So since when did Lucas enlist Rick Bermann to help write Episode 3?
I believe the GP was being sarcastic, taking a stab at Berman's piss-poor writing abilities, and how most of us Trek fans are really, really, really sick of time travel plotlines, and how Berman has no respect for the universe he's writing too (Klingon's, timeline continuity)
Sure, he can use their graphics, as long as they're different enough. As other posters have written in here, the right to parody is protected. As long as the site was easily identifiable as parody he can copy all he likes AFAIK.
I've been trying to enjoy linux on the desktop since Mandrake 5, so I'm not green to it either... Mandrake 5 wasn't too great, but I've really enjoyed watching it develop. I recon it's going to take a few more years, and Linus caving on the idea of a HAL and then perhaps it'll be okay for prime time.
That said, Open Source has an impressive track record for quality software
Personally, I'm consistently finding issues that annoy the hell out of me with my FC3 box. Shit that should just work, doesn't necessarily. Sure, I can make it work, but it just doesn't today.
Stuff like being able to play an MP3 off an SMB share. Being able to modify the gnome menu. Having good support for my Realtek wireless card, without having to use the ndiswrapper. Every time a FF update comes out, I have to add Java support again to FF. Every time there's a kernel update I have to hope I have the correct version of ndiswrapper for it. I still haven't figured out how to earse a CDRW in Nautilus.
While all these issues I can work around, there's no reason why I should have to, and it's a testament to the fact that the commercial stuff (mac, windows) just works. I'm not fighting the Linux vs. MS fight, but rather commercial vs. open source.
In the end, I'm sitting on an OS that doesn't do everything I'd like to, and I can't recommend that same OS to anyone else either because I myself don't have confidence in it as a desktop OS.
Don't get me wrong - I like the OS. It just really pisses me off sometimes.
I dunno, when a President of the US says "My Fellow Americans" is he addressing Canadians and Mexicans too?
I think a Canadian or Mexican is reluctant to call themself an American because of the stigma associated with that label.
btw, I use gaim, but most of my contacts in Canada are on MSN. I'm on three - Yahoo, ICQ, and MSN. My ICQ account hase one contact, my Yahoo has four and my MSN has fifty.
I think it's the MPAA that should be more worried... Really, mp3 transfer is quick enough.
I know many who bitch about downloading a movie off eDonkey and how slow it is. I remind them that it's free, and if they don't like it they can always go buy the DVD...
Like he gave up after Jedi? Anyone remember that lame-ass cartoon called Ewoks? Or the even lamer-assed cartoon called Droids? This isn't new folks... He's milking like he did after Jedi...
Even Brits realized that there was a need for a part of the house that doesn't represent the will of the people, for sometimes the will of the people can be morally unjust.
Agree or disagree with the House of Lords if you like, but they were onto something.
If majority always ruled, blacks would never be considered equal in America. Too bad you guys have an administration that has little regard for the constitution, and that administration will be appointing much of the supreme court this term.
You need to locally run a TFTP server to get the new firmware up to the cable modem to disable SNMP.
I recon I know what TFTP is, just saying that it is being used today by cable modem companies to get firmware up to cable modems, so it is actually being used.
Wow, so we'll finally have a use for TFTP afterall!
Isn't TFTP used to store the firmware in cable modems? I recal reading a way to hack into your cable modem and have the SNMP data go to your machine, rather than your cable service provider, and TFTP was what you used to get the firmware onto it.
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So since when did Lucas enlist Rick Bermann to help write Episode 3?
I believe the GP was being sarcastic, taking a stab at Berman's piss-poor writing abilities, and how most of us Trek fans are really, really, really sick of time travel plotlines, and how Berman has no respect for the universe he's writing too (Klingon's, timeline continuity)
I thought WASP was "White Anglo Saxxon Protestant" or "We Are Sexual Perverts", but where the hell is the "A" in "Web Standards Project"?????
First they should learn how to spell IMO
=D
Sure, he can use their graphics, as long as they're different enough. As other posters have written in here, the right to parody is protected. As long as the site was easily identifiable as parody he can copy all he likes AFAIK.
I've been trying to enjoy linux on the desktop since Mandrake 5, so I'm not green to it either... Mandrake 5 wasn't too great, but I've really enjoyed watching it develop. I recon it's going to take a few more years, and Linus caving on the idea of a HAL and then perhaps it'll be okay for prime time.
That said, Open Source has an impressive track record for quality software
Personally, I'm consistently finding issues that annoy the hell out of me with my FC3 box. Shit that should just work, doesn't necessarily. Sure, I can make it work, but it just doesn't today.
Stuff like being able to play an MP3 off an SMB share. Being able to modify the gnome menu. Having good support for my Realtek wireless card, without having to use the ndiswrapper. Every time a FF update comes out, I have to add Java support again to FF. Every time there's a kernel update I have to hope I have the correct version of ndiswrapper for it. I still haven't figured out how to earse a CDRW in Nautilus.
