Because no movie with subtitles has done well in the US market since sound? Come on, Star Wars is space opera. Its antecedents are more like Flash Gordon than Louis Wu. <P>
Oh yeah, I'm sure that's what was going though their minds when they wrote the script. 'Hey guys, if the aliens speak an alien language, or we have to use subtitles, the movie will bomb!'
<P>
Erik Z
Er, if she only wanted the money. Yes, she can settle out of court. Read the Salon Article, she's trying to make a point. She won't settle out of court, she will sue, and as someone else already pointed out, no matter what the outcome is, she wins.:-)
Right now, the internet is a huge anarchy, has been since birth.
Then you should have no problem with this. The RIAA doesn't want you to take it's stuff. In an anarchy, they're practicly EXPECTED to do stuff like this.
Perhaps Africa is stable and growing then, <P>
Surely you are not THAT blind of what's going on in Africa. The AIDS crisis there isn't even warmed up and it's causing havok with, well, everything. And unless someone comes up with a free cure for AIDS, things are looking bad for them.
<P>
Real bad.
Geez, and that's just the tip of the iceberg.
Everquest has to have some massive server farms (Cha-Ching!) which needs to be housed (Cha-Ching!) maintained by a crew of cluefull administrators (Cha-ching! Cha-Ching!). Their high bandwitdth output (Cha-ching!) Their programmers who are constantly bug hunting and upgrading the software. (Cha-Ching!)
I believe they are making money though. Any industry insiders willing to reveal how profitable EQ is?
The delicate balance of the Solar System took billions of years to establish, and I wouldn't want to mess with that.
The delicate balance of the Solar System!?!?
Are you freaking kidding me? It would take a wandering planet or brown dwarf to upset this 'Delicate Balance'
To sum, even if we tossed all of the nukes known to man at Mars, you'd get a nice light show, and a lot of glass souvenirs, and that's it.
The delicate balance of the Solar System took billions of years to establish, and I wouldn't want to mess with that. <P>
The delicate balance of the Solar System!?!?
Are you freaking kidding me? It would take a wandering planet or brown dwarf to upset this 'Delicate Balance'
<P>
To sum, even if we tossed all of the nukes known to man at Mars, you'd get a nice light show, and a lot of glass souvenirs, and that's it.
<P>
Later
Erik Z
Hm, maybe it requires a certain mindset to enjoy 'Grunts'
A friend of mine loaned it to me. I loved it. It took most of the old stereotypes of fantasy and turned them on their heads.
I guess people who are too attached to their fantasy worlds will be shocked and revolted by this book. But those of us that enjoy being surprised, and don't mind a little gore, should love the book.
Have you always hated elves in D&D and other fantasy? Did you think the way the orcs presented themselves in 'Warcraft' was cool? Do you like dark Humor? Then check this book out. I've never read anything like it before.
Then it makes perfect sense to me.
Turn it off 99% of the time, and turn it on when I want to call someone. Why doesn't that make sense to you? It's even better if you don't give the number out.:-)
If they've hired you to be accessable 24/7, then you should be available 24/7. It would be right for them to fire you for not doing the job they hired you for.
If they change the contract in mid-stream, then you have to make a choice. Are you going to be bothered constantly? Could the amount of calls be drasticly reduced with some more training and 'How-to' sheets?
Rare event two: the extinction of the dinosaurs by an asteroid impact.
Adaptation is the key. Dinosaurs had their chance, 140 million years and the first major disaster comes along and wipes them out. It doesn't matter if it was an asteroid or time traveling big game hunters. Unless you develop intelligence, your ability to adapt is limited to your genes. Something WILL happen, it's just a matter of time.
Rare event three: birth and procreation of mutated ape of sufficient intelligence to create civilization. This ape was an omnivore: hunter killer explorer and able to exist on plants as well - a land animal; a social animal but not a herd dweller.
It's possible that being an omnivore is required to develop intelligence. We really don't know.
It's also possible that we had cousins who developed intelligence along the same lines as we did. Simply because they're gone now doesn't mean we're the only ones EVER to develop intelligence.
The existence of a very few brilliant individuals; remove 20 or so people from history and we never develop technology. Remove the printing press and everything changes, remove Isaac Newton and everything changes dramatically. Who knows what things we have failed to learn for want of a person to show us the way?
