The whole collection of Trek series have been so slapped together and band-aided to fit the original series. Trekkies will debate the most miniscule details until the end of time, but all the general story lines from all the shows have been modified, repeated and looped around each other so tightly that it's no longer enjoyable to watch.
Just give me Kirk and his homies and some crappy scenery and I'll be set.
Sweet Jesus on a motorbike...could we do without the friggin' introductory retard-to-retard small talk on the next interview??
"Fine, I can hear you now, Dimitri. Clear and plain and coming through fine. I'm coming through fine too, eh? Good, then. Well then as you say we're both coming through fine. Good. Well it's good that you're fine and I'm fine. I agree with you. It's great to be fine."
is that if I buy (operative word here being "buy") a tune from iTMS, then I really ought to be able to play it on any device I want. As it is, I have to do some file conversions to get it to play on anything other than iTunes or an iPod.
If you buy a CD, you're not limited to one brand of CD player.
Proof once again that a community (or single developer) can indeed garner the passion and committment to get past most any corporation-imposed technology barrier. That alone should stand to validate the power of OS.
With the advent of more and more mobile technology, the PC is certainly on it's way through a transition where only the most useful and efficient applications will survive the evolution. Personally, I think that the PC (more specifically, the MS-based PC, which is I think what Bill *really* means here) has soooo many layers of problems that it will end up eventually killing itself off.
"Pratice stances, poses and gestures emphasising basic emotions with the impitus of that character."
...the first thing we learned NOT to do in my college acting class. That technique might've been cool 100 years ago for a silent film, but it's total cornball-community-little-theatre today.
Oh, and you'll do well to get off the high-horse. Pride goeth before the fall, you know. If you think you can make a better film, let me know when your trailer's online, bub.
*Did* I rate myself? Hmmm...I don't remember mentioning anything about expertise or my status as a Flash developer. I just plainly stated that I'm a Flash developer and that's it.
If you're looking for a fight, keep walkin', Jack.
"I realize the thought of using Flash and Actionscript is considered beneath many Slashdotters..."
Okay, after six or seven years of checking this site daily, I'd consider myself a slashdotter. And I'm also a Flash developer who knows that any application platform (such as Flash) is only as wholesome as the person developing with it.
But to deride Flash in general just because (1) there's no IDE for Linux, or (2) you read somewhere that some subversive script kiddies use it to create spyware (people use C++ to create nasty shit all the time, so I guess we should do away with that, too?) is a bit ridiculous.
Opting for open-source over commercial stuff may make you more open-minded to alternatives, but it certainly doesn't make you superior.
Please remember your comment next time you spend hours of company time at homestarrunner.com
It's clear that MS is feeling the pressure of OSS creeping up on their corporate software stronghold. With Apache dominating the web server market and Firefox steadily gaining a foothold on the browser front, MS is lashing out at anyone they can, for whatever reason pops into their heads.
Next, they'll claim Linux is wrong for the corporate desktop market because they have a penguin for a mascot. (beats the hell out of a paperclip, though.)
If the size of the mini is such a bit innovative hit, then I can't understand why more XPC small form factor PCs haven't been sold. Me? I'd take a small PC case over a tower anyday, as long as there was no loss of performance.
I can't for the life of me fathom why anyone would pay money for a "Firefox 101"-type book when all the propaganda and how-tos anyone needs are already on their site. Not to mention the thousands of Firefox hacks and extension sites out there for the more seasoned user.
And as for the Wired article...yeah, like we need yet *another* hype rag touting the "next big thing".
Don't get me wrong...as a recently converted Firefox user, I'm glad it's getting some well-deserved press, but jam something down someone's throat and they'll want to avoid it like the plague. -- Get a Free Mac mini!
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what Gene Simmons has up his sleeve. Tom Selleck will rescue us all.
Do not look at or take photos of baby Sputnik.
I'm sure this guy would just loooove to sign up for the test run.
it's all about CHOICE. That's one of the main things about Linux and OSS in general that makes it such an attractive alternative to MS.
When a distro takes away one of those choices in their out-of-the-box system, it seems like a first step in paving a road to a monopolistic system.
Not that you can't use Gnome on Slackware...it's just more difficult when it's removed.
The whole collection of Trek series have been so slapped together and band-aided to fit the original series. Trekkies will debate the most miniscule details until the end of time, but all the general story lines from all the shows have been modified, repeated and looped around each other so tightly that it's no longer enjoyable to watch.
