The site is/.d, so here's the release's text, without links. And with slight variations in spacing. Thanks, lameness.
After years of speculation, Paramount Pictures yesterday officially announced that the next Star Trek series will be called Enterprise, and will star Scott Bakula in the lead role.
According to a press release sent out by the studio, Bakula will portray the physical and intensely curious Captain Jonathan Archer. "Obviously, I love the genre and am a long-time fan of Star Trek," Bakula commented. "I am also thrilled to be working on a TV series again with Kerry McCluggage and Garry Hart, a relationship that dates back to 1988 with Quantum Leap."
Star Trek producer Rick Berman, who co-created the series, agreed. "We couldn't be happier. Scott personifies the charm and intelligence that the role calls for."
Paramount's press release did not officially confirm the next series' setting, but this news makes it all but certain that the series will indeed be set aboard a 22nd-Century Enterprise. More information about the show's premise can be found in the casting sheet that was leaked to the internet two months ago, as well as recent pilot script review.
Enterprise is scheduled to start shooting on Monday the 14th of May. Paramount still has not reached an official agreement with UPN, but the network is widely expected to announce the series when it unveils its Fall schedule on Thursday.
Paramount also revealed the rest of the Series V cast, though it did not announce which roles these actors would be playing. Below is the full list of principal actors for Enterprise, as well as some info on which character they will likely be playing. Please note that the below character information is based on the assumption that the basics of the original casting sheet are still unchanged - Paramount may well have decided to change some characters during the casting process.
Scott Bakula - Bakula is best known for his five-year role as Dr. Sam Beckett on the Quantum Leap drama series, but he has also appeared in series such as The Invaders and Mr. & Mrs. Smith. Most recently, he played the lead role in the CBS comedy pilot Late Boomers, but now that he has signed on to Enterprise that show will have to look for another star.
Bakula will be playing Captain Jonathan Archer, a character that was originally to be called Jackson Archer. The casting sheet described him as a physical, bold personality, who unlike the Starfleet captains of later centuries exhibits a sense of wonder and excitement about the strange things he will encounter. He is said to hold a grudge against the Vulcans, who he blames for impeding humanity's progress - but with his first officer a Vulcan, he will have to reconsider these preconceptions.
Jolene Blalock - Blalock previously had a starring role in the recent NBC miniseries Jason and the Argonauts, in which she starred as Medea opposite Jason London. In addition, she acted in the upcoming Diamond Hunters mini-series, and had a guest role in an episode of C.S.I.. The above photo comes courtesy of Jason London Online.
Though not officially announced, it is likely Blalock will be playing Sub-Commander T'Pau, an "austere yet sensual" Vulcan female. She's the Enterprise's Science Officer, assigned to the ship to oversee humanity's progress. Although she's cautious and guarded around humans, whom she considers primitive and irrational, she'll come to develop a grudging respect for Captain Archer.
John Billingsley - Billingsley is a 20-year veteran of the stage, who has said his greatest joy comes from performing in front of live audiences. He appeared in such plays as 'The Seagull' and 'The Nerd' before moving to Los Angeles, where he had guest roles on a great number of televisions shows. Science fiction fans will best remember him as Prof. Miles Ballard on the short-lived NBC television series The Others. The above photo comes courtesy of the official NBC site for that show.
Billingsley will likely be playing Doctor Phlox, a character who appears to be in his mid-40s. Phlox speaks with an alien accent, has an eccentric sense of humour that no one quite understands, and thinks that humanity is fascinating. He has filled Sickbay with all sorts of bizarre medical instruments for his own particular brand of "Intergalactic Medicine," making even the most routine visit to Sickbay an unexpected adventure.
Linda Park - Parks appeared on an episode of the WB series Popular this March, playing an Asian woman named Anna Lin. The above Popular photo comes courtesy of B5LR.com's AntonyF.
Parks will likely be playinng the Japanese Ensign Hoshi Sato. She's described as "striking and intelligent," as well as an expert in exo-linguistics. As Comm Officer, she's not only in charge of all communications aboard the Enterprise, but also serves as ship's Translator.
