Black boxes are made out of the same plastic-like material as dolls. In the past, whenever there was a plane crash, the only thing that rescue workers would find intact was a little girl's doll. So, they started making black boxes out of the same material.
It says right on the cover that they're the authorized continuation of the Star Wars saga. And they follow the adventures of the same characters as before. If they weren't the official continuation, then George wouldn't allow them to be labelled as such.
The books for Episodes 7-9 have been out since 1992-1993: Heir to the Empire, Dark Force Rising, The Last Command. That trilogy takes place 5 years after ROTJ and further, authorized books go out 14 years after ROTJ. There are two problems with making sequels: There's way too much new story and background to pick from for new films. And, the sequel books are written by Timothy Zahn et al and not George Lucas...so George might not want to make a Star Wars film out of something he didn't write.
Because it would *gasp* suggest that their is actually something even worse than pot. Our nation's drug laws (and the stuff that they actually *allow* to be legal) are a good example of some of the stupidity that goes on here. It's like the Civil War and Prohibition rolled up together and stuffed into a pork barrel.
When people start storing files (attachments) in their inboxes instead of storing them in the designated client folder on the server, it means no one else has access to those files. Chaos ensues.
I believe our mailboxes at work are limited to about 15 megs, although a few of us got bumped to 25 megs to handle some incoming files for a large project. A relatively small mailbox forces the users to save their attachments to the proper location.
As soon as you get rid of all the attachments, it actually becomes possible to store a couple years' worth of plain messages in your mailbox. Although I would (should) advocate saving the messages as PDFs and putting them in our client folders on the server.
"We switched word processors because at around 200 pages with a dozen or so graphics files would not reliable save and reopen."
It's funny you just mentioned that, because I've just hit over 200 pages in something I'm writing in Word now and it has about a couple dozen images (some Excel tables pasted "special" as "picture").
Keep in mind that there have been mathematical formulas hanging around for over 500 years that were utterly useless until technology caught up and we found something practical to do with them. Science isn't about what you can use today...you take what you get when you make discoveries.
"...all the films up to "The Undiscovered Country",..."
Useless tidbit: The term "undiscovered country" comes from a Shakespeare play (Henry the V I think), which William Shatner covered in his 1968 album, "The Transformed Man." Coincidence?
Really good album, btw. Don't let any cynics tell you otherwise.
Wasn't that the basis for the 1980s cartoon, "Dinosaucers?" They actually found another planet in Earth's orbit (180 degrees around) and got out of here before the shit hit the fan.
The word "contract" is not something that should just be thrown around or taken lightly. A contract is an official, documented agreement. As soon as you start talking about vague, wishy-washy ideas and assuming there is some sort of contract, all your credibility as a serious journalist goes out the window, IMO.
That said, I use Adblock to block only the most annoying of ads (anything that plays sounds for example). My blog site has a simple Google text banner down the side and since that's all I can stand to look at, I don't expect anything more from visitors to my site. In fact, the only image I have there is a small picture of myself.
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The latest map they have on Terraserver of where I work (Princeton) is from 1997. The map they have of where my dad's house should be shows the empty field that was there before they developed the neighborhood. Google's maps are more current. And, I can't navigate their maps by dragging the images around, so navigation is rather awkward. I think Google has Terraserver beat on being up-to-date and easier to navigate.
"...we may charge a fee in order to defray these costs."
Well, there you go. It doesn't say to whom the fee would be charged, but common sense says that Google would charge those trying to view the video. The second sentence says they may charge for video playback in their sole discretion...and if they do, you get a cut. I should have read TFA.
If a video really becomes that popular, Google should automatically implement a revenue sharing model on that video, where Google gets reimbursed for the bandwidth and the publisher would get his fair cut.
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Black boxes are made out of the same plastic-like material as dolls. In the past, whenever there was a plane crash, the only thing that rescue workers would find intact was a little girl's doll. So, they started making black boxes out of the same material.
"The Irish drink more tea per person"
Is "tea" a Gaelic word for whiskey?
See one of my other replies. The books I mentioned are the official continuation.
It says right on the cover that they're the authorized continuation of the Star Wars saga. And they follow the adventures of the same characters as before. If they weren't the official continuation, then George wouldn't allow them to be labelled as such.
