Too right - they _definitely_ shouldn't have painted SpaceShipOne white (or any other colour). C'mon - a little respect for the past, if you please! Plus - it would've made it into the new SF Museum & Hall of Fame that much easier if it'd been left with the raw metallic finish.
Ohhh yeah, Maximillian was scary as hell! Good nomination...
I think that movie would've gotten a lot more respect if the 'good' robots hadn't been so cutesy. Same problem that Return of the Jedi had with the Ewoks. In both cases, they cute ones were actually very effective, but _geez_.
No, Robbie the Robot and 'Robot' from Lost in Space were _not_ the same robot. Robbie has the dome head, and Robot had the oblate spheroid head. There was even a Lost in Space episode that had both (with Robbie playing an alien-made robot that acted very superior to Robot).
_DEFINITELY_ not the same robot.
My favourite Robbie the Robot moment was from 'Mork & Mindy.' When Robbie called a woman fat, he was told to go apologize to her, only to get, "I'm sorry you're fat." heh
No 'Robot' from Lost in Space? (I can't remember his model number.)
Also:
whatserface from Metropolis Huey, Dewey & Louie from Silent Running the Kung Fu robots from Ice Pirates ("I can't figure out this one's program.") the friendly denizens of Westworld
Lots of others deserving to be included!
I didn't see any of these mentioned from the 2003 list, and I couldn't find the 'total' list, if there is one. Anybody? Anybody? Bueller?
Now, I'm going to guess you mean 'Word for Windows 2.0,' right? Word 5.x was a DOS/OS/2 text-mode 'bound' app. Seriously cool stuff for those of us running OS/2 in text-mode (or not). Did anyone else out there rip out WPS & run Tshell? Fantastic multitasking text-mode OS when you did that. *sigh* Them was the dayz!
Hey, it was a joke. Then someone gets on my case, and misspells something doing so, yeah, I'm gonna comment on it. I always go for the easy joke. It's... easier.
Just because a comment is newer than another, that doesn't mean it was read first. Sometimes I have to wait to post a comment. Like _I'm_ going to 'rip off' an _AC_?! Please.
"A lot of effort goes into funding law enforcement in society, but there's no real evidence that it actually reduces crime. I've been trying to study this problem and the results aren't very encouraging. It doesn't look like we're making much of a dent in the overall number of crimes in our society."
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If you think security is bad now, just stop fixing security vulnerabilities and see how much worse things get. It's like a sump pump - it may not fix the leak, but it'll keep you from drowning.
If CG humans don't look 'realistic,' and instead look 'creepy,' then your 'realistic humans' aren't realistic, unless you're shooting for a 'creepy' CG human. Once they get to the point where they're not unintentionally-creepy, only THEN have you achieved 'realism.'
I'm still surprised that Canon's D10 (and even the new Mark II version of it, I think), has no spot meter. Crazy. Even Canon's sub - $300 compact digital cameras, the Axx series, have spot meters! Totally insane, and why I'd never consider the Rebel or the D10. Considering their top of the line film camera, the EOS-1v only costs around $1400/1500, which is about the mail-order price of the 10D, is quite beyond me.
True, but for a person just entering the market, those old-tech lenses aren't any advantage at all. Canon's line of USM lenses are far more sophisticated than Nikon's current lineup, which includes very few AF-S lenses, even now.
Incorrect, and you even mention the competition which kills it - the Nikon D70. As much as I love Canon cameras, the D70 blows away the Digital Rebel and the D10 in many respects, and is priced similarly to the Rebel.
I'd still prefer the Canon lenses, though, and when you buy an SLR 'system,' you're really buying into a lens line as much or more than the camera body itself. There's no way I'd choose Nikon's lens line over Canon's at this point, which is too bad, because of the D70. *shrug*
Dotted quad, thaaaaat's what I was trying to remember.
Another good feature of the calc would be to enter either an RGB triplet or a hex colour code and have it find the nearest web-safe palette colours (on either side). That'd be just dandy.
