It was funny from time to time, but as a whole, it went nowhere. None of the plots were actually resolved. It simply was a setup for a sequel. And the “ending,” if you can even call it that, was pathetic (seasons 4 and 5 of Alias come to mind). The failure of the story to actually resolve anything is a major shortcoming that I can’t get past. The acting was great though (classic Johnny Depp makes for good laughs). Go see Superman Returns instead.
Archive for the 'General' Category
After several failed attempts by myself and Joe, I’ve got Jabber(d) working on the server. It’ll always be on, unlike chat.bellmor.com (which I ran out of my dorm). Best of all, firstname@lastname.com is now my Jabber ID. Tomorrow after class I’ll look into setting up transports (talk to AIM, MSN, etc with my Jabber ID). Update your buddy lists
So we left the house a bit after 6 to head up to the Mall of Georgia to see the 10PM Superman Returns showing at the Imax theatre (in 3D for 20 minutes as well). It was quite an experience to see it in Imax. The 3D scenes were pretty good too, although from time to time it felt awkward with my glasses on and the 3D glasses in front of them. The movie was great, the acting was really good and Kevin Spacey made an excellent Lex Luthor. Talk about a one night stand…
Vim > Emacs. End of story.
Also: Real coding at last (Assembly sucks!). A true compiled language at that too - C!
There’s a really good article that looks at why NSA Domestic Spying program is a huge waste of money and time from a statistical point of view, without even going into a discussion about the blatant invasion of privacy. Bottom line: data mining doesn’t work when you’re looking for a needle in an incredibly large haystack. But hey, it’s great for spying on reporters.
Registration has come for fall semester, and it was an utterly depressing experience. I got all my CRNs so I could register for everything as quickly as possible when my time ticket opened. And that went to south when INTA2210 (Political Philosophy & Ideologies) filled up and the technical writing class wasn’t the CS one and that was already filled as usual. INTA2210 was an 8AM, so I was surprised it filled up in 2 hours. The LCC’s other humanities classes this semester are completely uninteresting, save the one that interested me and the two blocks of classes that are set in stone for my schedule (Math and CS) prevent that registration. So as it stands now, I’m taking two INTA classes which will fulfill my social science requirements. I’m going to keep trying to get into INTA2210, since it looks more interesting than Ethics in International Affairs, even if it is at 8AM (Update: Got it).
MATH2605: 10-11 M-F
INTA2030: 2-3 MWF
INTA2210: 8-9:30 TR
INTA2100: 1:30-3 TR
CS2200: 3-4:30 TR, 6-8 W
So Monday and Friday involve 1 class, but Tuesday & Thursdays suck.
Photos thanks to Paul
Update later (Maybe from IE6!)
Not from Apple unfortunately. But either way, Chax is quite awesome. It’s got a few other good features I’m using- custom font sizes for the buddy list, auto away messages, etc.
So I ordered a shiny new 150GB 10,000 RPM WD Raptor last Friday to replace my 74GB Raptor. It came in today (yesterday…) and I set about cloning my data to the new drive. Except that the drive kept freezing up during the cloning process. Wiping the drive was problematic too (stupid thing couldn’t unmount, even when I booted from the 10.4.3 DVD). So I try a bunch of stuff to no avail. So I finally Google it and what do I find? G5s can’t handle a bunch of features on newer SATA drives (and as a result, they don’t work too well with them), so the thing is worthless in my G5. The solution is to get a third party SATA controller card. That’s a pretty worthless solution, as I see nothing but problems with those drivers and OS updates. So it’s probably going to sit on my desk until I get around to building that PC for my CS needs in the next month or two. Argghhhh, stupid technology!
Private Cameras In Homes
Sound a little Orwellian? I think agree with a statement I read somewhere that people like this should be removed from the gene pool.