When he began shooting Star Wars Episode II in an all-digital format, George Lucas imagined that Attack of the Clones could screen in 2,000 digital-projection theaters nationwide. Oh, well. As of the May 16 opening, only 19 screens had the equipment required to do so. Here's where to find them.
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As the end of the $14 billion Big Dig project nears, one crucial question remains unanswered: What's to become of the 30 acres of prime land, winding from Chinatown to North Station, that will be freed up when the rusting Central Artery moves underground?
Seth Dillingham
UserTalk scripts often need to build large strings from smaller strings, such as assembling a web page or an RSS feed in Conversant, Manila, or even the old static site engine. In order to optimize this process as much as possible, there are two things the scripter needs to remember: "Avoid copying large strings whenever possible", and "trigger the secret in-place append".
Dave's outline rendering howto, posted earlier this week, was the final piece of information I was missing to indulge my long restrained outlining mania. The temporary result is activeRenderer, a UserTalk / CSS / Javascript combo which translates OPML outlines created with Radio's outliner into HTML pages that keep some "outlinerish" features.
Amy Harmon
Whatever the outcome of the Microsoft trial, don't expect Bill Gates to say he's sorry.
Katie Hafner
Relatively simple devices that were once controlled by twisting a knob or pushing a button are now endowed with digital commands that can take hours to master.
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