Whatever. Somehow I doubt that the black market resale value of the HTC Android phone I bought from Virgin for $149 is anywhere near the black market resale value of an iPhone.
We weren't talking about a paywall for Slashdot, but about the New York Times and possibly the Washington Post, which is reportedly *considering* a paywall.
Most middle or working class occupations are suffering from *declining* pay. Holding steady is good these days. And think of all the people who were making $50K or $75K a few years ago and are now working for $10/hour or less.
I *have* had several heart attacks and am in poor health. Mostly retired, just doing a little part-time work for Slashdot and a few others.
Am I supposed to call you an insensitive clod now? Nah. Too trite.
Seriously, in 2010 I had a heart attack, got stents put in, and 5 hours after I got out of the hospital I had congestive heart failure and died. Got resuscitated, but all the tubes the EMS guys stuck down my throat left me with more rasp than voice.
198 passenger-miles per gallon on the wall 198 passenger-miles per gallon Take one gallon down and pass it around, 197 passenger-miles per gallon on the wall
197 passenger-miles per gallon on the wall 197 passenger-miles per gallon Take one gallon down and pass it around, 196 passenger-miles per gallon on the wall
196 passenger-miles per gallon on the wall 196 passenger-miles per gallon Take one gallon down and pass it around, 195 passenger-miles per gallon on the wall
I don't use hearing aids but I'm dependent on eyeglasses. Bifocals in my strong prescription start at $140 from chain "discount" opticians that advertise on TV, around $120 from a couple of local chains that tout themselves as bargain eyeglass purveyors, and cost me less than $40 from an online optical dispensary -- which does NOT charge me extra for 60/40 (far/near vision percentages), while the local opticians do.
What about a marijuana or hash gun? If you made one, would the 2nd amendment cover it and its ammunition? Would the NRA pay for your defense if some socialist commie marxist Obama-appointed judge tried to pry your Ganjagun(tm) from your warm, live hands?
Americans go to Paris in droves, which are a type of small dog-pulled cart. Around 5 million tourists (that's a lot of droves) visit Versailles each year. The dowdy English main palace, Westminster, gets fewer than 2 million, and that's with a royal family living there. Face it: the French have more style than the English, along with world-famous prostitutes, and have never invaded the United States and burned our Capitol. There's also French kissing. Which do you want: English kisses or French kisses? Thought so!
Reality = the $800 Panasonic camcorder and Azden shotgun mic + Audio-Technica wireless lav & handhelds that are the Slashdot standard video gear are at least as good as a Canon XH A1, which was the high-def successor to the XL1.
XLR mic inputs are only really necessary if you're dealing with music and need big audio bandwidth. And nowadays, you might as well use a Zoom H4 for sound, and it will provide phantom power and give you two channels of directional sound through external mics plus 2 channels of ambient. This assumes you either own a copy of pluraleyes or know how to synch audio manually.
I saw the movie TANK -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tank_(film) -- in the on-post movie theater at Ft. Hood, TX, which at the time was home to the world's largest concentration of tanks. And one of the most boring spots on this planet. Watching a theater full of young tank crew guys cheer this movie was a bit scary. How many of them would go back to their units and decide to take out a bar in Killeen (nearby town) where they'd been short-changed or something like that? Or maybe invade Mexico for the hell of it, an idea for which I actually drew up a battle plan and submitted it through the Army Suggestion Program, where it got all the way up to the Post Commander, who thought it was a fine idea and that it sounded like fun but didn't think the Pentagon or White House would approve.
Anyway, you can't really think about the cost of the military working with a film production company as a true cost. Aside from recruiting value, the military does lots of training-type stuff when a unit or ship isn't actively engaged in combat, and what the heck - they might as well make a movie while they're practicing carrier take offs and landings or clandestine insertions or whatever.
I've suggested to The Honchos that all videos on Slashdot should have a "video" topic marker, so that those who don't want to watch any videos, period, will be able to completely ignore them.
I have asked the people who run Slashdot these days to handle videos differently, and I am refusing to have my name anywhere near the more blatantly promotional ones.
