> Later this week all of the IT department at my company (50-80 people) is having a dinner with the company President and VP/CIO.
--I saw this and thought: "Your whole department may be in danger of being outsourced to a foreign country. Enjoy what may be your last meal with the company, and be sure to polish up your resume beforehand."
--Go in there with a give-em-hell attitude, and be bold about what needs to be fixed. That way you stick out. If they like you, there might be a promotion. If they don't like you, well... You came in the door prepared.
o The Warthog coming over the ridge, playing loud Mexican music
o The machine-gunning warthog (or Puma) holding down the 2 guys behind the rock with a continuous stream of gunfire. One guy getting shot at turns to the other and says, "They've gotta run outta ammo SOMEtime!"
Blue canary in the outlet by the light switch Who watches over you Make a little birdhouse in your soul Not to put too fine a point on it Say I'm the only bee in your bonnet Make a little birdhouse in your soul
--Perhaps it may be seen as unfortunate that it was not used for its intended purpose. However, since they are now on display, you have the opportunity to see one up close. I highly recommend you make the trip to either Alabama or Florida if you've never seen one in person.
--The sheer SIZE and SCALE of these rockets will absolutely knock your socks off, and hopefully inspire new wonder and newfound zeal for the space program. We 'Mericans like our Cars big, our Toys big, and by thunder, our Rockets big too!
--Most people don't take into account that the Saturn series was NOT REUSABLE. AFAIK, the only part that re-entered the atmosphere was the capsule containing the astronauts. Go see one of these Saturns in person, and *then* tell me we should resurrect the Saturn (throw all that material away into space once more, never to be seen again) instead of developing an alternative.
--Give me a Space Elevator, a Space Plane, and a Hilton on the Moon instead of resurrecting decades-old tech, any day.
> When I heard he was going to fight I pictured this old kung-foo movie I watched once where the old master defeats like three trained guys, not by being stronger or anything, but by not being where they had expected, moving just enough so they'd miss and then he'd pull them off-balance with a little tug and kick them on their way past. Didn't even break a sweat.
--You and I (and others) can appreciate the finer points of kung-fu fighting, especially when it is done with Elegance and a minimalist style - that is true mastery of the Art. Unfortunately this kind of Art is completely beyond George Lucas's ken. To him, it has to be Big, Flashy, and Exaggerated.
> Nobody in Star Wars 4,5,6 changed at all really if you think about it.
--I completely disagree with you here. If you don't think any of the characters changed between 4-6, you need to sit down with a SW nerd for a couple of hours and get EDUCATED.
> Too soon to tell, I think all the stuff with Hayden Christenson is stupid as well as the redoing of the voices of the Stormtroopers. Taking out other people's contributions to the legend is wrong for the sake of the art and mean-spirited.
--I'll agree with you there. Couldn't the original extras/voices in the SW films sue Lucas for doing this? He's actually screwing with people who should get proper credit (and their "15 minutes of fame") for being in the original version of the film. "Dude, I was a stormtrooper in teh original, until that bastard Lucas edited me out!"
> Lucas changing the films to support his lackluster plotlines and mediocre characters from the first few movies is a horrid affront to the fans and his own work.
--So was AOTC...:( Saw it once, hope to never have to endure it again. Not even Natalie Portman's Petrified Nipples could save that pile of trash.
--You're on my Friends list, Wil; but I have to say that Insurrection ( http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120844/ ) was the Worst Trek Movie EVAR. I saw it once and hope to **never** see it again. IIRC, that was the one where they "had to" control the Enterprise in an emergency situation with a freaking M$ JOYSTICK! WTF?!?!
--Actually STV:The Final Frontier had some good quotes in it. A Christian band called Mortal (now sadly defunct) picked up some of Shatner's and D.Kelley's lines and mixed them into their songs. I've seen every other ST movie multiple times and intend to do so again, but not for Insurrection.
--BTW: ST Wrath of Khan(II), Voyage Home(IV), First Contact(8), and Nemesis are my favorite ST films, in approx that order. (You *have* to admit that Tom Hardy **nailed** that role.)
