Due to strange circumstances beyond anyone's control, the scientists doing this survey happened to be travelling the same itinerary as the "Can you hear me now?" guy.
So every four of five places they checked, they saw this guy and decided that the land must be in "use".
Guess 17% of the time the verizon dude must have slept late or had trouble renting a burro.
The American advantage is adaptability -- the ability to see a threat to their industries and respond forcefully. Again, in the case of Japan, the domestic auto industry transformed itself within a few years after seeing that the Japanese were providing what people wanted: cheap, reliable cars
A few years? Try a decade. The first reliable Hondas and Toyotas rolled into the US in the 70's. What was the US response? The Pinto? The Chevette? The Nova? To help the domestic auto industry compete, the US used it's greatest weapon... tariffs on Japanese cars. That helped Detroit lumber along until Ford got the Taurus up and running.
In every situation where foreign competitors outpace domestic industries, the industries petition the goverment for protection in the form of tariffs. I'm not saying that's bad, but that's a long ways from saying our domestic industries were quick to respond or responded forcefully.
Ditto with consumer electronics. When Sony and Panasonic started producing quality radios, how did GE and RCA respond? They asked the goverment for protection, getting import restrictions and high tariffs. Clothes from China? Tariffs. Honduran Bananas? Tariffs (well, before NAFTA).
And yet, the US complains when Japan tries to protect its industries from American products. The US complains when the EU puts high tariffs on US products. When it comes down to it, it's the same on both sides, using tariffs and import restrictions to protect domestic industries.
The reason for MS's letter was that Sony sued a mod chip seller and lost. No, Sony's PS division is not having financial difficulties (although Sony as a whole is), but that doesn't mean they're not losing money with every pirated game played on a modded system.
And since NO ONE has the numbers to prove there are more honest modders playing imports than there are pirates stealing games or vice versa, who's to say that Sony isn't losing money with each mod chip sold?
So MS isn't the only company with a bug up it's ass. Heh heh... but like most MS bugs, it's probably much bigger than anyone else's bugs.
Well, we know the F-117 can't fire while cloaked. Hopefully US researchers are better than the Klingons, it took what, 30 years for the Klingon prototype?
What kind of artists do you know? According to your thinking, all artists should be buying brushes at Wal-Mart, since a brush is a brush, just a tool. They'd all buy #2 Ticonderoga pencils there as well since sketches are always done with the point of the pencil. That's all there is to art, right? Fine line drawings and paintings done with a 4" nylon brush?
Every painter I've met spends time tweaking their brushes before use. After buying a new brush, they shape it, trim it, thin it out, whatever they think they need to make that generic tool a specialized tool.
Sketch artists have a variety of pencils of different hardnesses and thicknesses. Most carry around sandpaper or knife to shape the points to suit their needs.
Photographers are probably the best example of tweakers- they have a half dozen lenses and a slew of filters. Half of photography is the subject material, the other half is getting the camera set up properly. Ever heard of breathing on the lense to soften the image? There's a pretty good tweak.
Mac users tweak just as much as anyone else. Any graphic artist using MacPaint? Or do they have PS and a couple hundred plugins? Where did those plugins come from? From tweakers of course. Why is PS the premiere graphics program? Because Mac users have been prodding Adobe along, asking for tweaks to the program they couldn't make themselves.
Zen artists were known for dipping their hair into ink, slopping it on a sheet of paper, and turning that slop into an image of a flowing river. Dipped a chicken's feet in ink, let it walk across paper, and turned those prints into falling leaves. Can you call a chicken effective, reliable, or simple? It produced art nonetheless, because the ARTIST knew how to create. Art doesn't create itself if you have the right tools, the Artist creates with or without the right tools.
Microsoft revoked the certifications of a few people who ran those sites. Cisco sent warning letters as well. Those of us who used to post full dumps don't anymore, the risk of losing certifications is too high. When you take the exam, you agree to a NDA.
The mainstream study sites make up their own questions, which is no different from old school study guides. They can't use exact questions, and all the guides tell you they are not exact questions.
Microsoft revoked the MCSEs of a few people who ran braindump sites. I think the two guys who ran BrainDump Heaven had their certifications revoked and are prohibited from being recertified. I posted a few full dumps myself, but after people started getting their certs revoked, I stopped. I think Cisco sent out warning letters to braindump sites as well, and after that most sites disappeared or went underground.
