...Server Farmer. We call this raised floor room with racks and racks of computers, the Server Farm, so what else would you call the people who take care of them? We fed and "water" and grow and cull them. And for gawdsakes, do NOT abbreviate it!
...as much as I love to sit and think of nasty, nasty things that I would like to see done to spammers, an international registry (i.e. web site) with spammers real names, and real address, and all known email and domain names would go a long way to serve justice. Hell, this one just might pass the U.N. Security Council without a single dissenting vote! For gawds sake, just don't let ICANN administrate it.
What a bunch of whiney little fuzzie bunnies! I can understand if there server can only do so much bandwidth, but sheesh, don't blame Slashdot for shining a light on your nice little site. If you do not want people linking to your site, do not put it on the Internet!
...and I liked it - for all of the same reasons that I liked the TV series. But there were some of the TV episodes that I liked better and, as usual, there was just not enough Ed or Ein.
But it really did look that much better than the TV series. I watch the series on a high rez monitor from DVD. Now, I did like the 16:9 on the big screen but the animation still had that cheap jerky feel. Great graphics as usual. The music was not very special. And I like a lot of Yoko Kanno's stuff - and the Seatbelts.
There is no way it was half as good as "Spirited Away" - but really, they are two very different stories done in very different styles. And dammit, of course none of the theaters in Austin will show either subtitled. But Cowboy Bebop has always had one of the better dubbing crews.
It was soo depressing to see a city on Mars far in the future look a lot like a dirty ole city of today. So sad.
...i discovered Wemsleydale cheese and it is WONDERFUL! No wonder Wallace loves it so much. Especially the kind my peeps at the Wheatsville Co-op is Austin, Texas get - it has cranberries in it.
Don't look for it until the middle of next week, though - I just ate the last one. It spoils quicker than most cheese so it is harder to keep in inventory.
[burp]
I wonder if a food co-op can get slashdotted? And I don't work for them, just enjoy them - just like High Criteria! Honest, I swear!
War on Terrorism leader resigns.
on
Strike on Iraq
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· Score: 2, Informative
Well, babies, if this ain't a test of the durabilty of Slashdot, I don't a 1 from a 0.
Briefly, the Special Assistant on Terror for our National Security Council, Rand Beers, has resigned, saying he's "tried, just tried". He will not say anymore. It is believed that this war will increase unleash more terror than it will stop.
It has finally got too weird for me.
"Can this dream stop?" "Wait! There's been a slaughter here!!!"
Checking at 7:52 GMT on 19 March 2003, I discover that this press release is in Japanese. Or Chinese. I don't really know the difference. But I'm guessing Japanese.
"don't have to be in front of a tube to enjoy them"
What is wrong with being in front of a tube? Being in front of a tube is one of my favorite places to be! Especially in the dark with only the beloved Trinitron CRT as the sole light source. Heaven.
"you don't have to print and bind them"
And just why would you want to do a dumb thing like that? All I ever print is snail mail for those Luddenites in my life without email or an occasional resume.
Keep it electronic. Never use paper unless you absolutely have to. Why else would we have all of this disk space?
And okay, as bad as I hate to admit it, Microsoft did something right with the Windows 2000 GUI interface. Not the default settings out of the box, but I can quickly set it up for my style. Your mileage will vary.
And I also must admit, that I can improve my proofreading skills - especially when I am upset over a young'n dis'in' the old.
We old farts are NOT scared! We just don't want to waste what little time we have left in this mortal plane re-learned our riffs on a new interface. Not, when there is so much anime we haven't seen yet!
A common misconception. The IP laws have no concern were an effort is for profit are not - at least in the U.S. The monsters will argue that even non-profit efforts will diminish the value of their IP property. Now, as I dimly recall, Apple's look and feel lawsuit against Microsoft failed. Was that because Apple had copied it's look and feel from the Xerox PARC?
To be clear, I hate the tranny of these restrictive IP laws with all of the cells of my being. I know creators want and need to be rewarded but the megacorps have got beyond all reason.
