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« Last post by wraith808 on November 05, 2012, 02:43 PM »^ Another great post I could have written. 
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That's what I meant by my disclaimer above about the perspective of the story being about Anakin's rise, fall, and redemption. Just one take on it. It just seems, to me anyways, to be the main theme all across eps 1-6. Nothing else really come close (as I can see) - Anakin is the driving force for the story. I'm sure other people get other things out of it -- and that's one of the great things about good art - we can take different things from it.-Renegade (November 05, 2012, 07:37 AM)
@Ren - I think I'll stick with Kate. I want somebody that can teach me something I don't already know. I no longer have the patience to break in young amateurs.-40hz (November 05, 2012, 08:11 AM)
So, that story is over -- no sequel - only same-universe stories left.-Renegade (November 05, 2012, 06:12 AM)
Ah! I see... You mean this story arc is over.
Yes. I agree.-40hz (November 05, 2012, 06:15 AM)
A new phishing technique utilizing SMS messages has just been in discovered in the Android Open Source Project. The vulnerability affects every version of Android going as far back as Donut (1.6), and all the way up to the former iteration of Jellybean (4.1) through Éclair (2.1), Froyo (2.2), Gingerbread (2.3) and Ice Cream Sandwich (4.0).
SMS phishing, also known as SMiShing, is a social engineering technique whereby a fake SMS sends you to a malicious website, or prompts you to download a malicious app onto your phone. The new vulnerability was discovered in the department of computer science in North Carolina State University, where a team of researchers were able to create an app that sends fake text messages. These can easily be made to look as if they were received by someone on your contact list.
I find that everything take much longer to get done on a Mac, but during that time, you are really forced to pause a bit more.-Renegade (November 04, 2012, 07:13 PM)
I used to be a very big fan of developing a set of 6-7 core folders, and grouping programs based on those core folders. Now, I don't even have to worry about it. I can just hit WINKEY (or WINKEY+A for farr), type a few letters and launch all using the keyboard. No mouse involvement, no wasted time sorting through menus (even if only 2-3 deep).-Josh (November 04, 2012, 03:01 PM)
No doubt by now you’ve heard about The Walt Disney Company‘s recent acquisition of Lucasfilm and all of its associated products and subsidiaries, including the Galactic Empire, and you’ve wondered what that means for you. Rest assured this will in no way result in any major changes or restructuring within the Empire. It’s still business as usual for us and our mission statement remains the same: to bring peace to the galaxy… even if it means we have to blow a few planets to pieces to do it.
However, as is always the case with any corporate merger, there will of course be some very minor adjustments (or, as we like to think of them, “improvements”), hardly noticeable at all really, in fact mostly just cosmetic, over the coming weeks and months. Here’s some of what you can look forward to:
Is there some trick to getting it to work? Or is there some tweak or gotcha that you need to be aware of - and probably everybody else knows about but me?
I do keep hearing good things about it. But these users apparently don't exist in the same time/space continuum I live in.-40hz (November 03, 2012, 03:54 PM)
If you're only using Windows boxes, then Multiplicity works wonders. There's also Input Director and ShareMouse, though I despise the pricing and licensing structure of the latter. Synergy seems like the best solution price wise and platform wise. But I've had similar problems getting it to work consistently.And here, the new iPad Mini commercial (courtesy of Jimmy Kimmel)-xtabber (November 02, 2012, 10:19 PM)
Unfortunately by now, I am unable to load this and get an "unavailable" message.-TaoPhoenix (November 03, 2012, 04:50 AM)
Oh. Dear. Gawd. Did that really air!? It's not a brilliant spoof?-TaoPhoenix (November 03, 2012, 06:28 AM)
Not a spoof. It aired. And I absolutely loved it at the time~!(I begged and begged my mom & dad to let me see Star Wars, but no dice. So, a free holiday special was certainly better than nothing. Especially when you're just a little kid.)
-Renegade (November 03, 2012, 06:32 AM)
Does TeamViewer let you do that?-Renegade (November 02, 2012, 10:18 PM)
Sorry Ren/Wraith... I'm confused. Does TeamViewer let you do what? I think I somehow missed part of your question.-40hz (November 03, 2012, 10:22 AM)
ePub is a much better format for all readers except Kindle, which requires mobi. In addition, since both are based on HTML and CSS, so they are likely to be decipherable long after pdf has moved on.-xtabber (November 02, 2012, 11:01 PM)
Does TeamViewer let you do that? I thought it was for remote control.-Renegade (November 02, 2012, 10:18 PM)
But in this particular case, I can see why they are concerned. And there are governing laws for this sort of thing. You can't just put something together to do an end run around them and expect nothing to happen.-40hz (November 02, 2012, 05:06 PM)
That's a bit disingenuous on Kickstarter's part. And considering they may be considered in the business of publicizing and facilitating investment opportunities, they're skating on thin ice with state and federal laws and regulators.-40hz (November 02, 2012, 01:25 PM)
These changes seem sensible, yet the title of the blog post (“Kickstarter is not a store”) misses the point. The real issue is not contributor expectations but instead the burden of success. Project creators are beginning to understand that realizing a dream is sometimes more frightening than failure, which may be why there’s been a noticeable upward trend in the funding projects are asking for. Kickstarter could solve this by implementing a funding cap that allowed creators to keep projects manageable, but that would cut in to the company’s profits.
Conclusion
In talking with Tyler, Dylan and Georgia it became clear that Kickstarter, though potentially an incredible platform, is no magic bullet. The effort required to put up a good project is substantial and many projects have no reasonable chance of success without weeks of work by the project’s creators.
Talking with these individuals has also given me a sense that Kickstarter is a force of both creation and destruction. An extremely successful project can be life-changing for its creator, but failure implies the world has found the project worthless. This chaos allows for incredible creativity and success but also can take a toll on the people involved.
As the flood of money into crowd-funding continues both contributors and creators are at risk of forgetting that this movement is about people, not products. The people we fund, the platforms we support and the rewards we demand will shape the future crowd-funding, and perhaps even our economy.
You might want to give Synergy more of a try. 