From: "Rich Gauszka" 

I agree and even the historical errors were minor.  It's being repeated on
the history channel this Saturday Jan 6th starting at 12:37 PM  - it is an
edited version though as everyone knows there was no cussin in history :-)

http://www.history.com/schedule.do?action=daily&start=1168102800000&getFullDay=
true



"Gary Britt"  wrote in
message news:459d57ce{at}w3.nls.net...
> Yes I agree.  Its really a real life documentary but produced as a Saving
> Private Ryan style realistic dramatization of the events and some
> documentary stuff built-in as extras at the end of each episode or
> section.
>
> Sadly for me, I loaned my boxed set of Band of Brothers to a former
> co-worker and I haven't seen it since.  I really need to get another copy.
> I watched the enire set with my wife over a weekend when I first got them.
>
> Gary
>
> Antti Kurenniemi wrote:
>> I really like how the series avoids being overly sentimental in the way
>> many Hollywood war stories end up - you know, with the mandatory love
>> story and all that crap. This one is pretty carefull in sticking to the
>> point.
>>
>>
>> Antti Kurenniemi
>>
>> "Gary Britt" 
wrote in message
>> news:459d3bc1$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>> Band of Brothers is a great and inspirational series.  I loved it also.
>>> Major Winters method of assaulting the German artillery positions firing
>>> on the beaches is still taught today in the military academies as an
>>> example of how to mount an infantry assault on a fixed position.
>>>
>>> Its hard to imagine such courage and bravery (while being scared to
>>> death). These men and those like them from all over the world were truly
>>> one of our greatest generations.  Not just for their war effort, but for
>>> what they did to build the world after WWII.
>>>
>>> Gary
>>>
>>> Antti Kurenniemi wrote:
>>>> "Richard B."  wrote in message
>>>> news:vs4qp21plvmp3pt0fus1v4hm71fk653ns8{at}4ax.com...
>>>>>> I'm loving VirtualPC so much, especially on
development machine where
>>>>>> everything has to be exactly right. Now all I need
is a really
>>>>>> super-duper
>>>>>> fast new computer (Santa totally bummed out on me
this year ),
>>>>>> 'cause on
>>>>>> a laptop with a slow HD it's a wee bit painful.
But, then again, a
>>>>>> re-install takes, what, 4 minutes - and I have a
load of setups on an
>>>>>> external HD to choose from. Toot toot!
>>>>> I haven't had time to look into virtualization much, tsk tsk.
>>>>> I would think it a godsend to developers
>>>> That it is. I've got a 4G USB stick in my pocket with my development
>>>> "computer" in it as a virtual image, and all
sources sitting on my
>>>> server in a VCS, so I can basically just plug the USB stick in and
>>>> continue working wherever, whenever, and with whatever
computer happens
>>>> to be around. Want to try some new component, or upgrade some
>>>> development tools - simply make a copy of the virtual
image and I'm in
>>>> business; if it turns out to break something, it takes about two
>>>> minutes to revert back to the previous state.
>>>>
>>>> The only problem is that it's slow on anything except real fast host
>>>> computers. Delphi 2006, which is what I'm using, is slower
than a snail
>>>> glued to the floor, and in a VM, well, it's so slow that it's almost
>>>> going backwards... Hope they'll get it snappier with the
next batch of
>>>> updates, 'cause then this setup would be mighty sweet.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> I guess you better be better this year so Santa is kinder
>>>>> and gentler to you.
>>>> Well I got a case of beer (my father in law always buys me a case of
>>>> beer for birthday and christmas) and Band Of Brothers DVD box, so I
>>>> can't complain much really - the beer's all gone already
(well duh!),
>>>> but the Band of Brothers series is really enjoyable.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Antti Kurenniemi
>>>>
>>

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