Well, an outside knowledge of US sports naming conventions (and our British sports teams that decide to follow suit) tells me that they probably dont mean or even represent anything. But in fact the 'sportscyclopeadia' http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com/nl/sdpadres/padre s.html states that the San Diego team is "Named for the Padres (Spanish for Priest) of the Roman Catholic Mission San Diego de Alcala, which was founded in San Diego in the 1700's." So I hereby retract my snide and faceious remark that began this comment.
That is why they are just about to change the postal charges for packages to include the size of the object as well as the weight. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/5231576.stm Previously they only charged based on weight.
A mistake in translation I think. I assume the parent means "both parents", as in Spanish - father is 'el padre', mother is 'la madre', but both together are 'los padres'. This masculine dominance happens with many words for people:- for example, the word for 'sibling' uses the word for brother. I am learning Spanish and this can confuse as naturally I assume that someone is talking about their brothers, when they could also mean their sisters as well.
I must admit I haven't seen it (I am in the UK & dont know if it has been aired here), and it may well be good. But it wasn't ever going to be better than the original. If it was well made and from what you say actually worth making, then it is the exception. But I am not sure that the original Office doesn't translate, our shared history of sharing programs across the Atlantic (from & to the US), makes me think that both our TV has (outside of politics) relatively the same level of decency. Monty Python showed that even something so British and 'out there' could migrate easily, if it wasn't touched. I understand that some references may not be understood (do Americans know who Morcambe and Wise were?) but they dont spoil the show, in the same way that the US-centric references dont spoil The Simpsons for us Brits.
The (US) Office is a case in point, of one of the problems with film and TV at the moment, just look at the many posts above. Pointless remakes, there was no need to remake the office in America but they did anyway. Ricky Gervais's office had been popular in the US, so people obviously got enough of the humour. The only reason to remake it was to pander to those who just wouldn't watch a British show, no matter what. I don't know how large a demographic that consists of, but whenever you remake without a reinterpretation then you are going to get a poorer version of the original. The music industry is rife with this and it shows. How long before another scene-for-scene remake of Psyco?
Seriously, I finally read 1984 about three years ago, and was deeply disturbed about the way so much of the novel reflected, what I was seeing around me. But it must be pointed out that this could be a very clever understanding of the world, as opposed to an amazing clairvoyance. The bbc series, the power of nightmareshttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/3755686.stm (episode 1 synopsis, the others are linked in) outlined that during the cold war, western governments used 'the enemy' as a way of keeping us scared and patriotic. After the cold war finished, Prime Ministers and Presidents look far more like managers and 9/11 has given them the oportunity to create a new enemy 'all around us' with sleeper cells and bond villian mountain bunkers. They have used this to create another blind patriotism, think "if you are not with us you are against us", so if you critisize the PATRIOT act then you must be a terrorist. One of the points raised is that hardliners (Neo-Cons for the US) have taken advantage to take power. No one with extreme views would seem appealing if everything was 'alright', AFAIK extremists generally take power when things seem difficult.
I conclude that Orwell may have just understood that the powerful have always tried to do these things, only more recently have they had the ability to do them so effectively. Only the technology has changed since the McCarthy days http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCarthyism, the witchhunts are certainly still here.
Why does it have to stop with those two genres? really I can't help thinking that if there is a 'problem' it is becuase no-one can think outside of this pair, which in the case of classic fantasy has been well and truely done. For originality why not set something in the present or in the recent past, perhaps in a 'Buffy' style universe. If that is a bit too modern fantasy, how about Westerns, a bit of artistic license with the Indians and you can have a large array of skills. What about a 'cold war-esque' bond style setting, a couple of cities with many interestng skills, all manner of 007 gadgets and all of the ultra-camp, ultra-silly characters? Come on lets think just a little outside of the current blinkered ideas.
doping isn't magic potions that turn ordinary humans into superhumans
Perhaps, but as Landis has just failed a test - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/cycli ng/5221122.stm, it would seem that it doesn't need to make one a superhuman, just a little bit better. Although of course if every competitor fails a test, then perhaps it just prevented him becoming a little worse.
I dont mean to gloat, but I think that this kind of proves my gp point.
I think the gp was talking about lines through their telephone network (which is basically the UK telephone network, there may be some obscure others). The gp may well be correct, in his/her understanding of BT only selling limited lines. So you rightly have pointed out that perhaps the only truely unlimited service is offered by NTL and Telewest but you are not actually disagreeing. NTL and Telewest are connections not actually made through BT's infrastructure but their own cable (originally TV) network, which has not AFAIK ever been in the control of BT. Do bear in mind however that many people don't, and wont for the forseable future, have cable, perhaps the submitter of the ask will not either.
There is possibly another alternative in Satellite broadband, but I believe that is relatively expensive and requires some DIY.
Late in 2001, someone (an American academic I think) said something along the lines of "In a war for freedom, often the first thing to go is freedom". How right they were.