Yeah, remove the radio, who would of invented it?
Well, I guess Tesla would of. Ok, how about the automobile? Oh, yeah, at the time there was several people working on it? I don't believe that 99.9% of the human population wanders around without a thought in their head, and that single geniuses come along and bless us with their ideas. Ever notice when something new comes out of the labs, two other labs are also working on the same thing, and many many people have thought about that product? OCCASIONALLY someone jumps ahead and comes up with something good, but given time the 'average' thinker would have come up with it.
One of the aspects of intelligence is coming up with the correct answer more quickly. The inventions and scientific achievements you mention are created by geniuses simply because they were able to think of, and develop the idea first.
>There is a big difference between your two example systems. Rambus is bumping up against the speed of light, your sewer system is not.
Good god, I hope the bizarre mental imagine this is creating is not being forced upon the rest of the readers.
On the other hand, sanitation workers can now discuss topics that were once solely in the realm of theoretical physics.
"Ok, normally a town needs huge waste pipes, but if we modify toilets by adding super dense toroids moving at 99% of the speed of light, in opposite direction of each other, we should be able to create a wormhole....."
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Because no movie with subtitles has done well in the US market since sound? Come on, Star Wars is space opera. Its antecedents are more like Flash Gordon than Louis Wu.
<P>
Oh yeah, I'm sure that's what was going though their minds when they wrote the script. 'Hey guys, if the aliens speak an alien language, or we have to use subtitles, the movie will bomb!'
<P>
Erik Z
Score 1: Boring
Er, if she only wanted the money. Yes, she can settle out of court. Read the Salon Article, she's trying to make a point. She won't settle out of court, she will sue, and as someone else already pointed out, no matter what the outcome is, she wins. :-)
Then you should have no problem with this. The RIAA doesn't want you to take it's stuff. In an anarchy, they're practicly EXPECTED to do stuff like this.
Later Erik Z
Because for three times the cost, you get ten times the music. No CD's to carry around, works better than a CD player (Less skipping).
Erik Z
Ok, I know you're always looking for a way to save money, but what will you do when/if this company goes down the drain?
People who had network access and then lost it can get pretty nasty, and they'll have lots of time on their hands.
Later
Erik Z
I haven't left the case on my computer in years. :-)
Maybe I'll drag it out of storage and place it next to my computer to be used as a heat sink?
Perhaps Africa is stable and growing then,
<P>
Surely you are not THAT blind of what's going on in Africa. The AIDS crisis there isn't even warmed up and it's causing havok with, well, everything. And unless someone comes up with a free cure for AIDS, things are looking bad for them.
<P>
Real bad.
I was looking at used DVD's the other day.
Galaxy Quest: 19.95
Matrix: 14.95
I just don't understand....
My SETI client IS my load monitor.
Undisturbed, I can do about 10% an hour.
Min. Wage is an hourly standard. You can't apply that to the Armed Forces.
:-)
Earlier, I calculated a 40 hour min wage week to equal a little less than 11k.
In the Armed Forces junior enlisted personnel get free food and housing. You also get a clothes allowance and such.
Those benifits are added into your pay, you end up making more than min wage.
This isn't enough for some people to live on though. But instead of complaining about it, I left.
Later
Erik Z
Geez, and that's just the tip of the iceberg.
Everquest has to have some massive server farms (Cha-Ching!) which needs to be housed (Cha-Ching!) maintained by a crew of cluefull administrators (Cha-ching! Cha-Ching!). Their high bandwitdth output (Cha-ching!) Their programmers who are constantly bug hunting and upgrading the software. (Cha-Ching!)
I believe they are making money though. Any industry insiders willing to reveal how profitable EQ is?
At 5.25 an hour, 40 hours a week, 52 weeks a year, you make $10,920.
Even if you decide to pay taxes on that, you get it back in the IRS refund. Hell, you're beneath the poverty level.
The delicate balance of the Solar System!?!? Are you freaking kidding me? It would take a wandering planet or brown dwarf to upset this 'Delicate Balance'
To sum, even if we tossed all of the nukes known to man at Mars, you'd get a nice light show, and a lot of glass souvenirs, and that's it.
