Want to? Gibson seems to do a Katz - use lots of long, cool sounding words & phrase
Why do you look at art? Because its cool looking. Gibson's words and phrases are cool sounding, and therefore enjoyable to read; provided you have a large enough vocabulary to understand it. It's also the story that flows through the books. The end of ATP was nothing short of beautiful.
Katz on the other hand couldn't pull a cool word/phrase out of his ass if he tried. And he tries a lot
Hrm, I suppose that explains it, but as you said Terminator and T2 both used the same situation, so it wouldn't be without precedent.
I think what you're describing is a 'theme' not a 'subtext'... It sounded like he was saying that movies with that cash value were crypto-fascist. I could just be on crack, though.
Btw, what's up with slashdot's popup now? I don't know whats funner, the fact that they did it, or the fact that there 'Anti-img-tag' script killed it. oh well
Hey, dumbass. All were doing is using the standard HTML img tag, nothing else. Apparently, slashdot has stopped filtering it. It is not an 'exploit' and if you had half a brain, and read the source, (page source), you would know that. God.
This might go through, or it might not, but it certainly wouldn't have a chance if the UCITA was passed into law. The UCITA would give AOL the legal right to do whatever the hell they wanted.
Of course, a case like this could knock down the UCITA, but it would have a much harder road ahead then if It didn't exist. Anyway, help try to stop the UCITA from being passed in your state.
This just might scare the US out of space-complacency. The thought of China being more advanced than anticpated might just do it.
Won't be a problem. Some how, china reaching the technology level of the US in the 1950's dosn't seem like somthing that will rise much ire in the US...
Use BeOS for 5 minutes and wonder at the way it can play 12 MP3s in reverse while copying a large file while effortlessly moving through the desktop.
Why would playing an MP3 in reverse be any more difficult then playing it forwards? And considering that playing an mp3 takes about 3% of the CPU on my friends NT machine, that would have a lot more to do with the MP3 Player software and the hard drive itself then the Underlying/overlaying operating system (underlying the MP3 player, overlaying the hard drive:).
Actually, I think Bertrand Russell is the principal enemy of moral progress in the world.
Well, that's because you have a fucked up, backward sense of 'christens' Morality. Why do Christians call themselves 'moral conservatives'? It's because there moral conservatives. Conservative, being the opposite of progressive, desires the opposite of progress, namely stasis. Conservatives (and I'm not talking about the jacked up definitions used in US politics) want to keep things they way they are, and progressives want to change things. Progress is achieved by progressives, like Russell, and stopped by Conservatives, like those pervasive in Christian systems.
Let me put this to in another way, one witch you will hopefully understand. Russell spent his entire life trying to right the wrongs in this world, to end human suffering. What have you done?
Actually, I think Bertrand Russell is the principal enemy of moral progress in the world. Well, that's because you have a fucked up, backward sense of 'christens' Morality. Why do Christians call themselves 'moral conservatives'? It's because there moral conservatives. Conservative, being the opposite of progressive, desires the opposite of progress, namely stasis. Conservatives (and I'm not talking about the jacked up definitions used in US politics) want to keep things they way they are, and progressives want to change things. Progress is achieved by progressives, like Russell, and stopped by Conservatives, like those pervasive in Christian systems.
Let me put this to in another way, one witch you will hopefully understand. Russell spent his entire life trying to right the wrongs in this world, to end human suffering. What have you done?
Finally, don't you realize that if you limit the features that you use in C++, you get Java.
Yeh, I do know that, but what I really don't like is all the predefinition that you need to do. It's a pain in the ass... I don't know what sun's motivations are, nor do I care. I like java more then I like C++. Is that OK with you?
I've written apps in both C++, and Java, and I love java. I've never had an app not run on any platform I've ever tried. From windows, the Mac, even UNIX.
I like C++, but Not nearly as much as I do java. C++ feels backwards, and overly complex. And forward declarations are a pain in the fucking ass. You'll notice that C++ isn't portable at all, so I don't really see what kind of an argument that is...
How much would it take to make Linux's kernel object oriented?
Well, It would take as much work as making an entire new kernel. And, if you did it, it wouldn't be Linux anymore. I suppose you could call It Linux, and it could certainly be able to do all the same things as Linux. Maybe you could call it ObjectLinux or something like that. (Of course given the stupid names that the Open Source community sometimes comes up with, I wouldn't be surprised if they called it ooplix;)
Anyway, OO doesn't make programs faster, or give better performance, what it does, is make things easier to program, and a lot easier to update and maintain. This would probably be a good thing for an open source project, and a clear, well designed object hierarchy would make it much easier for people to start hacking around.
On the other hand, Linux has no real lack of development support, and Kernel hacking isn't really something that the timed are going to be diving into anyway. Anything that can be done in OO can be done in a non-objective language (as long as its Turing-complete:). And I don't think a kernel is really an aria that needs to be OO (other things like the GUI, etc should probably be done that way). They still use assembly in parts of the kernel.