...and certainly there is much demand for this - me, for example, who likes to talk up Linux but after years and years of Microsoft brainwashing, I still use their operating system because, like a abused child, I am have got way to comforable with it. But then again, I have invested in a lot of Microsoft specific apps, but I know there are alternatives. Someday, I will switch.
BUT I fear a giant lawsuit from the monster in Redmond. I hope that this project will be hosted from some fair haven, like Sealand or whatever. I hope that some excellent lawyers will come forth, pro bono. Mmmm, maybe this could be the first open source project managed and distributed by a peer to peer network?
Actually, "what, no mp3 player?" make more sense to me than "junk email filter". What does a web browser have to do with email????? Why does Mozilla have to copy Microsoft's and AOL's bundling tactics? The same for a "rich text editor". No browser needs an editor. Make Mozilla a browser and NOTHING MORE. Have separate programs for other functions.
Now, a browser can find embedded audio in a web page and MP3 is one of those formats. I would expect a modern browser to be able to stream audio from a page and a NICE browser would let me save it - in all of the common formats. No matter what stupid restrictions anyone tried to put on the audio at the web page.
...gather 'round, gather 'round, lads and lassies. I am here to tell ya. I started playing guitar when G-L-O-R-I-I-I-I-I was the rage at all of the sock hops. And nothing, no NOTHING, no N-O-T-H-I-N-G will rock your beloved Les Paul or that Fat Strat like a Line 6 POD.
I am not denying that a corporation must be profitable in order to survive. For example, I must breathe a certain amount of air with a certain amount of oxygen in order to live.
But that is not the sole responsibility. And I never said that the LAW requires all of the responsibilities that I mentioned above. I am simply stating my opinion of what a corporation owes the community in order to be a Good Corporate Citizen.
"Because thats the point of a corporation. They want to make a profit. Period."
WRONG! And this is a big misunderstanding today. Corporations have a responsibility to follow not only the letter but the spirit of the law. Corporations have a responsibility to it's community to be a good citizen and wherever possible, do what is good for us all as well as making a profit. They also have a responsibility to treat it's employees fairly and it's customer's honestly as well as not to mislead it's stockholder. And they have a responsibility not to endanger our precious environment. If for no other reason, it is just good business, in the long run. But for a high reason, for the sake of all lifekind.
An organization that sole purpose is the sake of profit is known as organized crime. Or a greedy pack of animals.
...are a people who have more than the usual reason to appreciate freedom. Congratulations to them for standing up to the Copyright Nazi's and Robber Barons of the U.S. I.P. Mafia.
Today, you get a 2 Ghz machine for $300 (no monitor). I can't imagine there is a lot of demand for a 64-bit desktop, not enough to justify the expense.
zen ink here in Austin, a door called Legend of the Red Dragon, and Ralph - a free BBS that actually have Internet email available! Oh, and downloading a file with pi rendered to one million decimal places. It fits nicely on a floppy disk.
Okay, yeah, black holes will suck everything up and then after a few googleplex years they will all evaporate and decay into cold virtual particles.
BUT we do have this big anti-chaotic force called life. With all of that time, someone, somewhere will perhaps find a way to say, "Let there be MORE light!" al la, Asmiov's wonderful story, "The Last Question".
So, an open or flat universe ain't so bad. The problem I had is with all of the possiblities, how can it be FLAT? I would buy open OR closed before flat. How much precision is need to be flat, anyway.
Slashdot Mirror
...Server Farmer. We call this raised floor room with racks and racks of computers, the Server Farm, so what else would you call the people who take care of them? We fed and "water" and grow and cull them. And for gawdsakes, do NOT abbreviate it!
WHO NEEDS IT?
Not I
Stoffer's Mac and Cheese with some Little Smokies in the microwave, does it for me!
Great with Cuervo Gold (burp)
...as much as I love to sit and think of nasty, nasty things that I would like to see done to spammers, an international registry (i.e. web site) with spammers real names, and real address, and all known email and domain names would go a long way to serve justice. Hell, this one just might pass the U.N. Security Council without a single dissenting vote! For gawds sake, just don't let ICANN administrate it.
