At the very least this guy can check with an urban-legends site like snopes before he passes this crap on as fact. In the early days of space, BOTH countries used pencil. But NASA was afraid of shards of lead doing damage in a zero G environment. The company that developed the pen for NASA did it AT THEIR OWN EXPENSE. NASA didn't spend a dime until the prototype was proven. Then the USSR ordered them too.
Jesus, this stuff is out there if you just look for it.
During the mid-nineties there was a push to rename the USAF the "United State Aeropspace Force". Two things killed it. First, traditionalists within the USAF itself. More importantly, the sister services objected, for very good reasons, which leads me to my next point....
Look for a lot of inter-service infighting about this issue of weapons in space. The Air Force has been viewed by other services, especially the Navy, as trying to hog the authority over any weapons that fly. They've been pretty arrogant about it as well, stating in the past that the USAF was "first among equals" in the Pentagon, and that it was the "only global force". Since the Navy's territory is water, which covers most of the earth (and having the capability to reach the rest of it via air from carriers), they objected to that.
Basically, the USAF wants exclusive rights to space combat, should it ever come to that. And I mean ALL space weaponry in the future, including any posted around other planets or in deep space. The other services fear becoming a kind of backwater police force on Earth while the USAF becomes the defacto US Military in whole. Frankly, I think the Air Force is working towards that goal.
...and while all the countries on that list aren't dictators, France and Germany sure seemed to have an affinity for Saddam Hussein. Their official position was that the Baathist regime was the only legitimate government for Iraq. So, you bet, there are lots of dictatorships and dictator-friendly countries on that list (especially if it will put a thorn in the side of the US).
I've got all the Karma in the world, so you people can mod me down all to shit. I don't give a fuck. I'm tired of the words "international community" automatically being assumed to mean loving benevolent progress here when frankly, the UN and the so-called international community are a collection of gutless whining leftist states. When that's the case, I LIKE unilateral U.S. action.
Ok, you're a cowardly fuckwit hiding behind an AC post. Good, let's play.
"Yah, in the United States of America, "high caste" and "low caste" are called "white" and "black."
There are lots of poor white people with no power or money here. And lots of Black people with gobs of both.
"How many black software developers have you met in your lifetime? I've spent 25 years in the IT business, and in that entire time I've only ever met 2 black software professionals. "
Ahh, the racial holier than thou thing. I've NEVER met a black software developer. Come to think about, I can only recall a handful of black guys in CIS classes back when I was in college. BUT....there were plenty of black guys IN college, just in different fields.
So what does this mean? Frankly, I think geeky things just don't appeal to most black males. I know very cool b
Like beggars can be choosers or something
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I see posts here like "She needs to go on Atkins first". And you guys need to get out of your parent's basement where you spend most of your time wanking to net porn.
Face it, fellas, if a woman like Charisma Carpenter walked near you, you wouldn't know what the hell to do anyway.
Guys on SLASHDOT criticizing the physical beauty of hollywood actresses? Isn't that like starving men saying "sorry, but the caviar just isn't as good as it used to be"?
You have no chance with her, true, because...
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....but you ruined it with the assinine comments about Kong ruining his reputation. Like one of the greatest horror flicks of all time is a bad subject to take up. Jackson is one of the few directors I trust to do justice to a great concept; a mix of beauty and the beast and monster movie.
And BTW, the term "jumping the shark" has become one of those overused cliches, especially when some anonymous authority on Slashdot proclaims it "official".
Because he has friends in the right places. Like here. Rest assured, whenever ESR posts a public statement, Slashdot will do its part to make sure it gets as much publicity as possible.
"Why does anyone think that having him as the self appointed mouthpiece for Open Source would be a good thing?"
Good question, considering the track record of his predictions (specifically, his Microsoft predictions).
"In the Java essay, he exposes the fact that he has no clue about business financials by comparing the share price of Sun & Red Hat. Anyone who has invested at all knows this is meaningless"
Ok, so he doesn't know what he's talking about. That's never stopped him before.
