The article made zero mention of Obama, other than when Lieberman referenced "the president" in his quote. This is Lieberman's idea. Granted, if it passes and gets signed into law, then obama has played a role...but until then, this is about Lieberman the Toad.
Obama can have my root passwords only from my cold, dead, brain.
Read the freakin' summary, at the very least. It's Lieberman the Toad that wants to do this, not Obama. (Although, given the chance, Obama likely would...but still, this is about Lieberman.)
Probably not, most people have actually seen both of those shows and are well aware they're nowhere near the quality in both production and entertainment value as The Simpsons.
Whoa whoa whoa. I never said the Simpsons weren't good entertainment...I simply said Homer, in my opinion, is far from being the greatest character out there.
I threw out Arnold Rimmer from Red Dwarf as an example, not as a suggestion for the top spot. Me personally, looking strictly from an intelligence, growth, and interesting point of view, I would likely choose either Dexter Morgan or Omar from The Wire.
Good point, hadn't really thought of it that way...of course, if you are into cooking and nerdy, you should have a laptop/tablet/all-in-one touchscreen PC in your kitchen;-)
Appreciate and still actively collect? Our social circle is filled with very like-minded people (into comics, video games, movies, pen and paper RPGs, etc.), and we are the only two who actively collect books (excluding comics...most of our friends do that, but I don't count comics and dead-tree books in the same category). Most of them still have books from when they were younger, but they don't currently still buy books on a regular basis.
In fact, when we recently moved into our apartment two months ago, I'd say the vast majority of non-furniture that we moved were boxes of books. We have more book cases than other types of furniture combined:-)
My point was that out of all the intelligent, deep, and stimulating characters we have had in TV and film in this country, what gets voted as the greatest is one who brings nothing but the average person to the table. That, to me, is awfully self-centered...just like our country. We don't aspire to greatness, but merely the a comfortable, head-in-the-sand lifestyle.
For the record, I live about 20 minutes outside of DC. Forgive me if my views are cynical, but living around here will do that to you -_-;;
Purely from a variety and skill point of view, I would have to nominate Arnold Rimmer from Red Dwarf. The number of different characters and personality mutations that character (and subsequently the actor) had to go through was ENORMOUS. Each and every one of them were expertly done, they were all done by the same actor, and unlike The Mighty Boosh where one actor plays multiple characters, they were all still technically Rimmer.
That's why you wait until it has been out for a few weeks:-)
Some movies, however, are made better by seeing them with a large audience. A couple of examples:
The South Park movie. I saw that shit in a theater so packed people were overflowing into the aisles (yes it was opening night, and yes people snuck in). That was one of the best moviegoing experiences of my life...every single person in that audience were huge South Park fans, and every single person was way into it. It was kind of like going to a Rocky Horror Picture Show viewing, except no one knew what was coming.
Another example: The Grudge. I went with a friend to see it in theaters on opening night, and there was the absolute PERFECT crowd for this movie. Upon later viewing at home, we realized how lame and horrible it was, but dude, I swear to you: that night, seeing that movie, in that theater, with that crowd, it was somehow the scariest moviegoing experience in my life. People were screaming, grown men were crying...I don't know if we got a theater full of people on shrooms or what, but for some reason, for that hour and forty five minutes or so, that theater was positively TERRIFIED of what was happening on screen. It was simultaneously really weird, slightly emotionally damaging, and an amazing experience.
One last example: The Dark Knight. My fiancee and I saw it at an IMAX, and the crowd was almost entirely teenagers. "Great", we thought. "These fuckers are going to talk throughout the whole thing". The instant the movie started, the entire theater fell silent. No one made a single solitary sound the entire time. As the credits started to roll, the whole theater sat in stunned silence for a few seconds...and then erupted in thunderous applause. The entire time the movie was playing, it was like the theater had vanished, everyone in it had merged together, and we all had the EXACT SAME experience for two and a half hours.
I've had similar experiences at the movies. It's all about the audience...the audience makes or breaks it.
...if you (like myself and my fiancee) are one of the few people out there that still appreciate dead-tree books, you are also likely one of those people that won't give a fuck about something like this.
