I grew up on Star Trek, both series. And you're way overthinking it. Many stories were what you describe. And just as many were Kirk gets/sleeps with the green girl while blowing up some alien bad guys.
Star Trek 2009 was a Star Trek story, and a decent one at that. It's no City on the Edge of Forever, or Voyage Home (personal favorite of the movies). But it was a worthy addition to the franchise.
nothing is worse than Jar Jar. i tried to watch the clone wars, was going to give the show a chance....by happenstance the episode i tuned into happened to be him saving the day for some clone troopers....so pretty much lost all interest in it instantly
After Generations? Easy.First Contact. When Picard realizes his past experience and obsession with the Borg has been causing him to parallel Ahab's descent into monomania, even so far as to forget about the well-being of his crew, something he typically does not take lightly.
Also in First Contact: the wonder of seeing something you take for granted through the eyes of someone who's seeing it for the first time (LaForge and Riker flying with Cochrane). To them, its normal every day occurance, flying in space, meeting aliens; it's lost is specialness. For Cochrane, and all humanity, it's the beginning of a new era (literally, the beginning of the Federation).
-- I know its easy to say Star Trek also falls into the rule of even number sequels, but I quite enjoyed Insurrection and Nemesis too. Insurrection didnt have much emotional content for the audience, it was more like a standard save the day episode. Nemesis had some, but along the lines of the horror of the thought of "oh my god, this is what I could have been with a different set of formative events". So I'll toss those in too. Plus, Data sacrificing himself (again, though this time for real/permanently) to save the Captain.
to be fair Dulless isnt really the airport for D.C. in that its rather a bit out of the city. Reagan is right in the middle of it. and the DC system goes rather a far distance out, making it genuinely useful for commuters (my mother commutes from 2 hrs away in W.V.)
and marta's been in ATL airport for years; the whole time I lived there (begining ca2002); dunno when you last went there.
the 1k a day number has been in accurate since Dec 2010. 1700 a day was avg reported monthly for 2nd quarter 2012, with steadily increasing numbers.
however its mportant to remember that adoption and change in habits is not instantaneous. it takes time.
also key to adoption is the route/area served and the number of potential customers. a well designed system will service/link multiple parts of the city to make acess worthwhile for the largest number of residents.
"incapable" is the keyword. the old, the infirm, the invalid, the malformed. there are an awful lot of people who are perfectly capable, but simply unwilling, and so claim to be "incapable" when they are anything but.
And I resent your assertion that to be a self-made man, to be successful on one's own, means I was somehow lucky, that it was an accident, and my years of hard work and study were inconsequential. To that I say "pfffft!".
Actually you're wrong on most of your points. But this one in particular sticks out: Texas is one of the biggest net "exporters" of money supply to the federal coffers. As in, for every dollar of Federal funding Texas recieves, it sends >$1 to the Federal government.
And as for the textbook thing, it never actually happened. but like many things, the original story was overhyped, and the ensuing reassertion of reality was never reported on.
Possibly not too efficient. But, this process has a huge advantage over current methods that is completely ignored by the article and many slashdotters so far: it would work in a vacuum. And when you're the only viable method in town for a certain niche, efficiency doesnt matter so much.
Yep. That's why the security game is very much like an MMO. There is no real way to win it, other than by not playing.
Disposable email accounts. Banking in person. Fake credentials/info when you do need to login to something for some reason. Few, very few, things get my real information. It used to be common practice to be like that, but now facebook, and realid, and google, have all convinced masses of people to give up all their real information willynilly, and I dont understand why people do it.
The simple truth is, for most of those masses of people, they dont have much if any real security; the real reason they dont get impacted by security breaches or identity theft is one of two things: they either arent interesting enough, or they simply haven't been gotten around to yet (ie, the "odds of being struck by lightning" effect)
(You could look at it as still playing, but now it's a different game, one you made the rules to instead of someone else's game/rules, giving you the advantage)
No the failed logic is on the part of everyone who thinks the Defense (the user) can even win the security game. The sad fact is the Defense will always be at a disadvantage; the Offense (the "hacker") has a natural advantage over the Defense that can never be totally overcome or mitigated.
I figured a ship using a warp drive simply got in the way of the scientists making the measurement, throwing off their calculation with the distorted space-time.
Ground meat doesnt need anything to stick it together, UNLESS you add other things in there, and even then only if you go past a certain threshold amount.
