This is stupid. The post, the assumption and the comment is just... stupid. One day when Slashdot has a poll for "worst YRO ever", please remember this incredibly lame piece of crap of a post.
They're quite aware of it. Their response to one unit that recently invested in iBooks and the like was along the lines of 'too bad, this is how it is, buy a PC next time'.
FWIW, I should note that I don't work there any longer.
The distinction here is that your saying, for instance, that you won't go see the movie because of your feelings is you express your opinion and intent; it's your business.
The original poster, however, was presuming to say what Jackson should or should not do. That's not his business (hence the subject line). And that doesn't qualify as 'opinion' any more than if he said it about me or you. And, yes, to presume to do so [tell Jackson his business] with any sort of authority would require one to have something to back it up (hence the reputation).
Just because the guy is a celebrity doesn't mean some tweak on/. is justified in telling him how to live his life. Again, that's not opinion and that's what I objected to.
Look, Jackson can do whatever he wants and he wants to do Kong. If you don't care to see another Kong movie then just say that. But don't give me some finger-steepling crocodile concern over his reputation when what you really mean is that you're not interested and would rather he do something to suit you.
When you've earned a reputation in the industry that makes you worthy to second-guess a working director (one recently showered with accolades for his decisions and work, I might add), maybe he'll care. Until then.. I doubt it.
This is going to be a big dissappointment for fans of LOTR expecting more of the same from Peter Jackson.
Well aren't you a cheery ray of sunshine and opinion.
1) If a LOTR fan goes into King Kong expecting some relation to LOTR just because Jackson is involved, he or she deserves to be let down. He or she is an idiot.
2) So, Peter Jackson must now only choose projects which relate to or will appeal to LOTR fans lest he let them down when they wander aimlessly into a theatre expecting hobbits.
3) People still love LOTR, people still love King Kong. Your personal preferences notwithstanding, people seem interested in both.
4) "not to deride Peter's directing talent" What? Saying his new movie, which hasn't been completed yet, is going to be a flop, that he's making a poor choice, that isn't deriding his abilities?
5) I'm sorry... what the hell did Peter Jackson have to do with the Godzilla remake or its being a flop? Nothing. Absolutely freaking nothing.
So you love LOTR. Yay for you. But this pontificating is about as weighty as a Star Trek vs Star Wars argument.
I also read something 'somewhere': hot air rises. Judging from the +5 Interesting mod on this puffery, I'd say that theory is proving true.
But Microsoft's Stuart Okin said:"If you were to write perfect software, it would still be possible to find vulnerabilities. Every time you put in some type of protection against criminals, they work out ways of circumventing it." http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/story/0,3604, 11 48153,00.html
Apparently Microsoft doesn't understand the meaning of 'perfect'. No wonder they're so far from it.
Stop doing this! Stop putting in measures that limit your students to whatever resource you are most comfortable supporting. It's just plain lazy and uncaring.
The [Australian] University of Wollongong's ITS department is in the process of doing something similar; installing a wireless system that will lock out Mac users (until someone figures out a way around it). In a school! So anyone who chooses to use a Mac gets callously dismissed with a 'Too bad. Sorry. Go buy a Windows machine.' and that's it. They can't be bothered to support you because they don't care to try.
*shakes hand* I think we're fairly tight on most of this. If we ever meet, I owe you a beer. But you'll have to make it quick, my girlfriend and I are moving to Canada where, while far from settled, the issue of gay couples is being taken seriously.:)
Make of this argument what you will, but please don't set up strawmen.
Regarding your remarks re: gay marriage I must say that they were well thought out and well spoken. But to attribute the same clarity to Howard is... well, putting words in his mouth. He wasn't nearly so eloquent nor half as focused. While I disagree with the foundation of your version of argument (deciding civil rights based on economic formula -- fair treatment of its citizens is always in the public interest), I respect the fact that yours has some substance which goes beyond dogma or sermonising. However, Howard did indeed say that gay marriage threatened the survival of the species... and he didn't say much else.
I don't think I'm setting up a strawman when I say his arguments were based on his personal moralism and that he made no argument, at least none that I could find, which made any other point other than his "bedrock" and "secure environments" notions. Many gay families are already furthering the survival of the species on their own without government recognition, while many other heterosexual, but unmarried, couples are doing so without the benefit of a marriage license (and this is especially true considering the number of common-law couples with kids in Australia). "Survival of the species" is pure hype (or hysteria, depending on your take), especially in light of his remarks not containing any backup as yours above does.
He would have been better off using your argument, but I'm not aware that he has.