Anthony Montgomery - Generally credited as A.T. Montgomery, this actor is best known for his recurring role on Popular as George Austin. He had guest roles on shows such as Frasier and Charmed, and last year made his first film appearance in the horror comedy 'Leprechaun in the Hood.' The above photo comes courtesy of the Internet Movie Database.
Montgomery will almost certainly be playing Lieutenant Joe Mayweather, the African-American helmsman aboard the Enterprise. Mayweather was raised on cargo ships, and as a result is more "interstellar" than even the Captain. His closest friend is 'Spike' Tucker.
Dominic Keating - Keating is an experienced science-fiction actor, with credits on shows such as Poltergeist: The Legacy, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and G vs E. He had a recurring role on The Immortal as Mallos, and has also had a regular role during the final season of the Teenage Health Freak television series. The above photo comes courtesy of the official 'The Immortals' web site.
Keating will likely be playing either Commander Charlie 'Spike' Tucker or Lt. Commander Malcolm Reed. Spike is described as a Southerner who enjoys using his "country" persona to disarm people. He was hand-picked by Captain Archer, who is something of a mentor to him. Though he is a brilliant officer, he has very little first-hand experience with alien cultures, and will often be a "fish out of water" on the series.
Connor Trinneer - Trinneer is probably best-known to the general public for his role as Zeus Zelenko on the long-running One Life to Live television series. However, he has also had guest roles on series such as Sliders, Touched by an Angel, FreakyLinks and Gideon's Crossing, and last year appeared in the TV adaptation of the 'Far East' play. Prior to appearing on television, Trinneer enjoyed a successful career on the stage. The above Sliders photo comes courtesy of B5LR.com's AntonyF.
Trinneer will likely be playing either Lt. Commander Malcolm Reed or Commander Charlie 'Spike' Tucker. Reed is the British Armoury Officer aboard the Enterprise, and a bit of a throwback in this new age of humanity's enlightenment. Reed is a 22nd Century soldier, "all spit and polish and by-the-book." He's also a man of contradictions - near-obsessed with munitions, but at the same time soft-spoken, shy and awkward around women.
According to a report that appeared on Ain't It Cool News this morning, Bakula reported to the Paramount lot yesterday for his first meeting with the rest of the cast.
As part of the meeting, the cast also took part in a "table reading" of the script. This reportedly went especially well for John Billingsley, who the site said will be playing a "distinctly alien" character, in all likelihood Dr. Phlox. There was immediate chemistry between Bakula and Billingsley, and the expectation was that the two actors will play off each other well on screen.
AICN stated that not only is Bakula being paid a "small forture" to star in Enterprise, but he has also apparently been given the level of creative involvement he requested. He reportedly gave significant input to the script and his character, all of which were used by the producers.
Apparently, the massively positive reaction of the fanbase when it was first announced Bakula was negotiating for the series was one of the reasons for his eventual hiring. Bakula himself is said to be very interested in Star Trek, and then especially its characterisation and emotion rather than mere technobabble.
Now that the series has been officially announced, we have created a new Enterprise Forum at the Trek BBS, where dozens of discussions are already going on about every aspect of Series V.
According to the official press release, Bakula will also continue to develop new projects for Paramount Network Television as part of this new deal. Together with partner Tom Spiroff and his production company Bakula Productions, he has already created TV films such as 'Bachelor's Baby' and 'Papa's Angels,' and the new deal gives him the opportunity to develop series, telefilms, features and specials.
For more on this, please check out the official press release sent out via PRNewsWire by Paramount yesterday evening, as well as this article by Variety's Michael Schneider.
This news item will be updated throughout the day as new information becomes available.
Brant
I would be willing to wager that the readership here consists primarily of '500-pound fat guys' when it comes to ISPs. I know that my father pays about the same that I do for cablemodem service and uses If everyone who used cablemodems/DSL was responsible for the same amount of traffic I am (about 200 MB downstream weekdays, probably closing in on 1 GB fri sat sun) we would all be paying 150 bucks a month for broadband instead of the 50 I pay now.
Just a little thought that popped into my brain when I saw the fat guy remarks. Brant
From the article: Best of all, you'll make new friends and share new experiences in computing -- but never feel anxious or frustrated. Why not? Because at Silicon Pines, we NEVER tell you to do something. We NEVER expect you to figure it out. We NEVER even SHOW you how to do it. WE JUST DO IT.