Ok, that may not mean much to you, but some consulting companies require the certification so they can tell their clients "our consultants are all certified". I wasn't going to risk multiple certifications which took me a couple thousand dollars.
The sites that still exist in the open make up their own questions, which may be like the exam questions but are not exam dumps. That's how they still operate.
I remember waking up at the butt crack of dawn to play magic v. bird on my friends computer.
Heh heh, can't remember the syntax anymore.
LOAD "game"
Press play on the cassette.
Wait 20 minutes for the game to load off tape.
Play for hours until the power supply overheated or the joystick broke.
The 1541 floppy was a godsend when I could finally afford one!
Bah, he's only got a T1 to the house. A real geek (with money) would have a T3 at the very least...
from his website: Cyberspace Connections. All Internet-capable devices are on the same network and use a T1 line, which allows connection to the Internet at lightning speed.
Haven't you been reading any other articles lately? Only a patent? You mean like Amazon's "one click" patent? Like BT's patent of hyperlinks? Compuserve GIFS? A laser pointer as an exercise device for a cat? The patent on a swing?
No, it's not a new idea. The military has been playing with it for years. Deep sea fish do it naturally with bioluminesence. If they get a working model, then ok, give them a patent. But I'd hate to see another ridiculous patent granted on an idea that's been around for decades.
Well, the only thing we really know is that it makes the wearer invisible. Maybe by holding the ring towards someone and saying "FIRE!" it would shoot lasers, Frodo never tried that. Maybe if you jump high enough and shot "FLY!" he'd fly, he didn't try that either.
But maybe you're right, by pointing it at a chick and saying "Seduce!" the ring helped get Sauron laid. I could see then why everyone would want that ring...
Snipes was the first graphical online game I ever played... well, graphical as in ASCII graphics, but it was a lot of fun (and put a pretty big strain on our LAN). That was back in 1991 IIRC.
Re:No changes, no edits, just dubs
on
Sen To, X-Men 2
·
· Score: 2
The original Nausicaa movie was great... until I read the comic. Much cooler, I really liked the comic. Now, I'm a bit ambivalent to them redoing the movie, since it doesn't come anywhere near the story told in the comics. The English TPB box set is still available at Amazon...
Re:A quick off-topic anime question
on
Sen To, X-Men 2
·
· Score: 2
What is the significance of the giant bio-mass thingy that seems to appear at the end of so many Japanese movies?
Yeah. The idea basically is "don't screw around with mother nature because she'll send the big ugly monsters to kill you". The end of the movies they say "wow, we were messing with powers beyond our understanding and control, and are lucky to be alive. Let's change for the better and never do it again".
It's a common theme, man vs. nature. Japanese are more spiritually attuned to nature, that's part of the Shinto religion, and why movies with this theme tend to do well.
See it without excessive mouse raping (and it's subbed, sorry, some of you will have to deal with the horrors of reading)
That's funny. The Japanese edition was released by Disney as well.
No changes, no edits, just dubs
on
Sen To, X-Men 2
·
· Score: 4, Informative
While I realize they aren't Making this movie, I can't help but wonder how much of it they will chop out, or change to fit their idea of what a movie should be.
If you'd read the article at Nausicaa.net, you'd see that there will be no changes except the dubs.
According to Mr. Suzuki, the producer of Ghibli, other companies such as Fox and Time-Warner contacted Tokuma, but Disney was the only company willing to agree to this condition, and that was the main reason why Tokuma chose Disney as a partner.
The VHS release of Kiki's Delivery Service had a ton of Disney previews before the movie. The Princess Mononoke US DVD release had very little if any Disney spots, I don't know if it even showed the Disney castle with Twink flying over it as in other Disney movies. AFAIR it was the the least "disnified" Disney release ever. Most people were satisfied in the DVD release- but felt they bungled the theatrical release. Let's hope they do better this time.
So no, Disney is doing nothing with the movie except possibly throwing in some previews, distributing it, and making money off it.
Slashdot Mirror
Due to strange circumstances beyond anyone's control, the scientists doing this survey happened to be travelling the same itinerary as the "Can you hear me now?" guy.
So every four of five places they checked, they saw this guy and decided that the land must be in "use".
Guess 17% of the time the verizon dude must have slept late or had trouble renting a burro.
... I think the rest of us would be satisfied by a videotape instead.
As long as it's not quicktime or other proprietary format.
