you assuming that everyone who was unable to reach your site never came back to complete the interrupted transaction?
That's a good point, but on the other hand, every time your site goes down, you stand to lose customers permanently, and that really costs.
I agree that (average revenue per unit time * down time) is a sucky way of calculating loss, but working it out any other way would just add to the cost of the downtime.
If you're an NT admin, you have to stay on top of *EVERY* patch. You don't patch, your company loses money because of your negligence. If you don't patch, you deserve to lose your job
You apply SP6 to NT4 the day it comes out. Your company's Lotus Notes system falls on its arse. You lose your job.
Admins have a hard enough job keeping a known, stable system running without applying day-0 patches every time Microsoft figure they're screwed up again. Applying patches immediately and automatically isn't a black and white issue, and all your sound and fury won't make it so.
Contrary to your expectations, Salon Magazine is not a God-given right
Where are you reading that? He said he's not going to go to their site any more. Hello? HELLO?
As for "They'll get my money if they ask nicely." -- they've been asking nicely for six months, and apparently it didn't work for you, since you never subscribed
Your self righteous posturing aside, he does have a very good point. Salon are going to get subscriptions from a small proportion of their current readership, then they're going to lose the rest and never get any significant new takeup. By calling "subscription time!" they've effectively cut their own throats.
So Jesus Christ, grow up and quit being a goddamn crybaby who wants everything for nothing.
Mmm, indeed. Well, you smell of poo and you eat worms. Did my school yard debating skills convince you? Then why did you think yours would convince him (or anyone else)?
You've got a point, that it's always worth supporting good content. But as long as we can get half as good elsewhere for nothing, and as long as there's a real possibility that everyone else will keep leeching and the sight will go.bomb anyway, then we're just not going to. Salon seem to have missed that particular point, and so do you.
I thought it was EXCELLENT for a pilot. The show will get its legs--let it happen and enjoy what you can while it does. Or just watch Andromeda
Or Farscape, or Lexx, or DS9, Stargate SG1, or ST:TNG, or Babylon 5, or Space: Above and Beyond, or...
There's a lot of good SF out there, new and reruns, and not that many hours in the day. Based on the clips and the behind the scenes stuff that I've managed to leech so far, I don't see anything to recommend it.
In particular, if I want to jerk off to porn, I'll download the really filthy hard core stuff that I like. The awkward fumblings on Enterprise just made me embarrased for the poor actors. Jolene Blalock is way out of her depth. She's no more attractive or convincing than the "talent" in my favourite mpegs. She makes Jeri Ryan look like an Academy winning character actress. Shoddy, very shoddy.
if you are trying to make more sophisticated creations [square bricks] are not sufficient. Even as a kid I *loved* all the specialized pieces, because without them you couldn't build a Cylon raider or an X-wing fighter
The difference being that in the olden days, you had to figure out how to do it, you had to search for solutions. Now you open the box, and bingo, there's your (Star Wars(tm) X(tm)-Wing(tm))(tm). Why bother buying a LEGO one?
Hey Wil, neat site. But scary stuff: is this true? "Later on we found out that 8 years ago, he was not only booed on stage, but he actually had death threats". Fuck, that can't be nice (even if they're from 44 year old virgins who live with their parents)
This cracked me up: "He said he would have LOVED to have had a cameo in Galaxy Quest as a crazed fan being right in the face of the kid telling him how much he hated him on the show!". And yet "your" character, Laredo, was presented as a fan favourite. How the times they do change...;)
I was impressed with the pilot [...] I never enjoyed the original series, and found TNG much improved after Gene passed away and the Berman team took over. [...]
Thanks for the context! It really helps; I am now utterly convinced that I'd rather gouge out an eyeball and scrape my thumbnail around in the socket rather than watch Enterprise.
