They are getting cheaper and cheaper. Soon iPods will be disposable, just like razor blades, disposable digicams and cellphone cards.
When they introduce plastic-memory and solarcell rechargeable batteries to flood the digital music market, we'll all look back at buying $500 MP3 players and laugh like we did with the 8-track.
I wouldn't exactly classify Gollum as being human, or even a Hobbit for that matter, but yes, when you are watching Gollum perform, you forget he's a CGI creation. It's quite remarkable, but Gollum already took home the statuette in 2001, so it's unlikey Academy members will reward him the third time around.
The battle at the Minas would probably be the defining moment of the entire film.
I tried to love the Matrix sequels, but ended up hating it because the story is thin, the effects looked like something the bros tried desperately to come up with to win another oscar.
You know, like when you think you are impressing a girl, but it ends up you are making yourself look even dorkier. Same applies to the Wachoski brothers and their lame comeback attempt. Don't tell me the Matrix sequels were anthing but revolutionary. It was boring!
I agree as well. The main reason for MC's nomination is that recreating water in the computer is probably the toughest challenge for any visual effects team because we all know how water looks like and how it behaves.
Special effects that are fantastical like in LOTR or Matrix movies are harder to judge because we can't make accurate comparisons to anything in real life.
Screw Gollum, the real star of the show was that gigantic spider! Talk about a CGI character that feels its taking up actual space on the set, yet how they designed the sound effects and the animation, it made it appear the spider was big, but also stealthily deadly.
Roger Ebert made mention of the realism of the spider on his movie review show, before I had a chance to see the movie, and after watching ROTK, I heartily concur with this observation. During the whole time, I wasn't thinking.."nice CGI effect", I was experiencing the moment. What a thrill! *tears rolling down my face* reminds me of Jurassic Park.
You kidding me? The burly brawl looked so computer generated. It was obviously even from the QT trailers. And the highway scene where one agent jumps onto the hood of a car and flips it... very computer generated looking. They have a LONG way to go before they make humans appear believable. OTOH, ROTK looked absolutely beautiful. I was absolutely enthralled by the realism and energy of the special effects. Like the dragons knocking the army of horses to the gigantic elephants in battle. Simply amazing.
the only great parts of the first Spiderman was the kissing scene and the school cafeteria scene. Otherwise a forgettable movie not worthy of the 110 mil dollar opening.
did you even watch it? you stupid american prick. Obviously, coming from a foreign, Canadian perspective, I can see why Americans are considered villians in the rest of the world. Keep killing each other -- have fun you ignorant asholes.
stupid focking turds.... given me a -1 doesnt change the fact that you are a stupid american with no sense of value. Stupid prick I'm trying to enlighten you, yet you focking resist you stupid ashole.
Don't these policy makers understand human psychology? If they watched Bowling for Columbine, they'd see or understand that it's not violent video games that cause violence among young adults. It's the constant barrage of fear-mongering in the media. People become violent out of fear, not through the influence of violent media. I think that is an important point to consider. Banning or censoring violent video games doesnt solve any problem other than imposing restrictions of free-speech and the right to choose. It's a slippery slope, much similiar to the case of Canada's levy on digital media.
Michael Moore really delves deep into the mystery of why Americans are more violent than the rest of the world, and its not because of violent video games or violent movies.
I guess I'm the only nerd in Slashdot who uses a Pentium Pro 150Mhz as my main PC. Of course, I have it OC'ed to 166Mhz, but considering all the advancements in PC technology over, oh let's say the last 8 years, yeah, my computer is pretty old. I can probably get $10 for it. (That was the auction price for a lot of 30 Pentium 150's at a local auction here in Vancouver, BC)
It runs Windows 98, although its riddled with viruses and spyware. As long as it doesn't completely destroy my computer, I'll continue using it for my personal use as well as a target for hackers and spammers.
I've come to regard my PC as a bastard child, and as such, I don't really care for it more than properly shutting it off when I go to sleep. I've long lost support for it. Given the allure of OSX, I don't think I'll be upgrading to Longhorn in 2010.
I've worked as a volunteer at voting booths before and let me tell you... human beings can be one of the stupidest creatures on earth.
Your idea of them inspecting it before submitting a vote simply won't work. Some could give a flying shit and submit it even if it was wrong.
Again I reiterate my statement that human beings can be the stupidest things walking the earth.
