Comment "Good" (Score 1) 132
See the above subject
Comment Old News (Score 4, Interesting) 79
This contradicts Lucas' previous claims that the original Star Wars film was no longer available.
But more importantly, Harmy's Despecialized Edition already exists and, arr mateys, is available on the high seas:
But more importantly, Harmy's Despecialized Edition already exists and, arr mateys, is available on the high seas:
Most of the source material used for Harmy's Despecialized Edition was taken from Lucasfilm's official Blu-ray release of the films in 2011, while other sequences were upscaled from previous home video releases.
These include:
- The 2-disc "Limited Edition" DVD release from 2006. This set contains a low resolution copy of the theatrical cuts on a bonus disc. Harmy refers to this disc as "George's Original Unaltered Trilogy" (GOUT)
- The official trilogy on DVD box set from 2004, primarily the HDTV broadcasts of those versions of the films.
- The 1997 "Special Edition" re-releases, most notably digital broadcasts of those cuts along with their LaserDisc releases.
- The 1993 LaserDisc "Definitive Collection" box set.
- Digital transfers of a Spanish 35 mm Kodak LPP and 70 mm film cels, a 16 mm print.
- A collection of still images of the original matte paintings.
Comment In a follow-up study... (Score 2) 373
...personal happiness was inversely correlated to the planet-warming greenhouse gasses related to their diet.
Comment Re:This was never a "British"/"European" launch (Score 1) 100
I give my finest paperclip to you.
Comment Re:European Space Ambitions (Score 1) 100
Let's not pretend that England is European anymore
Comment Re:This was never a "British"/"European" launch (Score 1) 100
That's true, to an extent. I don't think anyone would call Falcon 9 or Ariane 5 or Soyuz anything other than American/French/Russian. Even an Atlas V is American, despite the engines.
Comment This was never a "British"/"European" launch (Score 3, Insightful) 100
The rocket was developed in California, the plane was built in Washington state, and it all just happened be taking off from Cornwall.
Maybe you can argue the financing was via UK Space Agency and the Virgin SPAC (on an American stock exchange, NASDAQ), but this was about as British as Freedom Fries.
Maybe you can argue the financing was via UK Space Agency and the Virgin SPAC (on an American stock exchange, NASDAQ), but this was about as British as Freedom Fries.
Comment The lawsuit worked! (Score 3, Informative) 23
I wasn't aware of this lawsuit when I canceled my home Vonage service last month, but it amazingly easy. Too easy, actually, and now I know why.
There was a big "Click Here To Cancel" link, which lead to a Google Form - which I thought was incredibly janky but now realize it was just due to some poor dev dealing with an emergency feature request ticket.
There was a big "Click Here To Cancel" link, which lead to a Google Form - which I thought was incredibly janky but now realize it was just due to some poor dev dealing with an emergency feature request ticket.
Comment ESA Wankery (Score 4, Informative) 166
ESA doesn't currently have a launcher that could launch even a single one of these solar satellites. Maybe once Ariane 6 is online, which is probably mid-2023 at the earliest.
The French would never launch on a SpaceX system so this will stay as a "serious consideration".
The French would never launch on a SpaceX system so this will stay as a "serious consideration".
Comment Scrambling (Score 1) 38
Comcast's idea scrambling is like the Zootopia DMV sloth's idea of working faster.
Big Trouble for Bitcoin (medium.com) 256
TheCoop1984 writes: A blog post by ex-Bitcoin developer Mike Hearn has highlighted dysfunctional management right at the top of Bitcoin development. He says it is clear Bitcoin is on the verge of collapse, and lays out several compelling reasons why. Quoting: "What was meant to be a new, decentralized form of money that lacked 'systemically important institutions' and 'too big to fail' has become something even worse: a system completely controlled by just a handful of people. Worse still, the network is on the brink of technical collapse. The mechanisms that should have prevented this outcome have broken down, and as a result there’s no longer much reason to think Bitcoin can actually be better than the existing financial system." Is the end of Bitcoin on the horizon?
Facebook Could Spawn Thousands of Milionaires 434
Hugh Pickens writes "Retuers reports that the world's No. 1 online social network is preparing for a blockbuster initial public offering that could create thousands of millionaires as Facebook employees past and present begin hatching plans on how to spend their anticipated new wealth. 'There's been discussions of sort of bucket list ideas that people are putting together of things they always wanted to do and now we'll be able to do it,' says one former employee who expects his shares to be worth $50 million and is planning to book a trip to space with Virgin Galactic that would cost $200,000 or more. 'It's been a childhood dream.' Another group of Facebook workers has begun laying the groundwork for its own jungle expedition to excavate a relatively untouched site of Mayan ruins in Mexico that sounds like Raiders of the Lost Ark. But for many of Facebook's staffers, the IPO will provide the means to pay off school loans and buy a house or new car and many homeowners and real-estate agents are eagerly anticipating a surge of new buyers that could push prime real estate to new heights. 'If a Facebook guy buys a house and wants to remodel it, maybe the contractor will buy another car,' says Buff Giurlani. 'Maybe the realtor will put a car in. There's a trickle-down effect.'"
Single Neuron Wired To Muscle Un-Paralyzes Monkeys 180
GalaticGrub writes "A pair of paralyzed monkeys regained the ability to move their arms after researchers wired individual neurons to the monkeys' arm muscles. A team of researchers at the University of Washington temporarily paralyzed each monkey's arm, then rerouted brain signals from a single neuron in the motor cortex around the blocked nerve pathway via a computer. When the neuron fired above a certain rate, the computer translated the signal into a jolt of electricity to the arm muscle, causing it to contract. The monkeys practiced moving their arms by playing a video game."
Comment Re:Like Android, don't like the G1 (Score 4, Interesting) 546
The problem is that in order to get the phone, you need to sign a 2 year contract. As part of the contract, you have to agree to a credit check.
The bottom line that it will be quite easy for T-Mobile and/or Google to associate all of your most personal information (real name, address, SSN, credit history) with all of the information that Google already collects (your search history, email/IM contacts, location).
A paranoid person might think that the whole reason for Google releasing Android is so that it can get a bullet-proof correlation between a person's online and real life identities...
The bottom line that it will be quite easy for T-Mobile and/or Google to associate all of your most personal information (real name, address, SSN, credit history) with all of the information that Google already collects (your search history, email/IM contacts, location).
A paranoid person might think that the whole reason for Google releasing Android is so that it can get a bullet-proof correlation between a person's online and real life identities...
PS3 Apparently A Computer 440
Rinzai writes to mention an article on Gamasutra, noting a statement by Ken Kutaragi where the CEO states that the PS3 is a computer, not a console. From the article: "He went on to outline a scenario where many parts of the PS3 were upgradeable, much more like a PC, noting: 'Since PS3 is a computer, there are no models but configurations', and continuing (though talking in the theoretical): 'I think it's okay to release a [extended PS3] configuration every year'. It's clear from the comments that Sony is indicating that it will be possible to upgrade hard drives and perhaps even other components easily."
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