I couldn't agree more. The new firebird site is just fugly AND amaturish looking. I've been working hard to ween all the folks I support off of IE and onto Mozilla or Firebird. A site like that does NOT help convince professionals that it is a high quality project. I was also annoyed by the run around on trying to find the release notes. I'm just waiting for a bit more out of thunderbird, ran into some oddness when trying to move a boss over from mozilla.
BTW, while I'm on slashdot, anyone have any advice on getting cyrillic text to display correctly and "write" (enter text on forms) correctly on Mozilla? I have some russion postdocs that I'm trying to sway to linux but this is a big stopper. Thanks!
I recently set up a classroom/student lab cluster of 10 systems using debian stable and i've found it relativly easy to support. I'm aware that this is only a tenth of size of the cluster being discussed but my guess would be that it scales.
For setting up this cluster I first built a custom woody build on a unit of the standardized hardware we were going to use - standard woody, plus updated X, KDE, multimedia, research/science specific custom local packages, and openmosix. Once I was satisfied everything worked perfectly, I dd'd an image of the drive and sent it to my Vendor. They burned it onto each of the new systems so when they arrived we booted, changed the IP number and name and they were ready to go.
While I would have liked to use something better, (any suggestions ?) We are using NFS home directories and NIS for centralization, and dsh for quick maintanence. For upgrades and updates we use the marvelous apt system on a cron job. With debian stable I can automate it without fear.
The really nice thing about this system is that a cluster of 10 Athlon 2400+ systems (w/out monitors) cost 5K plus change, and it took about a week of setup time - not 40hrs, but a week of working on it sporaticly including wait times.
Love Eco's fiction but AARRGGH!
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I adored Name of the Rose, and thoght Foucaluts Pedulum was facinating (though reading it IMMEDIATLY followin the combined Illuminati trillogy was a bad idea for my psychology). On thing did irk the Hell out of me. I'm reading Pendulum and one of the main characters is having a very significant interior breakthrough.. a sort of an internaization of the meaning of the rest of the book... And the Eco forgets that not all of his readers are blessed with the knowlege of 9 languages and swaps into german, latin, and something I couldn't even recognize for the revelation!! Argg.. Its not as if anyone had written footnotes for it a week or two after publication you know? Sorry just my pet peeve.
Um to stay on topic, Stephenson Rocks. Favorites are Snow Crash and Zodiac. For those who havn't done their full digging, also look up the book he co-authored under the name Steven Bury.
I'm afraid I don't have a solution for your cleaning problem, but I do have a suggestion for future purchases. There are a number of companies (logitech kensington ect) that are doing mice with a push/pull button instead of a wheel for scrolling - a sort of 2 directional nub. This will make the parts that get dirty more accessable.
Though I havn't tried it (try at your own risk) you might even try coating the nub w/ some sort of non stick coating for easier cleaning. Clear nail polish? plastic fixative? Check your hardware store.
I think a better analogy would be someone steals a smallpox infected blanket, then you refuse to treat them, letting them spread the disease wherever they go, even to those who haven't done anything wrong but just didn't know an epidemic had started.
This is a Very interesting Idea. I can see a different of number of factors here some positive some definatly not.
In the positives, it applies the basic principles of capitalism bad+bad=good (greed + competition = availability/variety/low cost) to information gathering, allowing the "unseen hand" to operate in the realm of predictive politics - greed + competition = More accurate picture of reality. This would engage many who would otherwise not be contributing to the process either due to politics, lack of incentive (profit), or not being asked normally. Break the bunker mentality of espionage agencies. Also might be a great way to promote wealth creation for folks who's chances are slim right now (junior proffessor, grad students, ect focusing on a worthwile but unprofitable area of study). Might also be an very good and impartial judge of the court of popular opinion. Might even lessen the affect of assorted lobbies.
On the Negative side... Depending on how high the entrance bar is, it might be a way for certain administrations to know which way their corporate masters want them to go, or a "rule of the survey" sort of "dark democracy" where government can be guided by raw numbers unallowed by ethics or morals, a state raw capitalism can go down (sweatshops, slave labor, FUD, monopolies ect.)
The other scary aspect is that even with all the safeguards and oversights already in place we constantly have companies and individuals conspiring to manipulate the economic markets and this is "just" money. What happens when economics and world politics are even more closely linked? (some theorys of history will tell you there is no difference already, but this makes it pretty overt.) Gives a whole new meaning to "they made a killing in the market."
