"Actually the only thing I can hope is that someday, somewhere, someone will make a remake of I-III that are completely and utterly unlike the originals. Because then someone in the future can actually enjoy Star Wars again."
Then you're in luck! My husband and I rewrote Eps I-III while we were on our honeymoon. There's really not much else to do while waiting in line for the Uffizi Gallery at 7:30 am.
All we need is the free time to: write the script, recruit the actors, and film all three movies. It's probably never meant to be *sigh*
"Network effects and proprietary protocols - it's why AIM and MSN and the like are still popular, and still semi-popular among people who should know better."
You can, but back before my dad had an iPod, he used a mini disk player. When he turned it off in the middle of a 45 minute track, it would lose his place in the middle of the track.
He understandably didn't want to spend the time to fast forward/rewind to his stopping point, so he chopped up the files.
He has a whole system set up now, and habits die hard, but you're right it really isn't necessary anymore. The iPod just picks up in the middle of a track.
However, the example served to disprove the "gap between tracks" statement, did it not?
I actually really enjoy the operating system - I have a G4 and a G5 to play with at work, and unlike Windows, Apple updates don't occasionally break the hardware.
What features would I pay not to have? IE and Outlook, Realplayer, and about 90% of the other preinstalled crap from a store setup.
Okay, that's not true, I wouldn't pay to keep Outlook off my computer, because it doesn't come on the computer, but I would use a shotgun to prevent it ever being put on my computer.
They do. In fact you can even fade in/out between tracks so that the first 5 seconds of the next track starts playing during the last 5 seconds of the previous track.
Needless to say, this is a pain in the butt when you're listening to an audiobook, and it took me forever (5 minutes) to figure out how to turn the feature off.
I listen to audio books all the time, including ones that my dad has converted from cassette to mp3 by chopping up the analog imput.wavs with a special program that cuts at the spaces in between words. There is no discernable track change.
Games are an issue, but I think the real issue lies with the game developers who aren't interested in developing for an additional, smaller market, especially when it increases development costs drastically.
On the other hand, some people may prefer Macs for their lack of game support. I love video games, but they can take up a lot of my time, and represent a huge temptation. I've promised myself that when I get into medical school, I'm getting a PowerBook to replace my current laptop. I would need to replace the laptop anyway, but replacing it with a Mac will minimize the distraction it represents, and allow me to use it more effectively as a tool, rather than for entertainment.
Why did you feel it necessary to change the character motivations? Part of what made the books and radio programs funny was that the characters AREN'T actually interested in the Question to the Answer of the Meaning of Life the Universe and Everything/Saving the Universe from the homicidal planet Krikkit/God's Last Message to Creation/etc. Instead, all they want is a good cup of tea/wealth and fame/a drink and a peer group/ad infinitum... The utter inanity of the characters was part of the funny.
The plot of HHGTTG has always been fluid, but the characters were the same throughout all the plot variations. I think the new PLOT of the movie could have worked just as well as any of the other HH plots, except that the characters are significantly different in attitude, behavior, and motivation.
"Do americans not have the right to a free lawyer if they can't afford one?"
We do have the right to a lawyer in criminal procedings, but these are civil procedings. One may represent oneself, but it can be fairly easy to make an ass of yourself that way.
"Toast only runs on Mac. You'll have to use Easy Media Creator if you're using a PC."...and that sound you just heard was the Red Dwarf reference going right over your head.
Wire serves a purpose - it is more secure. It will always be more secure than wireless. Security will sometimes trump convenience, and therefore research on both wired and wireless each has their own place.
Ironically enough, they're trying to become more alike. Wireless is trying to become more secure, and wired is trying to become less obtrusive.
I don't know what planet you're from, if you think wearing a JACKET is more "gay-looking" than a man-purse. I'd buy myself one in a heartbeat if they still had the red Fine-Tec in my size, but they don't.
I'm considering buying one of the fleece vests, and altering my winter coat so that I can zip the fleece into it.
"And I've never understood you anti-convergence guys. Think about it - if you happened to want to listen to the radio, you'd now be carrying three gadgets instead of just the one. Throw in an organiser too, and you're really starting to take the piss."
Well, I'm afraid I don't see the point of carrying around one gadget that does everything poorly. I'd rather carry around several different gadgets that excel at their individual functions.
