Considering all of the credit they give to anime in general, and work done with The Animatrix, I really don't think that anyone is surprised.
GitS and the Matrix flicks are what they are, and that is reflective of the society and cutlure around them at that time. I have no doubt there are anime pieces picking up on things the brothers have done in the Matrix flicks.
I can agree on those items, but the major story stays the same.
Frodo facing the Nazgul is not quite as earthshattering a spoiler as Darth Vader telling Luke that he's the whiny little brat's father (that was a majorly spoiled Empire for me when I was 7, let me tell you...). But, it spoils about the same as Obi-wan's ghost. the ghost shouldn't have been too much of a spoiler, considering that Alec Guinesses's name showed up on the poster and the credits...
In a filmic sense, I saw no problem with Frodo going to Osgilith. It worked for the movie and the fact that jackson had to move a few things around so that Frodo and Sam had something to do in the third movie...
I've actually read the books nine times at this point in my life, but I digress.
The point is not that you are coming across as an illiterate slob. The point is that there are no such things as spoilers when it comes to this story. It's akin to saying the same thing if there was a movie series and games based on the Bible - too many people know it. You are in a minority of the people who will see the movie, and an even more extreme minority of the people who will see the movie and play the game.
You can choose not to play the game before the movie if you really want to just watch the movies. But, for God's sake, don't assume that these are spoilers. They aren't, except for you and the members of the extreme minority in which you find yourself.
Spoilers? What spoilers? The books were written 50 years ago, there are 25-year-old cartoons based on the story - THERE ARE NO SPOILERS! If the game spoils the movie for you, then you're living under a rock and should probably try to stay there...
How's this for a spoiler? In Titantic, the boat sinks...
By paraphrasing, the posting answers its own question (What kind of message does that send to the developers who work for Gates?): "You [developers] don't need perfect code, just encourage users acquire and properly configure firewalls and make sure that they keep their software patches up-to-date."
Basically, Gates is telling developers to do what they have been doing and clean up the mess if it gets smelly.
The more things change, the more they stay the same...
I hate to say this, but: You haven't played with the Finder enough, then. As of Jaguar, you have eveything you had in OS 9 (with the exception of Trash on the desktop), you just have to make it so. In Panther, remove the toolbar and view in icon mode or list (if you prefer to stack your directories).
Personally, I love the column view, the Dock really works well, and Expose is "da bomb." It makes logical sense (is that redundant?) - and I've used Macs since System 6, so I'm not a newbie in any sense of the word. Even the sidebar in Panther is indespensible to me, after only a week of using it...
I will say, though, that the Command-N still annoys me, too, though I'm starting to remember to use Shift in there...
Things change. If they didn't, the world would be a very boring place.
They released a web browser long after everyone else already had, too. Look where we are today.
Yep - amazing, isn't it? And, again, MS proved that they can screw up yet another segment, bringing proprietary technology into an area that was supposed to stick with open standards...
Then there's the Xbox - a perfectly good PC that can only run one good game (KOTOR).
Gotta love blind, capitalistic companies who can't figure out what thing to screw up next...
Did you notice that you're the only one on the board who reads negativity into this?
Nintendo was never the only game in town and has always had to fight. First they had to knock off Atari (easily done because of the gaming bust in the early 80s), then they had to fend off Sega (which really meant they tied with them between the SNES and the Genesis). The break with Sony (imagine if that project had come through - GTA on the N64 and the GC?!?!) and the stupid choices made for the N64 is where they stumbled, and that stigma has affected the GC. The GC is definitely a more balanced system (do you see a Pikachu edition of the GC?), and there are more games on it for 30-year-olds than 10-year-olds. I think many people are starting to notice that.
When you consider that the Famicom has been around for 20 years now, and that the GBA is as readily available as water, you have to admit that Nintendo isn't going anywhere. They're the only ones to have lasted this long. Atari's gone, Sega's out of the game, 3DO is dead and buried and Bandai is almost out of the running. So people may buy a GC as a second and not primary console - that's okay! Once they've firmly established themselves in second place (and, remember, we're talking in the US, not worldwide), then they can start working on how to take the top spot again. this is precisely where Sega fell apart. They were so focused on taking the #1 spot that they didn't focus on the places and things that mattered (the DC is a great system, it's just missing a lot of great exclusive games...sort of like the Xbox). Nintendo is looking at bettering itself step by step. Not a bad idea, really.
There may come a point where there is not a console being developed by Nintendo, and we all have to admit that, but when that happens, it just means more creativity going into handheld gaming.:)
Blogging shouldn't have special rights, and I would argue that it doesn't. However, libel and slander need to be stated as facts, not opinions. For example: In my opinion, a famous former fooball player got away with a double murder - I have the right to state my opinion. Arguably, no one looks to a blog to be anything other than opinions, not statements of fact. If I were a reporter writing a story on said former player and stated something in the story like "he murdered two people, but was never convicted for it," then he would have every right to sue as I had stated that as fact, not opinion.