But they decided to keep the rest of the tomb with all its gold and other valuble items, completely untouched.
I applaud you for thinking of plausible alternatives, but I just dont think grave robbers would find a tomb and then only take one item. Or bother to conceal their tracks.
Nah, the question is if there will be enough customers for it to make a difference.
Oh there will be enough. Perhaps not from the/. community, but I have talked to friends who own PS2s and will buy the PS3 because "its like the PS2 but better". Of course they have simply seen some screenshots (probably HD cut scenes) and assumed that it will be. I am pretty sure these guys in particular, are an accurate reflection of the major demographic of the PS3.
I reckon Sony could make a PS3 out of cardboard and it will sell millions, and I think they know this as well. I however am with you, I don't usually bother with consoles, but I play less, can't afford to keep upgrading this box (and dont want to buy more M$) just to play games. But I find myself drawn to Nintendo's new offerings. I really don't know how I have resisted the urge to get a DS Lite yet.
It is strange in a way that for years I would only consider AMD, the chips were cheaper more powerful and didn't burn as hot. Intel were the big M$-alike. But lately AMD chips have become more expensive, and now slower.
Now I will be going Intel if I put anything new in my box. Which I wont because I will probably get a Mac.
Having looked at the posts, I feel everyone has concentrated on the terrorism risks of outsourcing. But for me the far more important risks when shifting work overseas are those that are non-political. For instance, if you are moving your call centre overseas (albeit you would probably be the last company to do so). Can you trust that the telecom downtime will be negligable? Or for any type of business. Is the local power supply reliable?
Both of the above examples are not simgle massive event but constant issues and be massively damaging to mantaining custom. IMHO those are the types of concern that outsourcers should be taking into account when moving abroad.
Having said that I imagine that labour is pretty cheap in the Gaza Strip right now, but I dont think many companies will be moving in at the moment.
Of course, the biggest hole in any system (IT or otherwise) is the humans.
And which users do you aim for, the 10% or the 90%? (I dont know the exact figures). Of course you go for the latter, with the greater number of Windows users you have more chance of getting a hit. Thus my point that the disparity in the number of breaks of Windows vs OSX/Linux/etc is partly due to its greater prevalence.
One of the common myths is that Windows is just a victim of it's own success. The logic behind the myth is that if Mac or Linux were just as popular then the same exact problems would occur.
I dont think it is a myth, it is just too convenient to exaggerate those claims to make it look like "everyone is out to get us because we are Microsoft". I am sure as many viruses would be attempted to be written for other OSes if they were as popular as Windows, but less would actually be successful on the others than on Windows.
I also feel I should point out that I am concerned just how complacent Linux and Mac people are about the security of their systems. There must be some holes in those systems, maybe not many, but if the community starts to get lax about these things, then a hole may not be closed before a major break.
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Well, an outside knowledge of US sports naming conventions (and our British sports teams that decide to follow suit) tells me that they probably dont mean or even represent anything. But in fact the 'sportscyclopeadia' http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com/nl/sdpadres/padre s.html
states that the San Diego team is "Named for the Padres (Spanish for Priest) of the Roman Catholic Mission San Diego de Alcala, which was founded in San Diego in the 1700's."
So I hereby retract my snide and faceious remark that began this comment.
That is why they are just about to change the postal charges for packages to include the size of the object as well as the weight. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/5231576.stm Previously they only charged based on weight.
I assume the parent means "both parents", as in Spanish - father is 'el padre', mother is 'la madre', but both together are 'los padres'. This masculine dominance happens with many words for people
How can the parent be considered 'Offtopic' if he is simply asking a question about a term used in the title of one of the stories in TFA.
I must admit I haven't seen it (I am in the UK & dont know if it has been aired here), and it may well be good. But it wasn't ever going to be better than the original. If it was well made and from what you say actually worth making, then it is the exception.
But I am not sure that the original Office doesn't translate, our shared history of sharing programs across the Atlantic (from & to the US), makes me think that both our TV has (outside of politics) relatively the same level of decency. Monty Python showed that even something so British and 'out there' could migrate easily, if it wasn't touched.
I understand that some references may not be understood (do Americans know who Morcambe and Wise were?) but they dont spoil the show, in the same way that the US-centric references dont spoil The Simpsons for us Brits.
The (US) Office is a case in point, of one of the problems with film and TV at the moment, just look at the many posts above. Pointless remakes, there was no need to remake the office in America but they did anyway. Ricky Gervais's office had been popular in the US, so people obviously got enough of the humour. The only reason to remake it was to pander to those who just wouldn't watch a British show, no matter what. I don't know how large a demographic that consists of, but whenever you remake without a reinterpretation then you are going to get a poorer version of the original. The music industry is rife with this and it shows.
How long before another scene-for-scene remake of Psyco?
Cliché?
Seriously, I finally read 1984 about three years ago, and was deeply disturbed about the way so much of the novel reflected, what I was seeing around me.