I've got a belief that the open source movement (and free software movement) is sometimes more of a religious movement than a technology or community movement. We have our established dogmas, even when they're bullshit. And all it takes for some moron to get mucho press is to find a writer that will refer to him as "an open source community leader". Like other so-called "community leaders" (especially in religion) there doesn't seem to be any real qualifications except for a big ego and a drive to promote yourself. Make no mistake, folks. We have plenty of Al Sharptons in our own ranks.
'...with a very few notable exceptions' ; That means more than one, but not very many. Sorry I didn't include YOUR personal favorite to make my argument meaningful.
"Voyager?"
'TNG'; Voyager is not TNG. Voyager is the brainchild of Rick Berman, and Rick Berman is a shitstain on the shorts of humanity, as another poster so elequently put it.
"I can think of things that deserve more respect than BSG TOS. "
Not if you're a fan, and if you're not a fan, you shouldn't be fucking with it.
"Kinda makes you wonder how you know it's a 'piece of shit' then, doesn't it?"
Because I used to watch it a lot, and got fed up. How long do I HAVE to watch it before I can declare it's shitty? And do I have to keep checking? If something starts tasting bad, you learn not to eat it.
This channel had so much potential, and has, with a very few notable exceptions (Dune) failed miserably at its mission of giving us a quality sci-fi expierience.
Other than running old Star Trek episodes, most of their rerun fare is crap. Instead of showing things like Six Million Dollar Man episodes, and continuing with Farscape, they give us complete shit like Crossing Over with John Edwards.
And now they've taken a big 'ole piss on the fans of Battlestar Galactica. Reimagining my ass. They compare what they did to Star Trek TNG, but it's not even close:
TNG built on Star Trek's legacy with new characters, not "reimagining" existing ones
TNG didn't make Captian Kirk a chick
TNG didn't taunt fans of the old series by telling them that if they didn't like it, "the popcorn is in the next aisle".
This new series isn't BSG, no matter what the logo says. Starbuck is a cigar chomping, skirt chasing MALE pilot. Apollo doesn't hate his dad, Cylons neither look human nor have glowing orgasms.
I'm sick of hollywood types tuning a blind eye to fans concerns to make a quick buck (the new Six Million Dollar Man movie will be a comedy....with Jim Carrey as Steve Austin; I just want to fuckin' murder someone over that one). These people have no respect for the mythology of the stories. Rick Berman is the worst of the bunch.
I won't be watching this piece of shit, and in fact, haven't watched the sci-fi channel in the better part of a year. The Discovery Channell or A&E is better time spent these days.
"We have deserts, we just don't live there. You wanna eat? MOVE TO WHERE THE FOOD IS!"
So, in light of this study, what should we do? Tear down existing cities and rebuild them where things don't grow? What about that minor issue of water supply?
Never mind that every year, we manage to increase our crop yeilds on the same amount of land because of superior agricultural technology and methods.
Sorry, but I see another scaremongering study to push one interest groups agenda here. Anti-growth, more than likely. And the notion that because our cities sit on fertile land we're contributing to world hunger when we outproduce just about everybody, well, that's just horseshit. We export quite a bid of food already. So what, are we still not doing our part? That's the tone I get from the article.
Some of the testimonials are very old
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Cardkey's in particular. Note that the testimonial mentions choosing "SCO and Compaq". I know about this one because I work at an airport, and we're phasing out our old Cardkey access control system right now (which runs on the aformentioned SCO and Compaq platform).
First off, Cardkey doesn't exist anymore, really. They were bought out by Johnson Controls years ago. Secondly, Compaq became HP years ago. Thirdly, most vendors are moving to Windows 2000 based ACS, so I'd be very surprised if Johnson Controls was still using SCO for new installs. They have to support their older Pegasys systems, but I'd be willing to bet they've gone Wintel along with everyone else.
All this raises a good question: how many NEW installs is SCO doing? Who's buying OpenServer and UnixWare NOW?
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"Your content is already protected. By copyright law."
Oh yeah, THAT'S ironclad protection.
Ask the record companies how much protection that's given them. Better yet, ask Sharman Networks. You'll either get a hearty laugh, or a "No Comment".
