I'm thinking that if they come after us for playing their games without using their miniatures, the best thing to do would be to invent different rules and keep them under an open content license.
After that, companies can compete to sell minis for the new open ruleset.
Honestly, I've gotten to the point where I could care less about Games Workshop games. The main appeal that they have is that they were set incredibly detailed and fascinating, if somewhat dark, universes. Unfortunately, the games just aren't as much fun as they used to be; they're vehicles for miniature sales, and I'm not into miniatures.
<p>I used to pick up novels set in the WH40k universe at <a href="http://www.powells.com/">Powells bookstore</a>. I guess I can kiss those goodbye. Oh well.
RTFA. He's not just talking about research that terrorists might use; he's also talking about projects that could conceivably destroy the Earth as we know it, regardless of who performed the experiment. Do you really want those kept secret, too?
They haven't said boo shit about PATRIOT, and it's doubtful they ever will.
Not true: <a href="http://www.aclu.org/SafeandFree/SafeandFree. cfm?ID=12126&c=207&Type=s">ACLU on PATRIOT and PATRIOT II</a> <a href="http://www.aclu.org/SafeandFree/SafeandFree. cfm?ID=12225&c=207">List of ACLU actions on PATRIOT</a>
...it's that people aren't so much frantic as they are exhausted by the time they get home.
Simple potato soup recipie:
2 lbs potatoes, washed and diced 4 cups chicken broth or veggie broth 1 onion, peeled and diced 4 green onions, washed and chopped 2 cloves garlic, peeled and crushed butter, 1 tablespoon olive oil, 1 tablespoon frozen peas and/or corn
Put butter and olive oil into the bottom of a soup pot. Let it melt and move it around to coat the bottom of the pan. Add the onions, green onions and garlic. Let them cook until the odor escapes, but don't let the garlic or green onions burn.. this shouldn't take very long at all. As soon as the onions are clear add the broth. Things go much smoother from here on.
Add potatoes, bring to boil. Turn down the heat and let simmer for an hour or so.. this would be a good time to code, watch TV, grade papers, download porn, etc.
The potatoes should be pretty much falling apart by the time an hour passes. Stir until the potatoes pretty much disintegrate into mush. Add frozen peas or corn. Let cook for another couple of minutes, just long enough to let the peas or corn thaw out. Serve hot.
I served this stuff in mugs, with lots of salt and pepper. It's a great way to get fricking fat, so be careful.
You could try what Zimmerman did with PGP: license it for free for non-commercial and personal use, and offer a commercial version. It made PGP a de-facto standard until only very recently.
The downside is, Zimmerman's employers didn't have much commercial success during the recession.
For what it's worth, OS/400 is a world different from Mainframes. No JCL, a relatively (to mainframes, not to UNIX) friendly UI, and you can run most jobs either interactively or as batch.
I still prefer UNIX, but after a year of struggling with the AS/400 I can deal with it.
I found the names of the commands to be difficult to remember. For example, "ps" in Unix is "WRKACTJOB" in OS/400.
Dude, use F4.:)
All of our code is in RPG, which looks to me like FORTRAN without all those pesky numerical functions.
My shop is using Advantage 2e (yes, Synon) in COBOL. Fortunately, it looks like we're going to move to Java soon. (Yes, you can do Java on the AS/400. We're doing it right now, for non-mission critical applications.)
However, I have never ever seen a piece of hardware on the thing fail.
No kidding. These things make Solaris boxen look like they're running Windows 3.11 for Workgroups.
Jeffery was vaguely aware of the roots of this community, how it began in 1984 when a cantankerous software programmer named Richard Stallman wrote some brilliant software designed as an alternative to the Unix operating system. It was software that anyone could use and change and distribute--as long as he promised to share any changes he made with everyone else. In 1991, a Finnish college student named Linus Torvalds added a complex kernel to Stallman's and others' programs to instruct them to act as the unified operating system that most have come to associate with Torvalds' pet name for the project, Linux.
And not only that, but the article refers to GNU/Linux (not just Linux) throughout.
That's got to be pleasant for RMS to see in a non-geek article.
Or if Iraq will drag the country into a quagmire, or if the aftermath of Gulf War II will turn into a royal Somalia-style mess, or...
There's a million possible outcomes, and it's hard to make business decisions while things are this uncertain. Human nature is to play it conservative and hoard cash until the long-term outlook is more certain, and less likely to colapse.
No. If there's no demand, there's no demand. Interest rates are at incredibly low levels. Go an idea and can convince a bank to fund it? Go into business, best time ever for loans, no competition for the money. Why? People afraid nothing will succeed and they won't be able to pay back the loan.
Hate to nitpick, but: the problem here is that I need a fairly substantial amount of capital to start a business, and most banks require collateral. No collateral, no loan, no business. This is why people tended to seek VC funding instead.
Probably the best solution, in a VC-absent area like Portland OR, is to use a combination of Federal grants, loans, and parents' money.
This is right on the money. The cost to the consumer is a function of what they're willing to pay, which has less to do with what it actually costs than you probably think.
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For that matter, why not scraps of paper?
Well, let's get started then! Anyone know of a TWiki site that'll host it? I'm not exactly ready to set up my own TWiki server in my apartment.
