I'll risk the wrath of the Jar-Jar-haters out there by agreeing with you. Part of the appeal of the old films for me is that I know the stories so well that when I watch them my mind is free to notice all the little details that go into a well-crafted film. The campy fades, the random background creatures, etc. The Phantom Menace is really no different. After repeated viewings, I became aware of those same qualities. For example, Jar-Jar's idiocy is a perfect foil for Qui-Gon's serenity. Once I got past his annoying antics, I see him for the purpose he played in the characterization of the Jedi.
I wasn't trying to argue with your comment about moisture trapping heat. In fact, to relate a Florida example - one reason it never snows here is that the only way it can get cold enough is if all the moisture is gone. Otherwise, we still have enough radiative heat to put us above freezing. Rather I was just making the observation that similar weather effects can have drastically different consequences depending on the climate of the region. By the way, your comment about the thunderheads makes me homesick. I'm stuck in the Midwest right now for graduate school.:(
But most of the time, reviewers have to be honest, or else nobody will respect them, and then you lose readership.
Shortly before this article was posted, I canceled my subscription to PCGamer after 5 years. Of course, it had only partially to do with their inaccurate reviews. Mostly it was because they started printing two commentary columns per page instead of one (thus, less commentary), are doing less reviews, and what little they do write is crammed full of crap about "TheVede"'s last lunch break. I'll just stick to J101, thanks.
No, the correct spelling really is "toe the party line." This was a naval metaphor for keeping strict discipline, since the sailors were required to stand in order with their toes touching a particular seam (line) on the deck. You may be interested in reading this site [yaelf.com] for the etymologies of this and other common idioms. Also, George Orwell [resort.com] wrote an excellent essay which includes the topic of misunderstood metaphors, including this one.
To expand your chess comparison... what if you play real-time chess?
Funny you should mention that. I wrote a (albeit very rough) open-source real-time chess game as a project in college. Its sort of a spoof on RTS games.
I recently graduated from UF. I don't recall seeing a non-warezed copy of MATLAB in all my time there, despite it being licensed by the University for use on all lab machines.
One factor which may play a part in the decrease of warez is the increased availability of free software. Guys I know who would have warezed Photoshop in a heartbeat now just use Gimp. Same goes for Office (now people are using StarOffice).
Motorists could put these things to especially good use. A Heads-up display like in fighter planes could point out road hazards and relative vehicle speeds. Instead of a rear-view mirror, a semi-transparent projection of the view from the rear could be called up with a little press on the steering wheel. In conditions of low-visibility, the HUD could enhance the lane dividing lines and point out other traffic indicators. Of course, maybe we'll just have cars that drive themselves before we get that far.
A recent survey revealed that 68 percent of all home computer users say they're satisfied with their normal 56K computer modem. It can download pretty much all that's on the Net, as not much (legal) material is out there that's chock full of graphics and in a consumer-friendly format to create the need for a cable modem or a digital subscriber line (DSL).
Well, apparently 32% of Americans are pirates, since "legal" content doesn't need a fast Internet connection. Must be all those Linux hacker/pirates.
Government type: constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary democracy; began debating republic status in 1992
Capital: Funafuti
Economy - overview: Tuvalu consists of a densely populated, scattered group of nine coral atolls with poor soil. Subsistence farming and fishing are the primary economic activities. Government revenues largely come from the sale of stamps and coins and worker remittances. About 1,000 Tuvaluans work in Nauru in the phosphate mining industry. Substantial income is received annually from an international trust fund established in 1987 by Australia, NZ, and the UK and supported also by Japan and South Korea. Thanks to wise investments and conservative withdrawals, this Fund has grown from an initial $17 million to over $35 million in 1999. The US government is also a major revenue source for Tuvalu, with 1999 payments from a 1988 treaty on fisheries at about $9 million, a total which is expected to rise annually. In an effort to reduce its dependence on foreign aid, the government is pursuing public sector reforms, including privatization of some government functions and personnel cuts of up to 7%. In 1998, Tuvalu began deriving revenue from use of its area code for "900" lines and in 2000, from the sale of its ".tv" Internet domain name. Royalties from these new technology sources could raise GDP three or more times over the next decade. In 1999, with merchandise exports falling and financing reaching less than 5% of imports, continued reliance was placed on fishing and telecommunications license fees, remittances from overseas workers, official transfers, and investment income from overseas assets to cover the trade deficit.
