[...] then get Paramount to hand the golden communicator to Ira Steven Behr (sp?).
Ira might be good, but I'd prefer Michael Piller as he actually understood and appreciated Roddenberry's vision. IIRC, he left the show when he finally realized Berman was killing it.
Berman should have left the show a loong time ago! Even he admits his vision isn't that of Roddenberry's. It doesn't make sence.
Last time I checked, Microsoft are under no obligation to provide anyone with any details about their XML schema.
They're not, but then why not just stick with their binary format? Offering an XML-based file format (cabability) without supplying the schemas is not all that useful? You get the data, sure, but you could always export as plaintext for that.
Furthermore, it's certainly contrary to the basic idea and openess of the XML format, if you're gonna trap people with a patent license, trying to control how they parse the XML?
Someone should tell zealots like Perens that in the real world, people compromise so everyone can be happy. Also that there is nothing wrong with with proprietary or comercial software. If it didn't exist free software would have nothing to 'libarate'.
Perhaps you're not aware of Mr. Perens' ideals, and his Sincere Choice project?
Roddenberry pitched the Original Series as "Wagon Train to the Stars" which is why it had forst and foremost lots of action punctuated by an occasional fistfight or shootout. If someone would return to that formula instead of the "telenovela" style soap opera format of recent series then it would reurn to high ratings.
Actually, I wasn't thinking about the context as much as the values and what Star Trek (TOS & TNG) can teach us about ourselves and humanity. I've always appreciated Roddenberry's perspective on complex social/political/ethical issues as still being very much relevant even up to this date.
Seeing some of the interviews with Michael Piller, it's evident that he understands the meaning of Roddenberry's use of theme based shows.
Now all we need is someone to step on a crack and break Braga and Berman's backs, and the circle of life will be complete.
Aye! Then after a good long break (several years) let's give Gene Roddenberry's real - as in worthy - successor, Michael Piller, a shot at the Star Trek franchise. At least Piller understood what Roddenberry was trying to do!
Perhaps with guidance from Majel Barrett, I'm sure they could turn things around for Star Trek. Something true to Gene's vision, that is.
While Microsoft may not be able to own the entire country, they may be able to buy up a bunch of the country's external debt which according to the CIA World Factbook is $21.7 Billion
The Danes aren't too concerned with the external debt. It's just a matter of priorities.
E.g. consider that Denmark's current development assistance to foreign nations is around 1.6 billion USD per year. This represents around 1% of Denmark's GNI and is the highest in the EU - I believe - and it's certainly well beyond the average country effort of around 0.4%.
OO.o is generally less intuitive, and has less features (particularly in spreadsheets, but even the word processor lacks much advanced functionality).
IMHO, anyone with prior exposure to MS Office can't say whether or not OOo is less intuitive than MS Office. It can be less familiar if all you know is just MS Office. For either office suite to be less intuitive than the other, you'd have to test with people who have had zero exposure to said office suites.
Just a question here, what would Microsoft have to do for you to consider them to be a friendly corporation, rather than an evil and menacing corporate giant? I kind of like them already, but I know I'm unusual in that regard.
With regards to "opening up" formats, as with the MS Office XML schemas, they'd have to offer a true roalty-free license for access and use - no patent license traps. That would be a start.
Have him be so embittered by the whole Starfleet Academy thing that he and a group of fellow disgusted cadets stole a Starfleet ship and became pirates or mercenaries. Wesley Gone Evil would have been great [...]
Pardon, but that doesn't sound Roddenberry like to me? More Berman like, though?
Denmark's largest television channel, TV2, reported on the release of Mozilla Firefox 1.0.
Am I the only Dane who noticed that the Danish public service channel DR had a news spot about Firefox too?
In fact, shortly after 1.0PR they even added the appropriate RSS-link info to the news section on their site, so people can easily create Live Bookmarks, with just a few mouse clicks.
