"The big lie" technique: If you tell the people a lie, no mater how outragious, loud enough and often enough the people will belive it and accept it unquestioningly as the truth.
copyright infringment is not theft, is not similar to actual theft, and has nothing to do with theft.
The Olympus OM-G is an excelent camera for student purposes, good range of features, turn-off-able auto, realitivly tough, none of that proprietary foolishness for accessories (*cough* cannon *cough*), and realitivly cheap used. But, you're right about Olympus cameras being finicky. Mine has a slight winding problem and dosen't want to work in cold weather.
By "robot" you mean a mechanical automaton, which may or may not be self aware. I.E. not a piloted
humanoid shaped vehicle.
Evangelion
analsis: "robots", I.E. the Eva's, are cloned alien lifeforms intragrated with human tech that are piloted by angst-y juvinile humans.
status: no robots
RahXephon
analsis: same as above, but with a better storyline (and characters you don't want to see killed)
status: as series' north american release is incomplete and I haven been able to see it all robots are unconfirmed at this time
Macross/Southern Cross/Mospedia (Robotech)
analsis: signature mecha are piloted transforming aircraft/tanks/motorcycles, on the other hand there are several true robots as mobile vending machines, payphones, and photomachines (Macross) as well as police support units (Southern Cross)
status: some robots, but not as signature mecha
Gundam
analsis: same as above, signature mecha are piloted vehicles, also as above, there are some true robots such as Haro (U.C. Gundam, Gundam SeeD) or the Virgo (Gundam Wing)
status: some robots but none as signature mecha
Start: geek_rant
The japanese are carful do diferentate between what a "robot" is and is not. They use the term "mecha" (and for gods sake don't call anything a "mech" unless it's a battlemech from the mechwarrior line) to describe just about anything mechanical including robots, but show better judgement on using "robot" than lazy minded americans.
You are mostly correct, except that two thirds of the left wing was blown off, the engine on that side was damaged, the landing gear on the left side was damaged, and the hydrolics were also damaged.
Aircraft status: "oh shit!"
The pilot made it back, sucseeded in landing, and the aircraft was repaired to full flightworthy status. Altough, I'm not sure on the 48 hour turnaround time.
I also saw an article on another A-10 that was on almost constant missions during Desert Storm and saw a tremendous amount of action. When the ground crew finaly got her in the hanger for maintence they they went over her and counted over 1,400 impacts on the outer skin from weapons of various calibers, from small arms to AAA.
The only A-10 that I heard of being shot down, was during Gulf War II. Where a doomed A-10 was running a mission near the airport in Bagdad and got nailed with a lucky shot from an Iraqi firing a RPG (an anti-tank weapon, mind you).
It doesn't seem to have gotten much better. There is a reason the A-10 is in the US inventory; helicopters are flaky. Their slow at low altitude, big and soft. Rifle bullets will break things and make a mission very unpleasant.
with minor corrections:
It doesn't seem to have gotten much better. There is a reason the A-10 is in the US inventory. Helicopters are flaky, the're slow at low altitude, big and soft. Rifle bullets will break things and will make a mission very unpleasant.
Nobody is forced to buy Phoenix DRM-crippled BIOSes. There are plenty of manufacturers abroad (China, Taiwan, Eastern Europe, hell, even Old Europe!) that will be more than happy to sell you unencumbered BIOSes. Not everyone cowers before US laws and the DRM cartell (unless you come and invade those countries too).
That assumes, of course, that the U.S. gov dosen't tax and tarrif non-DRM inports out of existance, with a few media-sponsored and tech-sponsored bills in congress.
Or, they could go all Orwellian on us and make non-DRM tech contraband. (although that's unlikely, but you never know with congress sometimes...)
Anyone with an under 500 is back from the Bit's and Bytes days circa: 1995-6. I haven't seen an under four digit account post in months. Most of them have been chased off to greener pastures by annoying trolls like you.
Oh yeah, change to content of your posts, you look like a jackass.
Why, because there's something wrong with wanting to get paid for your life's work?
It's ok to get paid, but no one has the right to get rich. DRM isn't about lost revinues or money it's about control by making sure a small number of people (the industry and other assorted parisites) get rich at the expense of everyone else, with the rule of law (that they, themselves wrote) to back them up.
DRM is neither good or bad. There are plenty of "good" uses of DRM technology.
by "good" I assume you are reffering to record/movie excuitives' and/or stockholders' bottomline? RTFA! DRM tech adds NOTHING in terms of value to any entertainment media I would choose to buy. But at the same time, takes away many of the ways I use my media (all legal at the moment, mind you), that I bought with my money.
This may be/. and I'm preaching to the choir. But, hell man, if you aren't trolling you're an idiot.
