IMHO, the whole concept of releasing Darwin core into open source is stupid unless Apple also releases the OpenStep/NextStep/WebObjects stuff (the gui and the libraries are missing, hello)they have for Intel (yes, you do remember NextStep/Openstep for intel, dont you?), because you wont be able to run any of the cool new MacOs applications or ported NextStep/OpenStep stuff without it.
All this is going to get us is yet ANOTHER X-based Unix clone (after they've ported all the good stuff we already have in Linux and FreeBSD) and yet further balkanization. This is a total waste of time when open source porting efforts are already being made for Linux and FreeBSD. We have these things already, they are mature and we like them.
And if its based on Mach, why the hell are they calling it Linux??????
Give the man a break! George Lucas made the first set of these movies close to 2 DECADES ago. A person is bound to come up with new ideas (I would certainly hope he would). If you want to pick it apart, you can just shred it, even for a non-obsessive fan like me, I wonder why the original Obi-Wan said that he trained Anakin and that Anakin was already a star fighter pilot when he met him.
Well, normally it's been called Vader's Theme by John Williams, but many people have also called it the Imperial March since it's been associated w/the Empire so much. Personally, I like it the second way, Vader/Anakin's story hadn't been fully told yet so we can't get a real theme for him. Besides, the Force Theme is also Obi-Wan's theme, so go figure...
I spotted the Queen decoy routine when she asked to come along to the space port. Anybody see it earlier? The queen is a babe. Best part of the movie. Darth Maul second best part.
Well you should if you have EVER watched Professional. IMO, the best parts are 1)Canyon Racing 2) New York City (or whatever they call the UN planet)
And I'm going to see it again, hopefully at a theater with a better sound system. I saw it at 12:01, and the crowd was really hyped (some of them having camped out for tickets then waited four hours in line for the best seats). You don't really get that sports-event-like crowd at movies anymore, and it really heightens the experience.
As for the movie itself, I agree pretty much with Rob's review (for some reason we seem to have pretty similar tastes in movies). Jar-Jar was annoying at some parts, but he definitely didn't ruin the movie, in fact he even made me chuckle at some parts. The worst acting award definitely belongs to that little brat Anikan whose self-narration ("The auto-pilot is on!") was driving me nuts. The dialogue in general just seems to point out the obvious ("The entire planet is one big city")...this movie is really able to speak for itself with its visual quality, but Lucas doesn't seem to want to let it do that.
However, the pod racing, the lightsaber duals, and the incredible scenery is worth three times the admission. Really folks I mean it...words cannot describe how incredible the three-way battle was to watch...it's just captivating. Overall I would say this movie follows the plot of episode 4 pretty closely (right down to the grappling hook scene! ugh!), which hopefully means Lucas is trying to introduce the younger generation to the new trilogy before exploding with the next two movies.
I hope so anyway, because there's no way I wouldn't see the next one...there are just too many cool things which are obviously going to take place and a lot of questions left unanswered. Overall: 8 out of 10.
In all fairness.. a major site like Excite or Microsoft.COM has multiple connections to unique points of the network, and probably an array of server machines serving the same page on a DNS round robin.
They will never win. You can't beat something that is inherently superior and can't be bought.
-= NJV =- "He hath need of his wits who wanders wide, aught simple will serve at home; but a gazing-stock is the fool who sits mid the wise, and nothing knows." - The Havamal
Yes I would like to see more than just VooDoo 2 support for Linux in the area of 3D cards. As an owner of an Intergraph Intense 3D 100 card, I wish it had Linux/X-Free86 Drivers.
I might have to downgrade to a 2M PCI based CIrrus Logic or S3 based video card, how revolting!
Um.. no it doesn't. There is no Quicktime 3/4/Sorenson support for Linux. Xanim sure as heck doesn't have it, neither does mtv.
-= NJV =-
"A better burden can no man bear on the way than his mother wit: and no worse provision can he carry with him than too deep a draught of ale." The Havamal
Hmm.. not sure if you can do it with vi, maybe with emacs.. though I have not ventured to use emacs as of yet.