Think about it. In the "The Armchair Economist", the author writes that a true democracy is really a totalitarian dictatorship because given a split vote, only one vote counts. Your one vote is meaningless given the law of averages.
I think e-voting is a waste of time. And who is this Cringley character and why the fock should I care what he has to say?
I have a better, more effective solution to the spam problem and that is I don't email. Its overrated and so impersonal. I prefer to use my cell (also safer from telemarketers here in Canada) and I use good old fashion letterhead.
The problem with your logic is that the price of a 20" LCD would drop to about $200-400 is 3 years if the demand is there for it. Its a gamble of course, but even by then, a 3-year old LCD would have lost 80% of its price value.
What Apple should do is make the iMac modular so that you could swap in a new iMac base while keeping your LCD.
for about 1.5 TB of data last year. I produce DV videos, which each hour consumes 13GB of data. Then there's the need to store literally hundreds of hours of footage, either on tape or disk drives. I had about 40GB of video sitting on a hard drive for a year before I had the chance to cut it.
Then of course if they are counting the vast amount of DVDs being made and duplicated within my corporate network, then sure.
I believe the study looked at the number of sales of DVD Recordables as well as DV tape, CDRs, HD sales, etc to come to their conclusion.
I got about 300GB on my computer right now and have spent the last 2 days figuring out what I can chuck away into digital oblivion. This whole hording of data is becoming nearly unmanageable. We are digital packrats.
I just wrap my G4 inside a thick blanket, while leaving the air vents unobstructed. Seems to dull the noise but doesn't produce a silent pc experience. I too am serious liking the idea of a wooden box similiar to his design. Now I just need time to make it all happen.
I guess the only other solution is to keep the PC in another room, and running extension cables. This is pretty easy on the mac with my ADC connector that both provides the power and USB connections for my KB and mouse from a single cable line.
I don't to come off as a troll or whatever, but exactly what purpose does it serve mankind to catalogue fish?
Sure it serves to pique our curiosity, but shouldn't these scientists devote time towards curing disease, finding new energy sources, solving complex political problems, etc?
Just me, I want to know.
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Ah the memories... *sniffs
When they introduce plastic-memory and solarcell rechargeable batteries to flood the digital music market, we'll all look back at buying $500 MP3 players and laugh like we did with the 8-track.
I wouldn't exactly classify Gollum as being human, or even a Hobbit for that matter, but yes, when you are watching Gollum perform, you forget he's a CGI creation. It's quite remarkable, but Gollum already took home the statuette in 2001, so it's unlikey Academy members will reward him the third time around. The battle at the Minas would probably be the defining moment of the entire film.
I tried to love the Matrix sequels, but ended up hating it because the story is thin, the effects looked like something the bros tried desperately to come up with to win another oscar. You know, like when you think you are impressing a girl, but it ends up you are making yourself look even dorkier. Same applies to the Wachoski brothers and their lame comeback attempt. Don't tell me the Matrix sequels were anthing but revolutionary. It was boring!
I agree as well. The main reason for MC's nomination is that recreating water in the computer is probably the toughest challenge for any visual effects team because we all know how water looks like and how it behaves. Special effects that are fantastical like in LOTR or Matrix movies are harder to judge because we can't make accurate comparisons to anything in real life.
Screw Gollum, the real star of the show was that gigantic spider! Talk about a CGI character that feels its taking up actual space on the set, yet how they designed the sound effects and the animation, it made it appear the spider was big, but also stealthily deadly. Roger Ebert made mention of the realism of the spider on his movie review show, before I had a chance to see the movie, and after watching ROTK, I heartily concur with this observation. During the whole time, I wasn't thinking.."nice CGI effect", I was experiencing the moment. What a thrill! *tears rolling down my face* reminds me of Jurassic Park.
You kidding me? The burly brawl looked so computer generated. It was obviously even from the QT trailers. And the highway scene where one agent jumps onto the hood of a car and flips it... very computer generated looking. They have a LONG way to go before they make humans appear believable. OTOH, ROTK looked absolutely beautiful. I was absolutely enthralled by the realism and energy of the special effects. Like the dragons knocking the army of horses to the gigantic elephants in battle. Simply amazing.
good luck trying to get Paris Hilton to shop there
It's confirmed.. geeks actually think they are cool. brought to you by a Squadron of Elite Kittens.
the only great parts of the first Spiderman was the kissing scene and the school cafeteria scene. Otherwise a forgettable movie not worthy of the 110 mil dollar opening.
