I thought it was a decent movie, but there were DEFINITELY CG parts that I thought were poorly done. Extreme action shots where Neo or the Agent did not look like themselves at all.
That said, can anyone explain to me about the final 2 door choice?
Door one goes back to the Matrix where he can save what's her name. Door two is so that he can go pick 35 bodies from the cocoons to start a new breeding ground?
But if they destroy Zion, why do they need to start a new breeding ground? How does Zion have anything to do with the continuation of the breeding ground? If Zion is destroyed, the uprising goes away (at least for the sixth time, the architect said). Why give Neo the ability to start a new breeding ground when the destruction of Zion should have nothing to do with the cocoon field?
I think he meant that you will likely never see a handheld with a 17" screen, thus handhelds would never replace regular pcs and thus the article might be a bit speculative of the full-of-shite category.
Usually my posts seem sarcastic regardless while you seemed to have missed his...
I'm not enough of an editing guru to comment on the validity of the tests
I am.
Macs used to have a stanglehold on the video editing market. Their 1 meg cache and scsi drives that came standard with EVERY mac put it far beyond the capabilities of a normal pc.
Then Apple dumbed down their hardware offerings (not OS mind you) with IDE drives and a smaller proc cache, but managed to charge high prices still through the tactics of their unreal marketing department.
I aggree that OSX is very good. Though I have trouble with workflow with it (I use both macs and pcs) I know if I moved to mac only, I'd get used to it quickly. But frankly, for rendering huge projects (which is frequent in video editing, special effects, ect), pcs blow away macs. Of course, there could be a case made to use a mac for editing and a pc for rendering. Regardless of cost, speed or whatever, a worker will work better if they are happy. Many of us want the equiptment we want to make us happy.
The same people who are going to shoot one another over grass are the same people who are going to shoot each other for looking at each other funny, for spare change, cause one's bitch is cuter than another.
The majority of US anti-pot campaigns are paid for by alchohol companies. As if when I smoke, I don't want a beer.
I have never met a stoned person that was "agro". Pot is a depressant. The folks who shoot each other over it aren't stoned. They are selling it along with Heroin, Coke, ect. It is these poeple that have enabled pot to be labeled as a gateway drug.
I have bought pot many times. I didn't go to the ghetto to get it. I went to a guy who has a day job and a wife and kids.
I have always viewed charging for bandwidth as akin to how cellular companies charge for minutes. It isn't really that a small amount of bandwidth costs more than a large amount of bandwidth used. Its that these companies need to make money. Cell companies need to cover their costs, so they charge enough to make money.
My company currently uses about 300 gigs a month of bandwidth. I will NOT go with someone who charges me with a burstable model as I will get porked BIG TIME. I would rather have the occasional slugish response time durring heavy usage, than my dedicated box and bandwidth costing me 10 to 20 TIMES MORE than what I pay per month right now for a bigger pipe with a burstable connection! I get 5 calls a month from providers wanting me to switch to their services and I say, "Can you give me a couple of boxes with a huge amount of bandwidth for $400?"
I can not use my Powerbook G3 without a coat or pillow between it and my lap becuase of the heat. Isn't this a fairly common issue with any larger notebook?
Why can't we just stay out of other country's businesses? What can't we just mind out own business, stop pushing out politics and opinions and beliefs on others who say they don't want it? Why can't we not sell weapons, chemicals, technology, ect to other countries when it seems like it keeps biting us in the ass?
Well, because as much as it would be nice for all of us to be equal, everyone to get along and play nicely with each other, not trample on each other's basic himan rights, it will never ahppen.
never
If we keep our nose out of everyone's business and concentrate on our own problems, there will be another country to step in and do the same. Does it suck that the US looks like a big, dumb, uncaring bully many times. Hell yeah. I don't agree with a lot of stuff we do on a personal level. But if we don't do it, someone else will. If we don't remove an evil leader seemingly to gain access to airspace and other resources, someone else will. If we don't step in and remove Sadam for what many say is simply for oil, someone else will. If we don't take the initiave to fight against terrorism, someone else will. Our lifestyles and the liberties that we DO enjoy are as a result of all of the seemingly good and bad stuff our government has done.