While all these issues I can work around, there's no reason why I should have to, and it's a testament to the fact that the commercial stuff (mac, windows) just works. I'm not fighting the Linux vs. MS fight, but rather commercial vs. open source.
In the end, I'm sitting on an OS that doesn't do everything I'd like to, and I can't recommend that same OS to anyone else either because I myself don't have confidence in it as a desktop OS.
Don't get me wrong - I like the OS. It just really pisses me off sometimes.
6.8 million domains times $8.95 - do the math - this is hardly a lot of annual revenue.
Dunno about you, but I'd be pretty happy with > $50 million in annual revenue...
And in a market where they are selling the exact same thing, the only way to compete is on the basis of price.
Then that's even more telling about IE's numbers.
;)
Yeah, instead of 95% mkt share, they'll be at 94.999% mkt share...
In vi the CRLF is easy to fix: :%s/^M//g
Hardly a difficult command to remember once you typed it a few times IMO.
Honestly it's never been that big of a deal to me.
FYI, so FF too can be configured to masquerade as another browser.
I'll bet not many people do that unless it's necessary, and same with Opera users.
Truth be told, I recon your the weight of Opera users masquerading would probably be pretty low, possibly so low as to not skew the numbers.
I dunno, when a President of the US says "My Fellow Americans" is he addressing Canadians and Mexicans too?
I think a Canadian or Mexican is reluctant to call themself an American because of the stigma associated with that label.
btw, I use gaim, but most of my contacts in Canada are on MSN. I'm on three - Yahoo, ICQ, and MSN. My ICQ account hase one contact, my Yahoo has four and my MSN has fifty.
Getting files off the FTP...
Did you read the shell script in the OP? He's getting files off the http host, not over ftp...
What does living in Canada have to do with using AIM?
While quite popular in America, I know of no one on AIM in Canada. In my circles MSN seems most popular, with ICQ second and YIM third.
He could always reinvent his movies.
Naw, he'll just come out and finally admit Ep 1-3 were prequels for Spaceballs instead haha.
Ding ding ding!!! You're guilty of false analogy!
Cardinals disallowing non-catholics as pope is like Americans disallowing non Americans as President (example: Governator).
Partisan politics is not the same thing.
And does the RIAA know about this? :-)
I think it's the MPAA that should be more worried... Really, mp3 transfer is quick enough.
I know many who bitch about downloading a movie off eDonkey and how slow it is. I remind them that it's free, and if they don't like it they can always go buy the DVD...
Like he gave up after Jedi? Anyone remember that lame-ass cartoon called Ewoks? Or the even lamer-assed cartoon called Droids? This isn't new folks... He's milking like he did after Jedi...
IIRC there was an Alpha port of NT 4 as well. Wasn't Alpha 64-bit?
There's also an RSS aggregator in gDesklets and it's been around for a while.
So Apple's integrating others' features it into the OS. Doesn't mean they came up with these ideas either. IMO it's Apple who's doing the copying too.
You know, I believe the same; if you're taxed on the media to save the artists, you should have the right to copy music.
But after some thought, I wondered... If they taxed spray paint, and gave money to the cities to clean up graffiti, would that justify graffiti?
Conversely if they taxed guns to compensate murder victims, would that justify murder?
It's taking this down a slippery slope and really it's silly to compare file swapping to murder, but the analogy is there and legitimate IMO.
I agree with our courts right now, but I think using the tax to justify file swapping IMO is false.
I recon most of that Shaw spam you get is accidental - probably from trojans / spyware / viruses...
And there it is! The Opera fanboy modding me down as a troll haha...
Even Brits realized that there was a need for a part of the house that doesn't represent the will of the people, for sometimes the will of the people can be morally unjust.
Agree or disagree with the House of Lords if you like, but they were onto something.
If majority always ruled, blacks would never be considered equal in America. Too bad you guys have an administration that has little regard for the constitution, and that administration will be appointing much of the supreme court this term.
Good luck to y'all.
Most digital cameras (sans Canons) act as a USB keychain drive when attached via a usb cable anyways,
FYI Canons too act as a USB Keychain drive too, at least my Digital Rebel does, as does my sister's Powershot A85.
And you need to learn how to hack a cable modem
You need to locally run a TFTP server to get the new firmware up to the cable modem to disable SNMP.
I recon I know what TFTP is, just saying that it is being used today by cable modem companies to get firmware up to cable modems, so it is actually being used.
Wow, so we'll finally have a use for TFTP afterall!
Isn't TFTP used to store the firmware in cable modems? I recal reading a way to hack into your cable modem and have the SNMP data go to your machine, rather than your cable service provider, and TFTP was what you used to get the firmware onto it.