I see nothing in the blog to see anything as a statement of fact...
I suggest you read the blogs in question before you make a very general statement like that.
Luskin is, in my opinion, completely off-base on this one. The fact that he has referred to himself as "stalking" is going to undercut any him when he complains that someone refers to him as a "stalker."
This suit is going to cost money and not go anywhere. Sad, really, because I, for one, see nothing wrong in the blog or the comments. What I see are statements of opinion, not something that has been stated as a fact.
I've seen no problems with 10.3 other than FileVault being slow and a co-worker's bad hard drive causing the install to crash and hosing the old Jaguar install, but that amy be a hardware issue.
Other than that, Panther's purring like a kitten...
I have found FileVault to be a slowdown on my iBook. I did everything you did, except for deleting a ton of stuff. I did reclaim space, but that didn't affect me. I then decided to turn FileVault off and have had no ill effects for doing so...
Or they could be the next late-'90's HP or mid-'90's Apple. Remember the QuickTake? The MacTV? The Pippin, the Apple set-top box, the printers, the floppy discs, the cds...I think Apple even branded small children who just happened to walk by 1 Infinite Loop.
Dell is on the line between becoming the next Sony or completely losing focus, like Apple and HP did in the '90s. The thing to keep in mind about Sony is that they grew to where they are in a different era, and consumer electronics is a completely different starting point than computer manufacturing.
And, also keep in mind that the layoffs are because of losses Sony is incurring due to poor sales of the PS2 (who doesn't have one? I saw a homeless guy playing one the other day...) and their Trinatrons. Once there is a reason for more people to buy a PS2 (or PS X or PS3 or whatever), once they start moving massive amounts of Wega sets (you've seen the commercials, right?) and if there is reason to buy a PSP, then Sony is on top again. Now, will #1 happen any time soon? No, I don't think it'll happen without a move to a $99 price for the PS2 or introduce the PS3 early. But the other two could, possibly, bring some of those 20K jobs back, especially the move to the flat panel sets (the PSP is in an uphill battle against the GameBoy). So Sony is not out of the game. Far from it.
So, if Dell is aiming for Sony, I would suggest they look closely at the lessons Apple and HP have to offer and think very carefully about what they're up against. Sony isn't rolling over for anyone, least of all a cut-rate PC vendor.
Really bad parallel. A library book, with library binding, can cost well over $100 for the library to purchase it and the library, most often, is purchasing it with taxpayer dollars. Also, a library patron can only borrow the book and only one person can get it at a time.
Same thing happens when I lend my books or comics, etc., to friends. I expect the item back. And, for pure practicality, no one is going to photocopy Quicksilver and try to add that to their library the same way they could download every Rolling Stones album from P2P.
Considering my wife and I have a library of about 3,000 books, I guess you can figure out that we don't go to the library that much (though we should)...
Well, I break your mold: I'm 30 and married and an Xbox has yet to darken my door, but my wife and I bought the GC while we were on our honeymoon.
It comes down to the fact that Xbox has two good exclusive games: Halo and KOTOR, and now Halo will be outdone by its PC and Mac versions...so that leaves KOTOR. So, for someone like me (who has eight consoles and finds time to play every other day or so), a console that only has one good exclusive game is not going to find a space near my TV.
If Shenmue III is an Xbox exclusive, however, then I will have to break down and buy one (used, I'm thinking).
Arguably, if the state doesn't have laws against selling an MA game to a minor, then Wal-Mart can't be sued, either. If they do have laws barring the selling of the game, then Wal-Mart's in deep shit.
Added to that, I believe that I had read that the parents bought the game for the kids. If that's the case, then there is no case for any suit other than the victims & their families to sue the kids and their redneck parents.
<sarcasm>
Now, if you'll excuse me: since I was playing GTA:VC last night, I have a driving need to pull a sniper rifle and a flamethrower out of my pocket and kill dozens of people so that I can carjack a national guard tank and park it in my garage. Anyone seen any body armor around here? It would be floating and have a green glow to it...
Now slow down, sparky. There are some massive differences in the video output, the RAM capacity, the processor speeds, etc. A 14" iBook does not compare, in any way, shape or form to your new PowerBook, no matter what size it may be.
As a 12" iBook 500 user, I'm seriously trying to decide between asking my boss for the new iBook 12", the PB 12" or PB 15". Each has its advantages but each has its disadvantages. iB 12", for example, has a strong price, but lacking in on-board components I want and need for work. the PB 12" has more of what I want, and I love the size, but is a decent amount more. And, finally, the 15" PB has everything I want, but it's a touch too big for my needs and the price might be prohibitive...
