In a recent article in Men's Health magazine Mr. Arnold refered to this role as a change for him. That he has waited 4 or so years to do the "right" movie. With this in mind, (read: Very Open Minded at this point) I went to see the film. Boy, was I disapointed. Whining and crying is a change, yes, but it does not make for a good film. Nor does it display any change in his acting ability. I wish he ad not waited so long just to do this horrible film.
"Trekkies"
I'm sure many of you have already seen this film. I must say I was cautious in watching anything that Denise Crosby had to say about the whole Trek phenom. And actually it was don tastefully and with grace. Rather than poke fun at the gangly fan-boys ( With the one exception. During an annual Trekkie themed party held in Vulcan, Canada, the host proudly procliamed "... and this year we even had a girl come and everything . .." Mind you this was a man obviously in his mid-thirties.) it showed them in a light of intellignece. Good flick . . . out on video
"The Haunting"
I know this film is a little outdated, but did anybody else feel horrible cheated at the end? How incredibly anti-climatic that was. It seems to be a trend in filmaking o just leave you hanging . . . no resolution. So you can stew about it for days. Can I put a call into the film industry . . . "Excuse me... Film industry... we like to have our movies resolved please, unless you plan on making a sequel, tie up the loose ends. Thank you!... "
"Random Thoughts"
I think this film topic will open up a big can o' worms . . . Here's my suggestion for a future Slashdot poll. Best Geek Movie . . . but here's the catch, no "Star Wars" no "Star Trek" and no "Matrix", "Hackers", or any of that genre. What do you think Rob?
I have to admit, I had doubt going into reading this story. It's been done before, but much worse. The concept of living "the future" has facinated us all at some point. I've spent ( and my wife can attest to this ) days just communicating from one point in my house without moving from my desk. Work overload which is mixed with pleasure (read: porn and mp3 hunting ) can lead to even more work. I've spent many a night telling myself... "if I play a game of quake while I'm waiting for this kernel to download... ".
I think this article went out of it's way to show the casual reader that the hype is not what it seems. "Wired" life is far from reality... just kinda a nice vacation.
I really liked the orginal movie. Sure it's not exactly accurate to the book, but when making a book of that maganatude into a movie you tend to lose something in the translation.
In the wake of the recent media attention to the "cyber-warfare" issue, one would assume that the world leaders are a bit worried about the reality of the situation. The economic giants of this rock we live on all depend on their information systems. This has put much power in the hands of machines. This, in turn, has put much power into the handfull of people who can operate these machines without threatening national security.
So what is to stop someone from taking advantage of that? The Geneva Convention cannot stop these cyber-attacks. Hell, if the "enemys" of the superpowers can't play by "the rules" set out regarding human lives, what makes anybody think they will play fair when it comes to cracking into wepons databases? The rules of war are indeed changing, but that still does not mean certain parties are all of the sudden going to start playing by them. If anything, IMHO, it will make things worse.
Can I be the first person to say Hooray! I hate having to pay the extra $$ to have them do a bad job of installing an operating system that i don't want in the first place. It's about time.
Though I must say I don't think I want Dell or Gateway installing LINUX on my PC either. I guess I'll have to re-install anyway.
If you don't change the SID you run in to problems, However... that's only if you are in a M$-centric world ( ie: all authentication works through NT servers and the like... ). Besides Ghost now comes packaged with "Ghost Walker" which changes the SID for you...
Anyone under the impression that your medical records are safe and private are seriously mistaken.Everytime you visit the doctor or the hospital a electronic record it generated. It is called a recepit. The insurance companies get on your doctors office gets one.Heck, even you get one. So how safe are the hospital, doctors offices, and insurance company networks? I've worked with many doctors and let me tell you... a lot of the time all you need is the modem number to access the entire network of a doctor's office. Security is lacking because the doctors don't think to hire real sys-admins. Again, this is only in my experiance.But I don't believe any of my medical records are safe
IMHO, wearable computing is a long way off. Humans are to distracted by these sorts of things and inevitably someone will try to drive and surf the internet at the same time and pay more attention to the display then where they are going. Cell phones are enough of a problem. I'm not against the concept. I just think the reality is a bit skewed.
I don't particularly think this is a paranioa situation. I think in an open forum such as this there should be at least some accountability. right? I mean should the world let the Anonymous Coward say whatever he wants without fear of having to stand behind it.
"When I look down I miss all the good stuff, When I look up I just trip over things.."
The only thing is that Gibson is expensive so it'll probably cost an arm and a leg.The prospect is wonderfull so I'd probably pay it anyway.
While on the topic...now all I need is some professional quality sound editing tool's for LINUX. Anybody have any sugesstions? I've used Cakewalk for years and I am sick of it. As soon as I find this solution, my last Windows box will be gone!
