvyan grabs the TV and starts devouring it. Rick continues writing] Rick (writing aloud to himself): (It was the other three, not me. I had no idea what was going on, it really was the other three!) [cut to front door. Neil is talking to a man] Neil: All right, don't rush me - that's not an easy question to answer. 'Have I got a telly?' There could be, like, a number of different replies. I need some time to think one up, you know? Mr Bastard: We know you've got one - we detected it! Neil: Oh - so you've just been playing with me all along? Mr Bastard: Well, it's better than playing with yourself! Ho-ho! A cheap sexual allusion - makes the world go round! Neil: Ugh! Mike: Neil, you haven't introduced me to your new pal. Mr Bastard: Bastard's the name! [he shakes Mike's hand] Mr Bastard: But you can call me 'Right Bleeding' - all my friends do. Or did. Mike: What do you mean? Mr Bastard: I killed him. Where's your licence? Mike: As the eunuch said to Mussolini, 'I haven't got one - and if I did, I wouldn't show it to you!' Neil: That was a really cheap joke, Mike. Mike: I'm saving up to pay the licence fine. Neil: Don't tell me you haven't got a plan. Mike: (I could never resist a challenge.) Neil, I haven't got a plan. Mike (to camera): I hope someone's taking this down! [Mr Bastard shoves his way inside the house] Mr Bastard: Right - where's this telly? Ah-hah! So you do have it! You little runt! [he walks over to Vyvyan, who has successfully eaten the TV, save for the cord, which hangs out his mouth. Vyvyan waves to Mr Bastard] Mr Bastard: The old trick, eh? Eat the telly before I get a chance to nick you! Vyvyan: It's a toaster! Mr Bastard: It's a telly, you yobbo! Now give it back - I want to nick you! [he grabs Vyvyan's hands, puts his foot on Vyvyan's stomach and pulls. Mike quickly intervenes] Mike: Mr Bastard! Mr Bastard! OKAY! Now, toaster or telly, the contents of my colleague's stomach are private property! And if they get damaged in any way, we sue! Mr Bastard: Well... I can wait! I've dealt with your sort before! Mr Bastard (to Neil): Where's your toilet? Neil: Oh, upstairs. Just follow your nose. Rik: That's just great, Neil. Tell the fascist where our toilet is! Neil: Shh! Mr Bastard: I'm going up there now, to wait. I know how to wait! And I promise you, son - when that telly comes out the other end, you're nicked! [he slowly slinks up the stairs, then comes back and looks at the bomb for a second, the ascends the stairs again] Vyvyan: It's all right, lads - I always poo before I get up!
That horrid green thing was only on the US editions (IIRC).... because the publishers thought the series needed something similar on the cover because the names of the books didn't indicate they were in the same series....
Wasn't it comp-u-geek.net or something...? I remember seeing that link cause havoc on a win98 machine.... because he it had (somehow?) been set as the homepage as well. so the cycle of reboots was a bit quicker than usual.....
It's gone now....... oh when the trolls were inventive....
Actually i'm in Australia.... I got to see them once (on the "are you normal?" tour)..
I remember a t-shirt from the God Fodder tour in Australia, on the front it had "Did you see Ned's Atomic Dustbin?" with their nuke symbol and on the back it had in large large print "WELL YOU FUCKED UP".... I always wanted one of them...
Anyway...... I noticed your nick... is that another ned's reference?
I've given serious thought to your request, and while, as an artist, I can appreciate your company's desire to protect it's intellectual property, I feel it is also my responsibility -- again, as an artist -- to protect my own rights. The work in question is parody, which is considered speech, and is protected by the first amendment. For a parody to be at all effective, it logically must include the name and/or image of the objects or ideas being parodied. Since I am obviously not a corporate entity, and the work in question does not exist for the purpose of generating profit, and since the law offers more protection to non-commercial speech than commercial speech, I feel that I am completely within my rights.
Under normal circumstances, I would have been glad to reach a compromise and alter the work in such a way as to keep both of our interests in mind. However, your first course of action was to imply threat of legal ramifications should I not comply, which tells me that my interests are of no concern to you. Therefore, I believe your interests to be of no concern to me.
