I don't dispute any of that - but (for example) to the lay person, a 777 looks and acts the same as any other commercial jet designed in the last 30 years. (I realize there are many benefits over its predecessors). On the other hand, the experience of flying in a DC-3 vs. a 737 is quite different. I'm aware of the other recent newer aircraft you mention, as well. I guess my point was that the industry has matured somewhat.
Nope, not forgetting about the stealth vehicles and the like. But unless I'm mistaken, those represent a small part of the overall force, and are really niche vehicles. And I don't doubt that there have been many advances to make planes safer, more fuel efficient, etc. However, for better or worse it seems like we've reached the end of the "bigger and faster" era, and the era of radically new propulsion technologies. I remember going to airshows when I was a kid 25-30 years ago and it seeems that for the most part they are showcasing the exact same planes as back then. Compare that with the airshow of the 1970s vs the airshows of the 1940s - you'd see quite a difference over that 30 year span.
Seems a bittersweet celebration to me. Most of the major progress in aviation seems to have ended around the 1970s. After all, the most advanced space vehicle available, the space shuttle, was designed in the 1970s. The only supersonic passenger jet, the Concorde, was designed in the 1960s and is no longer flying. The largest commercial jet, the 747 (not sure about Airbuses) is old enough to have been in the movie "Airport 77". Although they have some newer planes, I believe the US military is still flying F-14s and F-15s, like back in the 70s. Where has the major progress, other than incremental improvements, been in the last 35 years? Is it just a matter of lack of funding, the economy, or a change of national and global priorities?
Shaolin Soccer was playing ever-so-briefly my local cinema here in the US, so I dont know what they mean by "not released". After seeing the beyond-bad previews, there was no need to see the film.
On a side note, there is a "Shaolin Martial Arts Studio" that I often pass by, and I can't help but think of that movie and laugh (and picture kids kicking flaming soccer balls) whenever I see that sign.
I can find no rhyme or reason to Apples pricing structure. There are 4 second "Songs" which are really just the intro to another song that still cost 99 cents. I found one album that consists of two 20 minute songs (Vangelis, I believe) and each 20 minute song was just 99 cents, or the whole album for $1.98. Buying the album is seldom if ever cheaper than buying the individual songs - I would think they would offer some form of discount. Espcially for older albums, 10-15 bucks is no bargain, when I can usually buy the physical CD for less than that.
I read that the purposely did not want to use the grand, sweeping music like in Star Wars or the original BSG for the series, they wanted to give the show a different feel from the typical "Space Opera". At least they did a homage by playing a bit of the original music during the Viper flyby at the decomissioning ceremony.
They answered that at the end of the show. Because if they dont kill us, we will kill them (or perhaps re-enslave them at some point) because "it is in our nature". They believe that eliminating humans is their best chance for survival of their own "Species"
They can't kill him. Remember the rumours around the time of AOTC release that they were going to digitaly add him to the original trilogy? And add Padme as one of the ghosts at the end of ROTJ? (not a troll!)
As a part-time student (taking just one class at a local University) I am eligible for apples education discount on computers - including iPods. I think its only a $50 discount, but its better than nothing.
Yes, you are guilty of something - you are guilty of stupidity. Why buy a camera and then go see a movie? You are just asking for trouble. By the same argument, you can ask whats wrong with someone buying a gun before taking an airplane flight, even if they dont intend to use it to hijack the plane. The law seems perfectly reasonable to me.
9800 baud? Yes, I remember when that was like a dream come true, hooking my Atari ST into the grad school network. But, I also remember when 300 baud seemed fine, and those new fangled 1200 baud modems were just too fast - after all, who can read at 1200 baud? With text scrolling by at 300 baud, I could easily manage to keep up. Clearly, faster modems were not needed.
Plus, it would leave us with a place to store out nuclear waste. I just hope there is not a large explosion and the moon leaves orbit. Oh wait, that was back in 1999...
I'll be moving in a couple months, and was considering transfering my home phone number to my cell phone, so I could keep my old number. In my new place, I wouldn't bother installing a land line. Of course, since now all the telemarketers (in spite of being on the do-not-call list) will be bugging me on my cell, that may not be such a good idea.
The funniest thing about this transcript is that the help persons name is "Steve" (not Chaterjee or Rashmi, etc.). I've heard that fake "American" names are given call center employees in other countries to help give the illusion that U.S. callers are speaking to someone in the U.S.
Not a troll - My solution is simple (although unintentional) - just move every few years, then throw away all the useless junk you have lying about. The simple anti-packrat rule is, if you havent used/looked at something in a year, you probably don't need it anyway and should get rid of it.
Rather than bringing back Bill the Cat (A spoof of "Garfield" in the early 80s, hardly relevant now) I would rather see something brand new. Why is he relying on something he did a quarter century ago? Well OK, he'll make a ton of money off of it, but you'd think he would want to apply his creativity to something fresh.
We did something similar, except it was more like
10 BEEP
20 GOTO 10
(I can't remember the exact syntax for generating a sound)
Used to drive the salesman who couldnt figure out how to stop it nuts!
don't laugh - back when walkmans fist started to become popular in the early 80s, people where headphone sharing all the time, and splitters were big. The fad eventually died as the walkman became more mainstream - and I predict this one will too.
not true in my case. I has always opted out of receiving any email, and when I went to check my "new" preferences, I was pre-selected to receive EVERYTHING. I had to go through and uncheck everything all over again.
If I had just deleted the yahoo message without bothering to read it, I never would have known that I was being added to Spam lists without my permission.
