There aint never going to be another country's citizen who is "down" with U.S. policy. They'll hate us like the drama kids hated the football players in highschool because the dorks hate jocks. It's that simple. The jealous citizens of the Earth will hate the top captain for all they're worth, forever. All the U.S. can do is not care and lead. Enjoy your freedom and safety, drama kids. We sometimes don't enjoy protecting it, but we always will. You'll miss us when we're gone.
Mad with power, that's what he is. Wrecking the greatest franchise in movie history and he still puts his kids in the movie and lets them pick the names. Gosh damnit, I can't get more mad about it. Lucas, if you can hear this, you suck.
Yoda selling Pepsi, Chewbacca on E!, Vader selling pizzas.... Did anyone think Lucas would have learned? Out of control and horrible... I'm hugging my tie-fighter from 1974 in the closet under a pile of socks. All ewoks must die.
So what you're saying is that the expandinig english language is driven by a bunch of marketing majors? I wonder what the english majors think about this.
Did anyone else think that a "Totally new species" might be a little more exciting looking? This thing is a rat. Does it atleast not taste like chicken?
Here's what I did today. I went to CompUSA and bought a 160GB Ultra ATA Drive. I popped open my Mac G4 and installed it. Then I partitioned the drive and installed OSX. Next I installed Ubuntu. Awesome distro and the first time I've ever installed Linux on any machine anywhere. First thing I noticed: the email setup was different from standard practices. Next thing I noticed: Open menus and screens left trails on the monitor. Third thing: Gimp locked and the usual keyboard combinations to force quite didn't work. What I'm trying to say is STANDARDIZE, STANDARDIZE, STANDARDIZE! Take a class in consumer behavior for once in your lives! The user experience in Linux doesn't have to match the Mac or Windows experience, but atleast go for some sort of intuitive commonality.
Here's what I did today. I went to CompUSA and bought a 160GB Ultra ATA Drive. I popped open my Mac G4 and installed it. Then I partitioned the drive and installed OSX. Next I installed Ubuntu. Awesome distro. First time I've ever installed Linux on any machine anywhere. First thing I noticed: the email setup was different from standard practices. Next thing I noticed: Open menus and screens left trails on the monitor. Third thing: Gimp locked and the usual keyboard combinations to force quite didn't work. What I'm trying to say is STANDARDIZE, STANDARDIZE, STANDARDIZE! Take a class in consumer behavior for once in your lives! The user experience in Linux doesn't have to match the Mac or Windows experience, but atleast go for some sort of intuitive commonality.
Okay, I feel ya. But remember that Sci-Fi is by its very nature future oriented. If you don't want to speculate on the evolution of intelligence or multiple dimensions then you're looking for the contemporary isle of the book store. -peace out
I never said anything about Sci-Fi/Fantasy. What are you talking about? Hard Sci-Fi deals with extrapolations of working scientific theories to produce science fiction. No one said anything about ents or hobbits except you.
Hardcore sci-fi was mentioned in the parent post to which I was responding. Hardcore or "hard" sci-fi is a subset of regular sci-fi grounded in technical detail and actual scientific theory. Thank you for visiting the reading rainbow.
Card's article was written because the LA Times called him and offered an open column on the commentary page. I don't think he necessarily cares one way or the other about Star Trek, he's just completing an assignment so his name will appear in print.
I think it is all a matter of expectations. Those who have very high expectations are bound to be dissappointed with Star Trek. Those like myself, who only expect it to be more entertaining the WWE and Desperate Housewives, are often pleasantly surprised.
Nimoy was the only charismatic actor in the cast and, ironically, he played the only character not allowed to register emotion.
Is this supposed to be flamebait? Come on. Shatner has no charisma? The cast of the original Star Trek was assembled in an era when there was more to an actor than good looks. Just listen to their voices and you'll begin to see the range of talent involved. Shatner, Nimoy, DeForest Kelley,... Scotty, Sulu, Uhura. These are among the most recognizable faces and voices in the movie industry as a whole, not just sci-fi. It isn't fair to dismiss it as campy crap with cardboard actors the way Card does.
If you're the producer of a Linux distro, do you want to have to recompile and patch EVERY SINGLE PACKAGE you put in your distro, EVERY TIME you update it? Or else require all the users to do the same if they want to run apps you didn't include, or update them when you haven't?
That's the choice you have to make in business. IS IT NECESSARY TO SELL THE PRODUCT.
I guess it just depends on your location and the available infrastructure for delivering verifiable voice communications. What happens when I'm vacationing in Figi and can't get my funds transfered because the bad connection is destroying the biometric signature of my voice?
Vint hates the chaos of evolving systems and identifies all the protocols in flux. Most solutions not offered. Vince will be able to call home from Mars. I skimmed it, sorry.
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No, just kidding. I got stuck on the practice puzzle when it asked for a password. I have my cluster working on that though.
I set my browser to display only the source HTML for each webpage I visit. Only underachievers parse.
There aint never going to be another country's citizen who is "down" with U.S. policy. They'll hate us like the drama kids hated the football players in highschool because the dorks hate jocks. It's that simple. The jealous citizens of the Earth will hate the top captain for all they're worth, forever. All the U.S. can do is not care and lead. Enjoy your freedom and safety, drama kids. We sometimes don't enjoy protecting it, but we always will. You'll miss us when we're gone.
