Oh, and that whole "9/11 was brilliant" thing? Disgusting. You should know better than to express admiration for mass murderers. That kind of thing just isn't okay.
Brilliant doesn't imply any judgement on the morality of it. Hitler's blitzkrieg was a brilliant military move, no matter how repugnant the reasons and results.
Admiration? Hardly. Admission of the audacity and success of the plan? Yes.
1. Full of light; shining. See Synonyms at bright. 2. Relating to or being a hue that has a combination of high lightness and strong saturation. 3. Sharp and clear in tone. 4. Glorious; magnificent: the brilliant court life at Versailles. 5. Superb; wonderful: The soloist gave a brilliant performance. 6. Marked by unusual and impressive intellectual acuteness: a brilliant mind; a brilliant solution to the problem. See Synonyms at intelligent.
While I suppose you could be referring to definition #6... Use of the word "brilliant" to describe that event sure leaves a lot of room for miscommunication. I think I've seen enough tapes from Al Jazeera where they're also using words from definition #4 to make me think maybe there's a better word you could use to make your point.
WAKE UP! Virtually every major cable-TV player is getting into the game. 5 years from now I imagine you'll have a challenge trying to find a new standard cablebox that doesn't have TiVo-like features.
Why can't Lucas take a hint from the LOTR series and release the 13-DVD super-duper box set with 35 variations of each film including the original versions and his new screwed up versions? Charge people eleventy-seven dollars or whatever... just give people what they want.... not what he thinks they should have.
"Special visual effects are not there to convey a message, they are there to cover up deficiencies."
Not necessarily. It's all about telling a story. You're telling me that "Finding Nemo" is better than "Toy Story" because they had better special effects to cover up deficiencies? I'd argue that
part of the reason it was better was because they had a more-complete effects toolset available to them with which to convey their message.
Sure, a spinning teapot isn't going to seal the deal... but more powerful tools give an artist more options when creating a presentation to market whatever it is they're marketing. That's not to say that every slide needs 3D crap flying all over the place, but I'd argue that used appropriately and conservatively... these new tools definitely offer a presenter a more complete toolset with which to convey their message.
Unfortunately, we'll probably suffer the same hell that Photoshop filters have yielded (i.e. overuse of the lense flare, and drop-shadow) but I believe the talented artist will use these new features to build some truly impressive presentations.
She did such a good job creating the crazy seagull for OpenOffice that I feel it's imperative that she lead the project to create the BSA Copyright Weasel!
Yeah... that's it. Say I leave it plugged in for 2 miles a month. Surely they can't mandate that I drive a prescribed distance per month. I'll just unplug it for the rest of the month, and get the cheap rate....
So IBM spends gagillions on Linux commercials... then "leaks" a story about how work needs to be done on their (most-likely) customized internal build of WindowsXP so that SP2 will run smoothly? Why is this news? If IBM is anything like ANY big corporation... their users aren't supposed to just install things whenever they want on corporate resources. That's not to say that they don't... it's just that they are probably told not to.
This isn't news. It's Slashdot being used as a puppet for IBM's marketing department. Sadly, I fear many Slashdot readers would be okay with that since it benefits Linux.
There's a huge difference between TRAINING and EDUCATION. You can train somebody so they have whatever certifications you want... but that doesn't mean they know how to learn. I learned a lot of different things at college... many of which I'm sure I'll never use, but they helped develop my brain to think a certain way and I improved my ability to learn how to learn. Particularly in an age where outsourcing is prevelant, I'd rather have a broad knowledebase.
On the flipside, maybe college can be completed in 2 years if you take away all the fun, alcohol, and women... and for anyone that's purely technical... that may be a good fit.
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...you know you'd watch the short bus if it was headed off the cliff.
Admiration? Hardly. Admission of the audacity and success of the plan? Yes.
1. Full of light; shining. See Synonyms at bright.
2. Relating to or being a hue that has a combination of high lightness and strong saturation.
3. Sharp and clear in tone.
4. Glorious; magnificent: the brilliant court life at Versailles.
5. Superb; wonderful: The soloist gave a brilliant performance.
6. Marked by unusual and impressive intellectual acuteness: a brilliant mind; a brilliant solution to the problem. See Synonyms at intelligent.
While I suppose you could be referring to definition #6
I think FOX has a job opening waiting for you....
It was the grad student ... in the lab ... with the iPod!
Seriously, Duke just handed out a whole slew of homicides waiting to happen.
...it's like watching an anime episode where the Gray Ninja fights the Dragon!
What? It's Dragoon, not Dragon?
Nevermind...
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WAKE UP! Virtually every major cable-TV player is getting into the game. 5 years from now I imagine you'll have a challenge trying to find a new standard cablebox that doesn't have TiVo-like features.
Why can't Lucas take a hint from the LOTR series and release the 13-DVD super-duper box set with 35 variations of each film including the original versions and his new screwed up versions? Charge people eleventy-seven dollars or whatever ... just give people what they want .... not what he thinks they should have.
Is this a test of what a day's worth of ambient audio sounds like, or a test of how stupid a question can make it to the first page of Slashdot?
psst! Look over on the other side... There's two of them!
I suppose you use Lynx to browse the web?
Sure, a spinning teapot isn't going to seal the deal ... but more powerful tools give an artist more options when creating a presentation to market whatever it is they're marketing. That's not to say that every slide needs 3D crap flying all over the place, but I'd argue that used appropriately and conservatively ... these new tools definitely offer a presenter a more complete toolset with which to convey their message.
Unfortunately, we'll probably suffer the same hell that Photoshop filters have yielded (i.e. overuse of the lense flare, and drop-shadow) but I believe the talented artist will use these new features to build some truly impressive presentations.
I've hooked up with many gay lovers, unknown to my wife, through Craigslist classifieds."
She did such a good job creating the crazy seagull for OpenOffice that I feel it's imperative that she lead the project to create the BSA Copyright Weasel!
Yeah ... that's it. Say I leave it plugged in for 2 miles a month. Surely they can't mandate that I drive a prescribed distance per month. I'll just unplug it for the rest of the month, and get the cheap rate....
So IBM spends gagillions on Linux commercials ... then "leaks" a story about how work needs to be done on their (most-likely) customized internal build of WindowsXP so that SP2 will run smoothly? Why is this news? If IBM is anything like ANY big corporation ... their users aren't supposed to just install things whenever they want on corporate resources. That's not to say that they don't ... it's just that they are probably told not to.
This isn't news. It's Slashdot being used as a puppet for IBM's marketing department. Sadly, I fear many Slashdot readers would be okay with that since it benefits Linux.
...as we grow closer and closer to the five-minute game.
There's a huge difference between TRAINING and EDUCATION. You can train somebody so they have whatever certifications you want ... but that doesn't mean they know how to learn. I learned a lot of different things at college ... many of which I'm sure I'll never use, but they helped develop my brain to think a certain way and I improved my ability to learn how to learn. Particularly in an age where outsourcing is prevelant, I'd rather have a broad knowledebase.
... and for anyone that's purely technical ... that may be a good fit.
On the flipside, maybe college can be completed in 2 years if you take away all the fun, alcohol, and women
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