Or...what if they are people who have made the realization that they are inside the matrix...and WANT to enforce the machine rule? Dunno...
SPOILER: Many geeks mistake final status of Zion
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Review: Matrix: Reloaded
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Why does everyone think Zion is destroyed? I would have never thought that this many geeks were afflicted with ADD.
Recall please: The viewer is specifically told that a counter-offensive was launched at one of the key lines, to surprise attack the first wave of sentinels BEFORE THEY REACHED THE CITY. The counter-offensive seemed as though it was viable at first, but then one of the ships fired an EMP too early and disabled all the ships in the fleet; recall the line "it was a massacre" (paraphrase). Now, the one ship which Neo et al are found on in the end of the movie is the ship which was sent, BY ZION, to search for survivors. The crew of that ship hint that there may have been sabotage, and one reason we are given to support that conclusion is the discovery of only one survivor: A. Smith's real-word counterpart.
After these events, the viewer is again shown that scene with the thousands of sentinels, probably because the makers predicted that some of you would believe that Zion was destroyed and they needed to show you that, in fact, the horde of sentinels are still waiting to get to Zion. Those of you who believe Zion was destroyed probably thought that these were sentinels who had reached Zion already, and had also had enough time to utterly destroy every marking, every indication that Zion had ever existed, and left only bare rock walls in its place.
Another thing to think about: Morpheus says displays surprise after talking with Neo, because he expected the war to be over. If Zion is destroyed, the war is over, yet he isn't surprised because he found that Zion is destroyed (because it isn't) but rather that there are still machines lining up to get to Zion. Do you think there would be one, well-ordered, perfectly operating hovercraft left in the Earth's core to rescue them if there had been a battle for survival in Zion? Stop telling people that Zion is destroyed.
See, I'm talking about a full-screen boot logo. I know there are some out there who would consider this to be nancy, but I think it looks slick. I used this patch here and then adapted this image to a white 1024x768 canvas, with the image centered. If you want to see all the Slackware logos check out the propaganda link on the Slackware page. I also got dropline-gnome, a series of packages which contain Gnome 2.0, compiled on Slackware. While I don't use Gnome, I do like the new GDM greeter,so I created a cool Slack theme for it (well, I think it's cool). If anyone is interested in it, post a reply and I'll submit it to freshmeat or something.
Now that I can see that there are some lights on at Slackware, I'm going to help them polish their distro with some apps/scripts/customizations which would be Slack specific; I hope this development spurs more people to do the same, and also to create a dialogue for those who are seeking to help improve the distro. I know of a couple things that could use some work too... how about that rc.sysvinit which doesn't even work? Maybe replace it with an optional full SVR4 init system, or have the option for a kernel with an compiled boot logo. Perhaps even our own version of a package download tool (tgz-get?). Hopefully this will open the door to all that.
And any attempts to circumvent the adhesive properties of the glue is considered an attempt to bypass a security measure and thus illegal under the DMCA!
The primary method they're using to deter piracy is putting bad music made by a washed up 80s band on the CD.
Sony MZ-N1 records at 32X realtime
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Sony's MZ-N1 Minidisc Recorder might be what you're looking for. I have one and I love it. It can record audio data coming through the USB port of a computer at 32X realtime while in MDLP4 mode(which means that one regular 74 minute MD lasts 4 times as long). MDLP4 sounds indistuingishable from MP3 audio, but if that's not good enough, MDLP2 touts speeds of 16X and regular recording (highest quality) records at 8X. It can also upload just as fast, and even though you currently have to import it from Japan, the software installs itself in English.
I hear alot of people whine about the last two episodes, but if you think that the internal struggles of the main characters and the philosophical questions about the mind and reality are inconsitent with the rest of the story, I find that usually it is because of at least one of the three reasons:
1) You were watching the series expecting intense action, setting aside the insightful moral and philosophical dilemas that the story offers. (Manime == 'Anime based on action and flash rather than interesting story')
2) You did not pay any attention to the slow parts of the story or you zoned out during those moments.
3) You are an idiot.
The biggest worry I would have if I were them is someone RE'ing their file format and ripping all of their stuff to ogg's or mp3's... But then that's why there's a DMCA I suppose... (please do not take the last statement as an endorsement of the DMCA).
But that's exactly what you're doing, by hoping that nobody alters or tinkers with a file that they've bought. If I record some music by using the line-in on my sound card I'm free to convert that file to any format I want; shouldn't I be able to do that with a file that I paid for?
The only way that you could disagree is by employing the same subversive logic that those companies pushing SDMI and SCMS on us are using: the consumer is not buying the music, s/he is buying the right to listen to is. But then again, if you believed that, you might also think that Digital Rights Management is innovative.
To all you who would suggest that those who are not criminals have nothing to hide and should welcome the conveniences that this implant could offer: may I recommend that you arrange with your local police department to have your body cavities regularly checked, to prove that you are not hiding anything illegal in them, since you obviously care more about the government's right to know at anytime what you have and what you are doing than about your own right to privacy.