--I'm still a bit miffed that they only gave you a cameo in Nemesis, but hopefully you'll get a chance to explain the things that have been happening to your character a bit more in teh next film.
--I was just going to mention that. I gave the film 5 stars, but the twins CGI was *horrible.* Great cast and performances tho. The actresses that played the twins were actually ok.
--I played it on an old Mac once. The part that put me into a rage was when your character was knocked out, and I tried everything under the SUN to get him to wake the hell up. Nothing worked until the guy that owned the game gave me the hint that it was one of the 5 senses, so I finally typed "smell" and the game woke him up. Needless to say, I wanted to kick the programmer in the nads for being such a narrowminded idiot. The game wouldn't even give you a hint!
--An interesting idea, but I don't think it's that easy to just "stop the clockworks" for 39m. Remember, he's adapting existing watches at the moment. That's why I suggested the extended clock face for rev 2; the works would continue to run normally, but it has to sweep through the extra minutes instead of just the standard 12h.
--This proposed implementation is probably easier to do digitally, but I'd still like to see it in analog form because to me it would be more "correct" than losing seconds.
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[singing] The ORCs are saving the Hubble, hooray hooray...
--Good story. BTW, Ming the Merciless is from Flash Gordon.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080745/ == Ming was played by Max Von Sydow.
> Later this week all of the IT department at my company (50-80 people) is having a dinner with the company President and VP/CIO.
--I saw this and thought:
"Your whole department may be in danger of being outsourced to a foreign country. Enjoy what may be your last meal with the company, and be sure to polish up your resume beforehand."
--Go in there with a give-em-hell attitude, and be bold about what needs to be fixed. That way you stick out. If they like you, there might be a promotion. If they don't like you, well... You came in the door prepared.
--Two of my favorite jokes in the series:
o The Warthog coming over the ridge, playing loud Mexican music
o The machine-gunning warthog (or Puma) holding down the 2 guys behind the rock with a continuous stream of gunfire. One guy getting shot at turns to the other and says, "They've gotta run outta ammo SOMEtime!"
--Honest question, how do you stop certain users from using ' su '? Debian user here.
:)
--Other question: What did you do to the Winblows cracker? Always like a good BOFH story.
One way to stop this: (Workplace)
o First offence: Severe warning, called on the carpet and **Educated**
o Second offence: Called on the carpet and FINED
o Third offence: Immediate termination.
--Now I *know* it sucks to get fired, but come on people - this kind of stupid-ass virus BS has to have the line drawn SOMEWHERE.
[salsacommmercial]
New York CITY!!
Git the rope!
--Check out http://thisistrue.com/ and wait for a Zero Tolerance story. We have a pretty f-'d up society over here too, sometimes.
Blue canary in the outlet by the light switch
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Who watches over you
Make a little birdhouse in your soul
Not to put too fine a point on it
Say I'm the only bee in your bonnet
Make a little birdhouse in your soul
( http://www.lyricsfreak.com/t/they-might-be-giants
--Perhaps it may be seen as unfortunate that it was not used for its intended purpose. However, since they are now on display, you have the opportunity to see one up close. I highly recommend you make the trip to either Alabama or Florida if you've never seen one in person.
--The sheer SIZE and SCALE of these rockets will absolutely knock your socks off, and hopefully inspire new wonder and newfound zeal for the space program. We 'Mericans like our Cars big, our Toys big, and by thunder, our Rockets big too!
--Most people don't take into account that the Saturn series was NOT REUSABLE. AFAIK, the only part that re-entered the atmosphere was the capsule containing the astronauts. Go see one of these Saturns in person, and *then* tell me we should resurrect the Saturn (throw all that material away into space once more, never to be seen again) instead of developing an alternative.
--Give me a Space Elevator, a Space Plane, and a Hilton on the Moon instead of resurrecting decades-old tech, any day.
--I'll third that.
We of Oceania defy you, sir!
