"[...]imagine trying to provide warranties on all the packages available to Debian users, for instance, or every bit of software included with Mandrake Linux."
A lot of effects are done to correct mistakes during production: boom microphones hanging from the top of the screen, tattoos, better clouds, bluer water...it's corrective and not necessarily "on display" by nature.
If we were talking about Debian, I'd absolutely agree. Knowing Mandrake (using Mandrake), and knowing that The Latest Software will be included in the final release, I wouldn't hold my breath.
I didn't mean offence to Will, to set the record straight...just didn't want him to get his hopes up on a quick (or accurate) reply.
I work in the film industry, and one thing that I've been noticing (although, to think more about it, it's not necessarily a recent trend) is the reliance upon digital effects/3D animation in the minds of producers/writers when preparing projects.
While there is nothing inherently bad about this, it unfortunately has the effect of producing many films (and TV shows) that look like nothing more than demo reels for FX companies: bereft of capable stories, developed characters, themes, etc.
Part of the problem - as I see it - is the intersection between the technical virtuality of the FX and the more ephemeral virtuality of the story itself. It seems to me that the aesthetic of the former is often misunderstood as being a replacement for the latter.
What are your thoughts on how a balance between these two virtual realities can be maintained?
I think Mandy will fare well, since the apps/software is already bundled. Unlike Lindows, people won't need to go online to download their applications to get things going.
Hope they didn't want a gaming system...mind you, perhaps this will push native Linux ports.
Could you imagine what would happen if they waited for the Neverwinter Nights Linux port to come out? Bundle that with Mandy, and you've got one hell of a long line at the cash register.
Using the Afghanistan example, the fragmentation of IM clients/networks can be solved by a heavily armed IM coming in, indiscriminately picking an "Evil IM", destroying it, and accidentally killing innocent MSN/ICQ/AOL users.
I think there is a cut-off point for designers of User Interfaces. I just happen to believe that - in North American at least - the tendency of the larger (aka more financially liable) companies is to mark the cut-off point with an offer of a dumbed-down interface (that, perhaps to some is not "dubed-down", but downright handy). I feel that if UI designers offer an advanced "skin" for us power-users and a Fisher Price "skin" for the beginners, that's certainly fine with me.
I think this decision will not only please Mandrake's huge user-base (or at least those who give a sh*t), but also earn Mandy a little more respect from those who constantly refer to it as a Fisher-Price distro.
The inherent fault of Bernard Goldberg's book is his accusation of "liberal bias" which is tragically narrow-minded (not to mention ironically partisan). Journalists who push certain issues, such as campaign finance reform etc., don't do so under the banner of anything other than:
1. Saving their ass. 2. Getting a promotion. 3. Making money for their organization/themselves.
To say that it's in the name of "liberal bias" is to resort to silly conspiracy theories that only undermine what should've been the point of this book (though if it was the point, it would've had to have been written by someone else): self-interest.
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"[...]imagine trying to provide warranties on all the packages available to Debian users, for instance, or every bit of software included with Mandrake Linux."
;)
Better distros?
A lot of effects are done to correct mistakes during production: boom microphones hanging from the top of the screen, tattoos, better clouds, bluer water...it's corrective and not necessarily "on display" by nature.
If we were talking about Debian, I'd absolutely agree. Knowing Mandrake (using Mandrake), and knowing that The Latest Software will be included in the final release, I wouldn't hold my breath.
I didn't mean offence to Will, to set the record straight...just didn't want him to get his hopes up on a quick (or accurate) reply.
Considering the Beta was just released, and 9.0 probably won't be out in another 2 months, I'd say your post is a little premature.
I can't believe
The difference being that Debian users often spend much of their spare time making non-Debian users nauseous with their holier-than-thou dribble.
I work in the film industry, and one thing that I've been noticing (although, to think more about it, it's not necessarily a recent trend) is the reliance upon digital effects/3D animation in the minds of producers/writers when preparing projects.
While there is nothing inherently bad about this, it unfortunately has the effect of producing many films (and TV shows) that look like nothing more than demo reels for FX companies: bereft of capable stories, developed characters, themes, etc.
Part of the problem - as I see it - is the intersection between the technical virtuality of the FX and the more ephemeral virtuality of the story itself. It seems to me that the aesthetic of the former is often misunderstood as being a replacement for the latter.
What are your thoughts on how a balance between these two virtual realities can be maintained?
Cheers.
It already happened: Lindows
I think Mandy will fare well, since the apps/software is already bundled. Unlike Lindows, people won't need to go online to download their applications to get things going.
Hope they didn't want a gaming system...mind you, perhaps this will push native Linux ports.
Could you imagine what would happen if they waited for the Neverwinter Nights Linux port to come out? Bundle that with Mandy, and you've got one hell of a long line at the cash register.
Praise the lord, yes.
Go to a good store right now and get Supermodified by Amon Tobin. It's solid.
"Not because they fight againts other machines but rather when they are used againts human targets"
Yup. For reference, see: Kasparov vs. Big Blue
Yes, but after the Butlerian Jihad they still managed to create a ghola of Duncan Idaho didn't they?
Didn't they??!!
"...Multimedia Intelligent Network of Unattended Mobile Agents, or Minuteman..."
Tell you what...ditch the robots, get someone who can make cool acronyms and go from there.
For example: B.A.D.A.B.O.O.M.
Ballistic Aeronautic Destructive Assault Bullet [which has a tendency to be] Overly-Optimistic [in it's] Massacre.
Using the Afghanistan example, the fragmentation of IM clients/networks can be solved by a heavily armed IM coming in, indiscriminately picking an "Evil IM", destroying it, and accidentally killing innocent MSN/ICQ/AOL users.
As the defacto SysAdmin at my office, I can tell you - and I'm sure you know - that impatience is the greatest cause of help-calls.
It's the matter of choice that I appreciate.
In the US it rhymes with "pee".
Every other English speaking country pronounces it as "zed"
You: don't have a life.
You: masturbate to Sailor Moon.
Get: stuffed.
OffTopic??! How the hell is my post OffTopic??
This article: is about Mandrake.
Your posting: is stupid.
I think this decision will not only please Mandrake's huge user-base (or at least those who give a sh*t), but also earn Mandy a little more respect from those who constantly refer to it as a Fisher-Price distro.
The inherent fault of Bernard Goldberg's book is his accusation of "liberal bias" which is tragically narrow-minded (not to mention ironically partisan). Journalists who push certain issues, such as campaign finance reform etc., don't do so under the banner of anything other than:
1. Saving their ass.
2. Getting a promotion.
3. Making money for their organization/themselves.
To say that it's in the name of "liberal bias" is to resort to silly conspiracy theories that only undermine what should've been the point of this book (though if it was the point, it would've had to have been written by someone else): self-interest.
Just thought that needed saying.
I'm to assume I'll have to wait years for German robots to stop winning?
*sigh* Yes, warlords get a harem.
Jesus...if they thought that was a classic, why not just add Krull.
Seriously, I don't believe they didn't include one of Andrei Tarkovsky's films: Solaris and Stalker.