Apple-Intel-Dells (I know the OS is Mac, but I couldn't resist) Apple is on the blu-ray foundation and is switching to Intel chipsets, Dell is the largest consumer of Intel chips, Dell has an established 'PC' friendly name that is basically a 'go to' for the direct purchase pc order industry. This has the makings of a win-win-win situation, provided that Apple gets the final veto on all computer/peripheral designs.
Uh...Season 2 has 20 episodes. They started on the second season so soon after 1 that there needed to be a break to catch up.
While you're right about the 20 episode part, I think you're incorrect about the reason for the hiatus. Sci-fi channel has been doing this for years with SG-1, and now they do it with the other Friday night fare: SG:A and BSG.
But it's good to see that sci-fi is finally getting some cred in the mainstream, BSG is the best writing on TV, with some stiff competetion from the premium channels' shows.(Sopranos, Deadwood, Weeds)
Not that I support Intelligent Design (I think it's hokum, personally), but I can't help thinking this decision is politically-motivated. Doesn't mean it's not deserved, but it sure is convenient, coming on the heels of the ID court decision.
Whilst some may consider my forthcoming mélange of colloquialisms a troll, I plough forward with abandon. (Gotta love those word a day calendar things)
Why shouldn't a Science magazine do an end-zone dance about the court decision? Every time a vestige of the dark ages is spotted in the light it should be smote from existence. Mind you I'm not referring to religion, I'm referring to the incessant dogmatic diatribes full of fire and brimstone and mindless ramblings of people whose sole reason for disagreeing something is 'because,' that's it, no argument, no intelligent debate, just 'because.'
While training chimps to perform a routine task with redundant steps, the chimps were able to figure out and eliminate the redundant steps, while the human children routinely performed them despite their evident uselessness.
If you and 999,999 of your smelly coworkers were in the same room with the incessant chatter of keystrokes, and the occassional poo gob flying through your personal space, you'd figure out that "To be, or not to be" doesn't need to be typed over and over.
DaVinci and MontaVista (Mona Lisa)? More than a coincidence in the naming there?
I think we need to get Dan Brown to write a book about this obvious conspiracy - "The DaVinci Source Code".
I always thought programming was an art... but lately (DaVinci, Picassa, et al.) it seems like they finally are marketting it that way.
My logic for the fact that is an art is: A science is meant to understand a phenomom or a set of phenomena, where as an art is about creation of something. Programming thus falls to the art class? No?
Turing Test Passed
The passing agent, 'Machisimo,' was quoted as saying "It was easy really, I just needed to imagine what it would be like thinking in slo-mo." Joking aside, Machisimo has stated that he is filing a request with the ACLU and the UN asking their respective bodies to investigate whether the test contains a bias towards non-gray matter thought matrix based lifeforms.
In other news the new digital overlords have proposed the Binary Test, which they say will be designed to determine a non-positronic matrix system's ability to legimately perform tasks as well as a P.M.S.
A new Ariane and the Galileo GPS well under way, it seems Europe is into the space race in a very commercial way.
What race is that?
The physical communal activity that the current state of the world's governmental space programs most resembles is a 'Fun Run,' no winner, no loser, just something they do so they can wear the t-shirt to the neighborhood barbecue.
Government A:We just launched another satellite. Government B:We have plans to land on the Moon within a decade. Government C:We've been to the Moon! Government D:Allegedly. Governments A, B, D:<snicker> Government C:Screw you guys, I'm going home.
Actually the ??? is a subtle critique of the idea that one can turn an unprofitable company to a profitable one simply by outsourcing developers without considering the failures of management.
Color me schooled, I thought it was a overt reference to the South Park "Underpants Gnomes" business model.
It doesn't seem to actually do much of the stuff that windows does as an OS. So it doesn't randomly quit, chuck my files, waste my productivity with stupid updates and make my day miserable? Sign me up!
I don't see how they can call it "Windows Live".
That's because it doesn't come with the standard BSOD. I wonder if that's an optional feature, then I'd have the full version.
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Apple-Intel-Dells (I know the OS is Mac, but I couldn't resist) Apple is on the blu-ray foundation and is switching to Intel chipsets, Dell is the largest consumer of Intel chips, Dell has an established 'PC' friendly name that is basically a 'go to' for the direct purchase pc order industry. This has the makings of a win-win-win situation, provided that Apple gets the final veto on all computer/peripheral designs.
What are the odds?
Bullshit!!! Hopefully they can play with it on, that's tryouts for the Darwin Awards.
Yes, but perhaps this will help?
..does that mean that I'll be reading a book in a few years titled HD-DVD vs. Blu-Ray: The format war that wasn't?
So essentially a Microsoft decision on this matter will basically 'help' consumers?
"Just don't let Microsoft write the software."
Or Diebold.
Why do they always have to use the atomic bomb as an example of the applications of quantum mechanics? It really gives it a bad name.
I couldn't agree more. Why slander the atomic bomb, what did it ever do to anybody?