> When I heard he was going to fight I pictured this old kung-foo movie I watched once where the old master defeats like three trained guys, not by being stronger or anything, but by not being where they had expected, moving just enough so they'd miss and then he'd pull them off-balance with a little tug and kick them on their way past. Didn't even break a sweat.
--You and I (and others) can appreciate the finer points of kung-fu fighting, especially when it is done with Elegance and a minimalist style - that is true mastery of the Art. Unfortunately this kind of Art is completely beyond George Lucas's ken. To him, it has to be Big, Flashy, and Exaggerated.
> Nobody in Star Wars 4,5,6 changed at all really if you think about it.
--I completely disagree with you here. If you don't think any of the characters changed between 4-6, you need to sit down with a SW nerd for a couple of hours and get EDUCATED.
> Too soon to tell, I think all the stuff with Hayden Christenson is stupid as well as the redoing of the voices of the Stormtroopers. Taking out other people's contributions to the legend is wrong for the sake of the art and mean-spirited.
:( Saw it once, hope to never have to endure it again. Not even Natalie Portman's Petrified Nipples could save that pile of trash.
--I'll agree with you there. Couldn't the original extras/voices in the SW films sue Lucas for doing this? He's actually screwing with people who should get proper credit (and their "15 minutes of fame") for being in the original version of the film. "Dude, I was a stormtrooper in teh original, until that bastard Lucas edited me out!"
> Lucas changing the films to support his lackluster plotlines and mediocre characters from the first few movies is a horrid affront to the fans and his own work.
--So was AOTC...
--That's De MONET!! [/HarveyKorman]
( http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082517/ )
--It's not a "Real" Terabyte, either - it's a "salesman's terabyte" (note lowercase T):
[[ * 1 terabyte = 1,000,000,000,000 bytes. Once formatted, the actual available storage capacity varies depending on operating environment.
]]
[MXC] Right you are, Ken!
[Ed McMahon] You are correct, sir!
--Anybody know if this will work in Win98 as an NFS client?
--You're on my Friends list, Wil; but I have to say that Insurrection ( http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120844/ ) was the Worst Trek Movie EVAR. I saw it once and hope to **never** see it again. IIRC, that was the one where they "had to" control the Enterprise in an emergency situation with a freaking M$ JOYSTICK! WTF?!?!
--Actually STV:The Final Frontier had some good quotes in it. A Christian band called Mortal (now sadly defunct) picked up some of Shatner's and D.Kelley's lines and mixed them into their songs. I've seen every other ST movie multiple times and intend to do so again, but not for Insurrection.
--BTW: ST Wrath of Khan(II), Voyage Home(IV), First Contact(8), and Nemesis are my favorite ST films, in approx that order. (You *have* to admit that Tom Hardy **nailed** that role.)
--I'm still a bit miffed that they only gave you a cameo in Nemesis, but hopefully you'll get a chance to explain the things that have been happening to your character a bit more in teh next film.
Best Wishes!
--I was just going to mention that. I gave the film 5 stars, but the twins CGI was *horrible.* Great cast and performances tho. The actresses that played the twins were actually ok.
--I played it on an old Mac once. The part that put me into a rage was when your character was knocked out, and I tried everything under the SUN to get him to wake the hell up. Nothing worked until the guy that owned the game gave me the hint that it was one of the 5 senses, so I finally typed "smell" and the game woke him up. Needless to say, I wanted to kick the programmer in the nads for being such a narrowminded idiot. The game wouldn't even give you a hint!
"I'm with stupid - and he's with me." == Scatterbrain
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--An interesting idea, but I don't think it's that easy to just "stop the clockworks" for 39m. Remember, he's adapting existing watches at the moment. That's why I suggested the extended clock face for rev 2; the works would continue to run normally, but it has to sweep through the extra minutes instead of just the standard 12h.
--This proposed implementation is probably easier to do digitally, but I'd still like to see it in analog form because to me it would be more "correct" than losing seconds.
--Thanks; but I was speaking of a "Martian second" in the context of these "hacked" watches. :)