Eccentric, irregular and long, eliptical orbits generally mean that the satellite has been captured by the planet's gravity - i.e. the satellite is an asteroid that passed through Jupiter's gravity field with insufficent velocity to escape.
Some of these satellites may develop stable orbits, others are likely to eventually either escape Jupiter's gravity well or fall into the planet. Most of these satellites would cross the orbits of other satellites (the long, elliptical orbits compared to the more stable almost-circular orbits) and these other bodies will have a large effect on the fate of the captured satellite.
Why isn't there a "Wrong" moderation option? I'm going to have to lose my moderation for this topic...
Apple has provided the best consumer-level legacy support of any OS or hardware manufacturer. Just look at the track record: 680x0 -> PowerPC, Mac OS 6.x -> Mac OS 7.x -> Mac OS X.
In all cases, they have provided an incredible level of backwards compatibility. I don't actually have Mac OS X (my PowerComputing PowerCenter Pro *clone* can't run it due to Open Firmware issues - the other PowerComputing models can apparently) but I wouldn't be surprised if the original MacPaint ran on it in the Classic environment.
Yes - Windows 2000 can run on a Pentium 133. Yes, it's painful. Likewise, Mac OS X can run on a PowerPC 604e. Yes, I expect it would be slow. But that's completely different to not working, in either case.
Hmm... unless you're talking about a game like Dungeon Siege, where people either love it or hate it (me). In that case, one side or the other tends to get drowned out (it rarely ends up in the middle ground). A single number isn't enough - it really needs to show the voting bands (or at least the standard deviation) - so that you can see that 40% of people had a combined score of <= 3 and 50% had a score of >= 9. This would give a much more useful indication.
Of course it's possible. It's not *nice*, but it works.
For the record, I maintain a headless NT 4.0 web/database server at work for one of my projects (requires disabling the mouse driver to avoid error messages at startup) controlled via PC Anywhere and a headless Win98SE machine at home as my internet gateway (running SyGate NAT 3.0 and SyGate Personal Firewall) controlled via VNC.
Why NT 4.0? Mandated at the time (the main servers are in the US maintained by an external group - we're in Australia with the admin server for the same system).
Why Win98SE? I tried various linux and bsd distributions on the machine, and couldn't get any to work - Pentium 60MHz, SCSI, plain IDE (not ATAPI) so had to install an I/O card to get a CD-ROM to work, old intel ethernet cards, etc. I've configured it to reboot every night so I don't have stability problems...;) It's not fast, but since all it does is pass packets through (cable modem) and block incoming packets it doesn't need to be.
Seriously, it is very difficult to meet all of those criteria. For example, I would instantly recommend Python, except that it fails the criterium of IDE (there are a number of IDEs, but nothing I would bother using). It also technically fails "abstract classes", but that's pretty much a non-issue in Python.
Since you are obviously willing to put the time in to learn a new language, you may as well go for one which is easy to learn, easy to write, easy to read (incredibly maintainable) and which has one of the best online communities of any language (comp.lang.python).
It really sounds like your manager has a specific language in mind, and is trying to get you to read his/her mind.
Don't know about you, but I have no OSDN bar at the top of my page. At least VA Linux has given you the option to *not* see stuff that is of no interest to you.
I don't personally use any Linux at home.
A well-placed advertisement can add incredible realism to a movie (think Blade Runner) and presumably to a game (I don't have any games that I know of with advertising) but I much prefer a clever parody.
I think you're more likely to see product placement in console games than PC games.
Why should RMS be able to dictate to me what "Free Software" is? AFAIK the Free Software Foundation has no legal standing here in Australia.
So far as I am concerned, "Free Software" (with whatever capitalisation you want) imposes no restrictions on its use. Thus it can be public domain, or BSD, or closed-source binary-only.
OTOH there is also "freeware" which is given away with no payment. Much GPL software comes under this, however much software that falls under this category then tries to restrict what I do with it - including all GPL software.
