SCO-None shall compile. IBM-What? SCO-None shall compile. IBM-I have no quarrel with you, brave SCO, but I must distribute UNIX. SCO-Then you shall be sued. IBM-I command you to stand aside. SCO-I move for no corporation. IBM-So be it! IBM draws his sword and approaches the SCO. A furious fight now starts lasting about fifteen seconds at which point IBM delivers a mighty blow which completely severs the SCO's left arm at the shoulder. IBM steps back triumphantly. IBM-Now stand aside worthy adversary. SCO-(glancing at his shoulder) 'Tis but a scratch. IBM-A scratch? Your arm's off. SCO-No, it isn't. IBM-(pointing to the arm on ground) Well, what's that then? SCO-I've had worse. IBM-You're a liar. SCO-Come on you pansy! Another ten seconds furious fighting till IBM chops the SCO's other arm off, also at the shoulder. The arm plus sword, lies on the ground. IBM-Victory is mine. (sinking to his knees) I thank thee O Lord that in thy... SCO-Come on then. IBM-What? He kicks IBM hard on the side of the helmet. IBM gets up still holding his sword. The SCO comes after him kicking. IBM-You are indeed brave SCO, but the fight is mine. SCO-Had enough? IBM-You stupid bastard. You haven't got any arms left. SCO-Course I have. IBM-Look! SCO-What! Just a flesh wound. (kicks IBM) IBM-Stop that. SCO-(kicking him) Had enough? IBM-I'll have your leg. He is kicked. IBM-Right! The SCO kicks him again and IBM chops his leg off. The SCO keeps his balance with difficulty. SCO-I'll do you for that. IBM-You'll what... ? SCO-Come Here. IBM-What are you going to do. bleed on me? SCO-I'm invincible! IBM-You're a loony. SCO-SCO always triumphs. Have at you! IBM takes his last leg off. The SCO's body lands upright. SCO-All right, we'll call it a draw.
Actually, we tried that. We went over a 1/2 dozen times (in the morning and early evening) to no avail prior to giving them something in writing. And the note we gave them was handwritten with a nice ps inviting them to join us for a nice Chinese dinner after things were completed. We tried to be highly civil and interact with them. They are the folks that called the police and tried to cite us with trespassing (at which the police officer essentially laughed at). They were the folks that didn't respond to our attempt to follow-up on the call to the police and then dropped an extoration letter in our lap.
In that case, I apologize. You did more than was necessary to access the easement. I hope you still try to patch things up, though. It's not nice or easy to live next to people like that if they are giving you the evil eye every time you are in the yard.
To install the gas line we needed access to the easement inside our neighbors yard (zero lot line). We requested it in writing heard nothing.
You know, maybe if you had gone over and rang the doorbell and explained what you wanted, you could have saved all this effort. Instead, you come off looking like the sue-happy scum lawyers that you are deriding.
The Wired article links to Texas Rep. Ron Paul, who is opposed to the RFID idea. Republican opposed to the wishes of big business? Who is this guy? I looked at his web site and read his latest speech: http://www.house.gov/paul/congrec/congrec 2003/cr07 1003.htm
(sorry about the URL - seems a space gets put in between the 7 and the 1 in cr071003)
Anyway, who does this guy think he is, calling the Bush gang empire-building big-gummit perpetuatin' neoconservatives?
He better watch his back out of his rear-view mirror around the two shotguns and three rifles in his pickup truck rack, the terrorist-loving pinko.
As the Linux users panic trying to escape, Darl locks eyes with RedHat and levels his gun. RedHat throws SuSE to the ground and grabs the dumbstruck Linus's sidearm.
But he doesn't get off a shot -- a lone gunshot stops Darl -- knocking him back through the doorway. RedHat looks back to see IBM still sighting down the barrel of his.38.
His hand is rock steady. He sees RedHat's look.
IBM (shrugging) You were right. You couldn't have made it without me.
