Hmm... I haven't used any FireGL cards in XFree86, but ATI provides drivers for it. I understand drivers for the FireGL line are another team's responsibility, and they're certainly not mentioned in the FAQ, but it still counts.
I don't know about quality, but it's probably pretty good.
I remember back when PGP was a fairly new thing; no integration with anything.
Now that PGP is corporately passe, why should we stick with the standard? Considering that public/private key encryption schemes are looking more and more vulnerable, even with large keys, why should we not look for an improved alternative?
So, what alternatives do exist for public key schemes?
At it's heart, AMPAS is a very conservative, very predictable organization. The Academy tends to be very elitist in it's choices for Oscars. The last time I saw unbiased, gutsy voting on their part was back -- well, I haven't lived that long.
Unfortunately, Fellowship comes from a genre of dubious pedigree. Some fantasy movies, like Willow, are entertaining, but hardly world class. Some, like Labyrinth, are only notable because they starred David Bowie. Until this year, few were truly outstanding.
On the other hand, the esteemed members of the Academy can vote for a movie like A Beautiful Mind. It stars Russell Crowe, a very capable actor whom I think generally does really good work, whatever he stars in. Jennifer Connolly also did a good job. We all knew Ron Howard could direct after Apollo 13.
But that's not the point. More than anything, A Beautiful Mind is the type of film with which the Academy feels comfortable voting, despite the fact that, underneath, it's nothing more than an exhumed and reanimated version of Shine, with the brilliant-but-tortured musician replaced with the brilliant-but-tortured mathematician.
Today sees movie producers and directors routinely designing movies to target the Oscar judges. Pick a story they'll vote for (usually based on a well-written-but-not-well-read book), veteran actors with a lot of political karma, lobby like an Enron exec, and if the film has any quality at all, it might be a contender for "best picture".
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I've looked: I don't think a science fiction or fantasy movie has *ever* won one of the big 3 Oscars. Even powerhouse movies like Star Wars, 2001 and Crouching Tiger were unable to break through. They're always placated with technical achievement awards and then sent on their way.
Now that they've got the javascript problems introduced in 0.9.6 ironed out (my test was IHT, since they're reputedly a site designed to take advantage of NS6's capabilities), they just have to fix printing.
I still don't know why when the Mozilla team has created one of the best rendering engines on the planet, they can't apply the same techniques to create good looking output for a printer device. Instead, the result always seems to look strangely sized and poorly laid out -- not at all like the original page.
Now, I still use Moz for my daily browser (and mail), but this shouldn't be that tough.
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In 1st year comp sci, we used to remember the constituents of the ACM CEPC this way:
I - Integrity
C - Competence
R - Responsibility
A - Pursuit of the Advancement of Human Welfare
P - Professionalism
These were all attributes or pursuits expected of ethical computer programmers.
Hmm...
I haven't used any FireGL cards in XFree86, but ATI provides drivers for it. I understand drivers for the FireGL line are another team's responsibility, and they're certainly not mentioned in the FAQ, but it still counts.
I don't know about quality, but it's probably pretty good.
Cobalt blue, all the way.
I remember back when PGP was a fairly new thing; no integration with anything.
Now that PGP is corporately passe, why should we stick with the standard? Considering that public/private key encryption schemes are looking more and more vulnerable, even with large keys, why should we not look for an improved alternative?
So, what alternatives do exist for public key schemes?
At it's heart, AMPAS is a very conservative, very predictable organization. The Academy tends to be very elitist in it's choices for Oscars. The last time I saw unbiased, gutsy voting on their part was back -- well, I haven't lived that long.
Unfortunately, Fellowship comes from a genre of dubious pedigree. Some fantasy movies, like Willow, are entertaining, but hardly world class. Some, like Labyrinth, are only notable because they starred David Bowie. Until this year, few were truly outstanding.
On the other hand, the esteemed members of the Academy can vote for a movie like A Beautiful Mind. It stars Russell Crowe, a very capable actor whom I think generally does really good work, whatever he stars in. Jennifer Connolly also did a good job. We all knew Ron Howard could direct after Apollo 13.
But that's not the point. More than anything, A Beautiful Mind is the type of film with which the Academy feels comfortable voting, despite the fact that, underneath, it's nothing more than an exhumed and reanimated version of Shine, with the brilliant-but-tortured musician replaced with the brilliant-but-tortured mathematician.
Today sees movie producers and directors routinely designing movies to target the Oscar judges. Pick a story they'll vote for (usually based on a well-written-but-not-well-read book), veteran actors with a lot of political karma, lobby like an Enron exec, and if the film has any quality at all, it might be a contender for "best picture".
-_-_-_-_-_-
I've looked: I don't think a science fiction or fantasy movie has *ever* won one of the big 3 Oscars. Even powerhouse movies like Star Wars, 2001 and Crouching Tiger were unable to break through. They're always placated with technical achievement awards and then sent on their way.
Now that they've got the javascript problems introduced in 0.9.6 ironed out (my test was IHT, since they're reputedly a site designed to take advantage of NS6's capabilities), they just have to fix printing.
I still don't know why when the Mozilla team has created one of the best rendering engines on the planet, they can't apply the same techniques to create good looking output for a printer device. Instead, the result always seems to look strangely sized and poorly laid out -- not at all like the original page.
Now, I still use Moz for my daily browser (and mail), but this shouldn't be that tough.
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Everyone must learn how to protect themselves from a malicious person wielding a banana.