I dont believe he ever said he didnt recall traveling with droids, he said he never recalled owning any droids. He never owned C3PO or R2D2.
He lives in the Star Wars universe, traveling with a droid is common.
you probably just never noticed a dead pixel on such a large monitor. Dead pixels ARE common with LCD screens. As manufacturing techniques improve, the frequency of dead pixels decreases, but doesnt disappear completely.
Seriously, an HID conversion kit will run you 700 bucks a pair, if your replacing your high and low beam 1400 bucks... to replace an HID light costs just a little over twice what a traditional halogen bulb will cost.
Anyone that pays 3k for an HID bulb got taken to the cleaners and doesnt even know how to do a simple froogle search.
Ummm... Acutally your quite wrong, Queen DID sue Vanilla Ice...
Remember, Google is your friend
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe =UTF-8&c2coff=1&q=vanilla+ice+and+queen+and+lawsui t&btnG=Google+Search
Van Halen DID sue Tone Loc
Again Google is Your Friend
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe =UTF-8&c2coff=1&q=van+halen+tone+loc+lawsuit&btnG= Google+Search
And as far as Eminem ripping anyone off, hasnt happened, he is widly credited with bringing the UK artist Dido to American airwaves after he sampled 'Thank You' in his song Stan. Which not only did he pay royalties to Dido for the Sampling, he also had her open a few of his concerts here in the States.
Lars, what are you smoking, I, Robot was written in 1950, Season 1 of the outer limits aired in 1963...13 years after Asimov's I, Robot was published....
If the disclosure is behind the doors, I'm positive SCO would object to any 3rd party 'contractors' getting involved. Thats the whole device behind the tactic of going 'behind the doors'.
Thats why IBM would not be able to hire contractors.... by taking it behind the doors, SCO has a better chance of limiting the eyes that will be on the 'code'.
Won't work in the long run. While it may be difficult for the OS community to find the infringing or aledged infringing code, it can and will be done.
Ultimately, if SCO continues this charade, the final answer, while time consuming and tedious, will be documenting every line of code and tracing it back to the author. If a line/lines cannot be reliably traced to a legitimate OS author then the code is suspect. Rewrite the line/lines remove the question as to the author and contributor and the kernal quickly becomes SCO free...
Is this ideal, no... but, it may be the only answer if things don't work out....
My thoughts exactly... although I don't see where this is 'bad for linux' exactly... just makes sure that the case is longer and more drawn out because IBM and Co. will not have the benifit of the OS community to do leg work to find the credit for contributed code.
SCO learned the last time they publicly showed any code how quickly the OS community could find the true roots of the shown code.
What is SCO protecting?? Every package in thier distro is an open source package.
I dont understand the need for secrecy, the issue here I thought was whether or not IBM copied code into the linux kernal... the kernal source code is freely availble to anyone who wishes to view it. What is secret about thier code exactly??
Another SCO FUD tactic... wont someone just buy them and close the doors to this forever??
BSG revisited was a poorly done show period. Too many rip-offs from other sci-fi stories that didn't need to happen why deviate from the already established story line????
Here's the rundown on the total rip-offs that never needed to be there:
1. The opening sequence gives us a timeline, the humans created the machines to do their work, the machines rebelled, war was waged the humans eventually win, peace. Matrix/Terminator rip-off that never needed to happen. The BSG original story was more creative then that. I mean common, we already had 2 Matrix movies and 1 Terminator movie this year. The original story line is, the Cylons attack a neighbor inferior race, the humans jump in to help, the Cylons wage war, feign peace and destroy the human race. A pretty good story compared to the recent well overused humans vs. their creation. And completely unoriginal (my biggest beef)
2. International space station so that humans and Cylons can keep diplomatic relations... jezz, we barely get out of the Matrix/Terminator rip-off and step right into a Babylon 5 rip-off, did the writers even think for themselves or did they all sit in a room and watch the past 25 years of Sci-fi and just take notes???
3. 6 of 12, blatant rip-off of the Borg, they couldn't even come up with an original naming convention, so we get 6 of 12.... they could have at least given us a better babe....
4. I have to ask this question, they kept the original vipers, had an original Cylon in a display case, but the Galactica evolved to a ribbed Dildo??? The original Galactica model was beautiful, I popped in the DVD from the original series and was amazed by how well the models kept vs. today's CGI standards. In fact, the new Gactica was ugly compared to the viper headed beauty that was the original.
