So the first few seasons sucked but when they realized they were in trouble they started to get their act together and when they were cancelled they got even better? When I hold up this information next to the politics surrounding Firefly a theory emerges: The way to get good sci-fi is to give them the budget they need but keep them thinking they're about to get canned unless they make tv gold.
This has two benefits. I keeps everybody hungry and desperate which brings out the best effort. It also unites the fans and mobilizes them to do a lot of grass roots marketing.
So if I follow the logic if a BSOD is a 'guarded' error and a RSOD is a 'severe' error then a green SOD is a 'low' error, a yellow SOD is an 'elevated' error, and an orange SOD is a 'high' error.
Oh hell, I can't remember if we're talking about windows errors or terrorist threats. Though, TBH, there are probably times when they are one and the same.
So far all the comments I've read say it's a trap. I can't help but be reminded that just last night on Law & Order one lawyer said to the other "You called this meeting. You're the more desperate. Your position is weak and we both know it." (I'm paraphrasing, but you get the idea.)
I read this and thought it had something to do with the Force. New Star Wars edition plasma TVs - in two distinct colors for good & evil....or something:P
"Do they have permission from the person who wrote the lectures to share it?" asks one IP attorney
Do lawyers actually have the right to make work by stirring up trouble and finding reasons to sue people? Isn't that a bit like an auto body shop that covers the streets in nails & broken glass?
...are these giant jetstream straddling, solar-powered technological oasies available as luxury homes? I imagine with carefull planning you could drag the definition of "hermit" kicking and screaming in exciting new directions.
I seem to recall the EU pulled a similar move so they could get a better deal from MS. It's pretty shrewd - at first they win points from the technocrats for going open source, then they win points from everybody else for getting the price of windows cut and in both cases the news reports, by a nd large, make them look good.
"If it is granted that protection, then all legitimate journalism is weakened as a result, and we may ultimately see a decline in our right to free speech, rather than an increase."
...or our privacy.
a) Give cheap access to mass media to everybody
b) Allow anyone with a podium to step beyond the bounds of the-public's-best-interests and into anything-the-public-might-like.
c) As the number of voices increase, so does the prying of the would-be investigative journalists.
I didn't mean that at all. I was trying to say that
a) I respect and admire people more if they are brave enough to post in an non-anonymous form
b) I asked why the parent had a problem with it, because all they did was rail anon posters without explaining why it was bad. You don't need integrity to report on the wrongdoings of the company you work for.
Addendum: being a hypocrite or lacking integrity doesn't matter as long as what you say has merit. I mean Nazi scientists said that eating healthy and exercising was a good thing. Should we stop doing those things because they were evil? Does it make what they say any less true? So what if someone blogs anonymously, as long as they speak truth?
I feel the same way (about being open and honest), but then I have to remind myself that the world is mostly cowards trying to get in the way. Standing by your principles is a hard thing to do.
I won't bother asking if you're genuine or hypocritical because it doesn't matter. What does matter is: what's wrong with being anonymous? If it helps people who are less courageous to speak up then isn't it a positive thing? All you've done is rail them without explaining why you think it's a bad thing.
Slashdot Mirror
Step 1: Buy worthless penny stock
Step 2: Await computer error
Step 3: Profit!!!1!
In Soviet..erm, I'd like to see a beow...uh, I for one, welc... oh, just forget it.
I remember that, it's why I learned to program my VCR. :P
So the first few seasons sucked but when they realized they were in trouble they started to get their act together and when they were cancelled they got even better? When I hold up this information next to the politics surrounding Firefly a theory emerges: The way to get good sci-fi is to give them the budget they need but keep them thinking they're about to get canned unless they make tv gold.
This has two benefits. I keeps everybody hungry and desperate which brings out the best effort. It also unites the fans and mobilizes them to do a lot of grass roots marketing.
