So you have an uptime longer than a year on a Win2K box? I assume that means you haven't patched in the past year. ie. 2003 "The Year of the Worm"... Please patch that box and take it off of your network now. You are either an idiot or a liar.
Look... MS made Symantec. Peter North and Bill Gates are like best college buddies basically. I mean... why would MS have left so many areas open to other companies to fill in the gaps? It HAD to be intentional. I remember using Norton Desktop for Windows in 1994 with my Win 3.1 box. They really made Windows usable and tolerable, if more unstable. So... I doubt they'd want to put their best buds out of business.;P
...will fabric be available so I can make myself an RFID proof body suit to prevent the corporations that will inflict the Mark of the Beast (tm) on me from actually finding me? Keep in mind you religious right looniwhacks that it's not the government you should be worried about, it's big business.
The two most flawed implementors of mail servers team up to give us a new and horiffically flawed anti-spam system? They should just call their project "Get Big Penis Now"!;p (It's a joke people. Laugh)
Finally! Someone who gets it. Yes. I dislike modern hip-hop. Give me classic spoken word by someone like Gil Scot-Heron and then we can talk about the real roots of hip-hop. He's someone I can dig. He had something to say and he said it with style. I have yet to hear anyone in today's hip-hop world even come close. So yes. I am indulging in cultural elitism. Nothing wrong with tha as long as it's justified. Hell, even give me Digable Planets or De La Soul. Now you're talking real hip-hop with a message. I'd give them far more respect than any modern hip-hop stars.
Getting back to HHGTTG. Let's talk about how many other classics were ruined by trying to pander to modern audiences and update them. First we have the horrible Romeo + Juliet. An attempt to get idiot kids into Shakespeare by casting young "hot" stars. Total crap. Then we have The Musketeer. Another tragic attempt to update classic subject matter in such a way that young audiences will chose it over pro-wrestling as viable entertainment. More worthless shite. And then the ill fated Pearl Harbor. Not based on classic literature, but certainly important historically. However this horrific production was marred by the stupid idea to meld two of the worst genres; soap operas and war movies, all in an attempt to capitalize on patriotic idiot fervor and attract the female viewers with a cute guy and romantic plot. Again, complete and utter twaddle.
The idea of HHGTTG being ruined in one or more of the above terrible ways really doesn't sit well with me. Why do we have to try and update things in an attempt to cater to the stupid masses? Why can't we just improve upon the original by sticking with what was originally done, but just do it better? Personally, I'd love it if this new movie was a fully British production and the only thing they did was better FX than the original TV show and cast a few new actors if the original cast is too old or otherwise employed. And PLEASE, no tie in with any fast food chains!!! Sure it would be cool to have a HHGTTG cup, but I'd rather buy it online than at Burger King or McDonald's. Again... mark my words, they're going to screw this up and put profit first. If they don't it will certainly be a first for Hollywood.
No. I happened to know that he is a hip-hop artist. It wouldn't matter if he was purple, as long as he does mainstream hip-hop, I'm going to bitch about this. Hip-Hop + Ford Prefect don't mix. Does anyone here even understand the humor of Ford's name? If not, then you need to educate yourself some more about HHGTTG.
Again I say... WHEN did I say Ford had to be white? There are plenty of British actors who are black. I wish people would stop turning this into a race baiting thread. Just to be completely clear:
1. I have no problem with a black actor playing Ford 2. I DO have a problem with American actors in a British work 3. I don't think that Americans are very good at sarcasm without coming off as mean spirited 4. I don't think hip-hop and the HHGTTG mix regardless of whether the hip-hop artist is white or black. Eminem as Ford would be equally bad as Ford in my opinion. 5. Just because I dislike what passes for mainstream hip-hop these days, doesn't mean I dislike black people. If anything, that's a pretty racist viewpoint on the part of the people who accused me of being racist.
Sorry, but I expect to see a lot of the points that you mentioned sapped out of the film. What Hollywood producer who wants to make megaprofits would produce a film that stands so firmly opposed to everything that Hollywood and the movie biz is today? Why was it that Douglas Adams was so opposed to it being made into a movie unless he retained creative control? This movie is being made to cash in. That's all. It's not being made to preserve the original plot or ideas at all. Mark my words, many of you will be disappointed.
