True, the first book is aimed at a younger mindset. I'm hoping it does good enough to have two sequels, so they can do Xenocide, the third book, that's probably the best one.
So rather than getting a service pack, wouldn't going into Tools|Options|Security, and setting Local Intranet to the same settings as Internet take care of it?
Only thing I've heard worth buying in a long time is Dream Theater or Nevermore.
And you pretty much never hear them on the radio except for maybe one of the very few remaining independent Album-Oriented Rock stations.
Everything on Clear Channel sucks ass. Even worse, here in Omaha they just changed the Clear Channel rock station (Not that it was all that good, but the most rocking station in town) into country.
Aggggghhhhh! Some dumbshit suit in New York must have said "Omaha, Nebraska? Hell, what are we playing rock there for, you know those rednecks want country...", not knowing that Nebraska on TV shows (And South Park) differs majorly from the real Nebraska.
Like King's X said "Do I have to go through all of this just to get to Nebraska???"
Remember, there was 20 years between the last time Teela was seen riding off into the sunset with Seeker, and when Louis Wu encountered her again as a protector.
As far as her having children, that's what Larry Niven's site says she had children with Seeker inbetween Ringworld and Ringworld Engineers, so I'd have to say she did...
The impression in Ringworld Engineers is that she'd adopted all of the races to stay alive. But that turns out now to be simply what she wanted Louis Wu to think so he didn't go off to find her children. A good twist on the story, so I'm hoping Ringworld's Children is an interesting book.
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That was a good reason, but a protector only cares for it's own children or species. Teela the human protector could give a shit about the other 24 trillion pseudo-humans, instead was only interested in saving her children in the long run, by saving the Ringworld, and also keeping her children hidden from knowledge, lest they be wiped out by paranoid humans.
Humans were originally the same species as Pak Protectors. But when they did a seed colony of Earth, they realized too late that a chemical did not exist in sufficient quantity to feed the virus that turned a Pak Breeder into a Pak Protector, thus the whole Earth colony ended up remaining simple Pak Breeders, which eventually evolved into the human race.
Although we could go earlier than that and wonder where the original Pak virus came from, it may not be a naturally occuring virus. Maybe something created by an unknown race, along the lines of the Descolada virus from Ender's Game: Xenocide.
I also was really disappointed in Throne the first time I read it (Bought it the day it came out). Really seemed to end on a weak note.
But then I dug it out and read it again last year and it seemed a lot deeper and I had a lot better insight into the ending. I'd like to see a "Final Battle for the Ringworld" amongst the protectors from the different species around the ring. (Especially to see how the ghoul protectors end up since their breeder stage is nonsentient) But the ending seemed a lot better after thinking about it for a few years, then reading it again.
And don't forget, Ringworld Fans, the new book, Ringworld's Children, comes out June 1!!! Woohoo!
It trails the children of Teela Brown and Seeker (Who it turns out was also the product of a "Breeding for Luck" selecting breeding project.), and what happens to them. (Before Teela turns into a Protector, and also explains why Protector-Teela wanted to lose the fight with Louis Wu!:) )
Absolutely, but have both "Default" (Dummy) and "Advanced" (Geek) buttons on the first page, with something like "If you are new to Linux, click Default or expect problems". Just because you are making it easier for new users is no reason to assume everyone is...
OK, maybe it's not 'immoral', but really fucking stupid when you look at the long term picture.
It's immoral at the 'don't steal from your neighbor' level. There's a certain responsibility a business has to society, even if not codified into law, just taken to the long term view, a business must contribute to society, or that society will dry up leaving nothing for the parasitic business to feed on.
A business can have either a parasitic or symbiotic relationship with the society it exists in.
Currently, most businesses are exhibiting strongly parasitic behavior, sucking jobs from the US economy and depositing them half a planet away. Destroying the economic feedback loop - A company needs to logic things out - if their main set of purchasers is Americans, then moving jobs to India really screws them in the long run - the less American jobs, then less people to purchase their products, and the less money the company makes... And while most companies are pointing the finger at the others, they are all sucking from the same outhouse, and it's happened nationally enough now that the feedback loop is already much diminished.
Could you imagine a "corporate tick" that sucked out your blood, then flew many miles away to spit it out? That's what we're seeing here.
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True, the first book is aimed at a younger mindset. I'm hoping it does good enough to have two sequels, so they can do Xenocide, the third book, that's probably the best one.
What's this CE shit, are you a Jehovah's Witness?
So rather than getting a service pack, wouldn't going into Tools|Options|Security, and setting Local Intranet to the same settings as Internet take care of it?
Only thing I've heard worth buying in a long time is Dream Theater or Nevermore.
And you pretty much never hear them on the radio except for maybe one of the very few remaining independent Album-Oriented Rock stations.
Everything on Clear Channel sucks ass. Even worse, here in Omaha they just changed the Clear Channel rock station (Not that it was all that good, but the most rocking station in town) into country.
Aggggghhhhh! Some dumbshit suit in New York must have said "Omaha, Nebraska? Hell, what are we playing rock there for, you know those rednecks want country...", not knowing that Nebraska on TV shows (And South Park) differs majorly from the real Nebraska.