All I can hope for now is that Comic Book Guy will agree with me...
we we both dicouraged when we saw our first view of the NX-01 -- clearly much more advanced-looking than even the post-refit NCC-1701
The TOS era CA was never intended to enter an atmosphere (except for the saucer section being used an emergency "crash then walk away" lifeboat). At the time that it was conceived, deliberately not streamlining it was a stunningly bold concept. In that context, the Intrepid class was a step back to the "old fashioned" streamlined design shown in the NX ship.
All that said... I completely agree. The NX ship looks totally wrong. In fact, it looks like an ADB New Light Cruiser from Star Fleet Battles. Wrong, wrong, wrong! Ick! Eww!
Those Afghans appear to have quite the arsenal of advanced aircraft and ICBMs. What's more, they're recruiting!
The primary effect of the US military buildup in that region so far has been to generate a huge surge of Taliban recruits.
There's a very simple lesson there. Think how the US would react to being bombed, sanctioned and threatened, then ask yourself why any nation on the face of the earth would react differently.
When was the last time we used [weapons] on a civilian target?
Directly and deliberately, I think Vietnam (but am open to suggestions). Indirectly, today. Iraqis and Kuwaitis are being killed by depleted uranium projectile dust and unexploded cluster munitions right up to the present moment.
If you have any kind of an open mind, please do some quick searches for this information before just writing it off as US bashing. The US people are the kindest and best in the world. The US government are the most evil stone cold motherfuckers in the world. Those statements aren't mutually exclusive.
I have a new respect for all police in New York City since the attacks on the world trade center. They all risked thier lives to help get people out of the buildings as quickly as they could
For which we all thank and admire them. It's a curious quirk of human nature that in a real crisis, a little switch gets thrown in our brains, and we put aside petty selfishness and start acting like real balls out heroes.
What we have to hope now is that we learn the lesson that the little stuff, all the petty bullshit and power plays, doesn't matter. Citizens, let the cops do their jobs. Cops, don't hassle the citizens for the little stuff.
Six months!! God, why is the EU suing Hollywood over DVD prices? (Not that I don't think that's a good thing(TM)) Why not sue over such scheduling nonsense as this?
Different network, commercial reality. The price drops over time, I expect, and the UK is a pretty cheapo country. But, I know, I know, don't get me started...;)
On the bright side, at least we get Lord of the Rings day 1, so I won't have to hide under the bed for a couple of months.;)
One of the things that bugged me about TOS and TNG is that whenever they arrived at a planet, the inhabitants were implied to be the same the world over. No nuances of society, just one big consistent group of folks
Mmm, apart from the episode where beardy Riker pulls some some deviant "chick" from an androgynous culture. Who then, admittedly, gets brainwashed back into compliance (much like the Federation do with their sinister sounding "re-education camps").
That's the thing about Star Trek; there's very often a counter to any sweeping statement about it. Other than "Voyager was a piece of dull, lightweight, badly acted, underwritted, over deus ex machined predictable crap," of course.;)
I'm looking forward to watching the episode which relates what Jean-Luc Picard later referred to as "A poorly handled first contact [which] led to decades of war with the Klingon Empire."(
OK, but based on Voyager precedent, it'll be an honest misunderstanding that Archer will work tirelessly and earnestly to avoid and then repair.
Compare with DS9, "Way of the Warrior" (paraphrasing slightly for effect...)
Gowron: Bwah ha ha, I have half the Klingon fleet with me! Surrender your station or face war!
Cisco: Come ahead if you think you're hard enough.
Gowron:...? Er? Is this thing on? Did you hear what I said?
Cisco (chanting): You're going home, in a starship ambulance...
Just once I'd have liked to have seen Voyager show that kind of panache.
OT, but did you know that when Xena: Warrior Princess gets exported to countries with conservative attitudes (read: Islamic), they zoom right in on the faces during all the action sequences so you can't see what's going on. I dunno if it's wierder that they do that, or that they bother to show it at all.
DS9 I think we can dispose of as being pure [psychological] claptrap.
With all due respect, I have to disagree. The episode where Jadzia Dax has a tryst with Kurzon Dax's ex-wife was a deep and significant exploration of my need to watch hot alien chicks making out.
