"..The movie studios such as MGM, Paramount or Warner Brothers had their own stock of actors, writers and directors from which the crew of a particular movie was comprised.."
On another train of thought - I wonder if programmers who gain 'status' for creating outstanding games may be well known enough (e.g John Carmack) to be exactly like an actor, in the way:
Programmers will have a personal manager and be able to almost freelance between game companies for particular game projects - like an actor is offered movie roles, a programmer would be offered contracts by gaming studios for a particular game.
Games would highlight even more so the fact that a particular programmer worked on a previous 'hit' game - like any new movie will highlight any A-list actors it may have in it.
It's always funny when someone posts a link and says "Don't Slashdot my server" - it's kinda like making your little puppy walk across a 5 lane expressway while you hold up a sign saying 'Don't run over my dog'.
"..huge investment from global companies such as IBM and Dell.."
Both are US companies which have certain 'interests' I'm sure.
...I think in another 50 years that India will be beside the US in terms of being a world superpower. In a hundred it will be the most powerful nation in the world...
That's a very big call. I have no doubt India is becoming a richer and more powerful nation (I happened to be there in June for work). But It will take way more than 50 even 100 years though for most of the part it is still very much an 'old world' country.
IANAMCE (I Am Not A Mobile Comms. Specialist) but I would think that tracking via this method wouldn't be very accurate given that most mobile handsets are locked into a particular base station. Therefore it is possible to track anyone with a mobile handset but not to any substantial accuracy.
For example here in Australia, if your in the Melbourne CBD - most carriers would have 'Melb CBD' written as the base station ID - hardly anything to get really paranoid about.
Good if you REALLY wanna piss off a family member this christmas (i.e brother) after he/she is finished putting the thing together take to it with a zippo lighter and see it disintegrate rather quickly >:)
This is too good not to post, Enjoy!
Source: article
YOUR URGENT ASSISTANCE REQUIRED
DEAR SIR/MADAM:
I AM MR DARL MCBRIDE CURRENTLY SERVING AS THE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE SCO GROUP, FORMERLY KNOWN AS CALDERA SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL, IN LINDON, UTAH, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. I KNOW THIS LETTER MIGHT SURPRISE YOU BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD NO PREVIOUS COMMUNICATIONS OR BUSINESS DEALINGS BEFORE NOW.
MY ASSOCIATES HAVE RECENTLY MADE CLAIM TO COMPUTER SOFTWARES [sic] WORTH AN ESTIMATED $1 BILLION U.S. DOLLARS. I AM WRITING TO YOU IN CONFIDENCE BECAUSE WE URGENTLY REQUIRE YOUR ASSISTANCE TO OBTAIN THESE FUNDS....
MY ASSOCIATES AND I OF THE SCO GROUP ARE... THE FULL AND RIGHTFUL OWNERS OF THE OPERATING SYSTEM SOFTWARES KNOWN AS UNIX. OUR ENGINEERS HAVE DISCOVERED THAT NO FEWER THAN SEVENTY (70) LINES OF OUR VALUABLE AND PROPRIETARY SOURCE CODES HAVE APPEARED IN THE UPSTART OPERATING SYSTEM LINUX.... THIS GIVES US A CLAIM ON THE MILLIONS OF LINES OF VALUABLE SOFTWARE CODES WHICH COMPRISE THIS LINUX AND WHICH HAS BEEN SOLD AT GREAT PROFIT TO VERY MANY BUSINESS ENTERPRISES. OUR LEGAL EXPERTS HAVE ADVISED US THAT OUR CONTRIBUTION TO THESE CODES IS WORTH AN ESTIMATED ONE (1) BILLION U.S. DOLLARS....
I HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE MANDATE BY MY COLLEAGUES TO CONTACT YOU AND ASK FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE. WE ARE PREPARED TO SELL YOU A SHARE IN THIS ENTERPRISE, WHICH WILL SOON BE VERY PROFITABLE, THAT WILL GRANT YOU THE RIGHTS TO USE THESE VALUABLE SOFTWARES.... IT IS OUR RESPECTFUL SUGGESTION, THAT YOU MAY BE IMMEDIATELY A PARTY TO THIS ENTERPRISE, BEFORE OTHERS ACCEPT THESE LUCRATIVE TERMS, THAT YOU SEND US THE NUMBER OF A BANKING ACCOUNT WHERE WE CAN WITHDRAW FUNDS OF A SUITABLE AMOUNT TO GUARANTEE YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THIS ENTERPRISE. AS AN ALTERNATIVE YOU MAY SEND US THE NUMBER AND EXPIRATION DATE OF YOUR MAJOR CREDIT CARD, OR YOU MAY SEND TO US A SIGNED CHECK FROM YOUR BANKING ACCOUNT PAYABLE TO "SCO GROUP" AND WITH THE AMOUNT LEFT BLANK FOR US TO CONVENIENTLY SUPPLY.
KINDLY TREAT THIS REQUEST AS VERY IMPORTANT AND STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL. I HONESTLY ASSURE YOU THAT THIS TRANSACTION IS 100% LEGAL AND RISK-FREE.
Your grandchildren may write school papers on the discoveries these tools will make...
Hello?!? This is Slashdot, the chances of readers being able to find a 'mate', let alone produce offspring is a 'Big Science' matter that really needs to be funded IMHO.
I can just see the eBay web architect in his design when choosing to have a counter on each listing saying:
"5 digits on the counter should be enough for any listing"
bwahahahaha
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The Article Text for your viewing pleasure... and because site is slashdotted
As with most crazy ideas, the Simpsons thought of it first:
Homer: "I'm feelin' low, Apu. You got any of that beer that has candy floating in it, you know, Skittlebrau?"
Apu: "Such a product does not exist, sir! You must have dreamed it."
Homer: "Oh. Well then just gimme a six-pack and a couple of bags of Skittles."
And so with that, the Skittlebrau project was born. My years of drinking training had led up to this moment, the first scientific Skittlebrau investigation. I realized that for such a daring experiment, I would have to do the drink tasting myself. Crazy you say? Crazy like a fox (yeah, I don't know what that is supposed to mean either).
I had selected a wide variety of brew to mix with the skittles, from wussy-man malt beverages to dark beer. The resulting drinks were judged not only on taste, but also on appearance post-skittle induction. They would also be tasted immediately, and then allowed to sit for a few minutes so the skittles could dissolve.
Skoors Light
Coors Light is a relatively decent light beer, definitely needed to be served cold. This was the first skittle brew we tried, and the initial results were somewhat disappointing. There wasn't much of a reaction between the skittles and the beer.
The first taste was undiscernable from un-adulterated Coors. However, within minutes, the color coating of the skittles had dissolved off, giving the beer a deeper color from its normal paleness. But as the beer drained down, the skittle taste really started to kick in, and thats not a good thing. Part of the problem is that Coors Light really doesn't taste much like anything, so the skittles quickly became the only taste in the beer. And that last swig is a real face twister.
The interesting thing is whats left at the bottom of the glass, little white pebbles (because the cold beer froze the skittles). Hard and crunchy, and they wipe that beer aftertaste away.
Bacardi Skilver
Bacardi Silver it turns out is actually one of the nastier malt beverages I have ever tasted. So, it couldn't be much worse with skittles. Dropping the skittles into the drink caused a mountain a fizz from the repulsive drink.
The taste is hard to describe. I think its an actual improvement over the normal taste. The strange thing is it almost tastes like margarita mix. The color matches up pretty well with whatever skittle you put in. So either do red/purple or the green/yellow/orange to get a nice glow (putting them all in just makes it look brown). Probably the worst part is the floating white pieces of skittle at the top of the drink
Skitrona
Citrona isn't actually half bad. The only downside to it is that it is fairly cloudy. But with some skittles, it becomes a cornucopia of color. Skittle induction reaction was minimal, and the color quickly spread throughout the drink.