Like King's X said "Do I have to go through all of this just to get to Nebraska???"
Oops, sorry, that was LordGrey in another post ...
Yah, but you've got the signed copies of his books and have met him, so you've got me beat... :)
Remember, there was 20 years between the last time Teela was seen riding off into the sunset with Seeker, and when Louis Wu encountered her again as a protector.
As far as her having children, that's what Larry Niven's site says she had children with Seeker inbetween Ringworld and Ringworld Engineers, so I'd have to say she did...
The impression in Ringworld Engineers is that she'd adopted all of the races to stay alive. But that turns out now to be simply what she wanted Louis Wu to think so he didn't go off to find her children. A good twist on the story, so I'm hoping Ringworld's Children is an interesting book.
Then that's not exactly linux is it?
That was a good reason, but a protector only cares for it's own children or species. Teela the human protector could give a shit about the other 24 trillion pseudo-humans, instead was only interested in saving her children in the long run, by saving the Ringworld, and also keeping her children hidden from knowledge, lest they be wiped out by paranoid humans.
Humans were originally the same species as Pak Protectors. But when they did a seed colony of Earth, they realized too late that a chemical did not exist in sufficient quantity to feed the virus that turned a Pak Breeder into a Pak Protector, thus the whole Earth colony ended up remaining simple Pak Breeders, which eventually evolved into the human race.
Although we could go earlier than that and wonder where the original Pak virus came from, it may not be a naturally occuring virus. Maybe something created by an unknown race, along the lines of the Descolada virus from Ender's Game: Xenocide.
Or sponsored by Microsoft's Halo 2...
I also was really disappointed in Throne the first time I read it (Bought it the day it came out). Really seemed to end on a weak note.
But then I dug it out and read it again last year and it seemed a lot deeper and I had a lot better insight into the ending. I'd like to see a "Final Battle for the Ringworld" amongst the protectors from the different species around the ring. (Especially to see how the ghoul protectors end up since their breeder stage is nonsentient) But the ending seemed a lot better after thinking about it for a few years, then reading it again.
Try it again, you might like it better this time.
Chow Yun Fat (Li Mu Bai on Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) for Louis Wu would be perfect!
And don't forget, Ringworld Fans, the new book, Ringworld's Children, comes out June 1!!! Woohoo!
:) )
It trails the children of Teela Brown and Seeker (Who it turns out was also the product of a "Breeding for Luck" selecting breeding project.), and what happens to them. (Before Teela turns into a Protector, and also explains why Protector-Teela wanted to lose the fight with Louis Wu!
I got one! The binding split in half, but it's still one of my prized possessions! :)
Um, try again, my original paperback (Where the world spins the wrong way) says 1970.
What? WHAT??
Ringworld is THE ULTIMATE SciFI in my opinion, and I bet many will back me up on that.
I'd say your brain is just to small to understand the book.
Ender's game is already being made into a movie by the same people as XMen2! :)
My friend got a voice-activated car radio.
You say "Rock", you get the rock station.
You say "Country", you get the redneck station.
You say "Classical", you get Beethoven and friends.
The other day, he was driving around and two kids ran right out in front of his car.
He screamed "Fucking Kids!"
The radio started playing Michael Jackson...
What!??? You didn't notice the perfectly obvious "/~esr/" in the URL? You stupid monkey! :)
Take a piece of metal, shaped like a J, ram it up your anus, then try to get it back out... That's what they mean... J-Anus.
This could get modded funny, or it could get modded insightful...
Absolutely, but have both "Default" (Dummy) and "Advanced" (Geek) buttons on the first page, with something like "If you are new to Linux, click Default or expect problems". Just because you are making it easier for new users is no reason to assume everyone is...
OK, maybe it's not 'immoral', but really fucking stupid when you look at the long term picture.
It's immoral at the 'don't steal from your neighbor' level. There's a certain responsibility a business has to society, even if not codified into law, just taken to the long term view, a business must contribute to society, or that society will dry up leaving nothing for the parasitic business to feed on.
A business can have either a parasitic or symbiotic relationship with the society it exists in.
Currently, most businesses are exhibiting strongly parasitic behavior, sucking jobs from the US economy and depositing them half a planet away. Destroying the economic feedback loop - A company needs to logic things out - if their main set of purchasers is Americans, then moving jobs to India really screws them in the long run - the less American jobs, then less people to purchase their products, and the less money the company makes... And while most companies are pointing the finger at the others, they are all sucking from the same outhouse, and it's happened nationally enough now that the feedback loop is already much diminished.
Could you imagine a "corporate tick" that sucked out your blood, then flew many miles away to spit it out? That's what we're seeing here.
Five minute long? FIVE minutes long?
:(
OK, it was a cool five minutes. But what the hell is the point of a five minute episode?
Is this by the same people who did a two night Battlestar Galactica "miniseries"? (Yah, at least we're getting 13 normal length episodes)
I'm pissed, that was cool, but a complete waste of time a five minutes. Fuckers, at least 30 minutes or don't waste my time.