On the contrary; even in the early 90s projectionists made at least $37US/hour and we're threatenning to strike even then. Although they were paid that to run 2 or 3 films at a time during a time when having 2 or 3 films per theatre(theatre being used as a term describing the building, films being the number of rooms available for viewing) was coming out of the norm. This was when they starting replacing all the decent theatres with these google-plexes we're so familiar with. In a theatre that runs 30 films I would guess at least 6 projectionists are needed. Multiply that by what i'm guessing is at least $50US/hour now and you'd be saving at least $600,000/year(based on requiring 6 projectionists with 40 hours of peak-time... guessing on peak-hours)
is coming soon. Couple this with the FCC widenning the frequency spectrum and broadband providers wont depend on the Baby Bells' backbone for long. I'd be more concerned with how this effects businesses requiring high-speed lines and the prices of OC3 or even T1 lines, more concerned than over my personal cable line anyway.
ok... maybe it wasn't funny, it was just the first thing that popped into my head. I also shouldn't be so offended that I feel the need to defend myself; but when the trolls moderate I get scared.
I think if you're talking absolute center of the north pole, than the answer would be none. Once you leave abolute center, assuming you're still in the center (i.e. somewhat equally dispersed over the center) you would be in all time-zones; of course the first is (for all intents and purposes) impossible, so you'd be in all of them.
I would completely agree... i guess i should have closed my original post with something along the lines of: in this case, it seems two wrongs at least have the makings of a right
it seems like this is at least 'unethical,' it seems a great way to point out the ridiculousness of these gawd-aweful 'legal' contracts. C-net/downloads and other pushers of EULA-ridden software downloads should feature this on their frontpage. Get everyone to start seeing these contracts for what they are.
The gyroscopes are sensors(i believe there are five of them) that tell the computers(the apps, i have a hard time believing they need 5 separate systems to do the calculations) which way to move the wheels. It is similar to balancing a baseball bat on your palm. I'm sure someone can correct me; but It's something simple like a 2/1 mass/velocity ratio. The gyroscopes are off-the-shelf pieces that have been used in airplanes/submarines and such for decades. They stay still(in a sense) while the rest of the scooter tilts and sensors tell the apps how to deal with the 'level' vs. tilt difference. When you think about it, it shouldn't be hard to come up with an 'OpenSegway' project that deals with these variables in a 'Open PVR' type fashion.
but Free software is specific in its definition. Just like capitalizing Citizen of the United States of America signed our rights away to what was once the greatest country on Earth(TM).
Just wait... once the scandals and such with kazaa/morpheus hit the fans, development really kicked in at giFT or whatever they're calling it now. I hive high hopes for that project, and it's already cross-platform and usable (albeit not so user-friendly, yet).
Then again, I also found this one: The Mandrake [slackware.com] product is run by a group of French faggot satanists, and is named after the faggot nickname for the vibrator. It was also chosen because it is an anagram for dark amen and ram naked, which is what they do.
The secret hideout of Mandrake the Magician in the comic strip of the same name was called "Xanadu" (presumably after the Coleridge poem)
That's just one of the quotes I found, along with this quote... "In folk-lore, a dead man's hand, preferably one cut from the body of a man who has been hanged, soaked in oil, and used as a magic torch by thieves. Robert Graves points out that the Hand of Glory is a translation of the French main de gloire, a corruption of mandragore, the plant mandragora (Mandrake), whose roots had a similar magic value to thieves."
Taken together and knowing about hundreds of poems revolving around the mandrake plant, we're obviously talking a chicken/egg scenario. Mandrake the Magician was obviously named after mandrake the mystical plant(root).
I reposted because in retrospect of the first post and where I placed it I thought it would be missed by many. I thought reposting it in a better context(in reply to the article, rather than the poster i had replied to the first time) might make for some cute remarks. At least I got you to reply with something, right? Even if you did post anonymously(KW, *cough*, KW), I'll bite the bullet on this one and sign my name to it.