Is it possible to slashdot Slashdot?
did you even watch it? you stupid american prick. Obviously, coming from a foreign, Canadian perspective, I can see why Americans are considered villians in the rest of the world. Keep killing each other -- have fun you ignorant asholes.
stupid focking turds.... given me a -1 doesnt change the fact that you are a stupid american with no sense of value. Stupid prick I'm trying to enlighten you, yet you focking resist you stupid ashole.
Don't these policy makers understand human psychology? If they watched Bowling for Columbine, they'd see or understand that it's not violent video games that cause violence among young adults. It's the constant barrage of fear-mongering in the media. People become violent out of fear, not through the influence of violent media. I think that is an important point to consider. Banning or censoring violent video games doesnt solve any problem other than imposing restrictions of free-speech and the right to choose. It's a slippery slope, much similiar to the case of Canada's levy on digital media. Michael Moore really delves deep into the mystery of why Americans are more violent than the rest of the world, and its not because of violent video games or violent movies.
I guess I'm the only nerd in Slashdot who uses a Pentium Pro 150Mhz as my main PC. Of course, I have it OC'ed to 166Mhz, but considering all the advancements in PC technology over, oh let's say the last 8 years, yeah, my computer is pretty old. I can probably get $10 for it. (That was the auction price for a lot of 30 Pentium 150's at a local auction here in Vancouver, BC) It runs Windows 98, although its riddled with viruses and spyware. As long as it doesn't completely destroy my computer, I'll continue using it for my personal use as well as a target for hackers and spammers. I've come to regard my PC as a bastard child, and as such, I don't really care for it more than properly shutting it off when I go to sleep. I've long lost support for it. Given the allure of OSX, I don't think I'll be upgrading to Longhorn in 2010.
I've worked as a volunteer at voting booths before and let me tell you... human beings can be one of the stupidest creatures on earth. Your idea of them inspecting it before submitting a vote simply won't work. Some could give a flying shit and submit it even if it was wrong. Again I reiterate my statement that human beings can be the stupidest things walking the earth.
Think about it. In the "The Armchair Economist", the author writes that a true democracy is really a totalitarian dictatorship because given a split vote, only one vote counts. Your one vote is meaningless given the law of averages. I think e-voting is a waste of time. And who is this Cringley character and why the fock should I care what he has to say?
I have a better, more effective solution to the spam problem and that is I don't email. Its overrated and so impersonal. I prefer to use my cell (also safer from telemarketers here in Canada) and I use good old fashion letterhead.
The problem with your logic is that the price of a 20" LCD would drop to about $200-400 is 3 years if the demand is there for it. Its a gamble of course, but even by then, a 3-year old LCD would have lost 80% of its price value. What Apple should do is make the iMac modular so that you could swap in a new iMac base while keeping your LCD.
You mean Angelina Jolie?
for about 1.5 TB of data last year. I produce DV videos, which each hour consumes 13GB of data. Then there's the need to store literally hundreds of hours of footage, either on tape or disk drives. I had about 40GB of video sitting on a hard drive for a year before I had the chance to cut it. Then of course if they are counting the vast amount of DVDs being made and duplicated within my corporate network, then sure. I believe the study looked at the number of sales of DVD Recordables as well as DV tape, CDRs, HD sales, etc to come to their conclusion. I got about 300GB on my computer right now and have spent the last 2 days figuring out what I can chuck away into digital oblivion. This whole hording of data is becoming nearly unmanageable. We are digital packrats.
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I just wrap my G4 inside a thick blanket, while leaving the air vents unobstructed. Seems to dull the noise but doesn't produce a silent pc experience. I too am serious liking the idea of a wooden box similiar to his design. Now I just need time to make it all happen. I guess the only other solution is to keep the PC in another room, and running extension cables. This is pretty easy on the mac with my ADC connector that both provides the power and USB connections for my KB and mouse from a single cable line.
is that it's harder for you to get laid in the real world...
I don't to come off as a troll or whatever, but exactly what purpose does it serve mankind to catalogue fish? Sure it serves to pique our curiosity, but shouldn't these scientists devote time towards curing disease, finding new energy sources, solving complex political problems, etc? Just me, I want to know.