Well, maybe I missed the dream sequence or perhaps something changed in the years since I stopped reading Spider Man comics (when they reached a buck per comic way back), but as I recall, Mary Jane died when she fell from the bridge and SM swung down to catch her.
That's as bad as the Star Trek: Wrath of Kahn scene with Checkov "but you, I've seen you before" who wasn't on the ship when Kahn was found the first time (yea yea, he was in the bathroom in medical *shrug*).
But like I said. Maybe I missed the comic where he went back and saved her.
I still like the movies though and would really like to see Ghost Rider become a movie.
Doing it now. 30 day consulting job in Athens Greece. And yet, I'm reading Slashdot. Mostly busy but there's something else going on so yesterday and today are fairly idle now. I'm reading my digital cisco books, playing with my powerbook (seeing what everything does; I found zinio yesterday and downloaded some free magazines). I'm also considering rewiring the racks. No labels on the cables, the patch panel order is not in order or marked, the "documentation" isn't up to date. I can always find something to do. Same as when I worked full time. You just have to get up to speed faster.
But maybe I'm not communicating my original comment well. While the music/video industry has a large hold on the market, we are able to review movies (trailers and word of mouth) and music (radio, dance clubs, parties and again, word of mouth). So there's no reason to make copies of videos (the subject of this article) or music. Someone has to pay to create this stuff. If you (and not _you_ specifically) want it, buy it. Otherwise don't buy it. If it's not selling, they'll do something else. It is mainstream pop for a reason.
I already know that, being a sysadmin myself. I'm using my own profession since it's most familiar and there was a recent conversation here on the very subject of stable networks.
Rather than the relatively stable salary we get, I was trying to point out that some professions have relatively intangable results. If everthing works with no problems how does the guy who signs your check know if it was your expertise or just the Network os? Microsoft appears to be trying to get their serveros to the point that network admins won't need to be paid quite so much.
Of course the first time it breaks, and you fix it, then they know why it's such a high cost.
If you argue that making copies of music or movies shouldn't be illegal, why not do a "shareware" entertainment industry. You go, see the movie and if you like it, pay the theater on the way out. Same with the popcorn. I hate the prepopped popcorn that is delivered and reheated. Tastes like styrofoam. If it's that popcorn, don't pay after getting it.
Ahh, but on the flip side, you are paid the same way for your work. The manager authorized payment only if you are doing the work you're supposed to be doing. Reading Slashdot? No pay for that time. On IM, no pay for that time (or reduced pay).
Wait wait. The network is working great. No problems in the past week. Hey, you haven't done any recovery work so you don't get that extra $1000 that week. The network crashed and you fixed it. Great, here's $1000 but minus $200 because it crashed.
Man, a shareware economy. Wouldn't that be great?:-)
Most of the time I ride one of my motorcycles. 95 GSXR at 35mpg and 02 Softail at 42mpg. If I need to carry something that I can't carry on the bike, we use my wife's Suburu Outback which I think gets around 32mpg. If we need to carry something that won't fit in back of the Outback, we add our trailer. With that, the mileage drops to about 25mpg (carrying one motorcycle while moving half-way across country).
For fun and excercise we ride our bicycles which gets, as one person said, 1 Chipolte per trip:-)
Abide by the original agreement is simple. He keeps his original ISP and continues to pay them for services until this is resolved. The physical location has changed? Sorry bud, but your connectivity is still available whenever you want us to make the physical connection. Oh, by the way, you are required to pay for the past three months services we are now required to provide to you. See you in court. And if the company's a dick then apply the TOS and disable their access per their original agreement. Seems simple to me (maybe too simple:-)
I do the same thing and have the same requirements. I tour on a motorcycle and like to take notes about the trip. With a digital camera (with date and time) and the receipts from the stops along the way, the notes only need to be notes and not books. When I stop, and depending on what I did that day, I can be pretty tired. I've tried using a palm for a ski trip and it's just too much of a hassle.