M'Kay?
but at least they gave the book titles: Advanced Techniques of Clandestine Psychedelic and Amphetamine Manufacture, by Uncle Fester, and The Construction and Operation of Clandestine Drug Laboratories, by Jack B. Nimble.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913):
Mandrake \Man"drake\, n. [AS. mandragora, L. mandragoras, fr.
Gr. ?: cf. F. mandragore.]
1. (Bot.) A low plant ({Mandragora officinarum) of the
Nightshade family, having a fleshy root, often forked, and
supposed to resemble a man. It was therefore supposed to
have animal life, and to cry out when pulled up. All parts
of the plant are strongly narcotic. It is found in the
Mediterranean region.
And shrieks like mandrakes, torn out of the earth,
That living mortals, hearing them, run mad. --Shak.
Note: The mandrake of Scripture was perhaps the same plant,
but proof is wanting.
I like the 'often forked' line, as I'm planning my own.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913):
Mandrake \Man"drake\, n. [AS. mandragora, L. mandragoras, fr.
Gr. ?: cf. F. mandragore.]
1. (Bot.) A low plant ({Mandragora officinarum) of the
Nightshade family, having a fleshy root, often forked, and
supposed to resemble a man. It was therefore supposed to
have animal life, and to cry out when pulled up. All parts
of the plant are strongly narcotic. It is found in the
Mediterranean region.
And shrieks like mandrakes, torn out of the earth,
That living mortals, hearing them, run mad. --Shak.
Note: The mandrake of Scripture was perhaps the same plant,
but proof is wanting.
I like the 'often forked' line, as I'm planning my own.
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Are you distributing the copyrighted material? Or is it just "in house" stuff? There's a major difference.
On the contrary; even in the early 90s projectionists made at least $37US/hour and we're threatenning to strike even then. Although they were paid that to run 2 or 3 films at a time during a time when having 2 or 3 films per theatre(theatre being used as a term describing the building, films being the number of rooms available for viewing) was coming out of the norm. This was when they starting replacing all the decent theatres with these google-plexes we're so familiar with. In a theatre that runs 30 films I would guess at least 6 projectionists are needed. Multiply that by what i'm guessing is at least $50US/hour now and you'd be saving at least $600,000/year(based on requiring 6 projectionists with 40 hours of peak-time... guessing on peak-hours)
is coming soon. Couple this with the FCC widenning the frequency spectrum and broadband providers wont depend on the Baby Bells' backbone for long. I'd be more concerned with how this effects businesses requiring high-speed lines and the prices of OC3 or even T1 lines, more concerned than over my personal cable line anyway.
ok... maybe it wasn't funny, it was just the first thing that popped into my head. I also shouldn't be so offended that I feel the need to defend myself; but when the trolls moderate I get scared.
IT revelations in this month's edition of Duh!
What was really funny to me was this... for a second, I thought Rick Boucher had closed his letter with a tribute to Douglas Adams in his .sig
:)
of course, this would've actually been funny if it were an interview with ESR, i gotta quit smokin so much weed :)
don't you think the whole Open Source Software campaign is somewhat communist in nature?
/me awaits the thousand-mile stare.
:)
I think if you're talking absolute center of the north pole, than the answer would be none. Once you leave abolute center, assuming you're still in the center (i.e. somewhat equally dispersed over the center) you would be in all time-zones; of course the first is (for all intents and purposes) impossible, so you'd be in all of them.
At least that's my take on it.
I would completely agree... i guess i should have closed my original post with something along the lines of: in this case, it seems two wrongs at least have the makings of a right
it seems like this is at least 'unethical,' it seems a great way to point out the ridiculousness of these gawd-aweful 'legal' contracts. C-net/downloads and other pushers of EULA-ridden software downloads should feature this on their frontpage. Get everyone to start seeing these contracts for what they are.