Realize that I am doing this in spite of the nasty cursers and insulters, not because of them.
FYI - there have been some decent/informative videos, and there will be more of them in the future. Some will like them, some won't.
I've tried to contact you about doing video transcripts for $$. Either the email associated with your UID is dead or you don't check it. So if you see this, please email robin at roblimo dot com.
Just about everybody who gets paid to work on Slashdot started out as a volunteer or random poster, so you'd just be the latest one to go pro.
Thanks for the lead. A lot of our videos so far have been of people/companies Tim ran into at conferences. If you have ideas for video stories (and we can now do Skype interviews) please email robin@roblimo.com
Another too-cool book and possible movie candidate - The Stars My Destination http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stars_My_Destination by Alfred Bester. Neil Gaiman (one of my favorite living authors) called this the first cyberpunk novel. Neil is right about that. It is also one of the finest "high concept" SF novels ever written, and was so far ahead of its time (1956) that a lot of reviewers panned it.
Gully Foyle is my name And Terra is my nation Deep space is my dwelling place The stars my destination
This should be a movie. If you don't believe me, ask Neal Stephenson. He has no doubt read and liked this novel.
Slashdot Mirror
Whatever. Somehow I doubt that the black market resale value of the HTC Android phone I bought from Virgin for $149 is anywhere near the black market resale value of an iPhone.
We weren't talking about a paywall for Slashdot, but about the New York Times and possibly the Washington Post, which is reportedly *considering* a paywall.
Most middle or working class occupations are suffering from *declining* pay. Holding steady is good these days. And think of all the people who were making $50K or $75K a few years ago and are now working for $10/hour or less.
Here, I'll help:
1... 2.... 3... 4... 5... 6...
Count your blessings! :)
I *have* had several heart attacks and am in poor health. Mostly retired, just doing a little part-time work for Slashdot and a few others.
Am I supposed to call you an insensitive clod now? Nah. Too trite.
Seriously, in 2010 I had a heart attack, got stents put in, and 5 hours after I got out of the hospital I had congestive heart failure and died. Got resuscitated, but all the tubes the EMS guys stuck down my throat left me with more rasp than voice.
198 passenger-miles per gallon on the wall
198 passenger-miles per gallon
Take one gallon down and pass it around,
197 passenger-miles per gallon on the wall
197 passenger-miles per gallon on the wall
197 passenger-miles per gallon
Take one gallon down and pass it around,
196 passenger-miles per gallon on the wall
196 passenger-miles per gallon on the wall
196 passenger-miles per gallon
Take one gallon down and pass it around,
195 passenger-miles per gallon on the wall
I don't use hearing aids but I'm dependent on eyeglasses. Bifocals in my strong prescription start at $140 from chain "discount" opticians that advertise on TV, around $120 from a couple of local chains that tout themselves as bargain eyeglass purveyors, and cost me less than $40 from an online optical dispensary -- which does NOT charge me extra for 60/40 (far/near vision percentages), while the local opticians do.
Post the MF'ing transcript if you want us to consume the wisdom, please. We're in a hurry out here.
The transcript is posted and was all along. You may need new glasses.
What about a marijuana or hash gun? If you made one, would the 2nd amendment cover it and its ammunition? Would the NRA pay for your defense if some socialist commie marxist Obama-appointed judge tried to pry your Ganjagun(tm) from your warm, live hands?
GANJAGUNS FOR AMERICA!!!
The link to Vimeo didn't do it for you?
Americans go to Paris in droves, which are a type of small dog-pulled cart. Around 5 million tourists (that's a lot of droves) visit Versailles each year. The dowdy English main palace, Westminster, gets fewer than 2 million, and that's with a royal family living there. Face it: the French have more style than the English, along with world-famous prostitutes, and have never invaded the United States and burned our Capitol. There's also French kissing. Which do you want: English kisses or French kisses? Thought so!
But that company's lawyers can and do reproduce, to the detriment of all humanity:
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110330/04055413695/monsanto-sued-organic-farmers-who-dont-want-to-be-accused-patent-infringement.shtml
http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2008/05/monsanto200805
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/04/26/eveningnews/main4048288.shtml
That's Cee Lo Green's cat.
