Many people who are unable to visualize things in detail in their minds or have trouble following intricate writing such as Tolkein's can get a great deal of enjoyment from other media, e.g., movies.
It makes me wonder though:
- Do movies that leave little room for imagination affect the watcher's ability to visualise? (movies can leave room for imagination)
- If so, should we actually worry about this, since it could simply be regarded as a form of evolution?
Clearly you weren't paying attention when Christopher Lee, Ian Holm and Brad Dourif appeared on screen.
I might have agreed with you if you had just mentioned Elijah Wood ("Gandalf, noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo [...] oooooooooo !!!!!") and Cate Blanchett.
If you had read the book, you would have known that the "closeness" of Frodo and Sam (which you are presumably referring to) was not added by Peter Jackson, but already present in the original books. Interesting discussion on the subject here.
I personally found the score rather disappointing. It's not bad at all but, I found nothing "Tolkienish" in it.
If "music" is defined by what's on MTV, then it might be considered brilliant; but with bands like Summoning and Blind Guardian ( LotR-related interview ) around to convert Tolkien's stories into music, I consider the LotR soundtrack somewhat of a missed chance.
As you can see on this screenshot it uses a virtual networking device, just like VMWare and User Mode Linux do. From the network POV, the guest and host OS are two different systems. The OS that recieves data you send to 127.0.0.1 is the same you sent it from.
IANAQP (I Am Not A Quantum Physicist), but as far as I understand, that's more or less what a quantum computer does: suppose a message is encrypted using a 256-bits key, the quantum computer tries to decrypt the message in 2^256 parallel universes simultaneously, each using a different key, and returns the key which yielded the required result, in the same time a normal sequential computer would require to try just 1 possible key.
On an offtopic sidenote: Although the GPL hasn't been tested in court yet, I would think that any legal holes would have been taken advantage of by Microsoft a long time ago. It seems to me that the fact that they haven't is a pretty good proof of the GPL's water-tightness.
That page is worth visiting for the disclaimer alone:
"PUBLIC NOTICE AS REQUIRED BY LAW: Any use of this Web page, in any manner whatsoever, will increase the amount of disorder in the universe. Although no liability is implied herein, the consumer is warned that this process will ultimately lead to the heat death of the universe."
"The transmission of the upper recording layer should be larger than 50% to allow for read-out and recording of the lower recording layer. In the upper layer, we use a thin silver-alloy layer as reflector material. The reflection of the upper layer should be at least 18% to ensure compatibility with the dual-layer DVD-ROM standard. To realize such high transmission and reflection values, the dye material and deposition, groove shapes, and silver deposition are optimised."
This sounds like they're really pushing it IMHO. Expect Dual-layer discs to become unreadable even quicker than "normal" DVD(+/-)R and CD-R.
I captured it to a 4.4M file with mencoder: mencoder -ovc copy -oac copy -o ctrlaltdel.asf -forceidx mms://a644.m.akastream.net/7/644/674/t080901_1130_ 001/cnetnews.download.akamai.com/674/t080901_1130_ 1_hi.asf
(remove any spaces from the mms:// address) You can probably transcode it to a less sucky format if you want, RTFM.
I was rather surprised too... sorry if this is redundant already, but I found it on http://www.saifai.co.uk/pse10.shtml
Here goes: Voice Over: There is an epic quality about the sea which has throughout history stirred the hearts and minds of Englishmen of all nations. Sir Francis Drake, Captain Webb, Nelson of Trafalgar and Scott of the Antartic - all rose to the challenge of the mighty ocean. And today another Englishman may add his name to the golden roll of history: Mr Ron Obvious of Neaps End. For today, Ron Obvious hopes to be the first man to jump the Channel. Ron runs up to group of cheering supporters. An interviewer addresses him. Interviewer: Ron, now let's just get this quite clear - you're intending to jump across the English Channel? Ron: Oh yes, that is correct, yes. Interviewer: And, er, just how far is that? Ron: Oh, well it's twenty-six miles from here to Calais. Interviewer: Er, that's to the beach at Calais? Ron: Well, no, no, provided I get a good lift off and maybe a gust of breeze over the French coast, I shall be jumping into the centre of Calais itself. Brief shot of group of Frenchmen with banner. 