I too use RottenTomatoes once in a while. The chief difference is that RT has hand picked quotes from the reviews, which is probably more useful what Google does.
Also, RT generally has more reviews per movie than Google has. This can be a problem when a search for a movie yields very few reviews. However, I suppose Google will improve in that respect.
In any case, RT is pretty cluttered and ad-infested these days. Google's simplicity is refreshing.
Do you realise that talking about the percentage of the general population that accepts a theory is completely irrelevant?
Once upon a time, a majority of people in some place probably believed that the world was a flat disc resting on the back of a giant turtle. That doesn't make the belief valid.
Not so long ago in Europe, the majority believed that the Sun and the rest of the universe revolved around the earth. Was the theory any more right because of the high percentage of (uninformed) believers among the general population?
The general concept of evolution is supported by 99.9999999999% of scientists.
I got to ride on a Hydrogen bus in Perth, Australia recently. Even though it was a warm afternoon, there was a considerable amount of visible vapour trailing from the back.
I was wondering, if a large number of vehicles on the road are hydrogen fuel cell powered, won't there be a big problem of the vapour affecting visibility for drivers? I wonder how that will be dealt with.
The latter is simply part of the larger SETI project that involves several telescopes, and independent computers looking for signals full time. SETI@home is used for processing lower priority areas of the SETI data.
(1) Quick boots are essential for laptops, where you don't have the option of keeping it on all the time.
(2) Even for desktops, many people reboot frequently between OSs (eg. switching between GNU/Linux and Windows several times in a day).
(3) Power outages, or simply switching off your PC when you won't be using it for a period of time, in order to save money. And not everyone likes leaving their PCs on all night.
I highly doubt such a thing could happen. An app like the GIMP is very UI-heavy. Rewriting it with another widget set would be a huge undertaking. It would make far more sense and take far less effort to simply improve GTK+ support for non X platforms.
Also, I hope you are aware that GTK is short for GIMP ToolKit.
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But if it runs Duke Nukem Forever, it must be called GNU/Hurd, right?
I think that is exactly what makes Pixar so remarkable. When it comes to the animation, their rendering is pretty much top of the line, and they have always been pioneers in computer graphics. They are the leaders.
But the key to their success as a studio has been the fact that despite how good they are with their technology, they place their story writers, directors and artists first. That is why they are in a way, the most succesful movie studio ever.
Guardian had a great feature on Pixar last week. Excellent read:
I'm not sure about the details, but I remember watching something on TV several years ago about cigarette companies in the US coming up with such a thing.
A cigarette with no tobacco, and with this red glowing thing at the end. Looked like a real cigarette too.
They had high hopes for it, but guess what happened? They weren't allowed to sell it, on the grounds that it was essentially a device to administer dosages of a strong drug.
I don't remember the details, but i'm sure someone could google around and find some.
You shouldn't miss good old http://www.talkorigins.org/. Great site on the whole issue. Basically a bunch of comprehensive rebuttals to all the standard creationist arguments.
...and the vice president (who's now President because of another helicopter crash)
Bah! I would have really liked the movie if the Vice President Cheney^H^H^H^H^H^HBecker guy became President after the real president died choking on a pretzel.:)
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Yes, it is strange that people are talking about Firefox, the operating system.
Previously people would talk about Mozilla the OS, refering to Mozilla The Platform, not the Mozilla (Seamonkey) browser suite itself.
I suppose the Mozilla Foundation is now most widely known for Firefox, but refering to Firefox as the platform will only add to the confusion.
I too use RottenTomatoes once in a while. The chief difference is that RT has hand picked quotes from the reviews, which is probably more useful what Google does.
Also, RT generally has more reviews per movie than Google has. This can be a problem when a search for a movie yields very few reviews. However, I suppose Google will improve in that respect.
In any case, RT is pretty cluttered and ad-infested these days. Google's simplicity is refreshing.
Do you realise that talking about the percentage of the general population that accepts a theory is completely irrelevant?
Once upon a time, a majority of people in some place probably believed that the world was a flat disc resting on the back of a giant turtle. That doesn't make the belief valid.
Not so long ago in Europe, the majority believed that the Sun and the rest of the universe revolved around the earth. Was the theory any more right because of the high percentage of (uninformed) believers among the general population?
The general concept of evolution is supported by 99.9999999999% of scientists.
I got to ride on a Hydrogen bus in Perth, Australia recently. Even though it was a warm afternoon, there was a considerable amount of visible vapour trailing from the back.
I was wondering, if a large number of vehicles on the road are hydrogen fuel cell powered, won't there be a big problem of the vapour affecting visibility for drivers? I wonder how that will be dealt with.
Just a thought.
This is slightly unrelated.
The article is about SETI, not SETI@home.
The latter is simply part of the larger SETI project that involves several telescopes, and independent computers looking for signals full time. SETI@home is used for processing lower priority areas of the SETI data.
