ALL current EULA's include this. Usually all in uppercase stating that there is no warranty that the software will work or be of any use to you whatsoever.
Re:Luddites Embarrassing Themselves
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There are no luddites.
Only trolls trying to get reactions like yours or jokers like me making fun of the whole thing.
They are succeeding all too well. The guy who said there was only one landing was a classic! Look how many got sucked in.
OK, so which were "good" IMAX Films?
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I grew up in Toronto, home of IMAX.
I saw the very first and subsequent 30+ IMAX films long before it became a common fixture at the local cineplex. (We're talking the 70's here)
There may be a bit of nostalgia but I recall the earlier films being FAR more entertaining than the current product.
"Siegfried and Roy"? Please.
"North of Superior" the first, remains my favourite. A mix of dynamic plane and helicopter shots with slow, almost lyric scenes from the North. The kids playing hockey on a snow-coverted street at twilight. The view from a tugboat pulling away from an ice-covered laker.
Last year we were able to watch "Silent Sky" which, while a bit repetitive, remains one of the most outstanding examples of aerial cinema ever produced.
And, although I've seen most of the Shuttle-filmed features, it was the docking scene in "Mission to Mir" that had me sitting there with my mouth hanging open. I haven't seen "Space Station" yet, though...
"If you live in the past, you are already repeating it." - Me.
Re:IMAX...Old Good, New Bad..
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I used to work at the Ontario Place tourist trap and would spend lunch watching the movies in the first IMAX theatre in the world.
Without a doubt the older movies are far better then the current efforts. The first IMAX filmmakers had a whole new canvas to draw on and used their abilities to the fullest.
The very first IMAX film was basically a travalogue for Northern Ontario which isn't a place you'd normally go. (Too many mosquitos and not much else) But the makers of "North of Superior" made it visually spectacular with a great soundtrack and an eye for the small details of northern life that translated so well to the large screen.
It was a big kick watching it in a retrospective years later and seeing the same gasping reaction from the audience to the opening sequence...
The little opening titles transitioning to a small square in the middle of the screen with what looks like rushing water behind and a soft folksy acoustic guitar soundtrack that fades out.
Then...
BOOOM! The picture blasts out to fill your entire field of view and you find yourself in a plane skimming fast over a northern lake. Soaring up and banking to the left you fly towards sheer cliffs just missing the edge then violently bank to the right and dive down the other side of the ridge.
We were a Win2K+Novell site that is migrating the Novell boxes to Linux.
First, We did have separate ids in NDS but not on the machines. The only local id was the local administrator. I can't see why you would need local ids for all NDS users.
I assume you are using the Novell Client32? The worst part was when NT Domain and NDS passwords would get out of synch. This would only happen in the special case where the user left the WinNT/2000 userid field blank on the login screen when changing the password. This was easily fixed on the next login.
Moving to Linux we've taken a low-tech route to replacing the limited ZenWorks functionality we had with scripts. Administration is done completely in Active Directory as the Linux boxes use WinBind to authenticate users and set rights.
I'm sorry, but I need to do this, and I'm not being sarcastic:
No, you're being ignorant.
When living in Japan I was always asked "Are you American?" or "What part of America are you from?" (usually by Americans) To which my universal reply was "I'm Canadian."
"Amerika-jin" means someone from the United States "Kanada-jin" means someone from Canada.
And that's how the rest of the world sees it.
Why do you think we complain obout the obnoxious "American" tourists visiting Canada?
Bszzzt. Wrong. He's talking about long strip holograms (NO, not that kind of stripping) That scanned across the film as the object was moved or moving.
I remember seeing these at the OSC. As you walked around not only did you see the object from a different viewpoint but you also saw a slow-motion movie. The motion had to be slow or else the image would streak (NO, not that kind of streaking!) which was used to artistic effect by some.
This was used in Logan's Run where you see the actors heads slowly revolving and mouthing words as part of some interrogation.
One theory is that Jesus became pure energy and the radiation burned the image into the cloth. This isn't a far fetched theory really. We don't know how He resurrected. As the theory suggests, He could have transformed into a form of energy. Einstein's famous equation E=mc2 tells that matter can become pure energy. In fact this is the same concept of an atom bomb - matter becoming pure energy using radioactive material as a catalyst.
A circumnavigation is anything where latitude is between -60 and + 60 degrees. (i.e. at least 30 degreees from the poles) with allowances for brief transgressions as he did in the south Atlantic.
