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In Line for Episode II
Dave_B93 writes: "They're at it already! According to The Force.net, Two Guys have already started lining up for Episode II (To be released May 16, 2002). Updates will be posted at www.SeattleStarWars.com and at their own website www.WaitingForStarWars.com will be up soon."
I _know_ I have better things to do - that's why I'm here replying to such drivel @ 6:30am ;)
"Sanity is not statistical", George Orwell, "1984"
Come on I would have committed suicide after waiting in line 3 months and finally seeing "Phantom Menace"
Wait a minute, waiting for Star Wars E2 or Lord of the Rings E2?
Now, if it was LOTR, I'd be much more sympathetic.
They must be some really big 'N SYNC fans!
"I would say that 99 per cent of what my father has written about his own life is false." - L. Ron Hubbard Jr.
One day, this will be something they'll tell someone else's grandchildren about.
By having these guys stand in line, they're effectively removing themselves from society where they cannot be a danger to the rest of us.
I wonder if, while they're waiting, they're listening to N'Sync CDs.
I have suddenly changed my opinion on human euthanasia.
it would be nicely ironic if one of them got cancer right after the movie (which will suck) and ended kicking themselves for wasting such a large block of their life.
By having these guys stand in line, they're effectively removing themselves from society where they cannot be a danger to the rest of us.
It is extremely likely that these men will never have sex. Thus, they will be unable to procreate. However, there's no telling how frequently they've donated sperm. Luckily, I'm sure it can be tracked and destroyed.
Why bother.
What a scam...if they're standing in line, how are they updating their website?
Are these people youngsters living with their parents still? Or "oldsters" living with said mommy and daddy?
They don't appear to have jobs, but yet are tracking everything with "cameras and journals." Is this some sort of government-sponsored "art" project?
Seriously, where does the part about making a living and contibuting to society come in?
Or do they each have to take an hour a week to run down to the unemployment office for their checks, and let the lady know that they applied for work at "Vandelay Industries..." (They make rubber; I'm going to be a rubber salesman.)
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Everyone knows finals week is a time for getting drunk and laid. I don't know about this study thing that guy was talking about.
Now they can't jerk off for four months(i assume they don't have girl friends...)
Maybe they are enuchs...
I'm gonna sit here at home for 2 years until it comes out on TV!! Top that you posers!
I think their girlfriends will keep the site up to date for them.
Why bother.
This might be the highest moderated goatse.cx post ever.
And the funniest thing is that me living on the east coast, I'll see it before they do. And I'll get the tickets the same day on the internet.
Hire a battlebot to stand in for you, put a web cam on it, remote it from your cubicle, head over once a day to change fuel, and you can keep your job.
That spinning one made by the nice amish-hat guys would do nicely, methinks.
"Win treats sysadmins better than users. Mac treats users better than sysadmins. Linux treats everyone like sysadmins."
We wanna.
It will be captured by time-indexed photographs taken every hour as well as pictures and video of the people we interact with.
We know that the citizens of Seattle will see right thru this ruse and we're armed to the teeth with the Big Book of Geek Snaps and a fart machine. Bring it on, coffee boy.
This project also explores the issue of the pursuit of happiness.
We wanna we wanna we wanna!
It asks how much will a person sacrifice for a temporary acquisition, and questions whether a person can be happy with just food and shelter in pursuit of that acquisition.
Yeah, and peeing. Oh, the peeing. Dude, we sooooo underestimated the peeing thing. So just "food, shelter and a place to pee". The catheters cost way too much and we've never seen a Jedi wearing one.
It also asks, will society as a whole fear or accept people for not desiring the things they desire, or for desiring things they consider frivilous or ridiculous.
It also asks, will scientists be able to detect the altered precession of the earth due to all the spin we're putting on this crapfest.
Finally, as we move into the next millennium, I wonder if our fast-paced society has become unwilling to slow down and wait for the things that bring us the greatest joy.
Oooh! 'Millennium'! Doh! We forgot to use 'paradigm'!
This wait will test my mettle as I attempt to do just that."
It will really test my mettle when children in their parents' arms on this very sidewalk speak their first word - "Feh,"
"Win treats sysadmins better than users. Mac treats users better than sysadmins. Linux treats everyone like sysadmins."
Are you refering to being laughed at, ridiculed, and pissed on by drunk college kids while sleeping "real human contact"?
Seriously, how can these people differentiate what they're doing from what the crack whore is doing just a few blocks away?
Well that's easy, the crackwhore is the one that's gonna have sex.
* Stood around on the sidewalk waiting for a movie, called it "art".
* Directed scientific analysis of homeless people urine through unique collection system of personal clothing.
-Legion
"Whereas sitting around on Slashdot posting this drivel about their lack of "lives" will be about all your "life" has to recommend it. I'm not sure who's winning that particular relay race."
I'm reading about them on Slashdot and they're sitting on the sidewalk. I form an opinion of them and post it and they're still sitting on the sidewalk. I go away from my computer and do some other stuff for a little bit and they're still sitting on the sidewalk.
To make a long story short, four months later I'll have forgotten about this whole thing, and we both know where they'll be...
Exactly. I saw LotR on opening day at the same theater these guys are camping out at. I bought my tickets a couple of days before via Fandango, showed up at the theater about two hours ahead of time, got great seats, and enjoyed the movie.
The funny thing is, if these guys are actually waiting to buy tickets, they might not get any. They could sell out on Fandango before the box office ever opens. I know that the first few days LotR was showing everything was sold out well in advance. I can see it now, on opening day the crowd files by them to go watch the movie while they stand outside in the Seattle rain because all the smart people bought their tickets on the internet. 4 1/2 months spent waiting for nothing. I'd pay to see that.
-Vercingetorix
"Necessitas non habet legem." -St. Augustine
Gonna have to place Star Wars beside D&D in my list of sexual repellents. I recall the following posts:
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D&D Nitpicking (Score:5, Informative)
by taion on Saturday December 01, @06:55PM (#2642311)
AD&D is generally taken to refer to the second edition Dungeons & Dragons Rules.
Neverwinter Nights will be based on the 3rd edition D&D rules (D&D3e), which is different from AD&D.
A link to the 3rd Edition System Reference Document with all the core rules released to the Open Gaming Foundation (including Psionics!) may be found here [opengamingfoundation.org].
Re:D&D Nitpicking (Score:5, Funny)
by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 01, @07:13PM (#2642382)
You my friend will never ever have sex.
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