In a surprise announcement from Fermi Labs, it would seem that the basic building blocks of matter, created from our accelerator tests is in fact, pr0n.
In fact there seemed to be quite a lot of it in our reports, as well as some indication that the sound of the big bang was in fact a Britney Spears mp3...
In so far as the basic plot of the movie is concerned you are right.
The ring needs to be destroyed.
The question of originality in essence you are also correct about. The Matrix is new and `original.' While LOTR is based upon books published in the 1930s.
But those books have been read by generations of people and have held a special place in the hearts of those people. We've watched the previous attempts to bring the story to the big screen and for the most part we've watched them fail.
Trying to bring to life something that has held so strong a position in the imagination is very difficult. We all see the characters, the environment, in a different way in our mind's eye.
To satisfy so many people with what has been shown in this version of LOTR is amazing.
True, there were a lot of changes to the story, but the essence is there, the feeling is there. Especially in the Extended Edition of the movie.
As for the concepts behind LOTR. Tolkien created an entire world, languages (actual working languages also), people, history. There is therefore in some ways more there than can be seen in other movies.
LOTR is just a part of the story.
There's plenty there to discuss in terms of scholastic material. Sources, original ideas, the study of the languages that Tolien created...
It's a different kind of thing though. The Matrix asks questions about reality that it presents. LOTR presents a history.
In essence that is the difference and the answer to your question. One is philosophy adapted to the movie, the other is created history.
So the Matrix brings up the question of good/evil and their interaction, because that's the point of the movie. That's the question that drives it, if you will.
The LOTR doesn't bring it up directly because that's not what it is about. It is a story, told by Tolkien to his kids and then published. It contains good and evil and their fight and it deals with war, conflict, some say the fight between industrialism and ruralism...
They both do different things as they are meant to.
I'm not familiar with contracts that have a specific employment time. That seems odd, unless working as a contractor.
However, I am familiar with there being in the contract a section that covers just cause. Such as failure to perform job functions, etc.
Without that being there, I agree. Otherwise, the company has agreed to limit their freedom to fire you at will.
In the same way that if there was a NDA that detailed pictures, company buildings locations, etc as being prohibited, then the employee agreed by signing it to limit their freedom.
Am I the only one who when reading the blurb thought of the line from the Terminator where Arnie is asking to buy a:
"Plasma pulse laser, 40 watt range"
Except it's the Power Supply Terminator looking for a power supply in the 300+ watt range.
I found it interesting that there were comments about `legitimate' business' that feel spam is ruining their message.
I have never looked at email not sent to me by people I knew. Email advertising is even less effective in my opinion than flyers that are sent in the mail.
Admittedly any percentage that would check out that kind of advertising is put off by spam. I find the difference between unsolicited email from `legitimate' companies compared to scams to be negligible. I didn't ask for either.
The only problem with this is the inherent potential for a revolving door system.
Having worked for such a company they had little incentive to keep an employee past the first year and it was instead cheaper for them to hire new blood and get the government break on their salary.
Aside from that, I agree it did a good bit towards helping growth.
Oddly enough, good products from good companies with good support don't tend to get shared like that.
It tends to be only the companies that annoy consumers, that try to gouge them that suffer the P2P fate.
For example, Space Empires IV is a very good game, and the community is very loyal to that game, so you won't see it around very much. It's just that simple.
I remember reading people asking for codes for Gamespy's server listing program for games, and everyone was telling them to just spend the little bit of money the program would cost, because it was worth it. Worth supporting the software and worth the use it would get.
That's what motivates people; the feeling that they are being treated with respect by the companies. And in turn that respect will be returned by the community.
Google:
1, Google
2, Yahoo
Yahoo:
1, Google
2, Yahoo
Lycos:
1, Lycos
3, Google
Altavista:
1, Altavista
2, Google
Pretty amazing that Yahoo doesn't clock out on #1 on their own site...
What time is it when your watch blue screens?
Time to get a Linux watch.
_____
Just seems like a bad idea all around.
I can see the digital display reading:
hA:Xo:Rd
It has been said before, but it is worth saying again.
While I agree that too much is given away in the trailers, this is partly due to low content in the movies to begin with. If there was depth, it wouldn't make a difference, or in the case of a movie such as the Usual Suspects where a trailer is just more misinformation.
