- they make you listen to more advertising to get to the music they play
- the general consensus here seems to be that the music they play sucks
So, why would anyone here want to listen to Clear Channel radio? They may have a near-monopoly on the radio waves, but they don't have a monopoly on what you have to listen to. Buy some tapes or CDs. I've stopped listening to music on the radio long long ago. I still don't understand why people with any musical taste listen to the radio at all.
I just watched a videotaped (time shifted!) show on my 8 year old JVC VCR last night. It even has a button on the remote called "Channel Skip" that fast-forwards 30 seconds. I don't think they ever got sued over it.
Ok, on further investigation of IMDB (why didn't I do that BEFORE I pressed Submit???), I see that Red Dawn, and then Dreamscape were the first movies rated PG-13. However, Gremlins is credited as "causing the introduction of" the PG-13 rating, even though it might not have received it itself. After Gremlins (which was released before both of the other movies), they may have decided to actually implement the new rating.
Yes, this is completely off-topic. I was curioius.
I've always remembered it being Gremlins (1984) that brought about the creation of PG-13. I checked IMDB (second to last item), and they also had the same idea, though, they don't confirm it as fact. I wonder where we could find a definitive source.
Re:Killing Wolverine AND A FREE COMIC BOOK
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Review: Spiderman
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Uh, you don't have to go far to find another method of killing Wolverine....
Drop by your local comic store this weekend to pick up your FREE COMIC BOOK. While there, you could also pick up Wolverine #175 -- the most recent -- for another possible answer debated in this thread.
(I'm trying not to lone-gunmen-are-dead the ending, but I think I'm failing miserably)
A couple thoughts from a longtime, die-hard Spider-man fan, after seeing the midnight showing last night...
- The organic web shooters are not a distraction at all. Granted, I knew about this "departure from canon" in advance, so I didn't have to reconcile it all when it was first revealed in the movie, allowing me to just soak in the new interpretation. And it didn't take any getting used to at all, it felt right.
- I "like" the CGI. I "like" that it doesn't look complete realistic. I'm of the school of thought that comic books don't translate well to live-action and should be left to animation to preserve the high-energy dynamics and fantasy. The best parts of the movie are watching him jump and swing around the city. It just looks fun!
- I didn't like the Mary Jane movie character. She was an over-simplified, movie cliche, unbelievable love interest. How exactly does she transition from barely knowing Peter to being madly in love with him? You won't know by watching the movie. You'll just have to accept that a lot happens between them that you never see in the film. That the 1 or 2 "nice-guy" things Peter does are supposed to represent the basis of a deep, caring relationship.
- It was too violent. Sure, its quite tame compared to the majority of movies out there now, but even the small amount of really brutal fighting and blood is unnessary. I was really hoping to be able to take my 6 year old nephew to this movie (I'm brainwashing him into being a Spider-man freak like his uncle). But the final battle between Spidey and the Green Goblin is just too much for a young viewer to enjoy, which is a shame. Of course it needs "some" violence, Spidey has to beat up the bad guys. And he does, he beats up plenty of criminals in this movie, and in a tastefully tame way, without resorting to blood and guts. I wish they could have stuck with that style throughout, which I believe would have allowed a PG rating.
- The Green Goblin costume does look a little awkward at first, but I got used to it, and it began to feel right.
- The "Hulk" teaser played before the movie is such a TEASE!!! I got really excited when I figured out what it was (its not immediately obvious), only to have it cut away right at the payoff moment! AAAHGH!
- Spider-man is a fun movie. It has its flaws, but its much closer in quality to "X-Men" than the bombs that Marvel has put out in the past. I'd go see it again, but I'm not in a hurry to do so, if that makes any sense. Spidey fans who enjoy the character, and don't get hung up on some strict interpretation (apparently there are fans out there that can't even handle the Ultimate Spider-man line because of its departures... one of the best comics in years!!), will enjoy this movie.
First of all, I would hardly call plugging a USB ethernet card into a PS2 "a hack". Maybe its not officially supported by Sony, but its a pretty straightforward implementation supported by at least 1 retail game.