"The GPS can be used to track my location by Big Brother...... I'm sorry, I'd rather put up with a dorky-looking Batman Utility Belt or one of those "man purse" hip bags, assuming I would ever want to carry all that stuff with me."
Try the Scott eVest, unless completely load it up with stuff, it doesn't look like you're really carrying anything, but you can still carry your camera, phone, mp3 player, organizer, wallet, keys, etc.
" How do you expect bands to tour without any income?"
Members of most local bands have day jobs. They, therefore, have SOME income. They also work local gigs, which one would presume are paid, producing more income. My husband actually works with a gentleman from a local band, but evening shifts have thus far prevented us from going to see them play.
I don't really think it's ironic - scientific journals are about prestige, and the impact factor of Nature is very high - over 30. I don't think any of the open access journals even have impact factors yet.
If the purpose of the announcement is to reach as many as the biological sciences community as possible, you want to put the announcement in the journal that most of them read.
You can always use the outbox extension, it gives you a send later option in teh compose mail window, and a send unsent mail button in the main screen.
Okay, this sounds suspiciously like those holographic stickers (the MPT Smogbuster Fuel Disk) that claims to improve gas mileage (for the low, low price of 299 per sticker!).
"use in settings such as kitchens, where large desktops are impractical.
Ok, I'm a geek and I love to have the Internet wherever I am but why in the kitchen?"
I take my laptop into the kitchen all the time. Usually it's because I'm trying some new recipe that I don't want to waste paper printing until it's been taste tested, but I also use it to listen to music or audio books, or if I'm in the middle of an IM conversation and I still have chores to do. Sure, I could crank up the stereo, but apartment walls are thin, and I want to be considerate of our neighboors. All I need is some voice recognition software so I don't have to clean my hands to type an IM response.
And despite what my husband thinks, I don't actually play WoW while cooking.
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"Actually the only thing I can hope is that someday, somewhere, someone will make a remake of I-III that are completely and utterly unlike the originals. Because then someone in the future can actually enjoy Star Wars again."
Then you're in luck!
My husband and I rewrote Eps I-III while we were on our honeymoon. There's really not much else to do while waiting in line for the Uffizi Gallery at 7:30 am.
All we need is the free time to: write the script, recruit the actors, and film all three movies. It's probably never meant to be *sigh*
It's actually "Understanding is a three edged sword".
Just FYI. I wouldn't want you to not be able to find your B5 quote files, after all.
"Network effects and proprietary protocols - it's why AIM and MSN and the like are still popular, and still semi-popular among people who should know better."
Use Trillian, if you're running Windows.
Foul! Innovator only has 1 T.
Geez, are you deliberately trying to set me up for failure? It's bad enough that WoW is on the Mac...
You can, but back before my dad had an iPod, he used a mini disk player. When he turned it off in the middle of a 45 minute track, it would lose his place in the middle of the track.
He understandably didn't want to spend the time to fast forward/rewind to his stopping point, so he chopped up the files.
He has a whole system set up now, and habits die hard, but you're right it really isn't necessary anymore. The iPod just picks up in the middle of a track.
However, the example served to disprove the "gap between tracks" statement, did it not?
I actually really enjoy the operating system - I have a G4 and a G5 to play with at work, and unlike Windows, Apple updates don't occasionally break the hardware.
What features would I pay not to have? IE and Outlook, Realplayer, and about 90% of the other preinstalled crap from a store setup.
Okay, that's not true, I wouldn't pay to keep Outlook off my computer, because it doesn't come on the computer, but I would use a shotgun to prevent it ever being put on my computer.
They do. In fact you can even fade in/out between tracks so that the first 5 seconds of the next track starts playing during the last 5 seconds of the previous track.
.wavs with a special program that cuts at the spaces in between words. There is no discernable track change.
Needless to say, this is a pain in the butt when you're listening to an audiobook, and it took me forever (5 minutes) to figure out how to turn the feature off.
I listen to audio books all the time, including ones that my dad has converted from cassette to mp3 by chopping up the analog imput
Games are an issue, but I think the real issue lies with the game developers who aren't interested in developing for an additional, smaller market, especially when it increases development costs drastically.
On the other hand, some people may prefer Macs for their lack of game support. I love video games, but they can take up a lot of my time, and represent a huge temptation. I've promised myself that when I get into medical school, I'm getting a PowerBook to replace my current laptop. I would need to replace the laptop anyway, but replacing it with a Mac will minimize the distraction it represents, and allow me to use it more effectively as a tool, rather than for entertainment.