It is not the "garbage" thats left over. That is both misleading and untrue.
It's typically one of two things: chuck, or market beef. Chuck is cheapest cut of beef and the one most commonly used for ground. Sirloin is also used, but more expensive. Market beef or market trimmings is not "the garbage". Cuts of beef do not look naturally how we think they look in the store. When I cut a sirloin or Tbone or tenderloin for a customer I remove a pretty fair portion of meat, along with excess fat, because that's "what it's supposed to look like". If the cutting is done in the store or at the butchershop, we can grind it and sell it as "market ground".
The trimmings from a packing plant however cannot be ground and sold as anything for human consumption. For one, most plants don't do cut preparation. Secondly, for those that do (like Walmart's supplier since they don't cut in store), the seperation from actual market is too great, and the food safety rules prevent it from being used for people.
So the take away from all this is this: McDonald's ground beef is chuck. So is pretty much every burger sold by any fast food chain, unless otherwise advertised (such as "sirloin burger").
As for the Angus thing, Angus isnt even anything special, it was already the breed most commonly used for beef. They made everyone believe something old and common was really something new and special...and more expensive. Classic marketing ploy.
this is such BS, two reasons: -the silly "its not a democracy" stuff...."it's not a tree, its a woody flowering shrub with a single stem that grows really tall....but not a tree!". whatever -with the way politicians pander to ever little whim of the people, using anything to get an edge and get elected, it's only about a gnat's ass hair away from being mob rule
regularly using robots to kill random strangers in distant countries
factually incorrect troll statement. they are neither random, nor strangers. if you ever had any real exposure tot he intel world or the drone ops, you would never spout such BS. also, most people are of that mind that if you can get a bad guy without risking a good guy, it's a good thing; basic us vs them evaluation.
spending hundreds of billions prosecuting minor, victimless crimes
too vague to be worth debating. could be any of a hundred little pet topics people have around here. specifics needed
while consistently ignoring massive and wide-spread criminal wrongdoing by giant corporations because, "hey, they're big!"
again too vague. some people, especilly around here, simply consider CEO's being paid according to their contracts, or the idea that companies are oriented around making money and not morals, a crime.
handing control of their currency to a clique of unelected bankers who then hand out said money by the (virtual) truckload to the aforementioned giant corporations
something tells me you're one of those anti-federal reserve guys who sees it as a vast conspiracy...
cutting sweetheart deals with industry on everything from medical care to oil spill cleanup, at the expense of said majority
and now im convinced of it. and again, its a simple us vs them evaluation. ask someone if they want jobs and money to flow to their community, see what they say. go ahead.
-define "mental health professional" -how does it handle "mental health professional" bias, either for or against gun control? -what is the appeals process? -what about just compensation for siezure of personal property worth thousands of dollars?
the magine thing is disappointing because its already been proven many of hundreds of times that magazine size has no effect, and changing magazines is not hard; its just like the "turn off your electronics on the plane" thing, its there for control purposes, not because it actually does what they claim (in this case, reduce violence)
the "assault weapons" portion is also disappointing because it is once again filled with vague ill-defined terms rather than words with actual concrete definitions, essential to actual legislation.
background checks for ammo is silly. for weapons themselves, logical, and frankly, i see it as a business opportunity. set up a booth at the swap meet, get the contract for it or whatever, rake in the cash. may not be much, and very likely will be set by state legislature to a fixed price, very much like the fixed price of a smog check service.
Managers are hired to maintain the status quo and keep the shop running. They not supposed to take big risks as their boss doesnt want them to risk sinking the company. Slow and steady wins the race type thinking.
Entrepenaur on the other hand is frequently his own boss, and by it very nature engaged in a high risk situation. He either succeeds and makes money or doesnt and goes broke. Since there is no middle ground, no status quo to maintain, he is actually freeer...free-er...whatever...he's more free to take those bigger risks because he's got nothing (status quo) to lose.
It states in its simplicity: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."
Congress. Shall make no law. Abridging the freedom...of the press.
Doesn't say jack about private companies that own said "press". Don't like it? Then work to get it changed. I know I don't, and I've supported efforts to expand it too. But until then, it only applies to the gov.
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I grew up on Star Trek, both series. And you're way overthinking it. Many stories were what you describe. And just as many were Kirk gets/sleeps with the green girl while blowing up some alien bad guys.
