I always liked Blade Runner, the movie. I've also always loved reading sci fi. Recently, I read "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep" and loved it. My next read is "Ubik".
Ring World is something I'd like to see. Other movies that could potentially be very good if redone RIGHT: Philip Jose Farmer's "Riverworld" series, L Ron Hubbard's Battlefield Earth. There was a Riverworld miniseries on the SyFy channel a few years back but it was a horrible, loose adaption of the novels. Battlefield Earth was an awesome novel. L Ron Hubbard may have been a whackjob cult leader but this novel was a science fiction masterpiece. Too bad the 2000 movie of the same name was such a poor adaption with lousy effects and hammy acting.
Other movies I'd like to see: Ender's Game, Childhood's End, Neuromancer, The Man in the High Castle,
What about Silverlight for the Linux version of Chrome? I don't see it happening. A Silverlight plugin is available for Firefox through a Novell project called Moonlight Mono but, no one has ever gotten the plugin to work with Chrome. Furthermore, Moonlight is always a few revisions behind the latest version of Silverlight. Silverlight is necessary to watch certain internet radio broadcasts. Also, Silverlight is needed for downloading Netflix movies.
Bruce Eckel "Thinking in C++" Volumes 1 and 2. You can buy the softbound books or find them online for free.
I suggest you develop using an IDE in linux, instead of the CL. Two popular C++ IDEs for Linux are Eclipse and my favorite Code||Blocks, which is a good option for anyone migrating from MS Visual C++
It may have an outdated processor and limited memory but I still love TI's previous flagship CAS calculator, the TI-89 Titanium. Best part about it: it has tons of 3rd party and user generated apps in TI-Basic, C and assembly. It's probably still the best calculator there is for engineering professionals (unless you prefer rpn...in which case, HP is the best)
Most of the founding fathers were deists (as opposed to theists)...There are dozens of written quotes by the FF to support that, including Thomas Jefferson's letter to the Danbury Baptists. The words "jesus" and "God" are found nowhere in the U.S. Constitution (except in the date as "In the Year of Our Lord"). The Establishment Clause of the First Amendment specifies Separation of Church and State.
First of all, the price gap between netbooks and notebooks is narrowing. Second, having all your apps online, as is the case with netbooks, users are at a disadvantage when they have no internet access. Third, there are just some types of apps that there is no online equivalent for.
$5 million dollar jet but what's available for armaments, in what quantities and how much do they cost? I'd like to send a message to my neighbor, one house over, the next time he cranks his music too loud.
One reason: In this country, the rewards don't justify the effort put into becoming a good mathematician, scientist or engineer. Their financial rewards are relatively small, they are highly expendable and the job security isn't good. I am an engineer and lost a job recently that is now being outsourced to Taiwan.
Another reason: Kids spend a lot of time in front of the TV and you'll rarely hear of an educational program outside of PBS, the History Channel or the Discovery Channel. Most TV programs today glorify hospital and courtroom dramas. The message: Its cool to be a doctor or a lawyer.
Another reason: Many teachers in grade school don't REALLY know math or don't know how to teach it.
Comcast commercials say when over-the-air broadcasts switch to digital in early 2009, Comcast will maintain its analog service. However, I have heard rumors that they are maintaining their analog service for just 1 year and then switching completely to digital.
I have two Televisions in my household and one uses the analog service...I've noticed that a few channels have been removed from the analog lineup. In their place is an onscreen message saying "channel has been moved to the digital domain". That seems to lend some credence to the rumors I've heard, which implies Comcast is lying. If they do remove analog, I hope they redistribute it into the digital spectrum and use less compression on existing hidef channels.
I've been a Comcast customer for about 5 years simply because I have no choice...There are no other providers in my area. I use Vonage for my phone but despite that, Comcast keeps calling me and bugging me to switch to their VOIP service. I tried their TIVO service for about three months and its horrible. Their internet is slow and frequently goes down even though my line is physically fine. The word "Comcastic" has a new meaning all of its own to me and it isn't a compliment. Now, it sounds like they're playing Big-Brother. Either they read this blog or they are doing deep packet inspection. The later wouldn't surprise me, since they were throttling p2p traffic.
*They don't last as long when switching on/off for short periods of time
*From my own personal experience, they do not last long at all in humid environments (ex: bathroom lighting)
Does anybody remember the Running Man movie where neck collars with explosive bolts were attached to all prisoners? If a prisoner tried to run outside the containment field, their heads were blown off.
I'm not seriously suggesting this idea.
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I always liked Blade Runner, the movie. I've also always loved reading sci fi. Recently, I read "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep" and loved it. My next read is "Ubik".
In this one, the aliens come back disguised as tea-partiers who protest and plot to overthrow the government.
