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Slashback: Segwait, Farscape, Leg-pulling
You knew this had to be too good to be true. Joe Ryan from AmericanTower.com writes: "Please note that the information posted Wednesday regarding sites American Tower has for sale is not accurate. American Tower Corporation has a limited number of surplus towers for sale. The list of sites can be accessed through our sites for sale list at http://www.americantower.com/mainweb/SitesForSale.asp. These are the only towers that are for sale. Please also note that these Surplus sites are sold on a strictly "as is-where is."
Thanks for the correction.
If the site you are inquiring about is not on the "Sites For Sale" list, then it is not for sale."
Despite all the lobbying, the wait is on. dgreno writes "Like many other Slashdot readers, I stations signed up with Amazon.com to be notified when the Segway Human Transporter would be available for sale. Today Amazon sent me an email which included the following, "We've recently learned from our supplier that the item you requested to be notified about, Segway Human Transporter (also known as "Ginger" or "IT"), will not be available in the foreseeable future." I guess the sidewalks are safe for a while longer."
Don't they like devoted fans?
$nyper writes "I just wanted to let everyone know that there is major backlash against the Sci-Fi channel from fans about the
cancellation of Farscape. They appear to have miscalculated the Fans. For the past few days Sci-Fi's main office has been inundated with faxes, e-mails, and phone calls to keep the show alive for its 5th season. CNN Headline news also ran a story on the effort yesterday. What it boils down to is that at $1.5 million USD per episode the greatest science-fiction show on television is too expensive for Sci-Fi to produce. Even the top
Executive at the Sci-Fi channel (Bonnie Hammer, Executive Vice President and General
Manager), which is one of Farscape's biggest fans is currently only operating in figure head mode and is being made to keep quiet. Most think she would speak out in favor of the show but is worried about the status of her job at the moment. If you have any questions about what you can do to help out, just pop over to
Farscape World for the best information.
There is also a website setup for detailed up to the minute information about
the struggle to save Farscape over at the main Save
Farscape site including information being supplied under the table y a
Sci-Fi channel mole. :)
After all the coverage Sci-Fi has stopped the construction crews assigned to tear down the sets and have re-entered
negotiations regarding the show. The Jim Henson company that is responsible for the show's creation is also currently courting executives from Showtime and UPN about moving the show to another network for the 5th and future seasons."
This will not be made into a Dummies book for a few years yet. dsyu writes "Follow-up to a previous article -- the good folks at the X-Box Linux Project have posted step-by-step instructions on how to install SuSE 8 on your XBox."
The Nigerian Spam saga wends ever onward. An anonymous coward writes "'Mike Aba' and 'Obi Azuka' are the fake names used by a Nigerian criminal who tried to defraud me. As soon as I read the "DEAR FRIEND" of the first e-mail, I knew it was a scam, but for fun I decided to mislead the criminal into believing that I was falling for his scam. You can read the exchange of e-mails here. This type of fraud is known as the Nigerian Fee scam. Unfortunately, gullible people do fall for this scam. Hopefully this page will alert more people and make criminals like "Mike" less successful."
Seriously. Kill it. I was rather happy when I heard of its demise in the first place. I'm hoping they could put a real Sci-Fi show in its place. But then again, if they could keep Farscape and kill Lexx--I would be all that more happier."
Ha. No.
Only without the ability to make you think about the show long after you seen it. Farscape is a sit, drool, and click show. Nothing more.
Star Wars is certainly ingrained in our culture. But not for its originality. Rather, it was successful for pioneering the special effects of its time. Notice how much harder it is for the first trilogy to catch on. But Star Wars was never more than a space opera.
B5 was great because it was a space novel on the small screen. You were always pleased on how everything always came together with the right amount of suspense and metaphor. And Star Trek is simply way out of Farscape's league.
Hitchhiker's Guide is simply that crazy combination of British wit with Science Fiction that appeals to geeks everywhere. Never seen Doctor Who.
In other words, it is just another space opera. With any science-fiction, you are asked by the writiers and producers to "suspend your disbelief". Thats fine. But the point is that you need to be rewarded with something that is believable. With The Outer Limits and The Twilight Zone for that matter, you are rewarded by looking at the world in a slightly new way. And usually there is a lesson. Star Wars just has that "good vs evil" lesson. Star Trek has its entire universe devoted to exploring humanity itself. And the Hitchhiker's Guide also offers a new way of looking at things as well as comedy to boot.
So. Someone please tell me what the reward in watching Farscape. You want to put Farscape in the same league as the above, but I think it falls far short. I would put it rather in the same league as Andromeda or Earth: Final Conflict (although I would give it some credit as not being in the same league as Lexx). Just another space opera looking for an audience. So I guess Farscape has found its audience--probably for being aired so close to gems such as First Wave and The Invisible Man.
But like I said, whats the point?
I could see how losing the preteen crowd could hurt puppet-based scifi. This show is so obviously targeted at the preteen market (an alien puppet that likes to fart?) that I can see how they might lose much of their audience by switching the show to past their bedtimes. It must really bother the parents who have to endure all the whining about not being able to see their show. Really, they should just convert it into an actual cartoon. Clearly that's their target demographic.
Quite an experience to live in fear, isn't it? That's what it is to be a slave.
There is an effort to get a full page add in the New York Times to let SciFi know how lame they are. Check it out here.
Str8Dog
using System.Darkside; public
He killed his wife!!! Oh my god!!!!
Nice rack though
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