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Toronto Star Kenzie's Daytime Dashboard lights problem rant here: [^]
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Your description of TfTO as an atrocity tells me that prog-rock may also be a little bit over your head.  Sure, Wakeman agrees, but he's a silly git.
If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP.
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I'm actually quite partial to a bit of prog, early Genesis and Floyd in particular but I never really got on with Yes.
Rick Wakeman, on the other hand, has always struck me as being a top bloke!
98.4% of statistics are made up on the spot.
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I'm with you on early Genesis (up through Wind & Wuthering), and Floyd is one of my favorites, tied with Yes. ELP is another favorite.
Have you heard any of the more recent prog? Especially Steven Wilson, both solo and Porcupine Tree, or Flower Kings, Haken, Pineapple Thief?
If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP.
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I always found ELP a bit over-blown, I must say.
I guess, there's a kind of definition issue with prog (I'd never really considered Porcupine Tree as progsters, for example).
My tastes are rather broad on the rock front - Hawkwind, Neu!, Jethro Tull, Gong, Led Zep - a lot of bands that had a prog element without ever really being labelled as prog in the way that say Van der Graaf Generator would be. I know a lot of people these days would describe the likes of Radiohead as prog but it's not a word that springs to my mind when I hear them.
I'm not familiar with Flower Kings, Haken or Pineapple Thief, I must admit (I'm insanely ignorant of anything from this century) but will check them out.
98.4% of statistics are made up on the spot.
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I open my mail & see 10 mails from an XYZ company , like couple of emails sent per day.
I get disturbed by this noise in the inbox & mark one mail as "Spam".
Is this one action not good enough for gmail to know it can apply this to every other mail sent by same sender & move it out of my inbox?
If they are so worried they can't do. At least they can pop up a confirmation & do it. It's a pain to do the workarounds to get this done. Google is so averse to popups that they don't consider one even when required, really!
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Any of you heard of the Up Core[^] Raspberry Pi 3 competitor?
I read about it on Neowin[^] and have to say I would love to get one and have a good play. Seems to have a variety of connectors that will expand the capabilities.
Hope they are available in Australia when released.
Michael Martin
Australia
"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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I just bought a Z83ii box, which is similar to Up Core in hardware specs (and is kind of cheaper). Tried to use it to play internet movies. It seems to be OK so far: one don't feel any sluggishness for light usage.
Of course I am trying to use it for purposes other than just playing videos ...
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This place is getting nerdier every day, so I thought we need a break from the fanbois (no matter what flavor). Distracting nerds is almost as easy as throwing a basketball to some maximally pigmented citizens. Computer stuff obviously is not an option, which leaves us with things like Star Trek, Dungeons and Dragons or comic books as possible basketballs.
Today I have found something that was designed for Star Trek into darkness, but was rejected. I think this bird of prey[^] looks very much like what every Klingon would like to have in the garage. It also looks like the bigger brother of another ship, but that's not a coincidence if you go up to the menu and look at the artist's other work.
Edit: Look at this little ship[^] on the same page.
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
modified 5-Jun-17 1:50am.
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Ain't THAT the truth ...
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d8/Gadsden_flag.svg
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Any good for targeting Wamp Rats?
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Real rats or exhausts that happen to have the same size?
If it's the rats, then this is no work for a warrior. The Klingons would probably go hunting and have them for dinner.
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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At least it's more recognizable as a Klingon Bird of Prey than the Klingons themselves in the JJ-verse.
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I thought the handfull of Klingons we got to see were ok. If you mean the lack of hair on the only one we got to see without a helmet, then look closely at the others. Most of them had lots of hair coming out from under the helmets.
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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CDP1802 wrote: then look closely at the others
As if I'm going to re-watch that giant pile of crap of a movie.
I can't say I'm particularly impressed with Discovery's Klingons either.
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Klingons are made in factories and all comply to the standards. Give them a chance.
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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All I'm saying is that the difference in looks between the TOS Klingons and the movie era ones was brought up in a DS9 episode, and Enterprise even tried to address it directly in a couple of episodes.
The new guys in charge seem to be happy to just throw everything away without any second thought. It's a big universe - why even call them Klingons?
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We have quite a sortiment of different appearances and cultures on our small planet. What do you think will happen when someone colonizes as many planets as they can get? There is plenty of room for different factions of Klingons (or anyone else) without going against the established story. That's quite ok if the story makes sense, so let's just wait and see what they try to sell us.
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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I realize that...but we had to wait until Voyager to get introduced to a black Vulcan. That's about all I can think of. Any other example?
Otherwise, all Trek series have pretty much established what Klingons look like, Romulans, Andorians, Cardassians, etc, and they've never pretended any of them should look any different--heck, they all wear the same clothes and uniforms. Rather pragmatic of the producers if you ask me--it's all a question of budget, and I understand that. So why change that, now that we've had decades of seeing Klingons, when they had plenty of chances to do it already?
But, meh. I probably should care less about that (and that is the correct use of the expression in this case)...
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Still need to see some Ferengi women I guess... 
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Seeing Quark's mom once was enough.
Seeing any Star Trek episode that was played out as a comedy centered around the Ferengi once was also enough.
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So, it's a rainy weekend, my ankle is sore, time to just piddle. Dug out an oldish system I built for Linux years ago, update it to the latest Ubuntu. 
I have never seen so many issues resolved with magic, cryptic commands. Gave up on the 64 bit install - never would complete. Tried the 32 bit, turning off features got it to install. Firefox == instant crash, random segmentation faults.
I decided to check my network address - sorry, that command needs to be installed. Sigh. I then realized I had been spoiled by full Unix implementations - Solaris, HPUX, etc. I'm just stunned listening to the Linux fanboys rant against Microsoft.
Charlie Gilley
<italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape...
"Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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My experience with Linux could perhaps best be summarized as, when it works, it just works, and when it doesn't work, you might as well forget about the whole thing.
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otherwise known as a learning experience.
Charlie Gilley
<italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape...
"Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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