Hilarious!!! Thanks for the laugh, I needed it, it's been a horrible Monday.
Just one note: Mr. Richardson would not be able to see Mr. Smith^H^H^H^H^H:) um, the strangers' teeth reflected in the scissors if he was looking straight at the guy....
Hmph. Been there, done that, didn't get a T-shirt, either. Young? No. Be forty pretty soon...and I find that the older I get, the angrier I get. Might be part and parcel of knowing more about the world:)
Now, back in the early 80s, during college, when I *was* young, idealistic, and really wanted to go live on an asteroid; well. Nowadays I'm halfway burnt out from working too many overtime hours and wondering when the layoff notice comes; and watching the planet go to hell (with more knowledge vs. idealism than I used to have). Ah, well. Life happens.
I'd still love to be somewhere using the skills I've learned to do something useful rather than just contributing to the corporate onslaught, however. I suspect I'd be just as busy, if not more so, but I think there' d be less reason to watch the News From Earth:-)
"Take it all in stride": What are you, a quitter? Guess that's your problem, but son, let me tell you, quitting is easy, but you sleep better if you follow what you believe in, "no matter how crazy it seems".:-)
As to "spirits being crushed";
Hey, I can dream, can't I? That's one thing that can't be taken away from me, it only disappears if I let it go. Hm?
It's called "ratings". It's the main reason I quit vegging in front of the TV back in '90. Garbage, sensationalism, and more garbage. Blech. The cable networks took what the Big Three were doing and expanded the garbage. There's very little worth watching nowadays (hey, Emeril on the Food channel is good:)
I agree with the above posters about KDE. I reboot from my Gentoo install occasionally to use the few windows apps I still use, and the UI makes me feel like I'm wading thru mud.
I'm a power user, but every time I've showed my system to a windows user the first question has been "Can you install that for me?":)
I agree about the docs! I've played with Blender for quite a while and didn't know about undo....Thanks.
Now I know why I never saw tooltips - for some reason they were turned off in my preferences (set prefs a long time ago and never changed them).
I just downloaded the latest 2.28 and I am very, very impressed with some of the changes. It's been more than a year and a half since I upgraded. So much to do.
I don't know that 3d anim is *hard* necessarily, it just requires a certain mindset.
One thing that Blender could/has? benefitted from is tooltips when you have a mouseover on the buttons.
Excuse me, not sure about the window Blender, all I do is the linux version anymore. Have they implemented tooltips "balloons" for the windows versions yet?
You know, that's funny, because Jerry Pournelle says it quite often, and he's a staunch republican. Hmmph.
"I'd like to see you prove where this is so clearly demonstrated in history instead of just repeating what your party leaders tell you."
I'm not an affiliated libertarian...so knock off the partisan crap. Try looking the the results of 9/11 and airport security, for one example.
"You're confusing results with purpose."
You're confusing textbooks with reality.
What you just said is the *stated* purpose of government. What I'm talking about is what happens in reality, which is a combination of the stated purpose and many other factors. Whose "social contract" are we enforcing in the US? Seriously?
Criminy. Point out a ironic truth and get a armchair lecture that could have come out of a textbook for 10th graders. Tell you what. You point out to me where I'm wrong instead of spouting political theory at me...
Don't be too proud of this litigational terror you've constructed, SCO. The ability to file a lawsuit is insignificant next to the power of the Men In Blue.
I doubt the publicity would have been as big; and also I doubt the rhetoric would have been as severe.
I have nothing to back up my opinion either. But you made a good point.
To the trolls out there, here's where I stand: I think MS did a good job at providing "computing for the masses" (whatever that really is) for a long time; but it's time for them to step down. The future will, if not controlled by corporations and corporate-bought politicians, belong to open source software, written by volunteers. Face it. The critical mass has been reached, and there really is no stopping it short of Big Brother style legislation.
Just like IBM in the 80s, the big corporate model eventually becomes obsolete, and if they can't change, they will lose in the long run. IBM got smart. I hope more companies do.
What worries me is the damage done to the users and purchasers during those times....sigh....
I have an old freebie 486 laptop running Debian that I use....works pretty well (when the power connector doesn't come unhooked anyway:-) Ah, duct tape...
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Hilarious!!! Thanks for the laugh, I needed it, it's been a horrible Monday.
:) um, the strangers' teeth reflected in the scissors if he was looking straight at the guy....
:)
Just one note: Mr. Richardson would not be able to see Mr. Smith^H^H^H^H^H
Heh.
SB
It's a sad day on slashdot when an article about D&D gets so few posts that it doesn't rise above the 2 level.
"The times, they be a'changin'" -Dylan
SB
Hmph. Been there, done that, didn't get a T-shirt, either. Young? No. Be forty pretty soon...and I find that the older I get, the angrier I get. Might be part and parcel of knowing more about the world :)
:-)
:-)
Now, back in the early 80s, during college, when I *was* young, idealistic, and really wanted to go live on an asteroid; well. Nowadays I'm halfway burnt out from working too many overtime hours and wondering when the layoff notice comes; and watching the planet go to hell (with more knowledge vs. idealism than I used to have). Ah, well. Life happens.
I'd still love to be somewhere using the skills I've learned to do something useful rather than just contributing to the corporate onslaught, however. I suspect I'd be just as busy, if not more so, but I think there' d be less reason to watch the News From Earth
"Take it all in stride": What are you, a quitter? Guess that's your problem, but son, let me tell you, quitting is easy, but you sleep better if you follow what you believe in, "no matter how crazy it seems".
As to "spirits being crushed";
Hey, I can dream, can't I? That's one thing that can't be taken away from me, it only disappears if I let it go. Hm?
