Re:Imagine this other African language.....
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"I'm all for the preservation of culture and language, but, c'mon -- the Navajos were valuable but it's not like they were a crucial part of the war effort, like radar."
"Praise for their skill, speed and accuracy accrued throughout the war. At Iwo Jima, Major Howard Connor, 5th Marine Division signal officer, declared, "Were it not for the Navajos, the Marines would never have taken Iwo Jima." Connor had six Navajo code talkers working around the clock during the first two days of the battle. Those six sent and received over 800 messages, all without error." (emphasis added)
Considering how important Iwo Jima was to winning the war in the Pacific, I think it's safe to say that without the Navajo code talkers, the war would've dragged on much longer, with a questionable outcome.
Re:Linux written to compete with SCO?
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Darl's an idiot and doesn't know what he's talking about, in general. But in this case, he's right. Any jury would agree that SuSE Linux does the same thing, and is intended for the same operaations, as SCO UnixWare. I doubt the non-compete says "you can't sell UNIX", it probably says "you can't sell products which compete with UNIX". Which SuSE demonstrably does.
Hmm, sounds like a new/. meme is developing. Why? I don't know. But whenever someone says something clever here, there's always a flurry of copycats who just can't wait to jump on the next bandwagon. I figured I might as well join in this time.
I've heard another theory, that the flood myths come from the end of the last ice age, when it's conceivable there would've been (at times) catastrophic flooding from severe weather changes. There's a tribe in the Pacific Northwest US with a flood myth, part of which centers on a whale which got trapped inland by the flood. Sure enough, researchers found a whale skeleton that dates from the time of the end of the ice age. (I tried finding an article about this, but couldn't.)
I call bullshit. The longest you can be held by the cops without them filing paperwork is 72 hours. Realistically, any decent lawyer, even a pro bono or public defender one, will get you back on the streets in less time. (IIRC, the reason for the 72 hour rule is in case of a three day weekend, when the courts are closed for 72 hours, though that hasn't stopped the police from using it during regular work weeks, too.)
The only other time you can be held without being charged with an actual crime is if you are a material witness, and then it's as much for your protection as anything else. I'm not sure where this started, but it likely was during the crackdown on organized crime; now it is used in the fight against terrorism.
All that aside, it is *really* easy to get someone arrested by the police, and if you do it right it won't even come back to bite you on the ass. If you're a woman, just start crying and claim your boyfriend beat you up, chances are he'll have to cop a plea just to get on with his life, and noone will ever doubt your story. After all, we all know men are animals and women are saints, right?
It's only libel if it isn't true, and it can only be defamation of character if you have a character to defame.;)
Here in the States, we have a law that famous people can be mocked and pilloried ad nauseum, and there's fuck all they can do about it. I'm surprised the UK doesn't have something similar (though to be true, this isn't about a satirical newstory, so doesn't quite fall under that catagory).
1. Because he's tied into the source, and can control machines in the real world. The One becomes one with the source, remember? But even at that, his abilities are limited. The first time he tries it, it overwhelms him and almost kills him. Later, there are too many machines for him to control.
2. How do the humans get into the Matrix in the first place? Because the Matrix, and it's programs, are designed to interact with the human mind. When Smith enters Bane, he corrupts Bane's brain's "programming", just like he does anyone else he takes over. When Bane jacks out of the Matrix, the copy of Smith in his brain is able to control his body.
3. The train station is a waypoint between the Matrix and the real world (most likely, the machines that run things in 01). Because it exists seperately from, but interconnected with, the Matrix, programs can use it to move between the two locations. But only the Trainman has any real control over it, because he created it. When Neo enters his coma after the encounter with the sentinels in Reloaded, his mind stumbles on the train station, most likely because it isn't really part of the Matrix, and such doesn't have the same controls in place to safe guard it from hacking.
4. It doesn't matter, it's not germane to the plot.
5. Because that is their purpose. The sentinels have always, when show in groups, hovered together. They probably have some kind of flocking routing built in. But more importantly, it looked cool.
