--Few people realize that this "satire" is the Truth about our U.S. space program. I thought it was *great* - and eye-opening for me personally, since I was pretty awed while touring the Kennedy Space Center in Florida - twice.
--I'm forwarding it to everybody I know who might be interested.
--I also have a solution for this. Anyone who asks me to fix their computer gets the standard quote - $20 per hour. Seriously. Even relatives.
--If it's a *really* good friend then I might do it for $10 an hour or even freebie the occasional short-time jobber. If there's a good-looking single female involved, she just *might* get service for free, if she's really nice.
--Otherwise the only person that gets free tech work is my pastor. (He's a great guy. Christopher Barnes at the EV Free church in Wauconda IL - here's to ya!!)
> Here's a thought. Stop writing programs in languages that HAVE static buffers. Stop writing programs in languages that have memory buffers that the program is free to overwrite. The problem isn't the programmers. What you're saying is that every programmer in the world has to write perfect code every time, and that's never gonna happen.
--AMEN brotha!!
--Actually tho, I think the free compilers need to be re-coded for more sanity checks by DEFAULT. The compiler / debugger shouldn't let unsafe code get past the developer.
--Gee, doncha think that's a bit harsh? Calling the Words of God "mythology", and me a "blinded zealot"?? Do you think you KNOW me or something that you can just blatantly insult somebody like that?
--Have you ever tried READING the Bible, or are you just posting with "Internet Balls"? Trust me, if you met me in Real Life I *seriously* doubt you'd try spouting off like that to my face. And if you think otherwise, I'd be *glad* to give you the chance.
--BTW, regarding your second paragraph - (I'm actively surprised you didn't post as an AC, since you come across as a completely spiteful jerk yourself - and *you* don't even have an email address listed here) - try going to the Knoppix Linuxtag Help forum and look up some of my posts. You're a big boy, I'm sure you can google it up or JUST GET A LIFE.
--Except I would really like it if they stopped making the Romulans look so *severely* unattractive...
--My favorite Trek novel Ever is "My Enemy, My Ally" by Diane Duane. Excellent treatment of the Rihannsu as a culture, even goes into some cultural history in some other novels. Well worth the read.
--Ok, so maybe I *am* a little bit of a Trek Geek. Sue me.:P
--Am I the only one that thinks it might be amusing to see Data quoting Gilbert and Sullivan in a duet with Troi?
--Other than that I too agree with your list - especially the time travel part. It's so bloody overused and poorly done (last episode of Voyager, anyone?... Bueller??)
--Think about it - (Voyager satellite) V'Ger's probe (Lt. Ilia) combined with Decker to create a new lifeform. Veeger ][ comes back from Dimension X and kicks the Borg Queen off the throne.
--Plausible, no?
(No, I'm Not THAT much of a ST geek; some of the above info is courtesy of www.imdb.com )
--Khan = Best Trek Movie --First Contact = Best Movie Since Khan --Star Trek 4 = Next Best
--All the rest are belong to base.;b (And Insurrection blew DONKEY CHUNKS.)
--Seriously, First Contact was the first time Deanna Troi actually got to look hotter than Doc Crusher! I'm a sucker for red hair and a nice figure, but Marina's "drunk scene" was quite possibly her best ever, from an acting POV.
> When creating an artificial lifeform, especially single-celled, its difficult to be absolutely certain you aren't going to run into 'Jurassic Park Syndrome' where it turns out to be more dangerous than people thought, and run amok killing the tourists. Sci-fi solution? Put it on a space station at one of the unstable Lagrange points. Then, unless the people enter a code every 20 hours or so, the whole thing is programed to fire a little rocket, pop out of the Lagrange point and completely out of Earth's gravity well, possibly then entering a sun-crossing orbit. Thus if they create a 'we'll kill earth' situation, they end up being cooked pretty thoroughly in a nice big fusion furnace.
--Hmm... Ya know, that actually sounds like a pretty good premise for a movie. .
Slashdot Mirror
--Madonna L.C. did a **surprisingly good** job in her role, as well. MHO.
:P
--On the other hand, you were rooting for Miranda Frost over Jinx?? What kind of monster are you???
--That's the POINT you moron - IT'S NOT FUNNY!
--Few people realize that this "satire" is the Truth about our U.S. space program. I thought it was *great* - and eye-opening for me personally, since I was pretty awed while touring the Kennedy Space Center in Florida - twice.
--I'm forwarding it to everybody I know who might be interested.
Marcelo needs to get off his butt and rev the kernel updates more often. 2.4.xx updates have taken MONTHS.
--And how many matches didja get??
;b
--Oh. My. God.
:b
--Dork Alert!!
--It's a PLOT HOLE in a SCIENCE FICTION MOVIE.
--Deal With It.
--The rest of the movie made up for it anyway.
--Slightly offtopic, but if you like cat-women go see Treasure Planet. Emma Thompson is the voice of the Captain, and *damn* is she dressed sexy.
--Booya!!
