I have also found the games more lacking when I can be with her instead
Amen... I have also been able to find so much in life that is more compelling than video games. If she loved video games like I used too then what would stop us from being virtual shut-ins? Every once in a while I still need to veg out are play mario kart with some friends, but as of late I find them to be wholly unsatisfying.
Not to rain on your dreams but I said the same thing once. About video games and pot. Now I'm a sober man who plays maybe an hours worth of video games per week.
I used to dream of finding a girl who loved playing video games as much as I did. Ironically I have found myself in a healthy relationship with a girl who hates video games and I don't want it any other way. Slowly she has learned to respect my pastime as a way for me to escape, and slowly I have realized that the non-interactive nature of video games isn't as satisfying as a good conversation with someone. As a result I find myself not needing the video games like I once did and happy about it.
I think the biggest flaw in the movie was that in the last scene when they are showing simultaneos shots of the crashing Ships from around the world, it's daylight in every single shot.
I'm not talking about links in a web page. Ctrl+click is setup to do that already. I'm talking about when I click on a link in an external program, like my email client or a trillian message (which works for some reason) or a URL file "Internet Shortcut" as windows calls it.
I like the mozilla Google toolbar. But I have to admit it's not as clean as the Google one (for obvious reasons). There are just minor little annoyances I find with it. They don't keep me from using IE as rarely as possible, but I do notice a difference.
I love firefox, but the thing I find most annoying are the options. The default options is laughable in it's lack of customizablility. The Things they left out does somewhat better, but also covers some wacky settings I couldn't give 2 cents about. about:config is like my dad's garage. Sure it has everything you need to build a car/house/small government... but try and find a screwdriver in that mess.
I complain because I wish there was better tab management. As a windows developer who uses gvim I tend to have dozens of windows open at any one time, so having one browser with multiple tabs is a godsend. What I really need, however, is to have all external links (email, trillian, url files) open in a new TAB. Not a freaking window, and not over the current tab I have open. I used Tabbrwoser Extensions for a while and loved the functionality of it. I eventually tracked a nasty bug back to it however. Once or twice a day my CPU would kick into overdrive, 99% used up by firefox. I would have to kill it to get control back and would subsequently loose all my various web pages. As a web developer I found this extremely frustrating. Alas I'm forced to disable my favorite extension and I've been unable to find another one that works properly or a property in about:config that does what I need.... [/rant] *gasp* I need a breath
19th century New York was recreated on the lot of Cinecittà studios in Rome. When George Lucas visited the massive set, he reportedly turned to Scorsese and said that sets like that can be done with computers now.
HAHAHA, that's great. The grandparent makes a great point about the green screen. I couldn't agree more. It's ironic that what made Star Wars so timeless were the incredibly detailed models and the added (simple) CG of the blasters. IMO nothing dates a movie more than using a lot of CG. Considering how quickly it advances things tend to look pretty cheesy in 5-10 years.
yeah yeah i know, but it would be damn boring otherwise.
I see what you mean about the "more civilized age" but I don't think it works 100%. Civilization or not I think it is still more realistic to have some dirt grime and breakdowns be a part of the film. I mean you have huge droid armies marching through the wilderness who come out clean on the other side. Or when visiting a lower part of the city, show some disrepair or squalor. A great example is "The Fifth Element." Advanced technology and civilization but still a layer of filth and reality that covers it all.
I was thinking about the mood of the 3rd film myself. It's kind of hard to have a happy ending when Anakin becomes Darth Vader and hunts down the Jedi to near near extinction.
The thing that was great, too me, about the first three movies was the innovative and realistic galaxy that was created. I loved how everything was dirty and ships would break down or get stuck. Han Solo was a smuggler driven by money (in the begining at least) and he fired first at Guedo. Darth Vader and the Emperor were menacing and the music was incredible.
The prequels were un-inspired vanilla squeaky clean space movies. The characters were flat and Lucas can't direct a movie to save his life. Natalie Portman was great in Léon, Cold Mountain and Heat. As with most young actors though, she needs a good director to make her shine. Even Samuel L. Jackson's performance was weak. Samuel L. Freaking Jackson for christ's sake. I think it is very telling that they wrapped up shooting the 3rd prequel ahead of schedule....