'Fin de Cross-Channel jump'. Interviewer: Ron are you using any special techniques to jump this great distance? Ron: Oh no, no. I shall be using an ordinary two-footed jump, er, straight up in the air and across the Channel. Interviewer: I see. Er, Ron, what is the furthest distance that you've jumped, er, so far? Ron: Er, oh, eleven foot six inches at Motspur Park on July 22nd. Er, but I have done nearly twelve feet unofficially. Ron breaks off to make training-type movements. Interviewer: I see. Er, Ron, Ron, Ron, aren't you worried Ron, aren't you worried jumping twenty-six miles across the sea? Ron Oh, well no, no, no, no. It is in fact easier to jump over sea than over dry land. Interviewer: Well how is that? Ron Er, well my manager explained it to me. You see if you're five miles out over the English Channel, with nothing but sea underneath you, er, there is a very great impetus to say in the air. Interviewer: I see. Well, er, thank you very much Ron and the very best of luck. Ron Thank you. Thank you. Interviewer: (to camera) The man behind Ron's cross-Channel jump is his manager Mr Luigi Vercotti. (turns to speak to Vercotti, who has a Mafia suit and dark glasses) Mr Vercotti, er Mr Vercotti... Mr Vercotti... Mr Vercotti: What? (mumbles protestations of innocence) I don't know what you're talking about. Interviewer: Er, no, we're from the BBC, Mr Vercotti. Mr Vercotti: Who? Interviewer: The BBC. Mr Vercotti: Oh, oh. I see. I thought, I thought you were the er ... I like the police a lot, I've got a lot of time for them. Interviewer: Mr, er, Mr Vercotti, what is your chief task as Ron's manager? Mr Vercotti: Well my main task is, er, to fix a sponsor for the big jump. Interviewer: And who is the sponsor? Mr Vercotti: The Chippenham Brick Company. Ah, they, er, pay all the bills, er, in return for which Ron will be carrying half a hundredweight of their bricks. We see a passport officer checking Ron's passport. Interviewer: I see. Well, er, it looks as if Ron is ready now. He's got the bricks. He's had his passport checked and he's all set to go. And he's off on the first ever cross-Channel jump. (Ron runs down the beach and jumps; he lands about four feet into the water) Will Ron be trying the cross-Channel jump again soon? Mr Vercotti: No. No. I'm taking him off the jumps. Er, because I've got something lined up for Ron next week that I think is very much more up his street. Interviewer: Er, what's that? Mr Vercotti: Er, Ron is going to eat Chichester Cathedral. Cut to Chichester Cathedral. Ron walks up to it, brushing his teeth. Interviewer: Well, there he goes, Ron Obvious of Neaps End, in an attempt which could make him the first man ever to eat an entire Anglican Cathedral. Ron takes a hefty bite at a buttress, screams an
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Watertight internet censorship is impossible as long as you don't have full control over all the computers used for access as well.
It makes me wonder though:
- Do movies that leave little room for imagination affect the watcher's ability to visualise? (movies can leave room for imagination)
- If so, should we actually worry about this, since it could simply be regarded as a form of evolution?
"Your mother was a hamster and your father smelled of Strangeberries!"
I might have agreed with you if you had just mentioned Elijah Wood ("Gandalf, noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo [...] oooooooooo !!!!!") and Cate Blanchett.
If you had read the book, you would have known that the "closeness" of Frodo and Sam (which you are presumably referring to) was not added by Peter Jackson, but already present in the original books.
Interesting discussion on the subject here.
And if that link didn't work because I stupidly forgot the ".com" part, try this one...
If "music" is defined by what's on MTV, then it might be considered brilliant; but with bands like Summoning and Blind Guardian ( LotR-related interview ) around to convert Tolkien's stories into music, I consider the LotR soundtrack somewhat of a missed chance.
As you can see on this screenshot it uses a virtual networking device, just like VMWare and User Mode Linux do. From the network POV, the guest and host OS are two different systems. The OS that recieves data you send to 127.0.0.1 is the same you sent it from.
IANAQP (I Am Not A Quantum Physicist), but as far as I understand, that's more or less what a quantum computer does: suppose a message is encrypted using a 256-bits key, the quantum computer tries to decrypt the message in 2^256 parallel universes simultaneously, each using a different key, and returns the key which yielded the required result, in the same time a normal sequential computer would require to try just 1 possible key.
Probably a gross simplification though.
> 127.0.0.1 ad.doubleclick.net
That doesn't work for the poor folks who work at doubleclick.net though...
> Imagine entering a query to retrieve your car keys... the possibilities are endless.
Indeed, why restrict yourself to your own car keys?
Then again, with your username, who can blame him...
On an offtopic sidenote: Although the GPL hasn't been tested in court yet, I would think that any legal holes would have been taken advantage of by Microsoft a long time ago. It seems to me that the fact that they haven't is a pretty good proof of the GPL's water-tightness.
> http://maul.deepsky.com/%7Emerovech/2038.html
That page is worth visiting for the disclaimer alone:
"PUBLIC NOTICE AS REQUIRED BY LAW: Any use of this Web page, in any manner whatsoever, will increase the amount of disorder in the universe. Although no liability is implied herein, the consumer is warned that this process will ultimately lead to the heat death of the universe."
