Both browsers have some sort of general keyword system setup so you can type in "cars" and go to some car site... probably. No one uses it though because google will take 'em where they want to go
The company predicted net income of $1.3 million to $2.5 million for the current quarter, which runs through February. Revenue should be between $26.5 million and $27.5 million. Cash generated from operations should increase to between $2 million and $3 million.
There was never really a killer app involved. Companies with a dedicated IT department understand the utility in newer technology, but to the average person, saying something like "This is a revolutionary new technology. It will let you check your email and voicemail! And let you keep an address book!" is hardly compelling. People can already do all of those things with regular HTTP and/or other technology.
In addition, I wonder how many people actually want to have a single online identity for everything? It might be safer then using the same username/password over and over again, but I don't really know if people want to have their every move tracked and databased... although it does seem like a lot of people don't care.
Of course, the video game industry has been larger then the movie industry for a while, at least in terms of revenue. That probably has a lot to do with the fact that video games cost $50 or so for a new game, while movies cost a few dollars at the theater, and around $10-$15 for DVDs.
But still, it's interesting how the movie (and even the tiny music) industry seem to be much more newsworthy and important then the video game industry. Aside from game specific press... the game industry gets about as much ink as the logging industry or something. Its weird.
Well, there are two things we can say to refute that:
1) The mirror reflected all the horrible images that frodo was seeing in his own mind, because of all the discussion going on about the ring itself by gandalf and the elves and such.
2) That was just a lie anyway, as the mirror was simply a way for galadriel to communicate and she just told another lie about the mirror so that frodo would do what she wanted him to, namely help destroy the one right and restore stasis to middle earth.
Holy crap... is there really anyone out there who hasn't already seen the fansub of this, like, a year ago? If you ask me, these anime companies are really shooting themselves in the foot by delaying American desireada by so much.
If there's one thing about the free market, it's that people will always create things people want. That's why the war on drugs doesn't work. Of course, in the case of CB:KOHD, it was distributed for free, possibly throwing my free market analogy completely worthless. but. um. the point is that a high quality English translation of the film has been available for over a year.
If internet geeks could do it in that short time, why couldn't the company? It seems to me they would have made a lot more money if they were putting out a movie that most people were excited to see a year ago...
Did you even read the artical? Or anything?
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You seem to be the one spewing shit, and don't know anything about Brins artical, or this history of the rings... a history that Brin whent over in greater detail then you did
After 100 or so years of reckless optimism, we're finally starting to realize that the future can suck, even when great technology comes along. Compare the view that science fiction has of our future NOW to the view expressed in 1930, 1940, 1950.
People have always known the future could suck. In fact, 'the world is getting worse' has been a predominant theme in human writing as long as there has been human writing. But you know what? The world keeps getting better, not worse.
I'm not saying we should bound heedlessly into the future without any planning, but it's stupid to say that technology and progress are bad things.
For almost every person earth, the world is a better place today then it was 100 years ago.
Trolling is saying something you don' belive for the sole purpose of enraging others. Writing something provocative and intresting, and timing it so that it gets a lot of exposure and revinue is not trolling.
The Rockefeller's made all their money from Standard Oil in the first part of this century. The Kennedys made their money from smuggling booze during prohibition. Nether of them are truly 'old money'.
The true old money people in this nation do nothing but hoard it.
On the other hand, look at someone like Gates. Mostly new money, but he's doing more for the world then the lot of vanderbilts combined.
Tolkien himself rejected this notion many times during his lifetime. The story was not a cipher for WWII or the atom bomb. It was just a story. If Brin did something more than simply topical reading/viewing, he would know this.
Brin DIDN'T say that LOTR was an alagory for WWII. That's just something the poster threw in. Brin just said that Tolken was writing the books at a time when the 'failure' of the scientific enlightenment was aperant.
not every country has a large, educated middle-class. As a matter of fact, the lack of a middle-class is one of the most serious problems in thrid-world countries today.
Yes. Brin mentioned that in his essay.
Brin goes over how JRR Tolkien was a snobby, romantic anglo-saxon elitist, writing about WII. OK... Now tell me something I don't know!