Sounds nice, but some objections...
(1) Quick boots are essential for laptops, where you don't have the option of keeping it on all the time.
(2) Even for desktops, many people reboot frequently between OSs (eg. switching between GNU/Linux and Windows several times in a day).
(3) Power outages, or simply switching off your PC when you won't be using it for a period of time, in order to save money. And not everyone likes leaving their PCs on all night.
"Netcraft does not yet confirm it"
Great to see he's kept his sense of humour.
You can disable that (I just did).
Go to URL about:config. Toggle browser.blink_allowed to false. Simple.
Argh! That site!
*blink* *blink*
My eyes!
I hate these guys! I hate them so much that I think I'll dump all my AOL cds on them or something.
Oh wait...
I highly doubt such a thing could happen. An app like the GIMP is very UI-heavy. Rewriting it with another widget set would be a huge undertaking. It would make far more sense and take far less effort to simply improve GTK+ support for non X platforms.
Also, I hope you are aware that GTK is short for GIMP ToolKit.
But if it runs Duke Nukem Forever, it must be called GNU/Hurd, right?
let's hope Bush's Trip to Mars is a serious endeavor, because I can't wait to see that!
Bush is going to Mars? Gosh! I mean, invading Afghanistan was good and Iraq was also ruled by a bad guy. Those were understandable.
But Mars? Noooo!!!
What does Bush have against the POOR MARTIANS now??!
I think that is exactly what makes Pixar so remarkable. When it comes to the animation, their rendering is pretty much top of the line, and they have always been pioneers in computer graphics. They are the leaders.
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But the key to their success as a studio has been the fact that despite how good they are with their technology, they place their story writers, directors and artists first. That is why they are in a way, the most succesful movie studio ever.
Guardian had a great feature on Pixar last week. Excellent read:
http://film.guardian.co.uk/features/featurepages/
I'm non american, so can I leave the planet now? The moon is looking mighty good right now.
Maybe these guys will hire me.
OK, decided to google around myself and reply to my own post. Here's what I found about the "Premier" cigarettes:
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http://www.fact-index.com/p/pr/premier_cigarette.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premier_cigarette
I'm not entirely sure if this is the same thing. And apparently, they have tried a similar concept more recently, calling it "Eclipse".
I'm not sure about the details, but I remember watching something on TV several years ago about cigarette companies in the US coming up with such a thing.
A cigarette with no tobacco, and with this red glowing thing at the end. Looked like a real cigarette too.
They had high hopes for it, but guess what happened? They weren't allowed to sell it, on the grounds that it was essentially a device to administer dosages of a strong drug.
I don't remember the details, but i'm sure someone could google around and find some.
And if you're an american from a minority community, don't forget the correct voting date for yourself!
You shouldn't miss good old http://www.talkorigins.org/. Great site on the whole issue. Basically a bunch of comprehensive rebuttals to all the standard creationist arguments.
Incredible! You got modded Informative, Insightful, and Interesting for that.
:)
:)
Here is what happened to the Mods who modded you:
Informative: actually beleived you, and now think the moon is really a giant man-made light spot to help spy satellites watch their every move.
Interseting: will raise this as a conversation topic in the next party they go to.
Insightful: suddenly got new perspective on a lot of things in the world. Rethought their life after understanding this profound point of view.
I really pity these guys
And also, to demonstrate the how common bad moderating is, see this:
Moderators! You must mod this informative!
There, now let me sit back and laugh.
Aaargh! You forgot the most important: DUCT TAPE!!
We don't want an expensive duct tape supply mission, do we?
...and the vice president (who's now President because of another helicopter crash)
:)
Bah! I would have really liked the movie if the Vice President Cheney^H^H^H^H^H^HBecker guy became President after the real president died choking on a pretzel.
But what about data such as this?
See the spike on the right?
That said, it's ok to be skeptical, but one really can't ignore it completely.
Maybe you shouldn't jump to conclusions on the validity of the science on the basis of an NYT article.
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One of the many ways of studying past climate patterns is by looking at ice cores.
We have pretty good data on long term climate patterns in cold places. Some links here:
http://www.elmhurst.edu/~chm/vchembook/globalwarm
http://www.secretsoftheice.org/icecore/warming.ht
http://www.brighton73.freeserve.co.uk/gw/paleo/pa
The site seems to be slashdotted or something (doesn't load). Mirrordot to the rescue:8 15e933bda4b46bd/index.html.
http://www.mirrordot.com/stories/837e41d1433a2683
And as for the background sound, the site uses the nonstandard bgsound tag, which will work in IE. It's the theme from Mission: Impossible.
Classic stuff.
One slashdot article confusing trademarks, copyright AND patents. This has to be some kind of record, even for slashdot.
Hmmmm......
I guess its just that I'm new here.