--How about DCUP - Don't Call Us Phoenix? [ShiznitEatingGrin]
--Yeah, f--k Phoenix BIOS. It's not like Mozilla/Phoenix has anything to do with their product! Evil corporate bastards...
--I also have a solution for this. Anyone who asks me to fix their computer gets the standard quote - $20 per hour. Seriously. Even relatives.
--If it's a *really* good friend then I might do it for $10 an hour or even freebie the occasional short-time jobber. If there's a good-looking single female involved, she just *might* get service for free, if she's really nice.
--Otherwise the only person that gets free tech work is my pastor. (He's a great guy. Christopher Barnes at the EV Free church in Wauconda IL - here's to ya!!)
--Doing it for Art's sake, and Because It Could Be Done. Kinda like climbing Mt. Everest. :b
--Actually, doctors are one of the few people that would be able to understand computer virii, if you use a good enough analogy.
--Think about it.
--I'd rather have a performance hit than an unsafe app. But there are ways to speed things up, as well.
> Here's a thought. Stop writing programs in languages that HAVE static buffers. Stop writing programs in languages that have memory buffers that the program is free to overwrite. The problem isn't the programmers. What you're saying is that every programmer in the world has to write perfect code every time, and that's never gonna happen.
--AMEN brotha!!
--Actually tho, I think the free compilers need to be re-coded for more sanity checks by DEFAULT. The compiler / debugger shouldn't let unsafe code get past the developer.
--Just my $2.02
--That deserves an Insightful mod, my AC friend...
--Seriously, I thought the article was quite interesting, and worthy of research - as long as it doesn't slow down my Web browsing.
--And don't forget Flo on the old sitcom "Alice", who always said "Kiss mah grits, Mel!"
--Gee, doncha think that's a bit harsh? Calling the Words of God "mythology", and me a "blinded zealot"?? Do you think you KNOW me or something that you can just blatantly insult somebody like that?
--Have you ever tried READING the Bible, or are you just posting with "Internet Balls"? Trust me, if you met me in Real Life I *seriously* doubt you'd try spouting off like that to my face. And if you think otherwise, I'd be *glad* to give you the chance.
--BTW, regarding your second paragraph - (I'm actively surprised you didn't post as an AC, since you come across as a completely spiteful jerk yourself - and *you* don't even have an email address listed here) - try going to the Knoppix Linuxtag Help forum and look up some of my posts. You're a big boy, I'm sure you can google it up or JUST GET A LIFE.
--Ya poor blinded sod.
--Actually Jeri Ryan is so attractive IRL, IMHO she *still* looked good even under all the makeup.
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--Except I would really like it if they stopped making the Romulans look so *severely* unattractive...
:P
--My favorite Trek novel Ever is "My Enemy, My Ally" by Diane Duane. Excellent treatment of the Rihannsu as a culture, even goes into some cultural history in some other novels. Well worth the read.
--Ok, so maybe I *am* a little bit of a Trek Geek. Sue me.
/me thinks of all the Austin Powers "Johnson" jokes... :b
--To me, it doesn't matter at all what her "race" is...
--She's just HOT. And she comes across as a total sweetheart, too.
--So there.
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--Am I the only one that thinks it might be amusing to see Data quoting Gilbert and Sullivan in a duet with Troi?
... Bueller??)
--Other than that I too agree with your list - especially the time travel part. It's so bloody overused and poorly done (last episode of Voyager, anyone?
--Now THERE's a ST movie plot:
Voyager meets the NEW IMPROVED...
(bomBomBOM)
-- V'Ger!! (And boy is she hot!)
--Think about it - (Voyager satellite) V'Ger's probe (Lt. Ilia) combined with Decker to create a new lifeform. Veeger ][ comes back from Dimension X and kicks the Borg Queen off the throne.
--Plausible, no?
(No, I'm Not THAT much of a ST geek; some of the above info is courtesy of www.imdb.com )
--Khan = Best Trek Movie
;b (And Insurrection blew DONKEY CHUNKS.)
--First Contact = Best Movie Since Khan
--Star Trek 4 = Next Best
--All the rest are belong to base.
--Seriously, First Contact was the first time Deanna Troi actually got to look hotter than Doc Crusher! I'm a sucker for red hair and a nice figure, but Marina's "drunk scene" was quite possibly her best ever, from an acting POV.
--Dude, that Borg Queen (Alice Krige) was a HOTTIE...
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> When creating an artificial lifeform, especially single-celled, its difficult to be absolutely certain you aren't going to run into 'Jurassic Park Syndrome' where it turns out to be more dangerous than people thought, and run amok killing the tourists. Sci-fi solution? Put it on a space station at one of the unstable Lagrange points. Then, unless the people enter a code every 20 hours or so, the whole thing is programed to fire a little rocket, pop out of the Lagrange point and completely out of Earth's gravity well, possibly then entering a sun-crossing orbit. Thus if they create a 'we'll kill earth' situation, they end up being cooked pretty thoroughly in a nice big fusion furnace.
--Hmm... Ya know, that actually sounds like a pretty good premise for a movie.
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