All that time and money down the drain when we could have found out what yoda and chewbacca smelled like. Touch technology ... ridiculous.
Mad with power, that's what he is. Wrecking the greatest franchise in movie history and he still puts his kids in the movie and lets them pick the names. Gosh damnit, I can't get more mad about it. Lucas, if you can hear this, you suck.
Yoda selling Pepsi, Chewbacca on E!, Vader selling pizzas....
Did anyone think Lucas would have learned? Out of control and horrible... I'm hugging my tie-fighter from 1974 in the closet under a pile of socks. All ewoks must die.
lost they are. Attempting to regain market share they are. Hmmm, desperate they are.
So what you're saying is that the expandinig english language is driven by a bunch of marketing majors? I wonder what the english majors think about this.
Did anyone else think that a "Totally new species" might be a little more exciting looking? This thing is a rat. Does it atleast not taste like chicken?
I prefer the "Kathy Put Cookies On Floor, Good Stuff" invented by a friend of mine in junior high. I've never forgotten it.
Here's what I did today. I went to CompUSA and bought a 160GB Ultra ATA Drive. I popped open my Mac G4 and installed it. Then I partitioned the drive and installed OSX. Next I installed Ubuntu. Awesome distro and the first time I've ever installed Linux on any machine anywhere. First thing I noticed: the email setup was different from standard practices. Next thing I noticed: Open menus and screens left trails on the monitor. Third thing: Gimp locked and the usual keyboard combinations to force quite didn't work. What I'm trying to say is STANDARDIZE, STANDARDIZE, STANDARDIZE! Take a class in consumer behavior for once in your lives! The user experience in Linux doesn't have to match the Mac or Windows experience, but atleast go for some sort of intuitive commonality.
Here's what I did today. I went to CompUSA and bought a 160GB Ultra ATA Drive. I popped open my Mac G4 and installed it. Then I partitioned the drive and installed OSX. Next I installed Ubuntu. Awesome distro. First time I've ever installed Linux on any machine anywhere. First thing I noticed: the email setup was different from standard practices. Next thing I noticed: Open menus and screens left trails on the monitor. Third thing: Gimp locked and the usual keyboard combinations to force quite didn't work. What I'm trying to say is STANDARDIZE, STANDARDIZE, STANDARDIZE! Take a class in consumer behavior for once in your lives! The user experience in Linux doesn't have to match the Mac or Windows experience, but atleast go for some sort of intuitive commonality.
Okay, I feel ya. But remember that Sci-Fi is by its very nature future oriented. If you don't want to speculate on the evolution of intelligence or multiple dimensions then you're looking for the contemporary isle of the book store.
-peace out
I never said anything about Sci-Fi/Fantasy. What are you talking about? Hard Sci-Fi deals with extrapolations of working scientific theories to produce science fiction. No one said anything about ents or hobbits except you.
Hardcore sci-fi was mentioned in the parent post to which I was responding. Hardcore or "hard" sci-fi is a subset of regular sci-fi grounded in technical detail and actual scientific theory. Thank you for visiting the reading rainbow.
Card's article was written because the LA Times called him and offered an open column on the commentary page. I don't think he necessarily cares one way or the other about Star Trek, he's just completing an assignment so his name will appear in print.
I think it is all a matter of expectations. Those who have very high expectations are bound to be dissappointed with Star Trek. Those like myself, who only expect it to be more entertaining the WWE and Desperate Housewives, are often pleasantly surprised.
Since when does Card write hardcore Sci-Fi? I didnt' find Ender's Game to be particulary technical. If you want hard sci-fi, read Eon by Greg Bear.
Nimoy was the only charismatic actor in the cast and, ironically, he played the only character not allowed to register emotion.
... Scotty, Sulu, Uhura. These are among the most recognizable faces and voices in the movie industry as a whole, not just sci-fi. It isn't fair to dismiss it as campy crap with cardboard actors the way Card does.
Is this supposed to be flamebait? Come on. Shatner has no charisma? The cast of the original Star Trek was assembled in an era when there was more to an actor than good looks. Just listen to their voices and you'll begin to see the range of talent involved. Shatner, Nimoy, DeForest Kelley,
The Romulans were Romans. Do the names Romulus and Remus ring any bells? My God, man. Don't post ignorant.
Card ... Card .. hmmm...
Is he the guy that wrote the one good book 11 years ago and has lived off it ever since?
I was going to tell you that you were wrong, but you're so high on this one... forget it.
Why would they even post this story if it was only about activating your card?
Did you mention 'tards'?
If you're the producer of a Linux distro, do you want to have to recompile and patch EVERY SINGLE PACKAGE you put in your distro, EVERY TIME you update it? Or else require all the users to do the same if they want to run apps you didn't include, or update them when you haven't?
That's the choice you have to make in business. IS IT NECESSARY TO SELL THE PRODUCT.
I guess it just depends on your location and the available infrastructure for delivering verifiable voice communications. What happens when I'm vacationing in Figi and can't get my funds transfered because the bad connection is destroying the biometric signature of my voice?
Vint hates the chaos of evolving systems and identifies all the protocols in flux. Most solutions not offered. Vince will be able to call home from Mars. I skimmed it, sorry.