What a bunch of whiney little fuzzie bunnies! I can understand if there server can only do so much bandwidth, but sheesh, don't blame Slashdot for shining a light on your nice little site. If you do not want people linking to your site, do not put it on the Internet!
FREEDOM!
...and I liked it - for all of the same reasons that I liked the TV series. But there were some of the TV episodes that I liked better and, as usual, there was just not enough Ed or Ein.
But it really did look that much better than the TV series. I watch the series on a high rez monitor from DVD. Now, I did like the 16:9 on the big screen but the animation still had that cheap jerky feel. Great graphics as usual. The music was not very special. And I like a lot of Yoko Kanno's stuff - and the Seatbelts.
There is no way it was half as good as "Spirited Away" - but really, they are two very different stories done in very different styles. And dammit, of course none of the theaters in Austin will show either subtitled. But Cowboy Bebop has always had one of the better dubbing crews.
It was soo depressing to see a city on Mars far in the future look a lot like a dirty ole city of today. So sad.
I wish Ed was here. She can always cheer me up.
Food Replicator, zoo repliscmater. Just get a few 20 lb. bags of Bachelor Chow very couple of weeks or so.
Somebody slap Jackson around a bit. No more half baked remakes. Be ORIGINAL! Or at least make a film from a great book like he did with LOTR.
How about "Childhood's End"? That one has been crying out for a good film treatment since, I don't know, 1953? Or maybe "The City and the Stars"?
Oh, I loved "Heavenly Creatures", too. Soooo original. But Jackson, do something NEW!!
This film has so much charm and grace. I can only hope now, just maybe, a subtitled version will be show in Austin.
It has been a long time since I saw a subtitled anime on the big screen.
...i discovered Wemsleydale cheese and it is WONDERFUL! No wonder Wallace loves it so much. Especially the kind my peeps at the Wheatsville Co-op is Austin, Texas get - it has cranberries in it.
Don't look for it until the middle of next week, though - I just ate the last one. It spoils quicker than most cheese so it is harder to keep in inventory.
[burp]
I wonder if a food co-op can get slashdotted? And I don't work for them, just enjoy them - just like High Criteria! Honest, I swear!
Well, babies, if this ain't a test of the durabilty of Slashdot, I don't a 1 from a 0.
0 54 3-3049r
Anyway, check this out:
http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=20030319-04
Briefly, the Special Assistant on Terror for our National Security Council, Rand Beers, has resigned, saying he's "tried, just tried". He will not say anymore. It is believed that this war will increase unleash more terror than it will stop.
It has finally got too weird for me.
"Can this dream stop?"
"Wait! There's been a slaughter here!!!"
Checking at 7:52 GMT on 19 March 2003, I discover that this press release is in Japanese. Or Chinese. I don't really know the difference. But I'm guessing Japanese.
"don't have to be in front of a tube to enjoy them"
What is wrong with being in front of a tube? Being in front of a tube is one of my favorite places to be! Especially in the dark with only the beloved Trinitron CRT as the sole light source. Heaven.
"you don't have to print and bind them"
And just why would you want to do a dumb thing like that? All I ever print is snail mail for those Luddenites in my life without email or an occasional resume.
Keep it electronic. Never use paper unless you absolutely have to. Why else would we have all of this disk space?
Sheesh.
And okay, as bad as I hate to admit it, Microsoft did something right with the Windows 2000 GUI interface. Not the default settings out of the box, but I can quickly set it up for my style. Your mileage will vary.
And I also must admit, that I can improve my proofreading skills - especially when I am upset over a young'n dis'in' the old.
Sorry.
HEY, YOUNGBLOOD!
We old farts are NOT scared! We just don't want to waste what little time we have left in this mortal plane re-learned our riffs on a new interface. Not, when there is so much anime we haven't seen yet!