These are my own personal definitions. Others may agree or disagree with them, but they may *not* create their own definition and declare it as the only one. When I see "Free Software" defined in the Macquarie Dictionary (the official Australian dictionary) *then* I will use the meaning defined there. If it ever gets in though, I think you will find it is given multiple definitions.
You forgot Python, which has Obj-C bindings on Mac OS X (there are actually modules for both Cocoa and Carbon bindings so you can write first-class Mac OS X apps in Python).
At least they're not trying to patent ...
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I like how they aknowledge that it's not a novel idea... but then push that they can do it with *quality*.
Generally, DVD rental prices seem to be much lower than VHS in the places I've seen (Lane Cove for example).
Of course, it's been ages since I've been in a video rental shop, so I'm not an authority. However, I remember the prices were along the lines of $3/night for new releases, compared to about $6/night for new VHS releases.
Even when you take into account large numbers of rental DVDs being heavily scratched, costs should still be much lower with DVDs.
1. DVDs cost much less to manufacture in bulk.
2. DVDs take up much less storage space.
3. It is very easy to keep a large number of spare copies of a DVD.
You only need as many covers as you will rent at any one time (hell, you don't even need that, as most places use a standard white case for customers to take home, and just display one real cover per shelf spot). You can then keep 100 extra copies of the actual DVD, and if a disc comes back unusable, simply replace it. Once a release is no longer new (and thus moves to only one or two shelf spots) almost all the discs get returned (including damaged ones), or sold as ex-rental (only for those they have enough covers for).
Of course, I don't know if this is how they *are* doing it, but it's definitely how it *should* be done.
Then you must have seen them all before they were commercially released in Australia.
It is illegal to show an unclassified film in a public place in Australia (special exemptions may be obtained for festivals, etc).
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The only time I have *ever* had problems keeping up with subtitles was while watching Fairy Princess Ren/Elf Princess Rane. At times over half the screen was covered with subtitles, with two characters talking - one intelligibly, the other talking in gibberish.
However, for a normal show you don't even notice the subtitles after a few minutes - unless they're in a particularly bad typeface or colour. I just don't understand why anyone would get their subtitles done by anyone except SBS Australia - they're cheap, they consistently win international awards for the quality of their subtitles (both script and presentation), they're very fast at producing them, and they can do them in 12 or so languages... all at once!
I watch dubs sometimes (for example, I like the dub and sub of Kiki's Delivery Service equally, and think the You're Under Arrest OAV dub is wonderful) but most of the time I prefer to watch with subtitles so I can see what types of emotions, etc the original director put in the show.
Trust the US govt? When they have once again proven that they think laws only apply to them when it's to their advantage? (Note - not talking about bugging the plane here).
I don't think so.
I can't say my govt (Australia) has had a stellar record, but we're quite simply not big enough to get away with what the US is doing...
Well, if the US govt didn't spend 600 billion a year on "defense" there might be a bit more money available for publically-funded institutions (public health, schools, universities, etc).
The US has the largest, most powerful military in the world. Why the hell do you need it to be any bigger???
Personally, I don't think this is an iPod killer, not that I'm going to be buying either of them anyway (4 years since I last used a portable music source...).
And USB is vastly inferior to FireWire for these applications.
However, I do have to take issue with the "I don't have 4 hours to spare to transfer". It's very simple. Do it while you are asleep. Surely you sleep for 4 hours (or more) at a time?
Personally, I agree to some extent - what I was most disappointed about was there there was little character development and interaction within the Fellowship. In particular, I missed the Gimli/Legolas relationship, and the Gimli/Galadriel relationship.
I believe these were all part of the 3hr 40min movie PJ presented as his "I've cut it as much as I can". We have been told that these extra 30-40 mins will be on the DVD.
However, even with the cuts, FotR was an incredible cinematic experience (Gold Class is a Good Thing(TM) - recliners, 32 people in the cinema, *no kids* - everyone must be 18+).
