--Seriously, I'd much rather this type of sound application had an opt-in strategy. Intrusive ads can lead to a real invasion of privacy... This could be the New SPAM for advertisers.
--Now, that said... There was some speculation that the V'Ger probe came from the Borg. That could be what they're tying into, but I'm 99% sure they'll do it half-assed, and I'm not even planning on watching the episode.
--The Tribbles episode on DS9 was well done tho, in part because it was a TRIBUTE.
--This kind of stuff is what made David Drake's "Hammer's Slammers" (mercenaries book series) so interesting. It would definitely be compelling - if they did it right - but would it really be Star Trek? Having good writers is ESSENTIAL.
--I like your idea, but maybe they should try it out with a book series first. See how they do, then put out a MOVIE - then do the TV pilot.
--I don't know about you, but I'M worried about N. Korea.
--Personally I'm not *thrilled* with the prospect of war, but let's face a few things:
o The economy will probably start to improve now
o We're finishing the job, so to speak, that was started in the 90's - and left unfinished
o The Iraqi's should be thankful it's the *US* they're fighting. We've actually spread over 2 million leaflets over there, advising their military both HOW TO SURRENDER, and how to stay out of our way so they don't get wasted. Name *any* other country (except maybe Britain) that would try so hard to minimize casualties, both military and civilian.
--Geez. I'm not a hawk, but most of the anti-war posts I'm seeing on this article make me ill. W isn't perfect, but c'mon - this is a job that has been waiting for someone to come along and finish it. Klinton just didn't have the qualities (read: stones) needed for decisive leadership. The guy swayed like a reed in the wind, according to whatever the latest polls said.
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--Invasion wasn't *THE* reason. Duh, ever hear about the HOLOCAUST, dummy??
> I've been developing some tools for this, but keep flipping back and forth between compressed tar files and zipfiles. The former can be read with standard tools, but requires an explicit index (for performance when seeking single files) and doesn't scale to multiple discs. The latter has an index and supports multiple discs, but isn't widely used in the Unix world.
--You should check out Joerg Schily's "star" program (he's the author of the fabulous and immortal cdrecord.)
ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/star/
http://www.fokus.gmd.de/research/cc/glone/employ ee s/joerg.schilling/private/cdrecord.html
--I liked what I saw on the SF channel, but seriously - Stargate SG-1 is prolly the best sci-fi TV series since the original Trek.
--The Farscape stuff where they were shooting at each other on the ship because of a drug influence was cool. Crichton's brain implant getting removed was cool. The "newest" stuff that I've seen isn't impressing me, even from the TV previews.
(IMHO, the only "hot chick" left is the blue one.)
--Actually I should qualify that; after reading the book, I was like "WTF? The only similarity to the movie are some names and locations!!"
--I would *really* have loved to see the powered armor myself, but think about it - the movie tells a story pretty well by itself. It's just not the same story as the book.;-)
--Actually I loved the movie (this is WAY before I read the book) and thought the casting was good too:
Dina Meyer....Pvt. Dizzy Flores
Denise Richards...Pilot Cadet Carmen Ibanez
Jake Busey....Pvt. Ace Levy
Neil Patrick Harris....Col. Carl Jenkins
Clancy Brown....Career Sgt. Zim
Michael Ironside....Lt. Jean Rasczak
--Can't see anything wrong there; altho it was slightly jarring to see Doogie Howser in a Nazi-type role.
--BTW, Dina Meyer as Dizzy Flores was my favorite char. Clancy Brown played his role excellently, and Michael Ironside I *still* admire for that role.:)
--DON'T DO THAT anymore. Change the policy by saying it's because of Sept 11, blah blah blah, changes that are out of your control from higher-ups and the stockholders, blahblah...
--Recovering a password is STUPID. Force them to change their passwords and get with the Security program.
--I do understand what you're saying tho. There was a Star Trek novel or episode that had the multiple-layered data disk; it was IIRC a prototype, and also how they caught the bad guy.
Slashdot Mirror
--Chief, is that you??? == Agent 86
Check out:
http://us.imdb.com/Title?0081249
--Finally, perhaps a use for the "tinfoil hat"?
--Seriously, I'd much rather this type of sound application had an opt-in strategy. Intrusive ads can lead to a real invasion of privacy... This could be the New SPAM for advertisers.
Before going into depth:
BAN FKG TIME TRAVELLING in Star Trek!!
--Now, that said... There was some speculation that the V'Ger probe came from the Borg. That could be what they're tying into, but I'm 99% sure they'll do it half-assed, and I'm not even planning on watching the episode.
--The Tribbles episode on DS9 was well done tho, in part because it was a TRIBUTE.