Ring World is something I'd like to see. Other movies that could potentially be very good if redone RIGHT: Philip Jose Farmer's "Riverworld" series, L Ron Hubbard's Battlefield Earth. There was a Riverworld miniseries on the SyFy channel a few years back but it was a horrible, loose adaption of the novels. Battlefield Earth was an awesome novel. L Ron Hubbard may have been a whackjob cult leader but this novel was a science fiction masterpiece. Too bad the 2000 movie of the same name was such a poor adaption with lousy effects and hammy acting. Other movies I'd like to see: Ender's Game, Childhood's End, Neuromancer, The Man in the High Castle,
What about Silverlight for the Linux version of Chrome? I don't see it happening. A Silverlight plugin is available for Firefox through a Novell project called Moonlight Mono but, no one has ever gotten the plugin to work with Chrome. Furthermore, Moonlight is always a few revisions behind the latest version of Silverlight. Silverlight is necessary to watch certain internet radio broadcasts. Also, Silverlight is needed for downloading Netflix movies.
Bruce Eckel "Thinking in C++" Volumes 1 and 2. You can buy the softbound books or find them online for free. I suggest you develop using an IDE in linux, instead of the CL. Two popular C++ IDEs for Linux are Eclipse and my favorite Code||Blocks, which is a good option for anyone migrating from MS Visual C++
I was certain when I saw this article, someone would beat me to a comment like this
The higher up the corporate ladder a person is, the more people he/she has control over and thus he/she is a bigger liar.
It may have an outdated processor and limited memory but I still love TI's previous flagship CAS calculator, the TI-89 Titanium. Best part about it: it has tons of 3rd party and user generated apps in TI-Basic, C and assembly. It's probably still the best calculator there is for engineering professionals (unless you prefer rpn...in which case, HP is the best)
It also means that the Earth and Universe are only 6000 years old and that humans coexisted with the dinosaurs, just like in the Flintstones.
Most of the founding fathers were deists (as opposed to theists)...There are dozens of written quotes by the FF to support that, including Thomas Jefferson's letter to the Danbury Baptists. The words "jesus" and "God" are found nowhere in the U.S. Constitution (except in the date as "In the Year of Our Lord"). The Establishment Clause of the First Amendment specifies Separation of Church and State.
First of all, the price gap between netbooks and notebooks is narrowing. Second, having all your apps online, as is the case with netbooks, users are at a disadvantage when they have no internet access. Third, there are just some types of apps that there is no online equivalent for.
What was once known as the Recording Industry Association of America seems to find more profit in lawsuits these days.
$5 million dollar jet but what's available for armaments, in what quantities and how much do they cost? I'd like to send a message to my neighbor, one house over, the next time he cranks his music too loud.
Would you like fries with that?
One reason: In this country, the rewards don't justify the effort put into becoming a good mathematician, scientist or engineer. Their financial rewards are relatively small, they are highly expendable and the job security isn't good. I am an engineer and lost a job recently that is now being outsourced to Taiwan. Another reason: Kids spend a lot of time in front of the TV and you'll rarely hear of an educational program outside of PBS, the History Channel or the Discovery Channel. Most TV programs today glorify hospital and courtroom dramas. The message: Its cool to be a doctor or a lawyer. Another reason: Many teachers in grade school don't REALLY know math or don't know how to teach it.
Would you like anchovies with that?
Comcast commercials say when over-the-air broadcasts switch to digital in early 2009, Comcast will maintain its analog service. However, I have heard rumors that they are maintaining their analog service for just 1 year and then switching completely to digital. I have two Televisions in my household and one uses the analog service...I've noticed that a few channels have been removed from the analog lineup. In their place is an onscreen message saying "channel has been moved to the digital domain". That seems to lend some credence to the rumors I've heard, which implies Comcast is lying. If they do remove analog, I hope they redistribute it into the digital spectrum and use less compression on existing hidef channels.
I've been a Comcast customer for about 5 years simply because I have no choice...There are no other providers in my area. I use Vonage for my phone but despite that, Comcast keeps calling me and bugging me to switch to their VOIP service. I tried their TIVO service for about three months and its horrible. Their internet is slow and frequently goes down even though my line is physically fine. The word "Comcastic" has a new meaning all of its own to me and it isn't a compliment. Now, it sounds like they're playing Big-Brother. Either they read this blog or they are doing deep packet inspection. The later wouldn't surprise me, since they were throttling p2p traffic.
LOL. Couldn't you just use a Potentiometer as a "dimmer" and limit the current? LEDs usually need current limiting resistors anyway.
*They don't last as long when switching on/off for short periods of time *From my own personal experience, they do not last long at all in humid environments (ex: bathroom lighting)
This is funny to me. Sadly, its also insightful.
The windshield is useless unless it can stop a senior from mowing down civilians in a farmer's market. Let George Russell Weller try it out.
Use it as part of the primary weapon for your own personal death star.
Does anybody remember the Running Man movie where neck collars with explosive bolts were attached to all prisoners? If a prisoner tried to run outside the containment field, their heads were blown off. I'm not seriously suggesting this idea.
I'm scared.