I never laughed so hard during the Simpsons as when I heard the guy say that.
For a recap, they're talking about how a certain cliff is popular for being used in suicides. And a geek (sounded like the Krusty-Burger fry cook shouts as he's leaping: "Why did they Cancel Futuramaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!?????"
I think that was a good dig by Groening. Fox really shafted them from the beginning. I think he even said so much in an interview.
Man, I miss Futurama. I think I'm gonna watch the DVD's again when I get home tonight.
I run Eclipse 3.0 M9 on my 2.4GHz PC and my 1.2 GHz Powerbook. The 2.4 is instantaneously fast (unlike how it runs JBuilder). The Powerbook runs it alright, though not as fast as I'd like.
If I get caught speeding, sure, I have to pay a fine to the town / county. No biggie.
But then, I get "points" on my insurance. And while those points stay there, I have to pay a higher premium.
Frankly, getting jail time for P2P scares the crap out of me. I'm glad Im not in Italy.
I mean, paying the RIAA a few grand is bad, but getting tossed in the slammer would really suck. Besides the obvious suckiness, you'd probably lose your job, and then have to admit you're a fellon for your interviews.
Don't get me wrong, I think this is complete BS and wrong on soooooo many levels...
But it's nice to know that America isn't the biggest (or the only) a$$-hat when it comes to p2p. Up until now, we've looked draconian in our handling of such matters compared to other parts of the world.
This makes what the RIAA is doing look like a slap on the wrist. Hopefully they don't get any ideas.
At work, we have several multifunction printers / copiers / faxes / scanners. These things are huge, and take take reams of paper at a time for input, and don't take too long. Besides, it's completely automated (you might just have to import the resulting images into pdf which can be done easily). I've used it in the past to scan in my notes and worksheets the professor's handed out. It makes storage a lot easier.
Someone already suggested Kinko's. Yes, they might have it. Also, I've seen some smaller copying places in Newark have similar devices. So it's common enough that you can find it easily.
If a friend or contact doesn't have access to such a device, then I'd suggest paying a copy shop to do it for you. I doubt it would be that expensive, and you can bill the school for it.
The problem isn't that hard to solve (unless you want to try to do it in your apartment). But it's a good thing to bring up on slashdot, as many people might learn about this in case they need to do it in the future.
Since Windows 2000 (and then XP), I haven't had any major problems with MS products, and think Office XP was pretty good. So this isn't a "I hate microsoft" post. And I'm a RECENT (2 months) Mac convert (though not zealous).
Microsoft's "Mac Business Unit" is suprisingly good. I personally think that Office X and Office 2004 are the best pieces of software to ever come out of there.
It would be a shame for them to dismantle such a good team. The offices for Macs lately have far surpassed the offices for Windows. If nothing else, it gives them a foot in the door, and some respect by the Mac users that they're at least writing some software for the platform.
The story of Anakin's physical transformation was already told in books from a WHILE back.
But yeh, it goes something like that.
At least Lucas didn't completely shred everything and say "you know, I think we should make him wear the suit because Jar Jar accidentally superglues it to his head."
I vaguely remember that much of Anakin's damage (and the subsequent need of the Darth-suit for life support) was due to him and Ben fighting near lava or plasma. So, I'm glad that's still in there.
But I swear to God in heaven! If the battle consists of Ben and Anny fighting while surfing on 2 rocks floating on a lava flow, I'm walking out.
Knowing Lucas lately, they'll be Beach Boys playing in the background, and Anny will be catchign some "serious air, maannnnn".
People used to mock me back then, but I liked it when X-Wing would ghost on my old pc.
Example: when moving around, if there was another X-wing in the distance, it would bluf slightly as I moved it.
Back then, I thought that was so cool. I though (in my pre-pc-knowledge days), that meant my machine was so powerful (which it wasn't), that it was running beyond smooth, and it was artificial motion blur.
Granted, I know better now, but I miss the old days. Back then, games were FUN and you didn't complain about how they looked because (at the time) they were top-of-the-line graphics.
I think I'm gonna try finding my old Tie-Fighter disks and dust off the old 486.
My only comment on that is that I know some cheezers that use unblockable attacks (which are annoying as hell). From what I remember, you can't parry an unblockable attack.