As far as the people who are jumping on the "racist" bandwagon. Just shut the hell up. When did I even MENTION skin color in my original post? As far as Mos Def goes, I'm not a fan of Hip-Hop unless it's WAYYYY underground. He just doesn't fit. If they said that Garth Brooks was picked for the role of Ford, I'd protest even louder as I hate country music and again, it would be wrong for the role. The last thing I want is to see an Americanized (ie. ruined) version of the HHGTTG. The original productions rely heavily on sarcasm and wit, two things that Americans are notoriously bad at. Face it, Americans are generally not deep thinkers, so the movie will have to be dumbed down tremendously if it's expected to make any profit. Americans ARE generally quite greedy, so it stands to reason that this movie is going to be made with profit in mind first as opposed to social statements or artistry.
Hmmmm... you folks are definitely out to lunch who think I'm racist. I mean, my cousin is considered black for god's sake (her father was black/native american). My point is that Hip-Hop and the HHGTTG don't mix any more than Masterpiece Theater and an Italian Gangster film do. I wouldn't mind if they picked say... Laurence Fishburne to play Ford, I think he'd do a good job with it. I mean... you're not going to pick Britney Spears to play Anne Frank, Marie Curie or even a Doctor Who companion and actually think it would work? As far as the other person who suggested that guy from RedDwarf (I'm assuming you mean the Lister character) I think he'd be an excellent choice.
Sorry, you can be an idiot and paint me with the racism brush, but it's not going to stick. The only problem I've got with the casting is that they didn't pick a more British type of hipster. Thank god they didn't cast that idiot Kidd Rock as Zaphod. Now that would have been a total tragedy.
I tend to think British productions are much higher in quality and presentation. Personally, I could watch hours of British programming as long as it's not DIY or gardening stuff. Dramas, Comedies and especially Mysteries tend to be the best programmes from the UK.
I know they are going to ruin it now. It's going to flop and everyone is going to talk about how much the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy sucks without knowing the triumph of the original radio, television and book series.
In the original radio, TV and book series, Ford Prefect was an alien who tried to assume a hipster personality circa 1978. I guess the choice of Mos Def is supposed to have a hipster character that is appropriate to 2004. But all you HHGTTG fans and I know that this is going to wind up being the HHGTTG meets Men In Black. I'll bet it will have some funky hip-hop soundtrack as well. Sorry, but to me, this is like a parody of a parody within a parody. It's like Saturday Night Live doing Masterpiece Theater with Nelly as host. HOw disappointing.
gunshot wound is a cause I suppose you should say:
love:attraction::death:gunshot wound
Although I'd be hard pressed to actually define what "causes" love. Some chemists recently implied that it's a chemical reaction according to research with voles though.
After all, laser printers used to be incredibly expensive, but they have become inexpensive enough that if someone NEEDS one at home, they CAN afford one. Alternatively, in jet technology has brought down the price to high quality low volume printing at home. The same will happen with 3D printers. Especially, if you think about all of the packing foam and other recycleable materials we throw away right now. It really would be the ultimate in recycling.
Now all we need to do is make sure that Linux can support them. I used to say that Linux developers should be focused on alternative human interface devices, I will now add alternative/new output devices. If we have support for them before anyone else does, that's yet another "killer app" for Linux.;)
...to get these fools who think they have a "right" to market to everyone to shut the hell up. A lot of us are sick of everything being done for profit at the expense of our own quality of life. Wouldn't it be nice if you could open your inbox, look in your mailbox, answer your phone or door, and know that there wouldn't be someone trying to sell you useless crap that you aren't interested in on the other end? How novel an idea. And then on top of all of this we get other assholes coming in trying to make money off of filtering out what we don't want disrupting us. (Privacy Manager from the phone company, or move to an ISP that has spam filtering even if they are more expensive or have other limitations you don't want) So you have to PAY to keep people from trying to sell you stuff? Has it really come to that?
This is not what the founding fathers had in mind. The America we are living in has been co-opted by people infected with a severe mental problem. That problem is the idea that you can't be "successful" unless you make more money than everyone else. When did we start encouraging this kind of thing? And Why? I suppose this is what we deserve for being a culture that worships the dollar. I'm sorry, but I'd like to be excommunicated right now. I don't want to have anything to do with people who measure their value in net worth. Instead I want to be part of a culture that that discourages stupidity. One where being able to "kick ass" or "rule" is of no value. I want to be part of a culture that realizes that if life is to be fair, we have to educate everyone and address each individual case as a society. I want to be in a culture where education is not K-12, but age four - death.
But I'm getting ahead of myself. My main point is that the DNC list wouldn't be neccessary if we hadn't fostered the ills of competetive personalities and avarice. If there wasn't a drive in our society to make the most money regardless of how good or poor your product is, this wouldn't be a problem. It wouldn't be a problem if, as a culture, we DIDN'T buy the crap that is sold via telemarketing and spam and direct mail. It especially wouldn't be a problem if instead we encouraged companies to make GOOD products and then rest on the quality of their product to sell them. After all, isn't that what competition and free market is really all about? The cream rising to the top so to speak?
