So the average for ODD movies is 2.6 and EVEN movies it is 3.2
The WORST movie was an ODD (2) one and the best was an EVEN (3.5).
To top it all off there is NEVER the case that a ODD movie is followed by and EVEN movie with a LOWER score, nor an EVEN movie followed by an ODD movie with a higher score, so the curse exists.;)
Yeah, but first of all that is an Australian show that airs on a US cable channel. There are no NETWORK shows that we get second. The only instances of shows we get late are some cable shows, but if you subscribe to that channel here you get them at the same time, e.g. Sex In The City and Sopranos are on HBO which only recently came to Canada.
All those fans who have read the leaked script say it stinks to high-heaven. I read the synopsis and it sounds REALLY BAD. I mean CLONING? God how ripped from the headlines (and Star Wars) can you get. They set out to try and reach Wrath of Khan, but they blew it by not having a good bad-guy, I mean bring back someone of merit from the show for godsakes. I think this one will break the even/odd streak and could very well spell the end of ST movies. Why they green-lit this script is a mystery, check out aintitcoolnews.com for more info or try any ST fan sites.
>The first is an apparent requirement for the first showing to be in North America in many cases (more often the US than Canada dispite a lot of programme production taking place in Canada.)
There are NO programs or movies that appear in the US first then Canada, we ALWAYS get everything at the same time. We USED to get movies like a week or two later but that was like 20 years ago.
I am not saying this is right, I merely pointing out what is the law (in your country).
By law Dimitry committed a criminal act, I happen to disagree with the law, as I am sure Dimitry does, but that it beside the point.
I totally disagree. If he created a program that allowed you to convert the installer you would have an arguement, however he is merely pointing out how it could be done, e.g. if I tell you how to pick a lock, that is perfectly legal, but I am not allowed to sell you a lock pick.
Predited many of todays technologies including the walkman, and real-time media. The book is particularly interesting because it correctly predicts the effects these technolgies would have on society. e.g. example walkmans have increased our social isolation.
1)Yes what Dimitry did is legal in Russia.
2)His company tried to sell the software to Americans via an American hosted website.
3)This broke American law.
4)He is now being charged since he stepped on American soil.
I totally agree that the DMCA is a bad law, however, if you host your site in the States then you are bound by that bad law.
Is Microsoft actually REMOVING words from the common lexicon. Try typing in 'fora', which is the proper pluralization of 'forum' ('forums' is also acceptable). Microsoft will just auto-correct your word to 'for a'. How annoying is that? They are dumbing down the english language, who gave them that authority?
besides, if we cant put together a base on the moon, what could possibly make anyone think we could do it on mars?
Hmmmmm:
Abundant Water Source.
Pressurized Atmosphere.
MUCH Less temperature fluctuations from night/day.
Greater gravity for astonauts' health.
Much greater variety of materials.
we need a moon base. in the words of hienlein (I think), "once you are on the moon, you are halfway to anywhere"
Besides being an incorrect quote this is in fact not true.
A moon base is not better than an orbiting station as a launching pad to Mars, indeed it is much WORSE. Why? Because you have to break free of the moon's gravity in order to begin the mission. THIS FORCES YOU TO BURN MORE FUEL THAN THE REST OF THE ENTIRE MISSION. The moon is a gravity well. It's like saying lets start an Everest expedition from the dead sea, it makes no sense.
As a fellow Canadian who has actually read the Copyright Act let me explain a few things. We do not have the RIGHT to make illegal copies of other people's copies of copyrighted works. You have the right to make an archival copy of certain works but you CANNOT give a copy of the original to another party (you also cannot give them your archival copy). The CDR (and audio tap) levy is intended to compensate artists for assumed illegal infringements that cannot be detected or stopped. The goverment is simply (and wisely) accepting that some infringement will occur with audio tapes and CDRs, and instead of banning their use, it has decided to have put a levy on their sales which will compensate artists.
This is not to say that you have the right to make illegal copies. It merely says that the government knows their are people like you out there who will. You could still be prosecuted if caught.
You do raise an interesting point though, if all CDs become copy-protected, is the levy still valid? I would say no.
Each of the three voice actors used had the same thing applied. Different phrases have different intonations so that it doesn't sound (too) robotic (unlike autmated phone attendants).
I thought the effect was pretty good, much better than the AT&T samples I tried IMHO.
That this product is using a new trend in UI design I like to call 'nagups'. These are pop-ups that the user sees X number of time before they go away. The problem is that users don't KNOW that they will go away after '5 times or one month whichever is first' as the article states. They assume, as any reasonable person would, that the pop-up will keep coming up until they register with AOL. This will do one of two things, encourage users to move to AOL, or, encourage them to complain to their OEM and AOL.
