I was gonna go for the sarcastic comment... of course it's ultimately the sun's radiation which is warming the planet. The problem is that while the atmosphere is losing its ability to filter radiation, the radiation is slightly increasing.
But in my time off I love to go - there's great walking and climbing to do and I go horse riding and canoeing, the scenery's absolutely stunning and so much varied scenery, it's just a wonderful place to explore.
I would love to visit (or even live in) New Zealand. Unfortunately, it's a quick couple thousand for plane tickets. As for the immigration, they have a lovely point system to keep unscrupulous people out (as well as eldery from using it as a retirement center) -- way to go NZ!
My favorite game of all time has to be final fantasy 3. There was just so much plot, good music, and even action in that game I can't really compare it with any other new 3d rpg games.
I really enjoyed Legend of Goku... finally, more 2d RPG like we want it!
I can't help but think that too.... no back lit display really hampers the gaming time. I had bought the gameboy advance with the legend of goku game. Took a few hours, but that was fun. I had to play the darn thing under a big florescent light though.
Well, I would say that 30 years is a little much.... maybe 10 years would be much better.
The flip side of the coin is that software is incremental, unless there is a revolution in the software it will most likely take an evolutionary path. So if the copyright expires too quickly you can get a big taste of things like the Windows design and implementation.
That's why the only people getting hired are those with those special skills... like those who know SIP (RFC 3261), the best of the best of the best [java] developers, and so on.
This is true, but some of those old legacy systems have evolved into new fancy leading-edge systems. The one loop-whole is that a lot of the legacy code is still under the covers. Even understanding the legacy systems to write applications can be a differentiator when it comes time for employment.
This is exactly what has happened... I am absolutely honest with my boss, saying things like "This additional item will delay the others, I'm overloaded." or I will point out a flaw in the process which is preventing the work to be done. Then my boss will work those items to improve the efficiency of my work, and the work of my peers.
These days, my boss is my best ally.
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This is soooo true. I have flex hours, I can work 6am-2pm, 2pm-10pm, or 9-5. I can work at home, or my office, thanks to things like a VPN and Avaya IP Softphone.
When your work load starts to be equal to that of 2 or 3 (or more!) head count, and you know that if you push yourself that you can do it... there are a few things that happen: 1) you realize that doing this work will save your job for the months to come so you do it, and 2) you realize that your boss doesn't really care if you sit in an office or the recliner in your home... as long as the work gets done the boss will be as happy as pig in shit.
There are many forms of gymnastics you can perform... the end result will be that you are nimble and agile, and still can't view these things in mplayer:P
Yeah, those take forever... especially on a big map. Ever play in an 'Atlas' shamsh -- like 20 people, huge board, everyone plays an Atlas - my favorite mech.
Oh yeah, another reason is everyone's pilot/gunnery usually sucks so you spend half the time missing.
I know... a new dragonball series. Ok, the concept isn't new, but after the DBGT airs on Cartoon network I will be drooling over level 4 saiyans for a while.
Where is my level 5, 6, 7, or whatever and the mythical Dragonball AF?!
Now, that was an interesting reading in the XFree86 forum mailing list. We get individuals, companies like Sun, SciTechSoft, Red Hat etc. 'fighting' for issues varying from what XFree86 really needs, down to replacing fontconfig with Sun's stsf, XFree86 co-founder David Wexelblat saying that XFree is today obsolete and that needs to be replaced with a direct-rendered model (by retaining backwards compatibility), Keith Packard replying as to why a new organization to handle X is needed, and more.
Our Take: One thing is clear after reading all these messages: a lot of people are not happy with what's happening with the development of XFree86. It is obvious that more discussion is needed to decide what's going to be implemented and what not, and from these emails there, it seems that there was no real/common direction discussed between the interested parties until yesterday. No real communication seemed to exist!
Let's hope that this open forum list will show what people want and need and will 'open' the XFree86 organization in a way that will allow more CVS commits, as the project seems kind of stagnant and doesn't move as fast as it should have, as some Red Hat employees also noted (for example, direct changing of resolution was introduced just a few months ago with RandR extension, while Windows 95 could do that in 1995).
The XFree86 project always looked a bit conservative to me while more development and openess is needed. There is no need for a "new XFree", but there is a need for more development and 'fixing' on the existing codebase.
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something like this gets some heavy mainstream use... like being slashdotted. Perhaps its time to make some wise investments in companies like these.
Has this company gone public?
I was gonna go for the sarcastic comment... of course it's ultimately the sun's radiation which is warming the planet. The problem is that while the atmosphere is losing its ability to filter radiation, the radiation is slightly increasing.
Well then, in addition to the deteriorating atmosphere a small increase in the Sun's output of radiation only compounds the global warming problem.
The threat of global warming is real.
But in my time off I love to go - there's great walking and climbing to do and I go horse riding and canoeing, the scenery's absolutely stunning and so much varied scenery, it's just a wonderful place to explore.
I would love to visit (or even live in) New Zealand. Unfortunately, it's a quick couple thousand for plane tickets. As for the immigration, they have a lovely point system to keep unscrupulous people out (as well as eldery from using it as a retirement center) -- way to go NZ!
Hah, I will patent milk and dominate the market!
in 5 seconds? Ruh-roh, how could anyone develop technologies that can be used by the p2p networks to trade copyright content!?!
