I think from time to time during the production of this movie, somebody opened up a D&D manual, found some errata that vaguely applied to the situation, and then failed horribly to make it a worthwhile addition.
For example, when they're captured by the elf woman and her crew, and the dwarf is forced to ride a horse, and he's bugging out. They just had to say "Dwarves hate horses, you know?" and having the dwarf squirming around as if they expect our reaction to be "hahaha - Dwarves DO hate horses - it's funny cuz its TRUE"
And when the name dropped off the tombstone? Argh, I wanted to punch somebody right then. The stupid comic-relief thief was dead, and the last thing I was willing to handle was him coming back.
When the thief and the mage starting kissing, WHERE IN THE HELL DID THAT COME FROM? There was no dialogue motivation for it whatsoever, it was probably just the only scene with them alone, so they had to throw it in because of a focus group or something.
The point is, D&D the movie sucks goat scrotum, and no one should spend money or time watching it. Rant off.
Of course, there are hundreds if not thousands of
ISPs, schools, and/or universities in the country with shoddy security. I'd guess it would
take me about 45 minutes to steal a bushel
of usernames/passwords from my university
just by putting a keylogger on one of the
public Windoze boxes.
Each of those accounts is a bit of web space,
of course. Upload all your software to them
with some nifty web pages, submit
it all to Yahoo, and make a few posts
about on the appropriate forums.
Sure, the wrong people might catch on that some
accts had been hacked, but by that time, the
cat's out of the bag and roaming the net, shedding on someone else's couch.
Because those who are truly down the
the spirit world fear that the wee-minds
of the world might come calling with torches.
So we create these threads to mislead them,
throw them off course, while we draw the sacred
circles of Mystic RAM Tripling (these things come in threes, no?)
in candlelit orgiastic rituals.
Course, the orgiastic part of it doesn't
work that well, as it's mostly those of us with Y-chromosomes that feel the need to tinker
with their computers.
On the serious side, however, I have been interested in pagan/shamanistic-type systems
for quite some time , and I gotta say, I have
good memories of learning about it on the web
back in '95 and '96, before WebTV began to
spread its gospel of evil about the realm.:)
dan - No #s in my email.
My other computer is at the north pole and was built by a crystal of kryptonite.
Seriously, the way patents are implemented is outdated. Patentees get at least 5 years (or is it 20) to profit from their patent.
On the other hand chip speeds double every 18 months, says Moore. Why not make technology patents worth like only 6-12 months of personal profit. 5 years is great if you invent a new plow or sewing machine(such things were the intended targets of the law), but for computer patents obselescence comes too quickly, and the average judge on the bench can't tell an IC from his IV.
On another point entirely, aren't they suing away their own lifeblood? Without competition from 3dfx what will keep them to their 6-month design cycle. For that matter, why not just push out chips more slowly and milk the public for profit.
We NEED 3dfx to keep nVidia being the good chip people they are.
--Use the Batgas!
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For example, when they're captured by the elf woman and her crew, and the dwarf is forced to ride a horse, and he's bugging out. They just had to say "Dwarves hate horses, you know?" and having the dwarf squirming around as if they expect our reaction to be "hahaha - Dwarves DO hate horses - it's funny cuz its TRUE"
And when the name dropped off the tombstone? Argh, I wanted to punch somebody right then. The stupid comic-relief thief was dead, and the last thing I was willing to handle was him coming back.
When the thief and the mage starting kissing, WHERE IN THE HELL DID THAT COME FROM? There was no dialogue motivation for it whatsoever, it was probably just the only scene with them alone, so they had to throw it in because of a focus group or something.
The point is, D&D the movie sucks goat scrotum, and no one should spend money or time watching it. Rant off.
ISPs, schools, and/or universities in the country with shoddy security.
I'd guess it would take me about 45 minutes
to steal a bushel of usernames/passwords from my university
just by putting a keylogger on one of the public Windoze boxes.
Each of those accounts is a bit of web space, of course.
Upload all your software to them with some nifty
web pages, submit it all to Yahoo, and make a few posts about
on the appropriate forums.
Sure, the wrong people might catch on that some
accts had been hacked, but by that time, the cat's
out of the bag and roaming the net, shedding on someone else's couch.
Any gaping holes in this?
dan
So we create these threads to mislead them,
throw them off course, while we draw the sacred
circles of Mystic RAM Tripling (these things come in threes, no?)
in candlelit orgiastic rituals.
Course, the orgiastic part of it doesn't
work that well, as it's mostly those of us with Y-chromosomes that feel the need to tinker
with their computers.
On the serious side, however, I have been interested :)
in pagan/shamanistic-type systems for quite some time
, and I gotta say, I have good memories of learning about it
on the web back in '95 and '96, before
WebTV began to spread its gospel of evil about the realm.
dan - No #s in my email.
My other computer is at the north pole and was built by a crystal of kryptonite.
Seriously, the way patents are implemented is outdated. Patentees get at least 5 years (or is it 20) to profit from their patent. On the other hand chip speeds double every 18 months, says Moore. Why not make technology patents worth like only 6-12 months of personal profit. 5 years is great if you invent a new plow or sewing machine(such things were the intended targets of the law), but for computer patents obselescence comes too quickly, and the average judge on the bench can't tell an IC from his IV. On another point entirely, aren't they suing away their own lifeblood? Without competition from 3dfx what will keep them to their 6-month design cycle. For that matter, why not just push out chips more slowly and milk the public for profit. We NEED 3dfx to keep nVidia being the good chip people they are. --Use the Batgas!