Actually, porting between Linux and windows is much easier then porting between windows and the Mac, and this was from reading John Carmacks plan file. He said that since Linux and windows are both modern OSes, you could use a lot of the same code, where that code would probably crash a Mac.
Anyway, it might not be that hard for them to port Windows Media Player to Linux, although, I would think that they might want to change the name...
Unicode is one minor - very minor - part of international support.
Well, what else do you need? Up until this year you had to pay $110 for each language you wanted to add to the operating system. I know its possible to change all the dialog boxes, input methods, help files, etc on IE/office... what else would you want? Can you give me some specific examples?
I don't see why worrying about any of those things would preclude them from worrying about telecom/computer issues. And the UN never said they wanted to tax email, they wanted to tax bandwidth. They gave an example of email, because it would have been very cheap (whereas watching streaming video would have cost you a fortune...)
Anyway, just because one country has problems, doesn't mean that they exclusively have to worry about nothing else. "...overpopulation, poverty and the usual like disease, famine and war...". Other then overpopulation, the US is facing all of those issues as well (and I would take issue with the idea that India is overpopulated. Just because there are 'a lot' of people doesn't mean that there are too many, the world isn't anywhere near being overpopulated yet).
And think about it, having an educated populous is the first step toward having a happy, productive populous. Additionally, there are a lot of middle class people in India, middle class people who speak English for that matter. Just like Americans. Why should they not be allowed to have a decent telecom system just because other people in the country have problems? Should Americans be striped of there cable modems because of inner city Crystal Meth use?
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Want to? Gibson seems to do a Katz - use lots of long, cool sounding words & phrase
Why do you look at art? Because its cool looking. Gibson's words and phrases are cool sounding, and therefore enjoyable to read; provided you have a large enough vocabulary to understand it. It's also the story that flows through the books. The end of ATP was nothing short of beautiful.
Katz on the other hand couldn't pull a cool word/phrase out of his ass if he tried. And he tries a lot
Amber Yuan (--ell7)
Hrm, I suppose that explains it, but as you said Terminator and T2 both used the same situation, so it wouldn't be without precedent.
I think what you're describing is a 'theme' not a 'subtext'... It sounded like he was saying that movies with that cash value were crypto-fascist. I could just be on crack, though.
Amber Yuan (--ell7)
Ok, I might sound stupid here, but...
"[the matrix] didn't have the kind of crypto-fascist subtext that one might expect with that kind of money. "
Does anyone know what he means by that?
Amber Yuan (--ell7)
Btw, what's up with slashdot's popup now? I don't know whats funner, the fact that they did it, or the fact that there 'Anti-img-tag' script killed it. oh well
Amber Yuan (--ell7)
Hey, dumbass. All were doing is using the standard HTML img tag, nothing else. Apparently, slashdot has stopped filtering it. It is not an 'exploit' and if you had half a brain, and read the source, (page source), you would know that. God.
Amber Yuan (--ell7)
Disney owns ABC, and NBC is owned by General electric. There's also the whole 'newscorp' quagmire as well, and some other companies
Amber Yuan (--ell7)
This might go through, or it might not, but it certainly wouldn't have a chance if the UCITA was passed into law. The UCITA would give AOL the legal right to do whatever the hell they wanted.
Of course, a case like this could knock down the UCITA, but it would have a much harder road ahead then if It didn't exist. Anyway, help try to stop the UCITA from being passed in your state.
Amber Yuan (--ell7)
So easy to use, no wonder its number 1!
or not.
Amber Yuan (--ell7)
This just might scare the US out of space-complacency. The thought of China being more advanced than anticpated might just do it.
Won't be a problem. Some how, china reaching the technology level of the US in the 1950's dosn't seem like somthing that will rise much ire in the US...
Amber Yuan (--ell7)
Use BeOS for 5 minutes and wonder at the way it can play 12 MP3s in reverse while copying a large file while effortlessly moving through the desktop.
:).
Why would playing an MP3 in reverse be any more difficult then playing it forwards? And considering that playing an mp3 takes about 3% of the CPU on my friends NT machine, that would have a lot more to do with the MP3 Player software and the hard drive itself then the Underlying/overlaying operating system (underlying the MP3 player, overlaying the hard drive
Amber Yuan (--ell7)
Its just the oppinion of the submitter.
Amber Yuan (--ell7)
Actually, I think Bertrand Russell is the principal enemy of moral progress in the world.
Well, that's because you have a fucked up, backward sense of 'christens' Morality. Why do Christians call themselves 'moral conservatives'? It's because there moral conservatives. Conservative, being the opposite of progressive, desires the opposite of progress, namely stasis. Conservatives (and I'm not talking about the jacked up definitions used in US politics) want to keep things they way they are, and progressives want to change things. Progress is achieved by progressives, like Russell, and stopped by Conservatives, like those pervasive in Christian systems.
Let me put this to in another way, one witch you will hopefully understand. Russell spent his entire life trying to right the wrongs in this world, to end human suffering. What have you done?