Just give me Kirk and his homies and some crappy scenery and I'll be set.
I installed this two WEEKS ago! Why is this even news now?
Apple to come out with the Joke-e-oke Shuffle.
Now that'd be funny...
The constant wobbling everytime a window is touched will surely get old quickly.
The developers should tone down the wobble and get a team of artists and GUI designers to come up with a more attractive and USEFUL UI.
...made that...over 20 *years* ago for a high school science fair.
Nice app for Linux. Pops open PDFs PDQ!
Sweet Jesus on a motorbike...could we do without the friggin' introductory retard-to-retard small talk on the next interview??
"Fine, I can hear you now, Dimitri. Clear and plain and coming through fine. I'm coming through fine too, eh? Good, then. Well then as you say we're both coming through fine. Good. Well it's good that you're fine and I'm fine. I agree with you. It's great to be fine."
is that if I buy (operative word here being "buy") a tune from iTMS, then I really ought to be able to play it on any device I want. As it is, I have to do some file conversions to get it to play on anything other than iTunes or an iPod.
If you buy a CD, you're not limited to one brand of CD player.
Proof once again that a community (or single developer) can indeed garner the passion and committment to get past most any corporation-imposed technology barrier. That alone should stand to validate the power of OS.
At first I thought the title was "Billy Crystal's Ball" BWAHAHA..Haha...Ha...heh...hmm.
Um, okay. Mod me down.
With the advent of more and more mobile technology, the PC is certainly on it's way through a transition where only the most useful and efficient applications will survive the evolution. Personally, I think that the PC (more specifically, the MS-based PC, which is I think what Bill *really* means here) has soooo many layers of problems that it will end up eventually killing itself off.
Angelina Jolie...rrrrowwwr! Or Catherine Zeta Jones if Angelina turns it down.
Oh, and you'll do well to get off the high-horse. Pride goeth before the fall, you know. If you think you can make a better film, let me know when your trailer's online, bub.
*Did* I rate myself? Hmmm...I don't remember mentioning anything about expertise or my status as a Flash developer. I just plainly stated that I'm a Flash developer and that's it.
If you're looking for a fight, keep walkin', Jack.
"I realize the thought of using Flash and Actionscript is considered beneath many Slashdotters..."
Okay, after six or seven years of checking this site daily, I'd consider myself a slashdotter. And I'm also a Flash developer who knows that any application platform (such as Flash) is only as wholesome as the person developing with it.
But to deride Flash in general just because (1) there's no IDE for Linux, or (2) you read somewhere that some subversive script kiddies use it to create spyware (people use C++ to create nasty shit all the time, so I guess we should do away with that, too?) is a bit ridiculous.
Opting for open-source over commercial stuff may make you more open-minded to alternatives, but it certainly doesn't make you superior.
Please remember your comment next time you spend hours of company time at homestarrunner.com
Could that thing have more ugly-ass chrome on it? It looks like Windows Media Player after sniffing spray paint.
Those have got to be the UGliest pieces I've seen in a game in a while. The actual sculpturing of the figures might be okay, but those colors...OMG!
I'd gladly pay a little more for figures that were painted to look a bit more like their digital counterparts.
It's clear that MS is feeling the pressure of OSS creeping up on their corporate software stronghold. With Apache dominating the web server market and Firefox steadily gaining a foothold on the browser front, MS is lashing out at anyone they can, for whatever reason pops into their heads.
Next, they'll claim Linux is wrong for the corporate desktop market because they have a penguin for a mascot. (beats the hell out of a paperclip, though.)
Put all six of the crawls in order (by episode number) and read it as one long continuous story...Then ask yourself one question:
Would I really care about seeing this story on film?
If the size of the mini is such a bit innovative hit, then I can't understand why more XPC small form factor PCs haven't been sold. Me? I'd take a small PC case over a tower anyday, as long as there was no loss of performance.
I can't for the life of me fathom why anyone would pay money for a "Firefox 101"-type book when all the propaganda and how-tos anyone needs are already on their site. Not to mention the thousands of Firefox hacks and extension sites out there for the more seasoned user.
And as for the Wired article...yeah, like we need yet *another* hype rag touting the "next big thing".
Don't get me wrong...as a recently converted Firefox user, I'm glad it's getting some well-deserved press, but jam something down someone's throat and they'll want to avoid it like the plague.
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