...If when tasting it you are inspired to compare it to a mixture of dog shit, underarm perspiration, and athelete's foot fungus (even though you've never tasted those) and it leaves you feeling as if you are dessicating on the desert sand, you should demand your money back.
Well the thing about grapic novels is that they arew compilations of previously printed comic issues. They have a complete story arc, or are an arc that is part of a larger story arc that is put together in a easily digestable form.
Not that I'm opposed to graphic novels, I love the things, (especialy if you're like me and prefer the 80's and early 90's storylines but don't have the funds to hunt for backissues) but big part of reading comics is waiting for next month's issue to find out what happens. A lot of the drama is lost. It's like the differnce between watching a TV series every week waiting for each new episode, and collecting the TV series in a DVD boxset then wathing the whole thin at once.
Also, because graphic novels are compilations of older issues there can't be graphic novels if there aren't new issues to compile them from. You get me? I prefer the dristrobution system of manga like Manga Blast, Animerica Extra, or Shonen Jump. Where you get five or six seperate stories for about US$6. Then, after six months or so there is graphic novel copilations of each of the stories.
But (sigh), the american comic inrustry is set up to be as accesable as the japanese import one.
As a side note: the last comic I saw at Wal-Mart (the ultimate bastion of american "average-ness") was the ("un-reversed" left-to-right read version) grapic novel copilation of Card Captor Sakura
...when is the last time you have seen a comic book in a supermarket? a 7-11? an airport newsstand? or anywhere else ordenary folks go about their daly lives? The only time I see comic-anything is because it's from some kind of comic-based movie cross promotion. The only place you can find comics are in specilty shops because there is no place for comics in the lives of average (north)americans. It's just for us geeks, which is too bad
There are many, many, anime series like this. The current new hotness is: Chobits. A cute CLAMP series about a collage student who finds a Persocom (an unholy mix of personal computers, cell phones, and Real Dolls) in the trash which begins learning to be human without any software.
You're supposed to make the humanoid robots BIGGER! With big guns! And rockets! And lasers!
*sob* I want my own personal Gundam, Gundammit.
You can't have a Gundam with lasers! They come standard with a particle beam saber and vulcan (gatling) cannons. The optional weapons include the particle beam rifle, rocket launcher, or auto-cannon.
the difference you both are looking for is "tenured" students vs "professional" students. "Tenured" students tend to stay in 8 years plus for a 4 or 6 year degree program. Not because of lack of academic ability but because of a true desire to learn. "Professional" students try to get in, get the grade, and get out as soon as possible. Usualy without really learning anything.
Which is kinda like a Furi Kuri, or FLCL but instead of robots coming out of his head, it's bullshit. Oh, and he got hit by a countersuit from IBM, not a ripcord bass guitar.
...and then, after the lawsuit in in full swing and eveything gets weird(er), There's that huge Iron-like-thing that lands in Provo Utah, Linus has dried seaweed instead of eyebrows, and RMS comes flying out riding a broom like a surfboard wearing a playboy-bunny outfit! (singing the free software song, no less)
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If you tell the people a lie, no mater how outragious, loud enough and often enough the people will belive it and accept it unquestioningly as the truth.
copyright infringment is not theft, is not similar to actual theft, and has nothing to do with theft.
The Olympus OM-G is an excelent camera for student purposes, good range of features, turn-off-able auto, realitivly tough, none of that proprietary foolishness for accessories (*cough* cannon *cough*), and realitivly cheap used. But, you're right about Olympus cameras being finicky. Mine has a slight winding problem and dosen't want to work in cold weather.
mmmmm... Ice-cream argulagulagulagulaaa...
By "robot" you mean a mechanical automaton, which may or may not be self aware. I.E. not a piloted humanoid shaped vehicle.
Evangelion
analsis: "robots", I.E. the Eva's, are cloned alien lifeforms intragrated with human tech that are piloted by angst-y juvinile humans.
status: no robots
RahXephon
analsis: same as above, but with a better storyline (and characters you don't want to see killed)
status: as series' north american release is incomplete and I haven been able to see it all robots are unconfirmed at this time
Macross/Southern Cross/Mospedia (Robotech)
analsis: signature mecha are piloted transforming aircraft/tanks/motorcycles, on the other hand there are several true robots as mobile vending machines, payphones, and photomachines (Macross) as well as police support units (Southern Cross)
status: some robots, but not as signature mecha
Gundam
analsis: same as above, signature mecha are piloted vehicles, also as above, there are some true robots such as Haro (U.C. Gundam, Gundam SeeD) or the Virgo (Gundam Wing)
status: some robots but none as signature mecha
Start: geek_rant
The japanese are carful do diferentate between what a "robot" is and is not. They use the term "mecha" (and for gods sake don't call anything a "mech" unless it's a battlemech from the mechwarrior line) to describe just about anything mechanical including robots, but show better judgement on using "robot" than lazy minded americans.