The part about betting vs investing I could care less about. That is presuming there is something inherently wrong in gambling. That aspect is of no consequence compared to the results (positive or negative) Your local bookie is probably one of the best statiticians in your town, never mind the ones in Vegas, NSA or organized crime.
Overall while the predictive aspect is very intriguing, the possibility of it becoming directive of world politics for those who can afford to sway the market (via whatever means) may tip the balance towards menacing.
and, of course, the current records will be long gone, per institute policies, as required by federal law.
Yes, If I was the sysadmin in charge of backing up/ archiving that info I'd feel a great temptation to be standing by the "new" backup server with a blowdryer pointed at the pertinent HD.
Yeah, I wouldn't try that in a big mega corp, but I was his only staff and we were kind of buddies. It was actually a bit of dirty trick, but I knew he wasn't going to fire me and I was really pissed that someone with less experience, and fewer skills was going to get paid more.
I had been working for about 2 years and found out the new position equivelent to my own would be payed more. So I came in to my bosses office with my resume told him i quit and applied for the position.
We both knew I wasn't really quitting but it made my point and I got a small promotion and new salery a bit above the incomming position.
I don't recommend the quitting part but applying for the new position might not be a bad idea.
Ok this is HearSay/Second hand, but what I had heard was that a general was expalining 10000 $400 toilet seats is actually a way of putting $390,000 into a black ops budget, i.e. things that for security (or more nefarious reasons) you can't list as a line item in your appropriations budget.
For example, when I press the on button, I want it to turn on. Instantly. I don't want to have to wait several minutes for it to "warm up" like the old TVs used to. And when I press the off button, I want it to turn off. Instantly. And if I press the on button again, I want to see the same stuff on the screen as when I last switched it off. And that's just the functionality of the on-off button!
Thats called Hibernation mode. Its here already. I think on some recent systems you can even make it the default effect of your power button.
Your Point is taken though. I still remember trying to use a mouse for the first (playing Wasteland on a "state of the art" Dos box.) I just couldn't control it.
It would be interesting to see what could be come up with starting from scratch, but to prove an earlier posters point, I would probably hate it as i'm too busy learn a new interface. I still use the command line 90% of the time on my shiny new KDE3 desktop because I don't want to have to learn what all the buttons do or which gui's configure what.
Heh;) Hope your kidding. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but I think duplicates would diminish the effect of each letter. If it was an ironic comment on suggesting that unauthorized duplication of original works was a marginal crime, your tweak is well concieved and quite amusing.
I just got done writing him a letter and submitting it through his site.
Here it is:
Dear Sir,
Having read your recent proposition that copyright holders be able to "destroy" the computers of those who download their works without permission I am frankly appalled. I understand that as a copyright holder yourself this might be a hot topic for you but please do not let your emotions overcome common sense.
As a profesional Systems Administrator, I understand the problem of unlicenced downloading. It is a plauge on the bandwith of the systems I administer. However, your proposed solution is one of the worst I have ever heard suggested. Copyright does not take precedence over private property laws. Second this would cause untold financial damage to buisnesses, educational institutions, and government agencies who's machiens were used by employees to download music. In the case of medical, or military computers it could even cause loss of life.
Since your website was recently discovered to be running unlicenced software this campaign of yours is rather hypocritical.
I strongly suggest that you drop this idea immediatly as unrealistic. I suggest instead that you pursue reducing the length of copyrights and/or making it much easier for material to go into the public domain. This would allow for a much greater amount of material to be LEGALLY downloaded. People prefer to do the right and honest thing, as well as avoid possible crimes and their consequences. If they have more legal options for downloads many will choose the legal choice rather than the immoral one - thus allowing artists seeking to make a just profit from their recent works, while fulfilling the original intent of copyright - to provide a limited short term monopoly on creative works as an incentive for more material to be released and the public domain be nurtured.
I'm not sure. I'm not inherently opposed to the idea, but my first instinct is to say that the Vietnam war may not yet be appropriate subject matter. It was one of the most controversial conflicts in US history, and the veterans and victims of the conflict are still alive and active members of society. If the bias is towards the American viewpoint it could seriosly upset asian sales, if towards the Vietnamese then it would get slammed in the states. If they did the near impossible and made it unbiased, both sides would probably be offended.
I fully support free speech and expression, especially in programming but are there some topics that that should be handled with kid gloves when being used for entertainment?
The answer is to go talk to the local unions and see if your work can qualify as falling under one of their banners. Don't turn up your nose, but you might be able to join the secretarial union.