I have no problem with people wanting to sell things as long as they realize it's not a right, it's a privelege. And, as the consumer, it's my right to decide on my own if the product is right for me... or even useful in any way. Sorry, but even if I was bald, I don't think I'd be buying spray on hair. It just doesn't seem like a good idea.
"I'm not naive enough to think that proprietary commercial operating system software doesn't have the same sort of vulnerability, but the barriers to implementing them are much higher, because the source is better protected."
Funny that. In light of today's news of the Windows source being leaked.
It would be quite interesting if Microsoft decided to enlist the help of the open source crowd to fix the problems as quickly and as securely as possible by encouraging them to download the source if they find it. They could then submit patches to MS which could be tested both by peer review in the OSS camp AND MS's own developers. This would be a truly fascinating and powerful partnership that no black hat would standa chace against. Of course... that's never happen because there are some things that are more important than computer security. Namely profit. [ahem]
...he's into sex, but pretends not to be. At least until he gets to know you better. If you are aware of what some of his interests/fantasies are, you could indulge him a little in that way. Rather fitting for Valentine's Day.
Dressing up in something a little sexy and waking him up that way one morning might just fit the bill.
The supposed lack of interest or opportunity related to sex is largely a myth. Geeks have very strong sexual desires and usually can be quite "open minded" once they are comfortable with their partner.
...that this might have something to do with not needing the leap second for the past few years? The increase in size around the equator would definitely affect the earth's motion.
Bullwinkle says the above intro phrase followed by raching deep into his hat and pulls out a 3D rendering of one of the Julias. Along with it is an ethernet cable with a small server dangling from it stamped with the URL. Dangling from the server is... the power cord. And of course the server is smoking and has sparks flying from it. Then Bullwinkle makes the punchline.
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So you have an uptime longer than a year on a Win2K box? I assume that means you haven't patched in the past year. ie. 2003 "The Year of the Worm"... Please patch that box and take it off of your network now. You are either an idiot or a liar.
At least that's what they WANT you to think. Apparently, it's worked on some people.
I wonder how long before they try to patent mount points and symlinks?
I can't believe no one realized that this was intentional. And I am happy with the mod as well. This was certainly a fresh attempt at trolling.
Look... MS made Symantec. Peter North and Bill Gates are like best college buddies basically. I mean... why would MS have left so many areas open to other companies to fill in the gaps? It HAD to be intentional. I remember using Norton Desktop for Windows in 1994 with my Win 3.1 box. They really made Windows usable and tolerable, if more unstable. So... I doubt they'd want to put their best buds out of business. ;P
You are all a bunch of ass monkeys. (As suggested by a friend)
...will fabric be available so I can make myself an RFID proof body suit to prevent the corporations that will inflict the Mark of the Beast (tm) on me from actually finding me? Keep in mind you religious right looniwhacks that it's not the government you should be worried about, it's big business.
The two most flawed implementors of mail servers team up to give us a new and horiffically flawed anti-spam system? They should just call their project "Get Big Penis Now"! ;p (It's a joke people. Laugh)
Finally! Someone who gets it. Yes. I dislike modern hip-hop. Give me classic spoken word by someone like Gil Scot-Heron and then we can talk about the real roots of hip-hop. He's someone I can dig. He had something to say and he said it with style. I have yet to hear anyone in today's hip-hop world even come close. So yes. I am indulging in cultural elitism. Nothing wrong with tha as long as it's justified. Hell, even give me Digable Planets or De La Soul. Now you're talking real hip-hop with a message. I'd give them far more respect than any modern hip-hop stars.
Getting back to HHGTTG. Let's talk about how many other classics were ruined by trying to pander to modern audiences and update them. First we have the horrible Romeo + Juliet. An attempt to get idiot kids into Shakespeare by casting young "hot" stars. Total crap. Then we have The Musketeer. Another tragic attempt to update classic subject matter in such a way that young audiences will chose it over pro-wrestling as viable entertainment. More worthless shite. And then the ill fated Pearl Harbor. Not based on classic literature, but certainly important historically. However this horrific production was marred by the stupid idea to meld two of the worst genres; soap operas and war movies, all in an attempt to capitalize on patriotic idiot fervor and attract the female viewers with a cute guy and romantic plot. Again, complete and utter twaddle.
