TLoTR did come out as bad as Double Dragon and Mortal Kombat 2. Back when Ralph Bakshi did it. Anyone who thinks Peter Jackson's treatment is not up to snuff needs to watch Bakshi's horrendious pile of hyena offal.
They are blocking port 25 because of infected machines acting as zombie spam machines. The spammers are using zombies to get around the black lists. Not all solutions are optimal for all concerned.
Sadly, that us a LOT of people. Even today, with disatisfaction of IE growing, people still get mad if you tell them that your not-IE broswer doesn't have the problems IE has. And most joe-sixpack users don't even know that there are alternatives.
Is that your position? Why should we care because it's only SCO?
What about the time my coworkers and I have spent getting that stupid worm out of the government and corporate networks? And before you winge about out of date virus definitions, the virus hit before ANY definitions were available from anyone.
Pull your head out of your ass and try looking at the larger picture.
And these virus writers deserve to have a bounty on their heads. They belong in jail.
You, sir, are an idiot. Has your rabid hatred for SCO clouded your ability to reason? It's not just SCO that is getting hurt by this virus. Every government and corporate oragization is wasting resources, manpower and money getting this damned thing out of their networks. Infected computers are spamming the virus all over the place, putting additional load on already spam-beleagured mail servers.
There was no sensor there because they never expected the foam to hit the wing and they figured that if it did, it wouldn't cause any damage.
In hindsight it does sound stupid not to have leading edge damage sensors on the wing, but at the time it made as much sense as having a smoke detector mounted on the bottom of a swimming pool.
The question that has always plagued me is why they didn't make the crew cabin able to survive a catastrophic breakup. Why didn't they make the crew cabin into an escape pod? Yeah, cost.
Japan is way ahead of you. They've had several "virtual idols", computer generated singing stars, Kyoto Date, being the only one I can remember at the moment. Only the voice is human. Everything else is computerized.
There have been many stories here about home-brew Tivo/Replay (both run Linux, BTW) systems and almost every one has been filled with horror storied about getting things working.
The advantage that Tivo and Replay have over home-brew systems is that both systems are fixed hardware platforms and as such, drivers are a non-issue. Much like game consoles. Tivo's software was written and tested on Tivo equipment. They don't have to worry about getting different brands of sound cards to work, or different kernels or any of the multitudes of issues that home-brews have to worry about.
Office is the REAL cash cow. Far and above anything else. Though the OS division is the only other real profit machine. Periphial hardware, mice and keyboards, are also profitable but that division is in the hole because of the failure of MS wireless networking products.
I have three trusty Model M's. One is 13 (or is it 14?) years old and they all work like champs. I loathe most modern mushy keyboards. The only thing my keyboards lack is the Windows/Command key so they can work on a Mac (via a USB converter).
I've got every CD I own, and ever album I've downloaded from Emusic.Com or purchased through ITMS on my iPod. Having that much choice is a wonderful thing.
Motie warriors, actually. I can beleive that they could take out the storm troopers with nothing more than rocks and logs. Hell, they could whipe the stormtroopers out with no weapons and their extra claw tied behind their backs.
Damn, but I'd like to see a "Mote in God's Eye" movie.
Why do they suck? George has complete and total control and is surrounded by yes-men who kiss his ass and tell him that every stuoid idea he spouts is great. He has no one who can say "George, that's stupid!" to him.
You try making an army of exactly identicle people with a tiny budget ($9,000,000.00 (US) in 1977 dollars). They were lucky they could manufacture enough cheap plastic sets of stormtrooper armor!
I can't agree with you more. Choice is great for Us (and by that I mean the tech-head community), it is death for Joe Sixpack. One standard is what Joe Sixpack wants and needs.
And for those of you who would deride Joe Sixpack because he's not up to your standards of user-leetness, you should be aware that Linux NEEDS Joe Sixpack iif it's ever going to be more than a fringe OS. And for those of you who think that Linux going mainstream will kill off your leetness, get a damned life.
