Martian Chronicles gets my vote. We had to read in in junior high school, and that book turned my on to the whole SF genre (and doomed me to a life of geekdom)
Tech support guys know that they are zeros and will most likely always be zeros. They realize that they will constantly have to be studying new technologies in order to remain employed at chump wages. They know that they will never have the social status that their counterparts in Bangalore and Chennai have with the general public. They know that they will be working for the rest of their lives in dead soulless drab cubicles. They know that the only difference between their lives and the lives of those who are serving (in USA the same verb is used for being in the military and being in prison) 20 years for killing record company lawyers is that they are less likely to be raped after 'work'
No, but they could release "Hollywood-style" films and have music that is "New Orleans-style Jazz" and everyone would know what they mean. Nothing wrong with that. Similarly, "Manga-style comics" could be produced outside of Japan, although it wouldn't be the real thing.
True, most people haven't seen the original trilogy on the big screen - but I am not one of them. In fact, I saw "Star Wars" (before the New Hope nonsense) in the theatre 10 times in 1977 (at the tender age of 13). I guess that made me a "fanboy" before the phrase was coined.
What makes the movies bad? Moments that are "Cringe-worthy" - yelling "Yippee!" for example. There were no moments in the original trilogy that made me cringe, wince, or want to hide beneath my seat in embarassment (yes, I know all the arugments about seeing those movies with the rose-colored glasses of childhood, etc.). Also, the computer effects were too "perfect" compared to the models of the original which, ironically, looked more "real". The original trilogy had likeable characters, which were sadly lacking from the prequels. Heck, even the "hero" Anakin was a bad guy. Finally, the original had the premise of ordinary people caught in extrodinary circumstances, a classic plot device, while the prequels had extrodinary people caught in extrodindary circumstances - far less interesting.
Not to mention the Sunday paper, which you can not only buy on Saturday, but once I've even seen it sitting on the corner of a store bundled (but not yet for sale) on a THURSDAY. I was tempted to sneak a peak and check the Saturday sports scores!
This is such a new technology/distribution medium, and iPods have such a big market share, that I'm sure they could find a million people to spend 2 bucks just to try the thing out and see what it is like. I dont even have a video iPod, but was thinking of buying an episode of "Lost" to watch on my Mac since 1. I've never seen it on regular TV and 2. was curious about download speed, picture quality etc.
It's a 200 foot reel which if memory serves is about 10 minutes (I could be off on this). The movie is basically condensed to just the escape from the death star. It's been awhile since I've had a projector capable of actually showing the movie, but it's in a box somewhere with a bunch of other home movies from the 1970s. I was 13 years old when Star Wars came out, and I remember I used to queue up the Star Wars soundtrack on my turntable and play the music from the movie corresponding to the scene in the silent version, taking great pains to get them in synch.
I don't know about Beta, but I have an abridtged copy of Star Wars released on Super 8 (Black and White and silent, with subtitles) from 1978. Yes, I'm serious.
Homer: "The Sum of the squares of the sides of an isocoles triangle is equal to the square of the hypotenous"
Man: "That's a RIGHT triangle you idiot!"
Homer: "D'ohh!"
Actually, the space was designed for a TV - the house is new construction, and has one of those gas fireplaces that vents through the wall directly outside, not through a chimney. The area above the fireplace doesn't get hot, even when in use.
I put my 27" CRT TV on the shelf above my fireplace when I moved in to my house two years ago, and haven't moved it since. I will probably never move it until it breaks. For me (and I suspect a lot of other people), size doesn't matter, except for screen size.
People complain about trying to view a TV show on an iPods tiny screen, do I really want my doctor trying to decipher my MRI on that thing? And yes, I realize they are also used for storage - I just wonder if there is a better solution for this sort of thing (Pocket PC, etc.)
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You don't recall II??? Possibly the greatest super hero movie ever made IMHO. Suyperman vs. the Super Villans. KNEEL BEFORE ZOD!
You want unmaintainable code? I have three letters for you - APL! Problem solved.
