...Music is not free, unless you produce it yourself. Artists go on-and-on about creatitivity and freedom blah blah blah but they have to pay bills like the rest of us. Some of this is an attempt to get us to help pay their bills.
If this is done outside of this RIAA thing, cool. Otherwise, the music producers and music consumers are both being shafted.
The sterotype of the nerdy geek is getting kinda old. The Tech boom caused alot of people to change careers into the computer industry. The tech burst hasn't flushed these people away - they are still around.
These people bring new ideas to the job but almost all are interested and excited by the stuff "geeks" were into.
Einstein(sp?) made science "cool" - before then, scientists were likly seen as "losers". Do you want to spend your life in your trailer-home or get out there and make some stuff work?
You see this sort of stuff when working with Relational Databases - an empty string like "" is not the same as a NULL value. Common sense says they are the same, but technically they are not.
Vendors, like Microsoft, have spent the last decade or more trying to make "coding" sound/look easy. Think Data Warehouses/Business Intelligence stuff. The vendors want to sell to the non-techs 'cause they won't ask any tough questions and just go "yeah, okay" when the support fees double or triple.
These Macros are one of the ways these vendors "empower" the end-user - with a false sense of self-control. They only make things more complicatd in the long run and, now, are used to crack other peoples systems.
It's like saying your a doctor 'cause you know how to apply a bandage on a cut. Sheesh!
The objective of any terrorist group is to get the non-military portion of a country (like the US) concerned about their day-to-day life and force them to change it.
The 9/11 WTC thing has already achieved what these guys wanted: having everyone hyper-sensitive and (potentially) over-reacting to perceived *threats*.
On this one, I'm with Bush & co. - what's the point of being the remaining superpower if everyone knows you'll cave in at the sight of american blood?
Hopefully, the US keeps this to al-Quaida et. al. and does not further dominate how other democratic countries operate. I think this is what the other western countries are really worried about.
Sorry but I just loved the "psychofuckinglogical" thing. Need to spend some time learning how to pronounce it though. If I get stuck, I'll just say F*ck three times in a row really quick - maybe it'll sound intellectual.... Umm...never mind.
A CS or EE degree is about the theory. The computer language used is about how the theory is applied. Poor software comes from people who do not have the theoritical(sp?) background.
A career in the Computer field requires you to be able to switch to new languages/approaches without needing extra training. I mean, who is teaching the gurus how this stuff works?
The first Batman movie, with Keaton, was a *huge* summer box-office success at the time - people going out getting black t-shirts with the batman logo were everywhere.
Keaton worked because he didn't look like the classic superhero - for a good poke at this watch any episode of "The Tick".
The Movie worked because it was a gothic set-piece, styliscally (sp?) set in the 1940's but using moderen technology. Bringing in Jack Nickleson as the Joker was inspired.
What is next, opposition to countries that want documentation in their own peoples' languages instead of the Industry Standard (TM) American English?!? Any SW company with pretensions to being "international" knows that documentation, help text and UIs need to be multi-lingual.
About two years ago I put together an Apache+PHP+MySQL+Oracle prototype. At the time, I looked at Perl but it seemed to have a steep learning curve - steep meaning that I'd have to spend a good chunk of time before I was able to write anything useful. I was able to quickly use PHP to execute dynamic SQL against both MySQL as well as Oracle.
Cost was a factor here - the organization spent about $10.00 for the RedHat 6.x cd-rom - and I could have downloaded it if I had the time. I used a retread PC from one of our local offices.
Having worked with Cobol, C, Fortran, Basic and then SQL and PL/Sql, I did not need more obscure stuff (like C++) but something almost any coder could pick up in a short period of time. PHP seemed to be the answer back then. PHP files don't need a special cgi-bin directory or other stuff - link Apache with PHP and your done.
Like any language, Perl has it's place. But sometimes another tool is better for the task at hand.
At first I thought it was counter-productive on your part to include so many links to the NYT site, given the negative slant of the headline. I mean, having us all go visit their site only helps their overall "number of hits".