Trust me, I think there is plenty of differentiation between the lines...
Well, my iBook 500 is two years old now. Panther runs much better than Jaguar did, and I'm even seeing better graphics candy than in Jaguar (and I can't do Quartz Extreme). So, I suspect, that my iBook probably will make it for another two-three years if I don't beat it up too much...about the time 10.5 comes out. I suspect 10.4 might see the iBook get slower, but will still work.
The man is MS Bitch Professional Edition and has been for years. You cannot take anything he writes with anything other than a massively insignificant grain of salt. For god's sake - to see the man's clear MS zealotry, got to http://www.enderlegroup.com. Be prepared for underwhelming web design from a supposed professional outfit.
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I suspect that it was Professor Plum, in the ocean, with the iceberg.
GitS and the Matrix flicks are what they are, and that is reflective of the society and cutlure around them at that time. I have no doubt there are anime pieces picking up on things the brothers have done in the Matrix flicks.
Frodo facing the Nazgul is not quite as earthshattering a spoiler as Darth Vader telling Luke that he's the whiny little brat's father (that was a majorly spoiled Empire for me when I was 7, let me tell you...). But, it spoils about the same as Obi-wan's ghost. the ghost shouldn't have been too much of a spoiler, considering that Alec Guinesses's name showed up on the poster and the credits...
In a filmic sense, I saw no problem with Frodo going to Osgilith. It worked for the movie and the fact that jackson had to move a few things around so that Frodo and Sam had something to do in the third movie...
The point is not that you are coming across as an illiterate slob. The point is that there are no such things as spoilers when it comes to this story. It's akin to saying the same thing if there was a movie series and games based on the Bible - too many people know it. You are in a minority of the people who will see the movie, and an even more extreme minority of the people who will see the movie and play the game.
You can choose not to play the game before the movie if you really want to just watch the movies. But, for God's sake, don't assume that these are spoilers. They aren't, except for you and the members of the extreme minority in which you find yourself.
How's this for a spoiler? In Titantic, the boat sinks...
Amen, brother. Amen.
Basically, Gates is telling developers to do what they have been doing and clean up the mess if it gets smelly.
The more things change, the more they stay the same...
Personally, I love the column view, the Dock really works well, and Expose is "da bomb." It makes logical sense (is that redundant?) - and I've used Macs since System 6, so I'm not a newbie in any sense of the word. Even the sidebar in Panther is indespensible to me, after only a week of using it...
I will say, though, that the Command-N still annoys me, too, though I'm starting to remember to use Shift in there...
Things change. If they didn't, the world would be a very boring place.
Yep - amazing, isn't it? And, again, MS proved that they can screw up yet another segment, bringing proprietary technology into an area that was supposed to stick with open standards...
Then there's the Xbox - a perfectly good PC that can only run one good game (KOTOR).
Gotta love blind, capitalistic companies who can't figure out what thing to screw up next...
Now, I own an MS keyboard and an MS wireless mouse, and they both do a great job. But the Xbox?
Educate yourself before you speak, my boy.
Nintendo was never the only game in town and has always had to fight. First they had to knock off Atari (easily done because of the gaming bust in the early 80s), then they had to fend off Sega (which really meant they tied with them between the SNES and the Genesis). The break with Sony (imagine if that project had come through - GTA on the N64 and the GC?!?!) and the stupid choices made for the N64 is where they stumbled, and that stigma has affected the GC. The GC is definitely a more balanced system (do you see a Pikachu edition of the GC?), and there are more games on it for 30-year-olds than 10-year-olds. I think many people are starting to notice that.
When you consider that the Famicom has been around for 20 years now, and that the GBA is as readily available as water, you have to admit that Nintendo isn't going anywhere. They're the only ones to have lasted this long. Atari's gone, Sega's out of the game, 3DO is dead and buried and Bandai is almost out of the running. So people may buy a GC as a second and not primary console - that's okay! Once they've firmly established themselves in second place (and, remember, we're talking in the US, not worldwide), then they can start working on how to take the top spot again. this is precisely where Sega fell apart. They were so focused on taking the #1 spot that they didn't focus on the places and things that mattered (the DC is a great system, it's just missing a lot of great exclusive games...sort of like the Xbox). Nintendo is looking at bettering itself step by step. Not a bad idea, really.
There may come a point where there is not a console being developed by Nintendo, and we all have to admit that, but when that happens, it just means more creativity going into handheld gaming. :)
Blogging shouldn't have special rights, and I would argue that it doesn't. However, libel and slander need to be stated as facts, not opinions. For example: In my opinion, a famous former fooball player got away with a double murder - I have the right to state my opinion. Arguably, no one looks to a blog to be anything other than opinions, not statements of fact. If I were a reporter writing a story on said former player and stated something in the story like "he murdered two people, but was never convicted for it," then he would have every right to sue as I had stated that as fact, not opinion.