When I get home, I use mapping software (MS Streets & Trips works real well) along with the receipts and I can track my travels real well. Along with the pics and I have a reasonably good idea where I was. Add in the sparse notes I quickly jot down and I have a reasonable journal.
Check out http://www.geocities.com/dm_gsxr/touring.html for my ride reports.
When I listen to the radio and find a song I really like, I'll eventually turn it up and maybe sing along. If another song comes out from the same album, I'll consider getting it. If I'm in the store and find it, I might get it. A third song tells me the album is probably pretty good and I'll go get it. After playing the album several times, I'll very likely enjoy the whole thing, if my CD collection is any indication.
I also buy albums from artists I like based on past experience, Aerosmith for example. Permanent Vacation and Pump were ones I had to play several times to "get it". I haven't been able to "get" the newer ones. Now they've come out with a new one and I'm not sure I'm going to get it. Although the reviews are saying they're going back to their old days which might sway me.
There are several I've bought for just the one or two songs and the rest are just not songs I like.
Last year I took down my CD collection, ripped the songs I actually listen to to my computer, and 7,000+ songs later I have enough music to last 20+ days of continuous play. I hear songs I hadn't heard in some time because I only liked one or two songs.
Since I use a GUI environment, let me respond to the last comment.
I'm using Mandrake 9.1.
1. Click on the Mandrake Control Center 2. Type in root password 3. Click on Software Management 4. Click on Mandrake Update 5. Check Security, Software and Patch (not sure of the options; I'm still waiting) 6. Check all of the recommended upgrades. 7. Install
My wife was down in Florida visiting her sister and found that their computer was unpatched Windows 98 SE. She spent Saturday afternoon downloading patches and installing the upgrade manager. She told them that "if Windows tells you there's a patch, accept it and apply it". They had purchased virus software but it was sitting in a box next to the computer. "It interferred with the Tax software." She installed it for them. They had a post-it note on the monitor admonishing them to not click on various attachment extensions. She changed it to:
If you receive any attachment, do not click on it. Send an e-mail to the sender asking them if they in fact sent them an attachment. No attachment is so important that it can't wait a couple of hours before you see it.
Us motorcyclists in the DC area followed the case as well. I'm sure he got lots of airplay up on the usenet groups. I'm also hearing rumblings of folks who normally go to Sturgis bailing in protest. I don't see punishing the state for the idiocy of a single person even if the SD folks elected him but that's me.
1. Because it's cheap (minor) 2. Because it has a lock button 3. But mainly, because it's normally off and in my gangster pocket.
Just because I have a cell, doesn't mean I want people calling me. That's why I have a pager. Page me and I'll call you back. If you don't know how to page me then you don't need to talk to me.
I dunno if it's thoughts related. I know that if I'm in a situation where several people are close by (like a party or a going-away luncheon) having different conversations, I keep focusing on snippets of each conversation. Eventually I'll focus on the music and fade back to a chair. If there's nothing I can focus on, I'll get a headache.
As someone with ADHD I can agree. I'm surrounded by cube dwellers working on similar problems (network group). I keep a music player running all the time, sometimes low, sometimes louder so I can maintain concentration on what I'm doing.
I work better if I'm at home dialed in, but I also lose the interactivity that's sometimes necessary.
I've asked to see if I can telecommute full time. We'll see how that goes.
Slashdot Mirror
Well, maybe I missed the dream sequence or perhaps something changed in the years since I stopped reading Spider Man comics (when they reached a buck per comic way back), but as I recall, Mary Jane died when she fell from the bridge and SM swung down to catch her.
That's as bad as the Star Trek: Wrath of Kahn scene with Checkov "but you, I've seen you before" who wasn't on the ship when Kahn was found the first time (yea yea, he was in the bathroom in medical *shrug*).
But like I said. Maybe I missed the comic where he went back and saved her.
