Or, more to the point, facts don't make for exciting cinema.
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I have a similar setup, and also have no problems. I remember reading that these problems were also chipset-dependent, namely some subset of the VIA chips (and thus it makes sense that AGP would trigger them).
I can't verify the 'running kernels compiled for Pentium on Athlon causes problems' reports because... well, I haven't, and why would I anyway?:)
This is why I pay cash whenevr shopping if at all possible... and my friends say I'm just being paranoid.
I'm not particularly concerned about myself, personally, I just object in the strongest possible terms to having that amount of data collected on me by people seeking to exploit that information to take advantage of others.
My coworkers are big soccer (football) fans, and they use the Tivo to create their own instant replays, because unlike football, the networks don't really replay much for you...
That's because, unlike American football, soccer doesn't stop every couple of minutes.:)
Didn't stop the Seven Network, Australia, from playing ads in the middle of their live telecast of Australia's World Cup qualifying matches though... showed how little respect they had for their audience, I guess.
He doesn't know how to end his books. He has great fun with a running narrative, but eventually he tends to drop everything and the plot goes splat. (Diamond Age was a pretty good example of this phenomenon, but his other books share it to some extent.)
However, this is improving -- Cryptonomicon showed evidence of writing *towards* a definite ending, which is more than you can say of most of his work. (Interface was quite tight in that sense as well -- maybe that was his uncle's influence?:)
Neal's a great writer, and I don't want to begrudge him not being perfect because what he has given us has been so good. There aren't many writers who can give that much detail without it sounding like a travelogue/instruction manual/training video -- he communicates massive amounts of information in a readable and very entertaining fashion. I thought Cryptonomicon was the best thing he'd done so far, so I have high hopes for his future works...
I already have Interface, but never saw the second Stephen Bury book for sale anywhere here (serves me right for not living in the US, I guess).
Is that flagged to be re-issued as well? Given that copies of Zodiac have popped up again here recently, I'd imagine The Cobweb would be stocked more widely with the Stephenson name on the cover.
I'm looking forward to Quicksilver, of course -- all that detail combined with amusing narrative:)
There are better ways to affect change if you don't like the way things are going, and they're built into the Constitution!
If you're going to attempt to overthrow some organization you think is oppressing you, you're not going to let them set the rules. To do so would be admitting defeat before you had even started.
(At least, so the activist anarchist would generally claim.)
when people compare books to movies. I've never come across a single instance where someone said, "Man, the movie was SO much better than the book!"
What about all those awful novelizations of Hollywood pap? The book of E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial was terrible, and I'm sure that many more thinly disguised scripts are out there...
Guess this just means that there are very few original works that play well in multiple media:)
I have had the privilege of hearing a few physics Nobel Laureates lecture and was struck by how out of touch they were with the state-of-the-art, but now I realize that maybe it's not because their genius is deserting them, but it's because the body of human knowledge is expanding so quickly that even they can't keep up with it.
Nobel prizes tend to be given for "life's work", don't they? Also, they only tend to be given once it becomes apparent that a particular idea or body of work can and will change the world. This can take a little longer in physics than in other disciplines, as it needs to be externally verified; either by other people catching up with the ideas and approving of them, or engineers working out how to build something based on them:)
Besides, spend enough of your life using a mode of thought (paradigm, maybe, in the Kuhnian sense) that you yourself have originated (seems to be a common attribute of genius) and you'll probably find it pretty hard to shift from that position when it becomes necessary to understand later work...
Thus, because these non-professional reviewers are only buying books that will already have some interest to/. reading in content and quality, I would expect very very few "less than average" books to be reviewed.
And those ones that are reviewed and given low marks are more likely to be a public safety warning than anything else.
e.g. "I bought this book, please don't make the same mistake..."
