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Press Release by Anonymous Coward · 2006-07-08 10:40 · Score: -1, Troll · on Homebrew Community Blends Gamers and Hackers

Ten-thousand Freenet User Identities Compromised
Ten-thousand Freenet User Identities Compromised

Rucas - Dongs-Hojrup, Denmark

Early this Afternoon the Gay Nigger Association of America claimed responsibility for the compromising of over 10,000 Freenet user identities. Norwegian correspondant DiKKy explained, "LOL by using a huge Turkish botnet LOL HY HY we were able to create drones on the Freenet network LOL. Using these drones HY HY HY we were able to triangulate, by IP LOL, who was responsible for the introduction of any file on the Freenet network LOL GLUG GLUG GLUG HY."

After DiKKy collapsed in a pool of his own filth, GNAA Security officer supers made the following statement, "Once we were able to trace which IPs had been uploading child pornography to the network (which in the end turned out to be every host that had ever connected to the network,) we were able to remove every IP controlled by our leader, timecop, from our compiled database and submit the remaining information to the Department of Justice. Fags."

Arrests are expected to begin within the week.

About Freenet:

Freenet is a secure and anonymous content distribution system designed by a team of expert child pornographers attempting to create a more secure network for the acquisition and distribution of child pornography.

About Turkey:

Turkey is a country in the near east named after a sandwich meat. The name capital city had been a raging debate until recently, when the GNAA stepped in between proponents of "Istanbul" and "Constantinople" and simply renamed it to Sandniggerville.

About GNAA:
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Why, oh why... by fahrbot-bot · 2006-07-07 16:53 · Score: 1 · on Deleted Screenplay Fails To Make Money

couldn't it have been the screenplay for Ultraviolet that got deleted?

Don't get me wrong, I love Milla Jovovich (see The Fifth Element), but man Ultraviolet was weak.

Why, oh why... by fahrbot-bot · 2006-07-07 16:53 · Score: 1 · on Deleted Screenplay Fails To Make Money

couldn't it have been the screenplay for Ultraviolet that got deleted?

Don't get me wrong, I love Milla Jovovich (see The Fifth Element), but man Ultraviolet was weak.

Re:I call Bullshit by Ohreally_factor · 2006-07-07 15:08 · Score: 3, Insightful · on Deleted Screenplay Fails To Make Money

#2 virtually never happens. Seriously, I've worked in this town for 23 years. You have as good a chance of winning the lotto as you do of slipping your spec script over the transom and getting a deal.

The Long Kiss Goodnight was written by a veteran screenwriter, someone with a track record. Look at his credits: All the Lethal Weapon movies, The Last Boy Scout, Last Action Hero.

Bottom line: I can't imagine a situation where any studio would offer, or even mention $2 million without having script in hand.

Bottom line: I can easily imagine a situation where a producer options a script for a $1 with the contractual promise of some huge sum going to the writer from the net profits, without every laying eyes on the script. I'm sure this happens 50 times a day. (OK, probably an exaggeration, but I'm sure you've heard the jokes about screenwriters and the jokes about producers.)

There was no studio involved in the deal. It was a German producer. Want to be a producer? It's easy. Just say you are. Printing business cards is entirely optional. Want to be a German producer? Travel to Germany and say you're a producer.

Anyway, Boyd's story is implausible, but not for the reasons you cite. Come kick around L.A. for a few years and try and sell those scripts. It's a disgusting slimy business, but at least it's not the music business. We have that at least.

Re:I call Bullshit by Ohreally_factor · 2006-07-07 15:08 · Score: 3, Insightful · on Deleted Screenplay Fails To Make Money

#2 virtually never happens. Seriously, I've worked in this town for 23 years. You have as good a chance of winning the lotto as you do of slipping your spec script over the transom and getting a deal.

The Long Kiss Goodnight was written by a veteran screenwriter, someone with a track record. Look at his credits: All the Lethal Weapon movies, The Last Boy Scout, Last Action Hero.