I still like the movies though and would really like to see Ghost Rider become a movie.
Doing it now. 30 day consulting job in Athens Greece. And yet, I'm reading Slashdot. Mostly busy but there's something else going on so yesterday and today are fairly idle now. I'm reading my digital cisco books, playing with my powerbook (seeing what everything does; I found zinio yesterday and downloaded some free magazines). I'm also considering rewiring the racks. No labels on the cables, the patch panel order is not in order or marked, the "documentation" isn't up to date. I can always find something to do. Same as when I worked full time. You just have to get up to speed faster.
But maybe I'm not communicating my original comment well. While the music/video industry has a large hold on the market, we are able to review movies (trailers and word of mouth) and music (radio, dance clubs, parties and again, word of mouth). So there's no reason to make copies of videos (the subject of this article) or music. Someone has to pay to create this stuff. If you (and not _you_ specifically) want it, buy it. Otherwise don't buy it. If it's not selling, they'll do something else. It is mainstream pop for a reason.
I already know that, being a sysadmin myself. I'm using my own profession since it's most familiar and there was a recent conversation here on the very subject of stable networks.
Rather than the relatively stable salary we get, I was trying to point out that some professions have relatively intangable results. If everthing works with no problems how does the guy who signs your check know if it was your expertise or just the Network os? Microsoft appears to be trying to get their serveros to the point that network admins won't need to be paid quite so much.
Of course the first time it breaks, and you fix it, then they know why it's such a high cost.
Simple enough.
:-)
If you argue that making copies of music or movies shouldn't be illegal, why not do a "shareware" entertainment industry. You go, see the movie and if you like it, pay the theater on the way out. Same with the popcorn. I hate the prepopped popcorn that is delivered and reheated. Tastes like styrofoam. If it's that popcorn, don't pay after getting it.
Ahh, but on the flip side, you are paid the same way for your work. The manager authorized payment only if you are doing the work you're supposed to be doing. Reading Slashdot? No pay for that time. On IM, no pay for that time (or reduced pay).
Wait wait. The network is working great. No problems in the past week. Hey, you haven't done any recovery work so you don't get that extra $1000 that week. The network crashed and you fixed it. Great, here's $1000 but minus $200 because it crashed.
Man, a shareware economy. Wouldn't that be great?
Most of the time I ride one of my motorcycles. 95 GSXR at 35mpg and 02 Softail at 42mpg. If I need to carry something that I can't carry on the bike, we use my wife's Suburu Outback which I think gets around 32mpg. If we need to carry something that won't fit in back of the Outback, we add our trailer. With that, the mileage drops to about 25mpg (carrying one motorcycle while moving half-way across country).
:-)
For fun and excercise we ride our bicycles which gets, as one person said, 1 Chipolte per trip
[John]
Abide by the original agreement is simple. He keeps his original ISP and continues to pay them for services until this is resolved. The physical location has changed? Sorry bud, but your connectivity is still available whenever you want us to make the physical connection. Oh, by the way, you are required to pay for the past three months services we are now required to provide to you. See you in court. And if the company's a dick then apply the TOS and disable their access per their original agreement. Seems simple to me (maybe too simple :-)
True, that's redundant.
My wife bought... A+ for Dummies
I do the same thing and have the same requirements. I tour on a motorcycle and like to take notes about the trip. With a digital camera (with date and time) and the receipts from the stops along the way, the notes only need to be notes and not books. When I stop, and depending on what I did that day, I can be pretty tired. I've tried using a palm for a ski trip and it's just too much of a hassle.
When I get home, I use mapping software (MS Streets & Trips works real well) along with the receipts and I can track my travels real well. Along with the pics and I have a reasonably good idea where I was. Add in the sparse notes I quickly jot down and I have a reasonable journal.
Check out http://www.geocities.com/dm_gsxr/touring.html for my ride reports.
