You may want to go to your eye doctor and have them give you a cycloplegic exam, where they give you drops that force your ocular muscle to relax. I recently started wearing reading glasses OVER my contacts and found that my actual far point is quite a bit different than what my prescription is for due to "pseudo-myopia" caused by spending too much time focusing up close (due to computer work). My ocular muscle never fully relaxes, even during a normal eye exam. By wearing reading glasses I'm teaching the muscle to relax again and improving my vision.
There is a very in-depth analysis of The Matrix as it relates to Christianity at http://awesomehouse.com/matrix/parable. html. It discusses the symbolism of character names, places, events, etc with direct links to the Scriptures. Of course, some people will claim that this is coincidence by the Wachowski brothers, but some of the Christian parallels were confirmed in an interview with them and also in an interview with Joe Pantoliano (Cypher) at http://www.anothe runiverse.com/movies/features/joepantoliano.html.
Check out Speakfreely at http://www.speakfreely.org. It's Open Source, has versions for both Windows and Linux, and the versions for both OSs can talk to each other. It may be a lot more complicated than programs like NetMeeting, but with all the options, you can tweak it to get the ideal sound quality for your internet connection. Plus it has built-in encryption. I've used it via 56k modems and while its not quite as good as a normal telephone, it still works great (esp. for the price!). With a faster connection, I'd imagine that you could get better quality than a phone. For new users of this program who are frustrated with lag, I'd suggest changing the Jitter Compensation setting to None so your voice isn't buffered.
Color Palms are a Good Thing, even if you don't want one, because as they become more popular, they will come down in price. This will force the cheaper models of Palms to sell for less. Once you can get a Palm III for under $100, critical mass will be reached and practically everyone will have one.
Linux can be both for the power user and average user. Yes, Microsoft has shown that average users lead to unstability, but it doesn't have to be that way with Linux. It will take work, but with careful design code-bloat and extraneous features can be prevented while at the same time giving Linux an easy-to-use interface. I see a point when distributions will have an easier installation than Windows (some argue it does already) and one of the options during installation would be to only display a graphical interface so users don't have to use a command line. In order for big commercial vendors to come to Linux (Quark for example), we need a critical mass. We probably have that already with power users, but we'll need average users in order for the fabled world domination to occur. When PC Magazine has as many Windows-related articles as it currently does about OS/2, I'll be convinced that has happened:-)
It would be much more interesting to compare the speeds and also factor in the cost per GB. Whereas a fiberoptic line would cost much more to install from NY to LA initially than to send tapes on a truck, once it is installed, the operating cost is low. You wouldn't want to use the truck method of transporting tapes for very long as you'd have to spend a lot of money everytime data is sent.
While I agree 100% that people should support the movie by seeing it in the theaters, I for one would love to see this uncut "bootleg". I will be right there in the theaters May 19th (and probably several more times during the next couple weeks:-) but I would love to see an uncut version and would pay to see one. Since Lucas won't release this version, I don't see any problem in getting the bootleg as long as the movie is supported with your $$$ in theaters.
I'm downloading it right now, but in the meantime, does anyone know if it supports DVD drives? I don't have a MPEG2 decoder code, so right now I have to reboot to Win98 to do software DVD decoding. It would be great if this worked in linux.
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You may want to go to your eye doctor and have them give you a cycloplegic exam, where they give you drops that force your ocular muscle to relax. I recently started wearing reading glasses OVER my contacts and found that my actual far point is quite a bit different than what my prescription is for due to "pseudo-myopia" caused by spending too much time focusing up close (due to computer work). My ocular muscle never fully relaxes, even during a normal eye exam. By wearing reading glasses I'm teaching the muscle to relax again and improving my vision.
Get the whole thing on one page, much less annoying.
There is a very in-depth analysis of The Matrix as it relates to Christianity at http://awesomehouse.com/matrix/parable. html. It discusses the symbolism of character names, places, events, etc with direct links to the Scriptures. Of course, some people will claim that this is coincidence by the Wachowski brothers, but some of the Christian parallels were confirmed in an interview with them and also in an interview with Joe Pantoliano (Cypher) at http://www.anothe runiverse.com/movies/features/joepantoliano.html.
Check out Speakfreely at http://www.speakfreely.org. It's Open Source, has versions for both Windows and Linux, and the versions for both OSs can talk to each other. It may be a lot more complicated than programs like NetMeeting, but with all the options, you can tweak it to get the ideal sound quality for your internet connection. Plus it has built-in encryption. I've used it via 56k modems and while its not quite as good as a normal telephone, it still works great (esp. for the price!). With a faster connection, I'd imagine that you could get better quality than a phone. For new users of this program who are frustrated with lag, I'd suggest changing the Jitter Compensation setting to None so your voice isn't buffered.
Color Palms are a Good Thing, even if you don't want one, because as they become more popular, they will come down in price. This will force the cheaper models of Palms to sell for less. Once you can get a Palm III for under $100, critical mass will be reached and practically everyone will have one.
Linux can be both for the power user and average user. Yes, Microsoft has shown that average users lead to unstability, but it doesn't have to be that way with Linux. It will take work, but with careful design code-bloat and extraneous features can be prevented while at the same time giving Linux an easy-to-use interface. I see a point when distributions will have an easier installation than Windows (some argue it does already) and one of the options during installation would be to only display a graphical interface so users don't have to use a command line. In order for big commercial vendors to come to Linux (Quark for example), we need a critical mass. We probably have that already with power users, but we'll need average users in order for the fabled world domination to occur. When PC Magazine has as many Windows-related articles as it currently does about OS/2, I'll be convinced that has happened :-)
It would be much more interesting to compare the speeds and also factor in the cost per GB. Whereas a fiberoptic line would cost much more to install from NY to LA initially than to send tapes on a truck, once it is installed, the operating cost is low. You wouldn't want to use the truck method of transporting tapes for very long as you'd have to spend a lot of money everytime data is sent.
While I agree 100% that people should support the movie by seeing it in the theaters, I for one would love to see this uncut "bootleg". I will be right there in the theaters May 19th (and probably several more times during the next couple weeks :-) but I would love to see an uncut version and would pay to see one. Since Lucas won't release this version, I don't see any problem in getting the bootleg as long as the movie is supported with your $$$ in theaters.
I'm downloading it right now, but in the meantime, does anyone know if it supports DVD drives? I don't have a MPEG2 decoder code, so right now I have to reboot to Win98 to do software DVD decoding. It would be great if this worked in linux.