-= NJV =- "Cattle die and kinsmen die, thyself too soon must die, but one thing never, I ween, will die, -- fair fame of one who has earned." - Havamal
I'm probably what some people would consider a borderline 'obssesed Star Wars fan', and my SO just isn't quite as 'into' it as I am anymore than I am 'into' the Monkees (her 'obsession'). But that's not what's important. She understands that I love the movies, and has even gone to Toys 'R' Us with me on a Star Wars run.
But, that's because we both share enough interests and activities that we don't look at each other's obsessions as being the sum total of each other's personality. She thinks I spend too much time on my computer, I think she spends too much time watching TV. We could just let that be the end of it, but there's more to each of us than the little annoying habbits that we all have. We tend to like the same kind of informational shows (though I can't understand how she can insist on watching the same series half-a-dozen times), and she's willing to learn about computers, even though she jokes about my laptop being 'the other woman' on occassion.
If a hobby or interest is enough to break two people appart, then there just wasn't enough else there for them to expect to stay together very long in the first place. That's all there really is to it.
One problem with using PostScript printer. You only get like 7 fonts. I've tried this approach and I get more fonts with the WP8 printer driver for it. Unless there's a way to get a ton of fonts for WP8, I don't see a better way.
Skip, I have an Epson Stylus Color 600 printer at home and ran into the same problem as you. You have to go to the Corel site and download the WP printer drivers for the Epson Stylus Color, unzip it and rename it and put it in/usr/local/wp8 (or whereever you installed WP)
The only problem with WP8 is, the fonts frankly suck! I wish there could be proper TrueType and Type 1 fonts for it. Courier and times new roman are ugly.
"With the BSD license, each "tier" of user has a choice."
No. They don't. Each tier depends upon the goodwill of the tier above.
It's like the US Bill of Rights. If we were totally (BSD-style) Free to do whatever we wanted, there would be a few Free people at the top and a bunch of peons/slaves at the bottom. This is because the more powerful could do whatever they wanted to the rest of us.
Instead we have checks and balances. We have a few minor Freedoms curtailed (murder not allowed, slavery not allowed, re-release of source code required) so that major Freedoms (life, pursuit of happiness, use of source code) are available to everyone.
Yeah, they have a lot of fat in them, but that's what makes them taste better. Why do you think the Whoppers kick ass? Two words: mayo and flame-broiled. Admit it...fat is better tasting than no fat. That's why no-fat items are tasteless.
McD's fries? Ugh! I'm better off eating a plain baked potato. Call me spoiled, but I like fries with some type of seasoning (ie. Rally's, Arby's, etc.). It's like ordering a Coke or Pepsi. Why in the hell would you order a Coke/Pepsi? There's Mr. Pibb, Big Red, Mt. Dew, Grape/Orange drinks. But, what do you do? Order a plain...standard...cola.
Oh well. Enough ranting on useless subjects. -- Brendan Byrd AKA SineSwiper Computer techie, PERL master, and all-purpose Internet guru
What I could never figure out is, if the JFS has to keep a changelog, where does it store it? If it's on the disk, how do you handle corruption to the changelog file(s) if it crashes? Anyway, the whitepaper is here
What I could never figure out is, if the JFS has to keep a changelog, where does it store it? If it's on the disk, how do you handle corruption to the changelog file(s) if it crashes? Anyway, the whitepaper URL is
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Posted by JPerlow:
IMHO, the whole concept of releasing Darwin core into open source is stupid unless Apple also releases the OpenStep/NextStep/WebObjects stuff (the gui and the libraries are missing, hello)they have for Intel (yes, you do remember NextStep/Openstep for intel, dont you?), because you wont be able to run any of the cool new MacOs applications or ported NextStep/OpenStep stuff without it.
All this is going to get us is yet ANOTHER X-based Unix clone (after they've ported all the good stuff we already have in Linux and FreeBSD)
and yet further balkanization. This is a total waste of time when open source porting efforts are already being made for Linux and FreeBSD. We have these things already, they are mature and we like them.
And if its based on Mach, why the hell are they calling it Linux??????
Posted by Ralf- The Wise and Powerful:
Give the man a break! George Lucas made the first
set of these movies close to 2 DECADES ago. A person is bound to come up with new ideas (I would certainly hope he would).
