Tolkien's denials aside, I always thought it painfully obvious that the dark riders were called "Nazghuls"... "Nazi Ghouls?"
Actually it is spelled "Nazgûl."
Tolkein is a linguist, and developed all the names based on the complex history of Middle-earth. I haven't studied his languages, but I imagine someone who has could explain how the name Nazgûl was derived.
I know this won't be a popular post to most slashdotters, but Tolkien was a devout christian (he converted CS Lewis to christianity), and several theologists suggest that his stories parallel many christian stories/tales.
Well not just theologists... many people over the years have suggested the same thing. They also suggested that "The Shire" is actually supposed to be England, and that Sauron is Adolf Hitler, and the big war in LOTR is World War II.
Thankfully Tolkein dispelled these notions. LOTR is what it is.
They even suggest that Gandalf was an "Angel" more than a "wizard"
Actually I would think, if anything, Tolkein was drawing from Jesus Christ, because...
SPOILER ALERT!!! SPOILER ALERT!!!
at the end of book one, Gandalf the Grey sacrifices his life to save the others in the fellowship, and then is "resurrected" as Gandalf the White, who is even more powerful than before.
Then again, it just spoils it for me to think of LOTR in religious terms. It's a good old-fashioned story of Good vs. Evil that is popular because of how realistic the histories/languages/cultures really are.
Besides, if the Bible was written half as well as LOTR, you Christians might have way more followers than you do.;-)
Why in the world would you *volunteer* for this no-thanks sort of job? Keep in mind that one-third of the population will think you're doing too much, one-third will think you're not doing enough, and one-third won't care.
Simple. Anyone taking this job would have Bill Gates by the short-hairs.
... dare I commit a computer junkie sin, and ask what is *truly* the point in running dual processors, if when you are already running a decent (1 gig +) board and chipset... the difference is only in a few seconds?
If you were running something like BeOS, you would not need to ask this question.
And they trusted him with the One Ring!
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``All members of the cast have got a tattoo. When we had it done in a tattoo parlor in Wellington, New Zealand, we all swore never to tell anyone,'' he told Reuters Television at Monday's glittering world premiere.
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Add some extra-long speaker cables, and you've got a more functional version of this for a whole lot less.
Your definition of 'functional' must be different from mine.
A website might be real, real pretty, but that doesn't have any physical worth. When I step into a pretty bank, I know that my money is probably going to be secure because in the worst case senario, they've got physical stuff to back my loan with.
I don't trust a bank because it's got a building. I trust a bank because it's FDIC insured.
E*TRADE bank is basically just a pretty website, but I trust them WAY more than PayPal, because they are FDIC insured like any other bank.
With the Xbox there are a number of supported DTV and HDTV resolutions including two of the more interesting ones - 720p and 1080i. The GameCube offers basic support for 480i and 480p, but that is all.
I own a widescreen HDTV and I'll be buying a GameCube soon. The N64 output in 320x240 I believe. (The highest resolution a regular TV can support -- 240 lines of horizontal resolution.)
High quality DVD output is normally done at 480p, same as the GameCube. This is the part that confuses me though -- if DVD outputs at 480p (using a progressive scan DVD player), how is it able to fill my 16:9 TV with a perfect, widescreen picture? Does this mean that GameCube games could also output in a 16:9 mode, even though they are limited to 480p?
And although it sounds like the XBox will be able to output HDTV quality pictures at 1080i, does the console have enough power to draw full frames at that resolution?? We're talking about 1920x1080 screen resolution!
I wish someone would cover the HDTV capabilities of these new console systems for those of us with widescreen HDTV's.
I think the one arena Nintendo may have screwed up is with going with no onboard ethernet card. They are dirt cheap, why didn't they just throw one on?
Probably because they know they can sell it to you as a separate item later on, for more money?
Cost is a big factor for consoles. We all know they are loss leaders. Why add on ANY costs now to the main system, when they can sell it to those that want it for profit later on? Cable/ADSL is relatively popular, but the vast majority of their customers will not need it.
The problem is there's *nothing* Microsoft can do to stop this sort of virus, as long as they allow execution of files direct from their email client, and honestly I can't see that stopping (and neither can the people where I work, which they're quite happy about:-)
Apparantly your people need to do some research. Microsoft has had a patch out for about a year now that can be installed to prevent Outlook from giving access to any executable file, AND this is the default behavior in Outlook XP/2002.
It looks like this thing is practically patenting copying video to a hard drive... so couldn't not only Tivo, but also RealPlayer, Windows Media Player, tons of independant video players, etc. be used as examples of prior art if SonicBlue were to go after anyone with this?