Furthermore, your concern that people may be confused by the document on my web site is ridiculous, since, outside of the name and an image that is quite obviously satirical in nature, there is no implied connection to your company. Even the copyright information, which is itself a joke, makes no mention of Wiley Publishing, Inc. It would take a person severely lacking in intellectual capacity to confuse my work for anything your company has published, which is ironic, considering that your books are marketed to people you refer to as "dummies". However, it is my audience that I write for, and for the nearly two years that this item has been available on my site, not one person has contacted me with any degree of confusion on the matter.
I can only assume that your intent was to scare me into complying. Perhaps you assumed that I was not familiar with the law or my rights, and I would simply give in. This is not the case. If you're willing to respect my rights and discontinue your reliance on litigious behavior, it would be both appreciated and noted to other free speech advocates. If not, I have no choice but to defend my rights.
I just deleted Google's cookie in Mozilla 1, refreshed the front page of Google, checked the cookies store.... and a cookie is set, you don't need to go into prefs or anything.
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The poster that has incorrectly tried to make a joke has been sacked, management apologises and the comments will return to the usual talk of Americans assuming the DMCA affects other countries...
She was Karving her initials on the møøse with the sharpened end of an interspace tøøthbrush given her by Svenge - her brother-in-law - an Oslo dentist and star of many Norwegian møvies: "The Høt Hands of an Oslo Dentist", "Fillings of Passion", "The Huge Mølars of Horst Nordfink".
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Perhaps a read of the article is needed?
quote :
Even at 1600x1200x32 at 75Hz (the best my monitor can do), I didn't see any ghosting or degradation in video quality with the SOHO OmniView USB/Audio.
and
IOGear's VGA cable is thinner than the ones we had from Belkin, which gave me some initial reservations about video signal quality, but I couldn't discern any difference in signal quality at 1600x1200x32 at 75Hz.
quoteth : "On the other hand, announcing a product 17 years before it hits, come on, that's not really serious, even by NT's standards."
The following story will be on/. :
Duke Nukem Forever Released! Posted by CmdrTaco'sKid on Thursday January 31, @10:00 from the just-in-time dept.
An anonymous submitter writes "
3Drealms have finally released Duke Nukem Forever, go grab it quickly.... A article on NYTimes (DNA sample required) quotes the release manager Zarquon saying "Am I too late?" No word on a Linux port yet... but we can hope"
Slashdot Mirror
You mean the moderators read the story....
Next you'll be telling me the posters read the articles.
That wasn't Hank, it was Harry Shearer who had previously worked with some "Panel" members on Frontline.
From memory he did an answering machine message for Glenn Robbins
[the doorbell rings]
Mike: That'll be the front door.
Neil: I bet I know who's got to answer it.
Mike: But, Neil - you like meeting people!
Neil (to camera): If I had a penny for everytime I had to answer the door, I'd have five pound sixty three!
[Neil gets up and goes to door]
Vyvyan: It's probably someone unbelievably boring!
Neil: Oh, no! It's the TV Detector Van!
Rik:MIKE, YOU BASTARD! Why didn't you buy a licence? I can't go to prison! I'm too pretty! I'll get raped!
Mike: Yeah, steady on! Steady on! We're not beat yet! All right, the time has come for diplomacy!
Neil: Oh, no - he's asked me if we've got a telly! I think I'm gonna have to lie! Bad Karma!
Mike: All right - the time for diplomacy is over. Vyv?
[Mike unplugs the TV]
Mike: Chuck the telly out the window!
Rik: Get rid of it! Quickly! Quickly!
[Vyvyan picks up TV and throws it at the window. The TV bounces off the window]
Mike (to camera): That, I did not expect!
Vyvyan: What if we sneak it out past him into the street?
Rick (to Mike): Yes! Yes! Yes! Mike, you go out and point to the sky, right, and say, 'Look at that interesting thing up there!'
Rick (to Vyvyan): You disguise the TV as an old woman, and sneak it past him!
