I don't mind the bits they left out, I mind the changes they put in. Big difference.
I'll give you an example: Elrond giving Aragorn the sword of Isildur right before the paths of the dead.
Hey Elrond. If you were committed to coming all that way anyways - we sure could have used your help with the Balrog.
See? The changes are maddening. The look of the film is beautiful, I can understand omissions that don't add to the story (Bombadil, et al) but the changes are insane. You would have to be some kind of madman to think that you could possibly tell Prof. Tolkien's story better than he possibly could.
As long as we don't have Keanu playing the main character, I think this movie will be all right.
It's Hollywood. Don't get your hopes up. 99 times out of 100 they bungle things so badly you barely even recognize the source material.
They'll cast Keanu as Case, brace yourself for that. And Molly will be probably be played by Fran Drescher. Wintermute will be voiced by Owen Wilson. And that's if you're lucky.
The plot changes will be as maddening as what they did to Dune or the Lord of the Rings trilogy at a bare minimum. It wouldn't surprise me if they decide that Wintermute is actually a gnome running around in the computer net and have him pop out Wizard of Oz style and start granting wishes. He will of course be played by Danny DiVito.
On a more serious note - just give up. Don't go see this movie. It's going to suck, it can't help but suck, and you'll be back here complaining about the suck after you watch it. Mark my words. Hollywood can't get anything right, ever. EVER.
Sure the thing is awesome and I can think for plenty of uses for it. But like dot matrix printers - it's not the cost of the gadget it's the cost of the ink.
So likewise, how much does this amazing light sensitive resin cost?
I went camping in Pennsylvania once and saw it for the first time. First thing I said was "What the hell is that?"
It looks like a reflection of city lights off of smoke or clouds or something, but in a clear sky. It's a little bewildering the first time you see it.
A new study finds that, to maximize energy absorption for photosynthesis, the flora on worlds that orbit two suns may have evolved to use one or more types of light-absorbing pigments that absorb across a broad range of wavelengths, which would tend to make the plant appear black or gray.
If that is true, why don't we have black plants here? If you had multiple types of light absorbing pigments in a plant here, that plant would capture more energy from the sun and be able to out compete other types of plants. It would stay well fed in all seasons and would be able to use that extra captured energy to make seeds and reproduce year round, not just once or twice a year like other plants.
Here's the thing people don't seem to realize: FPGAs *are* cheap.
They are. I do embedded design for a living. And I'm yet to see a design cross my desk that doesn't have a Xilinx or Altera chip on it. You see them typically used as glue logic, like buffers in between the cpu and pcmcia slot. Or clock generation. Discrete components for that would be *far* more expensive.
FPGAs are already a bargain. Sure, if something cheaper and faster comes along that'll be great. But not really necessary.
Then again, you might be brilliant. That's actually a fantastic idea.
Sure beats having the labels rewrite laws to do their thing. If Google made some client that advertised at you while you downloaded music for free it would make them a mint, artists would get paid, and consumers would get their music without funding an industry that is bent on removing their rights.
Important is a relative term. It's different for everybody. If you're doing something you honestly love, that's not a bad way to spend your last few days.
Algebra II is the leading predictor of college and work success
Ok, that makes sense. Second part of the quote:
according to research that has launched a growing national movement to require it of graduates.
That is idiotic. The reason why Algebra II is a predictor of success is because it is one of the classes you opt-in and take if you're going to college. Only people with career plans in high school take Algebra II - of course it's a predictor of success. And conversely, if you make it mandatory it won't be an indicator anymore.
Reminds me of the joke about the guy who heard that most accidents happen within ten miles of his home, so he moved.
Why bother with a DMCA takedown if you still own the copyright? Are they saying they don't mind people distributing the content, just so long as nobody reverse engineers it?
'I'm not a group of hacker, I'm single hacker with experience of 1,000 hackers.'
Sounds just like the Iraqi Information Minister or Kim Jong Il. "Oh no no no! I not a group or government no! I am super skilled hacker with skill of 1000 men. I can play 18 rounds of golf in 18 shots by getting 18 hole in one. Yes! I just that good!"
It's not like every job I've ever had I was thinking "what will this make my resume look like, in the event I run into some language snob in the future?"
I'm in it to get paid. If there was money in it, I'd write COBOL apps to run on mainframes that are beowulf clusters of iPads. I have a family to feed and a mortgage to pay so I don't wind up homeless. I don't give a rats ass about much else. Pay me and I write code - that's it.
3. A computer crash or failure does not constitute a huge explosion.
Back in the 80's my mom got her first accounting position that actually required her to use a computer. So she had me come in on the first day and turn it on - she was afraid to. Because she had seen Star Trek occasionally and thought "computer error = big sparky explosion".