Lucas: "Take 1, Action" Actors give half-ass performance Lucas: "Cut. That looks good to me." Lucas knob polisher: "Yes Heir Lucas, that looked great." Lucas: "Ok, that's a wrap."
The Reuters version you linked is shorter than the NYtimes one. Here is the full version:
SAN FRANCISCO, May 18 - Edging closer to a direct confrontation with Microsoft,
Google, the Web search engine, is preparing to introduce a powerful
file and text software search tool for locating information stored on
personal computers.
Google's software, which is expected to be
introduced soon, according to several people with knowledge of the
company's plans, is the clearest indication to date that the company,
based in Mountain View, Calif., hopes to extend its search business to
compete directly with Microsoft's control of desktop computing.
Improved
technology for searching information stored on a PC will also be a
crucial feature of Microsoft's long-delayed version of its Windows
operating system called Longhorn. That version, which is not expected
before 2006 at the earliest, will have a redesigned file system, making
it possible to track and retrieve information in ways not currently
possible with Windows software.
Google's move is in part a
defensive one, because the company is concerned about Microsoft's
ability to make searching on the Web as well as on a PC a central part
of its operating system. By integrating more search functions into
Windows, Microsoft could conceivably challenge Google the way it
threatened, and destroyed, an earlier rival, Netscape, by incorporating
Web browsing into the Windows 98 operating system.
A Google spokesman declined to comment about the new search tool.
Although
Google's core business rests on huge farms of server computers that
permit fast searching on the Internet, the company has already taken
several steps to move beyond that business.
Last year, Google
began testing a free program called the Google Deskbar that makes it
possible to search the Web by entering words and phrases in a small
dialog box placed in the Windows desktop taskbar at the bottom of the
computer screen.
Google also sells a computer search system
designed to index and retrieve information created and stored by a
single organization.
There is a rich history of
less-than-successful attempts to create information search tools for
personal computers. In the 1980's, for example, Mitchell Kapor's On
Technology developed On Location for retrieving information on
Macintosh computers and Bill Gross, a prominent software developer, led
a group of programmers to create Lotus Magellan for the PC.
Digital
Equipment's Alta Vista search engine group also developed a search tool
for data stored on desktop PC's. Today there are a number of commercial
products for desktop searches like X1 and dtSearch. Moreover, both the
Macintosh and Windows operating systems have file and text retrieval
capabilities.
The Google software project, which is code-named
Puffin and which will be available as a free download from Google's Web
site, has been running internally at the company for about a year.
The
project was started, in part, to prepare Google for competing with
Windows Longhorn, which according to industry analysts will dispense
with the need for a stand-alone browser.
The disappearance of
the Web browser and the integration of both Web search and PC search
into the Windows operating system could potentially marginalize
Google's search engine. Google, well aware of this threat, hired a
Microsoft product manager last year to oversee the Puffin project as
part of its strategy to compete with Microsoft's incursion into its
territory.
Microsoft has shown demonstrations of its new search
technology, which emphasizes the use of natural language in queries
like "Where are my vacation photos?" or "What is a firewall?" Microsoft
believes that Longhorn users will no longer think about where
information is stored; they will ins
They introduced these same shopping carts at the new Ralphs super store near my house. For while the tell tale black shopping carts where never seen outside the store. I was happy but the guy who collects the carts and sells them back to the stores was not. After about a year though the carts started appearing. I don't know what sort of mechanism they use, but I would assume there is some sort of battery in the cart somewhere. And it, well, yeah, died.
While this is good news for people suffering AIDS.
Actually it's not. As you stated it prevents the HIV from developing into full blown AIDS. I would assume that once a patients has AIDS this therapy will have no affect. From the article:
....Arkin and his colleagues have designed a potential AIDS treatment that would remain with the patient as long as he or she has HIV, meaning it would prevent AIDS from arising even in patients who otherwise would have developed the disease after a decade of latency.
On a happier note the "spreading" of this Anti-HIV virus would probably be prolific....
It latches onto the natural HIV and spreads along with it, even from person to person[read: sex].
