I got pretty sick of "Must See" TV shows. Comedy shows are far to predictable. And the laugh tracks that they play do not reflect reality.
The best show on regular TV channels is Enterprise. It has some good writers. And two weeks ago they had an amazing story that really drew me in.
Also the Discovery and TLC channels have some good material on now. And I think these channels usually slip past the rating systems.
My wife will also watch what ever I watch too! She can even tell you where the Swing-Arm is on a motorcycle. A testimate to much American Chopper viewing. Heck, even the pizza box from last week had this show on it. A statement to popularity.
But games are better than TV - interaction, exploration, puzzle solving... It blows away anything out of Central Perk!
This thing is so cool! The price is right. I'll have one on pre-order as soon as I get a paycheck. And get it shipped next day. I can envision this robot guarding my mouse at work. And if someone touches it, hia-ya! He'll kung-fu the person.
I also got some paint ideas for it. Customizing the thing sounds like a blast. And because it comes in white, it should be easy. Battle damage any one?
His parents mortgaged their home to help defend him. Perhaps this is the reason for the "homeless" label?
Yea, I thought he plea bargained on Monday to a fitting 6 month probation? So did CNN...
http://news.com.com/2100-7348-5135351.html
More like a building inspector who found a door wide open to your house, and when he found a termite infestation, he let you know you needed to fix it immediately. So what if he grabbed a soda and sat on the couch? It's all virtual any way. The important thing is that his intentions weren't malicious. And he wasn't trying to extort money from NYT nor was he trying to steal CC numbers.
It's a criminal act without criminal intent. Adrian Lamo came forward to NYT with the imformation. (The NYT didn't know about the security hole.) And he turned himself in to the FBI when he heard he was wanted. A criminal would not have been so honest. And the prosecution should lighten up.
I beleive the cost to each American is about $1,722. I think that's a bargin compared to what we will learn. It's about freak'n time a President gets the space program moving in a direction again. I'm especially interested in the prospects of fuel without the need for oil.
I'd agree that Europa looks promising. Heck, if life does start from water, then Europa is the place to look! But, what's a trip to Europa cost these days? About 9 years, give or take a few months? I think Mars can be pulled off in a 6 month trip.
I don't see the big deal. So the G5 is good at counting. But how does it serve? I'd imagine that even with a modern desktop's typical SATA hard disk bus, that it serve's pretty poorly.
At least the Dell comes with SCSI 320 drives and has an option for a CPU with a decent L2 cache.
I'd imagine that the G5 counts: "1 Client that is waiting for files. 2 clients waiting for files. 3 clients waiting for files. 4 clients waiting for files. 5 clients waiting for files..."
...normally around a launch, the console boys start to talk about which companies have signed on to make games. And how many games will be available at launch. So, the static with the games has me wondering, is this a slimmed down PC that will play PC titles?! Or is this a console that will play proprietary console games? Or somewhere in-between?
Everyone knows an Apple computer can upload a virus to an Alien Mothership. So, exporting a G5 Apple to China only increases our Global chance of preventing extinction by way of hostile Alien take over.
But, apparently a PlayStation 2 can be used to guide missiles to and fro. So, that's no good for the public health...
I avoided WinAmp 3 because the Window Shade mode was wider than my Windows Menubar. Which is the only mode that I use with WinAmp to playback music. WinAmp 3 also had some other issues, and eventually I retreated to ver 2.
Well, I'm glad to see that WinAmp 5 lets you set the Skin mode to Modern and Classic. (Read version 3 and 2.) And it starts a hundred times faster that ver 2 with my 1,000+ song play list.
DS9 was not to my liking. I like Star Trek for the adventure and the intrigue. But DS9 was a stale space station with a Cardassian war in twined with it. Not even Warf could draw in my vote. It was a lot to do with the same old set. It just had a lull about it.
But, wait a minute, Voyager was great! Sure, it felt a little like left overs. Especially after the amazing ST:TNG - that cast and series was superb. But Voyager had a good story. Good crew. And a captain with a bulletproof hairdo! Oh, and let me not forget Jeri Ryan! Wow. It ended a lot weird. But after an episode or two, it was a worthy show.
-But, Back on track, Battlestar Galactica... I fully appose naming female characters as "Starbuck" and "Boomer"!!!!!!!!!! Call them "Starpenny" and "Bloomer" but don't take a previously existing character's name and call it a brilliant spin on the original. That's shameful. And what I liked most, the evil metallic voices with the glowing eyes, the Cylons. They're now skinned in flesh tones and hair follicles? How ridiculous. It might be a good show in the long run. It might have a good story. But I think it's a blasphemous give it that name. The title was only given to the show to draw in an audience who light-heartedly anticipate something as fun as the first.
