It deals with concepts such as the pitfalls of contentness, justification of terrorist acts, how the mean fascists are normal people that "are probably nice to their kids".
And you would show this in a 2:30 long trailer how exactly?
To be honest, the scenes I saw recently in a trailer for the movie looked like they could have easily been merely filmed versions of scenes from the novel. However, lacking the context of the entire work, one could easily walk away with a twisted perception about the film.
Or, as stated later, they might have screwed it all up to make it palatable.
Interesting. But how come, in the past five years, this decision has not been rolled back? It looks like the current head of NASA was appointed by the current administration. Shouldn't he have either grounded the flight himself, or passed on information in the reports to someone higher in the government foodchain who could end this or overrule the EPA decision?
The comic book that bridges the movie and the series is now available. Issue one of the three issue Dark Horse mini series was released (in the US) this week.
Big fucking deal. Since in your example, RFBB is an extension of some sort to an original product, of course you can't split things up. Do it all from scratch (your other alternative) instead of standing on the shoulders of others, and you can do whatever you want.
That's right. Because if I write RandomFooBarBaz and GPL it, I can't decide how I want to distribute my software. Did your mother have any children who lived?
No, it doesn't, 'tard. If it is your code, and you wrote it, you can, *gasp* dual license it. The only time the restriction you noted applies is if you license SOMEONE ELSE'S code and then distribute it.
My wife uses some of these devices (BrailleNote QT) and the biggest problem is using the wrong underlying operating system. DOS and Linux work just fine when translated to the command line; the WinCE that underlies her machine sucks. Hard. Sure, it gives a bare modicum of device and software (read: Outlook) compatibility, but at the cost of needless hardware overhead, and a special version of the three finger salute.
Asking 'what about blind and/or deaf' shows a bit of lack of understanding. The best replacement for the blind is speech. The only option for DB is refreshable braille. I suggest you and/or your employer make some contact with DB groups. At a DB camp a couple of weeks ago, some devs and sales reps from some tech outfit (forget which one) displayed their wares. The kneejerk/. response is "did they contribute for their market research?" To which I say "sod off". The market is fairly small, and should be one with a tighter feedback loop between vendors and users. My email address is non-obfuscated should you need some ideas or contact info for some groups.
Finally, expose the API and make some generic libraries available to use to people who like to program. PulseData/HumanWare wants, I belive a dev kit fee. Umm, screw that. Entry level prices on the BrailleNote are ca. $3000, IIRC, so there's plenty of money out there. Not sure about you, but Franklin Scientific, Blazie, PD, etc. are Hardware companies. Let a little bit of "Open Source"ism do some development for you. There is tremendous word of mouth, and if some third party makes some brilliant add on, it will get around the community. Depending on how you license it, you may be able to ship later. (Personally, I would go BSD or LGPL.)
In summation:
1. Don't confuse blind and deaf and deaf-blind. Each is unique with unique needs. An attempt to be all things to all people will either have stratospheric costs or poor quality or both.
2. Ask your customers instead of some random slashbots. They are out there.
3. Build it from the ground up, since you'll likely have bizarro hardware anyway.
4. Make it possible to program for it. It (the DB group) is a tight community, with lots of people looking out for others, so it's not like you'll be helping a competitor. Think of third parties as value added.
5. (Not mentioned above, but kinda goes with 2) Update your freaking website with real, up to date, and complete information. Have a company policy of a real, human reply to all correspondence within x hours, where x72. Even "I got your note and am investigating your concerns" is better than some of what I get from PD from time to time.
And a freebie. My wife never uses the voice prompts on her BN, but I activate them if I have to do tech support (needing an onsite geek is a bad thing, BTW). Try to get a speech synth chip that sounds better than the WOPR or Speak and Spell I had as a kid. Seriously. It's 2005, and every time I hear the voice, I expect to hear "Would you like to play a game?"
I hope this is better than Black and White, although I must say a squad of US Marines flinging shit and eating the villiagers might be more entertaining than Yet Another Doom Monster.
This is slashdot. Of the other nine fingers, two are in his nose, one is tickling Linus' prostate, one is gouging his eyes out after that latest goatse.cx type photo, and the other five fingers? Furiously masturbating over people who are much smarter and doing more interesting computer work than he ever could.
7 is the first the number of your gym locker combination from 15 years ago
You'll need a better analogy. Most slashdotters have NO idea what a 'gym locker' is or is for. If by chance they went into a gym, they probably wore their street clothes, figuring the sweat was just water and a few salts, so how could it possible do anything other than clean the clothes?
That is the name of the magazine. I didn't see a mention on the Dell Magazine website. I've been a subscriber to Analog for about five years off and on.
Not sure if this is exactly what you are looking for, but Analog and Asimov magazines feature short stories, but once or twice per year will serialize a novel. If you prefer mysteries, I imagine similar offerings are available for Ellery Queen and Hitchcock magazines.
There is a Fantasy magazine in the same format, but the name escapes me.
