Given that a FREE alternative to GIF's is out there, I think it's pretty bad that they didn't adopt PNG's. At least they'd be setting a VERY positive example...
The Open Source movement is a perfect example of what comes of people who do things for their sheer love of the craft, rather than being motivated by finances. Thankfully, for every commercial Unix, there is a Linux. For every GIF, there is a PNG. And for every Windows that rears it's ugly head, there is a Wine.:)
Imagine making a glass of Tang from this water! The person drinking it would turn into a sponge and then TAKE OVER THE WORLD with their new powers of spongishness.
To me, an elegantly implemented algorithm that is either suprisingly simple or very cleverly designed is 'beautiful'. When something is written just so, as to make a fellow coder just sit there in awe. To me, that's an artform.:)
I don't see why a finished program's visual appearance couldn't also be considered art. Witness Kai's Power Tools and it's rather beautiful UI.
Many months ago, ABCNews did a little piece trying to explain the "Y2K problem", and they whip out this animation of a friggin coffee maker with a big red led display showing the date and time, and how if it thought it was the wrong date, it might not make your coffee that morning or something. Since when do coffee makers store dates? Wouldn't that just be a daily thing, and not something weeks or, eek, years in advance?:)
I think the big issue here for them is that they're scared shitless that people are communicating for close to NOTHING and are relying less on the USPS. This scares the hell out of them because it means less money, and likely will knock them down a notch or two in importance. Witness the free phonecalls over the web. Scares the hell out of the telcos. Imagine a car that uses water instead of gas (theoretically of course). If something like that worked GREAT and go popular, you'd be taking away the cash flow of the oil companies. Probably the same deal here.
Have those nutty religious folk explained the lack of dinosaurs in their bible? Don't think I've heard the official explanation of that one yet...I expect it to be something along the lines of "whoops!".
What I'm saying is, a LOT of people (check the premature posts here on Slashdot for example) just assume that "Person of the Year" or "Person of the Decade" is a reward for being good. For example, you wouldn't find anyone who would declare the dirty fat kid in the back of McDonalds who wipes his nose on his hands as he fixes a Big Mac for you, "Employee of the Month".
Yeeees, I know Time's definition isn't the same. But I'm betting most of the readers aren't going to think that way unless they put some rediculous disclaimer at the bottom of the picture.;)
I'm just trying to find a way to make it so that someone GOOD doesn't get pushed out of the way by some schmuck who murdered people. It would spare us from hearing the multitudes of "THEY PICKED HITLER??" cries from people who don't understand the qualification process.:}
As for Linus...personally, I wouldn't lose sleep if he got recognition on that level. Most of the people on that list don't impress me. I'm rooting (so to speak) for Einstein, just because I love that saucy 'fro. >;)
Surely one wouldn't proclaim some evil beast of a man as deserving this award. Although it sounds somewhat corny, they should have two seperate but equal awards: One for a positive influence, and one for the centuries worst villain. Seems fair to me, but it lacks that "Man of the Century" simplicity that makes for a good press. >:P
I was joking to myself while reading the page, that it'd be pretty humourous if 15 minutes after being posted to Slashdot, the drive the page is on was totally wiped clean. Guess that'd be a little security problem.;) (I was just imagining the looks on their faces in the office.:)) "What the -- !"
>Everything you said supports the fact that Mao >signifigantly shaped this century.
While we should learn from, and never forget, the acts commited by these monsters, we shouldn't be rewarding them and calling them a "Man of the Century".
Yeah, but you just know they're gonna load up on "Hackers" style crap...I'd be EXTREMELY shocked if they cook up something that is faithful to the original...
I'm bitter, yes, as it seems like it's all the rage these days to take something old and just ignore why it was popular and make their own thing, almost always poorly.
How come the audience can smell crap a mile away, but the people making it can't? Are they so close to the project that they lose objectivity on what the Right Thing is?:(
>>Shake the ball... > 8-Balls aren't supposed to be shaken - it > creates bubbles which obscure the answer.
Good tip.:) I snagged one of the Yoda 8-Ball's from Pizza Hut, and it's got Yoda-themed responses "Do -- not try", etc. I dubbed it, "Yodaball". I make all my important decisions with him.;D
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>The one dud in the bunch was the Maze-A-Tron >game...pointless, boring, and tedious only begin >to describe it.
I rememeber reading about it in the little Intellivision catalog things, but never got to play it. Sounds like I didn't miss much.:D
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> This didn't come accross in my message, oh well..