What a wonderful thought. I wish I could do this and not have family and friends expect me to give them 15 years of experience in an hour. I think I'll share a little anecdote, because it is a slow day at work. A week or so ago, I used my digital camera to take some pictures of my friends daughter. I fired up my http server on my box, and emailed him: "Hey, Tony, the files are at http://mypage.com/DSC000xx.JPG where xx is 45-51." The next morning, I get an email: "Brant, that link didn't work, asshole". I try to explain that this is not very helpful, and we go back and forth for a while. It turns out that he was just clicking on the link. I look at my server logs later that day and I have 150 requests for http://mypage.com/DSC000xx.JPG.
I wish I could put tony in there with all of the old and infirm.
Is located here, at Slate.com. It discusses how this is a way to artificially increase apparent attrition without screwing over as many current employees as it would if it had to fire 5000 people.
Websters defines cyborg as "A bionic human", and defines bionic as "having normal biological capability or performance enhanced by or as if by electronic or electromechanical devices".
When I think of a cyborg, I think of something that is >50% mechanical, like the T-1000, or this lampreybot, or the borg. Maybe it is because when I think of a cyborg, I think of something that has lost part of the essential 'organicness' or, to be anthropomorphic, something that has lost part of its humanity.
This article in wired in 1997 discusses cyborgism.
There was another essay, also in wired, discussing the fact that we are already cyborgs as a species, due to thinks like Lasik, pacemakers, sub-cue drug supplies, internal hearing aids, contact lenses, digital watches and the ilk. The intersection of science fiction and reality is always fascinating. How often are inventors/researchers inspired by books/movies/tv shows to invent what they do? Of course, now I'll probably get modded down as Offtopic. I fear no moderation! I am a man, not a number! This message brought to you by user number 3441075.
I apologize if I offended your sensibilities, I was unaware of the non-poor using them, and didn't know they were used in the southwest at all. I claim geographical and sociopolitical ignorance. (although the term "ghetto cooling solution" made me laugh, so I suppose I should claim insensitivity)
Under crotherm's advice, "This would a great article to pass along to those less knowledgable about SPAM and those that fight against it", I have 'passed' this article along to every distribution list at my place of employment, most of the newsgroups on Usenet, and I modified an IRC bot to post the URL in all of the channels on EfNet, DALNet and Openprojects.
Thanks for your help and support in the fight against spam.
Caveat: The site is/.'ed, so I'm basing my comments on interpretation of what others said and on the signal free original story.
Now the guy who did this little thing has *got* to be white trash (I speak as one of the chosen myself) When I was growing up this thing was called a swamp cooler and was used to cool cars and homes in the deep south.
These things are suprisingly effective at cooling you down, and are still used in the poorest parts of the south (central Florida panhandle, f'rinstance)
Surprisingly, most of the JP series has low flammability.. I don't recollect the numbers, but the black, the pink and the blue are 'match safe', and the yellow and a couple of the are not.
Oh, yeah. the colors. Airplane fuel is coloured to indicate grade so that you can take a small sample from the wingtanks and tell by looking at it if you've got the right sort of fuel for your bird.
Here has a quick blurb about why and other neat stuff about fuel. I couldnt' find a comprehensive fuel colour list, but I didn't look that hard.
i think its called JP7. Its not flammable. You can apparently fling lit matches into it and they go out.
To further carry the nitpick train... The fact that JP7 does not burn when matches are flung into it does not make it exotic. You can do the same thing with diesel.
God is suing, well, everybody, for violating his patent on cellular mitosis. Many people are using the 'my cells do it on thier own, I don't even know what that word means' defence, but the judge involved does not buy that. He says 'As soon as you realized that you weren't dead, you should have started paying the royalties, scumass.'
Here is the text of an email I sent to the author of this article. I just copied and pasted from my email window before sending, so please excuse any spelling errors. And the formatting sucks. But, if anybody has any feedback, I'd love to hear it. Or anything to suggest to him if he emails me back.
Bob--
I read your article located at http://www.msnbc.com/news/550567.asp and I found some things that I disagreed and thought that I would share my ideas with you. I am basing my statements from both my personal knowledge and a thread at/., a 'News for Nerds' website. The thread can be found at: http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/03/29/163624 0&mode=nested .
