They are making “Flatland” the movie.
The movie!
I’m still trying to figure out how I’m going to watch the damn thing, considering a two dimensional universe is going to be hell on our three dimensional eyes. Of course, they could just cheat and do the top down thing, which is the traditional representation.
On the other hand, the movie deals is a narrative which explores a two dimensional universe.
I’m sure that’s going to be popular with an American audience.
“One last try.” I pressed the button that sent electricity through the rest of the body. I imagined connections being made, electrons excited, pathways connected. I looked at the screen for signs of life.
Nothing.
“Dammit.” I reached for the button again but her hand stopped me.
“Call it.” Her voice sounded firm. “It’s over.”
I sighed. and looked at one of the many clocks on the wall. I looked back to the patient.
I looked one last time at the table. “Despite dramatic measures on the part of the technical staff, including one processor transplant, power supply replacement, and RAM reseating, patient refused to respond to all treatment.”
It was a carcass now. That’s all it ever would be. I had to accept that.
“Recorded time of death is nine pm, December seventh. Cause of death is uncertain, but this technician would guess motherboard failure.”
That machine’s not coming back. Never even got to POST after that first failed boot. My guess is that it’s the motherboard at this point and not a processor or video card issue. Regardless, it’s going to be too hard to troubleshoot at this point and all I can do is scavenge the body for parts. It’s also a good time for me to get the case clean again for a different motherboard.
Ah well. It was a good run.
As can be evidenced above, that’s not always the case.
Update: Success! Sorta. Yes, it’s an oldie. Well, it’s the only, technically, but hey, it’s a decent entry!
So after playing with an installation of Dapper Drake Kubuntu on a spare machine at work, and using Edgy Eft Ubuntu here at home, I’m getting a feel for KDE and Gnome.
So far, I like KDE’s “look” but I’m sick and tired of everything starting with a “K.” That’s not really necessary. I was unsure about the iFuture in OS X. At least Mail is still Mail.
What happens if we stop calling the internet the internet?
What then Mr. Jobs?
Gnome, on the other hand, is a little more down to earth, although I haven’t really started configuring either to my personal tastes.
Once I start to dig down a little deeper, I’m sure that I’ll learn to appreciate and hate features of both.
Well, as the entire internet attempted to purchase an Xbox 360 for $100, amazon.com drops off the face of the internet as the collective frantic click refreshes act like a Distributed Denial of Service attack.
Gotta love the fact that they just made $100,000 in less than thirty seconds with one thousand units available at that price. Kinda scary when you think about it.
Update: I’m not convinced that this deal ever existed, in both a philosophical and quantum mechanics sense. It’s like Schrodinger’s cat, except it would be described in the following manner:
On the internet, there is a deal for an Xbox 360 for $100. This deal is only available at a certain hour on a certain day. You go to the page and refresh it at the appointed time. At that moment, you are locked in the quantum state wherein the deal exists and does not exist simultaneously.
Alternately:
I never observed a page that showed me its availability at that price, so, outside of my frame of reference, the $100 Xbox 360 never existed.