I say, Jar-Jar actually turns out to be Darth Vader. Think about it. Jar-Jar kills Anakin in a fit of rage. To cover it up, he puts himself into a big black suit and changes to the dark side ("Anakin sure has been acting wierd since he starting wearing that black suit"... "Yeah but he also just went to the dark side of the force, I attribuite his changed aditude to the fact that he is now in with the sith." ) So basically, Vader doesn't die in the end of RotJ. He gets some poor sap to take his place in the death scene. Episodes 7-9 (if ever made) consist of Jar-Jar/Vaders Triumpuant Return.
Jokes aside, I think Jar-Jar could redeem himself in episode 2 in one scene..... Him hunched over a dead body with a crazed look in his eye and with blood and rabial foam comming from his mouth.
In this screen shot here , which is a screen shot of an mp3 directory, it is plainly shown that you have one Metallica mp3. Now I think you might be in big legal trouble from Altern^H^H^H^H^H^H Metallica pretty soon. Probally shut down the whole project. And Slashdot too, for linking to screen shots implying the pirating of copyrighted music. Shit.
No... Some of my best memories of my first year in college are centered around the pinball machine in our dorm lounge. Watching everyone play, and then trying to conquer it yourself. By the end of the year, we had about 3 or 4 masters of the "Terminator 2" Pinball game. Probally one of the worst pinball games ever built (technology wise) but I loved it.
I saw an error for a few minutes the poll was this http://slashdot.org/pollBooth.pl?qid=hot_steaming_ grits&aid=-1 he he, last time Rob lets those trolls update the server --Nick
ha ha ha, this is great. I'm glad I have a cable modem. I'd hate to have to wait out everystep on my old 33.6k. Especially when you get to the making burgers part (and when you dream about the burgers too) --nick
Besides the Cube sucking (Thats not the nature of my post, but I had to throw it in). A documentary won that hasn't even been released yet. In the acceptance speech the director (I think the documentary was One Day In September) admited that the film was yet to be release ANYWHERE in the world. I guess only the academy saw it. (or maybe they didn't. I wouldn't put it past them to award a movie that no one has seen, including themselves)
Agreed. The Cube sucked sooo much balls that the only redeming qualtity was the actors obesession with shoes. "Okay, you can go. BUT LEAVE YOUR SHOES" I think all the actors just had a very unnatural foot fetish.
Only problem is that Vonnegut didn't want to be considered Sci-Fi. He thought it was too restrictive. Thats why he never made Kilgore Trout famous and called him a shit writer all the time. Also, Bluebeard, Hocus Pocus, Mother Night, Deadeye Dick and most of Bagombo Snuff Box have no "science fiction" elements in them. He wrote most of these after he decided he didn't like critics calling him sci-fi (execpt for Bagombo snuff box which was primarly written really early for magazines that probally didn't want sci-fi either)
A lot of the lists here are definately good but very long. Probally more then one person can read in a year. Here at UCSB they actually teach a Sci Fi class and here is what they teach (I want to add more but I will restrain myself so as to not make this list too big)
Texts: Shelley, Frankenstein Wells, The Time Machine Asimov, I, Robot Dick, Bladerunner, or Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness Clarke, 2001: A Space Odyssey Gibson, Burning Chrome
Films:
Gilliam, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen Lang, Metropolis Clarke, 2001: A Space Odyssey Scott, Bladerunner Longo, Johnny Mnemonic
I know there is also another class known as Psy-Fi. ITs not being offered this quarter so I cannot post a syllabus but if I remember correctly it has to do with Psychological aspects of Science Fiction.
I've never played Mech 3 but if its anything like one and 2 it is not similar to Shogo. Shogo is an anime style FPS and it allows you to be (in half the levels) and 3 story tall robot that fights other 3 story tall robots (and some tiny people that you can step on). So you are either a normal person or a 3 story tall mech (and it is still just a FPS)
Woah there cowboy. First off it was a joke. Second off having both a been on a school network and having a cable modem there are definately benefits to both. The main benefit of having the cable modem, though, is not technological or monetary. The main benefit of having a cable modem is to NOT live on campus but to live in your own place. Maybe its just my independence that makes me want to live off-campus.
Oh yeah and with how much they charge to live in the dorms, it is cheaper to live off campus with a cable modem, that generally has a better connection (the again my schools network was just a T1 for 6 residents halls) then it is to live on campus and have to deal with residents halls idiots. (i.e. freshmen)
Also, cable modems (and cable TV too) only cost me and my roommate about $50 dollars a month and there was NO cost to buy the equipment.
Slashdot Mirror
The robotic Richard Simmons.
Oh my god, his ass is gonna blow!!!
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Normally my Birthday falls on Bastille day. Bastille Day, that wonderful day when the whole country of France clebrates the aniversary of the storming of the Bastille. This used to be special, until now. Now I can honestly say, the movie X-men came out on my birthday!!! And to celebrate I am throwing the "Totally Rad X-men Birthday Bash ©" Complete with the X-men ice cream cake, x-men party hats, x-men plates and cups. It'll be a birthday to remember. Even better then the one where I stormed the Bastille for fun (man that was tough explaining *that* to the French Authorities)
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Lots of people here are pricks. I'm usually a nice prick but that still makes me a prick. : )
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And if you live where I live, I get the Santa Barbara effect. Always nice and sunny and never too hot or cold ; )
same rule applies to the beer here too.
ain't college grand?
