up to three movie trailers you have to go through before you can even get to the content.
I totally agree with you about shooting anyone who sets any section of a for-purchase DVD to unskippable, but in the meantime, I find sticking the thing in the front immediately I get in from Blockbuster, then going to get the cold wine, make the popcorn, pop upstairs for a pre-movie pee, etc, just about perfect. Then when I come back, it's on menu, waiting for me to hit play.
Of course, now I've mentioned this, any marketroid reading is going to tell the publicists and they'll start putting the trailers after the menu, before the film starts - and they'll tell us it's more like 'the cinematic experience'!
My source is prolly going to be invalid by the standards of a lot of people here, but it's interviews with UK squaddies by the BBC and other news media in the UK.
I should point out that I was thinking of US on UK accidents - I had no idea there were substantial incidents of US on US.
In answer to your 'aggressiveness' argument, I can only quote the sergeant I read a while ago who described being shot at while driving towards a US check point in UK army vehicles, flying the Union Jack, leaning out of the door shouting "Hi guys", or the description of the UK convoy members who were shot by an A10 pilot. It was later explained that the pilot had been flying for several days, and made able to do so by benzedrine (or similar). Unfortunately his ability to make rational decisions had been harmed by the 'aggressive' *schedule*.
By contrast, as I understand it (and I'm not trying to bang the drum, just expanding on my opinion that the OP was right and that the method can be improved), UK soldiers make fewer fratricidal errors, but still have a lower % body-count. I could be wrong on the latter, but just for the record I'm not talking about Iraq specifically when I say that, I'm talking about wars and peace-keeper actions the world over.
Reading the thread, it seems to me that the OP was right and you just gave a lot more reasons why he was right.
If we accept that our current ground troops warfare model ('shoot if it may threaten you') is flawed, not because the individuals are flawed but because war is confusing and nasty, then the OPs point is made: God help us if we don't find a better way to train robot warriors, unless there are only robot warriors out there on our side.
I think you have to accept - and here's where you can flame my arse to hell and back - that the US's method does suck, as you chaps execute far more friendly fires than other (developed) nation's armies. I don't know why this is, but like the man said, it's got to be addressed, cos the average Brit on the street doesn't like their relatives 'sharing' wars with your guys any more.
Genuinely sorry if that burns you up, but I see his point really well made by your own post.
Basically he claims they are holding back money equal to 50% of his worth. I don't care who you are, that's enough to fight for. Well, unless you're a bum.
...but it's not quite there yet for the average user:
A new version of Apache [an http [http is the web [that big E on your desktop] protocol [how two computers [the big tv on your desk] talk to one another] server [a program [an ordered set of instructions[what you can never follow you luser] that runs all the time] was just released.
Not necessarily. If you push back highly effectively for the first part of the stroke then the latter part of the stroke (with the hand folded) can be highly inefficient - even negative.
So, it's because the hands aren't paddlewheels - they have variable profile in aeronautics terms.
MS will be using XML to replace proprietary file formats in MS Office. So the Norwegian's will still be able to use Office.
I think you miss the point a little: we don't particularly want to stop people using MS products, we just want to be able to interoperate with them seamlessly - ie by using unencumbered formats in open standards.
With a very careful choice of where to cut (to avoid off-timing effects), followed by a lot of very careful cutting, and a lot of very careful soldering.
Well, you did ask.
Justin.
(I have taken a digital watch and fitted it in a metal case, which required board-board soldering, so I'm not entirely flim-flamming here.)
It's a chicken and egg problem, and there are two ways to break the loop.
In order to justify the provision of Linux versions of games, the bean-counters need to see a user-base they can sell to. In order to get a user-base we need games that run on Linux.
Your only solution is to hassle them for OpenGL versions. TransGaming's solution is to enable Linux gaming. So long as that OS choice is *visible* to the game companies, it should work - at any rate, work just as well as hassling.