SB
Xine 0.9.21 plays it just fine for me, sound and everything. Perhaps you need to upgrade or install the windows codecs.
Gentoo 1.4, 1.4 ebuild of Xine.
SB
Love the sunglasses from Walmart, dude
SB
Yeah.
:)
It's called "ratings". It's the main reason I quit vegging in front of the TV back in '90. Garbage, sensationalism, and more garbage. Blech. The cable networks took what the Big Three were doing and expanded the garbage. There's very little worth watching nowadays (hey, Emeril on the Food channel is good
PBS rocks, tho.
SB
Sigh. One could wish.
Then one could watch the craziness enveloping this planet from afar...assuming one had time to whilst working for one's survivial.
SB
and the Linux users fought back with shoes....
SB
I agree with the above posters about KDE. I reboot from my Gentoo install occasionally to use the few windows apps I still use, and the UI makes me feel like I'm wading thru mud.
:)
I'm a power user, but every time I've showed my system to a windows user the first question has been "Can you install that for me?"
SB
I agree about the docs! I've played with Blender for quite a while and didn't know about undo....Thanks.
Now I know why I never saw tooltips - for some reason they were turned off in my preferences (set prefs a long time ago and never changed them).
I just downloaded the latest 2.28 and I am very, very impressed with some of the changes. It's been more than a year and a half since I upgraded. So much to do.
I don't know that 3d anim is *hard* necessarily, it just requires a certain mindset.
SB
One thing that Blender could/has? benefitted from is tooltips when you have a mouseover on the buttons.
Excuse me, not sure about the window Blender, all I do is the linux version anymore. Have they implemented tooltips "balloons" for the windows versions yet?
SB
"Tell me again why everyone isn't doing it?"
Probably because most people have at least some moral fortitude.
SB
"libertarian"
You know, that's funny, because Jerry Pournelle says it quite often, and he's a staunch republican. Hmmph.
"I'd like to see you prove where this is so clearly demonstrated in history instead of just repeating what your party leaders tell you."
I'm not an affiliated libertarian...so knock off the partisan crap.
Try looking the the results of 9/11 and airport security, for one example.
"You're confusing results with purpose."
You're confusing textbooks with reality.
What you just said is the *stated* purpose of government. What I'm talking about is what happens in reality, which is a combination of the stated purpose and many other factors. Whose "social contract" are we enforcing in the US? Seriously?
Criminy. Point out a ironic truth and get a armchair lecture that could have come out of a textbook for 10th graders.
Tell you what. You point out to me where I'm wrong instead of spouting political theory at me...
SB
Give 'em an inch, they'll take a mile.
The purpose of government is to employ more government employees.
Why is this such a hard concept for most slashdotters to understand? It's clearly demonstrated in history...
Freeuser....I salute you...you at least have a clear understanding of what's happening.
Let the trolling commence....
SB
At least there are a lot of "crazy scientists" working on it.
(from the perspective of a lot of the government, and a large majority of the people, that's what it looks like).
The real question is: Will all this work be remembered when it happens (it will, Tunguska, etc)???
SB
/sarcasm
Yeah, Washington DC.
There'd be a huge nationwide security alert.
All military forces (those not in the gulf) on top alert.
Then there'd be a standdown (hopefully) once they figured out what really happened.
Then there'd be something akin to the Patriot Act, but directed toward easy access to space, and stopping it from happening again.
Then.....
????
DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT PROFIT, IT'D BE GOVERNMENT RUN.
sigh
SB
News, 2010
They've just upped the order of magnitude of known stars in the universe by another 5.
Go out a look at the night sky.
Go out and look at the night sky with a good set of binoculars.
Go out and look at the night sky with a decent telescope (12" plus reflector)
Go out and look at the night sky with a better scope (60" +)
Go out and..... Hubble...Deep Sky......
Ad infinitum.....
Deep Sky 2
Deep Sky 3
So?
SB
Don't be too proud of this litigational terror you've constructed, SCO. The ability to file a lawsuit is insignificant next to the power of the Men In Blue.
SB
Jebsus, what's next a Death Star? :-)
That page is pretty cool, tho.
SB
I doubt the publicity would have been as big; and also I doubt the rhetoric would have been as severe.
I have nothing to back up my opinion either. But you made a good point.
To the trolls out there, here's where I stand: I think MS did a good job at providing "computing for the masses" (whatever that really is) for a long time; but it's time for them to step down. The future will, if not controlled by corporations and corporate-bought politicians, belong to open source software, written by volunteers. Face it. The critical mass has been reached, and there really is no stopping it short of Big Brother style legislation.
Just like IBM in the 80s, the big corporate model eventually becomes obsolete, and if they can't change, they will lose in the long run. IBM got smart. I hope more companies do.
What worries me is the damage done to the users and purchasers during those times....sigh....
SB
I have an old freebie 486 laptop running Debian that I use....works pretty well (when the power connector doesn't come unhooked anyway :-) Ah, duct tape...
SB
Heheh. Clippy with a soldering iron.
:-)
I'd run. Very fast
SB
Rubber ducky, you're the one...
Rubber ducky, so much fu
Ahhhhhh!!!! No! No! Not tha *no carrier*
"I honestly can't think of a single thing they've done that could be labelled "innovative"."
Yeah, they didn't put MS Bob or Clippy on the Xbox...
SB
Y'know, I've had the shatter attack paper on my bulletin board since the original slashdot article, and I've seen few references to it since.
Anyone know if this has been successfully used in the "wild"? Is Microsoft even taking this seriously?
Enquiring mind wants to know.
SB