This is a remarkably faithful adaptation of the Foundation Trilogy, all things considered. I was taken aback by the upper-class English accents of most of the characters, which I suppose was unfair of me. This is, after all, the far future, and Dr Asimov's Brooklyn accent was less prominent in his writing than in his speech. Still, Salvor Hardin doesn't quite fit; and Dinsdale Landen, since he was quite suitable as Rupert Purvis in Tom Stoppard's _The Dog It Was That Died_, could hardly fit the young General Bel Riose.
The ending, of course, can only be done properly in writing, and doesn't work well here. More generally, the last four episodes, written by Mike Stott, are weaker than the first four, adapted by Patrick Tull. And, as the reviewers on the British Amazon have noted, the sound quality and effect are not up to modern standards. But if you can rise above the minor difficulties, the excellence of the story shines through.
"To think nothing of symmetry and much of convenience; never to remove an anomaly merely because it is an anomaly; never to innovate except when some grievance is felt; never to innovate except so far as to get rid of the grievance."
Yes, as it's become fashionable to get rid of non-programmer testers, software has gotten worse for non-programmers. (Disclaimer: I'm a programmer/tester.) The Iconic's idea is hardly new. Yahoo tried it during the Mayer era (https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=8469165&cid=51105569); how'd that work out?
Don't underestimate the importance of writing, even in Klingon. I seem to recall some quite dramatic lines delivered in Klingon; but they have to be lines that a true Klingon would speak. These Klingons were less authentic than the imitation on The Orville.
Klingons can make for dramatic viewing, e.g., Christopher Lloyd. But these didn't talk like real (i.e. Niven-influenced) Klingons. I believe one declined the opportunity to die gloriously, and even the leader used phrases like "be a part of something larger than yourself."
Some apps are supported but have gotten worse, sometimes because the business model (or owner) changes, e.g., AppBox Pro 1.8.4, Facebook 6.9.1, Foursquare 7.0.7, GoodReader 3.21.7, iStanford 5.9.1, Pulse News 2.9.4.
I was able to get around this by installing an archived Skype 6.3.211.ipa (10/2015) with Xcode. I wasn’t forced to upgrade a newer (but still tolerable) iPad Skype, Skype 6.22.161.ipa (3/2017).
> Just for once, please. Just say "Oops, sorry. We hear you; here's the previous version."
I don’t even need that; I’ve long since started archiving old iPhone apps in case an update gets worse. (So I’ll avoid iOS 11 as long as possible.) But this time Skype forced me to upgrade in order to connect; I’d settle for “you are now allowed to use the previous version.”
The real tragedy in TFA for owners of current devices ("Your ability to run that 32-bit app is coming to an end.") would be that you could no longer run the last good version (if it's 32-bit) of apps that have gotten worse, e.g., AppBox Pro 1.8.4, Facebook 6.9.1, Foursquare 7.0.7, GoodReader 3.21.7, iStanford 5.9.1, Pulse News 2.9.4.
Uh, are you perchance confusing Athens with Rome, or Platonic reality with actual reality? I concede that there might be other explanations for your mistake, but it’s hard to take seriously. E.g., to quote from the most easily-accessible source on what shouldn’t be a controversial point, the introduction to the Wikipedia article on, of all things, Athenian democracy:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... It was a system of direct democracy, in which participating citizens voted directly on legislation and executive bills. Participation was not open to all residents: to vote one had to be an adult, male citizen who owned land and was not a slave
Uh, you’re claiming that classical _Athens_ wasn’t a democracy? You’re certainly free to criticize it for slave-holding and sexism, but saying that the word doesn’t apply to its main referent suggests that words mean only what you want them to.
> an apparently right-wing bent, such as the situation at Wheaton College
The article you cite says that the dispute isn’t political but theological, about a disagreement in doctrine between the avowedly religious college and a public theological claim by the professor. (I will emphatically stay out of the details of the theology.) FIRE may well get some support from those on the political right, but the author of the original article (the head of the organization) “has described himself as a "pro-choice liberal"” per Wikipedia.
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“Rita Kappel from Zwolle”: https://translate.google.com/t...
And who doesn't use the thoughtless use of "literally" as a positive example.
Check out the Q (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q_(New_York_City_Subway_service)).
Been done, surprisingly well, and almost completely unlike ST:D: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.... Here's my review:
This is a remarkably faithful adaptation of the Foundation Trilogy, all things considered. I was taken aback by the upper-class English accents of most of the characters, which I suppose was unfair of me. This is, after all, the far future, and Dr Asimov's Brooklyn accent was less prominent in his writing than in his speech. Still, Salvor Hardin doesn't quite fit; and Dinsdale Landen, since he was quite suitable as Rupert Purvis in Tom Stoppard's _The Dog It Was That Died_, could hardly fit the young General Bel Riose.