Firstly, I'd like to quibble some semantics with you. These kids are not 'hackers', they are 'crackers'. A hacker wears a white hat. The crackers wear a black hat. As far as that goes, these kids are not even crackers, they are spammers and thieves. They do not bypass system security in any way, they do not have to show any cleverness. Speaking of clever, you say "clever teen-agers, so called "script kiddies" Script kiddies are not clever. That is the point of the term. They use scripts that were formatted by someone who possessed skill and they just run them. This is not clever, it is, to use thier lingo ' 74m3' (lame).
Secondly, I think that you were had. I think that these were just a couple of bored guys on EFnet who decided to see how much money they could leach from 'the man'. If they are, in fact, making $100k+ a year or anything even close to that (which I doubt), why would they risk jail for a measly 250 bucks? There are, as noted on slashdot, numerous errors and inconsistencies which I won't go into here.
Thirdly, unless you knew this story was false, it seems like you were subsidizing criminal activity by paying these children to steal cc numbers; which is, last time I checked, illegal. A way your article could have helped people, instead of just making AOL users paranoid is to have explained what it was these people were doing and how to know to be suspicious. You could have made a sidebar of the major free e-mail providers and free webspace providers (geocities, yahoo, hotmail, e-mail.com, freeyellow, juno, ad infinitum) and explained how easy it is to get multiple emails/webpages from them. Also, did you do any validation of this story? I could have written a diary for you that would have been written better and more technically accurate. And you could have sent me a check at home instead of bothering with the Western Union subterfuge.
If you would like to contact me, feel free to do so by any of the information listed below.
Brant Pierce
512-xxx-2732
brant.pierce@xxxxxxxx.com
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This letter represents the opinions of Brant Pierce. It does not represent the views or opinions of xxxxxxxxx Communications, Inc. or any of its subsidiaries.
Brant
Is a catchphrase often used here on/. to describe the illogical anger that some open source/free software folks feel towards anyone who pays for software.
My multi-thread question is this: Do the vehement anti-microsoft views of much of the Linux/free software/slashdot community (some of which are displayed by the juvenille posts in this question-asking thread) affect how MS deals with *nix? Does it impede getting things done? I read an article (which I can't find) in salon that talked about a server showdown between Linux and MS, I don't remember the specifics, but the Linux folks were apparently acting like children and baiting, compliaining and generally maligning the MS employees. How does this sort of behaviour affect how MS deals with the Linux people?
The RIAA should just cut to the chase and start recording every sound emitted in the US and Europe and copyrighting it all.. That must be stage II of the master plan for world domination.
If I knew that when I clicked on a banner ad that it would lead me to a decently-designed web page that would: a) Give me information about the product b)Give me information to contact the company about/purchase the item c) Not waste my time
Then I would be a banner ad clicking fool. The s/n on banner ads is too high. I click the banner ads here on slashdot because they tend to be of higher quality (ThinkGeek tops the list, in my mind)
If there were an industry created regulating body (eAdsSeal?) that put a stamp of approval on ads (in the right hand corner or something, think BetterBusinessBeaurau (I can never spell that word)) I would be more likely to click them, if that seal meant that the ad would satisfy my criteria stated above.
What would one *do* with a bucket of frogs? I mean, sure, crabs are tasty, but frogs? How many froglegs can a person eat?
What is it you 'old country' folk are doing with these frogs? Does Jerry Falwell know about this? I sense an urban legend in the making.
Slashdot Mirror
The only crime the woman, Gail Atwater, was charged with was the seatbelt violation.
Check out this MSNBC thingy for more information, if you so desire.
I'm glad to see my rights eroded.. makes me feel all warm inside.
Brant
The site is /.d, so here's the release's text, without links. And with slight variations in spacing. Thanks, lameness.
After years of speculation, Paramount Pictures yesterday officially announced that the next Star Trek series will be called Enterprise, and will star Scott Bakula in the lead role.
According to a press release sent out by the studio, Bakula will portray the physical and intensely curious Captain Jonathan Archer. "Obviously, I love the genre and am a long-time fan of Star Trek," Bakula commented. "I am also thrilled to be working on a TV series again with Kerry McCluggage and Garry Hart, a relationship that dates back to 1988 with Quantum Leap."
