Since it recently was part of a Slashdot article, is StarBallz considered anime because it is an American production, with original dialogue apparently in English, or does anime, by definition, have to be Japanese?
(In a way, SB is almost a derivative of a derivative, since Lucas borrowed some ideas from Akiro Kurosawa movies, but that's another message thread...)
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Eh, really? Doesn't seem to this AM. BUT, if you type 'slash2001' as user ID and password, it works fine.
The odds are better that a Linux kernel hacker would show up (and be found) here, versus a 'Windows'... eh,... ring zero hacker? Ya know, the kind that Doonesbury once labeled as having a 'minty green' complexion?;)
Hehe, I wouldn't say that MS doesn't have the most unstable software... that's a stretch for sure... but, as a traditional corporate entity, what MS has that Linux doesn't is the threat of the boss, saying "dammit, Grimly, I want to see that stable kernel on my desk by noon tomorrow!" (or some such bossly saying).
So while new hardware and as-yet-uncovered features are motivation for new kernel versions, who/what is the prime driver for those periods of time when kernel dev hits a wall?
(PS no troll intent there, I'm asking because I honestly don't know.)
The issue is representation in the media versus real-world representation; as exhibited by the market share data that was posted elsewhere in this thread, Macs are the exception, and not the rule.
Yeah, but to repeat an assertion I made when the Slashpoll asked for a better 'i' name, I wondered what movie or TV program would be the first to mindlessly trot out the new machine onto some character's desktop as an indication that that person is cool or up-to-date. It's an image thing, much like the impressions of usability... all subjective. The director says 'oh look at that bland beige box, let's put a cute green Mac there, it'll look so much better'. Looks sell; any Slashdotters who disagree can forward their copy of SI's swimsuit issue to me;)
Re: the usability issue, as whiny and bitchy as they are, the graphic arts types that I've known wouldn't use the Mac exclusively if it didn't work well for them. So I'm sure the Macs have their functional niche to fill.
Well heck, if you're going to include Affleck and Damon, may as well make it a Kevin Smith film and throw in Jay and Silent Bob too... we know Smith is a big Star Wars fan, so he probably liked Tron too. And the Jay/Silent Bob dialogue couldn't be any worse than the original Tron script. (Insert gratuitous reference to old DOS-based 'Stoned' virus here;)
Although, it'd be hard to shoot a remake with Smith's "the camera never moves" cinematic style.
Really, I think Tron is one of those movies that should be left as it is... a period piece from the start of the computer boom.
In that movie, they had a multi-wheeled rig that had a bunch of comm stuff (and I think it was a two-part vehicle, like this would be with its trailer). Now there's no room for Jan-Michael Vincent to ride his motorbike out the back end, but there had to be a few concessions to reality.
A few notes on the specs:
Is any of this stuff EMP hardened?
Will a cop pull me over and ask which gizmo is the radar detector?
"Trailer: Item 27.1 - Incinerating toilet (retractable)" --- wtf???
Guess I'd wanna leave the lid down on that one.
Its an eye-opener when you look at the numbers instead of the hype, or non-hype... but when looking at ratings remember that for a long time, some of the highest rated American TV shows had been original episodes of the 'Beverly Hillbillies'...
I vote with the 'diss Buffy' camp most of the time, but when Sci-fi awards are mentioned all I can think of is the BAD sci-fi I've seen on TV in the past... the 70's 'Buck Rogers' series comes to mind; some of my friends still make fun of it, 20 years after its none-too-soon demise (the villainess in that one was pretty hot though). Twiki the robot makes the Tick's live action sidekick seem positively macho by comparison.
Really though, Buffy is no less eye candy than Baywatch or Xena are. Nothing wrong with eye candy, just have to recognize it for what it is.
The Yucca Mountain project has been in the works for 20 years... read the news and FAQ at www.energy.gov.
Fact is, you're more at risk from the concrete dust given off when they tear down one of the old casinos in Vegas than from a buried radioactive source 90 miles away.
There have been methods devised where the container is less of an issue, i.e. 'vitrification', where the waste is put in a hard-to-destroy glass-like matrix. Whether that is past the development stage, I don't know. DoE and Battelle Labs might have more info for the curious.
Even so, I wouldn't put the waste in contact with the ocean water; I'd do what the Feds are doing, keep it nice and dry and cozy in a stable sub-surface mountain.
Hmm, on second thought, I can't think of a single good use for the yellow plastic write-enable rings that go on those tapes... any ideas?
I know some businesses still use the darn 9-track things... electric utilities were still sending in emission data on 9-tracks to the agency I was working at through 1999. The one tape drive we had that could read them broke constantly. What a PITA.
Please, please do not send Dave Barry a copy of Linux! Do you guys really think you could stomach the abuse that he would unleash on Linux and Linux users?