As evidence, I humbly submit: Firefly. Or B5, which the station relegated to 5pm on a wednesday and pre-empted it with *golf*.
I thought you were supposed to take your staff to the next Harry Potter film ...or, more appropriately, a discworld movie.
After all, there's a reason she's the *former* RIAA CEO.
Calling something ironic when it isn't...is.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irony
So if I follow the logic if a BSOD is a 'guarded' error and a RSOD is a 'severe' error then a green SOD is a 'low' error, a yellow SOD is an 'elevated' error, and an orange SOD is a 'high' error.
http://www.epic.org/graphics/threat_levels.gif
Oh hell, I can't remember if we're talking about windows errors or terrorist threats. Though, TBH, there are probably times when they are one and the same.
"Democracy has no place in the classroom just like facts have no place in organized religion." -- Principal Skinner
My new phone-to-ip number is 'slashdot' in the 'com' area code. Oh, but don't forget to dial 'www' to get an outside line.
So far all the comments I've read say it's a trap.
I can't help but be reminded that just last night on Law & Order one lawyer said to the other "You called this meeting. You're the more desperate. Your position is weak and we both know it." (I'm paraphrasing, but you get the idea.)
I can see the slogan now.
Windows 2056: Is it in you?
...sites that mirror /. express concern that they feel less like a news propagator and more like an advertising portal.
Q: In comedy, what's the most important thi-
A: -Timing.
Or, if you prefer, wait until the dam is about to burst, then offer to sell everyone in the valley flood insurance at a rediculous fee.
iow, TigerSoftware hopes that Apple with throw money at them to make 'em go away so they won't interrupt the launch.
I read this and thought it had something to do with the Force. New Star Wars edition plasma TVs - in two distinct colors for good & evil. ...or something :P
...when reached for comment, said that this research didn't ammount to squawk.
"Honey, why do you keep all that old junk?"
"... I keep you, don't I?"
Do lawyers actually have the right to make work by stirring up trouble and finding reasons to sue people? Isn't that a bit like an auto body shop that covers the streets in nails & broken glass?
...are these giant jetstream straddling, solar-powered technological oasies available as luxury homes? I imagine with carefull planning you could drag the definition of "hermit" kicking and screaming in exciting new directions.
She's so big I'd need a megaphone to be heard by both ears.
Don't forget to give her Smeckler's Powder.
I seem to recall the EU pulled a similar move so they could get a better deal from MS. It's pretty shrewd - at first they win points from the technocrats for going open source, then they win points from everybody else for getting the price of windows cut and in both cases the news reports, by a nd large, make them look good.
"If it is granted that protection, then all legitimate journalism is weakened as a result, and we may ultimately see a decline in our right to free speech, rather than an increase."
...or our privacy.
a) Give cheap access to mass media to everybody
b) Allow anyone with a podium to step beyond the bounds of the-public's-best-interests and into anything-the-public-might-like.
c) As the number of voices increase, so does the prying of the would-be investigative journalists.
net effect, privacy decreases.
I didn't mean that at all. I was trying to say that
a) I respect and admire people more if they are brave enough to post in an non-anonymous form b) I asked why the parent had a problem with it, because all they did was rail anon posters without explaining why it was bad. You don't need integrity to report on the wrongdoings of the company you work for.
Addendum: being a hypocrite or lacking integrity doesn't matter as long as what you say has merit. I mean Nazi scientists said that eating healthy and exercising was a good thing. Should we stop doing those things because they were evil? Does it make what they say any less true? So what if someone blogs anonymously, as long as they speak truth?
I feel the same way (about being open and honest), but then I have to remind myself that the world is mostly cowards trying to get in the way. Standing by your principles is a hard thing to do. I won't bother asking if you're genuine or hypocritical because it doesn't matter. What does matter is: what's wrong with being anonymous? If it helps people who are less courageous to speak up then isn't it a positive thing? All you've done is rail them without explaining why you think it's a bad thing.