That's why I'm happy to live somewhere with socialized health care. There's just too much room for corruption and taking advantage of people when you can dangle their health/life in front of them to get them to pay whatever you want them to pay.
And of course no one in government would ever do such a thing.
My 2nd computer was a TRS-80 Color Computer II. Unfortunately, I could not afford the disk drive for it. Here are a couple of ways I used the tape drive to provide music for my programs.
The first was really a demo. I made a BASIC program to fill the screen with the James Bond "007" logo as the tape drive played "View to a Kill" (which I "downloaded" by holding the tape recorder up to the radio speaker). The program loaded, and started drawing to screen, while the sound played through the computer's hardware to the TV speaker.
The second program used the same technique to load a game (D-n-D type), play some mood music while the title screen was up, then some data was loaded from tape.
As for music produced by the computer, the CoCo was from the "beep-boop" school of sounds. Producing a note pretty much stopped all other processor functions too, if I remember.
I know caffeine really screws you up. When I quit ingesting it, I go on crying jags. I did manage to kick the cigarette habit for good (well, so far) 10 years ago, so I do have a template to go buy.
And on a a side note, +2 Insightful for my original post? I go for Funny, I get Insightful; I go for Interesting, I get Funny; I go for Informative, I get Troll or Flamebait.:)
The word "neoconsvervative" has been around for quite a while. It was originally coined to mean someone who had become somewhat disillusioned with the Left of the 60s, and had moved into the right wing.
Of course now the Left uses the term to mean either "fucking Jew!" or "fucking bastard!" - just like the word "facist" came to mean "something or someone I don't like."
Maybe most statements about art are matters of opinion, but Lost is mathematically provable to be the best TV show in history...(proof follows)
Since you were modded funny, I hope I'm not missing the joke here. But you sure sounded sincere.
Lost is a fascinating TV series. I was on board for a long time, but after a while I thought the writers could not reasonably sew up all the disparate elements they were throwing out. I think 1 of 3 things will happen to the story as the series winds down (assuming it comes to an actual conclusion, not a sudden cancellation):
The writers will tie up a few large plot points, but leave a myriad of details unexplained. The writers will tell fans that stories don't necessarily result in perfect closure. This will result in the fans giving the show producers a "pitchfork party."
The writers will tie everything up in a Grand Unified Theory of Lost, but it will be boring and it will suck.
The writers will tie everything up in a Grand Unified Theory of Lost and it will be the grandest example of story craft on TV in years (highly unlikely).
The show has simply tossed out too much stuff to bring together in a satisfying resolution.
I think any government with a technologically advanced and well equipped military will always take part in adventurism. They were sending out diplomats on the Five Year Mission, they were sending out a heavily-armed interstellar vessel crewed and commanded by the military.
I do think you are being a little jaded.
I can see sending out armed space craft since other races where less then friendly at times.
Hey, you're both right.:)
Both TOS and TNG had several moments* where other races/species (notably the Wussies of WUSS-11) complained that the Enterprise and the Federation were war-like since they had a lot of armament, were in conflict with the Klingons/Romulans/what have you... To which the respective Captain (or other representative) would respond, "Hey, these are defensive weapons!" Of course any competent agent of their government would say the same, whether the government be the United States, England, Iran, or North Korea.
It was this kind of moment that gave Star Trek its real-world smell, not Gene Roddenberry's preaching about a future where money is worthless, yet Poker is a favorite past time.
* (Sorry, I am not going to look up real examples. If pressed, I might do so, but I think everyone here can relate.)
We're trapped, and he's going to seize all of the power and make himself emperor.
Here's a challenge for you. If GWB does not step down on January 20, 2009, I will buy you breakfast. If he does step down, you will buy me breakfast.
We don't have to meet. I will gladly pay for your breakfast if you email me a copy of your receipt. I can send you a check, or PayPal funds, whatever you would like.
At first this post made me so angry, that I sought therapy. Then I decided to respond instead.
