First of all. How did Nemesis do vs. the other StarTrek movies? And how much have it earned outside the U.S? I personally found Nemesis to be quite good, one of the better ST movies.
Well, I'm not sure about world-wide gross, but Nemesis brought in $43,254,409 domestically. In comparison, Star Trek V did $52,210,049. And that's with inflation and ticket prices much higher than they were back then. Nemesis was a huge flop, worse than ST:V. Of course, releasing it just before the most anticipated movie of the year was pretty stupid. I actually agree that it wasn't a bad movie. Had some major flaws, but I still enjoyed it.
I have to disagree about DS9. The first few seasons, yes, it was very weak. But, Berman and crew went to go concentrate on Voyager and pretty much abandoned DS9 around the 4th season, and let them do whatever they wanted. From that point on, the show went to new hights. Some fantastic writing, a serial storyline, and some great acting took DS9 to places that Trek hadn't been before. I'd say that the last 3 seasons of DS9 were some of the best sci-fi on TV, except no one was watching anymore.
I'm with Vonage now, and only having one phone port in the back of the device is a bit of a drawback. However, I found that the point at which our standard phone connection enters the apartment is basically a second phone jack in one of the rooms. Plug this short RJ-11 cable into the bottom of this oversized wall plate, and you have standard phone service throughout the house. So I bought a line coupler, and hooked my Vonage box to that short cable, and now I have Vonage service at every jack in the house. My only worry was that the Motorola VoIP converter box didn't put out enough power for multiple phones at once, but so far, it's worked perfectly, and every phone in the house rings.
Absolutely love the service, haven't been able to notice much of a difference. There is sometimes a slight white-noise-type hiss when you're on the phone and no one is talking, but it stops as soon as there's some activity, and it isn't all the time. The latency is outstanding. Very, very impressive, considering how it's routing the call. I would put the overall sound quality at well above a cell phone, and only a fraction lower than a POTS.
There are, in fact, companies selling line-of-sight RF broadband access. The small town I used to live in a couple years ago had a company doing this. They provided you the antenna (kind of an odd steel grill, shaped like a small satellite dish) The speeds were not that impressive (we were getting around 40-55 KB/sec), and the signal is blocked by landscape. But for some areas where there was no DSL or cable capability or infastructure, it was an affordable solution for quick and easy broadband.
Interesting to note that LinuxGazette.net has issue 97 out, while SSC doesn't
But who had the trademark first, or who used the name first, doesn't matter to the WIPO mediator. According to past history, the only thing that matters to WIPO, is who has more money.
Actually, you're dead wrong. We could have NO developers and my job would still be exactly the same. We're not talking about a software development company, we're talking about in-house development for some home-grown software.
Why should I care about how you've set up your domain, or how you admin the printers? My code isn't going anywhere near them.
Your code may not. Our developers' code certianly does. It interfaces in several ways with our print queues. A good example of how they screw things up:
We've worked hard to organize and centralize our print queues on designated servers, with permission sets, organizational units, etc. Yet, we constantly find the developers creating random duplicate print queues on various servers for their app to interface with, when they're perfectly capable of using the already existing print queues. This makes for an administration nightmare, when half of the users are using a print queue no one knows about, for no apparent reason. We'll also find them changing drivers on our printers if they have the chance, because they believe their app doesn't like certian drivers (actually, no one knows this for sure, they just claim this because they don't feel like looking into the problem). The problem is, people actually USE the extended features of these printers, like duplexing, and the devs go around and change them to generic ones instead of fixing their junk, and that causes even more problems.
I have to agree with the above completely. Too many developers know absolutely nothing about how the systems they want access to actually work. Schools are pumping out developers who are just plain coders, who don't know, and don't care, how the domain is setup, or how our print server is administered, or how a cluster works. And many of them have no care about security protocols. In a health organization, security protocols have now become a Big Deal.
Cleaning up after code monkeys who wreck a production server is not fun.
Um, actually, that's already happening. Haven't you noticed the annoying advertisments for that's station's other TV shows that pop up at the bottom of the screen? Started with cable networks like FX, and now even broadcast networks are doing it. And, they're getting more and more annoying every month. Most of them have sound now, and I saw one over the weekend that took up around 30% of the bottom of the screen. It's like they didn't learn from internet advertising, and are looking to irritate their viewers even more.
I just signed up for Vonage today. The biggest advantages that I see, are that you can keep your existing number or get a new phone number in ANY area code you wish regardless of where you actually live (great for long-distance relationships... sure wish I would have had that option before I got married), and different price plans that are much more useful than the tiers that Telcos generally offer. $15 a month gives you 500 minutes anywhere in the country, and 3.9 cents thereafter. $25 gets you unlimited local, 500 long distance. And $35 is totally unlimited local and long distance. MCI has an all-inclusive package for local and long distance. They quoted me over $60 for unlimited. As long as my broadband connection is reliable, I think it's a great deal. And even when it does, I've got the cell phone.