Over here, 9/10 movies you go to see at the cinema have a nice big yellow screen before the start of the show with a big "This film has yet to be classified" messaged on it:)
As far as I'm aware, those actually refer to the trailers they precede. Distributors aren't actually allowed to release unclassified films... thus ensuring that every film you see *is* classified.
That's always going to be relative, though, isn't it? Money going out needs to be lower than money coming in:)
I think that non-online models of spending (invest more in marketing your brand, etc., and having that pay for itself in increased patronage) don't really translate all that well, and too many companies have been behaving like they do, thus the shortfalls.
I've really got nothing in the way of figures or examples to justify this though... it's a bias based on observation of the boom/bust cycle.:)
perhaps you, or someone at your work, can answer this question:
Why can a news paper with a circulation of 100,000 can make money off advertising that is just a picture, but a web site with 100,000 visitor can not?
I don't work in advertising (although a friend does... hack, spit).
My guess is that there are, maybe, two or three other newspapers in that city competing for ad money, while there are several hundred to several thousand other web sites competing for ad money within one niche (e.g. tech news, or fly fishing, or pet owners, whatever...)
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Hollywood knows fuckall about facts
Or, more to the point, facts don't make for exciting cinema.
I have a similar setup, and also have no problems. I remember reading that these problems were also chipset-dependent, namely some subset of the VIA chips (and thus it makes sense that AGP would trigger them).
:)
I can't verify the 'running kernels compiled for Pentium on Athlon causes problems' reports because... well, I haven't, and why would I anyway?
I think that might be safer, in today's litigous climate. :)
This is why I pay cash whenevr shopping if at all possible... and my friends say I'm just being paranoid.
I'm not particularly concerned about myself, personally, I just object in the strongest possible terms to having that amount of data collected on me by people seeking to exploit that information to take advantage of others.
Why make things easier for them?
My coworkers are big soccer (football) fans, and they use the Tivo to create their own instant replays, because unlike football, the networks don't really replay much for you...
:)
That's because, unlike American football, soccer doesn't stop every couple of minutes.
Didn't stop the Seven Network, Australia, from playing ads in the middle of their live telecast of Australia's World Cup qualifying matches though... showed how little respect they had for their audience, I guess.
(let's call them ACME, because I don't want to be sued)
:)
Have I got news for you!
(But it seems to be a personal company, so maybe he won't sue
to shut up those idiots who think nasa is in the business of special effects and sound stages
Huh? What's the point? If they didn't believe it the first time, why would they believe it the second time?
Throw 'em out the airlock -- that'll teach 'em!
He doesn't know how to end his books. He has great fun with a running narrative, but eventually he tends to drop everything and the plot goes splat. (Diamond Age was a pretty good example of this phenomenon, but his other books share it to some extent.)
:)
However, this is improving -- Cryptonomicon showed evidence of writing *towards* a definite ending, which is more than you can say of most of his work. (Interface was quite tight in that sense as well -- maybe that was his uncle's influence?
Neal's a great writer, and I don't want to begrudge him not being perfect because what he has given us has been so good. There aren't many writers who can give that much detail without it sounding like a travelogue/instruction manual/training video -- he communicates massive amounts of information in a readable and very entertaining fashion. I thought Cryptonomicon was the best thing he'd done so far, so I have high hopes for his future works...
It is our density!
Hopefully we'll be breeding for better spelling then -- I assume you meant 'destiny'?
Or maybe it's a way of saying that all eugenicists are dense? Hmmm... I think I'm more likely to agree with that reading.
wen't
He is an absolutely terrible writer
Troll? Or just a terrible abuser of the apostrophe?
Try Greg Bear's "Slant", "Queen of Angels", and "Moving Mars".
I enjoyed all those, but they didn't feel all that serious to me. Moving Mars, especially, flew off into comic-book level speculation at the end...
Bear's a good writer but he has an unfortunate tendency to the epic (IMHO).
if I was Mr. Gates
If I were* Bill Gates, I'd be rocking back and forth in one place. Wouldn't have much choice, I think...