I caught it one night on-demand while spending a night at a friend's house. I actually kinda wish I had seen it in theaters...it seems like one of those movies where the large screen size is required for some of the impact.
Avatar actually suffers from this same fate...we have a pretty decent 42" flatscreen, but it wasn't nearly as engaging at home as it was on the big screen.
You're gonna have to clue me in on the joke... I mean, if the cost of settling for those 5,000 Does is $2,000 each, then that's $10M to split between the producers and lawyers. Hurt Locker has racked up about $48M in worldwide box office so far (against a production cost of $15M). How is $10M "almost as much money" as $48M? (Not to mention the $28M from DVD and BD sales.)
You're right, it isn't.
And, let's see....9 Oscar nominations with 6 wins, including Best Picture and Best Director; about 100 awards from groups that like to hand out prizes; 97% on Rotten Tomatoes; the praise of two Iraq veterans with whom I watched it...yeah, it's a crappy film. Are you forgetting that it's lowest-box-office-ever-for-Best-Picture status in large part stems from its extreme shortage of prints?
I never once said it was crappy. I personally liked it...not enough for a best picture, but I liked it. Apparently, a LOT of other people didn't. Hence my post.
And just because it's slashdot....what's up with putting "stealing" in quotes? Are you saying that if I'm offering my car for sale and someone drives it away without paying, that my car hasn't been stolen?
You would no longer have access to your car, hence it would have been stolen. If someone took a copy of the DVD from a Virgin Megastore, that would be stealing, as it would prevent another person from having that same DVD.
Downloading a movie isn't stealing, as it isn't restricting your ability to obtain those exact same zeros and ones. It's illegal and immoral, but it isn't stealing.
Interesting, isn't it? Here, you have some indie film makers suing downloaders...and yet, many other indie film makers rely on downloaders to get the word out about their work. Other than Hurt Locker, I sure as hell never heard of the other movies.
I guess that's the difference between an artist and a professional?
In the case of The Hurt Locker, when you stand to make almost as much money suing 5,000 people for "stealing" your movie as it did at the box office, maybe you should have made a better movie.
In a nutshell, this is exactly what's wrong with the United States circa 2010. This is a ridiculously dominionist viewpoint, common among the Christian Right. In a politico-religious context, dominionism is the tendency among some conservative politically-active Christians to seek influence or control over secular civil government through political action. The goal is either a nation governed by Christians, or a nation governed by a conservative Christian understanding of biblical law.
So guess what, fuck you and your polluting cars. Fuck you and your idea that anyone who doesn't share your viewpoint is an "insurmountable problem". As far as your idea of a "solution" goes, let's just hope it's not the "final" variety.
Uh...I was talking about solving problems like how I can get a document layout to look proper, or how to get an engine mount to fit in a car it wasn't made for...
I find it to be eminently satisfying to be a part of the moment where a student is struggling with some tough (for them) concept and then the proverbial light clicks on and the understanding flows in. I also feel quite good about how students will return to me after a few years, students that quite often despised me for various reasons (not the least of which is that I made them *GASP* work and held them accountable), and tell me how much they learned in my class and wish that they had other teachers who could get through to them in the same way.
This is exactly why my fiancee is a teacher. She hates the politics, the bureaucracy of it all...but seeing her students understand a concept they didn't understand when they first walked into her room makes her light up like a christmas tree:-)
I'm not conceited enough to think that my career is the most emotionally satisfying thing that will occur in my life, or is the most emotionally satisfying thing "EVAH!", but it is definitely a very rewarding choice for me.
I meant problem solving in general, whether it be your career, your relationship, or your life.
Some will teach their kids how to make text adventures, some will teach them how to write.wad files, some will teach them how to make aimbots, some will teach them how to hex edit Myth files, and some will teach them how to make the next DotA. Whatever works, that's all that matters:-)
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The article made zero mention of Obama, other than when Lieberman referenced "the president" in his quote. This is Lieberman's idea. Granted, if it passes and gets signed into law, then obama has played a role...but until then, this is about Lieberman the Toad.
Obama can have my root passwords only from my cold, dead, brain.
Read the freakin' summary, at the very least. It's Lieberman the Toad that wants to do this, not Obama. (Although, given the chance, Obama likely would...but still, this is about Lieberman.)
