The only way this will win is if the Academy wants to make an anti-Bush statement. The widely distributed documentaries never win (Cf. Hoop Dreams), because the Academy documentarians are resentful of those pieces that get popular acclaim.
Bowling for Columbine is my favorite film of the year, but I think it's got zero chance.
No Anime will be nominated for Best Picture. Ever. OK, maybe one will get nominated (I mean hell, Towering Inferno got nominated), but one will never win.
Popular though the movies are with the geek crowd, they don't hold mass appeal. How much did Akira even make?
I mean seriously, can you imagine your grandmother watching and loving an anime movie? Without having anyone explain the references to her? Well, that's your voting membership of the Academy - a bunch of old farts.
Certification serves two main purposes. First, it invests technical pros in your product. If a person has worked for weeks or months to learn the arcana necessary to support Red Hat, what arethey going to suggest when management comes to them asking for an OS recommendation? This invested loyalty is a good part of what keeps MS shops MS shops.
Second, certification is a warm fuzzy that lets potential corporate adopters know that there will be talent for them to draw on. IT might be expensive now, but the cost will drop as geeks get run through the Cert mill.
This will end up being a Martha Stewart sized Good Thing.
If you like this sort of book, check out all the books by Studs Terkel.
Studs interviews people about various topics - Race, WWII, Death, The American Dream, etc... He then organizes their responses into narratives of their personal experiences.
He always lets people say what they mean, and no matter how much you disagree with what they say, you'll come away with respect for the subject's dignity. He's not exploitive like many of today's writers
"Will the Circle Be Unbroken" is Terkel's latest book, and it's all about death, yet it's not depressing. It's a great read.
I was thinking something like a zerg rush swarm attack with lots of small boats, similar to the one the general playing the bad guys in the recent war games at the Pentagon used to sink the entire US Gulf fleet.
There was a Macintosh database by Odesta Corp in Northbrook Illinois during the early days of the Mac (1985 and on) called Helix, then Double Helix, then Double Helix II.
Wonder if they could get involved in this naming lawsuit BS. Odesta's gone, but there is a successor organization.
Everyone knows you must write zeros over old drives 137 times, then bulk erase them then dip them in acid, smash them to teeny tiny bits, incorporate those bits into construction concrete for buildings on three separate continents and only then your data will be safely gone.
Though there is this one data recovery firm in Wisconsin that can get data off the drive even after all that...
Scottish historian Alexander Tyler wrote regarding Athenian Democracy:
A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidate promising the most from the public treasury, with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy, always followed by a dictatorship.
By denying us rights to works that should now be in the public domain, our legislators have voted their contributors a substantial largesse from the public treasury.
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So yes, you need licenses for everything. The full text of this and other MS EULAs can be found here.
I'd hate to have to click through that "Upgrade Now" nonsense every time I wanted to see a little vid on my phone.
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Some good points, but you're 100% wrong about the penguin.
The penguin logo is your "Happy Face" and is one of the few marketing things done right so far with Linux. It gives the public a symbol and a protagonist. It personifies the OS (OK, it "Penguisonifies" the OS if you want to get technical).
The Michelin Man, Ronald McDonald, The Shell Answer Man and others all serve the same purpose for their brands. Heck, for a while Charlie Chaplin served that role for IBM.
The key is not to eliminate the logo, but to exploit it appropriately.
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You might disagree with me, but it's not a troll, fanboy.
Bowling for Columbine is my favorite film of the year, but I think it's got zero chance.
Oh yeah, Moulin Rouge. D'oh.
Popular though the movies are with the geek crowd, they don't hold mass appeal. How much did Akira even make?
I mean seriously, can you imagine your grandmother watching and loving an anime movie? Without having anyone explain the references to her? Well, that's your voting membership of the Academy - a bunch of old farts.
This is a brilliant move on the part of Red Hat.
Certification serves two main purposes.
