There is a huge difference between the filth you pick up from a muddy creek and the filth you pick up from your unsanitary coworkers.
It may be ridiculous, but given the choice between shaking hands with a hog farmer who just came in from the barn and a businessman who just walked out of the bathroom without washing up, I'm going with the hog farmer.
Nuclear power doesn't derive its energy from the sun.
Supreme power is derived from a fusion of the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony. I mean if I went around claiming I was some renewable source of energy every time some watery tart threw a thermal gradient at me, they'd put me away.
I'm not so sure. I still say he had a lot to offer with his celebrity. If his education and fund-raising efforts could someday result in the saving of 10,000 kids, wouldn't that make his life more important than the one random child?
I realize we have gone off on an ethical tangent, but I fail to understand people who place the unequivocally place a higher value on the life of a child than the life of an adult. I know there are people who would fight harder to save the life of an inner city crack baby who has a 60% chance of spending most of their life in and out of prison than they would to save the life of a 50 year old doctor who retires to treat TB in sub-Sahara Africa. I just fail to understand the logic behind it.
(other than the fact that he championed the cause)
That is exactly the reason. Do you realize how much money would have poured in for this research if they could have made Superman walk again using stem cells? It's not about the person, it's about their publicity and their power to help the cause. Remember Ryan White? I went to school with the kid and, frankly, he was an ass. However, his celebrity status did more for AIDS research and education than the deaths of 50 unknown kids with AIDS.
Anyway, what I'm more worried about is the cast. Will all the wonderful voice actors be willing/available for a new series?
I just checked IMDB and all of them seem to be doing well, as far as voice actors go (Phil LaMarr seems to be the go-to guy for replacing black actors in the video game version of big movies -- Chris Rock as Marty in Madagascar and Will Smith as Oscar in Shark Tale). However, with the exception of Katey Sagal (is 8 simple rules still airing?), I doubt any are so busy that they couldn't sign on to this production.
OS brands aside, one system admin has the power to completely restructure the IT infrastructure in a huge, multinational accounting firm with no prior approval? This may be a good report for Open Source, but for PWC, it is a bit embarassing, IMHO.
Either that, or he's overexaggerating the accomplishment and he really just replace the OS on a few PCs and a server. The phrase "one domain controller" tells me that this is not a large environment. I wonder what the home office thought of this little stunt.
I remember buying two SGI Unix Workstations back around '94. IIRC, they were about $40,000 each (I think it was the Indigo 2) After a few years, Windows stepped into the CAD/CAM/CAE arena and the next thing you know SGI was selling Octanes for around $8,000 (which you can now get on ebay for a couple hundred bucks). HP wasn't any better. I believe the HP-UX solution was around the $50,000 mark.
For further example of this, see Gene Simmons' interview with Terry Gross on Fresh Air. Best interview ever. Ranks right up there with John Steward on Crossfire for entertainment value and getting a true idea of who a person really is.
What is this "arcade" you speak of? Is that the dark, dirty, smelly place I walk by in the mall, with the 10 video games from 1999, the original pole position with busted gear shifter, and one mall employee playing DDR while on break from folding sweaters?
Seriously, the arcade is dead. Now you have either the scene mentioned above, or the huge, overpriced games, cover charge, nobody under age 17 allowed without parental supervision, social scene.
When they ditch the familiar Windows UI, people will eventually start migrating to other platforms..
Bullshit. Microsoft could have a puke green background, chartreuse 20pt font, and nails on blackboard as the default beep, and still people would not migrate to other platforms. Maybe when the user interface requires roach clips connected to the nipples and plugged into the USB2.0 port, people will switch...maybe.
A site full of geeks, and I can't believe that nobody has recommended Blue Shower. A lifesaver if you like to solder boards and drink Pepsi at the same time. Works great for spills as well.
In 100 years, people are going to look back at how we had this clean, safe, powerful energy source at our fingertips, and how we continued to rely on coal and oil, and go "WTF?!"
Of course, they'll probably be saying it through their black lungs, but they'll still be saying it, dammit
So, what's everyone waiting on? Probably, a big company like Google get behind it and ensure that it's reliable, easy to use, and accessible.
No, we're waiting on broadband availability and reliability like most of the other top industrialized nations enjoy. I anticipate huge response if/when BPL becomes more prevalent, as this is the best solution for a large land mass like the USA.
You're rejoicing that the FBI retired Carnivore. What Carnivore allowed was the collection of information, then the decryption and analysis of that data with a court order. They retired it because USA PATRIOT allows them to just collect it the good old fashioned way...no encryption, no court order. Whomever, whenever they want. The difference is that now they can look for suspicious activity via eavesdropping instead of first having a suspicion and confirming it via eavesdropping. You are celebrating that the FBI has thrown away their lock picks and not realizing that Congress has removed all your doors.
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Also, how can you say there is a line at the womens room for the first time
Actually, I read this different. The original poster said, "It was while standing in my first-ever ladies' room line..." I took this to mean that this was the poster's first ever ladies' room line, probably indicative of the completion of his surgery. Now that he's post-op and feeling like a real woman, (s)he feels it is his/her duty as a woman to start complaining about women's rights.