Later
Erik Z
The delicate balance of the Solar System took billions of years to establish, and I wouldn't want to mess with that.
<P>
The delicate balance of the Solar System!?!?
Are you freaking kidding me? It would take a wandering planet or brown dwarf to upset this 'Delicate Balance'
<P>
To sum, even if we tossed all of the nukes known to man at Mars, you'd get a nice light show, and a lot of glass souvenirs, and that's it.
<P>
Later
Erik Z
Hm, maybe it requires a certain mindset to enjoy 'Grunts'
A friend of mine loaned it to me. I loved it. It took most of the old stereotypes of fantasy and turned them on their heads.
I guess people who are too attached to their fantasy worlds will be shocked and revolted by this book. But those of us that enjoy being surprised, and don't mind a little gore, should love the book.
Have you always hated elves in D&D and other fantasy? Did you think the way the orcs presented themselves in 'Warcraft' was cool? Do you like dark Humor? Then check this book out. I've never read anything like it before.
Well no, not really.
Then it makes perfect sense to me. :-)
Turn it off 99% of the time, and turn it on when I want to call someone. Why doesn't that make sense to you? It's even better if you don't give the number out.
If they've hired you to be accessable 24/7, then you should be available 24/7. It would be right for them to fire you for not doing the job they hired you for.
If they change the contract in mid-stream, then you have to make a choice. Are you going to be bothered constantly? Could the amount of calls be drasticly reduced with some more training and 'How-to' sheets?
Adaptation is the key. Dinosaurs had their chance, 140 million years and the first major disaster comes along and wipes them out. It doesn't matter if it was an asteroid or time traveling big game hunters. Unless you develop intelligence, your ability to adapt is limited to your genes. Something WILL happen, it's just a matter of time.
Rare event three: birth and procreation of mutated ape of sufficient intelligence to create civilization. This ape was an omnivore: hunter killer explorer and able to exist on plants as well - a land animal; a social animal but not a herd dweller.
It's possible that being an omnivore is required to develop intelligence. We really don't know. It's also possible that we had cousins who developed intelligence along the same lines as we did. Simply because they're gone now doesn't mean we're the only ones EVER to develop intelligence.
The existence of a very few brilliant individuals; remove 20 or so people from history and we never develop technology. Remove the printing press and everything changes, remove Isaac Newton and everything changes dramatically. Who knows what things we have failed to learn for want of a person to show us the way?
Yeah, remove the radio, who would of invented it? Well, I guess Tesla would of. Ok, how about the automobile? Oh, yeah, at the time there was several people working on it? I don't believe that 99.9% of the human population wanders around without a thought in their head, and that single geniuses come along and bless us with their ideas. Ever notice when something new comes out of the labs, two other labs are also working on the same thing, and many many people have thought about that product? OCCASIONALLY someone jumps ahead and comes up with something good, but given time the 'average' thinker would have come up with it.
One of the aspects of intelligence is coming up with the correct answer more quickly. The inventions and scientific achievements you mention are created by geniuses simply because they were able to think of, and develop the idea first.
And what makes you think you know what I think, even if I haven't said anything closely resembling what you imply I think?
I assume when you say something, it's along the lines of what you think, and not for the sheer pleasure of flapping your lips.
>There is a big difference between your two example systems. Rambus is bumping up against the speed of light, your sewer system is not.
Good god, I hope the bizarre mental imagine this is creating is not being forced upon the rest of the readers.
On the other hand, sanitation workers can now discuss topics that were once solely in the realm of theoretical physics.
"Ok, normally a town needs huge waste pipes, but if we modify toilets by adding super dense toroids moving at 99% of the speed of light, in opposite direction of each other, we should be able to create a wormhole....."
What makes you think a company wouldn't be forced to grow in a socialist society?
Later
ErikZ
Power plants 70-80% efficient?
Electric motors 90% efficient?
Where do YOU get YOUR figures sir?
Later
Erik Z
I don't get it.
Oh, I'm sure 'energy' does have some gravity attached to it. But it would be far less than regular mass. Following this equation
e=MC2
I read that as 'It takes an enormous amount of energy to create a small amount of mass, both have the same gravity footprint.'
It would be far better to just focus all that energy out the back of some ship and be pushed along.
Later
Erik Z