Probably not, most people have actually seen both of those shows and are well aware they're nowhere near the quality in both production and entertainment value as The Simpsons.
Whoa whoa whoa. I never said the Simpsons weren't good entertainment...I simply said Homer, in my opinion, is far from being the greatest character out there.
I threw out Arnold Rimmer from Red Dwarf as an example, not as a suggestion for the top spot. Me personally, looking strictly from an intelligence, growth, and interesting point of view, I would likely choose either Dexter Morgan or Omar from The Wire.
Good point, hadn't really thought of it that way...of course, if you are into cooking and nerdy, you should have a laptop/tablet/all-in-one touchscreen PC in your kitchen ;-)
Appreciate and still actively collect? Our social circle is filled with very like-minded people (into comics, video games, movies, pen and paper RPGs, etc.), and we are the only two who actively collect books (excluding comics...most of our friends do that, but I don't count comics and dead-tree books in the same category). Most of them still have books from when they were younger, but they don't currently still buy books on a regular basis.
In fact, when we recently moved into our apartment two months ago, I'd say the vast majority of non-furniture that we moved were boxes of books. We have more book cases than other types of furniture combined :-)
My point was that out of all the intelligent, deep, and stimulating characters we have had in TV and film in this country, what gets voted as the greatest is one who brings nothing but the average person to the table. That, to me, is awfully self-centered...just like our country. We don't aspire to greatness, but merely the a comfortable, head-in-the-sand lifestyle.
For the record, I live about 20 minutes outside of DC. Forgive me if my views are cynical, but living around here will do that to you -_-;;
Purely from a variety and skill point of view, I would have to nominate Arnold Rimmer from Red Dwarf. The number of different characters and personality mutations that character (and subsequently the actor) had to go through was ENORMOUS. Each and every one of them were expertly done, they were all done by the same actor, and unlike The Mighty Boosh where one actor plays multiple characters, they were all still technically Rimmer.
A fat, balding, selfish, stupid, bad-skinned, horrible-father-figure is voted as being "great". Welcome to America.
That's why you wait until it has been out for a few weeks:-)
Some movies, however, are made better by seeing them with a large audience. A couple of examples:
The South Park movie. I saw that shit in a theater so packed people were overflowing into the aisles (yes it was opening night, and yes people snuck in). That was one of the best moviegoing experiences of my life...every single person in that audience were huge South Park fans, and every single person was way into it. It was kind of like going to a Rocky Horror Picture Show viewing, except no one knew what was coming.
Another example: The Grudge. I went with a friend to see it in theaters on opening night, and there was the absolute PERFECT crowd for this movie. Upon later viewing at home, we realized how lame and horrible it was, but dude, I swear to you: that night, seeing that movie, in that theater, with that crowd, it was somehow the scariest moviegoing experience in my life. People were screaming, grown men were crying...I don't know if we got a theater full of people on shrooms or what, but for some reason, for that hour and forty five minutes or so, that theater was positively TERRIFIED of what was happening on screen. It was simultaneously really weird, slightly emotionally damaging, and an amazing experience.
One last example: The Dark Knight. My fiancee and I saw it at an IMAX, and the crowd was almost entirely teenagers. "Great", we thought. "These fuckers are going to talk throughout the whole thing". The instant the movie started, the entire theater fell silent. No one made a single solitary sound the entire time. As the credits started to roll, the whole theater sat in stunned silence for a few seconds...and then erupted in thunderous applause. The entire time the movie was playing, it was like the theater had vanished, everyone in it had merged together, and we all had the EXACT SAME experience for two and a half hours.
I've had similar experiences at the movies. It's all about the audience...the audience makes or breaks it.
...if you (like myself and my fiancee) are one of the few people out there that still appreciate dead-tree books, you are also likely one of those people that won't give a fuck about something like this.
I caught it one night on-demand while spending a night at a friend's house. I actually kinda wish I had seen it in theaters...it seems like one of those movies where the large screen size is required for some of the impact.
Avatar actually suffers from this same fate...we have a pretty decent 42" flatscreen, but it wasn't nearly as engaging at home as it was on the big screen.