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cos(theta)^2 + sin(theta)^2 = 1 That one's just fun to derive, imo.
Or...what if they are people who have made the realization that they are inside the matrix...and WANT to enforce the machine rule? Dunno...
Why does everyone think Zion is destroyed? I would have never thought that this many geeks were afflicted with ADD.
Recall please: The viewer is specifically told that a counter-offensive was launched at one of the key lines, to surprise attack the first wave of sentinels BEFORE THEY REACHED THE CITY. The counter-offensive seemed as though it was viable at first, but then one of the ships fired an EMP too early and disabled all the ships in the fleet; recall the line "it was a massacre" (paraphrase). Now, the one ship which Neo et al are found on in the end of the movie is the ship which was sent, BY ZION, to search for survivors. The crew of that ship hint that there may have been sabotage, and one reason we are given to support that conclusion is the discovery of only one survivor: A. Smith's real-word counterpart.
After these events, the viewer is again shown that scene with the thousands of sentinels, probably because the makers predicted that some of you would believe that Zion was destroyed and they needed to show you that, in fact, the horde of sentinels are still waiting to get to Zion. Those of you who believe Zion was destroyed probably thought that these were sentinels who had reached Zion already, and had also had enough time to utterly destroy every marking, every indication that Zion had ever existed, and left only bare rock walls in its place.
Another thing to think about: Morpheus says displays surprise after talking with Neo, because he expected the war to be over. If Zion is destroyed, the war is over, yet he isn't surprised because he found that Zion is destroyed (because it isn't) but rather that there are still machines lining up to get to Zion. Do you think there would be one, well-ordered, perfectly operating hovercraft left in the Earth's core to rescue them if there had been a battle for survival in Zion? Stop telling people that Zion is destroyed.
See, I'm talking about a full-screen boot logo. I know there are some out there who would consider this to be nancy, but I think it looks slick. I used this patch here and then adapted this image to a white 1024x768 canvas, with the image centered. If you want to see all the Slackware logos check out the propaganda link on the Slackware page. I also got dropline-gnome, a series of packages which contain Gnome 2.0, compiled on Slackware. While I don't use Gnome, I do like the new GDM greeter,so I created a cool Slack theme for it (well, I think it's cool). If anyone is interested in it, post a reply and I'll submit it to freshmeat or something.
Now that I can see that there are some lights on at Slackware, I'm going to help them polish their distro with some apps/scripts/customizations which would be Slack specific; I hope this development spurs more people to do the same, and also to create a dialogue for those who are seeking to help improve the distro. I know of a couple things that could use some work too... how about that rc.sysvinit which doesn't even work? Maybe replace it with an optional full SVR4 init system, or have the option for a kernel with an compiled boot logo. Perhaps even our own version of a package download tool (tgz-get?). Hopefully this will open the door to all that.
I most certainly would like to see a simple, open framework that allows users to add and customize this kind of functionality within XFree.
And any attempts to circumvent the adhesive properties of the glue is considered an attempt to bypass a security measure and thus illegal under the DMCA!
The primary method they're using to deter piracy is putting bad music made by a washed up 80s band on the CD.
Sony's MZ-N1 Minidisc Recorder might be what you're looking for. I have one and I love it. It can record audio data coming through the USB port of a computer at 32X realtime while in MDLP4 mode(which means that one regular 74 minute MD lasts 4 times as long).
MDLP4 sounds indistuingishable from MP3 audio, but if that's not good enough, MDLP2 touts speeds of 16X and regular recording (highest quality) records at 8X. It can also upload just as fast, and even though you currently have to import it from Japan, the software installs itself in English.
I hear alot of people whine about the last two episodes, but if you think that the internal struggles of the main characters and the philosophical questions about the mind and reality are inconsitent with the rest of the story, I find that usually it is because of at least one of the three reasons:
1) You were watching the series expecting intense action, setting aside the insightful moral and philosophical dilemas that the story offers. (Manime == 'Anime based on action and flash rather than interesting story')
2) You did not pay any attention to the slow parts of the story or you zoned out during those moments.
3) You are an idiot.
But that's exactly what you're doing, by hoping that nobody alters or tinkers with a file that they've bought. If I record some music by using the line-in on my sound card I'm free to convert that file to any format I want; shouldn't I be able to do that with a file that I paid for?
The only way that you could disagree is by employing the same subversive logic that those companies pushing SDMI and SCMS on us are using: the consumer is not buying the music, s/he is buying the right to listen to is. But then again, if you believed that, you might also think that Digital Rights Management is innovative.
To all you who would suggest that those who are not criminals have nothing to hide and should welcome the conveniences that this implant could offer: may I recommend that you arrange with your local police department to have your body cavities regularly checked, to prove that you are not hiding anything illegal in them, since you obviously care more about the government's right to know at anytime what you have and what you are doing than about your own right to privacy.