Re:Tom Clancy knew about something like this.
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Well, golly, gee whiz, I didn't realize that
A:) The original poster said he (Tom) had written an exact map of the future, or
B:) It had to be the same method of controlling the craft or the same building targeted.
I doubt that the intentions or the nationality of the primary actor is important to the people who die as a result.
You mentioned that " Fiction is what we call things that happen in the land of make-believe." Of course it is. And when those things begin to happen here on Earth people look back and wonder what else has been written that may someday seem prescient.
I live in Memphis. A few years ago a pissed-off pilot hitched a ride on a cargo flight, attacked the flight crew with hammers and attempted to crash the plane into the FedEx hub. He was subdued and a hellacious act was averted. Had he succeeded that action would certainly have been widely compared to the current (9/11) situation.
Work study. Nortel, Richardson, Texas. Someone with a small radio yelled for the cube farmers to shut up...we did. I think I was the one that gasped "Bullshit", but I can't be sure. Someone did, and a lot of people agreed.
Just out of curiosity (since I don't read "tape silo" everyday)...where do you work? I used to work at the EDS Information Management Center in Plano doing Disaster Recovery / Offsite Storage and we would marvel at the uselessness of it all. Thousands of tapes per day, crappy old media, a nightmare waiting to happen.
I have to say, though, teaching little girls that they can fight big men is a mistake. Fight back, yes. Win, not too likely. My niece loves Powerpuff Girls, yes, but she knows that the "lessons" are a load of crap. Maybe if she could fly...
Anyhow, stop laughing at these people. They're fighting against a multi-billion dollar marketing machine that is impinging upon their ideas of morality. Remind you of anything?
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I enjoyed the whole post, but that last bit really put the shoe on the correct foot.
Joel, I read the interview on your site and then followed the comments here. No one has seemed to point out is that it is a total rehash of things you've posted to joelonsoftware.com
Either you are amazingly consistent or you let someone sew a bunch of selected paragraphs together...
It's pretty thoroughly fucked in Opera 5.12, identified as Opera (I don't set it to identify as IE or Mozilla because I want the Opera hits in the server logs)
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I know that makes me an asshole but a) I want my MP3s, dammit and b) it's partly the fault of whoever is silly enough to leave an open proxy server sitting on their network.
Yeah, it does make you an asshole. Just reiterating an obvious point. Do you blame rape victims for having holes, too?
Well...all I know is what I'm told. I'm told Mr. bin Laden has taken credit / responsibility for the actions of 9/11. Those were not mere criminal acts. Those were acts designed to underline demands. Those were acts of war. I have to believe that what I am told is true, that ObL is the man most responsible, that the Taliban supported him. Again, assuming that is the case, I would love to see him paraded through the streets of America. I would forever hate myself for missing the opportunity to piss on his face. A trial assumes there is guilt or innocence to be established. Claiming guilt removes the need for a trial. Move directly to punishment.
Now, the man may be innocent, and wish to defend his honor. This is not the story I've been told. I don't know anyone I trust to translate the tapes. So I place my (limited) faith in the US government. I'm willing to be proven wrong. I do not wish to sanction the execution of those wrongly accused. But I've seen no credible rebuttal.
And should others be guilty, let them die as well.
He was sought for trial. Oddly, he never showed. However, since he is not and will never be an American citizen, well, he is not granted the rights of citizenship.
Pardon me for not even pretending to give a shit. Not recognizing it as food and thus not consuming it is certainly understandable. Not recognizing it as "good" food...well, then, don't fucking eat it. Yes, I understand that they live in a ruined land. I'm willing to support airdrops of nutrition. Complaints about flavor will be ignored. I don't think that's what you were saying, but if you were, hop on a moped with a hibachi and do something about it.
I've been seeing your sig around for a while, but never felt like commenting on it. No, I'm not any of the ACs who may have said anything. Just curious...what's fair in this case?
