I'd say, for starters, that The Matrix did a fairly large bit of at least number 1. There are plenty of people out there (the majority, I'd say, unfortunately) who stumble through life in a completely unconsidered fashion without something as basic as the Allegory of the Cave ever occuring to them.
I like to think The Matrix got their heads churned up a bit.
Emmett, did anyone make any/. story submissions when this product was launched? Given the fact that you are encouraging a developer community to form and that you've been working on Linux sync software, you'd think this would have seen a lot more exposure. I *especially* like the swappable storage sleeve option - more or less unlimited expandability.
She's not a supermodel, but she's quite the attractive girl.
You don't need huge tits or a Kate Moss ass to be hot.
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Ohhh, I forgot - you're in the UK. Kodak definitely doesn't make minilab systems for the US market anymore - they've basically farmed out the task to Noritsu here.
Yeah, Pictrography... Google for PG4500 (I'm writing this on Lynx since we get crucified for "being on the Internet" here, and no one has any idea this is a web browser:D). Nice little machine.
Can you recommend a good IM system that works with the Z (preferably that I don't have to pay for, heh)? Someone mentioned CenterICQ or something like that... ncurses-based client that's supposed to be really clean and easy to use.
You have no problem with the attention and money going away?
The attention and money are what's helping Open Source beat the commercial software monopolies.
I would certainly have a problem with that going away.
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Silver halide? o_O Are you sure? I was under the impression that Kodak stopped making minilabs over twelve years ago. Unless you're referring to Pictrography-type donor-receiver type stuff, and I wasn't aware that you guys made that kind of thing.
"I suppose Kodak never thought that digital technology would catch up with film"
You forgot to mention their film sucks. It's grainy as hell, because it is wildly oversaturated with silver.
Not to mention their extremely dirty film processing chemistry and grainy paper.
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The problem with you boys and girls at Kodak is that you can't seem to figure out a way to turn digital into a consumables business.
We at Fuji seem to be doing all right with our Printpix 1000 thermal autochrome printers... in fact we've got literally thousands of them on order from theme parks and other folks in the very near future (Sesame Place is already testing lots of them as we speak).
So what do we sell? PAPER. LOTS and LOTS of paper. Thousands and thousands of prints all from the convenience of your wee lil' digital camera card, from a tiny little kiosk you can fit in a corner.
Did I mention it makes CDs and prints up to 6x8 size prints?
It is a goooood time to be working for Fujifilm.:D
Everything we make is better than everything they make. It gives me that warm, fuzzy feeling inside, but gives me that not-so-warm, not-so-fuzzy feeling of impending doom when I visit Rochester.
was Bane (or possibly Bain). He was the individual taken over by one of the Agent Smiths. This is significant because it means that he singlehandedly caused the rout of those five ships at the battle which occured at the "junction point" where the machines were digging through a tunnel.
Hating a movie because of a technical inaccuracy (the battery thing) is pretty anal, wouldn't you say?
Regardless, it's somewhat clear to me now that the "battery" thing is just an excuse. Possibly (probably?) what is more likely is that the machines are using the human population either for research or as a big computation farm.
I completely agree with you. The idea that the "real world" is actually a Matrix is
a) Far too easy and trite
b) Not really supported by the facts of the movie. It makes a lot of sense that Neo is connected to the machines in some way since he is intertwined with the code that runs them (according to the Architect). This, IMO, is why he could stop the Sentinels dead in their tracks.
Also, there have been a lot of indications that this "edition" of The One is different from the others: programs keep being surprised in one way or another by him. The Malevingian(sp?) made this pretty clear, as did the Oracle.
I am fairly sure that Revolutions will depict the overthrowing of the machine order by a human (Neo) who is capable of imposing control over them, but perhaps will choose not to. We'll see.
Who are you to set the pace for someone's personal development?
I promise you there are plenty of worthwhile, self-aware people who didn't really figure themselves and their worldviews out until well after their 30s.
Unfortunately, not only was the STS project a multi-purpose one that did nothing particularly well, but it had problems from the start because it was politically pulled in a hundred directions by a hundred different Congressmen and had parts from something like 10 different major vendors.
Plumbing is a service job. Service is the portion of the OSS software economy that IS charged for.
The OSS software economy model is analogous to giving away the pipes but still charging for labor. If pipes didn't have an intrinsic material cost, this might work. (Bear in mind that software is not a material thing you have to buy "raw materials" for.)
Creating software in the first place takes time, yes, and the labor of a developer, but that labor can be paid for with service charges.
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"If so, the fight is already over."
Why?
I'd say, for starters, that The Matrix did a fairly large bit of at least number 1. There are plenty of people out there (the majority, I'd say, unfortunately) who stumble through life in a completely unconsidered fashion without something as basic as the Allegory of the Cave ever occuring to them.
I like to think The Matrix got their heads churned up a bit.
If you seriously believe that, you weren't paying attention.
I say this to a troll because I think a LOT of people jumped to that conclusion at the end of the movie.
Why on Earth would you use the Sharp ROM?
Around 75% of my friends are girls, and I have a LOT of friends.
