"George Lucas once gave a speech at a shindig for Joseph Campbell and said that he wouldn't have been able to write Star Wars without having read Campbell's Hero With A Thousand Faces. So much for trying to discount Campbell's influence."
I guess if Lucas says so, it must be true. Did you even read the article? Lucas makes comments like this all the time now.
"As for the pulp aspect, in an intro to one of the Star Wars tapes, Lucas also says he was trying to recreate the feeling he got from the serialized Westerns of his youth. Maybe the pulp style figured into that subconsciously, but he seemed pretty explicit about what he was going for..."
Well, if he seemed explicit enough, that must mean I should believe him. Come on!:-)
"The Lord of the Rings is a very minor work in the history of literature, and a movie based on it can't deserve more than what it got: just a few technical awards."
Riiiight, I'm pretty sure I won't be watching "A Beautiful Mind" 10 years from now.
I find it funny you label LOTR a minor work in the history of literature when LOTR was voted in several polls as the most important literature of the past century.
The next version of eDonkey is supposed to implement a new method of decentralization that requires no servers for search requests. I sure can't wait, since the current eDonkey network is beginning to succumb under the strain of its popularity.
You download file chunks from multiple people, and files can even have a completely different filename. All files are given a hash value to compare to.
Speaking of good things about eDonkey, there is also forced uploads, meaning no losers cutting your downloads on you.
That's all true, but I had always appreciated the "selling point" that Linux and its respective apps didn't necessarily require the latest hardware specs to run--they were supposed to be efficient and speedy enough to get the job done on lower-end hardware.
By the way, I'm running Windows XP as I type this--with full effects, visual styles, etc.--and it is smoother and faster than KDE. Windows XP actually runs faster than Windows 98 did on this same hardware configuration, so I don't agree with the argument that KDE/GNOME should generally be run on the hardware of the current time, because if that's true, does that mean Windows XP is more optimized since it runs better on older hardware?
It's not as though I'm doing anything particularly processor-intensive. If it takes 10 seconds for KDE to load up a listing of my home directory--even on my PII266--there's a problem, IMO.:)
I agree. Unfortunately, every time I mention this to someone, they point out that I'm running on slow hardware and should upgrade. I don't want to upgrade a computer just to speed up windowing code. My PII266mhz/96MB/Voodoo3 runs Win98 just fine, so why should it take so long for KDE/GNOME apps to load up, and why should I see so many artifacts when I simply move a window?
It's been my experience that mentioning the slowness of KDE or GNOME has no effect, as it is always pointed to as the fault of something else, such as hardware, or something you did to misconfigure it, or drivers, and so forth. Nobody wants to admit anything!
Having said all that, I greatly appreciate the work put into both of these projects. In fact, I'd like to check out the source myself and see if I can help out with any optimizations.:) I hope the final releases of both KDE and GNOME see some much-needed speedups, because I really do enjoy using them. It's just that the slowness is very annoying.
Personally, I'm looking forward to the new TMNT series coming out. It'll be done by the team that did Batman Beyond. The cool part is that it will be returning to the dark style of the original comic book. And no Venus!
At Slackersguild, we tried offering e-mail addresses.
The current server is old and dying under the load of hits we're getting per week. About $1000 for a new server is desperately needed. Unfortunately, exactly 1 person seemed interested in the e-mail address idea. We've also tried t-shirts, which was a failure.
Sadly, we're considering the same subscription-based model Slashdot is using now. We have no other choice--if we don't, the site will die. All of us do this for free in our spare time, and we don't want it to go, so we'll try anything--even selling our souls to the Internet capitalist machine--just to keep the site up.
"A Monopoly as originally defined in the 19th century consisted of a business which cornered the market on Steel or Iron or copper, or was the only Rail Line that serviced a region. None of those qualifying definitions applies to Microsoft."
Why not? Are you saying Microsoft doesn't have the operating system market cornered with over 90% market share?
I'm extremely lucky, my high school CS class taught us how to use Linux, host a web site, and more. We used networked Windows 98 machines and telnetted into the Linux box, and we got grades on changing our sigs, making web pages, using PINE, etc.
I got all my basic Linux experience from that class. Sadly, they've now switched the class to Win2000 only. But having gotten out of high school, I see how damned lucky I was that I actually got a high school class that taught Linux. My college doesn't even do that.
People won't move away from Windows for 1 of 2 simple reasons, "I don't have time to learn something new" or "I can't transfer my MS Office documents to ". While there are falacies in both arguments, end users are a stubborn ignorant bunch for the most part.
Actually, those arguments are totally valid. If the makers of alternatives to Windows don't recognize them and address them, well, good luck with that.
I mean: people in black trench coats blowing people away with shotguns and dodging bullets in slow-mow?
And I love every minute of it!
But...I guess you're right. It's wrong to like anything fun and cool.
