Again, I say: the Onion is bleeding satire. It's not real! Say it with me: "Ari Fleischer didn't say those things. Some incredibly astute writer for the Onion was able to make light of current events by putting a (slightly) absurdist spin on things." Repeat until it sinks in. Parody. Satire.
...post a link to the Onion today? It always gets beaten on on Wednesdays (when they update). Now it's going to take forever for me to get the infographic... *sigh*
Although I think they ran the best series of reaction pieces to 9/11 I've seen, particularly "God Angrily Clarifies 'Don't Kill' Rule" and "Terrorists Surprised to find Selves in Hell".
Of course, with new info pointing to the fact that only ~6 of the 'jackers actually knew it was a suicide mission might lend credence to that last story...
What's to prevent an allout assault on what we consider "warrants"?
<sarcasm>We all know that technology faces us with greater challenges to law enforcement, so we must come up with better, more intrusive, errr, more focused laws to combat these new forms of "terrorism". In fact, if you violate a clause of a software license, you are comitting economic terrorism against its owners and can face life in prison!</sarcasm>
What if the FBI decides that "pervasive surveillance warrants" are a necessity and each and every Compaq that hits the shelves has a warrant attached to it? Sheesh.
The scary thing is I can see Hollings, et. al making political hay off such statements
Actually, I'd disagree on the live performance issue. Some of the greatest live shows that I've seen were either DJ shows or techno shows. Crystal Method and Orbital both incorporate a whole lot of multimedia/light show elements in their shows. Even though, after it's all said and done, it's really just two guys up on stage with a few keyboards and computers, they really manage to put on a great show.
Now, those disinterested in live shows, well, I seem to recall my father's immortal words when I told him I was disinterested in taking the garbage out: "Disinterested, my [expletive deleted]! I'll put my [expletive deleted] disinterested foot so far up your [expletive deleted] disinterested ass, you'll be farting through your teeth! Now take the garbage out!"
Eventually, when CD burners, Minidiscs and car MP3 players become cheap and popular enough, how do you propose artists make a living in
this new world order?
Billy Corgan (of the late Smashing Pumpkins) has had the best "big name" take on this so far: music will increasingly become like sports. Major league sportscasts are available for free on network television; how do they make their money? Gate fees and advertising. In BC's view, you could soon see "the RIAA on NBC!" on Saturday afternoons. Dave Matthews, on stage, makes his money from the thousands of screaming fans packed into whatever arena he's playing, as well as by allowing Fender and Zildijan to digitally insert ads onto the front of the stage (or even onto his conveniently dull blue guitar.) The fans at home get to enjoy DM's performance (albeit in a reduced fashion, just like going to watch an NFL game is a much better experience than watching one on TV) while having to sit through commercials at the intermission.
Then, like in sports, there could arise a "minor league", farm club sort of structure where local bands play in smaller venues (which make most of their money from corporate sponsorship and billboard ads).
Of course, there will still be "street performers" who just play for the love of it (think the streetballers in Rucker Park in NYC).
I don't know if it would shape up exactly like this, but I think the possibility is intriguing at the very least.
www.easylinux.com Based in Germany, I demo'd their product at LW '01 in NYC. Pretty spiffy KDE-centric distro, fairly easy tools. Just released version 2.4. Not sure how their versioning works (ie, does the 2.4 indicate a 2.4 kernel included? Dunno).
No no no! That's what we don't want! Can you imagine the "Taliban rox0rs, US sux0rs" spamming of the AIM servers?
Wait a tick... Maybe it could be a good thing. Sure, those poor Afghanis think they're going to be able to call up AOHell after their 1000 hours runs out and cancel, but have you ever tried to get through to Tech Support? We'd cripple their financial infrastructure by way of recurring credit card charges that won't go away!
'Course, last I checked AOL wasn't accepting either rocks or opium as valid currency...
...Or suffer from scoliosis and some of the worst eyes in the world, but can code some mean admin scripts!
I can shoot, theoretically, 'cause I've played all the Quake games, and, according to Lieberman and crew, this qualifies me as a triple-A marksman.
Plus, I have extensive anti-terrorist training by way of all the Counterstrike hours I've logged. The gov't could just drop be into de_kabul and let me frag away!
I'm quite surprised that you're the first one to mention this. The first thing I thought of upon reading this article was "Holy crap, this guy's a Gargoyle!".