Kazaa shut be shut down. There is some really nasty videos there that affect the mental health of young people.
Use search keywords 'political protest' and you see what I mean. There are some videos where someone disagrees with the majority and that kind of shit that should be banned and illegal to distribute.
As for the digital thing. I imagine it was equally as hard when the government said, "This green piece of paper is worth 5 sheep." I can imagine the farmers having a hard time seeing he value of that piece of paper.
Without the backing of a federally-insured system, those pieces of paper were just pieces of paper.
Ths situation at hand is similar to the times when individual banks issued their own currency. I would have rather kept the sheep in my pen than trusted a piece of paper backed by a small and vulnerable fragment of the economic pool. It was only when the economic pool itself in the form of the various federal monetary institutions backed the paper that folding money did consistently represent redeemable value.
Perhaps Google is more like the Federal Reserve of the web - we all depend on it and trust it. Small content providers are like the local bank that may be owned and operated by yahoos - we will keep out sheep in the backyard.
As another poster typed, we are going to be reluctant to pay to search and use the small provider when we can use Google for free.
But while we're on the topic of the Segway: Frankly, I'm surprised at all the negative reaction to the Segway, here (Slashdot) and elsewhere
Frankly, I'm surprised that you are surprised. It was hyped like it would be the equivalent of a personal jetcar. It turns out to be a powered walker. Great and imaginitive engineering, but it still is only a powered walker.
I'm willing to let Grandma use it to get to the store from her assisted living apartment, but I don't want to share the sidewalk with obese Segway-riding bozos who should be walking - and are perfectly capable of walking.
Boo freaking hoo. Google isn't perfect. Whyever would MSN be interested in making sure we know it?
This reminds me of creationists pointing out gaps in our knowledge of evolutionary biology and concluding that lack of perfection in science proves that they are right.
The problem with this kind of thinking, where you look back at the body of scifi and pick out the present-day technology that mimics what was imagined therein is that you are ignoring all the shit that was just plain wrong. This is the same logic that John Edwards, Sylvia Browne, and your local carnival psychic depend on. They vomit fifteen tons of guesses on you and the credulous are amazed that there are a few chunks mixed in.
Somebody go back and tally up, per author, perhaps, all the predictions and see which have become feasible.
Meanwhile, I'm still waiting for my spacesuit so I can travel.
Jesus Tapdancing Christ. Don't you feel that there are people way too close to the levers of power who would be happy if every citizen reported to their local Patriotic Office every day to prove that they were not a terrorist (powder residue tests, full cavity search, lie-detectopr test)?
I'm praying for a rip in the fabric of spacetime that lets the Founding Fathers through. They would be bitch slapping these bastards so hard....
What was that series of books?
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There was a series I read in junior high where the teenage protagonist's father was a scientist who travelled around the world with his team of experts getting into trouble. I can't remember the name of it. Wasn't Johnny Quest, either. Anybody remember that series? It was Tom Swift-like, but it wasn't he. Man, this is going to drive me nuts.
I see you are trying to cast a ballot. Would you like me to __ show you which candidate supports terrorist open source software __ show you which candidate supports God-fearing American-made software
Improving on the idea of sending and receiving signals from the moon, in 1960, NASA launched a balloon satellite that would reflect communications signals. Echo I was a balloon made of aluminum-coated Mylar that was launched by a rocket into space. When it reached orbit 1,000 miles (1,609 kilometers) above the Earth, it inflated from inside a 26.5-inch (67.3-centimeter) magnesium sphere to 100 feet (30.48 meters) in diameter. Circling the globe every two hours, it shone more brightly than the North Star in the evening. The balloon captured the imagination of people who had watched the first man-made object in space, the Russian satellite Sputnik 1, orbit the Earth in 1957.
Someone once said that the role of the aircraft carrier in a modern nuclear war would be to drift slowly to the bottom in small radioactive chunks.
