we have the potential some day (even if it's millenia away and they are hugely advanced now) to be a threat to them. Why not just wipe us out now, while we can't defend ourselves?
when did the Advertising Standards Authority become an authority on deciding thickness?
The S2 isn't 8.49mm thick in some places. It's 8.49mm thick all over, except one small section at the bottom.
It feels and looks thinner. I just got one (after having owned each iPhone iteration), and I think it feels slimmer, and it's the first thing most people have commented on when I've shown them it (including iPhone users).
To describe the S2 as banana shaped is simply wrong. it's flat, with a slight bump (not even 1.5mm bump!) at the end.
before I even read the comments on this story, I knew that Slashdot group think would be squarely against it.
I would usually say I'm quite aligned with the group think, but in this case, I'm not so sure.
I've been thinking for quite a while that the internet would be improved if everyone had to post things under their real identity. It's easy to go for a knee jerk omg, what about people's privacy. But to me, privacy on the net generally (and increasingly) seems to be a cover for posting abuse/rubbish, and it significantly lowers the value of the internet.
Maybe real names isn't the way to fix it, but I think the quality of the net would improve if we could find a way to prevent people positing without the slightest thought.
yup, I agree with this. It was filled with too much padding (did we really need a presenter "live" in Hawaii?). Brian Cox also looked a wee bit uncomfortable with the live presenter job. Dara O'Briain was an excellent choice, being a professional comedian who is also a geek. The idea of basic stargazing education is very good, but think it would have been better as a series of half hour programmes, rather than an hour 3 consecutive nights. But fair play to the BBC for trying it anyway. wonder what viewing figures were like.
Think you've got this wrong. The Soviet Union didn't invade Japan from the North, they declared war, and invaded Japanese held China (in particular, Manchuria). Though it did affect the Japanese decision to surrender.
The japanese did surrender conditionally, but it wasn't like it was them that were offering conditions to the US for months. The conditions argument was in the main between the US and the UK (US wanted Hirohito tried as war criminal, UK wanted to keep him as head of state). UK, US and China agreed conditions which they would accept a Japanese surrender, a week or 2 before the first bomb.
The decision was taken on the 9th of August - the day in which they got news of Manchuria and Nagasaki. So I don't know where you get that they "didn't surrender after the second one". They did. It might not have been the only factor, the USSR invasion helped, but it's unlikely a USSR invasion on it's own would have triggered the surrender.
Also, there was going to be a 3rd bomb available a week after the 2nd one was dropped. But it was likely if Japan hadn't surrendered by then, the US would have "saved up" a lot of bombs for a nuclear blitz, and force the end of the war that way.
There is some money to be made, but there are still big barriers to making any money, IMHO.
My brother and I wrote a graphical adventure in our spare time, thought we'd like to do something in a Monkey Island style, as we hadn't really seen any fresh games in that style for some time.
The feedback we've had from people who have played the game has been excellent, so we have good reason to believe it's a pretty original, funny game we've created.
However, it's virtually impossible to get noticed - partly because of Tetris/iFart clones, partly because of Mafia Wars points apps. (which fill up the game lists, rather than being in game purchases the way they should be).
So if you've got no money to get your game noticed, then your app/game being original/useful is meaningless - it will disappear regardless.
Seems a bit of an advert? Admittedly I haven't heard of City of Heroes before (and perhaps looks like I should have), but I don't see why it would merit a front page article which just reads like a press release.....
You loosen something that is too tight. You let loose the hounds. You never "loose" anything.
Oxford English Dictionary
loose, v.
1. a. trans. To let loose, set free;
1697 DRYDEN Virg. Past. VI. 38 Loose me, he cry'd, 'twas Impudence to find A sleeping God, 'tis Sacrilege to bind. 1821 SHELLEY Prometh. Unb. II. ii. 94 How he [the chained Titan] shall be loosed. 1840 BROWNING Sordello II. 211 Like Perseus when he loosed his naked love. 1865 TROLLOPE Belton Est. xx. 232 Belton had gone into the stable, and had himself loosed the animal.
b. In immaterial sense: To set free, release, emancipate
1570-6 LAMBARDE Peramb. Kent (1826) 149 Loosing them from al duty of allegiance to their Prince. 1611 BIBLE Luke xiii. 12 Woman, thou art loosed from thy infirmitie. 1637-50 ROW Hist. Kirk (1842) 130 It was concluded,..that he shall be lowsed fra the said sentence. 1784 COWPER Task II. 39 They [sc. slaves] themselves once ferried o'er the wave That parts us, are emancipate and loosed. 1842 TENNYSON Godiva 37 She sent a herald forth, And bad him cry,..that she would loose The people. 1902 A. M. FAIRBAIRN Philos. Chr. Relig. III. II. ii. 542 God as interpreted through Him [Christ] was loosed from the qualities that bound Him to a peculiar people.
d. To free (the lips, tongue, etc.) from constraint.