!:D
> What I ment was that Tron was a rather complex >film full of jargon which at 1983 (or 82) when >it came out, very few people could relate to. a >lot of people who went to see it found it >boring.
Funny, I never really thought of it that way...good point.
The Tron games for the Intellivision were great fun...I'd kill to play "Tron Deadly Discs" again...or "Solar Sailer"...(not to mention the AD&D games). Sadly, the guys who put out the "Intelivision Lives!"(?) CD probably couldn't put it on the disc because of licensing problems...oh the agony.:/
It might have flopped at the box office, but personally, I've never known anyone (outside of forums like this) who honestly hated it. Just a fun fantasy flick that left an impression on them as kids.
Here on Slashdot, though, one can find people who have harsh words for Mother Theresa, I'm sure...rather like a really complex 8-Ball. Don't like the opinion presented? Shake the ball...read another post.:D
If it's a remake, I wonder if they'll round up the original actors? If it's a sequel...well...I'll be very nervous about what 1990's minds can create. I think a lot of the fun of Tron came from it's early 80's views on computers. They were mysterious and unknown...today it's net this, browser that. Even grandpa has an AOL account to talk with his war buddies 300 miles away.
Actually, most people who 'crack for a living' wouldn't give a pair of old man's kidneys about actually paying for it, when w@r3zl0rD can grab 'em a copy for nothing, hence putting SMS (which constantly makes me think Sega Master System) and BO2k on the same playing field.;)
I never said it was "cloned off the list", I just said it was off the list in general because he had mentioned it in a list of species.
If they'd kept quiet about this whole thing, you'd never even get the chance to complain about "tax dollars being wasted". Who knows how many other projects are a waste that you'll never hear about. Don't worry about it.:P
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Given that a FREE alternative to GIF's is out there, I think it's pretty bad that they didn't adopt PNG's. At least they'd be setting a VERY positive example...
The Open Source movement is a perfect example of what comes of people who do things for their sheer love of the craft, rather than being motivated by finances. :)
Thankfully, for every commercial Unix, there is a Linux. For every GIF, there is a PNG. And for every Windows that rears it's ugly head, there is a Wine.
There's only one way to increase the popularity/support of PNG's...and that's to use it despite less-than-GIF-(yet) popularity. :)
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA...I forgot all about the intro to that game. :) :)
Now I have this urge to dig the CD out of my shoebox of discs.
Imagine making a glass of Tang from this water!
The person drinking it would turn into a sponge
and then TAKE OVER THE WORLD with their new powers
of spongishness.
I MUST GET THIS WATER.
[runs away, slams door]
To me, an elegantly implemented algorithm that is :)
either suprisingly simple or very cleverly designed
is 'beautiful'. When something is written just so,
as to make a fellow coder just sit there in awe.
To me, that's an artform.
I don't see why a finished program's visual appearance
couldn't also be considered art. Witness Kai's
Power Tools and it's rather beautiful UI.
Many months ago, ABCNews did a little piece trying :)
to explain the "Y2K problem", and they whip out this
animation of a friggin coffee maker with a big red
led display showing the date and time, and how if
it thought it was the wrong date, it might not make
your coffee that morning or something. Since when
do coffee makers store dates? Wouldn't that just
be a daily thing, and not something weeks or, eek,
years in advance?
I think the big issue here for them is that they're
scared shitless that people are communicating for close
to NOTHING and are relying less on the USPS. This
scares the hell out of them because it means less money,
and likely will knock them down a notch or two in
importance. Witness the free phonecalls over the web.
Scares the hell out of the telcos. Imagine a car
that uses water instead of gas (theoretically of course).
If something like that worked GREAT and go popular,
you'd be taking away the cash flow of the oil companies. Probably the same deal here.
Have those nutty religious folk explained the lack of dinosaurs in their bible? Don't think I've heard the official explanation of that one yet...I expect it to be something along the lines of "whoops!".
:P
w00t. :D
Yes, I understand Time's definition of it. :)
;)
:}
What I'm saying is, a LOT of people (check the premature posts here on Slashdot for example) just assume that "Person of the Year" or "Person of the Decade" is a reward for being good. For example, you wouldn't find anyone who would declare the dirty fat kid in the back of McDonalds who wipes his nose on his hands as he fixes a Big Mac for you, "Employee of the Month".
Yeeees, I know Time's definition isn't the same. But I'm betting most of the readers aren't going to think that way unless they put some rediculous disclaimer at the bottom of the picture.
