The episode was "Ship in a Bottle" where Moriarty and his love are sent off in a computer simulation at the end. They think it's all real, but they're really just both in a simulation of the galaxy.
At the end, Barkley wonders if he himself is part of a simulation and says "Computer, end program".
I can see the sound meter as a quasi-alarm intruder alert type thing...pick up a sound, an alarm goes off type deal.
The flashlight is obvious and I think a great idea. I've been stuck so many times and used my Nokia 3585i as a light source.
The calorie counter I could use, since I'm a fat slob. Of course, I doubt simply having this feature will make me stop stuffing my fat face.
The thermometer again could be used as an alarm, or a temp check...if it's sensitive enough, to let you know when something hits a certain temp...but I don't see me putting my phone into the oven to check on the Thanksgiving turkey.
"If you downloaded or otherwise obtained a copy of the Software, you acquired no lawful rights to the Software and must destroy any and all copies of the Software, including by deleting it from your computer. Any license that you may believe you acquired with the Software is void, revoked and terminated."
It was released under the GPL, it's out there...the GPL is out there...they can't all of a sudden say "Sorry, we changed our minds".
Will this be a landmark case that tests the GPL now? I wonder...
Re:Before the "it's just a game, losers" start up
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Law and Virtual Worlds
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But there still both hobbies. And they're still no more "real" than anything else...it's still wasting time. Consuming real resources? Having an impact on the real world? I think you're giving the average sports fan far too much credit.
And how are these people any more of a loser than say...you?
It seems from your posting history that YOUR hobby is labeling people losers and looking for cameltoe pictures.
But hey, I guess it keeps you off the streets. And we all are thankful for that!
Yes, they're only games we're talking about here, virtual worlds. But is it any different from other pass times?
There is NO difference from someone spending time online in EQ than the average sports fan. Both can be viewed as wastes of time. And how many more people waste their time with sports? Sports are no more "real" than online worlds. I mean, both are just for fun...a way to spend time. That's it. Don't tell me about sports teaching teamwork and all that CRAP! GOD I hate that term. Who gives a damn! I'm not a team player!
But I digress...
Here's another example
Also, major sports fans and like....I don't know...Trekkies perhaps (Trekkers...whatever) are in fact the same exact type of person! Both go to special places (football stadiums and Star Trek conventions), they both dress up as they're favorite "character" (football jerseys, face paint, hats vs. uniforms and makeup), they both litter their homes with memorabilia. They talk all the time about both pass times with their friends..etc etc.
It's someone's hobby. It's someones interest. One mans passion is another mans target of ridicule. Who's right? Who's wrong? There is no right and wrong with these things.
Wow! Can you just imagine...
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Yeah, it always seems that Quark drags their heels on everything. And I mean everything.
They dragged their heels bringing out a System 7 version.
They dragged their heels bringing out a PPC version.
Now they're STILL dragging their heels in bringing out a OSX version.
They are SO arrogant I can't stand it. Luckely I don't use it, as I'm in the packaging side of the printing industry and that's ruled by Photoshop/Illustrator almost exclusivly...with Artpro for trapping and now Nexus for RIPing Approvals or Spectrums.
Just wondering. Thought we gave up on this a while ago, but it appears some are still hanging onto this notion.
I know I get blank, "deer in the headlights" look from co-workers and friends when I try to explain the difference of a hacker and a cracker. Finally I just gave up.
I think they're moving toward "white hat" and "black hat" hacker terms now. But it's hard to keep up on this stuff. I mean, I still use the term "groovy"...so what do I know.
I'm sick of it. The 20th century was hijacked by the art critics and lead everyone into believing that the crap that Pollock and Picasso made was "art".
It used to take years and years of training, copying from the masters, learning space and form, learning perspective etc etc. But when you see people paying $100,000 for a blank canvas because some critic said it was important, then it's time for us to stand up and say enough is enough!
That they are reluctant to release the information that shows exactly what was copied because if they do that, the Linux community will then start writing alternate code and replace all the supposed copyrighted code within the week?
If everything gets replaced, then they have no leg to stand on...then no chance of getting bought etc etc.