You're gonna have to clue me in on the joke... I mean, if the cost of settling for those 5,000 Does is $2,000 each, then that's $10M to split between the producers and lawyers. Hurt Locker has racked up about $48M in worldwide box office so far (against a production cost of $15M). How is $10M "almost as much money" as $48M? (Not to mention the $28M from DVD and BD sales.)
You're right, it isn't.
And, let's see....9 Oscar nominations with 6 wins, including Best Picture and Best Director; about 100 awards from groups that like to hand out prizes; 97% on Rotten Tomatoes; the praise of two Iraq veterans with whom I watched it...yeah, it's a crappy film. Are you forgetting that it's lowest-box-office-ever-for-Best-Picture status in large part stems from its extreme shortage of prints?
I never once said it was crappy. I personally liked it...not enough for a best picture, but I liked it. Apparently, a LOT of other people didn't. Hence my post.
And just because it's slashdot....what's up with putting "stealing" in quotes? Are you saying that if I'm offering my car for sale and someone drives it away without paying, that my car hasn't been stolen?
You would no longer have access to your car, hence it would have been stolen. If someone took a copy of the DVD from a Virgin Megastore, that would be stealing, as it would prevent another person from having that same DVD.
Downloading a movie isn't stealing, as it isn't restricting your ability to obtain those exact same zeros and ones. It's illegal and immoral, but it isn't stealing.
In 1990, New Kids on the Block had a number 1 hit on the Billboard charts. I'll say that again: New Kids on the Block had a number 1 hit.
First doesn't always mean best.
Interesting, isn't it? Here, you have some indie film makers suing downloaders...and yet, many other indie film makers rely on downloaders to get the word out about their work. Other than Hurt Locker, I sure as hell never heard of the other movies.
I guess that's the difference between an artist and a professional?
In the case of The Hurt Locker, when you stand to make almost as much money suing 5,000 people for "stealing" your movie as it did at the box office, maybe you should have made a better movie.
This will make our Counterstrike drinking game MUCH more interesting.
Gonna give this one a try on the ol Dell Mini 9. I wonder though...how will gamers respond?
Either that, or a picture of Steve Jobs' face, with one half looking like a wolf and the other half looking like a sheep.
Remind anyone of The Nite Owl, from Watchmen?
Because Blu-Ray players require firmware updates.
::ding ding ding:: We have a winnah!
In a nutshell, this is exactly what's wrong with the United States circa 2010. This is a ridiculously dominionist viewpoint, common among the Christian Right. In a politico-religious context, dominionism is the tendency among some conservative politically-active Christians to seek influence or control over secular civil government through political action. The goal is either a nation governed by Christians, or a nation governed by a conservative Christian understanding of biblical law.
So guess what, fuck you and your polluting cars. Fuck you and your idea that anyone who doesn't share your viewpoint is an "insurmountable problem". As far as your idea of a "solution" goes, let's just hope it's not the "final" variety.
Uh...I was talking about solving problems like how I can get a document layout to look proper, or how to get an engine mount to fit in a car it wasn't made for...
WTF are you talking about?
In a word: Teaching.
I find it to be eminently satisfying to be a part of the moment where a student is struggling with some tough (for them) concept and then the proverbial light clicks on and the understanding flows in. I also feel quite good about how students will return to me after a few years, students that quite often despised me for various reasons (not the least of which is that I made them *GASP* work and held them accountable), and tell me how much they learned in my class and wish that they had other teachers who could get through to them in the same way.
This is exactly why my fiancee is a teacher. She hates the politics, the bureaucracy of it all...but seeing her students understand a concept they didn't understand when they first walked into her room makes her light up like a christmas tree:-)
I'm not conceited enough to think that my career is the most emotionally satisfying thing that will occur in my life, or is the most emotionally satisfying thing "EVAH!", but it is definitely a very rewarding choice for me.
I meant problem solving in general, whether it be your career, your relationship, or your life.
Sure, why not?
Some will teach their kids how to make text adventures, some will teach them how to write .wad files, some will teach them how to make aimbots, some will teach them how to hex edit Myth files, and some will teach them how to make the next DotA. Whatever works, that's all that matters :-)
I'd say "the touch of a woman," but that's probably insurmountable for you, too.
You're right. I tried with your mom, but she was quite insurmountable.