I haven't analyzed the patent enough to see if it is really trying to patent "copying video to a hard drive," but I did not get that on my first impression.
However, TiVo came AFTER ReplayTV, and RealPlayer streams video, it doesn't save it. Windows Media Player plays/streams video, it's not in charge of saving video. And the last two don't even deal with TV programs.
I think the title of their PR sums up the patent: "Patent Covers Methodology for Recording and Storing TV Shows."
Even I can realize a clever attempt to give the Joe Sixpack user the true sense of the sender's "urgency" by misspelling one obvious word, while keeping the rest of the message grammatically correct.
Clever attempt? Huh?
The "error" message displayed by this virus is also grammatically incorrect:
"Error While Analyze DirectX!"
I seriously doubt the mis-spelling in the email was done on purpose. By the way, if you really think the rest of the message was "grammatically correct," then I'd suggest an investment in a book on grammar is in order.
Why is this a miscue? ReplayTV was the first to develop PVR technology and patent it. I can remember first hearing about the ReplayTV several years ago, and then several months later I heard of a competitor called TiVo.
If this patent is a miscue, where is your prior art evidence to back that up?
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instead of wasting spare cycles on SETI@home, we could be using them to find Osama.
no, i'm serious.
resolution of 61cm is more than enough to detect the movement of a cluster of people/troops.
Is 61cm resolution also "more than enough" to detect movement of people BELOW THE EARTH, WITHIN CAVES?
Just checking.
Tolkien's denials aside, I always thought it painfully obvious that the dark riders were called "Nazghuls"... "Nazi Ghouls?"
Actually it is spelled "Nazgûl."
Tolkein is a linguist, and developed all the names based on the complex history of Middle-earth. I haven't studied his languages, but I imagine someone who has could explain how the name Nazgûl was derived.
I know this won't be a popular post to most slashdotters, but Tolkien was a devout christian (he converted CS Lewis to christianity), and several theologists suggest that his stories parallel many christian stories/tales.
;-)
Well not just theologists... many people over the years have suggested the same thing. They also suggested that "The Shire" is actually supposed to be England, and that Sauron is Adolf Hitler, and the big war in LOTR is World War II.
Thankfully Tolkein dispelled these notions. LOTR is what it is.
They even suggest that Gandalf was an "Angel" more than a "wizard"
Actually I would think, if anything, Tolkein was drawing from Jesus Christ, because...
SPOILER ALERT!!! SPOILER ALERT!!!
at the end of book one, Gandalf the Grey sacrifices his life to save the others in the fellowship, and then is "resurrected" as Gandalf the White, who is even more powerful than before.
Then again, it just spoils it for me to think of LOTR in religious terms. It's a good old-fashioned story of Good vs. Evil that is popular because of how realistic the histories/languages/cultures really are.
Besides, if the Bible was written half as well as LOTR, you Christians might have way more followers than you do.
You can email it to me, dude.
Try http://www.wa-state-resident.com/tugpayup.htm (unlinked for the goat weary).
I take it you haven't been to slashdot in a while...
Why in the world would you *volunteer* for this no-thanks sort of job? Keep in mind that one-third of the population will think you're doing too much, one-third will think you're not doing enough, and one-third won't care.
Simple. Anyone taking this job would have Bill Gates by the short-hairs.
These companies should save their energy, and possibly share resources for the real battle they have yet to face, which is against the networks.
TiVo has CBS and NBC as equity partners, so I don't know how much fighting is going to occur.
... dare I commit a computer junkie sin, and ask what is *truly* the point in running dual processors, if when you are already running a decent (1 gig +) board and chipset... the difference is only in a few seconds?
If you were running something like BeOS, you would not need to ask this question.
``All members of the cast have got a tattoo. When we had it done in a tattoo parlor in Wellington, New Zealand, we all swore never to tell anyone,'' he told Reuters Television at Monday's glittering world premiere.
Add some extra-long speaker cables, and you've got a more functional version of this for a whole lot less.
Your definition of 'functional' must be different from mine.
A website might be real, real pretty, but that doesn't have any physical worth. When I step into a pretty bank, I know that my money is probably going to be secure because in the worst case senario, they've got physical stuff to back my loan with.
I don't trust a bank because it's got a building. I trust a bank because it's FDIC insured.
E*TRADE bank is basically just a pretty website, but I trust them WAY more than PayPal, because they are FDIC insured like any other bank.
Ahhh yes thank you. I didn't realize the DVD player was outputting 720x480!
With the Xbox there are a number of supported DTV and HDTV resolutions including two of the more interesting ones - 720p and 1080i. The GameCube offers basic support for 480i and 480p, but that is all.
