We want garage bands recorded on a home stereo in between their day jobs. We want gritty art films done by amateurs. We want stuff that can be done cheaply so that we can get it free.
Countries like Saudi Arabia who are railed against for being on the side terrorists (especially by the left in the media - "18 of 19 hijackers were from there", type of stuff) are a mish-mash of conflicting political entities. Saudia Arabia was nearly torn apart from within due to the US intervention the first time around with Iraq. The ruling family is not in complete control of the nation. They have a tacit agreement with the religious clerics to preserve and protect the order - but the House of Saud knows that this could turn at any moment. Make no mistake: if the House of Saud falls to a fundamentalist regime like the old Taliban or the Iranian government the world as a whole will be in a really nasty spot.
I've long been arguing that this is the real message of September 11 -- it was an attempt by bin Laden to drive a wedge between the Americans and the Saudis, to topple the current House of Saud or at least make sure that the next ruler (even if from the same family) is of a more fundamentalist bent.
Looked at in this light, the invasion of Iraq makes sense (at least in terms of US foreign policy being conducted for the benefit of the US alone): the US is ensuring an ongoing oil supply from the Gulf, even if the Saudis raise the price too high.
Maybe the Republicans will dance with joy at getting out of the U.N but I wager when they see their power and influence in the U.N. being eliminated they will freak and suddenly develop a passion for it.
American power and influence inside the UN is derived from the same things that would make it powerful outside it -- military and economic might.
Any attempt to 'isolate' the US would come up against this, and any act which had even the potential to harm the US (e.g. economic sanctions) would probably be considered a declaration of war in such a climate. Ain't gonna happen.
So I read this and I'm thinking "1986? Wtf, there's no way there was anything like that in 1986."...I guess we weren't in 6th grade at the same time.
Habitat. This paper, released in 1990, has a screenshot (c) 1986. Here's the designer's resume... it gets five or six pages in Howard Rheingold's The Virtual Community. Neal Stephenson credits it in the Snow Crash author's notes, possibly because it's the first use of the word 'avatar' in an online context.
Older machines? Apple are currently selling machines with video cards that will struggle with Doom 3, no matter the amount of optimisation. Older machines will struggle even more.
I really like Apple's machines, but I think they should offer more (and higher-powered) video card options than they currently do. Otherwise, what was the point of changing to industry standard components in the first place?
A Mac "gamer" asked about the port to OS X. Apparently there is no current time for the release of a port. The game runs, but there is a lot of optimization, and currently they feel the Mac platform can not yet offer the same experience as the PC. Activision will not publish the Mac version of Doom 3. There is no publisher set currently.
although there's a slightly more optimistic version later on:
The answer: Tim Willits, lead designer. He's also the one handling the Linux port. He said the Mac port was playable, but was still in need of optimizations, especially for the lower-end systems. He said he was working directly with Apple to address the issue.
What was most intriguing of all was that they stated that the Mac version would NOT be published by Activision as previously assumed. Instead id would have to shop around for a new publisher. The bright side of this is that they MUST be putting out a retail version, otherwise they wouldn't be needing a publisher at all.
It's the first statement which got the most oxygen at the time, understandably. But just because they have a current port doesn't mean it makes commercial sense to release it for a large company. The Linux version is in the same boat with regards to a commercial release...
Graphics cards in Powerbooks aren't that hot (I should know, I own one) and iD aren't sure whether they should even release a *native* Doom 3 for Mac due to the low standard of cards as shipped on all but the most expensive of machines.
I have my doubts about this "universal emulator" too, but let's not set the bar too high.
making it so that people have to buy the trilogy six times
TPM taught me pretty quickly that there was no "have to" involved with Star Wars... I guess time had washed away my memories of the Ewoks seeming to me like a cheap marketing gimmick, even as a 9-year-old.
The ring was destroyed, so it should make sense that he comes back to find the Shire alive and well and NOT in ruins (or under the control of Saruman).
But the industrialisation of the Shire reflected the point that it's impossible to escape the corruptions of the outside world; as Frodo was corrupted by the Ring, so was the Shire by the same forces the Ring represents. You can't defeat an abstract principle simply by destroying one of its tokens. It's a slightly more realistic ending than "Hey ho, the Ring is gone, everything is perfect again".
Everyone would have thought it ridiculous if Picasso took some of his earlier work back, and touched it up to make it more realistic, or in fashion.
This actually happened in Australia... Jeffrey Smart, a relatively well-known painter here, was having an exhibition at one of the big state/national galleries (AGNSW?), and noticed that a work he'd done 30-odd years ago was looking a bit drab -- so he touched it up. It was on loan to the gallery from a private owner at the time, and the owner wasn't too happy about this.
