Too bad Mythbusters isn't on Hulu. Neither is Dirty Jobs. Sure, they're technicallythere. But just excerpts and clips. So how do I watch these two shows? Bittorrent.
But, just watch! Hulu will go to a pay model, and no one will sign up. Then Rupert & Co. will cry to the Feds, asking for a Media Bailout to protect their "way of life"! And the way the government works these days, they'll probably get it,. ..
And building a television transmission tower costs money, too. As does a studio. And the equipment to Broadcast. And the local news vans you see driving all over town. But somehow these local network affiliates manage to offer their product for free over the airwaves, to whomever can pick up their signal. They're supported by advertising, primarily. There should be no reason that Hulu can't get that to work. The whole "Hulu is going to charge thing" is just a money grab by the big players, to try and prevent the cable companies from losing money as everyone flees because they no longer need their services anymore. What they don't realize is that there are other reasons to flee companies like Comcast. They suck!
So now, the original team gets to name it? With President Obama's global popularity right now, what do you think the odds of naming it Obamium are? Of course, I'd bet the Stephen Colbert will be on the show in a week calling for us to send these guys an email asking them to name it Colbertium,... =)
They should put that on their website,... before long it'll be: "Google: Billions and Billions of Servers." Of course, McDonald's just might have a problem with that,...
This is great news! If this works, I'll be able to install a Mr. Fusion device on my DeLorean, which should be able to generate the 1.21 Gigawatts of electricity that I need to run my flux capacitor! I'll no longer need to steal Plutonium from the Iranians!;-)
It's interesting to bring up Facebook here, because, while it does allow us a much better way to communicate with our friends, it also is not an "email killer". In fact, it makes integral use of email. I get emails all the time telling me that someone "commented on my status".
would probably be using OO.org or some other free equivalent
I know us geeks would, but beyond us, how many people would really use OO.org? People use MS Office because they've gotten used to using it at work or at school, and have come to rely on it and it's features. Or they hear their friends talking about "Word" and "Excel" and "Powerpoint". So, if they don't see those products, they're not interested.
If the character development can come through with this show, I think it'll be good. But that's key. Part of what made SG-1 and Atlantis successful was the presence of good, compelling, and "likeable" characters -- O'Neill, Carter, Daniel Jackson, Rodney McKay, Shephard (just to name a few). They made those two series. It was good to see O'Nell, Carter, and Jackson at the beginning here, but a couple of cameos aren't going to define Stargate Universe. And I think we need a few more episodes to help shape the new cast, so I'm not judging. What I've seen so far, I think there's some good and bad. I wasn't all that impressed with the Senator -- he was mostly a bumbling idiot and I'm kind of glad to see him killed off. His daughter has potential, and it'll be interesting to see who she hooks up with on the show -- but they have to be careful not to let her scenes turn into Stargate 90210. The fat, mother's-basement-dwelling nerd is, actually, kind of a "likeable" character, and could develop more. He's one to watch, oddly enough. Dr. Rush, so far, seems quite mysterious, and I'm not sure what to make of him yet. Will he be able to work with the others, or will he always be kind of on the fringes of things, never really truly accepted by the rest, kind of like Baltar? So, I'm not sure if he's a "good guy" or a "bad guy" yet,... As for the others, I can't say much. We'll see how they fit into things.
Bottom line: SG-U is watchable, and somewhat entertaining for now. As for how long it will last, and whether it will live up the same as SG-1 and Atlantis; that has yet to be proven. We'll see.
Yes, you can be immortal if you want. But part of the problem is that, in order to achieve immortality, you have to keep adding guanines to your telomeres. The problem with that, is that it gives you cancer,...;-)
No, it's not a real "news" story. But this is Slashdot, and the mods knew that by posting that, it would become nice bait for Slashdotters to share their stories about crappy salespeople and such, so they wanted to drive more people to the site to drive more ad impressions and thereby make them more money,... Basically, the mods are motivated the same way that salespeople are motivated, but just use different techniques. That's also why I'm probably going to get modded "-1 Troll" for this,...;-)
Yes, in the USA we do have certain inalienable rights. But also, if you read your history books, you'll see that our early foreign policy was primarily that of staying out of Europe's affairs and the affairs of other nations. In at least the first half of our nation's existence, we most certainly weren't the "world's policemen", and actually, our economy was more agriculture-based; we mostly wanted to tend to our own farms, enjoy our freedom, and let the Kings and Queens of Europe battle things out themselves, as long as they stayed away. It was largely after World Wars I & II that we became far more involved in international affairs.
