Yeah... I'm a big fan. There's an interesting difference between the original and the Redux, but they're both quite good.
Hm, I think you've used all the adjectives I would - and yeah, Kilgore is a great character. Kurtz is also rather interesting.
It's also somewhat amusing to see actors like Ford and Fishburne in these smaller roles before they got really big....
Whenever I see the phrase "hella neat," all I can think is "What? Hello Kitty? Huh?"
That aside, the iPaq is pretty sexy - and a good device, if your tastes run that way. Me, all I want is everything my Palm IIIxe (still the best Palm-made PalmOS device out there) gives me - addresses, calendar, Rogue, and RTF word processing. (rock on, Palm Portable Keyboard!)
The only new device I've seriously considered is the ravishingly sexy HandEra 330. Yee-ow.
I heard someone on NPR make the good poitn that that probably won't really last that long. Come on, this is the US we're talking about. They'll use Uzbekistan for whatever they damn well please.
I wear glasses and have a horrific fear of contacts (can't stand the thought of actually *touching* my eyeball).
Hear, hear.
For a long time I've had toruble with the glaucoma test (glaucoma sort of runs in the family) involving the lightbulb against the eyeball, and only recently have gotten the hang of it.
I still don't dig the idea of contacts. I'll keep my spectacles, thankyouverymuch. Besides, it's sometimes handy to be able to defocus everything further than an arm's length away.
Well, someone is clearly not an obsessive PDA geek.
Being one myself, however, I'd wager both of my shoes that "PalmIIIxe-compatible" means the body of the device works with III/VII-series peripherals (PalmPix, PPK(ooh), maybe even the various palm robots). Presumably, then, there is also the same kind of serial port. I think this is an excellent move on the manufacturer's part.
I'd like to note also that in my far from humble opinion, the IIIxe remains the best PalmOS device made by Palm.
One of my favorite "simple amusements" in SimCopter used to be setting up a city in SCURK that's just a circular road and a few buldings and loading it as a user level in SimCopter. Then I'd get into a helicopter (occasionally an f-16 if i was feeling particularly stressed) and activate the "Out for a sunday drive" code that puts your persepective behind one of the cars in the city (while leaving control). Then I could watch myself flying around, terroriziing the city, holding up traffic by landing in the road, etc.
Easily amused....
Of course, I haven't played SimCopter at all this week... it feels... odd.
An easier way for Windows users to switch to the Linux version, than trying to return their Windows version of the game and get their money back.
Some software these days comes with a Mac and a PC version on the same CD - assuming that the user only has one or the other. So I guess you could just slap the linux version on as well.
It'd be great if you run both Windows and Linux. You only pay for the game once, but you can pay it no matter which OS you're in at the moment. That seems fair.
That's a good point - in the book, certainly, the planet Soror has been inhabited by humans for millions of years. But I think ender is on the right track.
I read the book several weeks ago and found it to be very well-written and somewhat disturbing. And I was pleased to see, last night in DC's Uptown theater(DC residents will know how much buttock that theater prods), that some of the book was well-preserved in the film.
Several reviews I read seemed to disdain the ending as a cheap sequel setup. But I saw it as a good adaptation of the book's ending. The entire movie was good, though - highlights included the old rich orang and his young chimp wife, the references to the original (damn dirty human!), the apes themselves, the interspecies romance, and the rain of flaming monkeys. Sorry, apes. And the music was pretty good.
I really recommend the book - they've republished it with a cover that I don't like, but in paperback. Definitely worth the US$6.99.
My prediction for this discussion: Original purists vs book purists vs people who loved this movie. Also, extended arguments about time and space and which planets were where when. My friends and I coudln't really come to a conclusion about that, despite an hour's worth of argument. I guess we'll just wait for the inevitable sequel (which I can't see as being as good).
Laser scalpels? Hells, I'd buy them if you called them laser scalpels... how many SF universes have "laser scalpels?"
Star Trek does, right? Or am I delusional (it's been too long since voyager ended, sniff)?
-j
PS. I have often envisioned a laser-based facial razor, with a low-power scanning beam to detect your facial topography and a higher-powered beam to slice off the hair. I know that's totally impossible, but the name "Laser Razor" would be so much fun to market....
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Yeah... I'm a big fan. There's an interesting difference between the original and the Redux, but they're both quite good.
Hm, I think you've used all the adjectives I would - and yeah, Kilgore is a great character. Kurtz is also rather interesting.
It's also somewhat amusing to see actors like Ford and Fishburne in these smaller roles before they got really big....
Well, there's Palm OS....
Bwaha. Yes, that's exactly what I meant.
Not something more rational like, say, rich-text formatting....
Whenever I see the phrase "hella neat," all I can think is "What? Hello Kitty? Huh?"
That aside, the iPaq is pretty sexy - and a good device, if your tastes run that way. Me, all I want is everything my Palm IIIxe (still the best Palm-made PalmOS device out there) gives me - addresses, calendar, Rogue, and RTF word processing. (rock on, Palm Portable Keyboard!)
