1) Producer billing on IMDB page is alphabetized. So I'd say the order is meaningless.
2) The writer credit is with an '&' sign. That represents a writing team, who are counted as one writer by the guild. The order in a team is irrelevant -- you assume that both are equally involved. The third writer is not part of the team, so she gets and AND, not an &.
3) Mr. Hat is the same character as Mr. Garrison, essentially.
4) Officer Barbrady probably had under 5 lines, so I wouldn't count that as much.
I mean, in a sense, you're right, it looks like one did a lot more. But even if they didn't do *any* of the voices, South Park would still belong to the pair, because they write all the episodes. And since they share the writing, I figure they're equally important to the final product. The writings the most important part, mmmkay?
Someone else wondered whether we should be boycotting the Oscars because of the dickheads at the MPAA. I don't think there is any real connection between them...
The MPAA bills itself as "the trade association of the American film industry." The Oscar people, the AMPAS, OTOH say that the "purpose of the Academy is to advance the arts and sciences of motion pictures." And that it's a "professional honorary organization".
So it sounds like the pie has been split in half. The MPAA handles the money bits, AMPAS handles the artistic part. So being pissed at the MPAA shouldn't reflect on the Oscars. So don't boycott them, mmmkay?
Good enough that some of the between-play shots in NFL 2K actually look real. Out-of-focus backgrounds and all. Maybe not perfect if you freeze-framed it, but in passing, it's damn impressive.
On the other hand, a badly done game on the DC will have graphics equivalent to a well done game on the PSX. Toy Commander for DC has graphics that are about the same quality as Tony Hawk for the PSX. Which is kinda depressing...
It's funny you mention the triggers. Since they are analog triggers, the game COULD actually let you adjust how much you have to push them down before they activate (if they're using them for an ON/OFF thing). Too bad most games don't let you mess around with the controls much.
Also, I totally agree with you on the angle thing. The DC controller puts my wrists at an angle that would be outlawed by OSHA if you tried to use it in the workplace.
Actually, for some reason my monitor still sleeps and turns off with APM disabled. I think it may be run via the video card rather than throught the BIOS. But yes, I agree that monitor power savings are important. That's why I hit the power button at night...:)
I've noticed that the power savings routines are a bit fsked-up. Try going into the settings and disable APM. If you don't have a laptop, that's not doing much for you, and it made my system rock-solid.
"Unlike other Linux systems you might get elsewhere, ours are true Linux systems. They run Linux faster, cleaner, and better. They're high-powered, bullet-proof and scalable Intel architecture systems..."
And no facts to back those statements up. If I were a VA Linux competitor, this kind of crap would piss me off. Talk about FUD? What the hell does it mean when they say it runs Linux "cleaner"? Or "true Linux systems"? If you saw that kind of crap on a Microsoft site, you'd freak!!!
Why the hell should the Microsoft site be un-biased about their own product? I'm sure LinuxCare or VA Linux has a lot of "un-biased" reviews of Linux on their sites too.
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So basically, they are Yahoo Finance for people with more money.
Operating systems that were vulnerable enough to be used in the recent Distributed DOS attacks that cost companies millions of dollars: Solaris and Linux.
Operating systems that were secure enough to avoid being used in this way: Windows NT and 98.
Now you might not like what this says, but isn't this technically true? What's the chance that MS WON'T latch onto this little nugget?
I'm just curious. Because I see a lot of comments that are clearly based solely on experiences with NT 4. Not on the product currently under discussion, Windows 2000.
I've noticed that whenever a study comes out regarding the failings of Linux, people always cry out that "but we've fixed that" or "we have that, it's in the latest kernel". Like USB, or journaling file system, or support for large amounts of memory. You all want Linux to be evaluated based on the most current version of the code, not on the older, obsolete, more stable versions. But when you evaluate Windows, you only look at the older version, not the one that is being referred to. Does that seem a little hypocritical to anyone else? Maybe you should use the OS for a teensy little bit before you spit upon it.