Uh...Season 2 has 20 episodes. They started on the second season so soon after 1 that there needed to be a break to catch up.
While you're right about the 20 episode part, I think you're incorrect about the reason for the hiatus. Sci-fi channel has been doing this for years with SG-1, and now they do it with the other Friday night fare: SG:A and BSG.
But it's good to see that sci-fi is finally getting some cred in the mainstream, BSG is the best writing on TV, with some stiff competetion from the premium channels' shows.(Sopranos, Deadwood, Weeds)
Not that I support Intelligent Design (I think it's hokum, personally), but I can't help thinking this decision is politically-motivated. Doesn't mean it's not deserved, but it sure is convenient, coming on the heels of the ID court decision.
Whilst some may consider my forthcoming mélange of colloquialisms a troll, I plough forward with abandon. (Gotta love those word a day calendar things)
Why shouldn't a Science magazine do an end-zone dance about the court decision? Every time a vestige of the dark ages is spotted in the light it should be smote from existence. Mind you I'm not referring to religion, I'm referring to the incessant dogmatic diatribes full of fire and brimstone and mindless ramblings of people whose sole reason for disagreeing something is 'because,' that's it, no argument, no intelligent debate, just 'because.'
How many minutes can you spend offline, before the reflex kicks in and you try to google up some info you need?
What is this 'offline' of which you speak?
Heck, Slashdot just did a story about that today with Wikipedia.
Only 1? Crap, that means the next dupe should be up in 3...2...
... and I'm not talking about the average attractiveness quotient of your typical /. readership.
Summarized: any data (internet connections, traffic, email, file sharing, SMS, phone calls) of 450 billion people of Europe
You didn't work on the Mars Polar lander by chance?
... how to eliminate reduncancy.
While training chimps to perform a routine task with redundant steps, the chimps were able to figure out and eliminate the redundant steps, while the human children routinely performed them despite their evident uselessness.
If you and 999,999 of your smelly coworkers were in the same room with the incessant chatter of keystrokes, and the occassional poo gob flying through your personal space, you'd figure out that "To be, or not to be" doesn't need to be typed over and over.
Smurfit-Stone Container Corp.
Anybody else read this as some sort of profanity against the Stone Container Corp.?
DaVinci and MontaVista (Mona Lisa)? More than a coincidence in the naming there?
I think we need to get Dan Brown to write a book about this obvious conspiracy - "The DaVinci Source Code".
I always thought programming was an art... but lately (DaVinci, Picassa, et al.) it seems like they finally are marketting it that way.
My logic for the fact that is an art is: A science is meant to understand a phenomom or a set of phenomena, where as an art is about creation of something. Programming thus falls to the art class? No?
Watch SG-1 much?
Pure and simple.
That or DDR is really going to become fanatical
...until I see the story.
Turing Test Passed
The passing agent, 'Machisimo,' was quoted as saying "It was easy really, I just needed to imagine what it would be like thinking in slo-mo." Joking aside, Machisimo has stated that he is filing a request with the ACLU and the UN asking their respective bodies to investigate whether the test contains a bias towards non-gray matter thought matrix based lifeforms.
In other news the new digital overlords have proposed the Binary Test, which they say will be designed to determine a non-positronic matrix system's ability to legimately perform tasks as well as a P.M.S.
Should be 'roughly,' 'almost,' or 'close too, but not quite,' + equivalent...
FTFA: "...has completed one martian year--that's almost two Earth years--on Mars."
A new Ariane and the Galileo GPS well under way, it seems Europe is into the space race in a very commercial way.
What race is that?
The physical communal activity that the current state of the world's governmental space programs most resembles is a 'Fun Run,' no winner, no loser, just something they do so they can wear the t-shirt to the neighborhood barbecue.
Government A:We just launched another satellite.
Government B:We have plans to land on the Moon within a decade.
Government C:We've been to the Moon!
Government D:Allegedly.
Governments A, B, D:<snicker>
Government C:Screw you guys, I'm going home.
...but come on, this is just Prehistoric.
Ugh. Lately these stupid puns have been a cheap way for a funny mod. I can't wait until this phase is over.
So true. I'm waiting for the tide to turn as well, hopefully this mediocre humor is ebbing and we'll see this trend begin to wane.
Actually the ??? is a subtle critique of the idea that one can turn an unprofitable company to a profitable one simply by outsourcing developers without considering the failures of management.
Color me schooled, I thought it was a overt reference to the South Park "Underpants Gnomes" business model.
Lots and lots of chickens, and a good dental plan. (Chicken necks are notoriously resilient.)
Oh, and clean up the pile of spat out heads occasionally.
In this instance the "???" isn't needed. - Sorry Matt and Trey.
It doesn't seem to actually do much of the stuff that windows does as an OS.
So it doesn't randomly quit, chuck my files, waste my productivity with stupid updates and make my day miserable? Sign me up!
I don't see how they can call it "Windows Live".
That's because it doesn't come with the standard BSOD. I wonder if that's an optional feature, then I'd have the full version.