The difference is that I loved Babylon 5, which (to say the least) required you to trust JMS that the first season would pay off if you watched it. At the beginning of second season (end of first, really) you began to understand that these things that are happening, these people who are doing things, were related and that this was a story with direction.
Problem with things like LOST and BSG (and the X-Files, for that matter) is that it became very apparent by the beginning of season 2 that the writers didn't have a plan, they might have had a very vague idea of how the series might end (but in all likelihood did not) and so the episodes become a meandering quagmire of unbelievable coincidences and implausible motivations. When the end of the run starts to come into view, suddenly everything becomes meaningful and the writers attempt to (even peripherally) insert details from previous seasons into the wrap-up. It's pretty easy to see where this occurs and where it doesn't.
That's why Babylon 5 is a classic, a high-water-point for storytelling in its genre. You had episodes in third season with plot points that didn't make sense until 3rd season and you saw "the bigger picture". You even knew the ultimate fate of many characters long before they met that fate. It was how they got to that point that you watched for.
BSG, LOST, X-Files: All good ideas that just got made up as they went along, and it showed.
I could never get into this series, and (as evidenced by many a post here) even people who used to be into it eventually fell away due to the Lost effect (the realization that the writers didn't have a pre-planned plot arc). To me, it always felt like "what if the FX channel did a 'Babylon 5'-esque series while re-using a 70's franchise?"
I don't think this is as influential a series (or event) as TFA (or the poster) claims it to be.
I worked a summer job that was 9/80 in... ummm, 1998. It seemed to work alright. Can't say it really helped or hurt, though I wasn't in an on-call position at the time, so YMMV.
I think "buy in" will depend on how much the particular management team pushes it. If they really want to company to do 9/80, it will. If its change for the sake of change, it'll prolly be messy.
There is not a standardized view of this sort of thing, by any means. Different sources will give you varying definitions of these various things.
Nonetheless, no one pronounces FYI and "fi-yee" and the overwhelming number of people will say "eff-wai-eye" instead of "for your information" because to do otherwise would defeat the purpose of shortening the phrase to 3 letters. As such, my statement is accurate.
Everything in Linux should have graphical front-end that makes the necessary edits to the config files. Linux dists in general have made a ton of progress in this area, thankfully, but I always seem to run into *something* that makes me want to beat people to death.
The a/an thing is primarily a result of the problem in saying "a" previous to another word starting with a vowel sound (or, should I say, the clumsiness of it).
As such, it is grammatically correct to say "an FYI". The real reason you would use "an" instead of "a" in this case is because it pronounced "eff, wai, eye", implying a vowel sound at the beginning.
So, "an eff-wai-eye" is preferable to "a eff-wai-eye".:)
Interestingly, I've seen a few *recent* games where "invert horizontal axis" was indeed an option. Dunno what the logic there is supposed to be, exactly.
Every justice who voted for overturning COPA is still on the bench.
Unless they have radically changed their mind in the last 6 years, I have a hard time imagining the questions from the Justices starting any way other than, "Didn't we already settle this? Why are we talking about this again?"
Do you mean "Troy McClure"? i.e:
"Hi, I'm Troy McClure. You may remember me from such nature films as Earwigs: Eww! and Man vs. Nature: The Road to Victory."
Never used a Wacom tablet, obviously. Hovering the pen moves the pointer without it clicking. You make actual contact and that's mouse-click-and-hold, let up and it's release.
I think interfaces will first be replaced by MS Surface-like situations (i.e. your desk at work will eventually just be a touch surface where you can manipulate documents, etc).
But yes, eventually everything will be done neurally and hopefully in a total-immersion fashion.
If you're a start-up and putting this into a news release, you're not worried about the random website that has people caring about whether you link to Youtube or not. Especially since news sites and increasingly embedding Youtube instead of sending you to the site.
The holodecks, generally, work using a combination of repulsor/artificial gravity, transporter (replicator) technology, and projection technology (like, when people are seperated in the virtual environment).
It'd be tough to do, but its 300 years in the future, so I'll give it some leeway. Chances are for people that you're not trying to "trick" into thinking they're in a real environment, neural-based total immersion VR systems would be better.
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The difference is that I loved Babylon 5, which (to say the least) required you to trust JMS that the first season would pay off if you watched it. At the beginning of second season (end of first, really) you began to understand that these things that are happening, these people who are doing things, were related and that this was a story with direction.
Problem with things like LOST and BSG (and the X-Files, for that matter) is that it became very apparent by the beginning of season 2 that the writers didn't have a plan, they might have had a very vague idea of how the series might end (but in all likelihood did not) and so the episodes become a meandering quagmire of unbelievable coincidences and implausible motivations. When the end of the run starts to come into view, suddenly everything becomes meaningful and the writers attempt to (even peripherally) insert details from previous seasons into the wrap-up. It's pretty easy to see where this occurs and where it doesn't.
