Doesn't it seems more likely that instead of just having a list of verboten words/subjects Google simply searches everything but chooses not to display results when there's adult content? that would explain some of the non-intuitive words like "cuckold."
I used to imagine that in the future instead of news-stands there will be "news-butchers" who just print up publications quickly on demand.
I've gotten so used to getting my news online that when I'm reading an actual print publication I automatically go looking for the comments section at the end of every article.
I think there's always going to have to be a hardcopy option.
Maybe that's the key difference between Republicans and Democrats. The Democrats will whine until the next election if a Republican wins.. whereas a Republican will give the Democrat a chance to see what he/she can do before passing judgement.)
If you believe that then you have not been reading the right-wing blogs - there are people out there who claim they're flying their flags at half-mast until Obama's out of office.
Back in the 90's I got a job working for company that produced pre-employment tests. They sold them as separate "instruments": the core test that was meant to measure honesty and several other add-ons that covered things like drug use, customer service, math skills, etc.
The honesty test asked questions like "if you knew a relative was stealing from their employer would you report them." The drug test asked straight-up questions about how often you did particular illegal drugs. Any admission of drug use would fail you.
I had to take that test and the drug test to get the job and had no problem, even though I absolutely lied my way through most of it.
I would get into arguments with the staff psychologists about how easy it was to fake but they would always pull out the chart showing the neat bell curve of passes and fails based on hundreds of real test results.
I then concluded that the test was actually a veiled intelligence test. If you failed you must be stupid, either that or you were too honest to get the job.
from Wikipedia:
"filmmaker Jean-Pierre Gorin commissioned Dick to write a screenplay for an Ubik film. Dick completed the screenplay, turning it in within a month, but Gorin never filmed the project. The screenplay was published in 1985 as Ubik: The Screenplay (ISBN-13: 978-0911169065)."
I've read interviews with Dick where he described how he envisioned the film. The book describes modern technology devolving into more primitive forms. He said that he wanted the film to be shot on the highest quality media of the time and then progressively worse media like 16mm film and then black and white 8mm.
I'm doubting that this film will be shot this way. Amazing book though.
are almost never 100% faithful - the closest I've seen lately is "No Country for Old Men."
It's not that it's impossible but it's just not necessary or preferable. If a movie gets the spirit of its source material, captures something of its style, and brings something new to it that could only be accomplished cinematically then it's probably a successful adaptation.
This where the role of a neutral over-seer comes in - this sort of division of labor is the rule in the game industry - you just have to have a good "director" above it all making sure it works together
The movements are so life-like that when you see it at a distance through the trees you immediately try to identify it as an actual animal - then, when it becomes clear that its profile is all wrong, the chill sets in.
...running under the Chicago river were weakened by construction crews back in '92. It collapsed and flooded most of the basements in the Loop, the city evacuated most of downtown.
I was working across the street from the Art Institute at the time and it was a surreal thing to go down into the street and seeing all of the buildings empty out.
There are some good thoughts in there even though Ebert is definitely in "Get off my lawn" territory.
I love the Half-Life series. I think there's a lot of wit and intelligence and creativity there that you don't see in a lot of other games. But every time I sit down to play a new episode I inevitably think: "It's just a First Person Shooter." Portal gets even higher marks for creativity. The way they develop the GLaDOS character and the use of plot twists and the out-of-left-field use of music is brilliant. But is it art?
I guess I tend to think of video games being "artful" rather than "art".
The guy is one of the 0.001% that actually WORKS IN FREAKING SPACE. He's obviously qualified to do what he does. He wrote an innocuous little blog entry about some funny little thought that crossed his mind in the middle of WORKING IN FREAKING SPACE. It's not scientific, it's not meant to be something you reference in your term paper on "Olfactory Sensations in Vacuum or Near-Vacuum Conditions", it's not being submitted as proof that NASA needs more funding. It just is what it is.
Someone else said this wasn't "worthy" of Slashdot. Maybe that's true but it doesn't make it stupid. It's just one of those millions of things that doesn't require enormous analysis. Blame whoever submitted it and gave it the headline.
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Chicken Little
Doesn't it seems more likely that instead of just having a list of verboten words/subjects Google simply searches everything but chooses not to display results when there's adult content? that would explain some of the non-intuitive words like "cuckold."
...is what's funny to me. Their marriage will only be legally recognized in Sosaria.
He's (at best) a mediocre tech writer given to sweeping pronouncements.
I used to imagine that in the future instead of news-stands there will be "news-butchers" who just print up publications quickly on demand.