On the other hand, the Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings movies are available to everyone, and anyone who has read them knows exactly what is going to happen, yet they succeed.
I've had a couple of written tests for jobs.
And really I can see them as being useful depending upon the type of position, and the type of test.
The two that come to mind were rather different.
In neither of those cases did I actually get the job though.
The first test was an aptitude test. Meaning general questions of a problem solving nature. Almost like an IQ test except with less requirement for prior knowledge and more ability to adapt and deduce by logic. The test was pretty easy, although I hadn't expected it and really with they had offered coffee while I was taking the thing.
The second case was asking specific questions about MS Office. Questions such as the sequence of menu commands to access a specific feature. It was a little difficult since a) I don't use most of Office and b) I just use the tool, I don't memorize it.
Obviously the first test was the better of the two. However, if the second case people were looking for mindless attention to detail and the ability to regurgitate on command theirs was the better test.
It is difficult for a pen/paper test to show adaptability, tenacity, determination, information retention, quick-thinking, insight...
I believe that some places starting using more obscure tests such as having lego blocks given to the person and telling them to `make something'. Again, this is a very specific style of exam and also very subjective; it does offer a different level of insight into the person being tested.
And that after all is the main focus of the test, to get the extra insight that the oral exam perhaps missed so as to make the better choice.
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OK, what we need is Jon Johansen to write something that bypasses the EULA.
We bought the software we should have free use on it. Bypass the EULA, we didn't see it, we didn't agree to it, go from there.
Neverwhere is good, but it has a strong British bent to it that won't necessarily carry over everywhere. American Gods might do better.
In a surprise announcement from Fermi Labs, it would seem that the basic building blocks of matter, created from our accelerator tests is in fact, pr0n.
In fact there seemed to be quite a lot of it in our reports, as well as some indication that the sound of the big bang was in fact a Britney Spears mp3...
In so far as the basic plot of the movie is concerned you are right.
The ring needs to be destroyed.
The question of originality in essence you are also correct about. The Matrix is new and `original.' While LOTR is based upon books published in the 1930s.
But those books have been read by generations of people and have held a special place in the hearts of those people.
We've watched the previous attempts to bring the story to the big screen and for the most part we've watched them fail.
Trying to bring to life something that has held so strong a position in the imagination is very difficult. We all see the characters, the environment, in a different way in our mind's eye.
To satisfy so many people with what has been shown in this version of LOTR is amazing.
True, there were a lot of changes to the story, but the essence is there, the feeling is there. Especially in the Extended Edition of the movie.
As for the concepts behind LOTR. Tolkien created an entire world, languages (actual working languages also), people, history. There is therefore in some ways more there than can be seen in other movies.
LOTR is just a part of the story.
There's plenty there to discuss in terms of scholastic material. Sources, original ideas, the study of the languages that Tolien created...
It's a different kind of thing though.
The Matrix asks questions about reality that it presents. LOTR presents a history.
In essence that is the difference and the answer to your question. One is philosophy adapted to the movie, the other is created history.
So the Matrix brings up the question of good/evil and their interaction, because that's the point of the movie. That's the question that drives it, if you will.
The LOTR doesn't bring it up directly because that's not what it is about. It is a story, told by Tolkien to his kids and then published. It contains good and evil and their fight and it deals with war, conflict, some say the fight between industrialism and ruralism...
They both do different things as they are meant to.
I'm not familiar with contracts that have a specific employment time. That seems odd, unless working as a contractor.
However, I am familiar with there being in the contract a section that covers just cause. Such as failure to perform job functions, etc.
Without that being there, I agree. Otherwise, the company has agreed to limit their freedom to fire you at will.
In the same way that if there was a NDA that detailed pictures, company buildings locations, etc as being prohibited, then the employee agreed by signing it to limit their freedom.
OK, to carry on the devil's advocate thing.
"what's to stop him from leaking information about new software they're developing tomorrow"
That would imply that they fired him for something he `might' do in the future. Which seems an even flimsier excuse.
I know that there have been other cases of people being `persecuted' = fired from their positions due to things they said on the blogs.
