Why is the buying movie tickets example always touted with this kind of technology? Does anyone actually spend that much time buying them to make it worthwhile for boffins to spend millions researching ways to make it a few seconds faster?
Paintball sucks as a marksmanship test. I could put a 5.56mm round through your head at 100m but i doubt i could do that with a paintball.
For close quarters fighting, i suppose it could be useful, but then doesn't the US use something called "Miles" for training (laser based targets?)
Using a weapon other than your standard issue for training is a bad idea IMO.. How do you simulate reloads / missfeeds / stoppages with a paintball gun?
there were ten or twenty of the machines, so plenty left over for other purposes
I may be wrong, but I did hear that there were only two. As the tunnel they dug was lined behind them, making its diameter smaller, they couldn't reverse them back out. So when the two met, one was pointed away to the side and walled up while the other was i presume dismantled to be removed from the tunnel.
Anyway, could be BS, could be half truth. It's a long time since I read up on it.
28 Days had quite a lot of CGI. It's called digital erasure. Did you think London was actually evacuated? In that case, perhaps the movie deserves an award for CGI effects.
Bollocks. They filmed it very very early in the morning with loads of guys stopping traffic while they filmed the scenes. Most of that had to be done in one take as they didn't have time to reshoot.
I can really appreciate your view on this. I'm not employed in any computer related field, but as I'm the only person on the staff that understands IT systems I basically do everything in my company. We have a couple of linux boxes doing all server roles, and if i was to leave there wouldn't be anyone that even knows how to login, never mind solve any problems.
Documenting how to do common housekeeping tasks is something I really must do. My general view though is that most local computer consultancies offer linux support, so if there was to be a major failure when I wasn't around, there would be someone they could bring in to sort out the chaos.
Incidently, before I moved things to Linux we ran Netware 3 servers, but again, had no official support. I don't think they would have been any easier for a non techie to fix, which is why I didn't see a major problem moving to Linux.
So when are people allowed to discuss something else then? Will you forgive me if i get on with my life and don't think of the New York attack at least once a minute?
Strangely enough, many of the stories on Slashdot have nothing to do with the attack. Have you just noticed? Perhaps you should go and read CNN instead. I'm sure it'll be much more to your liking.
I refuse to be even slightly interested in this.. Episode I was the bigest waste of a cinema ticket i've ever seen. I won't be fueling the marketing machine (and lining Mr Lucus's pockets) a second time.
Face it, star wars was a good trilogy.. but they shouldn't have tried to flog a dead horse.
Recent movies range from 15 uk pounds up to around 25 for some of the recent Fox ones (Titanic, Austin Powers 2 etc) Works out at 24 to 40 US bucks.
However.. why do you assume that DVD's are imported from the US to be sold here? i would be rather shocked is all DVD's were made in the US of A. So shipping them over is a non issue.
I did that very thing a month or two back, and a rather cool setup it has proven to be.. My even older computers are still kicking around though, my P60 as my Dad's word processor , and my Amiga and BBC (Model B) as paperweights/doorstops.
What to do with the really old ones in the long term i'm not sure of. They have no real monetory value to make it worth selling, and it seems a shame to chuck sometime that still works, and has given me so much good use over the years.
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Why is the buying movie tickets example always touted with this kind of technology? Does anyone actually spend that much time buying them to make it worthwhile for boffins to spend millions researching ways to make it a few seconds faster?
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Paintball sucks as a marksmanship test. I could put a 5.56mm round through your head at 100m but i doubt i could do that with a paintball.
For close quarters fighting, i suppose it could be useful, but then doesn't the US use something called "Miles" for training (laser based targets?)
Using a weapon other than your standard issue for training is a bad idea IMO.. How do you simulate reloads / missfeeds / stoppages with a paintball gun?
there were ten or twenty of the machines, so plenty left over for other purposes
I may be wrong, but I did hear that there were only two. As the tunnel they dug was lined behind them, making its diameter smaller, they couldn't reverse them back out. So when the two met, one was pointed away to the side and walled up while the other was i presume dismantled to be removed from the tunnel.
Anyway, could be BS, could be half truth. It's a long time since I read up on it.
28 Days had quite a lot of CGI. It's called digital erasure. Did you think London was actually evacuated? In that case, perhaps the movie deserves an award for CGI effects.
Bollocks. They filmed it very very early in the morning with loads of guys stopping traffic while they filmed the scenes. Most of that had to be done in one take as they didn't have time to reshoot.
Well, a friend who knows a girl told me.
Well, a friend I know on IRC, who says he knows a girl told me.
I can really appreciate your view on this. I'm not employed in any computer related field, but as I'm the only person on the staff that understands IT systems I basically do everything in my company. We have a couple of linux boxes doing all server roles, and if i was to leave there wouldn't be anyone that even knows how to login, never mind solve any problems.
Documenting how to do common housekeeping tasks is something I really must do. My general view though is that most local computer consultancies offer linux support, so if there was to be a major failure when I wasn't around, there would be someone they could bring in to sort out the chaos.
Incidently, before I moved things to Linux we ran Netware 3 servers, but again, had no official support. I don't think they would have been any easier for a non techie to fix, which is why I didn't see a major problem moving to Linux.
Is BT Government-run like the BBC or are they a completely private entity?
BT is a private company.
More info here, should you have a great desire to know the full details.
BTW, BT is in real trouble financially, and it's busy trying to carve up and sell off its parts. (Mobile bit, wireless bit, broadband bit).
J
So when are people allowed to discuss something else then? Will you forgive me if i get on with my life and don't think of the New York attack at least once a minute?
Strangely enough, many of the stories on Slashdot have nothing to do with the attack. Have you just noticed? Perhaps you should go and read CNN instead. I'm sure it'll be much more to your liking.
And of course, that your toaster/microwave/tv/etc really doesn't give a shit what year/month/day it is.
JJ
It runs very quickly on my PIII 450, TNT2.
Crappy vid drivers perhaps?
I refuse to be even slightly interested in this.. Episode I was the bigest waste of a cinema ticket i've ever seen. I won't be fueling the marketing machine (and lining Mr Lucus's pockets) a second time.
Face it, star wars was a good trilogy.. but they shouldn't have tried to flog a dead horse.
For those who haven't looked at UK dvd prices..
Recent movies range from 15 uk pounds up to around 25 for some of the recent Fox ones (Titanic, Austin Powers 2 etc)
Works out at 24 to 40 US bucks.
However.. why do you assume that DVD's are imported from the US to be sold here? i would be rather shocked is all DVD's were made in the US of A. So shipping them over is a non issue.
I did that very thing a month or two back, and a rather cool setup it has proven to be..
My even older computers are still kicking around though, my P60 as my Dad's word processor , and my Amiga and BBC (Model B) as paperweights/doorstops.
What to do with the really old ones in the long term i'm not sure of. They have no real monetory value to make it worth selling, and it seems a shame to chuck sometime that still works, and has given me so much good use over the years.
Jeff