The best part is when they asked "Do you ever listen to your fans' opinions about this?" And he says "No."
It's a pity that we feel this compulsion to shove money down Lucas's throat.
Well, that was a double-edged question, really.
Had he said yes, then he might be construed by some as a sellout with no real vision of his own, who packages his art for maximum market value.
His answer struck me as a little cocky too at first, but when he finished his answer I felt I could respect his perspective.
For example, how many decent bands mold themselves to what their fans want ? Hey Aerosmith, play more songs in A# minor !"
The good ones follow their artistic instincts. Those who like it follow, those who don't, follow somebody else (or make their own).
It seems to be a matter of a single company controlling the hardware and the OS. All the really cool computers come from companies that do the OS and the hardware.
So, you're basically admitting on slashdot that a tightly controlled, closed, proprietary development model has definite advantages over the open model.;-)
Seriously though, imagine if Microsoft had complete control of the hardware specs - not that they don't have a lot of say already.
It would be interesting.
I'd wager that PCs would be more stable than they are now : one of the first things to go would be the 15 IRQ limitation, and although PCI steering has done a somewhat commendable job of getting around that kludgenstein, it's not perfect.
It wouldn't resolve their security issues, however, and -
I'm pretty sure that somehow, for some "odd reason", linux suddenly wouldn't work on the new x86 architecture anymore..
Maybe they'll work-out how to regrow noses, and Michael Jackson can put that piece of his ear back?
I know you're kidding and all, but for what it's worth, cartilage has no real ability to regenerate. It has no vascular system, whereas bone has marrow.
Even the adage that it never stops growing all the way though old age, appears to be an urban myth. That was news to me, I'd always believed that. Really older people usually seem to have larger noses and earlobes, am I just imagining that ?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartilage
Actually, I tend to agree with the mod, because
A) the post is neither informative nor insightful, yaddayadda, but mostly
B) He doesn't indicate how, is his/her opinion going up, or down ? Quite a useless post, actually. Like a lot of mine apparently.
1) That's cable, as in by 2007, not 2005.
2) The DNC is looking at it too.
How about some actual neutral reporting of news rather than abusing your position at slashdot as a soapbox to push your own political agenda ? I'm sick of your one sided partisan BS and trolling. You'll be the first slashdot staff I've cut out of my main page.
As much as I totally agree with your sentiment, there is a ring of truth in their claim, inasmuch as they don't seem to support linux all that heavily anyway.
They really threw their weight behind Windows in 2000, as evidenced by anyone unfortunate enough (me) to have to deal with ARCserve 7 for NetWare, to which, it appeared for a couple of years, they were dropping support for.
They didn't, of course, but anyone who enjoys managing ARCserve, particularly for any platform other than windows and probably including the version for windows, is reading this from their nice, cozy padded cell.
I don't know who I hate more, SCO or CA, whether or not the story is accurate.
The model I always think of is Krakatoa's eruption in 535 AD. Global climate change kicked in just after that -- years without any harvest in Europe, extreme volatility. There are people who think that eruption changed human history: ushered in the "dark ages,"
It wouldn't be the first time. The exposion of the island of Thera, near Crete, in 1628 BC, speculated to be up to 50 times more powerful and violent than Krakatoa, and is presumed by a lot of scholars to be responsible for the Egyptian plagues described in the Bible during the Exodus, and is thought to be Plato's suknen Island of Atlantis too. The effects were felt as far as China, which endured a 7 year famine and darkened skys. Some even presume it set back civilization 3000 years. A google search on Thera and Moses, or Thera and Krakatoa brings up tons of collaborating info. Nasty stuff.
What the Fuck ?
Every post here, in this hundred post sub-thread, is +3 Insightful or better, but I'm fucking redundant ?
Somebody show me where what I said was expressed from the perspective I made. Redundant ? Then they're ALL redudant, because this subthread was the same argument over and over.
Oh, I'll bet I know what happened.
I posted something last week on that Kerry/Fonda thread that did not smile favorably on the presidential hopeful, and after initially getting modded up, got modded down to 0, (even with reasons like "offtopic", which is complete bullshit),so I guess I made a shitload of enemies who mod based on political preference, not by objectivity, who will now and forever search for any posts by me when they have mod rights and will knock me down, no matter the topic of the thread or what I may contribute to it.