The idea of HHGTTG being ruined in one or more of the above terrible ways really doesn't sit well with me. Why do we have to try and update things in an attempt to cater to the stupid masses? Why can't we just improve upon the original by sticking with what was originally done, but just do it better? Personally, I'd love it if this new movie was a fully British production and the only thing they did was better FX than the original TV show and cast a few new actors if the original cast is too old or otherwise employed. And PLEASE, no tie in with any fast food chains!!! Sure it would be cool to have a HHGTTG cup, but I'd rather buy it online than at Burger King or McDonald's. Again... mark my words, they're going to screw this up and put profit first. If they don't it will certainly be a first for Hollywood.
No. I happened to know that he is a hip-hop artist. It wouldn't matter if he was purple, as long as he does mainstream hip-hop, I'm going to bitch about this. Hip-Hop + Ford Prefect don't mix. Does anyone here even understand the humor of Ford's name? If not, then you need to educate yourself some more about HHGTTG.
Again I say... WHEN did I say Ford had to be white? There are plenty of British actors who are black. I wish people would stop turning this into a race baiting thread. Just to be completely clear:
1. I have no problem with a black actor playing Ford
2. I DO have a problem with American actors in a British work
3. I don't think that Americans are very good at sarcasm without coming off as mean spirited
4. I don't think hip-hop and the HHGTTG mix regardless of whether the hip-hop artist is white or black. Eminem as Ford would be equally bad as Ford in my opinion.
5. Just because I dislike what passes for mainstream hip-hop these days, doesn't mean I dislike black people. If anything, that's a pretty racist viewpoint on the part of the people who accused me of being racist.
Sorry, but I expect to see a lot of the points that you mentioned sapped out of the film. What Hollywood producer who wants to make megaprofits would produce a film that stands so firmly opposed to everything that Hollywood and the movie biz is today? Why was it that Douglas Adams was so opposed to it being made into a movie unless he retained creative control? This movie is being made to cash in. That's all. It's not being made to preserve the original plot or ideas at all. Mark my words, many of you will be disappointed.
As far as the people who are jumping on the "racist" bandwagon. Just shut the hell up. When did I even MENTION skin color in my original post? As far as Mos Def goes, I'm not a fan of Hip-Hop unless it's WAYYYY underground. He just doesn't fit. If they said that Garth Brooks was picked for the role of Ford, I'd protest even louder as I hate country music and again, it would be wrong for the role. The last thing I want is to see an Americanized (ie. ruined) version of the HHGTTG. The original productions rely heavily on sarcasm and wit, two things that Americans are notoriously bad at. Face it, Americans are generally not deep thinkers, so the movie will have to be dumbed down tremendously if it's expected to make any profit. Americans ARE generally quite greedy, so it stands to reason that this movie is going to be made with profit in mind first as opposed to social statements or artistry.
Hmmmm... you folks are definitely out to lunch who think I'm racist. I mean, my cousin is considered black for god's sake (her father was black/native american). My point is that Hip-Hop and the HHGTTG don't mix any more than Masterpiece Theater and an Italian Gangster film do. I wouldn't mind if they picked say... Laurence Fishburne to play Ford, I think he'd do a good job with it. I mean... you're not going to pick Britney Spears to play Anne Frank, Marie Curie or even a Doctor Who companion and actually think it would work? As far as the other person who suggested that guy from RedDwarf (I'm assuming you mean the Lister character) I think he'd be an excellent choice.
Sorry, you can be an idiot and paint me with the racism brush, but it's not going to stick. The only problem I've got with the casting is that they didn't pick a more British type of hipster. Thank god they didn't cast that idiot Kidd Rock as Zaphod. Now that would have been a total tragedy.
I tend to think British productions are much higher in quality and presentation. Personally, I could watch hours of British programming as long as it's not DIY or gardening stuff. Dramas, Comedies and especially Mysteries tend to be the best programmes from the UK.
Mos Def as Ford Prefect?
I know they are going to ruin it now. It's going to flop and everyone is going to talk about how much the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy sucks without knowing the triumph of the original radio, television and book series.
In the original radio, TV and book series, Ford Prefect was an alien who tried to assume a hipster personality circa 1978. I guess the choice of Mos Def is supposed to have a hipster character that is appropriate to 2004. But all you HHGTTG fans and I know that this is going to wind up being the HHGTTG meets Men In Black. I'll bet it will have some funky hip-hop soundtrack as well. Sorry, but to me, this is like a parody of a parody within a parody. It's like Saturday Night Live doing Masterpiece Theater with Nelly as host. HOw disappointing.
