True, the era of oil as the primary energy source will probably end before the supply is entirely depleted. But this in no way supports the conclusion that "governments need to support" alternatives. After all, the transitions from wood to whale oil, whale oil to coal, and coal to oil were all made without such benevolent assistance.
The age of oil will end when a more economical alternative is found; not before.
"Genuinely new?" In what way? Sorry, but this is without question both "blindingly obvious" and "overly broad," not to mention self-evident to an incredible degree.
Not "almost-as-bad-as-one-click" but far, far worse . . ..
A "Washing Machine" is the perfect unit of measurement! Who cares how many GigaBytes a drive can store??? I want to know how many Washing Machines worth of data it can store! This could revolutionize the computing industry!
Re "a lot of the ambience was stolen from Star Wars" -- an amazing feat of prescience, indeed, since Star Wars was made about a dozen years after Dune was published.
You would not necessarily get the same sound as the mono version by combining the stereo channels into one. Back in the days when albums were released in both mono and stereo versions, these were often created as separate mixes. I don't know about the first VU album specifically, but in many cases the mono versions are quite different mixes from the stereo. (And sometimes better, as early stereo mixes were often full of gimmicky "stereo effects" which distracted from, rather than enhancing, the music itself.)
If I recall correctly, Apple didn't exactly "choose" 128K as the initial memory size for the Mac -- this was a decision forced on them by a very tight memory market at the time. They had wanted the Mac to be 512K from the beginning, but were unable to get enough RAM chips to meet the production target.
Given the content of his website, it would have been extremly foolish to assume that he might not have a Columbine-sized arsenal ready to use. Walking in unprepared would have been damned stupid. Overkill? No, not unless you think that exercising reasonable caution is overkill.
"Now, the OMG believes in their acronyms the way the Irish believe in their whiskey . . . "
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But UML is not an acronym. Neither is OMG, or TLA, or the myriad other misidentified initials. These are abbreviations. An acronym is an abbreviation which spells, and is pronounced as, a word. If it's not a word, it's not an acronym.
Rotoscoping is actually one of the oldest techniques in animation -- it was used by Max Fleischer at least as far back as 1917.
Far from being considered innovative, Bakshi's use of it in this film was considered a cheapo budget-cutting move.
Though it is often stated that science fiction never anticipated the World Wide Web, Murray Leinster's early-50's short story "A Logic Named Joe" describes a distributed network of audio-video computing devices ("logics") which are used for information, entertainment, household control, etc. -- essentially taking the place of television, radio, and the public library. (Sound familiar?)
I know I've seen this story in more than one anthology, but I can't say where off the top of my head. Shouldn't be too hard to find, though, and well worth seeking out.
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. . . you've gotten older.
Star Wars was from the beginning nothing more than a clever working of sci-fi cliches -- Flash Gordon with a bigger budget.
It was fun -- not deep, nor life-changing. And it still is -- and isn't.
The age of oil will end when a more economical alternative is found; not before.
(As Emily Litella would have said, "That's quite different, isn't it?")
What's the difference?
"Genuinely new?" In what way? Sorry, but this is without question both "blindingly obvious" and "overly broad," not to mention self-evident to an incredible degree.
Not "almost-as-bad-as-one-click" but far, far worse . . . .
If it stops here, it could be a tetralogy, but I think the word you're looking for here is series.
Didn't they change their name to X-Statix? (Way back when, they used to be the New Mutants. Sigh . . . .)
I have this sudden urge to play "New Toy" really loud.
Re "a lot of the ambience was stolen from Star Wars" -- an amazing feat of prescience, indeed, since Star Wars was made about a dozen years after Dune was published.
You would not necessarily get the same sound as the mono version by combining the stereo channels into one. Back in the days when albums were released in both mono and stereo versions, these were often created as separate mixes. I don't know about the first VU album specifically, but in many cases the mono versions are quite different mixes from the stereo. (And sometimes better, as early stereo mixes were often full of gimmicky "stereo effects" which distracted from, rather than enhancing, the music itself.)
. . . after all, Scotland is a place where there is so little to do that they were actually driven to invent golf.
If I recall correctly, Apple didn't exactly "choose" 128K as the initial memory size for the Mac -- this was a decision forced on them by a very tight memory market at the time. They had wanted the Mac to be 512K from the beginning, but were unable to get enough RAM chips to meet the production target.
Really . . . how did they GET this job? (And why wasn't I given a chance to apply??)
This is not an infinitely repeatable process. In this case (since they now have two) they will only be able to create seven more . . . .
Given the content of his website, it would have been extremly foolish to assume that he might not have a Columbine-sized arsenal ready to use. Walking in unprepared would have been damned stupid. Overkill? No, not unless you think that exercising reasonable caution is overkill.
"CORBA" qualifies -- it is pronounced as a word. Other common examples are "RADAR" and "LASER".
"XML", on the other hand, is right out.
"Now, the OMG believes in their acronyms the way the Irish believe in their whiskey . . . "
<rant>
But UML is not an acronym. Neither is OMG, or TLA, or the myriad other misidentified initials. These are abbreviations. An acronym is an abbreviation which spells, and is pronounced as, a word. If it's not a word, it's not an acronym.
Use a dictionary, dammit!
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And the response later is, "Oh! You thought I meant two calendar weeks? I meant two CPU weeks!"
Sounds like "slow glass" to me . . . .
CLEP = College Level Examination Program
Rotoscoping is actually one of the oldest techniques in animation -- it was used by Max Fleischer at least as far back as 1917. Far from being considered innovative, Bakshi's use of it in this film was considered a cheapo budget-cutting move.
Though it is often stated that science fiction never anticipated the World Wide Web, Murray Leinster's early-50's short story "A Logic Named Joe" describes a distributed network of audio-video computing devices ("logics") which are used for information, entertainment, household control, etc. -- essentially taking the place of television, radio, and the public library. (Sound familiar?) I know I've seen this story in more than one anthology, but I can't say where off the top of my head. Shouldn't be too hard to find, though, and well worth seeking out.