I'm going to throw my vote in for Swordfish. Cool idea for a movie, but you're not going to be able to suddenly gain the magic ability to break encryption keys if someone blows you while you have a gun to your head. And the graphic "move the boxes around" thing was stupid. And the computer that the bad guy bought for the hacker with the monitors all up and down the wall was absolutely silly. Only thing that would do for you is give you an ice cream headache when you move your windows around.
And it was bogus as hell making the first hacker named Torvalds. "Hey I'm Hollywood, aren't I cute?" Yeah. Next time find a guy actually named Torvalds and hire him as a consultant for your movie. Then it won't look silly like this.
Oh, and a positive note. The Unix in Tron Legacy was actually quite nice. They actually had someone who has touched a computer consult on that movie. A nice surprise I thought. I wasn't expecting it from a Disney action movie.
A consumer need for virtualization generally indicates an incorrect choice of OS.
Not so, my friend. I use VirtualBox on my Windows machine at home, and usually run Windows in the VM.
I have one VM that does nothing but email. That way if/when I wipe the machine my email stays the same. Another VM holds the browser. If my browser gets pwnt, a simple reset and it's back to snuff. I also have a VM that I use as a scratchpad to see if a given install will crash or bone up Win7 64 bit, so I don't bunk my actual install. I'm new to 64 bit windows, so this seems like a good precaution.
VMs are a tool. It's not really up to one person to say how the tool is used. More tools in the toolbox is a good thing.
Of course they're going to say it was some sophisticated uber attack that only ninja net gods could have done. Their stock and their reputation has taken enough of a beating. The truth would be FAR worse. "No, we were pwnt by really simple stuff like crappy passwords and ignoring basic safeguards. In the light of that though, may we work out a service contract with you to make you business secure?"
Nope, not happening. The truth wouldn't do anything but tank them harder. Lies would be pretty much your only choice.
Because it couldn't be their increasingly lousy product, lousy treatment of their customers, constant litigation, or better informed customers who don't wish to fund an agency that is trying to restrict our rights? Right? Right?
Clearly, it HAS to be something else. I know! How about streaming media? I'll bet that's it.
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I don't mind the bits they left out, I mind the changes they put in. Big difference.
I'll give you an example: Elrond giving Aragorn the sword of Isildur right before the paths of the dead.
Hey Elrond. If you were committed to coming all that way anyways - we sure could have used your help with the Balrog.
See? The changes are maddening. The look of the film is beautiful, I can understand omissions that don't add to the story (Bombadil, et al) but the changes are insane. You would have to be some kind of madman to think that you could possibly tell Prof. Tolkien's story better than he possibly could.
As long as we don't have Keanu playing the main character, I think this movie will be all right.
It's Hollywood. Don't get your hopes up. 99 times out of 100 they bungle things so badly you barely even recognize the source material.
They'll cast Keanu as Case, brace yourself for that. And Molly will be probably be played by Fran Drescher. Wintermute will be voiced by Owen Wilson. And that's if you're lucky.
The plot changes will be as maddening as what they did to Dune or the Lord of the Rings trilogy at a bare minimum. It wouldn't surprise me if they decide that Wintermute is actually a gnome running around in the computer net and have him pop out Wizard of Oz style and start granting wishes. He will of course be played by Danny DiVito.
On a more serious note - just give up. Don't go see this movie. It's going to suck, it can't help but suck, and you'll be back here complaining about the suck after you watch it. Mark my words. Hollywood can't get anything right, ever. EVER.
Or in this case, light sensitive resin plastic.
Sure the thing is awesome and I can think for plenty of uses for it. But like dot matrix printers - it's not the cost of the gadget it's the cost of the ink.
So likewise, how much does this amazing light sensitive resin cost?
I went camping in Pennsylvania once and saw it for the first time. First thing I said was "What the hell is that?"
It looks like a reflection of city lights off of smoke or clouds or something, but in a clear sky. It's a little bewildering the first time you see it.
A corporation exists to maximize profit. So if you're going to anthropomorphize a company it's not evil, it just doesn't care about evil.
So the proper term would be sociopathic.
In his double wide with a bottle of Maker's Mark.
A perfectly reasonable answer, and a point I missed. Thanks.
A new study finds that, to maximize energy absorption for photosynthesis, the flora on worlds that orbit two suns may have evolved to use one or more types of light-absorbing pigments that absorb across a broad range of wavelengths, which would tend to make the plant appear black or gray.
If that is true, why don't we have black plants here? If you had multiple types of light absorbing pigments in a plant here, that plant would capture more energy from the sun and be able to out compete other types of plants. It would stay well fed in all seasons and would be able to use that extra captured energy to make seeds and reproduce year round, not just once or twice a year like other plants.
Reminded me of this.
Here's the thing people don't seem to realize: FPGAs *are* cheap.