There are two major products that come out of Berkeley: LSD and BSD. We don't believe this to be a coincidence
Well...since Albert Hofmann invented LSD at Sandoz and (sorry, not a real *nix geek, or I'd know this without qualifying it) I think Bell Labs came up with Unix...hrm. Maybe BerCal is simply a high quality filter, only letting the good stuff through.
There is a big difference between something not being your idea and stealing it; this was perhaps the most glaring example of Microsoft ethics.
Apple sold some stock to Xerox. They were not swapping it for research. Now, Mr. Jobs did talk his way into the labs based on this partnership, but it was against the better judgment of many people in the labs, sanctioned by the senior people on the East Coast
Adele Goldberg, a researcher and lab manager for PARC at the time escalated her complaint regarding the Apple presentation. She (and others) believed they had a good thing, and Apple would exploit it. They were told by the highest powers in the company to make the presentation. Now, the exact technical details weren't what were important. It was simply the proof that yes, such a method of computing was possible. I can't remember what was shown that day, but GUI and LAN were two big lessons. -- My hazy recollections from _Dealers_of_Lightning: _Xerox_PARC_and_the_Dawn_of_the_Computer_Age_
"Steve tried to get and / or buy the technology from Xerox (which was one of Apple's minority venture capitalists), but Xerox would neither part with it nor would come up with the resources to continue to develop in house." -- No less a luminary than Alan Kay
Bill Gates has
remarked: "Hey, Steve, just because you broke into Xerox's house before I did
and took the TV doesn't mean I can't go in later and take the stereo." -- MacWeek, March 14, 1989, p. 1.
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Well, golly, gee whiz, I didn't realize that
A:) The original poster said he (Tom) had written an exact map of the future, or
B:) It had to be the same method of controlling the craft or the same building targeted.
I doubt that the intentions or the nationality of the primary actor is important to the people who die as a result.
You mentioned that " Fiction is what we call things that happen in the land of make-believe."
Of course it is. And when those things begin to happen here on Earth people look back and wonder what else has been written that may someday seem prescient.
I live in Memphis. A few years ago a pissed-off pilot hitched a ride on a cargo flight, attacked the flight crew with hammers and attempted to crash the plane into the FedEx hub. He was subdued and a hellacious act was averted. Had he succeeded that action would certainly have been widely compared to the current (9/11) situation.
I read Dilbert, too
Tom Clancy writes fiction
Obvious point here, but he wrote a story about the Capitol suffering massive devastation when someone, like, rammed a fucking airliner into it.
Bill was Alex Winters.
c : to alter, adapt, or refine especially to bring about conformity to a standard or to suit a particular purpose
Work study. Nortel, Richardson, Texas. Someone with a small radio yelled for the cube farmers to shut up...we did. I think I was the one that gasped "Bullshit", but I can't be sure. Someone did, and a lot of people agreed.
Yeah!
Just out of curiosity (since I don't read "tape silo" everyday)...where do you work?
I used to work at the EDS Information Management Center in Plano doing Disaster Recovery / Offsite Storage and we would marvel at the uselessness of it all. Thousands of tapes per day, crappy old media, a nightmare waiting to happen.
Will we find ourselves banning action figures of policemen and soldiers because their duties imply the use of force?
Well...remember, police and military are *supposed* to act in a just manner...not in a wanton manner.
But still.
I have to say, though, teaching little girls that they can fight big men is a mistake.
Fight back, yes. Win, not too likely. My niece loves Powerpuff Girls, yes, but she knows that the "lessons" are a load of crap. Maybe if she could fly...
What's an AK 74? Is it like a KA 47? The Eastern Bloc's equivalent to the M 61?
Anyhow, stop laughing at these people. They're fighting against a multi-billion dollar marketing machine that is impinging upon their ideas of morality. Remind you of anything?
Clap. Clap. Clap.
I enjoyed the whole post, but that last bit really put the shoe on the correct foot.
Joel, I read the interview on your site and then followed the comments here. No one has seemed to point out is that it is a total rehash of things you've posted to joelonsoftware.com
Either you are amazingly consistent or you let someone sew a bunch of selected paragraphs together...
Can anyone render it in Opera 4 or higher?
