Marge, you're my wife and I love you very much. But you're living in a world of make-believe with flowers and bells and leprechauns,and magic frogs with funny little hats.
Our latest operations in Afghanistan displayed one startling weakness for a uniform like this - not enough satellites. Unless the Scorpion program launches a ton of orbiting equipment in support of the program, I don't see it going very far.
If the US govt put a fraction of the money and effort it expends on the military into addressing the grievances of dispossessed people around the world, it wouldn't have a problem with terrorism.
Better yet, why not invest this money into social programs and infrastructure at home? I've never quite understod why we can send billions of dollars overseas as foreign aid, yet still have people at home who are homeless, illiterate, and without healthcare.
Both replies to this post have an element of truth in them.
Part of the Star Wars magic was the age we saw the movie at. Too many people forget that the scripts are targeted at he average 12 year-old, not the 20-30 something geek. The magic of the films is colored by our first memories of seeing them, too.
The other problem with the new movies is that "it's all been done." Ho-hum, new lightsaber duel. Massive cgi battle scene, blah. The original trilogy was new ground - movies like that didn't exist beforehand.
Try to remember those concepts when judging the new movies - you'll be more fair to yourself, and Lucasarts.
Exactly - my bad. Just finished reading about native trout and salmon stocks who have lost 1,000 miles of spawning habitat on the Columbia. Grand Coulee was on the brain.
That's all fine and dandy, but what about those of us who want... oh I dunno, 9998 or 9999 less? I think a helluva a lot of ppl will want to know how much it'll cost at the retail level.
Actually, the Blackhawks were shot down with rocket-propelled grenades, and the populace was primarily armed with the AK family of assault rifles. Hardly bolt-action weapons.
A concept that I'd always idly wondered about at a younger age....
Weapons (and armor) are constantly in a race to stay ahead of each other. Longbows vs. cavalry, the zweihander vs. the pike, mail vs. slashing weapons.... As technology advances, it must always be retroactively effective against previous applications. Just imagine the beautiful irony though, if a helicopter's armor was immune to a laser, but a rock hurled from a sling knock it out of the sky?
Am I the only one who finds it interesting that so many people on an open source oriented site complain about Microsoft products they use daily in their own homes?
I'd doubt that there would be any attempt at prosecution, as the perceived loss isn't as great. At least you've still bought a processor, albeit a less expensive one. If you should happen to toast the processor during the mod, you're prolly gonna buy another one.
DL an mp3, and the powers that be have already decided you will never, ever buy the album.
MS SQL has 11% marketshare (according to MS themselves), yet the only mass-infection hit it and not somebody else. Coincidence?
IIS runs only 25% (and sinking) of webservers, yet ALL mass-infections so far hit it and none Apache which runs over 60%.
It's a fact that MS software comes with a higher risk than anything else. No system is perfectly secure, true, but if you really think that MS software is equally secure as anything else, especially GPL software, then you are living in a dreamworld.
Your statement is as blind as the one that supports Microsoft without thinking first. Perhaps the reason that "only mass-infections" hit MicroSoft software is simply because they are the biggest target? If you're going to use a shotgun at 20 paces, why aim at a gnat when you can shoot at a barn door instread?
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Mar-31-99 18:56:41 PST
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Better yet, donate to the fund to defend against his law suits.
I've been in at least 6 car accidents in the last 30 years. I figure I'm past due to win the goddamn Lotto ;-)
Or perhaps in conversation with Marge-
Marge, you're my wife and I love you very much. But you're living in a world of make-believe with flowers and bells and leprechauns,and magic frogs with funny little hats.
A nice thought, but how many of them are named Olga, and have more facial hair than you do? ;-)
Wait a sec, you think they won't read the article because of the story it's linked to? What makes you think people even read the articles? ;-)
Didn't see one mentioned, but I know the 24" Samsung at newegg is 2700 buckeroos. I don't even want to think what the 29" will cost!
Our latest operations in Afghanistan displayed one startling weakness for a uniform like this - not enough satellites. Unless the Scorpion program launches a ton of orbiting equipment in support of the program, I don't see it going very far.