Unions are not a 4 letter word. The last time power was heavily consolidating in the hands of the few and workers were being treated as a low value replaceable commodity Unions were the savior of the American middle class.
What the original poster is talking about is a strike. If you are going to get organized and go on strike, talk to the folks who really know how to do it, and get the legal protections that are due a real union.
Be aware though, that this is a dangerous path. A lot of folks have mentioned the trouble you can get into if you get blackballed as a troublemaker. Well there is NOTHING you could do that will get you blackballed quicker than being a union organizer. Management LIKES the fact that all the anti-union propaganda is being eaten up by the new generation of tech workers. Because it gives them power and takes it away from you. Anyone who threatens that will have to watch their back.
Unionizing is not just something our parents did. Its something we can do too, and as the respect for human labor decreases it is something to give some thought to.
If you are talking about china/japan/korea ect, I could see that as Western European genetics tend to include big feet;) I'm only moderatly well endowed in the foot size dept. (there I made the joke so you don't have to;) ) At size 9 1/2-10 1/2 I can usually find something... The real secret is to ask for their export or "export quality" items. They tend to be higher quality / warmer/ bigger as they are specificly designed to be sold overseas.
I have in-laws who live in Dehli, so the cost of the trip, doesn't really play in. I'm going to Delhi for non-economic reasons, so at least in my mind the cost of the trip doesn't play into the cost of purchases there.
And honestly, I wouldn't buy nikes even if they cost $20, and were made by Union workers getting $75/hour and full medical. I think they look like mechanical parasites attached to your feet, rather than shoes. No accounting for taste;)
On an amusing sidenote, I don't buy $120 dollar nikes made in burma for $3. I travel to India about once a year so I buy good "export quality" leather shoes made in India for about $5, and pay $20 (aprox 4000 rupees)
"If Christians whorshipped, for example, Moses instead of Jesus, this article would have been all about how Neo was "Moses like"."
You know you might be on to something there. Neo as a jesus never quite clicked for me, but Moses makes a bit of sense. While the focus of the Jesus story is divine revelation and, divine sacrifice the Moses story is about escaping slavery and finding a new home for the chosen people.
I still think the Christian model isn't really appropriate for analysing the film. Biblical hero's are generally agents of the divine and all of their "powers" stem from an outside source rather than within. Exceptions like Samson are chastised for their hubris and still have to fall back on the divine in the end.
When I first watched the film it felt much more like story of Gottam Buddha - Young Prince (35) is exposed to the fact that the word is a bad place by his charioteer (Sri Krishna/Morpheus), and becomes and aesthetic, Fails in the established methods, accepts a bowl of rice (kiss from Trinity?) and then rises up from beneath the Bodi Tree with True Enlightenment.
THe author of the article brings up Gnosticism which honestly now seems like the best model for looking at the film in a relgious context. In this case the Prophet/Trinity would take the role of the Sophia spirit that has gone into the flawed creation of the Mad God to help humanity find its own spark of divinity.
Turning down the pretentious crap, I have to agree with some of the earlier posts - it was just a fun flashy movie given a bit more depth by some smart but vauge philisophical/relgious implications. BTW Am I the only one who would have found the flick even more compelling if Morpheus had turned out to be the "one" rather than Neo? There would have been something very satisfying about the seeker being the thing he sought. Would have been a great scene - Morpheus drugged and chained breaks his bonds and realizes his own nature, Neo gets capped, becoming the sacrificial lamb and Morpheus wreaks wrath and vengence on the agents. Lord of Dreams makes a lot of since for someone with power in the matrix than "the new guy". Oh well...
I have a small basement room in our offices that I would like to turn into a server room. (10x12'). Unfortunatly it has no easy access to an external vent, and putting in the duct work would cost more than the computers it would contain.
Is there an (affordable) environmental control unit that can be used in a space like this or am I trying to find a loophole in the laws of thermodynamics? -insert obligatory simpsons quote-
Would an evaporative solution work? I'm totally HVAC ignorant.
This article gets like 10 replys and the friggin Terminator Trailer gets hundreds. Here is a notice about how we could ACTUALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE rather than just whine about these things and it goes ignored.
For the love of Mike how deep do we have our heads in the sand?
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I couldn't agree more. The new firebird site is just fugly AND amaturish looking. I've been working hard to ween all the folks I support off of IE and onto Mozilla or Firebird. A site like that does NOT help convince professionals that it is a high quality project. I was also annoyed by the run around on trying to find the release notes. I'm just waiting for a bit more out of thunderbird, ran into some oddness when trying to move a boss over from mozilla.
