If you're interested in the history of the downfall of the US auto industry, check out 'The Reckoning' by David Halberstam.. (NYT requires login,
And keep in mind that the auto industry's huge problems regarding responding to the foreign challenge were largely installed plant, static management and unionized workforces. Software has none of these, and as a result, is poised to be able to turn 'on a dime' and fix its problems should it become necessary.
I don't think the software industry will undergo anything comparable to the fall of the auto industry, but it will definitely continue to be volatile.
The last two books which deal with the BG almost exclusively, I'll admit, would also be a good adaptation since they're getting hunted and lots of action can ensue.
Well, there's lots of Bene Tleilax and Ix stuff they can cover, as well as Miles Teg..
I'm just glad we'll get to see other adaptations as well...
Hehe, I did this recently with my Mac Cube.. I went thru the list of things I did (power cord/supply fiddling, reseating various components, moving cables around, etc as proscribed by the TIL and discussion groups) and the tech on the other end basically said 'well, just hold for your ticket # and wait for your box'..
Seriously, I don't see much use for perl other than for programming server-side applications (i.e., the Slashcode which powers Slashdot's forum system, etc.). Until I do get into the server world, I won't need it.
That's like saying an 18-wheeler's only good for hauling cargo.
What, you were planning to write a first-person shooter in Perl?
btw, PerlTk _is_ cross-platform, so in theory if you needed a GUI app in Windows, you could do it. Did it myself (wrote a list viewer in <100 lines for some CSVs), though it wasn't particularly fun. Perl can do anything useful that VB can, and it can do it across dozens of platforms.. Not that it's the optimized solution, or the easiest solution, or even the fun solution. But you can take Perl with you to any task (client-side data parsing and munging results from DBMSs, server-side web/analysis stuff, sysadm, etc) and get it done.
(and for all you Perl maniacs, that FPS thing was NOT a dare!!! Please don't inflict such a beast on humanity...)
... "What's not to like" become "What's to consider"? Maybe when/. got into the biz of generating revenue from links to the assorted bookstores perhaps? Must not displease our corporate sponsors by insinuating that we _not_ like something in a review...
I call shenanigans _and_ wimpout on that one.. I'd not bring it up but I've seen it in the last few reviews and to my mind it's rather shady..
(kind of like stocks being rated "Buy" or "Hold".. Dammit, if you mean sell, than say "Sell"!!!)
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[ Before I get flamed to a crisp, I must point out that I enjoyed Bladerunner, but the "androids are people too" sentimentalism of the plot was pretty much a Scott creation]
BTW, if you're a big BR fan, rent the Soldier DVD (yes, the one starring Kurt Russell) and listen to the commentary track.. Werra Werra interesting...
The director, David Lynch (sp) was also not up for the job.
I disagree! He did some really interesting things in Dune ("The tooth! Remember the tooth!", the voiceovers and hallucination visuals, the baroque technology feel) that reflect his other work (particularly 'Blue Velvet' and 'Twin Peaks') and that qualify as cinematic art IMHO.
Considering the size and scope of only the first novel, packing the backstory, worldview and context into less than 2 hours would be impossible for ___ANY___ director, guaranteed. When I saw it during first-run release, the theatres were handing out little backstory + translation dittoes, which says it all.
If the Dune film was a failure (and having read the entire series _after_ seeing the film, I've come to appreciate the difficulty of Lynch's task), it was certainly a magnificent one.
I am also really looking forward to the SciFi film. I hope that the extended format works well for the source material, and given that the people making this film also did the miniseries for 'The Stand' (the opening sequence alone nailed the whole thing for me), I think it could be very good. Comparing the two would be unfair, as the newer version appears to have much more in the way of producer/backer support than did the beleagured Lynch production.
Don't sweat it.. If history is any guide, SciFi will be sure to play it over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over again until they start foaming at the mouth and falling over backwards...
So by the way the comments are going here, I would assume that I am the one person who uses HotJava on a Sun box to surf the web?
Haahahaaa... You just made my day!
I have to say that I recently downloaded version 3.0 and it kicks ass all over version 1.02.....
Egad, I hope you're joking... Anytime I've touched HJ under Solaris (2.6, 2.7 under CDE) I've felt somehow sullied by the experience. No wonder why Sun bundles Netscape CDs with Solaris.. In fact, at one point, you couldn't access Sunsolve with HotJava (or was it java.sun.com?) which I felt approached the acme of Sun irony...
It's the big reason I put Linux on my BP6 home server instead of OBSD.. Had the 2.7 disk and everything..
(OK, that and HPT366 support, but I would have just gone with SCSI except that I noticed that SMP was not yet supported as indicated on the CDROM case:( )
Because unless the decrypting and playback equipment is embedded within your skull, some enterprising hacker will simply find a way to take the decrypted audio stream and create a replayable file out of it.
