Your questions are all answered in the Star Wars books, which, by the way, are far better than any of the movies.
The source and workings of the Force is explained in the most recent series, the New Jedi Order (much better and more shocking than its humdrum title appears) -- NJO features the New Republic nearly being annihilated by a race of aliens, the Yuuzhan Vong, who are not affected by The Force.
Here here! The Thrawn trilogy is so good even Lucas' touch as a producer (hmm I don't think any of the Star Wars Contiuum is good enough to withstand his directing) couldn't screw it up.
I think a lot of NJO is very made-for-the-movies and pretty good too.
Funny. I *WISH* gmail was even better at lumping forum replies together. I switched all my forum notifications over to gmail because I was sick of having to look at an index of 40 identical (by subject line) notifications per day.
"Not exactly" like the book? It's not even close! Asimov would be turning over in his grave. The movie is as accurate to Asimov's ideas as Troy was to Homer's.
It certainly didn't show me anything that I didn't know already (and it shouldn't if you are an American with half a brain and you watch/read the news for yourself).
Are we talking about the same Americans who rarely vote, who idolize Britney Spears, watch WWF, and consistently rank far behind other nations in its science and math literacy?
Exactly. And aren't we the ones who always say "Information wants to be free"?
And here's a lesson in the power of grassroots/independent organizing if I ever saw one. It's not like Hollywood doesn't churn out overtly political, completely false moves (The Core, insert-you-favorite-bad-factsmovie).
Moore is doing what blogger do, but with in a format that appeals to the average tech-ignorant American.
Um attacking the President isn't dishonest... unless you mean to say that attempting to run Clinton out of office for the sex scandal was also dishonest.
America IS for your so-called "fat complainers of the government" -- what else is this country for?
When you have a hammer, everything looks like a nail...
I'm writing this from the biotech company I am interning at this summer and everyone here knows full well that personalized medicine, genomics, and all that are not understood. We know almost *nothing*. When pharma and biotech companies "develop" drugs, they generate thousands of compounds and slowly eliminate one by one in hope that in the end, they *might* end up with one single effective compound. And then, they do studies on that compound in an attempt to figure out how it works. And guess what? We *still* don't know! We can make educated guesses based upon our data and experiments, but that's all they are... guesses.
In addition, open source software is successful because you only need your brain, knowledge of programming, internet access, and a computer ($500+ nowadays) to contribute.
To do research? Well, a good mass spectrometer goes for nearly $1 million today. High throughput, fast PCR machines... oh about $4000... Pipettes need calibration at least once a year... gotta pay the tech who does that work. A micropipetter costs about $100 per pipette. To do genetics research, you need a 2uL, a 20uL, a 200uL and a 1000uL -- at *least* that. To avoid contamination you need at least one extra set for dealing with samples. That comes to oh... $800. Then, pipettes must be sterilized which means an autoclave. Add $2000 or so. Pipette tips are disposal because it's impossible to avoid contamination otherwise. Each box (must be sterile, DNAse and RNAse free) costs $30+. A single scientist working in a lab can go through two boxes or more PER DAY.
I had this exact WAP but it died on me (kept dropping connections, requiring a reset, then one day, it stopped responding to resets) after 6 months. Which very inconviently, was after Netgear's warranty expires (not even 3 months if I remember correctly).
I paid the same amount for a Belkin router/WAP with a limited firewall built-in (CompUSA discount). More functionality, same price, and a LIFETIME warranty. I'll never go back to Netgear again, especially after this fiasco!
If you go by the rules of scientific publication, you still need to cite the source even it's from a previous publication of yours. Otherwise, how would anyone be able to fact-check? The easy version of the rule is: If it's been published previously anywhere, cite it. It doesn't matter who wrote it, it was still previously existing work.
*laugh* I'm not angry or bitter. I hung out with a small group of computer guys and I was smart enough to not give a damn about the "popular kids." So actually, I went through a good five relationships by the time I left high school (no keepers, but that wasn't what I was looking for).
I personally didn't have a shitty time, but I am angry about the two girls I knew who didn't know enough to just ignore the jibes... they're both in mental institutions (for real) now.
I just rest in my little world feeling superior that the ringleader of the savages who drove those two girls insane is going to community college. I, on the other hand, am not:)
Definitely true. Being yourself may not be immediately attractive... but it's not any easier for nerd girls than nerd guys. I might even venture that it's worse. Let's see 6th grade... Oh right, that's when I was teased for not wearing tank tops, for being a "smartass showoff," for being nice to the kid with ADD, for "caring too much" about school/learning. Yeah, while the popular/cool girls were..... popular and cool (and dumb as shit but that's besides the point). Try being a smart, confident, outgoing nerd girl in upper-middle class suburban America where all the stay-at-home-and-go-to-the-beauty-parlor moms raise pretty-popular-cool-captain-of-the-cheerleading-sq uad girls and where that's the unspoken image of a "proper" girl.
