doesn't anybody worry about vandalism on these isolated tubes? If by simply breaking a tube with an axe or something one could kill hundreds of people, I think there are many people who would take this opportunity to wreak havoc, unless the tubes were isolated underground (which makes them significantly less economical).
It's quite literally because they're realistic about what can be accomplished. I was recently at the Pop!Tech conference where Alvy Ray Smith (Pixar's founder) spoke a bit about his work there. He said that they had gauged projects based on what the graphical requirements would be and then essentially plotted them on a timeline for when the technology would be possible. If they needed 4 mil. polygons per frame for Toy Story, for example, and they could only realistically produce about 800,000 because the year is 1985, they would project that the project would be feasible in 1994 and plan accordingly.
The fact that pixar is still using unrealistic characters is just a sign that they don't feel the technology to do something "better" exists yet.
It doesn't look like Doom III is going to break any new ground - just do a lot of things that were done before, better. But they are the *right* things - suspense, atmosphere, art.
nine orders of magnitude is a lot. But have you considered how much NASA spends on high grade fuel regardless, and how much more efficient antimatter is? I'm not sure what they'd need, but I'm betting that if they work out the technology to propel, the price of the propellant can *easily* be made economically viable.
I've lived in Maine for about six years now, even though I'm in Mass for college at present. Education was one of the major draws when my parents moved there, and it will continue to be one of the major draws for other families, especially with this program in place.
I was back to visit for the Pop!Tech conference this past weekend; at Governor King's suggestion (he spoke briefly), I took a look at the Camden middle school, and it was incredible. The students were thoroughly engaged, and the teacher had the liberty to roam the isles and show them how to do things on their individual computers.
Yeah, I wish the program had used a linux distro, but anything is better than nothing. It's a really special thing.
Thinking that no one will kick them out by a date at which technology will be markedly different is foolish. If they give up their stranglehold (which they haven't really done, but we all know it's slipping regardless), they're far from first in less than 10.
it's not that Disney is conspiring against the free world, it's just that they're not really very good at what they do.
At my business school we just did a brief study of disney's activities since about '85, and it really helped inject a lot of sense into what seems like a series of odd, inconsistent actions.
When eisner first joined up in the late eighties, the company was sucking serious losses down every year. They hadn't had a success in a while. Eisner knew what most of the didn't: There is no point in having a major corporation with multiple business units unless you can use all those units to gain more profitability for each other. This is called, to use a buzzword, synergy. If you don't have synergy, the company will be more profitable broken up into individual businesses.
The Lion King used all of disney's synergy to produce incredible profits. Every single division and subsidiary of that hugest of huge corporation was cross-marketing lion king merchandise.
Now, however (and you may have noticed this yourself), the company has lost focus. A single business unit, such as the film production unit, will take and action, and they typically get one unit, TOPS to follow along right away. There MAY be merchandise along with most of Disney's major releases. But it isn't until a film realizes thorough profitability that someone up in corporate gets off their ass and yells at the other division to follow along.
It's almost sad, to see a corporation that was once so good at enterprise planning start to slow down so much. It's become like when you go out to eat with five people, and you each get your food at different times.
Yeah, if ET weren't released twice, it would be. Unfortunately, you missed the amount of revenue the recent re-release brought in.
Try again.
Initial numbers ARE relevant, and that's also why they provide adjusted numbers off to the side on most charts (like the ones linked to in this topic).
That maybe the reason cameras aren't placed at the most accident prone lights is because POLICE officers are placed there instead a good portion of the time? I drive in Maine quite a bit, and my little town occasionally uses auto ticketers. They are sometimes placed on a few different roads around town, places where the speed zone seems lower maybe than it ought to be. The places where there are likely major accidents, though, are usually staffed by police officers!
How many of those take the bible literally? I take offense to your supposition that all Christians believe word for conflicting word what the bible says.
Has your department ever had a bunch of cars siezed by the IRS because a few congressmen were to idiotic to vote constitutionally to allocate funds where needed?
The government fucks shit like this up all the time- while the jobs may be a little bit more secure, your function is NOT essential to the president, your congressman, and certainly not essential to the hundreds of congresspeople from other states and parties.