Strangely enough, the skittles really didn't have any effect on the taste, so perhaps Citrona is made from skittles. A very unimpressive showing.
Old Skilwaukee
"Don't do it!!!"
"For science!!!" GLUG GLUG GLUG
"Dear God, what have I done. I have dabbled in things Man was not meant to."
Folks, this one is pretty bad. Not that Old Milwaukee is that great to begin with (I believe "ass" is the term most commonly used), but skittles just make it downright foul. The skittles dissolve very fast, so almost immediately you have a massive influx of sugar into the mixture. The early sips are bad, but it gets worse the longer you put off drinking it.
Chug it down, move on to the last one.
Skittlebrau
The one, the only, the original, Skittlebrau.
I personally am not a big dark beer fan. But the Crazy Engineer household would be remiss if we
(sung the tune of Little Deuce Coupe by The Beach Boys)
Well I'm not braggin' babe so don't put me down
But I've got the fastest set of electric wheels in town
When something comes up to me he don't even try
Cause if I had a set of wings man I know she could fly
She's my little tzero coupe
You don't know what I got
(My little tzero coupe)
(You don't know what I got)
In Australia, a Telstar is a car. (A Ford 4 door hatchback made in the 80's and early 90's).
I was wondering why they had decided 'down' the 4th one they had.
Slashdot Mirror
On another train of thought - I wonder if programmers who gain 'status' for creating outstanding games may be well known enough (e.g John Carmack) to be exactly like an actor, in the way:
Programmers will have a personal manager and be able to almost freelance between game companies for particular game projects - like an actor is offered movie roles, a programmer would be offered contracts by gaming studios for a particular game.
Games would highlight even more so the fact that a particular programmer worked on a previous 'hit' game - like any new movie will highlight any A-list actors it may have in it.
First Stereograms of Mars from Spirit
Thanks, but i'll wait for Lucasfilm to release the THX version - should be good!
Now all we need is a Knoppix distro that loads automatically onto a demonstration Xbox at your nearest major retailer!
Oh the fun you could have especially if your playing on a big screen surrounded by huge Xbox signage!
Screw Windows98, what about us MS DOS users?
;)
You mean there's a difference?!?!
Al Gore must be seriously pissed off!
So, when you walk into a department story are you meant to ask if the appliance is 'iReady ready?"
It's always funny when someone posts a link and says "Don't Slashdot my server" - it's kinda like making your little puppy walk across a 5 lane expressway while you hold up a sign saying 'Don't run over my dog'.
"..huge investment from global companies such as IBM and Dell.."
...I think in another 50 years that India will be beside the US in terms of being a world superpower. In a hundred it will be the most powerful nation in the world...
Both are US companies which have certain 'interests' I'm sure.
That's a very big call. I have no doubt India is becoming a richer and more powerful nation (I happened to be there in June for work). But It will take way more than 50 even 100 years though for most of the part it is still very much an 'old world' country.
"..While the battle scenes were very eye appealing, I think that all of the actors did a wonderful job..."
Yeah, the orc 300th in from the left of the screen did an awesome job - definitely a star of the future.
IANAMCE (I Am Not A Mobile Comms. Specialist) but I would think that tracking via this method wouldn't be very accurate given that most mobile handsets are locked into a particular base station. Therefore it is possible to track anyone with a mobile handset but not to any substantial accuracy.
For example here in Australia, if your in the Melbourne CBD - most carriers would have 'Melb CBD' written as the base station ID - hardly anything to get really paranoid about.
Good if you REALLY wanna piss off a family member this christmas (i.e brother) after he/she is finished putting the thing together take to it with a zippo lighter and see it disintegrate rather quickly >:)
aaahh christmas brings out the best in me.
I haven't changed my password here on Slashdot since I joined^H^H^H^H^H^H^NO CARRIER
Add a trailing slash and it works
http://www.sco.com/scoscource/
Yeah it would have been a real
This is too good not to post, Enjoy!
...