I cant believe more distros dont do this. Ubuntu do it quite well. Its a one CD install which is the way it should be, not download 3 or 4 to get a piece here and a piece there. Ubuntu gives you a nicely polished install with enough to satisfy most people and almost everything works out of the box.
As Ubuntu is Debian based, you can say the same for Debian. I always just download the netinstall ISO to do a base install, and fetch the rest of the stuff - I need - online via APT.
Sorry, Denmark allows civil unions, but has not legalized same-sex marriage.
Alright then. "Union", "marriage"... these are but relative terms. What really matters are the rights that you benefit from.
Actually, in Denmark it's termed a "registered partnership", and it has the same legal consequences as what we term "marriage", except with regards to adoption of children - the registered partners can't (yet) adopt a child together, however one can adopt the other's child. Granted, the last part about adoption was a later amendment, and not part of the original law as of 1989.
The point of my questions is that people are demanding the US be not only in the vanguard of gay marriage, but are demanding it be so "enlightened" as to make such nations as Denmark, France, Sweden and Germany seem like backward troglodytes.
That far, huh?
Is it really that urgent of an issue if no one else in the world is clamoring for it? Perhaps we have time to sensibly discuss the issue and government's role in marriage before we rush unthinkingly towards bad solutions.
Isn't it just that most of the debate in the US has been too preoccupied with the religous aspects of this (ditto for abortion), instead of the real practical benefits which transcend both religious and legal aspects? Is it really that big of a deal? After all, we're only talking about granting legal rights to couples who live together - they just happen to be of the same sex.
Numerous posts in this discussion have already argued how some votes in this election have been decided based solely on religious beliefs. I'm wondering, what if you just called it something else than "marriage"? Would people still be focusing on labeling these couples as sinners? Would you then be able to focus on actually finding solutions, and move on to more pressing issues?
I have a question for you: how many nations already have gay marriage so that the US is considered a cultural backwater not to have it? Does France have it? Denmark? Australia? ANYONE?
For the record, I believe Denmark was the first country in the world to allow same sex marriages. That was back in 1989.
In fact, most countries in Scandinavia allow this.
You know, at first I was a bit reluctant to celebrate when Novell acquired Ximian and SuSE, wondering whether this would have the turnout along the lines of their previous Word Perfect acquisition, Netscape partnership, etc.
However, their dealings with SCO thus far have certainly been noteworthy. I especially like their to the point open letters.
This stated patent policy from Novell is a heartwarming read in this respect. It's straightforward - no BS, I feel - talk, and one of the most important points is even boldfaced.
Maybe it's the top-down nature of Novell approach to FOSS, you know, like the executives really (presumably) getting the message and passing it along downwards?
In (most) Danish cinemas, just after the trailers and before the movie starts, there's a little funny reminder for people who forgot to turn off or silence their mobiles. It's actually a commercial - a joint effort by various mobile phone service providers.
The lights are dimmed and the screen is completely black. Suddenly a phone rings in some corner of the cinema, only it's not a phone, it's actually coming from the surround sound speakers. One of the commercials has one of those annoyoing teenage girls answering the phone - you know, the kind who is blabbering on and on about everything with one of her friends.:-)
It's very humerous and convincing at the same time. Of course in the end the reminder on the screen tells you to turn of the phone.
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It doesn't make sence.
Or sense, even! :-)
z[...] then get Paramount to hand the golden communicator to Ira Steven Behr (sp?).
Ira might be good, but I'd prefer Michael Piller as he actually understood and appreciated Roddenberry's vision. IIRC, he left the show when he finally realized Berman was killing it.
Berman should have left the show a loong time ago! Even he admits his vision isn't that of Roddenberry's. It doesn't make sence.
zJust checked the options ... shouldn't that be:
firefox setup 1.0.4.exe -ms -cleanupOnUpgrade
zWhat should be done is: Take this 1000 line programme. Add on 5 lines. Add on 20 lines. Add on 100 lines.
Better yet - remove 5 lines. remove 20 lines. remove half the lines ... and it better still work!