Entire careers in physics are going straight down the shitter because of dark matter, because it doesn't exist. From the very first time I read about it, I thought "Geez, this sounds like a 3 year old trying to cover up the fact that he doesn't KNOW the reason why". I really think that's what it comes down to. Very smart people not wanting to admit that they have no idea why they can't explain the lack of visible matter in relation to the effects of gravity.
It's one thing to predict a phenomena without being able to immiedietly prove it. Proof is usually found pretty soon. But kludge's are the black eye of science, and even really bright people can make them (remember Einstein and his cosmological constant?). I think Dark Matter will join that same heap, right on top of Steady State Theory, and it'll happen in my lifetime.
It's not "just him", either. Nice way to try to marginalize his viewpoint, which is, by the way, shared by more than just a "niche". There are a lot of scientists (and not just ordinary citizens) that are going "ok, slow down, it's not neccessarily a catastrophe". As many people have pointed out in the past, the Earth frequently goes through changes like this for reasons that are unknown, and that predate the industrial revolution. And lets face it, this whole piece was about pointing a finger at mankind's evil technological ways and saying "see what we're doing to the Earth?"
The Earth's sea level has risen and fallen over the centuries many times, without any input from man. The previous poster was just pointing out that this happens, and that the article might be just a tad sensationlistic in order to promote an agenda (and we know THAT nevers happens in science or anywhere else, right?).
If you agree with that agenda, fine, say so. But when you try to make opposing views look like fringe nuts because it suits your purposes, you just end up looking like an ass.
I'd volunteer to help for a project like this, in whatever way I could contribute. Astronomy is the only science where amateurs can really help make a difference, and so tends to be very interesting to me. Hopefully there are some interested parties out there.....
My big time waster was the Hover! game that came with Windows 95. It was definitely addictive, and I wish they would have updated it as well. I've always wondered if anyone has managed to create new levels for it?
Zealots are modding this guy down, but he's got a good point. While everyone wants to see Microsoft brought to heel, why is Europe so hot on monopolies now, when DeBeers has had one enforced through blood and terror for decades?
The answer, I suspect, has less to do with justice than the feeling that MS is harming Europe's native software industries.
Lucifer will catch a cold before a movie like LOTR wins any of the "serious" oscars. Before any of you people get your hopes up, you might as well accept it RIGHT NOW: fantasy movies aren't serious enough for "real" Oscars in the eyes of the voters. We'll always get the token costume and special effects awards, but that's it. Fantasy, sci-fi, that's Kid Stuff. Not worthy of adult accolades. I haven't watched the Oscars in years, and don't plan to again this year. It's a forgone conclusion that the movies I give a damn about will be largely ignored or given consolation oscars (which is what FX, etc really is).
Unless you have "adult" themes and/or biting social commentary, forget it. If Gandalf had invited a cross dressing Hillary Swank along for the ride, and maybe brought Toby Maguire to do abortions on the trip, well, maybe we'd stand half a chance in hell.
Yeah, let's hold the Globe up as great moral journalism with unbiased credibility. The Globe, aka The Kerry Herald, is the same paper that never met a Republican they liked, thinks Yassar Arafat is a swell guy, and equates the state of Israel with racism and evil.
Just because they're old doesn't make them a good newspaper. The New York Post was founded by Alexander Hamilton, is one of the oldest papers in the U.S., and now is nothing but a tabloid.
And it seems that the only entities that give a rats ass about this are: A- The Boston Herald B- Democratic Senators C- Slashdot readers
Unless you buy into the theory that EVERY OTHER MEDIA OUTLET is controlled by The Man, could it be that, oh, the public just doesn't give a shit?
Come on....if the positions were reversed, Slashdotters would be high fiving each other over this, and bragging on Democratic cleverness and Republican stupidity.
No more game based movies, I beg of you. We've already been given such Oscar-Quality films as Tomb Raider, Final Fantasy, and, best of all, Super Mario Brothers.
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At the very least this guy can check with an urban-legends site like snopes before he passes this crap on as fact. In the early days of space, BOTH countries used pencil. But NASA was afraid of shards of lead doing damage in a zero G environment. The company that developed the pen for NASA did it AT THEIR OWN EXPENSE. NASA didn't spend a dime until the prototype was proven. Then the USSR ordered them too.