5. Dialog was poorly written, I've read comic books with better dialog......it was hard to believe any of the characters because the poor writing kept getting in the way. Worst part was, yes, most of the dialog was total sci-fi cliche as if they just sifted through a hundred buck Rogers scripts and took the choice lines.
6. Oh, and the taking down of the humans defenses because they were networked, another Terminator rip-off, did the writers just get back from T3 and decided to use all of the major Terminator plot devices?? It certainly looked like it.
7. When did the Galactica get space fold/jump technology?? Proly right after the writers watched Robotech: Macros... in fact, wasn't that the major plot device for the Macross saga, surprise attack, SDF-1 is the only thing left, about to be destroyed, lets space fold. Oh no, we have space folded to a remote part of the galaxy, how are we going to get home??? So overdone.....
This might all sound like nitpicking, but jesus, they ruined the BSG vision by ripping off every other sci-fi plot device in one fell swoop to what gain?? So that the non-geeks could follow??? BSG was huge in its time, had a large following and they didn't need to dumb it down for the masses. I just felt that BSG revisited was an insult as a viewer.
"Please see ll cool Js senate testomony about this..."
Oh give me a break, Chuck D also gave testimony about how file sharing is benificial.
LL Cool J blames P2P sharing for the decline in his album sales, what a crock of shit.
How about the fact that he has to compete with Eminem, 50 Cent, and about 100 other Rap artists who are 'in' right now. No urban Rap consumer (read urban teens) are looking to buy LL Cool J. The people who listened to LL have teenagers listening to Eminem these days. When faced with the choice of using the 20 bucks for LL's album or putting 20 bucks tword the payment on a new Lexus, I think the Lexus wins everytime.
LL aint selling albums, bucause nobody gives a shit about LL anymore.
Riiiiiggghhhtttt, he was obviously politicly motivated... the paper couldnt possibly be the truth or anything. Attacking Microsoft because of the flaws in thier software that they refuse to fix must be the rantings of a zealot.
We all know how MS ships a secure OS with dumbass services such as Messenger turned OFF by default, most exploitable ports are closed and a Personal Firewall that actually works. Not just on a 'home' edition mind you, we are talking about a network server OS built to get your company up and running right out of the box.
No assembly required, heck you dont even need to read any real technical information regarding thier software, so they dont even send you much more then a few screenies of the install process and the defaults you should just leave alone, cuz the softwares so smart it does it all for you!!
You dont even need to hire one of those pesky Network administrators, they just cost you money anyway. Your secretary can run your servers for you, just send her to one of their approved IT training courses and in as little as 4 days, she will become a BONE-E-FIED MCSE, Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer.
And when a trojan or Virus just walks right through your firewall or eats right through your webserver and infects your entire companies network, costing you thousands of dollars in downtime and rework. Dont come crying to us, its your users fault, they never downloaded 135 Meg Service packs that we never really told anybody about, and usually broke more then they fixed. Not to meantion none of the service packs fixed any of the really bad exploits like open DCOM listeners anyway, we just want you to know, dont blame us if things dont work *quite* as well as our sales force told you, after all you DID agree to the TOS.
On second thought, I can see what you mean about
being a zealot when talking about a company like Microsoft.
I think alot of people are missing the point here. This system is supposed to 'stop terrorists by identifying potential terrorists'. The only way to catch a potential terrorist is if that individual has been caught or spotted and had his/her picture taken to compare. Of the 19 suspected terrorist that commited the Sept. 11 attacks only TWO of them had any kind of profile the rest were unknowns. So, someone please explain to me how exactly biometrics would have helped us here. Sure 2 of the terrorists would have potentialy been stoped, but the other 17 terrorists would have boarded the plane without much of a problem.
Im sure biometrics might stop things for a small amount of time, but the terrorists will adapt quickly and all we are left with is a billion dollar step twords big brother is watching.
There are sleeper agents all over the world, guys who have never been seen talking to a known terrorist, have been living in thier respective country for 5-10-15 years, have wives, kids, successfull careers, just waiting for thier 'phone call'. How exactly is a biometrics system going to solve that problem?
