Are you forgetting that Kirk was one of the highest performing, most respected, highest achieving cadets -ever? When he managed to avoid a courtmartial, inspired loyalty among his troops, got aboard the ship AND saved the entire crew, Captain Pike recognized his talents immediately.
Kirk wasn't the only one that got that treatment, and wasn't even the first on screen to do it! Uhura replaced a higher ranking officer IMMEDIATELY because of her linguistic skills. Captain Pike was a "right now" kind of guy. He didn't get much on screen time but when he did he showed that in every scene he had.
I'm not seeing any problems with that. He IS the Captain. And this is the future, where the federation has probably done away with ageist beliefs that "kids can't accomplish what adults can and don't deserve the same respect." If that is what you are implying.
It sounds like it will work until you put yourself into this situation:
You're floating in space, and this really really big, multi-trillion ton rock is being thrown at you.
Now, just turn yourself around and fire your rockets until you can land on the rock being thrown at you without breaking yourself.
Fuck that, even the most experienced programmers will give you the keys to their system if you fucking ask nicely. Helps if you delegate the task to one of your lady assistants though.
I'm going to be inflammatory and direct here, because that's what you're doing.
Nothing you've made is popular until someone gets the opportunity to use it for free.
The free trade of digital information online has led to the biggest boost in sales of all industries it has affected ever seen in the world.
And that's even if we ignore the fact that numbers cannot be copyrighted. Do you store your files in hand-written scrawl on the boot sector of your hard drive? I think not. If you use your computer to store data digitally, you're already stretching it to say that the information you've "made" is yours. If it's digital, it's binary, and it's a number, which cannot be copyrighted.
But you didn't post with the intention of starting a fair argument.
It's not stealing - nobody loses anything that they own. If I were to create a life-sized replica of the statue of liberty in my backyard by waving my arms and going "abracadabra!" You could not accuse me of theft. Why is software the exception to this simple observation of reality?
I can build you a hydrogen bomb-proof vest for a couple bucks. I'm sure a h-bomb proof data center would be just as easy, but catch is you'd have to be inside it when they drop the bomb.
I worked in a job where my programming skills didn't matter. I'd solve incredibly complex problems created by the incompetence of the boss.
He didn't care! But if I updated the webpage, all was well in the world.
I was fired days before the biggest crash of the stock market's history, not too long ago. It looked bad.
But I did get a better job, and you can too, if you're in that situation. Don't keep yourself in a situation like that, or you'll be their scapegoat. Nobody benefits from that.
I don't believe I've ever seen a fighting game on the PC. When I read "PC Games" in the summary, I assumed, rightfully so, that that was their intended term.
You can't always assume that the guys writing the summaries or the articles are gamers/programmers/(experts in any field other than their own). I mean they look for buzz words, not more accurate words.
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Are you forgetting that Kirk was one of the highest performing, most respected, highest achieving cadets -ever? When he managed to avoid a courtmartial, inspired loyalty among his troops, got aboard the ship AND saved the entire crew, Captain Pike recognized his talents immediately.
Kirk wasn't the only one that got that treatment, and wasn't even the first on screen to do it! Uhura replaced a higher ranking officer IMMEDIATELY because of her linguistic skills. Captain Pike was a "right now" kind of guy. He didn't get much on screen time but when he did he showed that in every scene he had.
I'm not seeing any problems with that. He IS the Captain. And this is the future, where the federation has probably done away with ageist beliefs that "kids can't accomplish what adults can and don't deserve the same respect." If that is what you are implying.
one of us.
I was not here, I did not say this.....
Leto (8058), you need to accept who you are. You are a geek.
You must not fear, fear is the mind-killer...
It sounds like it will work until you put yourself into this situation:
You're floating in space, and this really really big, multi-trillion ton rock is being thrown at you.
Now, just turn yourself around and fire your rockets until you can land on the rock being thrown at you without breaking yourself.
Ahh, yes. The olde Law of conservation of fucking retardedness in politics.
You sound like an Ologyologist.
Fuck that, even the most experienced programmers will give you the keys to their system if you fucking ask nicely.
Helps if you delegate the task to one of your lady assistants though.
Sometimes they just start spewing binary.
Why are you guys so against pirates.
Those guys are reversing global warming!
I say we need MORE pirates!
*dons appropriate gear, heads off to get more booty*
friggin marketers. 2^10, not 10^6.
Mod parent up, +1 Serious.
I'm going to be inflammatory and direct here, because that's what you're doing.
Nothing you've made is popular until someone gets the opportunity to use it for free.
The free trade of digital information online has led to the biggest boost in sales of all industries it has affected ever seen in the world.
And that's even if we ignore the fact that numbers cannot be copyrighted. Do you store your files in hand-written scrawl on the boot sector of your hard drive? I think not. If you use your computer to store data digitally, you're already stretching it to say that the information you've "made" is yours. If it's digital, it's binary, and it's a number, which cannot be copyrighted.
But you didn't post with the intention of starting a fair argument.
It's not stealing - nobody loses anything that they own. If I were to create a life-sized replica of the statue of liberty in my backyard by waving my arms and going "abracadabra!" You could not accuse me of theft. Why is software the exception to this simple observation of reality?
I can build you a hydrogen bomb-proof vest for a couple bucks. I'm sure a h-bomb proof data center would be just as easy, but catch is you'd have to be inside it when they drop the bomb.
That's amazing.
To think that each jpeg could be worth $250,000.
Dude, your porn collection dwarfs the stimulus package.
Hi, David. I'm James.
Loose data:
What happens when a zero bit has had one too many one bits fly through its hole.
I worked in a job where my programming skills didn't matter. I'd solve incredibly complex problems created by the incompetence of the boss.
He didn't care! But if I updated the webpage, all was well in the world.
I was fired days before the biggest crash of the stock market's history, not too long ago. It looked bad.
But I did get a better job, and you can too, if you're in that situation. Don't keep yourself in a situation like that, or you'll be their scapegoat. Nobody benefits from that.
Numbers can't be copyrighted.
An mp3 is a number.
Now gimme a fat sack o' cash and I'll shut up.
I go by a simple axiom:
It's all lies.
Even when it...
Scratch that, ESPECIALLY when it creates a paradox.
If you had the id of 9, it would be 1-digit in decimal, 2 digit in octal, and 4 digit in binary. that's only 3 though.
On the contrary, I would make a KILLING off that gun.
Clearly you have no idea how the internet works.
Deliberate acts of censorship are interpreted as DAMAGE to the internet, which routes around it.
This means that the actions of the governmental body have caused irreperable harm to the internet.
Al Gore might very well sue. That's his baby.
*adjusts glasses* Your numbers fail to account for the chance of said gun malfunctioning due to poor maintenance.
I don't believe I've ever seen a fighting game on the PC. When I read "PC Games" in the summary, I assumed, rightfully so, that that was their intended term.
You can't always assume that the guys writing the summaries or the articles are gamers/programmers/(experts in any field other than their own). I mean they look for buzz words, not more accurate words.
Absolutely. But that's not far enough. It should be illegal for them to THINK of outlawing free speech.
I, for one, wouldn't think you any less of a vegetarian if someone had fed you meat products and told you it was a vegetarian dish.
But then I thought the whole idea of your philosophy was intent.