Actually he hasn't. But when you read the headline how did you feel? A bit of elation perhaps?
How many people do you know that Osama Bin Laden has killed personally? As in, he pulled the trigger himself?
If you don't personally know anyone he has killed and you've never actually seen him kill someone why would you be able to "kill him in a heartbeat"?
Where I'm going with this is the success of the military and media in managing to focus everyone's anger on just ONE man. There are THOUSANDS of men like bin Laden and killing him won't make one iota of difference. Sure, he is a figurehead for many terrorists. But figureheads can be replaced as fast as you kill them and killing them can sometimes make their appeal even greater. (The Martyr Effect)
Imagine that you'd been living in the wilderness for the past three years. You emerge back into society to find people wanting to personally kill someone they'd never met and who had never personally theatened them. You'd think everyone had become homicidal maniacs. Justification through "He attacked all America" or "He has Ultimate Responsibility" does not change the fact that he will, in all likelyhood, never personally threaten you.
You want to kill Osama bin Laden because the information you have been given tells you he is guilty of killing thousands.
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North of Superior
Silent Sky
Ones you've probably never seen but are among the best.
NekoBus
He was following the rules.
That announcing a "First Look" at something "Neat" for geeks will result in an instantaneous Slashdotting.
ALL current EULA's include this. Usually all in uppercase stating that there is no warranty that the software will work or be of any use to you whatsoever.
There are no luddites.
Only trolls trying to get reactions like yours or jokers like me making fun of the whole thing.
They are succeeding all too well. The guy who said there was only one landing was a classic! Look how many got sucked in.
Kendo requires that you look directly into your opponents eyes.
And nowhere else.
You must see every little contraction of his iris, every slight flick of eyelid.
Lose concentration for one thousandth of a second and the next thing you know your head has been split in two.
No VR system is gonna allow you to do that.
Great sport anyway.
I watched Space Station for the first time the other day.
I sat there either with my mouth hanging wide open or with a huge grin and thinking "oh, maaaannnn..".
The only thing cooler than that would be an IMAX film taken from lunar orbit possibly with a low-level fly down as they did on Apollo 10.
Next we send an IMAX camera to Mars.
Hell, people don't need to go anywhere as long as you have IMAX.
(And yes I know all about the technical limitations of IMAX having watched them since the very first in Toronto in 1971.)
Never!
Not once!
You're a complete idiot if you believe for one friggin second we went to the moon.
We didn't have an "accident" on lucky #13.
We didn't bring back any dusty rocks.
We didn't boot around in an electric buggy.
We didn't slowly bounce up and down like Britney Spears on Qualuudes.
We didn't make any "small steps for man."
We didn;t drive golf balls "miles and miles"
I AM CANADIAN! We didn't go to the moon!
Bunch of Americans did though...
That was done in the 70's. You know, pre-women's lib, etc.
These days they would be dressed in some politically correct, non-cultural clothing both the same height and both waving.
The central theme in a lot of anime, at least the ones of interest to Slashdot denizens, is concerned with human-technology interaction.
e.g. Ghost in the Shell - involves AI, cybercrimes and robots.
Nerd enough for ya?
Personally I'm more partial to Miyazaki Hayao's productions and the manga of Akira Toriyama (Early Dragon Ball, Dr. Slump)
Imagine seeing a cityscape where every inch of every skyscraper is a billboard.
Haven't been to Tokyo have you?
As in: FORGET IT!!!
I grew up in Toronto, home of IMAX.
I saw the very first and subsequent 30+ IMAX films long before it became a common fixture at the local cineplex. (We're talking the 70's here)
There may be a bit of nostalgia but I recall the earlier films being FAR more entertaining than the current product.
"Siegfried and Roy"? Please.
"North of Superior" the first, remains my favourite. A mix of dynamic plane and helicopter shots with slow, almost lyric scenes from the North. The kids playing hockey on a snow-coverted street at twilight. The view from a tugboat pulling away from an ice-covered laker.
Last year we were able to watch "Silent Sky" which, while a bit repetitive, remains one of the most outstanding examples of aerial cinema ever produced.
And, although I've seen most of the Shuttle-filmed features, it was the docking scene in "Mission to Mir" that had me sitting there with my mouth hanging open. I haven't seen "Space Station" yet, though...
"If you live in the past, you are already repeating it." - Me.
I used to work at the Ontario Place tourist trap and would spend lunch watching the movies in the first IMAX theatre in the world.