Anyone know Stephenson's position on making Snow Crash or Diamond Age into movies? While I'd hate for SC to be made into a bad movie, I would love to see it come to the screen in a good form. Maybe Ridley Scott (think Blade Runner, not Gladiator) could direct it. ILM do the special effects. Only question is casting: who would play Hiro? YT and Raven you could find anywhere, but a half-Nipponese, half-African American actor? I don't know many of those off the top of my head...
Sure would be dandy, though, if the local Papa John's would employ the Deliverator. Maybe then I'd get my freaking pizza on time.
1.Abbr. cal.
a.The diameter of the inside of a round cylinder, such as a tube.
b.The diameter of the bore of a firearm, usually shown in hundredths or thousandths of an inch and expressed in writing or print in terms of a decimal
fraction:.45 caliber.
c.The diameter of a large projectile, such as an artillery shell, measured in millimeters or in inches.
2.Degree of worth; quality: a school of high caliber; an executive of low caliber.
Air Force grew out of the Army Air Corps after WWII and the Marines are officially a subset of the Navy, so the President is officially CIC of those branches as well.
Fiscal 2002. Not the same as "real years". RedHat's Starts in June, apparently. (September - 3 months == June).
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What parent would be the first to give up a child? What passenger would be the first to take the bullet when they rush the hijackers? What bank customer would be willing to confront an armed gunman?
Apparently the passengers and flight crew of the plane that went down near Pittsburgh, PA. Reports of struggle from cell-phone witnesses and a wildly out of control airplane have strongly suggested that those aboard were doing their active best to resist.
I've been thinking about this, and everyone seems to agree that arming pilots with projectile weapons would be a Bad Idea(tm). Well, what about arming flight crews and steward(esse)s with passive restraint weapons? Tasers, stun guns, pepper spray, etc.
I also like the idea of a fully sealed flight deck. Maybe you could selectively, partially depressurize the passenger cabin, enough to at least immobilize the hijackers by way of oxygen deprivation. Or even release sleeping gas/etc. and knock 'em all out. Then go "Passenger 57" on their sorry terrorist butts.
Almost any King's Quest ('cept the last 3d one... that sucked), any Monkey Island game, Grim Fandango, Sam & Max (well, I guess any LucasArts adv. game except for Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine. Not so good). All teach puzzle-solving logic with a good sense of humo(u)r.
I second the Carmen Sandiego series as well as the 0ld Sk00l Oregon Trail. Mmmm, buffalo...
I recall a Sim-like game involving running a beer distributorship. Could prove interesting (except for the polka-influenced soundtrack. *shudder*)
Also, does X Pilot count as violent? You could bill it as A "gravitational physics/particle interaction simulator".
To which Spaceballs reference are you referring? I was paying pretty close attention, but maybe I missed it, as there was a lot of laughter from the crowd and quite a few of the lines ended up getting drowned out.
As for funniest movie of the year, well, maybe, but I still think some of the funniest stuff I've seen in a theater this year was the outtakes from RushHour 2. I guess you could take that as some sad commentary on the state of Hollywood/etc., if you were so inclined.
...have shown far more promise in terms of research. The fetal cells tend to be so maleable and flexible that they can grow wildly out of control with devstating consequences to the transplantee.
Adult stem cells aren't as maleable, but they ARE more stable and better able to target specific ailments. Also, there's only a miniscule chance of a human rejecting its own cells.
Besides, from all of the research I've seen, the stem cells contained in the umbilical cord of babies carried to-term are just as viable as those extracted from aborted ones. Why not concentrate your efforts on those, instead of making a reproductive issue out of the whole thing?
*sigh* Once again, not seeing the Square/Final Fantasy edge that Sony has in this particular case.
The HD and Final Fantasy X, which will require/make use of the HD (depending on who you ask) are both being released the same day in Japan. I'd say this is a good indicator of good future sales of the HD add-on.
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Again, I say: the Onion is bleeding satire. It's not real! Say it with me: "Ari Fleischer didn't say those things. Some incredibly astute writer for the Onion was able to make light of current events by putting a (slightly) absurdist spin on things." Repeat until it sinks in. Parody. Satire.
Errrm, Onion == Satire News. It's fake. Ari Fleischer never said those things (well, not in as many words).
...post a link to the Onion today? It always gets beaten on on Wednesdays (when they update). Now it's going to take forever for me to get the infographic... *sigh*
Although I think they ran the best series of reaction pieces to 9/11 I've seen, particularly "God Angrily Clarifies 'Don't Kill' Rule" and "Terrorists Surprised to find Selves in Hell".