... Make sure that as much linking between data types (todos, meetings, events, addressbooks, notes, etc) as possible is supported. While standards implementation is extremely important, pervasive linkability of datatypes was really a welcome feature I received with MoreInfo..
The book takes place in 3 parts. All the parts involve a Monestry, somewhere in the southwest, who were involved with the storage of knowlege after a nuclear holocaust. Although the holocaust does not take place during the events of the book, one is told that the population rose up against the idea of knowledge, and tried to destroy all sources of knowlege. The Order of Leibowitz was dedicated to preserving this knowledge, by memorizing books and by smuggling them. The first part of the book takes place around 600? years after the holocaust, and involves the order undercoving some evidence about the life of Leibowitz, which would presumably help the attempt fot Leibowitz's sainthood.
And I love the fact that JMS adapted this to the classic B5 episode "Deconstruction of Falling Stars".. A favorite book adapted to a favorite episode of a favorite series by a favorite writer...;)
Your post, which could be summarized succinctly as "Duh, stick a flywheel on the earth (wipe drool away)," would not qualify.
It would if Jeff Bezos presented it.. As has been proven by '1-click'... Ideas (with a little smidgen of code for proof-of-concept) are patentable now..
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and Macs pretty much suck at games
Uh, I have Deus Ex, Q3A, The Sims, Diablo II, and UT for my Cube.. It seems to work pretty darned well IMHO..
OK, so it takes a bit longer for them to come out, but they're there..
Your Working Boy,
And don't forget, UT runs _FAST_ on 1920x1200...
(like 25-35fps in 16-bit, which is fine for me.. I remember when 10fps in Quake I was l337...)
Your Working Boy,
If you're interested in the history of the downfall of the US auto industry, check out 'The Reckoning' by David Halberstam.. (NYT requires login,
And keep in mind that the auto industry's huge problems regarding responding to the foreign challenge were largely installed plant, static management and unionized workforces. Software has none of these, and as a result, is poised to be able to turn 'on a dime' and fix its problems should it become necessary.
I don't think the software industry will undergo anything comparable to the fall of the auto industry, but it will definitely continue to be volatile.
Your Working Boy,
The last two books which deal with the BG almost exclusively, I'll admit, would also be a good adaptation since they're getting hunted and lots of action can ensue.
Well, there's lots of Bene Tleilax and Ix stuff they can cover, as well as Miles Teg..
I'm just glad we'll get to see other adaptations as well...
Your Working Boy,
Cute bits, but got old fast.
;)
I dunno, the Moby one was pretty cool IMHO.. He kinda looks a bit like an alien
Your Working Boy,
What do people think of the way this was portrayed in the movie?
;)
I thought it was pretty cool, kinda like wires-3 on a street sam or something
Your Working Boy,
That means that walking out the door without having secured other employment is not an option.
;)
Dude, two words: Long Lunch...
(My last 3 job interviews were during longish lunch breaks
Your Working Boy,
Hehe, I did this recently with my Mac Cube.. I went thru the list of things I did (power cord/supply fiddling, reseating various components, moving cables around, etc as proscribed by the TIL and discussion groups) and the tech on the other end basically said 'well, just hold for your ticket # and wait for your box'..
(I thought it was cool anyway...)
Your Working Boy,
Seriously, I don't see much use for perl other than for programming server-side applications (i.e., the Slashcode which powers Slashdot's forum system, etc.). Until I do get into the server world, I won't need it.
That's like saying an 18-wheeler's only good for hauling cargo.
What, you were planning to write a first-person shooter in Perl?
btw, PerlTk _is_ cross-platform, so in theory if you needed a GUI app in Windows, you could do it. Did it myself (wrote a list viewer in <100 lines for some CSVs), though it wasn't particularly fun. Perl can do anything useful that VB can, and it can do it across dozens of platforms.. Not that it's the optimized solution, or the easiest solution, or even the fun solution. But you can take Perl with you to any task (client-side data parsing and munging results from DBMSs, server-side web/analysis stuff, sysadm, etc) and get it done.
(and for all you Perl maniacs, that FPS thing was NOT a dare!!! Please don't inflict such a beast on humanity...)
Your Working Boy,
... "What's not to like" become "What's to consider"? Maybe when /. got into the biz of generating revenue from links to the assorted bookstores perhaps? Must not displease our corporate sponsors by insinuating that we _not_ like something in a review...
I call shenanigans _and_ wimpout on that one.. I'd not bring it up but I've seen it in the last few reviews and to my mind it's rather shady..
(kind of like stocks being rated "Buy" or "Hold".. Dammit, if you mean sell, than say "Sell"!!!)
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Your Working Boy,
Yes, but what about their peering?
Your Working Boy,
The costuming - well .. i just never pictured paul wearing a leather leaotard when he was walking around in the desert.
Hey, at least they have the head covering and mouthpiece...