Get me out of this looney bin. I didn't sign up to be American, it was just bad luck.
Illogical.
marriage is a ritual
funeral is a ritual
love is a state
death is a state
gunshot wound is a cause
I suppose you should say:
love:attraction::death:gunshot wound
Although I'd be hard pressed to actually define what "causes" love. Some chemists recently implied that it's a chemical reaction according to research with voles though.
Actually it's:
marriage:love::funeral:death
3D Printers
After all, laser printers used to be incredibly expensive, but they have become inexpensive enough that if someone NEEDS one at home, they CAN afford one. Alternatively, in jet technology has brought down the price to high quality low volume printing at home. The same will happen with 3D printers. Especially, if you think about all of the packing foam and other recycleable materials we throw away right now. It really would be the ultimate in recycling.
Now all we need to do is make sure that Linux can support them. I used to say that Linux developers should be focused on alternative human interface devices, I will now add alternative/new output devices. If we have support for them before anyone else does, that's yet another "killer app" for Linux. ;)
...to get these fools who think they have a "right" to market to everyone to shut the hell up. A lot of us are sick of everything being done for profit at the expense of our own quality of life. Wouldn't it be nice if you could open your inbox, look in your mailbox, answer your phone or door, and know that there wouldn't be someone trying to sell you useless crap that you aren't interested in on the other end? How novel an idea. And then on top of all of this we get other assholes coming in trying to make money off of filtering out what we don't want disrupting us. (Privacy Manager from the phone company, or move to an ISP that has spam filtering even if they are more expensive or have other limitations you don't want) So you have to PAY to keep people from trying to sell you stuff? Has it really come to that?
This is not what the founding fathers had in mind. The America we are living in has been co-opted by people infected with a severe mental problem. That problem is the idea that you can't be "successful" unless you make more money than everyone else. When did we start encouraging this kind of thing? And Why? I suppose this is what we deserve for being a culture that worships the dollar. I'm sorry, but I'd like to be excommunicated right now. I don't want to have anything to do with people who measure their value in net worth. Instead I want to be part of a culture that that discourages stupidity. One where being able to "kick ass" or "rule" is of no value. I want to be part of a culture that realizes that if life is to be fair, we have to educate everyone and address each individual case as a society. I want to be in a culture where education is not K-12, but age four - death.
But I'm getting ahead of myself. My main point is that the DNC list wouldn't be neccessary if we hadn't fostered the ills of competetive personalities and avarice. If there wasn't a drive in our society to make the most money regardless of how good or poor your product is, this wouldn't be a problem. It wouldn't be a problem if, as a culture, we DIDN'T buy the crap that is sold via telemarketing and spam and direct mail. It especially wouldn't be a problem if instead we encouraged companies to make GOOD products and then rest on the quality of their product to sell them. After all, isn't that what competition and free market is really all about? The cream rising to the top so to speak?
I have no problem with people wanting to sell things as long as they realize it's not a right, it's a privelege. And, as the consumer, it's my right to decide on my own if the product is right for me... or even useful in any way. Sorry, but even if I was bald, I don't think I'd be buying spray on hair. It just doesn't seem like a good idea.
Funny that. In light of today's news of the Windows source being leaked.
It would be quite interesting if Microsoft decided to enlist the help of the open source crowd to fix the problems as quickly and as securely as possible by encouraging them to download the source if they find it. They could then submit patches to MS which could be tested both by peer review in the OSS camp AND MS's own developers. This would be a truly fascinating and powerful partnership that no black hat would standa chace against. Of course... that's never happen because there are some things that are more important than computer security. Namely profit. [ahem]
...mostly around Uranus. And remember... Uranus is a gas giant.
...he's into sex, but pretends not to be. At least until he gets to know you better. If you are aware of what some of his interests/fantasies are, you could indulge him a little in that way. Rather fitting for Valentine's Day.
Dressing up in something a little sexy and waking him up that way one morning might just fit the bill.
The supposed lack of interest or opportunity related to sex is largely a myth. Geeks have very strong sexual desires and usually can be quite "open minded" once they are comfortable with their partner.
...that this might have something to do with not needing the leap second for the past few years? The increase in size around the equator would definitely affect the earth's motion.
Damn I'd love to see someone render that in 3D:
Bullwinkle says the above intro phrase followed by raching deep into his hat and pulls out a 3D rendering of one of the Julias. Along with it is an ethernet cable with a small server dangling from it stamped with the URL. Dangling from the server is... the power cord. And of course the server is smoking and has sparks flying from it. Then Bullwinkle makes the punchline.