Star Trek producer Rick Berman, who co-created the series, agreed. "We couldn't be happier. Scott personifies the charm and intelligence that the role calls for."
Paramount's press release did not officially confirm the next series' setting, but this news makes it all but certain that the series will indeed be set aboard a 22nd-Century Enterprise. More information about the show's premise can be found in the casting sheet that was leaked to the internet two months ago, as well as recent pilot script review.
Enterprise is scheduled to start shooting on Monday the 14th of May. Paramount still has not reached an official agreement with UPN, but the network is widely expected to announce the series when it unveils its Fall schedule on Thursday.
Paramount also revealed the rest of the Series V cast, though it did not announce which roles these actors would be playing. Below is the full list of principal actors for Enterprise, as well as some info on which character they will likely be playing. Please note that the below character information is based on the assumption that the basics of the original casting sheet are still unchanged - Paramount may well have decided to change some characters during the casting process.
Scott Bakula - Bakula is best known for his five-year role as Dr. Sam Beckett on the Quantum Leap drama series, but he has also appeared in series such as The Invaders and Mr. & Mrs. Smith. Most recently, he played the lead role in the CBS comedy pilot Late Boomers, but now that he has signed on to Enterprise that show will have to look for another star.
Bakula will be playing Captain Jonathan Archer, a character that was originally to be called Jackson Archer. The casting sheet described him as a physical, bold personality, who unlike the Starfleet captains of later centuries exhibits a sense of wonder and excitement about the strange things he will encounter. He is said to hold a grudge against the Vulcans, who he blames for impeding humanity's progress - but with his first officer a Vulcan, he will have to reconsider these preconceptions.
Jolene Blalock - Blalock previously had a starring role in the recent NBC miniseries Jason and the Argonauts, in which she starred as Medea opposite Jason London. In addition, she acted in the upcoming Diamond Hunters mini-series, and had a guest role in an episode of C.S.I.. The above photo comes courtesy of Jason London Online. Though not officially announced, it is likely Blalock will be playing Sub-Commander T'Pau, an "austere yet sensual" Vulcan female. She's the Enterprise's Science Officer, assigned to the ship to oversee humanity's progress. Although she's cautious and guarded around humans, whom she considers primitive and irrational, she'll come to develop a grudging respect for Captain Archer.
John Billingsley - Billingsley is a 20-year veteran of the stage, who has said his greatest joy comes from performing in front of live audiences. He appeared in such plays as 'The Seagull' and 'The Nerd' before moving to Los Angeles, where he had guest roles on a great number of televisions shows. Science fiction fans will best remember him as Prof. Miles Ballard on the short-lived NBC television series The Others. The above photo comes courtesy of the official NBC site for that show.
Billingsley will likely be playing Doctor Phlox, a character who appears to be in his mid-40s. Phlox speaks with an alien accent, has an eccentric sense of humour that no one quite understands, and thinks that humanity is fascinating. He has filled Sickbay with all sorts of bizarre medical instruments for his own particular brand of "Intergalactic Medicine," making even the most routine visit to Sickbay an unexpected adventure.
Linda Park - Parks appeared on an episode of the WB series Popular this March, playing an Asian woman named Anna Lin. The above Popular photo comes courtesy of B5LR.com's AntonyF. Parks will likely be playinng the Japanese Ensign Hoshi Sato. She's described as "striking and intelligent," as well as an expert in exo-linguistics. As Comm Officer, she's not only in charge of all communications aboard the Enterprise, but also serves as ship's Translator.
Anthony Montgomery - Generally credited as A.T. Montgomery, this actor is best known for his recurring role on Popular as George Austin. He had guest roles on shows such as Frasier and Charmed, and last year made his first film appearance in the horror comedy 'Leprechaun in the Hood.' The above photo comes courtesy of the Internet Movie Database.
Montgomery will almost certainly be playing Lieutenant Joe Mayweather, the African-American helmsman aboard the Enterprise. Mayweather was raised on cargo ships, and as a result is more "interstellar" than even the Captain. His closest friend is 'Spike' Tucker.