Why did you feel it necessary to change the character motivations? Part of what made the books and radio programs funny was that the characters AREN'T actually interested in the Question to the Answer of the Meaning of Life the Universe and Everything/Saving the Universe from the homicidal planet Krikkit/God's Last Message to Creation/etc. Instead, all they want is a good cup of tea/wealth and fame/a drink and a peer group/ad infinitum... The utter inanity of the characters was part of the funny.
The plot of HHGTTG has always been fluid, but the characters were the same throughout all the plot variations. I think the new PLOT of the movie could have worked just as well as any of the other HH plots, except that the characters are significantly different in attitude, behavior, and motivation.
"Do americans not have the right to a free lawyer if they can't afford one?"
We do have the right to a lawyer in criminal procedings, but these are civil procedings. One may represent oneself, but it can be fairly easy to make an ass of yourself that way.
"Toast only runs on Mac. You'll have to use Easy Media Creator if you're using a PC." ...and that sound you just heard was the Red Dwarf reference going right over your head.
If that thing asks me if I'd like some toast, I'm going to take an axe to it...
"he was just happy he didn't have to make his own India ink..."
:-)
India ink came in solid sticks or cakes, and had to be suspended in water by the user.
If he used India ink, he would have had to mix his own.
Wire serves a purpose - it is more secure. It will always be more secure than wireless. Security will sometimes trump convenience, and therefore research on both wired and wireless each has their own place.
Ironically enough, they're trying to become more alike. Wireless is trying to become more secure, and wired is trying to become less obtrusive.
I don't know what planet you're from, if you think wearing a JACKET is more "gay-looking" than a man-purse.
I'd buy myself one in a heartbeat if they still had the red Fine-Tec in my size, but they don't.
I'm considering buying one of the fleece vests, and altering my winter coat so that I can zip the fleece into it.
"And I've never understood you anti-convergence guys. Think about it - if you happened to want to listen to the radio, you'd now be carrying three gadgets instead of just the one. Throw in an organiser too, and you're really starting to take the piss."
Well, I'm afraid I don't see the point of carrying around one gadget that does everything poorly. I'd rather carry around several different gadgets that excel at their individual functions.
"The GPS can be used to track my location by Big Brother... ... I'm sorry, I'd rather put up with a dorky-looking Batman Utility Belt or one of those "man purse" hip bags, assuming I would ever want to carry all that stuff with me."
Try the Scott eVest, unless completely load it up with stuff, it doesn't look like you're really carrying anything, but you can still carry your camera, phone, mp3 player, organizer, wallet, keys, etc.
...60% of web users cannot define "sponsor".
I find the evidence of user illiteracy far more disturbing than this FUD over "Sponsored Links".
" How do you expect bands to tour without any income?"
Members of most local bands have day jobs. They, therefore, have SOME income. They also work local gigs, which one would presume are paid, producing more income. My husband actually works with a gentleman from a local band, but evening shifts have thus far prevented us from going to see them play.
I don't really think it's ironic - scientific journals are about prestige, and the impact factor of Nature is very high - over 30. I don't think any of the open access journals even have impact factors yet.
If the purpose of the announcement is to reach as many as the biological sciences community as possible, you want to put the announcement in the journal that most of them read.
You can always use the outbox extension, it gives you a send later option in teh compose mail window, and a send unsent mail button in the main screen.
Very easy to do, really.
He does not play, and wifey persuasion tactics have not yet convinced him. Fry's has one more copy, I may yet succeed.
Okay, this sounds suspiciously like those holographic stickers (the MPT Smogbuster Fuel Disk) that claims to improve gas mileage (for the low, low price of 299 per sticker!).
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PT Barnum was right.
"use in settings such as kitchens, where large desktops are impractical.
Ok, I'm a geek and I love to have the Internet wherever I am but why in the kitchen?"
I take my laptop into the kitchen all the time. Usually it's because I'm trying some new recipe that I don't want to waste paper printing until it's been taste tested, but I also use it to listen to music or audio books, or if I'm in the middle of an IM conversation and I still have chores to do. Sure, I could crank up the stereo, but apartment walls are thin, and I want to be considerate of our neighboors. All I need is some voice recognition software so I don't have to clean my hands to type an IM response.
And despite what my husband thinks, I don't actually play WoW while cooking.