Judging by the massive, bleeding failures that were voyager and sorta DS9, I'm not going to waste my time watching it
Heh heh. If you care enough to post that, you'll care enough to watch it just to see how bad it is, and to give you something to bitch about. I know I will.;)
Farscape, Lexx, Earth: Final Conflict, and B5 have a progression from episode to episode. None of the Treks have, except for an attempt with DS9 that really could have been stronger.
That does hurt you in re-runs though. Of the five shows mentioned, I can only be bothered "dipping in" to Farscape and Lexx. Even the mighty B5 loses it's punch when taken out of context.
only Lexx hasn't killed off a major character perminately
Huh? Kai is dead, and Zev is a vegetable. Oh, wait, you mean, stop giving them lines...;)
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That's a good point, but on the other hand, every time your site goes down, you stand to lose customers permanently, and that really costs.
I agree that (average revenue per unit time * down time) is a sucky way of calculating loss, but working it out any other way would just add to the cost of the downtime.
You apply SP6 to NT4 the day it comes out. Your company's Lotus Notes system falls on its arse. You lose your job.
Admins have a hard enough job keeping a known, stable system running without applying day-0 patches every time Microsoft figure they're screwed up again. Applying patches immediately and automatically isn't a black and white issue, and all your sound and fury won't make it so.
Worms are baaad, m'kay, so don't write worms, m'kay, 'cause you'll be baaad, m'kay.
I'd like to council them with a length of rubber hose. And yes, I have thought that through, very carefully indeed.
I'd recommend 25 years of indenduted servitude at Microsoft. Possible outcomes:
Either way, we win.
Where are you reading that? He said he's not going to go to their site any more. Hello? HELLO?
Your self righteous posturing aside, he does have a very good point. Salon are going to get subscriptions from a small proportion of their current readership, then they're going to lose the rest and never get any significant new takeup. By calling "subscription time!" they've effectively cut their own throats.
Mmm, indeed. Well, you smell of poo and you eat worms. Did my school yard debating skills convince you? Then why did you think yours would convince him (or anyone else)?
You've got a point, that it's always worth supporting good content. But as long as we can get half as good elsewhere for nothing, and as long as there's a real possibility that everyone else will keep leeching and the sight will go .bomb anyway, then we're just not going to. Salon seem to have missed that particular point, and so do you.
Or Farscape, or Lexx, or DS9, Stargate SG1, or ST:TNG, or Babylon 5, or Space: Above and Beyond, or...
There's a lot of good SF out there, new and reruns, and not that many hours in the day. Based on the clips and the behind the scenes stuff that I've managed to leech so far, I don't see anything to recommend it.
In particular, if I want to jerk off to porn, I'll download the really filthy hard core stuff that I like. The awkward fumblings on Enterprise just made me embarrased for the poor actors. Jolene Blalock is way out of her depth. She's no more attractive or convincing than the "talent" in my favourite mpegs. She makes Jeri Ryan look like an Academy winning character actress. Shoddy, very shoddy.
The difference being that in the olden days, you had to figure out how to do it, you had to search for solutions. Now you open the box, and bingo, there's your (Star Wars(tm) X(tm)-Wing(tm))(tm). Why bother buying a LEGO one?
Hey Wil, neat site. But scary stuff: is this true? "Later on we found out that 8 years ago, he was not only booed on stage, but he actually had death threats". Fuck, that can't be nice (even if they're from 44 year old virgins who live with their parents)
This cracked me up: "He said he would have LOVED to have had a cameo in Galaxy Quest as a crazed fan being right in the face of the kid telling him how much he hated him on the show!". And yet "your" character, Laredo, was presented as a fan favourite. How the times they do change... ;)
Thanks for the context! It really helps; I am now utterly convinced that I'd rather gouge out an eyeball and scrape my thumbnail around in the socket rather than watch Enterprise.
All I can hope for now is that Comic Book Guy will agree with me...