So fuck it, mod me down, one can only go so low, and my karma is already "terrible". So what do I have to lose ?
I'm sure this will get me troll and flamebait, hey, why not see how low my karma can get ?
If you were to check my former few posts, it's evident that I've been reasonable and cool-headed, but this immaturity just blows it.
Maybe I should just become a troll and a nuisance, because that's what abusing mod power gets you ultimately, a bunch of trolls.
Whoever modded the above post should be modded as "offtopic" at the least. Damn that felt good.
we're talking physics here, not some kind of mysticism...
You have a point there, but on the other hand, nature right here on Earth still continues to surprise us, from time to time. There are plenty of subsections to the laws of physics of which we aren't cognizant.
I think it's quite plausible that the "relatively minor" (paraphrasing) differences between the two planets, is nonetheless sufficient to throw plenty of our previous notions something of a curve ball.
Phony pictures of Bush, Clinton, Daschle, and many other politicians have proliferated the Internet for years.
I think it's a little scary how Kerry is going after the pranksters. Freedom of speech and all that is usually interpreted very liberally by the liberal unless it slights them, right ? I know the picture was passed off as a geniune news article, but it still smacks of hypocrisy. A lot of people believe the other pictures floating out on the Net too, but this is the first I've ever heard of proscecution being sought.
I agree.
I've never cared for the "panel" concept all that much, and at the risk of being modded into oblivion, I've always thought the KDE panel looked "Fisher Price". Gnome is a little more refined looking, but it's still a panel.
Enlightenment may not be the most most resource efficient or feature-laden of all environments/managers, but it seems to strike a pretty good good balance to me.
As long as all hardware components are working and there is connectivity to the machine, it doesn't matter whether the machine is a few miles away or a million miles away.
That's just it - consider the stress those rovers are enduring or might encounter: subzero tempatures down to -200f, out-of-the-blue (red?) sandstorms, gamma radiation, and who knows what else out there that could suddenly fsck with the systems or scramble internal data ? Your average Dell rack will never have to deal with any of those things.
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The best part is when they asked "Do you ever listen to your fans' opinions about this?" And he says "No."
It's a pity that we feel this compulsion to shove money down Lucas's throat.
Well, that was a double-edged question, really.
Had he said yes, then he might be construed by some as a sellout with no real vision of his own, who packages his art for maximum market value.
His answer struck me as a little cocky too at first, but when he finished his answer I felt I could respect his perspective.
For example, how many decent bands mold themselves to what their fans want ?
Hey Aerosmith, play more songs in A# minor !"
The good ones follow their artistic instincts. Those who like it follow, those who don't, follow somebody else (or make their own).
So, you're basically admitting on slashdot that a tightly controlled, closed, proprietary development model has definite advantages over the open model. ;-)
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Seriously though, imagine if Microsoft had complete control of the hardware specs - not that they don't have a lot of say already.
It would be interesting.
I'd wager that PCs would be more stable than they are now : one of the first things to go would be the 15 IRQ limitation, and although PCI steering has done a somewhat commendable job of getting around that kludgenstein, it's not perfect.
It wouldn't resolve their security issues, however, and -
I'm pretty sure that somehow, for some "odd reason", linux suddenly wouldn't work on the new x86 architecture anymore
for people to use Nextels or push to talk cell phones in public, "just in case". Oh well.
Maybe they'll work-out how to regrow noses, and Michael Jackson can put that piece of his ear back?
I know you're kidding and all, but for what it's worth, cartilage has no real ability to regenerate. It has no vascular system, whereas bone has marrow.
Even the adage that it never stops growing all the way though old age, appears to be an urban myth. That was news to me, I'd always believed that. Really older people usually seem to have larger noses and earlobes, am I just imagining that ?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartilage
They made no link to video game violence !
All your lunch money are belong to us !
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First impressions count.
With that common introduction to programming, I decided to go into administration
Oh, and I got your "0" troll score beat by a mile.
I'm in a hole I'll never crawl out of
Actually, I tend to agree with the mod, because
A) the post is neither informative nor insightful, yaddayadda, but mostly
B) He doesn't indicate how, is his/her opinion going up, or down ?
Quite a useless post, actually. Like a lot of mine apparently.