Microsoft is using the same technique with passport: the prompt to register comes up three times before disappearing (IIRC) after installing XP. Microsoft claims that passport registration is NOT required with the OS, however a reasonable user would believe after the second time that the nag popped up, that registering with passport is necessary to get rid of it.
How is this helping users? Nags should come up once and then have the ability to dismiss them forever or remind later (just like outlook appointments).
By including such measures AOL and MSFT are doing a disservice to their end users.
Sub-orbital doesn't mean you didn't enter space - it means you didn't enter space with enough velocity to orbit the earth. Alan Sheppard (the first American in space) ahd a suborbital flight in the mercury program.
This test flight was only meant to ensure that the solar sail unfurls correctly IIRC. Be that as it may you would still be affected by solar 'wind' in a suborbital flight, just not as much as in you would in an orbital flight. This is especialy true of an extra-orbital flight outside the effect of the earth's magnetic field.
It was launched by the planetary society (of which I am a member) founded by Carl Sagan.
Detail about the flight can be found here: http://www.planetary.org/html/news/articlearchive/ headlines/2001/launch_go.htm
It is one of the first non-government AND non-profit private ventures into space. It also marks the first solar sail launch into space (although the launch is sub-orbital).
MS Office X will be available sometime i the forth quarter, OpenOffice is well over a year away from even having a rudimentary presense on OS X. This project should have started two years ago if it wanted any hope of acheiving the stated goals (have an open solution on OS X at the same time Office X is released). Furthermore OpenOffice is being pulled in ten directions at once - gnome/gtk+ - windows - XUL. Pulling in one more (quartx) won't help matters much. Microsoft _will_ achieve dominance on OS X, it is a certainty, the question is whether others will be able to crawl up or pull it down. That question is open, but a jihad to beat them to the punch is an obvious distaster.
If you want EJBs, look at Orion. $1500/box for a fast EJB container that meets the J2EE spec fully. Oracle just dumped their own internally-developed J2EE app servers to licence and relabel Orion.
Although Orion may meet the EJB spec it DOES NOT meet the J2EE spec fully. Having used it in a development environment let me tell you that it has the worst JMS support of any J2EE provider I have tried. We aren't just talking bad here, we are talking UNUSABLE. There are various elements of the spec that anre not implemented, or implemented so poorly that they might as well not be implemented (don't take my word for it - check out their own mailing list). Orion is fine for development, but when you want to go live go with BEA. The Oracle announcement was a shocker let me tell you, that they dumped their own J2EE solution to use Orion's says a lot about the spaghetti code Oracle had.;)
The casino patrons in question gave up their rights to provacy when they agreed to get and use the casino's 'loyalty cards'. Like Air Miles these babies reward you for giving information to the company that gives them out. The more info you give the more stuff you get. Whether the compensation is fair is up to you, if you don't like it then DON'T USE THE LOYALTY CARD. It is totally up to the individual if they want to be tracked. All the casino's are doing is saying:
'Hey we want to give the small-time big-spender the big-roller experience, the only way to do that is to know our customers intimately and know their habits. '
Gathering as much info as possible is the only way to do this. Getting customers to give up the info is the problem so they reward them if they do. The system is opt in, which most consumer privacy groups applaud, so what is the big deal?
From the GPL (I have highlighted the relevant section):
3. You may copy and distribute the Program (or a work based on it, under Section 2) in object code or executable form under the terms of Sections 1 and 2 above provided that you also do one of the following:
a) Accompany it with the complete corresponding machine-readable source code, which must be distributed under the terms of Sections 1 and 2 above on a medium customarily used for software interchange; or,
b) Accompany it with a written offer, valid for at least three years, to give _ANY_ _THIRD_ _PARTY_, for a charge no more than your cost of physically performing source distribution, a complete machine-readable copy of the corresponding source code, to be distributed under the terms of Sections 1 and 2 above on a medium customarily used for software interchange; or,
I contacted them and requested source code to any kernel changes they have made. If they say haven't made any then cool. If it later turns out they have then I will forward the matter to the EFF.
I have ABOSOLUTELY NO problem with a company using linux and selling it. I do have a problem with them breaking the GPL.
MS FUD or no we have to be diligent about this, linux offers companies many advantages, like no licensing fees, but their are caveats.
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1=2.5
;)
2=3
3=3
4=3.5
5=2
6=3
7=3
So the average for ODD movies is 2.6 and EVEN movies it is 3.2
The WORST movie was an ODD (2) one and the best was an EVEN (3.5).
To top it all off there is NEVER the case that a ODD movie is followed by and EVEN movie with a LOWER score, nor an EVEN movie followed by an ODD movie with a higher score, so the curse exists.
-Shieldwolf
Yeah, but first of all that is an Australian show that airs on a US cable channel. There are no NETWORK shows that we get second. The only instances of shows we get late are some cable shows, but if you subscribe to that channel here you get them at the same time, e.g. Sex In The City and Sopranos are on HBO which only recently came to Canada.