BTW, while I'm on slashdot, anyone have any advice on getting cyrillic text to display correctly and "write" (enter text on forms) correctly on Mozilla? I have some russion postdocs that I'm trying to sway to linux but this is a big stopper.
Thanks!
This is one of the smartest humor posts i've seen in slashdot in ages. Aaarg. Why do I never have mod points when there is something worth modding up.
I have to concur with this from my experience.
I recently set up a classroom/student lab cluster of 10 systems using debian stable and i've found it relativly easy to support. I'm aware that this is only a tenth of size of the cluster being discussed but my guess would be that it scales.
For setting up this cluster I first built a custom woody build on a unit of the standardized hardware we were going to use - standard woody, plus updated X, KDE, multimedia, research/science specific custom local packages, and openmosix. Once I was satisfied everything worked perfectly, I dd'd an image of the drive and sent it to my Vendor. They burned it onto each of the new systems so when they arrived we booted, changed the IP number and name and they were ready to go.
While I would have liked to use something better, (any suggestions ?) We are using NFS home directories and NIS for centralization, and dsh for quick maintanence. For upgrades and updates we use the marvelous apt system on a cron job. With debian stable I can automate it without fear.
The really nice thing about this system is that a cluster of 10 Athlon 2400+ systems (w/out monitors) cost 5K plus change, and it took about a week of setup time - not 40hrs, but a week of working on it sporaticly including wait times.
I adored Name of the Rose, and thoght Foucaluts Pedulum was facinating (though reading it IMMEDIATLY followin the combined Illuminati trillogy was a bad idea for my psychology). On thing did irk the Hell out of me. I'm reading Pendulum and one of the main characters is having a very significant interior breakthrough.. a sort of an internaization of the meaning of the rest of the book... And the Eco forgets that not all of his readers are blessed with the knowlege of 9 languages and swaps into german, latin, and something I couldn't even recognize for the revelation!! Argg.. Its not as if anyone had written footnotes for it a week or two after publication you know? Sorry just my pet peeve.
Um to stay on topic, Stephenson Rocks. Favorites are Snow Crash and Zodiac. For those who havn't done their full digging, also look up the book he co-authored under the name Steven Bury.
I'm afraid I don't have a solution for your cleaning problem, but I do have a suggestion for future purchases. There are a number of companies (logitech kensington ect) that are doing mice with a push/pull button instead of a wheel for scrolling - a sort of 2 directional nub. This will make the parts that get dirty more accessable.
Though I havn't tried it (try at your own risk) you might even try coating the nub w/ some sort of non stick coating for easier cleaning. Clear nail polish? plastic fixative? Check your hardware store.
I think a better analogy would be someone steals a smallpox infected blanket, then you refuse to treat them, letting them spread the disease wherever they go, even to those who haven't done anything wrong but just didn't know an epidemic had started.
Big, rare, non gorrilla in africa? Looks like Burroughs was right after all...
(10 points if you get the reference)
This is a Very interesting Idea. I can see a different of number of factors here some positive some definatly not.
In the positives, it applies the basic principles of capitalism bad+bad=good (greed + competition = availability/variety/low cost) to information gathering, allowing the "unseen hand" to operate in the realm of predictive politics - greed + competition = More accurate picture of reality. This would engage many who would otherwise not be contributing to the process either due to politics, lack of incentive (profit), or not being asked normally. Break the bunker mentality of espionage agencies. Also might be a great way to promote wealth creation for folks who's chances are slim right now (junior proffessor, grad students, ect focusing on a worthwile but unprofitable area of study). Might also be an very good and impartial judge of the court of popular opinion. Might even lessen the affect of assorted lobbies.
On the Negative side...
Depending on how high the entrance bar is, it might be a way for certain administrations to know which way their corporate masters want them to go, or a "rule of the survey" sort of "dark democracy" where government can be guided by raw numbers unallowed by ethics or morals, a state raw capitalism can go down (sweatshops, slave labor, FUD, monopolies ect.)
The other scary aspect is that even with all the safeguards and oversights already in place we constantly have companies and individuals conspiring to manipulate the economic markets and this is "just" money. What happens when economics and world politics are even more closely linked? (some theorys of history will tell you there is no difference already, but this makes it pretty overt.) Gives a whole new meaning to "they made a killing in the market."
The part about betting vs investing I could care less about. That is presuming there is something inherently wrong in gambling. That aspect is of no consequence compared to the results (positive or negative) Your local bookie is probably one of the best statiticians in your town, never mind the ones in Vegas, NSA or organized crime.