GDP: purchasing power parity - $11.6 million (1999 est.)
Looking at that last number, it looks like Tuvalu got something like 4x their GDP on this deal.
Sigh. Unfortunately, UF has no policy for proficiency exams. COP4600 is a required course for CS majors, so I imagine he'll be taking it like everyone else. Its not all bad though. Its possible that Robert only has experience with Linux, in which case it will be good for him to see/experiment with other OS designs (like Minix's much vaunted microkernel). Most of the class is theorectical, but it does let you get your hands dirty hacking on Minix.
One things for sure, having Robert Love in my class would have made things a lot more interesting. He'd at least put those TAs in their place.
He goes to the University of Florida. As a recent grad (last May) with a degree in CS and Math (the same as what he's working on) I can tell you, if you need the time, its easy to find. I was busy, but only because I pushed myself - taking many more classes than I needed to. Hell, if you are intelligent and willing to accept C's, you probably don't even need to go to class or finish half the assignments.
As an aside, I'd love to see how he breezes through COP4600 (Operating Systems). Adding symbolic linking to Minix would be cake after the work he's done.
I'm very grateful for any and all cheating detectors. You missed the point, Taco: collaboration is extremely important, but someone who can't produce code is useless [everything2.com] in a production environment
No kidding. I learned this the hard way. My senior year at UF, we had a group project in CEN4500 (networking). We were supposed to write a command line chat program for UNIX. One of our group members proudly displayed some code that he had downloaded off the web that some friends of his in another group was using. He was suggesting that we not bother writing it ourselves and copy from the same source as another team! That's a sure way to get caught if I've ever heard one. How was I supposed to trust any of the work he did on the project after that incident?
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I'll risk the wrath of the Jar-Jar-haters out there by agreeing with you. Part of the appeal of the old films for me is that I know the stories so well that when I watch them my mind is free to notice all the little details that go into a well-crafted film. The campy fades, the random background creatures, etc. The Phantom Menace is really no different. After repeated viewings, I became aware of those same qualities. For example, Jar-Jar's idiocy is a perfect foil for Qui-Gon's serenity. Once I got past his annoying antics, I see him for the purpose he played in the characterization of the Jedi.
To quote Celebrity Jeopardy:
"Its a frigging HAMMER!"
I wasn't trying to argue with your comment about moisture trapping heat. In fact, to relate a Florida example - one reason it never snows here is that the only way it can get cold enough is if all the moisture is gone. Otherwise, we still have enough radiative heat to put us above freezing. Rather I was just making the observation that similar weather effects can have drastically different consequences depending on the climate of the region. By the way, your comment about the thunderheads makes me homesick. I'm stuck in the Midwest right now for graduate school. :(
Any Floridian would tell you that its a good 20 degrees cooler in the summer when we have a good cloud cover.
Shortly before this article was posted, I canceled my subscription to PCGamer after 5 years. Of course, it had only partially to do with their inaccurate reviews. Mostly it was because they started printing two commentary columns per page instead of one (thus, less commentary), are doing less reviews, and what little they do write is crammed full of crap about "TheVede"'s last lunch break. I'll just stick to J101, thanks.
No, the correct spelling really is "toe the party line." This was a naval metaphor for keeping strict discipline, since the sailors were required to stand in order with their toes touching a particular seam (line) on the deck. You may be interested in reading this site [yaelf.com] for the etymologies of this and other common idioms. Also, George Orwell [resort.com] wrote an excellent essay which includes the topic of misunderstood metaphors, including this one.
My next software project is going to asymptote to i.
Its time to get started on ponlined!
That might sound funny, but I recall a case of a tennis player who patented his unique tennis stroke.
Go for the b33r Boo!
-Megatokyo
The strangest thing about this statement is that bat's only have 5 senses, just like humans. Echolocation is just an ingenius use of hearing.
Funny you should mention that. I wrote a (albeit very rough) open-source real-time chess game as a project in college. Its sort of a spoof on RTS games.
