He's not in Trekkies 2. I don't know if they didn't bother trying to contact him or if he turned it down. Lots of the actors turned down the sequel because they didn't get paid much, if anything, for Trekkies.
I don't think weapons research is a good thing. Not for "the bad guys" and not for "the good guys". There's not much of a difference anyway when both good and bad use their own citizens to test weapons on. But there's f-all I can do about it.
I sound like some crazy ol' hippy, damn it. That's what really burns my toast. At least we didn't cycle through communism. Some commie bashing should make me feel better. At least Bush Junior and Reagan were both good at polarizing the nation.
And albertoiii, not sure if you've just been trolling, but your link isn't working for me and the article I pointed out to says Saddam didn't have blood chemical agents. Here's the complete article.
Starting with your first paragraph: do you seriously not care that he was building a cannon for saddam hussein, a man who has used chemical weapons against his own citizens, launched wars at the drop of a hat and sworn to eliminate several of his neighbors?
The CIA has said that Saddam didn't gas the Kurds. It was done with blood agent chemicals (cyanide-based gas) that he didn't have. It was probably the Iranians.
Swearing to eliminate your neighbors happens all the friggin' time. How often do people whine about Canucks and the French? Even on something as technical and intelligent as slashdot, people are always saying crap like that. That's certainly helping our reputation world-wide.
Hell, the US is trying to overthrow the Venezuala government, and they're pretty much our neighbor. Cuba is 90 miles away from Florida and we aren't inviting them over for milk and cookies. And the US Army gave citizens, servicemen, and prisoners crap like malaria & syphilis, and sprayed them with mustard gas and biological weapons (thinking of San Francisco here) without telling them. So basically, your first sentence might as well be applied to the Good Ol' USA. The chemical agents American soldiers were exposed to in the first Gulf War were made in the USA.
The real moral is, don't do weapons research. Although I think that'll be mighty hard to apply world-wide. Maybe if we all agree to just disagree the world will be a better place. And weasels will shoot out of my ass.
I know it's the evens that are better, but the idea of Shatner vs. God is a great idea. Nothing like Kirk's rabbit punch to God to move a movie. As long as I watch #5 with my beer induced sarcasm on high, it's entertaining. Hardly any Homer Simpson's, "wait, the police knew Internal Affairs were setting them up" type of thoughts.
Homer: Wait, I'm confused about the movie. So the cops knew that internal affairs were setting them up?
Glen: What are you talking about? There is nothing like that in there!
Homer: Oh, you see when I get bored I make up my own movie. I have a very short attention span.
Jane: But our point is very simple. You see, when-
Homer: Oh, look! A bird! HEHEHEHE [runs out of the room, laughing, and chases a bird.]
I mostly agree with you, but there's a problem with "First, to release a patch to a commercial application used by millions of people is inherently troublesome. You've got to make sure you test it thoroughly...because unlike Open Source, the liability is on YOU if people can't get their work done."
I don't think Microsoft is scared of liability issues or even needs to be. Who's going to sue them and how is it going to be settled? So far, the monopoly suits worked out in their favor. Far easier on Microsoft than the US phone company in the 1970s.
I had the same thing happen to me in Winnemucca. I wasn't on empty, or close to it, but since I was going across the desert in a VW Thing I filled up. It took 2 gallons more than the tank held. Dang kids these days...
Enough to fire him in a private company. For the first three offenses at a state or federal job it'd be a written warning.
Some guy brought in a gun to work with him at the UC Davis monkey lab, allegedly with a list of people he was mad at (gun for sure, not sure about the list). He's one of the same 2 people who "lost" a monkey. That one made national news, and the other guy got a promotion. Anyway, he got 30 days of "administrative leave" for the gun, which meant they were going to fire him.
Security was told, "Hey, we had to suspend this guy. If he shows up, wave, let him through, and call the police because he knows he's not supposed to be here". No point in actually telling the security why they were looking for him. And no point in telling employees what was going on. This was during the period when UC Davis was trying to get the Level IV Biohazard Lab, so that *might* have been part of the secrecy, but I think it's because all state jobs usually have A Giant State Head up their ass all the time. In the meantime, this guy got arrested in Wyoming, with the gun, with filed off serial numbers, and illegal drugs. He was in a car his mom rented that wasn't supposed to leave the state. Not sure how much time he's serving. But being black in a Wyoming prison can't be fun. He was a nice guy before he started taking drugs.