All those fans who have read the leaked script say it stinks to high-heaven. I read the synopsis and it sounds REALLY BAD. I mean CLONING? God how ripped from the headlines (and Star Wars) can you get. They set out to try and reach Wrath of Khan, but they blew it by not having a good bad-guy, I mean bring back someone of merit from the show for godsakes. I think this one will break the even/odd streak and could very well spell the end of ST movies. Why they green-lit this script is a mystery, check out aintitcoolnews.com for more info or try any ST fan sites.
Look out everyone this one is going to BLOW!
>The first is an apparent requirement for the first showing to be in North America in many cases (more often the US than Canada dispite a lot of programme production taking place in Canada.)
There are NO programs or movies that appear in the US first then Canada, we ALWAYS get everything at the same time. We USED to get movies like a week or two later but that was like 20 years ago.
-Shieldwolf
I am not saying this is right, I merely pointing out what is the law (in your country).
By law Dimitry committed a criminal act, I happen to disagree with the law, as I am sure Dimitry does, but that it beside the point.
-Shieldwolf
I totally disagree. If he created a program that allowed you to convert the installer you would have an arguement, however he is merely pointing out how it could be done, e.g. if I tell you how to pick a lock, that is perfectly legal, but I am not allowed to sell you a lock pick.
-Shieldwolf
Predited many of todays technologies including the walkman, and real-time media. The book is particularly interesting because it correctly predicts the effects these technolgies would have on society. e.g. example walkmans have increased our social isolation.
-ShieldWolf
Step 1: Be an FBI stool pidgeon and send an infected document to your Mafia Boss.
Step 2: His custom anti-virus software detects the virus.
Step 3: You are fitted for some new cement loafers.
Are they serious!?!?
For the last time:
1)Yes what Dimitry did is legal in Russia.
2)His company tried to sell the software to Americans via an American hosted website.
3)This broke American law.
4)He is now being charged since he stepped on American soil.
I totally agree that the DMCA is a bad law, however, if you host your site in the States then you are bound by that bad law.
-Shieldwolf.
Is Microsoft actually REMOVING words from the common lexicon. Try typing in 'fora', which is the proper pluralization of 'forum' ('forums' is also acceptable). Microsoft will just auto-correct your word to 'for a'. How annoying is that? They are dumbing down the english language, who gave them that authority?
besides, if we cant put together a base on the moon, what could possibly make anyone think we could do it on mars?
Hmmmmm:
Abundant Water Source.
Pressurized Atmosphere.
MUCH Less temperature fluctuations from night/day.
Greater gravity for astonauts' health.
Much greater variety of materials.
Is that enough reasons to think of?
we need a moon base. in the words of hienlein (I think), "once you are on the moon, you are halfway to anywhere"
Besides being an incorrect quote this is in fact not true. A moon base is not better than an orbiting station as a launching pad to Mars, indeed it is much WORSE. Why? Because you have to break free of the moon's gravity in order to begin the mission. THIS FORCES YOU TO BURN MORE FUEL THAN THE REST OF THE ENTIRE MISSION. The moon is a gravity well. It's like saying lets start an Everest expedition from the dead sea, it makes no sense.
As a fellow Canadian who has actually read the Copyright Act let me explain a few things. We do not have the RIGHT to make illegal copies of other people's copies of copyrighted works. You have the right to make an archival copy of certain works but you CANNOT give a copy of the original to another party (you also cannot give them your archival copy). The CDR (and audio tap) levy is intended to compensate artists for assumed illegal infringements that cannot be detected or stopped. The goverment is simply (and wisely) accepting that some infringement will occur with audio tapes and CDRs, and instead of banning their use, it has decided to have put a levy on their sales which will compensate artists.
This is not to say that you have the right to make illegal copies. It merely says that the government knows their are people like you out there who will. You could still be prosecuted if caught.
You do raise an interesting point though, if all CDs become copy-protected, is the levy still valid? I would say no.
-ShieldWolf
I think a few people have bought an HP 600
;)
-Shieldwolf
Linux Today doesn't have an article, they are reporting on a reputable publication that DOES.
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-ShieldWolf
Here is the link:
http://www.canadacomputes.com/v3/story/1,1017,7
They already did something similar in the game Dune II: The Builing of a Dynasty. Words and phrases are atomized and then combined.
e.g.
[Ordos] [Unit] [Destroyed].
[Harkonen] [Unit] [Destroyed].
Each of the three voice actors used had the same thing applied. Different phrases have different intonations so that it doesn't sound (too) robotic (unlike autmated phone attendants).
I thought the effect was pretty good, much better than the AT&T samples I tried IMHO.
