yeah, I was quite shocked at the speed difference even for simple projects. Not only that but you can search for bits of a function/parameter name, rather than from the start (IE, to get a func called openNewFile() you could type NewFile and it would show up)
Now if they could only speed up populating the.net and COM references dialogue box, and let me search/filter them I'd be happy.
You kind of see what it would be like in one of the DS9 episodes where shapshifters take over starfleet and Security officers start patrolling the streets with phasers. While it might be a utopian post-scarcity society, it's only one emergency and a call to the transporter room to turn it into 1984.
Mmm. SG:U started off *very* slowly. It was only after season 1's two parter that things started coming together. However, it really does smell slightly of that spoof episode they did where they turned it into a teen drama with over-sexed teenage versions of the team getting off with each other (I swear in the first 12 episodes there was atleast one sex scene, from a series which had less than that in about 12 years.) It wore off after said two-parter and started focusing on story arcs and proper character building.
What about the really old-school authors? Asimov's End of Eternity and The Gods Themselves are two of my favourite books (although they haven't aged well), and Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 is still scarily relevant today as it was when it was written (And is a damn site less anachronistic than Asimov's future predictions) *and* Fahrenheit 451 has some excellent characterisation, is choc full of the allusions and metaphors that lit-lovers seem to gobble up. Before he died, Arthur C Clarke did some colabs with Stephen Baxter and Time's Eye is one of my favourite reads of the last decade. At its core it's is an exploration and deconstruction of what people of all ages past expected of the future, and how they react when they actually see it (and not in a goofy 'Bill and Ted' way, this is Arthur C Clarke after all)
At the very least Fahrenheit 451 should have been mentioned. I still hold that above 1984 as the most portentous prediction in sci-fi, plus, it's got government sanctioned arson and that's always a bonus.
Two words: Phone-ins. Also, afaik commercial radio can charge more for their ads because it's a safe medium in the eyes of the advertisers. I can only assume this is true, considering the variety of the adverts I hear on spotify compared to those I hear on the radio. Listening to spotify, I get 1 or two ads every 15-20 minutes (I listen to alot of prog rock, so that's 1 after every track) and there's usually only three or four adverts that aren't spotify information spiels. They do change quite often, but it's mostly Health care ads and GO COMPAAAAARE.
Theres alot of people out there who weren't around when these bands were making their music, like me, who are discovering it for the first time and don't have the luxury, or the inclination, to go out and buy their entire back catalogue. The benifits of Spotify and probably BTs new one, is that I can listen to music from artists I like that I haven't heard before because it's either too rare, or I'm cautious about actually buying because I don't know what it's like.
Just because you don't like them, and just because they've not released anything lately, doesn't mean they're worthless.
All it requires is for them to snag the Beatles, AC/DC, Led Zep, Metallica, Pink Floyd, and all the other big artists that Spotify have failed to get (And I don't mean covers, tribute bands or compilations. You can get a few AC/DC tracks from the Iron Man Movie soundtrack but that's it) and they'll be set.
They let the reactor melt down, releasing plutonium and uranium into the atmosphere then send thousands of workers right into the heart of it to put a big concrete casket over it. without protective gear.
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yeah, I was quite shocked at the speed difference even for simple projects. Not only that but you can search for bits of a function/parameter name, rather than from the start (IE, to get a func called openNewFile() you could type NewFile and it would show up)
Now if they could only speed up populating the .net and COM references dialogue box, and let me search/filter them I'd be happy.
but "6" !== 6
the only music going in this game is by Toto.
hold the line?
I got a ROT13 encoded tirade of medical jokes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0la5DBtOVNI
So. what? Australia is Bizzaro world?
Would that make the Digiridoo the Bizzaro-Electric Guitar?
They'll change the name.
Probably to "FaceBookTime" or something
It's not that bad. We now know from the story it'll probably take 2000 years to pass around again, when previous estimates had it come back in 2020.
Oh my god!
Did you tell them not to worry, we got Bin Laden.
http://xkcd.com/875/
fixed that for you
Or two minutes. Like Portal...
You kind of see what it would be like in one of the DS9 episodes where shapshifters take over starfleet and Security officers start patrolling the streets with phasers. While it might be a utopian post-scarcity society, it's only one emergency and a call to the transporter room to turn it into 1984.
Mmm. SG:U started off *very* slowly. It was only after season 1's two parter that things started coming together. However, it really does smell slightly of that spoof episode they did where they turned it into a teen drama with over-sexed teenage versions of the team getting off with each other (I swear in the first 12 episodes there was atleast one sex scene, from a series which had less than that in about 12 years.) It wore off after said two-parter and started focusing on story arcs and proper character building.
Then they cancelled it.
To be fair, for the longest time his Lucky Starr series was written under the name Paul French, and they were written for kids and teens.
It's what we in the UK use instead of a constitution
What about the really old-school authors?
Asimov's End of Eternity and The Gods Themselves are two of my favourite books (although they haven't aged well), and Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 is still scarily relevant today as it was when it was written (And is a damn site less anachronistic than Asimov's future predictions) *and* Fahrenheit 451 has some excellent characterisation, is choc full of the allusions and metaphors that lit-lovers seem to gobble up.
Before he died, Arthur C Clarke did some colabs with Stephen Baxter and Time's Eye is one of my favourite reads of the last decade. At its core it's is an exploration and deconstruction of what people of all ages past expected of the future, and how they react when they actually see it (and not in a goofy 'Bill and Ted' way, this is Arthur C Clarke after all)
At the very least Fahrenheit 451 should have been mentioned. I still hold that above 1984 as the most portentous prediction in sci-fi, plus, it's got government sanctioned arson and that's always a bonus.
it's not like we can actually OPEN any of the links, what with slashdotscript having a mind of it's own
Two words: Phone-ins.
Also, afaik commercial radio can charge more for their ads because it's a safe medium in the eyes of the advertisers. I can only assume this is true, considering the variety of the adverts I hear on spotify compared to those I hear on the radio. Listening to spotify, I get 1 or two ads every 15-20 minutes (I listen to alot of prog rock, so that's 1 after every track) and there's usually only three or four adverts that aren't spotify information spiels. They do change quite often, but it's mostly Health care ads and GO COMPAAAAARE.
No, they didn't win, they came a close second though
Didn't Linus Torvalds create that on his own?
Wow... dinosaurs.
Theres alot of people out there who weren't around when these bands were making their music, like me, who are discovering it for the first time and don't have the luxury, or the inclination, to go out and buy their entire back catalogue. The benifits of Spotify and probably BTs new one, is that I can listen to music from artists I like that I haven't heard before because it's either too rare, or I'm cautious about actually buying because I don't know what it's like.
Just because you don't like them, and just because they've not released anything lately, doesn't mean they're worthless.
Yeah, cause Elbow, Plan B, Mumford and Sons and Biffy Clyro are all so American Idol it hurts.
All it requires is for them to snag the Beatles, AC/DC, Led Zep, Metallica, Pink Floyd, and all the other big artists that Spotify have failed to get (And I don't mean covers, tribute bands or compilations. You can get a few AC/DC tracks from the Iron Man Movie soundtrack but that's it) and they'll be set.
yes, but who targets them nowadays?
They let the reactor melt down, releasing plutonium and uranium into the atmosphere then send thousands of workers right into the heart of it to put a big concrete casket over it. without protective gear.
you must hate a lot of Europeans.
And Africans
and Asians
and Australians
and Central Americans
and South Americans
and Arabs
and Indians