Dominic Keating - Keating is an experienced science-fiction actor, with credits on shows such as Poltergeist: The Legacy, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and G vs E. He had a recurring role on The Immortal as Mallos, and has also had a regular role during the final season of the Teenage Health Freak television series. The above photo comes courtesy of the official 'The Immortals' web site.
Keating will likely be playing either Commander Charlie 'Spike' Tucker or Lt. Commander Malcolm Reed. Spike is described as a Southerner who enjoys using his "country" persona to disarm people. He was hand-picked by Captain Archer, who is something of a mentor to him. Though he is a brilliant officer, he has very little first-hand experience with alien cultures, and will often be a "fish out of water" on the series.
Connor Trinneer - Trinneer is probably best-known to the general public for his role as Zeus Zelenko on the long-running One Life to Live television series. However, he has also had guest roles on series such as Sliders, Touched by an Angel, FreakyLinks and Gideon's Crossing, and last year appeared in the TV adaptation of the 'Far East' play. Prior to appearing on television, Trinneer enjoyed a successful career on the stage. The above Sliders photo comes courtesy of B5LR.com's AntonyF.
Trinneer will likely be playing either Lt. Commander Malcolm Reed or Commander Charlie 'Spike' Tucker. Reed is the British Armoury Officer aboard the Enterprise, and a bit of a throwback in this new age of humanity's enlightenment. Reed is a 22nd Century soldier, "all spit and polish and by-the-book." He's also a man of contradictions - near-obsessed with munitions, but at the same time soft-spoken, shy and awkward around women.
According to a report that appeared on Ain't It Cool News this morning, Bakula reported to the Paramount lot yesterday for his first meeting with the rest of the cast.
As part of the meeting, the cast also took part in a "table reading" of the script. This reportedly went especially well for John Billingsley, who the site said will be playing a "distinctly alien" character, in all likelihood Dr. Phlox. There was immediate chemistry between Bakula and Billingsley, and the expectation was that the two actors will play off each other well on screen.
AICN stated that not only is Bakula being paid a "small forture" to star in Enterprise, but he has also apparently been given the level of creative involvement he requested. He reportedly gave significant input to the script and his character, all of which were used by the producers.
Apparently, the massively positive reaction of the fanbase when it was first announced Bakula was negotiating for the series was one of the reasons for his eventual hiring. Bakula himself is said to be very interested in Star Trek, and then especially its characterisation and emotion rather than mere technobabble.
Now that the series has been officially announced, we have created a new Enterprise Forum at the Trek BBS, where dozens of discussions are already going on about every aspect of Series V.
According to the official press release, Bakula will also continue to develop new projects for Paramount Network Television as part of this new deal. Together with partner Tom Spiroff and his production company Bakula Productions, he has already created TV films such as 'Bachelor's Baby' and 'Papa's Angels,' and the new deal gives him the opportunity to develop series, telefilms, features and specials.
For more on this, please check out the official press release sent out via PRNewsWire by Paramount yesterday evening, as well as this article by Variety's Michael Schneider.
This news item will be updated throughout the day as new information becomes available.
Brant
Neil Armstrong, et al had to fill out customs documents when they got back from the moon..
Brant
I would be willing to wager that the readership here consists primarily of '500-pound fat guys' when it comes to ISPs. I know that my father pays about the same that I do for cablemodem service and uses
If everyone who used cablemodems/DSL was responsible for the same amount of traffic I am (about 200 MB downstream weekdays, probably closing in on 1 GB fri sat sun) we would all be paying 150 bucks a month for broadband instead of the 50 I pay now.
Just a little thought that popped into my brain when I saw the fat guy remarks.
Brant
From the article:
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Best of all, you'll make new friends and share new experiences in computing -- but never feel anxious or frustrated. Why not? Because at Silicon Pines, we NEVER tell you to do something. We NEVER expect you to figure it out. We NEVER even SHOW you how to do it. WE JUST DO IT.
What a wonderful thought. I wish I could do this and not have family and friends expect me to give them 15 years of experience in an hour.
I think I'll share a little anecdote, because it is a slow day at work.
A week or so ago, I used my digital camera to take some pictures of my friends daughter. I fired up my http server on my box, and emailed him: "Hey, Tony, the files are at http://mypage.com/DSC000xx.JPG where xx is 45-51."