They are. I do embedded design for a living. And I'm yet to see a design cross my desk that doesn't have a Xilinx or Altera chip on it. You see them typically used as glue logic, like buffers in between the cpu and pcmcia slot. Or clock generation. Discrete components for that would be *far* more expensive.
FPGAs are already a bargain. Sure, if something cheaper and faster comes along that'll be great. But not really necessary.
Then again, you might be brilliant. That's actually a fantastic idea.
Sure beats having the labels rewrite laws to do their thing. If Google made some client that advertised at you while you downloaded music for free it would make them a mint, artists would get paid, and consumers would get their music without funding an industry that is bent on removing their rights.
I love this idea. Go Google GO!
Important is a relative term. It's different for everybody. If you're doing something you honestly love, that's not a bad way to spend your last few days.
Ok, let's look at this. First part of the quote:
Algebra II is the leading predictor of college and work success
Ok, that makes sense. Second part of the quote:
according to research that has launched a growing national movement to require it of graduates.
That is idiotic. The reason why Algebra II is a predictor of success is because it is one of the classes you opt-in and take if you're going to college. Only people with career plans in high school take Algebra II - of course it's a predictor of success. And conversely, if you make it mandatory it won't be an indicator anymore.
Reminds me of the joke about the guy who heard that most accidents happen within ten miles of his home, so he moved.
Why bother with a DMCA takedown if you still own the copyright? Are they saying they don't mind people distributing the content, just so long as nobody reverse engineers it?
I mean come on, really?
'I'm not a group of hacker, I'm single hacker with experience of 1,000 hackers.'
Sounds just like the Iraqi Information Minister or Kim Jong Il. "Oh no no no! I not a group or government no! I am super skilled hacker with skill of 1000 men. I can play 18 rounds of golf in 18 shots by getting 18 hole in one. Yes! I just that good!"
It's not like every job I've ever had I was thinking "what will this make my resume look like, in the event I run into some language snob in the future?"
I'm in it to get paid. If there was money in it, I'd write COBOL apps to run on mainframes that are beowulf clusters of iPads. I have a family to feed and a mortgage to pay so I don't wind up homeless. I don't give a rats ass about much else. Pay me and I write code - that's it.
I'm in the SCA. My entire basement is a survival kit.
What you call the end of civilization I call a vacation.
Wonderful link - thanks. I'd mod you up instead of commenting if I had points today.
The actual amount was probably about 2 pounds. You know how bad NASA is at imperial to metric conversion.
3. A computer crash or failure does not constitute a huge explosion.
Back in the 80's my mom got her first accounting position that actually required her to use a computer. So she had me come in on the first day and turn it on - she was afraid to. Because she had seen Star Trek occasionally and thought "computer error = big sparky explosion".
I'm going to throw my vote in for Swordfish. Cool idea for a movie, but you're not going to be able to suddenly gain the magic ability to break encryption keys if someone blows you while you have a gun to your head. And the graphic "move the boxes around" thing was stupid. And the computer that the bad guy bought for the hacker with the monitors all up and down the wall was absolutely silly. Only thing that would do for you is give you an ice cream headache when you move your windows around.
And it was bogus as hell making the first hacker named Torvalds. "Hey I'm Hollywood, aren't I cute?" Yeah. Next time find a guy actually named Torvalds and hire him as a consultant for your movie. Then it won't look silly like this.
Oh, and a positive note. The Unix in Tron Legacy was actually quite nice. They actually had someone who has touched a computer consult on that movie. A nice surprise I thought. I wasn't expecting it from a Disney action movie.
A consumer need for virtualization generally indicates an incorrect choice of OS.
Not so, my friend. I use VirtualBox on my Windows machine at home, and usually run Windows in the VM.
I have one VM that does nothing but email. That way if/when I wipe the machine my email stays the same. Another VM holds the browser. If my browser gets pwnt, a simple reset and it's back to snuff. I also have a VM that I use as a scratchpad to see if a given install will crash or bone up Win7 64 bit, so I don't bunk my actual install. I'm new to 64 bit windows, so this seems like a good precaution.
VMs are a tool. It's not really up to one person to say how the tool is used. More tools in the toolbox is a good thing.
IOPS?
It's important to know.
Of course they're going to say it was some sophisticated uber attack that only ninja net gods could have done. Their stock and their reputation has taken enough of a beating. The truth would be FAR worse. "No, we were pwnt by really simple stuff like crappy passwords and ignoring basic safeguards. In the light of that though, may we work out a service contract with you to make you business secure?"
Nope, not happening. The truth wouldn't do anything but tank them harder. Lies would be pretty much your only choice.
Because it couldn't be their increasingly lousy product, lousy treatment of their customers, constant litigation, or better informed customers who don't wish to fund an agency that is trying to restrict our rights? Right? Right?
Clearly, it HAS to be something else. I know! How about streaming media? I'll bet that's it.