Yes. People are fucking insane. And the guy who replied about 'I guess you're without child, and it was the most magical experience...' is gay. Seriously. Even those 3D things aren't all that.
Having sex with your wife and getting a kick from the kid inside her, however, is pretty cool.
And honestly, they hold up quite a bit better with a 5 year old than DVDs and CDs do.
Maybe if you never view them. Back in the distant past (okay, 1998, well, okay, that's been a while) I used to rent VHS tapes frequently. Unfortunately, if I didn't get it as the first person on release day, there was about a 20% chance my wife couldn't watch it. Why? The captioning is stored in the blanking interval, and this is a strong indicator of tape wear. Anything other than viewing a fresh, out of the box tape was a crap shoot.
Sure, back in the 80's, my brother and I watched Star Wars well over 200 times on tape (beta), we weren't exactly concerned with fidelty of the experience.
Responding in the way I did is nearly a verbatim comment from my mother, so your implication that this shows a lack of respect is 180 degrees off. She also doesn't care for women who piss and moan about cramps, then complain about how hard it is to get ahead in "a man's world".
My perspective is that having kids is my choice
Of course it is. And it's your choice to have to wrangle them through the parking lot. If it was so difficult, maybe you should have cut back at whatever number you found manageable.
If carrying a whelp is so difficult, perhaps you should keep your legs shut?
You're young and healthy. Walking is good for you....
Same could be said of you. Unless you are one of those pathetic people I see who got 'too busy' to have kids in their 20's and early 30's.
Depending on the amount of damage you do, that may be a jailable offense.
That's why I prefer keys. Much more inconspicuous.
There are some people with real disabilities who need the space. Not someone who can't handle her brats or the consequences of a drunken night (or four).
the Christian Church is slowly evolving into a state of mob rule, with the cheerleaders being paranoid crackpot leftovers from the waning days of the Spanish Inquisistion
Hey, I think Armando posted this to the front page of dailykos the other day.
Seriously, this kind of thinking and 'logic' does exist and is relatively effective. At least for generating ad views.
Wow, can't believe it took until the second reply to point out the quality of US music. FWIW, the only decent music comes out of the UK: Eric Clapton, Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, etc, etc.
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It deals with concepts such as the pitfalls of contentness, justification of terrorist acts, how the mean fascists are normal people that "are probably nice to their kids".
And you would show this in a 2:30 long trailer how exactly?
To be honest, the scenes I saw recently in a trailer for the movie looked like they could have easily been merely filmed versions of scenes from the novel. However, lacking the context of the entire work, one could easily walk away with a twisted perception about the film.
Or, as stated later, they might have screwed it all up to make it palatable.
Interesting. But how come, in the past five years, this decision has not been rolled back? It looks like the current head of NASA was appointed by the current administration. Shouldn't he have either grounded the flight himself, or passed on information in the reports to someone higher in the government foodchain who could end this or overrule the EPA decision?
It probably saved some parent the pain of paying $15 for an entire Kidz Bop album.
Whereas my four year old is being taught how to differentiate between Sammy, David, and Eddie.
The comic book that bridges the movie and the series is now available. Issue one of the three issue Dark Horse mini series was released (in the US) this week.
Big fucking deal. Since in your example, RFBB is an extension of some sort to an original product, of course you can't split things up. Do it all from scratch (your other alternative) instead of standing on the shoulders of others, and you can do whatever you want.
That's right. Because if I write RandomFooBarBaz and GPL it, I can't decide how I want to distribute my software. Did your mother have any children who lived?
No, it doesn't, 'tard. If it is your code, and you wrote it, you can, *gasp* dual license it. The only time the restriction you noted applies is if you license SOMEONE ELSE'S code and then distribute it.
My wife uses some of these devices (BrailleNote QT) and the biggest problem is using the wrong underlying operating system. DOS and Linux work just fine when translated to the command line; the WinCE that underlies her machine sucks. Hard. Sure, it gives a bare modicum of device and software (read: Outlook) compatibility, but at the cost of needless hardware overhead, and a special version of the three finger salute.
/. response is "did they contribute for their market research?" To which I say "sod off". The market is fairly small, and should be one with a tighter feedback loop between vendors and users. My email address is non-obfuscated should you need some ideas or contact info for some groups.
Asking 'what about blind and/or deaf' shows a bit of lack of understanding. The best replacement for the blind is speech. The only option for DB is refreshable braille. I suggest you and/or your employer make some contact with DB groups. At a DB camp a couple of weeks ago, some devs and sales reps from some tech outfit (forget which one) displayed their wares. The kneejerk
Finally, expose the API and make some generic libraries available to use to people who like to program. PulseData/HumanWare wants, I belive a dev kit fee. Umm, screw that. Entry level prices on the BrailleNote are ca. $3000, IIRC, so there's plenty of money out there. Not sure about you, but Franklin Scientific, Blazie, PD, etc. are Hardware companies. Let a little bit of "Open Source"ism do some development for you. There is tremendous word of mouth, and if some third party makes some brilliant add on, it will get around the community. Depending on how you license it, you may be able to ship later. (Personally, I would go BSD or LGPL.)