Bottom line: I can't imagine a situation where any studio would offer, or even mention $2 million without having script in hand.

Bottom line: I can easily imagine a situation where a producer options a script for a $1 with the contractual promise of some huge sum going to the writer from the net profits, without every laying eyes on the script. I'm sure this happens 50 times a day. (OK, probably an exaggeration, but I'm sure you've heard the jokes about screenwriters and the jokes about producers.)

There was no studio involved in the deal. It was a German producer. Want to be a producer? It's easy. Just say you are. Printing business cards is entirely optional. Want to be a German producer? Travel to Germany and say you're a producer.

Anyway, Boyd's story is implausible, but not for the reasons you cite. Come kick around L.A. for a few years and try and sell those scripts. It's a disgusting slimy business, but at least it's not the music business. We have that at least.

Screenplays don't make that much money by zymano · 2006-07-07 14:51 · Score: 2, Informative · on Deleted Screenplay Fails To Make Money

Screenplay for Panicroom with Jodie Foster was bought for $5 million but the writer had really good credibility.(i read somewhere) Very rare that this happen. Hardly any ever get a million.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0462895/

He's working on Indiana Jones 4 by the way.

This guy doesn't even have any history of writing.

Re:Before "the terorists win" became trendy. by BobSutan · 2006-07-07 09:29 · Score: 4, Informative · on The U.S.'s Net Wide For 'Terrorist' Names

You're thinking of the movie The Siege which featured Denzel Washington and Bruce Willis.

Under Siege was based on a Navy ship and featured Steven Seagal and Tommy Lee Jones.

Aside from the correction of the films title I completely agree with you. If anyone would like to gain some perspective on America's current terrorism phobia and how NOT to deal with it, just check out The Siege. Its time for a gut-check America.

Re:Before "the terorists win" became trendy. by BobSutan · 2006-07-07 09:29 · Score: 4, Informative · on The U.S.'s Net Wide For 'Terrorist' Names

You're thinking of the movie The Siege which featured Denzel Washington and Bruce Willis.

Under Siege was based on a Navy ship and featured Steven Seagal and Tommy Lee Jones.

Aside from the correction of the films title I completely agree with you. If anyone would like to gain some perspective on America's current terrorism phobia and how NOT to deal with it, just check out The Siege. Its time for a gut-check America.

Re:Before "the terorists win" became trendy. by Anonymous Coward · 2006-07-07 09:22 · Score: 1, Informative · on The U.S.'s Net Wide For 'Terrorist' Names

I believe you mean, The Siege . Under Siege was the Steven Seagal vehicle where he was "just the cook."

Re:Before "the terorists win" became trendy. by Anonymous Coward · 2006-07-07 09:22 · Score: 1, Informative · on The U.S.'s Net Wide For 'Terrorist' Names

I believe you mean, The Siege . Under Siege was the Steven Seagal vehicle where he was "just the cook."

Re:Tracking names just doesn't work. by everphilski · 2006-07-07 08:04 · Score: 4, Funny · on The U.S.'s Net Wide For 'Terrorist' Names

BTW - WTF is a name that a terrorist wouldn't use?

John Wayne!

Making Sure I Undertsand The Facts. by Anonymous Coward · 2006-07-07 06:34 · Score: 0 · on FBI Foils Attack by Monitoring Chat Rooms

Some people in a chat room discuss a "plot" straight out of a bad Sylvester Stallone movie are arrested and imprisoned? So, it's illegal to talk about bas Sylvester Stallone movies now? In retrospect, this may be a good thing but, I can't believe it is illegal!

No attempt was made. No bombs were built. Nothing physical happened. Some people in a chat room discussed a "plot" and that gets them imprisoned?????

Re:Al Queda, witches, devil worshippers, and gangs by TheoMurpse · 2006-07-07 04:35 · Score: 1 · on Gangs on the Internet

How did Wicca get lumped into a sentence with these other three groups?

Someone just watched The Craft one too many times.