That said, why do we name a ship after someone who didn't serve when it was their time? I bet that the USS John Wayne has supporters, too. A thought experiment: We are picking sides in a war. Who do you take, Ronald Reagan and John Wayne or Jimmy Stewart and George McGovern? The popular answer might be the former pair, but I will kick your ass with the latter.
Oh, and I'll take that little guy over there, Audie Murphy. You can have Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Not to mention that the beleagered Jimmy Carter was an officer in some of the first nuclear subs, you know the ones like the Thresher that could go to bottom in a hurry if the reacter had any kind of glitch. At least the Navy is naming the last of the Seawolf class subs after him.
I have been waiting for this system to be feasible for decades. The calling of the strike zone in the game today is a joke. There is no strike above the belt, much less the letters as in the rules. Ever see an overhead shot of some of Glavin's outside pitches that are called strikes? These are often six inches off the black.
I often hear the moaning about the lack of pitchin in the game, but it is the artificial shrinking of the zone down to the size of a small shoebox that is the culprit.
>In addition, many batters move during the course of >the pitch, which an umpire sees and weighs in >determining the strike zone, he said.
The strike zone does not move with the batter. Otherwise, the batter could bend over as the ball approached and touch his knees to his chest, leaving no stike zone for the ball to pass through.
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SCO-None shall compile.
IBM-What?
SCO-None shall compile.
IBM-I have no quarrel with you, brave SCO, but I must distribute UNIX.
SCO-Then you shall be sued.
IBM-I command you to stand aside.
SCO-I move for no corporation.
IBM-So be it!
IBM draws his sword and approaches the SCO. A furious fight now starts lasting about fifteen seconds at which point IBM delivers a mighty blow which completely severs the SCO's left
arm at the shoulder. IBM steps back triumphantly.
IBM-Now stand aside worthy adversary.
SCO-(glancing at his shoulder)
'Tis but a scratch.
IBM-A scratch? Your arm's off.
SCO-No, it isn't.
IBM-(pointing to the arm on ground)
Well, what's that then?
SCO-I've had worse.
IBM-You're a liar.
SCO-Come on you pansy!
Another ten seconds furious fighting till IBM chops the SCO's other arm off, also at the shoulder. The arm plus sword, lies on the ground.
IBM-Victory is mine.
(sinking to his knees)
I thank thee O Lord that in thy...
SCO-Come on then.
IBM-What?
He kicks IBM hard on the side of the helmet. IBM gets up still holding his sword. The SCO comes after him kicking.
IBM-You are indeed brave SCO, but the fight is mine.
SCO-Had enough?
IBM-You stupid bastard. You haven't got any arms left.
SCO-Course I have.
IBM-Look!
SCO-What! Just a flesh wound.
(kicks IBM)
IBM-Stop that.
SCO-(kicking him)
Had enough?
IBM-I'll have your leg.
He is kicked.
IBM-Right!
The SCO kicks him again and IBM chops his leg off. The SCO keeps his balance with difficulty.
SCO-I'll do you for that.
IBM-You'll what... ?
SCO-Come Here.
IBM-What are you going to do. bleed on me?
SCO-I'm invincible!
IBM-You're a loony.
SCO-SCO always triumphs. Have at you!
IBM takes his last leg off. The SCO's body lands upright.
SCO-All right, we'll call it a draw.
Actually, we tried that. We went over a 1/2 dozen times (in the morning and early evening) to no avail prior to giving them something in writing.
And the note we gave them was handwritten with a nice ps inviting them to join us for a nice Chinese dinner after things were completed. We tried to be highly civil and interact with them. They are the folks that called the police and tried to cite us with trespassing (at which the police officer essentially laughed at). They were the folks that didn't respond to our attempt to follow-up on the call to the police and then dropped an extoration letter in our lap.
In that case, I apologize. You did more than was necessary to access the easement. I hope you still try to patch things up, though. It's not nice or easy to live next to people like that if they are giving you the evil eye every time you are in the yard.
