User: Frank Grimes

Re:Continuity.

On: "The Chronicles of Amber" and "The Forever War" For TV

You can expect every sex scene Zelazny puts off to the side to get about 5 good minutes in each episode...

That might be a good thing. In the first five books, the sex was completely missing, which bothered me. I was surprised when I got to the point where Corwin meets his son and I thought he had been celibate the whole time.

Re:none

On: What Software Should ISPs Distribute and Support?

I agree, but...

Years ago, I first bought a computer with windows 95 I didn't know how to set up a dial-in conection. So, if they're going to send you a CD anyway, how about including a nice document explaining how to set up a PPP connection for each operating system?

Re:Good way to make inroads.

On: Red Hat To Support PowerPC, AltiVec

And, if Adobe does port Photoshop to AltiVec Red Hat, that is just a couple of steps away from porting it to Linux in general, which would of course be a bonus to the community as a whole. The Gimp may be acceptable, it may even be good, but it is no Photoshop.

Why wait for Adobe? Why not simply improve the Gimp and give it a Photoshop-like mode to make it easier for Photoshop users to make the switch?

Re:sounds like a movie

On: Table Top Fusion Courtesy of Tiny Bubbles

Yes. I had Keanu in it, as I recall. And Morgan Freeman. It was shot at the University of Chicago. I think the name was Chain Reaction.

Re:Definitely want dead tree books

On: What Kind of Books do You Want?

It's hard to write notes on the margins of an e-book. Hard to read one of those while eating, since I don't eat at my computer.

That's the only thing I use my palm for: reading e-books at lunch.

Re:Harrison's comments on it

On: 'Indiana Jones 4' Finally A Go

I think Alec Baldwin fits the Jack Ryan character better than Harrison Ford. He's the reluctant hero/intelectual type.

I still ahven't read the newest Clancy books, but I just reread Red October again.

Re:nothing new, just in currency

On: Europe Adding RFID Tags to Euro Currency

(so if you bleached a 1 Euro bill and re-printed it as a 100, the scanner would still see it as a 1)

I'm being pedantic, but I seem to recall that euro bills are all different sizes. And thet start at 5 euros.

I've never heard of a counterfitter beaching currency before, either.

Re:why is this news? [MOD PARENT UP]

On: Kernel 2.4.14 is out

I agree. I like linux and all, and I like to update my box every so often, but not EVERY point release!

Re:It's physics

On: Star In A Jar

Right.

Wouln't any MHD (magnetohydrodynamic) experiment count as experimental astrophysics?