Yeah.. stop motion panning has been overdone.. but I don;t think I've ever seen it used as effectively as in The Matrix. It really added to a LOT to the action sequences.. and the great use of fast/slow effects was killer too.
I think over all as a whole the special effects weren;t just "eye candy" but actyually added to the plot and action sequances of the movie.
If I was a big monopoly like MS and loosing the DOJ case THIS bad.. hell I'd do everything in my power to exert influence on anyone I can for as long as I can.. since this "power" won't last much longer. Call it going out with a BANG!
Yes.. but the concepts are the same. Recursive vs Iterative, lists, arrays, functions, structures, etc. etc.. these are prety much universal in programing languages. The only real diferance is syntax and style.
Sure Lisp is not even close to C/C++.. but the concepts are the same. Once you know the basis behind what you want to do.. the language is irrelevant.
Shee's it says the filing date is 1996.. as far as I can remeber BBSes, AOL, Prodigy, Compuserve and many many others have been around way before 1996. AOL , Comopuserve and Prodigy were gui driven and carried articles and magazines from various print companies. So what's new here?
Nope Hard Drives are filled with just regular air. It's very low particle..clean room level air.. but it's not some inert gas or something like that. (I know I work at a HD company) As far as takeoff.. there will be no problem as long as the drives are not spoinning at the moment. A lached drive is capable of withstanding upwards of 100G forces.
Sheilding in space is VERY important. The sun gives out tremendous amounts of electromagnetic energy.. as well as x-rays and other forms of radiation. An unshielded system would simply NOT work because of an extremely large amount of data error caused by these fields/rays.
On earth we don;t have this problem because the earths magnetic field and atmosphere protect us from this. You won't have that in space.
There are windows programmrs and then there are REAL windows programers. Let's really consider what a who a *programmer* before we start going off on how horrible windows programmers are.
Just because you know VB or enough C/C++ to write a notepad clone (as someone else mentioned) does not make you a windows programmer, please that's an insult to anyone who REALLY knows how to spit out code.
I'm a windows programmer.. and no I don't use VB, I write drivers and custom applications to run the production line hardware in my company's factories. Most of the stuff I write is low level C/C++ with some assembler thrown in for good measure. In my experiance I wouldn't call anyone who hasn't dug through with the crap lowlevel windows API or driver model to be a REAL windows programer.
My personal opinion is that windows programers for the most part will be good for Linux, the good ones will be added man power.. and the *hobbyists* won't hurt it any.. who cares if there are 50 notepad clones for linux? And besides the core linux developers are not going to let Joe hobby programmer screw with the kernel anyways.
When I applied for my ADSL service with Uswest I was told they only suport Windoze and *some* Macs. When I told them I wanted to run it on my linux box.. they said and I quote "Oh!.. Your one of those.." and then continued on to say that they can't provide me with the service. I told them alright I'll install windows. The service guy came over a few weeks later. Configured my line, dicked around with my 'puter (I dual booted a tiny Win95 partition) and when he left I rebooted into linux and configured it myself. Works like a charm.
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Me thinks Jesse's column was lagging..
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Jessey being well versed in the/. effect, seeing his page hits going down decided to put the/. effect to work to fudge the advertising hits on ZDnets page. Thus providing managemnt with proof ogf his self worth.. especially now since it's propably *BONUS* pay time.
Actually DVDs are encoded using 480p.. which happens to be one of the HDTV standards that every HDTV must support. So in a way DVD's ARE ready for HDTV. Of course there is work on HD-DVD going on that in the future will use higher resoultion encoding.. but at least your old DVD's will still play on it.. that is unless DIVX wins..
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I'm NOT so bleeping sick of this stuff...
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I understand your concerns. The point is I'm 23! I want to establish myself before I decide to start a family. So my 1st concern is to get into a position where I would be glad to bring another life into this world. I think a lot of people are making the mistake of thinking that they can just get out of school, get a job, get married, and everything else will take care of itself.
Yes, it's harder if you have kids or have a significant other who works.. but the choice is still yours to make. And you CAN'T blame a company for not giving you more money just 'cause you want more. An it's not a companies job to take care of you till you die. Your life and how you live it is your responsibility.