This did not suprise me at all. True, this is a form of censorship, but, at what cost? You have to wonder (Specifcly regarding the www.n-word.com prospect ) if they have blocked a genuine site. Beacuse, let's face it, "the N-Word" is accepted (sort-of. Not encouraged.) in the african-american culture. I'm not saying they are wrong in buying this address, so long as it redirects the user to their site.
But what if I were to buy, say, www.nazi.com to do a site to teach people about the Horror of World War II? Am I, by mearly owning a a domain name of that sort a nazi? IMHO I don't have an honest opinion, I'm torn. This is a matter not to be taken lightly because the implictions are that if you find some word offensive you could buy the domiain name to blocl the use of said name. Do you think the Catholic church will buy ww.satan.com or www.wicca.com? And is that right? I can't say, but I imagine someone will . . . and soon. The world gov'ts are begining to fully realize the power of the Web and are bound to start regulating it. But what can we do?
Great,so now the jerk cutting me off in traffic because he is on his Cell phone might be just playing a game!
But Seriously, why do we need this? If I have a cell phone and a cell modem can't I just link up via my laptop and frag away? I'm not sure this will catch on.I'd be very interested to see one though.
Yes, Micro$oft does have the right to pay for ads that manipulate public opinion, but they are, in a sense, attacking the US Govenment regarding the Anti-Trust case. Rights and ethics are two diffrent things. what they are doing is un-ethical and that is why it's wrong.
. . . for one minute that M$ would play fair? This is becoming an overwhelming trend in corporate culture to use money and clout to sway everything to your advantage ( let's face it even our governments are easily swayed ). Sure, this has been going on for years, but I'd say in the last two or three years, things have gotten out of control. Bottom line is measured in Stock Prices instead of customer satisfaction and quality product. What can we do though? Our influence is measured by our socio-ecomonical standings. And who has the $$ to stand up to tell M$ that they have done the world community wrong?
I've spent many an hour just randomly picking words and adding the ol' dot-com to them. This site should be cool (Once it recovers from the Slashdot effect . . ). That is provided it it used for the purposes of good and not evil (porn anyone?)
Until IBM itself stops using OS/2 there will always be support for the product. And, much to the suprise of even IBM, their new Server for eBuisness has be selling far beyond expectation. I support OS/2 on a daily basis and it crashes much less than all of my windows clients!IMHO OS/2 is much more stable than any win32 Client. And it's much better as a network client. Granted it's not as pretty and it's a bear when it does break.
And if you want a real challange, get OS/2 running under VMWare...Now that's fun!
So wait, does that mean the Barcode I have tatooed on my leg is in breach of a Patent now? And does the fact that it woud "ring me up" as a box of coco pebbles (No I'm not kidding) mean my identity would be that of a box of cereal?
On a more serious note, I wonder if the patent holder realizes that: 1. You could never get the general populace to agree to tattooed barcodes beacuse a. It's against many religons b. it just plain hurts 2. That they cost an awful lot of money 3. It's just a plain bad idea.
IMHO Until people are able to let go of the need to possess physical media (e.g. CD's, DVD's . ..), downloaded movies, music, and the like will not replace, but enhance and supliment peoples physical collections. I say this from experiance, I love MP3's but I still can't let go of CD's. Plus, until DSL or Cable hits the whole country (world) who can afford the bandwidth.
Did anyone notice the DVD, Last I checked that also was not supported. I work at big blue and let me tell you the 600E is not Red-Hat Ready ( nor is any other dist. ready )So I'm waiting to get the oh-so-yummy iBook.
IBM recently announced Linux support to some of it's internal accounts, curious, I called with a simple question and I could hear the pages flipping in the background. I think IBM really jumped the gun to get something out. ..Oh and for those who were implyign(sp?) that they were trying to beat Dell to the punch... Don't forget, Dell now produces all IBM Hardware...
If you think about it, Jon made a good point, but did not elaborate it...Regan's was the first campaign to effectively use the TV medium, primarily because he was an actor. This came many, many years after the invention and widespread acceptance of the TV. Let's face it by 1980 there was at least one TV in every home.
But can you say the same for PC's? Is there a PC in every home, or almost every home. The answer is no. And on top of that is the "web" generation old enough and influential enough to sway an election? Again, No. And until that changes, I think the medium of the web will be "un-tapped" in political races.
Slashdot Mirror
"End of Days"
In a recent article in Men's Health magazine Mr. Arnold refered to this role as a change for him. That he has waited 4 or so years to do the "right" movie. With this in mind, (read: Very Open Minded at this point) I went to see the film. Boy, was I disapointed. Whining and crying is a change, yes, but it does not make for a good film. Nor does it display any change in his acting ability. I wish he ad not waited so long just to do this horrible film.
