I find it likely that we are the quiet majority, actually. Those films barely made any sense because they skipped so much. It is very unlikely that the washed masses were able to pick up a story from it. The first one was good, but the second ones were just too dull. I couldn't even finish watching the third one. The movie was over-hyped, and a lot of people just got swept up in it.
Hopefully The Hobbit will be better. This book lends itself slightly better for a movie format, since there was action and comedy in pretty much every chapter.
I think it extremely likely that the washed masses followed *exactly* what was going on, hence the extremely large revenue. They didn't really skip that much either, Case in point : the Old Forest and Barrow Downs are a great part of the first book - but do they really add that much to the overall narrative? - Beyond a Numenorean blade that came in real handy for stabbing the Witch King somewhat later and some "ring-a-ding dillos" from a maia hippy, what would it have really added except another 45 minutes to the movie... precious little.
I also heard at Dragon*Con there is a strong possibility that they will be making two movies for the Hobbit (cha-ching) - with the split point as yet unrevealed. The episodic nature of the book will also be stretched into a more ongoing narrative.
Well, you gotta give it to Microsoft this time. It seems that these patents are all real and do cover significant innovation and no prior art. What's right is right. When you invent something you have to protect your invention.
After all patents were made to protect the little inventor from big companies, and this is a great example of the patent system working beautifully
Get experience, get a degree part time - you might even get your employer to pay for it. Education is always good. More experience is always good. With This plan you can get both.
Its not a "Transfer" it's a new visa - but it doesn't count against the yearly limit. If you apply when you are still employed under another H1-B then you remain in H1-B status, and they will issue you a new visa if the company and employer meet the specialist requirements. That aside I have known individuals who have applied before and after they have lost their jobs to be refused... and of course accepted. Its really in the discretion of the USCIS examiner... better hope he got laid the night before.
actually, laid off h1b workers are allowed a 2 month "grace" period to either find a new job or leave the country
That is completely and utterly untrue. You have a 10 day period to leave the country - if you do not have another visa in process with the USCIS BEFORE YOU GET LAID OFF you are considered to be "out of status" after those 10 days and a USCIS examiner is likely to refuse you another visa if you apply for a new job without leaving the country. Being out of status is bad because it will count against you if you ever decide to get another visa or apply for a green card - even ONE day can result in a refusal.
I suspect the ending of these big "look at the next big thing" conferences Apple runs on a regular basis are part of transitioning Jobs out of the public eye. They need to disconnect Steve Jobs from the "ergonomic/chic/cool/it just works", brand. His presentations enforce the assumption that Jobs and his product line are inextricably linked.
My PhD is in software reuse and the main lesson is, never approach a problem with "I am going to reuse something today". The classic mantra is the rule of three, if you find yourself building something for the third time, capture it (and the other two) as a generic component and reuse it in subsequent scenarios. With respect to existing components/frameworks if it does what you want great - otherwise you need to ask yourself the question - "will changing it to meet my needs be quicker than building it from scratch?", if that's the case then reuse, otherwise do it yourself.
The evidence is mounting that early mars from the Noachian period and perhaps later (3.8 billion years ago give or take) was extremely wet - you only have to look at the MOLA data set to draw *a* conclusion that the Northern polar regions were a single vast ocean, either that or the 4km+ deep depression was caused by a huge impact. Evidence of the "coastline" can be interpreted as a receding shoreline or something more cataclysmic - depends on who you read and believe.
Clearly later periods with channels that show large water outflows demonstrate that water is still there, perhaps in considerable quantities just below the surface as permafrost.
The bottom line, an awesome boon to us all-colonizing all-conquering humans. Finding evidence of life, even fossilized, would just complicate the picture. Life, especially the microscopic kind, can thrive in really cold environments for extremely long periods as Antarctica demonstrates. I'd really just like my descendants to have the water, the possibilities it opens up, and not have to worry about wiping out some tenacious, unique alien lifeform.
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I find it likely that we are the quiet majority, actually. Those films barely made any sense because they skipped so much. It is very unlikely that the washed masses were able to pick up a story from it. The first one was good, but the second ones were just too dull. I couldn't even finish watching the third one. The movie was over-hyped, and a lot of people just got swept up in it.
Hopefully The Hobbit will be better. This book lends itself slightly better for a movie format, since there was action and comedy in pretty much every chapter.
I think it extremely likely that the washed masses followed *exactly* what was going on, hence the extremely large revenue. They didn't really skip that much either, Case in point : the Old Forest and Barrow Downs are a great part of the first book - but do they really add that much to the overall narrative? - Beyond a Numenorean blade that came in real handy for stabbing the Witch King somewhat later and some "ring-a-ding dillos" from a maia hippy, what would it have really added except another 45 minutes to the movie... precious little.
