Ahh yes. Doctoring. Where you work 60 hours a week and won't be a millionaire. The good old days are over, now the HMOs have slashed doctor salaries and increased overtime. Not the boon it once was, I'm afraid.
A little bit of thought never hurt anybody. He is taking a different look at LOTR. He didn't say it was bad, he just asked (politly) for people to think a little about things. Because it makes them more fun.
Not to break it to you Einstein, but democracy was invented in ancient Greece. That's not a couple of hundred years, it's a couple of thousand years... just about as old as christianity itself.
I'm sorry Mr. Fermi, but be that as it may, was he wrong in saying that for 99.44% of human history societies were ruled by "arbitrary lords"? This is just a fact. Democracy hardly even ruled Greece, it existed only in Athens, and then for a short time. Hardly invalidates Brin's point. Democracy only really began taking hold on a large scale in the last 200 years. Really.
"Does he actually have proof of this, or is he using the LoTR as a template?" There is plenty of evidence for this. Although there is plenty of dispute as to why, it was the merchants and guilds that sewed a lot of the seeds of modern democracy. The needs of merchants differed from those of the rulers. The merchants banded together and developed complex relationships with royality in order to forward their own agenda. The growing power of the English commons is largely a result of these comprimises. Its all very interesting and fun to think about, just like thinking about what Sauron and his armies' motivations might really have been. Its a game. Just like the scene from clerks about the contracters on the Death Star. Its all in good fun, and no threat to your cherished books. If anything, this kind of thinking makes the stories more fun. So settle down, people!
RTFA. I challenge you to find disdain in this article. How could Tolkein not be influenced by the climate of his time? It wasn't an allegory for war, but the obvious conflict between an ancient order and a technological new order can't be ignored in the stories. Tolkein himself wrote on this subject.
Settle down people! Did you read this (fascinating) article? He doesn't think we should disregard them at all. Instead, he was doing some literary criticism and looking at the work from a different angle. This article was more of a thought experiment than a proscriptive essay. So interesting to read, and, if anything, reverent towards Tolkein and his works.
I think you may have missed the point as well. This article isn't "knocking" LOTR, it's playing with it. Having fun with the greater implications of the story. Just a fascinating read. Isn't it fun to explore stories? Or must we just watch or read while turning our brains off? I am certain that Tolkein would have prefered the critical view.
Remember Niven's books? This is the part of the story people are missing: a wire attached to the pleasure centers is possible today. How long before people start getting the hook ups installed and using the perfect drug?
Well, I would not count on anything. The job market, in a word, sucks for recent graduates. I graduated in 2001 and I know four people total that I graduated with "real" jobs. I took my sixteen months to find a job. But I did do some good work in the hospitality industry first..
Again: use after effects. There is the "beam" effect which draws a vector line that is blendable. It is also keyframeable, so you won't have a problem with jumping. Better still, it renders motion blur and you will get a much better effect.
You used photoshop!?! I love photoshop, but this is not what it is for. FilmGimp is overkill. Do you need to print these star was movies onto film, thus requiring super high resolutions and bit depths? The product you are looking for is after effects.
Well, that's the last time I post anything. Ringed is a word. At least I used it in a sentence, which makes it a word. Damn...I always was too lazy to proofred.
This reminds me of my gripe of the month. I went to a movie, and the person next to me and my friend not only left his phone on. It ringed three times through the movie! And you may think that is no big deal. But the guy...ANSWERED IT! He answered and talked on his phone during the film. He didn't even leave his seat. Or try and speak quietly. Luckily the movie was the transporter and I didn't miss anything.
Yeah, but it sounds so cool! I get to live in the Mile High City! What would the Denverites do if we had to say we lived in the 1.6 kilometer city? Would we have 1,600 meter statium then? I always assumed that Denver came first, and that's how they decided to call that a mile.
There could be a book called "SMB related stuff that crashes Mac OS X". SMB is just not 100% there on os x. The only thing on my tibook that makes me want to kill it.