I doubt it'll be TNG, considering how the last two went, and they killed off one of the more beloved characters from that series.
Haven't you learned anything from watching Star Trek.
Wrath of Kahn: While fighting in / near a nebula, Spock makes the ultimate sacrifice, bathing himself in radiation from the ship's reactor, ultimately dying to save the crew. However, not before "backing up" his personality in Bones' thick skull.
Nemesis: While fighting in / near a nebula, Data makes the ultimate sacrifice, being destroyed in a radiation blast eminating from the enemy warship's reactor, ultimately dying to save the crew. However, not before he uploaded his entire neural pathways, memories, and experiences into the dummy-data.
Star Trek is an admin's wet dream. Backing up can even bring back the dead:)
I accidentally broke the headlight knob of my dash. That sucked. But I was like, ti's just a knob, right?
I took it to 2 Buick dealers. Both came to the same conclusion: to fix the broken knob, they had to replace the entire dash component for that side of the car. They said $300 just for the part, and labor would take a while.
Now, both Dealers have been pretty honest with me in the past when I've come across a problem that my dad (or myself) could not handle. But that was rediculous. $300 for a broken knob?
So we used a small piece of steel and epoxy, and re-attached the broken knob to it's base. It works perfectly, everything is conceiled, it's flush against the dashl; a perfect fix.
Took about maybe 2 hours and a couple cents worth of epoxy.
With MS's latest C++ compiler (and with newer Os's), you need "\r\n" to make a new line. This drove me nuts when I first started doing it. Now, it's not so bad.
Keep in mind, though, and that "endl" still works fine.
I stand corrected about the contract issues. Thank you.
However, that doesn't change the fact that they wrote and filmed the final episode thinking it was going to be a Season finale and not the Series finale. Hence, the "To be continued" bump at the end.
I don't mind shows getting cancelled, ESPECIALLY if they've made to at least 4 seasons. My only problems with show cancellations are:
1) The show is never given a chance and then the network complains about ratings (ie Firefly and Futurama). They were both screwed over by fox for scheduling (day / time changes, constantly pre-empted, etc).
2) The show is not given the respect by the network and not given a decent final / goodbye episode because of last-minute notification (Farscape, Married with Children).
Yeh, but you obviously don't know the backstory...
SciFi was on the fence about having one more season. After going back and forth, they told the writers and cast they had their final answer: there WOULD be another season.
So they changed the script around a little and set it up for a cliffhanger. They made it look like 2 of the main (well, face it, THE 2 main characters) die in a weird kind of weapon blast that turns them into dried matter (like a banana after being frozen by liquid nitrogen, then shattered). This weird thing probably means they're alive, but just transported or whatever.
THEN, AFTER they wrapped everything up, shot the last scene, edited the film, added the sound track, etc, SciFi dropped the bombshell. "We changed our minds. Sorry about the inconvenience."
They immediately cut funding and VERY shortly after started tearing down the sets.
This gave them no choice but to air what they filmed. Though I would have liked it better than they just used a pair of scissors and cut out the last 10 seconds.
Unfortunately, thanks to Fox's screwing with the showtimes and order of the shows, I never got into Firefly...
UNTIL I GOT THE DVD BOX SET as a gift. Now, it's one of my favorite Sci Fi shows ever! I feel jipped that I didn't get into the show until it was canceled. I hope it does come back in some form (even if it's just a made-for-tv movie). Joss Whedon is a frigin genius.
My brother can't stand it. He hates the whole "western" theme. "Why don't they have energy weapons" he asks. Once I explain the background and how "What do you think is easier: debugging a plasma rifle or unjamming a Col.45?" he sort of gets it.
But mostly, I like the culture clashing. Like John relates the absurd things going on to Star Trek, Star Wars, Groundhog's Day, etc.
Viewers probably remember (and love) the scene when a drunk Crichton starts spewing Klingon phrases at a group of hulking mercenaries. Or when asked if he understood any of the Quantum physics that were explained, he responds "Yeh, some of it. I watched a lot of Star Trek." And how "Newton... Einstein... Rosenberg... we break all of their laws and theories just stepping out to get some lunch."