Anyone who so chooses to use these words, or any combination there of, shall pay me roayties for their use. The meanings of these words shall also become vague enough that I might seek royaties for words such as "too", "thee" and "three".
The point: Wildass patents are fook'n outta hand...
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Well yes! It does!
The advantage is that you're business has a pancreas and, because of that pancreas, you are going to break down chyme like every other company out there. And the customer doesn't have to worry about your company going through starvation because you forgot to install the pancreas.
There's a level of normalcy that is had with evolution. It's weird to say that. But as technology evolves certain things become the standard. Like, would you expect a library to function work with-out bar codes? Or would you miss on-line banking if your bank didn't have it? I think customers are savvy and expect more. You have to keep up with the other companies, and strive to serve the customer a little better.
We'll know if IT matters when Apple's iTunes sells more than Tower Records...
Open source doesn't have phone tech support! That's it's short comming.
It's a wonderful idea, but if you don't staff a guru in your office, it is harder to implement because the resource pool is shallow. Especially to someone who is just diving in.
And even if you're a developer, open source only means that it is (sometimes) free code. It doesn't mean you can hack the code and made Widgets 2.0 power your Shopping Cart needs for Web Server 3.5...
I just wanted to comment on the personell subject that you touched on with-in IT. And that is a good point.
I know quite a few people that are becoming annoyed with companies like Dell that don't staff their 1st level phone support team with: A) English speaking personnel; B) Technical experts who can answer their question, instead they seem to pull knowledge from a script; C) People who can answer all questions, to include a product part number. Instead they help divide the functions so deeply that the customer becomes frustrated while trying to get answers...
That's when IT fails. And perhaps the only example that I can come up with of IT that doesn't help.
There is still a lot left that corporate can do to take better advantage of IT. There is a whole line of new customers who prefer to use technology instead of the old methods of doing business. How many of us try Google'ing for Pizza instead of using the telephone? Or use on-line banking instead of walk-in teller? Have you spent hours researching your next car on-line instead of trusting a salesman? Or buy products through the convience of the Internet instead of drive 15 minutes to a shop that you know who carry's the same item?
I am this type of person. And I feel I'm not alone. Business of old just might be walking into it's grave.
Corporate should focus more on better supporting their customers. Not just through Internet, or WML, but also through personalized products. I think that in the future a customer might be able to not only pick their shoe color/style and size, but also the show width, the arch height, the lace style, the comfort level of the sole, and style of the tread. And have that specific shoe delivered to them the next day.
Many of you don't like the ending. Because it doesn't explain in detail this or that. You're probably the same sort of people that wouldn't like a magic trick, because you're more fascinated with the mechanics and not the performance of the trick.
That explains this movie. It leave a lot to intrepretation. It lets the educated audience fill in the blanks.
But I think this movie was intense! I thought that Reloaded had good enough action. But this movie out does it on all levels. The fights, and tension is at no level before in a movie. This one left me stressed and wondering WTF will Zion do to save itself? Neo wasn't the hero that people expected him to be.
Neo can control machines from outside the Matrix because he has an understanding beyond the programming and can see the machines from outside the Matrix. The only way it could have been explained was if Neo was disected. Any way, he was "The One" and that's all the explanation to power that we get. Just like Superman was from Kryptonite, and that gave him all his wonderful powers... Simple.
My only problem is that if he does have this level of understanding, why didn't he just find the process that was Agent Smith and kill it?:P
I did expect to see Neo run headstrong into the Machine city and blow it up. Killing the Matrix. But this ending makes more sence. The girl, that is the Last Exile, now has Root of the Matrix and will present options to the people trapted in the Matrix. Zion will rebuild. And man and machine will coexist.
Any idea how I can get a GeForce into one of these? It's display is only green and I'd like color. And I don't have a hard drive for it. Just the 5 1/4 floppy drive. Does anyone have a spare 60 Gig hard drive I can put in it?
Thanks!
For $3,500.00 the computer better come with RAID! That's a huge chunk of change for any cutting edge computer. And that doesn't even get a display to your desktop. You still have to go out and find something to connect to it.
I don't know what Apple is doing with all these ATA hard drives in their "high end" computers and servers. They've never had a strong degree of reliability with ATA drives.
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I got pretty sick of "Must See" TV shows. Comedy shows are far to predictable. And the laugh tracks that they play do not reflect reality.
The best show on regular TV channels is Enterprise. It has some good writers. And two weeks ago they had an amazing story that really drew me in.