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I say, Jar-Jar actually turns out to be Darth Vader. Think about it. Jar-Jar kills Anakin in a fit of rage. To cover it up, he puts himself into a big black suit and changes to the dark side ("Anakin sure has been acting wierd since he starting wearing that black suit" ... "Yeah but he also just went to the dark side of the force, I attribuite his changed aditude to the fact that he is now in with the sith." ) So basically, Vader doesn't die in the end of RotJ. He gets some poor sap to take his place in the death scene. Episodes 7-9 (if ever made) consist of Jar-Jar/Vaders Triumpuant Return.
Jokes aside, I think Jar-Jar could redeem himself in episode 2 in one scene..... Him hunched over a dead body with a crazed look in his eye and with blood and rabial foam comming from his mouth.
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And being in typical Penny Arcade fashion, I'll bet its amazingly un-funny and stupid.
--reads strip--
Yup, its completely un-funny and stupid.
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Hmmm... and I only picked even numbers too..... good thing I'm not normally a sarcastic asshole. Otherwise I'd make fun of you.
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I say we rot-13 every text file maybe 2 or 4 or maybe even 6 times. That will really scramble the data around.
Think about it.......
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In this screen shot here , which is a screen shot of an mp3 directory, it is plainly shown that you have one Metallica mp3. Now I think you might be in big legal trouble from Altern^H^H^H^H^H^H Metallica pretty soon. Probally shut down the whole project. And Slashdot too, for linking to screen shots implying the pirating of copyrighted music. Shit.
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Honestly, I don't know either. I don't really think I said anything, but oh well, if someone wants to give me karma, i'm not going to argue : )
You've got to love this moderation system......
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Yeah no kidding. i've been thinking about purchasing a pinball machine myself for about a year now. they always seem soo expensive .....
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No... Some of my best memories of my first year in college are centered around the pinball machine in our dorm lounge. Watching everyone play, and then trying to conquer it yourself. By the end of the year, we had about 3 or 4 masters of the "Terminator 2" Pinball game. Probally one of the worst pinball games ever built (technology wise) but I loved it.
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The link is here
I can't belive i forgot my HTML ; (
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I saw an error for a few minutes the poll was this http://slashdot.org/pollBooth.pl?qid=hot_steaming_ grits&aid=-1 he he, last time Rob lets those trolls update the server --Nick
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ha ha ha, this is great. I'm glad I have a cable modem. I'd hate to have to wait out everystep on my old 33.6k. Especially when you get to the making burgers part (and when you dream about the burgers too) --nick
I think the s stands for secure. all secure websites start out with https://blah...
Besides the Cube sucking (Thats not the nature of my post, but I had to throw it in). A documentary won that hasn't even been released yet. In the acceptance speech the director (I think the documentary was One Day In September) admited that the film was yet to be release ANYWHERE in the world. I guess only the academy saw it. (or maybe they didn't. I wouldn't put it past them to award a movie that no one has seen, including themselves)
Agreed. The Cube sucked sooo much balls that the only redeming qualtity was the actors obesession with shoes. "Okay, you can go. BUT LEAVE YOUR SHOES" I think all the actors just had a very unnatural foot fetish.
Shut up
Less then a t1 actually. My cable modem off campus is infinately faster then the dorms was
Only problem is that Vonnegut didn't want to be considered Sci-Fi. He thought it was too restrictive. Thats why he never made Kilgore Trout famous and called him a shit writer all the time. Also, Bluebeard, Hocus Pocus, Mother Night, Deadeye Dick and most of Bagombo Snuff Box have no "science fiction" elements in them. He wrote most of these after he decided he didn't like critics calling him sci-fi (execpt for Bagombo snuff box which was primarly written really early for magazines that probally didn't want sci-fi either)
A lot of the lists here are definately good but very long. Probally more then one person can read in a year. Here at UCSB they actually teach a Sci Fi class and here is what they teach (I want to add more but I will restrain myself so as to not make this list too big)
Texts:
Shelley, Frankenstein
Wells, The Time Machine Asimov, I, Robot
Dick, Bladerunner, or Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness
Clarke, 2001: A Space Odyssey
Gibson, Burning Chrome
Films:
Gilliam, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Lang, Metropolis
Clarke, 2001: A Space Odyssey
Scott, Bladerunner
Longo, Johnny Mnemonic
I know there is also another class known as Psy-Fi. ITs not being offered this quarter so I cannot post a syllabus but if I remember correctly it has to do with Psychological aspects of Science Fiction.
I've never played Mech 3 but if its anything like one and 2 it is not similar to Shogo. Shogo is an anime style FPS and it allows you to be (in half the levels) and 3 story tall robot that fights other 3 story tall robots (and some tiny people that you can step on). So you are either a normal person or a 3 story tall mech (and it is still just a FPS)
Woah there cowboy. First off it was a joke. Second off having both a been on a school network and having a cable modem there are definately benefits to both. The main benefit of having the cable modem, though, is not technological or monetary. The main benefit of having a cable modem is to NOT live on campus but to live in your own place. Maybe its just my independence that makes me want to live off-campus.
Oh yeah and with how much they charge to live in the dorms, it is cheaper to live off campus with a cable modem, that generally has a better connection (the again my schools network was just a T1 for 6 residents halls) then it is to live on campus and have to deal with residents halls idiots. (i.e. freshmen)
Also, cable modems (and cable TV too) only cost me and my roommate about $50 dollars a month and there was NO cost to buy the equipment.
Ah come on, with AOL/Time Warner Merger you should get good cable modem access soon : )