Of course, with new info pointing to the fact that only ~6 of the 'jackers actually knew it was a suicide mission might lend credence to that last story...
What's to prevent an allout assault on what we consider "warrants"?
<sarcasm>We all know that technology faces us with greater challenges to law enforcement, so we must come up with better, more intrusive, errr, more focused laws to combat these new forms of "terrorism". In fact, if you violate a clause of a software license, you are comitting economic terrorism against its owners and can face life in prison!</sarcasm>
What if the FBI decides that "pervasive surveillance warrants" are a necessity and each and every Compaq that hits the shelves has a warrant attached to it? Sheesh.
The scary thing is I can see Hollings, et. al making political hay off such statements
HP's Superdome actually compares quite well in the "high-end Unix" realm. Dig it: Superdome.
Actually, I'd disagree on the live performance issue. Some of the greatest live shows that I've seen were either DJ shows or techno shows. Crystal Method and Orbital both incorporate a whole lot of multimedia/light show elements in their shows. Even though, after it's all said and done, it's really just two guys up on stage with a few keyboards and computers, they really manage to put on a great show.
Now, those disinterested in live shows, well, I seem to recall my father's immortal words when I told him I was disinterested in taking the garbage out: "Disinterested, my [expletive deleted]! I'll put my [expletive deleted] disinterested foot so far up your [expletive deleted] disinterested ass, you'll be farting through your teeth! Now take the garbage out!"
Eventually, when CD burners, Minidiscs and car MP3 players become cheap and popular enough, how do you propose artists make a living in
this new world order?
Billy Corgan (of the late Smashing Pumpkins) has had the best "big name" take on this so far: music will increasingly become like sports. Major league sportscasts are available for free on network television; how do they make their money? Gate fees and advertising. In BC's view, you could soon see "the RIAA on NBC!" on Saturday afternoons. Dave Matthews, on stage, makes his money from the thousands of screaming fans packed into whatever arena he's playing, as well as by allowing Fender and Zildijan to digitally insert ads onto the front of the stage (or even onto his conveniently dull blue guitar.) The fans at home get to enjoy DM's performance (albeit in a reduced fashion, just like going to watch an NFL game is a much better experience than watching one on TV) while having to sit through commercials at the intermission.
Then, like in sports, there could arise a "minor league", farm club sort of structure where local bands play in smaller venues (which make most of their money from corporate sponsorship and billboard ads).
Of course, there will still be "street performers" who just play for the love of it (think the streetballers in Rucker Park in NYC).
I don't know if it would shape up exactly like this, but I think the possibility is intriguing at the very least.
www.easylinux.com Based in Germany, I demo'd their product at LW '01 in NYC. Pretty spiffy KDE-centric distro, fairly easy tools. Just released version 2.4. Not sure how their versioning works (ie, does the 2.4 indicate a 2.4 kernel included? Dunno).
But don't take my word for it, dig Evil3d's review.
Hope this helps.
No no no! That's what we don't want! Can you imagine the "Taliban rox0rs, US sux0rs" spamming of the AIM servers?
Wait a tick... Maybe it could be a good thing. Sure, those poor Afghanis think they're going to be able to call up AOHell after their 1000 hours runs out and cancel, but have you ever tried to get through to Tech Support? We'd cripple their financial infrastructure by way of recurring credit card charges that won't go away!
'Course, last I checked AOL wasn't accepting either rocks or opium as valid currency...
If we dropped enough BeOS CD's from a great enough altitude... we'd have shiny, deadly missiles with superior multimedia capabilites!
Plus, everyone knows, every bit of marketshare Be can grab is a good thing.
Errrm, "s/drop be/drop me/g"
...Or suffer from scoliosis and some of the worst eyes in the world, but can code some mean admin scripts!
I can shoot, theoretically, 'cause I've played all the Quake games, and, according to Lieberman and crew, this qualifies me as a triple-A marksman.
Plus, I have extensive anti-terrorist training by way of all the Counterstrike hours I've logged. The gov't could just drop be into de_kabul and let me frag away!
I'm quite surprised that you're the first one to mention this. The first thing I thought of upon reading this article was "Holy crap, this guy's a Gargoyle!".