Re:You Americans Need to Lighten up by Zaatxe · 2006-07-07 04:32 · Score: 1 · on PSP Ad Draws Charges of Racism

...but I guess that is how I was raised, with quite a few good friends who are of different races.

Most people aren't like this, but this is not racism or prejudice. That's how nature works. Like the following information, about the filming set of Planet of the Apes (1968), from IMDb:

During breaks in filming, actors made up as different ape species tended to hang out together, gorillas with gorillas, orangutans with orangutans, chimps with chimps. It wasn't required, it just naturally happened.

S-mart by The+Conductor · 2006-07-07 04:04 · Score: 1 · on eBay Bans Google Payments

For those not picking up the inside joke, the reference is to Army of Darkness, where the oh-so-regular-guy played by Bruce Campbell is a manager at S-Mart and is transported back to a Swords & Sorcery style adventure. Good thing he kept a chainsaw in the trunk of his Chevy.

Re:Wake me when.... by vistic · 2006-07-06 04:56 · Score: 1 · on Apple to Unveil New Leopard OS in August

It's pretty much my favorite animal. It's like a lion and a tiger mixed... bred for its skills in magic.

The Most Common Password by kalirion · 2006-07-06 03:47 · Score: 1 · on FBI Password Database Compromised by Consultant

You missed the most common one: password. But I guess I can't blame you since I don't think it was mentioned in Hackers. Probably because it would have jeopardized national security or something.

Also a lot of people just use their usernames as passwords, as long as the system allows it. Maybe tack on a 1 on the end.

Re:I won't believe it.... by john83 · 2006-07-05 21:44 · Score: 1 · on Enron's Kenneth Lay Dies

Elvis is there too; he's the entertainment director and is also in charge of procuring hookers to keep JFK happy.

I thought those two were off fighting the undead?

Re:American example by Anonymous Coward · 2006-07-05 13:41 · Score: 0 · on AP Looks at Piracy, Misses the Point

Right on. Here's a juicy example. Movie industry, take heed and be suitably humbled.

Stop-motion animation came to this country because of piracy. In fact, the thief was no less than Thomas Edison. He stole Le Voyage dans la Lune from Georges Méliès, by having some of his agents bribe a projectionist for the reels. Edison violated copyright, too, by making hundreds of copies of the movie, which he then showed all over the country. The movie was a smashing success for Edison and the budding American movie industry. For a modern telling of the story, you can go watch episode 12 of the most excellent From the Earth to the Moon.

Méliès was planning to show the movie in America for profit, and he got nothing for it. The loss bankrupted him, and he was forced to sell toys to make a living. Méliès was one of the first movie makers to use: multiple exposures, time-lapse photography, dissolves, and hand-painted colour. Oh yeah, and he invented the stop-motion substitution, and he was possibly the first to bring fantasy (some say sci-fi) to film. He's the man responsible for that famous picture of the moon with the rocket stuck in it. Most of his movies were recycled during World War I for their cellulose content. What little survives of his work is ground-breaking. Had his movie made him money, he might have been able to preserve his legacy for us to enjoy.

Way to go movie industry, you destroyed one of the most creative filmmakers of all time through commercial piracy. Not just him, but possibly his life's work, too. For anyone in the industry who complains, I say look to your roots. You deserve to reap what you've sown.

Re:Thanks, Billy by krakelohm · 2006-07-05 08:38 · Score: 1 · on Futurama Star Billy West Answers Slashdot Questions

Oviously you never saw "Corvette Summer"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077372/. I remember watching that as a kid thinking... wow a left side driver vette... sweet!

Biggest Corporate Criminal? by ackthpt · 2006-07-05 06:56 · Score: 3, Interesting · on Enron's Kenneth Lay Dies

Really, Lay wasn't the architect, he just covered it up until he could figure out how to get away from the mess without it sinking him. If you want to know more about who really created the fiasco, watch Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room and see. Also see how the present administration was complicit in the California Energy Crisis.

Ladies, Ponds, Swords and All the Good Children by Dareth · 2006-07-05 06:07 · Score: 1 · on Your Favorite Support Anecdote

Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.