To install the gas line we needed access to the easement inside our neighbors yard (zero lot line). We requested it in writing heard nothing.
You know, maybe if you had gone over and rang the doorbell and explained what you wanted, you could have saved all this effort. Instead, you come off looking like the sue-happy scum lawyers that you are deriding.
"The Business of America is Business."
- Calvin Coolidge, POTUS
Corporation: An ingenious device for obtaining profit without individual responsibility.
- Ambrose Bierce, rapscallion
"I understand small business growth. I was one."
- George W. Bush, sound biter
The Wired article links to Texas Rep. Ron Paul, who is opposed to the RFID idea. Republican opposed to the wishes of big business? Who is this guy? I looked at his web site and read his latest speech:c 2003/cr07 1003.htm
http://www.house.gov/paul/congrec/congre
(sorry about the URL - seems a space gets put in between the 7 and the 1 in cr071003)
Anyway, who does this guy think he is, calling the Bush gang empire-building big-gummit perpetuatin' neoconservatives?
He better watch his back out of his rear-view mirror around the two shotguns and three rifles in his pickup truck rack, the terrorist-loving pinko.
EXT. BUILDING
.38.
As the Linux users panic trying to escape, Darl locks eyes with RedHat and levels his gun. RedHat throws SuSE to the ground and grabs the dumbstruck Linus's sidearm.
But he doesn't get off a shot -- a lone gunshot stops Darl -- knocking him back through the doorway. RedHat looks back to see IBM still sighting down the barrel of his
His hand is rock steady. He sees RedHat's look.
IBM
(shrugging)
You were right. You couldn't have
made it without me.
Troll? Troll? I point out in a concise rejoinder that unpopular thought is protected because it is unpopular, and I'm a troll? You, sir, are an idiot.
Kazaa shut be shut down. There is some really nasty videos there that affect the mental health of young people.
Use search keywords 'political protest' and you see what I mean. There are some videos where someone disagrees with the majority and that kind of shit that should be banned and illegal to distribute.
As for the digital thing. I imagine it was equally as hard when the government said, "This green piece of paper is worth 5 sheep." I can imagine the farmers having a hard time seeing he value of that piece of paper.
Without the backing of a federally-insured system, those pieces of paper were just pieces of paper.
Ths situation at hand is similar to the times when individual banks issued their own currency. I would have rather kept the sheep in my pen than trusted a piece of paper backed by a small and vulnerable fragment of the economic pool. It was only when the economic pool itself in the form of the various federal monetary institutions backed the paper that folding money did consistently represent redeemable value.
Perhaps Google is more like the Federal Reserve of the web - we all depend on it and trust it. Small content providers are like the local bank that may be owned and operated by yahoos - we will keep out sheep in the backyard.
As another poster typed, we are going to be reluctant to pay to search and use the small provider when we can use Google for free.
But while we're on the topic of the Segway: Frankly, I'm surprised at all the negative reaction to the Segway, here (Slashdot) and elsewhere
Frankly, I'm surprised that you are surprised. It was hyped like it would be the equivalent of a personal jetcar. It turns out to be a powered walker. Great and imaginitive engineering, but it still is only a powered walker.
I'm willing to let Grandma use it to get to the store from her assisted living apartment, but I don't want to share the sidewalk with obese Segway-riding bozos who should be walking - and are perfectly capable of walking.
What idiots modded this informative?
Boo freaking hoo. Google isn't perfect. Whyever would MSN be interested in making sure we know it?
This reminds me of creationists pointing out gaps in our knowledge of evolutionary biology and concluding that lack of perfection in science proves that they are right.
Actually, in a large enough population of artistic material, the ratio of innovative works to derivative/crappy/meetoo works is some constant.
The problem with this kind of thinking, where you look back at the body of scifi and pick out the present-day technology that mimics what was imagined therein is that you are ignoring all the shit that was just plain wrong. This is the same logic that John Edwards, Sylvia Browne, and your local carnival psychic depend on. They vomit fifteen tons of guesses on you and the credulous are amazed that there are a few chunks mixed in.