Mike: Rick, suicide may be a great hobby - but I wouldn't do it for a living!
Neil: Lads, I've told him we don't have a telly, and I think that's thrown him a bit - but it won't hold him forever!
Rik: Good thinking, Neil! Keep it up!
[Rick starts writing in a notebook]
Mike: This is a very tricky spot, but Mike - the cool person - will squeeze it! Rick, stop crying!
[Rick rubs his eye]
Rik: I'm not crying - I just got something in my eye, that's all!
Mike: Vyv? Eat the telly!
Vyvyan: That's a completely brilliant idea, Mike! I've been wanting to do this for a long time!
[Vyvyan grabs the TV and starts devouring it. Rick continues writing]
Rick (writing aloud to himself): (It was the other three, not me. I had no idea what was going on, it really was the other three!)
[cut to front door. Neil is talking to a man]
Neil: All right, don't rush me - that's not an easy question to answer. 'Have I got a telly?' There could be, like, a number of different replies. I need some time to think one up, you know?
Mr Bastard: We know you've got one - we detected it!
Neil: Oh - so you've just been playing with me all along?
Mr Bastard: Well, it's better than playing with yourself! Ho-ho! A cheap sexual allusion - makes the world go round!
Neil: Ugh!
Mike: Neil, you haven't introduced me to your new pal.
Mr Bastard: Bastard's the name!
[he shakes Mike's hand]
Mr Bastard: But you can call me 'Right Bleeding' - all my friends do. Or did.
Mike: What do you mean?
Mr Bastard: I killed him. Where's your licence?
Mike: As the eunuch said to Mussolini, 'I haven't got one - and if I did, I wouldn't show it to you!'
Neil: That was a really cheap joke, Mike.
Mike: I'm saving up to pay the licence fine.
Neil: Don't tell me you haven't got a plan.
Mike: (I could never resist a challenge.) Neil, I haven't got a plan.
Mike (to camera): I hope someone's taking this down!
[Mr Bastard shoves his way inside the house]
Mr Bastard: Right - where's this telly? Ah-hah! So you do have it! You little runt!
[he walks over to Vyvyan, who has successfully eaten the TV, save for the cord, which hangs out his mouth. Vyvyan waves to Mr Bastard]
Mr Bastard: The old trick, eh? Eat the telly before I get a chance to nick you!
Vyvyan: It's a toaster!
Mr Bastard: It's a telly, you yobbo! Now give it back - I want to nick you!
[he grabs Vyvyan's hands, puts his foot on Vyvyan's stomach and pulls. Mike quickly intervenes]
Mike: Mr Bastard! Mr Bastard! OKAY! Now, toaster or telly, the contents of my colleague's stomach are private property! And if they get damaged in any way, we sue!
Mr Bastard: Well... I can wait! I've dealt with your sort before!
Mr Bastard (to Neil): Where's your toilet?
Neil: Oh, upstairs. Just follow your nose.
Rik: That's just great, Neil. Tell the fascist where our toilet is!
Neil: Shh!
Mr Bastard: I'm going up there now, to wait. I know how to wait! And I promise you, son - when that telly comes out the other end, you're nicked!
[he slowly slinks up the stairs, then comes back and looks at the bomb for a second, the ascends the stairs again]
Vyvyan: It's all right, lads - I always poo before I get up!
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Not that hard...
Live in Australia : check
Have IT job : check
Wore Jeans and T-Shirt to Work today : check
ZDNet telling managers that it is now OK to force useless clothing styles on people that never meet clients : check
That horrid green thing was only on the US editions (IIRC).... because the publishers thought the series needed something similar on the cover because the names of the books didn't indicate they were in the same series....
.... as compared to the USA where the democratic regime is always truthful........ um...... hang on....
... and before I get flamed to somewhere where really flamed people go..... here in AU, our government is no better....
2048 = 2 * 1024 = 2k
Akira would be one anime that doesn't have the ungodly tits and saucer eyes.....
Now a live action Evangelion, that would need major 7of9 style corsetry...
