The Air Force went to Microsoft Exchange servers across the board, forcing Outlook on everyone. It's funny, all of the real work here is done by IBM SP2's or Solaris-based servers (no linux, sorry), yet the administrative side of the house is entirely MS.
Of course, all incoming E-mail is handled by sendmail on a Solaris-platform.
On a side note, my Windows 2000 desktop here at work locks up on me about once a week. Of course, the tech staff solution is to...
Step one: reload the operating system
Step two: rebuild the machine
It doesn't end there. I work on some of the Solaris-based servers, and we have users who are constantly cycling power. No matter how many times we try to explain to them these are not Windows machines, they never listen. Then they wonder why the operating system is corrupt.
Oh, and I use Windows 98 at home for games. I have an INTEL-based Solaris 8 system for doing real work.
The idea that life did not suddenly appear fully fledged, but that simpler forms appeared and gradually more complex forms developed from the simple forms is indesputable except by total weirdos.
Try this experiment:
Step 1 -- Assume god exists. He/She doesn't have to be Christian, Jewish, Islamic or derived from any other religion. We'll call him -- Steve.
Step 2 -- Assume Steve created the universe.
Step 3 -- Assume that when Steve created the universe, he did so in a manner very similiar to the tale in Genesis - *poof* and the earth was formed, etc.
Step 4 -- Put yourself on Earth five minutes after Steve has finished creating everything.
Now, a chicken walks by. You see the chicken, it sees you... are you really going to be able to tell that chicken is five minutes old?
Remember, Steve created carbon, thus he can control everything about carbon (or anything else for that matter). So when you would study this brand new Earth, to you, it would appear millions of years old.
I'm not saying Steve or God exist or that we evolved from monkeys. And I'm not saying that the universe was created in seven days or 14 billion years. But the most common thread that I've seen in the Creation/Evolution debate is narrow vision. And claiming that only "total weirdos" would think outside the box is short sighted.
Right now retention rates in the military are not keeping up with what is required to fight a two front war, and that is the standard the military set for themselves after WWII.
In case you haven't been reading the real news, the war is getting more and more dangerous. It's entirely possible that the Middle East situation will erupt into WWIII, and if China decides that's a good time to attack Tawain...
Even if Sharon and Arafat do the amazing and find peace, it's only a matter of time until China starts attacking Asia. Their population growth is just out of control, and eventually they will be left with very few options and a helluva lot of soldiers.
Anyway, Stop Loss was initiated shortly after 9/11, and members of the military (this might be confined to certain career fields, not sure) are not allowed to separate, even if their enlistement is up. I suspect few civilians know this even exists. But it does, and in fact, I missed Stop Loss by less than a month. I separated Sep. 4th, and Stop Loss was initiated Oct. 1st.
I also thought his opinion on Torvald's and the Bitkeeper issue were silly. I don't agree with ideology over sensibility -- it's the same issue that plagues our political system.
"There are people like Torvalds that will pressure our community into use of a non-free program, and challenge anyone who complains to provide a (technically) better program immediately or shut up."
I don't agree with that paraphrasing at all. People get too focused on furthering their own agendas, they lose sight of reason.
"Even the true believers camped out on the sidewalks with their toy light sabers seem more dutiful than enthusiastic." -- A. O. SCOTT, NY Times Review
That pretty much sums up how I feel. I have watched the first trilogy many times, and each time I find new appreciation for those movies. Every time I watch TPM I find it more annoying/frustrating/disgusting.
I think the dynamic between the characters in the first trilogy are well represented by this exchange between Leia and Han:
Leia: I'd rather kiss a wookie. Han : That can be arranged... you could use a good kiss!
Dialogue like that just doesn't appear anywhere in TPM. I have yet to read a review that talks about how witty the dialogue is in AOTC, just that the fight scenes are cool.
Back to the point, I'm going to go see AOTC, but I'm not "excited" about it. I wouldn't be so silly as to say it's my "duty", but I understand the reference the author makes. It's much closer to describing how I feel.
Ahh... well thanks for correcting my often used typo. Apparently the real issue here is that the title is three words rather than two.