... THE FULL AND RIGHTFUL OWNERS OF THE OPERATING SYSTEM SOFTWARES KNOWN AS UNIX. OUR ENGINEERS HAVE DISCOVERED THAT NO FEWER THAN SEVENTY (70) LINES OF OUR VALUABLE AND PROPRIETARY SOURCE CODES HAVE APPEARED IN THE UPSTART OPERATING SYSTEM LINUX. ... THIS GIVES US A CLAIM ON THE MILLIONS OF LINES OF VALUABLE SOFTWARE CODES WHICH COMPRISE THIS LINUX AND WHICH HAS BEEN SOLD AT GREAT PROFIT TO VERY MANY BUSINESS ENTERPRISES. OUR LEGAL EXPERTS HAVE ADVISED US THAT OUR CONTRIBUTION TO THESE CODES IS WORTH AN ESTIMATED ONE (1) BILLION U.S. DOLLARS. ...
... IT IS OUR RESPECTFUL SUGGESTION, THAT YOU MAY BE IMMEDIATELY A PARTY TO THIS ENTERPRISE, BEFORE OTHERS ACCEPT THESE LUCRATIVE TERMS, THAT YOU SEND US THE NUMBER OF A BANKING ACCOUNT WHERE WE CAN WITHDRAW FUNDS OF A SUITABLE AMOUNT TO GUARANTEE YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THIS ENTERPRISE. AS AN ALTERNATIVE YOU MAY SEND US THE NUMBER AND EXPIRATION DATE OF YOUR MAJOR CREDIT CARD, OR YOU MAY SEND TO US A SIGNED CHECK FROM YOUR BANKING ACCOUNT PAYABLE TO "SCO GROUP" AND WITH THE AMOUNT LEFT BLANK FOR US TO CONVENIENTLY SUPPLY.
Source: article
YOUR URGENT ASSISTANCE REQUIRED
DEAR SIR/MADAM:
I AM MR DARL MCBRIDE CURRENTLY SERVING AS THE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE SCO GROUP, FORMERLY KNOWN AS CALDERA SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL, IN LINDON, UTAH, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. I KNOW THIS LETTER MIGHT SURPRISE YOU BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD NO PREVIOUS COMMUNICATIONS OR BUSINESS DEALINGS BEFORE NOW.
MY ASSOCIATES HAVE RECENTLY MADE CLAIM TO COMPUTER SOFTWARES [sic] WORTH AN ESTIMATED $1 BILLION U.S. DOLLARS. I AM WRITING TO YOU IN CONFIDENCE BECAUSE WE URGENTLY REQUIRE YOUR ASSISTANCE TO OBTAIN THESE FUNDS.
MY ASSOCIATES AND I OF THE SCO GROUP ARE
I HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE MANDATE BY MY COLLEAGUES TO CONTACT YOU AND ASK FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE. WE ARE PREPARED TO SELL YOU A SHARE IN THIS ENTERPRISE, WHICH WILL SOON BE VERY PROFITABLE, THAT WILL GRANT YOU THE RIGHTS TO USE THESE VALUABLE SOFTWARES.
KINDLY TREAT THIS REQUEST AS VERY IMPORTANT AND STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL. I HONESTLY ASSURE YOU THAT THIS TRANSACTION IS 100% LEGAL AND RISK-FREE.
Your grandchildren may write school papers on the discoveries these tools will make...
Hello?!? This is Slashdot, the chances of readers being able to find a 'mate', let alone produce offspring is a 'Big Science' matter that really needs to be funded IMHO.
"...One would think that if you want to run a successful scam that looks like it came from a legitamate source, you wouldn't word e-mails like..."
;)
So are you one of the scammers?
All that is left now is Microsoft's turn:
(1) Call it MS Tunester
(2) Bundle with new version of Media Player
(3) Introduce Drakonian DRM
(5) ????
(6) Profit!
I can just see the eBay web architect in his design when choosing to have a counter on each listing saying:
"5 digits on the counter should be enough for any listing"
bwahahahaha
The Article Text for your viewing pleasure ... and because site is slashdotted
As with most crazy ideas, the Simpsons thought of it first:
Homer: "I'm feelin' low, Apu. You got any of that beer that has candy floating in it, you know, Skittlebrau?"
