Exactly. From the few trailers for the movie I have seen, and the prominent placing they gave her name in the opening credits, I figured she would have a much larger part. The director mentioned she was only on the set filming for three days... hardly a major role.
BTW, I went to the same preview showing you did (which was fun (and no previews!)). I had read about this movie a while ago (can no longer find the article online) and I thought it was an awesome premise and it was neat how the guy started it on his computer in his apartment before being picked up by the big boys. This is one of the few movies I actually looked forward to seeing and kept an eye on.
One more thing to note, in one comment, someone mentioned that the studio demanded they bet bigger actors for the movie. I think the director said it was the other way around. They showed it to Jude Law, who got Paltrow involved, and then the studios took note. At least, that is what I thought he said.
Andrew
PS: Damn the Cinerama for no longer offering free refills on popcorn!
But the thing about dams is the damage has already been done, for the most part, as far backs like the 1930's. The damage has already been done. If the dam is destroyed, how well will the environment recover to its original state (honest question, I don't know)?
Also, in some cases I wonder how much environmental is done. For example, I don't think/anything/ can live in the Yangtze river, so why not dam it? The biggest loss there was probably the filling of the Three Gorges. Of course, we don't know what long term damage it does (in terms of weight on the continent and being a huge heatsink).
I don't know, but there aren't many of them built and that is a problem. This is what we should try to change. I would rather have easily contained (well, relatively) nuclear waste than a coal plant spewing tons of pollution into the air. This is what the environmentalists should realize, nuclear/is/ one of the better options. I was driving through, I believe, Utah when we passed a coal power plant. I could see a big bubble of haze off in the distance and as we got closer I realized it was a coal plant. The air all around was nasty looking, but even where it wasn't as noticable, the air was probably pretty polluted.
Another anecdote about how environmentalists sometimes cause more damage than the fix. After watching a special or taking a tour of a dam (can't remember which, may have been Grand Coulee), they said they had room for a number of new generators. However, due to legislation passed before they wanted to use the space, they would now need a detailed environmental impact statement, which is infeasible. Even though the dam has been built and the damage done, they wouldn't be able to install the new generators and get esentially free energy (the environmental damage has been done, so no more). However, I am not able to back up this claim (with some quick Googling), so take it with a hefty grain of salt.
Wind is another good option. The new super towers are quiet, safer for birds, and efficient. I also think they look pretty cool:). There are also other ways to get power from wind than the traditional turbine.
As you can see, even though there aren't as many nuclear power plants as I would like, there are a lot more options that can wean us off of coal and other non-renewable fuels.
I was also going to recommend biodiesel for the cars. As for the trolly's, that is easy. Where I come from, 87% of electricity comes from hydroelectric. Sure, it isn't feasible across the whole country, but that is why we have nuclear:)
Or like what they did for James Brown in Funk Blast. Funk Blast is the now defunct show/ride that was in the Experience Music Project (in the area that now houses the sci-fi musuem). The video at the end stars a 35 year old James Brown signing and dancing to sex machine. It was an impressive display of a mostly digital actor.
Well, in really cold areas (like Alaska, I think), people plug their cars in when they get home and it keeps the engine and fuel above a certain temperature. While biodiesel coagulates at a higher temperature than biodiesel, it rarely gets cold enough for either where I live, it is pretty moderate here. Also, if you do live somewhere it occasionally gets cold enough to coagulate biodiesel in the winter months, and don't want to buy a heater thing, you can always mix with petro diesel. While you pollute more, it is still a lot cleaner than straight petro diesel (even just 20 percent biodiesel gets rid of a lot of emissions).
I'm having trouble finding figures, but all fuels will coagulate at some temperature, I think.
I now drive my car on biodiesel. it is more expensive than petro diesel and it uses the same amount, so there is no way to earn money off the deal.
I'm not using biodiesel to save money, I'm using it to be good for the environment and cut down on emissions in my area (which affect me more than, say, emissions in LA). Saving money is not the motivation for many, and I'd dare say most, hybrid buyers.