I sure hope you didn't include your .sig in that mail...
Why would actually linking to an article the editors don't agree with be "sticking your head in the sand"? I don't see Forbes linking to /. articles...
I captured it to a 4.4M file with mencoder:_ 001/cnetnews.download.akamai.com/674/t080901_1130_ 1_hi.asf
mencoder -ovc copy -oac copy -o ctrlaltdel.asf -forceidx mms://a644.m.akastream.net/7/644/674/t080901_1130
(remove any spaces from the mms:// address)
You can probably transcode it to a less sucky format if you want, RTFM.
I was rather surprised too... sorry if this is redundant already, but I found it on http://www.saifai.co.uk/pse10.shtml
... Mr Vercotti... .. I like the police a lot, I've got a lot of time for them.
Here goes:
Voice Over: There is an epic quality about the sea which has throughout history stirred the hearts and minds of Englishmen of all nations. Sir Francis Drake, Captain Webb, Nelson of Trafalgar and Scott of the Antartic - all rose to the challenge of the mighty ocean. And today another Englishman may add his name to the golden roll of history: Mr Ron Obvious of Neaps End. For today, Ron Obvious hopes to be the first man to jump the Channel.
Ron runs up to group of cheering supporters. An interviewer addresses him.
Interviewer: Ron, now let's just get this quite clear - you're intending to jump across the English Channel?
Ron: Oh yes, that is correct, yes.
Interviewer: And, er, just how far is that?
Ron: Oh, well it's twenty-six miles from here to Calais.
Interviewer: Er, that's to the beach at Calais?
Ron: Well, no, no, provided I get a good lift off and maybe a gust of breeze over the French coast, I shall be jumping into the centre of Calais itself.
Brief shot of group of Frenchmen with banner. 'Fin de Cross-Channel jump'.
Interviewer: Ron are you using any special techniques to jump this great distance?
Ron: Oh no, no. I shall be using an ordinary two-footed jump, er, straight up in the air and across the Channel.
Interviewer: I see. Er, Ron, what is the furthest distance that you've jumped, er, so far?
Ron: Er, oh, eleven foot six inches at Motspur Park on July 22nd. Er, but I have done nearly twelve feet unofficially.
Ron breaks off to make training-type movements.
Interviewer: I see. Er, Ron, Ron, Ron, aren't you worried Ron, aren't you worried jumping twenty-six miles across the sea?
Ron Oh, well no, no, no, no. It is in fact easier to jump over sea than over dry land.
Interviewer: Well how is that?
Ron Er, well my manager explained it to me. You see if you're five miles out over the English Channel, with nothing but sea underneath you, er, there is a very great impetus to say in the air.
Interviewer: I see. Well, er, thank you very much Ron and the very best of luck.
Ron Thank you. Thank you.
Interviewer: (to camera) The man behind Ron's cross-Channel jump is his manager Mr Luigi Vercotti. (turns to speak to Vercotti, who has a Mafia suit and dark glasses) Mr Vercotti, er Mr Vercotti
Mr Vercotti: What? (mumbles protestations of innocence) I don't know what you're talking about.
Interviewer: Er, no, we're from the BBC, Mr Vercotti.
Mr Vercotti: Who?
Interviewer: The BBC.
Mr Vercotti: Oh, oh. I see. I thought, I thought you were the er .
Interviewer: Mr, er, Mr Vercotti, what is your chief task as Ron's manager?
Mr Vercotti: Well my main task is, er, to fix a sponsor for the big jump.
Interviewer: And who is the sponsor?
Mr Vercotti: The Chippenham Brick Company. Ah, they, er, pay all the bills, er, in return for which Ron will be carrying half a hundredweight of their bricks.
We see a passport officer checking Ron's passport.
Interviewer: I see. Well, er, it looks as if Ron is ready now. He's got the bricks. He's had his passport checked and he's all set to go. And he's off on the first ever cross-Channel jump. (Ron runs down the beach and jumps; he lands about four feet into the water) Will Ron be trying the cross-Channel jump again soon?
Mr Vercotti: No. No. I'm taking him off the jumps. Er, because I've got something lined up for Ron next week that I think is very much more up his street.
Interviewer: Er, what's that?
Mr Vercotti: Er, Ron is going to eat Chichester Cathedral.
Cut to Chichester Cathedral. Ron walks up to it, brushing his teeth.
Interviewer: Well, there he goes, Ron Obvious of Neaps End, in an attempt which could make him the first man ever to eat an entire Anglican Cathedral.
Ron takes a hefty bite at a buttress, screams an