On the contrary, several of his published works (The Father Christmas Letters, Mr. Bliss, Roverandom) originated as stories told to his children. The Hobbit started, famously, on a blank page on one of his students' examination papers, but he read chapters of it to his children during its development. While it's hard to answer the question "did he intend it as a children's novel?", there's no question that he at least considered it appropriate for children.
Well, there's a much more direct reason to choose the number nine: There were nine in the Fellowship, so nine actors got the tattoo.
But then again, they were nine because they were chosen to match up against the nine Ringwraiths, and the wraiths *are* those nine Mortal Men from the poem.
The Yahoo article doesn't mention this, but this month's print issue of Empire Magazine did. The Fellowship actors' tattoos all depict the Tengwar symbol for 9. (Tengwar being Tolkien's Elvish alphabet; you can see what it looks like here.)
They've been telling people for a while; it was mentioned in this month's (print) issue of Empire Magazine as well. Maybe what they swore never to tell was where on their bodies the tattoos are located (which he refused revealing to Reuters)? On the other hand, who would want to think about tattoos in funny places on old british actors?
You say this like it's a good thing, a tendency I've noticed in many reviews lately. For some reason a movie is regarded as too long if it even comes close to the two hour mark. DVD fans will know another side of the issue; director commentaries always talk about the parts they had to slash, and the number of unused scenes only seem to grow.
I understand perfectly well that in many cases a movie can be made too long, making it boring or just too long-winded. But why is a short movie seen as a good thing in itself? If a movie is really good, I'd love to stay in the theatre for three hours, or more. If it isn't good, I'll just leave. I can't tell you how many movies I've seen lately where I wished it would just last longer, and show us more of the story.
The 8890 is only one of several Nokia phones with this kind of sliding mechanism. Another is 7110, which is still very much on the market. I'm not saying it's a good solution (it's not, mine broke pretty fast), but apparently it sells anyway. And Nokia haven't given up on sliding mechanisms; witness the recently announced 7650.
The lack of a Linux version is the only reason I don't play Anarchy Online any more. Funcom made sure to drop enough hints about a Linux client to make us Linux-users hopeful, starting with a press release on the blessings of QT a year before launch, then later carefully moderating their statements to something like "we may make a Linux version, if we feel like it, at some point after launch". Now, several months after the release, there's still no word on a Linux client, and I strongly doubt there will ever be.
Too bad there's not enough of me to have an effect on any market statistic relevant to game developers.
There's a MacDonald's fish restaurant in Risør, Norway, run by a guy named MacDonald. He's still open for business, but I heard he did receive legal threats from McDonald's at some point.
You've really done it now... you posted a question to/. in which you referred to "the Debian version of Linux". Sorry, no relevant answers for you, all you get now is flames and trolls pointing out the difference between Linux distributions and versions of the Linux kernel.
I was expecting an X in every tab as well, and I really think that would be better. Not just because it'd be nice to be able to close a tab I'm not currently in, but also because it's nice to have all the tab stuff in one area for easy mouse access.
I'll still use the keyboard shortcuts most of the time though, so it's no big deal.
For some reason this got rated Funny; I guess my comment works both ways. I actually meant what I said, but you can pretend I was being sarcastic if you want:) (Anything for Karma, right? Oh wait, I'm capped, darn.)
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On the contrary, several of his published works (The Father Christmas Letters, Mr. Bliss, Roverandom) originated as stories told to his children. The Hobbit started, famously, on a blank page on one of his students' examination papers, but he read chapters of it to his children during its development. While it's hard to answer the question "did he intend it as a children's novel?", there's no question that he at least considered it appropriate for children.
Well, there's a much more direct reason to choose the number nine: There were nine in the Fellowship, so nine actors got the tattoo.
But then again, they were nine because they were chosen to match up against the nine Ringwraiths, and the wraiths *are* those nine Mortal Men from the poem.
Read this.
The Yahoo article doesn't mention this, but this month's print issue of Empire Magazine did. The Fellowship actors' tattoos all depict the Tengwar symbol for 9. (Tengwar being Tolkien's Elvish alphabet; you can see what it looks like here.)
They've been telling people for a while; it was mentioned in this month's (print) issue of Empire Magazine as well. Maybe what they swore never to tell was where on their bodies the tattoos are located (which he refused revealing to Reuters)? On the other hand, who would want to think about tattoos in funny places on old british actors?
But he did say "a" bus, so perhaps "monster" was meant to qualify its gas tank? Not to mention its sea-faring abilities...
Hey.. that's my line!
My clock is fuzzier than yours... right now the time is "End of week".
Metal Gear Stupid
Oh, you can *always* trust Katz... just, you know, inversely.
You say this like it's a good thing, a tendency I've noticed in many reviews lately. For some reason a movie is regarded as too long if it even comes close to the two hour mark. DVD fans will know another side of the issue; director commentaries always talk about the parts they had to slash, and the number of unused scenes only seem to grow.
I understand perfectly well that in many cases a movie can be made too long, making it boring or just too long-winded. But why is a short movie seen as a good thing in itself? If a movie is really good, I'd love to stay in the theatre for three hours, or more. If it isn't good, I'll just leave. I can't tell you how many movies I've seen lately where I wished it would just last longer, and show us more of the story.
A: They thought it would be a nice middle ground between nothing and more.
Isn't this extremely old news?
You forgot the most important one: It has to run Linux.
/me tries to avoid mentioning Beowulf clusters, but fails.
Speaking of sliding mechanisms; Is it just me, or does that thing look extremely flimsy?
The 8890 is only one of several Nokia phones with this kind of sliding mechanism. Another is 7110, which is still very much on the market. I'm not saying it's a good solution (it's not, mine broke pretty fast), but apparently it sells anyway. And Nokia haven't given up on sliding mechanisms; witness the recently announced 7650.
That's funny, considering it's only about two years since the 7110 was released...
The spring-release mechanism on my 7110 broke after about half a year. It still works (most of the time), it's just not as cool anymore.
The lack of a Linux version is the only reason I don't play Anarchy Online any more. Funcom made sure to drop enough hints about a Linux client to make us Linux-users hopeful, starting with a press release on the blessings of QT a year before launch, then later carefully moderating their statements to something like "we may make a Linux version, if we feel like it, at some point after launch". Now, several months after the release, there's still no word on a Linux client, and I strongly doubt there will ever be.
Too bad there's not enough of me to have an effect on any market statistic relevant to game developers.
You're too late; there won't be a boxed Linux version of RTCW, because not enough people bought the boxed Linux version of Q3:A.
There's a MacDonald's fish restaurant in Risør, Norway, run by a guy named MacDonald. He's still open for business, but I heard he did receive legal threats from McDonald's at some point.
You've really done it now... you posted a question to /. in which you referred to "the Debian version of Linux". Sorry, no relevant answers for you, all you get now is flames and trolls pointing out the difference between Linux distributions and versions of the Linux kernel.
I was expecting an X in every tab as well, and I really think that would be better. Not just because it'd be nice to be able to close a tab I'm not currently in, but also because it's nice to have all the tab stuff in one area for easy mouse access.
I'll still use the keyboard shortcuts most of the time though, so it's no big deal.
For some reason this got rated Funny; I guess my comment works both ways. I actually meant what I said, but you can pretend I was being sarcastic if you want :) (Anything for Karma, right? Oh wait, I'm capped, darn.)
I'm surprised CmdrTaco saw fit to put down Haley Joel Osment's acting skills up there. I mean, did you see AI? That kid *is* a great actor.
Silly DoJ, they should've spam-protected their email address.