Yeah, but it seems to be a fundamental flaw of the people that made the movie (judging ONLY on critic's reviews) that they Missed the Point on almost all accounts. "DA put himself in a lot of places? Put crazy references in as much as you can!" might be a fun idea, but cheering yourself for doing all these neat ideas does the audience no good if there's not a good film to back it up. It seems they are more proud of themselves for putting the old Marvin prop in the background than what they did with the Improbability Drive (which was not funny and Missed the Point as well).
"The original Marvin robot that was used in the TV series, we managed to track down at the BBC studios. It was all in pieces, like this dismembered body. It was really grim. And they got him out and polished him up and made all his lights work and everything, and it was great. We put him on set in the queuing group,..."
"He had cyberscanned his head for a computer game," Jennings said. "We had access to his data, so when we built the Temple of Deep Thought, which is this giant nose and nostrils, etc., it's actually Douglas' nose, perfectly rebuilt 30 feet [high]. Not that anyone is going to go, 'Hey, that's Douglas' nose,' but it just felt like quite a fun thing to do."
"At the end, the final improbability effect is Douglas' face."
Translation: They were more focused on making cute in-jokes and references to Douglas Adams than making good decisions about the movie. "Improbability effect? Perfect! Go with it!"
This of course is from the guy who said that CERN can find people's addresses out from their World Wide Web pages (even if they aren't posted) "because they made it."
It's awfully late in the discussion, but did you know that your credit card company NEVER recieves those signed pieces of paper? They probably sit someplace in the annals of your local store for years and then are finally destroyed. Those things you sign are contracts that you agree that you are charging something. They'll only come up if you dispute that you never purchased something. Then they'll go down to the basement, dig out that piece of paper, and then that's when you give up or claim it's not your signature.
The Emperor has made a critical error and the time for our attack has come.
The data brought to us by microsoft-watch.com pinpoints the exact location of the Emperor's new web browser. We also know that the CSS systems of this Internet Explorer are not yet operational. With the Imperial Lawyers spread throughout the country in a vain effort to engage us, it is relatively unprotected. But most important of all, we've learned that the Emperor himself is personally overseeing the final stages of the construction of this Internet Explorer.
Many nerds died, sweaty, alone, and virgins to bring us this information. Admiral Ackbar, please.
Below is your comment. Your grade is at the bottom.
As a medical student, I have to point out that one can't really just "decide" to get an MD degree. There are a lot of hoops to jump through just to get into medical school. Consider that throughout the US, there are 16000 seats in all the medical schools per year, and there are 48000 applicants vying for them.
Then, the requirements for admittance to any medical school are as follows: 1 year of biology with lab, one year of chemistry with lab, one year of physics with lab, one year of organic chemistry with lab, and one year of english/literature. Those are the requirements for EVERY medical school in the US.
Then there are certain schools which require you to have taken biochemistry or calculus as well. More than likely, a person who majored in comp sci hasn't taken biology or organic chemistry, or for that matter, chemistry and physics either. So that's a minimum of 1 year of post bac work before even applying to medical school.
Then there's the matter of the MCAT, an eight hour standardized exam from hell testing physics, chemistry, biology, O-Chem, reading comprehension, and writing 2 essays. Oh yeah, it's only offered twice a year (April and August), and it costs about $200 to take.
Then there's applying to schools. The harsh reality of applying to med school is that there's no "safety school" that one can apply to that they are guaranteed admission like you could do for undergrad. Thus, most people will apply to about 10-15 schools in order to get 1 or 2 acceptances (unless of course, you are L33t with a capital three). Application costs for that many schools will easily run about $1200.
Then there's the costs of going out on interviews (med schools do not reimburse you for travel expenses unlike every other civilized interview on the planet). And then once (or if) you get an acceptance, it's four grueling and expensive years (med school has painfully little in common with the wild and hedonistic lifystyle of an undergrad).
Then it's 4-8 years of poorly paid residency, though a few do turn to the "dark side" where they pass on the residency and instead work for insurance companies or some other kind of corporation, where they make big bucks, but aren't licensed to practice medicine, but instead use their degree to lend credence towards whatever project they are assigned to. So if medicine is a path you choose, more power to ya, but it's not a decision you can just make one day and be like "Hmmm, I think I'll become a doctor today".
All that being said, there is a nationwide shortage of nurses, and male nurses are always in demand. Nursing is a 4 year degree, but with your degree, I'm sure some credits would transfer and you could finish in less time. And with medicine becoming more and more computerized, someone with a strong background in comp sci and medicine/nursing could probably find some pretty good work in hospital IT. But again, medicine is a calling, not a backup plan.
PS I gave this a B. Break it up into smaller paragraphs, and please use spellcheck or look up words that you do not know how to spell. Also review the section on colons.
Slashdot Mirror
Could you inform the other members of your church of this fact? It doesn't seem like many of them quite understand it.
Tell them dancing is okay, too, while you're at it.
Check out the site. They did. It's in the main site on the "wheels" section. The wheels are freakin cool too.
Just that there are lots of "politics" in Microsoft now, when the engineer here (in 1984) is claiming that there are none in Microsoft.
Look out! The British Royal Library is making its move!!!