The TOS era CA was never intended to enter an atmosphere (except for the saucer section being used an emergency "crash then walk away" lifeboat). At the time that it was conceived, deliberately not streamlining it was a stunningly bold concept. In that context, the Intrepid class was a step back to the "old fashioned" streamlined design shown in the NX ship.
All that said... I completely agree. The NX ship looks totally wrong. In fact, it looks like an ADB New Light Cruiser from Star Fleet Battles. Wrong, wrong, wrong! Ick! Eww!
The primary effect of the US military buildup in that region so far has been to generate a huge surge of Taliban recruits.
There's a very simple lesson there. Think how the US would react to being bombed, sanctioned and threatened, then ask yourself why any nation on the face of the earth would react differently.
Directly and deliberately, I think Vietnam (but am open to suggestions). Indirectly, today. Iraqis and Kuwaitis are being killed by depleted uranium projectile dust and unexploded cluster munitions right up to the present moment.
If you have any kind of an open mind, please do some quick searches for this information before just writing it off as US bashing. The US people are the kindest and best in the world. The US government are the most evil stone cold motherfuckers in the world. Those statements aren't mutually exclusive.
Try something like http://www.google.com/search?q=depleted+uranium+pr ojectiles+birth+defects+UNICEF
For which we all thank and admire them. It's a curious quirk of human nature that in a real crisis, a little switch gets thrown in our brains, and we put aside petty selfishness and start acting like real balls out heroes.
What we have to hope now is that we learn the lesson that the little stuff, all the petty bullshit and power plays, doesn't matter. Citizens, let the cops do their jobs. Cops, don't hassle the citizens for the little stuff.
She's just another blank eyed, fat uddered plastic toy, who would find that appeali... oh, wait... you've got a point. ;)
Heretic! Tucker isn't fit to be on the same set as Jackie! The Rush Hours weren't even canon Chan films! Rant! Rave! ;)
Different network, commercial reality. The price drops over time, I expect, and the UK is a pretty cheapo country. But, I know, I know, don't get me started... ;)
On the bright side, at least we get Lord of the Rings day 1, so I won't have to hide under the bed for a couple of months. ;)
Mmm, apart from the episode where beardy Riker pulls some some deviant "chick" from an androgynous culture. Who then, admittedly, gets brainwashed back into compliance (much like the Federation do with their sinister sounding "re-education camps").
That's the thing about Star Trek; there's very often a counter to any sweeping statement about it. Other than "Voyager was a piece of dull, lightweight, badly acted, underwritted, over deus ex machined predictable crap," of course. ;)
OK, but based on Voyager precedent, it'll be an honest misunderstanding that Archer will work tirelessly and earnestly to avoid and then repair.
Compare with DS9, "Way of the Warrior" (paraphrasing slightly for effect...)
Just once I'd have liked to have seen Voyager show that kind of panache.
Where's "here"?
OT, but did you know that when Xena: Warrior Princess gets exported to countries with conservative attitudes (read: Islamic), they zoom right in on the faces during all the action sequences so you can't see what's going on. I dunno if it's wierder that they do that, or that they bother to show it at all.
With all due respect, I have to disagree. The episode where Jadzia Dax has a tryst with Kurzon Dax's ex-wife was a deep and significant exploration of my need to watch hot alien chicks making out.
Heh heh. If you care enough to post that, you'll care enough to watch it just to see how bad it is, and to give you something to bitch about. I know I will. ;)
That does hurt you in re-runs though. Of the five shows mentioned, I can only be bothered "dipping in" to Farscape and Lexx. Even the mighty B5 loses it's punch when taken out of context.
Huh? Kai is dead, and Zev is a vegetable. Oh, wait, you mean, stop giving them lines... ;)
Why didn't they get Tom Green. They should take him. Really, take him away right now.
Hmm, if it's really as cheesy as it looks, does that mean I'll get the re-runs on both the Sci-Fi channel and Paramount Comedy? ;)