I heard it on the radio, read it in the book, saw it on stage at the Rainbow, cringed at the TV series, played the records, read the book of radio scripts. I've eaten the soup and worn the T-shirt.
The original material, particularly the books was funny. It still is funny. I think I've read the first book 20 times and laughed every time, but in slightly different places. Listening to the radio series with those amazing radiophonic-workshop effects makes any visual representation redundant so I can't understand what us old-timers will get from the film. Either it will be the original, but watered down to fit the film length, or it will be new, not DNA, but with a few in-jokes.
I think the film must be targeted at a new audience. They've heard this theory about 42 being the answer but never been exposed to the original joke. 42 is there to whet their appetites, not mine.
So I can't say I have been waiting 24 years to see it on the big screen. I'll wait until it arrives on a small one in my living-room. Can it be worse than "Mostly Harmless"?
Too many users and the social fabric has broken down. The application has attempted to scale and it copes, in so much as the servers staying up is a measure of success. But look at the contents these days.
As I understood it at least one of the skulls was found on the surface, so they could only verify the layer underneath and that it was not above the next dateable layer.
What struck me was that the dating was done using layers of volcanic minerals. These folk may well have been ritually killed or buried, my question: How deep were they buried?
Your last paragraph seemed significant somehow, but I haven't had time to think it through. Perhaps it is just the "quantum" context that is causing the illusion.
John Searle used the Chinese room thought experiment to try and debunk some theories about hard AI. He prefers to think that minds are quantum devices rather than classical computers. The thought of having a computer language for an abacus seemed to connect with this problem. Anyone?
I did not confuse, I just fudged it for the sake of a cheap bit of humour. BTW, if it was you who modded me up for humour, it should have been -1 for redundant, someone else made the same joke.
Borrow about three David Eddings books, read them, see if you can remember which was which. I have sworn never to spend money on his books again. His one greatest sin is that he never kills off a character, even if they do something suicidal.
All you software developers feel fear. The only possibility is that something has evolved which can actually achieve the productivity gains claimed for all those lame IDEs, design languages and bubble chart systems. An application level script-kiddie now walks the earth. Your jobs are no longer safe, your manager will begin to understand your acronyms and see them as another facet of information hiding, school leavers have made you obselete.
Alternatively there is an opening as a technical reporter just opening up.
Religions will try to tell you on what day the earth was created. National newspapers will tell you the age of the universe, plus or minus a billion years. A scientist will give another scientist an estimate and a confidence level.
Slashdot Mirror
Later the same day the policeman was excommunicated for praying outside his local church.
I played, but never completed, the game. Mindboggling.
I heard it on the radio,
read it in the book,
saw it on stage at the Rainbow,
cringed at the TV series,
played the records,
read the book of radio scripts.
I've eaten the soup and worn the T-shirt.
The original material, particularly the books was funny. It still is funny. I think I've read the first book 20 times and laughed every time, but in slightly different places. Listening to the radio series with those amazing radiophonic-workshop effects makes any visual representation redundant so I can't understand what us old-timers will get from the film. Either it will be the original, but watered down to fit the film length, or it will be new, not DNA, but with a few in-jokes.
I think the film must be targeted at a new audience. They've heard this theory about 42 being the answer but never been exposed to the original joke. 42 is there to whet their appetites, not mine.
So I can't say I have been waiting 24 years to see it on the big screen. I'll wait until it arrives on a small one in my living-room. Can it be worse than "Mostly Harmless"?
To protect intellectual property they might have to chip the originals.
Only in blue
At least it looks like Marvin would like Titan more than expected.
I expect they had more problems with worms than with Trojans.
Too many users and the social fabric has broken down. The application has attempted to scale and it copes, in so much as the servers staying up is a measure of success. But look at the contents these days.
I love the headline "Self Parking Car Hits The Shops", sounds like there is still some work to do.
They have pushed a slow one.
Remember a shuttle is for life, not just for Christmas.
As I understood it at least one of the skulls was found on the surface, so they could only verify the layer underneath and that it was not above the next dateable layer.
What struck me was that the dating was done using layers of volcanic minerals. These folk may well have been ritually killed or buried, my question: How deep were they buried?
I don't hold out much hope for the Martian buffalo
But I wonder what aspect of the domino effect appears to turn the steering and apply the brakes of the car that rolls off the ramp at the end?
Your last paragraph seemed significant somehow, but I haven't had time to think it through. Perhaps it is just the "quantum" context that is causing the illusion.
John Searle used the Chinese room thought experiment to try and debunk some theories about hard AI. He prefers to think that minds are quantum devices rather than classical computers. The thought of having a computer language for an abacus seemed to connect with this problem. Anyone?
I did not confuse, I just fudged it for the sake of a cheap bit of humour. BTW, if it was you who modded me up for humour, it should have been -1 for redundant, someone else made the same joke.
The shuttle, which was designed to survive re-entry, broke-up.
Nasa say they can't design a black-box that could survive a shuttle disaster.
The data-recorder, which was not designed to survive re-entry, survived.
Nasa should get the design of their next re-entry vehicle from the designer of the data-recorder!
fly posters will be prosecuted
The government should be responsible for taking backups, we could pay them to do it. What do you mean that already happens?
Just fax it over....
I see the bbc are reporting that biometrics are gaining ground for user authorisation. Who will be first to print a retinal pattern?
Borrow about three David Eddings books, read them, see if you can remember which was which. I have sworn never to spend money on his books again. His one greatest sin is that he never kills off a character, even if they do something suicidal.
All you software developers feel fear. The only possibility is that something has evolved which can actually achieve the productivity gains claimed for all those lame IDEs, design languages and bubble chart systems. An application level script-kiddie now walks the earth. Your jobs are no longer safe, your manager will begin to understand your acronyms and see them as another facet of information hiding, school leavers have made you obselete.
Alternatively there is an opening as a technical reporter just opening up.
Religions will try to tell you on what day the earth was created. National newspapers will tell you the age of the universe, plus or minus a billion years. A scientist will give another scientist an estimate and a confidence level.