I remember rendering things for DAYS on my Amiga back in 1988...and these were only single pictures at 320x240 HAM pictures....really, with Sculpt-Animate 4D I would wait 3 days for a render to complete. They even had a little piece of paper that had "Rendering in progress" on it.
Now games can do it all real time and look MUCH better than my early renders. Blows my mind.
Here's what SUSE is saying on their web site.
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Go to their website and see for yourself. Doesn't look like SCO even talked to them about this yet...at least that's what SUSE is claiming:
SuSE responds to latest SCO actions
The UnitedLinux code base -- jointly designed and developed by SuSE Linux, Turbolinux, Conectiva and SCO -- will continue to be supported unconditionally by SuSE Linux. We will honor all UnitedLinux commitments to customers and partners, regardless of any actions that SCO may take or even allegations they may make.
SCO's actions are again indeed curious. We have asked SCO for clarification of their public statements, SCO has declined. We are not aware, nor has SCO made any attempt to make us aware, of any specific unauthorized code in any SuSE Linux product. As a matter of policy, we have diligent processes for ensuring that appropriate licensing arrangements (open source or otherwise) are in place for all code used in our products.
Yes, Americans are way too lazy...and I count myself as one of them.
We don't walk anymore it seems. Just to go down to the store we take the car. How many people use cabs in New York instead of walking the couple of blocks?
I'm GROSSLY overweight. I"m 41 and if I don't change my ways, I won't be around to see my son grow up.
So that's it, I'm getting up...going to stop sitting in front of the damn computer and get outside and do some walking!
Oh great, I just finished tweaking my system...
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And now another distro comes out to tempt me...back...back I say!
Oh well, I'm treating my home machine with Linux installed as kinda that old car you're trying to cherry out, tinker with, adjusting the carb...things like that.
I don't do this for a living, but hey, it keeps me off the streets.
Don't jump to conclusions. Take a look at the other article in which Collegis responds with:
"Employment of the technicians ended due to issues completely unrelated to this isolated incident, which will become clear as the case progresses through the legal system. Claims made by the plaintiffs cannot be taken at face value and should not be trumpeted as fact via media when they are based solely on unsubstantiated allegations."
Yes, it sounds like they're covering their collective asses, but can't they cover their asses AND be telling the truth? We're so cynical now a-days that we always want to focus on the most negative aspects of things.
You will HAVE to exclude XSI as having a horrible interface. In fact, Softimage/XSI is what you should judge others on in making a 3D software interface.
There simply isn't a better one out there. It's professional, very well designed and very complete.
Take a looke at XSI, you can even download an evaluation copy to see.
Don't get me wrong, you're not going to get a Shrek or Monsters, Inc from off the shelf stuff, but off the shelf stuff is the FOUNDATION of most things...which is the point I was trying to make, but as usual I use a sledgehammer instead of a tweezer to bang out my ideas.
Well, Pixar is moving away from Marrionete, if you look at the making of Monsters, Inc you can see where Sully is modeled in Maya.
But most of the stuff Hollywood uses is still off the shelf, the software that they write comes in to make everything work together.
Or else they would never get new talent running through there. Look at ILM, it used to be a sweat-shop and the turnover rate was big for a time...too hard to train on proprietary software.
Well, pretty much all animation/sfx is founded in "off the shelf software".
Maya, Softimage/XSI, Lightwave...I'm sure all of these packages are on a shelf SOME where...
Of course, when you read about movies that use such software, the fx houses always add "combination of Maya and XSI...with special software written by us". This usually is tacked on because they don't want ordinary people thinking they could do the same thing. They want to keep the apperance of wizardry like the old days.
But the custom software is usually written in Maya script language and such...which is very powerful btw.
The major developers were dragging their feet in converting to OSX. Apple told everyone years ago that OSX was coming, made their APIs avaliable, worked with developers and when OSX came out, there were a handfull of apps out there.
Then a year went by and still nothing. Finally it seemed that Apple said enough is enough. All new Macs coming out now will be OSX ONLY....as if to say to developers and users "get off your asses and get into the 21st century.
