Comments for NVinNYC

Comment on Steve Jobs by Mariette

Mariette — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 17:12:01 +0000

Not often we have such a visionary in our midst, is it? His dedication to human, intuitive computing was amazing and
his passion for stripping unnecessary excess hopefully inspires future designers.

Comment on Trailer for ‘The Amazing Spider-Man’ by Mariette

Mariette — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 18:46:31 +0000

I’m really surprised you watched this before seeing the movie. Why make another Spiderman movie though? The first one was so very, very good.

Comment on Great Things Collide: Portal 2 & The National by Nick

Nick — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 22:17:44 +0000

Huh?

Comment on Great Things Collide: Portal 2 & The National by Mariette

Mariette — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 14:52:00 +0000

Help!! The non-gamers of the world need to stick together.

Comment on On the Inhumane Treatment of Bradley Manning by The Abuse of Private Manning Continues | NVinNYC

The Abuse of Private Manning Continues | NVinNYC — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 21:01:17 +0000

[...] Abuse of Private Manning (which I’ve mentioned before) continues: Private Manning is in solitary confinement at the Marine Corps brig in Quantico, Va. [...]

Comment on NGBOG Part One: Tax Cuts for the Rich or Else by Mariette

Mariette — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 19:27:59 +0000

So glad that you are reading, thinking, and writing about these issues. Sad that politics has become more about posturing than pragmatic governance

Comment on ‘There Will Be Blood’ in Government by NGBOG Part One: Tax Cuts for the Rich or Else | NVinNYC

NGBOG Part One: Tax Cuts for the Rich or Else | NVinNYC — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 22:35:11 +0000

[...] is sure to be an ongoing series of ‘No Government but Our Government’ or NGBOG (which I coined earlier), Senate Republicans figured they didn’t need to actually have won a Senate majority to claim [...]

Comment on ‘There Will Be Blood’ in Government by Mariette

Mariette — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 09:56:16 +0000

Good point about being antithetical to democratic principles.

Comment on This is Why I’m Vegetarian by Mariette

Mariette — Sun, 17 Oct 2010 06:20:59 +0000

This is really compelling! I hope for your sake that they don’t decide bacon salt is unsustainable.

Comment on ‘Kick-Ass’ Review by Rachel

Rachel — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 08:21:02 +0000

‘Twas indeed an ass-kicking for the ages. <3

Comment on Philip Glass & Battlestar Galactica by JasonLim

JasonLim — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:29:59 +0000

I’d just started listening to Philip Glass for the first time last week. By coincidence, the very next day, I started watching season 2 of Battlestar Gallactica on DVD and immediately recognised Metamorphosis One! The Philip Glass-Battlestar Gallactica combination is indeed very cool!

Comment on ‘Avatar’ Review by Pmel

Pmel — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 16:56:40 +0000

I have to agree Giovanni Ribisi’s character is one of my favorite characters in avatar.

Comment on ‘Where the Wild Things Are’ Review by Pmel

Pmel — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:43:51 +0000

Also, I like the new layout.

Comment on ‘Where the Wild Things Are’ Review by Pmel

Pmel — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:43:06 +0000

Just Incredible. Had a chance to see it this weekend. I think many adults can relate to Max as well. It’s primarily focusing on finding a sense of self regardless of age. 4 out of 5 as well.

Comment on ‘The Hurt Locker’ Review by Jessie

Jessie — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 15:33:57 +0000

Saw it based on your post. It was even more interesting given that I have been working at DoD this summer … it triggered a conversation with one of my colleagues about his experiences with roadside bombs in Iraq. Thanks for the rec!

Comment on Lollipop Pies by Jessie

Jessie — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 15:31:27 +0000

Oh-my-god … those look absolutely delightful.

Comment on ‘The Book of Eli’ Trailer by mariette

mariette — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 04:48:16 +0000

Denzel? More action than normal for him, eh?

Comment on ‘Settlers of Catan’ is iPhone Bound by mariette

mariette — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 04:43:39 +0000

Oh very cool.

Comment on ‘The Hurt Locker’ Review by Nick

Nick — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 16:55:56 +0000

I think it played at festivals and in Europe in 2008 but was delayed until 2009 for a US release. See this IMDb release date listing.

Comment on ‘The Hurt Locker’ Review by Pmel

Pmel — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 04:28:05 +0000

I’ve only heard great things about this movie. Wasn’t it originally released in 2008?

Comment on Favorite Games of 2008 by Rabid Space Dog » Blog Archive » Nick Vance has a pretty good list of his favorite games of 2008

Fri, 02 Jan 2009 21:20:03 +0000

[...] and I share similar thoughts on this year’s best video games, though I’ll have to make my own list due to his woeful exclusion of Fallout 3, Gears of War [...]

Comment on President Obama Pie by Rachel

Rachel — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 09:17:29 +0000

Hey, you weren’t the only one that made that Obama pie…!

Comment on ‘Colin Meloy Sings Sam Cooke’ Album Art by Charlie

Charlie — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 18:38:20 +0000

hey there. If you haven’t found them yet, I have the morrissey e.p., as well as the shirley collins e.p. give me a holler. and, thanks for the cover art… :)

Comment on President Obama Pie by Pmel

Pmel — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 19:31:30 +0000

1) Yeah Obama!
2) I don’t understand why the government thinks it has a right to say who can marry who. That’s personal choice. Just like it’s a personal choice to get an abortion or buy a pair a particular pair of shoes. The government needs to stay away from personal choice!

Hope all is well!

Comment on President Obama Pie by Mariette

Mariette — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:24:44 +0000

Horray! Today ” there’s not a black America and white America and Latino America and Asian America; there’s the United States of America.” Yes, we can.

