DNA wasn't too happy about the last book either. He went on about how he wanted to write one more HHGTTG book to make up for it. Furthermore, though "Salmon of Doubt" initially started as a Dirk Gently book (and what he completed is set as such), he said that he thought it was steering away from the feel of the other Dirk Gently novels and becoming more of a Hitchhiker novel, and was considering making it as such.
Now, myself, I like to think that, if he had been allowed to finish that book, then it would have turned out to be both. Maybe Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency could find out where the dolphins went, and why the Earth continued to exist, no matter how many times the Vogons blow it up. But, that's probably just me.
I seem to recall the cockpit being redecorated at one point...;)
Yes, but only after they turned on the drive without engaging the... er, something-er-rather shield... dammit, now I'm gonna hafta re-read that section when I get home.
As far as I know (and I may well be wrong) Douglas Adams wasn't involved in costume or set design for the production.
Actually, if I recall correctly, the design for Marvin looks an awful lot like a design (read: almost exact, amended to account for a less than stellar memory) for the chronically depressed droid that was going into a video game that DNA was very heavily involved in. He did have final say in character design for that project, I believe. So, in a way, he did approve of it.
Besides, with that slouch, and the head hanging forward and seemingly downward like that, it is a great portrayal of a robot designed to be a happy companion, but gone horribly wrong.
The key here is they would not be charging for playing the game, but rather for entrance to the site, and for hooking your computer up to the network. If all you wanted to do was play a game, you could do that at home.
I dare say that an 11 year old just finding out about QBASIC may indeed become interested in how those lines of code become translated into whatever shows up on the screen, and THAT, indeed, is Computer Science. Programming is a tool. Just because a person deems to use a wrench doesn't mean he isn't a mechanical engineer.
I'm afraid I don't understand... just because it utilizes a different way to handle the mas of players, what about it makes it not fit the description of "Massive Multiplayer Online"?
I personally am interested in what's going to happen once GuildWars comes out (). Since it's not going to have a subscription fee, will it be tracked by the same standards? I saw reports of 400,000 to 500,000 players during their recent preview event. Since it's not subscription based, I imagine it may not force many people to quit their other subscriptions, but still, if this game takes off, it could make it more difficult for the others to charge monthly fees at all, if not at their current rate.
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While only 7 comments in the thread. For what good this info is worth. This is the right link we're supposed ot be testing, right? The EIRS link seems to not have fallen yet at least.
Yes, reverse Engineering is the norm, happens all the time, blah blah.... The real story here is that, for a change, Intel did it to AMD instead of the other way around. Or, as the article puts it, "Intel's decision, however, clearly places AMD in the role of market leader. " Maybe a tad too grandiose of a statement, but it's at least in the same ball park.
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Of course not. Heh, who would go an do something like that?
On a completely unrelated note, it's not too late to find a, er, different gift for a lit major, now is it?
Now, myself, I like to think that, if he had been allowed to finish that book, then it would have turned out to be both. Maybe Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency could find out where the dolphins went, and why the Earth continued to exist, no matter how many times the Vogons blow it up. But, that's probably just me.
Yes, but only after they turned on the drive without engaging the... er, something-er-rather shield... dammit, now I'm gonna hafta re-read that section when I get home.
Actually, if I recall correctly, the design for Marvin looks an awful lot like a design (read: almost exact, amended to account for a less than stellar memory) for the chronically depressed droid that was going into a video game that DNA was very heavily involved in. He did have final say in character design for that project, I believe. So, in a way, he did approve of it.
Besides, with that slouch, and the head hanging forward and seemingly downward like that, it is a great portrayal of a robot designed to be a happy companion, but gone horribly wrong.
And just because, here's a link to Marvin vs. C-3PO on Grudge-Match.com.
The key here is they would not be charging for playing the game, but rather for entrance to the site, and for hooking your computer up to the network. If all you wanted to do was play a game, you could do that at home.
I dare say that an 11 year old just finding out about QBASIC may indeed become interested in how those lines of code become translated into whatever shows up on the screen, and THAT, indeed, is Computer Science. Programming is a tool. Just because a person deems to use a wrench doesn't mean he isn't a mechanical engineer.
I'm afraid I don't understand... just because it utilizes a different way to handle the mas of players, what about it makes it not fit the description of "Massive Multiplayer Online"?
I personally am interested in what's going to happen once GuildWars comes out (). Since it's not going to have a subscription fee, will it be tracked by the same standards? I saw reports of 400,000 to 500,000 players during their recent preview event. Since it's not subscription based, I imagine it may not force many people to quit their other subscriptions, but still, if this game takes off, it could make it more difficult for the others to charge monthly fees at all, if not at their current rate.
"Could not connect : Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (11)" While only 7 comments in the thread. For what good this info is worth. This is the right link we're supposed ot be testing, right? The EIRS link seems to not have fallen yet at least.
RE: SGI, of course they're not. BSD's doomed to die, as everyone who reads /. should know by now.
Yes, reverse Engineering is the norm, happens all the time, blah blah.... The real story here is that, for a change, Intel did it to AMD instead of the other way around. Or, as the article puts it, "Intel's decision, however, clearly places AMD in the role of market leader. " Maybe a tad too grandiose of a statement, but it's at least in the same ball park.
Hmm.. now, is that RTFM for _M_anual, or _M_onolith?
And to think I was this close to getting it when I saw the fine print:
"Please note: No discounts or coupon codes may be used with this item."
... and as you look at that the cover of the video you link to, notice how the cover describes it as a "Rube Goldberg drawing come to life".
Date of video: 1987. Rube Goldberg: 1883-1970.
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