If the US isn't the one to go in and sometimes save the day, sometimes go in a mess up royally, sometimes go in and act in a way that seems very self serving, then another country will be the one to do it. If there is always going to be a bully, out there pushing people around, do we want to be on the receiving end?
Becuase at the end of the day, there will always be some country who will seem like the big bully to the rest of the world. If we aren't the bully, then we will get bullied. It is survival of the fitest.
I for one, enjoy owning a car or cars, getting married, having as many kids as I want, protection (domestically) from those whackos who would hurt, steal or kill me, the ability to speak my mind. There are those who would take my liberties away from me if they had the chance and I am personally glad that my government, with all of its faults, is there to protect me, even IF it is as an indirect result of actions taken for another reason.
someone mentioned the US dropped two atomic bombs on a populated area. Does anyone remember the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor? Japan didn't exactly tell us they were coming and to please meet us out in the sea where the only casualties would be militarty. We wanted to STOP a war, not prolong it. We have paid billions to Japan in resources to help rebuild and I never heard of Japan saying, "you blew us up!!! we don't want any of your fucking money!!!"
We all have the right to voice our opinions (at least in the US). I support the right for those who disagree with our pending war to voice their displeasure. But remember that if somehow we lost our way of life as we know it, if somehow another country was able to overthrow us, destroy our govermenet as we know it, you might just not have the ability to voice your displeasure anymore without getting you or your family killed. You might not get society's help to educate yourself and your children. Your wife might not be allowed to show her face in public or to run for public office. No govermenet is perfect, let alone the biggest and most powerful country whos every move is scrutinized. I don't expect the US to make every choise that would be same as if I made it.
but I enjoy my life as a result of how this country has acted since its incarnation. If we weren't the most powerful country in the world, the biggest bully who pushes our will onto others, then someone else would be that big bully. SOmeone else would oush people into foreign offices that gives THEM the advantage, the airspace, the oil fields, the technology and the over all might.
There will always be "a" big bully. I, for one, am ok that I am on the bully's side. I don't want to get pushed around, trodden upon and generally violated. If someone has to, please let it not be my family or anyone I know, or anyone who reads this post. Its selfish to think this way, but it is realistic. There will be no drinking of Cokes with the Middle East and millitant muslims, singing Kumbaya.
For years, our governmant has known that there were others who hated us and we still "generally" kept to ourselves and let them do what they wanted. But now we have to be proactive to protect our way of life. One can only hope there is a minimum of suffering and pain for those involved directly and indirectly.
This just proves these students aren't as resourceful as they could be. I for one, would have placed some sort of trojan on as many people's computers I could find, then sell ALL of their machine's use for spamming. I mean, I'm certainly not condoning spamming and I dislike it myself, but if you are going to do it, do it right....
My mom sold them. My mother-in-law gave us a few "extra" ones she had lying around.
They are great knives and I have no complaints what so ever about their quality. If I had the money, I might even buy some myself.
But their tactics, not only for marketing, but especially recruiting is what p1ssed me off to no end. As a teen looking for a job, I called an ad for $15 an hour. They would not tell me what the job was. Perhaps this is a necessary tactic on their part as I NEVER would have bothered to waste my day to go to their seminar.
I likely would buy a couple of knives, but only when one of my friend or realatives corners me into buying them or risk bad feelings between us. Frankly, there are other high-end-ish knives out there that don't rely upon sales and lead generation by guilt.
you and EVERY SINGLE OTHER PERSON I have ever spoken to that either sold them or made it through thte first day of "oreintation".
Though one could make a little money on it, it still smacked of a scam. What salesperson in their right mond would pay $500 to get started to sell anything door to door AND have to generate you OWN LEADS!!!
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now I can start sharing it with my family and friends again. Geesh!
I thought it was a decent movie, but there were DEFINITELY CG parts that I thought were poorly done. Extreme action shots where Neo or the Agent did not look like themselves at all.
That said, can anyone explain to me about the final 2 door choice?
Door one goes back to the Matrix where he can save what's her name.
Door two is so that he can go pick 35 bodies from the cocoons to start a new breeding ground?
But if they destroy Zion, why do they need to start a new breeding ground? How does Zion have anything to do with the continuation of the breeding ground? If Zion is destroyed, the uprising goes away (at least for the sixth time, the architect said). Why give Neo the ability to start a new breeding ground when the destruction of Zion should have nothing to do with the cocoon field?
on thing might be that a site doesn't have to wait 6 weeks to get listed...
is that good or bad?