No wonder telcos are scared of this. It blows the cover off of the inflated prices that we've been paying for so long, and several of the self-imposed "limitations" that they've convinced us are just part of how things work.
We have a very simple solution for that: Low cubicle wall on three sides: The isle, and the person in front and behind you. Still have your little protected area, but you are able to communicate very easily. I HATE working in a room with 4 other people. You tend to get nothing done.
And here I thought moving away from cubicles would be a GOOD thing. Sharing a room with 5 other people doesn't make ANYONE productive. I've done it. It just doesn't work.
Until Microsoft puts out another hotfix that breaks something else, like your network connectivity, like the one they did with XP some months back.
Most corporations prefer to test Microsoft patches first, before pushing them onto the whole user base.
If IBM were serious about addressing the real problems with Linux, it would offer full customer indemnification and move away from the GPL license.
Now, I think, we get down to the heart of the matter. This isn't an attack on Linux per se. It isn't about IP or patents or copyrights. This is about trying to destroy the GPL. I think this statement, more than anything else, shows that MS really is behind this whole thing. What interest would SCO, a puny company who once distrubuted a Linux kernel in the GPL, have in invalidating the GPL? I just can't see why they would make themselves look like complete idiots to do that. On the other hand, who would jump for joy at the prospect of companies turning away from the GPL? Microsoft would be first and foremost on that list.
Well, I can confirm that my Time Warner/RoadRunner connection gives me about 240KB/Sec (yes, that BYTES, not bits) which according to broadbandreports.com is much higher than most all broadband providers.
So, it's basically nothing more than blackmailing the government, with potential paying customers held in limbo. Doesn't seem like a very smart move.
Of course, harming customer confidence seems to have no meaning in the telecom/broadband world, where a few companies essentially already own all the business. Because, where else are you going to go? Just call any broadband provider's customer/technical support to learn that.
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The original GameBoy, I remember, could be reset by pushing all the buttons at the same time.
Estimated $60 million to make. Estimated $33 million to market. It's a flop.
First of all. How did Nemesis do vs. the other StarTrek movies? And how much have it earned outside the U.S? I personally found Nemesis to be quite good, one of the better ST movies.
Well, I'm not sure about world-wide gross, but Nemesis brought in $43,254,409 domestically. In comparison, Star Trek V did $52,210,049. And that's with inflation and ticket prices much higher than they were back then. Nemesis was a huge flop, worse than ST:V. Of course, releasing it just before the most anticipated movie of the year was pretty stupid. I actually agree that it wasn't a bad movie. Had some major flaws, but I still enjoyed it.
I have to disagree about DS9. The first few seasons, yes, it was very weak. But, Berman and crew went to go concentrate on Voyager and pretty much abandoned DS9 around the 4th season, and let them do whatever they wanted. From that point on, the show went to new hights. Some fantastic writing, a serial storyline, and some great acting took DS9 to places that Trek hadn't been before. I'd say that the last 3 seasons of DS9 were some of the best sci-fi on TV, except no one was watching anymore.
I'm with Vonage now, and only having one phone port in the back of the device is a bit of a drawback. However, I found that the point at which our standard phone connection enters the apartment is basically a second phone jack in one of the rooms. Plug this short RJ-11 cable into the bottom of this oversized wall plate, and you have standard phone service throughout the house. So I bought a line coupler, and hooked my Vonage box to that short cable, and now I have Vonage service at every jack in the house. My only worry was that the Motorola VoIP converter box didn't put out enough power for multiple phones at once, but so far, it's worked perfectly, and every phone in the house rings.
Absolutely love the service, haven't been able to notice much of a difference. There is sometimes a slight white-noise-type hiss when you're on the phone and no one is talking, but it stops as soon as there's some activity, and it isn't all the time. The latency is outstanding. Very, very impressive, considering how it's routing the call. I would put the overall sound quality at well above a cell phone, and only a fraction lower than a POTS.
Darl McBride leader of Iraq...
I think the world would have been safer with Saddam.
There are, in fact, companies selling line-of-sight RF broadband access. The small town I used to live in a couple years ago had a company doing this. They provided you the antenna (kind of an odd steel grill, shaped like a small satellite dish) The speeds were not that impressive (we were getting around 40-55 KB/sec), and the signal is blocked by landscape. But for some areas where there was no DSL or cable capability or infastructure, it was an affordable solution for quick and easy broadband.
Interesting to note that LinuxGazette.net has issue 97 out, while SSC doesn't
But who had the trademark first, or who used the name first, doesn't matter to the WIPO mediator. According to past history, the only thing that matters to WIPO, is who has more money.
That code monkey is the reason you have a job.