First, it invests technical pros in your product. If a person has worked for weeks or months to learn the arcana necessary to support Red Hat, what arethey going to suggest when management comes to them asking for an OS recommendation? This invested loyalty is a good part of what keeps MS shops MS shops.
Second, certification is a warm fuzzy that lets potential corporate adopters know that there will be talent for them to draw on. IT might be expensive now, but the cost will drop as geeks get run through the Cert mill.
This will end up being a Martha Stewart sized Good Thing.
Studs interviews people about various topics - Race, WWII, Death, The American Dream, etc... He then organizes their responses into narratives of their personal experiences.
He always lets people say what they mean, and no matter how much you disagree with what they say, you'll come away with respect for the subject's dignity. He's not exploitive like many of today's writers
"Will the Circle Be Unbroken" is Terkel's latest book, and it's all about death, yet it's not depressing. It's a great read.
I was thinking something like a zerg rush swarm attack with lots of small boats, similar to the one the general playing the bad guys in the recent war games at the Pentagon used to sink the entire US Gulf fleet.
There's an awful lot of deck to defend if your enemy can get in close.
Two words - Arby's Antarctica.
Wonder if they could get involved in this naming lawsuit BS. Odesta's gone, but there is a successor organization.
Who the hell were Sony and Microsoft in the game industry ten years ago? Remember when Intellivision was going to rule the world?
I think it's first big problem is that it's homely. It looks like a homebrew case project.
Shallow as itmight be, they need a much cooler looking console to sell into the market.
Of course the 20KDVD media is protected so it only plays in Region 1
Everyone knows you must write zeros over old drives 137 times, then bulk erase them then dip them in acid, smash them to teeny tiny bits, incorporate those bits into construction concrete for buildings on three separate continents and only then your data will be safely gone.
Though there is this one data recovery firm in Wisconsin that can get data off the drive even after all that...
A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidate promising the most from the public treasury, with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy, always followed by a dictatorship.
By denying us rights to works that should now be in the public domain, our legislators have voted their contributors a substantial largesse from the public treasury.
Anyone remember the flap over 1-2-3 key disks? No one ever learns anything.
Dude, that's like $400 US! Sign me up.
Loved it on the old Apple ][+
I understand "to Google", but what is this "date" thing of which you speak?
But what of the prime directive, man!?
Ogg, that is. I mean, come on, is this slashdot? I want ogg support in the new TiVO, not just mp3.
Oh come on, you have to mod that post if just for humorous effect.
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General License Grant to Install and Use Software Product. You may install and use one copy of the Software Product on a single computer, device, workstation, terminal, or other digital electronic or analog device ("Device"). You may make a second copy of the Software Product and install it on a portable Device for the exclusive use of the person who is the primary user of the first copy of the Software Product. A license for the Software Product may not be shared. Alternative License Grant for Storage/Network Use. As an alternative to the rights granted in the previous section, You may install a copy of the Software Product on one storage Device, such as a network server, and allow individuals within Your business or enterprise to access and use the Software Product from other Devices over a private network, provided that You acquire and dedicate a license for the storage Device upon which the Software Product is installed and each separate Device from which the Software Product is accessed and used. A license for the Software Product may not be used concurrently on different Devices.
So yes, you need licenses for everything. The full text of this and other MS EULAs can be found here.
I'd hate to have to click through that "Upgrade Now" nonsense every time I wanted to see a little vid on my phone.
The penguin logo is your "Happy Face" and is one of the few marketing things done right so far with Linux. It gives the public a symbol and a protagonist. It personifies the OS (OK, it "Penguisonifies" the OS if you want to get technical).
The Michelin Man, Ronald McDonald, The Shell Answer Man and others all serve the same purpose for their brands. Heck, for a while Charlie Chaplin served that role for IBM.
The key is not to eliminate the logo, but to exploit it appropriately.
Your other points are well taken, though.
We were sure there was somethign "special" about the gravel that would identify it. Nope. Just rocks.