God I hope you are wrong. Because I have worked in Hollywood, and it is 5-10 times worse than anything else in the universe. The people on top aren't the most skilled. They are the best politicians. They kissed ass and back-stabbed their way to the top. The peons work twice as much as IT people do and they make minimum wage. Or perhaps nothing. Stars...we don't want that, good god. (for acurate portrayal of hollywood see "swimming with sharks")
I found a really interesting article about this on bbc, that links to a paper some researchers at Microsoft(!?) wrote about how pointless DRM is, for these exact reasons
When I think of how much money was just BURNED during the bubble...it makes me want to vomit. Now, anyone with a job is lucky to have one. Computer science grads are getting offered unpaid work, or sub-$30k salaries. Goddamn the bubble.
I think this video was done manually, most animators aren't programmers (but some are, I know). Animators are patient people. Also I think they probably doubled frames, so there are "only" 12 frames to come up with each second. they probably projected the video, then lined the bricks up with the projection. (a pretty common technique for "roto mation") You should check out some of the classic animations. There is one that features an animated cab calloway, done using this technique.
Does this freak you out just a little? It reminds me of an 80s geek movie. We read about someone in the paper, fifteen minutes later we have her address, phonenumber and a satallite photo of her house.
I would think that Microsoft must be considering starting from scratch on their server product. Piling kludge on top of kludge can only improve things to a point.
I worked in the Denver SGI sales office when all this was going down. The goverment systems half of our office had to be retrofitted for the meetings. We had to have a special conference room installed that was 100% "bug-proof". Obviously, they didn't let us look inside. But it had an intimidating door with all kind of security features on the door. Of course, none of us new what they were doing, (and I still don't) but I do know that the big customer was Lockheed. All the staff in that branch had to have background checks and now all the SEs and sales reps have a clearance higher than the president (in regards to the stuff this is for). Based on your post, it sounds like they were making some cool stuff.
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Ahh yes. Doctoring. Where you work 60 hours a week and won't be a millionaire. The good old days are over, now the HMOs have slashed doctor salaries and increased overtime. Not the boon it once was, I'm afraid.
I'm sorry Mr. Fermi, but be that as it may, was he wrong in saying that for 99.44% of human history societies were ruled by "arbitrary lords"? This is just a fact. Democracy hardly even ruled Greece, it existed only in Athens, and then for a short time. Hardly invalidates Brin's point. Democracy only really began taking hold on a large scale in the last 200 years. Really.
"Does he actually have proof of this, or is he using the LoTR as a template?" There is plenty of evidence for this. Although there is plenty of dispute as to why, it was the merchants and guilds that sewed a lot of the seeds of modern democracy. The needs of merchants differed from those of the rulers. The merchants banded together and developed complex relationships with royality in order to forward their own agenda. The growing power of the English commons is largely a result of these comprimises. Its all very interesting and fun to think about, just like thinking about what Sauron and his armies' motivations might really have been. Its a game. Just like the scene from clerks about the contracters on the Death Star. Its all in good fun, and no threat to your cherished books. If anything, this kind of thinking makes the stories more fun. So settle down, people!
RTFA. I challenge you to find disdain in this article. How could Tolkein not be influenced by the climate of his time? It wasn't an allegory for war, but the obvious conflict between an ancient order and a technological new order can't be ignored in the stories. Tolkein himself wrote on this subject.
Settle down people! Did you read this (fascinating) article? He doesn't think we should disregard them at all. Instead, he was doing some literary criticism and looking at the work from a different angle. This article was more of a thought experiment than a proscriptive essay. So interesting to read, and, if anything, reverent towards Tolkein and his works.
I think you may have missed the point as well. This article isn't "knocking" LOTR, it's playing with it. Having fun with the greater implications of the story. Just a fascinating read. Isn't it fun to explore stories? Or must we just watch or read while turning our brains off? I am certain that Tolkein would have prefered the critical view.