1902 Expositor May 383 The wine loosed the tongues of the guests.
.... and pages and pages more, but I think the point is made.
what point? That this particular use of that verb has been outdated and unused for about a century?
I got into it a bit late, (got a deal on the mini series plus all 3 series box set), and was glad I did.
I can kind of see where you're coming from about the second series, as some of it was drifting a bit I thought, but I really enjoyed the third series - feel things are setting up so well, and the last double episode was superb.
no, you do have a fair point about it not only being American TV. I'm not saying it could be done (or has been done) better elsewhere. I discounted making any comparisons with UK TV, as I think it's worse - in the UK, season are generally 6-8 episodes long, so long term planning is even worse!
I think it's more that I find it frustrating when excellent shows with great production values (american TV shows look so much better than ones over here) get cancelled because they don't have blockbuster ratings from the off...
I don't think citing Babylon 5 as a way to develop the arc is a good idea.
There are severe problems with the way American TV is made (I'm not American, and I'm not American TV bashing, because so much of it is so far ahead of what we produce in the UK), but as an example, I only recently decided to watch Babylon 5, as I didn't watch it at the time.
I thought it was superb. But the 5th series was garbage. IMHO. I then read up about the history of the show, and was annoyed to learn of the whole thing about it being canceled after series 4. A great show, with a well though through arc, had to rush to some half-arsed finish, because they though it would get binned.
And that's the problem - you just can't think far enough ahead, because the ratings will drop, so anybody planning a 3/4 season arc has to make sure the ratings in the FIRST HALF of series 1 is interesting enough to justify even the first half of the season getting shown.
what a horrible website. Yes, I know what colour Mars is, they didn't have squeeze everything into a small window and colour it red to make sure I got it.
And I can't be bothered clicking through a page at a time, for a tiny bit of text about each discovery.
absolute rubbish. £100,000 a living wage? You must have some expensive tastes.
I lived in London for years, and the average amongst young professionals with a degree was in the range of £25k to £45k. And everyone had a decent quality lifestyle.
£350k for a 1-bed house is only if you live in certain areas - a living wage means you can live comfortably, not that it gives you enough money to have a large disposable income, and be able to buy in an exclusive area....
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we have the potential some day (even if it's millenia away and they are hugely advanced now) to be a threat to them. Why not just wipe us out now, while we can't defend ourselves?
when did the Advertising Standards Authority become an authority on deciding thickness?
The S2 isn't 8.49mm thick in some places. It's 8.49mm thick all over, except one small section at the bottom.
It feels and looks thinner. I just got one (after having owned each iPhone iteration), and I think it feels slimmer, and it's the first thing most people have commented on when I've shown them it (including iPhone users).
To describe the S2 as banana shaped is simply wrong. it's flat, with a slight bump (not even 1.5mm bump!) at the end.
before I even read the comments on this story, I knew that Slashdot group think would be squarely against it.
I would usually say I'm quite aligned with the group think, but in this case, I'm not so sure.
I've been thinking for quite a while that the internet would be improved if everyone had to post things under their real identity. It's easy to go for a knee jerk omg, what about people's privacy. But to me, privacy on the net generally (and increasingly) seems to be a cover for posting abuse/rubbish, and it significantly lowers the value of the internet.
Maybe real names isn't the way to fix it, but I think the quality of the net would improve if we could find a way to prevent people positing without the slightest thought.
yup, I agree with this. It was filled with too much padding (did we really need a presenter "live" in Hawaii?). Brian Cox also looked a wee bit uncomfortable with the live presenter job. Dara O'Briain was an excellent choice, being a professional comedian who is also a geek.
The idea of basic stargazing education is very good, but think it would have been better as a series of half hour programmes, rather than an hour 3 consecutive nights. But fair play to the BBC for trying it anyway. wonder what viewing figures were like.
Think you've got this wrong. The Soviet Union didn't invade Japan from the North, they declared war, and invaded Japanese held China (in particular, Manchuria). Though it did affect the Japanese decision to surrender.
The japanese did surrender conditionally, but it wasn't like it was them that were offering conditions to the US for months. The conditions argument was in the main between the US and the UK (US wanted Hirohito tried as war criminal, UK wanted to keep him as head of state). UK, US and China agreed conditions which they would accept a Japanese surrender, a week or 2 before the first bomb.
The decision was taken on the 9th of August - the day in which they got news of Manchuria and Nagasaki. So I don't know where you get that they "didn't surrender after the second one". They did. It might not have been the only factor, the USSR invasion helped, but it's unlikely a USSR invasion on it's own would have triggered the surrender.
Also, there was going to be a 3rd bomb available a week after the 2nd one was dropped. But it was likely if Japan hadn't surrendered by then, the US would have "saved up" a lot of bombs for a nuclear blitz, and force the end of the war that way.