For the record: I own 4 copies of LotR (including illustrated and onion-skin limited edition) and I have never advocated boycotting DVD. I simply have multi-region DVD players and watch my region 1 anime DVDs here in Australia (region 4).
You are forgetting one simple thing - these studies are performed over a large number of tasks that are considered "common" in a single session of using the computer.
Now, obviously if all you are doing in a single session of using the computer is text substitution, and assuming you know how to use the CLI and GUI equally well, using the CLI is likely to be more efficient for this particular task. (I presume that the above is a text substitution, but I don't use vi, so I wouldn't know.)
OTOH, you may well find that it is faster to fire up a GUI search-and-replace app which has the various options as checkboxes (case-insensitive, etc) so you can concentrate on the syntax of the regex and not have to try to remember the syntax for the options required to make the expression work.
Actually, we just got the same bloody prime minister as the last two terms - a PM who is stuck in the 50's:( Robert Menzies is his idol. And the same bloody party (although I'm not sure Labor deserved to win, I really wish the Coalition had gone). You may have noticed that the "World's Biggest Luddite" retained the IT portfolio.
Although I must say, over the last two terms he has obviously listened to his PR people - he's wearing much better clothes now than he ever has.
For the record, I live in John Howard's electorate, and I've voted against him personally each election I've been here.
Actually, flies is one example of species introduction which has really worked.
A number of years ago (a decade? two) the dung beetle was introduced. Since then, the fly population (at least in the eastern states - not sure about the rest) is down below 10% of what it used to be.
Time was in summer (now) you couldn't open your mouth without getting flies in. Now I can't remember the last time I had to use fly spray.
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Eccentric, irregular and long, eliptical orbits generally mean that the satellite has been captured by the planet's gravity - i.e. the satellite is an asteroid that passed through Jupiter's gravity field with insufficent velocity to escape.
Some of these satellites may develop stable orbits, others are likely to eventually either escape Jupiter's gravity well or fall into the planet. Most of these satellites would cross the orbits of other satellites (the long, elliptical orbits compared to the more stable almost-circular orbits) and these other bodies will have a large effect on the fate of the captured satellite.
Why isn't there a "Wrong" moderation option? I'm going to have to lose my moderation for this topic ...
Apple has provided the best consumer-level legacy support of any OS or hardware manufacturer. Just look at the track record: 680x0 -> PowerPC, Mac OS 6.x -> Mac OS 7.x -> Mac OS X.
In all cases, they have provided an incredible level of backwards compatibility. I don't actually have Mac OS X (my PowerComputing PowerCenter Pro *clone* can't run it due to Open Firmware issues - the other PowerComputing models can apparently) but I wouldn't be surprised if the original MacPaint ran on it in the Classic environment.
Yes - Windows 2000 can run on a Pentium 133. Yes, it's painful. Likewise, Mac OS X can run on a PowerPC 604e. Yes, I expect it would be slow. But that's completely different to not working, in either case.
Hmm ... unless you're talking about a game like Dungeon Siege, where people either love it or hate it (me). In that case, one side or the other tends to get drowned out (it rarely ends up in the middle ground). A single number isn't enough - it really needs to show the voting bands (or at least the standard deviation) - so that you can see that 40% of people had a combined score of <= 3 and 50% had a score of >= 9. This would give a much more useful indication.
Of course it's possible. It's not *nice*, but it works.
... ;) It's not fast, but since all it does is pass packets through (cable modem) and block incoming packets it doesn't need to be.
For the record, I maintain a headless NT 4.0 web/database server at work for one of my projects (requires disabling the mouse driver to avoid error messages at startup) controlled via PC Anywhere and a headless Win98SE machine at home as my internet gateway (running SyGate NAT 3.0 and SyGate Personal Firewall) controlled via VNC.
Why NT 4.0? Mandated at the time (the main servers are in the US maintained by an external group - we're in Australia with the admin server for the same system).