If you are interested about mouse longevity, then you should check out the Methuselah Mouse Prize. The purpose of this contest is to promote longevity research and life extension, by using a mouse as an example. Here is some information on how the prize is distributed to winners (the contest is indefinite, it will never run out of money).
I've done a little bit of my own stress testing. However, I've done it a little bit different. I wanted to see how Gmail handled huge conversations. I e-mailed my brother and we spammed each other back and forth in the same thread, seeing if we could influence the Ads. After a while we started adding more people to the conversation (our current test thread has nine people). We started out by hitting Reply All and saving the quotes from the previous e-mail. It became a huge list of >>> near the bottom and eventually Gmail clipped the messages. After a few hundred replies, opening the thread became slower and slower. When it reached 426 replies, it took me a week to finally get into it. With that I made one last reply and closed the thread. Hey, just out of curiosity, I opened the thread now and it loaded pretty easily. I wonder if they have optimized their behind the scenes engine to make it faster for large conversations. Maybe I'll continue the thread. Also, if you want to be part of the new test thread, just send an e-mail to adpowers@gmail.com.
Also, you'll notice I have a few mailing lists on the side. I only read the Freenet one, but I subscribed to the Linux Kernel list and some others because I know them to be high traffic. Gmail is pretty impressive and they seem to be optimizing it even more.
I remember playing BattleTech a number of years ago before WotC made its huge decline. After the game it would print out a summary of how you did in the game on a piece of paper and a number of TVs would replay the game, selecting the most interesting action at the time to be shown.
I imagine it was a lot easier to do with BattleTech because all the variables are already in the computer and it knows exactly what happened. It must be harder to do with video or whatever (sorry, I didn't RTFA) because the computer has to figure out what happened, but I'm just trying to say that automated game highlights like this aren't completely new.
I've been wondering the same thing. Is it possible to just dissolve a company and split the money? I'm sure, if it has happened, it usually only happens with small to medium sized busineses. What would National Buggy Whip Inc. do when they see the car quickly replacing there business? Would they try to adapt and become the National Steering Wheel Co., would they die, or would they just dissolve? Anyone have any examples, I'm quite curious?
I think I have an idea of what the new design will be like, assuming they go for a whole new look. Remember what they did with the PowerMacs last year at WWDC and the monitors this year at WWDC (and last year with the finder). That's right! The next iMac is going to be brushed metal. Is this a fact? Hell no. Does it sound reasonable by extrapolating their current design patters? Sure... why not. Plus, it is the most interesting thing I can come up with at 04:50 in the morning.
It is really fun when your high school network administrators know nothing about it, so all the Rendezvous enabled printers are sitting on the network advertising their settings menu with no password protection at all. I'm not the malicious type (and I want to cover my ass), so I didn't change anything, but it was a huge security hole.
I discovered this by using my PowerBook at school one day and looking at the bookmarks in Safari. I'm one of the few that brings Apple laptops to school, and probably the only that knows of Rendezvous bookmarks. It is sad Apple develops all this cool technology and most people don't know about much of it.
I know they are only blocking spammers, but how good are they at identifying spammers? "You sent 200 e-mails today, you have been shut off for spamming." I don't trust Comcast to figure out what is spam and what isn't, not with all the times they have fucked up in the past.
If Comcast was a trustworthy company and I had good experiences with them, then it wouldn't be a problem, but they have given me too many problems in the past.
Yay! Now we are all forced to forward our mail through Comcast's SMTP server.
Actually, I have been sending all my mail through Comcast's SMTP server for a while now, because AOL blocks mail directly from my (semi-)dynamic IP address. So, if I want to send mail to AOL users (well, the rest of the family using the SMTP server), I have to send it through Comcast's slow-as-hell mail server.
When I send mail to Gmail, for example, directly from my server, it takes just a few seconds to appear in my inbox, but when I forward it through Comcast, it often takes an hour or more.