There is some money to be made, but there are still big barriers to making any money, IMHO.
My brother and I wrote a graphical adventure in our spare time, thought we'd like to do something in a Monkey Island style, as we hadn't really seen any fresh games in that style for some time.
The feedback we've had from people who have played the game has been excellent, so we have good reason to believe it's a pretty original, funny game we've created.
However, it's virtually impossible to get noticed - partly because of Tetris/iFart clones, partly because of Mafia Wars points apps.
(which fill up the game lists, rather than being in game purchases the way they should be).
So if you've got no money to get your game noticed, then your app/game being original/useful is meaningless - it will disappear regardless.
And seeing as I've given my game a plug, here is the iTunes link for a humorous, original graphical adventure if anyone is interested ( http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/all-fridges-are-psychotic/id344310546?mt=8 )
I agree with this, but one thing I am baffled about - why are RATM part of the Sony Empire? Surely completely against what they stand for?
The Al-ighty -ollar?". Oh, I get it!
think you got that saying wrong - it's supposed to be - "Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice - can't get fooled again".
Seems a bit of an advert? Admittedly I haven't heard of City of Heroes before (and perhaps looks like I should have), but I don't see why it would merit a front page article which just reads like a press release.....
So I wink, and well because I am an awful winker, I'd make all kinds of scary facial gestures that would scare any good three year old.
So said three year old gets incredibly terrified, and starts screaming with this high pitch - mommy thats a child molester scream-
I wince.
you're talking nonce sense.
You loosen something that is too tight. You let loose the hounds. You never "loose" anything.
what point? That this particular use of that verb has been outdated and unused for about a century?
Polaris heart monitor? Is that the nuclear version of a polar heart monitor?
yes, as it's completely unnecessary.
he could've just said '"I know Kevin Bacon" would have a Bacon number of 1, but "I AM Kevin Bacon" would have a Bacon number of 0.'
Why he chose Hitler to demonstrate this example is baffling. He must be a nazi.
Do you really think it's declined in quality?
;-)
I got into it a bit late, (got a deal on the mini series plus all 3 series box set), and was glad I did.
I can kind of see where you're coming from about the second series, as some of it was drifting a bit I thought, but I really enjoyed the third series - feel things are setting up so well, and the last double episode was superb.
plus Dean Stockwell wasn't in the first series
You're Indian?
You Took Eeerrrr Jeeeebbbbs!
oh dear.
You will be obsolete in the new order.
Correct response was 1060 West Addison.
no, you do have a fair point about it not only being American TV. I'm not saying it could be done (or has been done) better elsewhere. I discounted making any comparisons with UK TV, as I think it's worse - in the UK, season are generally 6-8 episodes long, so long term planning is even worse!
I think it's more that I find it frustrating when excellent shows with great production values (american TV shows look so much better than ones over here) get cancelled because they don't have blockbuster ratings from the off...
I don't think citing Babylon 5 as a way to develop the arc is a good idea.
There are severe problems with the way American TV is made (I'm not American, and I'm not American TV bashing, because so much of it is so far ahead of what we produce in the UK), but as an example, I only recently decided to watch Babylon 5, as I didn't watch it at the time.
I thought it was superb. But the 5th series was garbage. IMHO. I then read up about the history of the show, and was annoyed to learn of the whole thing about it being canceled after series 4. A great show, with a well though through arc, had to rush to some half-arsed finish, because they though it would get binned.
And that's the problem - you just can't think far enough ahead, because the ratings will drop, so anybody planning a 3/4 season arc has to make sure the ratings in the FIRST HALF of series 1 is interesting enough to justify even the first half of the season getting shown.
Long term planing is just not possible.
my eyes, the googles do nothing.
what a horrible website. Yes, I know what colour Mars is, they didn't have squeeze everything into a small window and colour it red to make sure I got it.
And I can't be bothered clicking through a page at a time, for a tiny bit of text about each discovery.
potentially interesting article, completely ruined!
exactly what I was thinking. The list is feeble.
How Derek and his "Ph.D" didn't make the list is unforgiveable.
I can remember following the flamewar closely - certainly spent far more time on it than I spent actually playing BC3000AD.
In the end I felt sorry for him, because he did seem to want the best for his game. But his hair trigger temper was absolutely hilarious.
I suggest anyone who doesn't know the story has a read at this site- guaranteed to give you a laugh!
http://follies.werewolves.org/
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Australian humour..... where's the -1 Unfunny mod when you need it?
absolute rubbish. £100,000 a living wage? You must have some expensive tastes.
I lived in London for years, and the average amongst young professionals with a degree was in the range of £25k to £45k. And everyone had a decent quality lifestyle.
£350k for a 1-bed house is only if you live in certain areas - a living wage means you can live comfortably, not that it gives you enough money to have a large disposable income, and be able to buy in an exclusive area....