And the other misconception is that a great job leaves no room for a life. I work 8-5. I go Mountain biking every day weather permitting. I go to bars with friends and co-workers alike, among many other things. This is the definition of a great job, getting paid well and having time to enjoy the other aspects of life. I never said that making a lot of money in exchange for not having a life is good; Quite the opposite.
Like I said before.. anyone can do it.. it's a matter of picking your sacrifices. Life isn't supposed to be easy.
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I'm NOT so bleeping sick of this stuff...
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Ok so I'm single right now and I'm NOT looking for a steady relationship, but I also work 8-5. I very rarely work more then 9 hours a day. I've worked at my present employer for almost a year now.. and only once was I at work for more then 10 hours and only because it was a serious emergancy. If I finally come to settle down this job would not interfere at all.
Frankly I have never been told I have to work more then 8 hours. But I accept the fact that there will be circumstance under which I will. My previus employer also didn't require me to work more then 8 hours.. they did do something that I didn't appreciate and that's why I left.
The whole 10-12 hour days thing is rediculeous and no one seriously asks that of any employee. (the only people I know that work 12 hour days only work 4 days a week.) You can always leave and you always have the choice of where you work. IMHO the only people that complain about being "stuck" are the ones who don't do anything about it... except complain.
Ok, there is a 1/2 truth to the 10-12 hour thing.. if you work for a start up. (IE 1st 1-2 years) then yes the job will require 10-12 hour days.. but if sucessfull you will also be very rich in the end. That's a risk you must decide on your own.. obviously you don't have to take that particular job.
And truth be told even if I make 100million $$ before I hit 50 I will not just retire and sit around. I enjoy the challange that I get out of work. And frankly I go stirr crazy if I'm NOT working on something.. be it work related or not.
The point I was trying to make is that what Katz was describing is a fabrication. Sure there are companies that will abuse their employees.. but you always have a choice.. and infact in these days you have a SIGNIFIGANTLY better choices.
My dad being in his late 40 is jumping from job to job.. not because he gets fired, but because every few months he gets a better and better offer from a different company. If he likes the oportunity he switches. And according to him he's seen a steady increase in such opportunities.
On a more personal note.. I too came from a computer science backdground (and I've only graduated 3 years ago). I've almost fallen into the "we'll try to hire him for much less then he's worth" trap. As pessemistic as it sounds it's the a companies job to hire you for as little as possible.. and it's your job to be well informed. A typical graduating CS student earns $45K right out of the gate. And there are also various publication that will tell you what you SHOULD be making and where the best opportunities are. The most important thing is to keep up to date and polish out your skills and knowledge as quickly and well as you can. Then find a company that will pay you what you think you deserve. It's not as hard as everyone makes it out to seem. Hell if I did it anyone with a little ambition can too. And that goes regardless of your sex, race or any other possible excuse.
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I'm so bleeping sick of this stuff...
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You go man! Completely agree here. My last employer tried to screw me.. so I got a another job.. albet 3000 miles cross the country.. but not only am I makeing a hell of a lot more, they actually treat me very well here. So all it takes is the self confidence and desire to do better and you can. No one is going to stop you.
Some people mentioned that in 20 years I could be out of luck because my field vanishes. Here's an answer for you... continuing education. No one is stoping you from keeping up to date.. or taking an evening class instead of watching monday night football.. in fact most employers encourage and pay for such classes. All it takes is some self motivation.
Anyone who doesn't even try to do better or learn more has no right to whine and complain that they lost their job because their expertise was no longer needed.
Hell I'm 23, I make 70K/year and if I cashed out all the stock I own I'd have $160,000 in cash laying around. So if I keep going at the rate I am.. and I have no plans to slow down.. I could easily have over a $1mil in assets by the time I hit 30. And the most interesting thing is that I'm not the smartest ape in the tree...
I hope you're kidding... imagine one of those booser rockets exploding.. now imagine millions of people/animals/plants dying of radiation poisoning from all the radioactive material that just got scattered all over the upper atmosphere and is now coming down everytime it rains.