Seeing how we (as humans, maybe just Americans) might react to stuff you've only dreamed about or seen on science fiction. Up until now, it's always been about a group of highly trained (insert groups of people) or people used to what's going on. Here, we have a 20th century human (which the other characters once described as barbaric) dealing with all of this.
We think we know it all. We have a very narrow view of things. Farscape shows how possibly ill-conceived our notions are.
That's all well and good in a Eutopian society. But...
This would increase our grey market (or even black market) exponentially. People would by goods in Canada, illegal importing and selling would go on. In fact, I can imagine a dozen ways that Joe Schmoe could cheat on his "consumption tax" without even looking too hard.
Think about it. There will still be clauses (tax exempt organizations and such). Someone can set up a dummy organization and sell what they buy at a slight markup.
Buy things in Canada (or other country), and have it shipped to your home. In Canada, many can do it in person (walk into a store and buy a TV).
Stolen goods would become more common.
IMPORTANT - INFLATION Hell, we're already paying a lot as it is. The cost of living in the US is high. Why on earth would we want to increase it.
Think about it. Eveyone's pay would increase by around 30% (increasing the amount in circulation). THEN, the prices on goods would go A LOT up via the taxes. This would create a virtual and high inflation. The USD is low enough already. I don't need yet another reason to want to move to Europe.
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HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!
I never laughed so hard during the Simpsons as when I heard the guy say that.
For a recap, they're talking about how a certain cliff is popular for being used in suicides. And a geek (sounded like the Krusty-Burger fry cook shouts as he's leaping: "Why did they Cancel Futuramaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!?????"
I think that was a good dig by Groening. Fox really shafted them from the beginning. I think he even said so much in an interview.
Man, I miss Futurama. I think I'm gonna watch the DVD's again when I get home tonight.
If you think that's slow, try running JBuilder.
I run Eclipse 3.0 M9 on my 2.4GHz PC and my 1.2 GHz Powerbook. The 2.4 is instantaneously fast (unlike how it runs JBuilder). The Powerbook runs it alright, though not as fast as I'd like.
You realize you can get the student version of Office 2004 for $150 (for the Mac).
They don't require an ID (nor do they require one for the Windows Student version of Office 2003).
Unless you're doing something commercial, that should be good enough (and a decent saving).
Yeh,
But you can settle. I think they've been averaging at $3,000.
Now, lets see. Settle for $3,000 in the United States, or get up to 3 years in jail.
I think I'd rather settle.
The fine isn't what deters me from speeding...
It's the insurance companies that do.
If I get caught speeding, sure, I have to pay a fine to the town / county. No biggie.
But then, I get "points" on my insurance. And while those points stay there, I have to pay a higher premium.
Frankly, getting jail time for P2P scares the crap out of me. I'm glad Im not in Italy.
I mean, paying the RIAA a few grand is bad, but getting tossed in the slammer would really suck. Besides the obvious suckiness, you'd probably lose your job, and then have to admit you're a fellon for your interviews.
Finally!!!
Don't get me wrong, I think this is complete BS and wrong on soooooo many levels...
But it's nice to know that America isn't the biggest (or the only) a$$-hat when it comes to p2p. Up until now, we've looked draconian in our handling of such matters compared to other parts of the world.
This makes what the RIAA is doing look like a slap on the wrist. Hopefully they don't get any ideas.
I am not a law expert...
But I was under the assumption that the court only provides you with representation WHEN IT IS A CRIMINAL CASE.
If it's a civil case, then I'm pretty sure you're SOL.
It's not as bad as it seems.
At work, we have several multifunction printers / copiers / faxes / scanners. These things are huge, and take take reams of paper at a time for input, and don't take too long. Besides, it's completely automated (you might just have to import the resulting images into pdf which can be done easily). I've used it in the past to scan in my notes and worksheets the professor's handed out. It makes storage a lot easier.
Someone already suggested Kinko's. Yes, they might have it. Also, I've seen some smaller copying places in Newark have similar devices. So it's common enough that you can find it easily.
If a friend or contact doesn't have access to such a device, then I'd suggest paying a copy shop to do it for you. I doubt it would be that expensive, and you can bill the school for it.