Well there is an option to use Large Icons. That might help. Display Settings, then Plus! tab. Of course the icons are just scaled up, so the quality isn't improved, but it is more readible.
A very interesting question is whether these attacks were simultaneous or discrete. Is a single malicious cracker moving their single target IP from place to place just for fun? An hour at ebay, an hour at Amazon, 2 hours at buy.com, etc. can cause a lot of havoc that is impossible to miss, but does not actually require any more resources than the initial yahoo attack took.
fame and attention is the ultimate goal of a hacker. the idea of seeing something they triggered by pressing a key in telnet end up on CNN must be quite a motivator.
basically, the hackers scan large groups of IP addresses looking for known vulnerabilities. The goal here is to get root on a few hundred systems, or more. It doesn't matter if they have nothing of value on them. On each of these systems, they install a copy of their client. They can then wait as long as they want before moving onto the actual DOS attack. When they're ready, they use a "master" program to initiate the attack from all the hundreds of clients. Big attack, very hard to stop.
Dozens of PEOPLE don't need to keep the secret. Dozens of COMPUTERS do. And 1 person.
Oh Lord, is Fractint still using that old palette color-cycling trick? Sure it's really, really fast, but that was a lot more important back when we were running on 486's w/ VGA video cards. Nowadays you can probably animate at 60 fps just by doing blits to the screen.
OK, normally you might have a point. But remember that all the Slashdot guys are at Linuxworld. All the time before 10:30 AM was probably involved with waking up, going for breakfast, getting to the convention center, setting up, etc.
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If you just want to see the differences, it's probably easier than a context diff.
Hey, you left out the foreign kids part. That's the best part of the song! Hard to transcribe I guess... so you're excused.
it's too bad this is so typical. good sci-fi always gets delegated to the technical awards. like "Best Sound"! oooh.
titanic was actually kinda an aberration, since it was a big movie with tons of special effects, that also was recognized as being 'arty'.
Some comments:
1) Producer billing on IMDB page is alphabetized. So I'd say the order is meaningless.
2) The writer credit is with an '&' sign. That represents a writing team, who are counted as one writer by the guild. The order in a team is irrelevant -- you assume that both are equally involved. The third writer is not part of the team, so she gets and AND, not an &.
3) Mr. Hat is the same character as Mr. Garrison, essentially.
4) Officer Barbrady probably had under 5 lines, so I wouldn't count that as much.
I mean, in a sense, you're right, it looks like one did a lot more. But even if they didn't do *any* of the voices, South Park would still belong to the pair, because they write all the episodes. And since they share the writing, I figure they're equally important to the final product. The writings the most important part, mmmkay?
Someone else wondered whether we should be boycotting the Oscars because of the dickheads at the MPAA. I don't think there is any real connection between them...
The MPAA bills itself as "the trade association of the American film industry." The Oscar people, the AMPAS, OTOH say that the "purpose of the Academy is to advance the arts and sciences of motion pictures." And that it's a "professional honorary organization".
So it sounds like the pie has been split in half. The MPAA handles the money bits, AMPAS handles the artistic part. So being pissed at the MPAA shouldn't reflect on the Oscars. So don't boycott them, mmmkay?
Good enough that some of the between-play shots in NFL 2K actually look real. Out-of-focus backgrounds and all. Maybe not perfect if you freeze-framed it, but in passing, it's damn impressive.
On the other hand, a badly done game on the DC will have graphics equivalent to a well done game on the PSX. Toy Commander for DC has graphics that are about the same quality as Tony Hawk for the PSX. Which is kinda depressing...
It's funny you mention the triggers. Since they are analog triggers, the game COULD actually let you adjust how much you have to push them down before they activate (if they're using them for an ON/OFF thing). Too bad most games don't let you mess around with the controls much.
Also, I totally agree with you on the angle thing. The DC controller puts my wrists at an angle that would be outlawed by OSHA if you tried to use it in the workplace.