The artistic value of a charachter's name is tiny in comparison to all the other stuff in a book
Who died and made you 'god of what's important in books'? Very often a character's name is chosen for a specific reason. Be it an emotional or visceral connection, a tribute or even simply because the name sounds a particular way. But the bottom line is, it's not your or anyone else's place to decide. It's totally disrespectful.
I vote 'travesty'. Just because you _can_ do something doesn't mean you should.
Compulsary voting at that. And the implied right to free speech... as long as its several blocks away and with restrictions on volume whenever US presidents visit. Wouldn't want to make Johnny look bad to his idol.
I suppose this is the misery-loves-company school of treaty negotiation.
Not really, it's more of a John Howard Loves George Bush kind of negotiation. Johnny wants to be in the club with Dubya and Tony. So he sent troops, maintains the US had intelligence on WMD, defends Bush and Blair in the press, talks tough on gay marriage ('survival of the species' he says... apparently if gays marry then hetero couples will somehow lose the ability to procreate), etc. Anything the US wants, Howard wants to give them.
He has a bad case of "little man syndrome" and wants to play with the "big boys" really bad.
The opposing party brought in their biggest brashest loud-mouthed battler to face him in the upcoming elections. Of course, once they made him their candidate they said "don't be so loud or brash any more" so he's sort of impotent. It does not bode will for the people here in the land of beer and pokies.
I'm not sure I'd go so far as to call Portland 'ground zero' of anything...
Why not? The Open Source Development Lab (OSDL) is in Portland. I'd think that counts for _something_. Then there's Intel's first real [huge] Linux farm which was instrumental in designing and modelling the Pentium 4 (howdy DPG). Not to mention several Linux developers, coders and doc maintainers and that Randal guy (hey, Randal).
Boot time on my Powerbook has slowed over time (with the adding of more and more apps and assorted crap), but I know what you're talking about. With a fresh install it boots like a cat stuck it with a fork. But one thing that hasn't changed is wake-from-sleep. The damned thing is awake and ready before I get the lid all the way up.
But, to sort of answer your question in a half-assed way, it's my understanding that there is a lot going on in the boot ROM, instead of from disk, that speeds up a New World Mac's startup.
Larry Gasparro just sold over $480,000 in stock. I'm betting Darl is also laughing all the way to the filing office.
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Not to put too fine a point on it but... I'd imagine Steve Grand doesn't give a rat's ass what you think. It's not his thing and therefore someone else can tackle it from the end you're suggesting. It's not an either or situation. In fact, I'm sure he'd pat you on the back and say 'get to it'.
There's absolutely no reason for him not to take his route and someone else take another. It's not like he's somehow taking away from anyone else doing research. In fact, he's helping as is everyone since they can see where he succeeds and fails and vice versa.
Apparently he's committed to doing... please sit down and take some deep breaths... OK? Find your happy place?... apparently Mr. Roach is committed to doing a sequel to "Meet the Parents" and that is taking precedence over the film he's been trying for 6 years to get made and that his friend Douglas entrusted him with before his death.
Way to go Jay... way to stick it out there for your friend who wanted you to handle the final telling of the creation for which he will always be known. I'm sure if it's a flop, as Douglas always worried and stressed about, he will forgive you... on second thought, no he won't. He'll sigh and say "I knew it. I told you it would happen this way."
Meet The Parents. Freaking Meet The Parents. Well, at least it wasn't Dumberer and Dumberer... I guess... No... never mind. In comparison to H2G2, they're about the same.
Apparently Spike Jonze recommended Mr. Jennings and company after turning down the film. God help him if he fucks up...
I mean, is this the same HP that basically no one was talking about a month ago? This is not Dell or Gateway. Right? So how is HP gonna bring the industry to its knees by licensing a music player. Heaven for bid! I mean, has the industry been waiting for HP to release a player because only HP had the magic fiddly bits? Of course not. Does every maker look to HP to figure out what to load on their machines? Uh, no. Not a chance.
No one gives a shit what HP does. Except maybe those who'd like to use them to make a stink that makes Microsoft look like the good guys. And this tool is no exception.
If this is such a big scary problem, make a better player and take away Apple's market share. Otherwise, STFU.
Darl McBride today issued a statement that this mud was clearly lifted from the SCO source code and, as such, Mars will be receiving letters outlining the need for them to pay licensing fees or face litigation. He then went on to deride NASA for its failure to indemnify the red planet against litigation.
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This is stupid. The post, the assumption and the comment is just... stupid. One day when Slashdot has a poll for "worst YRO ever", please remember this incredibly lame piece of crap of a post.
Aw, dang... I saw this: :: Changes in Control of Registrant, Acquisition or Disposition of Ass::
and thought for a second they meant Tim Roberts. Turns out it's just "assets" with the "ets" cut off, not Roberts.