A common misconception. The IP laws have no concern were an effort is for profit are not - at least in the U.S. The monsters will argue that even non-profit efforts will diminish the value of their IP property. Now, as I dimly recall, Apple's look and feel lawsuit against Microsoft failed. Was that because Apple had copied it's look and feel from the Xerox PARC?
To be clear, I hate the tranny of these restrictive IP laws with all of the cells of my being. I know creators want and need to be rewarded but the megacorps have got beyond all reason.
FREEDOM!
...and certainly there is much demand for this - me, for example, who likes to talk up Linux but after years and years of Microsoft brainwashing, I still use their operating system because, like a abused child, I am have got way to comforable with it. But then again, I have invested in a lot of Microsoft specific apps, but I know there are alternatives. Someday, I will switch.
BUT I fear a giant lawsuit from the monster in Redmond. I hope that this project will be hosted from some fair haven, like Sealand or whatever. I hope that some excellent lawyers will come forth, pro bono. Mmmm, maybe this could be the first open source project managed and distributed by a peer to peer network?
Actually, "what, no mp3 player?" make more sense to me than "junk email filter". What does a web browser have to do with email????? Why does Mozilla have to copy Microsoft's and AOL's bundling tactics? The same for a "rich text editor". No browser needs an editor. Make Mozilla a browser and NOTHING MORE. Have separate programs for other functions.
Now, a browser can find embedded audio in a web page and MP3 is one of those formats. I would expect a modern browser to be able to stream audio from a page and a NICE browser would let me save it - in all of the common formats. No matter what stupid restrictions anyone tried to put on the audio at the web page.
But that is just me and I only get one vote.
...gather 'round, gather 'round, lads and lassies. I am here to tell ya. I started playing guitar when G-L-O-R-I-I-I-I-I was the rage at all of the sock hops. And nothing, no NOTHING, no N-O-T-H-I-N-G will rock your beloved Les Paul or that Fat Strat like a Line 6 POD.
I be one very satisfied customer.
RAWK ON!
I am not denying that a corporation must be profitable in order to survive. For example, I must breathe a certain amount of air with a certain amount of oxygen in order to live.
But that is not the sole responsibility. And I never said that the LAW requires all of the responsibilities that I mentioned above. I am simply stating my opinion of what a corporation owes the community in order to be a Good Corporate Citizen.
I am talking morality, not lega prescriptions.
"Because thats the point of a corporation. They want to make a profit. Period."
WRONG! And this is a big misunderstanding today. Corporations have a responsibility to follow not only the letter but the spirit of the law. Corporations have a responsibility to it's community to be a good citizen and wherever possible, do what is good for us all as well as making a profit. They also have a responsibility to treat it's employees fairly and it's customer's honestly as well as not to mislead it's stockholder. And they have a responsibility not to endanger our precious environment. If for no other reason, it is just good business, in the long run. But for a high reason, for the sake of all lifekind.
An organization that sole purpose is the sake of profit is known as organized crime. Or a greedy pack of animals.
...are a people who have more than the usual reason to appreciate freedom. Congratulations to them for standing up to the Copyright Nazi's and Robber Barons of the U.S. I.P. Mafia.
Today, you get a 2 Ghz machine for $300 (no monitor). I can't imagine there is a lot of demand for a 64-bit desktop, not enough to justify the expense.
Still, I sure could use one to encode my Divx!
zen ink here in Austin, a door called Legend of the Red Dragon, and Ralph - a free BBS that actually have Internet email available! Oh, and downloading a file with pi rendered to one million decimal places. It fits nicely on a floppy disk.
I was Tangent Z!
Okay, yeah, black holes will suck everything up and then after a few googleplex years they will all evaporate and decay into cold virtual particles.
BUT we do have this big anti-chaotic force called life. With all of that time, someone, somewhere will perhaps find a way to say, "Let there be MORE light!" al la, Asmiov's wonderful story, "The Last Question".
So, an open or flat universe ain't so bad. The problem I had is with all of the possiblities, how can it be FLAT? I would buy open OR closed before flat. How much precision is need to be flat, anyway.
Maybe there IS a creator...