The only passable ending you've seen was quantum leap? (and there was something passable about that pile?) You must not be old enough to have watched MASH.
I endured MASH.
You have brought about quite a few memories though. Another series-end favorite: Newhart. Seinfeld, while not my favorite, had a reasonably final ending.
No attack intended. Here's some Family Guy quotes for clarification:
Brian: So, what you're saying is that what you experienced in the simulation didn't really happen, or even matter?
Stewie: Yes, that's correct.
Brian: So, it was sort of like a dream?
Stewie: No, it was a simulation.
Brian: Yes, but, theoretically, if someone watched the events of that simulation from start to finish, only to find out that none of it really happened, I mean... you don't think, that would, j-- be just like a giant middle finger to them?
Stewie: Well, hopefully, they would have enjoyed the ride.
Brian: I don't know, man. I think you'd piss a lot of people off that way. (Brian leaves)
Stewie: Well, at least it didn't end like The Sopranos, where it just cut to black in mid-sen-- (the screen goes black like Stewie described)
Star Trek Voyager also had a good ending where they made it back to earth (and beat the Borg as well IIRC, its been a while since I watched the show).
I havent seen enough TOS to know how that one ended as a TV series. The real ending to TOS is where Kirk passes the mantle on to a new generation in the NCC-1701A in Generations and also dies in that film (and it was a proper ending at that)
The Voyager ending was a lot of Deus ex Machina for an ending. TOS died without any ending. The "ending" in Generations was a rushed way to kill off Kirk so they could never make another TOS sequel. Tada, Prequel!
The only passable ending I remember to a TV show that was not a cartoon is from Quantum Leap. They actually had enough advanced warning that they could create an ending. Live TV shows have good endings too. Since there's no preparation time, "this is your last week" means they can make the last day special, even if it's a video montage.
Portfolio's interview with Twitter's CEO:
I can't imagine how many times you've been asked, "But how will you make money?"
We will make money, and I can't say exactly how, because we can't predict exactly what's going to work.
Twitter adopts a new user policy: "You hereby grant Twitter a perpetual, irrevocable license to sublicense, retain, publish, edit, use, alter, fondle, misrepresent, [...] any information you tweet, your personal information stored in user settings, your IP address(es), your pictures, your mother, your car [...], by breathing you accept the above terms."
That's how they'll make money. It's how Facebook "makes" money.
This way, Volt can issue a press release saying that its employees all voted to voluntarily reduce their pay, as if they asked for or prompted the action. "We have the best temporary employees in the world" - Volt HR/Marketing drone.
I don't know exactly why I do, but it's something that I feel disquiet about.
Probably because the only way Nazi Germany could so efficiently do its evil was by using vast records, and getting people to identify their neighbors.
Sorry for invoking Godwin's Law.
Apparently, yes. The neat thing about this is that these guys _care_ about their users. They could have kept things going business as usual, letting it whimper. If I see their names attached to a project, I'll know to give it a longer look.
My wife an I like flipping through the Sunday paper over pancakes, handing sections back and forth, pointing out stories to each other, she likes cutting coupons, flipping through the sales circulars. I just don't think all that works as well in E-form.
flipping through the Sunday paper over pancakes - Doable, but syrup on newspaper is better than syrup on a kindle.
handing sections back and forth - Zune Style Squirts would help here.
pointing out stories to each other - I know couples that do this with laptops currently. They IM the URLs to each other, even when they're in the same room
she likes cutting coupons - I'm betting that once companies realize that they're getting all the data and marketing they need from other sources, coupons and rebates will be a thing of the past. There's just too much expense with marginal benefit.
flipping through the sales circulars - Reading a sales webpage on a computer is very similar to a sales flier with added benefits of searching for the things you want instead of looking through everything.
To me, #1 is a show stopper. Getting expensive stuff dirty when I could have used something expendable for the same purpose is silly.
I really don't understand why the media is so excited for the opportunity to give Amazon $350 to be locked into the Amazon format for books.
Because they want to do the same thing with movies, TV, etc. They just need to get enough generations of people to think that renting information is normal, and their progeny will be wealthy for evers and evers.
If you listen closely at the border, you can hear them sharpening their ice skates, biding their time.