They're quite aware of it. Their response to one unit that recently invested in iBooks and the like was along the lines of 'too bad, this is how it is, buy a PC next time'.
FWIW, I should note that I don't work there any longer.
The distinction here is that your saying, for instance, that you won't go see the movie because of your feelings is you express your opinion and intent; it's your business.
/. is justified in telling him how to live his life. Again, that's not opinion and that's what I objected to.
The original poster, however, was presuming to say what Jackson should or should not do. That's not his business (hence the subject line). And that doesn't qualify as 'opinion' any more than if he said it about me or you. And, yes, to presume to do so [tell Jackson his business] with any sort of authority would require one to have something to back it up (hence the reputation).
Just because the guy is a celebrity doesn't mean some tweak on
Look, Jackson can do whatever he wants and he wants to do Kong. If you don't care to see another Kong movie then just say that. But don't give me some finger-steepling crocodile concern over his reputation when what you really mean is that you're not interested and would rather he do something to suit you.
When you've earned a reputation in the industry that makes you worthy to second-guess a working director (one recently showered with accolades for his decisions and work, I might add), maybe he'll care. Until then.. I doubt it.
This is going to be a big dissappointment for fans of LOTR expecting more of the same from Peter Jackson.
Well aren't you a cheery ray of sunshine and opinion.
1) If a LOTR fan goes into King Kong expecting some relation to LOTR just because Jackson is involved, he or she deserves to be let down. He or she is an idiot.
2) So, Peter Jackson must now only choose projects which relate to or will appeal to LOTR fans lest he let them down when they wander aimlessly into a theatre expecting hobbits.
3) People still love LOTR, people still love King Kong. Your personal preferences notwithstanding, people seem interested in both.
4) "not to deride Peter's directing talent" What? Saying his new movie, which hasn't been completed yet, is going to be a flop, that he's making a poor choice, that isn't deriding his abilities?
5) I'm sorry... what the hell did Peter Jackson have to do with the Godzilla remake or its being a flop? Nothing. Absolutely freaking nothing.
So you love LOTR. Yay for you. But this pontificating is about as weighty as a Star Trek vs Star Wars argument.
I also read something 'somewhere': hot air rises. Judging from the +5 Interesting mod on this puffery, I'd say that theory is proving true.
PLEASE, enough of this recycled crap already. Someone please come up with something new... Or I will, damn it!
Alrighty, then. *settling back on the couch*
When can I expect it?
But Microsoft's Stuart Okin said:"If you were to write perfect software, it would still be possible to find vulnerabilities. Every time you put in some type of protection against criminals, they work out ways of circumventing it.", 11 48153,00.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/story/0,3604
Apparently Microsoft doesn't understand the meaning of 'perfect'. No wonder they're so far from it.
Stop doing this! Stop putting in measures that limit your students to whatever resource you are most comfortable supporting. It's just plain lazy and uncaring.
The [Australian] University of Wollongong's ITS department is in the process of doing something similar; installing a wireless system that will lock out Mac users (until someone figures out a way around it). In a school! So anyone who chooses to use a Mac gets callously dismissed with a 'Too bad. Sorry. Go buy a Windows machine.' and that's it. They can't be bothered to support you because they don't care to try.
It's unconscionable and just plain lazy.
http://www.uow.edu.au/
*shakes hand* I think we're fairly tight on most of this. If we ever meet, I owe you a beer. But you'll have to make it quick, my girlfriend and I are moving to Canada where, while far from settled, the issue of gay couples is being taken seriously. :)
Make of this argument what you will, but please don't set up strawmen.
Regarding your remarks re: gay marriage I must say that they were well thought out and well spoken. But to attribute the same clarity to Howard is... well, putting words in his mouth. He wasn't nearly so eloquent nor half as focused. While I disagree with the foundation of your version of argument (deciding civil rights based on economic formula -- fair treatment of its citizens is always in the public interest), I respect the fact that yours has some substance which goes beyond dogma or sermonising. However, Howard did indeed say that gay marriage threatened the survival of the species... and he didn't say much else.
I don't think I'm setting up a strawman when I say his arguments were based on his personal moralism and that he made no argument, at least none that I could find, which made any other point other than his "bedrock" and "secure environments" notions. Many gay families are already furthering the survival of the species on their own without government recognition, while many other heterosexual, but unmarried, couples are doing so without the benefit of a marriage license (and this is especially true considering the number of common-law couples with kids in Australia). "Survival of the species" is pure hype (or hysteria, depending on your take), especially in light of his remarks not containing any backup as yours above does.
He would have been better off using your argument, but I'm not aware that he has.
The artistic value of a charachter's name is tiny in comparison to all the other stuff in a book
Who died and made you 'god of what's important in books'? Very often a character's name is chosen for a specific reason. Be it an emotional or visceral connection, a tribute or even simply because the name sounds a particular way. But the bottom line is, it's not your or anyone else's place to decide. It's totally disrespectful.