I'm thinking that if they come after us for playing their games without using their miniatures, the best thing to do would be to invent different rules and keep them under an open content license. After that, companies can compete to sell minis for the new open ruleset.
Honestly, I've gotten to the point where I could care less about Games Workshop games. The main appeal that they have is that they were set incredibly detailed and fascinating, if somewhat dark, universes. Unfortunately, the games just aren't as much fun as they used to be; they're vehicles for miniature sales, and I'm not into miniatures.
<p>I used to pick up novels set in the WH40k universe at <a href="http://www.powells.com/">Powells bookstore</a>. I guess I can kiss those goodbye. Oh well.
Where exactly do you stand when it is test fired.
On the deck of my Bird of Prey, in orbit about Alpha Centauri. Duh.
RTFA. He's not just talking about research that terrorists might use; he's also talking about projects that could conceivably destroy the Earth as we know it, regardless of who performed the experiment. Do you really want those kept secret, too?
It might be more accurate to describe Japan as part Buddhist and part Shintoist.
Yeah, and what's more, they have an RPM for it that works pretty much flawlessly for RH8.
Quick, what do you get when you double nothing?
They haven't said boo shit about PATRIOT, and it's doubtful they ever will.
. cfm?ID=12126&c=207&Type=s">ACLU on PATRIOT and PATRIOT II</a>. cfm?ID=12225&c=207">List of ACLU actions on PATRIOT</a>
Not true:
<a href="http://www.aclu.org/SafeandFree/SafeandFree
<a href="http://www.aclu.org/SafeandFree/SafeandFree
...it's that people aren't so much frantic as they are exhausted by the time they get home.
.. this shouldn't take very long at all. As soon as the onions are clear add the broth. Things go much smoother from here on.
.. this would be a good time to code, watch TV, grade papers, download porn, etc.
Simple potato soup recipie:
2 lbs potatoes, washed and diced
4 cups chicken broth or veggie broth
1 onion, peeled and diced
4 green onions, washed and chopped
2 cloves garlic, peeled and crushed
butter, 1 tablespoon
olive oil, 1 tablespoon
frozen peas and/or corn
Put butter and olive oil into the bottom of a soup pot. Let it melt and move it around to coat the bottom of the pan. Add the onions, green onions and garlic. Let them cook until the odor escapes, but don't let the garlic or green onions burn
Add potatoes, bring to boil. Turn down the heat and let simmer for an hour or so
The potatoes should be pretty much falling apart by the time an hour passes. Stir until the potatoes pretty much disintegrate into mush. Add frozen peas or corn. Let cook for another couple of minutes, just long enough to let the peas or corn thaw out. Serve hot.
I served this stuff in mugs, with lots of salt and pepper. It's a great way to get fricking fat, so be careful.
The downside is, Zimmerman's employers didn't have much commercial success during the recession.
You'll find a whole crapload of antiwar links on my LiveJournal
They haven't made any accusations. That's the trouble.
His story is already getting major media coverage on local (Portland) news stations. I think this might do better than you predict.
I still prefer UNIX, but after a year of struggling with the AS/400 I can deal with it.
Dude, use F4. :)
All of our code is in RPG, which looks to me like FORTRAN without all those pesky numerical functions.
My shop is using Advantage 2e (yes, Synon) in COBOL. Fortunately, it looks like we're going to move to Java soon. (Yes, you can do Java on the AS/400. We're doing it right now, for non-mission critical applications.)
However, I have never ever seen a piece of hardware on the thing fail.
No kidding. These things make Solaris boxen look like they're running Windows 3.11 for Workgroups.
Shouldn't that be NMBUSRMNDing?
I don't need to tell you that this probably has me on all kinds of nasty lists, including the FBI's "We don't wanna deal with it" list.
Gained power through dubious means: check Wrong. Hitler was legitimately elected. There are still questions about how Bush came to power.
Jeffery was vaguely aware of the roots of this community, how it began in 1984 when a cantankerous software programmer named Richard Stallman wrote some brilliant software designed as an alternative to the Unix operating system. It was software that anyone could use and change and distribute--as long as he promised to share any changes he made with everyone else. In 1991, a Finnish college student named Linus Torvalds added a complex kernel to Stallman's and others' programs to instruct them to act as the unified operating system that most have come to associate with Torvalds' pet name for the project, Linux.
And not only that, but the article refers to GNU/Linux (not just Linux) throughout.
That's got to be pleasant for RMS to see in a non-geek article.
Nah, just get one of those Scandium revolvers from Smith & Wesson. They weigh about a pound, loaded.
There's a million possible outcomes, and it's hard to make business decisions while things are this uncertain. Human nature is to play it conservative and hoard cash until the long-term outlook is more certain, and less likely to colapse.
No. If there's no demand, there's no demand. Interest rates are at incredibly low levels. Go an idea and can convince a bank to fund it? Go into business, best time ever for loans, no competition for the money. Why? People afraid nothing will succeed and they won't be able to pay back the loan.
Hate to nitpick, but: the problem here is that I need a fairly substantial amount of capital to start a business, and most banks require collateral. No collateral, no loan, no business. This is why people tended to seek VC funding instead.
Probably the best solution, in a VC-absent area like Portland OR, is to use a combination of Federal grants, loans, and parents' money.
This is right on the money. The cost to the consumer is a function of what they're willing to pay, which has less to do with what it actually costs than you probably think.