If you want to pick it apart, you can just shred it, even for a non-obsessive fan like me, I wonder why the original Obi-Wan said that he trained Anakin and that Anakin was already a star fighter pilot when he met him.
Give it up already. Enjoy it for what it is.
Posted by Dhrama X:
Well, normally it's been called Vader's Theme by John Williams, but many people have also called it the Imperial March since it's been associated w/the Empire so much. Personally, I like it the second way, Vader/Anakin's story hadn't been fully told yet so we can't get a real theme for him. Besides, the Force Theme is also Obi-Wan's theme, so go figure...
Posted by My_Favorite_Anonymous_Coward:
I spotted the Queen decoy routine when she asked to come along to the space port. Anybody
see it earlier? The queen is a babe. Best part of the movie. Darth Maul second best part.
Well you should if you have EVER watched Professional. IMO, the best parts are 1)Canyon Racing 2) New York City (or whatever they call the UN planet)
Posted by JPerlow:
Hmm. Trade Federation probably has their ship building done by Microsoft.
Posted by cherron:
Vader didn't disappear when he died, either. Luke burned his body, as they did with Qui Gonn. I wonder what the dissappearance 'rule' is??
Posted by FascDot Killed My Previous Use:
...it sounds like Jar Jar is a lot like Poochie form "the worst episode ever" of Itchy & Scratchy.
Posted by OGL:
And I'm going to see it again, hopefully at a theater with a better sound system. I saw it at 12:01, and the crowd was really hyped (some of them having camped out for tickets then waited four hours in line for the best seats). You don't really get that sports-event-like crowd at movies anymore, and it really heightens the experience.
As for the movie itself, I agree pretty much with Rob's review (for some reason we seem to have pretty similar tastes in movies). Jar-Jar was annoying at some parts, but he definitely didn't ruin the movie, in fact he even made me chuckle at some parts. The worst acting award definitely belongs to that little brat Anikan whose self-narration ("The auto-pilot is on!") was driving me nuts. The dialogue in general just seems to point out the obvious ("The entire planet is one big city")...this movie is really able to speak for itself with its visual quality, but Lucas doesn't seem to want to let it do that.
However, the pod racing, the lightsaber duals, and the incredible scenery is worth three times the admission. Really folks I mean it...words cannot describe how incredible the three-way battle was to watch...it's just captivating. Overall I would say this movie follows the plot of episode 4 pretty closely (right down to the grappling hook scene! ugh!), which hopefully means Lucas is trying to introduce the younger generation to the new trilogy before exploding with the next two movies.
I hope so anyway, because there's no way I wouldn't see the next one...there are just too many cool things which are obviously going to take place and a lot of questions left unanswered. Overall: 8 out of 10.
-W.W.
Posted by devriesp:
In all fairness.. a major site like Excite or Microsoft.COM has multiple connections to unique points of the network, and probably an array of server machines serving the same page on a DNS round robin.
Posted by mudmonkey:
It's a damn shame I can't get RealPlayer to work on RedHat 5.2 with kernel 2.2.9...
Posted by NJViking:
They will never win. You can't beat something that is inherently superior and can't be bought.
-= NJV =-
"He hath need of his wits who wanders wide,
aught simple will serve at home;
but a gazing-stock is the fool who sits
mid the wise, and nothing knows." - The Havamal
Posted by Cable4096:
Yes I would like to see more than just VooDoo 2 support for Linux in the area of 3D cards. As an owner of an Intergraph Intense 3D 100 card, I wish it had Linux/X-Free86 Drivers.
I might have to downgrade to a 2M PCI based CIrrus Logic or S3 based video card, how revolting!
Well linux support all the formats windows does..
Um.. no it doesn't. There is no Quicktime 3/4/Sorenson support for Linux. Xanim sure as heck doesn't have it, neither does mtv.
-= NJV =-
"A better burden can no man bear
on the way than his mother wit:
and no worse provision can he carry with him
than too deep a draught of ale."
The Havamal
Posted by NJViking:
Hmm.. not sure if you can do it with vi, maybe with emacs.. though I have not ventured to use emacs as of yet.