But users are the same way, they drag their heels. I worked at once pre-press shop once that still used an old Mac2fx running system 6. My jaw dropped when I saw that.
Thanks for the spelling lesson...even though you got my point, and isn't that the idea? That the message is recieved and understood? I guess not...I guess it's just a contest to see who knows how to spell well.
Also, did you learn Japanese just to be able to watch Anime? If so, I'm torn between saying "sheesh, get a life dude" and "wow, I really admire someone learning a second language and one so complex as Japanese, good for you and bravo!".
I thought we killed off all the Anime elitists that try to be cool and trendy by saying "I prefer subtitles because I don't like the dubbing process".
Sorry to say, that all animation is dubbed. And just hearing it in it's original language does nothing really. Better acted? How can you tell? Can you speak Japanese? If you can, then you would know...but I myself can't and couldn't tell if the guy is grunting jibberish over here is any better than the guy grunting jibberish over there. It's all pops and whistles to these ears.
I personally don't like subtitles in animation, because it's a visual medium, not a written one. But hey, what do I know. I'm just under the influence of American entertainment industry that gave us bombs like Lawrence of Arabia, Apocalypse Now, The Empire Strikes Back and Unforgiven to name just 4 evil American films.
All kidding aside though the reason they get crappy actors to dub these is there is no money in it. Anime, no matter how you slice it, is a nitch market. It's not mainstream here in America. So therefore the top voice actors are not flocking to do voice work because I doubt they're even paid scale. They ARE flocking to do voice work for the Disney and SKG films because they ARE paid well. But of course, most of the people who are Anime elitists will poo-poo anything dealing with Anime. Why? Because they can be l33t!
Imagine the Comic Book Store owner in The Simpsons crossed with a rock critic windbag like Jim DeRogatis and you'll have the typical Anime elitist.
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The episode was "Ship in a Bottle" where Moriarty and his love are sent off in a computer simulation at the end. They think it's all real, but they're really just both in a simulation of the galaxy.
At the end, Barkley wonders if he himself is part of a simulation and says "Computer, end program".
Ok, that's it. I'm a Nerd.
If you can program them in certain ways.
I can see the sound meter as a quasi-alarm intruder alert type thing...pick up a sound, an alarm goes off type deal.
The flashlight is obvious and I think a great idea. I've been stuck so many times and used my Nokia 3585i as a light source.
The calorie counter I could use, since I'm a fat slob. Of course, I doubt simply having this feature will make me stop stuffing my fat face.
The thermometer again could be used as an alarm, or a temp check...if it's sensitive enough, to let you know when something hits a certain temp...but I don't see me putting my phone into the oven to check on the Thanksgiving turkey.
"If you downloaded or otherwise obtained a copy of the Software, you acquired no lawful rights to the Software and must destroy any and all copies of the Software, including by deleting it from your computer. Any license that you may believe you acquired with the Software is void, revoked and terminated."
It was released under the GPL, it's out there...the GPL is out there...they can't all of a sudden say "Sorry, we changed our minds".
Will this be a landmark case that tests the GPL now? I wonder...
But there still both hobbies. And they're still no more "real" than anything else...it's still wasting time. Consuming real resources? Having an impact on the real world? I think you're giving the average sports fan far too much credit.
And how are these people any more of a loser than say...you?
It seems from your posting history that YOUR hobby is labeling people losers and looking for cameltoe pictures.
But hey, I guess it keeps you off the streets. And we all are thankful for that!
Yes, they're only games we're talking about here, virtual worlds. But is it any different from other pass times?
There is NO difference from someone spending time online in EQ than the average sports fan. Both can be viewed as wastes of time. And how many more people waste their time with sports? Sports are no more "real" than online worlds. I mean, both are just for fun...a way to spend time. That's it. Don't tell me about sports teaching teamwork and all that CRAP! GOD I hate that term. Who gives a damn! I'm not a team player!
But I digress...