1) That's cable, as in by 2007, not 2005. 2) The DNC is looking at it too.
How about some actual neutral reporting of news rather than abusing your position at slashdot as a soapbox to push your own political agenda ? I'm sick of your one sided partisan BS and trolling. You'll be the first slashdot staff I've cut out of my main page.
As much as I totally agree with your sentiment, there is a ring of truth in their claim, inasmuch as they don't seem to support linux all that heavily anyway. They really threw their weight behind Windows in 2000, as evidenced by anyone unfortunate enough (me) to have to deal with ARCserve 7 for NetWare, to which, it appeared for a couple of years, they were dropping support for. They didn't, of course, but anyone who enjoys managing ARCserve, particularly for any platform other than windows and probably including the version for windows, is reading this from their nice, cozy padded cell.
I don't know who I hate more, SCO or CA, whether or not the story is accurate.
The model I always think of is Krakatoa's eruption in 535 AD. Global climate change kicked in just after that -- years without any harvest in Europe, extreme volatility. There are people who think that eruption changed human history: ushered in the "dark ages,"
It wouldn't be the first time. The exposion of the island of Thera, near Crete, in 1628 BC, speculated to be up to 50 times more powerful and violent than Krakatoa, and is presumed by a lot of scholars to be responsible for the Egyptian plagues described in the Bible during the Exodus, and is thought to be Plato's suknen Island of Atlantis too. The effects were felt as far as China, which endured a 7 year famine and darkened skys. Some even presume it set back civilization 3000 years. A google search on Thera and Moses, or Thera and Krakatoa brings up tons of collaborating info. Nasty stuff.
What the Fuck ? Every post here, in this hundred post sub-thread, is +3 Insightful or better, but I'm fucking redundant ? Somebody show me where what I said was expressed from the perspective I made. Redundant ? Then they're ALL redudant, because this subthread was the same argument over and over.
Oh, I'll bet I know what happened.
I posted something last week on that Kerry/Fonda thread that did not smile favorably on the presidential hopeful, and after initially getting modded up, got modded down to 0, (even with reasons like "offtopic", which is complete bullshit),so I guess I made a shitload of enemies who mod based on political preference, not by objectivity, who will now and forever search for any posts by me when they have mod rights and will knock me down, no matter the topic of the thread or what I may contribute to it.
So fuck it, mod me down, one can only go so low, and my karma is already "terrible". So what do I have to lose ?
I'm sure this will get me troll and flamebait, hey, why not see how low my karma can get ? If you were to check my former few posts, it's evident that I've been reasonable and cool-headed, but this immaturity just blows it.
Maybe I should just become a troll and a nuisance, because that's what abusing mod power gets you ultimately, a bunch of trolls. Whoever modded the above post should be modded as "offtopic" at the least. Damn that felt good.
we're talking physics here, not some kind of mysticism...
You have a point there, but on the other hand, nature right here on Earth still continues to surprise us, from time to time. There are plenty of subsections to the laws of physics of which we aren't cognizant. I think it's quite plausible that the "relatively minor" (paraphrasing) differences between the two planets, is nonetheless sufficient to throw plenty of our previous notions something of a curve ball.
Phony pictures of Bush, Clinton, Daschle, and many other politicians have proliferated the Internet for years. I think it's a little scary how Kerry is going after the pranksters. Freedom of speech and all that is usually interpreted very liberally by the liberal unless it slights them, right ? I know the picture was passed off as a geniune news article, but it still smacks of hypocrisy. A lot of people believe the other pictures floating out on the Net too, but this is the first I've ever heard of proscecution being sought.
I agree.
I've never cared for the "panel" concept all that much, and at the risk of being modded into oblivion, I've always thought the KDE panel looked "Fisher Price". Gnome is a little more refined looking, but it's still a panel.
Enlightenment may not be the most most resource efficient or feature-laden of all environments/managers, but it seems to strike a pretty good good balance to me.
As long as all hardware components are working and there is connectivity to the machine, it doesn't matter whether the machine is a few miles away or a million miles away.
That's just it - consider the stress those rovers are enduring or might encounter: subzero tempatures down to -200f, out-of-the-blue (red?) sandstorms, gamma radiation, and who knows what else out there that could suddenly fsck with the systems or scramble internal data ? Your average Dell rack will never have to deal with any of those things.