End: geek_rant
Aircraft status: "oh shit!"
The pilot made it back, sucseeded in landing, and the aircraft was repaired to full flightworthy status. Altough, I'm not sure on the 48 hour turnaround time.
A similar story is here
I also saw an article on another A-10 that was on almost constant missions during Desert Storm and saw a tremendous amount of action. When the ground crew finaly got her in the hanger for maintence they they went over her and counted over 1,400 impacts on the outer skin from weapons of various calibers, from small arms to AAA.
The only A-10 that I heard of being shot down, was during Gulf War II. Where a doomed A-10 was running a mission near the airport in Bagdad and got nailed with a lucky shot from an Iraqi firing a RPG (an anti-tank weapon, mind you).
For more information on A-10s go here and here.
It doesn't seem to have gotten much better. There is a reason the A-10 is in the US inventory; helicopters are flaky. Their slow at low altitude, big and soft. Rifle bullets will break things and make a mission very unpleasant.
with minor corrections:
It doesn't seem to have gotten much better. There is a reason the A-10 is in the US inventory. Helicopters are flaky, the're slow at low altitude, big and soft. Rifle bullets will break things and will make a mission very unpleasant.
Here's a link and another for no paticular reason
From your 60 year-old Grandmother?!
I would much prefer the pimp/ho or pimp/bitch drive nomenclature standard over the primary/secondary lamenclature.
That assumes, of course, that the U.S. gov dosen't tax and tarrif non-DRM inports out of existance, with a few media-sponsored and tech-sponsored bills in congress.
Or, they could go all Orwellian on us and make non-DRM tech contraband. (although that's unlikely, but you never know with congress sometimes...)
There is a very distinct odor of "shill" around here.
What crack are you smoking?
Anyone with an under 500 is back from the Bit's and Bytes days circa: 1995-6. I haven't seen an under four digit account post in months. Most of them have been chased off to greener pastures by annoying trolls like you.
Oh yeah, change to content of your posts, you look like a jackass.
It's ok to get paid, but no one has the right to get rich. DRM isn't about lost revinues or money it's about control by making sure a small number of people (the industry and other assorted parisites) get rich at the expense of everyone else, with the rule of law (that they, themselves wrote) to back them up.
Is it me or the shills getting thick in here?
by "good" I assume you are reffering to record/movie excuitives' and/or stockholders' bottomline? RTFA! DRM tech adds NOTHING in terms of value to any entertainment media I would choose to buy. But at the same time, takes away many of the ways I use my media (all legal at the moment, mind you), that I bought with my money.
This may be /. and I'm preaching to the choir. But, hell man, if you aren't trolling you're an idiot.
You have saved us all!
you fail it!
I see that you've tried the new vanilla pepsi.
Stormtroopers were conscripts, the clone wars were called the clone wars because they were fought with, you guessed it, clones!
how original...
get's funnier each thousandth time some lame-o says that...
No, it gets more tiresom when some lame-o bitches about the unavoidable "I, for one, welcome our new X overlords" comment
Should read:
("un-reversed" right-to-left read version, aka japanese style)
Not that I'm opposed to graphic novels, I love the things, (especialy if you're like me and prefer the 80's and early 90's storylines but don't have the funds to hunt for backissues) but big part of reading comics is waiting for next month's issue to find out what happens. A lot of the drama is lost. It's like the differnce between watching a TV series every week waiting for each new episode, and collecting the TV series in a DVD boxset then wathing the whole thin at once.
Also, because graphic novels are compilations of older issues there can't be graphic novels if there aren't new issues to compile them from. You get me? I prefer the dristrobution system of manga like Manga Blast, Animerica Extra, or Shonen Jump. Where you get five or six seperate stories for about US$6. Then, after six months or so there is graphic novel copilations of each of the stories.
But (sigh), the american comic inrustry is set up to be as accesable as the japanese import one.
As a side note: the last comic I saw at Wal-Mart (the ultimate bastion of american "average-ness") was the ("un-reversed" left-to-right read version) grapic novel copilation of Card Captor Sakura
*sob* I want my own personal Gundam, Gundammit.
You can't have a Gundam with lasers! They come standard with a particle beam saber and vulcan (gatling) cannons. The optional weapons include the particle beam rifle, rocket launcher, or auto-cannon.
Sorry, no lasers.
...and then, after the lawsuit in in full swing and eveything gets weird(er), There's that huge Iron-like-thing that lands in Provo Utah, Linus has dried seaweed instead of eyebrows, and RMS comes flying out riding a broom like a surfboard wearing a playboy-bunny outfit! (singing the free software song, no less)