Halloween movies

2011-10-07 Thread Greg Morphis
I asked this on Facebook and got ideas like Casper and the Ring.. maybe you guys can help me out.. With Halloween approaching.. what Halloween themed movies would you suggest watching? I've already got Halloween 2 on my list.. any other Werewolf, Vampire, Zombie, etc movies you guys can think

Re: Halloween movies

2011-10-07 Thread Casey Dougall
On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 8:26 AM, Greg Morphis gmorp...@gmail.com wrote: I asked this on Facebook and got ideas like Casper and the Ring.. maybe you guys can help me out.. With Halloween approaching.. what Halloween themed movies would you suggest watching? I've already got Halloween 2 on

Re: Halloween movies

2011-10-07 Thread Greg Morphis
It's not Halloween themed but considering the recent zombie movies... it's one of the best On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 7:30 AM, Casey Dougall ca...@uberwebsitesolutions.com wrote: On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 8:26 AM, Greg Morphis gmorp...@gmail.com wrote: I asked this on Facebook and got ideas

XKCD Tribute to Jobs

2011-10-07 Thread C. Hatton Humphrey
http://xkcd.com/961/ As obscure as it is, once I got it I thought it was a beautiful thing. Until Later! C. Hatton Humphrey http://www.eastcoastconservative.com No trees were killed in the sending of this message, but a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced.

Re: XKCD Tribute to Jobs

2011-10-07 Thread Bruce Sorge
It's very cool indeed. On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 1:04 PM, C. Hatton Humphrey chumph...@gmail.comwrote: http://xkcd.com/961/ As obscure as it is, once I got it I thought it was a beautiful thing. Until Later! C. Hatton Humphrey http://www.eastcoastconservative.com No trees were killed in

Re: XKCD Tribute to Jobs

2011-10-07 Thread Gruss Gott
C. Hatton Humphrey chumph...@gmail.com wrote: http://xkcd.com/961/ As obscure as it is, once I got it I thought it was a beautiful thing. Very cool. The guy did so much to change so many things for the better and was such an innovator ... and died before his time you can see how religion

Re: Mantra of the evil empire - If you don't have a job it's your own damn fault

2011-10-07 Thread Judah McAuley
On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 1:56 PM, GMoney gm0n3...@gmail.com wrote: (This current row is no different. We go into a hissy fit over an unemployment rate that most countries would die to have.) You know, I read this bit the other day and it's been sticking in the back of my head. I wondered if it

Re: XKCD Tribute to Jobs

2011-10-07 Thread Medic
I know I'm not part of the popular crowd by asking this... but other than make some cool hardware what did Jobs really do to change the world? Everyone keeps saying he changed the way we live, but I don't see it. Maybe for super dedicated fanbois, but for the average Joe? What did it do? You have

Re: XKCD Tribute to Jobs

2011-10-07 Thread Maureen
You seem to forgot the original Apple computer, which was much more significant the iPod or iPhone. On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 11:01 AM, Medic hofme...@gmail.com wrote: I know I'm not part of the popular crowd by asking this... but other than make some cool hardware what did Jobs really do to

Re: XKCD Tribute to Jobs

2011-10-07 Thread Judah McAuley
For my part (and I'm not a huge Steve Jobs fan), I'd say it boils down to two things: 1. He did an amazing job demonstrating that people can enact change and turn a vision into reality through force of will. 2. The Apple Human Interface Guidelines. Number two is more far reaching, I think.

Re: Mantra of the evil empire - If you don't have a job it's your own damn fault

2011-10-07 Thread GMoney
Very interesting take,Judah, as usual. Good thoughts. On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 4:42 PM, Judah McAuley ju...@wiredotter.com wrote: I can respect your point of view but I see it differently. If you are out of work and go work your ass off to try and find a job you will (hopefully) solve the

Re: XKCD Tribute to Jobs

2011-10-07 Thread Sam
First he got everyone to repurchase music they already owned. Then he got half the world to pay the phone companies for 24/7 internet to cover us when we're not at work or home. Now a large portion is paying another round of internet fees for iPad because sometime a phone is too small and a

Re: XKCD Tribute to Jobs

2011-10-07 Thread Larry C. Lyons
What did he do tho change the world? Consider this. After I finished my master's degree I was awarded a fellowship to develop a computer based version of a stuttering therapy system. Because of an Apple grant, we were given 25 Mac Pluses (OK I'm dating myself here), a couple of Mac II servers