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I dont believe he ever said he didnt recall traveling with droids, he said he never recalled owning any droids. He never owned C3PO or R2D2. He lives in the Star Wars universe, traveling with a droid is common.
you probably just never noticed a dead pixel on such a large monitor. Dead pixels ARE common with LCD screens. As manufacturing techniques improve, the frequency of dead pixels decreases, but doesnt disappear completely.
Where are you shipping that Mars??
Seriously, an HID conversion kit will run you 700 bucks a pair, if your replacing your high and low beam 1400 bucks... to replace an HID light costs just a little over twice what a traditional halogen bulb will cost.
Anyone that pays 3k for an HID bulb got taken to the cleaners and doesnt even know how to do a simple froogle search.
Ummm... Acutally your quite wrong, Queen DID sue Vanilla Ice... Remember, Google is your friend http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe =UTF-8&c2coff=1&q=vanilla+ice+and+queen+and+lawsui t&btnG=Google+Search
Van Halen DID sue Tone Loc
Again Google is Your Friend
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe =UTF-8&c2coff=1&q=van+halen+tone+loc+lawsuit&btnG= Google+Search
And as far as Eminem ripping anyone off, hasnt happened, he is widly credited with bringing the UK artist Dido to American airwaves after he sampled 'Thank You' in his song Stan. Which not only did he pay royalties to Dido for the Sampling, he also had her open a few of his concerts here in the States.
Mod parent up!! Ellison's screenplay is the only way to do I, Robot... Why it was never done is a mystery
Lars, what are you smoking, I, Robot was written in 1950, Season 1 of the outer limits aired in 1963...13 years after Asimov's I, Robot was published....
If the disclosure is behind the doors, I'm positive SCO would object to any 3rd party 'contractors' getting involved. Thats the whole device behind the tactic of going 'behind the doors'.
Thats why IBM would not be able to hire contractors.... by taking it behind the doors, SCO has a better chance of limiting the eyes that will be on the 'code'.
Won't work in the long run. While it may be difficult for the OS community to find the infringing or aledged infringing code, it can and will be done.
Ultimately, if SCO continues this charade, the final answer, while time consuming and tedious, will be documenting every line of code and tracing it back to the author. If a line/lines cannot be reliably traced to a legitimate OS author then the code is suspect. Rewrite the line/lines remove the question as to the author and contributor and the kernal quickly becomes SCO free...
Is this ideal, no... but, it may be the only answer if things don't work out....
My thoughts exactly... although I don't see where this is 'bad for linux' exactly... just makes sure that the case is longer and more drawn out because IBM and Co. will not have the benifit of the OS community to do leg work to find the credit for contributed code. SCO learned the last time they publicly showed any code how quickly the OS community could find the true roots of the shown code.
What is SCO protecting?? Every package in thier distro is an open source package.
I dont understand the need for secrecy, the issue here I thought was whether or not IBM copied code into the linux kernal... the kernal source code is freely availble to anyone who wishes to view it. What is secret about thier code exactly??
Another SCO FUD tactic... wont someone just buy them and close the doors to this forever??
I'm going to weigh in my thoughts:
BSG revisited was a poorly done show period. Too many rip-offs from other sci-fi stories that didn't need to happen why deviate from the
already established story line????
Here's the rundown on the total rip-offs that never needed to be there:
1. The opening sequence gives us a timeline, the humans created the machines to do their work, the machines rebelled, war was waged the humans eventually win, peace. Matrix/Terminator rip-off that never needed to happen. The BSG original story was more creative then that. I mean common, we already had 2 Matrix movies and 1 Terminator movie this year. The original story line is, the Cylons attack a neighbor inferior race, the humans jump in to help, the Cylons wage war, feign peace and destroy the human race. A pretty good story compared to the recent well overused humans vs. their creation. And completely unoriginal (my biggest beef)
2. International space station so that humans and Cylons can keep diplomatic relations... jezz, we barely get out of the Matrix/Terminator rip-off and step right into a Babylon 5 rip-off, did the writers even think for themselves or did they all sit in a room and watch the past 25 years of Sci-fi and just take notes???
3. 6 of 12, blatant rip-off of the Borg, they couldn't even come up with an original naming convention, so we get 6 of 12.... they could have at least given us a better babe....