Maybe, though, your looking to see if the slashdot effect can take out the NYT site. Too bad all but one of the links requires a login (yeah, I tried them all before posting this.) The login page is static and likely cached on their site.
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The "unbreakable" refers to Oracle's curent ad campaign.
The idea is if Dell hardware, Linux OS software and Oracle RDBMS/Tools could be hooked together, maybe it might be "unbreakable".
I believe that Oracle is using the term "unbreakable" to try to get some attention to the fact that it meets 17 security standards worldwide while DB2 meets none and SQL Server meets maybe one. That's what they say.
Like Linux/Unix, you can lock down Oracle. Like Linux/Unix, it is all about knowing how to do it.
Thanks for for the insight. My point was that the bunch of planned movies based upon Marvel Comics have already gone under the microscope of the fan(antics) and are more mature than Lucas's oft-quoated "pre-planned" saga.
You mentioned you were two years old when Star Wars came out - I was 12 years old (the target audience) in 1977 when it was released. By the time Return of the Jedi came out, I was already starting to move away from the stuff. Naturally, my on-going favorite was Empire.
I was into Spider-man before Star Wars came out, so maybe that is why I'd like to see it succeed.
Take Care
J4N
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Australians also use the "$", same as in Canada.
Yes! You too can become President of the United States!
Hi, Mr/Mrs A. Coward,
You seem to agree with me. Unfortunately, when you say:
"Hey the guys who sell the 5$ bootlegs on the corner got bills to pay to,..."
I assume you meant to say:
Hey the guys who sell the 5$ bootlegs on the corner got bills to pay too,"
I stopped reading your post shortly after hitting this. The fastest way to lose an audience is to appear unprofessional.
I'm not in the music industry BTW. I hope I'm still permitted to comment on it, though.
...Music is not free, unless you produce it yourself. Artists go on-and-on about creatitivity and freedom blah blah blah but they have to pay bills like the rest of us. Some of this is an attempt to get us to help pay their bills. If this is done outside of this RIAA thing, cool. Otherwise, the music producers and music consumers are both being shafted.
The sterotype of the nerdy geek is getting kinda old. The Tech boom caused alot of people to change careers into the computer industry. The tech burst hasn't flushed these people away - they are still around.
These people bring new ideas to the job but almost all are interested and excited by the stuff "geeks" were into.
Einstein(sp?) made science "cool" - before then, scientists were likly seen as "losers". Do you want to spend your life in your trailer-home or get out there and make some stuff work?
You see this sort of stuff when working with Relational Databases - an empty string like "" is not the same as a NULL value. Common sense says they are the same, but technically they are not.
Apparently this is ANSI standard for SQL.
Vendors, like Microsoft, have spent the last decade or more trying to make "coding" sound/look easy. Think Data Warehouses/Business Intelligence stuff. The vendors want to sell to the non-techs 'cause they won't ask any tough questions and just go "yeah, okay" when the support fees double or triple.
These Macros are one of the ways these vendors "empower" the end-user - with a false sense of self-control. They only make things more complicatd in the long run and, now, are used to crack other peoples systems.
It's like saying your a doctor 'cause you know how to apply a bandage on a cut. Sheesh!
Ummm..."Zero" is a concept and almost never observed in reality...except in your case, of course
It is not recommended but you can, in Linux, create a VNCSERVER session as ROOT. Access your Linux box as root and enter :1
vncserver
This will create a new, standalone, X sesion. To access it, you can use either Windows with vncviewer or any WebBrowser w/ a JVM.
You will be prompted for a password to use VNC to access the X session
The objective of any terrorist group is to get the non-military portion of a country (like the US) concerned about their day-to-day life and force them to change it.
The 9/11 WTC thing has already achieved what these guys wanted: having everyone hyper-sensitive and (potentially) over-reacting to perceived *threats*.
On this one, I'm with Bush & co. - what's the point of being the remaining superpower if everyone knows you'll cave in at the sight of american blood?
Hopefully, the US keeps this to al-Quaida et. al. and does not further dominate how other democratic countries operate. I think this is what the other western countries are really worried about.