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I don't dispute any of that - but (for example) to the lay person, a 777 looks and acts the same as any other commercial jet designed in the last 30 years. (I realize there are many benefits over its predecessors). On the other hand, the experience of flying in a DC-3 vs. a 737 is quite different. I'm aware of the other recent newer aircraft you mention, as well. I guess my point was that the industry has matured somewhat.
Nope, not forgetting about the stealth vehicles and the like. But unless I'm mistaken, those represent a small part of the overall force, and are really niche vehicles. And I don't doubt that there have been many advances to make planes safer, more fuel efficient, etc. However, for better or worse it seems like we've reached the end of the "bigger and faster" era, and the era of radically new propulsion technologies. I remember going to airshows when I was a kid 25-30 years ago and it seeems that for the most part they are showcasing the exact same planes as back then. Compare that with the airshow of the 1970s vs the airshows of the 1940s - you'd see quite a difference over that 30 year span.
Seems a bittersweet celebration to me. Most of the major progress in aviation seems to have ended around the 1970s. After all, the most advanced space vehicle available, the space shuttle, was designed in the 1970s. The only supersonic passenger jet, the Concorde, was designed in the 1960s and is no longer flying. The largest commercial jet, the 747 (not sure about Airbuses) is old enough to have been in the movie "Airport 77". Although they have some newer planes, I believe the US military is still flying F-14s and F-15s, like back in the 70s. Where has the major progress, other than incremental improvements, been in the last 35 years? Is it just a matter of lack of funding, the economy, or a change of national and global priorities?
On a side note, there is a "Shaolin Martial Arts Studio" that I often pass by, and I can't help but think of that movie and laugh (and picture kids kicking flaming soccer balls) whenever I see that sign.
I can find no rhyme or reason to Apples pricing structure. There are 4 second "Songs" which are really just the intro to another song that still cost 99 cents. I found one album that consists of two 20 minute songs (Vangelis, I believe) and each 20 minute song was just 99 cents, or the whole album for $1.98. Buying the album is seldom if ever cheaper than buying the individual songs - I would think they would offer some form of discount. Espcially for older albums, 10-15 bucks is no bargain, when I can usually buy the physical CD for less than that.
I read that the purposely did not want to use the grand, sweeping music like in Star Wars or the original BSG for the series, they wanted to give the show a different feel from the typical "Space Opera". At least they did a homage by playing a bit of the original music during the Viper flyby at the decomissioning ceremony.
They answered that at the end of the show. Because if they dont kill us, we will kill them (or perhaps re-enslave them at some point) because "it is in our nature". They believe that eliminating humans is their best chance for survival of their own "Species"
Could be. I remember reading Splinter but I'll be damned if I can remember what it was about.
They can't kill him. Remember the rumours around the time of AOTC release that they were going to digitaly add him to the original trilogy? And add Padme as one of the ghosts at the end of ROTJ? (not a troll!)
I remember the same thing, from way back when (early 80s?). It might have been in one of the early novels.
As a part-time student (taking just one class at a local University) I am eligible for apples education discount on computers - including iPods. I think its only a $50 discount, but its better than nothing.
Yes, you are guilty of something - you are guilty of stupidity. Why buy a camera and then go see a movie? You are just asking for trouble. By the same argument, you can ask whats wrong with someone buying a gun before taking an airplane flight, even if they dont intend to use it to hijack the plane. The law seems perfectly reasonable to me.
He's probably just still pissed that he was the second man on the moon, not the first.
9800 baud? Yes, I remember when that was like a dream come true, hooking my Atari ST into the grad school network. But, I also remember when 300 baud seemed fine, and those new fangled 1200 baud modems were just too fast - after all, who can read at 1200 baud? With text scrolling by at 300 baud, I could easily manage to keep up. Clearly, faster modems were not needed.
Plus, it would leave us with a place to store out nuclear waste. I just hope there is not a large explosion and the moon leaves orbit. Oh wait, that was back in 1999...
Don't worry, once you get a "Real" job you won't have the time (And your company won't have the money to send you) to go to conferences.
Now for the obligatory Simpsons quote:
000-00-0002. Damn Roosevelt.
I'll be moving in a couple months, and was considering transfering my home phone number to my cell phone, so I could keep my old number. In my new place, I wouldn't bother installing a land line. Of course, since now all the telemarketers (in spite of being on the do-not-call list) will be bugging me on my cell, that may not be such a good idea.
The funniest thing about this transcript is that the help persons name is "Steve" (not Chaterjee or Rashmi, etc.). I've heard that fake "American" names are given call center employees in other countries to help give the illusion that U.S. callers are speaking to someone in the U.S.
Not a troll - My solution is simple (although unintentional) - just move every few years, then throw away all the useless junk you have lying about. The simple anti-packrat rule is, if you havent used/looked at something in a year, you probably don't need it anyway and should get rid of it.
Rather than bringing back Bill the Cat (A spoof of "Garfield" in the early 80s, hardly relevant now) I would rather see something brand new. Why is he relying on something he did a quarter century ago? Well OK, he'll make a ton of money off of it, but you'd think he would want to apply his creativity to something fresh.
We did something similar, except it was more like 10 BEEP 20 GOTO 10 (I can't remember the exact syntax for generating a sound) Used to drive the salesman who couldnt figure out how to stop it nuts!
don't laugh - back when walkmans fist started to become popular in the early 80s, people where headphone sharing all the time, and splitters were big. The fad eventually died as the walkman became more mainstream - and I predict this one will too.
not true in my case. I has always opted out of receiving any email, and when I went to check my "new" preferences, I was pre-selected to receive EVERYTHING. I had to go through and uncheck everything all over again. If I had just deleted the yahoo message without bothering to read it, I never would have known that I was being added to Spam lists without my permission.
I'm more amazed that anyone can understand what Chewbacca is saying. Or Jar-Jar.