Slashdotted again! Give it a rest you guyes!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Because of the severe slashdotting, Elch himself is providing a mirror to the article. Check it out at this site.
Yeah, but it seems to be a fundamental flaw of the people that made the movie (judging ONLY on critic's reviews) that they Missed the Point on almost all accounts. "DA put himself in a lot of places? Put crazy references in as much as you can!" might be a fun idea, but cheering yourself for doing all these neat ideas does the audience no good if there's not a good film to back it up. It seems they are more proud of themselves for putting the old Marvin prop in the background than what they did with the Improbability Drive (which was not funny and Missed the Point as well).
Translation: They were more focused on making cute in-jokes and references to Douglas Adams than making good decisions about the movie. "Improbability effect? Perfect! Go with it!"
Are you kidding? When I was working on djb's UNIX Security Holes class, "Russian Foundry" became a synonym for "Buffer Overflow."
Unless of course they are superior hackers because they have unleashed bug-ridden software to the world that (well, not only) they know how to hack.
Wait a second...
"Dell has said they may do ____ if the customers really want it."
My world is shattered.
Did you guys have a "Team Huddle" about this?
I told you so!
Time to stop running BIND and Windows, people.
djbdns is easier to set up by leaps and bounds, anyway.
This of course is from the guy who said that CERN can find people's addresses out from their World Wide Web pages (even if they aren't posted) "because they made it."
It's awfully late in the discussion, but did you know that your credit card company NEVER recieves those signed pieces of paper? They probably sit someplace in the annals of your local store for years and then are finally destroyed. Those things you sign are contracts that you agree that you are charging something. They'll only come up if you dispute that you never purchased something. Then they'll go down to the basement, dig out that piece of paper, and then that's when you give up or claim it's not your signature.
--Stephen
When does "Defecator 3" come out?
The Emperor has made a critical error and the time for our attack has come.
The data brought to us by microsoft-watch.com pinpoints the exact location of the Emperor's new web browser. We also know that the CSS systems of this Internet Explorer are not yet operational. With the Imperial Lawyers spread throughout the country in a vain effort to engage us, it is relatively unprotected. But most important of all, we've learned that the Emperor himself is personally overseeing the final stages of the construction of this Internet Explorer.
Many nerds died, sweaty, alone, and virgins to bring us this information. Admiral Ackbar, please.
Below is your comment. Your grade is at the bottom.
As a medical student, I have to point out that one can't really just "decide" to get an MD degree. There are a lot of hoops to jump through just to get into medical school. Consider that throughout the US, there are 16000 seats in all the medical schools per year, and there are 48000 applicants vying for them.
Then, the requirements for admittance to any medical school are as follows: 1 year of biology with lab, one year of chemistry with lab, one year of physics with lab, one year of organic chemistry with lab, and one year of english/literature. Those are the requirements for EVERY medical school in the US.
Then there are certain schools which require you to have taken biochemistry or calculus as well. More than likely, a person who majored in comp sci hasn't taken biology or organic chemistry, or for that matter, chemistry and physics either. So that's a minimum of 1 year of post bac work before even applying to medical school.
Then there's the matter of the MCAT, an eight hour standardized exam from hell testing physics, chemistry, biology, O-Chem, reading comprehension, and writing 2 essays. Oh yeah, it's only offered twice a year (April and August), and it costs about $200 to take.
Then there's applying to schools. The harsh reality of applying to med school is that there's no "safety school" that one can apply to that they are guaranteed admission like you could do for undergrad. Thus, most people will apply to about 10-15 schools in order to get 1 or 2 acceptances (unless of course, you are L33t with a capital three). Application costs for that many schools will easily run about $1200.
Then there's the costs of going out on interviews (med schools do not reimburse you for travel expenses unlike every other civilized interview on the planet). And then once (or if) you get an acceptance, it's four grueling and expensive years (med school has painfully little in common with the wild and hedonistic lifystyle of an undergrad).
Then it's 4-8 years of poorly paid residency, though a few do turn to the "dark side" where they pass on the residency and instead work for insurance companies or some other kind of corporation, where they make big bucks, but aren't licensed to practice medicine, but instead use their degree to lend credence towards whatever project they are assigned to. So if medicine is a path you choose, more power to ya, but it's not a decision you can just make one day and be like "Hmmm, I think I'll become a doctor today".
All that being said, there is a nationwide shortage of nurses, and male nurses are always in demand. Nursing is a 4 year degree, but with your degree, I'm sure some credits would transfer and you could finish in less time. And with medicine becoming more and more computerized, someone with a strong background in comp sci and medicine/nursing could probably find some pretty good work in hospital IT. But again, medicine is a calling, not a backup plan.
PS I gave this a B. Break it up into smaller paragraphs, and please use spellcheck or look up words that you do not know how to spell. Also review the section on colons.
You see, this is why we rebelled. None of these stupid namby-pamby taxes.
You're out of luck, because as we all know, EULAs are not legally binding. Thanks for playing! :)
They tend to forget periods under pressure
--Stephen
pressure of posting in front of 250,000 people
--Stephen
--Stephen
Hi Stephen! Happy Birthday to us!
--Stephen
Hooray!!! My birthday!!!
--Stephen
We still have C-Aleph to go.
--Stephen