Heck, [Empire Strikes Back] ended with a main character abducted, betrayal then help of a friend, the group split up, a hero in turmoil, and evil in control.
The data research firm says that Microsoft's Windows and Apple?s Macintosh operating systems, hold a combined global Web usage share of more than 98 percent
And how much exactly is Apple's specific share of that 98%? 8%? 10%? Assuming it's 10%, that makes it 10 times more than linux's 1%. But that leaves Windows with ~90%, which is 9 times more than OSX!
So, not only should Linux users jump ship for OSX, but, based on the numbers, OSX users should jump ship to windows! Does tha sound right Mr. Moore, since popularity seems to be your major gauge?
I'm not too big into PC FPS games; I haven't got the time to get good at them, and getting my ass handed to me in the mean time really sucks. Playing iD games is still fun though, if not only to study their designs and principles, on the cutting edge of the art form which is video games. I plan to show my support to a company that kicks as much ass as they do by continuing to buy their titles.
CmdrTaco's life consists of playing video games, watching movies (mostly Anime), and criss-crossing the country going to all the conventions/shows. Does he even have a real job anymore?
That was one of the most moving parts of the film, it showed that the "soldiers" of the war were often little more than kids, away from home and afraid. I hope you're not trying to get a +Funny by making light of it...
Dude, if they can give Arwen a major role in the movie, I don't think they're too worried about a sword appearing in the wrong place...
This movie has always been an interpretation of the books, one man's point of view. As far as I'm concerned, the only things that will ever do the books justice ARE the books. I feel bad for the folks who havent read the books and are going to see the films...
Actually, hasn't Lucas said that there will only be 6 of them, not 9? I guess that's for the best; I'd rather have the good movie/shitty movie ratio be 1/1 than 1/2.
You're right, T3 is probably going to suck. But why are they going to make it? Well: But yeah, I'm sure I'll see it.
And so will everyone else, and their brother. Hollywood (99% of it, anyway) stopped giving a damn about quality a long time ago. Now, filling the damn theater on opening weekend is priority 1 (because after the opening weekend, your friends tell you how bad it sucked, and you skip it). And why should they care? If piece of shit movies can make $150 mil due solely to mass advertising campaigns and a few big names in the cast, why should studios bother with plots?
I was looking for something along these lines as well, a couple months ago. The software/sound-card solution is xoscope. I'm afraid I haven't had time to try that.
Another cool site is bitscope.com where you can find a completely open-design for an oscope you can build yourself (or order from them, I think.) It includes all the schematics and such, and the finished unit slides into a bay in your PC, with two slots for probes. How cool is that!
Open file formats are important, but I'd argue the more important feature is maturity. MS Office has been around a while, and for all the whining people do about MS in general, Office for the most part kicks a lot of ass and deserves it's seat at the top of the productivity suite kingdom.
Alternative suites are no where near as mature, and I doubt they ever will be, given the fact that Office is MS's cash cow, and they'd be stupid to let it slip. I mean while the latest Office sports speech recognition/dictation, the "alternative" suites are just now getting spell checking! While Office is available in 35 languages, others are just now thinking about considering getting started. And I'm not even going to go into usability (how many open-source applications do you know of that have the resources to conduct and utilize novice useability tests?)
If you're using Windows, do me a favor: using IE, find a web page with a table in it, highlight the table, copy it, and paste it into Word or Excel. See what happens? The contents are interpreted correctly, and a Table appears in Word, and the contents of the table appear in seperate cells in Excel. Now ask yourself if that's anywhere near a possibility in ANY "alternative" office suite.
Open file formats or not, I'd be happy with Office for linux, as I'm tired of having to settle for immature, poorly designed suites.
One thing I can't stand is when people check in some code, and the comment they associate with the check-in is "fixing some things" or "updating" or just "."
WTF?! Put something meaningful, damn it. Comments are not for YOU, they're for others; be considerate.
Why do you insist on using only one subject line when having your virus replicate itself? That's the easiest form of detection! If you'd use something less static, say, a random subject out of 50 preset ones, then your virus would spread a LOT more before anyone got wise.
In addition, it would similarly help to rename the attachment at every iteration too.
and wait for someone to code/port the perfect office suit/browser/etc that fully integrates the PS2 into the home office
If you have a PS2 in your "home office," I doubt much real work gets done. (In addition, if you need a PS2 for your office suite, I doubt you have a "home office.")
I really, really doubt this is targeted towards anyone but Joe Hacker, who also bought a Net Yaroze for the PS1 for some random/cool game hacking (which is what I plan to do with it.)
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Heck, [Empire Strikes Back] ended with a main character abducted, betrayal then help of a friend, the group split up, a hero in turmoil, and evil in control.
And thank YOU very much for spoiling it!!
The data research firm says that Microsoft's Windows and Apple?s Macintosh operating systems, hold a combined global Web usage share of more than 98 percent
And how much exactly is Apple's specific share of that 98%? 8%? 10%? Assuming it's 10%, that makes it 10 times more than linux's 1%. But that leaves Windows with ~90%, which is 9 times more than OSX!