But it must be pointed out that this could be a very clever understanding of the world, as opposed to an amazing clairvoyance. The bbc series, the power of nightmares http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/3755686.stm (episode 1 synopsis, the others are linked in) outlined that during the cold war, western governments used 'the enemy' as a way of keeping us scared and patriotic.
After the cold war finished, Prime Ministers and Presidents look far more like managers and 9/11 has given them the oportunity to create a new enemy 'all around us' with sleeper cells and bond villian mountain bunkers. They have used this to create another blind patriotism, think "if you are not with us you are against us", so if you critisize the PATRIOT act then you must be a terrorist.
One of the points raised is that hardliners (Neo-Cons for the US) have taken advantage to take power. No one with extreme views would seem appealing if everything was 'alright', AFAIK extremists generally take power when things seem difficult.
I conclude that Orwell may have just understood that the powerful have always tried to do these things, only more recently have they had the ability to do them so effectively. Only the technology has changed since the McCarthy days http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCarthyism, the witchhunts are certainly still here.
Why does it have to stop with those two genres? really I can't help thinking that if there is a 'problem' it is becuase no-one can think outside of this pair, which in the case of classic fantasy has been well and truely done.
For originality why not set something in the present or in the recent past, perhaps in a 'Buffy' style universe. If that is a bit too modern fantasy, how about Westerns, a bit of artistic license with the Indians and you can have a large array of skills. What about a 'cold war-esque' bond style setting, a couple of cities with many interestng skills, all manner of 007 gadgets and all of the ultra-camp, ultra-silly characters?
Come on lets think just a little outside of the current blinkered ideas.
Although of course if every competitor fails a test, then perhaps it just prevented him becoming a little worse.
I dont mean to gloat, but I think that this kind of proves my gp point.
Now lets do it for real.
There were some excellent advances in biochemistry and pharmaceutics if I remember correctly . . . http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/cycli ng/5138306.stm.
I think the gp was talking about lines through their telephone network (which is basically the UK telephone network, there may be some obscure others). The gp may well be correct, in his/her understanding of BT only selling limited lines.
So you rightly have pointed out that perhaps the only truely unlimited service is offered by NTL and Telewest but you are not actually disagreeing. NTL and Telewest are connections not actually made through BT's infrastructure but their own cable (originally TV) network, which has not AFAIK ever been in the control of BT. Do bear in mind however that many people don't, and wont for the forseable future, have cable, perhaps the submitter of the ask will not either.
There is possibly another alternative in Satellite broadband, but I believe that is relatively expensive and requires some DIY.
Late in 2001, someone (an American academic I think) said something along the lines of
"In a war for freedom, often the first thing to go is freedom". How right they were.
But they decided to keep the rest of the tomb with all its gold and other valuble items, completely untouched.
I applaud you for thinking of plausible alternatives, but I just dont think grave robbers would find a tomb and then only take one item. Or bother to conceal their tracks.
I reckon Sony could make a PS3 out of cardboard and it will sell millions, and I think they know this as well.
I however am with you, I don't usually bother with consoles, but I play less, can't afford to keep upgrading this box (and dont want to buy more M$) just to play games. But I find myself drawn to Nintendo's new offerings.
I really don't know how I have resisted the urge to get a DS Lite yet.
I assume you were the AC who wrote 'Eat my goals', if so, no offence taken.
I'm pretty sure the plural of try is tries, too.o me.News_Detail/StoryID/12490
have a look at this score from the RFU website no less.http://www.rfu.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/RFUH
I would assume that they are the authority on these matters, if not the two teams playing should be.
It is strange in a way that for years I would only consider AMD, the chips were cheaper more powerful and didn't burn as hot. Intel were the big M$-alike. But lately AMD chips have become more expensive, and now slower.
Now I will be going Intel if I put anything new in my box. Which I wont because I will probably get a Mac.
Oh wait, hang on . . .
Having looked at the posts, I feel everyone has concentrated on the terrorism risks of outsourcing. But for me the far more important risks when shifting work overseas are those that are non-political.
For instance, if you are moving your call centre overseas (albeit you would probably be the last company to do so). Can you trust that the telecom downtime will be negligable?
Or for any type of business. Is the local power supply reliable?
Both of the above examples are not simgle massive event but constant issues and be massively damaging to mantaining custom.
IMHO those are the types of concern that outsourcers should be taking into account when moving abroad.
Having said that I imagine that labour is pretty cheap in the Gaza Strip right now, but I dont think many companies will be moving in at the moment.
Of course, the biggest hole in any system (IT or otherwise) is the humans.
And which users do you aim for, the 10% or the 90%? (I dont know the exact figures). Of course you go for the latter, with the greater number of Windows users you have more chance of getting a hit. Thus my point that the disparity in the number of breaks of Windows vs OSX/Linux/etc is partly due to its greater prevalence.
I also feel I should point out that I am concerned just how complacent Linux and Mac people are about the security of their systems. There must be some holes in those systems, maybe not many, but if the community starts to get lax about these things, then a hole may not be closed before a major break.