Actually, you're dead wrong. We could have NO developers and my job would still be exactly the same. We're not talking about a software development company, we're talking about in-house development for some home-grown software.
Why should I care about how you've set up your domain, or how you admin the printers? My code isn't going anywhere near them.
Your code may not. Our developers' code certianly does. It interfaces in several ways with our print queues. A good example of how they screw things up:
We've worked hard to organize and centralize our print queues on designated servers, with permission sets, organizational units, etc. Yet, we constantly find the developers creating random duplicate print queues on various servers for their app to interface with, when they're perfectly capable of using the already existing print queues. This makes for an administration nightmare, when half of the users are using a print queue no one knows about, for no apparent reason. We'll also find them changing drivers on our printers if they have the chance, because they believe their app doesn't like certian drivers (actually, no one knows this for sure, they just claim this because they don't feel like looking into the problem). The problem is, people actually USE the extended features of these printers, like duplexing, and the devs go around and change them to generic ones instead of fixing their junk, and that causes even more problems.
I have to agree with the above completely. Too many developers know absolutely nothing about how the systems they want access to actually work. Schools are pumping out developers who are just plain coders, who don't know, and don't care, how the domain is setup, or how our print server is administered, or how a cluster works. And many of them have no care about security protocols. In a health organization, security protocols have now become a Big Deal.
Cleaning up after code monkeys who wreck a production server is not fun.
Um, actually, that's already happening. Haven't you noticed the annoying advertisments for that's station's other TV shows that pop up at the bottom of the screen? Started with cable networks like FX, and now even broadcast networks are doing it. And, they're getting more and more annoying every month. Most of them have sound now, and I saw one over the weekend that took up around 30% of the bottom of the screen. It's like they didn't learn from internet advertising, and are looking to irritate their viewers even more.
I just signed up for Vonage today. The biggest advantages that I see, are that you can keep your existing number or get a new phone number in ANY area code you wish regardless of where you actually live (great for long-distance relationships... sure wish I would have had that option before I got married), and different price plans that are much more useful than the tiers that Telcos generally offer. $15 a month gives you 500 minutes anywhere in the country, and 3.9 cents thereafter. $25 gets you unlimited local, 500 long distance. And $35 is totally unlimited local and long distance. MCI has an all-inclusive package for local and long distance. They quoted me over $60 for unlimited. As long as my broadband connection is reliable, I think it's a great deal. And even when it does, I've got the cell phone.
No wonder telcos are scared of this. It blows the cover off of the inflated prices that we've been paying for so long, and several of the self-imposed "limitations" that they've convinced us are just part of how things work.
No, they still need a little private area to plot and scheme how to make life more miserable for you next week.
We have a very simple solution for that: Low cubicle wall on three sides: The isle, and the person in front and behind you. Still have your little protected area, but you are able to communicate very easily. I HATE working in a room with 4 other people. You tend to get nothing done.
And here I thought moving away from cubicles would be a GOOD thing. Sharing a room with 5 other people doesn't make ANYONE productive. I've done it. It just doesn't work.
Ground studies involved tests with CFD - "creative Ford driving" using a Ford-250 pickup truck.
Why am I having flashbacks to Buckaroo Bonzai?
Until Microsoft puts out another hotfix that breaks something else, like your network connectivity, like the one they did with XP some months back. Most corporations prefer to test Microsoft patches first, before pushing them onto the whole user base.
Yeah, except the stolen car doesn't take off by itself in the middle of the night and start hitting every other car it sees.
If IBM were serious about addressing the real problems with Linux, it would offer full customer indemnification and move away from the GPL license.
Now, I think, we get down to the heart of the matter. This isn't an attack on Linux per se. It isn't about IP or patents or copyrights. This is about trying to destroy the GPL. I think this statement, more than anything else, shows that MS really is behind this whole thing. What interest would SCO, a puny company who once distrubuted a Linux kernel in the GPL, have in invalidating the GPL? I just can't see why they would make themselves look like complete idiots to do that. On the other hand, who would jump for joy at the prospect of companies turning away from the GPL? Microsoft would be first and foremost on that list.
I heard if you put an R-Type sticker on the case, you'll get at least another 7%.
Except with fewer women in bikinis.
Well, I can confirm that my Time Warner/RoadRunner connection gives me about 240KB/Sec (yes, that BYTES, not bits) which according to broadbandreports.com is much higher than most all broadband providers.
Resizing NTFS is nice... I just hope they fix the annoying problem that logging out of any environment causes my USB mouse to stop responding.
So, it's basically nothing more than blackmailing the government, with potential paying customers held in limbo. Doesn't seem like a very smart move.
Of course, harming customer confidence seems to have no meaning in the telecom/broadband world, where a few companies essentially already own all the business. Because, where else are you going to go? Just call any broadband provider's customer/technical support to learn that.