The movie spends zero time introducing the four main characters. There is no way of knowing why there such a love-hate relationship between Faye and Spike/Jet. And why does Ein know the next move of Go? Or why does Spike have this whole devil-may-care attitude? Viewers of the series or readers of the manga could easily answer those questions. It's a good anime movie, but it is squarely aimed at the fans of the series.
I would like to disagree with you there. Before seeing the movie I've only heard of CB in passing and haven't seen a minute of the actual series, I certainly don't know any of the things you've listed, and yet I've enjoyed the movie tremendously. I don't know who pioneered the idea that for a movie to be enjoyable everything has to be explained to death and made obvious; on the contrary the fact that you don't know everything about it lends the movie a bit of credibility, it feels like there is something going on there.
It's impossible to compress a world created over dozens of episodes into a lame half-hour "introduction" at the beginning of a movie, and I am glad they didn't try to. Personally, I'll just make sure to watch the series itself now.
Oh and I have to agree on the dubbing - while it was very well done, I still would've preferred subtitles, there's just something "wrong" with watching Anime in English, kind of like eating sushi with a fork - some people find it more convinient, but it just doesn't feel right.
Spike being cooler then Jesus, good fight scenes, good action scenes, and kick ass music (see the movie for the music if anything, Yoko Kanno is a goddess.)
Yeah, I hate it when they do that - give me a lame character, bad fight scenes and awful music!
Seriously, I think that being "jsut a long episode" is the absolute best thing a movie based on a (good) series can do. When they try to do something "special" it either alienates the fans, or just comes out crap.
The discovery of the structure went a long way towards the discovery of the method of replication (W&C actually hinted at this in the paper) and of the specifics of its function. Without it we could not determine the DNA sequence, without which any study of genetics can only go so far.
That we have a (mostly) completed human genome sequence only 50 years after the discovery of the structure is absolutely astounding. This of course is only the first step, the practical applications (while they exist already) will be coming into their own in the very near future. Also I am led to think that you don't have a great understanding of how exactly molecular genetics is affecting your life already.
Incidentally we did not discover the moon 10 years before we got there. And figuring out how life works is a little more complicated than strapping a huge engine on a metal bucket.
And I am sorry, but I don't care what you "suspect" about science, I get the feeling you know nothing about it.
This whole Franklin thing tends to get blown out of proportion a bit. Wilkins was Franklin's (and W&C's) superviser, and as such her knowledge or consent doesn't really apply here.
Of course hers was a very significant contribution to the discovery, and she would certainly have been included on the Nobel prize, were it not for the simple fact that she was dead by the time they got around to awarding it, and Nobel's aren't awarded posthumously.
Incidentally, she did produce data that went along way to help the formation of the theory, but she certainly wasn't the one to put it forward (incidentally, she thought it was a triple helix). She published her data in the same issue of Nature, but didn't risk putting forward any sort of ground breaking theory.
this april fool's "hilarity" gets lamer and lamer every year - can't we just give it a rest?
It's spreading to other sites now too, the whole CPAN/Matt's archive thing did give me a bit of a scare, course it didn't help that they did it a whole day early (for me anyway, don't know what time zone they are in)
I'm no mathematician, but that's about a 0.7% difference - is that really worth changing a well established format over? Unless it has some other benefit in addition to the insignificantly smaller file size?
Of course it also largely depends on what it is you are compressing. Let's not forget that "real" compression is, after all, impossible.
Exactly how many "Webapps with PHP and MySQL" books do they think we need? They are probably in the hundreds by now! What, are they not going to stop until there is a separate edition for every single developer out there? I'm sorry, but it's just not that exciting (or involved) a topic.
Just for fun, couldn't someone write a "mod_perl and postgres" book? Though even that would be pretty redundant at this point... Or just for giggles, "JavaScript and SAPDB" or something? (Ok, come to think of it that might not be the best idea)
Sorry for the redundancy, but I just keep looking at these and thinking "WHY?" - there are only so many ways to build a bloody shopping cart, after all.
The person who wants to play any game, browse the web, and check their email.
Actually, for the vast majority of home users that list is one item shorter. Playing computer games might be an integral part of your "home computing experience" but it's certainly not for most other people (in general, I know this isnt' true for this audience).
For some silly reason, some people think that it's nice to have more than one product that can do the other two things on that list - go figure. Certainly no one is going to make you learn anything you don't want to. (That was a rather odd statement anyway, if you would "love" to know something, surely you would learn about it without "needing" to?)
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The new version SDR-4X II has improved [...] safety functions...
What like:
The SDR-4X II may not injure a human being, or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
The SDR-4X II must obey the orders given it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
The SDR-4X II must protect its own existence, except where such protection would conflict with the First or Second Law.
Or do they mean no sharp edges for when kids try to lick it?
I think the point the article was trying to make, was that during the time it describes, Hitler had not yet murdered millions of people. And I don't think he was trying to make an "honest comparison", that you can do on your own, but just point out a few parallels.
Alright, I know that it isn't, and never can be, fair to compare anyone to Hitler.
Why? I am not saying in this case in particular, but you say "never" - that's a little strong, was Hitler really all that unique?
In any case, the article doesn't compare Bush to Hitler, it compares some of the tactics employed by Bush to some of those employed by Hitler. And while it is true that the essay has been massaged to skew the perception towards the sensationalistic, much of the comparison (once again, of the tactics, not the people) is not without merit.
Besides, whatever else, Hitler was a very apt leader, in some ways comparing Bush to him is too much of a compliment.
That's something that always bothers me - people seem to be completely unable to separate people's beliefs, attitudes, agendas and morality (or lack theirof) from their abilities and competencies.
Hm, I don't know much about the "Alternate Reality" games, but they seems to requiere a significant investment on the part of the company, during the entire game run, and once it's no longer "support" it, you can't really play the game... just doesn't seem like a good fit.