Government jobs have oft dissappeared and formed at the slightest political whims, so don't be too secure.
Sorry, but Netscape had very little value in itself anyway, AOL just failed to see that fact. The company has historically been all about the hype, and that's why it's acquisitions fail. Time Warner is the one part of its operations that has value, and it still does.
With Apple's "rise in production costs" that caused them to raise their imac prices, and the fact that they are probably still not covering their costs adequately, it might be BETTER for them to lose Mac sales and gain ipod sales!
Plastic coke bottles and white paper are not the same as the highly carcinogenic heavy metals contained in computer componant waste. These are hazardous materials that will kill people and animals on a massive scale if theu are not disposed of properly. Think of mainstream movies like Erin Brockovich or A Civil Action where people, actual people with lives, are hurt and killed by wastes. Then realize that these are true stories (not just movies, dramatized though they may be) and that people in China don't have anyone to sue to cover their medical costs.
Additionally, anyone who says that this practice is okay because the People's Republic of China says it's okay should reevaluate their thinking about that government's interests. The People are definitely not included.
If you want to learn a bit more about the effects of heavy metals, my personal suggestion is Neal Stevenson's Zodiac. You could read something a bit more scientific, but would it be as fun?
Spam filters are risky stuff, though. It is important to be aware that they may turn away certain non-spam messages, which can be hazardous to an organization.
I recently bought something on ebay and did not recieve it in a "timely manner." I had tried communicating with the seller via email repeatedly, but had been unsuccessful. I decided to make my personal Custerian stand, and threatened the gent with the full compliment of legal jargon and ebay procedures. It turned out that my messages were, for some odd reason, getting caught by his spam filters, and that it was all a big misunderstanding.
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doesn't anybody worry about vandalism on these isolated tubes? If by simply breaking a tube with an axe or something one could kill hundreds of people, I think there are many people who would take this opportunity to wreak havoc, unless the tubes were isolated underground (which makes them significantly less economical).
you mean it's all downhill once the ninth season is over and they stop being funny...
It's quite literally because they're realistic about what can be accomplished. I was recently at the Pop!Tech conference where Alvy Ray Smith (Pixar's founder) spoke a bit about his work there. He said that they had gauged projects based on what the graphical requirements would be and then essentially plotted them on a timeline for when the technology would be possible. If they needed 4 mil. polygons per frame for Toy Story, for example, and they could only realistically produce about 800,000 because the year is 1985, they would project that the project would be feasible in 1994 and plan accordingly.
The fact that pixar is still using unrealistic characters is just a sign that they don't feel the technology to do something "better" exists yet.
Strippers
nine orders of magnitude is a lot. But have you considered how much NASA spends on high grade fuel regardless, and how much more efficient antimatter is? I'm not sure what they'd need, but I'm betting that if they work out the technology to propel, the price of the propellant can *easily* be made economically viable.
I believe the ethics of blowing up the death star were covered adequately in clerks.
I've used Grokker at my school's library to do equity research. It works pretty well, though it's not as specialized as specialized programs.
I've lived in Maine for about six years now, even though I'm in Mass for college at present. Education was one of the major draws when my parents moved there, and it will continue to be one of the major draws for other families, especially with this program in place.
I was back to visit for the Pop!Tech conference this past weekend; at Governor King's suggestion (he spoke briefly), I took a look at the Camden middle school, and it was incredible. The students were thoroughly engaged, and the teacher had the liberty to roam the isles and show them how to do things on their individual computers.
Yeah, I wish the program had used a linux distro, but anything is better than nothing. It's a really special thing.
Ten years is a long time.
Thinking that no one will kick them out by a date at which technology will be markedly different is foolish. If they give up their stranglehold (which they haven't really done, but we all know it's slipping regardless), they're far from first in less than 10.
and get to see whatever they want regardless.
;)
By the way, thanks for the impartial commentary, Hemos
Heroine, on the other hand...
haha, you idiot. The first words in that businessweek article you referenced are "Girls like to talk."
Try *refuting* someone's point next time!
it's not that Disney is conspiring against the free world, it's just that they're not really very good at what they do.
