According to the commentary on the Battlestar Galactica Miniseries DVD, they originally tried to have no sound in space sequences, but it didn't work. For one thing, the producers said that the transition between sound inside the ships and no sound outside was too jarring.
I submitted this article, and I used the exact same headline that The New York Times used. If you've got a problem with that headline, you can take it up with the copy desk of The New York Times, not me, kdawson or anyone at Slashdot.
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"you are free to fork the old one and develop it yourself."
That's easy for you to say. But now imagine you are running a publicly traded company like Red Hat and you're forced by Stallman to fork every single GNU program included in your distribution. And now imagine the FOSS movement without the backing of corporations like Red Hat and IBM.
My feelings exactly. This is why I'll never use Tor. The thought of aiding and abetting purveyors of child pornography is almost enough to make me vomit.
Anonymous speech is every American's right, but child pornography is clearly not protected by that right.
This underscores the essential problem with relying too much on these models. Any model tries to simplify the real world down to what can fit into a computer, and that forces one to make assumptions.
LTCM went under because one of its assumptions was violated when the ruble took a nosedive.
Computer models are a great tool, but there has to be a human overseeing them to ensure that they still agree with reality.
This patch restricts the field of endeavour of the Program in such a way that this license collides with paragraph 6 of the Open Source Definition. Therefore, this modified version of the GPL is no more OSI compliant.
The Program and its derivative work will neither be modified or executed to harm a ny human being nor through inaction permit any human being to be harmed. This is Asimov's first law of Robotics.
When I first read the headline, I parsed it as " Vista Beta has 2 Major Problems," and I thought, Gee, only two major problems? They're improving dramatically.
"Introduce random variables. I don't care if you have to build in mechanisms to your game that are illogical so that the AI sometimes goofs up. All humans are fallible at a certain point and if you have differing levels of predictability in your AI, the user will love it."
Sure, NPCs should goof up now and again, but most of the time, they should at least be rational; they should always take steps not to die.
That means: * No NPC should stand by idly as I charge toward it with weapons drawn. * If I swiftly and easily kill all N-1 enemies in a group, the Nth one ought to get a clue and run away with its tail between its legs, beg for mercy or at least try a different strategy. * No NPC should forget about me simply because I walk out of its view. * NPCs should use teamwork.
Also, there should be variability among NPCs, even of the same type or class. For example, in "Halo," all Elites are the same, so once you figure out how to beat one, you'll be able to beat 'em all.
Putting aside your personal feelings on copyright, that review is enough to make me want to stay away from it. As the review points out, I would be better served by reading Lessig's blog, among others.
The Firefox team waits for a few days to direct the auto-update feature to the latest version. It just has to do with managing server load. The article points out where you can get 1.0.7 now.
If so why does it not seem to have the mind share that Fedora, SuSE, Mandriva and [K]ubuntu appear to enjoy?
Oh, plenty of us have heard of it, but it can be a real pain if you don't take the time to learn some things. Basically, it's got a pretty sizable learning curve.
Better yet, here's the text, so you needn't be bothered with registration:
AOL'S TIME IS UP
By TIM ARANGO
September 15, 2005 -- In a deal that would unite two of America's corporate giants as partners in the Internet business, Time Warner is in advanced discussions to sell a stake in America Online to Microsoft, The Post has learned.
According to two sources familiar with the matter, Time Warner is in talks with Microsoft about selling the stake in AOL and then combining it with Microsoft's Web unit MSN.
Under the plan being considered, Microsoft would pay some money to Time Warner for the AOL stake, leaving the two companies approximately equal partners in the venture.
While the deal could fall apart, the companies are hopeful they can wrap it up within the next couple of months.
Talks are most advanced with Microsoft -- Time Warner management's preferred partner -- but the media giant has also had discussions with both Yahoo! and Google over a sale or venture with AOL, according to a source close to Time Warner.
Time Warner's inclination to partner with a large tech company suggests that even if AOL's most recent strategy of becoming a free portal is successful, it may not be enough to keep the unit within the Time Warner fold.
While AOL began testing the portal in June and has won plaudits for the quality of its videos and other features, the company has yet to make a big marketing push, even though it promised one by the end of August, noted Rich Greenfield, an analyst at Fulcrum.
Greenfield, who said it's too early to judge whether the portal strategy is a success, believes Time Warner should wait before making a decision on the future of AOL.
"I think it's too early for it to be sold or spun out," he said.