I didn't like NBK for two reasons; one was Juliette Lewis doing that bloody dance with unfocussed eyes that she seems to do in all of her films in lieu of actually acting, and the other was that Stone's premise (violence in the media is bad and causes people to be violent, but it's ok for this move to be gratuitously violent because it's warning of the dangers of media violence) is hypocritical, an insult to his audience, and (I imagine) not something in keeping with Tarantino's ideas. Did have a good soundtrack though (as did Jackie Brown as well).
Oh, if I were doing a Director's Cut of 2001 I'd probably shorten that 'inside the Monolith' trip sequence -- sorry, folks, don't know what I was on...
As you say, it's all opinions anyway, none of us can be hoping to speak 'ex cathedra' and have it be believed.:)
Tarantino wrote the scripts for True Romance and Natural Born Killers, but he disowned the second after Oliver Stone pissed all over it.
Also, you're forgetting Jackie Brown, a film that I really liked; definitely better than Pulp Fiction. Probably the most personal and "human" of his films, mostly steering clear of caricature, something he and Smith are both prone to.
Chasing Amy was even more edgy than Clerks could have hoped to be. The story line was much better defined, the characters had more depth, and the ending was a great punch in the face.
Yeah, it's just a shame it starred his girlfriend at the time, who has a voice that makes me want to puncture my eardrums with a rusty cheese knife.
The Be Inc. settlement (regarding Microsoft's abuse of its monopoly to shut Be out of OEM distribution) only cost Microsoft $20 million-odd, didn't it? Obviously it must have escaped his notice. After all, they've paid more than that to buy and shut down competitors before.
Only one plant in South Australia, and I think they have never allowed possession of small amounts -- it's just not a criminal offense. (That one plant was previously 3, and before that 10 -- but they realised that the output of 10 plants was a lot more than one person usually smokes.)
Given that I saw him falling asleep while being interviewed on Australian television in the mid-1980s (and Nancy elbowing him more and more vigorously to wake him up), that's not too far from my memory of the times.
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Wasn't the PATRIOT Act voted for in the Senate 98-2 or 99-1? Unanimity isn't always a sign of legislative wisdom.
We want garage bands recorded on a home stereo in between their day jobs. We want gritty art films done by amateurs. We want stuff that can be done cheaply so that we can get it free.
Yes.
I think the question you're looking for there is "Where do you want to go today?"
Countries like Saudi Arabia who are railed against for being on the side terrorists (especially by the left in the media - "18 of 19 hijackers were from there", type of stuff) are a mish-mash of conflicting political entities. Saudia Arabia was nearly torn apart from within due to the US intervention the first time around with Iraq. The ruling family is not in complete control of the nation. They have a tacit agreement with the religious clerics to preserve and protect the order - but the House of Saud knows that this could turn at any moment. Make no mistake: if the House of Saud falls to a fundamentalist regime like the old Taliban or the Iranian government the world as a whole will be in a really nasty spot.
I've long been arguing that this is the real message of September 11 -- it was an attempt by bin Laden to drive a wedge between the Americans and the Saudis, to topple the current House of Saud or at least make sure that the next ruler (even if from the same family) is of a more fundamentalist bent.
Looked at in this light, the invasion of Iraq makes sense (at least in terms of US foreign policy being conducted for the benefit of the US alone): the US is ensuring an ongoing oil supply from the Gulf, even if the Saudis raise the price too high.
Maybe the Republicans will dance with joy at getting out of the U.N but I wager when they see their power and influence in the U.N. being eliminated they will freak and suddenly develop a passion for it.
American power and influence inside the UN is derived from the same things that would make it powerful outside it -- military and economic might.
Any attempt to 'isolate' the US would come up against this, and any act which had even the potential to harm the US (e.g. economic sanctions) would probably be considered a declaration of war in such a climate. Ain't gonna happen.
Why is it always automatically assumed that the employers are always out shaft thier employees?
Historical evidence throughout human history, maybe?
Correction; here's a better copy of that paper without all the words run together.
:)
I was actually in 7th grade in 1986, not 6th, but who's counting?
So I read this and I'm thinking "1986? Wtf, there's no way there was anything like that in 1986." ...I guess we weren't in 6th grade at the same time.
Habitat. This paper, released in 1990, has a screenshot (c) 1986. Here's the designer's resume... it gets five or six pages in Howard Rheingold's The Virtual Community. Neal Stephenson credits it in the Snow Crash author's notes, possibly because it's the first use of the word 'avatar' in an online context.