Pfft! Just remove the comments! ;-)
zLast time I checked, Microsoft are under no obligation to provide anyone with any details about their XML schema.
They're not, but then why not just stick with their binary format? Offering an XML-based file format (cabability) without supplying the schemas is not all that useful? You get the data, sure, but you could always export as plaintext for that.
Furthermore, it's certainly contrary to the basic idea and openess of the XML format, if you're gonna trap people with a patent license, trying to control how they parse the XML?
This is deceptive if you ask me.
zHint: What is the difference between a religion and a cult, except for size and political impact ?
cult: (n) a small, unpopular religion.
religion: (n) a large, popular cult.
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zSomeone should tell zealots like Perens that in the real world, people compromise so everyone can be happy. Also that there is nothing wrong with with proprietary or comercial software. If it didn't exist free software would have nothing to 'libarate'.
Perhaps you're not aware of Mr. Perens' ideals, and his Sincere Choice project?
zRoddenberry pitched the Original Series as "Wagon Train to the Stars" which is why it had forst and foremost lots of action punctuated by an occasional fistfight or shootout. If someone would return to that formula instead of the "telenovela" style soap opera format of recent series then it would reurn to high ratings.
Actually, I wasn't thinking about the context as much as the values and what Star Trek (TOS & TNG) can teach us about ourselves and humanity. I've always appreciated Roddenberry's perspective on complex social/political/ethical issues as still being very much relevant even up to this date.
Seeing some of the interviews with Michael Piller, it's evident that he understands the meaning of Roddenberry's use of theme based shows.
zNow all we need is someone to step on a crack and break Braga and Berman's backs, and the circle of life will be complete.
Aye! Then after a good long break (several years) let's give Gene Roddenberry's real - as in worthy - successor, Michael Piller, a shot at the Star Trek franchise. At least Piller understood what Roddenberry was trying to do!
Perhaps with guidance from Majel Barrett, I'm sure they could turn things around for Star Trek. Something true to Gene's vision, that is.
zIt's worth noting that previous spam fines in Denmark have been much higher. Around 15USD per e-mail/SMS/whatever.
But still, it's a good part of Debitel's yearly income.
zDoes this not open M$ to the charge of willfully withholding security patches from everyone else by a month ?
My guess: Not according to their EULA which you accepted by installing the OS.
znasa astronaut; "I'm unlikely ever to go into space, son"
little kid; "so how come you are an astronaut?"
NASA astronaut: "Why, you little ...!"
Little kid: (choking)
zWhile Microsoft may not be able to own the entire country, they may be able to buy up a bunch of the country's external debt which according to the CIA World Factbook is $21.7 Billion
The Danes aren't too concerned with the external debt. It's just a matter of priorities.
E.g. consider that Denmark's current development assistance to foreign nations is around 1.6 billion USD per year. This represents around 1% of Denmark's GNI and is the highest in the EU - I believe - and it's certainly well beyond the average country effort of around 0.4%.
zCouldn't Microsoft just buy Denmark?
Hmm, let's see ... Denmark's biggest bridge, that's about 6 billion USD right there? You do the math.
zI'll spork your ass! :-)
zGood post.
OO.o is generally less intuitive, and has less features (particularly in spreadsheets, but even the word processor lacks much advanced functionality).
IMHO, anyone with prior exposure to MS Office can't say whether or not OOo is less intuitive than MS Office. It can be less familiar if all you know is just MS Office. For either office suite to be less intuitive than the other, you'd have to test with people who have had zero exposure to said office suites.
Just a question here, what would Microsoft have to do for you to consider them to be a friendly corporation, rather than an evil and menacing corporate giant? I kind of like them already, but I know I'm unusual in that regard.
With regards to "opening up" formats, as with the MS Office XML schemas, they'd have to offer a true roalty-free license for access and use - no patent license traps. That would be a start.
Just my two cents.
zPsdoom is great!
But beware, shooting at crowds will make the monsters kill eachother (e.g. your X session), potentially taking you down with them. :-)
zHave him be so embittered by the whole Starfleet Academy thing that he and a group of fellow disgusted cadets stole a Starfleet ship and became pirates or mercenaries. Wesley Gone Evil would have been great [...]