I own a widescreen HDTV and I'll be buying a GameCube soon. The N64 output in 320x240 I believe. (The highest resolution a regular TV can support -- 240 lines of horizontal resolution.)
High quality DVD output is normally done at 480p, same as the GameCube. This is the part that confuses me though -- if DVD outputs at 480p (using a progressive scan DVD player), how is it able to fill my 16:9 TV with a perfect, widescreen picture? Does this mean that GameCube games could also output in a 16:9 mode, even though they are limited to 480p?
And although it sounds like the XBox will be able to output HDTV quality pictures at 1080i, does the console have enough power to draw full frames at that resolution?? We're talking about 1920x1080 screen resolution!
I wish someone would cover the HDTV capabilities of these new console systems for those of us with widescreen HDTV's.
I think the one arena Nintendo may have screwed up is with going with no onboard ethernet card. They are dirt cheap, why didn't they just throw one on?
Probably because they know they can sell it to you as a separate item later on, for more money?
Cost is a big factor for consoles. We all know they are loss leaders. Why add on ANY costs now to the main system, when they can sell it to those that want it for profit later on? Cable/ADSL is relatively popular, but the vast majority of their customers will not need it.
...Handspring's Treo. (The logo even has a flat line over the 'e' indicating a long 'e' sound.)
I'm sure lawyers will not be involved in this.
Like Slashdotters that are constantly adding comments hoping to build up Karma.
Since my karma has been sitting at around 50 for months now, it actually is riskier to post a comment, since I can only go down, not up.
People with 'addictive personalities' can become addicted to ANYTHING.
Period. End of story.
The problem is there's *nothing* Microsoft can do to stop this sort of virus, as long as they allow execution of files direct from their email client, and honestly I can't see that stopping (and neither can the people where I work, which they're quite happy about :-)
Apparantly your people need to do some research. Microsoft has had a patch out for about a year now that can be installed to prevent Outlook from giving access to any executable file, AND this is the default behavior in Outlook XP/2002.
It looks like this thing is practically patenting copying video to a hard drive... so couldn't not only Tivo, but also RealPlayer, Windows Media Player, tons of independant video players, etc. be used as examples of prior art if SonicBlue were to go after anyone with this?
I haven't analyzed the patent enough to see if it is really trying to patent "copying video to a hard drive," but I did not get that on my first impression.
However, TiVo came AFTER ReplayTV, and RealPlayer streams video, it doesn't save it. Windows Media Player plays/streams video, it's not in charge of saving video. And the last two don't even deal with TV programs.
I think the title of their PR sums up the patent: "Patent Covers Methodology for Recording and Storing TV Shows."
Even I can realize a clever attempt to give the Joe Sixpack user the true sense of the sender's "urgency" by misspelling one obvious word, while keeping the rest of the message grammatically correct.
Clever attempt? Huh?
The "error" message displayed by this virus is also grammatically incorrect:
"Error While Analyze DirectX!"
I seriously doubt the mis-spelling in the email was done on purpose. By the way, if you really think the rest of the message was "grammatically correct," then I'd suggest an investment in a book on grammar is in order.
In another miscue from the U.S. Patent office
Why is this a miscue? ReplayTV was the first to develop PVR technology and patent it. I can remember first hearing about the ReplayTV several years ago, and then several months later I heard of a competitor called TiVo.
If this patent is a miscue, where is your prior art evidence to back that up?
...I was in a harry.
I guess if you don't consider the deletion of files as "destructive."
The worm attempts to delete the following files:
APLICA32.EXE
ZONEALARM.EXE
ESAFE.EXE
CFIADMIN.EXE
CFIAUDIT.EXE
CFINET32.EXE
PCFWallICON.EXE
FRW.EXE
VSHWIN32.EXE
NAVW32.EXE
_AVP32.EXE
_AVPCC.EXE
_AVPM.EXE
AVP32.EXE
AVPCC.EXE
AVPM.EXE
AVP.EXE
LOCKDOWN2000.EXE
ICLOAD95.EXE
ICMON.EXE
ICSUPP95.EXE
ICLOADNT.EXE
ICSUPPNT.EXE
TDS2-98.EXE
TDS2-NT.EXE
SAFEWEB.EXE
it has a packed form that is only 159 bytes.
Actually the attachment is 38KB, and the virus itself is 159 KILObytes, not 159 bytes, UNPACKED.
The unique thing about it is it disables some anti-virus software, and things like ZoneAlarm.
As soon as virus writers learn how to spell correctly and learn proper grammar, I think we're going to be in some serious trouble.
The REAL Bruce Perens has a helpful signature that tells us what the REAL Bruce Perens's slashdot ID number REALLY is.
Obviously this is a fake.