Because that's not a CD player. That's a CD-ROM drive.
A CD player is a consumer device that plays music from CDs. Newer, cooler ones also play CD-Rs burned with WMA or MP3 files. The only use of a CD player is to play music.
Why not just use Open Source? The idea was that it evoked a sense of openess and freedom without the sense of pirated, cheap, crap, no one can sell it, no one can make money from it, etc.
Open Source seems like an elegant enough solution to the very unfortunate problem of what people think when they hear "Free Software."
I *just* got a cell phone through T-Mobile, and the games suck. Oh, I love the phone otherwise, and I certainly love my plan so far.
I didn't even look at the games until after I bought the phone. "If I want games," I said, "I can bring along my Game Boy." Indeed, depending on where I'm going, maybe I'll just swap SIM cards and bring my GBA after all. At the very least, this'll be something fun to carry around. Price it right and I'll probably get one.
i don't see as it's the most useful, ground-breaking thing in the world, but it might just be fun!
Thank you! I can't believe no one else ever admits to thinking this way. I knew I couldn't be the only one!
People are like, "if you create a clone and it lives, will it be the same as you? But it how would it have a soul? Is it proof there is no soul?" I always say, "No. Every living human has a soul created and given by God. If God blesses this particular endeavor (or if it meets whatever criteria God has for granting souls), he grants the new clone a soul and it's a completely seperate person. Otherwise, he grants no soul and it isn't viable."
Either the zygote doesn't develop past a handful of cell divisions or it forms into a body with no consciousness. Don't ask me.:)
Eh, actually, you press 'S' three times to balance your shields in the four X-Wing series games--once for 'fore,' once for 'aft,' and once for 'equalize.';)
As an owner of a Game Boy, a Game Boy pocket, a Game Boy Color, and a Game Boy Advance, well, I have to wonder at your discontent. I've no idea where my Game Boy pocket is--a "safe place" perhaps somewhere. But I do remember getting a new Game Boy Color.
The difference between a Game Boy Color running an original Game Boy Game and a Game Boy or Game Boy pocket is like night and day. Forget the pretty colors you can add (I played almost every game except Metroid in 4-color grayscale), but the LCD quality is absolutely stunning. No ghosting or smearing or low refresh. The GBC has a wonderful screen. It's just slightly smaller than a Game Boy pocket LCD screen, but it's hardly noticeable. It's much higher quality, though.
As for the GBA screen, I agree it's not the best quality. But I don't have any trouble with mine--I usually play outside during the day or on my bed by the lamp at night. I have an original Japanese unit from 19 March 2001, but I've heard that the newer American units after a couple months started using screens by a different manufacturer which vastly improved the quality. I agree that a few GBC games look rather lousy on the GBA, but most of them play just fine anyhow.
No video out--although Nintendo is working on a Game Boy Advance Player which attaches to the bottom of a Nintendo GameCube system and with a boot disc in the GCN, lets you play on the TV with either a GameCube controller or an actual linked GBA unit.
True. But in the U.S., passing out guns to a group of rioters is a crime, because you know they're going to use them for crime.
I agree with the Slashdot FAQ about why mirroring and such is impractical. But that doesn't mean Slashdot is completely unresponsible for slashdotted sites. It just means that they've given it some thought and right now, there's really no good solution.
I don't know. Tolkien was a devout Catholic, so I think it's probably safe to assume that the hubris element is drawn from Christian and Biblical sources.
Yeah, I'm Christian. I do concede that the theme does appear in developed form well before it does in Christian mythology. But if you read through some of The History of Middle-earth (esp., I believe, The Book of Lost Tales 1 and 2), it's plain to see that he's drawing from his own religious beliefs and opinions.
Uhhh.... Just to be clear, I agree with your general idea, although I think it's not necessary to trace the source of his inspiration further back than Christian mythology, regardless of your (correct) assertion that the elements and themes originate long beforehand.
The snippet taken out of LotR at Minas Tirith is available in the book Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth edited by Christopher Tolkien. Rather interesting. Not worth buying the book for, but the wealth of supplimental info around LotR and The Silmarillion makes it very worth it. Anyhow, you can probably find it at a library, too.