(I'm referring here to machines that can't have their video cards swapped out, of course.)
Older machines? Apple are currently selling machines with video cards that will struggle with Doom 3, no matter the amount of optimisation. Older machines will struggle even more.
I really like Apple's machines, but I think they should offer more (and higher-powered) video card options than they currently do. Otherwise, what was the point of changing to industry standard components in the first place?
We won't release the OSX version until it's just as polished as the PC version.
:)
Waiting for the installed hardware base to catch up, maybe?
although there's a slightly more optimistic version later on:
from here.
It's the first statement which got the most oxygen at the time, understandably. But just because they have a current port doesn't mean it makes commercial sense to release it for a large company. The Linux version is in the same boat with regards to a commercial release...
Graphics cards in Powerbooks aren't that hot (I should know, I own one) and iD aren't sure whether they should even release a *native* Doom 3 for Mac due to the low standard of cards as shipped on all but the most expensive of machines.
I have my doubts about this "universal emulator" too, but let's not set the bar too high.
making it so that people have to buy the trilogy six times
TPM taught me pretty quickly that there was no "have to" involved with Star Wars... I guess time had washed away my memories of the Ewoks seeming to me like a cheap marketing gimmick, even as a 9-year-old.
The ring was destroyed, so it should make sense that he comes back to find the Shire alive and well and NOT in ruins (or under the control of Saruman).
But the industrialisation of the Shire reflected the point that it's impossible to escape the corruptions of the outside world; as Frodo was corrupted by the Ring, so was the Shire by the same forces the Ring represents. You can't defeat an abstract principle simply by destroying one of its tokens. It's a slightly more realistic ending than "Hey ho, the Ring is gone, everything is perfect again".
Everyone would have thought it ridiculous if Picasso took some of his earlier work back, and touched it up to make it more realistic, or in fashion.
This actually happened in Australia... Jeffrey Smart, a relatively well-known painter here, was having an exhibition at one of the big state/national galleries (AGNSW?), and noticed that a work he'd done 30-odd years ago was looking a bit drab -- so he touched it up. It was on loan to the gallery from a private owner at the time, and the owner wasn't too happy about this.
so people can quote me in the future as an example of how misguided our thinking was in the past.
34 Gbps should be enough for anyone.
I didn't like NBK for two reasons; one was Juliette Lewis doing that bloody dance with unfocussed eyes that she seems to do in all of her films in lieu of actually acting, and the other was that Stone's premise (violence in the media is bad and causes people to be violent, but it's ok for this move to be gratuitously violent because it's warning of the dangers of media violence) is hypocritical, an insult to his audience, and (I imagine) not something in keeping with Tarantino's ideas. Did have a good soundtrack though (as did Jackie Brown as well).
:)
Oh, if I were doing a Director's Cut of 2001 I'd probably shorten that 'inside the Monolith' trip sequence -- sorry, folks, don't know what I was on...
As you say, it's all opinions anyway, none of us can be hoping to speak 'ex cathedra' and have it be believed.
Tarantino wrote the scripts for True Romance and Natural Born Killers, but he disowned the second after Oliver Stone pissed all over it.
Also, you're forgetting Jackie Brown, a film that I really liked; definitely better than Pulp Fiction. Probably the most personal and "human" of his films, mostly steering clear of caricature, something he and Smith are both prone to.
Not as surprised as you'll be when the electoral officials and the courts don't notice them either. :)
Chasing Amy was even more edgy than Clerks could have hoped to be. The story line was much better defined, the characters had more depth, and the ending was a great punch in the face.
Yeah, it's just a shame it starred his girlfriend at the time, who has a voice that makes me want to puncture my eardrums with a rusty cheese knife.
The Be Inc. settlement (regarding Microsoft's abuse of its monopoly to shut Be out of OEM distribution) only cost Microsoft $20 million-odd, didn't it? Obviously it must have escaped his notice. After all, they've paid more than that to buy and shut down competitors before.
Only one plant in South Australia, and I think they have never allowed possession of small amounts -- it's just not a criminal offense. (That one plant was previously 3, and before that 10 -- but they realised that the output of 10 plants was a lot more than one person usually smokes.)
More info.
Decriminalised, I think. On-the-spot fine for small quantities.
and even implied Reagan was completely senile
Given that I saw him falling asleep while being interviewed on Australian television in the mid-1980s (and Nancy elbowing him more and more vigorously to wake him up), that's not too far from my memory of the times.