Re:The names may change, but
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Diamonds & the RIAA
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That's exactly the stone my wife picked out. Not only is it less money than a diamond, but all of her diamond wearing friends talk about her ring more than theirs, because it's so unique.
As an aside, alexandrite turns a sweet orangish-red under a black light. Very cool.
They didn't glide 3 miles. In the movie the guy says that 3 miles is too far, so after a little while (once they were far enough away from the building, I guess) they opened normal parachutes.
Yup...it seems to me that the whole "movie experience" is going right out the window. I remember when you could hear the *pop* *hiss* when they started the audio and you knew the lights were about to go down. (I was a kid, so I was always anxious for the movie to start:) ). Also, looking back I find that the occasional pop and scratch in the movie were part of what made it different from watching the movie at home.
Nowadays you have cell phones in the theater, laser pens, and TV commercials at a movie you PAID to watch (that one kills me). *sigh*
I remember watching Return of the Jedi and Indiana Jones: The Last Crusade at 70mm in a huge old theater that still had a curtain that opened when the movie was starting and drapes on the walls. Now that theater is closed.
Maybe it's just me, but it does feel like we're getting "just click 'go'" instead of a real experience these days.
My opinion after seeing it in the theater was that we were short-changed on the Ents. They play a very important role in the book (aren't they actually the ones that win Helm's deep? Sneak in at night and rip the orc armies to bits?)
While it's not heavy on details it mentions the Ent's draught and Merry and Pippin getting taller, which I thought would have been worth putting in the movie. Glad to see it will be there now.
I think I'm actually looking more forward to the TTT Special Edition than I was FotR because I've seen how much extra goodness was added to FotR.
Congressmen are not part of the "Bush Administration". If he had been appointed by the President then you could rant about it, but this guy was elected seperatly by his own costituants. Just because you hate the President and you also apparently hate this guy, doesn't mean they have anything to do with one other.
Those aren't "US" sanctions, they are
UN sactions.
I know everybody loves to blame everything on the US, but this whole argument of "US sactions killing billions of innocent children" is just a steaming pile.
And, lest we try the "but the US forced the UN to do it" argument, let's not forget that the UN told the US 'no' about this war. So if America has such enormous influence in the UN, then why didn't they get what they wanted? Obviously the UN is capable of making it's own decisions, so these sactions imposed on Iraq can't simply be blamed on the US...every country in the United Nations is also resposible.
I mean, isn't it a little far out to presume that we have cataloged every plant species known to man? For all he knows somebody took a trip to Costa Rica, tromped around the jungle for a while collecting weed seeds in their shoes and socks, and then left them in the dirt on their way back home. Who's to say what plants are left to discover in the rain forests/jungles?
I'm not saying it's not possible that it's evolution, but I would contend that it's not enough justification for the self-righteous back-patting of the author.
No, you're not a freak, you've just forgotten the first rule of Slashdot: Everybody is an expert. Nowhere else in the world can you find such a collection of experts on every single subject in the universe!
On a more personal note, I'll take vinyl over the alternatives any day of the week!
I guess it is nice to see a top Microsoft exec give a realistic review of the company. I wonder if the corperate scandles of late have anything to do with this unusual honesty? Perhaps Gates feared if he gave too rosey a picture, stock holders would be skeptical.
Well, regardless of what people think of Bill Gates, he's definately a shrewd business man. This could very well be a way of helping his customers and stockholders "feel good". Yes, the.NET thing has been a big confusion, but by admitting it this way he makes Microsoft seem like the your friendly neighborhood mega-corporation. "We make mistakes, too." I think it's made easier by the fact that there were no direct victims of the mistake. It was really just a lot of hype gone bad, so all he has to say is "oops, well that didn't go well did it? *chuckle chuckle* *wink* *wink*"
I'm not saying whether this is good or bad and I'm not trying to make a statement about.NET, I'm just saying that he's a shrewd dude and this is actually probably an effective way to diffuse the confusion issue. People feel like they're getting screwed by big corporations anyway, and with the recent scandals it's more true than ever. But this way Microsoft comes out looking like they're getting screwed along with the rest of us. "We're all victims here."
Re:Details on Palladium from EFF's Seth Schoen...
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The Power of Palladium
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...even so, I'm not going to enable that abomination on my computer even if I am running Linux. They can wrap that crap in whatever kind of package they want, but I'm not going for it. You can dip a rat in chocolate, but I'm still not going to eat it.
If this really is the great evil and threat to the world that he thinks it is, then people just won't use it.
Honestly, I think he's only making a stink because it's big Linux news and he wants to make sure that everyone remembers his name.
There's a fine line between being an advocate and being a fanatical loon, and he sure dances around that line a lot. It would have been much more effective IMHO to calmly state that a per-seat license is a mistake and after "United Linux" is dead to point to RedHat/Debian/Mandrake/Gentoo (what have you) and say that the only way to use free software is to keep it free. Instead he takes to the pulpit and attempts to call them to repentance.
Really, pick your battles. Personally, I think this is one that has an inevitable end that will illustrate your point better than any amount of yelling and screaming.
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That's exactly the stone my wife picked out. Not only is it less money than a diamond, but all of her diamond wearing friends talk about her ring more than theirs, because it's so unique.
As an aside, alexandrite turns a sweet orangish-red under a black light. Very cool.
Judging by this chart I'd say a whole lot of people were running their air conditioners today. Maybe that's it?
They didn't glide 3 miles. In the movie the guy says that 3 miles is too far, so after a little while (once they were far enough away from the building, I guess) they opened normal parachutes.
Yeah, I saw it, I admit it.
'apple fruit'
I skimmed the first 5 pages and there was no mention of Apple computer.
Yeah, but he was just stalling until the police showed up, remember?
