Not really much to say about this, other then 'cool' that is. Hopefully they can keep George Lucas as far away from this as possible, thereby reducing the SUCK as much as possible
Most of those dot.bombs (I hate typing it that way, what are you supposed to say "dot dot bombs"?) had pretty ridiculous business models, and a lot of those that had sound ones behaved pretty stupidly, thinking that this was the vaunted 'new economy' and all that.
So in other words, people believed that the service that they were providing was valuable, but it turns out no one wanted it. The wealth they thought they had, well, they didn't.
I think most people know that VALinux (or is it VAsoftware now?) owns Slashdot. And for those who don't know I don't really think it's that relevant in this case. This has to do with CSFB's underhandedness with VA stock, not something VA did itself.
Heh, of course all those people that CSFB gave easy shares to probably lost a ton of money (although one could argue that someone so well connected in the financial world would know to get out while the gettin's good. But a lot of people on wallstreet were pretty stupid about that kind of thing)
I wonder how long the investigation into this has been going on anyway? It seems a lot of irregularities are cropping up now that a lot of these companies are defunked (I.E. Enron). I guess when you have a lot of fake money in the form of overvalued stocks you can afford to cover things like this up, but when that dries up your fucked.
But then again, it seems people ought to be more pissed off if the stocks actually turned out to be, you know, worth something
Felten was never prosecuted, he was threatened with prosecution. I could threaten you with prosecution for spreading false information, but that certanly wouldn't make it a crime
After reading the article, I downloaded La Blue Girl off the local collage LAN. But what I have doesn't seem to match the description on the site at all, which described the film as a high quality thriller about a child actress becoming an actor. What I got was a retarded tentacle rape Hentai.
Does anyone know what show the author actually meant?
There are several reasons why the orgional soundtrack may be better then a Dub:
1) the most obvious, a dub may be done cheaply with lower quality actors.
2) What they say may sound wierd in english. By reading rather then hearing you may not notice the poor translation
3) The mouth will actualy move with the audio
Why is it that people can base such strong convictions on such stupid foundations. The static mentioned could have been radio static, or static electricity. audio static would have been the last thing I would have thought they meant. Haven't you ever heard the stewardess say 'turn off all cell phones and electrical devices during takeoff' before? It's not because they make white noise in the cabin that distracts the pilot.
Arg! Boeing didn't do the refit job. Several US contractors did. Quoth the artical "Dee Howard Aircraft Maintenance L.P., Gore Design Completions Ltd., Rockwell Collins Inc. and Avitra Aviation Services Ltd., a Singapore firm, " Also, They purchaced the plain from Delta Airlines, not Boeing.
jails and murders it's own citizens in record numbers
Actually, the US just surpassed Russia in the percentage of population jailed, making us in yet another field 'number one!' We are way, way ahead of China as far as jailing goes. Btw, Texas kills more people as a percentage of the population then China does.
Boeing didn't retofit the plane. Three smaller contract companies did! Boeing made the plane, but they didn't furnish it. And they would never had had a chance to put bugs in.
The government of Taiwan calls itself the "Republic of China", and at one point claimed to be the legitimate government of the whole thing. It's easy to see how people with the inelegance level of Janet Reno could be confused.
(Also, there are three ethnic groups in Taiwan, Taiwanese, who are Han Chinese who immigrated in the 1600s. Chinese or "mainlanders" who moved over in the 1940s when the communists took over, and promptly took over the island. And 'natives' who would be like Native Americans here)
Oh, and btw Anti-communism in the Kuomintang government that took over Taiwan in the 1940s would have made Joe McCarthy look like Karl Marx. But they did have a lot more to worry about : P
As of now China only has a few nuclear weapons. Mostly just a 'see we have nukes too' kinda thing. China basically said that if the US goes ahead with their missile shield, they'll start building more. In a couple of years china will have a whole new lineup of modern, shield penetrating technology.
Are you NUTS!?. Sure, the USSR may have managed to industrialize quickly, but so did the damn Nazis. That isn't much of a statement in and of itself. Stalin's Russia was a brutal nation and loaded with oppression. Inside and outside of the government. Probably as close to Orwell's '1984' as any society so far.
Slashdot Mirror
Not really much to say about this, other then 'cool' that is. Hopefully they can keep George Lucas as far away from this as possible, thereby reducing the SUCK as much as possible
Most of those dot.bombs (I hate typing it that way, what are you supposed to say "dot dot bombs"?) had pretty ridiculous business models, and a lot of those that had sound ones behaved pretty stupidly, thinking that this was the vaunted 'new economy' and all that.