So, not only should Linux users jump ship for OSX, but, based on the numbers, OSX users should jump ship to windows! Does tha sound right Mr. Moore, since popularity seems to be your major gauge?
I'm going to go buy an OSX equipped G4 right this minute! Well, as soon as I sell some organs to pay for it...
I'm not too big into PC FPS games; I haven't got the time to get good at them, and getting my ass handed to me in the mean time really sucks. Playing iD games is still fun though, if not only to study their designs and principles, on the cutting edge of the art form which is video games. I plan to show my support to a company that kicks as much ass as they do by continuing to buy their titles.
Gamespot's, because I almost always agree with them.
I hate you so much. You watch movies, you play video games, you go to conventions. I hate you so much. Get a job. I hate you so much.
CmdrTaco's life consists of playing video games, watching movies (mostly Anime), and criss-crossing the country going to all the conventions/shows. Does he even have a real job anymore?
and some more, including a review.
That was one of the most moving parts of the film, it showed that the "soldiers" of the war were often little more than kids, away from home and afraid. I hope you're not trying to get a +Funny by making light of it...
Dude, if they can give Arwen a major role in the movie, I don't think they're too worried about a sword appearing in the wrong place...
This movie has always been an interpretation of the books, one man's point of view. As far as I'm concerned, the only things that will ever do the books justice ARE the books. I feel bad for the folks who havent read the books and are going to see the films...
Actually, hasn't Lucas said that there will only be 6 of them, not 9? I guess that's for the best; I'd rather have the good movie/shitty movie ratio be 1/1 than 1/2.
When he announced his project:
I can (well, almost) hear you asking yourselves "why?". Hurd will be out in a year (or two, or next month, who knows)
;)
It's like an psycho ex-girlfriend who won't stop calling you after you break up.
Sort of like this?
Tell that to the damn loans I have to start paying off next month...
You're right, T3 is probably going to suck. But why are they going to make it? Well: But yeah, I'm sure I'll see it.
And so will everyone else, and their brother. Hollywood (99% of it, anyway) stopped giving a damn about quality a long time ago. Now, filling the damn theater on opening weekend is priority 1 (because after the opening weekend, your friends tell you how bad it sucked, and you skip it). And why should they care? If piece of shit movies can make $150 mil due solely to mass advertising campaigns and a few big names in the cast, why should studios bother with plots?
Tron (same idea, but with modern computer systems)
Surely, you're not reading your slashdot? I hope they don't shit on the whole Tron name...
It's a remake, another adaptation.
You forgot the word "shitty" before "remake." The only cool part was when Heston said his famous line from the first (awesome) PotA.
you're better off with a scope board from the back pages of one of the magazines.
All I see are penis enlargement pump ads.
I was looking for something along these lines as well, a couple months ago. The software/sound-card solution is xoscope. I'm afraid I haven't had time to try that.
Another cool site is bitscope.com where you can find a completely open-design for an oscope you can build yourself (or order from them, I think.) It includes all the schematics and such, and the finished unit slides into a bay in your PC, with two slots for probes. How cool is that!
Open file formats are important, but I'd argue the more important feature is maturity. MS Office has been around a while, and for all the whining people do about MS in general, Office for the most part kicks a lot of ass and deserves it's seat at the top of the productivity suite kingdom.
Alternative suites are no where near as mature, and I doubt they ever will be, given the fact that Office is MS's cash cow, and they'd be stupid to let it slip. I mean while the latest Office sports speech recognition/dictation, the "alternative" suites are just now getting spell checking! While Office is available in 35 languages, others are just now thinking about considering getting started. And I'm not even going to go into usability (how many open-source applications do you know of that have the resources to conduct and utilize novice useability tests?)
If you're using Windows, do me a favor: using IE, find a web page with a table in it, highlight the table, copy it, and paste it into Word or Excel. See what happens? The contents are interpreted correctly, and a Table appears in Word, and the contents of the table appear in seperate cells in Excel. Now ask yourself if that's anywhere near a possibility in ANY "alternative" office suite.
Open file formats or not, I'd be happy with Office for linux, as I'm tired of having to settle for immature, poorly designed suites.
The man who could not make new memories, and lived the same moments over and over.
Reminds me of Memento. Pretty cool flick, worth checking out.
One thing I can't stand is when people check in some code, and the comment they associate with the check-in is "fixing some things" or "updating" or just "."
WTF?! Put something meaningful, damn it. Comments are not for YOU, they're for others; be considerate.
It is only trying to keep itself alive
The poor little thing is just trying to survive! Cut it a break...
Why do you insist on using only one subject line when having your virus replicate itself? That's the easiest form of detection! If you'd use something less static, say, a random subject out of 50 preset ones, then your virus would spread a LOT more before anyone got wise.
In addition, it would similarly help to rename the attachment at every iteration too.
and wait for someone to code/port the perfect office suit/browser/etc that fully integrates the PS2 into the home office
If you have a PS2 in your "home office," I doubt much real work gets done. (In addition, if you need a PS2 for your office suite, I doubt you have a "home office.")
I really, really doubt this is targeted towards anyone but Joe Hacker, who also bought a Net Yaroze for the PS1 for some random/cool game hacking (which is what I plan to do with it.)