Dunno about her but I like guys who don't give a damn if they aren't the hottest body out there -- not the guys who are slobs, but the ones who are confident in themselves and dress themselves so they don't look awful -- no need to go fancy, but dressing badly just doesn't make sense.
In any case, my boyfriend and I started talking because I was somewhat interested in his roommate. Roommate was the "normal guy" type" while my now-boyfriend was the one sitting in front of the computer. My nerdiness won out and we started talking to each other because of our interest in computers. Only later did we start talking bout music, movies, books, other stuff. Be yourself, seriously. He didn't need to put up any front at all to get me to like him.
Dunno about others, but I watched Shrek once in the theaters, twice at home, twice with a bunch of friends, and once with a boyfriend. It's not "deep" but it's a fun easygoing movie that doesn't get old.
Well, there's usually at least one copy available (at first), but torrents generally have a short lifespan. Once no more people are seeding (which happens quite easily), it's impossible to download.
The tracker doesn't necessarily host a copy of the file itself. The tracker only takes care of the.torrent file and distributes the list of peers and seeds.
The original uploader/creator of the torrent will be the original seeder of the file.
From wikipedia: First, a small file with a.torrent extension is distributed via conventional means. This file is static, so it is often placed on regular websites or even distributed by e-mail. The.torrent file contains hashing information for blocks of the file, so the size of it depends on the size of the file or group of files that it refers to. It also contains, hardcoded, the address of a so-called "tracker server" (often called simply "tracker") which is used to locate sources that have the file or parts of it.
Well I don't know what your definition of "geared towards adults" is if it doesn't include sex and explosions.
I liked every single one of Pixar's movies, including Finding Nemo. Granted the plot wasn't Mission-Impossible-complicated, but did you expect it to be? The movie was entertaining and funny and I'm no child anymore.
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That's why you must simply pretend that Children of the Jedi and all the Young Jedi books do not and never existed. (There is no Matrix).
Then go and read the New Jedi Order and the Thrawn trilogy.
Your questions are all answered in the Star Wars books, which, by the way, are far better than any of the movies.
The source and workings of the Force is explained in the most recent series, the New Jedi Order (much better and more shocking than its humdrum title appears) -- NJO features the New Republic nearly being annihilated by a race of aliens, the Yuuzhan Vong, who are not affected by The Force.
Here here! The Thrawn trilogy is so good even Lucas' touch as a producer (hmm I don't think any of the Star Wars Contiuum is good enough to withstand his directing) couldn't screw it up.
I think a lot of NJO is very made-for-the-movies and pretty good too.
Funny. I *WISH* gmail was even better at lumping forum replies together. I switched all my forum notifications over to gmail because I was sick of having to look at an index of 40 identical (by subject line) notifications per day.
"Not exactly" like the book? It's not even close! Asimov would be turning over in his grave. The movie is as accurate to Asimov's ideas as Troy was to Homer's.
What IE-lookalike theme are you using?
I've been searching for a good one that works with Firefox 0.9.1 for when I need to deal with stupid stubborn normal users.
It certainly didn't show me anything that I didn't know already (and it shouldn't if you are an American with half a brain and you watch/read the news for yourself).
Are we talking about the same Americans who rarely vote, who idolize Britney Spears, watch WWF, and consistently rank far behind other nations in its science and math literacy?
Exactly. And aren't we the ones who always say "Information wants to be free"?
And here's a lesson in the power of grassroots/independent organizing if I ever saw one. It's not like Hollywood doesn't churn out overtly political, completely false moves (The Core, insert-you-favorite-bad-facts movie).
Moore is doing what blogger do, but with in a format that appeals to the average tech-ignorant American.
Um attacking the President isn't dishonest... unless you mean to say that attempting to run Clinton out of office for the sex scandal was also dishonest.
America IS for your so-called "fat complainers of the government" -- what else is this country for?
When you have a hammer, everything looks like a nail...
I'm writing this from the biotech company I am interning at this summer and everyone here knows full well that personalized medicine, genomics, and all that are not understood. We know almost *nothing*. When pharma and biotech companies "develop" drugs, they generate thousands of compounds and slowly eliminate one by one in hope that in the end, they *might* end up with one single effective compound. And then, they do studies on that compound in an attempt to figure out how it works. And guess what? We *still* don't know! We can make educated guesses based upon our data and experiments, but that's all they are... guesses.
In addition, open source software is successful because you only need your brain, knowledge of programming, internet access, and a computer ($500+ nowadays) to contribute.