Overall while the predictive aspect is very intriguing, the possibility of it becoming directive of world politics for those who can afford to sway the market (via whatever means) may tip the balance towards menacing.
and, of course, the current records will be long gone, per institute policies, as required by federal law.
Yes, If I was the sysadmin in charge of backing up/ archiving that info I'd feel a great temptation to be standing by the "new" backup server with a blowdryer pointed at the pertinent HD.
Yeah, I wouldn't try that in a big mega corp, but I was his only staff and we were kind of buddies. It was actually a bit of dirty trick, but I knew he wasn't going to fire me and I was really pissed that someone with less experience, and fewer skills was going to get paid more.
I had been working for about 2 years and found out the new position equivelent to my own would be payed more. So I came in to my bosses office with my resume told him i quit and applied for the position.
We both knew I wasn't really quitting but it made my point and I got a small promotion and new salery a bit above the incomming position.
I don't recommend the quitting part but applying for the new position might not be a bad idea.
Ok this is HearSay/Second hand, but what I had heard was that a general was expalining 10000 $400 toilet seats is actually a way of putting $390,000 into a black ops budget, i.e. things that for security (or more nefarious reasons) you can't list as a line item in your appropriations budget.
For example, when I press the on button, I want it to turn on. Instantly. I don't want to have to wait several minutes for it to "warm up" like the old TVs used to. And when I press the off button, I want it to turn off. Instantly. And if I press the on button again, I want to see the same stuff on the screen as when I last switched it off. And that's just the functionality of the on-off button!
Thats called Hibernation mode. Its here already. I think on some recent systems you can even make it the default effect of your power button.
Your Point is taken though. I still remember trying to use a mouse for the first (playing Wasteland on a "state of the art" Dos box.) I just couldn't control it.
It would be interesting to see what could be come up with starting from scratch, but to prove an earlier posters point, I would probably hate it as i'm too busy learn a new interface. I still use the command line 90% of the time on my shiny new KDE3 desktop because I don't want to have to learn what all the buttons do or which gui's configure what.
Heh ;) Hope your kidding. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but I think duplicates would diminish the effect of each letter. If it was an ironic comment on suggesting that unauthorized duplication of original works was a marginal crime, your tweak is well concieved and quite amusing.
BTW, yes, I did spell check the one I sent in.
I just got done writing him a letter and submitting it through his site.
Here it is:
Dear Sir,
Having read your recent proposition that copyright holders be able to "destroy" the computers of those who download their works without permission I am frankly appalled. I understand that as a copyright holder yourself this might be a hot topic for you but please do not let your emotions overcome common sense.
As a profesional Systems Administrator, I understand the problem of unlicenced downloading. It is a plauge on the bandwith of the systems I administer. However, your proposed solution is one of the worst I have ever heard suggested. Copyright does not take precedence over private property laws. Second this would cause untold financial damage to buisnesses, educational institutions, and government agencies who's machiens were used by employees to download music. In the case of medical, or military computers it could even cause loss of life.
Since your website was recently discovered to be running unlicenced software this campaign of yours is rather hypocritical.
I strongly suggest that you drop this idea immediatly as unrealistic. I suggest instead that you pursue reducing the length of copyrights and/or making it much easier for material to go into the public domain. This would allow for a much greater amount of material to be LEGALLY downloaded. People prefer to do the right and honest thing, as well as avoid possible crimes and their consequences. If they have more legal options for downloads many will choose the legal choice rather than the immoral one - thus allowing artists seeking to make a just profit from their recent works, while fulfilling the original intent of copyright - to provide a limited short term monopoly on creative works as an incentive for more material to be released and the public domain be nurtured.
Respectfully,
-name ommited from slashdot-
I'm not sure. I'm not inherently opposed to the idea, but my first instinct is to say that the Vietnam war may not yet be appropriate subject matter. It was one of the most controversial conflicts in US history, and the veterans and victims of the conflict are still alive and active members of society. If the bias is towards the American viewpoint it could seriosly upset asian sales, if towards the Vietnamese then it would get slammed in the states. If they did the near impossible and made it unbiased, both sides would probably be offended.
I fully support free speech and expression, especially in programming but are there some topics that that should be handled with kid gloves when being used for entertainment?
The answer is to go talk to the local unions and see if your work can qualify as falling under one of their banners. Don't turn up your nose, but you might be able to join the secretarial union.