Remember Niven's books? This is the part of the story people are missing: a wire attached to the pleasure centers is possible today. How long before people start getting the hook ups installed and using the perfect drug?
Well, I would not count on anything. The job market, in a word, sucks for recent graduates. I graduated in 2001 and I know four people total that I graduated with "real" jobs. I took my sixteen months to find a job. But I did do some good work in the hospitality industry first..
Again: use after effects. There is the "beam" effect which draws a vector line that is blendable. It is also keyframeable, so you won't have a problem with jumping. Better still, it renders motion blur and you will get a much better effect.
You used photoshop!?! I love photoshop, but this is not what it is for. FilmGimp is overkill. Do you need to print these star was movies onto film, thus requiring super high resolutions and bit depths? The product you are looking for is after effects.
Well, that's the last time I post anything. Ringed is a word. At least I used it in a sentence, which makes it a word. Damn...I always was too lazy to proofred.
This reminds me of my gripe of the month. I went to a movie, and the person next to me and my friend not only left his phone on. It ringed three times through the movie! And you may think that is no big deal. But the guy...ANSWERED IT! He answered and talked on his phone during the film. He didn't even leave his seat. Or try and speak quietly. Luckily the movie was the transporter and I didn't miss anything.
Two of these drives...hmmm for just 2,000. That'd be worth it.
I always thought harleys were odd because they are so popular because of their poor design. People love the sound of an inefficient motor...
Yeah, but it sounds so cool! I get to live in the Mile High City! What would the Denverites do if we had to say we lived in the 1.6 kilometer city? Would we have 1,600 meter statium then? I always assumed that Denver came first, and that's how they decided to call that a mile.
There could be a book called "SMB related stuff that crashes Mac OS X". SMB is just not 100% there on os x. The only thing on my tibook that makes me want to kill it.
God I hope you are wrong. Because I have worked in Hollywood, and it is 5-10 times worse than anything else in the universe. The people on top aren't the most skilled. They are the best politicians. They kissed ass and back-stabbed their way to the top. The peons work twice as much as IT people do and they make minimum wage. Or perhaps nothing. Stars...we don't want that, good god. (for acurate portrayal of hollywood see "swimming with sharks")
I found a really interesting article about this on bbc, that links to a paper some researchers at Microsoft(!?) wrote about how pointless DRM is, for these exact reasons
This is what as known as a "false analogy" fallacy.
When I think of how much money was just BURNED during the bubble...it makes me want to vomit. Now, anyone with a job is lucky to have one. Computer science grads are getting offered unpaid work, or sub-$30k salaries. Goddamn the bubble.
I think this video was done manually, most animators aren't programmers (but some are, I know). Animators are patient people. Also I think they probably doubled frames, so there are "only" 12 frames to come up with each second. they probably projected the video, then lined the bricks up with the projection. (a pretty common technique for "roto mation") You should check out some of the classic animations. There is one that features an animated cab calloway, done using this technique.
Does this freak you out just a little? It reminds me of an 80s geek movie. We read about someone in the paper, fifteen minutes later we have her address, phonenumber and a satallite photo of her house.
I would think that Microsoft must be considering starting from scratch on their server product. Piling kludge on top of kludge can only improve things to a point.
I worked in the Denver SGI sales office when all this was going down. The goverment systems half of our office had to be retrofitted for the meetings. We had to have a special conference room installed that was 100% "bug-proof". Obviously, they didn't let us look inside. But it had an intimidating door with all kind of security features on the door. Of course, none of us new what they were doing, (and I still don't) but I do know that the big customer was Lockheed. All the staff in that branch had to have background checks and now all the SEs and sales reps have a clearance higher than the president (in regards to the stuff this is for). Based on your post, it sounds like they were making some cool stuff.
Just for the record, the area around Blvd. St. Michel is also known for the world's densest tourists.
Or any industry. A lot of companies are switching to maya, now that its actually cheaper than max.