Joss Whedon, the creator of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Angel", is close to closing a deal with Fox.
Why, with credits like those two spectacular shows, and with a target station of such unequaled reputation like Fox, I can't imagine that this would be anything but unadulterated television brilliance. Truly.
Is Your Son a Computer Hacker?
T. Reginald Gibbons of Adequacy.Org offers 10 warning signs that your son might be involved in the subversive and criminal world of hacking. I'm not sure about some of his technical expertise, but I can't argue with his advice to throw out any books by Jon Katz and petition local bookstores to remove them from the shelves. (12-06)
It's "up us." I know, I find myself saying it the other way when I try to just roll it out casually, because "up us" is so damned bumpy! But, there it is.
When Linux becomes mainstream, the same programmers that made crappy Windows software will begin to make crappy Linux software. Some of it will disturb/disable other programs, take up resources, and open security holes.
True, but I would predict at least that patches will appear a lot more quickly than they would under Microsoft, simply because there are a hell of a lot of dedicated Linux programmers who, fundamentally, want Linux to succeed through merit. I like to think their dedication runs high enough to keep Linux software in a premium condition.
Microsoft can afford to leave holes and whatnot in its software because of its monopolistic position. If and when Linux becomes mainstream, I don't think this will be the approach for its software; many of the people seriously developing for Linux will probably have developed for Windows, and will want to take advantage of an opportunity to do things right this time. It's practical as well as ideological: why exchange one buggy set of software for another?
I'm pretty sure he will, actually. He's aware of how well-known he is to the States, and I can't believe he would hang around Afghanistan long enough for us to actually kill him. I'm betting he left right after the Trade Center attack--perhaps even before. Then he could safely hide out somewhere while all our attention was focused on Afghanistan. Classic misdirection.
A well-categorized list of these elected officials with the ability to fire off an email while surfing (a/k/a a mailto: link)
The only reservation I have about this is that it makes it easier for the wankers who regularly post 0 and -1 comments to flame Congress--perhaps in the names of groups who are actually much more respectable. -shrug-
Instead of sound, logical arguments, we get frothing at the mouth from unbathed hippies who think the government is out to tag 'n bag all of us. Jeezus.
I for one am glad this mouth-frothing element is present. I would start worrying if it began to disappear, if we all felt so comfortable in our privacy that we never dripped saliva...
Faked video tapes, lying executives, and now this. Perhaps I'm overreacting (and it's 7 a.m. for me, so maybe I am), but can this company's actions get any worse?
Maybe we should all just be grateful the it's not Microsoft getting the award for 'helping to integrate the modern computing world', or some crud like that.
Give them time. They'll give themselves the award.
So I've got an Apple II+, Apple IIe, Apple/// (yeah that old monster), Laser 128EX, Sinclair ZX-80 (not 81!), TI-99/4A, and a Unitron Apple II clone. Everything works. Wonder what I could get for all of it? I bet my 90 or so disks of cracked games (Cracked by Mr. Krac-Man! Call the Safehouse! etc) would be even more desirable, but there's no way I'm parting with those.:)
Some years ago, when I was little, I acquired a mint-condition '78 model Apple II, yeah, the very first II. I, being little, fried it one day by removing and reinserting an interface card while the machine was on. I have never forgiven myself.
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A rather bold request for an Anonymous Coward...
Why, with credits like those two spectacular shows, and with a target station of such unequaled reputation like Fox, I can't imagine that this would be anything but unadulterated television brilliance. Truly.
Is Your Son a Computer Hacker?
T. Reginald Gibbons of Adequacy.Org offers 10 warning signs that your son might be involved in the subversive and criminal world of hacking. I'm not sure about some of his technical expertise, but I can't argue with his advice to throw out any books by Jon Katz and petition local bookstores to remove them from the shelves. (12-06)
one actually ran over his with his car,
Same thing happened to a coworker at John Deere HQ in Moline, IL. What is it about laptops that makes them automobile fodder?
This thing is just begging to be made fun of with respect to sexual activities. Therefore I will refrain.
an interactive projection system designed to enrich the experience of going to bed,
-slap-
This thing even responds to body movements!
-SLAP-
Uh, now refraining...
12. Thousand dollars
11. Months of rent
And then keep going to #1 in order of decreasing monetary value, so as to maximize profits when I sell some of the stuff off.
# is enough for tic-tac-toe, and is probably what's usually used... I used it... but what do I know?
Good thing my musical tastes are almost entirely classical--I hardly saw any on that list. Brahms forever! :)
Am I the only one who looks at the initials "RMS" and consistently sees Root Mean Square? Rrgh, that's frustrating.
It's "up us." I know, I find myself saying it the other way when I try to just roll it out casually, because "up us" is so damned bumpy! But, there it is.
True, but I would predict at least that patches will appear a lot more quickly than they would under Microsoft, simply because there are a hell of a lot of dedicated Linux programmers who, fundamentally, want Linux to succeed through merit. I like to think their dedication runs high enough to keep Linux software in a premium condition.
Microsoft can afford to leave holes and whatnot in its software because of its monopolistic position. If and when Linux becomes mainstream, I don't think this will be the approach for its software; many of the people seriously developing for Linux will probably have developed for Windows, and will want to take advantage of an opportunity to do things right this time. It's practical as well as ideological: why exchange one buggy set of software for another?
I'm pretty sure he will, actually. He's aware of how well-known he is to the States, and I can't believe he would hang around Afghanistan long enough for us to actually kill him. I'm betting he left right after the Trade Center attack--perhaps even before. Then he could safely hide out somewhere while all our attention was focused on Afghanistan. Classic misdirection.
The only reservation I have about this is that it makes it easier for the wankers who regularly post 0 and -1 comments to flame Congress--perhaps in the names of groups who are actually much more respectable. -shrug-
I for one am glad this mouth-frothing element is present. I would start worrying if it began to disappear, if we all felt so comfortable in our privacy that we never dripped saliva...
...that somewhere in the huge amount of extras there might be the real version of the movie, the one that didn't suck.
Oh well.
Hmmmm...
Considering the Brits' track record on this sort of thing, I wouldn't be surprised if BBC were already doing this to their own website...
"Making of" meaning source code? Heh heh... :)
I'll just say kudos to Hemos for the attention-grabbing headline. Made me giggle even before I read the story. :)
Ag!
Faked video tapes, lying executives, and now this. Perhaps I'm overreacting (and it's 7 a.m. for me, so maybe I am), but can this company's actions get any worse?
That's some hardcore knocking on wood there...
Give them time. They'll give themselves the award.
Discipline. It's free, and works if actually used.
*goes back to Galaxian on his Apple II+*
So I've got an Apple II+, Apple IIe, Apple /// (yeah that old monster), Laser 128EX, Sinclair ZX-80 (not 81!), TI-99/4A, and a Unitron Apple II clone. Everything works. Wonder what I could get for all of it? I bet my 90 or so disks of cracked games (Cracked by Mr. Krac-Man! Call the Safehouse! etc) would be even more desirable, but there's no way I'm parting with those. :)
Some years ago, when I was little, I acquired a mint-condition '78 model Apple II, yeah, the very first II. I, being little, fried it one day by removing and reinserting an interface card while the machine was on. I have never forgiven myself.