Martian Chronicles gets my vote. We had to read in in junior high school, and that book turned my on to the whole SF genre (and doomed me to a life of geekdom)
Ok, its a JOKE people. I'm actually quite happy with my job as a software consultant (and am spending my weekends studying for my MBA, FYI)
Thanks for cheering me up. Thank God It's Friday.
Make the check for fifty cents out to fifty cent, or fifty cent to fifty cents - your choice.
Except sometimes yellow snow is actually a lemon snowcone, so those rules are not absolute.
Our companies coding standards can be described in one word - outsourcing.
True, it's not "Free" - but it is a tax deductible charitable contribution, so I assume that in reality it is costing them less than two million.
"Is he strong? Listen Bud
He's got radioactive blood"
No, but they could release "Hollywood-style" films and have music that is "New Orleans-style Jazz" and everyone would know what they mean. Nothing wrong with that. Similarly, "Manga-style comics" could be produced outside of Japan, although it wouldn't be the real thing.
I've been reading slashdot since the 90s, and this has to be the geekiest post I've ever seen! Congrats.
Except, in the US a very small proportion of people commute by train or bus - most drive.
True, most people haven't seen the original trilogy on the big screen - but I am not one of them. In fact, I saw "Star Wars" (before the New Hope nonsense) in the theatre 10 times in 1977 (at the tender age of 13). I guess that made me a "fanboy" before the phrase was coined.
Finally, life imitates art - just like "Buzz Beer" on the Drew Carey Show. Their motto - "Stay up and get drunk all over again!"
What makes the movies bad? Moments that are "Cringe-worthy" - yelling "Yippee!" for example. There were no moments in the original trilogy that made me cringe, wince, or want to hide beneath my seat in embarassment (yes, I know all the arugments about seeing those movies with the rose-colored glasses of childhood, etc.). Also, the computer effects were too "perfect" compared to the models of the original which, ironically, looked more "real". The original trilogy had likeable characters, which were sadly lacking from the prequels. Heck, even the "hero" Anakin was a bad guy. Finally, the original had the premise of ordinary people caught in extrodinary circumstances, a classic plot device, while the prequels had extrodinary people caught in extrodindary circumstances - far less interesting.
Simple answer to that last question - they used kids of the production staff.
Not to mention the Sunday paper, which you can not only buy on Saturday, but once I've even seen it sitting on the corner of a store bundled (but not yet for sale) on a THURSDAY. I was tempted to sneak a peak and check the Saturday sports scores!
This is such a new technology/distribution medium, and iPods have such a big market share, that I'm sure they could find a million people to spend 2 bucks just to try the thing out and see what it is like. I dont even have a video iPod, but was thinking of buying an episode of "Lost" to watch on my Mac since 1. I've never seen it on regular TV and 2. was curious about download speed, picture quality etc.
It's a 200 foot reel which if memory serves is about 10 minutes (I could be off on this). The movie is basically condensed to just the escape from the death star. It's been awhile since I've had a projector capable of actually showing the movie, but it's in a box somewhere with a bunch of other home movies from the 1970s. I was 13 years old when Star Wars came out, and I remember I used to queue up the Star Wars soundtrack on my turntable and play the music from the movie corresponding to the scene in the silent version, taking great pains to get them in synch.
I don't know about Beta, but I have an abridtged copy of Star Wars released on Super 8 (Black and White and silent, with subtitles) from 1978. Yes, I'm serious.
Homer: "The Sum of the squares of the sides of an isocoles triangle is equal to the square of the hypotenous"
Man: "That's a RIGHT triangle you idiot!"
Homer: "D'ohh!"
Actually, the space was designed for a TV - the house is new construction, and has one of those gas fireplaces that vents through the wall directly outside, not through a chimney. The area above the fireplace doesn't get hot, even when in use.
I put my 27" CRT TV on the shelf above my fireplace when I moved in to my house two years ago, and haven't moved it since. I will probably never move it until it breaks. For me (and I suspect a lot of other people), size doesn't matter, except for screen size.
People complain about trying to view a TV show on an iPods tiny screen, do I really want my doctor trying to decipher my MRI on that thing? And yes, I realize they are also used for storage - I just wonder if there is a better solution for this sort of thing (Pocket PC, etc.)