The next morning, I get an email: "Brant, that link didn't work, asshole".
I try to explain that this is not very helpful, and we go back and forth for a while. It turns out that he was just clicking on the link. I look at my server logs later that day and I have 150 requests for http://mypage.com/DSC000xx.JPG
I wish I could put tony in there with all of the old and infirm.
Brant
Is located here, at Slate.com. It discusses how this is a way to artificially increase apparent attrition without screwing over as many current employees as it would if it had to fire 5000 people.
Brant
I actually believe that a soyuz capsule that docked at a space station would be pretty high mileage.. in the millions..
That said, I'm going to make a bid on it and start buying bottle rockets.
Brant
Ehh, bleah. I bow to your superior brainpan and vow to never eat turnips again.
Or at least stop going from memory.
Or at least start reading the sites that I link to.
Brant
They actually do..
There was a robot, name of Dante II, which was tested in the Redoubt, Spurr and Erebus volcanoes, which are near Anchorage, AK.
Brant
Websters defines cyborg as "A bionic human", and defines bionic as "having normal biological capability or performance enhanced by or as if by electronic or electromechanical devices".
When I think of a cyborg, I think of something that is >50% mechanical, like the T-1000, or this lampreybot, or the borg. Maybe it is because when I think of a cyborg, I think of something that has lost part of the essential 'organicness' or, to be anthropomorphic, something that has lost part of its humanity.
Brant
This article in wired in 1997 discusses cyborgism.
There was another essay, also in wired, discussing the fact that we are already cyborgs as a species, due to thinks like Lasik, pacemakers, sub-cue drug supplies, internal hearing aids, contact lenses, digital watches and the ilk.
The intersection of science fiction and reality is always fascinating. How often are inventors/researchers inspired by books/movies/tv shows to invent what they do?
Of course, now I'll probably get modded down as Offtopic. I fear no moderation! I am a man, not a number!
This message brought to you by user number 3441075.
Brant
I apologize if I offended your sensibilities, I was unaware of the non-poor using them, and didn't know they were used in the southwest at all.
I claim geographical and sociopolitical ignorance. (although the term "ghetto cooling solution" made me laugh, so I suppose I should claim insensitivity)
Brant
Under crotherm's advice, "This would a great article to pass along to those less knowledgable about SPAM and those that fight against it", I have 'passed' this article along to every distribution list at my place of employment, most of the newsgroups on Usenet, and I modified an IRC bot to post the URL in all of the channels on EfNet, DALNet and Openprojects.
Thanks for your help and support in the fight against spam.
Brant
Caveat: The site is /.'ed, so I'm basing my comments on interpretation of what others said and on the signal free original story.
Now the guy who did this little thing has *got* to be white trash (I speak as one of the chosen myself) When I was growing up this thing was called a swamp cooler and was used to cool cars and homes in the deep south.
These things are suprisingly effective at cooling you down, and are still used in the poorest parts of the south (central Florida panhandle, f'rinstance)
Brant
Can you imagine some blind guy blundering in to goatsex and thinking 'I just shoved my finger in that guy's ass!'
Noise of gun being put into mouth
Brant
Surprisingly, most of the JP series has low flammability.. I don't recollect the numbers, but the black, the pink and the blue are 'match safe', and the yellow and a couple of the are not.
Oh, yeah. the colors. Airplane fuel is coloured to indicate grade so that you can take a small sample from the wingtanks and tell by looking at it if you've got the right sort of fuel for your bird.
Here has a quick blurb about why and other neat stuff about fuel. I couldnt' find a comprehensive fuel colour list, but I didn't look that hard.
Brant
i think its called JP7. Its not flammable. You can apparently fling lit matches into it and they go out.
To further carry the nitpick train...
The fact that JP7 does not burn when matches are flung into it does not make it exotic. You can do the same thing with diesel.
Brant
God is suing, well, everybody, for violating his patent on cellular mitosis. Many people are using the 'my cells do it on thier own, I don't even know what that word means' defence, but the judge involved does not buy that. He says 'As soon as you realized that you weren't dead, you should have started paying the royalties, scumass.'
