And beta is the absolute deadline for ALL the new features. You just saw the effect of 1000 independent commits right before the beta deadline. As long as it's half broken AND in there, they have to fix it for the final release and it becomes a new feature! I don't know if that's really how it works - but it sounds pretty likely.
Your explanation makes perfect sense - and I agree that he/she was probably just shielding their ear from the wind. On the other hand, the Time Tourism Council have gone on a wide campaign through all of recorded history to install discrete, nearly undetectable devices to facilitate modern conveniences for the future Time Tourist.
It may not be that good, but it's also a major anchor holding them to the "what was" of SciFi network. It's like a failing rudder on a ship at stormy sea - it's not steering in the right direction, but it's better than being merely tossed upon the waves.
I agree on the first few episodes. It continues to improve, and continues to become more like SG-1 and Atlantis over time, without repeating the same plots (yet). By the start of season 2 it's fairly watchable. I still get annoyed on some minor points, and I like the Eli character.
Fatal flaw only depending on your imagination. I had imagined manufacturing to become an almost completely automated process - product development would have halted, but the assembly line and raw material mining could occur autonomously, indefinitely. If the machine breaks down, it triggers....well..there are no AI repair robots in that universe I suppose. Because if they existed, then robot AI would be running more of the show. So maybe just better machinery that never broke down. We are talking about a considerable jump into the future.
As a big fan of SG-1, I have to agree. I almost want to ignore everything after season 7 or 8 but it's still decent. It jumped the shark with addition of Vala and some of the Ori story arc, but still remained good TV because it was just that good before it jumped.
Universe, on the other hand, is actually improving over time. The first season tried to be BSG (and sell itself with lots of mindless sex, too). They had a whole 5 minutes at the end of every episode wasted on an indie music montage. In the second most recent episode, the montage was reduced, and finally this week there was no montage at all! I hate it less each week, but I still love it, because it's Stargate.
So they're getting rid of their crappy Java implementation and you're more angry with them? If Oracle steps up, you'll have the same java on OS X as you get in Linux.
And there is also client-side Java, that runs in the browser as an applet. There are a few crappy and/or enterprise apps that run as java when they could be using HTML5/CSS/Javascript. Apple just wants to make themselves an unattractive platform for that.
Where are the screenshots? Where are the reviews? See, both sides can play that game. I think that future package managers are going to have to include a lot more metadata to be as friendly as the app store.
Set up your own XMPP Server and give your friends a login. Tell them they can use a program like Pidgin to login, and then tell them they can also use Pidgin to be signed into Facebook Chat at the same time. If you're lucky? They might bite as long as you're on the hook to show them how to set up Facebook Chat on it too.
If it's based on "like"-ing a product or brand, then that's already public to your circle of friends. Where is the spot in Facebook where I tell it my deep dark secrets that I don't want to be shared with anyone?
Except for teens whose self-esteem comes from buying things that their peers like rather than developing their own fashion sense or opinion just yet. This is where the money is.
saying that they need a couple of months (say 2-6) to implement this real-time conversions is fine. Continued delays is just lying, and thus unethical.
And yet we've been there and done that so many times before... That's exactly where I see it failing - they just say it's impossible and it's not fair that the government's being such a mean bully and ranting on how much it will raise prices for consumers.
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And beta is the absolute deadline for ALL the new features. You just saw the effect of 1000 independent commits right before the beta deadline. As long as it's half broken AND in there, they have to fix it for the final release and it becomes a new feature! I don't know if that's really how it works - but it sounds pretty likely.
How else will Firefox address more than 4GB of memory? What, your Firefox doesn't use that much memory?
Your explanation makes perfect sense - and I agree that he/she was probably just shielding their ear from the wind. On the other hand, the Time Tourism Council have gone on a wide campaign through all of recorded history to install discrete, nearly undetectable devices to facilitate modern conveniences for the future Time Tourist.
Even an aging person eventually becomes senile...There is hope!
It may not be that good, but it's also a major anchor holding them to the "what was" of SciFi network. It's like a failing rudder on a ship at stormy sea - it's not steering in the right direction, but it's better than being merely tossed upon the waves.
The second season of SGU has already started. It's a definite improvement over the first, but it's still not quite there yet.
I agree on the first few episodes. It continues to improve, and continues to become more like SG-1 and Atlantis over time, without repeating the same plots (yet). By the start of season 2 it's fairly watchable. I still get annoyed on some minor points, and I like the Eli character.
but it was also the FIRST episode that didn't end in a stupid indie music montage. You win some, you lose some. It's getting better all the time.
Until you said Caprica, I thought you were describing Stargate Universe.
Welcome to the American standard of TV.
Fatal flaw only depending on your imagination. I had imagined manufacturing to become an almost completely automated process - product development would have halted, but the assembly line and raw material mining could occur autonomously, indefinitely. If the machine breaks down, it triggers....well..there are no AI repair robots in that universe I suppose. Because if they existed, then robot AI would be running more of the show. So maybe just better machinery that never broke down. We are talking about a considerable jump into the future.
As a big fan of SG-1, I have to agree. I almost want to ignore everything after season 7 or 8 but it's still decent. It jumped the shark with addition of Vala and some of the Ori story arc, but still remained good TV because it was just that good before it jumped.
Universe, on the other hand, is actually improving over time. The first season tried to be BSG (and sell itself with lots of mindless sex, too). They had a whole 5 minutes at the end of every episode wasted on an indie music montage. In the second most recent episode, the montage was reduced, and finally this week there was no montage at all! I hate it less each week, but I still love it, because it's Stargate.
Right- because SciFi knew that all the losers were home on Friday and needed something to watch ;-)
The other networks assumed everyone was out doing something else and didn't want to schedule anything important on Fridays.
I'm sure that has to do with their lungs and nasal passages not being fully formed. Babies don't usually breathe in the womb.
So they're getting rid of their crappy Java implementation and you're more angry with them? If Oracle steps up, you'll have the same java on OS X as you get in Linux.
And there is also client-side Java, that runs in the browser as an applet. There are a few crappy and/or enterprise apps that run as java when they could be using HTML5/CSS/Javascript. Apple just wants to make themselves an unattractive platform for that.
Where are the screenshots? Where are the reviews? See, both sides can play that game. I think that future package managers are going to have to include a lot more metadata to be as friendly as the app store.
You must always get freaked out by those connect-the-dot puzzles, too, huh?
Set up your own XMPP Server and give your friends a login. Tell them they can use a program like Pidgin to login, and then tell them they can also use Pidgin to be signed into Facebook Chat at the same time. If you're lucky? They might bite as long as you're on the hook to show them how to set up Facebook Chat on it too.
If it's based on "like"-ing a product or brand, then that's already public to your circle of friends. Where is the spot in Facebook where I tell it my deep dark secrets that I don't want to be shared with anyone?
Except for teens whose self-esteem comes from buying things that their peers like rather than developing their own fashion sense or opinion just yet. This is where the money is.
Or rather, Khisanth Magus did
You commented regarding the topic of an article from last week.
saying that they need a couple of months (say 2-6) to implement this real-time conversions is fine. Continued delays is just lying, and thus unethical.
And yet we've been there and done that so many times before... That's exactly where I see it failing - they just say it's impossible and it's not fair that the government's being such a mean bully and ranting on how much it will raise prices for consumers.
Last week called, the want your comment back.