One of the sites they use (I believe it's SABOR) actually requires a 'patch' to be installed that runs at every startup which un-does one of the microsoft security patches that broke compatability with the site.
True, but Luke wasn't a classically trained Jedi. He's probably a bit more well-rounded than the tots that were being trained from birth in episode 1-2.
i.e. Luke learned to whine in the wild. The tots probably were trained in the ancient Jedi skills of nagging to get what they wanted.
How is that any different than flighting with lightsabers? Stress of combat, skill at using the Force, etc. could easily result in one combatant winning.
It seems to me unlikely that only Obi-Wan and Yoda were able to figure out what was going on before they got killed. But that's more of a quibble I have with Lucas' writing skills.
Setting aside the issues raised by the loose conglomeration of plot elements that is Star Wars, you're missing a few points about the Jedi.
The Jedi are an elite order with superhuman powers. They enjoy the endorsement of government during the Old Republic, and conduct themselves more or less as a royal order. They are not the front-line soldiers or mainline military forces. You'll note that those forces have rather elaborate technology in relation to exactly what you mentioned above.
Since the Jedi have superhuman reflexes (possibly due to premonition skills if Qui-Gon's explanation in Episode 1 is to be accepted), hand-to-hand combat is commonly decided in their favor vs. a small number of armed opponents. However, as will likely be seen in Episode 3, the Jedi fall when systematically hunted down by large forces. When they no longer enjoy backing by the ruling powers, they are reduced essentially to the Star Wars version of ronin (rogue samurai), who are deadly in single combat, and influential in reputation (and in the case of the Jedi, powerful in the supernatural skills they learn), but aren't a formidable military force.
(as for the Minbari, a similar thing is the case; the Rangers were not front-line troops, but rather couriers, clandestine agents, later diplomatic representatives, etc; the "Warriors" had suitably high-tech weapons)
Putting aside my guess that the picture is posed and they didn't actually use those boxes to code, that's some beautifully vintage-looking pc hardware they captured.
What does having a DMZ have to do with it? If you're NATing, typically your client computers aren't in the DMZ. If they _are_ in the DMZ I hope you're taking additional security precautions because the NAT isn't really helping you out in that case.
Or you could have meant something other than "DMZ".
Randal: So they build another Death Star, right?
Dante: Yeah.
Randal: Now the first one they built was completed and fully operational before the Rebels destroyed it.
Dante: Luke blew it up. Give credit where it's due.
Randal:And the second one was still being built when they blew it up.
Dante: Compliments of Lando Calrissian.
Randal: Something just never sat right with me the second time they destroyed it. I could never put my finger on it-something just wasn't right.
Dante: And you figured it out?
Randal: Well, the thing is, the first Death Star was manned by the Imperial army-storm troopers, dignitaries- the only people onboard were Imperials.
Dante: Basically.
Randal: So when they blew it up, no prob. Evil is punished.
Dante: And the second time around...?
Randal: The second time around, it wasn't even finished yet. They were still under construction.
Dante: So?
Randal: A construction job of that magnitude would require a helluva lot more manpower than the Imperial army had to offer. I'll bet there were independent contractors working on that thing: plumbers, aluminum siders, roofers.
Dante: Not just Imperials, is what you're getting at.
Randal: Exactly. In order to get it built quickly and quietly they'd hire anybody who could do the job. Do you think the average storm trooper knows how to install a toilet main? All they know is killing and white uniforms.
Dante: All right, so even if independent contractors are working on the Death Star, why are you uneasy with its destruction?
Randal: All those innocent contractors hired to do a job were killed- casualties of a war they had nothing to do with. (notices Dante's confusion) All right, look-you're a roofer, and some juicy government contract comes your way; you got the wife and kids and the two-story in suburbia-this is a government contract, which means all sorts of benefits. All of a sudden these left-wing militants blast you with lasers and wipe out everyone within a three-mile radius. You didn't ask for that. You have no personal politics. You're just trying to scrape out a living.
(The Blue-Collar Man (Thomas Burke) joins them.)
