Well, duh. If it is well written it won't have bugs, by definition. But how do you find out whether the code is well written, except by thoroughly testing it?
Yeah, you can even prove it is correct mathematically and still have errors. "Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct."
I'd point out that while the author claims that he would only use the movies as sources, he then throws out things like the following lines
And yet Fett understands the protocol. When he captures Solo, he calls him "Captain Solo." (Whether this is in deference to Han's former rank in the Imperial starfleet, or simply because Han owns and pilots his own ship, we don't know. I suspect it's the former.) *snip* Also, unlike the divine-right Jedi, the Empire is a meritocracy. The Empire runs academies throughout the galaxy (Han Solo begins his career at an Imperial academy), and those who show promise are promoted, often rapidly.
So which is it --- Movies only or movies and the expanded universe?
From the movies, the only past we know about Han is:
He was a smuggler for Jaba the Hutt.
He dumped his cargo prior to being boarded by an Imperial vessel. Jaba's pissed about that and wants his money back or Han dead.
Han's got a big furry buddy named Chewie (what a Wookie!)
Chewie is subservient to Han with no explanation why.
Han has a fast, if somewhat unreliable, ship called The Millenium Falcon which he won from Lando Calrissian "fair and square".
That's it. Nothing about academies, nothing about Han having been a cadet who certainly did not obtain the rank of captain in the imperial navy. That information is based solely on the expanded universe.
Again, it's conjecture that the Empire runs a meritocracy but if it is a meritocracy, how did Admiral Ozzel obtain his rank? He clearly knew nothing about tactics as he dropped out of hyperspace too close to Hoth. Why are there no women, minorities or aliens of rank in the Empire? Do these people not have merits? (Yes, I know about GA Thrawn and Mara Jade but we have limited our discussion to the film-based realm)
equating darkness of skin with evil, and fairness of skin w/ good
Ah yes, a sentiment best summarized by Kevin Smith in Chasing Amy.
Hooper...those movies are about how the white man keeps the brother man down - even in a galaxy far, far away. Check this shit. You got cracker farm-boy Luke Skywalker, Nazi poster boy - blond hair, blue eyes. And then you got Darth Vader, the blackest brother in the galaxy, Nubian god!
Banky What's a Nubian?
Hooper Shut the fuck up! Now Vader, he's a spiritual brother, with the force and all that shit. Then this cracker Skywalker gets his hands on a lightsaber, and the boy decides he's gonna run the fucking universe - gets a whole Klan of whites together, and they're gonna bust up Vader's 'hood the Death Star. Now what the fuck do you call that!
Banky Intergalactic Civil War?
Hooper Gentrification. They're gonna drive our the black element, to make the galaxy quote, unquote 'safe' for white folks. Jedi's the most insulting installment, because Vader's beautiful, black visage is sullied when he pulls off his mask to reveal a feeble, crusty white man! They're trying to tell us that deep inside, we all want to be white!
Banky Well isn't that true?
Queue the Shaft music
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No offense to PureFiction on this, but I don't think the real loss in this deal is ION. From the days when I was living the contractor/leech life off of Sprint, I was involved in their Broadband Wireless Group. That was some cool crap, especially with the MDU (multiple dwelling unit) project they were attempting to roll out when my gig was up. Broadband wireless was internet access at DSL speeds over the airwaves (2 GHzish). If I weren't lazy, I'd look it up. At any rate, for non MDU customers, if you had tower line of sight, they'd slap a pizza box sized dish on your roof, run some wiring into the house and you were golden. MDU was a sweeter setup. You move into some apartment complex that has Bband wireless installed? Here's your 802.11 (b?) card, have fun. Marketing/pricing people had some good thoughts on that one. Assuming you didn't have installation fees waved (100 - 300 iirc) they'd still charge you full price for a truck roll even though they'd be sending you a DIY kit. *shrug* A nice market to get into too, seems most cable or DSL providers didn't want to deal with hooking them up.
Still, while ION may or may not have been a technically superior offering to BWG, what killed it was the whole acquisition process (Prof. Walters would love that sentence). I remember at this big Sprint rally "Getting It Done", ION people were up on stage talking about how things had been improving with regards to the order process. They'd refactored the ordering process and it now only took somewhere along the lines of an hour to get service ordered instead the multiple hours it used to take. I can't remember how many screens they said they cut out and redundant information elminated but it was a lot. An hour just to get service ordered. Granted I waited nearly that long to talk water turned on here but it's Kansas City Water Department, what can you expect? That's not an hour's worth of wait time, that's an hour long conversation. So, now as you wrap up your phone call with ION, they tell you can expect your service in the next 60 to 90 days. I believe they said they had cut it down to 45 days but still, that's a long assed time to be waiting for service.
