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The Tick to be Cancelled
mr.buddylee writes "This is a short write up, but evidently The Tick is going to be cancelled. " There
really isn't much there to read except the notice. I'll keep watching until
the last episode airs on Jan 24. I enjoyed it even if it was put in
a terrifying time slot guaranteeing that nobody saw it. I think if it
had a full season to find a footing it would have been a real winner.
Ah well, good luck to Ben and his future projects.
HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF
+MONDAY MORNING+
Cmdr Taco: I will not suck any more dick ever again.
+MONDAY EVENING+
Cmdr Taco: *slurp* *slurp* *slurp*
+TUESDAY MORNING+
Cmdr Taco: I will not suck any more dick ever again.
+TUESDAY EVENING+
Cmdr Taco: *slurp* *slurp* *slurp*
+WEDNESDAY MORNING+
Cmdr Taco: I will not suck any more dick ever again.
+WEDNESDAY EVENING+
Cmdr Taco: *slurp* *slurp* *slurp*
+THURSDAY MORNING+
Cmdr Taco: I will not suck any more dick ever again.
+THURSDAY EVENING+
Cmdr Taco: *slurp* *slurp* *slurp*
+FRIDAY MORNING+
Cmdr Taco: I will not suck any more dick ever again.
+FRIDAY EVENING+
Cmdr Taco: *slurp* *slurp* *slurp* *slurp*
+SATURDAY MORNING+
Cmdr Taco: I will not suck any more dick ever again.
+SATURDAY EVENING+
Cmdr Taco: *slurp* *slurp* *slurp*
+SUNDAY MORNING+
Cmdr Taco: Today is the Lord's day.
+SUNDAY AFTERNOON+
Cmdr Taco: *slurp* *slurp* *slurp*
Thanks for sharing, I feel better now
for being the Linux LUSER that I am.
I can finally blame it on the sad fact
that I use LINUX. If I had been using
winXP instead, there is a fair chance that
I wouldnt be eating this dog turd I found
on the lawn earlier today.
--Ted
!!SPOILER FREE!! A worthy sequel to the highly acclaimed blockbuster hit to TFOTR and shot entirely on location in New Zealand, the beautiful cinematography and rich plot accentuates Peter Jackson's talent as a director. However, the shameless advertising throughout the film ruined the overall mystique of the classic work. When upon learning that Frodo's true passion in life is "The Joy of Pepsi" the viewer is left with suspicion as to the movies true subliminal motives. Conflict erupts, in later scenes when a revived Gandalf extols the virtues of Coca-Cola's crisp, sweet taste. Also, the viewer is left alienated when he discovers Frodo's awful drinking habit and racist attitudes toward the ethnic Hobbits in the Shire. Furthermore, the inexplicable pornographic cupcake scene was more than just a mild shock in this otherwise masterful work. Obvious casting problems between films included the replacement of Pip, who was replaced with Gary Coleman (who was oft to say "Whacha' talkin' about Frodo?!") and the mysterious appearance of a character deemed Gandalf XP (played by Bill Gates). Sadly, Gandalf XP is unable to aid his friends in their final quest after encountering a "fatal exception" and shutting down. Tolkein's original portrayal of the Orc's did not include a half-shell nor a penchant for pizza, or the final word "Cowabunga" exclaimed by the Orc leader Beanardo. The score was stellar, however Snoop Dogg's rendition of "Pimpin the ring in my '64!" seemed awkward during the final battle scene. And I am not any sort of literary expert, but I distinctly do not recall Tolkein's work to contain such a graphic and disturbing development surrounding Aragorn's methamphetamine habit. Hollywood's political influences were evident in Jackson's pro-war propaganda throughout the film, particularly striking was Merridoc's reference to the Orc's as "those damn rag-heads" and the ever-present threat of the "sandpeople". However, triumph reigns in the end when the evil Saruman (renamed Bin-Laden) meets with utter defeat. _________ I'm still working on my HARDCOPY of the INTERNET. -gobs o freetime
Day in and day out, Slashdot sings the praises of "open source" software. New readers of the site must be a little puzzled to find items like "GPL Violation discovered" and "Open Source Guru Speaks" listed on the main page alongside the "straight" science and technology news. Unfortunately, few people really know what Open Source stands for. Perhaps Richard Means Stallman, one of the founders of the movement, can elucidate.
"[The GNU goal was] to be able to use a computer without using any proprietary software," declaims RMS. "Because that way, you can lead a better life." Of course, the only way to get rid of proprietary software is to destroy the software companies that produce it. One way this is accomplished is by putting software that would normally be public domain under a license RMS himself created, called the "General Public License," or "GPL." Simply put, this license allows code to be reused-- unless the final product is distributed without its source code, as a proprietary product must be.
Software is a commodity, and people will often take the cheapest product, even if they have to spend inordinate amounts of time struggling with poor documentation and clumsy user interfaces. "One of the best things I could do with my life is: find a gigantic pile of proprietary software that was a trade secret, and start handing out copies on a street corner so it wouldn't be a trade secret any more," enthuses RMS. "Perhaps that would be a much more efficient way for me to give people new free software than actually writing it myself."
It's time to stop the doubletalk and start thinking about the real meaning of intellectual property. By some measures, intellectual property is the main export of the developed countries of the world. Artists, actors, and musicians make a living off the intellectual property they produce. Programmers and engineers create designs to be sold. And journalists and writers depend on intellectual property. Ironically, the only jobs not deeply tied to intellectual property are the jobs many slashdot readers affect to despise, like service workers, menial laborers, and administrators. If slashdot readers can't stomach Scott McNealy, maybe they would prefer to work with Ronald McDonald. From the other side of the fast food counter.
Not everyone enjoys working at a menial job in the day, simply in order to slave away at poorly organized programming projects. Not everyone enjoys being told that he has the "freedom" to work, without pay, for a small clique of free software partisans. It is one thing to oppose microsoft's monopoly on the desktop, and the RIAA's slow strangulation of fair use rights. It is quite another to embrace a whole economic and political ideology that centers around the exploitation of childlike programming savants.
This message is not a troll, although many slashdot readers may take it as such. It is simply a warning to users to think carefully before they blindly follow the political lead of Rob Malda, Jon Katz, and the like. I encourage readers to repost the text of this message, and others like it, to the supposedly "free" message boards of slashdot and other sites.
Peace out, and God bless.
The cartoon didn't make it, so why would the series? There is no real content to it. It's lacks anything worth while. I do not see why anyoen would even watch it. I would rather visit the dentist!