Why Win98SE? I tried various linux and bsd distributions on the machine, and couldn't get any to work - Pentium 60MHz, SCSI, plain IDE (not ATAPI) so had to install an I/O card to get a CD-ROM to work, old intel ethernet cards, etc. I've configured it to reboot every night so I don't have stability problems
You obviously haven't lived in Australia in the past couple of decades ...
An film submitted for consideration as Best Animated Film *must* also be submitted for Best Film.
The category will be included any year that there are at least 8 (I think) qualifying films.
I'm just pissed that Jin-Roh was not considered as it had its world-wide relase one month too early in France. It met all the other requirements.
Technicalities Ruin Animes' Chance at an Oscar
Seriously, it is very difficult to meet all of those criteria. For example, I would instantly recommend Python, except that it fails the criterium of IDE (there are a number of IDEs, but nothing I would bother using). It also technically fails "abstract classes", but that's pretty much a non-issue in Python.
Since you are obviously willing to put the time in to learn a new language, you may as well go for one which is easy to learn, easy to write, easy to read (incredibly maintainable) and which has one of the best online communities of any language (comp.lang.python).
It really sounds like your manager has a specific language in mind, and is trying to get you to read his/her mind.
Mmm ... ramen ... glaaargh.
Don't know about you, but I have no OSDN bar at the top of my page. At least VA Linux has given you the option to *not* see stuff that is of no interest to you.
I don't personally use any Linux at home.
A well-placed advertisement can add incredible realism to a movie (think Blade Runner) and presumably to a game (I don't have any games that I know of with advertising) but I much prefer a clever parody.
I think you're more likely to see product placement in console games than PC games.
Why should RMS be able to dictate to me what "Free Software" is? AFAIK the Free Software Foundation has no legal standing here in Australia.
So far as I am concerned, "Free Software" (with whatever capitalisation you want) imposes no restrictions on its use. Thus it can be public domain, or BSD, or closed-source binary-only.
OTOH there is also "freeware" which is given away with no payment. Much GPL software comes under this, however much software that falls under this category then tries to restrict what I do with it - including all GPL software.
These are my own personal definitions. Others may agree or disagree with them, but they may *not* create their own definition and declare it as the only one. When I see "Free Software" defined in the Macquarie Dictionary (the official Australian dictionary) *then* I will use the meaning defined there. If it ever gets in though, I think you will find it is given multiple definitions.
You forgot Python, which has Obj-C bindings on Mac OS X (there are actually modules for both Cocoa and Carbon bindings so you can write first-class Mac OS X apps in Python).
I like how they aknowledge that it's not a novel idea ... but then push that they can do it with *quality*.
That's almost funny, but it gets to the heart of the matter. FFX is marketed as a game. OTOH, FF: The Spirits Within is marketed as a movie.
The whole question is about perceptions, expectations and marketing.
Generally, DVD rental prices seem to be much lower than VHS in the places I've seen (Lane Cove for example).
Of course, it's been ages since I've been in a video rental shop, so I'm not an authority. However, I remember the prices were along the lines of $3/night for new releases, compared to about $6/night for new VHS releases.
Even when you take into account large numbers of rental DVDs being heavily scratched, costs should still be much lower with DVDs.
1. DVDs cost much less to manufacture in bulk.
2. DVDs take up much less storage space.
3. It is very easy to keep a large number of spare copies of a DVD.
You only need as many covers as you will rent at any one time (hell, you don't even need that, as most places use a standard white case for customers to take home, and just display one real cover per shelf spot). You can then keep 100 extra copies of the actual DVD, and if a disc comes back unusable, simply replace it. Once a release is no longer new (and thus moves to only one or two shelf spots) almost all the discs get returned (including damaged ones), or sold as ex-rental (only for those they have enough covers for).
Of course, I don't know if this is how they *are* doing it, but it's definitely how it *should* be done.
Then you must have seen them all before they were commercially released in Australia.
It is illegal to show an unclassified film in a public place in Australia (special exemptions may be obtained for festivals, etc).
