I caught an advance screening of this movie earlier in the week.
For those who actually care about it for legit sci-fi content, this will prove a waste of your time. This is an action film. A Will Smith Action film (tm).
Will Smith comic relief is in place, and unfortunately served no good here (he discusses his Bullshit Detector going off? surely, Asimov wasn't aware of the device). The movie is essentially dumbed down for the same audience who though ID4 was a groundbreaking masterpiece.
Moreover, the omission of a cool summertime jam featuring the Fresh Prince himself only hurt the movie. Couldn't we have had a "Keep Ya Ass In Motion" or something?
So, for 40% less than what I'm currently making, I could live in a nation that gives a crap about hockey, has a much smaller crime rate, has major domestic beers that don't taste like piss, and a health care system available to all its citizens?
Though I certainly don't disagree with making backups of DVDs, I think it's an unreasonable expectation to use that as a solution. Not everyone has everything they need to back up a DVD (whether we're talking ripping to HD, or ripping to HD and burning).
Even a 300GB HD can only hold about 25-35 movies, which doesn't scratch the surface in some people's collections.
I agree with your points about VHS, and I certainly don't see it as a superior format in any way.
I remember hearing about this portion back in my BBS days:
1994: Unisys says... no, wait, on 24th December 1994, Unisys and CompuServe jointly announce that any developers writing software that creates or reads the GIF file format will all have to license the LZW patent from Unisys! After returning from their Christmas festivities, developers and users alike go ballistic on electronic bulletin boards around the world. It's a GIF tax! Burn all GIFs!
....and wondering exactly what happened regarding it. It looks like no litigation was ever initiated from this article. I also remember this was one of the reasons for PNG.
So, since IANAL, am I understanding that GIF is a format that we can use now freely without legal action? Can anyone conjecture why no litigation was ever put in motion regarding their ownership of the patent, especially in the "dot-com" times?
Yes, the NT4 track brought about a lot of 'paper MCSEs', systems administrators who didn't know their ass from the hole in their PCI slots. I was one of them.
The MCSE 2000 course was much more difficult, and although you can still 'bootcamp' it within 2 weeks, it's not a cakewalk. You will learn common sense administration. You will learn enough about TCP/IP to set up a network that should scale to 300 users. Basic stuff. All that can be reasonable expected from someone still trying to cut their teeth as a network administrator.
It's not an expert, end-all, be-all certification, but it's sufficient for people who need to administer Windows networks (though I certainly wouldn't have them designing them, necessarily). It also requires the commitment to sit through (at last check) 7 tests.
I am an MCSE. I spent a few months of studying and a couple years of real world experience getting there. I've considered Red Hat's offerings, as well as the more independent LPI offering, for Linux certification.
The fact that a product is unfavorable to yourself, whether Red Hat's distribution of Linux, or Microsoft's Windows, is not a valid reason to put down those who picked up the necessary skills to validate themselves with these certifications.
Kiss the Stone was there for quite a while at http://www.kts.it and http://www.kissthestone.com. They were a prominant live CD seller because the way things worked was they could have shows recorded, and sell the recording IF they allocated money for the artist featured in the recording (I believe through an escrow account). IF the money went uncollected after XX length, they could keep it. This would put the responsibility on the artist to collect the money.
They took advantage of this to make money both through recordings and artists failing to collect.
My understanding is that the US threatened their operations, maybe the RIAA via proxy, and they ceased for that reason.
I know the full story is out there, as my friend dealt with them often. I'll post more once I know more.
one spot likens Linux to an omniscient child prodigy who resembles Eminem.
Maybe that's what Linux needs to cross over as a mainstream desktop OS? Celebrity endorsements!
Imagine ads featuring Colin Farrell beating up his Windows PC and putting out cigarettes on the keyboard! A Dawson's Creek ripoff where Katie Holmes's "private, amateur photography" gets lifted off her computer through because she happened to be running an unpatched IIS, part of the default Windows 2000 installation.
Or, best of all, Snoop Dogg chillin' with a bunch of penguins in his own language resource center, showing them all kinds of shizzle on his Thinkpad laptop running KDE.....and Twins.....