I think he meant that you will likely never see a handheld with a 17" screen, thus handhelds would never replace regular pcs and thus the article might be a bit speculative of the full-of-shite category.
Usually my posts seem sarcastic regardless while you seemed to have missed his...
I was wondering what the hell that beep was when I called certain people. I was starting to get a little paranoid as he is a shady bastard.
I'm not enough of an editing guru to comment on the validity of the tests
I am.
Macs used to have a stanglehold on the video editing market. Their 1 meg cache and scsi drives that came standard with EVERY mac put it far beyond the capabilities of a normal pc.
Then Apple dumbed down their hardware offerings (not OS mind you) with IDE drives and a smaller proc cache, but managed to charge high prices still through the tactics of their unreal marketing department.
I aggree that OSX is very good. Though I have trouble with workflow with it (I use both macs and pcs) I know if I moved to mac only, I'd get used to it quickly. But frankly, for rendering huge projects (which is frequent in video editing, special effects, ect), pcs blow away macs. Of course, there could be a case made to use a mac for editing and a pc for rendering. Regardless of cost, speed or whatever, a worker will work better if they are happy. Many of us want the equiptment we want to make us happy.
only by stroke from colesteral
Actually pot is not a barbiturate. It is only classified with barbiturates to impose stiffer penalties on those who break the law by using or selling.
Read this
The same people who are going to shoot one another over grass are the same people who are going to shoot each other for looking at each other funny, for spare change, cause one's bitch is cuter than another.
The majority of US anti-pot campaigns are paid for by alchohol companies. As if when I smoke, I don't want a beer.
I have never met a stoned person that was "agro". Pot is a depressant. The folks who shoot each other over it aren't stoned. They are selling it along with Heroin, Coke, ect. It is these poeple that have enabled pot to be labeled as a gateway drug.
I have bought pot many times. I didn't go to the ghetto to get it. I went to a guy who has a day job and a wife and kids.
I have always viewed charging for bandwidth as akin to how cellular companies charge for minutes. It isn't really that a small amount of bandwidth costs more than a large amount of bandwidth used. Its that these companies need to make money. Cell companies need to cover their costs, so they charge enough to make money.
My company currently uses about 300 gigs a month of bandwidth. I will NOT go with someone who charges me with a burstable model as I will get porked BIG TIME. I would rather have the occasional slugish response time durring heavy usage, than my dedicated box and bandwidth costing me 10 to 20 TIMES MORE than what I pay per month right now for a bigger pipe with a burstable connection! I get 5 calls a month from providers wanting me to switch to their services and I say, "Can you give me a couple of boxes with a huge amount of bandwidth for $400?"
no one yet....
I am sure most intelligent shoppers will look at the difference in price between Dell-installed-ram and after market ram...
Didn't you?
I can not use my Powerbook G3 without a coat or pillow between it and my lap becuase of the heat. Isn't this a fairly common issue with any larger notebook?
Mod parent up "Beautiful Sig"
Buy Old Yeller, coming out on DVD the first of April.
AFTER THAT, IT WILL NEVER BE SOLD AGAIN.
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA
- Walt Disney's head in a jar
in Michael Eisner's sock drawer, Orlando, FL
I think he meant "Wookie"
hmm - everyone has such insightful things to say. Let me print this thread out to bring on my morning commute.
wait a second!
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Why can't we just stay out of other country's businesses? What can't we just mind out own business, stop pushing out politics and opinions and beliefs on others who say they don't want it? Why can't we not sell weapons, chemicals, technology, ect to other countries when it seems like it keeps biting us in the ass?
Well, because as much as it would be nice for all of us to be equal, everyone to get along and play nicely with each other, not trample on each other's basic himan rights, it will never ahppen.
never
If we keep our nose out of everyone's business and concentrate on our own problems, there will be another country to step in and do the same. Does it suck that the US looks like a big, dumb, uncaring bully many times. Hell yeah. I don't agree with a lot of stuff we do on a personal level. But if we don't do it, someone else will. If we don't remove an evil leader seemingly to gain access to airspace and other resources, someone else will. If we don't step in and remove Sadam for what many say is simply for oil, someone else will. If we don't take the initiave to fight against terrorism, someone else will. Our lifestyles and the liberties that we DO enjoy are as a result of all of the seemingly good and bad stuff our government has done.