Pardon, but that doesn't sound Roddenberry like to me? More Berman like, though?
zDenmark's largest television channel, TV2, reported on the release of Mozilla Firefox 1.0.
Am I the only Dane who noticed that the Danish public service channel DR had a news spot about Firefox too?
In fact, shortly after 1.0PR they even added the appropriate RSS-link info to the news section on their site, so people can easily create Live Bookmarks, with just a few mouse clicks.
zI cant believe more distros dont do this. Ubuntu do it quite well. Its a one CD install which is the way it should be, not download 3 or 4 to get a piece here and a piece there. Ubuntu gives you a nicely polished install with enough to satisfy most people and almost everything works out of the box.
As Ubuntu is Debian based, you can say the same for Debian. I always just download the netinstall ISO to do a base install, and fetch the rest of the stuff - I need - online via APT.
zSorry, Denmark allows civil unions, but has not legalized same-sex marriage.
Alright then. "Union", "marriage" ... these are but relative terms. What really matters are the rights that you benefit from.
Actually, in Denmark it's termed a "registered partnership", and it has the same legal consequences as what we term "marriage", except with regards to adoption of children - the registered partners can't (yet) adopt a child together, however one can adopt the other's child. Granted, the last part about adoption was a later amendment, and not part of the original law as of 1989.
The point of my questions is that people are demanding the US be not only in the vanguard of gay marriage, but are demanding it be so "enlightened" as to make such nations as Denmark, France, Sweden and Germany seem like backward troglodytes.
That far, huh?
Is it really that urgent of an issue if no one else in the world is clamoring for it? Perhaps we have time to sensibly discuss the issue and government's role in marriage before we rush unthinkingly towards bad solutions.
Isn't it just that most of the debate in the US has been too preoccupied with the religous aspects of this (ditto for abortion), instead of the real practical benefits which transcend both religious and legal aspects? Is it really that big of a deal? After all, we're only talking about granting legal rights to couples who live together - they just happen to be of the same sex.
Numerous posts in this discussion have already argued how some votes in this election have been decided based solely on religious beliefs. I'm wondering, what if you just called it something else than "marriage"? Would people still be focusing on labeling these couples as sinners? Would you then be able to focus on actually finding solutions, and move on to more pressing issues?
zExcuse the subject typo ... I meant sex, of course. :-)
zI have a question for you: how many nations already have gay marriage so that the US is considered a cultural backwater not to have it? Does France have it? Denmark? Australia? ANYONE?
For the record, I believe Denmark was the first country in the world to allow same sex marriages. That was back in 1989.
In fact, most countries in Scandinavia allow this.
zYou know, at first I was a bit reluctant to celebrate when Novell acquired Ximian and SuSE, wondering whether this would have the turnout along the lines of their previous Word Perfect acquisition, Netscape partnership, etc.
However, their dealings with SCO thus far have certainly been noteworthy. I especially like their to the point open letters.
This stated patent policy from Novell is a heartwarming read in this respect. It's straightforward - no BS, I feel - talk, and one of the most important points is even boldfaced.
Maybe it's the top-down nature of Novell approach to FOSS, you know, like the executives really (presumably) getting the message and passing it along downwards?
zIn (most) Danish cinemas, just after the trailers and before the movie starts, there's a little funny reminder for people who forgot to turn off or silence their mobiles. It's actually a commercial - a joint effort by various mobile phone service providers.
The lights are dimmed and the screen is completely black. Suddenly a phone rings in some corner of the cinema, only it's not a phone, it's actually coming from the surround sound speakers. One of the commercials has one of those annoyoing teenage girls answering the phone - you know, the kind who is blabbering on and on about everything with one of her friends. :-)
It's very humerous and convincing at the same time. Of course in the end the reminder on the screen tells you to turn of the phone.
IMO, this is great way to handle the issue.
z