To be fair, IMAX definitely can get a lot of things right - but I hate its films cavalier approach to "documentary" filmmaking. I just watched the fighter jet movie at the new Air and Space Museum in VA - there were insulting amounts of CGI that the film tries to pass off as authentic dogfight footage. All the films try to have some kind of narrative as well, which inevitably comes off as contrived.
I never understood why the IMAX people weren't one of the first ones on the ground after 9/11. That's a chance to do serious, historical documentary film work. I remember thinking that only IMAX could capture the kind of widespread devastation found in the rubble of the Trade Center.
And now, I think they should be sending people to New Orleans and Biloxy - it's a critical moment in American history that they should not overlook.
Sorry folks, but Google has fallen waaaaay short here. This is nothing to get excited about yet. I seriously doubt that the Yahoo! bashers here on/. have used MyYahoo! more than 20 minutes in the last two years. It offers a hell of a lot more, and it is totally customizable.
And I am by no means anti-Google. Google Maps is a killer app. Gmail is a super-slick email interface. But the Google portal so far is really quaint. If you thinking I'm kidding, check out Yahoo! on the Wayback Machine, circa 1998.
I had the exact opposite experience. When I began grad school, I decided to try Outlook as my primary email client for an IMAP mail system. It was *okay*.
What didn't I like: 1) frequent crashes and freeze-ups; 2) stored Sent and Draft messages locally, instead of in the IMAP folders; 3) frustrating to arrange emails - I would delete or drag an email to another folder and the message would stay there! It would just be grey and crossed-out until I hit "Purge." That last one may be minor, but it really annoyed me.
It's too bad there isn't more adoption of YIM. In terms interface and usability, it far outranks AIM or MS.
Does anyone know why Yahoo! has had a hard time catching on? Is it just a diffusion effect? E.g., if all your friends have AIM, you have to use AIM, too?
In the improbable event that a child could be born in a zero/low gravity environment, the child would end up growing several feet taller than it would have on Earth - creating a panorama of new health problems. Severely weakened muscular and skeletal development would mean the child would never be able to walk or breathe on Earth. So how exactly would that preserve the human race?
Unless we can create cheap, maintainable gravity, long-term space habitation (5+ years) is impossible.
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It's too bad people have to read sites like/. to take full advantage of their PSPs. There is nothing like hiding functionality from customers.
Chevy Dealer: Well, we de-tuned your Corvette's engine and installed an automatic. We just don't think you need that kind of power and functionality.
I can't believe no one has mentioned Yahoo! yet. Automatic, accurate spam-filtering? Yes. White-listing? Yes. Black-listing? Yes. And if you want to stick with the free account, use Yahoo!POPs to download messages into Thunderbird.
Personally, I have the upgraded (2GB) account so I can take advantage of what I consider the best anti-spam feature available anywhere: disposable email addresses.
Not sure if you want to divulge your address to for a free iPod contest? Give them a disposable address where email is directed straight past your inbox and into a separate folder. When you lose that iPod contest and the spam starts pouring in, just delete the disposable address.
Sure, you can set up a free "junk mail" address with Hotmail, Yahoo!, but I've found that "checking in" on my spam is a waste of time.
Of course, the best solution is to not give out your email address.
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To be fair, IMAX definitely can get a lot of things right - but I hate its films cavalier approach to "documentary" filmmaking. I just watched the fighter jet movie at the new Air and Space Museum in VA - there were insulting amounts of CGI that the film tries to pass off as authentic dogfight footage. All the films try to have some kind of narrative as well, which inevitably comes off as contrived.
I never understood why the IMAX people weren't one of the first ones on the ground after 9/11. That's a chance to do serious, historical documentary film work. I remember thinking that only IMAX could capture the kind of widespread devastation found in the rubble of the Trade Center.
And now, I think they should be sending people to New Orleans and Biloxy - it's a critical moment in American history that they should not overlook.
Sorry folks, but Google has fallen waaaaay short here. This is nothing to get excited about yet. I seriously doubt that the Yahoo! bashers here on /. have used MyYahoo! more than 20 minutes in the last two years. It offers a hell of a lot more, and it is totally customizable.
And I am by no means anti-Google. Google Maps is a killer app. Gmail is a super-slick email interface. But the Google portal so far is really quaint. If you thinking I'm kidding, check out Yahoo! on the Wayback Machine, circa 1998.
I had the exact opposite experience. When I began grad school, I decided to try Outlook as my primary email client for an IMAP mail system. It was *okay*.
What didn't I like: 1) frequent crashes and freeze-ups; 2) stored Sent and Draft messages locally, instead of in the IMAP folders; 3) frustrating to arrange emails - I would delete or drag an email to another folder and the message would stay there! It would just be grey and crossed-out until I hit "Purge." That last one may be minor, but it really annoyed me.
Thunderbird has not had any of these issues.
It's too bad there isn't more adoption of YIM. In terms interface and usability, it far outranks AIM or MS.
Does anyone know why Yahoo! has had a hard time catching on? Is it just a diffusion effect? E.g., if all your friends have AIM, you have to use AIM, too?
The human species surviving in space? Unlikely.
In the improbable event that a child could be born in a zero/low gravity environment, the child would end up growing several feet taller than it would have on Earth - creating a panorama of new health problems. Severely weakened muscular and skeletal development would mean the child would never be able to walk or breathe on Earth. So how exactly would that preserve the human race?
Unless we can create cheap, maintainable gravity, long-term space habitation (5+ years) is impossible.
It's too bad people have to read sites like /. to take full advantage of their PSPs. There is nothing like hiding functionality from customers.
Chevy Dealer: Well, we de-tuned your Corvette's engine and installed an automatic. We just don't think you need that kind of power and functionality.
I can't believe no one has mentioned Yahoo! yet. Automatic, accurate spam-filtering? Yes. White-listing? Yes. Black-listing? Yes. And if you want to stick with the free account, use Yahoo!POPs to download messages into Thunderbird.
Personally, I have the upgraded (2GB) account so I can take advantage of what I consider the best anti-spam feature available anywhere: disposable email addresses.
Not sure if you want to divulge your address to for a free iPod contest? Give them a disposable address where email is directed straight past your inbox and into a separate folder. When you lose that iPod contest and the spam starts pouring in, just delete the disposable address.
Sure, you can set up a free "junk mail" address with Hotmail, Yahoo!, but I've found that "checking in" on my spam is a waste of time.
Of course, the best solution is to not give out your email address.