I have to question the legality of that kind of action as infringing upon the freedom of speech, of punishing someone for their opinions.
Perhaps it is naive to think that the non-discrimination due to race, creed, etc would also apply to thought.
Because in essence firing someone for what are their opinions and thoughts is a form of thought police.
While that doesn't relate in this instance, as this is far more foolish.
It's a laugh. MS buying Apples. So what? It's funny. I'm sure they have Linus boxes running somewhere also. What of it?
You'd think a company that wealthy would be able to afford a sense of humour.
Not going to happen.
At the very least file sharing users and providers will fall back to Russia.
Which is the same thing that happened with warez.
And there is no way that the RIAA or anyone else is going to be able to force anything over there.
Am I the only one who when reading the blurb thought of the line from the Terminator where Arnie is asking to buy a: "Plasma pulse laser, 40 watt range" Except it's the Power Supply Terminator looking for a power supply in the 300+ watt range.
I found it interesting that there were comments about `legitimate' business' that feel spam is ruining their message. I have never looked at email not sent to me by people I knew. Email advertising is even less effective in my opinion than flyers that are sent in the mail. Admittedly any percentage that would check out that kind of advertising is put off by spam. I find the difference between unsolicited email from `legitimate' companies compared to scams to be negligible. I didn't ask for either.
The only problem with this is the inherent potential for a revolving door system. Having worked for such a company they had little incentive to keep an employee past the first year and it was instead cheaper for them to hire new blood and get the government break on their salary. Aside from that, I agree it did a good bit towards helping growth.
Oddly enough, good products from good companies with good support don't tend to get shared like that.
It tends to be only the companies that annoy consumers, that try to gouge them that suffer the P2P fate.
For example, Space Empires IV is a very good game, and the community is very loyal to that game, so you won't see it around very much. It's just that simple.
I remember reading people asking for codes for Gamespy's server listing program for games, and everyone was telling them to just spend the little bit of money the program would cost, because it was worth it. Worth supporting the software and worth the use it would get.
That's what motivates people; the feeling that they are being treated with respect by the companies. And in turn that respect will be returned by the community.
G'damn formatting...
Did a search on each of the listed sites for the phrase Search Engine.
Received the previously posted numbers.
Google posted itself first and Yahoo second.
Yahoo posted itself second and Google first.
etc.
Google: 1, Google 2, Yahoo Yahoo: 1, Google 2, Yahoo Lycos: 1, Lycos 3, Google Altavista: 1, Altavista 2, Google Pretty amazing that Yahoo doesn't clock out on #1 on their own site...
What time is it when your watch blue screens? Time to get a Linux watch. _____ Just seems like a bad idea all around. I can see the digital display reading: hA:Xo:Rd
It has been said before, but it is worth saying again.
While I agree that too much is given away in the trailers, this is partly due to low content in the movies to begin with. If there was depth, it wouldn't make a difference, or in the case of a movie such as the Usual Suspects where a trailer is just more misinformation.
On the other hand, the Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings movies are available to everyone, and anyone who has read them knows exactly what is going to happen, yet they succeed.
I've had a couple of written tests for jobs. And really I can see them as being useful depending upon the type of position, and the type of test. The two that come to mind were rather different. In neither of those cases did I actually get the job though. The first test was an aptitude test. Meaning general questions of a problem solving nature. Almost like an IQ test except with less requirement for prior knowledge and more ability to adapt and deduce by logic. The test was pretty easy, although I hadn't expected it and really with they had offered coffee while I was taking the thing. The second case was asking specific questions about MS Office. Questions such as the sequence of menu commands to access a specific feature. It was a little difficult since a) I don't use most of Office and b) I just use the tool, I don't memorize it. Obviously the first test was the better of the two. However, if the second case people were looking for mindless attention to detail and the ability to regurgitate on command theirs was the better test. It is difficult for a pen/paper test to show adaptability, tenacity, determination, information retention, quick-thinking, insight... I believe that some places starting using more obscure tests such as having lego blocks given to the person and telling them to `make something'. Again, this is a very specific style of exam and also very subjective; it does offer a different level of insight into the person being tested. And that after all is the main focus of the test, to get the extra insight that the oral exam perhaps missed so as to make the better choice.