When troubleshooting problems with a company I previously worked at, we would place lines in AUTOEXEC.BAT containing the phrase:
"REM user=id10t"
We would ask individuals with call records if that statement was there. It would help us deal with them better without having to place it in the call notes (which were monitored).
It was more fun than placing a "Novice User" alert in the record.
You spoke with a representative of ClientLogic or Softbank Services Group depending on the time period.
People got canned for saying the phrase 'Click of Death' there.:)
I worked for them, but in a different department (Corel). We really couldn't bend on any of the manufacturer's policies, as this was an outsourced service and it would make them look 'inconsistant', which is better than making them look 'customer-friendly'.
2004: Dany Heatley - Killed friend in car accident, missed almost entire regular season. 2003: Jarome Iginla - Mediocre start to season, managed to finish with a respectable 35 goals, but was -10 (down from +27). 2002: Mario Lemieux - Played only 24 games. 2001: Owen Nolan - Missed nearly 30 games, did not qualify for All Star game. 2000: Chris Pronger - A truly amazing anomoly, winning the NHL MVP award (Hart Trophy)
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It's a symposium, people. How can that be offtopic?
The ELF name isn't politically correct any longer.
Please use "Allocation Challenged File System" (ACFS).
This was in the 2.6.4 changelog. Geez.
As a 24-year old Security Administrator, I love Pink Floyd, but my tastes more closely match the "Linux" profile.
Frankly, that survey seems lame, and wildly inaccurate at best.
I was a teenager when Green Day and the Offspring were all that. I couldn't like the Offspring any less.
Kompressor does not dance.
While this artist is greatly derided, it never seems to occur to the elitist music enthusiasts that she is popular for a very good reason.
Two of them, actually. I believe they're referred to as "left" and "right".
I caught an advance screening of this movie earlier in the week.
For those who actually care about it for legit sci-fi content, this will prove a waste of your time. This is an action film. A Will Smith Action film (tm).
Will Smith comic relief is in place, and unfortunately served no good here (he discusses his Bullshit Detector going off? surely, Asimov wasn't aware of the device). The movie is essentially dumbed down for the same audience who though ID4 was a groundbreaking masterpiece.
Moreover, the omission of a cool summertime jam featuring the Fresh Prince himself only hurt the movie. Couldn't we have had a "Keep Ya Ass In Motion" or something?
So, for 40% less than what I'm currently making, I could live in a nation that gives a crap about hockey, has a much smaller crime rate, has major domestic beers that don't taste like piss, and a health care system available to all its citizens?
Where can I sign up? Really.
Though I certainly don't disagree with making backups of DVDs, I think it's an unreasonable expectation to use that as a solution. Not everyone has everything they need to back up a DVD (whether we're talking ripping to HD, or ripping to HD and burning).
Even a 300GB HD can only hold about 25-35 movies, which doesn't scratch the surface in some people's collections.
I agree with your points about VHS, and I certainly don't see it as a superior format in any way.
So, since IANAL, am I understanding that GIF is a format that we can use now freely without legal action? Can anyone conjecture why no litigation was ever put in motion regarding their ownership of the patent, especially in the "dot-com" times?
Christ, more like The Matrix: Imploded.
*boo, hiss*
Firefly movie? A movie based on another Mozilla Fire* browser rename?
To the best I know, NONE of the Cisco certifications have a "no questions" scenario. The CCIEs have both a test, and a lab environment.
This is definitely flamebait (or offtopic, but enough of your are making this mistake, so....), I will be modded accordingly.....BUT:
For crissakes, there is no MSCE. It's the MCSE - Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer. Most of you zealots have no idea what it takes to make an MCSE, for that matter.
Yes, the NT4 track brought about a lot of 'paper MCSEs', systems administrators who didn't know their ass from the hole in their PCI slots. I was one of them.
The MCSE 2000 course was much more difficult, and although you can still 'bootcamp' it within 2 weeks, it's not a cakewalk. You will learn common sense administration. You will learn enough about TCP/IP to set up a network that should scale to 300 users. Basic stuff. All that can be reasonable expected from someone still trying to cut their teeth as a network administrator.