If the US isn't the one to go in and sometimes save the day, sometimes go in a mess up royally, sometimes go in and act in a way that seems very self serving, then another country will be the one to do it. If there is always going to be a bully, out there pushing people around, do we want to be on the receiving end?
Becuase at the end of the day, there will always be some country who will seem like the big bully to the rest of the world. If we aren't the bully, then we will get bullied. It is survival of the fitest.
I for one, enjoy owning a car or cars, getting married, having as many kids as I want, protection (domestically) from those whackos who would hurt, steal or kill me, the ability to speak my mind. There are those who would take my liberties away from me if they had the chance and I am personally glad that my government, with all of its faults, is there to protect me, even IF it is as an indirect result of actions taken for another reason.
someone mentioned the US dropped two atomic bombs on a populated area. Does anyone remember the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor? Japan didn't exactly tell us they were coming and to please meet us out in the sea where the only casualties would be militarty. We wanted to STOP a war, not prolong it. We have paid billions to Japan in resources to help rebuild and I never heard of Japan saying, "you blew us up!!! we don't want any of your fucking money!!!"
We all have the right to voice our opinions (at least in the US). I support the right for those who disagree with our pending war to voice their displeasure. But remember that if somehow we lost our way of life as we know it, if somehow another country was able to overthrow us, destroy our govermenet as we know it, you might just not have the ability to voice your displeasure anymore without getting you or your family killed. You might not get society's help to educate yourself and your children. Your wife might not be allowed to show her face in public or to run for public office. No govermenet is perfect, let alone the biggest and most powerful country whos every move is scrutinized. I don't expect the US to make every choise that would be same as if I made it.
but I enjoy my life as a result of how this country has acted since its incarnation. If we weren't the most powerful country in the world, the biggest bully who pushes our will onto others, then someone else would be that big bully. SOmeone else would oush people into foreign offices that gives THEM the advantage, the airspace, the oil fields, the technology and the over all might.
There will always be "a" big bully. I, for one, am ok that I am on the bully's side. I don't want to get pushed around, trodden upon and generally violated. If someone has to, please let it not be my family or anyone I know, or anyone who reads this post. Its selfish to think this way, but it is realistic. There will be no drinking of Cokes with the Middle East and millitant muslims, singing Kumbaya.
For years, our governmant has known that there were others who hated us and we still "generally" kept to ourselves and let them do what they wanted. But now we have to be proactive to protect our way of life. One can only hope there is a minimum of suffering and pain for those involved directly and indirectly.
Unfortunately, I can not delete unfunny posts once they are up there.
You've got...
shitty taste in music
This just proves these students aren't as resourceful as they could be. I for one, would have placed some sort of trojan on as many people's computers I could find, then sell ALL of their machine's use for spamming. I mean, I'm certainly not condoning spamming and I dislike it myself, but if you are going to do it, do it right....
where Bart buys Los Alamos for $1 at a building auction
working in a factory with no salary is better than working at the cracker factory.
My mom sold them. My mother-in-law gave us a few "extra" ones she had lying around.
They are great knives and I have no complaints what so ever about their quality. If I had the money, I might even buy some myself.
But their tactics, not only for marketing, but especially recruiting is what p1ssed me off to no end. As a teen looking for a job, I called an ad for $15 an hour. They would not tell me what the job was. Perhaps this is a necessary tactic on their part as I NEVER would have bothered to waste my day to go to their seminar.
I likely would buy a couple of knives, but only when one of my friend or realatives corners me into buying them or risk bad feelings between us. Frankly, there are other high-end-ish knives out there that don't rely upon sales and lead generation by guilt.
:P
Mybe it means that wisdom doesn't always come with age...
:P
Except no one makes money from them NOT renting out their boxes for spamming.
Try putting THAT in your company's IT budget...
you and EVERY SINGLE OTHER PERSON I have ever spoken to that either sold them or made it through thte first day of "oreintation".
Though one could make a little money on it, it still smacked of a scam. What salesperson in their right mond would pay $500 to get started to sell anything door to door AND have to generate you OWN LEADS!!!
utterly rediculous.