-= NJV =-
"Cattle die and kinsmen die,
thyself too soon must die,
but one thing never, I ween, will die, --
fair fame of one who has earned." - Havamal
Posted by The Masked Miscreant >:):
I'm probably what some people would consider a borderline 'obssesed Star Wars fan', and my SO just isn't quite as 'into' it as I am anymore than I am 'into' the Monkees (her 'obsession'). But that's not what's important. She understands that I love the movies, and has even gone to Toys 'R' Us with me on a Star Wars run.
But, that's because we both share enough interests and activities that we don't look at each other's obsessions as being the sum total of each other's personality. She thinks I spend too much time on my computer, I think she spends too much time watching TV. We could just let that be the end of it, but there's more to each of us than the little annoying habbits that we all have. We tend to like the same kind of informational shows (though I can't understand how she can insist on watching the same series half-a-dozen times), and she's willing to learn about computers, even though she jokes about my laptop being 'the other woman' on occassion.
If a hobby or interest is enough to break two people appart, then there just wasn't enough else there for them to expect to stay together very long in the first place. That's all there really is to it.
Posted by FascDot Killed My Previous Use:
Can't put graphics in. I like to draw lines on my resumes.
Posted by NJViking:
One problem with using PostScript printer. You only get like 7 fonts. I've tried this approach and I get more fonts with the WP8 printer driver for it. Unless there's a way to get a ton of fonts for WP8, I don't see a better way.
-= NJV =-
Posted by NJViking:
/usr/local/wp8 (or whereever you installed WP)
Skip, I have an Epson Stylus Color 600 printer at home and ran into the same problem as you. You have to go to the Corel site and download the WP printer drivers for the Epson Stylus Color, unzip it and rename it and put it in
The only problem with WP8 is, the fonts frankly suck! I wish there could be proper TrueType and Type 1 fonts for it. Courier and times new roman are ugly.
-= NJV =-
Posted by FascDot Killed My Previous Use:
Actually, I just recently used Emacs and Notepad to write my resume directly in PostScript. Really.
It's actually pretty neat because you can specify EXACTLY what you want. How come no one has created a WYSIWYG PS editor?
Posted by FascDot Killed My Previous Use:
"With the BSD license, each "tier" of user has a choice."
No. They don't. Each tier depends upon the goodwill of the tier above.
It's like the US Bill of Rights. If we were totally (BSD-style) Free to do whatever we wanted, there would be a few Free people at the top and a bunch of peons/slaves at the bottom. This is because the more powerful could do whatever they wanted to the rest of us.
Instead we have checks and balances. We have a few minor Freedoms curtailed (murder not allowed, slavery not allowed, re-release of source code required) so that major Freedoms (life, pursuit of happiness, use of source code) are available to everyone.
The GPL is not infective, it's protective.
Posted by Brendan Byrd/SineSwiper:
Yeah, they have a lot of fat in them, but that's what makes them taste better. Why do you think the Whoppers kick ass? Two words: mayo and flame-broiled. Admit it...fat is better tasting than no fat. That's why no-fat items are tasteless.
McD's fries? Ugh! I'm better off eating a plain baked potato. Call me spoiled, but I like fries with some type of seasoning (ie. Rally's, Arby's, etc.). It's like ordering a Coke or Pepsi. Why in the hell would you order a Coke/Pepsi? There's Mr. Pibb, Big Red, Mt. Dew, Grape/Orange drinks. But, what do you do? Order a plain...standard...cola.
Oh well. Enough ranting on useless subjects.
--
Brendan Byrd AKA SineSwiper
Computer techie, PERL master, and all-purpose Internet guru
Posted by Debarge:
So whats next now virtual hamburgers?
Posted by skaffster:
What I could never figure out is, if the JFS has to keep a changelog, where does it store it? If it's on the disk, how do you handle corruption to the changelog file(s) if it crashes? Anyway, the whitepaper is here
Posted by skaffster:
What I could never figure out is, if the JFS has to keep a changelog, where does it store it? If it's on the disk, how do you handle corruption to the changelog file(s) if it crashes? Anyway, the whitepaper URL is
Posted by kenmcneil:
Yepp!