Why should I have to? Its exactly as the original poster said, it isn't a social commentary its a fairy tale
Yeah, god forbid we should ever think about anything. Talking about a book couldn't possibly be enjoyable for its own sake
Later when Frodo is shown the future by the Lady of the Wood, the Dark Lord burns down people's houses and enslaves them.
Or, maybe she just showed him what she though would happen... or lied to him to get him to carry the ring to mt doom she was to scared and lazy to trasport herself.
Besides, if you buy consider Brin's hypothis that the book is a work of propaganda after the war was won, then of course it is going to portray him as a "bad" person.
one main character points out that humans need the little stories and lies in childhood as practice. Practice for believing in the big, important things. Things like Honor and Justice.
Don't forget Faith. It's really important that people still belive all the big lies throughout their whole lives.
David Brin seems to spend more time picking apart other, more popular, sci-fi then he does writing his own.
Or, at least the media spends more time talking about David Brin talking about other, more popular sci fi then they do talking about him writing. And as we all know, the amount of time the media spends talking about something is directly proportional to frequency of the occurrence, and absolutely nothing else.
Slashdot Mirror
But only for AOL users, not the general public.
Both browsers have some sort of general keyword system setup so you can type in "cars" and go to some car site... probably. No one uses it though because google will take 'em where they want to go
The company predicted net income of $1.3 million to $2.5 million for the current quarter, which runs through February. Revenue should be between $26.5 million and $27.5 million. Cash generated from operations should increase to between $2 million and $3 million.
So... where does the other 25 million come from?
There was never really a killer app involved. Companies with a dedicated IT department understand the utility in newer technology, but to the average person, saying something like "This is a revolutionary new technology. It will let you check your email and voicemail! And let you keep an address book!" is hardly compelling. People can already do all of those things with regular HTTP and/or other technology.
In addition, I wonder how many people actually want to have a single online identity for everything? It might be safer then using the same username/password over and over again, but I don't really know if people want to have their every move tracked and databased... although it does seem like a lot of people don't care.
that you are actually intelligent? fuck you .. I bet you dont know shit
put your money where your mouth is, tosser.
Last time I checked, my supermarket had about 6 or 7 video game mags. About the same as the number of cooking mags, bridal mags, or hot-rod mags.
They release buggy products (NHL 2002, NHL 2003, 007: NightFire for the PC)
And disny releases crappy movies.
and re-use game engines and ideas from other companies.
What, it's not like anyone ever accused Disney of being orgional.
i have to say sale of games will exceed the sale of disney movies
So, the sale of Disny Movies exceeds the sale of games from Lionhead Studios. Comparing one company to a whole industry is kind of pointless.
The video game industry as a whole is already larger then the movie industry, and has been for several years. No one seems to care, though.
Of course, the video game industry has been larger then the movie industry for a while, at least in terms of revenue. That probably has a lot to do with the fact that video games cost $50 or so for a new game, while movies cost a few dollars at the theater, and around $10-$15 for DVDs.
But still, it's interesting how the movie (and even the tiny music) industry seem to be much more newsworthy and important then the video game industry. Aside from game specific press... the game industry gets about as much ink as the logging industry or something. Its weird.
Well, there are two things we can say to refute that: 1) The mirror reflected all the horrible images that frodo was seeing in his own mind, because of all the discussion going on about the ring itself by gandalf and the elves and such.
2) That was just a lie anyway, as the mirror was simply a way for galadriel to communicate and she just told another lie about the mirror so that frodo would do what she wanted him to, namely help destroy the one right and restore stasis to middle earth.
Holy crap... is there really anyone out there who hasn't already seen the fansub of this, like, a year ago? If you ask me, these anime companies are really shooting themselves in the foot by delaying American desireada by so much.
If there's one thing about the free market, it's that people will always create things people want. That's why the war on drugs doesn't work. Of course, in the case of CB:KOHD, it was distributed for free, possibly throwing my free market analogy completely worthless. but. um. the point is that a high quality English translation of the film has been available for over a year.