It's pretty thoroughly fucked in Opera 5.12, identified as Opera
(I don't set it to identify as IE or Mozilla because I want the Opera hits in the server logs)
I know that makes me an asshole but a) I want my MP3s, dammit and b) it's partly the fault of whoever is silly enough to leave an open proxy server sitting on their network.
Yeah, it does make you an asshole. Just reiterating an obvious point. Do you blame rape victims for having holes, too?
If the US really wants to win this "war" they better start working with the people that hate them rather then pushing them around.
... but bite hard!"
"If a show of teeth is not enough, bite
Have you ever actually read your sig? Consider it in light of the post to which I am replying.
I am embarrased to be a citizen.
It's a rectifiable condition.
Well...all I know is what I'm told. I'm told Mr. bin Laden has taken credit / responsibility for the actions of 9/11.
Those were not mere criminal acts. Those were acts designed to underline demands. Those were acts of war.
I have to believe that what I am told is true, that ObL is the man most responsible, that the Taliban supported him. Again, assuming that is the case, I would love to see him paraded through the streets of America. I would forever hate myself for missing the opportunity to piss on his face.
A trial assumes there is guilt or innocence to be established. Claiming guilt removes the need for a trial. Move directly to punishment.
Now, the man may be innocent, and wish to defend his honor. This is not the story I've been told. I don't know anyone I trust to translate the tapes. So I place my (limited) faith in the US government. I'm willing to be proven wrong. I do not wish to sanction the execution of those wrongly accused. But I've seen no credible rebuttal.
And should others be guilty, let them die as well.
Clap
Clap
Clap.
Magic of cut-n-paste...I do plan to repost, with full credit given.
He was sought for trial. Oddly, he never showed.
However, since he is not and will never be an American citizen, well, he is not granted the rights of citizenship.
And the food is unusual for the Afghan taste.
Pardon me for not even pretending to give a shit.
Not recognizing it as food and thus not consuming it is certainly understandable.
Not recognizing it as "good" food...well, then, don't fucking eat it. Yes, I understand that they live in a ruined land. I'm willing to support airdrops of nutrition. Complaints about flavor will be ignored.
I don't think that's what you were saying, but if you were, hop on a moped with a hibachi and do something about it.
I've been seeing your sig around for a while, but never felt like commenting on it. No, I'm not any of the ACs who may have said anything. Just curious...what's fair in this case?
It compresses on the wire
Scared me for a second!
There are two major products that come out of Berkeley: LSD and BSD. We don't believe this to be a coincidence
Well...since Albert Hofmann invented LSD at Sandoz and (sorry, not a real *nix geek, or I'd know this without qualifying it) I think Bell Labs came up with Unix...hrm. Maybe BerCal is simply a high quality filter, only letting the good stuff through.
There is a big difference between something not being your idea and stealing it; this was perhaps the most glaring example of Microsoft ethics.
Apple sold some stock to Xerox. They were not swapping it for research. Now, Mr. Jobs did talk his way into the labs based on this partnership, but it was against the better judgment of many people in the labs, sanctioned by the senior people on the East Coast
Adele Goldberg, a researcher and lab manager for PARC at the time escalated her complaint regarding the Apple presentation. She (and others) believed they had a good thing, and Apple would exploit it. They were told by the highest powers in the company to make the presentation. Now, the exact technical details weren't what were important. It was simply the proof that yes, such a method of computing was possible. I can't remember what was shown that day, but GUI and LAN were two big lessons. -- My hazy recollections from _Dealers_of_Lightning: _Xerox_PARC_and_the_Dawn_of_the_Computer_Age_
"Steve tried to get and / or buy the technology from Xerox (which was one of Apple's minority venture capitalists), but Xerox would neither part with it nor would come up with the resources to continue to develop in house." -- No less a luminary than Alan Kay
Bill Gates has remarked: "Hey, Steve, just because you broke into Xerox's house before I did and took the TV doesn't mean I can't go in later and take the stereo." -- MacWeek, March 14, 1989, p. 1.