Everyone knows that All the Good Children get swords from Santa Claus!

Just watch Narnia if you have any doubts!

Seiyuu ex machina by spyrochaete · 2006-07-05 05:15 · Score: 4, Interesting · on Futurama Star Billy West Answers Slashdot Questions

I went to an anime convention a couple of years ago and sat in on a Q/A session with 4 voice actors including Scott McNeil. All the actors, but especially Scott, were always joking around and doing their voices for no reason. It was awesome hearing the one guy say "I love fluffy bunnies" as Cobra Commander and Starscream!

I asked the actors, all anime seiyuus (voice actors), a similar question to the one stated here - what was their opinion of their productions being distributed for free around the internet? Scott said that he didn't care one bit because voice actors are paid a flat fee regardless of the popularity of the show. 2 of the actors who did voices for Dragonball Z agreed with this wholeheartedly.

I get the impression that all but the most high profile voice actors don't see a dime of merchandising fees or other collateral income. It's a shame because these people are very passionate about what they do. The 4 panelists stayed way later than they were supposed to because they loved answering questions. Some people got up on their chairs and peformed some of their own wacky voices and the panelists were very supportive and encouraged them to pursue their dreams. I have a huge respect for these actors - particularly Billy West who is incredibly talented - and I hope the studios realize how hardworking and dedicated they are and reimburse them accordingly.

Re:WGA? by HTH+NE1 · 2006-07-05 03:27 · Score: 1 · on EU Fines for Microsoft Approved, Off the Record

But where does Profit fall in all of this?

I'm sure Jim will land on his feet.

Re:Disappointed..... by Anonymous Coward · 2006-07-04 19:46 · Score: 1, Funny · on Shuttle Launch Success

What independence are you celebrating?

You've never seen ID4 before???

Re:Yeah... by Nutria · 2006-07-04 17:26 · Score: 1 · on Portrait of an Identity Thief

I hate it when people over react. Computers are the TOOLS of the Devil, not the Devil himself.

The Christian would say that the Devil uses any weakness to ensare the mortal soul.

The last(?) line in the movie Devil's Advocate http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118971/ is a perfect example of this:

Vanity: my favorite sin.

No need for computers. In his moment of moral triumph, the heroic young lawyer does himself in.

El bulto by Spy+der+Mann · 2006-07-04 03:41 · Score: 4, Interesting · on Patient Revives After 19 Years By Rewiring Brain

There was a mexican movie (ficticious) about a 19-yo guy who went into coma in 1971 and woke up in 1992, having to cope with a grown up family, an older (and remarried) wife, and of course, new political times.

It was called "El bulto" (the bag). Very interesting movie.

Like the Dead Zone... by QueenOfSwords · 2006-07-04 02:28 · Score: 0, Redundant · on Patient Revives After 19 Years By Rewiring Brain

John Smith http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085407/ unavailable for comment.

Re:Hoppers! by Anonymous Coward · 2006-07-03 23:59 · Score: 0 · on Networked Landmines Work Together

New? Well you do have a rather low Slashdot ID, maybe 1979 is new to you.

Oh dear by Lord+Crc · 2006-07-03 12:07 · Score: 1 · on Networked Landmines Work Together

just what the world needs, "smart" mines... Haven't they seen Screamers?

Where have you been? Al Gore is a movie star. by Futurepower(R) · 2006-07-03 06:43 · Score: 1 · on How The Internet Works - With Tubes

"That doesn't sound much better as far as credibility goes. Is there any scientific evidence to back up his assertion?"

Translation: "I don't know what's happening, and I didn't bother to read the comments in this thread, but I'm still skeptical."

Al Gore is a movie star: An Inconvenient Truth (2006). Read the IMDB comments, such as this one: "Fact-laden, straightforward documentary with some comic insertions".

RottenTomatoes rates the movie 92% positive.

Watch the movie advertisement on YouTube. " The most terrifying movie of the summer. You owe it to the planet to see the truth. Pledge to see An Inconvenient Truth opening weekend."

