As for the plot similarities, Disney claims that they're all cliches anyway - the ex-Disney guy quoted in the Straight Dope article you linked to points out, quite correctly, that most of them appear in Hamlet.
It's not quite as cut and dry as Disney makes it sound.
Let's just say that it is not at all obvious that Disney plagiarised Kimba.
Almost. The lion also predictably gets hungry and tries to eat everyone, and even more predictably, friendship eventually overcomes this. Besides the movie's awful plot, almost every joke is a cultural reference. The humor is forced and sometimes makes no sense. This film should have gone straight to DVD.
Unfortunately, I was forced to sit through this horrendous turd of a movie. My girlfriend got free tickets from Bayer (she's a veterinarian). The only thing that made this movie bearable was the fact that I got to see it for free, and that it came with free lunch, free drinks, and free popcorn.
The joke that got the biggest laugh was a Lyme disease joke, but that was only because I was in a theater with a bunch of veterinarians, and the event's focus was Bayer's flea and tick products.
In other words, one might read "Bow before me and my enormous todger!" while the forgery could be "Warning: you need an electron microscope to view my penis". How can one tell which is real and which is fake?
I would have thought that with a name like yours, the answer would be obvious.
Did anyone else laugh as they read this? The writer of this article is unaware of sequence numbers... (and thinks that a timestamp is placed on each packet instead.)
No, because he's essentially correct.
In VoIP protocols, a timestamp *is* placed in every packet along with a sequence number. The timestamp is used to place the incoming audio and video packets in the correct order with regard to time. The sequence number is used to detect packet loss. So basically, sequence numbers don't help you with jitter. The timestamp is use to actually calculate the amount of jitter, so it's rather important for it to be as accurate as possible.
If you're unwilling to purchase a Windows 2003 Server and a Microsoft Terminal Services license set, but still would like to run the troublesome application remotely, here is another solution.
All you need is a Windows XP Professional machine with your software on it, and then you can run WinConnect Server XP. It is inexpensive, uses regular Windows RDP, includes a fairly decent admin tool, and you can try it out for free. ThinSoft also makes a Linux client, but you can use rdesktop. The bad news is that it only allows 21 clients concurrently.
No, I don't work for them, but I have used their software quite a bit. Their site leads you to believe that they only sell licenses in groups of three, but in fact, they are more than willing to sell you individual licenses. All in all, their system works rather well.
Arnold Schwarzenegger once said that he hated the sex scene in Terminator because it was totally at odds with the rest of the film - the same complaint would no doubt be levelled at sex in, say, Metal Gear Solid. Although 'stealth sex' is an intriguing concept.
Oil can be refined into fuel, and Stealth Bombers use quite a lot of fuel. Having a fuel production facility right next to your airbase is pretty convenient, isn't it?
None of the U.S. strategic bombers need a forward supply depot in Iraq to attack the Middle East. All of these bombers can be refueled in flight. Furthermore, the refueling aircraft can also be refueled in flight, and there have been missions where this has been done.
The B-2 "Spirit" has a range of 6000 miles (9654 km), and the entire operational fleet of 21 B-2s is based in Missouri. Every mission that it has flown to date has started and ended in Missouri. The one time the B-2 needed a stopover during a mission was to change crews due to the length of the mission (70 hours). These were for the missions over Afghanistan, and the stopover was in Diego Garcia.
The B-1B "Lancer" also has a range of 6000 miles (9654 km). During the war in Iraq, these planes were dispatched from Guam.
Finally, the venerable B-52 "Stratofortress" has a range of 7370 miles (11,861 km), and during the Iraq war, these planes were based in the U.K.
So basically, it may be convenient, but it's completely unnecessary.
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It's not quite as cut and dry as Disney makes it sound.
Let's just say that it is not at all obvious that Disney plagiarised Kimba.
It's painfully obvious.
You mean Jungle Emperor, which was shown on NBC in the 60's? Yeah, good show!