* (Remember the subjunctive from your grammar lessons?)
I already have Interface, but never saw the second Stephen Bury book for sale anywhere here (serves me right for not living in the US, I guess).
:)
Is that flagged to be re-issued as well? Given that copies of Zodiac have popped up again here recently, I'd imagine The Cobweb would be stocked more widely with the Stephenson name on the cover.
I'm looking forward to Quicksilver, of course -- all that detail combined with amusing narrative
There are better ways to affect change if you don't like the way things are going, and they're built into the Constitution!
If you're going to attempt to overthrow some organization you think is oppressing you, you're not going to let them set the rules. To do so would be admitting defeat before you had even started.
(At least, so the activist anarchist would generally claim.)
Edward Penishands was pretty funny for the idea alone, but it was a terrible film ;/
Based on Edward Scissorhands, starring Johnny Depp and directed by Tim Burton, in case you hadn't guessed...
when people compare books to movies. I've never come across a single instance where someone said, "Man, the movie was SO much better than the book!"
:)
What about all those awful novelizations of Hollywood pap? The book of E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial was terrible, and I'm sure that many more thinly disguised scripts are out there...
Guess this just means that there are very few original works that play well in multiple media
I have had the privilege of hearing a few physics Nobel Laureates lecture and was struck by how out of touch they were with the state-of-the-art, but now I realize that maybe it's not because their genius is deserting them, but it's because the body of human knowledge is expanding so quickly that even they can't keep up with it.
:)
Nobel prizes tend to be given for "life's work", don't they? Also, they only tend to be given once it becomes apparent that a particular idea or body of work can and will change the world. This can take a little longer in physics than in other disciplines, as it needs to be externally verified; either by other people catching up with the ideas and approving of them, or engineers working out how to build something based on them
Besides, spend enough of your life using a mode of thought (paradigm, maybe, in the Kuhnian sense) that you yourself have originated (seems to be a common attribute of genius) and you'll probably find it pretty hard to shift from that position when it becomes necessary to understand later work...
Thus, because these non-professional reviewers are only buying books that will already have some interest to /. reading in content and quality, I would expect very very few "less than average" books to be reviewed.
And those ones that are reviewed and given low marks are more likely to be a public safety warning than anything else.
e.g. "I bought this book, please don't make the same mistake..."
Tuvalu could rebuild its internet/IT infrastructure if Verisign simply donated to them the used equipment that they throw away.
:)
Yeah, but the shipping costs wouldn't be cheap
Yeah, but that means one of them will win :(
Over here, 9/10 movies you go to see at the cinema have a nice big yellow screen before the start of the show with a big "This film has yet to be classified" messaged on it :)
As far as I'm aware, those actually refer to the trailers they precede. Distributors aren't actually allowed to release unclassified films... thus ensuring that every film you see *is* classified.
Why do people say "faster than God"? Hasn't anybody noticed that God is SLOW?
:)
I don't know about that; reportedly (He || She || It) achieved a lot in those first six days.
Both. We can't be too careful here, goddamnit!
That's always going to be relative, though, isn't it? Money going out needs to be lower than money coming in :)
:)
I think that non-online models of spending (invest more in marketing your brand, etc., and having that pay for itself in increased patronage) don't really translate all that well, and too many companies have been behaving like they do, thus the shortfalls.
I've really got nothing in the way of figures or examples to justify this though... it's a bias based on observation of the boom/bust cycle.
perhaps you, or someone at your work, can answer this question:
Why can a news paper with a circulation of 100,000 can make money off advertising that is just a picture, but a web site with 100,000 visitor can not?
I don't work in advertising (although a friend does... hack, spit).
My guess is that there are, maybe, two or three other newspapers in that city competing for ad money, while there are several hundred to several thousand other web sites competing for ad money within one niche (e.g. tech news, or fly fishing, or pet owners, whatever...)
You do the math.