Here's another example
Also, major sports fans and like....I don't know...Trekkies perhaps (Trekkers...whatever) are in fact the same exact type of person! Both go to special places (football stadiums and Star Trek conventions), they both dress up as they're favorite "character" (football jerseys, face paint, hats vs. uniforms and makeup), they both litter their homes with memorabilia. They talk all the time about both pass times with their friends..etc etc.
It's someone's hobby. It's someones interest. One mans passion is another mans target of ridicule. Who's right? Who's wrong? There is no right and wrong with these things.
a Beowulf cluster of these badboys!
Yeah, it always seems that Quark drags their heels on everything. And I mean everything.
They dragged their heels bringing out a System 7 version.
They dragged their heels bringing out a PPC version.
Now they're STILL dragging their heels in bringing out a OSX version.
They are SO arrogant I can't stand it. Luckely I don't use it, as I'm in the packaging side of the printing industry and that's ruled by Photoshop/Illustrator almost exclusivly...with Artpro for trapping and now Nexus for RIPing Approvals or Spectrums.
I haven't used Quark in years.
Just wondering. Thought we gave up on this a while ago, but it appears some are still hanging onto this notion.
I know I get blank, "deer in the headlights" look from co-workers and friends when I try to explain the difference of a hacker and a cracker. Finally I just gave up.
I think they're moving toward "white hat" and "black hat" hacker terms now. But it's hard to keep up on this stuff. I mean, I still use the term "groovy"...so what do I know.
I'm sick of it. The 20th century was hijacked by the art critics and lead everyone into believing that the crap that Pollock and Picasso made was "art".
Take a good, long look at this website http://www.artrenewal.org/index.html
It used to take years and years of training, copying from the masters, learning space and form, learning perspective etc etc. But when you see people paying $100,000 for a blank canvas because some critic said it was important, then it's time for us to stand up and say enough is enough!
That they are reluctant to release the information that shows exactly what was copied because if they do that, the Linux community will then start writing alternate code and replace all the supposed copyrighted code within the week?
If everything gets replaced, then they have no leg to stand on...then no chance of getting bought etc etc.
Just a thought.
I can't believe how far we've come.
I remember rendering things for DAYS on my Amiga back in 1988...and these were only single pictures at 320x240 HAM pictures....really, with Sculpt-Animate 4D I would wait 3 days for a render to complete. They even had a little piece of paper that had "Rendering in progress" on it.
Now games can do it all real time and look MUCH better than my early renders. Blows my mind.
Go to their website
and see for yourself. Doesn't look like SCO even talked to them about
this yet...at least that's what SUSE is claiming:
SuSE responds to
latest SCO actions
The UnitedLinux code base -- jointly
designed and developed by SuSE Linux, Turbolinux, Conectiva and SCO --
will continue to be supported unconditionally by SuSE Linux. We will
honor all UnitedLinux commitments to customers and partners, regardless
of any actions that SCO may take or even allegations they may make.
SCO's actions are again indeed
curious. We have asked SCO for clarification of their public
statements, SCO has declined. We are not aware, nor has SCO made any
attempt to make us aware, of any specific unauthorized code in any SuSE
Linux product. As a matter of policy, we have diligent processes for
ensuring that appropriate licensing arrangements (open source or
otherwise) are in place for all code used in our products.
Yes, Americans are way too lazy...and I count myself as one of them.
We don't walk anymore it seems. Just to go down to the store we take the car. How many people use cabs in New York instead of walking the couple of blocks?
I'm GROSSLY overweight. I"m 41 and if I don't change my ways, I won't be around to see my son grow up.
So that's it, I'm getting up...going to stop sitting in front of the damn computer and get outside and do some walking!
And now another distro comes out to tempt me...back...back I say!
Oh well, I'm treating my home machine with Linux installed as kinda that old car you're trying to cherry out, tinker with, adjusting the carb...things like that.
I don't do this for a living, but hey, it keeps me off the streets.
Don't jump to conclusions. Take a look at the other article in which Collegis responds with:
"Employment of the technicians ended due to issues completely unrelated to this isolated incident, which will become clear as the case progresses through the legal system. Claims made by the plaintiffs cannot be taken at face value and should not be trumpeted as fact via media when they are based solely on unsubstantiated allegations."