6. When they designed their defenses, they were built around the idea of having the fleet at hand to use their EMPs. But the fleet, except for the Hammer and the Logos, was wiped out at the end of Reloaded, remember? Should they have had EMPs at the dock itself? Probably. But the US should've had more radar stations around Pearl Harbor on Dec 7, 1941, too. Poor decisions on the part of the command structure of Zion isn't a plot hole.
Um, why do you think a CS major should be learning maintenance tasks?? Those are OJT skills that are learned after college. College courses should be teaching you *why* computers do what they do, not how. The how will change, often many times from month to month or even week to week. Thy why never does.
The RIAA members are certainly making money. They always will. As for the artists, how much do you want to bet most of their contracts say things like "X dollars for every CD sold", not for every song sold?
Because if they supported other formats, why would you pay twice as much for a crappy iPod and not pick up one of their competitors' products for much less? iPods only work with iTunes for a reason.
I saw TTT when I was in Turkey last year, and it had an intermission (right before Frodo and Sam see the oliphaunts and get captured by Faramir). It's a common custom there to play an intermission in a movie, even ones only 90 minutes long. Of course, they also have assigned seating when you buy your ticket, no scrambling for four or five seats adjacent to each other, so the whole experience is much more like going to the theater than a movie.
Interesting sidenote: since the movie was in English with Turkish subtitles, it wasn't until I saw the DVD version a few months ago that I knew what people were saying when they were speaking Elvish. Kinda made it easier to enjoy the scenes with Arwen, I didn't have to listen to cheesy dialogue, just check out the pretty girl with the funny ears.
"smith copied himself onto bane, an unplugged character -then- uploaded himself through the hardline. putting himself in bane's shoes initially is the actual leap in science for scifi fans. how could Smith do that when in M1 it was established that agents could only jump into plugged-in people?"
Smith also copied himself onto other programs, including other agents and the Oracle, herself. Agents, presumably, can't jump into other programs. But Smith wasn't an agent anymore, he was a virus, and viruses operated under different circumstances than other programs.
I know, replying to yourself is tacky. But I saw the movie tonight, and let me just say, it FUCKING ROCKS!!!
I can't figure out what people are complaining about. The dialogue is fine, for an action flick, certainly better than most. The effects are out of this world. And the plotline holds up with the rest of the series. In fact, EVERYTHING is explained in the first half hour. Where Neo is when he's in a coma, how he stopped the Sentinels at the end of Reloaded, why the Oracle looks differently, EVERYTHING! There are no unanswered questions at the end.
And the death scene some people complained about: it was paced just fine. The only reason it seemed to take a long time was it came after a lot of fast paced action sequences. But two things: one, everything said by the dying character was important to the one to whom it was said, and therefore important to the story; two, it was important to the flow of the plot to slow things down a bit so that the real climax could happen with a suitable breather from all the previous action.
"Yeah, I think they are going to take it alot farther than another movie. In other media this story will continue for as many years as we are willing to spend money on it."
Gee, you mean like some kind of MMORPG? Considering they've been talking about The Matrix: Online for awhile now, but haven't said what it is, it's actually not surprising there's no "conclusion" to the film. Any real fan isn't expecting one.
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"I'm all for the preservation of culture and language, but, c'mon -- the Navajos were valuable but it's not like they were a crucial part of the war effort, like radar."
Others disagree.
From Navajo Code Talkers: World War II Fact Sheet:
"Praise for their skill, speed and accuracy accrued throughout the war. At Iwo Jima, Major Howard Connor, 5th Marine Division signal officer, declared, "Were it not for the Navajos, the Marines would never have taken Iwo Jima." Connor had six Navajo code talkers working around the clock during the first two days of the battle. Those six sent and received over 800 messages, all without error." (emphasis added)
Considering how important Iwo Jima was to winning the war in the Pacific, I think it's safe to say that without the Navajo code talkers, the war would've dragged on much longer, with a questionable outcome.