I also heard at Dragon*Con there is a strong possibility that they will be making two movies for the Hobbit (cha-ching) - with the split point as yet unrevealed. The episodic nature of the book will also be stretched into a more ongoing narrative.
Except people actually use Java /ducks
W00t!!!!!
Brock Sampson
Well, you gotta give it to Microsoft this time. It seems that these patents are all real and do cover significant innovation and no prior art. What's right is right. When you invent something you have to protect your invention.
After all patents were made to protect the little inventor from big companies, and this is a great example of the patent system working beautifully
Thanks Steve for your comments.
Get experience, get a degree part time - you might even get your employer to pay for it. Education is always good. More experience is always good. With This plan you can get both.
Son, you need to get out more.
Its a good thing that the devil has infinite patience.
They should do the same thing with beer - I would happily volunteer as a test subject.
Its not a "Transfer" it's a new visa - but it doesn't count against the yearly limit. If you apply when you are still employed under another H1-B then you remain in H1-B status, and they will issue you a new visa if the company and employer meet the specialist requirements. That aside I have known individuals who have applied before and after they have lost their jobs to be refused ... and of course accepted. Its really in the discretion of the USCIS examiner ... better hope he got laid the night before.
actually, laid off h1b workers are allowed a 2 month "grace" period to either find a new job or leave the country
That is completely and utterly untrue. You have a 10 day period to leave the country - if you do not have another visa in process with the USCIS BEFORE YOU GET LAID OFF you are considered to be "out of status" after those 10 days and a USCIS examiner is likely to refuse you another visa if you apply for a new job without leaving the country. Being out of status is bad because it will count against you if you ever decide to get another visa or apply for a green card - even ONE day can result in a refusal.
ANY "family of nine" is going to seem damn peculiar on an
airline flight. It doesn't matter if it's the Brady Bunch.
The only family of nine that could possibly be suspicious would be the Nazgul. Anything else is narrow minded bigotry.
The whole genre of "Hard Science Fiction" rabidly disagrees with your sentiment. Try reading some more.
I disagree, frankly I think we'll all be using watches that measure time using parsecs in the near future - driven by linux of course.
Not necessary. If Jobs died, most of his followers would probably commit suicide voluntarily anyway.
Mod parent "Funny" dammit!!!!
Thanks!
I suspect the ending of these big "look at the next big thing" conferences Apple runs on a regular basis are part of transitioning Jobs out of the public eye. They need to disconnect Steve Jobs from the "ergonomic/chic/cool/it just works", brand. His presentations enforce the assumption that Jobs and his product line are inextricably linked.
Not necessary. If Jobs died, most of his followers would probably commit suicide voluntarily anyway.
Mod parent "Funny" dammit!!!!
1. Place blackberry at bottom of toilet bowl
2. Flush
3. Blackberry disappears!
Japanese scientists have cloned mice whose bodies were frozen for as long as 16 years
Great, now I have two frozen mice, whats the point of that?
Wow how many defendants are you away from Kevin Bacon?
My PhD is in software reuse and the main lesson is, never approach a problem with "I am going to reuse something today". The classic mantra is the rule of three, if you find yourself building something for the third time, capture it (and the other two) as a generic component and reuse it in subsequent scenarios. With respect to existing components/frameworks if it does what you want great - otherwise you need to ask yourself the question - "will changing it to meet my needs be quicker than building it from scratch?", if that's the case then reuse, otherwise do it yourself.
The evidence is mounting that early mars from the Noachian period and perhaps later (3.8 billion years ago give or take) was extremely wet - you only have to look at the MOLA data set to draw *a* conclusion that the Northern polar regions were a single vast ocean, either that or the 4km+ deep depression was caused by a huge impact. Evidence of the "coastline" can be interpreted as a receding shoreline or something more cataclysmic - depends on who you read and believe.
Clearly later periods with channels that show large water outflows demonstrate that water is still there, perhaps in considerable quantities just below the surface as permafrost.
The bottom line, an awesome boon to us all-colonizing all-conquering humans. Finding evidence of life, even fossilized, would just complicate the picture. Life, especially the microscopic kind, can thrive in really cold environments for extremely long periods as Antarctica demonstrates. I'd really just like my descendants to have the water, the possibilities it opens up, and not have to worry about wiping out some tenacious, unique alien lifeform.
One points out a related story at NPR about a voting program called PVOTE, written in Python and only 500 lines long.
from __future__ import obama
I really hope that they allow me to "grandfather in" my Level 93 wookie cantina bacta-splooge collector. I almost made Jedi.
Are there any beloved childhood memories that Hollywood hasn't raped the corpse of yet?
Buck Rogers: pending
Childhood? What grown man doesn't dream of Erin Gray to this day?