You know, I saw the Perfect Dark pics and was rather underimpressed as well. But, if you looked closely, you could tell it was unfinished. Most of the surfaces had no textures on them. They only had a simple, flat, single color applied to all the surfaces. So, that's why it looked like a hybrid PS1/PS2 quality game. If you look at the ghost recon pics though, they are rather impressive. Personally, I'm waiting for the PS3 because I enjoy Gran Turismo, Final Fantasy, and Metal Gear Solid (which usually comes out first on Sony)
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They already mentioned the "watercooling" that the powermac uses. I'm curious how much of a loss the xbox360 will be sold for.
I used to work with one of the guys that was one of the animators on Titan AE at the Fox studios in Phoenix. He said that it was rather disappointing what was happening. Everyone at the studio knew they were being laid off and the studio was going to close after the movie was finished. As it progressed, people either were leaving or being laid off as they were no longer needed. Right at the end of the movie's development, there was nothing but a skeleton crew there. Fox just didn't care about Titan AE and didn't give it much of a chance (sounds like the series that is currently being discussed). As such, there was not much put into the movie by the people working on it. I'd imagine that played a role in the movie's success/failure.
Someone else already linked up to World Wind from NASA. I had never heard of that, but I have played around with the Blue Marble stuff before (which you can get to from World Wind)
I think there are a couple of reasons that the online shopper is not as impuslive. One reason is that it is much, much easier to compare prices between 10 different stores. Instead of having to choose between driving all over town and paying a few bucks more at a store nearby, a regular person will pay the extra difference to save the hassle. Online, you can easily bring up everything in seperate browser windows (or tabs as I prefer) and compare everything quite easily. Another reason is that the online shopper probably figures that what they want exists "somewhere out there" on the net. Instead of settling on some item, they will keep searching until they find the exact thing they are looking for. It's a lot easier to do this, than to drive to 10 different stores in a major metropolitan area.
I'm glad you brought up the public school/property tax thing, I was going to chime in with that myself. My example was that somebody chooses to send their child to a private school, but they still have to pay those public school taxes.
I took a class that was titled "The Films of Spielberg and Lucas." Our teacher showed us this clip from an old black and white about these WWII bomber pilots and the bombs they had to drop to blow up German dams. You watch it, then watch A New Hope, and you will be amazed at how identical Lucas' version is, except the x-wings replace the planes, and the laser turrets replace the AA guns. Aside from that, it is identical.
I second this. The installation documentation of Gentoo is damn near perfect. It tells you what to put where, gives suggestions for some of the settings, and tells you exactly what to type. It really holds your hand the whole way.
Well, as far as I can figure the RIAA subpoenas the university for the information they seek. Then, the university will give them the info, and then the RIAA will serve a summons (i think) on that individual to appear in court because they are being sued. But, I'm not sure if there are more than one type of subpoena.
handing over your details without a search warrant/appropriate court demand/whatever
I may be confused, but the RIAA did subpoena the information from the university according to TFA. Is the RIAA subpoena different than a "court demand." I thought subpoena's were court ordered. Please feel free to explain if I have missed something.
I actually thought that the current GUI was rather cluttered when compared to GAIM. I think the new UI looks nice and less cluttered, but I agree that it appears very bulky and flashy.
Access is a part of OfficeXP Professional. As such, it would make sens that the Pro edition would require some training, whereas the standard would not.
Yet Microsoft breaks previous versions of software and APIs with new releases. The only difference between MS & OSS is that MS releases once every 3-5 years and you have nothing in the interim except for security updates. Gnome, KDE, etc., all create tons minor with new stuff every 6-8 months. The only way to give the new major version of Gnome/KDE (like a new version of Windows) is to create a seperate development-only branch on the side. When it is complete (in that same 3-5 year timeframe as Windows) then it is released and the old version becomes deprecated.
From a company's perspective, they see themselve offering a good or service that is superior to that of their competitors. Let's ignore that they have used GPL code. They don't want their competitors to know how they did XYZ, so they are very much against releasing their stuff under the GPL. That's why they don't want to comply. But, as we all know, by using the GPL code, they need to comply with the terms of the GPL.
Don't forget that your drug dealers, criminals, and people that make choose not to report income actually have to buy stuff, therefore they will be taxed.
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You know, I saw the Perfect Dark pics and was rather underimpressed as well. But, if you looked closely, you could tell it was unfinished. Most of the surfaces had no textures on them. They only had a simple, flat, single color applied to all the surfaces. So, that's why it looked like a hybrid PS1/PS2 quality game. If you look at the ghost recon pics though, they are rather impressive. Personally, I'm waiting for the PS3 because I enjoy Gran Turismo, Final Fantasy, and Metal Gear Solid (which usually comes out first on Sony)
They already mentioned the "watercooling" that the powermac uses. I'm curious how much of a loss the xbox360 will be sold for.