I see nothing in the blog to see anything as a statement of fact...
Luskin is, in my opinion, completely off-base on this one. The fact that he has referred to himself as "stalking" is going to undercut any him when he complains that someone refers to him as a "stalker."
This suit is going to cost money and not go anywhere. Sad, really, because I, for one, see nothing wrong in the blog or the comments. What I see are statements of opinion, not something that has been stated as a fact.
[aragorn:~] geoffrey% java -version java version "1.4.1_01" Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.4.1_01-99) Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.4.1_01-27, mixed mode)
Now, I did an upgrade (oooo...scary), not a clean install. Perhaps that has something to do with it?
Other than that, Panther's purring like a kitten...
I have found FileVault to be a slowdown on my iBook. I did everything you did, except for deleting a ton of stuff. I did reclaim space, but that didn't affect me. I then decided to turn FileVault off and have had no ill effects for doing so...
Dell is on the line between becoming the next Sony or completely losing focus, like Apple and HP did in the '90s. The thing to keep in mind about Sony is that they grew to where they are in a different era, and consumer electronics is a completely different starting point than computer manufacturing.
And, also keep in mind that the layoffs are because of losses Sony is incurring due to poor sales of the PS2 (who doesn't have one? I saw a homeless guy playing one the other day...) and their Trinatrons. Once there is a reason for more people to buy a PS2 (or PS X or PS3 or whatever), once they start moving massive amounts of Wega sets (you've seen the commercials, right?) and if there is reason to buy a PSP, then Sony is on top again. Now, will #1 happen any time soon? No, I don't think it'll happen without a move to a $99 price for the PS2 or introduce the PS3 early. But the other two could, possibly, bring some of those 20K jobs back, especially the move to the flat panel sets (the PSP is in an uphill battle against the GameBoy). So Sony is not out of the game. Far from it.
So, if Dell is aiming for Sony, I would suggest they look closely at the lessons Apple and HP have to offer and think very carefully about what they're up against. Sony isn't rolling over for anyone, least of all a cut-rate PC vendor.
It was Proteron, and it was a freeware control panel back at that time. I still have it installed on my 6500/225. :)
Same thing happens when I lend my books or comics, etc., to friends. I expect the item back. And, for pure practicality, no one is going to photocopy Quicksilver and try to add that to their library the same way they could download every Rolling Stones album from P2P.
Considering my wife and I have a library of about 3,000 books, I guess you can figure out that we don't go to the library that much (though we should)...
It comes down to the fact that Xbox has two good exclusive games: Halo and KOTOR, and now Halo will be outdone by its PC and Mac versions...so that leaves KOTOR. So, for someone like me (who has eight consoles and finds time to play every other day or so), a console that only has one good exclusive game is not going to find a space near my TV.
If Shenmue III is an Xbox exclusive, however, then I will have to break down and buy one (used, I'm thinking).
Arguably, if the state doesn't have laws against selling an MA game to a minor, then Wal-Mart can't be sued, either. If they do have laws barring the selling of the game, then Wal-Mart's in deep shit.
Added to that, I believe that I had read that the parents bought the game for the kids. If that's the case, then there is no case for any suit other than the victims & their families to sue the kids and their redneck parents.
<sarcasm>
Now, if you'll excuse me: since I was playing GTA:VC last night, I have a driving need to pull a sniper rifle and a flamethrower out of my pocket and kill dozens of people so that I can carjack a national guard tank and park it in my garage. Anyone seen any body armor around here? It would be floating and have a green glow to it...
</sarcasm>
As a 12" iBook 500 user, I'm seriously trying to decide between asking my boss for the new iBook 12", the PB 12" or PB 15". Each has its advantages but each has its disadvantages. iB 12", for example, has a strong price, but lacking in on-board components I want and need for work. the PB 12" has more of what I want, and I love the size, but is a decent amount more. And, finally, the 15" PB has everything I want, but it's a touch too big for my needs and the price might be prohibitive...
Trust me, I think there is plenty of differentiation between the lines...
Well, my iBook 500 is two years old now. Panther runs much better than Jaguar did, and I'm even seeing better graphics candy than in Jaguar (and I can't do Quartz Extreme). So, I suspect, that my iBook probably will make it for another two-three years if I don't beat it up too much...about the time 10.5 comes out. I suspect 10.4 might see the iBook get slower, but will still work.
The man is MS Bitch Professional Edition and has been for years. You cannot take anything he writes with anything other than a massively insignificant grain of salt. For god's sake - to see the man's clear MS zealotry, got to http://www.enderlegroup.com. Be prepared for underwhelming web design from a supposed professional outfit.