The boomstick edition is AFAIK a relabelled limited edition. There just weren't enough limiteds to go around when that came out a few years back. I don't think this specific instance is them trying to get people to get two copies.
But oh lord... I own way too many copies of Evil Dead 1.
You seem to be missing the idea behind normal retail.
Car dealerships don't have hundreds of models like places that sell movies have hundreds of movies.
Coke is a firmly entrenched product. In many places it isn't even competing with more than one other company. The campus I attend school at is exlusively Coke. This isn't a situation they can pull with the Matrix DVDs.
Your Warcraft example doesn't really hold up either. At most times there are no more than a few dozen titles that are being pushed by retail outlets. Again, many fewer titles to compete for marketshare than in the movie section.
Or maybe you do see the Matrix as being that important as to be on the same level. What WB seems to be trying to accomplish here is ensuring greater sales for the super Matrix edition later by teasing people in with the entry level. Newbies who bought the Matrix normal edition and fell in love probably wouldn't be willing to go out the next day and get the super version. Give them a few months to dig on the normal version AND a new movie - you've not only sold a basic copy, but a super copy as well to the same person.
Even just around skyscrapers they're enforcing very seriously. A week ago I was in Chicago and wanted to take a picture of the Amoco building(I used to work there) to try out my new digital camera. As soon as I pulled out the camera a guard ran at me and yelled at me about no pictures being allowed. Dammit.. Why couldn't I have had a digital camera to play with when I actually worked there?
No, it's actually not a physical threshold effect. There's some issues there, yes. I mean, you can't completely avoid slowdown and decay in the elderly. I'm attached to a lab that's doing some research on this right now and we're finding that some training in related tasks greatly improves the UFOV constrictions. If it were a sensory issue then training wouldn't produce the jump in performance test results that are seen.
Current research is showing that a lot of the problems with the elderly and having accidents - vehicular or otherwise - is strongly correlated with attentional problems that they have. Their functional field of view suffers and, combined with other things is responsible for a lot of their problems.
So, while this vibrational shoe may have some balance effects, it's only part of the problem that they're fixing.
I wonder some days whether I would have liked the original trilogy even half as much if it were to come out now over when I was a wee little tyke.
(hint:the answer is no.)
I wonder how many people that were in their 20s when the original trilogy came out are at the same level of fandom as the people who are in their 20s now and grew up with the movies.
I'm still not sure if I'm going to bother spending money to see this Harry Potter film.
After the first few minutes of the first movie I just felt myself wanting to go read the book instead. I know that it's hard to remain true to the original material while also bringing something new to it, but this director couldn't get any closer to the source material without a restraining order. But then some of my favorite bits were cut out for time constraints.
Also, I always felt wary after finding out that the director's previous work included Home Alone.
Ah well. The books aren't that hard to read, people. They cost less than a movie admission and have much better effects if your imagination is halfway decent.
I'm not so sure how releasing something on DVD is providing recognition it deserves. I could understand saying that if Paramount went all out trying to promote it I could call it recognition. But if, not keep in mind how much low quality stuff gets put out that is "gaining recognition".
Just in case people are undecided as to whether to download the video footage or not, I know that there's a pretty big demographic out there that would be interested in one thing - beowulf clusters. There's a few seconds of footage from a talk being given on that. Perhaps it was a local chapter of the support group meeting for an "Imagine A Beowulf Cluster Of <Foo>"(IABCOF).
Except that Diablo II's engine is entirely 2d. It uses a few translucency effects that 3d cards provide, but everything in the game is some 2d graphics that are strung together to seem animated. That's why the install for D2 is so big - you need to have space for all those non-realtime rendered graphics. Same goes with something like Fallout Tactics - another 2d only game with a gigantic install because of it.
I was watching the History channel and was very happy that, even though the program was paced for commercials, they did not show any. Instead the breaks consisted of interviews with NY firefighters. If anybody is reading this and wants something that isn't sensational that deals with 9/11/01, try the History Channel
The real problem lies in that, by default, a windows installation is set to hide extensions for known file types. The only indication that a file is one type or another is from the icon. If they changed that people might start to understand one or two things about what's going on.
You can force a file association in 95+ by shift+right clicking on a file and choosing 'open with'. The bitchy part comes when you want to change what program opens what extensions in IE - that is a tough one to pull.
