@jaredbusch said in What Are You Watching Now:
The redesign was absolutely stupid because there is no reason. They just wanted to. That have publicly stated as much.
Exactly, that is my whole beef. It isn't for any reason other than, we wanted to. The justification: it has been done before.
@dashrender exactly it took place 5-10 years before Kirk. In the Star Trek Enterprise series in Season 4 episode 15 "Affliction", it explained the Klingons were experimenting with the DNA of the Human Augments (Khan and his people the genetically altered humans) and spliced it into Klingon DNA. However, the experiments end up creating a deadly virus and the cure for the virus is incubated in Capt. Archer; the virus ends up dissolving the cranial ridges which would last for several generations. Thus carrying it through Star Trek Discovery and into Kirk's time. Thus these Klingons are only looking they way they are because the knuckleheads in charge wanted them to look different. The only excuse they gave is, well they redesigned Klingons before so why not now too.
Just read that the redesign was pretty much because Klingons look had changed in the other series they thought they had creative license to do it in this one. Which to me is pretty much saying because we wanted to do it. Screw the stories from the other franchises we are better. Which does not sit well with me.
Watched the first two episodes of Star Trek Discovery. Have not made up my mind yet. The only thing I don't like is how the damn Klingons look. They should look like they did in TOS. This is set before Kirk and after Capt. Archer in Enterprise, they are in that universe, not the JJ Abrams universe. In Enterprise they explained what happened to the ridges of the Klingons. Also, the Klingons don't even look like Klingons from TOS, STTNG, DS9, Voyager, or Enterprise. FFS how hard is it to have a little continuity.
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@gjacobse said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@gjacobse said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
I'm awake but shouldn't be. Have to fly all night. Need more sleep now to be ready for it.
Flights east are 'more of a pain' than west... since you lose hours the time change.
Some people can, some can't.. can you sleep on the flight?
I can't because I need a CPAP
If it wasn't for that, I could.
Yea,... that is an issue,...
Sucks SO much. ANd it doubles the amount of stuff that I have to carry for a normal flight, too.
CPAP machines are much smaller now than what they used to be.
@scottalanmiller I have a CPAP and I can fall asleep without. I shouldn't but I can. I am getting an oral appliance next year.
@dashrender By kid free, I mean out of High School, not bound by our divorce agreements anymore. If they want to live with us that is fine but that might mean moving with us.
@nerdydad said in I can't even:
@penguinwrangler said in I can't even:
@tim_g said in I can't even:
If I could take my current wage, and live in Mississippi, I'd be golden!
But, I would never want to live there.... so yeah.
My wife and I in 6 years will be kid free. So we are really looking at what we want to do and where we to live after kids as we will have a lot more options and it will be easier to do. We ruled out all places that have a much too high of living cost. We are looking at Tennessee. I am even thinking about getting out of IT and going into brewing. Hard Ciders and fruits.
You could do a whole Star Trek themed line of drinks. Something like they mentioned in the show.
Hmmmm....That is a really interesting idea. Right now I am perfecting my craft.
@tim_g said in I can't even:
If I could take my current wage, and live in Mississippi, I'd be golden!
But, I would never want to live there.... so yeah.
My wife and I in 6 years will be kid free. So we are really looking at what we want to do and where we to live after kids as we will have a lot more options and it will be easier to do. We ruled out all places that have a much too high of living cost. We are looking at Tennessee. I am even thinking about getting out of IT and going into brewing. Hard Ciders and fruits.
Here is a link to their Form 10-K that they file with the SEC http://ir.ubnt.com/secfiling.cfm?filingID=1628280-17-8894#UBNT-06302017X10K_HTM_S85B6E73222707823C180E9E3E6ADD335
Here is a link to Ubiquiti's quarterly financial press release. http://files.shareholder.com/downloads/AMDA-JI74R/5241597835x0x952276/B7971B9A-FD9F-4FFF-96CA-15F5484FDE9F/UBNT_4QFY17_Earnings_Press_Release_FINAL_08_03_17.pdf
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
German WW1 U-boat found off Belgian coast
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-41318195
That is an awesome find.
@storageninja said in Spiceworld Trip Cancelled Due to CA Legislation - Alternate Conference Suggestions?:
interstate commerce clause?
I don't think so. If California told businesses based in California they couldn't do business with those states, then yes that would be. However, California itself can choose whom they do business with.
When I read the title of this post I read it as "Dating Plan Logic Sanity Check"
I like Terminator. I have used it in Fedora, Ubuntu, OpenSuSe, and others. https://gnometerminator.blogspot.com/p/introduction.html
@scottalanmiller A friend of mine last name was Hurt. His mom was a nurse. So she was Nurse Hurt.
@anthonyh How much do you have to spend? I can setup the PenguinWrangler Tech Conference in St. Louis, MO. A lot of 1 on 1 time with tech people...mainly me.
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Netflix down for anyone else?
I always listen to one of the Star Trek series as I fall asleep. I woke up during the middle of the night and it wasn't playing. Had to close Netflix and then have it reopen to get it to connect again.
Does it have to be a Tech conference?
@scottalanmiller said in Non .com TLDs:
@aaronstuder said in Non .com TLDs:
@scottalanmiller said in Non .com TLDs:
All those weird ones, I think that they are basically useless. Fine for goofy sites, but avoid them for businesses. People can't even figure out that they are domain names.
Except for .co of course, right?
That's not a weird one, that's a standard country TLD. The ones that have been around basically since day one, which includes all the country codes, com, net, org, gov, mil, etc. are fine. It's the weird, later, different meaning ones that are strange and no one understands. .biz, .technical, .hairsalon, .brothel, .carwash or whatever.
I think I will register my business and my church with new TLDs. Both will end in .brothel Might bring church attendance up....
@jaredbusch said in E-mail and file storage services for Non-Profit entities:
If you are not a fully qualified NPO for MS to give it away to you, then you can just go with Zoho for your mail. You get 25 users for free.
https://www.zoho.com/workplace/pricing.html?src=zmailNever run it yourself. Ever.
I use Zoho for my side business and it works great.