"Trekkies"
I'm sure many of you have already seen this film. I must say I was cautious in watching anything that Denise Crosby had to say about the whole Trek phenom. And actually it was don tastefully and with grace. Rather than poke fun at the gangly fan-boys ( With the one exception. During an annual Trekkie themed party held in Vulcan, Canada, the host proudly procliamed " ... and this year we even had a girl come and everything . . ." Mind you this was a man obviously in his mid-thirties.) it showed them in a light of intellignece. Good flick . . . out on video
"The Haunting"
I know this film is a little outdated, but did anybody else feel horrible cheated at the end? How incredibly anti-climatic that was. It seems to be a trend in filmaking o just leave you hanging . . . no resolution. So you can stew about it for days. Can I put a call into the film industry . . . "Excuse me ... Film industry ... we like to have our movies resolved please, unless you plan on making a sequel, tie up the loose ends. Thank you! ... "
"Random Thoughts"
I think this film topic will open up a big can o' worms . . . Here's my suggestion for a future Slashdot poll. Best Geek Movie . . . but here's the catch, no "Star Wars" no "Star Trek" and no "Matrix", "Hackers", or any of that genre. What do you think Rob?
As always . . . Sing it Ani . . .
I have to admit, I had doubt going into reading this story. It's been done before, but much worse. The concept of living "the future" has facinated us all at some point. I've spent ( and my wife can attest to this ) days just communicating from one point in my house without moving from my desk. Work overload which is mixed with pleasure (read: porn and mp3 hunting ) can lead to even more work. I've spent many a night telling myself ... "if I play a game of quake while I'm waiting for this kernel to download ... ".
I think this article went out of it's way to show the casual reader that the hype is not what it seems. "Wired" life is far from reality ... just kinda a nice vacation.
I really liked the orginal movie. Sure it's not exactly accurate to the book, but when making a book of that maganatude into a movie you tend to lose something in the translation.
In the wake of the recent media attention to the "cyber-warfare" issue, one would assume that the world leaders are a bit worried about the reality of the situation. The economic giants of this rock we live on all depend on their information systems. This has put much power in the hands of machines. This, in turn, has put much power into the handfull of people who can operate these machines without threatening national security.
So what is to stop someone from taking advantage of that? The Geneva Convention cannot stop these cyber-attacks. Hell, if the "enemys" of the superpowers can't play by "the rules" set out regarding human lives, what makes anybody think they will play fair when it comes to cracking into wepons databases? The rules of war are indeed changing, but that still does not mean certain parties are all of the sudden going to start playing by them. If anything, IMHO, it will make things worse.
Can I be the first person to say Hooray! I hate having to pay the extra $$ to have them do a bad job of installing an operating system that i don't want in the first place. It's about time.
Though I must say I don't think I want Dell or Gateway installing LINUX on my PC either. I guess I'll have to re-install anyway.
Does anyone really see this as a threat? Why wouldn't Linus add this? I guess the media is just trying a dose of FUD on us.
If you don't change the SID you run in to problems, However ... that's only if you are in a M$-centric world ( ie: all authentication works through NT servers and the like... ). Besides Ghost now comes packaged with "Ghost Walker" which changes the SID for you...
Bill, how many times a day do you read slashdot? And does the borg thing bother you?
Anyone under the impression that your medical records are safe and private are seriously mistaken.Everytime you visit the doctor or the hospital a electronic record it generated. It is called a recepit. The insurance companies get on your doctors office gets one.Heck, even you get one. So how safe are the hospital, doctors offices, and insurance company networks? I've worked with many doctors and let me tell you... a lot of the time all you need is the modem number to access the entire network of a doctor's office. Security is lacking because the doctors don't think to hire real sys-admins. Again, this is only in my experiance.But I don't believe any of my medical records are safe
IMHO, wearable computing is a long way off. Humans are to distracted by these sorts of things and inevitably someone will try to drive and surf the internet at the same time and pay more attention to the display then where they are going. Cell phones are enough of a problem. I'm not against the concept. I just think the reality is a bit skewed.
Well that did not take long too die. Slashdotted in record time for a gov. site! Can't wait to see some pictures though.
...Don't mean they're not after you.
I don't particularly think this is a paranioa situation. I think in an open forum such as this there should be at least some accountability. right? I mean should the world let the Anonymous Coward say whatever he wants without fear of having to stand behind it.
"When I look down I miss all the good stuff, When I look up I just trip over things.."
The only thing is that Gibson is expensive so it'll probably cost an arm and a leg.The prospect is wonderfull so I'd probably pay it anyway.