Contrast that with the online ordering of broadband service, much faster truck rolls and quite frankly a hell of a lot more business (iirc BWG's weekly numbers approximated ION's monthly enrollment). The major flaws of the wireless service were line of sight (which was to be a non-issue with 2G technology) and the whole spectrum licensing issue (1 license per market). BTW, a bad question to ask when you start working was "If this is so cool, why don't we have it here (World Headquarters)?" Apparently, MCI/WorldCom has this market. Ahhh, delicious irony.
For a local version of the announcement try the Kansas City Star
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Really? I seem to recall some movie winning five Oscars and I'm pretty sure one of them was for a creepy guy.
Yeah, you can even prove it is correct mathematically and still have errors.
"Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct."
Don Knuth
Especially in times of famine.
MTV has commercial breaks? Shit, I thought it was nothing but a commercial...
I'd point out that while the author claims that he would only use the movies as sources, he then throws out things like the following lines
So which is it --- Movies only or movies and the expanded universe?
From the movies, the only past we know about Han is:
He was a smuggler for Jaba the Hutt.
He dumped his cargo prior to being boarded by an Imperial vessel. Jaba's pissed about that and wants his money back or Han dead.
Han's got a big furry buddy named Chewie (what a Wookie!)
Chewie is subservient to Han with no explanation why.
Han has a fast, if somewhat unreliable, ship called The Millenium Falcon which he won from Lando Calrissian "fair and square".
That's it. Nothing about academies, nothing about Han having been a cadet who certainly did not obtain the rank of captain in the imperial navy. That information is based solely on the expanded universe.
Again, it's conjecture that the Empire runs a meritocracy but if it is a meritocracy, how did Admiral Ozzel obtain his rank? He clearly knew nothing about tactics as he dropped out of hyperspace too close to Hoth. Why are there no women, minorities or aliens of rank in the Empire? Do these people not have merits? (Yes, I know about GA Thrawn and Mara Jade but we have limited our discussion to the film-based realm)
Han became a captatin between ANH and ESB
Han became a General between ESB and ROTJ
One hell of a leap in rank, but what the heck...
Hooper ...those movies are about how the white man keeps the brother man down - even in a galaxy far, far away. Check this shit. You got cracker farm-boy Luke Skywalker, Nazi poster boy - blond hair, blue eyes. And then you got Darth Vader, the blackest brother in the galaxy, Nubian god!
Banky What's a Nubian?
Hooper Shut the fuck up! Now Vader, he's a spiritual brother, with the force and all that shit. Then this cracker Skywalker gets his hands on a lightsaber, and the boy decides he's gonna run the fucking universe - gets a whole Klan of whites together, and they're gonna bust up Vader's 'hood the Death Star. Now what the fuck do you call that!
Banky Intergalactic Civil War?
Hooper Gentrification. They're gonna drive our the black element, to make the galaxy quote, unquote 'safe' for white folks. Jedi's the most insulting installment, because Vader's beautiful, black visage is sullied when he pulls off his mask to reveal a feeble, crusty white man! They're trying to tell us that deep inside, we all want to be white!
Banky Well isn't that true?
Queue the Shaft music
--
Here's am image what of the astronomers used to see.
Still, while ION may or may not have been a technically superior offering to BWG, what killed it was the whole acquisition process (Prof. Walters would love that sentence). I remember at this big Sprint rally "Getting It Done", ION people were up on stage talking about how things had been improving with regards to the order process. They'd refactored the ordering process and it now only took somewhere along the lines of an hour to get service ordered instead the multiple hours it used to take. I can't remember how many screens they said they cut out and redundant information elminated but it was a lot. An hour just to get service ordered. Granted I waited nearly that long to talk water turned on here but it's Kansas City Water Department, what can you expect? That's not an hour's worth of wait time, that's an hour long conversation. So, now as you wrap up your phone call with ION, they tell you can expect your service in the next 60 to 90 days. I believe they said they had cut it down to 45 days but still, that's a long assed time to be waiting for service.
Contrast that with the online ordering of broadband service, much faster truck rolls and quite frankly a hell of a lot more business (iirc BWG's weekly numbers approximated ION's monthly enrollment). The major flaws of the wireless service were line of sight (which was to be a non-issue with 2G technology) and the whole spectrum licensing issue (1 license per market). BTW, a bad question to ask when you start working was "If this is so cool, why don't we have it here (World Headquarters)?" Apparently, MCI/WorldCom has this market. Ahhh, delicious irony.
For a local version of the announcement try the Kansas City Star
He has a mullet.
Statute 1380 of the Florida Fashion code outlawed mullets in addition to acid-washed jeans, spiked jewelry and mesh shirts.
Wow, I feel the Miner in my heart swelling with pride already. W3 sur c@n sp33l g00d w1th R 30 ACT.
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Hello, I couldn't help but notice your lawn needed mowing. That'll be $200. Oh, and I checked your mail. You didn't have any. That'll be an extra $30.