"Imagine, if you will, a steel blade mounted, not on a short, skinny, arm, but on the end of a long, muscular leg, increasing the effective range and power." -paraphrased (couldn't find the exact quote)
Not to mention why should people care to replace the standard CD players that have functioned for years?
TFS: "Blu-spec CDs are compatible with existing CD players but have been mastered with higher levels of accuracy by using the same technology used to author Blu-ray discs, with the intention of eliminating reading errors that occur as a result of being authored with traditional red laser technology"
This is a way to make sure your data writes work better. I've had more than one drive that writes CDs at only 85% success rate.
75% of these were able to use drivers provided in box (that is no download necessary). The remaining devices were almost all served by downloading drivers from Windows Update and by direct links to the manufacturer's web site.
How many machines could not get their NIC to work out of the box? How much did this skew the data because the owners never bothered to sneakernet the drivers? If these hypothetical NICs didn't work, how much else on the systems didn't work and was not recorded in the data?
And if you're an enterprise user with 1000's of computers and 1000's of users all needign to share data and collaborate? Well then there's Active Directory.
For mass-system linux auto-configurations, there's cfengine; I haven't looked at it in years, so it might be a little dated. There's also openldap, kerberos, NFSv4(with weak crypto and authentication, finally), Samba, SSH... yadda yadda yadda Granted, "ease of use" for the sysadmin isn't equal, but power is equal or greater.
SATA drive "caddie" manufacturers went cheap when they found out that SATA data and power plug-n-chug easily. Most are just a simple tray to hold-in/lever-out a drive. Even a lot of reasonably old SCSI caddies are this way (but the connectors are much more solid). They're nothing like the IDE/ATA caddies of yore.
Concur.
I changed/etc/sshd_config on OSX one day while remote, tried to figure out how to do a service reload (the startup service only understands start/stop), eventually sent a HUP to the daemon with kill. Still got kicked for my trouble, but at least I was able to ssh in again.
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The only passable ending you've seen was quantum leap? (and there was something passable about that pile?) You must not be old enough to have watched MASH.
I endured MASH.
You have brought about quite a few memories though. Another series-end favorite: Newhart. Seinfeld, while not my favorite, had a reasonably final ending.
No attack intended. Here's some Family Guy quotes for clarification:
Brian: So, what you're saying is that what you experienced in the simulation didn't really happen, or even matter?
Stewie: Yes, that's correct.
Brian: So, it was sort of like a dream?
Stewie: No, it was a simulation.
Brian: Yes, but, theoretically, if someone watched the events of that simulation from start to finish, only to find out that none of it really happened, I mean... you don't think, that would, j-- be just like a giant middle finger to them?
Stewie: Well, hopefully, they would have enjoyed the ride.
Brian: I don't know, man. I think you'd piss a lot of people off that way. (Brian leaves)
Stewie: Well, at least it didn't end like The Sopranos, where it just cut to black in mid-sen-- (the screen goes black like Stewie described)
?täsoopiyauo tsauyriifäää
I'm sorry, this is a story about Finns. Corrected that for you.
Twitter already made that mistake, and see how much their servers crash?
A video montage is supposed to be special lol
It's better than ending in mid senten
Star Trek Voyager also had a good ending where they made it back to earth (and beat the Borg as well IIRC, its been a while since I watched the show). I havent seen enough TOS to know how that one ended as a TV series. The real ending to TOS is where Kirk passes the mantle on to a new generation in the NCC-1701A in Generations and also dies in that film (and it was a proper ending at that)
The Voyager ending was a lot of Deus ex Machina for an ending. TOS died without any ending. The "ending" in Generations was a rushed way to kill off Kirk so they could never make another TOS sequel. Tada, Prequel!
The only passable ending I remember to a TV show that was not a cartoon is from Quantum Leap. They actually had enough advanced warning that they could create an ending. Live TV shows have good endings too. Since there's no preparation time, "this is your last week" means they can make the last day special, even if it's a video montage.
Portfolio's interview with Twitter's CEO:
I can't imagine how many times you've been asked, "But how will you make money?"
We will make money, and I can't say exactly how, because we can't predict exactly what's going to work.