I'm just trying to find a way to make it so that someone GOOD doesn't get pushed out of the way by some schmuck who murdered people. It would spare us from hearing the multitudes of "THEY PICKED HITLER??" cries from people who don't understand the qualification process.
As for Linus...personally, I wouldn't lose sleep if he got recognition on that level. Most of the people on that list don't impress me. I'm rooting (so to speak) for Einstein, just because I love that saucy 'fro. >;)
Surely one wouldn't proclaim some evil beast of a man
as deserving this award. Although it sounds somewhat
corny, they should have two seperate but equal awards:
One for a positive influence, and one for the centuries worst villain.
Seems fair to me, but it lacks that "Man of the Century"
simplicity that makes for a good press. >:P
I was joking to myself while reading the page, that ;) (I was just imagining the looks on their :)) "What the -- !"
it'd be pretty humourous if 15 minutes after being
posted to Slashdot, the drive the page is on was
totally wiped clean. Guess that'd be a little security
problem.
faces in the office.
>Everything you said supports the fact that Mao
>signifigantly shaped this century.
While we should learn from, and never forget, the acts commited by these monsters, we shouldn't be rewarding them and calling them a "Man of the Century".
*smooch!*
waste() /* waste space */
{
waste(waste(waste),waste(waste),waste(waste));
waste(waste(waste),waste(waste),waste(waste));
waste(waste(waste),waste(waste),waste(waste));
waste(waste(waste),waste(waste),waste(waste));
waste(waste(waste),waste(waste),waste(waste));
waste(waste(waste),waste(waste),waste(waste));
waste(waste(waste),waste(waste),waste(waste));
waste(waste(waste),waste(waste),waste(waste));
}
That's some incredible stuff...except for those damn eyelashes. The rest of it is extremely impressive. :)
Yeah, but you just know they're gonna load up on "Hackers" style crap...I'd be EXTREMELY shocked if they cook up something that is faithful to the original...
:(
I'm bitter, yes, as it seems like it's all the rage these days to take something old and just ignore why it was popular and make their own thing, almost always poorly.
How come the audience can smell crap a mile away, but the people making it can't? Are they so close to the project that they lose objectivity on what the Right Thing is?
>>Shake the ball...
:) I snagged one of the Yoda 8-Ball's from Pizza Hut, and it's got Yoda-themed responses "Do -- not try", etc. I dubbed it, "Yodaball". I make all my important decisions with him. ;D
> 8-Balls aren't supposed to be shaken - it
> creates bubbles which obscure the answer.
Good tip.
>The one dud in the bunch was the Maze-A-Tron
:D
>game...pointless, boring, and tedious only begin
>to describe it.
I rememeber reading about it in the little Intellivision catalog things, but never got to play it. Sounds like I didn't miss much.
> This didn't come accross in my message, oh well..
:D
:/
!
> What I ment was that Tron was a rather complex
>film full of jargon which at 1983 (or 82) when
>it came out, very few people could relate to. a
>lot of people who went to see it found it
>boring.
Funny, I never really thought of it that way...good point.
The Tron games for the Intellivision were great fun...I'd kill to play "Tron Deadly Discs" again...or "Solar Sailer"...(not to mention the AD&D games). Sadly, the guys who put out the "Intelivision Lives!"(?) CD probably couldn't put it on the disc because of licensing problems...oh the agony.
> even less actually liked it..
:D
It might have flopped at the box office, but personally, I've never known anyone (outside of forums like this) who honestly hated it. Just a fun fantasy flick that left an impression on them as kids.
Here on Slashdot, though, one can find people who have harsh words for Mother Theresa, I'm sure...rather like a really complex 8-Ball. Don't like the opinion presented? Shake the ball...read another post.
If it's a remake, I wonder if they'll round up the original actors? If it's a sequel...well...I'll be very nervous about what 1990's minds can create. I think a lot of the fun of Tron came from it's early 80's views on computers. They were mysterious and unknown...today it's net this, browser that. Even grandpa has an AOL account to talk with his war buddies 300 miles away.
Just have to see, I guess...:/
Actually, most people who 'crack for a living' ;)
wouldn't give a pair of old man's kidneys about
actually paying for it, when w@r3zl0rD can grab
'em a copy for nothing, hence putting SMS (which
constantly makes me think Sega Master System) and
BO2k on the same playing field.
I never said it was "cloned off the list", I just
:P
said it was off the list in general because he had
mentioned it in a list of species.
If they'd kept quiet about this whole thing, you'd
never even get the chance to complain about "tax
dollars being wasted". Who knows how many other
projects are a waste that you'll never hear about.
Don't worry about it.