"It's a mind-boggling disaster epic that draws its special power from the fact that we are both the villains and victims of the story." -- William Arnold, SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER

Re:Maybe a little better..... by Anonymous Coward · 2006-07-03 03:28 · Score: 0 · on Plasma Needle to Replace Dentist's Drill

But one thing you have to ask is, Is it safe?

For some people, this will be more like... by Aphrika · 2006-07-03 02:23 · Score: 1 · on 'Touching' The Brain

'Touching' The Void

A flaming plasma tip into your mouth by ahodgkinson · 2006-07-03 02:22 · Score: 1 · on Plasma Needle to Replace Dentist's Drill

FTFS: Sticking a needle with a flaming plasma tip into your mouth

Sounds like it's time for a new hi-tech remake of the Marathon Man (1977).

Gore delivered and continues to deliver good stuff by Futurepower(R) · 2006-07-02 23:51 · Score: 5, Informative · on How The Internet Works - With Tubes

You've been lied to by Karl Rove once again. (Karl Rove is "Bush's Brain".)

A lot of things Senator Gore says sound very wooden and otherwise poorly expressed. However, Gore delivers. In a private email message, Vint Cerf told me that it was true that Al Gore was instrumental in the development of the Internet. Before Mr. Gore's involvement, it was a semi-private utility known as ArpaNet and NSFNet. Mr. Gore championed the development of the private network as a public utility. This was years before Bill Gates, for example, recognized its importance.

No, Vint Cerf is not a friend of mine; that's not the point. The point is that Senator Al Gore has a brain of his own, and a very good one.

Republican Senator Ted Stevens of Alaska is known as someone who supports destructive causes. So, those who want corruption in the U.S. government go to him. Many people on Slashdot suppose that he views his ignorance as bad; on the contrary, he is openly advertising his ignorance so the corrupters will know to find him when they want someone who will help them corrupt.

Smell-o-vision replaces television! by Dachannien · 2006-07-02 16:35 · Score: 1 · on Practical Applications of Smell Recordings

Carl Stalling sez, "It will never work!"

Re:Great News by Ohreally_factor · 2006-07-02 14:53 · Score: 1 · on Another Microsoft Exec Joins Google

Ahem. A different sort of hostile takeover. Think Crimson Permanent Assurance.

Just a silly article by kirkjobsluder · 2006-07-02 12:06 · Score: 1 · on The Art of Pixel Performers

Is this really a new issue? Winsor McCay was doing animated movies without human models or voice talent in the 1920s. Human voice actors and performance models have never been needed for great animation; but many animators have found voice actors and performance models to be very effective. What is The Grinch without Boris Karlof or the Warner stable of characters without Mel Blanc?

And there is an entirely different direction that filmmakers can go that started with Tron and was used extensively in Lord of the Rings and Mirrormask. In addition to CGI characters built on human motion-capture, you can build the CGI setting around the human performances. Then, you don't have to worry so much about the complex optics of skin tone, or the physics of hair and clothing.

Actors are also necessary for commercial success. Silent films or films with minimal dialog are automatically doomed to be "art films."

Re:Oh yeah by Ucklak · 2006-07-02 08:23 · Score: 2, Interesting · on The Art of Pixel Performers

I'll take Frank Welker over Tom Hanks any day.

In case you're too lazy to folow the link or read through the 518 entries he has, some of his notable characters:

Fred from Scooby Doo - and now that Messick has passed away, Scooby Doo as well.
Boo Boo Bear from yogi Bear
Jabberjaw
Dynomutt
All the other Gremlins and Mogwai that weren't Gizmo/Howie Mandel
The following Transformers Blades/Buzzsaw/Chromedome/Frenzy/Galvatron/Groove/ Laserbeak/Megatron/Mirage/Mixmaster/Ratbat/Ravage/ Rumble/Skywarp/Sludge/Soundwave/Steeljaw/Superion
Abu the Monkey from Aladdin
Curious George ...and I'm sure there are plenty more that mey strike a chord.