That's because it was pushed on you and your translations probably sucked. Tolkien could read the original work and found it inspirational. I can't wait to see how he managed to render it into modern English.
Not only that, but Tolkien was a linguist. That was his job, and that was his life--The Silmarillion and later The Lord of the Rings grew out of a love for language and sound that had him create his own languages, and eventually desire to create a history and people for that language.
Ever seen The History of Middle-Earth volume IV: The Lays of Beleriand? These alliterative and rhyming epic songs are absolutely enchanting and beautiful, and if there's anyone in the last century I trust to do justice to an English -> English translation of Beowulf, it's Tolkien. His line-by-line notes will probably be in a different section (i.e., not interlinear).
I just hope it's a dual-language edition. With the German I've studied, I adore looking at the similarities and differences, and with Tolkien's linguistical notes (which I've always found interesting) accompanying what is likely to be an elegant translation, I'm picking this one up as soon as I see it. I may even preorder it.
Not because it's Tolkien and I collect every book by him, but because he was one of the century's most talented linguists, and this is what he did best.
What can I say? If you're going to post to correct someone professing little to no knowlegde in a particular field, maybe it pays to proofread your post once. Or to be competent enough to actually make the correction.
Yeah, I think I'll say just that.
You "mixed them up"? So you're not a native speaker either, hm? No matter, I assume you meant well and just made a simple mistake--you should see me answer people's German questions. Ugh. I'll even be brave enough to not post this anomymously, how's that?
Just like when they took the Mac interface, moved the icons and buttons around a little, and called it their own
You mean just like when Apple took Xerox's interface and called it their own?
Apple hardly created the GUI. Anyhow, I prefer the Windows GUI because it's extremely keyboard-accessible; perfect for anyone who types 100wpm or who boots his computer to find his mouse (or monitor) broken.
I'm 22 and that was my first computer, as well. I got it for my 10th birthday, and loved the thing. So now I can still program as a hobby (just QuickBASIC stuff and a little VB--for really quick hacks to do little things, and my last program was written back in May).
But while I recognize the instruction and address, I don't, however, remember just what it did.:) Not ASM stuff, I don't think.
Yeah, let's see. Tolkien wrote The Lord of the Rings starting in 1940. I guess it reflects British immigration worries in 1950.
Tolkien's main characters are white. Why? It's a British epic story, set in Britain 7,000 some odd years ago. The "bad guys" are not actually humans, but orcs. That hardly constitutes racism.
Tolkien was contacted in 1938 by a German publisher interested in translating and printing a German edition of The Hobbit. Tolkien wrote a letter to his publisher expressing outrage at the idea that Jewish heritage might be a prerequisite for a German edition and didn't want to give proof he wasn't Jewish (although he did happen to have proof).
Since it was really his publisher who had to decide the issue, Tolkien wrote two letters, one politer and the other refusing to give proof of lack of Jewish heritage. Since the politer one still exists, it seems the more angry one got sent to the German publisher. Good for Unwin-Allen. These are letters 28 and 29.
Personally I should be inclined to refuse to give any Bestätigung [confirmation] (although it happens that I can), and let a German translation go hang. In any case I should object strongly to any such declaration appearing in print. I do not regard the (probably) absence of all Jewish blood as necessarily honourable; and I have many Jewish friends, and should regret giving any colour to the notion that I subscribed to the wholly pernicious and unscientific race-doctrine.
Did I read the linked article? Of course not. I've been following this issue very carefully and don't *need* to read the article. It's last week's news.
I simply pointed out that this is a very well-thought out decision, and provided a link that gives the most detailed analysis I've seen on the decision. The majority of the people who are going to just read the headline and go crazy here have a better chance to see my post and follow the link than to click the one in the article.
P.S. thanks to the other guy who linked my URL. I appreciate it--I am new here, posting/account-wise, and wanted to hurry and get the info out before it got buried.
Slashdot Mirror
Because that's not a CD player. That's a CD-ROM drive.
A CD player is a consumer device that plays music from CDs. Newer, cooler ones also play CD-Rs burned with WMA or MP3 files. The only use of a CD player is to play music.
See? That's what you get! Serves you just right!