Blue-Collar Man: Excuse me. I don't mean to interrupt, but what were you talking about?
Randal: The ending of Return of the Jedi.
Dante: My friend is trying to convince me that any contractors working on the uncompleted Death Star were innocent victims when the space station was destroyed by the rebels.
Blue-Collar Man: Well, I'm a contractor myself. I'm a roofer... (digs into pocket and produces business card) Dunn and Reddy Home Improvements. And speaking as a roofer, I can say that a roofer's personal politics come heavily into play when choosing jobs.
Randal: Like when?
Blue-Collar Man: Three months ago I was offered a job up in the hills. A beautiful house with tons of property. It was a simple reshingling job, but I was told that if it was finished within a day, my price would be doubled. Then I realized whose house it was.
Dante: Whose house was it?
Blue-Collar Man: Dominick Bambino's.
Randal: "Babyface" Bambino? The gangster?
Blue-Collar Man: The same. The money was right, but the risk was too big. I knew who he was, and based on that, I passed the job on to a friend of mine.
Dante: Based on personal politics.
Blue-Collar Man: Right. And that week, the Foresci family put a hit on Babyface's house. My friend was shot and killed. He wasn't even finished shingling.
Randal: No way!
Blue-Collar Man: (paying for coffee) I'm alive because I knew there were risks involved taking on that particular client. My friend wasn't so lucky. (pauses to reflect) You know, any contractor willing to work on that Death Star knew the risks. If they were killed, it was their own fault. A roofer listens to this... (taps his heart) not his wallet
-- Clerks
It's a spoken one right before the song start. I know its in the video, and I know its in "Live After Death" (the live recording for the Powerslave tour that was done in the US in the mid 80's). I *thought* it was also on Powerslave, but I'm not sure now.
Interesting thing, and I don't know if its been rectified yet, but the original Live After Death casette was 120minutes and had a _lot_ more material on it than the Live After Death CD that was released later. I wonder if there is a newer release of it, because there were some killer tracks on that original 120minute tape.
Nah, actually back about a month ago there was a dicksizing (that I stayed out of) with low UIDs. Someone had a UID way, way down there. Somewhere around 9000 lower than me. Now THAT is an ancient UID.
Sad from my point of view that I didn't learn it beforehand (I enjoy history a great deal). This isn't to say that Iron Maiden isn't great, mind you. To this day they're one of my all-time favorites. Their lyrical content is, intellectually, light years beyond the subject matter of your average rock group.
I'd agree, but the fact that it was written in FORTRAN and they didn't have a single maintenance developer (even if it wasn't that developer's primary role) assigned to it that *knew* FORTRAN suggests that a whole lot of "buhhhhhh??" going on in that particular IT department.
Premier is a NLE that is similar to Final Cut Pro. Macs come with iMovie or iDVD these days I think (or maybe Final Cut Express, something of that sort, perhaps?)
Cakewalk is some sort of audio editor. I'm thinking that the poster was referring to "Garage Band", which is part of the standard install for OS X
That said, neither of those are the pro-level tools that Premier or Cakewalk are. The poster was exaggerating. Not that they aren't excellent tools, but no professional editor of video or audio would use them over say, Final Cut Pro and Pro Tools, respectfully.
There's a reason why Ford is loading up on beer and peanuts at the pub in the last few minutes for earth. He tells Arthur to dig in but never says why. (AIRC, you need to be hydrated to for beaming up to the ship.)
Oh, I should have added that all the incoming students go through a tutorial session of about 20 minutes or so that gives them visual and audible (as well as hardcopy) information on what is "risky" computing behavior and the consequences of not being a responsible computer user.
It can be viable if the students had to sign an AUP from the campus IT department when they moved in (which I get the feeling is fairly common these days on major campuses). Worked at a place where they just turned off the switch port of offending machines, and then if the student wanted to get access back, they had to call in to the help desk and go through the process of setting up a schedule technician visit, which may be pretty far off depending on the time of year.
Was kinda hairy the first couple weeks of fall semester for the techs and the helpdesk (which will happen no matter what), but very few repeat offenders.