And built-in unit conversions wouldn't hurt. Volkswagens to other volumetric measurements, football fields to meters, and whatnot. And hogsheads, don't forget the hogsheads! And 'stones,' so we can figure out how much Bridget Jones weighs in the upcoming sequel.
And hands, so we can figure out how tall horses are. And what with the petrol crisis in the U.S., dollars per gallon to pounds per liter (or Euros per litre), just for comparison. I'm told those in Europe would be pretty happy to be able to get gas for 'only' US$2.35/gallon. Yikes.
The modern calculator should be able to handle easy RGB triplet to hex conversion, as well as IP xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx 'Bruce' format (I can't remember what that format is called, so I just refer to it as Bruce to save confusion) to 32-bit format.
Oh yeah, and a built-in function for calculating the air speed velocity of laden and unladen African and European swallows, based on various factors such as wind speed, elevation (density of air, ya know), age & weight of birds and any burden they may be carrying. Granted, even with that, it won't be all THAT accurate, but it's better than clacking two coconuts together
Oh, it should also have built-in 802.11g WiFi & IEEE1394.b.:)
And If I can use it to control the TV remotely, that'd be great, thanks.
I still prefer the physical format of my trusty HP11C, but then again, I don't need graphing ability in my calculator. Graphing's for nerds.
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> I'm still confused as to how they're going to make money on this.
Simple, they filled in the step 2:
1) Create reusable suborbital spaceplane.
2) Auction off M&Ms released in cockpit during flight on eBay.
3) Profit!
So simple a monkey in a space capsule could do it!
Too right - they _definitely_ shouldn't have painted SpaceShipOne white (or any other colour). C'mon - a little respect for the past, if you please! Plus - it would've made it into the new SF Museum & Hall of Fame that much easier if it'd been left with the raw metallic finish.
Yeah, if the government won't protect us against invading Goa'uld, then we'll have to do it ourselves!
btw - that's 'homeland defense,' buster, and don't you forget it!
Give it a break - it's just a monkey, after all. Why, a monkey that can even USE a metatag is even more impressive than a cat that can wear boots!
Ahh, right, the good ole model B9. Those older B8's always were a bit twitchy...
Ohhh yeah, Maximillian was scary as hell! Good nomination...
I think that movie would've gotten a lot more respect if the 'good' robots hadn't been so cutesy. Same problem that Return of the Jedi had with the Ewoks. In both cases, they cute ones were actually very effective, but _geez_.
Sorry, wrong answer. You will now be bumped down to a 7-digit slashdot userid. Thanks for playing. :)
No, Robbie the Robot and 'Robot' from Lost in Space were _not_ the same robot. Robbie has the dome head, and Robot had the oblate spheroid head. There was even a Lost in Space episode that had both (with Robbie playing an alien-made robot that acted very superior to Robot).
_DEFINITELY_ not the same robot.
My favourite Robbie the Robot moment was from 'Mork & Mindy.' When Robbie called a woman fat, he was told to go apologize to her, only to get, "I'm sorry you're fat." heh
No 'Robot' from Lost in Space? (I can't remember his model number.)
Also:
whatserface from Metropolis
Huey, Dewey & Louie from Silent Running
the Kung Fu robots from Ice Pirates ("I can't figure out this one's program.")
the friendly denizens of Westworld
Lots of others deserving to be included!
I didn't see any of these mentioned from the 2003 list, and I couldn't find the 'total' list, if there is one. Anybody? Anybody? Bueller?
Now, I'm going to guess you mean 'Word for Windows 2.0,' right? Word 5.x was a DOS/OS/2 text-mode 'bound' app. Seriously cool stuff for those of us running OS/2 in text-mode (or not). Did anyone else out there rip out WPS & run Tshell? Fantastic multitasking text-mode OS when you did that. *sigh* Them was the dayz!
Hey, it was a joke. Then someone gets on my case, and misspells something doing so, yeah, I'm gonna comment on it. I always go for the easy joke. It's ... easier.