Jesus, this stuff is out there if you just look for it.
During the mid-nineties there was a push to rename the USAF the "United State Aeropspace Force". Two things killed it. First, traditionalists within the USAF itself. More importantly, the sister services objected, for very good reasons, which leads me to my next point....
Look for a lot of inter-service infighting about this issue of weapons in space. The Air Force has been viewed by other services, especially the Navy, as trying to hog the authority over any weapons that fly. They've been pretty arrogant about it as well, stating in the past that the USAF was "first among equals" in the Pentagon, and that it was the "only global force". Since the Navy's territory is water, which covers most of the earth (and having the capability to reach the rest of it via air from carriers), they objected to that.
Basically, the USAF wants exclusive rights to space combat, should it ever come to that. And I mean ALL space weaponry in the future, including any posted around other planets or in deep space. The other services fear becoming a kind of backwater police force on Earth while the USAF becomes the defacto US Military in whole. Frankly, I think the Air Force is working towards that goal.
...and while all the countries on that list aren't dictators, France and Germany sure seemed to have an affinity for Saddam Hussein. Their official position was that the Baathist regime was the only legitimate government for Iraq. So, you bet, there are lots of dictatorships and dictator-friendly countries on that list (especially if it will put a thorn in the side of the US).
I've got all the Karma in the world, so you people can mod me down all to shit. I don't give a fuck. I'm tired of the words "international community" automatically being assumed to mean loving benevolent progress here when frankly, the UN and the so-called international community are a collection of gutless whining leftist states. When that's the case, I LIKE unilateral U.S. action.
Ok, you're a cowardly fuckwit hiding behind an AC post. Good, let's play.
"Yah, in the United States of America, "high caste" and "low caste" are called "white" and "black."
There are lots of poor white people with no power or money here. And lots of Black people with gobs of both.
"How many black software developers have you met in your lifetime? I've spent 25 years in the IT business, and in that entire time I've only ever met 2 black software professionals. "
Ahh, the racial holier than thou thing. I've NEVER met a black software developer. Come to think about, I can only recall a handful of black guys in CIS classes back when I was in college. BUT....there were plenty of black guys IN college, just in different fields.
So what does this mean? Frankly, I think geeky things just don't appeal to most black males. I know very cool b
I see posts here like "She needs to go on Atkins first". And you guys need to get out of your parent's basement where you spend most of your time wanking to net porn.
Face it, fellas, if a woman like Charisma Carpenter walked near you, you wouldn't know what the hell to do anyway.
Guys on SLASHDOT criticizing the physical beauty of hollywood actresses? Isn't that like starving men saying "sorry, but the caviar just isn't as good as it used to be"?
....she's married already.
:P
And the guy is Alexis Denisof, one of the cast members from Angel. So I imagine they'll have plenty of time together now
....but you ruined it with the assinine comments about Kong ruining his reputation. Like one of the greatest horror flicks of all time is a bad subject to take up. Jackson is one of the few directors I trust to do justice to a great concept; a mix of beauty and the beast and monster movie.
And BTW, the term "jumping the shark" has become one of those overused cliches, especially when some anonymous authority on Slashdot proclaims it "official".
"How can this yahoo keep getting press?"
Because he has friends in the right places. Like here. Rest assured, whenever ESR posts a public statement, Slashdot will do its part to make sure it gets as much publicity as possible.
"Why does anyone think that having him as the self appointed mouthpiece for Open Source would be a good thing?"
Good question, considering the track record of his predictions (specifically, his Microsoft predictions).
"In the Java essay, he exposes the fact that he has no clue about business financials by comparing the share price of Sun & Red Hat. Anyone who has invested at all knows this is meaningless"
Ok, so he doesn't know what he's talking about. That's never stopped him before.