[John]
When I listen to the radio and find a song I really like, I'll eventually turn it up and maybe sing along. If another song comes out from the same album, I'll consider getting it. If I'm in the store and find it, I might get it. A third song tells me the album is probably pretty good and I'll go get it. After playing the album several times, I'll very likely enjoy the whole thing, if my CD collection is any indication.
I also buy albums from artists I like based on past experience, Aerosmith for example. Permanent Vacation and Pump were ones I had to play several times to "get it". I haven't been able to "get" the newer ones. Now they've come out with a new one and I'm not sure I'm going to get it. Although the reviews are saying they're going back to their old days which might sway me.
There are several I've bought for just the one or two songs and the rest are just not songs I like.
Last year I took down my CD collection, ripped the songs I actually listen to to my computer, and 7,000+ songs later I have enough music to last 20+ days of continuous play. I hear songs I hadn't heard in some time because I only liked one or two songs.
Well, this is what I see:
This post contains a hidden message.
So. It's what I see too. What's your point?
Since I use a GUI environment, let me respond to the last comment.
I'm using Mandrake 9.1.
1. Click on the Mandrake Control Center
2. Type in root password
3. Click on Software Management
4. Click on Mandrake Update
5. Check Security, Software and Patch (not sure of the options; I'm still waiting)
6. Check all of the recommended upgrades.
7. Install
My wife was down in Florida visiting her sister and found that their computer was unpatched Windows 98 SE. She spent Saturday afternoon downloading patches and installing the upgrade manager. She told them that "if Windows tells you there's a patch, accept it and apply it". They had purchased virus software but it was sitting in a box next to the computer. "It interferred with the Tax software." She installed it for them. They had a post-it note on the monitor admonishing them to not click on various attachment extensions. She changed it to:
If you receive any attachment, do not
click on it. Send an e-mail to the sender
asking them if they in fact sent them an
attachment. No attachment is so important
that it can't wait a couple of hours before
you see it.
Us motorcyclists in the DC area followed the case as well. I'm sure he got lots of airplay up on the usenet groups. I'm also hearing rumblings of folks who normally go to Sturgis bailing in protest. I don't see punishing the state for the idiocy of a single person even if the SD folks elected him but that's me.
distributing a program called "Spywareremover.exe" that reformats your hard disk
Hmm. I think that's doing what it advertises. Maybe a little heavy handed but you can bet the spyware is gone.
1. Because it's cheap (minor)
2. Because it has a lock button
3. But mainly, because it's normally off and in my gangster pocket.
Just because I have a cell, doesn't mean I want people calling me. That's why I have a pager. Page me and I'll call you back. If you don't know how to page me then you don't need to talk to me.
I dunno if it's thoughts related. I know that if I'm in a situation where several people are close by (like a party or a going-away luncheon) having different conversations, I keep focusing on snippets of each conversation. Eventually I'll focus on the music and fade back to a chair. If there's nothing I can focus on, I'll get a headache.
*shrug* eh, whatever.
How're those anger management sessions going? It looks like you're getting better. Maybe they'll take you off of the drugs soon.
As someone with ADHD I can agree. I'm surrounded by cube dwellers working on similar problems (network group). I keep a music player running all the time, sometimes low, sometimes louder so I can maintain concentration on what I'm doing.
I work better if I'm at home dialed in, but I also lose the interactivity that's sometimes necessary.
I've asked to see if I can telecommute full time. We'll see how that goes.
duplicate. nothing to see here. move along
Err? I don't see anything particularly enlightening. Care to expand the search a bit?
[John]
Okie Doke Kentucky Fried Goat.
:-)
(just the first thing I thought of and I don't eat at McRancid's either
[John]
queue: Blues Brothers
* Target is a Catholic
Thanks.
:-)
(Really. Much of the time us network geeks don't get much recognition. If I can sponge off of the scientists, well they're working on my network
... any more.
I dunno. Weird Al's still great :-)