At my business school we just did a brief study of disney's activities since about '85, and it really helped inject a lot of sense into what seems like a series of odd, inconsistent actions.
When eisner first joined up in the late eighties, the company was sucking serious losses down every year. They hadn't had a success in a while. Eisner knew what most of the didn't: There is no point in having a major corporation with multiple business units unless you can use all those units to gain more profitability for each other. This is called, to use a buzzword, synergy. If you don't have synergy, the company will be more profitable broken up into individual businesses.
The Lion King used all of disney's synergy to produce incredible profits. Every single division and subsidiary of that hugest of huge corporation was cross-marketing lion king merchandise.
Now, however (and you may have noticed this yourself), the company has lost focus. A single business unit, such as the film production unit, will take and action, and they typically get one unit, TOPS to follow along right away. There MAY be merchandise along with most of Disney's major releases. But it isn't until a film realizes thorough profitability that someone up in corporate gets off their ass and yells at the other division to follow along.
It's almost sad, to see a corporation that was once so good at enterprise planning start to slow down so much. It's become like when you go out to eat with five people, and you each get your food at different times.
Jack
How much was that check from Larry Diveny for?
*Cough*HarryPotter*Cough*
Verbatim- Just like with Bruce Cambell?
Yeah, if ET weren't released twice, it would be. Unfortunately, you missed the amount of revenue the recent re-release brought in.
Try again.
Initial numbers ARE relevant, and that's also why they provide adjusted numbers off to the side on most charts (like the ones linked to in this topic).
Thanks anyway though!
That maybe the reason cameras aren't placed at the most accident prone lights is because POLICE officers are placed there instead a good portion of the time? I drive in Maine quite a bit, and my little town occasionally uses auto ticketers. They are sometimes placed on a few different roads around town, places where the speed zone seems lower maybe than it ought to be. The places where there are likely major accidents, though, are usually staffed by police officers!
Jack
How many of those take the bible literally? I take offense to your supposition that all Christians believe word for conflicting word what the bible says.
The answer is:
Don't get yourself into that situation in the first place!
Has your department ever had a bunch of cars siezed by the IRS because a few congressmen were to idiotic to vote constitutionally to allocate funds where needed?
The government fucks shit like this up all the time- while the jobs may be a little bit more secure, your function is NOT essential to the president, your congressman, and certainly not essential to the hundreds of congresspeople from other states and parties.
Government jobs have oft dissappeared and formed at the slightest political whims, so don't be too secure.
Sorry, but Netscape had very little value in itself anyway, AOL just failed to see that fact. The company has historically been all about the hype, and that's why it's acquisitions fail. Time Warner is the one part of its operations that has value, and it still does.
With Apple's "rise in production costs" that caused them to raise their imac prices, and the fact that they are probably still not covering their costs adequately, it might be BETTER for them to lose Mac sales and gain ipod sales!
PLEASE!
Plastic coke bottles and white paper are not the same as the highly carcinogenic heavy metals contained in computer componant waste. These are hazardous materials that will kill people and animals on a massive scale if theu are not disposed of properly. Think of mainstream movies like Erin Brockovich or A Civil Action where people, actual people with lives, are hurt and killed by wastes. Then realize that these are true stories (not just movies, dramatized though they may be) and that people in China don't have anyone to sue to cover their medical costs.
Additionally, anyone who says that this practice is okay because the People's Republic of China says it's okay should reevaluate their thinking about that government's interests. The People are definitely not included.
If you want to learn a bit more about the effects of heavy metals, my personal suggestion is Neal Stevenson's Zodiac. You could read something a bit more scientific, but would it be as fun?
Spam filters are risky stuff, though. It is important to be aware that they may turn away certain non-spam messages, which can be hazardous to an organization.
I recently bought something on ebay and did not recieve it in a "timely manner." I had tried communicating with the seller via email repeatedly, but had been unsuccessful. I decided to make my personal Custerian stand, and threatened the gent with the full compliment of legal jargon and ebay procedures. It turned out that my messages were, for some odd reason, getting caught by his spam filters, and that it was all a big misunderstanding.