Yes, it sounds like they're covering their collective asses, but can't they cover their asses AND be telling the truth? We're so cynical now a-days that we always want to focus on the most negative aspects of things.
There is no spoon...
You will HAVE to exclude XSI as having a horrible interface. In fact, Softimage/XSI is what you should judge others on in making a 3D software interface.
There simply isn't a better one out there. It's professional, very well designed and very complete.
Take a looke at XSI, you can even download an evaluation copy to see.
Don't get me wrong, you're not going to get a Shrek or Monsters, Inc from off the shelf stuff, but off the shelf stuff is the FOUNDATION of most things...which is the point I was trying to make, but as usual I use a sledgehammer instead of a tweezer to bang out my ideas.
Well, Pixar is moving away from Marrionete, if you look at the making of Monsters, Inc you can see where Sully is modeled in Maya.
But most of the stuff Hollywood uses is still off the shelf, the software that they write comes in to make everything work together.
Or else they would never get new talent running through there. Look at ILM, it used to be a sweat-shop and the turnover rate was big for a time...too hard to train on proprietary software.
Well, pretty much all animation/sfx is founded in "off the shelf software".
Maya, Softimage/XSI, Lightwave...I'm sure all of these packages are on a shelf SOME where...
Of course, when you read about movies that use such software, the fx houses always add "combination of Maya and XSI...with special software written by us". This usually is tacked on because they don't want ordinary people thinking they could do the same thing. They want to keep the apperance of wizardry like the old days.
But the custom software is usually written in Maya script language and such...which is very powerful btw.
No, you just need Sean Connery standing behind you shouting "you da man now dog"!
"of the Newton-Leibniz controversy regarding the invention of calculus"
Shouldn't this be the "discovery" of calculus? You can't invent something that happens naturally.
The major developers were dragging their feet in converting to OSX. Apple told everyone years ago that OSX was coming, made their APIs avaliable, worked with developers and when OSX came out, there were a handfull of apps out there. Then a year went by and still nothing. Finally it seemed that Apple said enough is enough. All new Macs coming out now will be OSX ONLY....as if to say to developers and users "get off your asses and get into the 21st century. But users are the same way, they drag their heels. I worked at once pre-press shop once that still used an old Mac2fx running system 6. My jaw dropped when I saw that.
Thanks for the spelling lesson...even though you got my point, and isn't that the idea? That the message is recieved and understood? I guess not...I guess it's just a contest to see who knows how to spell well.
Also, did you learn Japanese just to be able to watch Anime? If so, I'm torn between saying "sheesh, get a life dude" and "wow, I really admire someone learning a second language and one so complex as Japanese, good for you and bravo!".
I thought we killed off all the Anime elitists that try to be cool and trendy by saying "I prefer subtitles because I don't like the dubbing process".
Sorry to say, that all animation is dubbed. And just hearing it in it's original language does nothing really. Better acted? How can you tell? Can you speak Japanese? If you can, then you would know...but I myself can't and couldn't tell if the guy is grunting jibberish over here is any better than the guy grunting jibberish over there. It's all pops and whistles to these ears.
I personally don't like subtitles in animation, because it's a visual medium, not a written one. But hey, what do I know. I'm just under the influence of American entertainment industry that gave us bombs like Lawrence of Arabia, Apocalypse Now, The Empire Strikes Back and Unforgiven to name just 4 evil American films.
All kidding aside though the reason they get crappy actors to dub these is there is no money in it. Anime, no matter how you slice it, is a nitch market. It's not mainstream here in America. So therefore the top voice actors are not flocking to do voice work because I doubt they're even paid scale. They ARE flocking to do voice work for the Disney and SKG films because they ARE paid well. But of course, most of the people who are Anime elitists will poo-poo anything dealing with Anime. Why? Because they can be l33t!
Imagine the Comic Book Store owner in The Simpsons crossed with a rock critic windbag like Jim DeRogatis and you'll have the typical Anime elitist.
No, but hopefully my plan to instantly shock to death with an electrical surge anyone USING "|33t" speak will render this problem moot.
End "|33t" speak in our lifetime.