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There is a huge difference between the filth you pick up from a muddy creek and the filth you pick up from your unsanitary coworkers.
It may be ridiculous, but given the choice between shaking hands with a hog farmer who just came in from the barn and a businessman who just walked out of the bathroom without washing up, I'm going with the hog farmer.
Never, ever, underestimate the power of Celine Dion and Neil Diamond fans.
Irony: Incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs
The irony is that a judge from Microsoft awarded the top prize, a Microsoft product, for a game that would not work on any of their platforms.
Supreme power is derived from a fusion of the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony. I mean if I went around claiming I was some renewable source of energy every time some watery tart threw a thermal gradient at me, they'd put me away.
I'm not so sure. I still say he had a lot to offer with his celebrity. If his education and fund-raising efforts could someday result in the saving of 10,000 kids, wouldn't that make his life more important than the one random child?
I realize we have gone off on an ethical tangent, but I fail to understand people who place the unequivocally place a higher value on the life of a child than the life of an adult. I know there are people who would fight harder to save the life of an inner city crack baby who has a 60% chance of spending most of their life in and out of prison than they would to save the life of a 50 year old doctor who retires to treat TB in sub-Sahara Africa. I just fail to understand the logic behind it.
That is exactly the reason. Do you realize how much money would have poured in for this research if they could have made Superman walk again using stem cells? It's not about the person, it's about their publicity and their power to help the cause. Remember Ryan White? I went to school with the kid and, frankly, he was an ass. However, his celebrity status did more for AIDS research and education than the deaths of 50 unknown kids with AIDS.
I just checked IMDB and all of them seem to be doing well, as far as voice actors go (Phil LaMarr seems to be the go-to guy for replacing black actors in the video game version of big movies -- Chris Rock as Marty in Madagascar and Will Smith as Oscar in Shark Tale). However, with the exception of Katey Sagal (is 8 simple rules still airing?), I doubt any are so busy that they couldn't sign on to this production.
OS brands aside, one system admin has the power to completely restructure the IT infrastructure in a huge, multinational accounting firm with no prior approval? This may be a good report for Open Source, but for PWC, it is a bit embarassing, IMHO.
Either that, or he's overexaggerating the accomplishment and he really just replace the OS on a few PCs and a server. The phrase "one domain controller" tells me that this is not a large environment. I wonder what the home office thought of this little stunt.
This is great. After two blockbusters, my "Web of Spiderman #1" comic is still only going for $10 on ebay. Maybe third time is a charm.
I remember buying two SGI Unix Workstations back around '94. IIRC, they were about $40,000 each (I think it was the Indigo 2) After a few years, Windows stepped into the CAD/CAM/CAE arena and the next thing you know SGI was selling Octanes for around $8,000 (which you can now get on ebay for a couple hundred bucks). HP wasn't any better. I believe the HP-UX solution was around the $50,000 mark.
Oh, how I long for the day when posts can be edited on slashdot.
For further example of this, see Gene Simmons' interview with Terry Gross on Fresh Air. Best interview ever. Ranks right up there with John Steward on Crossfire for entertainment value and getting a true idea of who a person really is.
What is this "arcade" you speak of? Is that the dark, dirty, smelly place I walk by in the mall, with the 10 video games from 1999, the original pole position with busted gear shifter, and one mall employee playing DDR while on break from folding sweaters?
Seriously, the arcade is dead. Now you have either the scene mentioned above, or the huge, overpriced games, cover charge, nobody under age 17 allowed without parental supervision, social scene.
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You misspelled "life"
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Bullshit. Microsoft could have a puke green background, chartreuse 20pt font, and nails on blackboard as the default beep, and still people would not migrate to other platforms. Maybe when the user interface requires roach clips connected to the nipples and plugged into the USB2.0 port, people will switch...maybe.
A site full of geeks, and I can't believe that nobody has recommended Blue Shower. A lifesaver if you like to solder boards and drink Pepsi at the same time. Works great for spills as well.
Of course, they'll probably be saying it through their black lungs, but they'll still be saying it, dammit
"It would be hard to convince me I should be anywhere but in the holodeck, getting my oil massage from Cindy Crawford and her simulated twin sister."
Yeah, that's a future I can believe in, too.
Um, can't I be both?
These rock at the office, too.
I swear it sounds like a TB ward here at least twice a year.
What a coincidence, I have that same combination on my luggage.
You're rejoicing that the FBI retired Carnivore. What Carnivore allowed was the collection of information, then the decryption and analysis of that data with a court order. They retired it because USA PATRIOT allows them to just collect it the good old fashioned way...no encryption, no court order. Whomever, whenever they want. The difference is that now they can look for suspicious activity via eavesdropping instead of first having a suspicion and confirming it via eavesdropping. You are celebrating that the FBI has thrown away their lock picks and not realizing that Congress has removed all your doors.
Also, how can you say there is a line at the womens room for the first time
Actually, I read this different. The original poster said, "It was while standing in my first-ever ladies' room line..." I took this to mean that this was the poster's first ever ladies' room line, probably indicative of the completion of his surgery. Now that he's post-op and feeling like a real woman, (s)he feels it is his/her duty as a woman to start complaining about women's rights.