Probably none at all. Dave knows, as all good comics do (except Dennis Miller) that familiarity is the basis of humor (thus the occasional snicker at the latest 'CowboyNeal' SlashPoll option)... and while Windows is familiar to a wide range of people, through home or work use, Linux is really not. In fact, going with the Windows article was probably a stretch in some markets; most of his audience is used to a 'Garfield' level of humor, one that doesn't require a whole heck of a lot of thought.
The notion of an expanding universe does not rule out 'local' effects (a few megaparsecs=local) between objects...
and as I mentioned before, 'colliding' is relative... if a new system of stars, planets, dark matter, etc. comes near enough to interact and alter our orbit for the worse, then that's enough of a collision for my definition of it.
Here's a quick link for more discussion and some cool pics of the whole M31 issue...
Space is empty... I understand that. But then I'm not talking about collisions exclusively; if you've ever played with an orbital simulation program, you find that it takes very little to throw a body off a stable orbit... now, add another galaxy's worth of massive objects, and you double the chances of a close pass-by between our system and an extra-solar object.
Either way, my point is that, while stellar research IS important, the sun going bad on us is likely to be the last thing we'd need to worry about, when compared to other threats to our existence.
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You know who Judit Polgar is.
You think she's hot.
(In a way, SB is almost a derivative of a derivative, since Lucas borrowed some ideas from Akiro Kurosawa movies, but that's another message thread...)
Eh, really? Doesn't seem to this AM. BUT, if you type 'slash2001' as user ID and password, it works fine.
Win3.1 + Win95 + WinNT + WinME + Win2K +... < Stable OS
The odds are better that a Linux kernel hacker would show up (and be found) here, versus a 'Windows'... eh,... ring zero hacker? Ya know, the kind that Doonesbury once labeled as having a 'minty green' complexion? ;)
At least that's what I told Dad when he asked. ;)
So while new hardware and as-yet-uncovered features are motivation for new kernel versions, who/what is the prime driver for those periods of time when kernel dev hits a wall? (PS no troll intent there, I'm asking because I honestly don't know.)
Other the other hand, here's whath other folks have to say about it:
Vote for your X-Files 'jumping the shark' moment
The issue is representation in the media versus real-world representation; as exhibited by the market share data that was posted elsewhere in this thread, Macs are the exception, and not the rule.
Re: the usability issue, as whiny and bitchy as they are, the graphic arts types that I've known wouldn't use the Mac exclusively if it didn't work well for them. So I'm sure the Macs have their functional niche to fill.
Although, it'd be hard to shoot a remake with Smith's "the camera never moves" cinematic style.
Really, I think Tron is one of those movies that should be left as it is... a period piece from the start of the computer boom.
A few notes on the specs:
Is any of this stuff EMP hardened?
Will a cop pull me over and ask which gizmo is the radar detector?
"Trailer: Item 27.1 - Incinerating toilet (retractable)" --- wtf??? Guess I'd wanna leave the lid down on that one.
mwhahaha
Its an eye-opener when you look at the numbers instead of the hype, or non-hype... but when looking at ratings remember that for a long time, some of the highest rated American TV shows had been original episodes of the 'Beverly Hillbillies'...
Really though, Buffy is no less eye candy than Baywatch or Xena are. Nothing wrong with eye candy, just have to recognize it for what it is.
So your wife/girlfriend hid the remote from you, eh? ;)
The Yucca Mountain project has been in the works for 20 years... read the news and FAQ at www.energy.gov. Fact is, you're more at risk from the concrete dust given off when they tear down one of the old casinos in Vegas than from a buried radioactive source 90 miles away.
Even so, I wouldn't put the waste in contact with the ocean water; I'd do what the Feds are doing, keep it nice and dry and cozy in a stable sub-surface mountain.
I know some businesses still use the darn 9-track things... electric utilities were still sending in emission data on 9-tracks to the agency I was working at through 1999. The one tape drive we had that could read them broke constantly. What a PITA.
Aha! Now we know who's been stuffing the CowboyNeal ballot box in the SlashPolls...
Woohoo... now we can sweep up all the iron oxide that's falling off the 9-track tapes from the last big BSD wave ;)
Probably none at all. Dave knows, as all good comics do (except Dennis Miller) that familiarity is the basis of humor (thus the occasional snicker at the latest 'CowboyNeal' SlashPoll option)... and while Windows is familiar to a wide range of people, through home or work use, Linux is really not. In fact, going with the Windows article was probably a stretch in some markets; most of his audience is used to a 'Garfield' level of humor, one that doesn't require a whole heck of a lot of thought.
Nuts... wrong link... the pic link is here.
and as I mentioned before, 'colliding' is relative... if a new system of stars, planets, dark matter, etc. comes near enough to interact and alter our orbit for the worse, then that's enough of a collision for my definition of it.
Here's a quick link for more discussion and some cool pics of the whole M31 issue...
Either way, my point is that, while stellar research IS important, the sun going bad on us is likely to be the last thing we'd need to worry about, when compared to other threats to our existence.