He's bitter. he lost his Ipod shuffle up his butt and too proud to go get it removed. So he walks around all cranky and bitter, with no music. (unless he eats a lot of fiber that might brush across the buttosn, but usually that only makes him hear Copa Cabana blaring from his butt, and that'd make anyone bitter.
Rose isn't *THAT* brilliant. She's one of the best sidekicks every, but not brilliant.
Rose is best described as that girlfriend with a one-track mind, a bit of a spoiled brat, when she gets an idea in her head she won't let it go, no matter how many times you tell her yes/no, "the b!tch didn't mean anything, drop it already", "Yes I took out the trash",..."I did the dishes last time, it's your turn"..."No I'm not cleaning out the catbox" and the Doctor puts on the ruse of being the boss, but in the end caves in and it's perfectly clear that Rose wears the pants in the TARDIS.
I bought a GeForce 5600 december 27th 2003...guess when it died? January 4th 2005. Just over 1 year (the warranty was one year). I'm disgusted with the longevity of products these days and that card still had a lot of life left in it.
Religion today is simply a roadmap of how to behave towards one another, and a set of tennants on how to live one's life.
The Jewish faith is rich with history and tradition, and it gives a lot of people purpose. Just like programming, inventing, or music gives others purpose.
Protect the Torah is obviously something that is important to the Jewish community, just as anti-virus software is important to the computer community. You would think that as enlightened as the computer community claims to be, we coud forego the anti-semitic comments.
The broadcast flag is just another tool devised by the MPAA to help insure that if people want to watch something beyond the original air-date, they'll have to go out and buy it.
The broadcast flag isn't about bringing media to the masses, it's about bringing media to the masses, grabbing them by the grapes and squeezing every penny they possibly can from the public.
Fact is, by the time a production makes it to broadcast television, it's made all the money it's going to make. Companies purchase advertising time, the production houses make some more money. At this time, it doesn't make one bit of difference whether someone tapes or doesn't tape a movie from the television, and the funny thing is, that the taping of movies from broadcast or cable television is protected under fair-use.
By insisting that there be a broadcast flag, the MPAA is basically saying, "We don't care about your right to fair-use, we want your money and we'll get it, one way or another."
Don't you think I've heard of, and *gasp* even used a film camera? AND....*shudder* own a few film cameras. I've even got a couple scanners laying around, imagine that.
Most film developers won't develop PG-13 to NC-17 photos, you have to take them to a photography store that does private developing, (and even then, they may not do it.) The other option is develop it yourself, which not everyone is set up to be able to do that.
This is why I say 9/10 times it's a digital camera, which 9.9/10 is probably a more accurate figure.
You know, I have to bring this question up.
Everyone KNOWS we live in the digital age. 9/10 times, people who do allow their significant other take nude photographs of them, realize that they will be taken with a digital camera, and if it's taken with a digital camera, it's going to be on someone's computer at some point.
Secondly, given the nature of human beings, when someone dumps their significant other, they're left with a feeling of humiliation. Now they have the ability to return that humiliation.
So I have to ask myself, what did she do that was bad enough to make him want to humiliate her. I kinda think the broad had it coming.
I've worked for several companies, and of those, I've only worked for one company who gave a damn about my career, let alone what I require as an employee. Employers are in the business of using people up and trading in the buying and selling of souls. "I need you to come in on Saturday for no overtime and no extra compensation" or "We need you to put your vacation on hold for a month because we screwed up and need your help, yes we know your tickets are non-refundable, but we don't care"
Compounded by the fact that your job may be outsourced to India at any time, all so the company's stock can go up a 1/4 of a point.
2. Younger people aren't signing up for IT programs because they've heard the horror stories their older siblings have told them. The IT field sucks, it's not cool.
3. IT professionals are tired of arguing with department heads why they need larger budgets, updated equipment, and more help. Most executives see the IT department as a one-time expendeture. IT is a living breathing entity that requires maintenance, and needs constant upkeep. Equipment needs to be upgraded and replaced, IT workers don't need to be harranged why we need it, just shut up and sign the check.
4. Superiors who have absolutely no concept of what working in the IT field entails, yet they're feel the need to micromanage every facet of our jobs.
5. Calling us on our vacation to report a problem caused by someone else, begging us to cut our vacation short and return to work. (I've literally had to hide my cell phone, and not tell anyone where I was going.)
6. stress, stress, more stress.
