It was a struggle most of the way through but I think the tipping point was when the author started lecturing about how to raise children.
I also am a completist and have never once stopped reading a story before and there have been some pretty terrible ones. So in its own way, it's something of an achievement.
Series > Movies for sure. Way too many movies seem rushed and would benefit from being a series or even a mini-series. Bonus is that you have all the actors together and all the sets constructed so you can get what you want told and don't have to start from scratch for a sequel movie.
Space battles and CGI are expensive. Space ship sets are expensive. Backwards planets with human interactions? Stargate went 10 seasons on that premise and Doctor Who got a lot of miles out of quarries (Blake's 7 too)
I suspect "co-authored" is pushing it. I suspect the only thing Clarke wrote was his name on the back of the check when he was paying it into his bank.
And the more likely reason will be that that's what you'll have to do if you want to travel on the roads and not use public transport once it proves safer than human drivers.
I'd agree that it's not legit. And marking up chips as FTDI when they are not certainly is. But under what law is setting the device identifier the same as FTDI's illegal? Certainly not trademark or patent. Copyright would be a stretch.
Or inform the user and stop working, allowing them to obtain alternative drivers if possible. (Open source drivers may be available on a different OS for example)
Pft, Microsoft, such a crappy UI (quick, lets make our own as much like it as we can).
It almost makes me weep when I think of some of the great UI features that have fallen by the way-side from *nix desktops in favor of chasing Microsoft's (and to a lesser extent Apple's) missteps.
Device manufacturing companies may just avoid FTDI chips outright. This is especially true if some suppliers are mixing the real chips with the counterfeit chips.
Excellent point. Why take a chance that some otherwise perfectly functional fakes get into your supply chain and costs you hundreds of thousands down the line? Just go with a different provider.
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It was a struggle most of the way through but I think the tipping point was when the author started lecturing about how to raise children.
I also am a completist and have never once stopped reading a story before and there have been some pretty terrible ones. So in its own way, it's something of an achievement.
Defiance? Currently between seasons unless it's been cancelled when I wasn't looking.
No aliens in Red Dwarf either.
Didn't rate it myself but definitely it would have problems being adapted for a mass market.
Like something from a Lovecraft story...
Series > Movies for sure. Way too many movies seem rushed and would benefit from being a series or even a mini-series. Bonus is that you have all the actors together and all the sets constructed so you can get what you want told and don't have to start from scratch for a sequel movie.
Interesting that you changed "waiting" to "buying".
A moral option might be to torrent the series as it airs but buy the DVD when released. Or it might not ;)
You saved me from having to mention that.
Space battles and CGI are expensive. Space ship sets are expensive. Backwards planets with human interactions? Stargate went 10 seasons on that premise and Doctor Who got a lot of miles out of quarries (Blake's 7 too)
I suspect "co-authored" is pushing it. I suspect the only thing Clarke wrote was his name on the back of the check when he was paying it into his bank.
The sequels were not written by Clarke and are terrible. I put the third one down half way through and never picked it up again.
Is that free as in beer or free as in speech?
The plane comes down in a nose-up configuration also. Though it is a little less noticeable due to the deceleration.
And the more likely reason will be that that's what you'll have to do if you want to travel on the roads and not use public transport once it proves safer than human drivers.
OTOH, driverless trains would be an order of magnitude or two easier and... not there.
Not that I'm against driverless cars. I'd love one.
Where we're going, we don't need a driver.
BBC basic was interpreted, not compiled (though there may have been compilers written for it since).
True enough. But then a click-through disclaimer or somesuch should be required to proceed. Or you could go into the settings and turn it off.
I'd agree that it's not legit. And marking up chips as FTDI when they are not certainly is. But under what law is setting the device identifier the same as FTDI's illegal? Certainly not trademark or patent. Copyright would be a stretch.
Or inform the user and stop working, allowing them to obtain alternative drivers if possible. (Open source drivers may be available on a different OS for example)
Is "SSL connections only" an option with Tor? If so, it should be the default. Shouldn't be relying on the browser.
Slackware. Just about.
Pft, Microsoft, such a crappy UI (quick, lets make our own as much like it as we can).
It almost makes me weep when I think of some of the great UI features that have fallen by the way-side from *nix desktops in favor of chasing Microsoft's (and to a lesser extent Apple's) missteps.
Device manufacturing companies may just avoid FTDI chips outright. This is especially true if some suppliers are mixing the real chips with the counterfeit chips.
Excellent point. Why take a chance that some otherwise perfectly functional fakes get into your supply chain and costs you hundreds of thousands down the line? Just go with a different provider.
Intent.