I bought the Die Hard DVD the other day, but now that you've shown me the light, I'm going to toss it since I think there are some explosions in it, and the main character has funny one-liners. How dare I. The movie as a whole isn't pretentious enough, either. It just tries to be an action movie, nothing more.
I'm also going through my movie collection and removing anything that has sunglasses or fast cars in it.
The guy was an incredible cartoonist. Watch the facial expressions of his characters and their physical movements. I'll never forget something he said about cartoons--you should be able to follow what's going on with the sound turned off. With that perspective, it's easy to see how his cartoons ended up being so well-animated. Most of my favorite episodes, in fact, are the ones with little to no dialogue.
What's the big deal? It's just a local cache. Winamp does the same thing, as well as all the other multimedia programs I've tried, so you don't have to redownload. I'd only get upset if they started using it for marketing purposes--they "wouldn't rule it out"--but, otherwise, big deal.
The great thing is, if such a thing happens, the Internet will "fragment" into the proprietary MS Passport version that Windows-users use and the free, Unix-based version everyone else uses. People will see that there's a free, non-corporate version and flock to it, because it will stand out more in comparison. If Windows becomes subscription-based, people will also see that Linux isn't that way, and may go to it. By that time, maybe Linux's desktop experience will have improved enough to compete and there will actually be enough apps to use. Just a hope, anyway.
What I'm saying is, if Microsoft tries to "take over the Internet," it would further seperate the positions of Windows and Linux, making Linux stand out more. Linux would fill the niche of non-proprietary OSes that have no "subscription models" or anything, thereby giving people more of a reason to use it.
Yeah, precanned anythings just suck. We should code everything from the ground up. Why, just yesterday, I finished my printf and cout functions, and today, I'm finally finishing off the rest of file.h
*rolls eyes*
The funny thing is that you obviously have never taken a look at Crystal Space; otherwise, you'd see this is definitely no newbie engine.
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"George Lucas once gave a speech at a shindig for Joseph Campbell and said that he wouldn't have been able to write Star Wars without having read Campbell's Hero With A Thousand Faces. So much for trying to discount Campbell's influence."
:-)
I guess if Lucas says so, it must be true. Did you even read the article? Lucas makes comments like this all the time now.
"As for the pulp aspect, in an intro to one of the Star Wars tapes, Lucas also says he was trying to recreate the feeling he got from the serialized Westerns of his youth. Maybe the pulp style figured into that subconsciously, but he seemed pretty explicit about what he was going for..."
Well, if he seemed explicit enough, that must mean I should believe him. Come on!
This is why I enjoyed Black & White so much--the graphics were realistic but the gameplay was decidedly fantasy.
"I wiped XP from my new box without ever booting it."
Isn't that a bit pre-judgemental? How can you complain about something if you haven't used it?
http://uptime.netcraft.com/up/graph/?host=www.linu x64.com
The best April Fool's joke I saw today was when visiting http://www.artbell.com For maximum effectiveness, use IE on a Windows box when you view it.
"The Lord of the Rings is a very minor work in the history of literature, and a movie based on it can't deserve more than what it got: just a few technical awards."
Riiiight, I'm pretty sure I won't be watching "A Beautiful Mind" 10 years from now.
I find it funny you label LOTR a minor work in the history of literature when LOTR was voted in several polls as the most important literature of the past century.
"Scientology went after the reporter of this article, but Time did not back down."
Furthermore, the Church recently lost their suit against Time over that article. There is still sanity left in the courts.
If you're having problems finding valid files, try tracker sites like Gowenna/Sharereactor and Filenexus. You can also find dynamic serverlists.
eDonkey's developers are aware of the network's current strain and are implementing a new p2p method for the next version.
The next version of eDonkey is supposed to implement a new method of decentralization that requires no servers for search requests. I sure can't wait, since the current eDonkey network is beginning to succumb under the strain of its popularity.
You download file chunks from multiple people, and files can even have a completely different filename. All files are given a hash value to compare to.
Speaking of good things about eDonkey, there is also forced uploads, meaning no losers cutting your downloads on you.
That's all true, but I had always appreciated the "selling point" that Linux and its respective apps didn't necessarily require the latest hardware specs to run--they were supposed to be efficient and speedy enough to get the job done on lower-end hardware.
:)
By the way, I'm running Windows XP as I type this--with full effects, visual styles, etc.--and it is smoother and faster than KDE. Windows XP actually runs faster than Windows 98 did on this same hardware configuration, so I don't agree with the argument that KDE/GNOME should generally be run on the hardware of the current time, because if that's true, does that mean Windows XP is more optimized since it runs better on older hardware?
It's not as though I'm doing anything particularly processor-intensive. If it takes 10 seconds for KDE to load up a listing of my home directory--even on my PII266--there's a problem, IMO.
I agree. Unfortunately, every time I mention this to someone, they point out that I'm running on slow hardware and should upgrade. I don't want to upgrade a computer just to speed up windowing code. My PII266mhz/96MB/Voodoo3 runs Win98 just fine, so why should it take so long for KDE/GNOME apps to load up, and why should I see so many artifacts when I simply move a window?