Now, this is not completely Comcast's fault, AOL is to blame as well. It really pisses me off that I lose the speed and privacy that comes with having my own SMTP server just because the big providers can't figure out any ways to deal with spam. Fun.
I got my nylon pants from REI. It is a brand named Ex Officio. I like them because they are lightweight, comfortable, and they are convertible (meaning you can unzip them into shorts). They come in handy on camping trips, I never need to change:). They don't protect you from the cold much, though, so they are better in warmer climates (although, when you are hiking, even on colder days, it is still nice having lightweight pants).
My brother just got a pair of shorts with liners from Sports Authority. I don't know the brand name or the material, but they feel heavier (thicker) than mine.
I highly recommend the pair I bought, though. Good luck with your search.
Or just do what I do and wear pants with inside liners (like a bathing suit). It is good because it lets air flow get to your parts, doesn't get that dirty, and since it is quick drying synthetic, you can wash it off real easy in streams or lakes (not with soap, just rinse).
Apple's stock prices usually go up in anticipation of a big event, but then drop the day of the event and for the next few days until it stabilizes again. If my memory serves correctly, it has done this for every major Apple event in the last 1.5 years. I believe investors are just trying to lock in the profits and this results in the price drop.
But not all Gmail invites are the same. Not only are the URLs different and the names listed in the e-mail different, but the first part of the invite is also customizable text from the user sending the invite.
Hmm. I didn't think it would be a problem because they are all impersonal ("Hey, could I get an account?"), but if you think it is a problem. Would you think it acceptable if I blurred the names, or should I blur the comments as well?
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Exactly. From the few trailers for the movie I have seen, and the prominent placing they gave her name in the opening credits, I figured she would have a much larger part. The director mentioned she was only on the set filming for three days... hardly a major role.
BTW, I went to the same preview showing you did (which was fun (and no previews!)). I had read about this movie a while ago (can no longer find the article online) and I thought it was an awesome premise and it was neat how the guy started it on his computer in his apartment before being picked up by the big boys. This is one of the few movies I actually looked forward to seeing and kept an eye on.
One more thing to note, in one comment, someone mentioned that the studio demanded they bet bigger actors for the movie. I think the director said it was the other way around. They showed it to Jude Law, who got Paltrow involved, and then the studios took note. At least, that is what I thought he said.
Andrew
PS: Damn the Cinerama for no longer offering free refills on popcorn!
But the thing about dams is the damage has already been done, for the most part, as far backs like the 1930's. The damage has already been done. If the dam is destroyed, how well will the environment recover to its original state (honest question, I don't know)?
/anything/ can live in the Yangtze river, so why not dam it? The biggest loss there was probably the filling of the Three Gorges. Of course, we don't know what long term damage it does (in terms of weight on the continent and being a huge heatsink).
Also, in some cases I wonder how much environmental is done. For example, I don't think
Andrew
I don't know, but there aren't many of them built and that is a problem. This is what we should try to change. I would rather have easily contained (well, relatively) nuclear waste than a coal plant spewing tons of pollution into the air. This is what the environmentalists should realize, nuclear /is/ one of the better options. I was driving through, I believe, Utah when we passed a coal power plant. I could see a big bubble of haze off in the distance and as we got closer I realized it was a coal plant. The air all around was nasty looking, but even where it wasn't as noticable, the air was probably pretty polluted.
:). There are also other ways to get power from wind than the traditional turbine.
Another anecdote about how environmentalists sometimes cause more damage than the fix. After watching a special or taking a tour of a dam (can't remember which, may have been Grand Coulee), they said they had room for a number of new generators. However, due to legislation passed before they wanted to use the space, they would now need a detailed environmental impact statement, which is infeasible. Even though the dam has been built and the damage done, they wouldn't be able to install the new generators and get esentially free energy (the environmental damage has been done, so no more). However, I am not able to back up this claim (with some quick Googling), so take it with a hefty grain of salt.
Wind is another good option. The new super towers are quiet, safer for birds, and efficient. I also think they look pretty cool
As you can see, even though there aren't as many nuclear power plants as I would like, there are a lot more options that can wean us off of coal and other non-renewable fuels.