Amber Yuan (--ell7)
Actually, I think Bertrand Russell is the principal enemy of moral progress in the world. Well, that's because you have a fucked up, backward sense of 'christens' Morality. Why do Christians call themselves 'moral conservatives'? It's because there moral conservatives. Conservative, being the opposite of progressive, desires the opposite of progress, namely stasis. Conservatives (and I'm not talking about the jacked up definitions used in US politics) want to keep things they way they are, and progressives want to change things. Progress is achieved by progressives, like Russell, and stopped by Conservatives, like those pervasive in Christian systems.
Let me put this to in another way, one witch you will hopefully understand. Russell spent his entire life trying to right the wrongs in this world, to end human suffering. What have you done?
Amber Yuan (--ell7)
Well, he said 5 years from now. 1992+5 = 1997. Were 200mhz chips with 64 Megs of ram standard in '97? I guess. Of course, hurd was nowhere in sight...
Amber Yuan (--ell7)
Finally, don't you realize that if you limit the features that you use in C++, you get Java.
Yeh, I do know that, but what I really don't like is all the predefinition that you need to do. It's a pain in the ass... I don't know what sun's motivations are, nor do I care. I like java more then I like C++. Is that OK with you?
Amber Yuan (--ell7)
I've written apps in both C++, and Java, and I love java. I've never had an app not run on any platform I've ever tried. From windows, the Mac, even UNIX.
I like C++, but Not nearly as much as I do java. C++ feels backwards, and overly complex. And forward declarations are a pain in the fucking ass. You'll notice that C++ isn't portable at all, so I don't really see what kind of an argument that is...
Amber Yuan (--ell7)
How much would it take to make Linux's kernel object oriented?
;)
:). And I don't think a kernel is really an aria that needs to be OO (other things like the GUI, etc should probably be done that way). They still use assembly in parts of the kernel.
Well, It would take as much work as making an entire new kernel. And, if you did it, it wouldn't be Linux anymore. I suppose you could call It Linux, and it could certainly be able to do all the same things as Linux. Maybe you could call it ObjectLinux or something like that. (Of course given the stupid names that the Open Source community sometimes comes up with, I wouldn't be surprised if they called it ooplix
Anyway, OO doesn't make programs faster, or give better performance, what it does, is make things easier to program, and a lot easier to update and maintain. This would probably be a good thing for an open source project, and a clear, well designed object hierarchy would make it much easier for people to start hacking around.
On the other hand, Linux has no real lack of development support, and Kernel hacking isn't really something that the timed are going to be diving into anyway. Anything that can be done in OO can be done in a non-objective language (as long as its Turing-complete
Amber Yuan (--ell7)
Actually, porting between Linux and windows is much easier then porting between windows and the Mac, and this was from reading John Carmacks plan file. He said that since Linux and windows are both modern OSes, you could use a lot of the same code, where that code would probably crash a Mac.
Anyway, it might not be that hard for them to port Windows Media Player to Linux, although, I would think that they might want to change the name...
Amber Yuan (--ell7)
er. I mean microsoft is doubleplusgood. AOL is doubleplusungood. yes.
Amber Yuan (--ell7)
I think the way to go for video streaming will be Apple's QuickTime.
Its not our choice, fuckead. Out of the three of them MS's is the only one that dosn't use propritary codecs (ASF's use Mpeg4)
Amber Yuan (--ell7)
This place is run by morons.
Actualy, its run by all of us, and yes, we are all morons.
Amber Yuan (--ell7)
Doubleclick. The thing has the exact same functionality as in win31.
Amber Yuan (--ell7)
slashdot also has a partnership with fatbrain.com, for books. After the whole one-click shoping thing they switched.
Of course, fatbrain dosn't sell movies, as far as I know...
Amber Yuan (--ell7)
Unicode is one minor - very minor - part of international support.
Well, what else do you need? Up until this year you had to pay $110 for each language you wanted to add to the operating system. I know its possible to change all the dialog boxes, input methods, help files, etc on IE/office... what else would you want? Can you give me some specific examples?
Amber Yuan (--ell7)
I don't see why worrying about any of those things would preclude them from worrying about telecom/computer issues. And the UN never said they wanted to tax email, they wanted to tax bandwidth. They gave an example of email, because it would have been very cheap (whereas watching streaming video would have cost you a fortune...)
Anyway, just because one country has problems, doesn't mean that they exclusively have to worry about nothing else. "...overpopulation, poverty and the usual like disease, famine and war...". Other then overpopulation, the US is facing all of those issues as well (and I would take issue with the idea that India is overpopulated. Just because there are 'a lot' of people doesn't mean that there are too many, the world isn't anywhere near being overpopulated yet).
And think about it, having an educated populous is the first step toward having a happy, productive populous. Additionally, there are a lot of middle class people in India, middle class people who speak English for that matter. Just like Americans. Why should they not be allowed to have a decent telecom system just because other people in the country have problems? Should Americans be striped of there cable modems because of inner city Crystal Meth use?
Amber Yuan (--ell7)