If the US govt put a fraction of the money and effort it expends on the military into addressing the grievances of dispossessed people around the world, it wouldn't have a problem with terrorism.
Better yet, why not invest this money into social programs and infrastructure at home? I've never quite understod why we can send billions of dollars overseas as foreign aid, yet still have people at home who are homeless, illiterate, and without healthcare.
Both replies to this post have an element of truth in them.
Part of the Star Wars magic was the age we saw the movie at. Too many people forget that the scripts are targeted at he average 12 year-old, not the 20-30 something geek. The magic of the films is colored by our first memories of seeing them, too.
The other problem with the new movies is that "it's all been done." Ho-hum, new lightsaber duel. Massive cgi battle scene, blah. The original trilogy was new ground - movies like that didn't exist beforehand.
Try to remember those concepts when judging the new movies - you'll be more fair to yourself, and Lucasarts.
All that bandwidth to run the webcamera ain't free......
Exactly - my bad. Just finished reading about native trout and salmon stocks who have lost 1,000 miles of spawning habitat on the Columbia. Grand Coulee was on the brain.
It's all these guys' fault. If you're into fish, it's worth getting.
That's all fine and dandy, but what about those of us who want... oh I dunno, 9998 or 9999 less? I think a helluva a lot of ppl will want to know how much it'll cost at the retail level.
Good post, except for lumping the Colorado and Columbia Rivers togethers. The Hoover Dam lies on the Columbia River.
Now that would be carnage!
Actually, the Blackhawks were shot down with rocket-propelled grenades, and the populace was primarily armed with the AK family of assault rifles. Hardly bolt-action weapons.
Obligatory Rumsfeld/Hannibal quote - "I love it when a plan comes together."
A concept that I'd always idly wondered about at a younger age....
Weapons (and armor) are constantly in a race to stay ahead of each other. Longbows vs. cavalry, the zweihander vs. the pike, mail vs. slashing weapons.... As technology advances, it must always be retroactively effective against previous applications. Just imagine the beautiful irony though, if a helicopter's armor was immune to a laser, but a rock hurled from a sling knock it out of the sky?
We've lived with bugs for so long, they're a fact of life. They're accepted as part of the daily dealings with computers.
Am I the only one who finds it interesting that so many people on an open source oriented site complain about Microsoft products they use daily in their own homes?
The one that really gets me is when the option of Aetheist is listed as a religion. What's that about? Anyone else tripped out by that one?
They only have it because most census respondents don't know who the hell that CowboyNeal guy is.
Another Simpsons classic...
Gordie - "I moved here from Canada, and they think I'm slow, eh."
I'd doubt that there would be any attempt at prosecution, as the perceived loss isn't as great. At least you've still bought a processor, albeit a less expensive one. If you should happen to toast the processor during the mod, you're prolly gonna buy another one.
DL an mp3, and the powers that be have already decided you will never, ever buy the album.
MS SQL has 11% marketshare (according to MS themselves), yet the only mass-infection hit it and not somebody else. Coincidence?
IIS runs only 25% (and sinking) of webservers, yet ALL mass-infections so far hit it and none Apache which runs over 60%.
It's a fact that MS software comes with a higher risk than anything else. No system is perfectly secure, true, but if you really think that MS software is equally secure as anything else, especially GPL software, then you are living in a dreamworld.
Your statement is as blind as the one that supports Microsoft without thinking first. Perhaps the reason that "only mass-infections" hit MicroSoft software is simply because they are the biggest target? If you're going to use a shotgun at 20 paces, why aim at a gnat when you can shoot at a barn door instread?
Andy can be honest from time to time.....
maverick1(312)
Mar-31-99 18:56:41 PST
78377512
Praise : Swift, smooth transactin. Great buyer, an asset to theeBay community. A++++
Response by andy46477 - I have to disagree with what he said. Generally, I'm no asset to any community.
Why have one of those when you can have a super karate monkey death car?