This is one of the weirdest trolls I've seen.. Is it somebody working under the idea that adding even the smallest amount of confusion to someone's day counts? Or a groundswell gimmick for some new Stephen King book?
Stephen King is not dead and has not been for the few weeks that this message has been repeatedly posted.
It wasn't NASA that screwed up metric and imperial. Lockheed Martin designed their part of the project in imperial without following the engineering guidelines.
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I believe the warp levels work out like the ratings for earthquakes do. Each successive full rating is 10 times more extreme than the previous. So warp 7 would be 100 times faster than warp 5, etc.
I thought it was a joke story at first, too. The cardboard is actually the plexiglass but with a protective brown layer over it so it doesn't get scratched up while you're working on it. Scroll down some and you'll see the real thing.
What kind of applications are going to come up, though? The 'shopping mall' metaphor is really weak. I've tried out a few existing and dying VRML like applications to the whole e-commerce thing and it is a pain in the ass. You have to slowly maneuver around to get a view on what store you're walking past. You have to wait to walk past all the other crap. The feeling/representation of being there with other people just gets in the way because they obstruct your vision.
The only thing that I can come up with for an application is applying it to relational databases - like semantic networks or computer networks. Having an option to better organize the data seems interesting.
But in all a 3D GUI will only make what most people use computers for more of a hassle.
Big problem though. The metaphor of walking around does not translate to mouse and keyboard very well. Have you ever seen how long it takes somebody to take to a first person shooter?
The only viable way to currently claim that it's a 'metaphorical' leap is with the use of CAVE systems. (sorry, don't know the url or anything, do a back search on slashdot).
My thoughts on Independence Day and the computer virus are that the whole computer industry was heavily driven forward by this alien technology and that there is a pretty good reason for being able to sort of interface with it.
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Where is there a picture?
The picture in the article is just one of a bike as an example of what the motor *could* fit onto.
The boomstick edition is AFAIK a relabelled limited edition. There just weren't enough limiteds to go around when that came out a few years back. I don't think this specific instance is them trying to get people to get two copies.
But oh lord... I own way too many copies of Evil Dead 1.
You seem to be missing the idea behind normal retail.
Car dealerships don't have hundreds of models like places that sell movies have hundreds of movies.
Coke is a firmly entrenched product. In many places it isn't even competing with more than one other company. The campus I attend school at is exlusively Coke. This isn't a situation they can pull with the Matrix DVDs.
Your Warcraft example doesn't really hold up either. At most times there are no more than a few dozen titles that are being pushed by retail outlets. Again, many fewer titles to compete for marketshare than in the movie section.
Or maybe you do see the Matrix as being that important as to be on the same level. What WB seems to be trying to accomplish here is ensuring greater sales for the super Matrix edition later by teasing people in with the entry level. Newbies who bought the Matrix normal edition and fell in love probably wouldn't be willing to go out the next day and get the super version. Give them a few months to dig on the normal version AND a new movie - you've not only sold a basic copy, but a super copy as well to the same person.
Even just around skyscrapers they're enforcing very seriously. A week ago I was in Chicago and wanted to take a picture of the Amoco building(I used to work there) to try out my new digital camera. As soon as I pulled out the camera a guard ran at me and yelled at me about no pictures being allowed. Dammit.. Why couldn't I have had a digital camera to play with when I actually worked there?
Where do I get the new version of the browser?
I'm still angry that I got the BBA and it didn't include a browser that supported it. And the software support... What a fiasco.
No, it's actually not a physical threshold effect. There's some issues there, yes. I mean, you can't completely avoid slowdown and decay in the elderly. I'm attached to a lab that's doing some research on this right now and we're finding that some training in related tasks greatly improves the UFOV constrictions. If it were a sensory issue then training wouldn't produce the jump in performance test results that are seen.
Current research is showing that a lot of the problems with the elderly and having accidents - vehicular or otherwise - is strongly correlated with attentional problems that they have. Their functional field of view suffers and, combined with other things is responsible for a lot of their problems.
So, while this vibrational shoe may have some balance effects, it's only part of the problem that they're fixing.
Weird. All I ever used them for was setting them up and knocking them down. I don't think I've ever known the rules.