Very 'cleaver'? Seems you need a dictionary, too.
Just because a comment is newer than another, that doesn't mean it was read first. Sometimes I have to wait to post a comment. Like _I'm_ going to 'rip off' an _AC_?! Please.
Step 0: Learn how to spell 'steal.'
What, no C-Kermit? Geez.
"A lot of effort goes into funding law enforcement in society, but there's no real evidence that it actually reduces crime. I've been trying to study this problem and the results aren't very encouraging. It doesn't look like we're making much of a dent in the overall number of crimes in our society."
---
If you think security is bad now, just stop fixing security vulnerabilities and see how much worse things get. It's like a sump pump - it may not fix the leak, but it'll keep you from drowning.
I think it's "peski blokskaya," but my Russian's a little rusty.
Make sure your developers aren't Russian, else you'll need to think in Russian to fire your weapons, and that'd suck.
How do you say 'railgun' in Russian, anyway?
If CG humans don't look 'realistic,' and instead look 'creepy,' then your 'realistic humans' aren't realistic, unless you're shooting for a 'creepy' CG human. Once they get to the point where they're not unintentionally-creepy, only THEN have you achieved 'realism.'
Nah, label it 'porn,' or 'secret files,' or somesuch.
I'm still surprised that Canon's D10 (and even the new Mark II version of it, I think), has no spot meter. Crazy. Even Canon's sub - $300 compact digital cameras, the Axx series, have spot meters! Totally insane, and why I'd never consider the Rebel or the D10. Considering their top of the line film camera, the EOS-1v only costs around $1400/1500, which is about the mail-order price of the 10D, is quite beyond me.
True, but for a person just entering the market, those old-tech lenses aren't any advantage at all. Canon's line of USM lenses are far more sophisticated than Nikon's current lineup, which includes very few AF-S lenses, even now.
Incorrect, and you even mention the competition which kills it - the Nikon D70. As much as I love Canon cameras, the D70 blows away the Digital Rebel and the D10 in many respects, and is priced similarly to the Rebel.
I'd still prefer the Canon lenses, though, and when you buy an SLR 'system,' you're really buying into a lens line as much or more than the camera body itself. There's no way I'd choose Nikon's lens line over Canon's at this point, which is too bad, because of the D70. *shrug*
Dotted quad, thaaaaat's what I was trying to remember.
Another good feature of the calc would be to enter either an RGB triplet or a hex colour code and have it find the nearest web-safe palette colours (on either side). That'd be just dandy.
And built-in unit conversions wouldn't hurt. Volkswagens to other volumetric measurements, football fields to meters, and whatnot. And hogsheads, don't forget the hogsheads! And 'stones,' so we can figure out how much Bridget Jones weighs in the upcoming sequel.
And hands, so we can figure out how tall horses are. And what with the petrol crisis in the U.S., dollars per gallon to pounds per liter (or Euros per litre), just for comparison. I'm told those in Europe would be pretty happy to be able to get gas for 'only' US$2.35/gallon. Yikes.
Anyway.
No worries about spelling, either. :)
:)
The modern calculator should be able to handle easy RGB triplet to hex conversion, as well as IP xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx 'Bruce' format (I can't remember what that format is called, so I just refer to it as Bruce to save confusion) to 32-bit format.
Oh yeah, and a built-in function for calculating the air speed velocity of laden and unladen African and European swallows, based on various factors such as wind speed, elevation (density of air, ya know), age & weight of birds and any burden they may be carrying. Granted, even with that, it won't be all THAT accurate, but it's better than clacking two coconuts together
Oh, it should also have built-in 802.11g WiFi & IEEE1394.b.
And If I can use it to control the TV remotely, that'd be great, thanks.
I still prefer the physical format of my trusty HP11C, but then again, I don't need graphing ability in my calculator. Graphing's for nerds.
You want the small OS? You got the small OS. No problem. Badda-bing, badda-boom.