Somebody go back and tally up, per author, perhaps, all the predictions and see which have become feasible.
Meanwhile, I'm still waiting for my spacesuit so I can travel.
Jesus Tapdancing Christ. Don't you feel that there are people way too close to the levers of power who would be happy if every citizen reported to their local Patriotic Office every day to prove that they were not a terrorist (powder residue tests, full cavity search, lie-detectopr test)?
I'm praying for a rip in the fabric of spacetime that lets the Founding Fathers through. They would be bitch slapping these bastards so hard....
There was a series I read in junior high where the teenage protagonist's father was a scientist who travelled around the world with his team of experts getting into trouble. I can't remember the name of it. Wasn't Johnny Quest, either. Anybody remember that series? It was Tom Swift-like, but it wasn't he. Man, this is going to drive me nuts.
I see you are trying to cast a ballot. Would you like me to
__ show you which candidate supports terrorist open source software
__ show you which candidate supports God-fearing American-made software
Didn't we have a big reflective object in high orbit already? Do we not have orbital data from them that tells us if there is a solar wind pressure?
a ry /Echo/DI55.htm
http://www.centennialofflight.gov/essay/Diction
Improving on the idea of sending and receiving
signals from the moon, in 1960, NASA launched a
balloon satellite that would reflect communications
signals. Echo I was a balloon made of
aluminum-coated Mylar that was launched by a
rocket into space. When it reached orbit 1,000
miles (1,609 kilometers) above the Earth, it
inflated from inside a 26.5-inch (67.3-centimeter)
magnesium sphere to 100 feet (30.48 meters) in
diameter. Circling the globe every two hours, it
shone more brightly than the North Star in the
evening. The balloon captured the imagination of
people who had watched the first man-made object
in space, the Russian satellite Sputnik 1, orbit the Earth in 1957.
Someone once said that the role of the aircraft carrier in a modern nuclear war would be to drift slowly to the bottom in small radioactive chunks.
That said, why do we name a ship after someone who didn't serve when it was their time? I bet that the USS John Wayne has supporters, too. A thought experiment: We are picking sides in a war. Who do you take, Ronald Reagan and John Wayne or Jimmy Stewart and George McGovern? The popular answer might be the former pair, but I will kick your ass with the latter.
Oh, and I'll take that little guy over there, Audie Murphy. You can have Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Not to mention that the beleagered Jimmy Carter was an officer in some of the first nuclear subs, you know the ones like the Thresher that could go to bottom in a hurry if the reacter had any kind of glitch. At least the Navy is naming the last of the Seawolf class subs after him.
now we got Uniblab. Next we get the little jet cars that fold up into a briefcase? The nine hour work week, though - now that's science fiction.
My old printer just spit the bit. I'm looking into buying a new one. Guess whose products are not on my list.
Hatch could sodomize young boys on primetime television while singing L'Internationale and still be reelected easily.
As long as he doesn't criticize the Mormon cult^H^H^H^Hchurch.
"The House of Represenatives has a re-election rate of some 96%.
God we need term limits!"
Thank God the GOP is pushing for them.... oh, what's that?
I have been waiting for this system to be feasible for decades. The calling of the strike zone in the game today is a joke. There is no strike above the belt, much less the letters as in the rules. Ever see an overhead shot of some of Glavin's outside pitches that are called strikes? These are often six inches off the black.
I often hear the moaning about the lack of pitchin in the game, but it is the artificial shrinking of the zone down to the size of a small shoebox that is the culprit.
>In addition, many batters move during the course of >the pitch, which an umpire sees and weighs in >determining the strike zone, he said.
The strike zone does not move with the batter. Otherwise, the batter could bend over as the ball approached and touch his knees to his chest, leaving no stike zone for the ball to pass through.