I wonder some days whether I would have liked the original trilogy even half as much if it were to come out now over when I was a wee little tyke.
(hint:the answer is no.)
I wonder how many people that were in their 20s when the original trilogy came out are at the same level of fandom as the people who are in their 20s now and grew up with the movies.
I'm still not sure if I'm going to bother spending money to see this Harry Potter film.
After the first few minutes of the first movie I just felt myself wanting to go read the book instead. I know that it's hard to remain true to the original material while also bringing something new to it, but this director couldn't get any closer to the source material without a restraining order. But then some of my favorite bits were cut out for time constraints.
Also, I always felt wary after finding out that the director's previous work included Home Alone.
Ah well. The books aren't that hard to read, people. They cost less than a movie admission and have much better effects if your imagination is halfway decent.
How is setting up dominos considered hacking?
I'm not so sure how releasing something on DVD is providing recognition it deserves. I could understand saying that if Paramount went all out trying to promote it I could call it recognition. But if, not keep in mind how much low quality stuff gets put out that is "gaining recognition".
Just in case people are undecided as to whether to download the video footage or not, I know that there's a pretty big demographic out there that would be interested in one thing - beowulf clusters. There's a few seconds of footage from a talk being given on that. Perhaps it was a local chapter of the support group meeting for an "Imagine A Beowulf Cluster Of <Foo>"(IABCOF).
Except that Diablo II's engine is entirely 2d. It uses a few translucency effects that 3d cards provide, but everything in the game is some 2d graphics that are strung together to seem animated. That's why the install for D2 is so big - you need to have space for all those non-realtime rendered graphics.
Same goes with something like Fallout Tactics - another 2d only game with a gigantic install because of it.
I was watching the History channel and was very happy that, even though the program was paced for commercials, they did not show any. Instead the breaks consisted of interviews with NY firefighters.
If anybody is reading this and wants something that isn't sensational that deals with 9/11/01, try the History Channel
The real problem lies in that, by default, a windows installation is set to hide extensions for known file types. The only indication that a file is one type or another is from the icon. If they changed that people might start to understand one or two things about what's going on.
You can force a file association in 95+ by shift+right clicking on a file and choosing 'open with'. The bitchy part comes when you want to change what program opens what extensions in IE - that is a tough one to pull.
This is one of the weirdest trolls I've seen.. Is it somebody working under the idea that adding even the smallest amount of confusion to someone's day counts? Or a groundswell gimmick for some new Stephen King book?
Stephen King is not dead and has not been for the few weeks that this message has been repeatedly posted.
It wasn't NASA that screwed up metric and imperial. Lockheed Martin designed their part of the project in imperial without following the engineering guidelines.
I believe the warp levels work out like the ratings for earthquakes do. Each successive full rating is 10 times more extreme than the previous. So warp 7 would be 100 times faster than warp 5, etc.
I thought it was a joke story at first, too. The cardboard is actually the plexiglass but with a protective brown layer over it so it doesn't get scratched up while you're working on it. Scroll down some and you'll see the real thing.
Technically those two games cost nothing more than the cost to burn and package them. Cut that down to two dollars.
What kind of applications are going to come up, though? The 'shopping mall' metaphor is really weak. I've tried out a few existing and dying VRML like applications to the whole e-commerce thing and it is a pain in the ass. You have to slowly maneuver around to get a view on what store you're walking past. You have to wait to walk past all the other crap. The feeling/representation of being there with other people just gets in the way because they obstruct your vision.
The only thing that I can come up with for an application is applying it to relational databases - like semantic networks or computer networks. Having an option to better organize the data seems interesting.
But in all a 3D GUI will only make what most people use computers for more of a hassle.
Big problem though. The metaphor of walking around does not translate to mouse and keyboard very well. Have you ever seen how long it takes somebody to take to a first person shooter?
The only viable way to currently claim that it's a 'metaphorical' leap is with the use of CAVE systems. (sorry, don't know the url or anything, do a back search on slashdot).
A metaphor is only as strong as its weakest link.
My thoughts on Independence Day and the computer virus are that the whole computer industry was heavily driven forward by this alien technology and that there is a pretty good reason for being able to sort of interface with it.
Admittedly it's still a load of hogwash.