Unions are not a 4 letter word. The last time power was heavily consolidating in the hands of the few and workers were being treated as a low value replaceable commodity Unions were the savior of the American middle class.
What the original poster is talking about is a strike. If you are going to get organized and go on strike, talk to the folks who really know how to do it, and get the legal protections that are due a real union.
Be aware though, that this is a dangerous path. A lot of folks have mentioned the trouble you can get into if you get blackballed as a troublemaker. Well there is NOTHING you could do that will get you blackballed quicker than being a union organizer. Management LIKES the fact that all the anti-union propaganda is being eaten up by the new generation of tech workers. Because it gives them power and takes it away from you. Anyone who threatens that will have to watch their back.
Unionizing is not just something our parents did. Its something we can do too, and as the respect for human labor decreases it is something to give some thought to.
If you are talking about china/japan/korea ect, I could see that as Western European genetics tend to include big feet ;) I'm only moderatly well endowed in the foot size dept. (there I made the joke so you don't have to ;) ) At size 9 1/2-10 1/2 I can usually find something... The real secret is to ask for their export or "export quality" items. They tend to be higher quality / warmer/ bigger as they are specificly designed to be sold overseas.
I have in-laws who live in Dehli, so the cost of the trip, doesn't really play in. I'm going to Delhi for non-economic reasons, so at least in my mind the cost of the trip doesn't play into the cost of purchases there.
;)
And honestly, I wouldn't buy nikes even if they cost $20, and were made by Union workers getting $75/hour and full medical. I think they look like mechanical parasites attached to your feet, rather than shoes. No accounting for taste
On an amusing sidenote, I don't buy $120 dollar nikes made in burma for $3. I travel to India about once a year so I buy good "export quality" leather shoes made in India for about $5, and pay $20 (aprox 4000 rupees)
"If Christians whorshipped, for example, Moses instead of Jesus, this article would have been all about how Neo was "Moses like"."
You know you might be on to something there. Neo as a jesus never quite clicked for me, but Moses makes a bit of sense. While the focus of the Jesus story is divine revelation and, divine sacrifice the Moses story is about escaping slavery and finding a new home for the chosen people.
I still think the Christian model isn't really appropriate for analysing the film. Biblical hero's are generally agents of the divine and all of their "powers" stem from an outside source rather than within. Exceptions like Samson are chastised for their hubris and still have to fall back on the divine in the end.
When I first watched the film it felt much more like story of Gottam Buddha - Young Prince (35) is exposed to the fact that the word is a bad place by his charioteer (Sri Krishna/Morpheus), and becomes and aesthetic, Fails in the established methods, accepts a bowl of rice (kiss from Trinity?) and then rises up from beneath the Bodi Tree with True Enlightenment.
THe author of the article brings up Gnosticism which honestly now seems like the best model for looking at the film in a relgious context. In this case the Prophet/Trinity would take the role of the Sophia spirit that has gone into the flawed creation of the Mad God to help humanity find its own spark of divinity.
Turning down the pretentious crap, I have to agree with some of the earlier posts - it was just a fun flashy movie given a bit more depth by some smart but vauge philisophical/relgious implications. BTW Am I the only one who would have found the flick even more compelling if Morpheus had turned out to be the "one" rather than Neo? There would have been something very satisfying about the seeker being the thing he sought. Would have been a great scene - Morpheus drugged and chained breaks his bonds and realizes his own nature, Neo gets capped, becoming the sacrificial lamb and Morpheus wreaks wrath and vengence on the agents. Lord of Dreams makes a lot of since for someone with power in the matrix than "the new guy". Oh well...
Wasn't this the plot of a Whiz Kids episode?
I'd like to hijack this thread for my own needs.
I have a small basement room in our offices that I would like to turn into a server room. (10x12'). Unfortunatly it has no easy access to an external vent, and putting in the duct work would cost more than the computers it would contain.
Is there an (affordable) environmental control unit that can be used in a space like this or am I trying to find a loophole in the laws of thermodynamics?
-insert obligatory simpsons quote-
Would an evaporative solution work? I'm totally HVAC ignorant.
I'm not sure if that is a joke on my post, or a recomendation for trackballs.
;) I can make do with a mouse but have fallen in love with the trackball :)
If it is the former, well played. If the latter, your preaching to the choir
This article gets like 10 replys and the friggin Terminator Trailer gets hundreds. Here is a notice about how we could ACTUALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE rather than just whine about these things and it goes ignored.
For the love of Mike how deep do we have our heads in the sand?