4. I have to ask this question, they kept the original vipers, had an original Cylon in a display case, but the Galactica evolved to a ribbed Dildo??? The original Galactica model was beautiful, I popped in the DVD from the original series and was amazed by how well the models kept vs. today's CGI standards. In fact, the new Gactica was ugly compared to the viper headed beauty that was the original.
5. Dialog was poorly written, I've read comic books with better dialog......it was hard to believe any of the characters because the poor writing kept getting in the way. Worst part was, yes, most of the dialog was total sci-fi cliche as if they just sifted through a hundred buck Rogers
scripts and took the choice lines.
6. Oh, and the taking down of the humans defenses because they were networked, another Terminator rip-off, did the writers just get back from T3 and decided to use all of the major Terminator plot devices?? It certainly looked like it.
7. When did the Galactica get space fold/jump technology?? Proly right after the writers watched Robotech: Macros... in fact, wasn't that the major plot device for the Macross saga, surprise attack, SDF-1 is the only thing left, about to be destroyed, lets space fold. Oh no, we have space folded to a remote part of the galaxy, how are we going to get home??? So overdone.....
This might all sound like nitpicking, but jesus, they ruined the BSG vision by ripping off every other sci-fi plot device in one fell swoop to what gain?? So that the non-geeks could follow??? BSG was huge in its time, had a large following and they didn't need to dumb it down for the masses.
I just felt that BSG revisited was an insult as a viewer.
"Please see ll cool Js senate testomony about this.. ."
Oh give me a break, Chuck D also gave testimony about how file sharing is benificial.
LL Cool J blames P2P sharing for the decline in his album sales, what a crock of shit.
How about the fact that he has to compete with Eminem, 50 Cent, and about 100 other Rap artists who are 'in' right now. No urban Rap consumer (read urban teens) are looking to buy LL Cool J. The people who listened to LL have teenagers listening to Eminem these days. When faced with the choice of using the 20 bucks for LL's album or putting 20 bucks tword the payment on a new Lexus, I think the Lexus wins everytime.
LL aint selling albums, bucause nobody gives a shit about LL anymore.
Riiiiiggghhhtttt, he was obviously politicly motivated... the paper couldnt possibly be the truth or anything. Attacking Microsoft because of the flaws in thier software that they refuse to fix must be the rantings of a zealot. We all know how MS ships a secure OS with dumbass services such as Messenger turned OFF by default, most exploitable ports are closed and a Personal Firewall that actually works. Not just on a 'home' edition mind you, we are talking about a network server OS built to get your company up and running right out of the box. No assembly required, heck you dont even need to read any real technical information regarding thier software, so they dont even send you much more then a few screenies of the install process and the defaults you should just leave alone, cuz the softwares so smart it does it all for you!! You dont even need to hire one of those pesky Network administrators, they just cost you money anyway. Your secretary can run your servers for you, just send her to one of their approved IT training courses and in as little as 4 days, she will become a BONE-E-FIED MCSE, Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer. And when a trojan or Virus just walks right through your firewall or eats right through your webserver and infects your entire companies network, costing you thousands of dollars in downtime and rework. Dont come crying to us, its your users fault, they never downloaded 135 Meg Service packs that we never really told anybody about, and usually broke more then they fixed. Not to meantion none of the service packs fixed any of the really bad exploits like open DCOM listeners anyway, we just want you to know, dont blame us if things dont work *quite* as well as our sales force told you, after all you DID agree to the TOS. On second thought, I can see what you mean about being a zealot when talking about a company like Microsoft.
what has the world come to when the Black hats become pawns of Gates and company...
I think alot of people are missing the point here. This system is supposed to 'stop terrorists by identifying potential terrorists'. The only way to catch a potential terrorist is if that individual has been caught or spotted and had his/her picture taken to compare. Of the 19 suspected terrorist that commited the Sept. 11 attacks only TWO of them had any kind of profile the rest were unknowns. So, someone please explain to me how exactly biometrics would have helped us here. Sure 2 of the terrorists would have potentialy been stoped, but the other 17 terrorists would have boarded the plane without much of a problem. Im sure biometrics might stop things for a small amount of time, but the terrorists will adapt quickly and all we are left with is a billion dollar step twords big brother is watching. There are sleeper agents all over the world, guys who have never been seen talking to a known terrorist, have been living in thier respective country for 5-10-15 years, have wives, kids, successfull careers, just waiting for thier 'phone call'. How exactly is a biometrics system going to solve that problem?