The original poster said that although the movie was realistic, it was "dull dull dull."
To that, I take offense.
I cannot view that movie through the eyes of someone who has never served in the military. If such people found the movie boring or bad, oh well. But I believe anyone who actually understands what it means to volunteer your life in order to serve your country would not find such a movie "dull", but would have respect for the men who died in that battle.
"Now here's the sad part: They didn't die for your country."
Well, on a personal note, I think Bill Clinton is one of the most disgusting American's ever to live, and he used the military to further his "legacy", and that makes me want to retch.
But my point is that the United States military is in the business of fighting for the rights of the United States and democracy in the world. Whether or not I agree with the CIC's motives for a particular action, you cannot take away from those soliders that they died in the spirit of fighting for the United States.
It's a hard line. They were "senseless" deaths. But I believe to those men, they were giving their lives for their country. I absolutely abhore Clinton's motives, but never for a second do I question those of the men who bled.
There were plenty of characters, but that's really not the point. Anyone who walked out of Blackhawk Down bored obviously never spent a day in uniform, or understands what it means to give your life for your country.
IMHO the Omaha Beach scene in Saving Private Ryan was self-serving -- how did it "advance the story?" Spielberg did it to shock the audience, then continued with the actual story. It may have provided a background, but I think it was more shock value than anything.
Blackhawk Down, on the other hand, puts you on the street and lets you know what it was like for those men. I only saw it once, and I'll never watch it again -- it was too hard to take. And quite frankly, it wasn't even that bloody, it wasn't graphic, it was real.
Those men died just a few years ago, that's the scary part. And when I look at the uniform that I used to wear to work every day, and then think about when other men wearing the same uniform did for our country...
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No, really.
The Air Force went to Microsoft Exchange servers across the board, forcing Outlook on everyone. It's funny, all of the real work here is done by IBM SP2's or Solaris-based servers (no linux, sorry), yet the administrative side of the house is entirely MS.
Of course, all incoming E-mail is handled by sendmail on a Solaris-platform.
On a side note, my Windows 2000 desktop here at work locks up on me about once a week. Of course, the tech staff solution is to...
Step one: reload the operating system
Step two: rebuild the machine
It doesn't end there. I work on some of the Solaris-based servers, and we have users who are constantly cycling power. No matter how many times we try to explain to them these are not Windows machines, they never listen. Then they wonder why the operating system is corrupt.
Oh, and I use Windows 98 at home for games. I have an INTEL-based Solaris 8 system for doing real work.
Start?
Sometimes I wonder if Slashdot is nothing but one endless Creation vs Evolution flame war...
Arrgh I'm sick of people arguing with metaphors! Feels like I'm watching an old episode of Star Trek!
And similes are better? :-)
"And that's completely useless."
Thanks for proving my point.
The idea that life did not suddenly appear fully fledged, but that simpler forms appeared and gradually more complex forms developed from the simple forms is indesputable except by total weirdos.
Try this experiment:
Step 1 -- Assume god exists. He/She doesn't have to be Christian, Jewish, Islamic or derived from any other religion. We'll call him -- Steve.
Step 2 -- Assume Steve created the universe.
Step 3 -- Assume that when Steve created the universe, he did so in a manner very similiar to the tale in Genesis - *poof* and the earth was formed, etc.
Step 4 -- Put yourself on Earth five minutes after Steve has finished creating everything.
Now, a chicken walks by. You see the chicken, it sees you... are you really going to be able to tell that chicken is five minutes old?
Remember, Steve created carbon, thus he can control everything about carbon (or anything else for that matter). So when you would study this brand new Earth, to you, it would appear millions of years old.
I'm not saying Steve or God exist or that we evolved from monkeys. And I'm not saying that the universe was created in seven days or 14 billion years. But the most common thread that I've seen in the Creation/Evolution debate is narrow vision. And claiming that only "total weirdos" would think outside the box is short sighted.
Well I laughed at least.
Pez! Cherry flavored Pez! No question.
Yeah, terrorism will _never_ reach the US...
Ever heard of "Stop Loss?"