The books for Episodes 7-9 have been out since 1992-1993: Heir to the Empire, Dark Force Rising, The Last Command. That trilogy takes place 5 years after ROTJ and further, authorized books go out 14 years after ROTJ. There are two problems with making sequels: There's way too much new story and background to pick from for new films. And, the sequel books are written by Timothy Zahn et al and not George Lucas...so George might not want to make a Star Wars film out of something he didn't write.
Wow, that's the first time I've seen the "you must be new here" post modded as Insightful. Someone get up on the wrong side of the bed this morning? :)
You must be new here :)
Because it would *gasp* suggest that their is actually something even worse than pot. Our nation's drug laws (and the stuff that they actually *allow* to be legal) are a good example of some of the stupidity that goes on here. It's like the Civil War and Prohibition rolled up together and stuffed into a pork barrel.
"(hold your balls out, man)"
Just not literally, OK MJ?
I think this is about as good as popcorn gets:
1. Pick ears of corn from cornfield.
2. Create small fire pit nearby.
3. Roll the ears of corn around in the fire.
4. Unwrap corn and enjoy.
When people start storing files (attachments) in their inboxes instead of storing them in the designated client folder on the server, it means no one else has access to those files. Chaos ensues.
I believe our mailboxes at work are limited to about 15 megs, although a few of us got bumped to 25 megs to handle some incoming files for a large project. A relatively small mailbox forces the users to save their attachments to the proper location.
As soon as you get rid of all the attachments, it actually becomes possible to store a couple years' worth of plain messages in your mailbox. Although I would (should) advocate saving the messages as PDFs and putting them in our client folders on the server.
"We switched word processors because at around 200 pages with a dozen or so graphics files would not reliable save and reopen."
It's funny you just mentioned that, because I've just hit over 200 pages in something I'm writing in Word now and it has about a couple dozen images (some Excel tables pasted "special" as "picture").
Gulp?
You should have seen what happened when I tried to claim Hawaii in my name!
Wow, your boss can crack the encryption on the SSH tunnel to your Squid server at home?
Let me put on my Dr. Phil voice for a moment...So, how's that working for ya?
Keep in mind that there have been mathematical formulas hanging around for over 500 years that were utterly useless until technology caught up and we found something practical to do with them. Science isn't about what you can use today...you take what you get when you make discoveries.
Sometimes I think our species is the cosmic equivalent of Salmonella.
Who cares, I submitted this with a much funnier headline!
"...all the films up to "The Undiscovered Country",..."
Useless tidbit: The term "undiscovered country" comes from a Shakespeare play (Henry the V I think), which William Shatner covered in his 1968 album, "The Transformed Man." Coincidence?
Really good album, btw. Don't let any cynics tell you otherwise.
Wasn't that the basis for the 1980s cartoon, "Dinosaucers?" They actually found another planet in Earth's orbit (180 degrees around) and got out of here before the shit hit the fan.
The word "contract" is not something that should just be thrown around or taken lightly. A contract is an official, documented agreement. As soon as you start talking about vague, wishy-washy ideas and assuming there is some sort of contract, all your credibility as a serious journalist goes out the window, IMO.
That said, I use Adblock to block only the most annoying of ads (anything that plays sounds for example). My blog site has a simple Google text banner down the side and since that's all I can stand to look at, I don't expect anything more from visitors to my site. In fact, the only image I have there is a small picture of myself.
The latest map they have on Terraserver of where I work (Princeton) is from 1997. The map they have of where my dad's house should be shows the empty field that was there before they developed the neighborhood. Google's maps are more current. And, I can't navigate their maps by dragging the images around, so navigation is rather awkward. I think Google has Terraserver beat on being up-to-date and easier to navigate.
Reading its specs, it's more like a headless iBook. Aside from the faster processor, it has the same parts as my 12" iBook G4 800.
"...we may charge a fee in order to defray these costs."
Well, there you go. It doesn't say to whom the fee would be charged, but common sense says that Google would charge those trying to view the video. The second sentence says they may charge for video playback in their sole discretion...and if they do, you get a cut. I should have read TFA.
If a video really becomes that popular, Google should automatically implement a revenue sharing model on that video, where Google gets reimbursed for the bandwidth and the publisher would get his fair cut.