To do research? Well, a good mass spectrometer goes for nearly $1 million today. High throughput, fast PCR machines... oh about $4000... Pipettes need calibration at least once a year... gotta pay the tech who does that work. A micropipetter costs about $100 per pipette. To do genetics research, you need a 2uL, a 20uL, a 200uL and a 1000uL -- at *least* that. To avoid contamination you need at least one extra set for dealing with samples. That comes to oh... $800. Then, pipettes must be sterilized which means an autoclave. Add $2000 or so. Pipette tips are disposal because it's impossible to avoid contamination otherwise. Each box (must be sterile, DNAse and RNAse free) costs $30+. A single scientist working in a lab can go through two boxes or more PER DAY.
Open source biotech? Give me a break.
I had this exact WAP but it died on me (kept dropping connections, requiring a reset, then one day, it stopped responding to resets) after 6 months. Which very inconviently, was after Netgear's warranty expires (not even 3 months if I remember correctly).
I paid the same amount for a Belkin router/WAP with a limited firewall built-in (CompUSA discount). More functionality, same price, and a LIFETIME warranty. I'll never go back to Netgear again, especially after this fiasco!
Oh horrors! Gmail might have extra copies of your data because they BACKED IT UP! They're evil!
Hotmail just lost your data because their backup was none too effective!
Does anyone else see the dichotomy here?
Use one of these two Firefox extensions: "text/plain" or "text links"
They allow you to open plaintext urls in a new tab/window.
Plus, you can eliminate a lot of the URL opening issues by right-open-in-new-tab.
If you go by the rules of scientific publication, you still need to cite the source even it's from a previous publication of yours. Otherwise, how would anyone be able to fact-check? The easy version of the rule is: If it's been published previously anywhere, cite it. It doesn't matter who wrote it, it was still previously existing work.
*laugh* I'm not angry or bitter. I hung out with a small group of computer guys and I was smart enough to not give a damn about the "popular kids." So actually, I went through a good five relationships by the time I left high school (no keepers, but that wasn't what I was looking for).
:)
I personally didn't have a shitty time, but I am angry about the two girls I knew who didn't know enough to just ignore the jibes... they're both in mental institutions (for real) now.
I just rest in my little world feeling superior that the ringleader of the savages who drove those two girls insane is going to community college. I, on the other hand, am not
Definitely true. Being yourself may not be immediately attractive... but it's not any easier for nerd girls than nerd guys. I might even venture that it's worse. Let's see 6th grade... Oh right, that's when I was teased for not wearing tank tops, for being a "smartass showoff," for being nice to the kid with ADD, for "caring too much" about school/learning. Yeah, while the popular/cool girls were..... popular and cool (and dumb as shit but that's besides the point). Try being a smart, confident, outgoing nerd girl in upper-middle class suburban America where all the stay-at-home-and-go-to-the-beauty-parlor moms raise pretty-popular-cool-captain-of-the-cheerleading-sq uad girls and where that's the unspoken image of a "proper" girl.
Dunno about her but I like guys who don't give a damn if they aren't the hottest body out there -- not the guys who are slobs, but the ones who are confident in themselves and dress themselves so they don't look awful -- no need to go fancy, but dressing badly just doesn't make sense.
In any case, my boyfriend and I started talking because I was somewhat interested in his roommate. Roommate was the "normal guy" type" while my now-boyfriend was the one sitting in front of the computer. My nerdiness won out and we started talking to each other because of our interest in computers. Only later did we start talking bout music, movies, books, other stuff. Be yourself, seriously. He didn't need to put up any front at all to get me to like him.
Dunno about others, but I watched Shrek once in the theaters, twice at home, twice with a bunch of friends, and once with a boyfriend. It's not "deep" but it's a fun easygoing movie that doesn't get old.
This is old news. What about the other hundreds?!? Including some who've gotten Virtual PC on OS X to run Windows XP and run PearPC with OS X in that?
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No it doesn't. At least not yet. They've only released two very very early versions anyway.
7 hours?!?!?!
Doing a minimal install of 10.3 on a 2.4Ghz Pentium 4-M took me four, including the setup.
Seriously... that must have cost a good deal more than most people spend on their entire family computer tech budget.
Well, there's usually at least one copy available (at first), but torrents generally have a short lifespan. Once no more people are seeding (which happens quite easily), it's impossible to download.
The tracker doesn't necessarily host a copy of the file itself. The tracker only takes care of the .torrent file and distributes the list of peers and seeds.
.torrent extension is distributed via conventional means. This file is static, so it is often placed on regular websites or even distributed by e-mail. The .torrent file contains hashing information for blocks of the file, so the size of it depends on the size of the file or group of files that it refers to. It also contains, hardcoded, the address of a so-called "tracker server" (often called simply "tracker") which is used to locate sources that have the file or parts of it.
The original uploader/creator of the torrent will be the original seeder of the file.
From wikipedia:
First, a small file with a
Well I don't know what your definition of "geared towards adults" is if it doesn't include sex and explosions.
I liked every single one of Pixar's movies, including Finding Nemo. Granted the plot wasn't Mission-Impossible-complicated, but did you expect it to be? The movie was entertaining and funny and I'm no child anymore.