7. More often than not, when you work in the IT field you're married to your job, fat chance finding a social life.
8. IT people are generally not suckups. They're not chipper marketing people. They're do not have the patience to hold the same person's hand on a daily basis and teach them how to read their email everyday. (asuming they can read.) Let alone explain to them (the users) for the 15th time why they can't install "bert and ernie's alphabet playtime" on the company computer to entertain their kid when they come into the office on the weekend.
In 1999, I retired from the IT field at 28. I'll NEVER work in the field again. In fact, I have a rather successful farm, (probably one of the few privately owned farms with broadband in the milk barn.) It's a "gnu herd"...meaning that I've got linux running everywhere.
The IT field only have themselves to blame for their work shortage, a lot of us have moved on to better things.
"Worldwide revenue loss due to software piracy was estimated at $33 billion for 2004 with about 1/3 of the software used being illegal.
There the BSA goes again, inflating numbers and making claims, all the while cranking up the propoganda machine.
Why do I say this? Simply put, they're claiming numbers which are simply pulled out of thin air. As I've said numerous times, business organizations and software companies like to fabricate "loss factors" based on populations, and claim that they're losing money, when in fact a high percentage of the loses they're claiming are from people who would've never bought their products in the first place. ((e.g. Whether it's a welfare mom who plays with Photoshop for something to do, or a 3rd world genius making political satire, then again if he's a genius he's probably using some flavor of unix anyway...)
This is just another scare tactic of the corporate machine in order to get sympathy from the politicians. (...and this is coming from a Republican.)
Only thing I have to say beyond that, "Move along, there's nothing to see here."
Those of us with half a mind would STILL install Linux on them.;-). So regardless we'd still have the almighty penguin on the desktop, it doesn't matter what the CPU is. muhahaha.
Fans desire to see the show as soon as humanly possible. Where the production company screwed up, they released it in the UK first. Myself personally, I saw the entire first season thanks to torrents before it ever aired in the US.
No offense to the people overseas, but Battlestar Galactica is an AMERICAN creation. (not to be politcal here...but it's blasphemy to release "our" shows over there for you guys first, imho).
Anyway, back to the point. The problem isn't piracy. People are going to share television shows and movies regardless. If not thru IRC, thru Gnutella, if not thru Gnutella, thru Kazaa, if not thru Kazaa, thru BitTorrents, if not thru BitTorrents, they'll find another way. The MPAA is a victim of its own success. By pissing off and alienating every single person out there, it does nothing but fuel people's resolve.
Sure there are going to be people who are going to try to get something for nothing. That's true in any society. There are those of us who not only download things to be the "first" to see them, but we still pay our $8.50 at the box office to see it in the theatre. SW Ep2, I saw 2 weeks before release, did that stop me from going to see it in the theatre? No. In fact I saw it twice. (not because it was good, just because I was taking others to see it.)
What the MPAA doesn't understand, is that some "art" is art...some art is utter crap. If people like what they see, they WILL spend the cash to get the "real thing". Unless they're a broke college kid, and what does it matter if they see it for free on the internet, or see it for free on television 3 years later. The "but we have commercials for network showings"...does cut it, because nobody pays attention to those anyway. Darth Vader choking a red M&M doesn't make me want to buy more M&M's, (in fact it makes me want to choke a muppet.)
Truth be told, it makes not one iota's difference whether people watch things for free, or pay their money, the corporations still dump their profits into promotions, people still buy their products, most without the influence of advertisement. If things are of quality, that's where people spend their money. If a show is good, and someone downloads it, watches it sans commercials, it's not going to affect their spending habits.
This is turning into a rant, so I'll just leave it at that. (on a final note, F' the MPAA)
..."We don't like Apple's way of doing things, because it limits the ability of the consumer to pirate songs, thus limiting our ability to sue you, The Consumer, preventing us from justifying our jobs."
Slashdot Mirror
"Man who fart in church sits alone in his pew"
Wait a minute, I guess I can do thrones, kinda...well at least bodily functions:
"Man who pee thru screen door is straining himself"
I find your lack of faith, disturbing.
He's bitter. he lost his Ipod shuffle up his butt and too proud to go get it removed. So he walks around all cranky and bitter, with no music. (unless he eats a lot of fiber that might brush across the buttosn, but usually that only makes him hear Copa Cabana blaring from his butt, and that'd make anyone bitter.
Rose isn't *THAT* brilliant. She's one of the best sidekicks every, but not brilliant.