Twitter adopts a new user policy: "You hereby grant Twitter a perpetual, irrevocable license to sublicense, retain, publish, edit, use, alter, fondle, misrepresent, [...] any information you tweet, your personal information stored in user settings, your IP address(es), your pictures, your mother, your car [...], by breathing you accept the above terms."
That's how they'll make money. It's how Facebook "makes" money.
... Semper Fidelus Tyrannosaurus!
...and calls it essentially a paper tiger
It's really simple to fight then. They need a scissor lizard!
I counter-counter with rock lobster, but their scissor lizard is tapped, so they take direct damage.
This way, Volt can issue a press release saying that its employees all voted to voluntarily reduce their pay, as if they asked for or prompted the action. "We have the best temporary employees in the world" - Volt HR/Marketing drone.
I don't know exactly why I do, but it's something that I feel disquiet about.
Probably because the only way Nazi Germany could so efficiently do its evil was by using vast records, and getting people to identify their neighbors.
Sorry for invoking Godwin's Law.
f they get together with Amazon, we can have little iDentikindle cards with tasteful text ads beside our photos.
Don't expect them to have audio.
Apparently, yes. The neat thing about this is that these guys _care_ about their users. They could have kept things going business as usual, letting it whimper. If I see their names attached to a project, I'll know to give it a longer look.
My wife an I like flipping through the Sunday paper over pancakes, handing sections back and forth, pointing out stories to each other, she likes cutting coupons, flipping through the sales circulars. I just don't think all that works as well in E-form.
To me, #1 is a show stopper. Getting expensive stuff dirty when I could have used something expendable for the same purpose is silly.
I really don't understand why the media is so excited for the opportunity to give Amazon $350 to be locked into the Amazon format for books.
Because they want to do the same thing with movies, TV, etc. They just need to get enough generations of people to think that renting information is normal, and their progeny will be wealthy for evers and evers.
Or to gray when the salt is on the roads.
If you listen closely at the border, you can hear them sharpening their ice skates, biding their time.
"Imagine, if you will, a steel blade mounted, not on a short, skinny, arm, but on the end of a long, muscular leg, increasing the effective range and power." -paraphrased (couldn't find the exact quote)
Not to mention why should people care to replace the standard CD players that have functioned for years?
TFS: "Blu-spec CDs are compatible with existing CD players but have been mastered with higher levels of accuracy by using the same technology used to author Blu-ray discs, with the intention of eliminating reading errors that occur as a result of being authored with traditional red laser technology"
This is a way to make sure your data writes work better. I've had more than one drive that writes CDs at only 85% success rate.
75% of these were able to use drivers provided in box (that is no download necessary). The remaining devices were almost all served by downloading drivers from Windows Update and by direct links to the manufacturer's web site.
How many machines could not get their NIC to work out of the box? How much did this skew the data because the owners never bothered to sneakernet the drivers? If these hypothetical NICs didn't work, how much else on the systems didn't work and was not recorded in the data?
Implement both and provide a toggle.
Even open source projects don't do that as often as they should.
*cough*some bar. Really? I have to use a plugin to disable awesome bar?
And if you're an enterprise user with 1000's of computers and 1000's of users all needign to share data and collaborate? Well then there's Active Directory.
For mass-system linux auto-configurations, there's cfengine; I haven't looked at it in years, so it might be a little dated. There's also openldap, kerberos, NFSv4(with weak crypto and authentication, finally), Samba, SSH... yadda yadda yadda Granted, "ease of use" for the sysadmin isn't equal, but power is equal or greater.
this cavalier attitude towards destroying life because it is inconvenient is just maddening to me.
Spotted owls and kangaroo rats are inconvenient. Crocs are dangerous predators which are okay considering humans as prey.
no net book
iPod Touch
Close enough.
SATA drive "caddie" manufacturers went cheap when they found out that SATA data and power plug-n-chug easily. Most are just a simple tray to hold-in/lever-out a drive. Even a lot of reasonably old SCSI caddies are this way (but the connectors are much more solid). They're nothing like the IDE/ATA caddies of yore.
I find the BSD userland rather primitive.
Concur. /etc/sshd_config on OSX one day while remote, tried to figure out how to do a service reload (the startup service only understands start/stop), eventually sent a HUP to the daemon with kill. Still got kicked for my trouble, but at least I was able to ssh in again.
I changed