The American advantage is adaptability -- the ability to see a threat to their industries and respond forcefully. Again, in the case of Japan, the domestic auto industry transformed itself within a few years after seeing that the Japanese were providing what people wanted: cheap, reliable cars
A few years? Try a decade. The first reliable Hondas and Toyotas rolled into the US in the 70's. What was the US response? The Pinto? The Chevette? The Nova? To help the domestic auto industry compete, the US used it's greatest weapon... tariffs on Japanese cars. That helped Detroit lumber along until Ford got the Taurus up and running.
In every situation where foreign competitors outpace domestic industries, the industries petition the goverment for protection in the form of tariffs. I'm not saying that's bad, but that's a long ways from saying our domestic industries were quick to respond or responded forcefully.
Ditto with consumer electronics. When Sony and Panasonic started producing quality radios, how did GE and RCA respond? They asked the goverment for protection, getting import restrictions and high tariffs. Clothes from China? Tariffs. Honduran Bananas? Tariffs (well, before NAFTA).
And yet, the US complains when Japan tries to protect its industries from American products. The US complains when the EU puts high tariffs on US products. When it comes down to it, it's the same on both sides, using tariffs and import restrictions to protect domestic industries.
If they legalize gambling, prostitution, pot, and xbox mods...
The reason for MS's letter was that Sony sued a mod chip seller and lost. No, Sony's PS division is not having financial difficulties (although Sony as a whole is), but that doesn't mean they're not losing money with every pirated game played on a modded system.
And since NO ONE has the numbers to prove there are more honest modders playing imports than there are pirates stealing games or vice versa, who's to say that Sony isn't losing money with each mod chip sold?
So MS isn't the only company with a bug up it's ass. Heh heh... but like most MS bugs, it's probably much bigger than anyone else's bugs.
Well, we know the F-117 can't fire while cloaked. Hopefully US researchers are better than the Klingons, it took what, 30 years for the Klingon prototype?
He should exclusively license it to Larry Ellison...
It just means more data gets lost when I encode at 128kbps so the songs fit on my limited memory mp3 device... it'll probably take longer if anything.
" There is no way to "catch" someone with a modified satellite dish and hitting the AP from 2 miles away."
HARM: High-Speed Anti-Radiation Missile.
HA HA HA! Oh, that's great! Wish I had mod points!
Of course, blowing it up isn't the same as catching them...
release it at a crypto convention and get a reality check as it is broken by one of the people at the con before you go home..
You think it will take that long?
Really? Awesome. I need to get some for my gf's dog... I hate that nastly little weasel.
What kind of artists do you know? According to your thinking, all artists should be buying brushes at Wal-Mart, since a brush is a brush, just a tool. They'd all buy #2 Ticonderoga pencils there as well since sketches are always done with the point of the pencil. That's all there is to art, right? Fine line drawings and paintings done with a 4" nylon brush?
Every painter I've met spends time tweaking their brushes before use. After buying a new brush, they shape it, trim it, thin it out, whatever they think they need to make that generic tool a specialized tool.
Sketch artists have a variety of pencils of different hardnesses and thicknesses. Most carry around sandpaper or knife to shape the points to suit their needs.
Photographers are probably the best example of tweakers- they have a half dozen lenses and a slew of filters. Half of photography is the subject material, the other half is getting the camera set up properly. Ever heard of breathing on the lense to soften the image? There's a pretty good tweak.
Mac users tweak just as much as anyone else. Any graphic artist using MacPaint? Or do they have PS and a couple hundred plugins? Where did those plugins come from? From tweakers of course. Why is PS the premiere graphics program? Because Mac users have been prodding Adobe along, asking for tweaks to the program they couldn't make themselves.
Zen artists were known for dipping their hair into ink, slopping it on a sheet of paper, and turning that slop into an image of a flowing river. Dipped a chicken's feet in ink, let it walk across paper, and turned those prints into falling leaves. Can you call a chicken effective, reliable, or simple? It produced art nonetheless, because the ARTIST knew how to create. Art doesn't create itself if you have the right tools, the Artist creates with or without the right tools.
Microsoft revoked the certifications of a few people who ran those sites. Cisco sent warning letters as well. Those of us who used to post full dumps don't anymore, the risk of losing certifications is too high. When you take the exam, you agree to a NDA.
The mainstream study sites make up their own questions, which is no different from old school study guides. They can't use exact questions, and all the guides tell you they are not exact questions.
