"...the MPAA hasn't provided legitimate alternatives for what consumers want..."
What exactly does that mean?
"Online" move distribution? Already sort of have that via PPV from the cable co. Granted, the service would be improved by providing more selections, but it's pretty good right now.
Rent the movie before I (maybe) buy it? Blockbuster is less than a mile from my house.
Own the movie and watch it as many times as I want? A quick trip to suncoast, or amazon.com takes care of that.
Am I missing something? What else do you want (besides free movies, that is)?
I don't know about command line, but I do know that the newer versions of OO.o sport an export-to-pdf function. I'd be surprised if it couldn't be accessed through the command line somehow.
A similar message I received (a couple of months back) also asked for my account number, password, SSN, mother's maiden name, and my mailing address. Basically everything you'd need to hijack my account with citibank. I emailed their tech guys, and got a reply pretty quickly that they were trying to track down whoever it was doing this, and that they thought they might have an idea where/who they were.
In Memento, technically the lead doesn't have amnesia. He lacks the ability to record new memories. Splitting hairs, I know...
And "Three Days of the Condor" wasn't about amnesia at all. The only similarity between it and bourne identity was that the lead character's coworkers all got dead in a brownstone in NYC.
"I can't remember anything and why is everyone trying to kill me".
A more accurate summary of TDOTC would be:
"I don't know anything and why is everyone trying to kill me."
"no one it seems, is preparing to challenge SCO and get this resolved."
Apparently you haven't been reading the news this week (or, for that matter, TFA). Both Red Hat and IBM have "challenged" SCO in the form of lawsuits, and many companies have publicly stated their objections to SCO's tactics, including SuSE and Novell.
"We complain that legislation and companies are taking away our ability to do certain types of research, to use things in a way we want, sometimes even our livelihoods. Aren't those exactly the complaints of the people whose jobs computers replaced in the 20th century?"
No. Their complaint was that they were replaced by a machine, not that congress passed a law making their job illegal. It's just a little different.
"We don't own the world, and as much as we think we run it, we don't do that either."
"Here's the address of the story...I suggest you read through it and find that the police chief was fired...
Well, I read through the article you linked, and despite my best efforts could not find that the chief was fired. I did find that the only mention of the police chief was that he promised an investigation of the raid, and that it was going to be an opportunity for the chief to come down on the Capt. that performed the raid.
Further reading in other articles on that web site reveal that the chief did eventually resign his post, but that this incident was merely one in a series of incidents that led to his resignation - like the HPD crime lab screwing up DNA tests.
So the next time you tell someone to RTFA, you might want to actually do so yourself.
Looking at that document, it says that the "Gross Federal Debt" was 60% of GDP in 2002, but that "Debt Held by the Public" was 34.3% of GDP. They've subtracted out debt held by federal government accounts, but it doesn't explain why (that I could understand, anyway).
That's pretty sweet. I was thinking a while back that i'd love to be able to run the "other" Mozilla Apps (Mail, Calendar, etc) as Tabs in the browser window.
IIRC one of the main causes of that problem is not installing the correct version of Cal for the version of Mozilla you're running, which was a result of confusing links on the Calendar project page. Last I looked, they had revamped that page to make it easier to understand.
That may not be the problem you were having, but it's worth looking into.
Looking at that screenshot, it looks like MS are, in fact, keeping the side nav bar, just changing the way it looks (i'm referring to the bottom left hand corner of the screenshot). I don't have a copy of 2003 beta, so I'm just guessing. Can anyone confirm/deny this?
I stand corrected. Did a deeper search as you suggested and confirmed your numbers. Honestly don't know where the numbers in the first link I cited came from.
Thanks for pointing me in the direction of the correct info.
The difference being that the Reagan Administration's intended goal was to spend the Soviets into oblivion, but I don't believe the Clinton Administration had any idea that the Internet (and the technologies related to it) would become such a powerful and pervasive force in our society.
Note that I am not saying the Clinton administration did a poor job of running the economy. But his economic policies got an unintended boost from the explosion of technology and its impact on U.S. businesses.
Cali is pretty sweet. If you come back (and haven't already done so), try to drive up the Pacific Coast Highway - some the most amazing scenery i've ever laid eyes on. Just make sure you don't get so wrapped up in the scenery that you drive off the cliff into the Pacific Ocean.
As you can see here , it's lower (as a % of GDP) than it was when Reagan left office.
So I guess it's doing just fine.
More concerning is the massive amount of consumer debt that we have piled up over the last 15 years.
How 'bout letting us know which country you are from so we can ask you some smarmy, ill-informed questions?
I called and tried to get in. Gave the code, gave my name, then the person asked my company name. I replied "IBM" and was told that the call was "by invitation only". When I called back and said I was a "private investor", I was let in.
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No need. There's already a term - "That Guy". Most frequently seen in the "Sports Guy" columns on espn.com. Nice site about it here:
FameTracker
I'm at work, and censorware is preventing me from reaching the site so I don't know if it's still up.
BTW, Brian Dennehey does not qualify as a "that guy" since:
a.) he's played the lead in movies, which automatically disqualifies him, and
b.) you know his name.
"...the MPAA hasn't provided legitimate alternatives for what consumers want..."
What exactly does that mean?
"Online" move distribution? Already sort of have that via PPV from the cable co. Granted, the service would be improved by providing more selections, but it's pretty good right now.