That's why Babylon 5 is a classic, a high-water-point for storytelling in its genre. You had episodes in third season with plot points that didn't make sense until 3rd season and you saw "the bigger picture". You even knew the ultimate fate of many characters long before they met that fate. It was how they got to that point that you watched for. BSG, LOST, X-Files: All good ideas that just got made up as they went along, and it showed.
I could never get into this series, and (as evidenced by many a post here) even people who used to be into it eventually fell away due to the Lost effect (the realization that the writers didn't have a pre-planned plot arc). To me, it always felt like "what if the FX channel did a 'Babylon 5'-esque series while re-using a 70's franchise?"
I don't think this is as influential a series (or event) as TFA (or the poster) claims it to be.
Mod parent up.
I worked a summer job that was 9/80 in... ummm, 1998. It seemed to work alright. Can't say it really helped or hurt, though I wasn't in an on-call position at the time, so YMMV.
I think "buy in" will depend on how much the particular management team pushes it. If they really want to company to do 9/80, it will. If its change for the sake of change, it'll prolly be messy.
The specs here suggest to me that it may very well be quite hackable. Not a powerhouse, but fun.
AFAIK, they can refuse cash entirely as a form of payment, however, they can't refuse only certain kinds of cash. My memory is fuzzy on that, though.
Luckily, there are a variety of businesses that offer the opportunity to keep your gift card from depreciating.
5% a year? Geesh.
There is not a standardized view of this sort of thing, by any means. Different sources will give you varying definitions of these various things.
Nonetheless, no one pronounces FYI and "fi-yee" and the overwhelming number of people will say "eff-wai-eye" instead of "for your information" because to do otherwise would defeat the purpose of shortening the phrase to 3 letters. As such, my statement is accurate.
It's not a contraction, it's an acronym. "Can't" is a contraction, "FYI" is an acronym.
Printing can definitely be a pain. I still find wireless to be annoying depending on the dist used.
Everything in Linux should have graphical front-end that makes the necessary edits to the config files. Linux dists in general have made a ton of progress in this area, thankfully, but I always seem to run into *something* that makes me want to beat people to death.
The a/an thing is primarily a result of the problem in saying "a" previous to another word starting with a vowel sound (or, should I say, the clumsiness of it).
As such, it is grammatically correct to say "an FYI". The real reason you would use "an" instead of "a" in this case is because it pronounced "eff, wai, eye", implying a vowel sound at the beginning.
So, "an eff-wai-eye" is preferable to "a eff-wai-eye". :)
NASA barely has a budget, whereas the DoD has an immense budget. The likelihood of your theory holding water seems small.
Why is "human causalities as the result of cyberattack" supposedly unthinkable?
Interestingly, I've seen a few *recent* games where "invert horizontal axis" was indeed an option. Dunno what the logic there is supposed to be, exactly.
Every justice who voted for overturning COPA is still on the bench.
Unless they have radically changed their mind in the last 6 years, I have a hard time imagining the questions from the Justices starting any way other than, "Didn't we already settle this? Why are we talking about this again?"
I'd imagine they're really long fiber-optic bundles.
Note: VR goggles are not actually cool to use. They're remarkably uncomfortable, both for your head and your eyes, and they have terrible resolution.
Only some have terrible resolution. As with many technological devices, as resolution increases, price generally does as well.
Do you mean "Troy McClure"? i.e: "Hi, I'm Troy McClure. You may remember me from such nature films as Earwigs: Eww! and Man vs. Nature: The Road to Victory."
This is a very accurate recounting of what happened.
Never used a Wacom tablet, obviously. Hovering the pen moves the pointer without it clicking. You make actual contact and that's mouse-click-and-hold, let up and it's release.
Someone had a few too many cups of coffee at their Meatspace job this morning, I guess.
I think interfaces will first be replaced by MS Surface-like situations (i.e. your desk at work will eventually just be a touch surface where you can manipulate documents, etc).
But yes, eventually everything will be done neurally and hopefully in a total-immersion fashion.
This will coincide with sex droids.
Hopefully.
If you're a start-up and putting this into a news release, you're not worried about the random website that has people caring about whether you link to Youtube or not. Especially since news sites and increasingly embedding Youtube instead of sending you to the site.
The holodecks, generally, work using a combination of repulsor/artificial gravity, transporter (replicator) technology, and projection technology (like, when people are seperated in the virtual environment).
It'd be tough to do, but its 300 years in the future, so I'll give it some leeway. Chances are for people that you're not trying to "trick" into thinking they're in a real environment, neural-based total immersion VR systems would be better.