Darl's an idiot and doesn't know what he's talking about, in general. But in this case, he's right. Any jury would agree that SuSE Linux does the same thing, and is intended for the same operaations, as SCO UnixWare. I doubt the non-compete says "you can't sell UNIX", it probably says "you can't sell products which compete with UNIX". Which SuSE demonstrably does.
Hmm, sounds like a new /. meme is developing. Why? I don't know. But whenever someone says something clever here, there's always a flurry of copycats who just can't wait to jump on the next bandwagon. I figured I might as well join in this time.
"If you're that compelled to interact with females in a digital enviroment, play an MMORPG where at least they can communicate back."
And have the same likelihood of being a real female as in a sim.
Come on, in a discussion of dating sims, why has noone mentioned Leisuresuit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards? Best Dating Game Ever.
I've heard another theory, that the flood myths come from the end of the last ice age, when it's conceivable there would've been (at times) catastrophic flooding from severe weather changes. There's a tribe in the Pacific Northwest US with a flood myth, part of which centers on a whale which got trapped inland by the flood. Sure enough, researchers found a whale skeleton that dates from the time of the end of the ice age. (I tried finding an article about this, but couldn't.)
I call bullshit. The longest you can be held by the cops without them filing paperwork is 72 hours. Realistically, any decent lawyer, even a pro bono or public defender one, will get you back on the streets in less time. (IIRC, the reason for the 72 hour rule is in case of a three day weekend, when the courts are closed for 72 hours, though that hasn't stopped the police from using it during regular work weeks, too.)
The only other time you can be held without being charged with an actual crime is if you are a material witness, and then it's as much for your protection as anything else. I'm not sure where this started, but it likely was during the crackdown on organized crime; now it is used in the fight against terrorism.
All that aside, it is *really* easy to get someone arrested by the police, and if you do it right it won't even come back to bite you on the ass. If you're a woman, just start crying and claim your boyfriend beat you up, chances are he'll have to cop a plea just to get on with his life, and noone will ever doubt your story. After all, we all know men are animals and women are saints, right?
It's only libel if it isn't true, and it can only be defamation of character if you have a character to defame. ;)
Here in the States, we have a law that famous people can be mocked and pilloried ad nauseum, and there's fuck all they can do about it. I'm surprised the UK doesn't have something similar (though to be true, this isn't about a satirical newstory, so doesn't quite fall under that catagory).
1. Because he's tied into the source, and can control machines in the real world. The One becomes one with the source, remember? But even at that, his abilities are limited. The first time he tries it, it overwhelms him and almost kills him. Later, there are too many machines for him to control.
2. How do the humans get into the Matrix in the first place? Because the Matrix, and it's programs, are designed to interact with the human mind. When Smith enters Bane, he corrupts Bane's brain's "programming", just like he does anyone else he takes over. When Bane jacks out of the Matrix, the copy of Smith in his brain is able to control his body.
3. The train station is a waypoint between the Matrix and the real world (most likely, the machines that run things in 01). Because it exists seperately from, but interconnected with, the Matrix, programs can use it to move between the two locations. But only the Trainman has any real control over it, because he created it. When Neo enters his coma after the encounter with the sentinels in Reloaded, his mind stumbles on the train station, most likely because it isn't really part of the Matrix, and such doesn't have the same controls in place to safe guard it from hacking.
4. It doesn't matter, it's not germane to the plot.
5. Because that is their purpose. The sentinels have always, when show in groups, hovered together. They probably have some kind of flocking routing built in. But more importantly, it looked cool.
6. When they designed their defenses, they were built around the idea of having the fleet at hand to use their EMPs. But the fleet, except for the Hammer and the Logos, was wiped out at the end of Reloaded, remember? Should they have had EMPs at the dock itself? Probably. But the US should've had more radar stations around Pearl Harbor on Dec 7, 1941, too. Poor decisions on the part of the command structure of Zion isn't a plot hole.