So in other words, people believed that the service that they were providing was valuable, but it turns out no one wanted it. The wealth they thought they had, well, they didn't.
I think most people know that VALinux (or is it VAsoftware now?) owns Slashdot. And for those who don't know I don't really think it's that relevant in this case. This has to do with CSFB's underhandedness with VA stock, not something VA did itself.
This "gayrod" guy is an idiot troll. The domain name in his 'sig' dosn't even point to anything.
I mean, slashdot dosn't need to make itself look completly stupid
Heh, of course all those people that CSFB gave easy shares to probably lost a ton of money (although one could argue that someone so well connected in the financial world would know to get out while the gettin's good. But a lot of people on wallstreet were pretty stupid about that kind of thing)
I wonder how long the investigation into this has been going on anyway? It seems a lot of irregularities are cropping up now that a lot of these companies are defunked (I.E. Enron). I guess when you have a lot of fake money in the form of overvalued stocks you can afford to cover things like this up, but when that dries up your fucked.
But then again, it seems people ought to be more pissed off if the stocks actually turned out to be, you know, worth something
Felten was never prosecuted, he was threatened with prosecution. I could threaten you with prosecution for spreading false information, but that certanly wouldn't make it a crime
Yeh, my girlfriend keeps saying that I need to put a rubber on my Jack Bot too.
Another really cool anime by the guys who made Lain is "Nia under 7" which is really bizare and kind of a strange comedy, but still really cool
Well, bomb making information is legal in the United States.
Ok, so I'm a moron. I missread 'perfict blue'. Which isn't on the lan for me to pirate either :(
After reading the article, I downloaded La Blue Girl off the local collage LAN. But what I have doesn't seem to match the description on the site at all, which described the film as a high quality thriller about a child actress becoming an actor. What I got was a retarded tentacle rape Hentai.
Does anyone know what show the author actually meant?
There are several reasons why the orgional soundtrack may be better then a Dub:
1) the most obvious, a dub may be done cheaply with lower quality actors.
2) What they say may sound wierd in english. By reading rather then hearing you may not notice the poor translation
3) The mouth will actualy move with the audio
Why is it that people can base such strong convictions on such stupid foundations. The static mentioned could have been radio static, or static electricity. audio static would have been the last thing I would have thought they meant. Haven't you ever heard the stewardess say 'turn off all cell phones and electrical devices during takeoff' before? It's not because they make white noise in the cabin that distracts the pilot.
No, the message we sent was more like "We can't install bugs for shit."
Arg! Boeing didn't do the refit job. Several US contractors did. Quoth the artical "Dee Howard Aircraft Maintenance L.P., Gore Design Completions Ltd., Rockwell Collins Inc. and Avitra Aviation Services Ltd., a Singapore firm, " Also, They purchaced the plain from Delta Airlines, not Boeing.
jails and murders it's own citizens in record numbers
Actually, the US just surpassed Russia in the percentage of population jailed, making us in yet another field 'number one!' We are way, way ahead of China as far as jailing goes. Btw, Texas kills more people as a percentage of the population then China does.
And of course there's the 1950's era cyborg cat we tried to cook up. Didn't work to well though.
Boeing didn't retofit the plane. Three smaller contract companies did! Boeing made the plane, but they didn't furnish it. And they would never had had a chance to put bugs in.
The government of Taiwan calls itself the "Republic of China", and at one point claimed to be the legitimate government of the whole thing. It's easy to see how people with the inelegance level of Janet Reno could be confused.
(Also, there are three ethnic groups in Taiwan, Taiwanese, who are Han Chinese who immigrated in the 1600s. Chinese or "mainlanders" who moved over in the 1940s when the communists took over, and promptly took over the island. And 'natives' who would be like Native Americans here)
Oh, and btw Anti-communism in the Kuomintang government that took over Taiwan in the 1940s would have made Joe McCarthy look like Karl Marx. But they did have a lot more to worry about : P
As of now China only has a few nuclear weapons. Mostly just a 'see we have nukes too' kinda thing. China basically said that if the US goes ahead with their missile shield, they'll start building more. In a couple of years china will have a whole new lineup of modern, shield penetrating technology.
The dumb shits in North Korea?
The guy's name is Kim Jong-il.
The chinese government hasn't claimed to be communist since Mao died. Read a history book!
hahaha
Dude, cuba trades with every other contry in the world. Not trading with the US couldn't possibly be hurting them that much.
Are you NUTS!?. Sure, the USSR may have managed to industrialize quickly, but so did the damn Nazis. That isn't much of a statement in and of itself. Stalin's Russia was a brutal nation and loaded with oppression. Inside and outside of the government. Probably as close to Orwell's '1984' as any society so far.