And to be honest, if there's one thing we can learn from our experiences during the Bush (II) Administration, it's that we shouldn't unilaterally go in and attack some other nation for our own interests alone. While we certainly can't be totally isolationist anymore, we have to respect the rights of other nations and the world community, and work with them to solve the world's problems. If other nations have shitty leaders that don't respect the rights of their citizens and treat their "subjects" like crap, well, it's their nation. We should set the example of how a nation should be run that others can follow, but at the same time we have to let other nations solve their own problems. Once citizens of these repressed nations get fed up with their own government, they'll revolt (it's almost a guarantee). But this process takes time.
This is just a way to ease the paranoia of parents while allowing PE classes to stay as opposed to what strategy a lot of schools take which is to get rid of PE entirely.
I don't the trend in getting rid of PE class necessarily has anything to do with parent's being paranoid of children's health. It more has to do with simple budget cuts and trying to get kids to focus on passing their required examinations mandated by the government. There's no mandatory state or federal exam for PE, so schools interpret the course as unnecessary. In fact, there probably should be standards for physical fitness that we should try and hold kids accountable to to some degree.
That's why many teams obtain sponsorships with local or regional engineering companies in the area, much in the same way that many sports teams obtain sponsorships for their games. Teams also obtain funds from community donations from family and other neighbors, much in the same way that high school booster clubs fund sports games.
Actually, from what I understand, lawyer salaries have been basically stagnant in the past decade or so, mostly due to an overpopulation of them. So you're really not guaranteed of a high salary in law anymore unless you manage to go to a top-tier law school. And doctor's salaries remain reasonably high, though you also have to factor in the malpractice insurance, as well as all the crap that they have to put up with from the insurance companies. And it's certainly not a 9-5 job anymore, either; many doctors work ridiculously long hours (12+ hour days or more), and spend very little time with their families. As such, there's a lot of doctors these days that are looking at getting out of the field,...
Accountants and bankers seem to make a reasonably good income these days, and have decent hours as well. And teachers, while being a notoriously under-funded and low paid profession, does enjoy some good benefits, such as good working hours, summers off -- and, if you manage to live in a good part of the country, you might have a semi-decent salary as well. But a lot of teachers this year are either having the salaries cut or getting laid off because of budget cuts. So it's still not a perfect profession.
Meanwhile, if you can manage to throw a football, hit a baseball, or dunk a basketball, you can go to college for free and land yourself a nice, cushy, six or seven figure job right out of school! And if you can't do that, but can sing or play a musical instrument, and can land yourself a recording contract, you'll be a millionaire as well, probably without even having to attend college in the first place! Mass media, of course, seems to plant these seeds into the kids at a very young age, misleading them that this is the ticket to success, even if it only applies to about 1/100 of 1% of the population as a whole. Heck, there are far more science Ph.D.s than pop and sports stars, but apparently that doesn't guarantee you a high salary anymore,...
I don't know how much glamour you can put on an Academic Decathlon team, but Dean Kamen has had some success with making science and engineering seem a bit more fun with the FIRST Robotics competition. Some high school teams are actually bringing cheerleaders and cheering sections to the event, and there are starting to turn up more local events as well.
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Too bad Mythbusters isn't on Hulu. Neither is Dirty Jobs. Sure, they're technically there. But just excerpts and clips. So how do I watch these two shows? Bittorrent.
But, just watch! Hulu will go to a pay model, and no one will sign up. Then Rupert & Co. will cry to the Feds, asking for a Media Bailout to protect their "way of life"! And the way the government works these days, they'll probably get it,. . .
And building a television transmission tower costs money, too. As does a studio. And the equipment to Broadcast. And the local news vans you see driving all over town. But somehow these local network affiliates manage to offer their product for free over the airwaves, to whomever can pick up their signal. They're supported by advertising, primarily. There should be no reason that Hulu can't get that to work. The whole "Hulu is going to charge thing" is just a money grab by the big players, to try and prevent the cable companies from losing money as everyone flees because they no longer need their services anymore. What they don't realize is that there are other reasons to flee companies like Comcast. They suck!
Or, as some would call it, Google Healthcare Initiative,... ;-)
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They should put that on their website,... before long it'll be: "Google: Billions and Billions of Servers." Of course, McDonald's just might have a problem with that,...