Rose is best described as that girlfriend with a one-track mind, a bit of a spoiled brat, when she gets an idea in her head she won't let it go, no matter how many times you tell her yes/no, "the b!tch didn't mean anything, drop it already", "Yes I took out the trash",..."I did the dishes last time, it's your turn"..."No I'm not cleaning out the catbox" and the Doctor puts on the ruse of being the boss, but in the end caves in and it's perfectly clear that Rose wears the pants in the TARDIS.
I'd actually be interested in seeing this. I've got a few spaces that could use some A/C on the cheap.
I bought a GeForce 5600 december 27th 2003...guess when it died? January 4th 2005. Just over 1 year (the warranty was one year). I'm disgusted with the longevity of products these days and that card still had a lot of life left in it.
...it's not even about what G-d you pray to.
Religion today is simply a roadmap of how to behave towards one another, and a set of tennants on how to live one's life.
The Jewish faith is rich with history and tradition, and it gives a lot of people purpose. Just like programming, inventing, or music gives others purpose.
Protect the Torah is obviously something that is important to the Jewish community, just as anti-virus software is important to the computer community. You would think that as enlightened as the computer community claims to be, we coud forego the anti-semitic comments.
They'll visit the articles... ...if they have lots of pictures.
....I'm there.
:-D
(everyone loves a kamakaze engie with a hot EMP)
lol..and slashdot is bugged this morning:
"Slashdot requires you to wait 2 minutes between each successful posting of a comment to allow everyone a fair chance at posting a comment.
It's been 14 minutes since you last successfully posted a comment"
Every time a new console comes out that question is asked, and everytime the PC keeps right on ticking... ...move along, there's nothing to see here.
Next they're going to be saying that the penny tray at your local convenience story is linked to Al Quaeda.
The broadcast flag is just another tool devised by the MPAA to help insure that if people want to watch something beyond the original air-date, they'll have to go out and buy it.
The broadcast flag isn't about bringing media to the masses, it's about bringing media to the masses, grabbing them by the grapes and squeezing every penny they possibly can from the public.
Fact is, by the time a production makes it to broadcast television, it's made all the money it's going to make. Companies purchase advertising time, the production houses make some more money. At this time, it doesn't make one bit of difference whether someone tapes or doesn't tape a movie from the television, and the funny thing is, that the taping of movies from broadcast or cable television is protected under fair-use.
By insisting that there be a broadcast flag, the MPAA is basically saying, "We don't care about your right to fair-use, we want your money and we'll get it, one way or another."
./rollseyes
Don't you think I've heard of, and *gasp* even used a film camera? AND....*shudder* own a few film cameras. I've even got a couple scanners laying around, imagine that.
Most film developers won't develop PG-13 to NC-17 photos, you have to take them to a photography store that does private developing, (and even then, they may not do it.) The other option is develop it yourself, which not everyone is set up to be able to do that.
This is why I say 9/10 times it's a digital camera, which 9.9/10 is probably a more accurate figure.
You know, I have to bring this question up. Everyone KNOWS we live in the digital age. 9/10 times, people who do allow their significant other take nude photographs of them, realize that they will be taken with a digital camera, and if it's taken with a digital camera, it's going to be on someone's computer at some point. Secondly, given the nature of human beings, when someone dumps their significant other, they're left with a feeling of humiliation. Now they have the ability to return that humiliation. So I have to ask myself, what did she do that was bad enough to make him want to humiliate her. I kinda think the broad had it coming.
"Every time you use BitTorrent, God kills a kitten."
GOOD, I hate cats!
1. No employer loyalty.
I've worked for several companies, and of those, I've only worked for one company who gave a damn about my career, let alone what I require as an employee. Employers are in the business of using people up and trading in the buying and selling of souls. "I need you to come in on Saturday for no overtime and no extra compensation" or "We need you to put your vacation on hold for a month because we screwed up and need your help, yes we know your tickets are non-refundable, but we don't care"
Compounded by the fact that your job may be outsourced to India at any time, all so the company's stock can go up a 1/4 of a point.
2. Younger people aren't signing up for IT programs because they've heard the horror stories their older siblings have told them. The IT field sucks, it's not cool.
3. IT professionals are tired of arguing with department heads why they need larger budgets, updated equipment, and more help. Most executives see the IT department as a one-time expendeture. IT is a living breathing entity that requires maintenance, and needs constant upkeep. Equipment needs to be upgraded and replaced, IT workers don't need to be harranged why we need it, just shut up and sign the check.
4. Superiors who have absolutely no concept of what working in the IT field entails, yet they're feel the need to micromanage every facet of our jobs.