Rent the movie before I (maybe) buy it? Blockbuster is less than a mile from my house.
Own the movie and watch it as many times as I want? A quick trip to suncoast, or amazon.com takes care of that.
Am I missing something? What else do you want (besides free movies, that is)?
I don't know about command line, but I do know that the newer versions of OO.o sport an export-to-pdf function. I'd be surprised if it couldn't be accessed through the command line somehow.
Isn't this sort of where RedHat is going with the Bluecurve desktop?
Well, the SCO suit is going to result in Linux being declared illegal, so he'll need a new career.
A similar message I received (a couple of months back) also asked for my account number, password, SSN, mother's maiden name, and my mailing address. Basically everything you'd need to hijack my account with citibank. I emailed their tech guys, and got a reply pretty quickly that they were trying to track down whoever it was doing this, and that they thought they might have an idea where/who they were.
In Memento, technically the lead doesn't have amnesia. He lacks the ability to record new memories. Splitting hairs, I know...
And "Three Days of the Condor" wasn't about amnesia at all. The only similarity between it and bourne identity was that the lead character's coworkers all got dead in a brownstone in NYC.
"I can't remember anything and why is everyone trying to kill me".
A more accurate summary of TDOTC would be:
"I don't know anything and why is everyone trying to kill me."
"no one it seems, is preparing to challenge SCO and get this resolved."
Apparently you haven't been reading the news this week (or, for that matter, TFA). Both Red Hat and IBM have "challenged" SCO in the form of lawsuits, and many companies have publicly stated their objections to SCO's tactics, including SuSE and Novell.
Sweet - my memory isn't as bad as I thought. :)
Are you this "Technical Development Manager"?
Interesting (one might say prescient) commentabout Chilliware from Bruce Perens in that discussion.
Cheers!
"We complain that legislation and companies are taking away our ability to do certain types of research, to use things in a way we want, sometimes even our livelihoods. Aren't those exactly the complaints of the people whose jobs computers replaced in the 20th century?"
:)
No. Their complaint was that they were replaced by a machine, not that congress passed a law making their job illegal. It's just a little different.
"We don't own the world, and as much as we think we run it, we don't do that either."
God. Root. What's the difference?
"Here's the address of the story...I suggest you read through it and find that the police chief was fired...
Well, I read through the article you linked, and despite my best efforts could not find that the chief was fired. I did find that the only mention of the police chief was that he promised an investigation of the raid, and that it was going to be an opportunity for the chief to come down on the Capt. that performed the raid.
Further reading in other articles on that web site reveal that the chief did eventually resign his post, but that this incident was merely one in a series of incidents that led to his resignation - like the HPD crime lab screwing up DNA tests.
So the next time you tell someone to RTFA, you might want to actually do so yourself.
Thanks.
Looking at that document, it says that the "Gross Federal Debt" was 60% of GDP in 2002, but that "Debt Held by the Public" was 34.3% of GDP. They've subtracted out debt held by federal government accounts, but it doesn't explain why (that I could understand, anyway).
Any idea why?
That's pretty sweet. I was thinking a while back that i'd love to be able to run the "other" Mozilla Apps (Mail, Calendar, etc) as Tabs in the browser window.
IIRC one of the main causes of that problem is not installing the correct version of Cal for the version of Mozilla you're running, which was a result of confusing links on the Calendar project page. Last I looked, they had revamped that page to make it easier to understand.
That may not be the problem you were having, but it's worth looking into.
Looking at that screenshot, it looks like MS are, in fact, keeping the side nav bar, just changing the way it looks (i'm referring to the bottom left hand corner of the screenshot). I don't have a copy of 2003 beta, so I'm just guessing. Can anyone confirm/deny this?
I stand corrected. Did a deeper search as you suggested and confirmed your numbers. Honestly don't know where the numbers in the first link I cited came from.
Thanks for pointing me in the direction of the correct info.
The difference being that the Reagan Administration's intended goal was to spend the Soviets into oblivion, but I don't believe the Clinton Administration had any idea that the Internet (and the technologies related to it) would become such a powerful and pervasive force in our society.
Note that I am not saying the Clinton administration did a poor job of running the economy. But his economic policies got an unintended boost from the explosion of technology and its impact on U.S. businesses.
That's too bad.
Cali is pretty sweet. If you come back (and haven't already done so), try to drive up the Pacific Coast Highway - some the most amazing scenery i've ever laid eyes on. Just make sure you don't get so wrapped up in the scenery that you drive off the cliff into the Pacific Ocean.
heh. possibly.
;)
Or maybe said president just happened to be in office during one of the biggest technological revolutions in history?
"presiding over", and "being the direct cause of" are two entirely different things.
As you can see here , it's lower (as a % of GDP) than it was when Reagan left office.
So I guess it's doing just fine.
More concerning is the massive amount of consumer debt that we have piled up over the last 15 years.
How 'bout letting us know which country you are from so we can ask you some smarmy, ill-informed questions?
Let's not forget about SuSE's OpenExchange Server? We've just started looking at it, and it seems to have functionality from both camps you mentioned.
From where? www.bluesbrothers.com doesn't resovle, that www.thebluesbrothers.com points to a domain squatter.
I called and tried to get in. Gave the code, gave my name, then the person asked my company name. I replied "IBM" and was told that the call was "by invitation only". When I called back and said I was a "private investor", I was let in.
How 'bout "Phoenix"? That's much cooler than "Firebird".