He's a fulltime student volunteering in his spare time. If the residence hall isn't going to spend the money for a real admin, he's not going to spend his time making up AUPs, monitoring switches, setting up NIC blacklists for the DHCP server, etc. He has no job to lose, and has no vested interest in keeping the students in the dorm.
You know, RTFA is pretty commonly ignored, but I've never seen anyone not read the initial post. You sir, have set a new standard for stupidity.
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Unmazing. Simply unmazing.
i.e. Luke learned to whine in the wild. The tots probably were trained in the ancient Jedi skills of nagging to get what they wanted.
How is that any different than flighting with lightsabers? Stress of combat, skill at using the Force, etc. could easily result in one combatant winning.
It seems to me unlikely that only Obi-Wan and Yoda were able to figure out what was going on before they got killed. But that's more of a quibble I have with Lucas' writing skills.
Just a nitpick, I don't really think that a crossbow could be considered a weapon a sniper was likely to use, but I could be wrong.
Since the Jedi have superhuman reflexes (possibly due to premonition skills if Qui-Gon's explanation in Episode 1 is to be accepted), hand-to-hand combat is commonly decided in their favor vs. a small number of armed opponents. However, as will likely be seen in Episode 3, the Jedi fall when systematically hunted down by large forces. When they no longer enjoy backing by the ruling powers, they are reduced essentially to the Star Wars version of ronin (rogue samurai), who are deadly in single combat, and influential in reputation (and in the case of the Jedi, powerful in the supernatural skills they learn), but aren't a formidable military force.
(as for the Minbari, a similar thing is the case; the Rangers were not front-line troops, but rather couriers, clandestine agents, later diplomatic representatives, etc; the "Warriors" had suitably high-tech weapons)
Putting aside my guess that the picture is posed and they didn't actually use those boxes to code, that's some beautifully vintage-looking pc hardware they captured.
Or you could have meant something other than "DMZ".
Is that similar to how 51% is an overwhelming election victory?
Sir, we've analyzed the bittorrent scene and there is a danger, we have your legal team standing by?
- Litigate? In our moment of triumph? I think you overestimate their chances!
Perhaps he's just using Linux administration to supplement his crack-selling business.
It's too bad its taking so long to get City of Villians out. That has a lot of promise, I personally think.
Dante: Yeah.
Randal: Now the first one they built was completed and fully operational before the Rebels destroyed it.
Dante: Luke blew it up. Give credit where it's due.
Randal:And the second one was still being built when they blew it up.
Dante: Compliments of Lando Calrissian.
Randal: Something just never sat right with me the second time they destroyed it. I could never put my finger on it-something just wasn't right.
Dante: And you figured it out?
Randal: Well, the thing is, the first Death Star was manned by the Imperial army-storm troopers, dignitaries- the only people onboard were Imperials.
Dante: Basically.
Randal: So when they blew it up, no prob. Evil is punished.
Dante: And the second time around...?
Randal: The second time around, it wasn't even finished yet. They were still under construction.
Dante: So?
Randal: A construction job of that magnitude would require a helluva lot more manpower than the Imperial army had to offer. I'll bet there were independent contractors working on that thing: plumbers, aluminum siders, roofers.
Dante: Not just Imperials, is what you're getting at.
Randal: Exactly. In order to get it built quickly and quietly they'd hire anybody who could do the job. Do you think the average storm trooper knows how to install a toilet main? All they know is killing and white uniforms.
Dante: All right, so even if independent contractors are working on the Death Star, why are you uneasy with its destruction?
Randal: All those innocent contractors hired to do a job were killed- casualties of a war they had nothing to do with. (notices Dante's confusion) All right, look-you're a roofer, and some juicy government contract comes your way; you got the wife and kids and the two-story in suburbia-this is a government contract, which means all sorts of benefits. All of a sudden these left-wing militants blast you with lasers and wipe out everyone within a three-mile radius. You didn't ask for that. You have no personal politics. You're just trying to scrape out a living.