I've gotten so used to getting my news online that when I'm reading an actual print publication I automatically go looking for the comments section at the end of every article.
I think there's always going to have to be a hardcopy option.
Maybe that's the key difference between Republicans and Democrats. The Democrats will whine until the next election if a Republican wins.. whereas a Republican will give the Democrat a chance to see what he/she can do before passing judgement.)
If you believe that then you have not been reading the right-wing blogs - there are people out there who claim they're flying their flags at half-mast until Obama's out of office.
Back in the 90's I got a job working for company that produced pre-employment tests. They sold them as separate "instruments": the core test that was meant to measure honesty and several other add-ons that covered things like drug use, customer service, math skills, etc.
The honesty test asked questions like "if you knew a relative was stealing from their employer would you report them." The drug test asked straight-up questions about how often you did particular illegal drugs. Any admission of drug use would fail you.
I had to take that test and the drug test to get the job and had no problem, even though I absolutely lied my way through most of it.
I would get into arguments with the staff psychologists about how easy it was to fake but they would always pull out the chart showing the neat bell curve of passes and fails based on hundreds of real test results.
I then concluded that the test was actually a veiled intelligence test. If you failed you must be stupid, either that or you were too honest to get the job.
from Wikipedia:
"filmmaker Jean-Pierre Gorin commissioned Dick to write a screenplay for an Ubik film. Dick completed the screenplay, turning it in within a month, but Gorin never filmed the project. The screenplay was published in 1985 as Ubik: The Screenplay (ISBN-13: 978-0911169065)."
I've read interviews with Dick where he described how he envisioned the film. The book describes modern technology devolving into more primitive forms. He said that he wanted the film to be shot on the highest quality media of the time and then progressively worse media like 16mm film and then black and white 8mm. I'm doubting that this film will be shot this way. Amazing book though.
are almost never 100% faithful - the closest I've seen lately is "No Country for Old Men."
It's not that it's impossible but it's just not necessary or preferable. If a movie gets the spirit of its source material, captures something of its style, and brings something new to it that could only be accomplished cinematically then it's probably a successful adaptation.
One question begins "The Beatles' original drummer was 'George Best'..."
This where the role of a neutral over-seer comes in - this sort of division of labor is the rule in the game industry - you just have to have a good "director" above it all making sure it works together
i don't know but i'm still building my ringworld at right-angles to galactic center.
just in case...
The movements are so life-like that when you see it at a distance through the trees you immediately try to identify it as an actual animal - then, when it becomes clear that its profile is all wrong, the chill sets in.
Reminds me of the hunters from Half-Life 2.
...running under the Chicago river were weakened by construction crews back in '92. It collapsed and flooded most of the basements in the Loop, the city evacuated most of downtown.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Flood/
I was working across the street from the Art Institute at the time and it was a surreal thing to go down into the street and seeing all of the buildings empty out.
Last year Roger Ebert responded to Clive Barker's comments on Ebert not considering video games art:
http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070721/COMMENTARY/70721001
There are some good thoughts in there even though Ebert is definitely in "Get off my lawn" territory.
I love the Half-Life series. I think there's a lot of wit and intelligence and creativity there that you don't see in a lot of other games. But every time I sit down to play a new episode I inevitably think: "It's just a First Person Shooter." Portal gets even higher marks for creativity. The way they develop the GLaDOS character and the use of plot twists and the out-of-left-field use of music is brilliant. But is it art?
I guess I tend to think of video games being "artful" rather than "art".
The guy is one of the 0.001% that actually WORKS IN FREAKING SPACE. He's obviously qualified to do what he does. He wrote an innocuous little blog entry about some funny little thought that crossed his mind in the middle of WORKING IN FREAKING SPACE. It's not scientific, it's not meant to be something you reference in your term paper on "Olfactory Sensations in Vacuum or Near-Vacuum Conditions", it's not being submitted as proof that NASA needs more funding. It just is what it is.
Someone else said this wasn't "worthy" of Slashdot. Maybe that's true but it doesn't make it stupid. It's just one of those millions of things that doesn't require enormous analysis. Blame whoever submitted it and gave it the headline.
...they say it doesn't but it does - I've been using it for weeks to test web sites in IE6.
This article says absolutely zilch that's new or interesting.
...when it works both ways and changes made to the virtual model are duplicated on the physical one. That would be excellent.
"...voters shouldn't have to take anyone's actions on faith." Well, that's always going to be the problem, isn't it?
...around "impress"