That'll teach you to read the article. :P
Why not just use Open Source? The idea was that it evoked a sense of openess and freedom without the sense of pirated, cheap, crap, no one can sell it, no one can make money from it, etc.
Open Source seems like an elegant enough solution to the very unfortunate problem of what people think when they hear "Free Software."
I've never done this before, granted--but I think in Soviet Russia, the joke's:
the bus schedules you!
Yeah, that seems right. That's a keeper.
I *just* got a cell phone through T-Mobile, and the games suck. Oh, I love the phone otherwise, and I certainly love my plan so far.
I didn't even look at the games until after I bought the phone. "If I want games," I said, "I can bring along my Game Boy." Indeed, depending on where I'm going, maybe I'll just swap SIM cards and bring my GBA after all. At the very least, this'll be something fun to carry around. Price it right and I'll probably get one.
i don't see as it's the most useful, ground-breaking thing in the world, but it might just be fun!
Thank you! I can't believe no one else ever admits to thinking this way. I knew I couldn't be the only one!
People are like, "if you create a clone and it lives, will it be the same as you? But it how would it have a soul? Is it proof there is no soul?" I always say, "No. Every living human has a soul created and given by God. If God blesses this particular endeavor (or if it meets whatever criteria God has for granting souls), he grants the new clone a soul and it's a completely seperate person. Otherwise, he grants no soul and it isn't viable."
Either the zygote doesn't develop past a handful of cell divisions or it forms into a body with no consciousness. Don't ask me. :)
Eh, actually, you press 'S' three times to balance your shields in the four X-Wing series games--once for 'fore,' once for 'aft,' and once for 'equalize.' ;)
As an owner of a Game Boy, a Game Boy pocket, a Game Boy Color, and a Game Boy Advance, well, I have to wonder at your discontent. I've no idea where my Game Boy pocket is--a "safe place" perhaps somewhere. But I do remember getting a new Game Boy Color.
The difference between a Game Boy Color running an original Game Boy Game and a Game Boy or Game Boy pocket is like night and day. Forget the pretty colors you can add (I played almost every game except Metroid in 4-color grayscale), but the LCD quality is absolutely stunning. No ghosting or smearing or low refresh. The GBC has a wonderful screen. It's just slightly smaller than a Game Boy pocket LCD screen, but it's hardly noticeable. It's much higher quality, though.
As for the GBA screen, I agree it's not the best quality. But I don't have any trouble with mine--I usually play outside during the day or on my bed by the lamp at night. I have an original Japanese unit from 19 March 2001, but I've heard that the newer American units after a couple months started using screens by a different manufacturer which vastly improved the quality. I agree that a few GBC games look rather lousy on the GBA, but most of them play just fine anyhow.
No video out--although Nintendo is working on a Game Boy Advance Player which attaches to the bottom of a Nintendo GameCube system and with a boot disc in the GCN, lets you play on the TV with either a GameCube controller or an actual linked GBA unit.
Maybe if you squint your ears. ;)
Actually, it is a near-rhyme, which is a valid type of rhyme. So...uhhh.... there. :P
You must be having a whale of a time
Probably more like a minnow. ;)
True. But in the U.S., passing out guns to a group of rioters is a crime, because you know they're going to use them for crime.
I agree with the Slashdot FAQ about why mirroring and such is impractical. But that doesn't mean Slashdot is completely unresponsible for slashdotted sites. It just means that they've given it some thought and right now, there's really no good solution.
I don't know. Tolkien was a devout Catholic, so I think it's probably safe to assume that the hubris element is drawn from Christian and Biblical sources.
Yeah, I'm Christian. I do concede that the theme does appear in developed form well before it does in Christian mythology. But if you read through some of The History of Middle-earth (esp., I believe, The Book of Lost Tales 1 and 2), it's plain to see that he's drawing from his own religious beliefs and opinions.
Uhhh.... Just to be clear, I agree with your general idea, although I think it's not necessary to trace the source of his inspiration further back than Christian mythology, regardless of your (correct) assertion that the elements and themes originate long beforehand.
