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Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow!

Posted by michael on from the where's-my-flying-car dept.

ph43thon writes "The New York Times Magazine has a neat story about the sci-fi nerd, Kerry Conran, behind 'Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow.' It's an interesting look at his creative journey starting with a Macintosh IIci. It took him twelve hours just to render individual robot legs. Antisocial, shy people rejoice! Hide in your homes until you get discovered by a movie producer!!"

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  1. MOD PARENT DOWN! -1 REDUNDANT! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The link in the story is already a google link. The parent is redundant. Mod down.

    1. Re:MOD PARENT DOWN! -1 REDUNDANT! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Sure thing, buddy

  2. Obligatory Response by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    What is so damn hard about registering your own name? If you are going to read their content, you should agree to read it on their terms, or not read it at all.

    People scream "privacy invasion!" but then they find and abuse loopholes to steal the content. If you have an issue with the New York Times, then don't read it. But don't bitch about something and then abuse a loophole to get it anyway.

    You want something, but you can't have it on terms that you agree to, so you will just steal it? What kind of hypocritical mindset lets you do that?

    1. Re:Obligatory Response by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      You stole my idea. I was just going to say that. Now I demand $699 in restitution, you can make the check out to "Darl McBride." Thank you.

    2. Re:Obligatory Response by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      No hypocritical is bitching about people not wanting to register for a page of text while at the same time doing it without registering to post your own comment.

  3. Re:Mr. Invisible and the Secret Mission to Hollywo by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    That's right mods, let's all encourage copyright violation.

    If you want to read a NYTimes article, why don't you read it from the New York Times? "Free registration required" doesn't mean "Theft permitted".

  4. New York Times & Labor Outsourcing by Sour+Protein+Supreme · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    While I agree with your post (in theory) up to a point, the reality is that immigrant workers (in particular, illegal ones) have been shown to be significantly better at time management and have greater productivity than their white counterparts. Many employers have a preconceived notion of illegals as dirty, uneducated "wetbacks" who are only good at menial janitorial jobs. The reality is that the American economy would mushroom if only we would take advantage of the enormous low-cost workforce out there currently wasted as tomato-pickers and housemaids.

    For instance, if the federal minimum wage law was amended to allow undocumented workers to be paid $2-3/hour, employers could afford up expand their operations up to 75%! Imagine creating HUNDREDS of thousands of jobs with the stroke of the pen, at NO EXTRA cost to industry! These are numbers George W. Bush could only dream of with his well-intentioned but ultimately ineffective tax cuts. Hopefully the upcoming election will highlight this important issue.

  5. NY Times by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Why is it that even though /. has access to NY Times articles without registration that stories are posted with links that require registration first?

  6. Parent is lying - check the links yourself by EvilSporkMan · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Blasted trolls...Parent down, grandparent whatever.

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  7. PARENT IS A TROLL! MOD DOWN THE SPORK TROLL! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The parent is a spork troll from anti-slash.org. Check his journal if you don't believe me. Just about every post is discussing ways to ruin Slashdot. Mod this annoying troll down.

  8. Re:plug! by ph43thon · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    That's not nice, my blog is a good blog. AND, I contributed a good news story that no one else seemed to register. My post was not a flame.

  9. Re:Mr. Invisible and the Secret Mission to Hollywo by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    What's this "theft" you're talking about, and why shouldn't we do it?

  10. FUCK YOU, FAGGOT! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I tried to go straight, but I got modded down for not being a linux fanatic.

    Therefore, more trolling!

    FAGGOT!

  11. YOU FAIL IT. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
  12. Re:STFU FAGGOT by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Ok, buddy

  13. Re:Mr. Invisible and the Secret Mission to Hollywo by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    OK, so I said theft (as in IP theft) when I meant "copyright violation". Easy slip to make these days, unfortunately. You know what I meant and it's perfectly obvious that it is, in some sense of the word, theft (as in misappropriation).

    IHBT.

  14. Re:just to be exact by freeweed · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    It's my pedantic obligation to say this:

    antisocial P Pronunciation Key (nt-sshl, nt-)
    adj.

    1. Shunning the society of others; not sociable.

    2. Hostile to or disruptive of the established social order; marked by or engaging in behavior that violates accepted mores: gangs engaging in vandalism and other antisocial behavior.

    3. Antagonistic toward or disrespectful of others; rude.

    Word often have different meanings.

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