I think I know which option will convince the beancounters. Incidentally, my gaming friends say they would use use Linux if they could, as their 'doze boxes crap out regularly during LANs. I also don't think the performance penalty need be high, but I could be wrong, there may be some fundamental reason I'm not aware of.
What you have singularly failed to understand is that programmers can still write applications that don't let their objects out of scope, just like they can still write bugs. Even a given JVM might not work well cough**Microsoft**cough. Don't blame the language, blame the app and the implementation.
"Approximately 700 pounds in weight, the titles would tower 828 feet if you stacked them atop each other--almost as tall as the Empire State Building."
This means end to end, rather than back to back.
So, the maths are correct. Your interpretation is wrong..!:-O
Actually, I think it means top-to-bottom. Your sarcasm is ironic.
Dalek scary 'turns the whole world negative' for the over 25s and 'turns people into x-rays' for the current kiddy-winks. Plus it's the only beam with a catch-phrase...
So what if it was written in Greek? The blokey who wrote it would have spoken Hebrew (or Aramaic) day-to-day. It's a better explanation than the triple-six birthmark in The Omen.
Indeed - I am a contractor and the same deal applies. Often the client needs to run it past their in-house lawyers, but that's it.
However, both of us are making the other party aware of the changes before clinching the deal. The original post was suggesting that changing the text *and not letting the other party know* was legally valid. Somehow I doubt that.
Mind you, it does demonstate that any sale with conditions is not necessarily enforceable as the sellor is assuming compliance but not getting documentation of the agreement.
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I totally agree with you about shooting anyone who sets any section of a for-purchase DVD to unskippable, but in the meantime, I find sticking the thing in the front immediately I get in from Blockbuster, then going to get the cold wine, make the popcorn, pop upstairs for a pre-movie pee, etc, just about perfect. Then when I come back, it's on menu, waiting for me to hit play.
Of course, now I've mentioned this, any marketroid reading is going to tell the publicists and they'll start putting the trailers after the menu, before the film starts - and they'll tell us it's more like 'the cinematic experience'!
J.
...to mention that Nuclear Reactors may be an exciting new market for Linux to get into as Windows is rubbish.
Justin.
My source is prolly going to be invalid by the standards of a lot of people here, but it's interviews with UK squaddies by the BBC and other news media in the UK.
I should point out that I was thinking of US on UK accidents - I had no idea there were substantial incidents of US on US.
In answer to your 'aggressiveness' argument, I can only quote the sergeant I read a while ago who described being shot at while driving towards a US check point in UK army vehicles, flying the Union Jack, leaning out of the door shouting "Hi guys", or the description of the UK convoy members who were shot by an A10 pilot. It was later explained that the pilot had been flying for several days, and made able to do so by benzedrine (or similar). Unfortunately his ability to make rational decisions had been harmed by the 'aggressive' *schedule*.
By contrast, as I understand it (and I'm not trying to bang the drum, just expanding on my opinion that the OP was right and that the method can be improved), UK soldiers make fewer fratricidal errors, but still have a lower % body-count. I could be wrong on the latter, but just for the record I'm not talking about Iraq specifically when I say that, I'm talking about wars and peace-keeper actions the world over.
Justin.
If we accept that our current ground troops warfare model ('shoot if it may threaten you') is flawed, not because the individuals are flawed but because war is confusing and nasty, then the OPs point is made: God help us if we don't find a better way to train robot warriors, unless there are only robot warriors out there on our side.
I think you have to accept - and here's where you can flame my arse to hell and back - that the US's method does suck, as you chaps execute far more friendly fires than other (developed) nation's armies. I don't know why this is, but like the man said, it's got to be addressed, cos the average Brit on the street doesn't like their relatives 'sharing' wars with your guys any more.
Genuinely sorry if that burns you up, but I see his point really well made by your own post.
Justin.
Basically he claims they are holding back money equal to 50% of his worth. I don't care who you are, that's enough to fight for. Well, unless you're a bum.