That's why Bush is anti-stem-cell research and anti-cloning even when it could grow new limbs for the thousands of soldiers who have lost arms and legs.
Could it be that you know something more about cloning and stem cells that I don't? I admit it's possible. But it's more likely that this is just an ignorant statement. When the miracle of "stem-cells" grows you a brain, please post again.
I've heard of Monday-morning quarter-backing, but you guys take the cake. Sixty to seventy years ago, and apparently WWII was won by just dumb luck, in spite of terrible, terrible mismanagement of the war.
(Not meant necessarily for the parent poster, but a comment on the thread in general).
Hey, now! I am posting this while using my 6 or 7 year old HP running Windows XP. (I can't remember if I bought it in 2000 or 2001. I would give you the model number, but the plastic face-plate thingy it was printed on is long gone.) It does quite nicely, thank you. I think OS X would be more analagous to XP than Vista, don't you?
And as far as Vista goes, try running it on a one year old HP!
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And of course no one in government would ever do such a thing.
Then you can take what's left and fit it comfortably in the original Voyager's computer memory.
The first was really a demo. I made a BASIC program to fill the screen with the James Bond "007" logo as the tape drive played "View to a Kill" (which I "downloaded" by holding the tape recorder up to the radio speaker). The program loaded, and started drawing to screen, while the sound played through the computer's hardware to the TV speaker.
The second program used the same technique to load a game (D-n-D type), play some mood music while the title screen was up, then some data was loaded from tape.
As for music produced by the computer, the CoCo was from the "beep-boop" school of sounds. Producing a note pretty much stopped all other processor functions too, if I remember.
But, unattractive research targets are so much more grateful when you research them, it'll blow your mind.
"It is better to marry than to burn."
No, asciimation!
That's probably because you were waiting... for your... TI-99/4A to... render... the screen...
And on a a side note, +2 Insightful for my original post? I go for Funny, I get Insightful; I go for Interesting, I get Funny; I go for Informative, I get Troll or Flamebait. :)
Yeah, like that's going to happen.
**slurp**
As you can see, it just doesn't matter, ultimately.
Of course now the Left uses the term to mean either "fucking Jew!" or "fucking bastard!" - just like the word "facist" came to mean "something or someone I don't like."
But I'm guessing for you, it's hatemongers all the way down, eh?
And replace all "conservatives" with "liberals."
It's from that hit broadway show, "Trekalot!"
Since you were modded funny, I hope I'm not missing the joke here. But you sure sounded sincere.
Lost is a fascinating TV series. I was on board for a long time, but after a while I thought the writers could not reasonably sew up all the disparate elements they were throwing out. I think 1 of 3 things will happen to the story as the series winds down (assuming it comes to an actual conclusion, not a sudden cancellation):
The show has simply tossed out too much stuff to bring together in a satisfying resolution.
Both TOS and TNG had several moments* where other races/species (notably the Wussies of WUSS-11) complained that the Enterprise and the Federation were war-like since they had a lot of armament, were in conflict with the Klingons/Romulans/what have you... To which the respective Captain (or other representative) would respond, "Hey, these are defensive weapons!" Of course any competent agent of their government would say the same, whether the government be the United States, England, Iran, or North Korea.
It was this kind of moment that gave Star Trek its real-world smell, not Gene Roddenberry's preaching about a future where money is worthless, yet Poker is a favorite past time.
* (Sorry, I am not going to look up real examples. If pressed, I might do so, but I think everyone here can relate.)
We don't have to meet. I will gladly pay for your breakfast if you email me a copy of your receipt. I can send you a check, or PayPal funds, whatever you would like.
Be warned, I plan to eat a lot.
Now if you kids will excuse grandpa, this ol' fart has got to check his email...
(Not meant necessarily for the parent poster, but a comment on the thread in general).
I'M JOKING!
And as far as Vista goes, try running it on a one year old HP!