In fairness, I'm not terribly picky. But she's really not unattractive.
I might just take you up on that. :) How much we talkin' here?
Kudos, btw, on the extremely good customer service regarding the issue of the USB 2.0 upgrade. Very, very classy.
Emmett, did anyone make any /. story submissions when this product was launched? Given the fact that you are encouraging a developer community to form and that you've been working on Linux sync software, you'd think this would have seen a lot more exposure. I *especially* like the swappable storage sleeve option - more or less unlimited expandability.
No it isn't. Apple is not by any means supporting an independent developer community for the iPod. Quite the opposite, in fact.
She's not a supermodel, but she's quite the attractive girl.
You don't need huge tits or a Kate Moss ass to be hot.
Ohhh, I forgot - you're in the UK. Kodak definitely doesn't make minilab systems for the US market anymore - they've basically farmed out the task to Noritsu here.
:D). Nice little machine.
Yeah, Pictrography... Google for PG4500 (I'm writing this on Lynx since we get crucified for "being on the Internet" here, and no one has any idea this is a web browser
Can you recommend a good IM system that works with the Z (preferably that I don't have to pay for, heh)? Someone mentioned CenterICQ or something like that... ncurses-based client that's supposed to be really clean and easy to use.
You have no problem with the attention and money going away?
The attention and money are what's helping Open Source beat the commercial software monopolies.
I would certainly have a problem with that going away.
Silver halide? o_O Are you sure? I was under the impression that Kodak stopped making minilabs over twelve years ago. Unless you're referring to Pictrography-type donor-receiver type stuff, and I wasn't aware that you guys made that kind of thing.
No yuo?
(If you don't know who this is, ignore me.)
"I suppose Kodak never thought that digital technology would catch up with film"
You forgot to mention their film sucks. It's grainy as hell, because it is wildly oversaturated with silver.
Not to mention their extremely dirty film processing chemistry and grainy paper.
The problem with you boys and girls at Kodak is that you can't seem to figure out a way to turn digital into a consumables business.
:D
We at Fuji seem to be doing all right with our Printpix 1000 thermal autochrome printers... in fact we've got literally thousands of them on order from theme parks and other folks in the very near future (Sesame Place is already testing lots of them as we speak).
So what do we sell? PAPER. LOTS and LOTS of paper. Thousands and thousands of prints all from the convenience of your wee lil' digital camera card, from a tiny little kiosk you can fit in a corner.
Did I mention it makes CDs and prints up to 6x8 size prints?
It is a goooood time to be working for Fujifilm.
It's a good time to work for Fujifilm. :D
Everything we make is better than everything they make. It gives me that warm, fuzzy feeling inside, but gives me that not-so-warm, not-so-fuzzy feeling of impending doom when I visit Rochester.
OK, it has shit battery life, but I don't feel my Z is huge. That keyboard just totally makes the sucker for me.
was Bane (or possibly Bain). He was the individual taken over by one of the Agent Smiths. This is significant because it means that he singlehandedly caused the rout of those five ships at the battle which occured at the "junction point" where the machines were digging through a tunnel.
Or were you just not paying attention?
Hating a movie because of a technical inaccuracy (the battery thing) is pretty anal, wouldn't you say?
Regardless, it's somewhat clear to me now that the "battery" thing is just an excuse. Possibly (probably?) what is more likely is that the machines are using the human population either for research or as a big computation farm.
... and it was pretty fantastic. The seats in there are great :) Plus it's right next to EasyEverything which is another huge bonus, of course.
See it. It's good. Don't listen to the critical morons. Yes, there are cheesy bits, but on the whole it fleshes out the first movie a great deal.
I completely agree with you. The idea that the "real world" is actually a Matrix is
a) Far too easy and trite
b) Not really supported by the facts of the movie. It makes a lot of sense that Neo is connected to the machines in some way since he is intertwined with the code that runs them (according to the Architect). This, IMO, is why he could stop the Sentinels dead in their tracks.
Also, there have been a lot of indications that this "edition" of The One is different from the others: programs keep being surprised in one way or another by him. The Malevingian(sp?) made this pretty clear, as did the Oracle.
I am fairly sure that Revolutions will depict the overthrowing of the machine order by a human (Neo) who is capable of imposing control over them, but perhaps will choose not to. We'll see.
"Excusable?" Excusable by *whom*?
Who are you to set the pace for someone's personal development?
I promise you there are plenty of worthwhile, self-aware people who didn't really figure themselves and their worldviews out until well after their 30s.
Unfortunately, not only was the STS project a multi-purpose one that did nothing particularly well, but it had problems from the start because it was politically pulled in a hundred directions by a hundred different Congressmen and had parts from something like 10 different major vendors.
Why can't we contract this out to ONE company?
Plumbing is a service job. Service is the portion of the OSS software economy that IS charged for.
The OSS software economy model is analogous to giving away the pipes but still charging for labor. If pipes didn't have an intrinsic material cost, this might work. (Bear in mind that software is not a material thing you have to buy "raw materials" for.)
Creating software in the first place takes time, yes, and the labor of a developer, but that labor can be paid for with service charges.