While on the topic...now all I need is some professional quality sound editing tool's for LINUX. Anybody have any sugesstions? I've used Cakewalk for years and I am sick of it. As soon as I find this solution, my last Windows box will be gone!
This did not suprise me at all. True, this is a form of censorship, but, at what cost? You have to wonder (Specifcly regarding the www.n-word.com prospect ) if they have blocked a genuine site. Beacuse, let's face it, "the N-Word" is accepted (sort-of. Not encouraged.) in the african-american culture. I'm not saying they are wrong in buying this address, so long as it redirects the user to their site.
But what if I were to buy, say, www.nazi.com to do a site to teach people about the Horror of World War II? Am I, by mearly owning a a domain name of that sort a nazi? IMHO I don't have an honest opinion, I'm torn. This is a matter not to be taken lightly because the implictions are that if you find some word offensive you could buy the domiain name to blocl the use of said name. Do you think the Catholic church will buy ww.satan.com or www.wicca.com? And is that right? I can't say, but I imagine someone will . . . and soon. The world gov'ts are begining to fully realize the power of the Web and are bound to start regulating it. But what can we do?
Thank goodness Packet Storm is back! And it look's great. They have done a great job. Let's hope the site is as informative as ever.
Great,so now the jerk cutting me off in traffic because he is on his Cell phone might be just playing a game!
But Seriously, why do we need this? If I have a cell phone and a cell modem can't I just link up via my laptop and frag away? I'm not sure this will catch on.I'd be very interested to see one though.
Well I'd like to announce that I am going to patent the chemical composition H2O . . . I hope nobody minds . . .
What's next...?
Yes, Micro$oft does have the right to pay for ads that manipulate public opinion, but they are, in a sense, attacking the US Govenment regarding the Anti-Trust case. Rights and ethics are two diffrent things. what they are doing is un-ethical and that is why it's wrong.
. . . for one minute that M$ would play fair? This is becoming an overwhelming trend in corporate culture to use money and clout to sway everything to your advantage ( let's face it even our governments are easily swayed ). Sure, this has been going on for years, but I'd say in the last two or three years, things have gotten out of control. Bottom line is measured in Stock Prices instead of customer satisfaction and quality product. What can we do though? Our influence is measured by our socio-ecomonical standings. And who has the $$ to stand up to tell M$ that they have done the world community wrong?
I've spent many an hour just randomly picking words and adding the ol' dot-com to them. This site should be cool (Once it recovers from the Slashdot effect . . ). That is provided it it used for the purposes of good and not evil (porn anyone?)
Until IBM itself stops using OS/2 there will always be support for the product. And, much to the suprise of even IBM, their new Server for eBuisness has be selling far beyond expectation. I support OS/2 on a daily basis and it crashes much less than all of my windows clients!IMHO OS/2 is much more stable than any win32 Client. And it's much better as a network client. Granted it's not as pretty and it's a bear when it does break.
And if you want a real challange, get OS/2 running under VMWare...Now that's fun!
So wait, does that mean the Barcode I have tatooed on my leg is in breach of a Patent now? And does the fact that it woud "ring me up" as a box of coco pebbles (No I'm not kidding) mean my identity would be that of a box of cereal?
On a more serious note, I wonder if the patent holder realizes that: 1. You could never get the general populace to agree to tattooed barcodes beacuse a. It's against many religons b. it just plain hurts 2. That they cost an awful lot of money 3. It's just a plain bad idea.
Ya just got to wonder what's next . . .
IMHO Until people are able to let go of the need to possess physical media (e.g. CD's, DVD's . . .), downloaded movies, music, and the like will not replace, but enhance and supliment peoples physical collections. I say this from experiance, I love MP3's but I still can't let go of CD's. Plus, until DSL or Cable hits the whole country (world) who can afford the bandwidth.
Did anyone notice the DVD, Last I checked that also was not supported. I work at big blue and let me tell you the 600E is not Red-Hat Ready ( nor is any other dist. ready )So I'm waiting to get the oh-so-yummy iBook.
IBM recently announced Linux support to some of it's internal accounts, curious, I called with a simple question and I could hear the pages flipping in the background. I think IBM really jumped the gun to get something out. . .Oh and for those who were implyign(sp?) that they were trying to beat Dell to the punch ... Don't forget, Dell now produces all IBM Hardware...
If you think about it, Jon made a good point, but did not elaborate it...Regan's was the first campaign to effectively use the TV medium, primarily because he was an actor. This came many, many years after the invention and widespread acceptance of the TV. Let's face it by 1980 there was at least one TV in every home.
But can you say the same for PC's? Is there a PC in every home, or almost every home. The answer is no. And on top of that is the "web" generation old enough and influential enough to sway an election? Again, No. And until that changes, I think the medium of the web will be "un-tapped" in political races.