:) I hope the final releases of both KDE and GNOME see some much-needed speedups, because I really do enjoy using them. It's just that the slowness is very annoying.
It's been my experience that mentioning the slowness of KDE or GNOME has no effect, as it is always pointed to as the fault of something else, such as hardware, or something you did to misconfigure it, or drivers, and so forth. Nobody wants to admit anything!
Having said all that, I greatly appreciate the work put into both of these projects. In fact, I'd like to check out the source myself and see if I can help out with any optimizations.
Personally, I'm looking forward to the new TMNT series coming out. It'll be done by the team that did Batman Beyond. The cool part is that it will be returning to the dark style of the original comic book. And no Venus!
An entirely CG feature film is also in the works.
At Slackersguild, we tried offering e-mail addresses.
The current server is old and dying under the load of hits we're getting per week. About $1000 for a new server is desperately needed. Unfortunately, exactly 1 person seemed interested in the e-mail address idea. We've also tried t-shirts, which was a failure.
Sadly, we're considering the same subscription-based model Slashdot is using now. We have no other choice--if we don't, the site will die. All of us do this for free in our spare time, and we don't want it to go, so we'll try anything--even selling our souls to the Internet capitalist machine--just to keep the site up.
Hmm, I have Windows XP using ClearType, and I'm using a CRT. Everything is nice and smooth, even tiny fonts.
"A Monopoly as originally defined in the 19th century consisted of a business which cornered the market on Steel or Iron or copper, or was the only Rail Line that serviced a region. None of those qualifying definitions applies to Microsoft."
Why not? Are you saying Microsoft doesn't have the operating system market cornered with over 90% market share?
"All I am sayihng is that if MS wants to embed a browser, they have the right to."
Except that Microsoft was officially found to be a monopoly, which imposes certain legal restrictions on those rights.
How could I believe them when Win98 Lite has existed for years without Internet Explorer or even the Win98 shell.
If some normal guy can remove IE from Windows 98, surely Microsoft can.
I'm extremely lucky, my high school CS class taught us how to use Linux, host a web site, and more. We used networked Windows 98 machines and telnetted into the Linux box, and we got grades on changing our sigs, making web pages, using PINE, etc.
I got all my basic Linux experience from that class. Sadly, they've now switched the class to Win2000 only. But having gotten out of high school, I see how damned lucky I was that I actually got a high school class that taught Linux. My college doesn't even do that.
People won't move away from Windows for 1 of 2 simple reasons, "I don't have time to learn something new" or "I can't transfer my MS Office documents to ". While there are falacies in both arguments, end users are a stubborn ignorant bunch for the most part.
Actually, those arguments are totally valid. If the makers of alternatives to Windows don't recognize them and address them, well, good luck with that.
I mean: people in black trench coats blowing people away with shotguns and dodging bullets in slow-mow?
And I love every minute of it!
But...I guess you're right. It's wrong to like anything fun and cool.
I bought the Die Hard DVD the other day, but now that you've shown me the light, I'm going to toss it since I think there are some explosions in it, and the main character has funny one-liners. How dare I. The movie as a whole isn't pretentious enough, either. It just tries to be an action movie, nothing more.
I'm also going through my movie collection and removing anything that has sunglasses or fast cars in it.
Thanks again!
The guy was an incredible cartoonist. Watch the facial expressions of his characters and their physical movements. I'll never forget something he said about cartoons--you should be able to follow what's going on with the sound turned off. With that perspective, it's easy to see how his cartoons ended up being so well-animated. Most of my favorite episodes, in fact, are the ones with little to no dialogue.
What's the big deal? It's just a local cache. Winamp does the same thing, as well as all the other multimedia programs I've tried, so you don't have to redownload. I'd only get upset if they started using it for marketing purposes--they "wouldn't rule it out"--but, otherwise, big deal.
The great thing is, if such a thing happens, the Internet will "fragment" into the proprietary MS Passport version that Windows-users use and the free, Unix-based version everyone else uses. People will see that there's a free, non-corporate version and flock to it, because it will stand out more in comparison. If Windows becomes subscription-based, people will also see that Linux isn't that way, and may go to it. By that time, maybe Linux's desktop experience will have improved enough to compete and there will actually be enough apps to use. Just a hope, anyway.
What I'm saying is, if Microsoft tries to "take over the Internet," it would further seperate the positions of Windows and Linux, making Linux stand out more. Linux would fill the niche of non-proprietary OSes that have no "subscription models" or anything, thereby giving people more of a reason to use it.
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Yeah, precanned anythings just suck. We should code everything from the ground up. Why, just yesterday, I finished my printf and cout functions, and today, I'm finally finishing off the rest of file.h
*rolls eyes*
The funny thing is that you obviously have never taken a look at Crystal Space; otherwise, you'd see this is definitely no newbie engine.
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