While computer simulations are limited to what you program in to them, it's not always obvious what result you're going to get when you create a model and implement it. With as few as 3 chemical components you can create complex dynamics including chaos and other non linear behaviors that are not always predictable and rarely intuitive. Having read Dr. Bray's work, he was analyzing the effect of random fluctuations in the model and the model allowed him to figure out the mechanism that allowed a bacteria to adapt to chemical gradients. This would have been very difficult if not impossible if he tried to do this through typical wet lab techniques.
After years of waiting, hype and hope, the rumors can at last be laid to rest:
the holy grail of DVD will finally be released this September. Yes, it is the
original Star Wars trilogy: Episodes IV: A New Hope, Episode
V: The Empire Strikes Back (which many regard as the best in the series)
and Episode VI: Return of the Jedi.
While a full press release has yet to be issued, both Lucasfilm and Fox Home
Entertainment confirmed today that the trilogy will touch down on September
21st as a four-disc set, available in both anamorphic widescreen and full screen
versions, containing the three films plus a bonus fourth disc with extras,
a la the top-selling Adventures of Indiana Jones set released late last year.
The films will not be sold separately, at least initially, according to Fox
representatives.
While the long-held rumor was that George Lucas would wait until the completion
of Star Wars Episode III, due in theaters in May 2005, to release the original
trilogy on DVD, Lucasfilm VP of Market Jim Ward revealed today that Lucas found
some time in his schedule and was willing and eager to make it
happen.
Today's announcement came early and without finalized specs due in part to
the intense anticipation amongst consumers for the titles. We are currently
in the process of restoring and remastering all three titles for the DVD release,
so we're still working on details of the marketing strategy, revealed
Ward, not before adding with knowing understatement, but I believe that
it is safe to say that it will receive tremendous exposure across all media.
According to Fox Home Entertainment president Mike Dunn, both the studio and
Lucasfilm arrived at the September 21st date to gain maximum exposure during
the holiday season: We sold about 17 million VHS 'Star Wars' units during
two fall release periods in '95 and '97, he explained. With that
in mind, we designed our release strategy to pick the best release date that
had the most gentle sales curve decline on home video.
While the full details on what extras will be included in the set are still
pending, Ward promises that Lucasfilm are creating added-value material
that gets inside the creation of the 'Star Wars' films in a fresh and fun way.
We want watching this DVD collection to be as memorable as seeing the movies
for the first time. He also confirmed that rumors that Lucas would not
contribute new audio commentaries to the set are false, although there are
as of yet no exact details on which films will receive commentary tracks, and
who will be among the participants.
Of course, the big question mark amongst fans has always been whether Lucas
would allow the original, unaltered original editions of the trilogy to also
be released on DVD. Not possible, said Ward, who confirmed that the upcoming
set will feature only the 1997 Special Edition versions of each film. What
George did in 1997, Ward explains, was [to] make the movie he originally
wanted to make.
So what are the faithful to do if they don't want to watch the altered 1997
editions of the trilogy? Either give in, or don't buy. We realize there's
a lot of debate out there, says Ward. But this is not a democracy.
We love our fans, but this is about art and filmmaking. [George] has decided
that the sole version he wants available is this one.
With no press release due for at least several weeks, watch this space for
further updates as September 21st approaches. We'll keep you posted, and as
always.... May the Force Be With You.
As with any programming project there are multiple solutions...the hard part is picking the best one for your situation. I don't know what sort of backend technology you are using (php,.net, j2ee, etc.) but in my experience I've found that its best to create the front end in Dreamweaver because it creates good "cross browser" javascript and html that displays consistently across browsers. One rough benchmark is to design the page for Netscape 4. If it works there then it will work anywhere but in recent times I've started to give up on Netscape 4 because users really have no excuse to not downloading Firbird or Mozilla (if they don't want to use IE).
Another option you have is to store all the content as xml and apply an xslt transform to produce the HTML or to whatever standard you could possibly want in the future. This would also allow for customizability of interface for users. That would most likely require a large overhaul of your current system though.
I've built cross-browser compatible sites before and your best bet is to just keep the site as simple as possible with minimal bells and whistles invovling javascript, dhtml, and such. Flat html is the way to go and even then it gets hairy when Netscape 4 is invovled. I'm just glad that at my company I develop internal web apps for only IE 5.5+. It's one less thing to worry about when devloping which is always a good thing.
Litestep can be used as a replacement for Windows Explorer or in addition to it if you want. It is completely (and I mean completely) customizable and has alot of modules out there to control winamp, virtual desktops, and other things. Litestep
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A BA in Computer Science is not going to get you a job. I don't know where you got that idea. I recently graduated so I know several people who have a BA, BS or even an MS in computer science and they are terrible programmers. All the degree means is that you took a bunch of courses so you might know something about the Science of CS. It says nothing about your ability to produce quality code though. What got me a job offers are my previous 3 years of web development experience and also some networking - the degree was essentially there for looks.
So what now? Go get an internship or get some sort of experience no matter how little pay because if I were an employer, I would not hire a CS person without some solid experience or who can at least show some good code.