The gyroscopes are sensors(i believe there are five of them) that tell the computers(the apps, i have a hard time believing they need 5 separate systems to do the calculations) which way to move the wheels. It is similar to balancing a baseball bat on your palm. I'm sure someone can correct me; but It's something simple like a 2/1 mass/velocity ratio. The gyroscopes are off-the-shelf pieces that have been used in airplanes/submarines and such for decades. They stay still(in a sense) while the rest of the scooter tilts and sensors tell the apps how to deal with the 'level' vs. tilt difference. When you think about it, it shouldn't be hard to come up with an 'OpenSegway' project that deals with these variables in a 'Open PVR' type fashion.
but Free software is specific in its definition. Just like capitalizing Citizen of the United States of America signed our rights away to what was once the greatest country on Earth(TM).
Speeking of irony, you know that it's April 25th right? You might wanna take a look at your .sig ;)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/gift/ giFT project. I really should use "Preview."
Just wait... once the scandals and such with kazaa/morpheus hit the fans, development really kicked in at giFT or whatever they're calling it now. I hive high hopes for that project, and it's already cross-platform and usable (albeit not so user-friendly, yet).
LWN: And where did the name "Mandrake" come from in the first place?
GD: From my child's head. Mandrake is magic!
That's from an old interview with Gael Duval.
Then again, I also found this one:
;)
The Mandrake [slackware.com] product is run by a group of French faggot satanists, and is named after the faggot nickname for the vibrator. It was also chosen because it is an anagram for dark amen and ram naked, which is what they do.
So now I don't know what to think
The secret hideout of Mandrake the Magician in the comic strip of the same name was called "Xanadu" (presumably after the Coleridge poem)
That's just one of the quotes I found, along with this quote...
"In folk-lore, a dead man's hand, preferably one cut from the body of a man who has been hanged, soaked in oil, and used as a magic torch by thieves. Robert Graves points out that the Hand of Glory is a translation of the French main de gloire, a corruption of mandragore, the plant mandragora (Mandrake), whose roots had a similar magic value to thieves."
Taken together and knowing about hundreds of poems revolving around the mandrake plant, we're obviously talking a chicken/egg scenario. Mandrake the Magician was obviously named after mandrake the mystical plant(root).
I reposted because in retrospect of the first post and where I placed it I thought it would be missed by many. I thought reposting it in a better context(in reply to the article, rather than the poster i had replied to the first time) might make for some cute remarks. At least I got you to reply with something, right? Even if you did post anonymously(KW, *cough*, KW), I'll bite the bullet on this one and sign my name to it.
M'Kay?
but at least they gave the book titles:
:)
Advanced Techniques of Clandestine Psychedelic and Amphetamine Manufacture, by Uncle Fester, and The Construction and Operation of Clandestine Drug Laboratories, by Jack B. Nimble.
I'm sure you can find them online somewhere...
But maybe we just found a better place to buy books. I know I just switched bookstores
Support these people, please!
this is important... please mod this guy up so more people will see this information.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :
Mandrake \Man"drake\, n. [AS. mandragora, L. mandragoras, fr.
Gr. ?: cf. F. mandragore.]
1. (Bot.) A low plant ({Mandragora officinarum) of the
Nightshade family, having a fleshy root, often forked, and
supposed to resemble a man. It was therefore supposed to
have animal life, and to cry out when pulled up. All parts
of the plant are strongly narcotic. It is found in the
Mediterranean region.
And shrieks like mandrakes, torn out of the earth,
That living mortals, hearing them, run mad. --Shak.
Note: The mandrake of Scripture was perhaps the same plant,
but proof is wanting.
I like the 'often forked' line, as I'm planning my own.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :
Mandrake \Man"drake\, n. [AS. mandragora, L. mandragoras, fr.
Gr. ?: cf. F. mandragore.]
1. (Bot.) A low plant ({Mandragora officinarum) of the
Nightshade family, having a fleshy root, often forked, and
supposed to resemble a man. It was therefore supposed to
have animal life, and to cry out when pulled up. All parts
of the plant are strongly narcotic. It is found in the
Mediterranean region.
And shrieks like mandrakes, torn out of the earth,
That living mortals, hearing them, run mad. --Shak.
Note: The mandrake of Scripture was perhaps the same plant,
but proof is wanting.
I like the 'often forked' line, as I'm planning my own.
well said.