Under Mac OS 7, 8, or even 9, the Macs might have been crashing enough to have been frustrating. This is the problem with many anti-Mac arguments, they are out of date, only applying to Macs from several years ago.
Under OS X, this is deeply unlikely to happen (never say never on Slashdot...). Also, your saying that you 'got a kick' out of the Mac user's frustration clearly shows your personal Wintel bias via a bit of schadenfreude. Looks like you didn't lift a finger to help.
His last public appearance is this weekend, at the The James Doohan Farewell Star Trek Convention & Tribute, August 27th-30th 2004 - at the Renaissance Hollywood Hotel.
It would be terrific if a geek conspiracy could be implemented to get a piece of the material to him in a nice display. Alumina/aluminum difference aside, he'd be thrilled, I'm sure.
--- Statistically, real threats are rare, but ambition and corruption are common. - Seth Finkelstein
The little known 'Stages to Saturn: A technological history of the Apollo-Saturn launch vehicles.', available from the Government Printing Office (http://bookstore.gpo.gov/), is an excellent book.
There are numerous photos, maps and charts, and enough details about the hardware of the Saturn booster to keep any geek busy for a while. The chapter on the F-1 engine, used in the first stage, is amazing.
And get thee to www.spacecraftfilms.com, the space program is on DVD now.
"Though I Fly Through the Valley of Death, I Shall Fear No Evil, For I am at 80,000 Feet and Climbing." (sign over the entrance to the SR-71 operating location, Kadena, Japan).
"I hate to think I'll never be able to get the original Lucas films in their original format. For that matter, I want the original release of Blade Runner."
Laserdisc. Most of Lucas' movies were released on optical laserdisc in their original form. This includes THX-1138, the Star Wars original trilogy, and things that Lucas will never ever release on DVD, like 'Twice Upon A Time'.
If you want a nice Star Wars LD set, look for a Japanese release, this used a nicer film print for the transfer than the US discs. Now off to eBay with you.
--- "Though I Fly Through the Valley of Death, I Shall Fear No Evil, For I am at 80,000 Feet and Climbing." (sign over the entrance to the SR-71 operating location, Kadena, Japan).
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The credits of each Pixar film include the names of the babies born to staff families during production.
So, they must get _some_ time off - or now we know what they do with the cottages.
**That's** what happened to Bill Budge!
I assume the project is sponsored by the Wishy Washy Washing Machine Co.?
Under Mac OS 7, 8, or even 9, the Macs might have been crashing enough to have been frustrating. This is the problem with many anti-Mac arguments, they are out of date, only applying to Macs from several years ago.
Under OS X, this is deeply unlikely to happen (never say never on Slashdot...). Also, your saying that you 'got a kick' out of the Mac user's frustration clearly shows your personal Wintel bias via a bit of schadenfreude. Looks like you didn't lift a finger to help.
His last public appearance is this weekend, at the The James Doohan Farewell Star Trek Convention & Tribute, August 27th-30th 2004 - at the Renaissance Hollywood Hotel.
It would be terrific if a geek conspiracy could be implemented to get a piece of the material to him in a nice display. Alumina/aluminum difference aside, he'd be thrilled, I'm sure.
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Statistically, real threats are rare, but ambition and corruption are common. - Seth Finkelstein
The little known 'Stages to Saturn: A technological history of the Apollo-Saturn launch vehicles.', available from the Government Printing Office (http://bookstore.gpo.gov/), is an excellent book.
There are numerous photos, maps and charts, and enough details about the hardware of the Saturn booster to keep any geek busy for a while. The chapter on the F-1 engine, used in the first stage, is amazing.
And get thee to www.spacecraftfilms.com, the space program is on DVD now.
"Though I Fly Through the Valley of Death, I Shall Fear No Evil, For I am at 80,000 Feet and Climbing."
(sign over the entrance to the SR-71 operating location, Kadena, Japan).
"I hate to think I'll never be able to get the original Lucas films in their original format. For that matter, I want the original release of Blade Runner."
Laserdisc. Most of Lucas' movies were released on optical laserdisc in their original form. This includes THX-1138, the Star Wars original trilogy, and things that Lucas will never ever release on DVD, like 'Twice Upon A Time'.
If you want a nice Star Wars LD set, look for a Japanese release, this used a nicer film print for the transfer than the US discs. Now off to eBay with you.
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"Though I Fly Through the Valley of Death, I Shall Fear No Evil, For I am at 80,000 Feet and Climbing." (sign over the entrance to the SR-71 operating location, Kadena, Japan).