It is common knowledge that the sun is slowly increasing in size and will eventually (all be it in a LONG time from now) envelope the Earth.
You and I Sir, have different ideas about what is `common knowledge'. Go out on the street and ask random people some simple science questions and see how much knowledge like the sun's expansion is common.
What I would really like to see apple do with the above is a garageband for writers. A place where they can upload their stuff, get exposure, and if they are good make some money.
While releasing his books under a creative commons license worked well for him I wonder what would happen if a normal (read unfamous) person attempted the same thing. Would a CC license help an unknown writer or hurt their chances of getting a book deal?
How about starting RateTheStudents.com ? Would you like being publicly called a cheat or an incompetent lazy weasel (for good reason or not)? Would you like the profs to consult such a site before they start marking the final exam? I thought not.
The difference is the professor is (potentially) providing a service that I am paying for. It is not the reverse with the students.
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Even if the laws of mathematics are not universal, that doen't mean that the laws of the universe aren't... er... universal. There isn't any law that says `Nature follows math'. As far as we know, math is a useful tool that seems to be able to predict what will happen - but that doesn't mean that math is the cogs and wheels behind the scenes.
A team from the University of Michigan is proposing an economic solution to spam. Instead of relying on technical solutions or government regulations, they use a sender warranty system. In some cases, they argue, it can even be superior to a perfect filter with zero cost, and no errors. Their working paper is available at SSRN. With the caveat that some infrastructure is necessary (isn't it always?), they also claim their approach restores control to the recipient, halts spam, and creates a marketplace for valuable information exchange.
Would you mind writing a little more and saying a little less. I found this description too short and full of specific information.
Yes - but on the other hand, for every person who was proclaimed to be full of crap but was actually a genius, there really were 999 people who were, in fact, just full of crap.
I wish that 1 out of a thousand people were a Newton or Feynman. But alas, I fear the rate is much lower than that.
Merry does not recognize Eowyn in armor until she confronts the Lord of the Nazgul (ROTK p.93,142). Jackson has Merry recognize her right away.
Well duh.
This is exactly the sort of scene that works well in a book but horribly in a movie. Different mediums require changes. I remember in the BBC audio-dramatization (my favorite incantation of the Lord of the Rings Story) they did that scene without Sam recognizing her and it just doesn't work. Even with the 'I'm speaking from inside a helmet' effect, it's clearly Eowyn.
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Now, he radiates a small field that protects anything within about two millimeters of his skin.
So... how does he damage anything? It's hard to hurt someone if the protection field around your fist covers the area of their body you strike.
-Colin
It is common knowledge that the sun is slowly increasing in size and will eventually (all be it in a LONG time from now) envelope the Earth.
You and I Sir, have different ideas about what is `common knowledge'. Go out on the street and ask random people some simple science questions and see how much knowledge like the sun's expansion is common.
-Colin
What I would really like to see apple do with the above is a garageband for writers. A place where they can upload their stuff, get exposure, and if they are good make some money.
-Colin
While releasing his books under a creative commons license worked well for him I wonder what would happen if a normal (read unfamous) person attempted the same thing. Would a CC license help an unknown writer or hurt their chances of getting a book deal?
As long as Blizzard doesn't kill World of WarCraft, I don't care. : )
-Colin
How about starting RateTheStudents.com ? Would you like being publicly called a cheat or an incompetent lazy weasel (for good reason or not)? Would you like the profs to consult such a site before they start marking the final exam? I thought not.
The difference is the professor is (potentially) providing a service that I am paying for. It is not the reverse with the students.
-Colin
I'll take two!
If something else is actually causing those effects, the whole theoretical edifice would come crashing down.
As it should.
-Colin
Internet was looking for a candidate
Really? I didn't know the Internet like to be anthropomorphised.
-Colin
Imagine what would have happened if this was Firefox 1.0, not Firefox 0.8.
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Oh the horror!
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-Colin
Worth noting that ThunderBird .5 has been released as well.
Don't you mean ThunderFox?
-Colin
But it's a lot easier to produce and "distribute" a crap web page than a crap book.
That is true, but the vice is also the virtue. The 'net gives a voice to those who would not otherwise be heard.
-Colin
Not all books are enriching.
Not all internet pages are crap.
-Colin
I used that in my quote section of my high school yearbook. I thought it made a nice little fuck-you goodbye to the school : )
-Colin
...is like talking to a dog
-Colin
Let me tell you something: if you think you have the worst job, there's always a more dire one.
That's only true if there are an unlimited number of jobs, which I don't think is the current situation.
-Colin
Even if the laws of mathematics are not universal, that doen't mean that the laws of the universe aren't... er... universal. There isn't any law that says `Nature follows math'. As far as we know, math is a useful tool that seems to be able to predict what will happen - but that doesn't mean that math is the cogs and wheels behind the scenes.
-Colin
A team from the University of Michigan is proposing an economic solution to spam. Instead of relying on technical solutions or government regulations, they use a sender warranty system. In some cases, they argue, it can even be superior to a perfect filter with zero cost, and no errors. Their working paper is available at SSRN. With the caveat that some infrastructure is necessary (isn't it always?), they also claim their approach restores control to the recipient, halts spam, and creates a marketplace for valuable information exchange.
Would you mind writing a little more and saying a little less. I found this description too short and full of specific information.
-Colin
Yes - but on the other hand, for every person who was proclaimed to be full of crap but was actually a genius, there really were 999 people who were, in fact, just full of crap.
I wish that 1 out of a thousand people were a Newton or Feynman. But alas, I fear the rate is much lower than that.
-Colin
I read Doctorow's book and all I got was this lousy wuffie.
Now that's a T-shirt I would like.
-Colin
I'm still waiting for a GarageBand for writers. That's something I'd really like to see.
-Colin
They did the same thing with League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, because LEG is not quite as cool as LXG
-Colin
You Sir, have a mind at metal and wheels.
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The question I have is this: Is there any change from the book that actually bothers people?
Pretending that Strider died in TT. It wasn't necessary, and didn't serve to move the plot.
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Merry does not recognize Eowyn in armor until she confronts the Lord of the Nazgul (ROTK p.93,142). Jackson has Merry recognize her right away.
Well duh.
This is exactly the sort of scene that works well in a book but horribly in a movie. Different mediums require changes. I remember in the BBC audio-dramatization (my favorite incantation of the Lord of the Rings Story) they did that scene without Sam recognizing her and it just doesn't work. Even with the 'I'm speaking from inside a helmet' effect, it's clearly Eowyn.
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