--This kind of stuff is what made David Drake's "Hammer's Slammers" (mercenaries book series) so interesting. It would definitely be compelling - if they did it right - but would it really be Star Trek? Having good writers is ESSENTIAL.
--I like your idea, but maybe they should try it out with a book series first. See how they do, then put out a MOVIE - then do the TV pilot.
--The LONE GUNMEN are DEAD!! :P .dotgoeshere
--Offtopic but interesting: The above post is #5555555, is by an AC, and has been MODDED DOWN.
--Just a thought on life's little ironies.
Mod parent +1 Sarcastic ;-)
--I don't know about you, but I'M worried about N. Korea.
--Personally I'm not *thrilled* with the prospect of war, but let's face a few things:
o The economy will probably start to improve now
o We're finishing the job, so to speak, that was started in the 90's - and left unfinished
o The Iraqi's should be thankful it's the *US* they're fighting. We've actually spread over 2 million leaflets over there, advising their military both HOW TO SURRENDER, and how to stay out of our way so they don't get wasted. Name *any* other country (except maybe Britain) that would try so hard to minimize casualties, both military and civilian.
--Geez. I'm not a hawk, but most of the anti-war posts I'm seeing on this article make me ill. W isn't perfect, but c'mon - this is a job that has been waiting for someone to come along and finish it. Klinton just didn't have the qualities (read: stones) needed for decisive leadership. The guy swayed like a reed in the wind, according to whatever the latest polls said.
--Invasion wasn't *THE* reason. Duh, ever hear about the HOLOCAUST, dummy??
Gigi Edgely was the one I was talking about...
How about a Beowulf Cluster of embedded fanatical penguins carrying rocket launchers and posters of Natalie Portman covered in hot grits??
Mod parent Funny for South Park ref!
> I would *not* recommend bzip, however; too damn slow and processor intensive, even with a dedicated backup server. Simply not scalable.
--I'll second that. bzip2 gives good compression, but ' gzip -9 ' does it FASTER.
> I've been developing some tools for this, but keep flipping back and forth between compressed tar files and zipfiles. The former can be read with standard tools, but requires an explicit index (for performance when seeking single files) and doesn't scale to multiple discs. The latter has an index and supports multiple discs, but isn't widely used in the Unix world.
y ee s/joerg.schilling/private/cdrecord.html
--You should check out Joerg Schily's "star" program (he's the author of the fabulous and immortal cdrecord.)
ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/star/
http://www.fokus.gmd.de/research/cc/glone/emplo
Kiki, is that you??
--I dunno about joysticks, but my USB mouse worked with Mechwarrior 2:GBL when running in a DOS window (W98SE.)
--I liked what I saw on the SF channel, but seriously - Stargate SG-1 is prolly the best sci-fi TV series since the original Trek.
--The Farscape stuff where they were shooting at each other on the ship because of a drug influence was cool. Crichton's brain implant getting removed was cool. The "newest" stuff that I've seen isn't impressing me, even from the TV previews.
(IMHO, the only "hot chick" left is the blue one.)
Just my $2.02.
Couldn't we all, couldn't we all... Actually it would have come in handy all the way up to senior year in h.s.
--Actually I should qualify that; after reading the book, I was like "WTF? The only similarity to the movie are some names and locations!!"
;-)
--I would *really* have loved to see the powered armor myself, but think about it - the movie tells a story pretty well by itself. It's just not the same story as the book.
--Actually I loved the movie (this is WAY before I read the book) and thought the casting was good too:
:)
Dina Meyer....Pvt. Dizzy Flores
Denise Richards...Pilot Cadet Carmen Ibanez
Jake Busey....Pvt. Ace Levy
Neil Patrick Harris....Col. Carl Jenkins
Clancy Brown....Career Sgt. Zim
Michael Ironside....Lt. Jean Rasczak
--Can't see anything wrong there; altho it was slightly jarring to see Doogie Howser in a Nazi-type role.
--BTW, Dina Meyer as Dizzy Flores was my favorite char. Clancy Brown played his role excellently, and Michael Ironside I *still* admire for that role.
--DON'T DO THAT anymore. Change the policy by saying it's because of Sept 11, blah blah blah, changes that are out of your control from higher-ups and the stockholders, blahblah...
--Recovering a password is STUPID. Force them to change their passwords and get with the Security program.
--Using Opera 6.1, www.macromedia.com shows a blank page. :(
--Try browsing at 3, about 1 day after the article gets posted.
--Not very "bleeding-edge current", but good for weeding out the chaff.
--Use Ctrl-W to close your current tab; then you don't even have to move the mouse.
--Look up the definition of "honeypot"...
--I do understand what you're saying tho. There was a Star Trek novel or episode that had the multiple-layered data disk; it was IIRC a prototype, and also how they caught the bad guy.