Microsoft revoked the MCSEs of a few people who ran braindump sites. I think the two guys who ran BrainDump Heaven had their certifications revoked and are prohibited from being recertified. I posted a few full dumps myself, but after people started getting their certs revoked, I stopped. I think Cisco sent out warning letters to braindump sites as well, and after that most sites disappeared or went underground.
Ok, that may not mean much to you, but some consulting companies require the certification so they can tell their clients "our consultants are all certified". I wasn't going to risk multiple certifications which took me a couple thousand dollars.
The sites that still exist in the open make up their own questions, which may be like the exam questions but are not exam dumps. That's how they still operate.
Major label CEO(in early 2000): Ok, if we want settle this case in two years for say, $80M, how much do we need to raise prices now?
Accountant: About $0.25 per album, taking into account interest. That will cover $80M fine plus court and lawyer fees.
CEO: Good, good! Ok, if we jack up the prices $1.00, can I buy the new mansion?
Accountant: Yes, the mansion and the new 300ft yacht.
CEO to VP: Raise the wholesale prices $1, let the other CEO's know we're going to settle in two years.
I remember waking up at the butt crack of dawn to play magic v. bird on my friends computer.
Heh heh, can't remember the syntax anymore.
LOAD "game"
Press play on the cassette.
Wait 20 minutes for the game to load off tape.
Play for hours until the power supply overheated or the joystick broke.
The 1541 floppy was a godsend when I could finally afford one!
Bah, he's only got a T1 to the house. A real geek (with money) would have a T3 at the very least...
from his website: Cyberspace Connections. All Internet-capable devices are on the same network and use a T1 line, which allows connection to the Internet at lightning speed.
What will Martha Stewart do now?
Two to six, out in 18 months with good behavior.
Only a patent
Haven't you been reading any other articles lately? Only a patent? You mean like Amazon's "one click" patent? Like BT's patent of hyperlinks? Compuserve GIFS? A laser pointer as an exercise device for a cat? The patent on a swing?
No, it's not a new idea. The military has been playing with it for years. Deep sea fish do it naturally with bioluminesence. If they get a working model, then ok, give them a patent. But I'd hate to see another ridiculous patent granted on an idea that's been around for decades.
Well, the only thing we really know is that it makes the wearer invisible. Maybe by holding the ring towards someone and saying "FIRE!" it would shoot lasers, Frodo never tried that. Maybe if you jump high enough and shot "FLY!" he'd fly, he didn't try that either.
But maybe you're right, by pointing it at a chick and saying "Seduce!" the ring helped get Sauron laid. I could see then why everyone would want that ring...
Snipes was the first graphical online game I ever played... well, graphical as in ASCII graphics, but it was a lot of fun (and put a pretty big strain on our LAN). That was back in 1991 IIRC.
The original Nausicaa movie was great... until I read the comic. Much cooler, I really liked the comic. Now, I'm a bit ambivalent to them redoing the movie, since it doesn't come anywhere near the story told in the comics. The English TPB box set is still available at Amazon...
What is the significance of the giant bio-mass thingy that seems to appear at the end of so many Japanese movies?
Yeah. The idea basically is "don't screw around with mother nature because she'll send the big ugly monsters to kill you". The end of the movies they say "wow, we were messing with powers beyond our understanding and control, and are lucky to be alive. Let's change for the better and never do it again".
It's a common theme, man vs. nature. Japanese are more spiritually attuned to nature, that's part of the Shinto religion, and why movies with this theme tend to do well.
See it without excessive mouse raping (and it's subbed, sorry, some of you will have to deal with the horrors of reading)
That's funny. The Japanese edition was released by Disney as well.
While I realize they aren't Making this movie, I can't help but wonder how much of it they will chop out, or change to fit their idea of what a movie should be.
If you'd read the article at Nausicaa.net, you'd see that there will be no changes except the dubs.
According to Mr. Suzuki, the producer of Ghibli, other companies such as Fox and Time-Warner contacted Tokuma, but Disney was the only company willing to agree to this condition, and that was the main reason why Tokuma chose Disney as a partner.
The VHS release of Kiki's Delivery Service had a ton of Disney previews before the movie. The Princess Mononoke US DVD release had very little if any Disney spots, I don't know if it even showed the Disney castle with Twink flying over it as in other Disney movies. AFAIR it was the the least "disnified" Disney release ever. Most people were satisfied in the DVD release- but felt they bungled the theatrical release. Let's hope they do better this time.
So no, Disney is doing nothing with the movie except possibly throwing in some previews, distributing it, and making money off it.