I think it's a great show. My girlfriend is one of the people where that's her main source of info, and she's not a dumb-ass. After a while of useless media telling you nothing, you give up on it, I think is her excuse.
So I sometimes explain bits to her on commercials. I was bouncing off the walls when Joseph Wilson was on plugging his book and she didn't know who he was. I had to explain about his CIA wife and how the Bush presidency outed her, commiting a felony that was signed into law by Bush, Sr. But I also loved the Jennifer Love Hewit interview. That's my 2nd favorite interview I've seen (Ginger Spice is the first). I love it when he ticks off his guests. And while I'm jerking off Jon Stewart, the 1st show after 9/11 was amazing.
And scupper, I don't think the elections lady looked like a dumb-ass. I saw that episode, and she was caught off guard, but she did a lot better than Senator Vasconcellos.
And to the nuke the homeless troll: All in all, the sun is an incredibly hot planet. It would probably burn your mouth if you tried to eat it.
They edit out shirts on teevee all the time. They also edit out "not paid for" product placement when they're in someone's house/business. Say, I'm drinking an RC Cola who doesn't pay for product placement, and MTV shows up, they edit out the RC label. Crazy.
I don't think she "fell" for it. The Daily Show doesn't hide who they are. She was just hoping to not make an ass out of herself.
Saddly, I know lots of people who get their news from the Daily Show. And I think the UC professor is correct. Who's going to stop an unwanted war? Stop unnecessary SUVs? The government won't even stop spam. There's not much of a difference between Democrats and Republicans. As the Feederz put it, "When you're being sodomized, who cares if it's from the right or the left".
And for Sacramento news (I live in midtown) they do their best to stop live entertainment even though they have a weird Hard Rock Cafe mentality. Hey, that didn't work, so now we'll put in a new artsy theater that'll put Tower Theater under. There's crooked cops out raping girls on their shift. The homeless shelters being shut down to make the city nicer. What's the point? I still vote, but I think it's pretty worthless. There's a reason for the "slacker" generation to be slackers. Who gives a damn?
Well, golly! Next time you come into my shop with mechanical problems, and I hose your ass, please keep that in mind.
Just make sure you mention, "slashdot" when I write your report so I can add an extra $700. That's how it works with Rolls-Royce customers. The RR add-up is sad, but true. The shop I worked for, would NOT let a RR customer out without spending $1,000.00 dollars.
I think a lot of the US attitude in general is based on our actions in WWII. We, the people, haven't figured out that in whole we're a bully nation. We remember WWII, where we actually did some good, and we discredit everything else.
So here D-Day is huge, it's about how the US saved Europe with a bit of UK help. No mention of Stalingrad & the Eastern Front where Russia wiped out most of the German army.
After all, we recently stopped Saddam from blowing up another World Trade Center and releasing anthrax into our population. Keep people thinking of the US as that, and we'll do fine.
Anyone who takes their computer to a repair place and forks over $100 just to reformat their computer is definitly below average.
Not having any computer intelligence does not make a person "below average". Just because something is common sense for you or me, doesn't mean everyone knows what's common. I'm sure the grammar, punctuation and spelling of your post would drive an English teacher crazy.
You'll hopefully figure that out in your life. I'm guessing you're below 22, and meeting old guys with that attitude is often a bad thing. Makes me think of narrow minded religious belt types. Although, I've met some really brilliant engineers that are like that. You can't make any rock solid stereotypes about people.
We've always had legislation to prevent us from our own stupidity. Too many lawyers. Let people kill and injure themselves and say, "Well, you knew smoking was bad for you. Your cancer doesn't deserve you getting any money from the tobacco companies".
I'm ending this before I fall off my soapbox and hurt myself.
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No, I'm pretty sure Sid Vicious could see.
He's not in Trekkies 2. I don't know if they didn't bother trying to contact him or if he turned it down. Lots of the actors turned down the sequel because they didn't get paid much, if anything, for Trekkies.
Now me, they gave me millions...
Golly gee, Mister Smarty-pants. I posted a link to the original IPS news service article in a follow-up.
If I make it to Singapore any chance you'd give me a fly tour and show me what you do?
I don't think weapons research is a good thing. Not for "the bad guys" and not for "the good guys". There's not much of a difference anyway when both good and bad use their own citizens to test weapons on. But there's f-all I can do about it.
I sound like some crazy ol' hippy, damn it. That's what really burns my toast. At least we didn't cycle through communism. Some commie bashing should make me feel better. At least Bush Junior and Reagan were both good at polarizing the nation.