(The Blue-Collar Man (Thomas Burke) joins them.)
Blue-Collar Man: Excuse me. I don't mean to interrupt, but what were you talking about?
Randal: The ending of Return of the Jedi.
Dante: My friend is trying to convince me that any contractors working on the uncompleted Death Star were innocent victims when the space station was destroyed by the rebels.
Blue-Collar Man: Well, I'm a contractor myself. I'm a roofer... (digs into pocket and produces business card) Dunn and Reddy Home Improvements. And speaking as a roofer, I can say that a roofer's personal politics come heavily into play when choosing jobs.
Randal: Like when?
Blue-Collar Man: Three months ago I was offered a job up in the hills. A beautiful house with tons of property. It was a simple reshingling job, but I was told that if it was finished within a day, my price would be doubled. Then I realized whose house it was.
Dante: Whose house was it?
Blue-Collar Man: Dominick Bambino's.
Randal: "Babyface" Bambino? The gangster?
Blue-Collar Man: The same. The money was right, but the risk was too big. I knew who he was, and based on that, I passed the job on to a friend of mine.
Dante: Based on personal politics.
Blue-Collar Man: Right. And that week, the Foresci family put a hit on Babyface's house. My friend was shot and killed. He wasn't even finished shingling.
Randal: No way!
Blue-Collar Man: (paying for coffee) I'm alive because I knew there were risks involved taking on that particular client. My friend wasn't so lucky. (pauses to reflect) You know, any contractor willing to work on that Death Star knew the risks. If they were killed, it was their own fault. A roofer listens to this... (taps his heart) not his wallet
-- Clerks
(really sad no one already pasted this)
Best. UID. Evar.
Interesting thing, and I don't know if its been rectified yet, but the original Live After Death casette was 120minutes and had a _lot_ more material on it than the Live After Death CD that was released later. I wonder if there is a newer release of it, because there were some killer tracks on that original 120minute tape.
Nah, actually back about a month ago there was a dicksizing (that I stayed out of) with low UIDs. Someone had a UID way, way down there. Somewhere around 9000 lower than me. Now THAT is an ancient UID.
Me? I'm just this guy, ya know?
Sad from my point of view that I didn't learn it beforehand (I enjoy history a great deal). This isn't to say that Iron Maiden isn't great, mind you. To this day they're one of my all-time favorites. Their lyrical content is, intellectually, light years beyond the subject matter of your average rock group.
The sad thing is that I remember that speech entirely because its used as an intro to the Iron Maiden song "Aces High"
Oh I know it does. I'm just saying that even though its common, it's a disaster waiting to happen.
I'd agree, but the fact that it was written in FORTRAN and they didn't have a single maintenance developer (even if it wasn't that developer's primary role) assigned to it that *knew* FORTRAN suggests that a whole lot of "buhhhhhh??" going on in that particular IT department.
Cakewalk is some sort of audio editor. I'm thinking that the poster was referring to "Garage Band", which is part of the standard install for OS X
That said, neither of those are the pro-level tools that Premier or Cakewalk are. The poster was exaggerating. Not that they aren't excellent tools, but no professional editor of video or audio would use them over say, Final Cut Pro and Pro Tools, respectfully.
Muscle relaxant, actually.
Oh, I should have added that all the incoming students go through a tutorial session of about 20 minutes or so that gives them visual and audible (as well as hardcopy) information on what is "risky" computing behavior and the consequences of not being a responsible computer user.
It can be viable if the students had to sign an AUP from the campus IT department when they moved in (which I get the feeling is fairly common these days on major campuses). Worked at a place where they just turned off the switch port of offending machines, and then if the student wanted to get access back, they had to call in to the help desk and go through the process of setting up a schedule technician visit, which may be pretty far off depending on the time of year.
Was kinda hairy the first couple weeks of fall semester for the techs and the helpdesk (which will happen no matter what), but very few repeat offenders.
You know, RTFA is pretty commonly ignored, but I've never seen anyone not read the initial post. You sir, have set a new standard for stupidity.