Re: XKCD Tribute to Jobs

2011-10-07 Thread K-Sea - dvsDJTV.com
On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 2:34 PM, Larry C. Lyons larrycly...@gmail.comwrote: I cannot say about the entire world, but for the world of these people the Mac certainly changed their world for the better. To each our own, I personally believe Panasonic Technics 1200 turntable is more

Re: XKCD Tribute to Jobs

2011-10-07 Thread PT
The Sony Walkman was more innovative than the iPod and had more of a cultural impact in its day. I don't think the iPod and iPhone will contribute to all that much in the long run. Those are products that had to exist sooner or later. Jobs Co. just did them first, wrapped them in a pretty

Re: XKCD Tribute to Jobs

2011-10-07 Thread Medic
That's a nice story, and I'm sure it's make a big impact on the people with the stutter, but it's a far cry from changing the world. And wouldn't you give more credit to the people who actually did the research on that project? On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 2:34 PM, Larry C. Lyons

Re: XKCD Tribute to Jobs

2011-10-07 Thread Cameron Childress
On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 2:01 PM, Medic hofme...@gmail.com wrote: I know I'm not part of the popular crowd by asking this... but other than make some cool hardware what did Jobs really do to change the world? I would compare him perhaps to Henry Ford as far as the scope of change and helping

Re: XKCD Tribute to Jobs

2011-10-07 Thread Cameron Childress
On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 2:06 PM, Maureen mamamaur...@gmail.com wrote: You seem to forgot the original Apple computer, which was much more significant the iPod or iPhone. NeXT, Pixar, Windows. Had a hand in all of the above, and much much more. -Cameron -- Cameron Childress -- p:

Re: XKCD Tribute to Jobs

2011-10-07 Thread Sam
MP3 players existed long before the ipod and the only thing creative about the iphone was the touch screen. I can still do without that, hate touching the screen and then putting it up to my ear. . On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 2:51 PM, PT cft...@gmail.com wrote: The Sony Walkman was more innovative

Re: XKCD Tribute to Jobs

2011-10-07 Thread Sam
Spoken like a true fanboy. Don't hate. . On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 3:15 PM, Cameron Childress camer...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 2:01 PM, Medic hofme...@gmail.com wrote: I know I'm not part of the popular crowd by asking this... but other than make some cool hardware what did

Re: XKCD Tribute to Jobs

2011-10-07 Thread Larry C. Lyons
Cars existed before Ford as well. For that matter North America existed before Columbus. the point is that Jobs made it available to people not just a small elite. On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 3:20 PM, Sam sammyc...@gmail.com wrote: MP3 players existed long before the ipod and the only thing

Re: XKCD Tribute to Jobs

2011-10-07 Thread Sam
No, he made it a fashion must have. And for that he was a master. He's was more of a great marketer than innovator. Even the original Apples, he gave them to schools for free so graduates would buy them. Didn't work but it was a damn good try. . On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 3:24 PM, Larry C. Lyons

Re: XKCD Tribute to Jobs

2011-10-07 Thread Casey Dougall
On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 3:24 PM, Larry C. Lyons larrycly...@gmail.comwrote: Cars existed before Ford as well. For that matter North America existed before Columbus. the point is that Jobs made it available to people not just a small elite. That's questionable, gadgets like iPhone, iPads

Re: XKCD Tribute to Jobs

2011-10-07 Thread Medic
I didn't deny he had an impact on the world. I said I don't think it's right to say he changed the world. Two very different things. To deny that is either trollbait, or ignorance, or both. On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 3:15 PM, Cameron Childress camer...@gmail.comwrote: On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at

Re: XKCD Tribute to Jobs

2011-10-07 Thread GMoney
geeez folks...i hate apple more than anyone, hate macs, hate iphones,can do without the whole damn thing..but even i recognize the innovative genius behind Steve jobs...to argue anything else just makes ya look silly. On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 2:36 PM, Casey Dougall

Re: XKCD Tribute to Jobs

2011-10-07 Thread GMoney
how so? in order to impact something, you have to affect change in itdont you? If you didn't affect change in somethngyou didn't impact it. On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 2:48 PM, Medic hofme...@gmail.com wrote: I didn't deny he had an impact on the world. I said I don't think it's