I vote 'travesty'. Just because you _can_ do something doesn't mean you should.
Compulsary voting at that. And the implied right to free speech... as long as its several blocks away and with restrictions on volume whenever US presidents visit. Wouldn't want to make Johnny look bad to his idol.
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Where's Joe Strummer when we need him...
I suppose this is the misery-loves-company school of treaty negotiation.
Not really, it's more of a John Howard Loves George Bush kind of negotiation. Johnny wants to be in the club with Dubya and Tony. So he sent troops, maintains the US had intelligence on WMD, defends Bush and Blair in the press, talks tough on gay marriage ('survival of the species' he says... apparently if gays marry then hetero couples will somehow lose the ability to procreate), etc. Anything the US wants, Howard wants to give them.
He has a bad case of "little man syndrome" and wants to play with the "big boys" really bad.
The opposing party brought in their biggest brashest loud-mouthed battler to face him in the upcoming elections. Of course, once they made him their candidate they said "don't be so loud or brash any more" so he's sort of impotent. It does not bode will for the people here in the land of beer and pokies.
You might see if you can contact the folks at Ernie Ball.m l?tag=l h
See older story here:
http://news.com.com/2008-1082_3-5065859.ht
I'm not sure I'd go so far as to call Portland 'ground zero' of anything...
Why not? The Open Source Development Lab (OSDL) is in Portland. I'd think that counts for _something_. Then there's Intel's first real [huge] Linux farm which was instrumental in designing and modelling the Pentium 4 (howdy DPG). Not to mention several Linux developers, coders and doc maintainers and that Randal guy (hey, Randal).
Sign me,
A BiOFH who will always call PDX home
Boot time on my Powerbook has slowed over time (with the adding of more and more apps and assorted crap), but I know what you're talking about. With a fresh install it boots like a cat stuck it with a fork. But one thing that hasn't changed is wake-from-sleep. The damned thing is awake and ready before I get the lid all the way up.
But, to sort of answer your question in a half-assed way, it's my understanding that there is a lot going on in the boot ROM, instead of from disk, that speeds up a New World Mac's startup.
how much money spammers and junk faxers made. Enough to get in good with Forbes. Perhaps Bush will step in if these guys have enough money.
No. Only iBooks.
Larry Gasparro just sold over $480,000 in stock. I'm betting Darl is also laughing all the way to the filing office.
Not to put too fine a point on it but... I'd imagine Steve Grand doesn't give a rat's ass what you think. It's not his thing and therefore someone else can tackle it from the end you're suggesting. It's not an either or situation. In fact, I'm sure he'd pat you on the back and say 'get to it'.
There's absolutely no reason for him not to take his route and someone else take another. It's not like he's somehow taking away from anyone else doing research. In fact, he's helping as is everyone since they can see where he succeeds and fails and vice versa.
So... get to it.
Apparently he's committed to doing... please sit down and take some deep breaths... OK? Find your happy place?... apparently Mr. Roach is committed to doing a sequel to "Meet the Parents" and that is taking precedence over the film he's been trying for 6 years to get made and that his friend Douglas entrusted him with before his death.
Way to go Jay... way to stick it out there for your friend who wanted you to handle the final telling of the creation for which he will always be known. I'm sure if it's a flop, as Douglas always worried and stressed about, he will forgive you... on second thought, no he won't. He'll sigh and say "I knew it. I told you it would happen this way."
Meet The Parents. Freaking Meet The Parents. Well, at least it wasn't Dumberer and Dumberer... I guess... No... never mind. In comparison to H2G2, they're about the same.
Apparently Spike Jonze recommended Mr. Jennings and company after turning down the film. God help him if he fucks up...
I mean, is this the same HP that basically no one was talking about a month ago? This is not Dell or Gateway. Right? So how is HP gonna bring the industry to its knees by licensing a music player. Heaven for bid! I mean, has the industry been waiting for HP to release a player because only HP had the magic fiddly bits? Of course not. Does every maker look to HP to figure out what to load on their machines? Uh, no. Not a chance.
No one gives a shit what HP does. Except maybe those who'd like to use them to make a stink that makes Microsoft look like the good guys. And this tool is no exception.
If this is such a big scary problem, make a better player and take away Apple's market share. Otherwise, STFU.
Darl McBride today issued a statement that this mud was clearly lifted from the SCO source code and, as such, Mars will be receiving letters outlining the need for them to pay licensing fees or face litigation. He then went on to deride NASA for its failure to indemnify the red planet against litigation.
Grrr... dammit... "dominant"... not "dominate"...