...it just needs to have larger market share before hardware manufacturers pay attention and bother with the hassle of trying to deal with Linux (multiple distros, multiple DEs, etc).
And those are the real problems with Linux. There are too many choices that developers and users have to deal with.
Lots of choice is what makes Linux popular with the tech-head crowd, but it drives Joe User away like having rabid weasels shoved down your trousers. Joe User doesn't want to give a damn what distrobution of Linux he/she's using. They just want to use it. And Joe Developer sure as hell doesn't want to deal with all those different versions of Linux out there. They want to develope to a single platform and get their product out the door.
Consider Windows for a moment. With the exception of deceased versions (Windows 3.1, NT 3-3.5, Win 95), most users don't need to care what version they are running. Most consumer apps run just fine on whatever version you have (unless they are some super-neat "upgrade or die" program MS has created or have specific needs that Win98/ME can't handle).
I've been using computers since 1979 and have used a variety of OSes and what always turns me back away from Linux (which I started playing with in 1993 with SLS 1.0) is having to always keep track of what distrobution I have and all the manual work that goes into making apps work. Sure, it's gotten better (metric buttloads better), it's still a pain in the ass.
Before Joe Sixpack is going to embrace Linux there needs to be a serious consolidation of the OS and desktop. There isn't room for two GUIs in the Joe Sixpack userspace. And there isn't room for two (or more) incompatible distrobutions. Joe Sixpack doesn't want "Mr. Ed's Tottaly Boss Linux". Joe Sixpack just wants "Linux, damnit!".
As much as I want to like Linux, I think Mac OS/X is going to kick its teeth in in the desktop space in the long run.
Yes, yes. Everybody already knows this. Hard drive manufacturers have been usin the old 1,000,000 bytes = 1 megabyte crap for decades. This isn't new by any means.
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TLoTR did come out as bad as Double Dragon and Mortal Kombat 2. Back when Ralph Bakshi did it. Anyone who thinks Peter Jackson's treatment is not up to snuff needs to watch Bakshi's horrendious pile of hyena offal.
That's too bad. Must suck to have no sense of humor.
Oh, great. A computer simulation of my big, fat butt. I am overcome with joy at the prospect.
They are blocking port 25 because of infected machines acting as zombie spam machines. The spammers are using zombies to get around the black lists. Not all solutions are optimal for all concerned.
Does the term "teabagging" mean anything to you?
Actually, I have no idea.
Sadly, that us a LOT of people. Even today, with disatisfaction of IE growing, people still get mad if you tell them that your not-IE broswer doesn't have the problems IE has. And most joe-sixpack users don't even know that there are alternatives.
IE is still the number-1 browser.
Is that your position? Why should we care because it's only SCO?
What about the time my coworkers and I have spent getting that stupid worm out of the government and corporate networks? And before you winge about out of date virus definitions, the virus hit before ANY definitions were available from anyone.
Pull your head out of your ass and try looking at the larger picture.
And these virus writers deserve to have a bounty on their heads. They belong in jail.
You, sir, are an idiot. Has your rabid hatred for SCO clouded your ability to reason? It's not just SCO that is getting hurt by this virus. Every government and corporate oragization is wasting resources, manpower and money getting this damned thing out of their networks. Infected computers are spamming the virus all over the place, putting additional load on already spam-beleagured mail servers.
There was no sensor there because they never expected the foam to hit the wing and they figured that if it did, it wouldn't cause any damage.
In hindsight it does sound stupid not to have leading edge damage sensors on the wing, but at the time it made as much sense as having a smoke detector mounted on the bottom of a swimming pool.
The question that has always plagued me is why they didn't make the crew cabin able to survive a catastrophic breakup. Why didn't they make the crew cabin into an escape pod? Yeah, cost.
An XP license allows you to run 2000. Hell, it's the only way to get new 2000 licenses. Nice way for MS to pad their sales numbers for XP licenses.
Japan is way ahead of you. They've had several "virtual idols", computer generated singing stars, Kyoto Date, being the only one I can remember at the moment. Only the voice is human. Everything else is computerized.