Anyone know Stephenson's position on making Snow Crash or Diamond Age into movies? While I'd hate for SC to be made into a bad movie, I would love to see it come to the screen in a good form. Maybe Ridley Scott (think Blade Runner, not Gladiator) could direct it. ILM do the special effects. Only question is casting: who would play Hiro? YT and Raven you could find anywhere, but a half-Nipponese, half-African American actor? I don't know many of those off the top of my head...
Sure would be dandy, though, if the local Papa John's would employ the Deliverator. Maybe then I'd get my freaking pizza on time.
caliber
n.
1.Abbr. cal.
a.The diameter of the inside of a round cylinder, such as a tube.
b.The diameter of the bore of a firearm, usually shown in hundredths or thousandths of an inch and expressed in writing or print in terms of a decimal
fraction:.45 caliber.
c.The diameter of a large projectile, such as an artillery shell, measured in millimeters or in inches.
2.Degree of worth; quality: a school of high caliber; an executive of low caliber.
Sheesh.
Air Force grew out of the Army Air Corps after WWII and the Marines are officially a subset of the Navy, so the President is officially CIC of those branches as well.
Fiscal 2002 . Not the same as "real years". RedHat's Starts in June, apparently. (September - 3 months == June).
What parent would be the first to give up a child? What passenger would be the first to take the bullet when they rush the hijackers? What bank customer would be willing to confront an armed gunman?
Apparently the passengers and flight crew of the plane that went down near Pittsburgh, PA. Reports of struggle from cell-phone witnesses and a wildly out of control airplane have strongly suggested that those aboard were doing their active best to resist.
I've been thinking about this, and everyone seems to agree that arming pilots with projectile weapons would be a Bad Idea(tm). Well, what about arming flight crews and steward(esse)s with passive restraint weapons? Tasers, stun guns, pepper spray, etc.
I also like the idea of a fully sealed flight deck. Maybe you could selectively, partially depressurize the passenger cabin, enough to at least immobilize the hijackers by way of oxygen deprivation. Or even release sleeping gas/etc. and knock 'em all out. Then go "Passenger 57" on their sorry terrorist butts.
Almost any King's Quest ('cept the last 3d one... that sucked), any Monkey Island game, Grim Fandango, Sam & Max (well, I guess any LucasArts adv. game except for Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine. Not so good). All teach puzzle-solving logic with a good sense of humo(u)r.
I second the Carmen Sandiego series as well as the 0ld Sk00l Oregon Trail. Mmmm, buffalo...
I recall a Sim-like game involving running a beer distributorship. Could prove interesting (except for the polka-influenced soundtrack. *shudder*)
Also, does X Pilot count as violent? You could bill it as A "gravitational physics/particle interaction simulator".
Then there's always SameGnome... *grin*
When will THEN be NOW???
Soon!
To which Spaceballs reference are you referring? I was paying pretty close attention, but maybe I missed it, as there was a lot of laughter from the crowd and quite a few of the lines ended up getting drowned out.
As for funniest movie of the year, well, maybe, but I still think some of the funniest stuff I've seen in a theater this year was the outtakes from RushHour 2. I guess you could take that as some sad commentary on the state of Hollywood/etc., if you were so inclined.
...have shown far more promise in terms of research. The fetal cells tend to be so maleable and flexible that they can grow wildly out of control with devstating consequences to the transplantee.
Adult stem cells aren't as maleable, but they ARE more stable and better able to target specific ailments. Also, there's only a miniscule chance of a human rejecting its own cells.
Besides, from all of the research I've seen, the stem cells contained in the umbilical cord of babies carried to-term are just as viable as those extracted from aborted ones. Why not concentrate your efforts on those, instead of making a reproductive issue out of the whole thing?
The Diamond Age yet. The first thing I thought when I saw this story was: "Holy cow! Stephenson may not be too far off!"
'Course, we don't have a Victorian renaissance in progress yet, nor do we have the Feed.
But dangit, I want a Hoplite suit, a sword like Nell's, and a Young Gentleman's Illustrated Primer. Now that'd be cool.
And you, as well, are wrong. FFXI will feature online play, FFX will not.
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You're confusing FF X with FFXI. FFX will not feature online play, FFXI will.
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*sigh* Once again, not seeing the Square/Final Fantasy edge that Sony has in this particular case.
The HD and Final Fantasy X, which will require/make use of the HD (depending on who you ask) are both being released the same day in Japan. I'd say this is a good indicator of good future sales of the HD add-on.
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