Second, the Sega Dreamcast has a broadband adaptor. I think there are maybe 3 games that support it.
That wouldn't help in this case. You don't need any scripting enabled to get the security dialog box that asks if you want to download a file.
Trying real hard to hide java similarities?
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What is .NET?
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Microsoft is trying REAL hard not to make it seem like they are re-inventing Java
Please provide material to back up that statement. Any links to MS Press Releases, product copy, or training materials?
I keep reading all of these supposedly derogatory remarks that C# or the.NET Framework is Java knockoff. I have never heard or seen it printed that Microsoft denies the similarities. I've gone to a few MS sponsored events where the presenters (MS employees) reference the Java similarities, and mention that there is even a Java.Net compiler (J#).
Programmers built the.NET Framework. Not some evil empire borg. Real programmers like you and me. Smart guys. They obviously saw a lot of good in Java, and wanted to pursue development in that direction, so they offer a competing product with their own personal touch.
Isn't imitation is the sincerest form of flattery? AMD does the same thing with x86 processors, no?
With ASP.NET (which is a sort of "extension" to IIS 5.0/5.1 for running.aspx pages), you can configure MOST of the settings for ASP.NET pages using the XML web.config file.
But since it runs within IIS, you still have to use the IIS Manager for such tasks as creating a new application directory, changing the directory security settings, or setting the default document.
This article was completely misrepresented by the slasdot summary. After reading the device, it sounds nothing like a GBA, or a GBA competitor. Maybe slashdot users don't know what Terminal Services is.
The device is based on Terminal Services. For all you linux users out there, it means its just a DISPLAY for processes running on another device. Think of it as a dumb X-Windows display.
Sure, it might show incredible graphics that are rendered on the XBOX 6 feet away from you, because its just painting the pixels, it doesn't need the fancy 3D hardware, etc. But my point is, the XBOX will have to be 6 feet away! This isn't a device you would take to school, take on a plane, take everywhere that you take a gameboy.
From the article:
"Microsoft's Terminal Server software shifts many computing functions off the device and onto other computers--owned either by the individual or by a service provider. Consumers can't really use a Mira device without a persistent connection to a more powerful computer."
The only way it could come close to competing with the portability of the GBA (which is the whole reason you use a GBA), is if it uses a constant connection to a nationwide wireless network. Then you are talking monthly fees.
Delaware has a lot of corp friendly laws. Its not just for the little junk mail companies. And you don't have to actually be IN the state where you incorporate, either. Anyone (ok, im sure not ANYONE, but I mean not just DE resedients) can incorporate in Delaware.
For example, Dell Computer, based in Austin, TX, where it started and where it has always remained, is a corporation of the state of Delaware.
Nintendo has consistently shown that they know how to make great games. Their first party games always have the best gameplay dynamics and replay value. Resident Evil is a great example of a horrible "game" with great graphics and shock value. When you watch it, it looks cool. When you play it, it feels like you are playing Dragon's Lair from a past decade.
Get over the bright colors and cute characters and actually play one of the Mario games, or Waverace, or any other Nintendo 1st party game. You will never play any other game with such tight control and attention to design.
I recently read "The Cathedral & the Bazaar" by Eric S. Raymond and thought he did a great job of explaining the motivations and mentality of the open source community. It answered a lot of the questions/doubts I had myself and motivated me to join the open source community.
I believe the majority of the book is available at Eric's homepage.
The "green arrow" icon is the Services Manager, installed with SQL Server. You can use it to start/stop SQL Server and a few related services. I believe there is a way to add other services (such as IIS/w3svc) to be controlled by this app, but I don't know the details. I assume the person that made that post has a setup that allows them to control IIS from the SQL Service Manager. I have never seen that as part of a default install of NT/W2K, however.
Can you give a single example of a store or non-Dell catalog that has been paid for "good placement" of a Dell computer?