Almost. The lion also predictably gets hungry and tries to eat everyone, and even more predictably, friendship eventually overcomes this. Besides the movie's awful plot, almost every joke is a cultural reference. The humor is forced and sometimes makes no sense. This film should have gone straight to DVD.
Unfortunately, I was forced to sit through this horrendous turd of a movie. My girlfriend got free tickets from Bayer (she's a veterinarian). The only thing that made this movie bearable was the fact that I got to see it for free, and that it came with free lunch, free drinks, and free popcorn.
The joke that got the biggest laugh was a Lyme disease joke, but that was only because I was in a theater with a bunch of veterinarians, and the event's focus was Bayer's flea and tick products.
In a nutshell: Don't bother.
I've heard of the brown note, but the brown post? Holy shit!
I would have thought that with a name like yours, the answer would be obvious.
I guess pouring hot grits down nanopants just doesn't present much of a challenge.
Are you being facetious?
Walmart sells machines made by Linare that don't come with MS Windows in any form.
Linspire has a list of retail partners that sell Linux PCs.
Laptops? Shit out of luck unless you want to pay a lot more.
Walmart sells a laptop with Linspire on it for $498.
Linare laptops start at $498.
Linux Certified laptops start at $999.
ASL has a sweet laptop for $1661.
The PSP can help you with this problem.
Just push Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A when you are about to release.
After you enter the code, you'll be able to last forever.
I bet it wouldn't even breathe heavy.
The failure option will be available in the next release as a standard feature.
If they keep DNS logs, they'll know what sites you browse to.
Not as special as when you're at sea level controlling a botnet that's 30K feet in the sky.
No, because he's essentially correct.
In VoIP protocols, a timestamp *is* placed in every packet along with a sequence number. The timestamp is used to place the incoming audio and video packets in the correct order with regard to time. The sequence number is used to detect packet loss. So basically, sequence numbers don't help you with jitter. The timestamp is use to actually calculate the amount of jitter, so it's rather important for it to be as accurate as possible.
I think his point was that there are less clumsy ways of integrating this aspect of John Conner into the films.
Wait, why are we discussing an unconfirmed anecdote in a quote from an article that was attached to a joke post again? :)
All you need is a Windows XP Professional machine with your software on it, and then you can run WinConnect Server XP. It is inexpensive, uses regular Windows RDP, includes a fairly decent admin tool, and you can try it out for free. ThinSoft also makes a Linux client, but you can use rdesktop. The bad news is that it only allows 21 clients concurrently.
No, I don't work for them, but I have used their software quite a bit. Their site leads you to believe that they only sell licenses in groups of three, but in fact, they are more than willing to sell you individual licenses. All in all, their system works rather well.
They'll never see you coming!
He does other cool stuff too. After you're done reading his book, don't forget to buy one of Cliff's bottles.
Great idea!
None of the U.S. strategic bombers need a forward supply depot in Iraq to attack the Middle East. All of these bombers can be refueled in flight. Furthermore, the refueling aircraft can also be refueled in flight, and there have been missions where this has been done.
The B-2 "Spirit" has a range of 6000 miles (9654 km), and the entire operational fleet of 21 B-2s is based in Missouri. Every mission that it has flown to date has started and ended in Missouri. The one time the B-2 needed a stopover during a mission was to change crews due to the length of the mission (70 hours). These were for the missions over Afghanistan, and the stopover was in Diego Garcia.
The B-1B "Lancer" also has a range of 6000 miles (9654 km). During the war in Iraq, these planes were dispatched from Guam.
Finally, the venerable B-52 "Stratofortress" has a range of 7370 miles (11,861 km), and during the Iraq war, these planes were based in the U.K.
So basically, it may be convenient, but it's completely unnecessary.
Amateur.
Mom School.
Seriously. Did you notice that all Mom's know the same phrases, jokes, etc. It's a conspiracy.
Turn it up!!!!
It doesn't, but apparently cat milk does.
It's not really an adequate substitute, though.
because the first few episodes of American Idol aren't "demeaning contests"...
Well, at least they don't have to drink pig intestine frappés for a small prize.