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How about this for a conspiracy theory:
Windows 2000/NT 5.0 whatever the hell they decide to call it will cost you $0.00 to upgrade.. yup that's as in:
MS: See we have a "FREE" OS too!
Then charge $89.95 for your first bug fix 19.95 for each additional one. Sounds like a plan to me!
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Yeah.. stop motion panning has been overdone.. but I don;t think I've ever seen it used as effectively as in The Matrix. It really added to a LOT to the action sequences.. and the great use of fast/slow effects was killer too.
I think over all as a whole the special effects weren;t just "eye candy" but actyually added to the plot and action sequances of the movie.
-Ex-Nt-User
If I was a big monopoly like MS and loosing the DOJ case THIS bad.. hell I'd do everything in my power to exert influence on anyone I can for as long as I can.. since this "power" won't last much longer. Call it going out with a BANG!
Ex-Nt-User
Yes.. but the concepts are the same. Recursive vs Iterative, lists, arrays, functions, structures, etc. etc.. these are prety much universal in programing languages. The only real diferance is syntax and style.
Sure Lisp is not even close to C/C++.. but the concepts are the same. Once you know the basis behind what you want to do.. the language is irrelevant.
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The differance between MS buying you out and MS parnering with you is:
Buying:
They get you outright and you get some $$$
Partnering:
They get you to do all the work.. then they run you out of buisness with a copy cat MS application.
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Shee's it says the filing date is 1996.. as far as I can remeber BBSes, AOL, Prodigy, Compuserve and many many others have been around way before 1996.
AOL , Comopuserve and Prodigy were gui driven and carried articles and magazines from various print companies. So what's new here?
-Ex-Nt-User
Nope Hard Drives are filled with just regular air. It's very low particle..clean room level air.. but it's not some inert gas or something like that. (I know I work at a HD company)
As far as takeoff.. there will be no problem as long as the drives are not spoinning at the moment. A lached drive is capable of withstanding upwards of 100G forces.
-Ex-Nt-User
Sheilding in space is VERY important. The sun gives out tremendous amounts of electromagnetic energy.. as well as x-rays and other forms of radiation. An unshielded system would simply NOT work because of an extremely large amount of data error caused by these fields/rays.
On earth we don;t have this problem because the earths magnetic field and atmosphere protect us from this. You won't have that in space.
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IMHO the best pinball machine out there. Bizzare too.. this thing used to give out free games and multiball at random.
To bad these things cost over $3K a piece..
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There are windows programmrs and then there are REAL windows programers. Let's really consider what a who a *programmer* before we start going off on how horrible windows programmers are.
Just because you know VB or enough C/C++ to write a notepad clone (as someone else mentioned) does not make you a windows programmer, please that's an insult to anyone who REALLY knows how to spit out code.
I'm a windows programmer.. and no I don't use VB, I write drivers and custom applications to run the production line hardware in my company's factories. Most of the stuff I write is low level C/C++ with some assembler thrown in for good measure. In my experiance I wouldn't call anyone who hasn't dug through with the crap lowlevel windows API or driver model to be a REAL windows programer.
My personal opinion is that windows programers for the most part will be good for Linux, the good ones will be added man power.. and the *hobbyists* won't hurt it any.. who cares if there are 50 notepad clones for linux? And besides the core linux developers are not going to let Joe hobby programmer screw with the kernel anyways.
-Ex-Nt-User
When I applied for my ADSL service with Uswest I was told they only suport Windoze and *some* Macs. When I told them I wanted to run it on my linux box.. they said and I quote "Oh!.. Your one of those.." and then continued on to say that they can't provide me with the service.
I told them alright I'll install windows. The service guy came over a few weeks later. Configured my line, dicked around with my 'puter (I dual booted a tiny Win95 partition) and when he left I rebooted into linux and configured it myself. Works like a charm.
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Jessey being well versed in the
To crazy?
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Actually DVDs are encoded using 480p
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I understand your concerns. The point is I'm 23! I want to establish myself before I decide to start a family. So my 1st concern is to get into a position where I would be glad to bring another life into this world. I think a lot of people are making the mistake of thinking that they can just get out of school, get a job, get married, and everything else will take care of itself.