Wasn't it comp-u-geek.net or something...? I remember seeing that link cause havoc on a win98 machine.... because he it had (somehow?) been set as the homepage as well. so the cycle of reboots was a bit quicker than usual.....
It's gone now....... oh when the trolls were inventive....
Actually i'm in Australia.... I got to see them once (on the "are you normal?" tour)..
I remember a t-shirt from the God Fodder tour in Australia, on the front it had "Did you see Ned's Atomic Dustbin?" with their nuke symbol and on the back it had in large large print "WELL YOU FUCKED UP".... I always wanted one of them...
Anyway...... I noticed your nick... is that another ned's reference?
From the /.'ed page......
[quote]Dear Kimberly,
I've given serious thought to your request, and while, as an artist, I can appreciate your company's desire to protect it's intellectual property, I feel it is also my responsibility -- again, as an artist -- to protect my own rights. The work in question is parody, which is considered speech, and is protected by the first amendment. For a parody to be at all effective, it logically must include the name and/or image of the objects or ideas being parodied. Since I am obviously not a corporate entity, and the work in question does not exist for the purpose of generating profit, and since the law offers more protection to non-commercial speech than commercial speech, I feel that I am completely within my rights.
Under normal circumstances, I would have been glad to reach a compromise and alter the work in such a way as to keep both of our interests in mind. However, your first course of action was to imply threat of legal ramifications should I not comply, which tells me that my interests are of no concern to you. Therefore, I believe your interests to be of no concern to me.
Furthermore, your concern that people may be confused by the document on my web site is ridiculous, since, outside of the name and an image that is quite obviously satirical in nature, there is no implied connection to your company. Even the copyright information, which is itself a joke, makes no mention of Wiley Publishing, Inc. It would take a person severely lacking in intellectual capacity to confuse my work for anything your company has published, which is ironic, considering that your books are marketed to people you refer to as "dummies". However, it is my audience that I write for, and for the nearly two years that this item has been available on my site, not one person has contacted me with any degree of confusion on the matter. I can only assume that your intent was to scare me into complying. Perhaps you assumed that I was not familiar with the law or my rights, and I would simply give in. This is not the case. If you're willing to respect my rights and discontinue your reliance on litigious behavior, it would be both appreciated and noted to other free speech advocates. If not, I have no choice but to defend my rights.
Sincerely,
Nastard
[/quote]
I just deleted Google's cookie in Mozilla 1, refreshed the front page of Google, checked the cookies store.... and a cookie is set, you don't need to go into prefs or anything.
= 0939ICPJpYE .google.com /
Cookie Info:
Name : PREF
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.... and do I care? um.... no?
Thanks for that.... but (un)fortunately they are using Webobjects, so each URI is unique per visitor and is linked to a unique session
so the parent comment was correct, they don't like deep linking
Quote : OfB: Thank-you Andreas, your remarks were very insightful.
1009 + 9001 = 10010
10010 + 01001 = 11011 Which is a palindrome
....is a site that has lots of players
The poster that has incorrectly tried to make a joke has been sacked, management apologises and the comments will return to the usual talk of Americans assuming the DMCA affects other countries...
[IAFJYM]
No realli!
She was Karving her initials on the møøse with the sharpened end of an interspace tøøthbrush given her by Svenge - her brother-in-law - an Oslo dentist and star of many Norwegian møvies: "The Høt Hands of an Oslo Dentist", "Fillings of Passion", "The Huge Mølars of Horst Nordfink".
Perhaps a read of the article is needed?
andquote :
If you are going to troll....
At least get it in the right article...
He'd like to tell you, but that would be advertising...
quoteth : "On the other hand, announcing a product 17 years before it hits, come on, that's not really serious, even by NT's standards."
/. :
The following story will be on
Duke Nukem Forever Released!
Posted by CmdrTaco'sKid on Thursday January 31, @10:00
from the just-in-time dept.
My years of Comp Sci with Ada as the language of choice (Uni's not mine).... I struggled with it, and grew to hate it.....
At least I know who uses the bloody thing.... The tutors never could.....