Actually, for some reason my monitor still sleeps and turns off with APM disabled. I think it may be run via the video card rather than throught the BIOS. But yes, I agree that monitor power savings are important. That's why I hit the power button at night... :)
I've noticed that the power savings routines are a bit fsked-up. Try going into the settings and disable APM. If you don't have a laptop, that's not doing much for you, and it made my system rock-solid.
on companies' sites, why don't you take a look at this page: http://www.valinux.com/systems/
"Unlike other Linux systems you might get elsewhere, ours are true Linux systems. They run Linux faster, cleaner, and better. They're high-powered, bullet-proof and scalable Intel architecture systems..."
And no facts to back those statements up. If I were a VA Linux competitor, this kind of crap would piss me off. Talk about FUD? What the hell does it mean when they say it runs Linux "cleaner"? Or "true Linux systems"? If you saw that kind of crap on a Microsoft site, you'd freak!!!
This kind of comment looks more like FUD than the MS page. Face reality... you guys are no better.
Why the hell should the Microsoft site be un-biased about their own product? I'm sure LinuxCare or VA Linux has a lot of "un-biased" reviews of Linux on their sites too.
Slashdot's picture of the world:
If you support Windows 2000, you're biased and in MS's pocket.
If you don't, it's all good.
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Quote.com is owned by Lycos, Inc., and is a part of the Lycos Network of sites. "
So basically, they are Yahoo Finance for people with more money.
Operating systems that were vulnerable enough to be used in the recent Distributed DOS attacks that cost companies millions of dollars: Solaris and Linux.
Operating systems that were secure enough to avoid being used in this way: Windows NT and 98.
Now you might not like what this says, but isn't this technically true? What's the chance that MS WON'T latch onto this little nugget?
I'm just curious. Because I see a lot of comments that are clearly based solely on experiences with NT 4. Not on the product currently under discussion, Windows 2000.
I've noticed that whenever a study comes out regarding the failings of Linux, people always cry out that "but we've fixed that" or "we have that, it's in the latest kernel". Like USB, or journaling file system, or support for large amounts of memory. You all want Linux to be evaluated based on the most current version of the code, not on the older, obsolete, more stable versions. But when you evaluate Windows, you only look at the older version, not the one that is being referred to. Does that seem a little hypocritical to anyone else? Maybe you should use the OS for a teensy little bit before you spit upon it.
That they use IIS? Bet you would be happy about that one...
Well there is an option to use Large Icons. That might help. Display Settings, then Plus! tab. Of course the icons are just scaled up, so the quality isn't improved, but it is more readible.
A very interesting question is whether these attacks were simultaneous or discrete. Is a single malicious cracker moving their single target IP from place to place just for fun? An hour at ebay, an hour at Amazon, 2 hours at buy.com, etc. can cause a lot of havoc that is impossible to miss, but does not actually require any more resources than the initial yahoo attack took.
fame and attention is the ultimate goal of a hacker. the idea of seeing something they triggered by pressing a key in telnet end up on CNN must be quite a motivator.
basically, the hackers scan large groups of IP addresses looking for known vulnerabilities. The goal here is to get root on a few hundred systems, or more. It doesn't matter if they have nothing of value on them. On each of these systems, they install a copy of their client. They can then wait as long as they want before moving onto the actual DOS attack. When they're ready, they use a "master" program to initiate the attack from all the hundreds of clients. Big attack, very hard to stop.
Dozens of PEOPLE don't need to keep the secret. Dozens of COMPUTERS do. And 1 person.
Oh Lord, is Fractint still using that old palette color-cycling trick? Sure it's really, really fast, but that was a lot more important back when we were running on 486's w/ VGA video cards. Nowadays you can probably animate at 60 fps just by doing blits to the screen.
Studios' CD's. Which is why they're getting sued.
OK, normally you might have a point. But remember that all the Slashdot guys are at Linuxworld. All the time before 10:30 AM was probably involved with waking up, going for breakfast, getting to the convention center, setting up, etc.
Your friendly slashdot author. Yesterday there was another accordian too. The HORRORS!