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Not to rain on your dreams but I said the same thing once. About video games and pot. Now I'm a sober man who plays maybe an hours worth of video games per week.
I used to dream of finding a girl who loved playing video games as much as I did. Ironically I have found myself in a healthy relationship with a girl who hates video games and I don't want it any other way. Slowly she has learned to respect my pastime as a way for me to escape, and slowly I have realized that the non-interactive nature of video games isn't as satisfying as a good conversation with someone. As a result I find myself not needing the video games like I once did and happy about it.
And fill in the blank with any habbit except maybe "flowers buyer"
I think the biggest flaw in the movie was that in the last scene when they are showing simultaneos shots of the crashing Ships from around the world, it's daylight in every single shot.
According to your flawed stastics they may be more educated, but according to my flawed stastics they have an average lower IQ
I've had it happen with only a couple tabs open before. It would happen on a daily basis and since I disabled it 2 weeks ago it hasn't happened once.
Already tried that, it doesn't have the desired affect. Hmm.. maybe one of my extensions is conflicting with it.
Awesome, thx. I'll try this out right now.
I'm not talking about links in a web page. Ctrl+click is setup to do that already. I'm talking about when I click on a link in an external program, like my email client or a trillian message (which works for some reason) or a URL file "Internet Shortcut" as windows calls it.
Well it's written by a Japanese guy and ... it's ... well ... huge and the technical document is in Japanese.
;-)
I know, i know, learn Kenji. It's on my list right after destroying Microsoft
I like the mozilla Google toolbar. But I have to admit it's not as clean as the Google one (for obvious reasons). There are just minor little annoyances I find with it. They don't keep me from using IE as rarely as possible, but I do notice a difference.
I love firefox, but the thing I find most annoying are the options. The default options is laughable in it's lack of customizablility. The Things they left out does somewhat better, but also covers some wacky settings I couldn't give 2 cents about. about:config is like my dad's garage. Sure it has everything you need to build a car/house/small government ... but try and find a screwdriver in that mess.
.... [/rant] *gasp* I need a breath
I complain because I wish there was better tab management. As a windows developer who uses gvim I tend to have dozens of windows open at any one time, so having one browser with multiple tabs is a godsend. What I really need, however, is to have all external links (email, trillian, url files) open in a new TAB. Not a freaking window, and not over the current tab I have open. I used Tabbrwoser Extensions for a while and loved the functionality of it. I eventually tracked a nasty bug back to it however. Once or twice a day my CPU would kick into overdrive, 99% used up by firefox. I would have to kill it to get control back and would subsequently loose all my various web pages. As a web developer I found this extremely frustrating. Alas I'm forced to disable my favorite extension and I've been unable to find another one that works properly or a property in about:config that does what I need
- 19th century New York was recreated on the lot of Cinecittà studios in Rome. When George Lucas visited the massive set, he reportedly turned to Scorsese and said that sets like that can be done with computers now.
HAHAHA, that's great. The grandparent makes a great point about the green screen. I couldn't agree more. It's ironic that what made Star Wars so timeless were the incredibly detailed models and the added (simple) CG of the blasters. IMO nothing dates a movie more than using a lot of CG. Considering how quickly it advances things tend to look pretty cheesy in 5-10 years.I see what you mean about the "more civilized age" but I don't think it works 100%. Civilization or not I think it is still more realistic to have some dirt grime and breakdowns be a part of the film. I mean you have huge droid armies marching through the wilderness who come out clean on the other side. Or when visiting a lower part of the city, show some disrepair or squalor. A great example is "The Fifth Element." Advanced technology and civilization but still a layer of filth and reality that covers it all.
I was thinking about the mood of the 3rd film myself. It's kind of hard to have a happy ending when Anakin becomes Darth Vader and hunts down the Jedi to near near extinction.
Doh, now i'll be modded redundant because someone asked the same question on Thu May 20, '04 05:12 PM
I thought it was illegal for business to make unsolicited phone calls to cell phones because the customer gets charged for it. Am i wrong?
The thing that was great, too me, about the first three movies was the innovative and realistic galaxy that was created. I loved how everything was dirty and ships would break down or get stuck. Han Solo was a smuggler driven by money (in the begining at least) and he fired first at Guedo. Darth Vader and the Emperor were menacing and the music was incredible.