The problem isn't that hard to solve (unless you want to try to do it in your apartment). But it's a good thing to bring up on slashdot, as many people might learn about this in case they need to do it in the future.
I thought Scott Baio was the first person to do this. :-)
http://imdb.com/title/tt0084945/
Since Windows 2000 (and then XP), I haven't had any major problems with MS products, and think Office XP was pretty good. So this isn't a "I hate microsoft" post. And I'm a RECENT (2 months) Mac convert (though not zealous).
Microsoft's "Mac Business Unit" is suprisingly good. I personally think that Office X and Office 2004 are the best pieces of software to ever come out of there.
It would be a shame for them to dismantle such a good team. The offices for Macs lately have far surpassed the offices for Windows. If nothing else, it gives them a foot in the door, and some respect by the Mac users that they're at least writing some software for the platform.
The story of Anakin's physical transformation was already told in books from a WHILE back.
But yeh, it goes something like that.
At least Lucas didn't completely shred everything and say "you know, I think we should make him wear the suit because Jar Jar accidentally superglues it to his head."
"I'm really curious what will come of that saber duel!"
:-)
OOHHH. OOHHH. I bet Anakin kicks Ben's ass and walks away unscathed.
I vaguely remember that much of Anakin's damage (and the subsequent need of the Darth-suit for life support) was due to him and Ben fighting near lava or plasma. So, I'm glad that's still in there.
But I swear to God in heaven! If the battle consists of Ben and Anny fighting while surfing on 2 rocks floating on a lava flow, I'm walking out.
Knowing Lucas lately, they'll be Beach Boys playing in the background, and Anny will be catchign some "serious air, maannnnn".
People used to mock me back then, but I liked it when X-Wing would ghost on my old pc.
Example: when moving around, if there was another X-wing in the distance, it would bluf slightly as I moved it.
Back then, I thought that was so cool. I though (in my pre-pc-knowledge days), that meant my machine was so powerful (which it wasn't), that it was running beyond smooth, and it was artificial motion blur.
Granted, I know better now, but I miss the old days. Back then, games were FUN and you didn't complain about how they looked because (at the time) they were top-of-the-line graphics.
I think I'm gonna try finding my old Tie-Fighter disks and dust off the old 486.
My only comment on that is that I know some cheezers that use unblockable attacks (which are annoying as hell). From what I remember, you can't parry an unblockable attack.
I doubt it'll be TNG, considering how the last two went, and they killed off one of the more beloved characters from that series.
:)
Haven't you learned anything from watching Star Trek.
Wrath of Kahn: While fighting in / near a nebula, Spock makes the ultimate sacrifice, bathing himself in radiation from the ship's reactor, ultimately dying to save the crew. However, not before "backing up" his personality in Bones' thick skull.
Nemesis: While fighting in / near a nebula, Data makes the ultimate sacrifice, being destroyed in a radiation blast eminating from the enemy warship's reactor, ultimately dying to save the crew. However, not before he uploaded his entire neural pathways, memories, and experiences into the dummy-data.
Star Trek is an admin's wet dream. Backing up can even bring back the dead
Tell me about it.
I accidentally broke the headlight knob of my dash. That sucked. But I was like, ti's just a knob, right?
I took it to 2 Buick dealers. Both came to the same conclusion: to fix the broken knob, they had to replace the entire dash component for that side of the car. They said $300 just for the part, and labor would take a while.
Now, both Dealers have been pretty honest with me in the past when I've come across a problem that my dad (or myself) could not handle. But that was rediculous. $300 for a broken knob?
So we used a small piece of steel and epoxy, and re-attached the broken knob to it's base. It works perfectly, everything is conceiled, it's flush against the dashl; a perfect fix.
Took about maybe 2 hours and a couple cents worth of epoxy.
With MS's latest C++ compiler (and with newer Os's), you need "\r\n" to make a new line. This drove me nuts when I first started doing it. Now, it's not so bad.
Keep in mind, though, and that "endl" still works fine.
It's not IMPOSSIBLE to do, but I'm interested to see how they did it.
Offhand, the only ways I can think of are using Citrix or Terminal Server (on a server box).
Pretty neat though, none-the-less.
Sparq wasn't Iomega, though it was eventually bought out by them.