The only time I have *ever* had problems keeping up with subtitles was while watching Fairy Princess Ren/Elf Princess Rane. At times over half the screen was covered with subtitles, with two characters talking - one intelligibly, the other talking in gibberish.
... all at once!
However, for a normal show you don't even notice the subtitles after a few minutes - unless they're in a particularly bad typeface or colour. I just don't understand why anyone would get their subtitles done by anyone except SBS Australia - they're cheap, they consistently win international awards for the quality of their subtitles (both script and presentation), they're very fast at producing them, and they can do them in 12 or so languages
I watch dubs sometimes (for example, I like the dub and sub of Kiki's Delivery Service equally, and think the You're Under Arrest OAV dub is wonderful) but most of the time I prefer to watch with subtitles so I can see what types of emotions, etc the original director put in the show.
Trust the US govt? When they have once again proven that they think laws only apply to them when it's to their advantage? (Note - not talking about bugging the plane here).
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I don't think so.
I can't say my govt (Australia) has had a stellar record, but we're quite simply not big enough to get away with what the US is doing
Well, if the US govt didn't spend 600 billion a year on "defense" there might be a bit more money available for publically-funded institutions (public health, schools, universities, etc).
The US has the largest, most powerful military in the world. Why the hell do you need it to be any bigger???
I believe that last year, more trucks/SUVs were sold in the US than cars. Compare that to Australia, where it's about 20:1 cars:trucks.
Personally, I don't think this is an iPod killer, not that I'm going to be buying either of them anyway (4 years since I last used a portable music source ...).
And USB is vastly inferior to FireWire for these applications.
However, I do have to take issue with the "I don't have 4 hours to spare to transfer". It's very simple. Do it while you are asleep. Surely you sleep for 4 hours (or more) at a time?
Personally, I agree to some extent - what I was most disappointed about was there there was little character development and interaction within the Fellowship. In particular, I missed the Gimli/Legolas relationship, and the Gimli/Galadriel relationship.
I believe these were all part of the 3hr 40min movie PJ presented as his "I've cut it as much as I can". We have been told that these extra 30-40 mins will be on the DVD.
However, even with the cuts, FotR was an incredible cinematic experience (Gold Class is a Good Thing(TM) - recliners, 32 people in the cinema, *no kids* - everyone must be 18+).
For the record: I own 4 copies of LotR (including illustrated and onion-skin limited edition) and I have never advocated boycotting DVD. I simply have multi-region DVD players and watch my region 1 anime DVDs here in Australia (region 4).
You are forgetting one simple thing - these studies are performed over a large number of tasks that are considered "common" in a single session of using the computer.
Now, obviously if all you are doing in a single session of using the computer is text substitution, and assuming you know how to use the CLI and GUI equally well, using the CLI is likely to be more efficient for this particular task. (I presume that the above is a text substitution, but I don't use vi, so I wouldn't know.)
OTOH, you may well find that it is faster to fire up a GUI search-and-replace app which has the various options as checkboxes (case-insensitive, etc) so you can concentrate on the syntax of the regex and not have to try to remember the syntax for the options required to make the expression work.
Actually, we just got the same bloody prime minister as the last two terms - a PM who is stuck in the 50's :( Robert Menzies is his idol. And the same bloody party (although I'm not sure Labor deserved to win, I really wish the Coalition had gone). You may have noticed that the "World's Biggest Luddite" retained the IT portfolio.
Although I must say, over the last two terms he has obviously listened to his PR people - he's wearing much better clothes now than he ever has.
For the record, I live in John Howard's electorate, and I've voted against him personally each election I've been here.
Actually, flies is one example of species introduction which has really worked.
A number of years ago (a decade? two) the dung beetle was introduced. Since then, the fly population (at least in the eastern states - not sure about the rest) is down below 10% of what it used to be.
Time was in summer (now) you couldn't open your mouth without getting flies in. Now I can't remember the last time I had to use fly spray.
I think I'll stick to Python and Jython.