It's not an expert, end-all, be-all certification, but it's sufficient for people who need to administer Windows networks (though I certainly wouldn't have them designing them, necessarily). It also requires the commitment to sit through (at last check) 7 tests.
I am an MCSE. I spent a few months of studying and a couple years of real world experience getting there. I've considered Red Hat's offerings, as well as the more independent LPI offering, for Linux certification.
The fact that a product is unfavorable to yourself, whether Red Hat's distribution of Linux, or Microsoft's Windows, is not a valid reason to put down those who picked up the necessary skills to validate themselves with these certifications.
I see you're trying sarcasm. Would you like to:
/. crowd
o Change me to a dog or cat
o Integrate me into your web browser
o Realize sarcasm is lost on the
One small step for Man, One giant leap for Mand----
I was actually looking for that article! I remember that sign. :)
Should I worry that there's a "Anti-Microsoft bias" since there was no linuxtoday link in the story?
:)
Not that I care, but Linuxtoday hasn't been slashdotted yet.
Agnula states its closed due to software patent issues.
:(
This will probably hinder any efforts in making this work for me.....which really sucks, as I was looking for a good Linux-based studio system
I'm sure other people here can make recommendations
Kiss the Stone was there for quite a while at http://www.kts.it and http://www.kissthestone.com. They were a prominant live CD seller because the way things worked was they could have shows recorded, and sell the recording IF they allocated money for the artist featured in the recording (I believe through an escrow account). IF the money went uncollected after XX length, they could keep it. This would put the responsibility on the artist to collect the money.
They took advantage of this to make money both through recordings and artists failing to collect.
My understanding is that the US threatened their operations, maybe the RIAA via proxy, and they ceased for that reason.
I know the full story is out there, as my friend dealt with them often. I'll post more once I know more.
God bless Ask Slashdot.
I've noticed the articles aren't very different from the emails Strong Bad receives.
one spot likens Linux to an omniscient child prodigy who resembles Eminem.
....and Twins.....
Maybe that's what Linux needs to cross over as a mainstream desktop OS? Celebrity endorsements!
Imagine ads featuring Colin Farrell beating up his Windows PC and putting out cigarettes on the keyboard! A Dawson's Creek ripoff where Katie Holmes's "private, amateur photography" gets lifted off her computer through because she happened to be running an unpatched IIS, part of the default Windows 2000 installation.
Or, best of all, Snoop Dogg chillin' with a bunch of penguins in his own language resource center, showing them all kinds of shizzle on his Thinkpad laptop running KDE.
The first thing I'd do is set it up for use with my Cable Modem connection.
Immediately, I'd notice it wouldn't work.
Then I'd call up my technical support for the cable service, and tell them I couldn't connect.
They would have me unplug the modem from the "PC", shut down my computer, and reboot it. It wouldn't work.
Then they'd have me cycle the cable modem.
Then they'd ask me if I had a router. I would say "Yeah, I do bitches! I got me a Cisco 92TBps. Cost me almost a half-mil, but it's sooo cool!"
Then they'd tell me it was unsupported, to which I'd respond I would wedge that pizza box sideways up their asses.
THE END
When troubleshooting problems with a company I previously worked at, we would place lines in AUTOEXEC.BAT containing the phrase:
"REM user=id10t"
We would ask individuals with call records if that statement was there. It would help us deal with them better without having to place it in the call notes (which were monitored).
It was more fun than placing a "Novice User" alert in the record.
You spoke with a representative of ClientLogic or Softbank Services Group depending on the time period.
:)
People got canned for saying the phrase 'Click of Death' there.
I worked for them, but in a different department (Corel). We really couldn't bend on any of the manufacturer's policies, as this was an outsourced service and it would make them look 'inconsistant', which is better than making them look 'customer-friendly'.
2004: Dany Heatley - Killed friend in car accident, missed almost entire regular season.
2003: Jarome Iginla - Mediocre start to season, managed to finish with a respectable 35 goals, but was -10 (down from +27).
2002: Mario Lemieux - Played only 24 games.
2001: Owen Nolan - Missed nearly 30 games, did not qualify for All Star game.
2000: Chris Pronger - A truly amazing anomoly, winning the NHL MVP award (Hart Trophy)