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While computer simulations are limited to what you program in to them, it's not always obvious what result you're going to get when you create a model and implement it. With as few as 3 chemical components you can create complex dynamics including chaos and other non linear behaviors that are not always predictable and rarely intuitive. Having read Dr. Bray's work, he was analyzing the effect of random fluctuations in the model and the model allowed him to figure out the mechanism that allowed a bacteria to adapt to chemical gradients. This would have been very difficult if not impossible if he tried to do this through typical wet lab techniques.
After years of waiting, hype and hope, the rumors can at last be laid to rest: the holy grail of DVD will finally be released this September. Yes, it is the original Star Wars trilogy: Episodes IV: A New Hope, Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (which many regard as the best in the series) and Episode VI: Return of the Jedi.
While a full press release has yet to be issued, both Lucasfilm and Fox Home Entertainment confirmed today that the trilogy will touch down on September 21st as a four-disc set, available in both anamorphic widescreen and full screen versions, containing the three films plus a bonus fourth disc with extras, a la the top-selling Adventures of Indiana Jones set released late last year. The films will not be sold separately, at least initially, according to Fox representatives.
While the long-held rumor was that George Lucas would wait until the completion of Star Wars Episode III, due in theaters in May 2005, to release the original trilogy on DVD, Lucasfilm VP of Market Jim Ward revealed today that Lucas found some time in his schedule and was willing and eager to make it happen.
Today's announcement came early and without finalized specs due in part to the intense anticipation amongst consumers for the titles. We are currently in the process of restoring and remastering all three titles for the DVD release, so we're still working on details of the marketing strategy, revealed Ward, not before adding with knowing understatement, but I believe that it is safe to say that it will receive tremendous exposure across all media.
According to Fox Home Entertainment president Mike Dunn, both the studio and Lucasfilm arrived at the September 21st date to gain maximum exposure during the holiday season: We sold about 17 million VHS 'Star Wars' units during two fall release periods in '95 and '97, he explained. With that in mind, we designed our release strategy to pick the best release date that had the most gentle sales curve decline on home video.
While the full details on what extras will be included in the set are still pending, Ward promises that Lucasfilm are creating added-value material that gets inside the creation of the 'Star Wars' films in a fresh and fun way. We want watching this DVD collection to be as memorable as seeing the movies for the first time. He also confirmed that rumors that Lucas would not contribute new audio commentaries to the set are false, although there are as of yet no exact details on which films will receive commentary tracks, and who will be among the participants.
Of course, the big question mark amongst fans has always been whether Lucas would allow the original, unaltered original editions of the trilogy to also be released on DVD. Not possible, said Ward, who confirmed that the upcoming set will feature only the 1997 Special Edition versions of each film. What George did in 1997, Ward explains, was [to] make the movie he originally wanted to make.
So what are the faithful to do if they don't want to watch the altered 1997 editions of the trilogy? Either give in, or don't buy. We realize there's a lot of debate out there, says Ward. But this is not a democracy. We love our fans, but this is about art and filmmaking. [George] has decided that the sole version he wants available is this one.
With no press release due for at least several weeks, watch this space for further updates as September 21st approaches. We'll keep you posted, and as always.... May the Force Be With You.
As with any programming project there are multiple solutions...the hard part is picking the best one for your situation. I don't know what sort of backend technology you are using (php, .net, j2ee, etc.) but in my experience I've found that its best to create the front end in Dreamweaver because it creates good "cross browser" javascript and html that displays consistently across browsers. One rough benchmark is to design the page for Netscape 4. If it works there then it will work anywhere but in recent times I've started to give up on Netscape 4 because users really have no excuse to not downloading Firbird or Mozilla (if they don't want to use IE).
Another option you have is to store all the content as xml and apply an xslt transform to produce the HTML or to whatever standard you could possibly want in the future. This would also allow for customizability of interface for users. That would most likely require a large overhaul of your current system though.
I've built cross-browser compatible sites before and your best bet is to just keep the site as simple as possible with minimal bells and whistles invovling javascript, dhtml, and such. Flat html is the way to go and even then it gets hairy when Netscape 4 is invovled. I'm just glad that at my company I develop internal web apps for only IE 5.5+. It's one less thing to worry about when devloping which is always a good thing.
Litestep can be used as a replacement for Windows Explorer or in addition to it if you want. It is completely (and I mean completely) customizable and has alot of modules out there to control winamp, virtual desktops, and other things. Litestep
A BA in Computer Science is not going to get you a job. I don't know where you got that idea. I recently graduated so I know several people who have a BA, BS or even an MS in computer science and they are terrible programmers. All the degree means is that you took a bunch of courses so you might know something about the Science of CS. It says nothing about your ability to produce quality code though. What got me a job offers are my previous 3 years of web development experience and also some networking - the degree was essentially there for looks.
So what now? Go get an internship or get some sort of experience no matter how little pay because if I were an employer, I would not hire a CS person without some solid experience or who can at least show some good code.