Yes, it's harder if you have kids or have a significant other who works.. but the choice is still yours to make. And you CAN'T blame a company for not giving you more money just 'cause you want more. An it's not a companies job to take care of you till you die. Your life and how you live it is your responsibility.
And the other misconception is that a great job leaves no room for a life. I work 8-5. I go Mountain biking every day weather permitting. I go to bars with friends and co-workers alike, among many other things. This is the definition of a great job, getting paid well and having time to enjoy the other aspects of life. I never said that making a lot of money in exchange for not having a life is good; Quite the opposite.
Like I said before.. anyone can do it.. it's a matter of picking your sacrifices. Life isn't supposed to be easy.
Ex-Nt-User
Ok so I'm single right now and I'm NOT looking for a steady relationship, but I also work 8-5.
I very rarely work more then 9 hours a day. I've worked at my present employer for almost a year now.. and only once was I at work for more then 10 hours and only because it was a serious emergancy. If I finally come to settle down this job would not interfere at all.
Frankly I have never been told I have to work more then 8 hours. But I accept the fact that there will be circumstance under which I will. My previus employer also didn't require me to work more then 8 hours.. they did do something that I didn't appreciate and that's why I left.
The whole 10-12 hour days thing is rediculeous and no one seriously asks that of any employee. (the only people I know that work 12 hour days only work 4 days a week.) You can always leave and you always have the choice of where you work. IMHO the only people that complain about being "stuck" are the ones who don't do anything about it... except complain.
Ok, there is a 1/2 truth to the 10-12 hour thing.. if you work for a start up. (IE 1st 1-2 years) then yes the job will require 10-12 hour days.. but if sucessfull you will also be very rich in the end. That's a risk you must decide on your own.. obviously you don't have to take that particular job.
And truth be told even if I make 100million $$ before I hit 50 I will not just retire and sit around. I enjoy the challange that I get out of work. And frankly I go stirr crazy if I'm NOT working on something.. be it work related or not.
The point I was trying to make is that what Katz was describing is a fabrication. Sure there are companies that will abuse their employees.. but you always have a choice.. and infact in these days you have a SIGNIFIGANTLY better choices.
My dad being in his late 40 is jumping from job to job.. not because he gets fired, but because every few months he gets a better and better offer from a different company. If he likes the oportunity he switches. And according to him he's seen a steady increase in such opportunities.
On a more personal note.. I too came from a computer science backdground (and I've only graduated 3 years ago). I've almost fallen into the "we'll try to hire him for much less then he's worth" trap. As pessemistic as it sounds it's the a companies job to hire you for as little as possible.. and it's your job to be well informed. A typical graduating CS student earns $45K right out of the gate. And there are also various publication that will tell you what you SHOULD be making and where the best opportunities are. The most important thing is to keep up to date and polish out your skills and knowledge as quickly and well as you can. Then find a company that will pay you what you think you deserve. It's not as hard as everyone makes it out to seem. Hell if I did it anyone with a little ambition can too. And that goes regardless of your sex, race or any other possible excuse.
Ex-Nt-User
You go man! Completely agree here. My last employer tried to screw me.. so I got a another job.. albet 3000 miles cross the country.. but not only am I makeing a hell of a lot more, they actually treat me very well here. So all it takes is the self confidence and desire to do better and you can. No one is going to stop you.
Some people mentioned that in 20 years I could be out of luck because my field vanishes. Here's an answer for you... continuing education. No one is stoping you from keeping up to date.. or taking an evening class instead of watching monday night football.. in fact most employers encourage and pay for such classes. All it takes is some self motivation.
Anyone who doesn't even try to do better or learn more has no right to whine and complain that they lost their job because their expertise was no longer needed.
Hell I'm 23, I make 70K/year and if I cashed out all the stock I own I'd have $160,000 in cash laying around. So if I keep going at the rate I am.. and I have no plans to slow down.. I could easily have over a $1mil in assets by the time I hit 30. And the most interesting thing is that I'm not the smartest ape in the tree...
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I hope you're kidding... imagine one of those booser rockets exploding.. now imagine millions of people/animals/plants dying of radiation poisoning from all the radioactive material that just got scattered all over the upper atmosphere and is now coming down everytime it rains.