Right now retention rates in the military are not keeping up with what is required to fight a two front war, and that is the standard the military set for themselves after WWII.
In case you haven't been reading the real news, the war is getting more and more dangerous. It's entirely possible that the Middle East situation will erupt into WWIII, and if China decides that's a good time to attack Tawain...
Even if Sharon and Arafat do the amazing and find peace, it's only a matter of time until China starts attacking Asia. Their population growth is just out of control, and eventually they will be left with very few options and a helluva lot of soldiers.
Anyway, Stop Loss was initiated shortly after 9/11, and members of the military (this might be confined to certain career fields, not sure) are not allowed to separate, even if their enlistement is up. I suspect few civilians know this even exists. But it does, and in fact, I missed Stop Loss by less than a month. I separated Sep. 4th, and Stop Loss was initiated Oct. 1st.
So why you ask? Well there you go.
Perhaps that should read...
Sim Invading Iraq to Keep Them From Detonating Nuclear Weapons in our Country
Although, I guess that isn't any more subjective.
Very well put.
I also thought his opinion on Torvald's and the Bitkeeper issue were silly. I don't agree with ideology over sensibility -- it's the same issue that plagues our political system.
"There are people like Torvalds that will pressure our community into use of a non-free program, and challenge anyone who complains to provide a (technically) better program immediately or shut up."
I don't agree with that paraphrasing at all. People get too focused on furthering their own agendas, they lose sight of reason.
"Even the true believers camped out on the sidewalks with their toy light sabers seem more dutiful than enthusiastic." -- A. O. SCOTT, NY Times Review
That pretty much sums up how I feel. I have watched the first trilogy many times, and each time I find new appreciation for those movies. Every time I watch TPM I find it more annoying/frustrating/disgusting.
I think the dynamic between the characters in the first trilogy are well represented by this exchange between Leia and Han:
Leia: I'd rather kiss a wookie.
Han : That can be arranged... you could use a good kiss!
Dialogue like that just doesn't appear anywhere in TPM. I have yet to read a review that talks about how witty the dialogue is in AOTC, just that the fight scenes are cool.
Back to the point, I'm going to go see AOTC, but I'm not "excited" about it. I wouldn't be so silly as to say it's my "duty", but I understand the reference the author makes. It's much closer to describing how I feel.
How does everyone else feel?
Ahh... well thanks for correcting my often used typo. Apparently the real issue here is that the title is three words rather than two.
The original poster said that although the movie was realistic, it was "dull dull dull."
To that, I take offense.
I cannot view that movie through the eyes of someone who has never served in the military. If such people found the movie boring or bad, oh well. But I believe anyone who actually understands what it means to volunteer your life in order to serve your country would not find such a movie "dull", but would have respect for the men who died in that battle.
Or they'll just correct my non-typo.
"Now here's the sad part: They didn't die for your country."
Well, on a personal note, I think Bill Clinton is one of the most disgusting American's ever to live, and he used the military to further his "legacy", and that makes me want to retch.
But my point is that the United States military is in the business of fighting for the rights of the United States and democracy in the world. Whether or not I agree with the CIC's motives for a particular action, you cannot take away from those soliders that they died in the spirit of fighting for the United States.
It's a hard line. They were "senseless" deaths. But I believe to those men, they were giving their lives for their country. I absolutely abhore Clinton's motives, but never for a second do I question those of the men who bled.
There were plenty of characters, but that's really not the point. Anyone who walked out of Blackhawk Down bored obviously never spent a day in uniform, or understands what it means to give your life for your country.
IMHO the Omaha Beach scene in Saving Private Ryan was self-serving -- how did it "advance the story?" Spielberg did it to shock the audience, then continued with the actual story. It may have provided a background, but I think it was more shock value than anything.
Blackhawk Down, on the other hand, puts you on the street and lets you know what it was like for those men. I only saw it once, and I'll never watch it again -- it was too hard to take. And quite frankly, it wasn't even that bloody, it wasn't graphic, it was real.
Those men died just a few years ago, that's the scary part. And when I look at the uniform that I used to wear to work every day, and then think about when other men wearing the same uniform did for our country...
Have some respect.