Star Trek 2009 was a Star Trek story, and a decent one at that. It's no City on the Edge of Forever, or Voyage Home (personal favorite of the movies). But it was a worthy addition to the franchise.
nothing is worse than Jar Jar. i tried to watch the clone wars, was going to give the show a chance....by happenstance the episode i tuned into happened to be him saving the day for some clone troopers....so pretty much lost all interest in it instantly
Joan Collins was quite the babe. And she ages quite well. Much like Sophia Loren.
After Generations? Easy.First Contact. When Picard realizes his past experience and obsession with the Borg has been causing him to parallel Ahab's descent into monomania, even so far as to forget about the well-being of his crew, something he typically does not take lightly.
Also in First Contact: the wonder of seeing something you take for granted through the eyes of someone who's seeing it for the first time (LaForge and Riker flying with Cochrane). To them, its normal every day occurance, flying in space, meeting aliens; it's lost is specialness. For Cochrane, and all humanity, it's the beginning of a new era (literally, the beginning of the Federation).
--
I know its easy to say Star Trek also falls into the rule of even number sequels, but I quite enjoyed Insurrection and Nemesis too. Insurrection didnt have much emotional content for the audience, it was more like a standard save the day episode. Nemesis had some, but along the lines of the horror of the thought of "oh my god, this is what I could have been with a different set of formative events". So I'll toss those in too. Plus, Data sacrificing himself (again, though this time for real/permanently) to save the Captain.
to be fair Dulless isnt really the airport for D.C. in that its rather a bit out of the city. Reagan is right in the middle of it. and the DC system goes rather a far distance out, making it genuinely useful for commuters (my mother commutes from 2 hrs away in W.V.)
and marta's been in ATL airport for years; the whole time I lived there (begining ca2002); dunno when you last went there.
the 1k a day number has been in accurate since Dec 2010. 1700 a day was avg reported monthly for 2nd quarter 2012, with steadily increasing numbers.
however its mportant to remember that adoption and change in habits is not instantaneous. it takes time.
also key to adoption is the route/area served and the number of potential customers. a well designed system will service/link multiple parts of the city to make acess worthwhile for the largest number of residents.
"incapable" is the keyword. the old, the infirm, the invalid, the malformed.
there are an awful lot of people who are perfectly capable, but simply unwilling, and so claim to be "incapable" when they are anything but.
And I resent your assertion that to be a self-made man, to be successful on one's own, means I was somehow lucky, that it was an accident, and my years of hard work and study were inconsequential. To that I say "pfffft!".
Actually you're wrong on most of your points. But this one in particular sticks out: Texas is one of the biggest net "exporters" of money supply to the federal coffers. As in, for every dollar of Federal funding Texas recieves, it sends >$1 to the Federal government.
And as for the textbook thing, it never actually happened. but like many things, the original story was overhyped, and the ensuing reassertion of reality was never reported on.
Why the DMCA is stupid.
AMD 9500 Black w/ GTS 250, neither one over clocked. I think. Can't remember really.
But still going strong.
Possibly not too efficient. But, this process has a huge advantage over current methods that is completely ignored by the article and many slashdotters so far: it would work in a vacuum. And when you're the only viable method in town for a certain niche, efficiency doesnt matter so much.
Yep. That's why the security game is very much like an MMO. There is no real way to win it, other than by not playing.
Disposable email accounts. Banking in person. Fake credentials/info when you do need to login to something for some reason. Few, very few, things get my real information. It used to be common practice to be like that, but now facebook, and realid, and google, have all convinced masses of people to give up all their real information willynilly, and I dont understand why people do it.
The simple truth is, for most of those masses of people, they dont have much if any real security; the real reason they dont get impacted by security breaches or identity theft is one of two things: they either arent interesting enough, or they simply haven't been gotten around to yet (ie, the "odds of being struck by lightning" effect)
(You could look at it as still playing, but now it's a different game, one you made the rules to instead of someone else's game/rules, giving you the advantage)
No the failed logic is on the part of everyone who thinks the Defense (the user) can even win the security game. The sad fact is the Defense will always be at a disadvantage; the Offense (the "hacker") has a natural advantage over the Defense that can never be totally overcome or mitigated.
I figured a ship using a warp drive simply got in the way of the scientists making the measurement, throwing off their calculation with the distorted space-time.
Ground meat doesnt need anything to stick it together, UNLESS you add other things in there, and even then only if you go past a certain threshold amount.
It is not the "garbage" thats left over. That is both misleading and untrue.