Come to think of it, Cee Lo Green is a pretty good Bond villain name, too.
I'm happy to say, "You're right." Makes you feel better and costs me nothing.
However, please realize that if you had said that you couldn't see SS1 leading to SS2/Virgin Galactic, I wouldn't have argued with you then, either.
Scaled Composites people have said for many years that their end goal is reusable orbiters with aerodynamic first stages.
Reality = the $800 Panasonic camcorder and Azden shotgun mic + Audio-Technica wireless lav & handhelds that are the Slashdot standard video gear are at least as good as a Canon XH A1, which was the high-def successor to the XL1.
XLR mic inputs are only really necessary if you're dealing with music and need big audio bandwidth. And nowadays, you might as well use a Zoom H4 for sound, and it will provide phantom power and give you two channels of directional sound through external mics plus 2 channels of ambient. This assumes you either own a copy of pluraleyes or know how to synch audio manually.
I saw the movie TANK -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tank_(film) -- in the on-post movie theater at Ft. Hood, TX, which at the time was home to the world's largest concentration of tanks. And one of the most boring spots on this planet. Watching a theater full of young tank crew guys cheer this movie was a bit scary. How many of them would go back to their units and decide to take out a bar in Killeen (nearby town) where they'd been short-changed or something like that? Or maybe invade Mexico for the hell of it, an idea for which I actually drew up a battle plan and submitted it through the Army Suggestion Program, where it got all the way up to the Post Commander, who thought it was a fine idea and that it sounded like fun but didn't think the Pentagon or White House would approve.
Anyway, you can't really think about the cost of the military working with a film production company as a true cost. Aside from recruiting value, the military does lots of training-type stuff when a unit or ship isn't actively engaged in combat, and what the heck - they might as well make a movie while they're practicing carrier take offs and landings or clandestine insertions or whatever.
I agree - and I'm trying to get the bosses to pay the guy who's been doing them as a volunteer.
I've suggested to The Honchos that all videos on Slashdot should have a "video" topic marker, so that those who don't want to watch any videos, period, will be able to completely ignore them.
I have asked the people who run Slashdot these days to handle videos differently, and I am refusing to have my name anywhere near the more blatantly promotional ones.
Realize that I am doing this in spite of the nasty cursers and insulters, not because of them.
FYI - there have been some decent/informative videos, and there will be more of them in the future. Some will like them, some won't.
- Robin
Gotta have the antennas. Please do be in touch...
Thanks!
I've tried to contact you about doing video transcripts for $$. Either the email associated with your UID is dead or you don't check it. So if you see this, please email robin at roblimo dot com.
Just about everybody who gets paid to work on Slashdot started out as a volunteer or random poster, so you'd just be the latest one to go pro.
- Robin
Thanks for the lead. A lot of our videos so far have been of people/companies Tim ran into at conferences. If you have ideas for video stories (and we can now do Skype interviews) please email robin@roblimo.com
"Quake." Seems a bit silly, but I am not going to argue with someone who makes rockets with more range than an early Scud.
Totally. Also -- more obscure -- his Kornbluth collaborations: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyril_M._Kornbluth
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Marching_Morons - Idiocracy was obviously ripped from this, not that it was a 100% original theme for Pohl & Kornbluth, either.
A Pohl Collab with Jack Williamson, The Reefs of Space http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1476166.The_Reefs_of_Space - could be the most visually striking SF film ever made. I've been waiting to see it since I first read the book in 1959.
Another too-cool book and possible movie candidate - The Stars My Destination http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stars_My_Destination by Alfred Bester. Neil Gaiman (one of my favorite living authors) called this the first cyberpunk novel. Neil is right about that. It is also one of the finest "high concept" SF novels ever written, and was so far ahead of its time (1956) that a lot of reviewers panned it.
Gully Foyle is my name
And Terra is my nation
Deep space is my dwelling place
The stars my destination
This should be a movie. If you don't believe me, ask Neal Stephenson. He has no doubt read and liked this novel.
Chinese "human OCRs" are cheaper than Indian ones...