Your Working Boy,
[ Before I get flamed to a crisp, I must point out that I enjoyed Bladerunner, but the "androids are people too" sentimentalism of the plot was pretty much a Scott creation]
BTW, if you're a big BR fan, rent the Soldier DVD (yes, the one starring Kurt Russell) and listen to the commentary track.. Werra Werra interesting...
Your Working Boy,
The director, David Lynch (sp) was also not up for the job.
I disagree! He did some really interesting things in Dune ("The tooth! Remember the tooth!", the voiceovers and hallucination visuals, the baroque technology feel) that reflect his other work (particularly 'Blue Velvet' and 'Twin Peaks') and that qualify as cinematic art IMHO.
Considering the size and scope of only the first novel, packing the backstory, worldview and context into less than 2 hours would be impossible for ___ANY___ director, guaranteed. When I saw it during first-run release, the theatres were handing out little backstory + translation dittoes, which says it all.
If the Dune film was a failure (and having read the entire series _after_ seeing the film, I've come to appreciate the difficulty of Lynch's task), it was certainly a magnificent one.
I am also really looking forward to the SciFi film. I hope that the extended format works well for the source material, and given that the people making this film also did the miniseries for 'The Stand' (the opening sequence alone nailed the whole thing for me), I think it could be very good. Comparing the two would be unfair, as the newer version appears to have much more in the way of producer/backer support than did the beleagured Lynch production.
Your Working Boy,
Don't sweat it.. If history is any guide, SciFi will be sure to play it over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over again until they start foaming at the mouth and falling over backwards...
(Or is that TNT?)
Your Working Boy,
So by the way the comments are going here, I would assume that I am the one person who uses HotJava on a Sun box to surf the web?
Haahahaaa... You just made my day!
I have to say that I recently downloaded version 3.0 and it kicks ass all over version 1.02.....
Egad, I hope you're joking... Anytime I've touched HJ under Solaris (2.6, 2.7 under CDE) I've felt somehow sullied by the experience. No wonder why Sun bundles Netscape CDs with Solaris.. In fact, at one point, you couldn't access Sunsolve with HotJava (or was it java.sun.com?) which I felt approached the acme of Sun irony...
Your Working Boy,
It's the big reason I put Linux on my BP6 home server instead of OBSD.. Had the 2.7 disk and everything..
:( )
(OK, that and HPT366 support, but I would have just gone with SCSI except that I noticed that SMP was not yet supported as indicated on the CDROM case
Your Working Boy,
Because unless the decrypting and playback equipment is embedded within your skull, some enterprising hacker will simply find a way to take the decrypted audio stream and create a replayable file out of it.
Your Working Boy,
... Make sure that as much linking between data types (todos, meetings, events, addressbooks, notes, etc) as possible is supported. While standards implementation is extremely important, pervasive linkability of datatypes was really a welcome feature I received with MoreInfo..
Your Working Boy,
The book takes place in 3 parts. All the parts involve a Monestry, somewhere in the southwest, who were involved with the storage of knowlege after a nuclear holocaust. Although the holocaust does not take place during the events of the book, one is told that the population rose up against the idea of knowledge, and tried to destroy all sources of knowlege. The Order of Leibowitz was dedicated to preserving this knowledge, by memorizing books and by smuggling them. The first part of the book takes place around 600? years after the holocaust, and involves the order undercoving some evidence about the life of Leibowitz, which would presumably help the attempt fot Leibowitz's sainthood.
;)
And I love the fact that JMS adapted this to the classic B5 episode "Deconstruction of Falling Stars".. A favorite book adapted to a favorite episode of a favorite series by a favorite writer...
Your Working Boy,
Urban Legend or not, it still is an interesting idea..
Your Working Boy,
Your post, which could be summarized succinctly as "Duh, stick a flywheel on the earth (wipe drool away)," would not qualify.
It would if Jeff Bezos presented it.. As has been proven by '1-click'... Ideas (with a little smidgen of code for proof-of-concept) are patentable now..
Didn't say I liked it..
Your Working Boy,
I stand by my opinion that IE and Win2k are excellent products.
Their bloat offends my aesthetic sense. Also, IE5.5 crashes hard and often on my Win2k SMP box.
Still, I can play Homeworld and AOEII on my W2k harddisk. And with cygwin, I can almost get useful work done in Windows..
Though OE suXX0r when it comes to imaps and selfsigned certs.. and don't ask about nntps...
Your Working Boy,
Clearly, you haven't been using Mozilla regularly. It isn't yet as good as (say) IE 5.5 for Mac,
:p)
Wow, and I was feeling guilt pangs from IE because I started using it on my Cube to support my nice wheel mouse..
(And Outlook Express, which is oddly stable
To think M$ products work better and more stably on Macs than on Windows.. figures...
Any chance on an IMAPS gui mailreader besides OE or Nutscrape on Mac (or Nutscrape on unix-style platforms)?
Your Working Boy,
it isn't going to affect the rest of your academic career.
Yeah, this isn't Japan....
Your Working Boy,