Incidentally, "Alternate Reality" seems like a bit of a misnomer - isn't the whole point that the games are played, in part, in our reality (phone calls and faxes and all that)? It's traditional computer games where the action takes place in an "alternate" reality.
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As long as it's not RedHat LinuXP...
They don't support mp3 because of licensing issues, not because of patents.
Sodamistic? Somehow that name makes me think they would manufacture something other than pop machines...
hmmm... Cola... how can people drink that shit? I'm serious (-1 Offtopic/Flamebait and all that aside) - it's just plain disgusting.
I did specify "good" series ;)
Ugh - just did a quick GIS for it - I'll stick with the, much less distasteful, tentacle rape stuff, thank you very much.
I would like to disagree with you there. Before seeing the movie I've only heard of CB in passing and haven't seen a minute of the actual series, I certainly don't know any of the things you've listed, and yet I've enjoyed the movie tremendously. I don't know who pioneered the idea that for a movie to be enjoyable everything has to be explained to death and made obvious; on the contrary the fact that you don't know everything about it lends the movie a bit of credibility, it feels like there is something going on there.
It's impossible to compress a world created over dozens of episodes into a lame half-hour "introduction" at the beginning of a movie, and I am glad they didn't try to. Personally, I'll just make sure to watch the series itself now.
Oh and I have to agree on the dubbing - while it was very well done, I still would've preferred subtitles, there's just something "wrong" with watching Anime in English, kind of like eating sushi with a fork - some people find it more convinient, but it just doesn't feel right.
What's "cutsey" anime? I always thought of any anime as some proportion of extreme violence and tentacle rape...
Yeah, I hate it when they do that - give me a lame character, bad fight scenes and awful music!
Seriously, I think that being "jsut a long episode" is the absolute best thing a movie based on a (good) series can do. When they try to do something "special" it either alienates the fans, or just comes out crap.
Oh come on - vincent maybe, but Electra had huge knockers!
That we have a (mostly) completed human genome sequence only 50 years after the discovery of the structure is absolutely astounding. This of course is only the first step, the practical applications (while they exist already) will be coming into their own in the very near future. Also I am led to think that you don't have a great understanding of how exactly molecular genetics is affecting your life already.
Incidentally we did not discover the moon 10 years before we got there. And figuring out how life works is a little more complicated than strapping a huge engine on a metal bucket.
And I am sorry, but I don't care what you "suspect" about science, I get the feeling you know nothing about it.
Of course hers was a very significant contribution to the discovery, and she would certainly have been included on the Nobel prize, were it not for the simple fact that she was dead by the time they got around to awarding it, and Nobel's aren't awarded posthumously.
Incidentally, she did produce data that went along way to help the formation of the theory, but she certainly wasn't the one to put it forward (incidentally, she thought it was a triple helix). She published her data in the same issue of Nature, but didn't risk putting forward any sort of ground breaking theory.
Not so good at releasing software? Um, if Mozilla doesn't cut it, what is "good software" in your opinion?
ok, back to work
It's spreading to other sites now too, the whole CPAN/Matt's archive thing did give me a bit of a scare, course it didn't help that they did it a whole day early (for me anyway, don't know what time zone they are in)
Of course it also largely depends on what it is you are compressing. Let's not forget that "real" compression is, after all, impossible.
Just for fun, couldn't someone write a "mod_perl and postgres" book? Though even that would be pretty redundant at this point... Or just for giggles, "JavaScript and SAPDB" or something? (Ok, come to think of it that might not be the best idea)
Sorry for the redundancy, but I just keep looking at these and thinking "WHY?" - there are only so many ways to build a bloody shopping cart, after all.
Actually, for the vast majority of home users that list is one item shorter. Playing computer games might be an integral part of your "home computing experience" but it's certainly not for most other people (in general, I know this isnt' true for this audience).
For some silly reason, some people think that it's nice to have more than one product that can do the other two things on that list - go figure. Certainly no one is going to make you learn anything you don't want to. (That was a rather odd statement anyway, if you would "love" to know something, surely you would learn about it without "needing" to?)
What like:
Or do they mean no sharp edges for when kids try to lick it?I think the point the article was trying to make, was that during the time it describes, Hitler had not yet murdered millions of people. And I don't think he was trying to make an "honest comparison", that you can do on your own, but just point out a few parallels.
Thanks for pointing out another similarity.
2. Were Hitler's goals to obliterate a threat, or to take over Europe and exterminate the Jews?
Well that certainly depends - according to him Jews were a threat.
3. Do you really think Bush hates Arabs?
Probably not, but if you think it's important how Hitler felt about Jews, I think you are missing a big part of the point.
Oh, don't take any of this too seriously, devil's advocate and all that.
Why? I am not saying in this case in particular, but you say "never" - that's a little strong, was Hitler really all that unique?
In any case, the article doesn't compare Bush to Hitler, it compares some of the tactics employed by Bush to some of those employed by Hitler. And while it is true that the essay has been massaged to skew the perception towards the sensationalistic, much of the comparison (once again, of the tactics, not the people) is not without merit.
Besides, whatever else, Hitler was a very apt leader, in some ways comparing Bush to him is too much of a compliment.
That's something that always bothers me - people seem to be completely unable to separate people's beliefs, attitudes, agendas and morality (or lack theirof) from their abilities and competencies.
Now all we need is for someone to patent spam (and actually have the money to enforce that patent)!
Your inability to properly develop/maintain applications says nothing about triggers or their relative usefulness.
Incidentally, "Alternate Reality" seems like a bit of a misnomer - isn't the whole point that the games are played, in part, in our reality (phone calls and faxes and all that)? It's traditional computer games where the action takes place in an "alternate" reality.