And albertoiii, not sure if you've just been trolling, but your link isn't working for me and the article I pointed out to says Saddam didn't have blood chemical agents. Here's the complete article.
Starting with your first paragraph: do you seriously not care that he was building a cannon for saddam hussein, a man who has used chemical weapons against his own citizens, launched wars at the drop of a hat and sworn to eliminate several of his neighbors?
The CIA has said that Saddam didn't gas the Kurds. It was done with blood agent chemicals (cyanide-based gas) that he didn't have. It was probably the Iranians.
Swearing to eliminate your neighbors happens all the friggin' time. How often do people whine about Canucks and the French? Even on something as technical and intelligent as slashdot, people are always saying crap like that. That's certainly helping our reputation world-wide.
Hell, the US is trying to overthrow the Venezuala government, and they're pretty much our neighbor. Cuba is 90 miles away from Florida and we aren't inviting them over for milk and cookies. And the US Army gave citizens, servicemen, and prisoners crap like malaria & syphilis, and sprayed them with mustard gas and biological weapons (thinking of San Francisco here) without telling them. So basically, your first sentence might as well be applied to the Good Ol' USA. The chemical agents American soldiers were exposed to in the first Gulf War were made in the USA.
The real moral is, don't do weapons research. Although I think that'll be mighty hard to apply world-wide. Maybe if we all agree to just disagree the world will be a better place. And weasels will shoot out of my ass.
There will be beer and geeks making fun of themselves for being geeks. And maybe some bullies to beat up the geeks. Free wedgies for everyone!
I know it's the evens that are better, but the idea of Shatner vs. God is a great idea. Nothing like Kirk's rabbit punch to God to move a movie. As long as I watch #5 with my beer induced sarcasm on high, it's entertaining. Hardly any Homer Simpson's, "wait, the police knew Internal Affairs were setting them up" type of thoughts.
Homer: Wait, I'm confused about the movie. So the cops knew that internal affairs were setting them up?
Glen: What are you talking about? There is nothing like that in there!
Homer: Oh, you see when I get bored I make up my own movie. I have a very short attention span.
Jane: But our point is very simple. You see, when-
Homer: Oh, look! A bird! HEHEHEHE [runs out of the room, laughing, and chases a bird.]
First question, it's an odd numbered movie, so it's doomed. And it's Berman so it's extra doomed. But will two dooms make it good?
If anyone wants to see Trekkies 2 Sunday night in Sacramento, email me. Sneak preview.
Hey, I never said genitals. Just "dirty parts". I'll let you figure that one out.
I mostly agree with you, but there's a problem with "First, to release a patch to a commercial application used by millions of people is inherently troublesome. You've got to make sure you test it thoroughly...because unlike Open Source, the liability is on YOU if people can't get their work done."
I don't think Microsoft is scared of liability issues or even needs to be. Who's going to sue them and how is it going to be settled? So far, the monopoly suits worked out in their favor. Far easier on Microsoft than the US phone company in the 1970s.
I had the same thing happen to me in Winnemucca. I wasn't on empty, or close to it, but since I was going across the desert in a VW Thing I filled up. It took 2 gallons more than the tank held. Dang kids these days...
My first wife is on the cover of an issue. It was her "spread" that let me see her dirty parts for the first time. Does that make me famous?
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Enough to fire him in a private company. For the first three offenses at a state or federal job it'd be a written warning.
Some guy brought in a gun to work with him at the UC Davis monkey lab, allegedly with a list of people he was mad at (gun for sure, not sure about the list). He's one of the same 2 people who "lost" a monkey. That one made national news, and the other guy got a promotion. Anyway, he got 30 days of "administrative leave" for the gun, which meant they were going to fire him.
Security was told, "Hey, we had to suspend this guy. If he shows up, wave, let him through, and call the police because he knows he's not supposed to be here". No point in actually telling the security why they were looking for him. And no point in telling employees what was going on. This was during the period when UC Davis was trying to get the Level IV Biohazard Lab, so that *might* have been part of the secrecy, but I think it's because all state jobs usually have A Giant State Head up their ass all the time. In the meantime, this guy got arrested in Wyoming, with the gun, with filed off serial numbers, and illegal drugs. He was in a car his mom rented that wasn't supposed to leave the state. Not sure how much time he's serving. But being black in a Wyoming prison can't be fun. He was a nice guy before he started taking drugs.
Isn't any "Doom III out soon" an automatic dupe? Hasn't this been a topic since 1920? Isn't Doom the first of the talkies?