Also the Discovery and TLC channels have some good material on now. And I think these channels usually slip past the rating systems.
My wife will also watch what ever I watch too! She can even tell you where the Swing-Arm is on a motorcycle. A testimate to much American Chopper viewing. Heck, even the pizza box from last week had this show on it. A statement to popularity.
But games are better than TV - interaction, exploration, puzzle solving... It blows away anything out of Central Perk!
So two Chinese, seven Americans, and a Russian were flying in space...
This thing is so cool! The price is right. I'll have one on pre-order as soon as I get a paycheck. And get it shipped next day. I can envision this robot guarding my mouse at work. And if someone touches it, hia-ya! He'll kung-fu the person.
I also got some paint ideas for it. Customizing the thing sounds like a blast. And because it comes in white, it should be easy. Battle damage any one?
His parents mortgaged their home to help defend him. Perhaps this is the reason for the "homeless" label?
Yea, I thought he plea bargained on Monday to a fitting 6 month probation? So did CNN...
http://news.com.com/2100-7348-5135351.html
More like a building inspector who found a door wide open to your house, and when he found a termite infestation, he let you know you needed to fix it immediately. So what if he grabbed a soda and sat on the couch? It's all virtual any way. The important thing is that his intentions weren't malicious. And he wasn't trying to extort money from NYT nor was he trying to steal CC numbers.
It's a criminal act without criminal intent. Adrian Lamo came forward to NYT with the imformation. (The NYT didn't know about the security hole.) And he turned himself in to the FBI when he heard he was wanted. A criminal would not have been so honest. And the prosecution should lighten up.
I beleive the cost to each American is about $1,722. I think that's a bargin compared to what we will learn. It's about freak'n time a President gets the space program moving in a direction again. I'm especially interested in the prospects of fuel without the need for oil.
You gotta crawl before you can run.
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I'd agree that Europa looks promising. Heck, if life does start from water, then Europa is the place to look! But, what's a trip to Europa cost these days? About 9 years, give or take a few months? I think Mars can be pulled off in a 6 month trip.
Where does the line start for the ride to Mars?
Yeah, but with good reason... He is fairly certain that Bin Laden is on either one.
I don't see the big deal. So the G5 is good at counting. But how does it serve? I'd imagine that even with a modern desktop's typical SATA hard disk bus, that it serve's pretty poorly.
At least the Dell comes with SCSI 320 drives and has an option for a CPU with a decent L2 cache.
I'd imagine that the G5 counts: "1 Client that is waiting for files. 2 clients waiting for files. 3 clients waiting for files. 4 clients waiting for files. 5 clients waiting for files..."
...normally around a launch, the console boys start to talk about which companies have signed on to make games. And how many games will be available at launch. So, the static with the games has me wondering, is this a slimmed down PC that will play PC titles?! Or is this a console that will play proprietary console games? Or somewhere in-between?
Somehow I doubt that I - Mr. Consumer - will see the 5X price drop. I won't hold my breath.
Everyone knows an Apple computer can upload a virus to an Alien Mothership. So, exporting a G5 Apple to China only increases our Global chance of preventing extinction by way of hostile Alien take over.
But, apparently a PlayStation 2 can be used to guide missiles to and fro. So, that's no good for the public health...
Geeze, I thought all this was completly obvious.
I avoided WinAmp 3 because the Window Shade mode was wider than my Windows Menubar. Which is the only mode that I use with WinAmp to playback music. WinAmp 3 also had some other issues, and eventually I retreated to ver 2.
Well, I'm glad to see that WinAmp 5 lets you set the Skin mode to Modern and Classic. (Read version 3 and 2.) And it starts a hundred times faster that ver 2 with my 1,000+ song play list.
I'm very happy with WinAmp 5! It's a keeper.
DS9 was not to my liking. I like Star Trek for the adventure and the intrigue. But DS9 was a stale space station with a Cardassian war in twined with it. Not even Warf could draw in my vote. It was a lot to do with the same old set. It just had a lull about it.
But, wait a minute, Voyager was great! Sure, it felt a little like left overs. Especially after the amazing ST:TNG - that cast and series was superb. But Voyager had a good story. Good crew. And a captain with a bulletproof hairdo! Oh, and let me not forget Jeri Ryan! Wow. It ended a lot weird. But after an episode or two, it was a worthy show.