;)
The above comment was sarcasm, but ya never know
Enterprise was my turning point. TNG was awesome, deep space 9 was OK, and Voyager was watchable on some episodes (unbearable on others).
I can't even watch Enterprise. Why do all the screens have to be flat(?) screen monitors? Looks pretty non-futuristic (ie we have it today)
My favorite game of all time has to be final fantasy 3. There was just so much plot, good music, and even action in that game I can't really compare it with any other new 3d rpg games.
I really enjoyed Legend of Goku... finally, more 2d RPG like we want it!
I can't help but think that too.... no back lit display really hampers the gaming time. I had bought the gameboy advance with the legend of goku game. Took a few hours, but that was fun. I had to play the darn thing under a big florescent light though.
Well, I would say that 30 years is a little much.... maybe 10 years would be much better.
The flip side of the coin is that software is incremental, unless there is a revolution in the software it will most likely take an evolutionary path. So if the copyright expires too quickly you can get a big taste of things like the Windows design and implementation.
To start seeing a lot of old books appear online. It would create an easy way to do research, i.e. have a virtual library.
How many times have you picked up a book for a research paper and it was dated from the 60s or 70s?
Even then, I doubt that many people will get the extension... so we're talking 80 and soon to be 90s.
That's why the only people getting hired are those with those special skills... like those who know SIP (RFC 3261), the best of the best of the best [java] developers, and so on.
This is true, but some of those old legacy systems have evolved into new fancy leading-edge systems. The one loop-whole is that a lot of the legacy code is still under the covers. Even understanding the legacy systems to write applications can be a differentiator when it comes time for employment.
This is exactly what has happened... I am absolutely honest with my boss, saying things like "This additional item will delay the others, I'm overloaded." or I will point out a flaw in the process which is preventing the work to be done. Then my boss will work those items to improve the efficiency of my work, and the work of my peers.
These days, my boss is my best ally.
This is soooo true. I have flex hours, I can work 6am-2pm, 2pm-10pm, or 9-5. I can work at home, or my office, thanks to things like a VPN and Avaya IP Softphone.
When your work load starts to be equal to that of 2 or 3 (or more!) head count, and you know that if you push yourself that you can do it... there are a few things that happen: 1) you realize that doing this work will save your job for the months to come so you do it, and 2) you realize that your boss doesn't really care if you sit in an office or the recliner in your home... as long as the work gets done the boss will be as happy as pig in shit.
There are many forms of gymnastics you can perform... the end result will be that you are nimble and agile, and still can't view these things in mplayer :P
That's interesting... I can't wait to see the next renditions of the animatrix. Hey, maybe we'll even get a new cartoon network show out of it?
I also agree that the begining scene got ya to like the characters and by the end you were sad that they died, yet happy the mission was complete.
Aside: nice gallery on your website there! I like the Bainbridge Island, WA pics.
Yeah, those take forever... especially on a big map. Ever play in an 'Atlas' shamsh -- like 20 people, huge board, everyone plays an Atlas - my favorite mech.
Oh yeah, another reason is everyone's pilot/gunnery usually sucks so you spend half the time missing.
I know... a new dragonball series. Ok, the concept isn't new, but after the DBGT airs on Cartoon network I will be drooling over level 4 saiyans for a while.
Where is my level 5, 6, 7, or whatever and the mythical Dragonball AF?!
I will confirm, the animation was almost life-like in many isntances. I was pleased with the whole little short animation skit.
I kept thinking, wouldn't it be great to have an entire movie with that animation quality?
Presumably.... but J2ME is taking the big wireless markets by storm. I believe even Motorola is looking at J2ME in there new devices.
Shameless, thou art. You missed out on the score 5 informative, and the score 3 interesting. Welcome to the Redundant and off-topic mods.
:)
I'll join ya.
At least, not YET to be. Never give up, never give up hope!
Now I know what it's like when doves cry...
Now, that was an interesting reading in the XFree86 forum mailing list. We get individuals, companies like Sun, SciTechSoft, Red Hat etc. 'fighting' for issues varying from what XFree86 really needs, down to replacing fontconfig with Sun's stsf, XFree86 co-founder David Wexelblat saying that XFree is today obsolete and that needs to be replaced with a direct-rendered model (by retaining backwards compatibility), Keith Packard replying as to why a new organization to handle X is needed, and more.
Our Take: One thing is clear after reading all these messages: a lot of people are not happy with what's happening with the development of XFree86. It is obvious that more discussion is needed to decide what's going to be implemented and what not, and from these emails there, it seems that there was no real/common direction discussed between the interested parties until yesterday. No real communication seemed to exist!
Let's hope that this open forum list will show what people want and need and will 'open' the XFree86 organization in a way that will allow more CVS commits, as the project seems kind of stagnant and doesn't move as fast as it should have, as some Red Hat employees also noted (for example, direct changing of resolution was introduced just a few months ago with RandR extension, while Windows 95 could do that in 1995).
The XFree86 project always looked a bit conservative to me while more development and openess is needed. There is no need for a "new XFree", but there is a need for more development and 'fixing' on the existing codebase.
I'd rather see like BattleTech: The Series, or MechWarrior: The Series!
Who's with me?!