I've got a belief that the open source movement (and free software movement) is sometimes more of a religious movement than a technology or community movement. We have our established dogmas, even when they're bullshit. And all it takes for some moron to get mucho press is to find a writer that will refer to him as "an open source community leader". Like other so-called "community leaders" (especially in religion) there doesn't seem to be any real qualifications except for a big ego and a drive to promote yourself. Make no mistake, folks. We have plenty of Al Sharptons in our own ranks.
"Babylon 5? "
'...with a very few notable exceptions' ; That means more than one, but not very many. Sorry I didn't include YOUR personal favorite to make my argument meaningful.
"Voyager?"
'TNG'; Voyager is not TNG. Voyager is the brainchild of Rick Berman, and Rick Berman is a shitstain on the shorts of humanity, as another poster so elequently put it.
"I can think of things that deserve more respect than BSG TOS. "
Not if you're a fan, and if you're not a fan, you shouldn't be fucking with it.
"Kinda makes you wonder how you know it's a 'piece of shit' then, doesn't it?"
Because I used to watch it a lot, and got fed up. How long do I HAVE to watch it before I can declare it's shitty? And do I have to keep checking? If something starts tasting bad, you learn not to eat it.
If you want to eat shit, that's fine.
This channel had so much potential, and has, with a very few notable exceptions (Dune) failed miserably at its mission of giving us a quality sci-fi expierience.
Other than running old Star Trek episodes, most of their rerun fare is crap. Instead of showing things like Six Million Dollar Man episodes, and continuing with Farscape, they give us complete shit like Crossing Over with John Edwards.
And now they've taken a big 'ole piss on the fans of Battlestar Galactica. Reimagining my ass. They compare what they did to Star Trek TNG, but it's not even close:
TNG built on Star Trek's legacy with new characters, not "reimagining" existing ones
TNG didn't make Captian Kirk a chick
TNG didn't taunt fans of the old series by telling them that if they didn't like it, "the popcorn is in the next aisle".
This new series isn't BSG, no matter what the logo says. Starbuck is a cigar chomping, skirt chasing MALE pilot. Apollo doesn't hate his dad, Cylons neither look human nor have glowing orgasms.
I'm sick of hollywood types tuning a blind eye to fans concerns to make a quick buck (the new Six Million Dollar Man movie will be a comedy....with Jim Carrey as Steve Austin; I just want to fuckin' murder someone over that one). These people have no respect for the mythology of the stories. Rick Berman is the worst of the bunch.
I won't be watching this piece of shit, and in fact, haven't watched the sci-fi channel in the better part of a year. The Discovery Channell or A&E is better time spent these days.
"We have deserts, we just don't live there. You wanna eat? MOVE TO WHERE THE FOOD IS!"
So, in light of this study, what should we do? Tear down existing cities and rebuild them where things don't grow? What about that minor issue of water supply?
Never mind that every year, we manage to increase our crop yeilds on the same amount of land because of superior agricultural technology and methods.
Sorry, but I see another scaremongering study to push one interest groups agenda here. Anti-growth, more than likely. And the notion that because our cities sit on fertile land we're contributing to world hunger when we outproduce just about everybody, well, that's just horseshit. We export quite a bid of food already. So what, are we still not doing our part? That's the tone I get from the article.
Cardkey's in particular. Note that the testimonial mentions choosing "SCO and Compaq". I know about this one because I work at an airport, and we're phasing out our old Cardkey access control system right now (which runs on the aformentioned SCO and Compaq platform).
First off, Cardkey doesn't exist anymore, really. They were bought out by Johnson Controls years ago. Secondly, Compaq became HP years ago. Thirdly, most vendors are moving to Windows 2000 based ACS, so I'd be very surprised if Johnson Controls was still using SCO for new installs. They have to support their older Pegasys systems, but I'd be willing to bet they've gone Wintel along with everyone else.
All this raises a good question: how many NEW installs is SCO doing? Who's buying OpenServer and UnixWare NOW?
"Your content is already protected. By copyright law."
Oh yeah, THAT'S ironclad protection.
Ask the record companies how much protection that's given them. Better yet, ask Sharman Networks. You'll either get a hearty laugh, or a "No Comment".