The only problem with audio books is, you can't learn basic punctuation if you're just listening to someone read a story.
"On another note, for the purposes of accident insurance, deer are considere flying objects in Canada."
Not surprising, given your proximity to the North Pole.
"I'd like to think of myself as an intelligent teenager."
So would all the other teenagers out there. Trust me, when you reach 30, you'll look back and think "God, I was an idiot!"
It's OK, though, from what I hear when you reach 50 you look back at your 30s and say "God, I was an idiot!"
Um, why do you think a CS major should be learning maintenance tasks?? Those are OJT skills that are learned after college. College courses should be teaching you *why* computers do what they do, not how. The how will change, often many times from month to month or even week to week. Thy why never does.
The RIAA members are certainly making money. They always will. As for the artists, how much do you want to bet most of their contracts say things like "X dollars for every CD sold", not for every song sold?
Because if they supported other formats, why would you pay twice as much for a crappy iPod and not pick up one of their competitors' products for much less? iPods only work with iTunes for a reason.
Because the Marketting department said anything with "Xtreme" in the title would be more popular.
Interesting. Is that where "X marks the spot" originated?
I saw TTT when I was in Turkey last year, and it had an intermission (right before Frodo and Sam see the oliphaunts and get captured by Faramir). It's a common custom there to play an intermission in a movie, even ones only 90 minutes long. Of course, they also have assigned seating when you buy your ticket, no scrambling for four or five seats adjacent to each other, so the whole experience is much more like going to the theater than a movie.
Interesting sidenote: since the movie was in English with Turkish subtitles, it wasn't until I saw the DVD version a few months ago that I knew what people were saying when they were speaking Elvish. Kinda made it easier to enjoy the scenes with Arwen, I didn't have to listen to cheesy dialogue, just check out the pretty girl with the funny ears.
Sounds like a useful application of GeoCaching...finally.
"smith copied himself onto bane, an unplugged character -then- uploaded himself through the hardline. putting himself in bane's shoes initially is the actual leap in science for scifi fans. how could Smith do that when in M1 it was established that agents could only jump into plugged-in people?"
Smith also copied himself onto other programs, including other agents and the Oracle, herself. Agents, presumably, can't jump into other programs. But Smith wasn't an agent anymore, he was a virus, and viruses operated under different circumstances than other programs.
Dude, you need to go watch Revolutions. The Oracle answers this question in the first half hour. Short answer: you're wrong.
Better yet, google for the answer from the creators, the Watzamacallit Brothers. They said months ago, flat out, that Zion was not another Matrix.
I know, replying to yourself is tacky. But I saw the movie tonight, and let me just say, it FUCKING ROCKS!!!
I can't figure out what people are complaining about. The dialogue is fine, for an action flick, certainly better than most. The effects are out of this world. And the plotline holds up with the rest of the series. In fact, EVERYTHING is explained in the first half hour. Where Neo is when he's in a coma, how he stopped the Sentinels at the end of Reloaded, why the Oracle looks differently, EVERYTHING! There are no unanswered questions at the end.
And the death scene some people complained about: it was paced just fine. The only reason it seemed to take a long time was it came after a lot of fast paced action sequences. But two things: one, everything said by the dying character was important to the one to whom it was said, and therefore important to the story; two, it was important to the flow of the plot to slow things down a bit so that the real climax could happen with a suitable breather from all the previous action.
All in all, I'd give it 4 out of 4 stars.
"Will: All hands embrace for impact..."
Ya know, I know Starfleet in NexGen was touchy-feely, but isn't that taking it a bit too far? Or was it just an excuse for him to grab Troi?
"Yeah, I think they are going to take it alot farther than another movie. In other media this story will continue for as many years as we are willing to spend money on it."
Gee, you mean like some kind of MMORPG? Considering they've been talking about The Matrix: Online for awhile now, but haven't said what it is, it's actually not surprising there's no "conclusion" to the film. Any real fan isn't expecting one.