The ending, of course, can only be done properly in writing, and doesn't work well here. More generally, the last four episodes, written by Mike Stott, are weaker than the first four, adapted by Patrick Tull. And, as the reviewers on the British Amazon have noted, the sound quality and effect are not up to modern standards. But if you can rise above the minor difficulties, the excellence of the story shines through.
If you know of an alternative, I’m all ears. The author is testing a fix for the 10.6 problem.
I’ve got one, but it may be a deal breaker: ShortcutObserver, from OnMyCommand (http://free.abracode.com/cmworkshop/on_my_command.html).
"To think nothing of symmetry and much of convenience; never to remove an anomaly merely because it is an anomaly; never to innovate except when some grievance is felt; never to innovate except so far as to get rid of the grievance."
Yes, as it's become fashionable to get rid of non-programmer testers, software has gotten worse for non-programmers. (Disclaimer: I'm a programmer/tester.)
The Iconic's idea is hardly new. Yahoo tried it during the Mayer era (https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=8469165&cid=51105569); how'd that work out?
Don't underestimate the importance of writing, even in Klingon. I seem to recall some quite dramatic lines delivered in Klingon; but they have to be lines that a true Klingon would speak. These Klingons were less authentic than the imitation on The Orville.
Klingons can make for dramatic viewing, e.g., Christopher Lloyd. But these didn't talk like real (i.e. Niven-influenced) Klingons. I believe one declined the opportunity to die gloriously, and even the leader used phrases like "be a part of something larger than yourself."
Some apps are supported but have gotten worse, sometimes because the business model (or owner) changes, e.g., AppBox Pro 1.8.4, Facebook 6.9.1, Foursquare 7.0.7, GoodReader 3.21.7, iStanford 5.9.1, Pulse News 2.9.4.
A few hours later I was forced to upgrade again, via a link that didn’t actually work.
I was able to get around this by installing an archived Skype 6.3.211.ipa (10/2015) with Xcode. I wasn’t forced to upgrade a newer (but still tolerable) iPad Skype, Skype 6.22.161.ipa (3/2017).
> Just for once, please. Just say "Oops, sorry. We hear you; here's the previous version."
I don’t even need that; I’ve long since started archiving old iPhone apps in case an update gets worse. (So I’ll avoid iOS 11 as long as possible.) But this time Skype forced me to upgrade in order to connect; I’d settle for “you are now allowed to use the previous version.”
No. I am not in the habit of praising Microsoft, but: https://blogs.technet.microsof... & https://technet.microsoft.com/...
That your comment, and its grandparent, have been modded to -1, and the parent to +2, explains all too much about the poor quality of software.
http://www.bfi.org.uk/are-you-...
The real tragedy in TFA for owners of current devices ("Your ability to run that 32-bit app is coming to an end.") would be that you could no longer run the last good version (if it's 32-bit) of apps that have gotten worse, e.g., AppBox Pro 1.8.4, Facebook 6.9.1, Foursquare 7.0.7, GoodReader 3.21.7, iStanford 5.9.1, Pulse News 2.9.4.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palm_Foleo
> the people that can actually solve your problem.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Existential_fallacy
Do you mean Randall Holmes on the consistency of Quine’s set theory, New Foundations? https://arxiv.org/abs/1503.014... (see also http://www.logicmatters.net/20...)
Uh, are you perchance confusing Athens with Rome, or Platonic reality with actual reality? I concede that there might be other explanations for your mistake, but it’s hard to take seriously. E.g., to quote from the most easily-accessible source on what shouldn’t be a controversial point, the introduction to the Wikipedia article on, of all things, Athenian democracy:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
It was a system of direct democracy, in which participating citizens voted directly on legislation and executive bills. Participation was not open to all residents: to vote one had to be an adult, male citizen who owned land and was not a slave
Uh, you’re claiming that classical _Athens_ wasn’t a democracy? You’re certainly free to criticize it for slave-holding and sexism, but saying that the word doesn’t apply to its main referent suggests that words mean only what you want them to.
> an apparently right-wing bent, such as the situation at Wheaton College
The article you cite says that the dispute isn’t political but theological, about a disagreement in doctrine between the avowedly religious college and a public theological claim by the professor. (I will emphatically stay out of the details of the theology.) FIRE may well get some support from those on the political right, but the author of the original article (the head of the organization) “has described himself as a "pro-choice liberal"” per Wikipedia.
Management takes customer-reported problems very seriously.
And how seriously do they take ex-customers not reporting problems because they gave up in disgust instead?