My Sparq drive was awesome (until it died). It was FAST AS HELL compared to the other removable media out there. Ah, fond memorues.
But nowadays, hard drives are so cheap, you're better off just buying a new internal (or external) drive, with a CDR for archiving.
I stand corrected about the contract issues. Thank you.
However, that doesn't change the fact that they wrote and filmed the final episode thinking it was going to be a Season finale and not the Series finale. Hence, the "To be continued" bump at the end.
I don't mind shows getting cancelled, ESPECIALLY if they've made to at least 4 seasons. My only problems with show cancellations are:
1) The show is never given a chance and then the network complains about ratings (ie Firefly and Futurama). They were both screwed over by fox for scheduling (day / time changes, constantly pre-empted, etc).
2) The show is not given the respect by the network and not given a decent final / goodbye episode because of last-minute notification (Farscape, Married with Children).
Yeh, but you obviously don't know the backstory...
SciFi was on the fence about having one more season. After going back and forth, they told the writers and cast they had their final answer: there WOULD be another season.
So they changed the script around a little and set it up for a cliffhanger. They made it look like 2 of the main (well, face it, THE 2 main characters) die in a weird kind of weapon blast that turns them into dried matter (like a banana after being frozen by liquid nitrogen, then shattered). This weird thing probably means they're alive, but just transported or whatever.
THEN, AFTER they wrapped everything up, shot the last scene, edited the film, added the sound track, etc, SciFi dropped the bombshell. "We changed our minds. Sorry about the inconvenience."
They immediately cut funding and VERY shortly after started tearing down the sets.
This gave them no choice but to air what they filmed. Though I would have liked it better than they just used a pair of scissors and cut out the last 10 seconds.
Unfortunately, thanks to Fox's screwing with the showtimes and order of the shows, I never got into Firefly...
.45?" he sort of gets it.
UNTIL I GOT THE DVD BOX SET as a gift. Now, it's one of my favorite Sci Fi shows ever! I feel jipped that I didn't get into the show until it was canceled. I hope it does come back in some form (even if it's just a made-for-tv movie). Joss Whedon is a frigin genius.
My brother can't stand it. He hates the whole "western" theme. "Why don't they have energy weapons" he asks. Once I explain the background and how "What do you think is easier: debugging a plasma rifle or unjamming a Col
Firefly rules.
Well, there's everyone else reasons (plot, originality, etc).
But mostly, I like the culture clashing. Like John relates the absurd things going on to Star Trek, Star Wars, Groundhog's Day, etc.
Viewers probably remember (and love) the scene when a drunk Crichton starts spewing Klingon phrases at a group of hulking mercenaries. Or when asked if he understood any of the Quantum physics that were explained, he responds "Yeh, some of it. I watched a lot of Star Trek." And how "Newton... Einstein... Rosenberg... we break all of their laws and theories just stepping out to get some lunch."
Seeing how we (as humans, maybe just Americans) might react to stuff you've only dreamed about or seen on science fiction. Up until now, it's always been about a group of highly trained (insert groups of people) or people used to what's going on. Here, we have a 20th century human (which the other characters once described as barbaric) dealing with all of this.
We think we know it all. We have a very narrow view of things. Farscape shows how possibly ill-conceived our notions are.
That's all well and good in a Eutopian society. But...
This would increase our grey market (or even black market) exponentially. People would by goods in Canada, illegal importing and selling would go on. In fact, I can imagine a dozen ways that Joe Schmoe could cheat on his "consumption tax" without even looking too hard.
Think about it. There will still be clauses (tax exempt organizations and such). Someone can set up a dummy organization and sell what they buy at a slight markup.
Buy things in Canada (or other country), and have it shipped to your home. In Canada, many can do it in person (walk into a store and buy a TV).
Stolen goods would become more common.
IMPORTANT - INFLATION
Hell, we're already paying a lot as it is. The cost of living in the US is high. Why on earth would we want to increase it.
Think about it. Eveyone's pay would increase by around 30% (increasing the amount in circulation). THEN, the prices on goods would go A LOT up via the taxes. This would create a virtual and high inflation. The USD is low enough already. I don't need yet another reason to want to move to Europe.