The fact that a production companys creativity has dried up so much that they have to remake a mediocre sci-fi program (and spend all the money on special effects no doubt) is very sad.
I would imagine that every year there will be thousands media graduates and new creative writers coming onto the market who would love to have a pop at a large scale production like this.
Either; the big companies are so scared at taking a risk that they just tart-up the same old crap, or all these new brains on the market are not up to the job (unlikley)
when something slightly new and fresh comes along in this niche marketplace (e.g. Farscape) the public lap it up (until it gets cancelled)
I agree totally. I have already tried a wireless browser/ mail solution (IPAQ) and that was OK.
To be honest, if I were to buy one of these I'd configure it to be a universal remote control for the house and I'd have to mothball the PDA, that would be about it.
Pop stars are getting ripped off, developers are getting ripped off, fishermen are getting ripped off, the fire department are getting ripped off, etc, etc, etc
Dont mean to sound despotic, but Stan, join the queue
This is a fake; 1) If you check the URL'ds of the images, they are coming from different sources. 2) The Lightning coming of the coils is a photoshop effect 3) The Tesla Coils are not Tesla Coils at all. If you look at the bottom of the structires, they are being held in place with plastic plant pots. These wouls melt in seconds 4) Everyone on the board over at arestechnica is laughing at us
Grow up. This is a technology site, not a recruitment drive for the KKK. Take your small minded views and go back to your louisiana swamp where you can settle down with your sister/mother/aunt and have little deformed anonymous cowards.
Well, one reason why I buy Cisco is for the maintenance agreements, the support packs and the like you know all the expensive stuff that gives me peace of mind. When that firewall blows, who's neck is on the line?
Oh and the fact that the entire Cisco site runs on MySQL should be enough reason to give them all your employers hard earnt money
only a true redneck could even begin to assume that America "kicks ass" in "every political, social, education, and economic category"
lets tackle these one at a time shall we;
Political -- Have you seen the brain dead psycho who YOU voted in
Social -- Absolutly. I couldnt agree more with a country who would watch someone die in the street if they couldnt afford health care
Education -- Dont make me laugh. Your high school examinations would be aced by an 11 year old in Europe (BTW, its Maths, not Math)
Economic -- True, The good ole' U S of A is the largest economy on the planet due to its sheer size, so how come a country the size of you smallest state is the fourth largest economy (thats the UK by the way, I think you'll find we invented the computer)
Sorry to flame, but you realy must be some kind of moron to rant about "Go USA!" in a technology BBS. Its people like you who keep the barriers in place instead of smashing them down. No doubt you think I am some kind of "Commie", but you probably didnt hear that the cold war ended.
I'm sure that this does effect people who have no AV protection on their pc's, however, when I tried to create this code to give it a test run, my AV software told me "The file C:\Documents and Settings\NICKM\Desktop\New Text Document.txt is infected with Exploit-CodeBase Trojan." and would not allow it to run. (sorry, my work machine is XP)
N = The number of communicative civilizations
The number of civilizations in the Milky Way Galaxy whose radio emissions are detectable.
R* = The rate of formation of suitable stars
The rate of formation of stars with a large enough "habitable zone" and long enough lifetime to be suitable for the development of intelligent life.
fp = The fraction of those stars with planets
The fraction of Sun-like stars with planets is currently unknown, but evidence indicates that planetary systems may be common for stars like the Sun. more info
ne = The number of "earths" per planetary system
All stars have a habitable zone where a planet would be able to maintain a temperature that would allow liquid water. A planet in the habitable zone could have the basic conditions for life as we know it. more info
fl = The fraction of those planets where life develops
Although a planet orbits in the habitable zone of a suitable star, other factors are necessary for life to arise. Thus, only a fraction of suitable planets will actually develop life.
fi = The fraction life sites where intelligence develops
Life on Earth began over 3.5 billion years ago. Intelligence took a long time to develop. On other life-bearing planets it may happen faster, it may take longer, or it may not develop at all. For more information, please visit Dr. William Calvin's "The Drake Equation's fi"
fc = The fraction of planets where technology develops
The fraction of planets with intelligent life that develop technological civilizations, i.e., technology that releases detectable signs of their existence into space.
L = The "Lifetime" of communicating civilizations
The length of time such civilizations release detectable signals into space.
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but I HATE real player... will they all be in RM format
nasty horrible software
sir, you apprear to have dropped your handbag, would you like me to pick it up for you.
The fact that a production companys creativity has dried up so much that they have to remake a mediocre sci-fi program (and spend all the money on special effects no doubt) is very sad.
I would imagine that every year there will be thousands media graduates and new creative writers coming onto the market who would love to have a pop at a large scale production like this.
Either; the big companies are so scared at taking a risk that they just tart-up the same old crap, or all these new brains on the market are not up to the job (unlikley)
when something slightly new and fresh comes along in this niche marketplace (e.g. Farscape) the public lap it up (until it gets cancelled)
These people need to remember how to take risks
I've just changed my mind... what if you can skin it to LCARS (star trek OS)
Now I'm sold
I agree totally. I have already tried a wireless browser/ mail solution (IPAQ) and that was OK.