Or make it easier, just give an example of a store or non-Dell catalog that sells new Dell computers. (I highly doubt they pay stores to push refurbished Dell systems)
If you buy a PowerEdge server-class machine (available for under $1000), you have the option of saving $800 by having it shipped with no operating system, or having RedHat 7 pre-installed at no charge.
I cannot believe someone would mod these "benchmarks" as informative. Reading it just left me with more questions. WHICH sites were used for the test? mozilla.org? How do you determine whether the page loaded 100% correctly? What is an incorrect page load? And reporting the crash statistics just makes it sound like you've got a really messy computer. I can't remember the last time IE crashed, and I use it about 30 hours a week. I don't use Mozilla nearly as much, but it has crashed for me in the limited time I've used it (0.90), and it doesn't seem to handle java correctly on some pages (tv.earthcam.com). However, I will not state that Mozilla is unreliable because I don't have enough examples to back that up (plus I think its a good product).
Posts like this are a very clear example of why companies have license restrictions on publishing benchmarks for their products.
I agree 100%. That site was a painful reminder of the damage done to Next Generation Online and Next Generation Magazine. They were both the best in their fields, until they sold out and became another "me-too" advertisement vehicle.
The original journalists and Slashdot posters are twisting the facts to their point of view.
Another author could just have easily, and accurtely titled the article (and Slashdot post) as:
"Microsoft ADDS MP3 creation support to Windows"
... and then the article would clarify that it is only limited support, because MS doesn't want to pay royalties to Fraunhoffer, but STILL MORE SUPPORT THAN YOU HAVE NOW, with your built-in utilities.
As for some existing apps having trouble running on XP, I don't doubt that, happens with every version change in Windows. But to say that ONLY old CD ripping and recording software will not work, as if it were being targeted, is a little misleading.
Nothing is wrapping up here. As I go to bed at 4amCST, all of the networks have withdrawn Florida from BUSH now, and Gore is steadily expanding his lead in the popular vote.
There will be a lot of scrutiny of the inevitable recounts in Florida. It could drag on and on. Bush should throw in the towel now and submit to the nationwide popular vote.
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So let me get this straight:
- they make you listen to more advertising to get to the music they play
- the general consensus here seems to be that the music they play sucks
So, why would anyone here want to listen to Clear Channel radio? They may have a near-monopoly on the radio waves, but they don't have a monopoly on what you have to listen to. Buy some tapes or CDs. I've stopped listening to music on the radio long long ago. I still don't understand why people with any musical taste listen to the radio at all.
I just watched a videotaped (time shifted!) show on my 8 year old JVC VCR last night. It even has a button on the remote called "Channel Skip" that fast-forwards 30 seconds. I don't think they ever got sued over it.
Spider-Man did something like $43 million this weekend (it's 3rd). Most movies would be happy to see those kinda numbers on their opening weekend.
I saw it again on Saturday, at a matinee show, and it was sold out, as was the showing before it.
Count me out of the "everyone saw this" group. I really had no idea that the general public would be this interested in a Spider-man movie.
Ok, on further investigation of IMDB (why didn't I do that BEFORE I pressed Submit???), I see that Red Dawn, and then Dreamscape were the first movies rated PG-13. However, Gremlins is credited as "causing the introduction of" the PG-13 rating, even though it might not have received it itself. After Gremlins (which was released before both of the other movies), they may have decided to actually implement the new rating.
Yes, this is completely off-topic. I was curioius.
I've always remembered it being Gremlins (1984) that brought about the creation of PG-13.
I checked IMDB (second to last item), and they also had the same idea, though, they don't confirm it as fact.
I wonder where we could find a definitive source.
Uh, you don't have to go far to find another method of killing Wolverine....
Drop by your local comic store this weekend to pick up your FREE COMIC BOOK. While there, you could also pick up Wolverine #175 -- the most recent -- for another possible answer debated in this thread.
(I'm trying not to lone-gunmen-are-dead the ending, but I think I'm failing miserably)
A couple thoughts from a longtime, die-hard Spider-man fan, after seeing the midnight showing last night...