-But, Back on track, Battlestar Galactica... I fully appose naming female characters as "Starbuck" and "Boomer"!!!!!!!!!! Call them "Starpenny" and "Bloomer" but don't take a previously existing character's name and call it a brilliant spin on the original. That's shameful. And what I liked most, the evil metallic voices with the glowing eyes, the Cylons. They're now skinned in flesh tones and hair follicles? How ridiculous. It might be a good show in the long run. It might have a good story. But I think it's a blasphemous give it that name. The title was only given to the show to draw in an audience who light-heartedly anticipate something as fun as the first.
I'm pattening the words "the" and "to"...
Anyone who so chooses to use these words, or any combination there of, shall pay me roayties for their use. The meanings of these words shall also become vague enough that I might seek royaties for words such as "too", "thee" and "three".
The point: Wildass patents are fook'n outta hand...
Well yes! It does! The advantage is that you're business has a pancreas and, because of that pancreas, you are going to break down chyme like every other company out there. And the customer doesn't have to worry about your company going through starvation because you forgot to install the pancreas. There's a level of normalcy that is had with evolution. It's weird to say that. But as technology evolves certain things become the standard. Like, would you expect a library to function work with-out bar codes? Or would you miss on-line banking if your bank didn't have it? I think customers are savvy and expect more. You have to keep up with the other companies, and strive to serve the customer a little better. We'll know if IT matters when Apple's iTunes sells more than Tower Records...
Open source doesn't have phone tech support! That's it's short comming. It's a wonderful idea, but if you don't staff a guru in your office, it is harder to implement because the resource pool is shallow. Especially to someone who is just diving in. And even if you're a developer, open source only means that it is (sometimes) free code. It doesn't mean you can hack the code and made Widgets 2.0 power your Shopping Cart needs for Web Server 3.5...
I just wanted to comment on the personell subject that you touched on with-in IT. And that is a good point. I know quite a few people that are becoming annoyed with companies like Dell that don't staff their 1st level phone support team with: A) English speaking personnel; B) Technical experts who can answer their question, instead they seem to pull knowledge from a script; C) People who can answer all questions, to include a product part number. Instead they help divide the functions so deeply that the customer becomes frustrated while trying to get answers... That's when IT fails. And perhaps the only example that I can come up with of IT that doesn't help.
There is still a lot left that corporate can do to take better advantage of IT. There is a whole line of new customers who prefer to use technology instead of the old methods of doing business. How many of us try Google'ing for Pizza instead of using the telephone? Or use on-line banking instead of walk-in teller? Have you spent hours researching your next car on-line instead of trusting a salesman? Or buy products through the convience of the Internet instead of drive 15 minutes to a shop that you know who carry's the same item?
I am this type of person. And I feel I'm not alone. Business of old just might be walking into it's grave.
Corporate should focus more on better supporting their customers. Not just through Internet, or WML, but also through personalized products. I think that in the future a customer might be able to not only pick their shoe color/style and size, but also the show width, the arch height, the lace style, the comfort level of the sole, and style of the tread. And have that specific shoe delivered to them the next day.
Many of you don't like the ending. Because it doesn't explain in detail this or that. You're probably the same sort of people that wouldn't like a magic trick, because you're more fascinated with the mechanics and not the performance of the trick. That explains this movie. It leave a lot to intrepretation. It lets the educated audience fill in the blanks. But I think this movie was intense! I thought that Reloaded had good enough action. But this movie out does it on all levels. The fights, and tension is at no level before in a movie. This one left me stressed and wondering WTF will Zion do to save itself? Neo wasn't the hero that people expected him to be. Neo can control machines from outside the Matrix because he has an understanding beyond the programming and can see the machines from outside the Matrix. The only way it could have been explained was if Neo was disected. Any way, he was "The One" and that's all the explanation to power that we get. Just like Superman was from Kryptonite, and that gave him all his wonderful powers... Simple. My only problem is that if he does have this level of understanding, why didn't he just find the process that was Agent Smith and kill it? :P
I did expect to see Neo run headstrong into the Machine city and blow it up. Killing the Matrix. But this ending makes more sence. The girl, that is the Last Exile, now has Root of the Matrix and will present options to the people trapted in the Matrix. Zion will rebuild. And man and machine will coexist.
Any idea how I can get a GeForce into one of these? It's display is only green and I'd like color. And I don't have a hard drive for it. Just the 5 1/4 floppy drive. Does anyone have a spare 60 Gig hard drive I can put in it? Thanks!
For $3,500.00 the computer better come with RAID! That's a huge chunk of change for any cutting edge computer. And that doesn't even get a display to your desktop. You still have to go out and find something to connect to it.
I don't know what Apple is doing with all these ATA hard drives in their "high end" computers and servers. They've never had a strong degree of reliability with ATA drives.