-Shieldwolf
That this product is using a new trend in UI design I like to call 'nagups'. These are pop-ups that the user sees X number of time before they go away. The problem is that users don't KNOW that they will go away after '5 times or one month whichever is first' as the article states. They assume, as any reasonable person would, that the pop-up will keep coming up until they register with AOL. This will do one of two things, encourage users to move to AOL, or, encourage them to complain to their OEM and AOL.
Microsoft is using the same technique with passport: the prompt to register comes up three times before disappearing (IIRC) after installing XP. Microsoft claims that passport registration is NOT required with the OS, however a reasonable user would believe after the second time that the nag popped up, that registering with passport is necessary to get rid of it.
How is this helping users? Nags should come up once and then have the ability to dismiss them forever or remind later (just like outlook appointments).
By including such measures AOL and MSFT are doing a disservice to their end users.
-Shieldwolf.
Sub-orbital doesn't mean you didn't enter space - it means you didn't enter space with enough velocity to orbit the earth. Alan Sheppard (the first American in space) ahd a suborbital flight in the mercury program.
This test flight was only meant to ensure that the solar sail unfurls correctly IIRC. Be that as it may you would still be affected by solar 'wind' in a suborbital flight, just not as much as in you would in an orbital flight. This is especialy true of an extra-orbital flight outside the effect of the earth's magnetic field.
-Shieldwolf
It was launched by the planetary society (of which I am a member) founded by Carl Sagan.
/ headlines/2001/launch_go.htm
Detail about the flight can be found here: http://www.planetary.org/html/news/articlearchive
It is one of the first non-government AND non-profit private ventures into space. It also marks the first solar sail launch into space (although the launch is sub-orbital).
-Shieldwolf
MS Office X will be available sometime i the forth quarter, OpenOffice is well over a year away from even having a rudimentary presense on OS X. This project should have started two years ago if it wanted any hope of acheiving the stated goals (have an open solution on OS X at the same time Office X is released). Furthermore OpenOffice is being pulled in ten directions at once - gnome/gtk+ - windows - XUL. Pulling in one more (quartx) won't help matters much. Microsoft _will_ achieve dominance on OS X, it is a certainty, the question is whether others will be able to crawl up or pull it down. That question is open, but a jihad to beat them to the punch is an obvious distaster.
-Shieldwolf
Except burgle bundles from Burger King - man those were tasty! :)
If you want EJBs, look at Orion. $1500/box for a fast EJB container that meets the J2EE spec fully. Oracle just dumped their own internally-developed J2EE app servers to licence and relabel Orion.
;)
Although Orion may meet the EJB spec it DOES NOT meet the J2EE spec fully. Having used it in a development environment let me tell you that it has the worst JMS support of any J2EE provider I have tried. We aren't just talking bad here, we are talking UNUSABLE. There are various elements of the spec that anre not implemented, or implemented so poorly that they might as well not be implemented (don't take my word for it - check out their own mailing list). Orion is fine for development, but when you want to go live go with BEA. The Oracle announcement was a shocker let me tell you, that they dumped their own J2EE solution to use Orion's says a lot about the spaghetti code Oracle had.
The casino patrons in question gave up their rights to provacy when they agreed to get and use the casino's 'loyalty cards'. Like Air Miles these babies reward you for giving information to the company that gives them out. The more info you give the more stuff you get. Whether the compensation is fair is up to you, if you don't like it then DON'T USE THE LOYALTY CARD. It is totally up to the individual if they want to be tracked. All the casino's are doing is saying:
'Hey we want to give the small-time big-spender the big-roller experience, the only way to do that is to know our customers intimately and know their habits. '
Gathering as much info as possible is the only way to do this. Getting customers to give up the info is the problem so they reward them if they do. The system is opt in, which most consumer privacy groups applaud, so what is the big deal?
-Shieldwolf
Did you know that Dr. Evil is the princess of Canada?
Yeah. Although he can't actually back that up with paper work.
From the GPL (I have highlighted the relevant section):
3. You may copy and distribute the Program (or a work based on it, under Section 2) in object code or executable form under the terms of Sections 1 and 2 above provided that you also do one of the following:
a) Accompany it with the complete corresponding machine-readable source code, which must be distributed under the terms of Sections 1 and 2 above on a medium customarily used for software interchange; or,
b) Accompany it with a written offer, valid for at least three years, to give _ANY_ _THIRD_ _PARTY_, for a charge no more than your cost of physically performing source distribution, a complete machine-readable copy of the corresponding source code, to be distributed under the terms of Sections 1 and 2 above on a medium customarily used for software interchange; or,
I contacted them and requested source code to any kernel changes they have made. If they say haven't made any then cool. If it later turns out they have then I will forward the matter to the EFF.
I have ABOSOLUTELY NO problem with a company using linux and selling it. I do have a problem with them breaking the GPL.
MS FUD or no we have to be diligent about this, linux offers companies many advantages, like no licensing fees, but their are caveats.
-Shieldwolf