Comment on Revolution Controller by Nick

Nick — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 08:39:22 +0000

Hey… Guess what it’s a success with casual gamers and real gamers hate it. I told you so. POS Wii…

Comment on Ra Ra Riot on Letterman by Nick M

Nick M — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 13:35:27 +0000

Thank you so much for posting this. Letterman is past my bedtime so i was counting on someone’s kindness to post it.

Thanks!

Comment on Ra Ra Riot on Conan by Mariette

Mariette — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 17:46:04 +0000

Nice!

Comment on ObamaTaxCut.com by Mariette

Mariette — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 17:40:22 +0000

You once told me that a democracy cannot exist without an educated electorate. Glad to see you are reading and researching. This article in the NY Times compares the convention rhetoric with the truth and is worth exploring. And this BBB page has a spreadsheet on the candidates and the issues that I think is helpful.

Comment on ‘Watchmen’ Trailer by Pmel

Pmel — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:15:07 +0000

Just a random fact “The End Is the Beginning Is the End” was originally released for the Batman & Robin soundtrack and “The Beginning is the End is the Beginning” was released on the CD Single.

Comment on ‘Watchmen’ Trailer by Pmel

Pmel — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 18:06:19 +0000

Wicked!

Comment on Lego Death Star by Mariette

Mariette — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:18:53 +0000

Once a Lego Nut always a Lego Nut; who introduced you to Star Wars ?

Comment on Netflix: Profiles Feature Not Going Away by Netflix Axes Profiles Angering Customers

Netflix Axes Profiles Angering Customers — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 02:43:42 +0000

[...] they came to their senses and decided to keep them after [...]

Comment on Gas by Pmel

Pmel — Fri, 30 May 2008 03:57:33 +0000

This is why I’m glad I live in NYC! Public Transportation is a great invention.

Comment on Superhero Fashion at The Met by Mariette

Mariette — Fri, 23 May 2008 22:46:52 +0000

Hope that exhibit is still up in July when we go to NYC! It got a lot of press. Lots of skin-tight stretchy suits, eh?

Comment on Threadless Prints by Mariette

Mariette — Fri, 23 May 2008 22:44:30 +0000

I love those prints especially the polar bear one and the Tree Town one. They would look great framed and lined up on your living room wall. Oh no, another thing to collect!

Comment on NIN Slip out a New Halo for Free by New NIN Single ‘Discipline’

New NIN Single ‘Discipline’ — Wed, 07 May 2008 21:47:56 +0000

[...] Update: The whole album has now been released for free. Details. [...]

Comment on Camino hits 1.6 by Nick

Nick — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 20:37:12 +0000

I absolutely agree with you: Firefox 3 is significantly better at memory management and JavaScript performance than its predecessor.

That doesn’t mean that Camino leaks and doesn’t release memory to the same degree as FF2. In any case, I certainly will be looking forward to updates to Camino that add in FF3 features such as the new Gecko engine and better memory management.

However, for the time being, in a comparison on the Mac between Camino 1.6, Safari 3.1, and Firefox 3 Beta 5, I prefer Camino.

Comment on Camino hits 1.6 by Fx3

Fx3 — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 20:21:51 +0000

Much of the CSS3 stuff hasn’t been finalized, Fx3 doesn’t implement much of it until the standards are finalized, probably Fx4 will support it fully. I use a broadband connection and even then, Fx3 is noticable faster and this is well documented by other bloggers on the net. Fx2 is obsolete and cannot compete with Fx3 at all. I didn’t bring up the Javascript performance benchmarks because everyone knows how much faster Fx3 is at that, and AJAX heavy pages which is the norm now.

Firefox 2 leaks memory badly and doesn’t release memory, even if you run it with zero add-ons/extensions installed. This is well documented, you can search on the Internet many articles and screenshots showing Fx2 using up to 1GB of RAM or even more because of the memory leaks after a few hours. With Firefox 3, this is non issue now.

http://blog.pavlov.net/2008/03/11/firefox-3-memory-usage/

Comment on Camino hits 1.6 by Nick

Nick — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 18:50:59 +0000

Certainly Firefox 3 has better standards support than the older Gecko engine used in FF2 and Camino. However, it’s hard to argue that this is an important part of any daily browsing experience since CSS 3 and the associated standards are so new that they aren’t used in anything but demo pages. Instead, most pages are built around the rendering capabilities of Gecko 1.8 in FF2 which Camino supports flawlessly.

As far a page rendering speed, I don’t notice any appreciable differences between FF2, FF3, Safari, or Camino. This may be different if you connect via a slower connection, but on the fat pipes I use at both work and, to a lesser extent, at home there is not a noticeable difference.

Your final point about memory usage is more of a dicey one. First of all, FF2 was a memory hog on all platforms. However, the memory issue was made more complex because many of the problems were attributed to sloppy code in the add-ons and plug-ins in Firefox. FF3 claims to fix many of the memory issues in its predecessor (and certainly it makes great strides in this area) but it remains to be seen if add-on and plug-in support drags this area of performance down again. On the other hand, I haven’t had too many problems with Camino being a hog in the long time that I’ve been using it. It certainly never feels slow and unresponsive as you claim.

Long term memory management, though still important in browsers, is less of an issue in the current generation of browsers in any case because they all have session support. So, if you notice slow performance after a few days, simply quit your browser and relaunch it. The program will remember all the tabs and windows you had open so, as long as you weren’t in the middle of filling out a form, you’ll be back right where you left off with a lower memory footprint. For me at least, this eliminates many of the memory usage concerns with any browser.