I was also going to recommend biodiesel for the cars. As for the trolly's, that is easy. Where I come from, 87% of electricity comes from hydroelectric. Sure, it isn't feasible across the whole country, but that is why we have nuclear :)
Andrew
BSOD is history.
Didn't you mean "BSD is history?"
*rimshot*
Or like what they did for James Brown in Funk Blast. Funk Blast is the now defunct show/ride that was in the Experience Music Project (in the area that now houses the sci-fi musuem). The video at the end stars a 35 year old James Brown signing and dancing to sex machine. It was an impressive display of a mostly digital actor.
Well, in really cold areas (like Alaska, I think), people plug their cars in when they get home and it keeps the engine and fuel above a certain temperature. While biodiesel coagulates at a higher temperature than biodiesel, it rarely gets cold enough for either where I live, it is pretty moderate here. Also, if you do live somewhere it occasionally gets cold enough to coagulate biodiesel in the winter months, and don't want to buy a heater thing, you can always mix with petro diesel. While you pollute more, it is still a lot cleaner than straight petro diesel (even just 20 percent biodiesel gets rid of a lot of emissions).
I'm having trouble finding figures, but all fuels will coagulate at some temperature, I think.
Andrew
Sounds like someone is trying to defend their purchase of a huge ass SUV.
I now drive my car on biodiesel. it is more expensive than petro diesel and it uses the same amount, so there is no way to earn money off the deal.
I'm not using biodiesel to save money, I'm using it to be good for the environment and cut down on emissions in my area (which affect me more than, say, emissions in LA). Saving money is not the motivation for many, and I'd dare say most, hybrid buyers.
Andrew
PS: You have cheap gas.
If you are interested about mouse longevity, then you should check out the Methuselah Mouse Prize. The purpose of this contest is to promote longevity research and life extension, by using a mouse as an example. Here is some information on how the prize is distributed to winners (the contest is indefinite, it will never run out of money).
I've done a little bit of my own stress testing. However, I've done it a little bit different. I wanted to see how Gmail handled huge conversations. I e-mailed my brother and we spammed each other back and forth in the same thread, seeing if we could influence the Ads. After a while we started adding more people to the conversation (our current test thread has nine people). We started out by hitting Reply All and saving the quotes from the previous e-mail. It became a huge list of >>> near the bottom and eventually Gmail clipped the messages. After a few hundred replies, opening the thread became slower and slower. When it reached 426 replies, it took me a week to finally get into it. With that I made one last reply and closed the thread. Hey, just out of curiosity, I opened the thread now and it loaded pretty easily. I wonder if they have optimized their behind the scenes engine to make it faster for large conversations. Maybe I'll continue the thread. Also, if you want to be part of the new test thread, just send an e-mail to adpowers@gmail.com.
Anyway, here is my Gmail stress test.
Also, you'll notice I have a few mailing lists on the side. I only read the Freenet one, but I subscribed to the Linux Kernel list and some others because I know them to be high traffic. Gmail is pretty impressive and they seem to be optimizing it even more.
The only reason bad code works on good browsers is because they jump through hoops to accommodate bad code.
I remember playing BattleTech a number of years ago before WotC made its huge decline. After the game it would print out a summary of how you did in the game on a piece of paper and a number of TVs would replay the game, selecting the most interesting action at the time to be shown.
I imagine it was a lot easier to do with BattleTech because all the variables are already in the computer and it knows exactly what happened. It must be harder to do with video or whatever (sorry, I didn't RTFA) because the computer has to figure out what happened, but I'm just trying to say that automated game highlights like this aren't completely new.
Andrew
I've been wondering the same thing. Is it possible to just dissolve a company and split the money? I'm sure, if it has happened, it usually only happens with small to medium sized busineses. What would National Buggy Whip Inc. do when they see the car quickly replacing there business? Would they try to adapt and become the National Steering Wheel Co., would they die, or would they just dissolve? Anyone have any examples, I'm quite curious?