Entire careers in physics are going straight down the shitter because of dark matter, because it doesn't exist. From the very first time I read about it, I thought "Geez, this sounds like a 3 year old trying to cover up the fact that he doesn't KNOW the reason why". I really think that's what it comes down to. Very smart people not wanting to admit that they have no idea why they can't explain the lack of visible matter in relation to the effects of gravity.
It's one thing to predict a phenomena without being able to immiedietly prove it. Proof is usually found pretty soon. But kludge's are the black eye of science, and even really bright people can make them (remember Einstein and his cosmological constant?). I think Dark Matter will join that same heap, right on top of Steady State Theory, and it'll happen in my lifetime.
It's not "just him", either. Nice way to try to marginalize his viewpoint, which is, by the way, shared by more than just a "niche". There are a lot of scientists (and not just ordinary citizens) that are going "ok, slow down, it's not neccessarily a catastrophe". As many people have pointed out in the past, the Earth frequently goes through changes like this for reasons that are unknown, and that predate the industrial revolution. And lets face it, this whole piece was about pointing a finger at mankind's evil technological ways and saying "see what we're doing to the Earth?"
The Earth's sea level has risen and fallen over the centuries many times, without any input from man. The previous poster was just pointing out that this happens, and that the article might be just a tad sensationlistic in order to promote an agenda (and we know THAT nevers happens in science or anywhere else, right?).
If you agree with that agenda, fine, say so. But when you try to make opposing views look like fringe nuts because it suits your purposes, you just end up looking like an ass.
....he's talking about the flick with Charlie Sheen (Arrival?) where he connects Satellite TV dishes all over a region for that purpose.....
I'd volunteer to help for a project like this, in whatever way I could contribute. Astronomy is the only science where amateurs can really help make a difference, and so tends to be very interesting to me. Hopefully there are some interested parties out there.....
My big time waster was the Hover! game that came with Windows 95. It was definitely addictive, and I wish they would have updated it as well. I've always wondered if anyone has managed to create new levels for it?
Zealots are modding this guy down, but he's got a good point. While everyone wants to see Microsoft brought to heel, why is Europe so hot on monopolies now, when DeBeers has had one enforced through blood and terror for decades?
The answer, I suspect, has less to do with justice than the feeling that MS is harming Europe's native software industries.
Lucifer will catch a cold before a movie like LOTR wins any of the "serious" oscars. Before any of you people get your hopes up, you might as well accept it RIGHT NOW: fantasy movies aren't serious enough for "real" Oscars in the eyes of the voters. We'll always get the token costume and special effects awards, but that's it. Fantasy, sci-fi, that's Kid Stuff. Not worthy of adult accolades. I haven't watched the Oscars in years, and don't plan to again this year. It's a forgone conclusion that the movies I give a damn about will be largely ignored or given consolation oscars (which is what FX, etc really is).
Unless you have "adult" themes and/or biting social commentary, forget it. If Gandalf had invited a cross dressing Hillary Swank along for the ride, and maybe brought Toby Maguire to do abortions on the trip, well, maybe we'd stand half a chance in hell.
You think Cuba's a great place. Of course, you can leave it anytime you want.
They can't.
Yeah, let's hold the Globe up as great moral journalism with unbiased credibility. The Globe, aka The Kerry Herald, is the same paper that never met a Republican they liked, thinks Yassar Arafat is a swell guy, and equates the state of Israel with racism and evil.
Just because they're old doesn't make them a good newspaper. The New York Post was founded by Alexander Hamilton, is one of the oldest papers in the U.S., and now is nothing but a tabloid.
And it seems that the only entities that give a rats ass about this are:
A- The Boston Herald
B- Democratic Senators
C- Slashdot readers
Unless you buy into the theory that EVERY OTHER MEDIA OUTLET is controlled by The Man, could it be that, oh, the public just doesn't give a shit?
Oh my God, you're too stupid to even be a good troll....
Come on....if the positions were reversed, Slashdotters would be high fiving each other over this, and bragging on Democratic cleverness and Republican stupidity.
No more game based movies, I beg of you. We've already been given such Oscar-Quality films as Tomb Raider, Final Fantasy, and, best of all, Super Mario Brothers.
Please, let the madness stop here...