In summation:
1. Don't confuse blind and deaf and deaf-blind. Each is unique with unique needs. An attempt to be all things to all people will either have stratospheric costs or poor quality or both.
2. Ask your customers instead of some random slashbots. They are out there.
3. Build it from the ground up, since you'll likely have bizarro hardware anyway.
4. Make it possible to program for it. It (the DB group) is a tight community, with lots of people looking out for others, so it's not like you'll be helping a competitor. Think of third parties as value added.
5. (Not mentioned above, but kinda goes with 2) Update your freaking website with real, up to date, and complete information. Have a company policy of a real, human reply to all correspondence within x hours, where x72. Even "I got your note and am investigating your concerns" is better than some of what I get from PD from time to time.
And a freebie. My wife never uses the voice prompts on her BN, but I activate them if I have to do tech support (needing an onsite geek is a bad thing, BTW). Try to get a speech synth chip that sounds better than the WOPR or Speak and Spell I had as a kid. Seriously. It's 2005, and every time I hear the voice, I expect to hear "Would you like to play a game?"
I hope this is better than Black and White, although I must say a squad of US Marines flinging shit and eating the villiagers might be more entertaining than Yet Another Doom Monster.
This is slashdot. Of the other nine fingers, two are in his nose, one is tickling Linus' prostate, one is gouging his eyes out after that latest goatse.cx type photo, and the other five fingers? Furiously masturbating over people who are much smarter and doing more interesting computer work than he ever could.
7 is the first the number of your gym locker combination from 15 years ago
You'll need a better analogy. Most slashdotters have NO idea what a 'gym locker' is or is for. If by chance they went into a gym, they probably wore their street clothes, figuring the sweat was just water and a few salts, so how could it possible do anything other than clean the clothes?
Do you wear special cleats for astroturfing?
Presumably they won't want to try doing all of that at once.
Or maybe they do. Just rip the bandaid off one time and quickly at that.
That is the name of the magazine. I didn't see a mention on the Dell Magazine website. I've been a subscriber to Analog for about five years off and on.
Not sure if this is exactly what you are looking for, but Analog and Asimov magazines feature short stories, but once or twice per year will serialize a novel. If you prefer mysteries, I imagine similar offerings are available for Ellery Queen and Hitchcock magazines.
There is a Fantasy magazine in the same format, but the name escapes me.
Yes. People are fucking insane. And the guy who replied about 'I guess you're without child, and it was the most magical experience...' is gay. Seriously. Even those 3D things aren't all that.
Having sex with your wife and getting a kick from the kid inside her, however, is pretty cool.
And honestly, they hold up quite a bit better with a 5 year old than DVDs and CDs do.
Maybe if you never view them. Back in the distant past (okay, 1998, well, okay, that's been a while) I used to rent VHS tapes frequently. Unfortunately, if I didn't get it as the first person on release day, there was about a 20% chance my wife couldn't watch it. Why? The captioning is stored in the blanking interval, and this is a strong indicator of tape wear. Anything other than viewing a fresh, out of the box tape was a crap shoot.
Sure, back in the 80's, my brother and I watched Star Wars well over 200 times on tape (beta), we weren't exactly concerned with fidelty of the experience.
Responding in the way I did is nearly a verbatim comment from my mother, so your implication that this shows a lack of respect is 180 degrees off. She also doesn't care for women who piss and moan about cramps, then complain about how hard it is to get ahead in "a man's world".
My perspective is that having kids is my choice
Of course it is. And it's your choice to have to wrangle them through the parking lot. If it was so difficult, maybe you should have cut back at whatever number you found manageable.
If carrying a whelp is so difficult, perhaps you should keep your legs shut?
You're young and healthy. Walking is good for you....
Same could be said of you. Unless you are one of those pathetic people I see who got 'too busy' to have kids in their 20's and early 30's.
Depending on the amount of damage you do, that may be a jailable offense.
That's why I prefer keys. Much more inconspicuous.
There are some people with real disabilities who need the space. Not someone who can't handle her brats or the consequences of a drunken night (or four).
Trollfully yours,
-gm
Try this one.
It's amazing the stuff you can cobble together when there is no chance you will ever, ever, EVER have sex.
There comes a time when you just have to say "fuck the Amiga".
You hit bees' nests with sticks, just to stir things up, don't you?
the Christian Church is slowly evolving into a state of mob rule, with the cheerleaders being paranoid crackpot leftovers from the waning days of the Spanish Inquisistion
Hey, I think Armando posted this to the front page of dailykos the other day.
Seriously, this kind of thinking and 'logic' does exist and is relatively effective. At least for generating ad views.
Opinions are like assholes - no one wants a whiff of Dvorak's.
I thought it was: "Opinions are like assholes - no one wants a whiff of Santorum."
Wow, can't believe it took until the second reply to point out the quality of US music. FWIW, the only decent music comes out of the UK: Eric Clapton, Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, etc, etc.