Andrew
I think I have an idea of what the new design will be like, assuming they go for a whole new look. Remember what they did with the PowerMacs last year at WWDC and the monitors this year at WWDC (and last year with the finder). That's right! The next iMac is going to be brushed metal. Is this a fact? Hell no. Does it sound reasonable by extrapolating their current design patters? Sure... why not. Plus, it is the most interesting thing I can come up with at 04:50 in the morning.
Andrew
It is really fun when your high school network administrators know nothing about it, so all the Rendezvous enabled printers are sitting on the network advertising their settings menu with no password protection at all. I'm not the malicious type (and I want to cover my ass), so I didn't change anything, but it was a huge security hole.
I discovered this by using my PowerBook at school one day and looking at the bookmarks in Safari. I'm one of the few that brings Apple laptops to school, and probably the only that knows of Rendezvous bookmarks. It is sad Apple develops all this cool technology and most people don't know about much of it.
Andrew
I know they are only blocking spammers, but how good are they at identifying spammers? "You sent 200 e-mails today, you have been shut off for spamming." I don't trust Comcast to figure out what is spam and what isn't, not with all the times they have fucked up in the past.
If Comcast was a trustworthy company and I had good experiences with them, then it wouldn't be a problem, but they have given me too many problems in the past.
Andrew
Yay! Now we are all forced to forward our mail through Comcast's SMTP server.
Actually, I have been sending all my mail through Comcast's SMTP server for a while now, because AOL blocks mail directly from my (semi-)dynamic IP address. So, if I want to send mail to AOL users (well, the rest of the family using the SMTP server), I have to send it through Comcast's slow-as-hell mail server.
When I send mail to Gmail, for example, directly from my server, it takes just a few seconds to appear in my inbox, but when I forward it through Comcast, it often takes an hour or more.
Now, this is not completely Comcast's fault, AOL is to blame as well. It really pisses me off that I lose the speed and privacy that comes with having my own SMTP server just because the big providers can't figure out any ways to deal with spam. Fun.
Andrew
Awesome description, thank you, I learned a lot. +1 informative.
:) (good, since I own a few shares).
Do you have an estimate for how many users (well... calls) an average cell site can support?
Also, I notice QCOM is doing well the last few days
Andrew
I got my nylon pants from REI. It is a brand named Ex Officio. I like them because they are lightweight, comfortable, and they are convertible (meaning you can unzip them into shorts). They come in handy on camping trips, I never need to change :). They don't protect you from the cold much, though, so they are better in warmer climates (although, when you are hiking, even on colder days, it is still nice having lightweight pants).
My brother just got a pair of shorts with liners from Sports Authority. I don't know the brand name or the material, but they feel heavier (thicker) than mine.
I highly recommend the pair I bought, though. Good luck with your search.
Andrew
Or just do what I do and wear pants with inside liners (like a bathing suit). It is good because it lets air flow get to your parts, doesn't get that dirty, and since it is quick drying synthetic, you can wash it off real easy in streams or lakes (not with soap, just rinse).
Apple's stock prices usually go up in anticipation of a big event, but then drop the day of the event and for the next few days until it stabilizes again. If my memory serves correctly, it has done this for every major Apple event in the last 1.5 years. I believe investors are just trying to lock in the profits and this results in the price drop.
Andrew
But not all Gmail invites are the same. Not only are the URLs different and the names listed in the e-mail different, but the first part of the invite is also customizable text from the user sending the invite.
Andrew
Hehe, thanks about the 404. I... um... 'borrowed' it from another website, so I can't take the credit for it.
:).
I was trying to hide the image (see the post previous to yours), but I guess that doesn't work very well when the directory list is viewable
Hmm. Oh well
Andrew
Hmm. I didn't think it would be a problem because they are all impersonal ("Hey, could I get an account?"), but if you think it is a problem. Would you think it acceptable if I blurred the names, or should I blur the comments as well?
Andrew