Without a doubt the older movies are far better then the current efforts. The first IMAX filmmakers had a whole new canvas to draw on and used their abilities to the fullest.
The very first IMAX film was basically a travalogue for Northern Ontario which isn't a place you'd normally go. (Too many mosquitos and not much else) But the makers of "North of Superior" made it visually spectacular with a great soundtrack and an eye for the small details of northern life that translated so well to the large screen.
It was a big kick watching it in a retrospective years later and seeing the same gasping reaction from the audience to the opening sequence...
The little opening titles transitioning to a small square in the middle of the screen with what looks like rushing water behind and a soft folksy acoustic guitar soundtrack that fades out.
Then...
BOOOM! The picture blasts out to fill your entire field of view and you find yourself in a plane skimming fast over a northern lake. Soaring up and banking to the left you fly towards sheer cliffs just missing the edge then violently bank to the right and dive down the other side of the ridge.
Absolute fscking magic.
Yup, sounds like Graham.
Wrong.
We were a Win2K+Novell site that is migrating the Novell boxes to Linux.
First, We did have separate ids in NDS but not on the machines. The only local id was the local administrator. I can't see why you would need local ids for all NDS users.
I assume you are using the Novell Client32? The worst part was when NT Domain and NDS passwords would get out of synch. This would only happen in the special case where the user left the WinNT/2000 userid field blank on the login screen when changing the password. This was easily fixed on the next login.
Moving to Linux we've taken a low-tech route to replacing the limited ZenWorks functionality we had with scripts. Administration is done completely in Active Directory as the Linux boxes use WinBind to authenticate users and set rights.
How it should be:
Choose Tools -> Options.
Check the box beside: "Use Smooth Fonts"
I'm sorry, but I need to do this, and I'm not being sarcastic:
No, you're being ignorant.
When living in Japan I was always asked "Are you American?" or "What part of America are you from?" (usually by Americans) To which my universal reply was "I'm Canadian."
"Amerika-jin" means someone from the United States
"Kanada-jin" means someone from Canada.
And that's how the rest of the world sees it.
Why do you think we complain obout the obnoxious "American" tourists visiting Canada?
Bszzzt. Wrong. He's talking about long strip holograms (NO, not that kind of stripping) That scanned across the film as the object was moved or moving.
I remember seeing these at the OSC. As you walked around not only did you see the object from a different viewpoint but you also saw a slow-motion movie. The motion had to be slow or else the image would streak (NO, not that kind of streaking!) which was used to artistic effect by some.
This was used in Logan's Run where you see the actors heads slowly revolving and mouthing words as part of some interrogation.
Sounds like what they used in Logan's Run
The images moved too.
From the linked evidence website...
One theory is that Jesus became pure energy and the radiation burned the image into the cloth. This isn't a far fetched theory really. We don't know how He resurrected. As the theory suggests, He could have transformed into a form of energy. Einstein's famous equation E=mc2 tells that matter can become pure energy. In fact this is the same concept of an atom bomb - matter becoming pure energy using radioactive material as a catalyst.
This is evidence???????
A circumnavigation is anything where latitude is between -60 and + 60 degrees. (i.e. at least 30 degreees from the poles) with allowances for brief transgressions as he did in the south Atlantic.
...killing thousands
Proof please. Detailed enough to justify the taking of a life.
Are you happy now?
Actually he hasn't. But when you read the headline how did you feel? A bit of elation perhaps?
How many people do you know that Osama Bin Laden has killed personally? As in, he pulled the trigger himself?
If you don't personally know anyone he has killed and you've never actually seen him kill someone why would you be able to "kill him in a heartbeat"?
Where I'm going with this is the success of the military and media in managing to focus everyone's anger on just ONE man. There are THOUSANDS of men like bin Laden and killing him won't make one iota of difference. Sure, he is a figurehead for many terrorists. But figureheads can be replaced as fast as you kill them and killing them can sometimes make their appeal even greater. (The Martyr Effect)
Imagine that you'd been living in the wilderness for the past three years. You emerge back into society to find people wanting to personally kill someone they'd never met and who had never personally theatened them. You'd think everyone had become homicidal maniacs. Justification through "He attacked all America" or "He has Ultimate Responsibility" does not change the fact that he will, in all likelyhood, never personally threaten you.
You want to kill Osama bin Laden because the information you have been given tells you he is guilty of killing thousands.
Who made you the executioner?