Brant
Here is the text of an email I sent to the author of this article. I just copied and pasted from my email window before sending, so please excuse any spelling errors. And the formatting sucks. But, if anybody has any feedback, I'd love to hear it. Or anything to suggest to him if he emails me back.
/., a 'News for Nerds' website. The thread can be found at: http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/03/29/163624 0&mode=nested .
Bob--
I read your article located at http://www.msnbc.com/news/550567.asp and I found some things that I disagreed and thought that I would share my ideas with you. I am basing my statements from both my personal knowledge and a thread at
Firstly, I'd like to quibble some semantics with you. These kids are not 'hackers', they are 'crackers'. A hacker wears a white hat. The crackers wear a black hat. As far as that goes, these kids are not even crackers, they are spammers and thieves. They do not bypass system security in any way, they do not have to show any cleverness. Speaking of clever, you say "clever teen-agers, so called "script kiddies" Script kiddies are not clever. That is the point of the term. They use scripts that were formatted by someone who possessed skill and they just run them. This is not clever, it is, to use thier lingo ' 74m3' (lame).
Secondly, I think that you were had. I think that these were just a couple of bored guys on EFnet who decided to see how much money they could leach from 'the man'. If they are, in fact, making $100k+ a year or anything even close to that (which I doubt), why would they risk jail for a measly 250 bucks? There are, as noted on slashdot, numerous errors and inconsistencies which I won't go into here.
Thirdly, unless you knew this story was false, it seems like you were subsidizing criminal activity by paying these children to steal cc numbers; which is, last time I checked, illegal. A way your article could have helped people, instead of just making AOL users paranoid is to have explained what it was these people were doing and how to know to be suspicious. You could have made a sidebar of the major free e-mail providers and free webspace providers (geocities, yahoo, hotmail, e-mail.com, freeyellow, juno, ad infinitum) and explained how easy it is to get multiple emails/webpages from them. Also, did you do any validation of this story? I could have written a diary for you that would have been written better and more technically accurate. And you could have sent me a check at home instead of bothering with the Western Union subterfuge.
If you would like to contact me, feel free to do so by any of the information listed below.
Brant Pierce
512-xxx-2732
brant.pierce@xxxxxxxx.com
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Brant
I wish I had some mod points. Then it would be -1, troll... NEXT STOP! Get on board the just-because-it-bashes-MS-doesn't-make-it-a-good-p ost train.
okay, so sure, they should have used PDF or HTML, get over it.
Brant
the text file referenced in the article (the foodTV one) is now gone, the page points to www.doubleclick.com/us .
Brant
Is a catchphrase often used here on /. to describe the illogical anger that some open source/free software folks feel towards anyone who pays for software.
My multi-thread question is this: Do the vehement anti-microsoft views of much of the Linux/free software/slashdot community (some of which are displayed by the juvenille posts in this question-asking thread) affect how MS deals with *nix?
Does it impede getting things done?
I read an article (which I can't find) in salon that talked about a server showdown between Linux and MS, I don't remember the specifics, but the Linux folks were apparently acting like children and baiting, compliaining and generally maligning the MS employees.
How does this sort of behaviour affect how MS deals with the Linux people?
Brant
The RIAA should just cut to the chase and start recording every sound emitted in the US and Europe and copyrighting it all.. That must be stage II of the master plan for world domination.
Brant
Banner ads *could* work.
If I knew that when I clicked on a banner ad that it would lead me to a decently-designed web page that would:
a) Give me information about the product
b)Give me information to contact the company about/purchase the item
c) Not waste my time
Then I would be a banner ad clicking fool. The s/n on banner ads is too high. I click the banner ads here on slashdot because they tend to be of higher quality (ThinkGeek tops the list, in my mind)
If there were an industry created regulating body (eAdsSeal?) that put a stamp of approval on ads (in the right hand corner or something, think BetterBusinessBeaurau (I can never spell that word)) I would be more likely to click them, if that seal meant that the ad would satisfy my criteria stated above.
Brant
What a bunch of weirdos..;)
What would one *do* with a bucket of frogs? I mean, sure, crabs are tasty, but frogs? How many froglegs can a person eat?
What is it you 'old country' folk are doing with these frogs? Does Jerry Falwell know about this? I sense an urban legend in the making.
Brant