I used to work with one of the guys that was one of the animators on Titan AE at the Fox studios in Phoenix. He said that it was rather disappointing what was happening. Everyone at the studio knew they were being laid off and the studio was going to close after the movie was finished. As it progressed, people either were leaving or being laid off as they were no longer needed. Right at the end of the movie's development, there was nothing but a skeleton crew there. Fox just didn't care about Titan AE and didn't give it much of a chance (sounds like the series that is currently being discussed). As such, there was not much put into the movie by the people working on it. I'd imagine that played a role in the movie's success/failure.
Someone else already linked up to World Wind from NASA. I had never heard of that, but I have played around with the Blue Marble stuff before (which you can get to from World Wind)
Now, the real question will be how much ESA will want for a copy of this map, or portions of it.
I think there are a couple of reasons that the online shopper is not as impuslive. One reason is that it is much, much easier to compare prices between 10 different stores. Instead of having to choose between driving all over town and paying a few bucks more at a store nearby, a regular person will pay the extra difference to save the hassle. Online, you can easily bring up everything in seperate browser windows (or tabs as I prefer) and compare everything quite easily. Another reason is that the online shopper probably figures that what they want exists "somewhere out there" on the net. Instead of settling on some item, they will keep searching until they find the exact thing they are looking for. It's a lot easier to do this, than to drive to 10 different stores in a major metropolitan area.
I'm glad you brought up the public school/property tax thing, I was going to chime in with that myself. My example was that somebody chooses to send their child to a private school, but they still have to pay those public school taxes.
I took a class that was titled "The Films of Spielberg and Lucas." Our teacher showed us this clip from an old black and white about these WWII bomber pilots and the bombs they had to drop to blow up German dams. You watch it, then watch A New Hope, and you will be amazed at how identical Lucas' version is, except the x-wings replace the planes, and the laser turrets replace the AA guns. Aside from that, it is identical.
Tucson is not landlocked geographically. There is quite a bit of space to the south, and to the west.
Actually, Chandler is looking at doing city-wide WIFI with free downtown access, just like Tempe.
I second this. The installation documentation of Gentoo is damn near perfect. It tells you what to put where, gives suggestions for some of the settings, and tells you exactly what to type. It really holds your hand the whole way.
Well, as far as I can figure the RIAA subpoenas the university for the information they seek. Then, the university will give them the info, and then the RIAA will serve a summons (i think) on that individual to appear in court because they are being sued. But, I'm not sure if there are more than one type of subpoena.
According to TFA, they filed subpoenas. Am I missing something?
I may be confused, but the RIAA did subpoena the information from the university according to TFA. Is the RIAA subpoena different than a "court demand." I thought subpoena's were court ordered. Please feel free to explain if I have missed something.
Except a wookie living with ewoks wouldn't make any sense at all ;-)
I actually thought that the current GUI was rather cluttered when compared to GAIM. I think the new UI looks nice and less cluttered, but I agree that it appears very bulky and flashy.
Gaim has has plugin architecture for years now. And, if you are using Evolution in Linux, you get address book functionality as well.
Oh, I believe that Professional is "catchy" too, like Windows XP Professional. Access though is something that not many people get exposed to.
Access is a part of OfficeXP Professional. As such, it would make sens that the Pro edition would require some training, whereas the standard would not.
Yet Microsoft breaks previous versions of software and APIs with new releases. The only difference between MS & OSS is that MS releases once every 3-5 years and you have nothing in the interim except for security updates. Gnome, KDE, etc., all create tons minor with new stuff every 6-8 months. The only way to give the new major version of Gnome/KDE (like a new version of Windows) is to create a seperate development-only branch on the side. When it is complete (in that same 3-5 year timeframe as Windows) then it is released and the old version becomes deprecated.
From a company's perspective, they see themselve offering a good or service that is superior to that of their competitors. Let's ignore that they have used GPL code. They don't want their competitors to know how they did XYZ, so they are very much against releasing their stuff under the GPL. That's why they don't want to comply. But, as we all know, by using the GPL code, they need to comply with the terms of the GPL.
Don't forget that your drug dealers, criminals, and people that make choose not to report income actually have to buy stuff, therefore they will be taxed.
It would be nice if we could get people to see it that way. I wholeheartedly agree with what you are saying.
Actually, both this contest and the Honda commercial were inspired by Rube Goldberg machines.
This is a Rube Goldberg machine. That is the point. To make something overly complex to do something simple. Here's some more info