5. Calling us on our vacation to report a problem caused by someone else, begging us to cut our vacation short and return to work. (I've literally had to hide my cell phone, and not tell anyone where I was going.)
6. stress, stress, more stress.
7. More often than not, when you work in the IT field you're married to your job, fat chance finding a social life.
8. IT people are generally not suckups. They're not chipper marketing people. They're do not have the patience to hold the same person's hand on a daily basis and teach them how to read their email everyday. (asuming they can read.) Let alone explain to them (the users) for the 15th time why they can't install "bert and ernie's alphabet playtime" on the company computer to entertain their kid when they come into the office on the weekend.
In 1999, I retired from the IT field at 28. I'll NEVER work in the field again. In fact, I have a rather successful farm, (probably one of the few privately owned farms with broadband in the milk barn.) It's a "gnu herd"...meaning that I've got linux running everywhere.
The IT field only have themselves to blame for their work shortage, a lot of us have moved on to better things.
well that, and all it takes is one kid with a laptop and a DVD drive, and you've got a DVD quality copy of the film leaked out onto the internet.
someone posted a post-production work print, it's better quality than you think.
There the BSA goes again, inflating numbers and making claims, all the while cranking up the propoganda machine.
Why do I say this? Simply put, they're claiming numbers which are simply pulled out of thin air. As I've said numerous times, business organizations and software companies like to fabricate "loss factors" based on populations, and claim that they're losing money, when in fact a high percentage of the loses they're claiming are from people who would've never bought their products in the first place. ((e.g. Whether it's a welfare mom who plays with Photoshop for something to do, or a 3rd world genius making political satire, then again if he's a genius he's probably using some flavor of unix anyway...)
This is just another scare tactic of the corporate machine in order to get sympathy from the politicians. (...and this is coming from a Republican.)
Only thing I have to say beyond that, "Move along, there's nothing to see here."
....and 640k is enough for everyone.
two words:
Wal Mart
they've got VHS machines for as low as $35 if I remember right. Fairly decent too, 4-head stereo at that.
(yes, I know, WalMart is the devil, but sometimes you have to dance with the devil to get what you want.)
it wouldn't have looked very different.
;-). So regardless we'd still have the almighty penguin on the desktop, it doesn't matter what the CPU is. muhahaha.
Those of us with half a mind would STILL install Linux on them.
not only is she hot, but she does Boltar, ergo she's a slut, and without sluts 70% of the /. population would still be virgins. ;-)
The sluts are dead, LONG LIVE THE SLUTS!!!
The problem is desire.
Fans desire to see the show as soon as humanly possible. Where the production company screwed up, they released it in the UK first. Myself personally, I saw the entire first season thanks to torrents before it ever aired in the US.
No offense to the people overseas, but Battlestar Galactica is an AMERICAN creation. (not to be politcal here...but it's blasphemy to release "our" shows over there for you guys first, imho).
Anyway, back to the point. The problem isn't piracy. People are going to share television shows and movies regardless. If not thru IRC, thru Gnutella, if not thru Gnutella, thru Kazaa, if not thru Kazaa, thru BitTorrents, if not thru BitTorrents, they'll find another way. The MPAA is a victim of its own success. By pissing off and alienating every single person out there, it does nothing but fuel people's resolve.
Sure there are going to be people who are going to try to get something for nothing. That's true in any society. There are those of us who not only download things to be the "first" to see them, but we still pay our $8.50 at the box office to see it in the theatre. SW Ep2, I saw 2 weeks before release, did that stop me from going to see it in the theatre? No. In fact I saw it twice. (not because it was good, just because I was taking others to see it.)
What the MPAA doesn't understand, is that some "art" is art...some art is utter crap. If people like what they see, they WILL spend the cash to get the "real thing". Unless they're a broke college kid, and what does it matter if they see it for free on the internet, or see it for free on television 3 years later. The "but we have commercials for network showings"...does cut it, because nobody pays attention to those anyway. Darth Vader choking a red M&M doesn't make me want to buy more M&M's, (in fact it makes me want to choke a muppet.)
Truth be told, it makes not one iota's difference whether people watch things for free, or pay their money, the corporations still dump their profits into promotions, people still buy their products, most without the influence of advertisement. If things are of quality, that's where people spend their money. If a show is good, and someone downloads it, watches it sans commercials, it's not going to affect their spending habits.
This is turning into a rant, so I'll just leave it at that. (on a final note, F' the MPAA)
(can you say entrapment?)