AOL has seen the number of subscribers decline from 26 million in 2003 to fewer than 22 million now, as users fled AOL's dial-up service for broadband.
Its portal strategy -- a reversal of its prior focus of offering exclusive content -- puts AOL in direct competition with Yahoo!, MSN and Google.
The AOL discussions come as Time Warner management has been reviewing numerous strategic moves to boost the company's share price.
And as other media companies such as Viacom work out plans to break apart after years of consolidation, Time Warner is likely to be a starkly different company a year from now.
In addition to a likely AOL move, some or all of the company's cable unit will finally be spun off early next year.
Beyond that, sources close to Time Warner's management say that Time Inc., the company's publishing unit, could be sold or spun off sometime next year if its performance doesn't improve.
In addition to the strategic moves, Time Warner's Don Logan, who shares the No. 2 executive duties at the company with Jeff Bewkes, is expected to retire in 2006.
Since the disastrous merger between Time Warner and AOL in 2000, about $200 billion in shareholder value has been wiped out.
Until this year, company management had been hamstrung by fraud investigations by the Justice Department and Securities and Exchange Commission, but those probes were settled for $510 million. Time Warner's Chairman Dick Parsons later put aside some $2 billion to settle shareholder litigation.
Meanwhile, the company has been targeted by corporate raider-turned-shareholder-activist Carl Icahn, whose group has been amassing a stake in Time Warner and pushing for seats on the board of directors.
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Does anybody else think that the X-Men 3-D interface is entirely doable?
According to the commentary on the Battlestar Galactica Miniseries DVD, they originally tried to have no sound in space sequences, but it didn't work. For one thing, the producers said that the transition between sound inside the ships and no sound outside was too jarring.
I submitted this article, and I used the exact same headline that The New York Times used. If you've got a problem with that headline, you can take it up with the copy desk of The New York Times, not me, kdawson or anyone at Slashdot.
"you are free to fork the old one and develop it yourself."
That's easy for you to say. But now imagine you are running a publicly traded company like Red Hat and you're forced by Stallman to fork every single GNU program included in your distribution. And now imagine the FOSS movement without the backing of corporations like Red Hat and IBM.
Stallman is hurting his own movement.
My feelings exactly. This is why I'll never use Tor. The thought of aiding and abetting purveyors of child pornography is almost enough to make me vomit.
Anonymous speech is every American's right, but child pornography is clearly not protected by that right.
Yeah, I tried searching for it, too. If anybody knows of a preprint for this, I'd be much obliged.
This underscores the essential problem with relying too much on these models. Any model tries to simplify the real world down to what can fit into a computer, and that forces one to make assumptions.
LTCM went under because one of its assumptions was violated when the ruble took a nosedive.
Computer models are a great tool, but there has to be a human overseeing them to ensure that they still agree with reality.
Actually, the prize money likely will go to a charity, such as the Math Olympiad.
Below is what was added to the GPL:
x t
PATCH FOR NO MILITARY USE
This patch restricts the field of endeavour of the Program in such a way that this
license collides with paragraph 6 of the Open Source Definition. Therefore, this
modified version of the GPL is no more OSI compliant.
The Program and its derivative work will neither be modified or executed to harm a
ny human being nor through inaction permit any human being to be harmed.
This is Asimov's first law of Robotics.
You can find the full text of the license at: http://gpu.sourceforge.net/GPL_license_modified.t
At Drexel University, our CS department has students submit assignments by checking code into an SVN repository, too. The advantages of this are many.
It's hard to describe the wonder of Quicksilver. Just try it.
(MSNBC is a Microsoft - NBC joint venture.)
Somebody's out of a job.
When I first read the headline, I parsed it as " Vista Beta has 2 Major Problems," and I thought, Gee, only two major problems? They're improving dramatically.
"Introduce random variables. I don't care if you have to build in mechanisms to your game that are illogical so that the AI sometimes goofs up. All humans are fallible at a certain point and if you have differing levels of predictability in your AI, the user will love it."
Sure, NPCs should goof up now and again, but most of the time, they should at least be rational; they should always take steps not to die.
That means:
* No NPC should stand by idly as I charge toward it with weapons drawn.
* If I swiftly and easily kill all N-1 enemies in a group, the Nth one ought to get a clue and run away with its tail between its legs, beg for mercy or at least try a different strategy.
* No NPC should forget about me simply because I walk out of its view.
* NPCs should use teamwork.