The only new device I've seriously considered is the ravishingly sexy HandEra 330. Yee-ow.
Oh no, here come the PocketPC users, eeeee....
I'd say you make a valid point.
One or the other, the US is used to getting its way.
I heard someone on NPR make the good poitn that that probably won't really last that long. Come on, this is the US we're talking about. They'll use Uzbekistan for whatever they damn well please.
Now, if we can get some orbiting phsaer platforms, there's still a chance we can realign ourselves with Star trek "history."
I wear glasses and have a horrific fear of contacts (can't stand the thought of actually *touching* my eyeball).
Hear, hear.
For a long time I've had toruble with the glaucoma test (glaucoma sort of runs in the family) involving the lightbulb against the eyeball, and only recently have gotten the hang of it.
I still don't dig the idea of contacts. I'll keep my spectacles, thankyouverymuch. Besides, it's sometimes handy to be able to defocus everything further than an arm's length away.
Well, someone is clearly not an obsessive PDA geek.
Being one myself, however, I'd wager both of my shoes that "PalmIIIxe-compatible" means the body of the device works with III/VII-series peripherals (PalmPix, PPK(ooh), maybe even the various palm robots). Presumably, then, there is also the same kind of serial port. I think this is an excellent move on the manufacturer's part.
I'd like to note also that in my far from humble opinion, the IIIxe remains the best PalmOS device made by Palm.
Sunday-driving mode...
One of my favorite "simple amusements" in SimCopter used to be setting up a city in SCURK that's just a circular road and a few buldings and loading it as a user level in SimCopter. Then I'd get into a helicopter (occasionally an f-16 if i was feeling particularly stressed) and activate the "Out for a sunday drive" code that puts your persepective behind one of the cars in the city (while leaving control). Then I could watch myself flying around, terroriziing the city, holding up traffic by landing in the road, etc.
Easily amused....
Of course, I haven't played SimCopter at all this week... it feels... odd.
Yeah, well, it doesn't take long to string clichés together....
-jThe what?
-jAn easier way for Windows users to switch to the Linux version, than trying to return their Windows version of the game and get their money back.
Some software these days comes with a Mac and a PC version on the same CD - assuming that the user only has one or the other. So I guess you could just slap the linux version on as well.
It'd be great if you run both Windows and Linux. You only pay for the game once, but you can pay it no matter which OS you're in at the moment. That seems fair.
Of course, size is a factor....
-jThat's a good point - in the book, certainly, the planet Soror has been inhabited by humans for millions of years. But I think ender is on the right track.
-jHow do you suppose they have responded to the movie? "See, we'd better be nice to them!"
This makes me wonder. Do you suppose there were bonobos among the apes in the film, too?
-j1. That didn't bother me. I found it fitting. The gorillas in the book reminded me of Klingons, too.
-j2. Those humans were survivors of the Oberon, I think. That seems to make sense.
3. Well, yeah, but religion is a powerful thing.
I read the book several weeks ago and found it to be very well-written and somewhat disturbing. And I was pleased to see, last night in DC's Uptown theater(DC residents will know how much buttock that theater prods), that some of the book was well-preserved in the film.
Several reviews I read seemed to disdain the ending as a cheap sequel setup. But I saw it as a good adaptation of the book's ending. The entire movie was good, though - highlights included the old rich orang and his young chimp wife, the references to the original (damn dirty human!), the apes themselves, the interspecies romance, and the rain of flaming monkeys. Sorry, apes. And the music was pretty good.
I really recommend the book - they've republished it with a cover that I don't like, but in paperback. Definitely worth the US$6.99 .
My prediction for this discussion: Original purists vs book purists vs people who loved this movie. Also, extended arguments about time and space and which planets were where when. My friends and I coudln't really come to a conclusion about that, despite an hour's worth of argument. I guess we'll just wait for the inevitable sequel (which I can't see as being as good).
Ooook.
-jHeh. Yeah. Voyager had its low points. I was actually expressing woe at a general lack of Star Trek.
-jLaser scalpels? Hells, I'd buy them if you called them laser scalpels... how many SF universes have "laser scalpels?"
Star Trek does, right? Or am I delusional (it's been too long since voyager ended, sniff)?
-jPS. I have often envisioned a laser-based facial razor, with a low-power scanning beam to detect your facial topography and a higher-powered beam to slice off the hair. I know that's totally impossible, but the name "Laser Razor" would be so much fun to market....
Gosh, here in Maryland, it takes the act of a surgeon to change your sex.
...oh. Legal document. 8)
-jWow. There's a story.
But, you know, if you had a time machine, you could keep all that from happening.
-jYou are number six?
Yech. Not at all. I was actually thinking of attempting to tamper with the delivery of the baby.
I guess that's only slightly less weird....
-jand date of birth too.
Quick! To the time machine!
("no, listen you have to hold on for at least *checks watch* two more hours. no, i can't tell you why. oh, damn. nurse!")
Or something....
-j
I don't think I'm going to dignify that with a directly relevant response....
-j