Yikes! We're in for it now

2011-10-07 Thread Larry C. Lyons
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/10/virus-hits-drone-fleet/ Exclusive: Computer Virus Hits U.S. Drone Fleet By Noah Shachtman A computer virus has infected the cockpits of America’s Predator and Reaper drones, logging pilots’ every keystroke as they remotely fly missions over Afghanistan

Re: XKCD Tribute to Jobs

2011-10-07 Thread Medic
You can most certainly make an impact on something without changing it. You really think Steve Jobs changed the world then G? On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 3:52 PM, GMoney gm0n3...@gmail.com wrote: how so? in order to impact something, you have to affect change in itdont you? If you

Re: Yikes! We're in for it now

2011-10-07 Thread Casey Dougall
On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 4:35 PM, Larry C. Lyons larrycly...@gmail.comwrote: A computer virus has infected the cockpits of America’s Predator and Reaper drones, logging pilots’ every keystroke as they remotely fly missions over Afghanistan and other warzones. Gee, for all the money they save

Re: XKCD Tribute to Jobs

2011-10-07 Thread Casey Dougall
On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 5:05 PM, Medic hofme...@gmail.com wrote: You really think Steve Jobs changed the world then G? Depends, were they the first ones with the patents or did they buy them? ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion

Bungee Jumping @ Adobe MAX

2011-10-07 Thread Cameron Childress
A few of us went bungee jumping at Adobe MAX. Like - hike 5 miles up into the wilderness and jump off a fracking abandoned bridge kinda bungee jumping. I've been learning iMovie and made a movie trailer from some of the jumping video we came back with. I plan to make a longer music video style

Re: Bungee Jumping @ Adobe MAX

2011-10-07 Thread Robert Munn
very cool! On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 2:53 PM, Cameron Childress camer...@gmail.comwrote: A few of us went bungee jumping at Adobe MAX. Like - hike 5 miles up into the wilderness and jump off a fracking abandoned bridge kinda bungee jumping. I've been learning iMovie and made a movie trailer

Re: Bungee Jumping @ Adobe MAX

2011-10-07 Thread Anthony Weeg
bravo cam! Sent from my iPhone... Don't hate. On Oct 7, 2011, at 5:53 PM, Cameron Childress camer...@gmail.com wrote: A few of us went bungee jumping at Adobe MAX. Like - hike 5 miles up into the wilderness and jump off a fracking abandoned bridge kinda bungee jumping. I've been

Re: XKCD Tribute to Jobs

2011-10-07 Thread Larry Lyons
s a friend said earlier today; Ten years ago we still had Bob Hope, Johnny Cash and Steve Jobs with us - now we have no jobs, no cash, and no hope. ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now!

RE: Bungee Jumping @ Adobe MAX

2011-10-07 Thread Eric Roberts
That would be a blast! -Original Message- From: Cameron Childress [mailto:camer...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, October 07, 2011 4:53 PM To: cf-community Subject: Bungee Jumping @ Adobe MAX A few of us went bungee jumping at Adobe MAX. Like - hike 5 miles up into the wilderness and jump

Re: Bungee Jumping @ Adobe MAX

2011-10-07 Thread Medic
Awesome. Nice trailer too. On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 5:53 PM, Cameron Childress camer...@gmail.comwrote: A few of us went bungee jumping at Adobe MAX. Like - hike 5 miles up into the wilderness and jump off a fracking abandoned bridge kinda bungee jumping. I've been learning iMovie and made

This occupy wall street poster summarizes some bits nicely

2011-10-07 Thread Judah McAuley
Refusal to be coopted can hamper the short term proliferation of your message but has much more power in the long run. Still damn tough. http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/297396_2330783382898_1049131144_2712538_1117320360_n.jpg Cheers, Judah

Re: Mantra of the evil empire - If you don't have a job it's your own damn fault

2011-10-07 Thread Gruss Gott
And there has been no real wage growth since 1973! That's an amazing stat. On Oct 7, 2011, at 12:52 PM, Judah McAuley ju...@wiredotter.com wrote: On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 1:56 PM, GMoney gm0n3...@gmail.com wrote: (This current row is no different. We go into a hissy fit over an

Re: XKCD Tribute to Jobs

2011-10-07 Thread Gruss Gott
1.) brought technology to the average person en masse, single-handedly inventing the consumer electronics industry 2.) brought it should be easy to all consumer design as a core principle 3.) changed the advertising industry 4.) changed the movie industry 5.) changed the music industry 6.)