J.
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"Useless". Maybe
Now can you and the guy who modded you funny give me back the 2 minutes I just had to spend working out what you'd written?!
Justin.
A new version of Apache [an http [http is the web [that big E on your desktop] protocol [how two computers [the big tv on your desk] talk to one another] server [a program [an ordered set of instructions[what you can never follow you luser] that runs all the time] was just released.
Yeah, that's it.
J.
Nice gag. Knew someone'ld come up with a good un. ;-)
J.
Mate, I was just karma-whoring, I've never used a Mac in my life ;-)
J.
I see your point, and so, for face saving reasons, I must now claim that *actually* I think *he* is missing *your* point! ;-)
Not sure what he meant to be honest, I rather thought Norway was requiring non-encumbered formats, so Office XML wouldn't be allowed.
J.
Now you know how Mac fans feel about Office ;-)
J.
Not necessarily. If you push back highly effectively for the first part of the stroke then the latter part of the stroke (with the hand folded) can be highly inefficient - even negative.
So, it's because the hands aren't paddlewheels - they have variable profile in aeronautics terms.
Justin.
I think you miss the point a little: we don't particularly want to stop people using MS products, we just want to be able to interoperate with them seamlessly - ie by using unencumbered formats in open standards.
J.
I'm glad you said that. Zombie dogs are bad enough, but the idea of dead people still posting to /. really fucks me up.
J.
(Any second now someone will post "I'm dead, you insensitive clod!")
With a very careful choice of where to cut (to avoid off-timing effects), followed by a lot of very careful cutting, and a lot of very careful soldering.
Well, you did ask.
Justin.
(I have taken a digital watch and fitted it in a metal case, which required board-board soldering, so I'm not entirely flim-flamming here.)
It's a chicken and egg problem, and there are two ways to break the loop.
In order to justify the provision of Linux versions of games, the bean-counters need to see a user-base they can sell to. In order to get a user-base we need games that run on Linux.
Your only solution is to hassle them for OpenGL versions. TransGaming's solution is to enable Linux gaming. So long as that OS choice is *visible* to the game companies, it should work - at any rate, work just as well as hassling.
I think I know which option will convince the beancounters. Incidentally, my gaming friends say they would use use Linux if they could, as their 'doze boxes crap out regularly during LANs. I also don't think the performance penalty need be high, but I could be wrong, there may be some fundamental reason I'm not aware of.
Justin.
What you have singularly failed to understand is that programmers can still write applications that don't let their objects out of scope, just like they can still write bugs. Even a given JVM might not work well cough**Microsoft**cough. Don't blame the language, blame the app and the implementation.
Justin.
Actually, I think it means top-to-bottom. Your sarcasm is ironic.
J.
Hand back your /. userid immediately, loser!
J.
Just for fuck's sake don't let the Internet talk to 1994. I've seen Terminator, I know what happens.
Justin.
Perhaps... but not for Microsoft.
If you ask me, the grandpappy post has just updated the roadmap of win95->Win XP which finally delivered what had been promised ten years before.
Justin.
Dalek scary 'turns the whole world negative' for the over 25s and 'turns people into x-rays' for the current kiddy-winks. Plus it's the only beam with a catch-phrase...
Justin.
One word: Fear.
So what if it was written in Greek? The blokey who wrote it would have spoken Hebrew (or Aramaic) day-to-day. It's a better explanation than the triple-six birthmark in The Omen.
J.
Indeed - I am a contractor and the same deal applies. Often the client needs to run it past their in-house lawyers, but that's it.
However, both of us are making the other party aware of the changes before clinching the deal. The original post was suggesting that changing the text *and not letting the other party know* was legally valid. Somehow I doubt that.
Mind you, it does demonstate that any sale with conditions is not necessarily enforceable as the sellor is assuming compliance but not getting documentation of the agreement.
J.