The snippet taken out of LotR at Minas Tirith is available in the book Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth edited by Christopher Tolkien. Rather interesting. Not worth buying the book for, but the wealth of supplimental info around LotR and The Silmarillion makes it very worth it. Anyhow, you can probably find it at a library, too.
That's because it was pushed on you and your translations probably sucked. Tolkien could read the original work and found it inspirational. I can't wait to see how he managed to render it into modern English.
Not only that, but Tolkien was a linguist. That was his job, and that was his life--The Silmarillion and later The Lord of the Rings grew out of a love for language and sound that had him create his own languages, and eventually desire to create a history and people for that language.
Ever seen The History of Middle-Earth volume IV: The Lays of Beleriand? These alliterative and rhyming epic songs are absolutely enchanting and beautiful, and if there's anyone in the last century I trust to do justice to an English -> English translation of Beowulf, it's Tolkien. His line-by-line notes will probably be in a different section (i.e., not interlinear).
I just hope it's a dual-language edition. With the German I've studied, I adore looking at the similarities and differences, and with Tolkien's linguistical notes (which I've always found interesting) accompanying what is likely to be an elegant translation, I'm picking this one up as soon as I see it. I may even preorder it.
Not because it's Tolkien and I collect every book by him, but because he was one of the century's most talented linguists, and this is what he did best.
What can I say? If you're going to post to correct someone professing little to no knowlegde in a particular field, maybe it pays to proofread your post once. Or to be competent enough to actually make the correction.
Yeah, I think I'll say just that.
You "mixed them up"? So you're not a native speaker either, hm? No matter, I assume you meant well and just made a simple mistake--you should see me answer people's German questions. Ugh. I'll even be brave enough to not post this anomymously, how's that?
Just like when they took the Mac interface, moved the icons and buttons around a little, and called it their own
You mean just like when Apple took Xerox's interface and called it their own?
Apple hardly created the GUI. Anyhow, I prefer the Windows GUI because it's extremely keyboard-accessible; perfect for anyone who types 100wpm or who boots his computer to find his mouse (or monitor) broken.
I'm 22 and that was my first computer, as well. I got it for my 10th birthday, and loved the thing. So now I can still program as a hobby (just QuickBASIC stuff and a little VB--for really quick hacks to do little things, and my last program was written back in May). But while I recognize the instruction and address, I don't, however, remember just what it did. :) Not ASM stuff, I don't think.
Yeah, let's see. Tolkien wrote The Lord of the Rings starting in 1940. I guess it reflects British immigration worries in 1950.
Tolkien's main characters are white. Why? It's a British epic story, set in Britain 7,000 some odd years ago. The "bad guys" are not actually humans, but orcs. That hardly constitutes racism.
Tolkien was contacted in 1938 by a German publisher interested in translating and printing a German edition of The Hobbit. Tolkien wrote a letter to his publisher expressing outrage at the idea that Jewish heritage might be a prerequisite for a German edition and didn't want to give proof he wasn't Jewish (although he did happen to have proof).
Since it was really his publisher who had to decide the issue, Tolkien wrote two letters, one politer and the other refusing to give proof of lack of Jewish heritage. Since the politer one still exists, it seems the more angry one got sent to the German publisher. Good for Unwin-Allen. These are letters 28 and 29.
Personally I should be inclined to refuse to give any Bestätigung [confirmation] (although it happens that I can), and let a German translation go hang. In any case I should object strongly to any such declaration appearing in print. I do not regard the (probably) absence of all Jewish blood as necessarily honourable; and I have many Jewish friends, and should regret giving any colour to the notion that I subscribed to the wholly pernicious and unscientific race-doctrine.
Did I read the linked article? Of course not. I've been following this issue very carefully and don't *need* to read the article. It's last week's news. I simply pointed out that this is a very well-thought out decision, and provided a link that gives the most detailed analysis I've seen on the decision. The majority of the people who are going to just read the headline and go crazy here have a better chance to see my post and follow the link than to click the one in the article. P.S. thanks to the other guy who linked my URL. I appreciate it--I am new here, posting/account-wise, and wanted to hurry and get the info out before it got buried.
Holocron very, very elegantly explained just why they're doing this. Read and find out.
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After this article, I completely agreed.