New Star Wars sucks
Doom III out soon
SCO sucks
Microsoft sucks
XBox is great
XBox sucks
'She' makes a passionate speech about how what matters is not one's gender or lack thereof, but the emotion in ones heart
Didn't that sort of behaviour get someone killed on the Jenny Jones show?
I think it's a great show. My girlfriend is one of the people where that's her main source of info, and she's not a dumb-ass. After a while of useless media telling you nothing, you give up on it, I think is her excuse.
So I sometimes explain bits to her on commercials. I was bouncing off the walls when Joseph Wilson was on plugging his book and she didn't know who he was. I had to explain about his CIA wife and how the Bush presidency outed her, commiting a felony that was signed into law by Bush, Sr. But I also loved the Jennifer Love Hewit interview. That's my 2nd favorite interview I've seen (Ginger Spice is the first). I love it when he ticks off his guests. And while I'm jerking off Jon Stewart, the 1st show after 9/11 was amazing.
And scupper, I don't think the elections lady looked like a dumb-ass. I saw that episode, and she was caught off guard, but she did a lot better than Senator Vasconcellos.
And to the nuke the homeless troll: All in all, the sun is an incredibly hot planet. It would probably burn your mouth if you tried to eat it.
They edit out shirts on teevee all the time. They also edit out "not paid for" product placement when they're in someone's house/business. Say, I'm drinking an RC Cola who doesn't pay for product placement, and MTV shows up, they edit out the RC label. Crazy.
I don't think she "fell" for it. The Daily Show doesn't hide who they are. She was just hoping to not make an ass out of herself.
Saddly, I know lots of people who get their news from the Daily Show. And I think the UC professor is correct. Who's going to stop an unwanted war? Stop unnecessary SUVs? The government won't even stop spam. There's not much of a difference between Democrats and Republicans. As the Feederz put it, "When you're being sodomized, who cares if it's from the right or the left".
And for Sacramento news (I live in midtown) they do their best to stop live entertainment even though they have a weird Hard Rock Cafe mentality. Hey, that didn't work, so now we'll put in a new artsy theater that'll put Tower Theater under. There's crooked cops out raping girls on their shift. The homeless shelters being shut down to make the city nicer. What's the point? I still vote, but I think it's pretty worthless. There's a reason for the "slacker" generation to be slackers. Who gives a damn?
And what about Giant Robot?
Giant Robot, this is Johnny Sokko, come in please.
Well, golly! Next time you come into my shop with mechanical problems, and I hose your ass, please keep that in mind.
Just make sure you mention, "slashdot" when I write your report so I can add an extra $700. That's how it works with Rolls-Royce customers. The RR add-up is sad, but true. The shop I worked for, would NOT let a RR customer out without spending $1,000.00 dollars.
In short, it would be "relatively easy" to create the amount of oxygen that would be needed for us to survive.
Why? Are we sending up Limbaugh and O'Reilly to provide hot air? Drum roll. Is this thing on? And another thing, about those airline peanuts...
I think a lot of the US attitude in general is based on our actions in WWII. We, the people, haven't figured out that in whole we're a bully nation. We remember WWII, where we actually did some good, and we discredit everything else.
So here D-Day is huge, it's about how the US saved Europe with a bit of UK help. No mention of Stalingrad & the Eastern Front where Russia wiped out most of the German army.
After all, we recently stopped Saddam from blowing up another World Trade Center and releasing anthrax into our population. Keep people thinking of the US as that, and we'll do fine.
Anyone who takes their computer to a repair place and forks over $100 just to reformat their computer is definitly below average.
Not having any computer intelligence does not make a person "below average". Just because something is common sense for you or me, doesn't mean everyone knows what's common. I'm sure the grammar, punctuation and spelling of your post would drive an English teacher crazy.
You'll hopefully figure that out in your life. I'm guessing you're below 22, and meeting old guys with that attitude is often a bad thing. Makes me think of narrow minded religious belt types. Although, I've met some really brilliant engineers that are like that. You can't make any rock solid stereotypes about people.
We've always had legislation to prevent us from our own stupidity. Too many lawyers. Let people kill and injure themselves and say, "Well, you knew smoking was bad for you. Your cancer doesn't deserve you getting any money from the tobacco companies".
I'm ending this before I fall off my soapbox and hurt myself.
From imdb
His surname is Romansch (Rhaeto-Romanic), from Switzerland. Grew up in a tight-knit Catholic family.