- The organic web shooters are not a distraction at all. Granted, I knew about this "departure from canon" in advance, so I didn't have to reconcile it all when it was first revealed in the movie, allowing me to just soak in the new interpretation. And it didn't take any getting used to at all, it felt right.
- I "like" the CGI. I "like" that it doesn't look complete realistic. I'm of the school of thought that comic books don't translate well to live-action and should be left to animation to preserve the high-energy dynamics and fantasy. The best parts of the movie are watching him jump and swing around the city. It just looks fun!
- I didn't like the Mary Jane movie character. She was an over-simplified, movie cliche, unbelievable love interest. How exactly does she transition from barely knowing Peter to being madly in love with him? You won't know by watching the movie. You'll just have to accept that a lot happens between them that you never see in the film. That the 1 or 2 "nice-guy" things Peter does are supposed to represent the basis of a deep, caring relationship.
- It was too violent. Sure, its quite tame compared to the majority of movies out there now, but even the small amount of really brutal fighting and blood is unnessary. I was really hoping to be able to take my 6 year old nephew to this movie (I'm brainwashing him into being a Spider-man freak like his uncle). But the final battle between Spidey and the Green Goblin is just too much for a young viewer to enjoy, which is a shame. Of course it needs "some" violence, Spidey has to beat up the bad guys. And he does, he beats up plenty of criminals in this movie, and in a tastefully tame way, without resorting to blood and guts. I wish they could have stuck with that style throughout, which I believe would have allowed a PG rating.
- The Green Goblin costume does look a little awkward at first, but I got used to it, and it began to feel right.
- The "Hulk" teaser played before the movie is such a TEASE!!! I got really excited when I figured out what it was (its not immediately obvious), only to have it cut away right at the payoff moment! AAAHGH!
- Spider-man is a fun movie. It has its flaws, but its much closer in quality to "X-Men" than the bombs that Marvel has put out in the past. I'd go see it again, but I'm not in a hurry to do so, if that makes any sense. Spidey fans who enjoy the character, and don't get hung up on some strict interpretation (apparently there are fans out there that can't even handle the Ultimate Spider-man line because of its departures... one of the best comics in years!!), will enjoy this movie.
Can you share with the rest of the group where you get 5c a minute 24/7, with no monthly fee?
Others might be interested.
The original M.U.L.E had multiple species - I believe there were 8 (you selected on by choosing a direction with your joystick).
The original M.U.L.E. had multiplayer via hotseat (you could play 4 players with only 2 joysticks on a C64).
So, I'm not sure what you are referring to that makes this a "remake". Sounds to me like the same game.
First of all, I would hardly call plugging a USB ethernet card into a PS2 "a hack". Maybe its not officially supported by Sony, but its a pretty straightforward implementation supported by at least 1 retail game.
Second, the Sega Dreamcast has a broadband adaptor. I think there are maybe 3 games that support it.
Even more useful, you could track when these files are being called, which may help you figure out how to eliminate them entirely.
a tion,System.Diagnostics.EventLogEntryType.Informat ion );
Something like this, which just writes the path of the executable to the windows event log. (C#)
namespace ExeSource
{
class Class1
{
[System.STAThread]
static void Main(string[] args)
{
System.Diagnostics.EventLog evLog = new System.Diagnostics.EventLog("Application");
evLog.Source = "ExeSource";
evLog.WriteEntry( System.Reflection.Assembly.GetEntryAssembly().Loc
}
}
}
That wouldn't help in this case. You don't need any scripting enabled to get the security dialog box that asks if you want to download a file.
Microsoft is trying REAL hard not to make it seem like they are re-inventing Java
.NET Framework is Java knockoff. I have never heard or seen it printed that Microsoft denies the similarities. I've gone to a few MS sponsored events where the presenters (MS employees) reference the Java similarities, and mention that there is even a Java .Net compiler (J#).
.NET Framework. Not some evil empire borg. Real programmers like you and me. Smart guys. They obviously saw a lot of good in Java, and wanted to pursue development in that direction, so they offer a competing product with their own personal touch.