To be honest, if I were to buy one of these I'd configure it to be a universal remote control for the house and I'd have to mothball the PDA, that would be about it.
that my 'puter was powered by a series of little mice on little wheels.
Suppose I'd better stop putting food for them in the coffee cup holder. Who would have thought that the nice man from IT support was right all along
Pop stars are getting ripped off, developers are getting ripped off, fishermen are getting ripped off, the fire department are getting ripped off, etc, etc, etc
Dont mean to sound despotic, but Stan, join the queue
Harsh...
why bother with the flying car when you can just teleport over
The first one to get CP/M running on the XBox will gain true kudos.
10 PRINT "Microsoft really wouldnt like this"
20 GO TO 10
RUN
Last time I had to update my CV, it took about a week in order to get all my skills in an easy to read, yet eye-catching format.
:)
I never realised all I had to write was
404 Error; Page not found.
Right then, lets send this baby off
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go to http://www.linuxplay.com/ and fork out £200 of your hard earnt money
wait 6 months
get kit
discover you dont have a sync-on-green monitor and spend a further £250 for a cheap one
install PS2 linux and discover you have deleted all your saved data from your memory card
easy
So, I currently use my PS2 for
1) PS2 Linux
2) DVD Player
oh and 3) Playing games
and now its going to be a tivo
I cant wait for the coffee making functionality, mowing the lawn add on and DNA cloning plug in
This is a fake;
1) If you check the URL'ds of the images, they are coming from different sources.
2) The Lightning coming of the coils is a photoshop effect
3) The Tesla Coils are not Tesla Coils at all. If you look at the bottom of the structires, they are being held in place with plastic plant pots. These wouls melt in seconds
4) Everyone on the board over at arestechnica is laughing at us
At least we gave them a few hits...
Is this a record, can we run a book on how quickly we can /. microsoft
heh
Grow up. This is a technology site, not a recruitment drive for the KKK. Take your small minded views and go back to your louisiana swamp where you can settle down with your sister/mother/aunt and have little deformed anonymous cowards.
you people are no better than the nazis
Well, one reason why I buy Cisco is for the maintenance agreements, the support packs and the like you know all the expensive stuff that gives me peace of mind. When that firewall blows, who's neck is on the line?
Oh and the fact that the entire Cisco site runs on MySQL should be enough reason to give them all your employers hard earnt money
Ahhh, how refreshing
only a true redneck could even begin to assume that America "kicks ass" in "every political, social, education, and economic category"
lets tackle these one at a time shall we;
Political -- Have you seen the brain dead psycho who YOU voted in
Social -- Absolutly. I couldnt agree more with a country who would watch someone die in the street if they couldnt afford health care
Education -- Dont make me laugh. Your high school examinations would be aced by an 11 year old in Europe (BTW, its Maths, not Math)
Economic -- True, The good ole' U S of A is the largest economy on the planet due to its sheer size, so how come a country the size of you smallest state is the fourth largest economy (thats the UK by the way, I think you'll find we invented the computer)
Sorry to flame, but you realy must be some kind of moron to rant about "Go USA!" in a technology BBS. Its people like you who keep the barriers in place instead of smashing them down. No doubt you think I am some kind of "Commie", but you probably didnt hear that the cold war ended.
Idiot
Havn't we come a long way since the 70's. I'll stick to my stinkpad thank you very much
I'm sure that this does effect people who have no AV protection on their pc's, however, when I tried to create this code to give it a test run, my AV software told me "The file C:\Documents and Settings\NICKM\Desktop\New Text Document.txt is infected with Exploit-CodeBase Trojan." and would not allow it to run. (sorry, my work machine is XP)
I dont see this as too much of a problem
I think its terrible... would be like calling an open source OS Lindows :)
N = R* × fp × ne × fl × fi × fc × L
Where,
N = The number of communicative civilizations
The number of civilizations in the Milky Way Galaxy whose radio emissions are detectable.
R* = The rate of formation of suitable stars
The rate of formation of stars with a large enough "habitable zone" and long enough lifetime to be suitable for the development of intelligent life.
fp = The fraction of those stars with planets
The fraction of Sun-like stars with planets is currently unknown, but evidence indicates that planetary systems may be common for stars like the Sun. more info
ne = The number of "earths" per planetary system
All stars have a habitable zone where a planet would be able to maintain a temperature that would allow liquid water. A planet in the habitable zone could have the basic conditions for life as we know it. more info
fl = The fraction of those planets where life develops
Although a planet orbits in the habitable zone of a suitable star, other factors are necessary for life to arise. Thus, only a fraction of suitable planets will actually develop life.
fi = The fraction life sites where intelligence develops
Life on Earth began over 3.5 billion years ago. Intelligence took a long time to develop. On other life-bearing planets it may happen faster, it may take longer, or it may not develop at all. For more information, please visit Dr. William Calvin's "The Drake Equation's fi"
fc = The fraction of planets where technology develops
The fraction of planets with intelligent life that develop technological civilizations, i.e., technology that releases detectable signs of their existence into space.
L = The "Lifetime" of communicating civilizations
The length of time such civilizations release detectable signals into space.
Cheap, easy and a huge ammount of capacity.
Nuff said
On their website... absolutly huge RDBMS