There have been many stories here about home-brew Tivo/Replay (both run Linux, BTW) systems and almost every one has been filled with horror storied about getting things working.
The advantage that Tivo and Replay have over home-brew systems is that both systems are fixed hardware platforms and as such, drivers are a non-issue. Much like game consoles. Tivo's software was written and tested on Tivo equipment. They don't have to worry about getting different brands of sound cards to work, or different kernels or any of the multitudes of issues that home-brews have to worry about.
Office is the REAL cash cow. Far and above anything else. Though the OS division is the only other real profit machine. Periphial hardware, mice and keyboards, are also profitable but that division is in the hole because of the failure of MS wireless networking products.
I remeber those! I wanted one so bad.
Damn, I'm old.
I get great scores in "Zombie Fragfest (on CD-ROM)" with my Logitech trackball. Though, I'm a thumb baller.
I have three trusty Model M's. One is 13 (or is it 14?) years old and they all work like champs. I loathe most modern mushy keyboards. The only thing my keyboards lack is the Windows/Command key so they can work on a Mac (via a USB converter).
I would have quit on the spot if I was that poor newbie. I don't freak out easily, but that would have sent me running to the hills.
I've got every CD I own, and ever album I've downloaded from Emusic.Com or purchased through ITMS on my iPod. Having that much choice is a wonderful thing.
Motie warriors, actually. I can beleive that they could take out the storm troopers with nothing more than rocks and logs. Hell, they could whipe the stormtroopers out with no weapons and their extra claw tied behind their backs.
Damn, but I'd like to see a "Mote in God's Eye" movie.
Why do they suck? George has complete and total control and is surrounded by yes-men who kiss his ass and tell him that every stuoid idea he spouts is great. He has no one who can say "George, that's stupid!" to him.
You try making an army of exactly identicle people with a tiny budget ($9,000,000.00 (US) in 1977 dollars). They were lucky they could manufacture enough cheap plastic sets of stormtrooper armor!
I can't agree with you more. Choice is great for Us (and by that I mean the tech-head community), it is death for Joe Sixpack. One standard is what Joe Sixpack wants and needs.
And for those of you who would deride Joe Sixpack because he's not up to your standards of user-leetness, you should be aware that Linux NEEDS Joe Sixpack iif it's ever going to be more than a fringe OS. And for those of you who think that Linux going mainstream will kill off your leetness, get a damned life.
And those are the real problems with Linux. There are too many choices that developers and users have to deal with.
Lots of choice is what makes Linux popular with the tech-head crowd, but it drives Joe User away like having rabid weasels shoved down your trousers. Joe User doesn't want to give a damn what distrobution of Linux he/she's using. They just want to use it. And Joe Developer sure as hell doesn't want to deal with all those different versions of Linux out there. They want to develope to a single platform and get their product out the door.
Consider Windows for a moment. With the exception of deceased versions (Windows 3.1, NT 3-3.5, Win 95), most users don't need to care what version they are running. Most consumer apps run just fine on whatever version you have (unless they are some super-neat "upgrade or die" program MS has created or have specific needs that Win98/ME can't handle).
I've been using computers since 1979 and have used a variety of OSes and what always turns me back away from Linux (which I started playing with in 1993 with SLS 1.0) is having to always keep track of what distrobution I have and all the manual work that goes into making apps work. Sure, it's gotten better (metric buttloads better), it's still a pain in the ass.
Before Joe Sixpack is going to embrace Linux there needs to be a serious consolidation of the OS and desktop. There isn't room for two GUIs in the Joe Sixpack userspace. And there isn't room for two (or more) incompatible distrobutions. Joe Sixpack doesn't want "Mr. Ed's Tottaly Boss Linux". Joe Sixpack just wants "Linux, damnit!".
As much as I want to like Linux, I think Mac OS/X is going to kick its teeth in in the desktop space in the long run.
Played like a trout.
Yes, yes. Everybody already knows this. Hard drive manufacturers have been usin the old 1,000,000 bytes = 1 megabyte crap for decades. This isn't new by any means.