Also, there should be variability among NPCs, even of the same type or class. For example, in "Halo," all Elites are the same, so once you figure out how to beat one, you'll be able to beat 'em all.
"If anyone manages to go, I'd love to see some real reviews of it."
v _id=345768
http://movies2.nytimes.com/gst/movies/movie.html?
Putting aside your personal feelings on copyright, that review is enough to make me want to stay away from it. As the review points out, I would be better served by reading Lessig's blog, among others.
Also, affect can be used as a noun.
I share your fustration. I understand that was misused widely, but with XHTML, how the heck am I supposed to display a table of data?
Facebook, a site used by almost college student I know, uses SVG to display one's network of friends as a graph.
The GNU program indent could provide useful help, as that program converts C files from one style to another.
Where's my flying car?
This is the future, and I was promised a flying car, not some Jeep.
Anyone else find it ironic that Long points to BSD's academic roots as a good reason to become involved with it?
One of the greatest strengths of Linux is that it works practically rather than theoretically.
The Firefox team waits for a few days to direct the auto-update feature to the latest version. It just has to do with managing server load. The article points out where you can get 1.0.7 now.
If so why does it not seem to have the mind share that Fedora, SuSE, Mandriva and [K]ubuntu appear to enjoy?
Oh, plenty of us have heard of it, but it can be a real pain if you don't take the time to learn some things. Basically, it's got a pretty sizable learning curve.
Instead of linking to three stories all citing the NY Post, why not link right to them?
http://www.nypost.com/business/28069.htm
Better yet, here's the text, so you needn't be bothered with registration:
AOL'S TIME IS UP
By TIM ARANGO
September 15, 2005 -- In a deal that would unite two of America's corporate giants as partners in the Internet business, Time Warner is in advanced discussions to sell a stake in America Online to Microsoft, The Post has learned.
According to two sources familiar with the matter, Time Warner is in talks with Microsoft about selling the stake in AOL and then combining it with Microsoft's Web unit MSN.
Under the plan being considered, Microsoft would pay some money to Time Warner for the AOL stake, leaving the two companies approximately equal partners in the venture.
While the deal could fall apart, the companies are hopeful they can wrap it up within the next couple of months.
Talks are most advanced with Microsoft -- Time Warner management's preferred partner -- but the media giant has also had discussions with both Yahoo! and Google over a sale or venture with AOL, according to a source close to Time Warner.
Time Warner's inclination to partner with a large tech company suggests that even if AOL's most recent strategy of becoming a free portal is successful, it may not be enough to keep the unit within the Time Warner fold.
While AOL began testing the portal in June and has won plaudits for the quality of its videos and other features, the company has yet to make a big marketing push, even though it promised one by the end of August, noted Rich Greenfield, an analyst at Fulcrum.
Greenfield, who said it's too early to judge whether the portal strategy is a success, believes Time Warner should wait before making a decision on the future of AOL.
"I think it's too early for it to be sold or spun out," he said.
AOL has seen the number of subscribers decline from 26 million in 2003 to fewer than 22 million now, as users fled AOL's dial-up service for broadband.
Its portal strategy -- a reversal of its prior focus of offering exclusive content -- puts AOL in direct competition with Yahoo!, MSN and Google.
The AOL discussions come as Time Warner management has been reviewing numerous strategic moves to boost the company's share price.
And as other media companies such as Viacom work out plans to break apart after years of consolidation, Time Warner is likely to be a starkly different company a year from now.
In addition to a likely AOL move, some or all of the company's cable unit will finally be spun off early next year.
Beyond that, sources close to Time Warner's management say that Time Inc., the company's publishing unit, could be sold or spun off sometime next year if its performance doesn't improve.
In addition to the strategic moves, Time Warner's Don Logan, who shares the No. 2 executive duties at the company with Jeff Bewkes, is expected to retire in 2006.
Since the disastrous merger between Time Warner and AOL in 2000, about $200 billion in shareholder value has been wiped out.
Until this year, company management had been hamstrung by fraud investigations by the Justice Department and Securities and Exchange Commission, but those probes were settled for $510 million. Time Warner's Chairman Dick Parsons later put aside some $2 billion to settle shareholder litigation.
Meanwhile, the company has been targeted by corporate raider-turned-shareholder-activist Carl Icahn, whose group has been amassing a stake in Time Warner and pushing for seats on the board of directors.
Flying Spaghetti Monster yields 4,999 hits. All hail His Noodleness.