Apu: "Such a product does not exist, sir! You must have dreamed it."
Homer: "Oh. Well then just gimme a six-pack and a couple of bags of Skittles."
And so with that, the Skittlebrau project was born. My years of drinking training had led up to this moment, the first scientific Skittlebrau investigation. I realized that for such a daring experiment, I would have to do the drink tasting myself. Crazy you say? Crazy like a fox (yeah, I don't know what that is supposed to mean either).
I had selected a wide variety of brew to mix with the skittles, from wussy-man malt beverages to dark beer. The resulting drinks were judged not only on taste, but also on appearance post-skittle induction. They would also be tasted immediately, and then allowed to sit for a few minutes so the skittles could dissolve.
Skoors Light
Coors Light is a relatively decent light beer, definitely needed to be served cold. This was the first skittle brew we tried, and the initial results were somewhat disappointing. There wasn't much of a reaction between the skittles and the beer.
The first taste was undiscernable from un-adulterated Coors. However, within minutes, the color coating of the skittles had dissolved off, giving the beer a deeper color from its normal paleness. But as the beer drained down, the skittle taste really started to kick in, and thats not a good thing. Part of the problem is that Coors Light really doesn't taste much like anything, so the skittles quickly became the only taste in the beer. And that last swig is a real face twister.
The interesting thing is whats left at the bottom of the glass, little white pebbles (because the cold beer froze the skittles). Hard and crunchy, and they wipe that beer aftertaste away.
Bacardi Skilver
Bacardi Silver it turns out is actually one of the nastier malt beverages I have ever tasted. So, it couldn't be much worse with skittles. Dropping the skittles into the drink caused a mountain a fizz from the repulsive drink.
The taste is hard to describe. I think its an actual improvement over the normal taste. The strange thing is it almost tastes like margarita mix. The color matches up pretty well with whatever skittle you put in. So either do red/purple or the green/yellow/orange to get a nice glow (putting them all in just makes it look brown). Probably the worst part is the floating white pieces of skittle at the top of the drink
Skitrona
Citrona isn't actually half bad. The only downside to it is that it is fairly cloudy. But with some skittles, it becomes a cornucopia of color. Skittle induction reaction was minimal, and the color quickly spread throughout the drink.
Strangely enough, the skittles really didn't have any effect on the taste, so perhaps Citrona is made from skittles. A very unimpressive showing.
Old Skilwaukee
"Don't do it!!!"
"For science!!!" GLUG GLUG GLUG
"Dear God, what have I done. I have dabbled in things Man was not meant to."
Folks, this one is pretty bad. Not that Old Milwaukee is that great to begin with (I believe "ass" is the term most commonly used), but skittles just make it downright foul. The skittles dissolve very fast, so almost immediately you have a massive influx of sugar into the mixture. The early sips are bad, but it gets worse the longer you put off drinking it.
Chug it down, move on to the last one.
Skittlebrau
The one, the only, the original, Skittlebrau.
I personally am not a big dark beer fan. But the Crazy Engineer household would be remiss if we
They accomplished this feat years ago.
... and you thought it was gonna be another one of 'those' jokes.
"...But there's a catch: the legality of the content such video players would use..."
Since when has the legality of the content not been an issue with portable audio players as well?
(sung the tune of Little Deuce Coupe by The Beach Boys)
Well I'm not braggin' babe so don't put me down But I've got the fastest set of electric wheels in town When something comes up to me he don't even try Cause if I had a set of wings man I know she could fly She's my little tzero coupe You don't know what I got (My little tzero coupe) (You don't know what I got)
"...T4 carried traffic for Muzak (in-store music and ads)..."
Well in that case I think it's time to go shopping!
In Australia, a Telstar is a car. (A Ford 4 door hatchback made in the 80's and early 90's).
I was wondering why they had decided 'down' the 4th one they had.