Sorry but I just loved the "psychofuckinglogical" thing. Need to spend some time learning how to pronounce it though. If I get stuck, I'll just say F*ck three times in a row really quick - maybe it'll sound intellectual. ... Umm...never mind.
You forgot one: Posting: Lame.
I have to agree.
A CS or EE degree is about the theory. The computer language used is about how the theory is applied. Poor software comes from people who do not have the theoritical(sp?) background.
A career in the Computer field requires you to be able to switch to new languages/approaches without needing extra training. I mean, who is teaching the gurus how this stuff works?
Opps, you forgot to sign your petition, AC.
The first Batman movie, with Keaton, was a *huge* summer box-office success at the time - people going out getting black t-shirts with the batman logo were everywhere.
Keaton worked because he didn't look like the classic superhero - for a good poke at this watch any episode of "The Tick".
The Movie worked because it was a gothic set-piece, styliscally (sp?) set in the 1940's but using moderen technology. Bringing in Jack Nickleson as the Joker was inspired.
But that is just my opinion; I could be wrong.
Not saying that Keanu is good or bad but the only decent Batman movie was the one Keaton was in. Go figure.
God, what a rant.
Do you think anyone is going to read the entire thing just to find out if is on topic or not.
You gotta be either from Ontario or Quebec if you think so.
What is next, opposition to countries that want documentation in their own peoples' languages instead of the Industry Standard (TM) American English?!?
Any SW company with pretensions to being "international" knows that documentation, help text and UIs need to be multi-lingual.
About two years ago I put together an Apache+PHP+MySQL+Oracle prototype. At the time, I looked at Perl but it seemed to have a steep learning curve - steep meaning that I'd have to spend a good chunk of time before I was able to write anything useful. I was able to quickly use PHP to execute dynamic SQL against both MySQL as well as Oracle.
Cost was a factor here - the organization spent about $10.00 for the RedHat 6.x cd-rom - and I could have downloaded it if I had the time. I used a retread PC from one of our local offices.
Having worked with Cobol, C, Fortran, Basic and then SQL and PL/Sql, I did not need more obscure stuff (like C++) but something almost any coder could pick up in a short period of time. PHP seemed to be the answer back then. PHP files don't need a special cgi-bin directory or other stuff - link Apache with PHP and your done.
Like any language, Perl has it's place. But sometimes another tool is better for the task at hand.
At first I thought it was counter-productive on your part to include so many links to the NYT site, given the negative slant of the headline. I mean, having us all go visit their site only helps their overall "number of hits".
Maybe, though, your looking to see if the slashdot effect can take out the NYT site. Too bad all but one of the links requires a login (yeah, I tried them all before posting this.) The login page is static and likely cached on their site.
The "unbreakable" refers to Oracle's curent ad campaign.
The idea is if Dell hardware, Linux OS software and Oracle RDBMS/Tools could be hooked together, maybe it might be "unbreakable".
I believe that Oracle is using the term "unbreakable" to try to get some attention to the fact that it meets 17 security standards worldwide while DB2 meets none and SQL Server meets maybe one. That's what they say.
Like Linux/Unix, you can lock down Oracle. Like Linux/Unix, it is all about knowing how to do it.
Thanks for for the insight. My point was that the bunch of planned movies based upon Marvel Comics have already gone under the microscope of the fan(antics) and are more mature than Lucas's oft-quoated "pre-planned" saga. You mentioned you were two years old when Star Wars came out - I was 12 years old (the target audience) in 1977 when it was released. By the time Return of the Jedi came out, I was already starting to move away from the stuff. Naturally, my on-going favorite was Empire. I was into Spider-man before Star Wars came out, so maybe that is why I'd like to see it succeed. Take Care J4N
Check out the comics...they have alot of material to work with; much more than Mr. Lucas has. This sounds like the trekie stuff of the 70s and 80s.
Spider-man is circa 1960/70. That is about a decade before Star Wars. Lord of the Rings pre-dated Star Wars by at least 40 years.