If internet geeks could do it in that short time, why couldn't the company? It seems to me they would have made a lot more money if they were putting out a movie that most people were excited to see a year ago...
You seem to be the one spewing shit, and don't know anything about Brins artical, or this history of the rings... a history that Brin whent over in greater detail then you did
After 100 or so years of reckless optimism, we're finally starting to realize that the future can suck, even when great technology comes along. Compare the view that science fiction has of our future NOW to the view expressed in 1930, 1940, 1950.
People have always known the future could suck. In fact, 'the world is getting worse' has been a predominant theme in human writing as long as there has been human writing. But you know what? The world keeps getting better, not worse.
I'm not saying we should bound heedlessly into the future without any planning, but it's stupid to say that technology and progress are bad things.
For almost every person earth, the world is a better place today then it was 100 years ago.
Trolling is saying something you don' belive for the sole purpose of enraging others. Writing something provocative and intresting, and timing it so that it gets a lot of exposure and revinue is not trolling.
The Rockefeller's made all their money from Standard Oil in the first part of this century. The Kennedys made their money from smuggling booze during prohibition. Nether of them are truly 'old money'.
The true old money people in this nation do nothing but hoard it.
On the other hand, look at someone like Gates. Mostly new money, but he's doing more for the world then the lot of vanderbilts combined.
Tolkien himself rejected this notion many times during his lifetime. The story was not a cipher for WWII or the atom bomb. It was just a story. If Brin did something more than simply topical reading/viewing, he would know this.
Brin DIDN'T say that LOTR was an alagory for WWII. That's just something the poster threw in. Brin just said that Tolken was writing the books at a time when the 'failure' of the scientific enlightenment was aperant.
not every country has a large, educated middle-class. As a matter of fact, the lack of a middle-class is one of the most serious problems in thrid-world countries today.
Yes. Brin mentioned that in his essay.
Brin goes over how JRR Tolkien was a snobby, romantic anglo-saxon elitist, writing about WII. OK... Now tell me something I don't know!
Well, not everyone knows this
You know, the ones who are just like the good 'normal' men except they are 'dark', and they do sauron's bidding.
Last I checked that book was a straight chronology of actual events.
Why should I have to? Its exactly as the original poster said, it isn't a social commentary its a fairy tale
Yeah, god forbid we should ever think about anything. Talking about a book couldn't possibly be enjoyable for its own sake
Later when Frodo is shown the future by the Lady of the Wood, the Dark Lord burns down people's houses and enslaves them.
Or, maybe she just showed him what she though would happen... or lied to him to get him to carry the ring to mt doom she was to scared and lazy to trasport herself.
Besides, if you buy consider Brin's hypothis that the book is a work of propaganda after the war was won, then of course it is going to portray him as a "bad" person.
one main character points out that humans need the little stories and lies in childhood as practice. Practice for believing in the big, important things. Things like Honor and Justice.
Don't forget Faith. It's really important that people still belive all the big lies throughout their whole lives.
It's a mythic story, delineating fundamental truths within each of us concerning good and evil.
:P
And what would those fundamental truths be, oh wise one?
Brin didn't miss the boat, he saw LOTR for what it was, dilineating fundamental lies about good and evil
David Brin seems to spend more time picking apart other, more popular, sci-fi then he does writing his own.
Or, at least the media spends more time talking about David Brin talking about other, more popular sci fi then they do talking about him writing. And as we all know, the amount of time the media spends talking about something is directly proportional to frequency of the occurrence, and absolutely nothing else.
Relative to Africa? Yeah, maybe. But I think a dock worker who built a house now affordable only to the top .5% of the US population speaks for itself.
Yeah, it says "I'm real estate in NYC". Anything in NYC will fetch a rediculous price.
Anyway, I don't know about 120 years ago, but today doc workers are in the top 1% of american wage earners.
I take it you're a CA graduate? $9.3k/year for twelve years is only $770 a year!
You think you can get into a 'top flight' private school for $192 a semester?
Who split the atom? Who put human beings in orbit?
The Germans would have split the atom before us, if they had a chance. And the Russians put people into space before we did.