The thought of my entire life revolving around kids makes me cringe.
Then by all means, don't have them. The last thing the world needs is another daddy who doesn't want to be one. Not a slam but I get the feeling my single/childless friends expect me to try and talk them into having children. Not me! If no kids is the life for you, rock on.
I'm guessing either you're new to Cali, or you've only lived in the north.
I am typing this in the San Fernando Valley (where I have lived for the past 12 years) area of Southern (where I have lived for the past 18 years) California (where I have lived for the past 40 years). Tourists...
Amen! Heck, I actually seemed to get more creative after my twins were born. What I lacked was time. My real chance to get creative is in my spare time but I don't have much of that anymore. No regrets, it's just the way it is if you want to be a great daddy.
"Well, here we have the perfect example of how Linux is more than ready for the desktop -- hundreds of animators successfully used Linux to create a film right from their desktops."
Just because a bunch of computer-savvy animators sat down in front of a computer and made a movie that does not mean Linux is ready for the desktop. Back at Disney we had non-techie-types in their fifties working on their Sun workstations in 1990 and nobody is going to argue that SunOS was ready for the desktop 13 years ago. Things were made so that their interaction with the OS outside of the particular app they were using was very minimal. BIG difference between that and "ready for the desktop".
Alright... 16 strands of hair? I thought modern computer graphics were up to thousands of strands. Am I missing something here?
These characters had to integrate with 2d characters, not photo-real or even Pixar-style characters. Millions of strands of hair would look out of place next to a hand-drawn character.
I doubt the Jobs of today is the same Jobs that started Apple.
Of course he isn't and that's why he was there. He's the CEO of two very successful companies and, well, he's Steve Jobs--meaning you know he's going to behave like Steve Jobs. If the people in the room couldn't take the heat they wouldn't have invited Steve into the kitchen.
How about tortious interference? IBM says it has a license in perpetuity and that's that. Okay, so why is SCO giving press releases about this bogus deadline instead of suing IBM? IBM could argue that SCO is intentionally trying to damage IBM's business, since (presumably) SCO is wrong about IBM's license.
Anyone who wants to have rotating skulls and burning fire on their script kiddie web page is still welcome to use animated gifs.
Sorry but banner ads that are animated always get better CTR than the same banner not animated (on my site, anyway). Animated GIFs are the lowest common denominator format and are a breeze to put together so I still find them useful.
The purpose of copyright is to allow an author/creator the fair chance to make a profit for a while after he creates something. It's not to ensure that he/she makes a profit, or that his/her grandchildren have a chance to make a profit.
Let's say that my new book, "Fairly Squatter and the Lords of Hemp", comes out tomorrow and doesn't sell so well. On the to my publisher's to discuss the disappointing sales I am struck by a car and killed. Word of my death hits the news wires and, in that weird way we do, causes my book, in one month, to sell more copies than there are bibles. Cool! Now even though I'm gone my children are provided for, right? No because people who aren't aware that communism didn't work, like you, have decided that my book fell into the public domain upon my death and my publisher gets to keep all that loot that would have allowed my children to go to the university of their choice. Yeah, that sounds much better.
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I just read this interview with the CEO of Cognizant, a company you outsource to, where he talks about outsourcing and BPO.
...and my wife's new wallet, since she lost her old one last week.
Consider areas that only have access to the Internet via radio...at certain, limited times of the day.
Pop! (sound of a lightbulb turning on)
I hope it got you the attention you never received as a child.
Wright was a terrible father:
Now he tells me.
The thought of my entire life revolving around kids makes me cringe.
Then by all means, don't have them. The last thing the world needs is another daddy who doesn't want to be one. Not a slam but I get the feeling my single/childless friends expect me to try and talk them into having children. Not me! If no kids is the life for you, rock on.
I'm guessing either you're new to Cali, or you've only lived in the north.
I am typing this in the San Fernando Valley (where I have lived for the past 12 years) area of Southern (where I have lived for the past 18 years) California (where I have lived for the past 40 years). Tourists...
Amen! Heck, I actually seemed to get more creative after my twins were born. What I lacked was time. My real chance to get creative is in my spare time but I don't have much of that anymore. No regrets, it's just the way it is if you want to be a great daddy.
It helps that the president is a bit mad, himself. Sorry, I couldn't resist.
Cali is pretty sweet.
Too bad you don't live here, as nobody from California calls it "Cali". It's like people calling San Francisco "Frisco". Tourists...
If an asteroid falls in the woods and nothing is alive afterwards, did it make a noise?
Sorry. Stress at home...
If by "what they did" you mean St. Anger, the answer should be "NO".
<simpsons>Worst album ever.</simpsons>
"Well, here we have the perfect example of how Linux is more than ready for the desktop -- hundreds of animators successfully used Linux to create a film right from their desktops."
Just because a bunch of computer-savvy animators sat down in front of a computer and made a movie that does not mean Linux is ready for the desktop. Back at Disney we had non-techie-types in their fifties working on their Sun workstations in 1990 and nobody is going to argue that SunOS was ready for the desktop 13 years ago. Things were made so that their interaction with the OS outside of the particular app they were using was very minimal. BIG difference between that and "ready for the desktop".
Anyone know if they use custom software or 3rd party stuff?
Yes, they do.
Alright... 16 strands of hair? I thought modern computer graphics were up to thousands of strands. Am I missing something here?
These characters had to integrate with 2d characters, not photo-real or even Pixar-style characters. Millions of strands of hair would look out of place next to a hand-drawn character.
I use a Mac, too, but I have no illusion of immunity.
I do. Woo hoo!
I doubt the Jobs of today is the same Jobs that started Apple.
Of course he isn't and that's why he was there. He's the CEO of two very successful companies and, well, he's Steve Jobs--meaning you know he's going to behave like Steve Jobs. If the people in the room couldn't take the heat they wouldn't have invited Steve into the kitchen.
No, it isn't extortion, it is barratry.
How about tortious interference? IBM says it has a license in perpetuity and that's that. Okay, so why is SCO giving press releases about this bogus deadline instead of suing IBM? IBM could argue that SCO is intentionally trying to damage IBM's business, since (presumably) SCO is wrong about IBM's license.
Anyone who wants to have rotating skulls and burning fire on their script kiddie web page is still welcome to use animated gifs.
Sorry but banner ads that are animated always get better CTR than the same banner not animated (on my site, anyway). Animated GIFs are the lowest common denominator format and are a breeze to put together so I still find them useful.
The purpose of copyright is to allow an author/creator the fair chance to make a profit for a while after he creates something. It's not to ensure that he/she makes a profit, or that his/her grandchildren have a chance to make a profit.
Let's say that my new book, "Fairly Squatter and the Lords of Hemp", comes out tomorrow and doesn't sell so well. On the to my publisher's to discuss the disappointing sales I am struck by a car and killed. Word of my death hits the news wires and, in that weird way we do, causes my book, in one month, to sell more copies than there are bibles. Cool! Now even though I'm gone my children are provided for, right? No because people who aren't aware that communism didn't work, like you, have decided that my book fell into the public domain upon my death and my publisher gets to keep all that loot that would have allowed my children to go to the university of their choice. Yeah, that sounds much better.
Apple is about to become a _very large label_ on their own.
Not if The (surviving) Beatles have anything to say about it.
Is there a reason you can't give your kids something of what you make during your life? Why is it necessary to hoarde it until your death?
Because maybe I like living in my house while I'm alive. It's not hoarding, it's called keeping a roof over my head.
The only practical thing to do in case of a house seems to be, to auction it off and split the money among the members of the public somehow.
That is nuts, plain and simple. Communism didn't work, or don't you remember?