Please provide material to back up that statement. Any links to MS Press Releases, product copy, or training materials?
I keep reading all of these supposedly derogatory remarks that C# or the
Programmers built the
Isn't imitation is the sincerest form of flattery? AMD does the same thing with x86 processors, no?
With ASP.NET (which is a sort of "extension" to IIS 5.0/5.1 for running .aspx pages), you can configure MOST of the settings for ASP.NET pages using the XML web.config file.
But since it runs within IIS, you still have to use the IIS Manager for such tasks as creating a new application directory, changing the directory security settings, or setting the default document.
This article was completely misrepresented by the slasdot summary. After reading the device, it sounds nothing like a GBA, or a GBA competitor. Maybe slashdot users don't know what Terminal Services is.
The device is based on Terminal Services. For all you linux users out there, it means its just a DISPLAY for processes running on another device. Think of it as a dumb X-Windows display.
Sure, it might show incredible graphics that are rendered on the XBOX 6 feet away from you, because its just painting the pixels, it doesn't need the fancy 3D hardware, etc. But my point is, the XBOX will have to be 6 feet away! This isn't a device you would take to school, take on a plane, take everywhere that you take a gameboy.
From the article:
"Microsoft's Terminal Server software shifts many computing functions off the device and onto other computers--owned either by the individual or by a service provider. Consumers can't really use a Mira device without a persistent connection to a more powerful computer."
The only way it could come close to competing with the portability of the GBA (which is the whole reason you use a GBA), is if it uses a constant connection to a nationwide wireless network. Then you are talking monthly fees.
Not a competitor in my book.
Delaware has a lot of corp friendly laws. Its not just for the little junk mail companies. And you don't have to actually be IN the state where you incorporate, either. Anyone (ok, im sure not ANYONE, but I mean not just DE resedients) can incorporate in Delaware.
For example, Dell Computer, based in Austin, TX, where it started and where it has always remained, is a corporation of the state of Delaware.
Its just you.
Nintendo has consistently shown that they know how to make great games. Their first party games always have the best gameplay dynamics and replay value. Resident Evil is a great example of a horrible "game" with great graphics and shock value. When you watch it, it looks cool. When you play it, it feels like you are playing Dragon's Lair from a past decade.
Get over the bright colors and cute characters and actually play one of the Mario games, or Waverace, or any other Nintendo 1st party game. You will never play any other game with such tight control and attention to design.
I believe the majority of the book is available at Eric's homepage.
The "green arrow" icon is the Services Manager, installed with SQL Server. You can use it to start/stop SQL Server and a few related services. I believe there is a way to add other services (such as IIS/w3svc) to be controlled by this app, but I don't know the details. I assume the person that made that post has a setup that allows them to control IIS from the SQL Service Manager.
I have never seen that as part of a default install of NT/W2K, however.
Or make it easier, just give an example of a store or non-Dell catalog that sells new Dell computers. (I highly doubt they pay stores to push refurbished Dell systems)
Maybe you meant HP and Compaq?
If you buy a PowerEdge server-class machine (available for under $1000), you have the option of saving $800 by having it shipped with no operating system, or having RedHat 7 pre-installed at no charge.
Posts like this are a very clear example of why companies have license restrictions on publishing benchmarks for their products.
I agree 100%. That site was a painful reminder of the damage done to Next Generation Online and Next Generation Magazine. They were both the best in their fields, until they sold out and became another "me-too" advertisement vehicle.
Another author could just have easily, and accurtely titled the article (and Slashdot post) as: "Microsoft ADDS MP3 creation support to Windows"
As for some existing apps having trouble running on XP, I don't doubt that, happens with every version change in Windows. But to say that ONLY old CD ripping and recording software will not work, as if it were being targeted, is a little misleading.
There will be a lot of scrutiny of the inevitable recounts in Florida. It could drag on and on. Bush should throw in the towel now and submit to the nationwide popular vote.