It's typically one of two things: chuck, or market beef. Chuck is cheapest cut of beef and the one most commonly used for ground. Sirloin is also used, but more expensive. Market beef or market trimmings is not "the garbage". Cuts of beef do not look naturally how we think they look in the store. When I cut a sirloin or Tbone or tenderloin for a customer I remove a pretty fair portion of meat, along with excess fat, because that's "what it's supposed to look like". If the cutting is done in the store or at the butchershop, we can grind it and sell it as "market ground".
The trimmings from a packing plant however cannot be ground and sold as anything for human consumption. For one, most plants don't do cut preparation. Secondly, for those that do (like Walmart's supplier since they don't cut in store), the seperation from actual market is too great, and the food safety rules prevent it from being used for people.
So the take away from all this is this: McDonald's ground beef is chuck. So is pretty much every burger sold by any fast food chain, unless otherwise advertised (such as "sirloin burger").
As for the Angus thing, Angus isnt even anything special, it was already the breed most commonly used for beef. They made everyone believe something old and common was really something new and special...and more expensive. Classic marketing ploy.
rofl. facts modded down. someones on a rampage.
thats it. disagree so mod it down. typical.
this is such BS, two reasons:
-the silly "its not a democracy" stuff...."it's not a tree, its a woody flowering shrub with a single stem that grows really tall....but not a tree!". whatever
-with the way politicians pander to ever little whim of the people, using anything to get an edge and get elected, it's only about a gnat's ass hair away from being mob rule
regularly using robots to kill random strangers in distant countries
factually incorrect troll statement. they are neither random, nor strangers. if you ever had any real exposure tot he intel world or the drone ops, you would never spout such BS. also, most people are of that mind that if you can get a bad guy without risking a good guy, it's a good thing; basic us vs them evaluation.
spending hundreds of billions prosecuting minor, victimless crimes
too vague to be worth debating. could be any of a hundred little pet topics people have around here. specifics needed
while consistently ignoring massive and wide-spread criminal wrongdoing by giant corporations because, "hey, they're big!"
again too vague. some people, especilly around here, simply consider CEO's being paid according to their contracts, or the idea that companies are oriented around making money and not morals, a crime.
handing control of their currency to a clique of unelected bankers who then hand out said money by the (virtual) truckload to the aforementioned giant corporations
something tells me you're one of those anti-federal reserve guys who sees it as a vast conspiracy...
cutting sweetheart deals with industry on everything from medical care to oil spill cleanup, at the expense of said majority
and now im convinced of it. and again, its a simple us vs them evaluation. ask someone if they want jobs and money to flow to their community, see what they say. go ahead.
Technical points that need further expounding:
-define "mental health professional"
-how does it handle "mental health professional" bias, either for or against gun control?
-what is the appeals process?
-what about just compensation for siezure of personal property worth thousands of dollars?
the magine thing is disappointing because its already been proven many of hundreds of times that magazine size has no effect, and changing magazines is not hard; its just like the "turn off your electronics on the plane" thing, its there for control purposes, not because it actually does what they claim (in this case, reduce violence)
the "assault weapons" portion is also disappointing because it is once again filled with vague ill-defined terms rather than words with actual concrete definitions, essential to actual legislation.
background checks for ammo is silly. for weapons themselves, logical, and frankly, i see it as a business opportunity. set up a booth at the swap meet, get the contract for it or whatever, rake in the cash. may not be much, and very likely will be set by state legislature to a fixed price, very much like the fixed price of a smog check service.
In language, actual usage always wins.
That's nice and all, but in legal documents and laws the actual definition is what wins.
trademark != copyright
Dont need a scientific reason. It's very simple:
Managers are hired to maintain the status quo and keep the shop running. They not supposed to take big risks as their boss doesnt want them to risk sinking the company. Slow and steady wins the race type thinking.
Entrepenaur on the other hand is frequently his own boss, and by it very nature engaged in a high risk situation. He either succeeds and makes money or doesnt and goes broke. Since there is no middle ground, no status quo to maintain, he is actually freeer...free-er...whatever...he's more free to take those bigger risks because he's got nothing (status quo) to lose.
No one is narrowing anything.
It states in its simplicity: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."
Congress. Shall make no law. Abridging the freedom...of the press.
Doesn't say jack about private companies that own said "press".
Don't like it? Then work to get it changed.
I know I don't, and I've supported efforts to expand it too.
But until then, it only applies to the gov.