Yes, I know it was Libyans in the movie. But this is reality. I get my Plutonium from the Iranians. ;-)
This is great news! If this works, I'll be able to install a Mr. Fusion device on my DeLorean, which should be able to generate the 1.21 Gigawatts of electricity that I need to run my flux capacitor! I'll no longer need to steal Plutonium from the Iranians! ;-)
It's interesting to bring up Facebook here, because, while it does allow us a much better way to communicate with our friends, it also is not an "email killer". In fact, it makes integral use of email. I get emails all the time telling me that someone "commented on my status".
I know us geeks would, but beyond us, how many people would really use OO.org? People use MS Office because they've gotten used to using it at work or at school, and have come to rely on it and it's features. Or they hear their friends talking about "Word" and "Excel" and "Powerpoint". So, if they don't see those products, they're not interested.
Perhaps the Mythbusters could test that out using prisoners currently being kept at Gitmo? That would solve two problems right there! ;-)
Wake me when it's able to generate the 1.21 Gigawatts of electricity necessary to run my DeLorean's Flux Capacitor,...
Lysdexia sets in. Dammit! =)
We better keep an eye out for a Borg invasion coming from 300 years in the future to try and destabilize the LHC.
128 bits is the next logical step in the line of progression. They're shooting for 604 bits, which ought to be enough for anybody,... ;-)
Bottom line: SG-U is watchable, and somewhat entertaining for now. As for how long it will last, and whether it will live up the same as SG-1 and Atlantis; that has yet to be proven. We'll see.
Yes, you can be immortal if you want. But part of the problem is that, in order to achieve immortality, you have to keep adding guanines to your telomeres. The problem with that, is that it gives you cancer,... ;-)
Does The Simpsons count? That seems to be about a typical working class family. Of course, it's a cartoon, but you just said, "name one show",...
No, it's not a real "news" story. But this is Slashdot, and the mods knew that by posting that, it would become nice bait for Slashdotters to share their stories about crappy salespeople and such, so they wanted to drive more people to the site to drive more ad impressions and thereby make them more money,... Basically, the mods are motivated the same way that salespeople are motivated, but just use different techniques. That's also why I'm probably going to get modded "-1 Troll" for this,... ;-)
One of these ought to be just enough to be able to run Windows Vista! ;-)
And to be honest, if there's one thing we can learn from our experiences during the Bush (II) Administration, it's that we shouldn't unilaterally go in and attack some other nation for our own interests alone. While we certainly can't be totally isolationist anymore, we have to respect the rights of other nations and the world community, and work with them to solve the world's problems. If other nations have shitty leaders that don't respect the rights of their citizens and treat their "subjects" like crap, well, it's their nation. We should set the example of how a nation should be run that others can follow, but at the same time we have to let other nations solve their own problems. Once citizens of these repressed nations get fed up with their own government, they'll revolt (it's almost a guarantee). But this process takes time.
I don't the trend in getting rid of PE class necessarily has anything to do with parent's being paranoid of children's health. It more has to do with simple budget cuts and trying to get kids to focus on passing their required examinations mandated by the government. There's no mandatory state or federal exam for PE, so schools interpret the course as unnecessary. In fact, there probably should be standards for physical fitness that we should try and hold kids accountable to to some degree.
That's why many teams obtain sponsorships with local or regional engineering companies in the area, much in the same way that many sports teams obtain sponsorships for their games. Teams also obtain funds from community donations from family and other neighbors, much in the same way that high school booster clubs fund sports games.
Accountants and bankers seem to make a reasonably good income these days, and have decent hours as well. And teachers, while being a notoriously under-funded and low paid profession, does enjoy some good benefits, such as good working hours, summers off -- and, if you manage to live in a good part of the country, you might have a semi-decent salary as well. But a lot of teachers this year are either having the salaries cut or getting laid off because of budget cuts. So it's still not a perfect profession.
Meanwhile, if you can manage to throw a football, hit a baseball, or dunk a basketball, you can go to college for free and land yourself a nice, cushy, six or seven figure job right out of school! And if you can't do that, but can sing or play a musical instrument, and can land yourself a recording contract, you'll be a millionaire as well, probably without even having to attend college in the first place! Mass media, of course, seems to plant these seeds into the kids at a very young age, misleading them that this is the ticket to success, even if it only applies to about 1/100 of 1% of the population as a whole. Heck, there are far more science Ph.D.s than pop and sports stars, but apparently that doesn't guarantee you a high salary anymore,...
I don't know how much glamour you can put on an Academic Decathlon team, but Dean Kamen has had some success with making science and engineering seem a bit more fun with the FIRST Robotics competition. Some high school teams are actually bringing cheerleaders and cheering sections to the event, and there are starting to turn up more local events as well.