Not me. I'm more familar with the phrase "neuro-linguistic hacking." Neal Stephenson uses it extensively in his novel, Snow Crash.
But what happens when them come back down?
I recently graduated from UF. I don't recall seeing a non-warezed copy of MATLAB in all my time there, despite it being licensed by the University for use on all lab machines. One factor which may play a part in the decrease of warez is the increased availability of free software. Guys I know who would have warezed Photoshop in a heartbeat now just use Gimp. Same goes for Office (now people are using StarOffice).
Motorists could put these things to especially good use. A Heads-up display like in fighter planes could point out road hazards and relative vehicle speeds. Instead of a rear-view mirror, a semi-transparent projection of the view from the rear could be called up with a little press on the steering wheel. In conditions of low-visibility, the HUD could enhance the lane dividing lines and point out other traffic indicators. Of course, maybe we'll just have cars that drive themselves before we get that far.
Well, apparently 32% of Americans are pirates, since "legal" content doesn't need a fast Internet connection. Must be all those Linux hacker/pirates.
The same theme played out in the fantastic but much overlooked CRPG "Septerra Core."
Exactly. No one tries to determine the "epicenter" of the phone system, or the "heart" of the postal service.
Wouldn't it be embarrassing to find your computer downloading pr0n everytime one of those Herbal Essences commercials comes on the TV?
You're right. This was my first attempt at karma whoring and it looks like it backfired. Maybe I should just get my friends to mod my posts up. :)
Population: 10,991 (July 2001 est.)
Age structure: 0-14 years: 33.28% (male 1,862; female 1,796)
15-64 years: 61.6% (male 3,241; female 3,529)
65 years and over: 5.12% (male 236; female 327) (2001 est.)
Government type: constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary democracy; began debating republic status in 1992
Capital: Funafuti
Economy - overview: Tuvalu consists of a densely populated, scattered group of nine coral atolls with poor soil. Subsistence farming and fishing are the primary economic activities. Government revenues largely come from the sale of stamps and coins and worker remittances. About 1,000 Tuvaluans work in Nauru in the phosphate mining industry. Substantial income is received annually from an international trust fund established in 1987 by Australia, NZ, and the UK and supported also by Japan and South Korea. Thanks to wise investments and conservative withdrawals, this Fund has grown from an initial $17 million to over $35 million in 1999. The US government is also a major revenue source for Tuvalu, with 1999 payments from a 1988 treaty on fisheries at about $9 million, a total which is expected to rise annually. In an effort to reduce its dependence on foreign aid, the government is pursuing public sector reforms, including privatization of some government functions and personnel cuts of up to 7%. In 1998, Tuvalu began deriving revenue from use of its area code for "900" lines and in 2000, from the sale of its ".tv" Internet domain name. Royalties from these new technology sources could raise GDP three or more times over the next decade. In 1999, with merchandise exports falling and financing reaching less than 5% of imports, continued reliance was placed on fishing and telecommunications license fees, remittances from overseas workers, official transfers, and investment income from overseas assets to cover the trade deficit.
GDP: purchasing power parity - $11.6 million (1999 est.)
Looking at that last number, it looks like Tuvalu got something like 4x their GDP on this deal.
One things for sure, having Robert Love in my class would have made things a lot more interesting. He'd at least put those TAs in their place.
He goes to the University of Florida. As a recent grad (last May) with a degree in CS and Math (the same as what he's working on) I can tell you, if you need the time, its easy to find. I was busy, but only because I pushed myself - taking many more classes than I needed to. Hell, if you are intelligent and willing to accept C's, you probably don't even need to go to class or finish half the assignments.
As an aside, I'd love to see how he breezes through COP4600 (Operating Systems). Adding symbolic linking to Minix would be cake after the work he's done.
No kidding. I learned this the hard way. My senior year at UF, we had a group project in CEN4500 (networking). We were supposed to write a command line chat program for UNIX. One of our group members proudly displayed some code that he had downloaded off the web that some friends of his in another group was using. He was suggesting that we not bother writing it ourselves and copy from the same source as another team! That's a sure way to get caught if I've ever heard one. How was I supposed to trust any of the work he did on the project after that incident?