....
The prequels were un-inspired vanilla squeaky clean space movies. The characters were flat and Lucas can't direct a movie to save his life. Natalie Portman was great in Léon, Cold Mountain and Heat. As with most young actors though, she needs a good director to make her shine. Even Samuel L. Jackson's performance was weak. Samuel L. Freaking Jackson for christ's sake. I think it is very telling that they wrapped up shooting the 3rd prequel ahead of schedule
Lucas: "Take 1, Action"
Actors give half-ass performance
Lucas: "Cut. That looks good to me."
Lucas knob polisher: "Yes Heir Lucas, that looked great."
Lucas: "Ok, that's a wrap."
yeah, the only thing I don't like about cygwin is that it is such a memory hog.
It is astounding, especially when you think about how many Sites use tabed navigation.
As a developer trapped in windows I find this little tool incredibly usefull.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 18 - Edging closer to a direct confrontation with Microsoft, Google, the Web search engine, is preparing to introduce a powerful file and text software search tool for locating information stored on personal computers.
Google's software, which is expected to be introduced soon, according to several people with knowledge of the company's plans, is the clearest indication to date that the company, based in Mountain View, Calif., hopes to extend its search business to compete directly with Microsoft's control of desktop computing.
Improved technology for searching information stored on a PC will also be a crucial feature of Microsoft's long-delayed version of its Windows operating system called Longhorn. That version, which is not expected before 2006 at the earliest, will have a redesigned file system, making it possible to track and retrieve information in ways not currently possible with Windows software.
Google's move is in part a defensive one, because the company is concerned about Microsoft's ability to make searching on the Web as well as on a PC a central part of its operating system. By integrating more search functions into Windows, Microsoft could conceivably challenge Google the way it threatened, and destroyed, an earlier rival, Netscape, by incorporating Web browsing into the Windows 98 operating system.
A Google spokesman declined to comment about the new search tool.
Although Google's core business rests on huge farms of server computers that permit fast searching on the Internet, the company has already taken several steps to move beyond that business.
Last year, Google began testing a free program called the Google Deskbar that makes it possible to search the Web by entering words and phrases in a small dialog box placed in the Windows desktop taskbar at the bottom of the computer screen.
Google also sells a computer search system designed to index and retrieve information created and stored by a single organization.
There is a rich history of less-than-successful attempts to create information search tools for personal computers. In the 1980's, for example, Mitchell Kapor's On Technology developed On Location for retrieving information on Macintosh computers and Bill Gross, a prominent software developer, led a group of programmers to create Lotus Magellan for the PC.
Digital Equipment's Alta Vista search engine group also developed a search tool for data stored on desktop PC's. Today there are a number of commercial products for desktop searches like X1 and dtSearch. Moreover, both the Macintosh and Windows operating systems have file and text retrieval capabilities.
The Google software project, which is code-named Puffin and which will be available as a free download from Google's Web site, has been running internally at the company for about a year.
The project was started, in part, to prepare Google for competing with Windows Longhorn, which according to industry analysts will dispense with the need for a stand-alone browser.
The disappearance of the Web browser and the integration of both Web search and PC search into the Windows operating system could potentially marginalize Google's search engine. Google, well aware of this threat, hired a Microsoft product manager last year to oversee the Puffin project as part of its strategy to compete with Microsoft's incursion into its territory.
Microsoft has shown demonstrations of its new search technology, which emphasizes the use of natural language in queries like "Where are my vacation photos?" or "What is a firewall?" Microsoft believes that Longhorn users will no longer think about where information is stored; they will ins
They introduced these same shopping carts at the new Ralphs super store near my house. For while the tell tale black shopping carts where never seen outside the store. I was happy but the guy who collects the carts and sells them back to the stores was not. After about a year though the carts started appearing. I don't know what sort of mechanism they use, but I would assume there is some sort of battery in the cart somewhere. And it, well, yeah, died.
Yes the upper ozone is depleted, but in places like LA the smog is essentially an ozone layer .. or so i thought.
From the article: On a happier note the "spreading" of this Anti-HIV virus would probably be prolific