Yup...it seems to me that the whole "movie experience" is going right out the window. I remember when you could hear the *pop* *hiss* when they started the audio and you knew the lights were about to go down. (I was a kid, so I was always anxious for the movie to start :) ). Also, looking back I find that the occasional pop and scratch in the movie were part of what made it different from watching the movie at home.
Nowadays you have cell phones in the theater, laser pens, and TV commercials at a movie you PAID to watch (that one kills me). *sigh*
I remember watching Return of the Jedi and Indiana Jones: The Last Crusade at 70mm in a huge old theater that still had a curtain that opened when the movie was starting and drapes on the walls. Now that theater is closed.
Maybe it's just me, but it does feel like we're getting "just click 'go'" instead of a real experience these days.
My opinion after seeing it in the theater was that we were short-changed on the Ents. They play a very important role in the book (aren't they actually the ones that win Helm's deep? Sneak in at night and rip the orc armies to bits?)
While it's not heavy on details it mentions the Ent's draught and Merry and Pippin getting taller, which I thought would have been worth putting in the movie. Glad to see it will be there now.
I think I'm actually looking more forward to the TTT Special Edition than I was FotR because I've seen how much extra goodness was added to FotR.
Thanks for the explanation.
I've never actually put much thought into it, but I assumed that each agency (msnbc and cnn, for example) would want to do their own reporting.
It's is a little annoying, actually. So does this mean that there are really only 2 actual news sources (except for local stuff) Reuters and AP?
Geez...whatever shred of faith I still had in the news media has just evaporated.
Does it seem odd to anyone else that this article and this article are almost word-for-word identical?
hydrogen bill?
:)
Man...alternative fuel and a Mac? This guy is totally out to lunch.
Congressmen are not part of the "Bush Administration". If he had been appointed by the President then you could rant about it, but this guy was elected seperatly by his own costituants. Just because you hate the President and you also apparently hate this guy, doesn't mean they have anything to do with one other.
I know everybody loves to blame everything on the US, but this whole argument of "US sactions killing billions of innocent children" is just a steaming pile.
And, lest we try the "but the US forced the UN to do it" argument, let's not forget that the UN told the US 'no' about this war. So if America has such enormous influence in the UN, then why didn't they get what they wanted? Obviously the UN is capable of making it's own decisions, so these sactions imposed on Iraq can't simply be blamed on the US...every country in the United Nations is also resposible.
There's this too, but unfortunately it's a good chunk more than $30.
"I'm glad you guys have it too."
Why thank you, very kind of you. I'm glad to have it, too.
errr...I guess if they are known to man then they're probably cataloged...let's change "known to man" to "on earth".
Thanks.
I mean, isn't it a little far out to presume that we have cataloged every plant species known to man? For all he knows somebody took a trip to Costa Rica, tromped around the jungle for a while collecting weed seeds in their shoes and socks, and then left them in the dirt on their way back home. Who's to say what plants are left to discover in the rain forests/jungles?
I'm not saying it's not possible that it's evolution, but I would contend that it's not enough justification for the self-righteous back-patting of the author.
Heh, I think that's the first (Score:5, Troll) I've ever seen.
Like S3TC. Open source the drivers and kiss UT2k3 goodbye.
No, you're not a freak, you've just forgotten the first rule of Slashdot: Everybody is an expert. Nowhere else in the world can you find such a collection of experts on every single subject in the universe!
On a more personal note, I'll take vinyl over the alternatives any day of the week!
I guess it is nice to see a top Microsoft exec give a realistic review of the company. I wonder if the corperate scandles of late have anything to do with this unusual honesty? Perhaps Gates feared if he gave too rosey a picture, stock holders would be skeptical.
.NET thing has been a big confusion, but by admitting it this way he makes Microsoft seem like the your friendly neighborhood mega-corporation. "We make mistakes, too." I think it's made easier by the fact that there were no direct victims of the mistake. It was really just a lot of hype gone bad, so all he has to say is "oops, well that didn't go well did it? *chuckle chuckle* *wink* *wink*"
.NET, I'm just saying that he's a shrewd dude and this is actually probably an effective way to diffuse the confusion issue. People feel like they're getting screwed by big corporations anyway, and with the recent scandals it's more true than ever. But this way Microsoft comes out looking like they're getting screwed along with the rest of us. "We're all victims here."
Well, regardless of what people think of Bill Gates, he's definately a shrewd business man. This could very well be a way of helping his customers and stockholders "feel good". Yes, the
I'm not saying whether this is good or bad and I'm not trying to make a statement about
...even so, I'm not going to enable that abomination on my computer even if I am running Linux. They can wrap that crap in whatever kind of package they want, but I'm not going for it. You can dip a rat in chocolate, but I'm still not going to eat it.
You can take your 8 day work week and cram it!
Boo freaking hoo
If this really is the great evil and threat to the world that he thinks it is, then people just won't use it.
Honestly, I think he's only making a stink because it's big Linux news and he wants to make sure that everyone remembers his name.
There's a fine line between being an advocate and being a fanatical loon, and he sure dances around that line a lot. It would have been much more effective IMHO to calmly state that a per-seat license is a mistake and after "United Linux" is dead to point to RedHat/Debian/Mandrake/Gentoo (what have you) and say that the only way to use free software is to keep it free. Instead he takes to the pulpit and attempts to call them to repentance.
Really, pick your battles. Personally, I think this is one that has an inevitable end that will illustrate your point better than any amount of yelling and screaming.
Ah...Typing of the Dead...nothing makes you type faster than knife throwing zombies.
:^)
I swear my typing speed doubled mere minutes after downloading the demo.
Mr Tuvok, arm the photonic cannon!
Computer! Photonic coffee!