Man that sounds a lot like the kind of stuff people hate Microsoft for. Instead of making a better product, buy the competition and kill it. Couldn't Google have made their own iPhone app that did lightning fast searches of gmail?
cynicism, hopelessness, futility, frustration, despair, indignation, indentured servitude, the gut wrenching emptiness that hits when a project you've poured your heart and soul into gets canned right when it's almost ready to release just because the ceo read some article about how everything should be done in some new sexy framework...
Or give it rock-bottom ratings on sites with reviews, like Amazon, and explicitly call out the DRM in your review. Seemed to send a clear message when everyone did that to Spore.
FWIW, the Old Republic (the new Star Wars MMO) has been described by critics as "more Star Wars than any of the prequels". But your point is still valid. Damage to the franchise name has been done.
He was originally going to do a movie called "The Star Wars". He was kinda thinking of making a loosely-based series of movies in that setting, but more of the feeling of Saturday matinees when he was a kid; not really any kind of grand space opera. I believe that the very earliest reels of Star Wars didn't even have the Episode IV subtitle. He didn't come out with the idea of making 3 trilogies until a little while later, at which point Episode IV: A New Hope was added to the opening scroll of Star Wars. I think this happened during the film's first theatrical release, but I'm not sure. Sorry for lack of citation -- there was a book about all this... something like "The History of Star Wars".
For some, maybe. But Return of the Jedi was my favorite of the 3 when I was a kid. Watching them now, Jedi is pathetic but Empire is awesome. Episodes IV and V were actually very good sci-fi adventure movies. They have a lasting quality that is lacking in Jedi and the prequels. They don't have to be the sci-fi equivalent of the Godfather in order to still be enjoyable by adults. But they do have to be fun and engaging. The first two are that. The last 4, not so much.
From TFA: "With the StarCraft II Marketplace, players will be able to browse, download, rate, comment on, and even buy mods if their creators choose to put a price tag on their work." That's neat and all, but I'm wondering if there will be some way to prevent a user from buying a mod, changing it just slightly, and re-uploading it for free.
Or, they'd find a way to market Earth diamonds as the only "real" diamonds. Then they wouldn't have to make any expensive trips to Uranus. "Real diamonds are taken from the Earth. The rest are just pulled out of Uranus."
But he didn't sparkle either. And he had a long mustache. And he, (assuming he had the same powers as Lucy) could make himself paper thin to slip through cracks in the doors. Not exactly the stuff of terror these days, but I'm sure it was good and scary back in the day. AHH!! PAPER VAMPIRE!! (I call "scissors").
I think you're right that engineering is the art of compromise, but I still hate it. I would love all the time and resources in the world to make the "perfect" product, but it never happens. I have to compromise, and engineering is all about that, but I still hate it.
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My mom is The Doctor's mother. So she gave birth to time, sorta.
No. She gave birth to "MickyTheIdiot".
... or for lacking integrity.
No, it's a wabbit law!
Man that sounds a lot like the kind of stuff people hate Microsoft for. Instead of making a better product, buy the competition and kill it. Couldn't Google have made their own iPhone app that did lightning fast searches of gmail?
cynicism, hopelessness, futility, frustration, despair, indignation, indentured servitude, the gut wrenching emptiness that hits when a project you've poured your heart and soul into gets canned right when it's almost ready to release just because the ceo read some article about how everything should be done in some new sexy framework...
Or give it rock-bottom ratings on sites with reviews, like Amazon, and explicitly call out the DRM in your review. Seemed to send a clear message when everyone did that to Spore.
FWIW, the Old Republic (the new Star Wars MMO) has been described by critics as "more Star Wars than any of the prequels". But your point is still valid. Damage to the franchise name has been done.
He was originally going to do a movie called "The Star Wars". He was kinda thinking of making a loosely-based series of movies in that setting, but more of the feeling of Saturday matinees when he was a kid; not really any kind of grand space opera. I believe that the very earliest reels of Star Wars didn't even have the Episode IV subtitle. He didn't come out with the idea of making 3 trilogies until a little while later, at which point Episode IV: A New Hope was added to the opening scroll of Star Wars. I think this happened during the film's first theatrical release, but I'm not sure.
Sorry for lack of citation -- there was a book about all this... something like "The History of Star Wars".
For some, maybe. But Return of the Jedi was my favorite of the 3 when I was a kid. Watching them now, Jedi is pathetic but Empire is awesome. Episodes IV and V were actually very good sci-fi adventure movies. They have a lasting quality that is lacking in Jedi and the prequels. They don't have to be the sci-fi equivalent of the Godfather in order to still be enjoyable by adults. But they do have to be fun and engaging. The first two are that. The last 4, not so much.
From TFA: "With the StarCraft II Marketplace, players will be able to browse, download, rate, comment on, and even buy mods if their creators choose to put a price tag on their work."
That's neat and all, but I'm wondering if there will be some way to prevent a user from buying a mod, changing it just slightly, and re-uploading it for free.
Fry: "BEEP!"
Zap: "'Yes.' Ok. And, are you guilty!?"
Fry: "BEEP! BEEP!"
Zap: "Double 'Yes'!"
Sorry -- too lazy to dig for the exact quote.
The fools! They'll undo all creation!
Thanks. They really took my link down fast.
Predicted by MadTV years ago: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1BUH9eXy18
I've always thought altruism is when one person sacrifices oneself; not when a society chooses which ones get sacrificed.
Or, they'd find a way to market Earth diamonds as the only "real" diamonds. Then they wouldn't have to make any expensive trips to Uranus. "Real diamonds are taken from the Earth. The rest are just pulled out of Uranus."
Does that mean my wife and maid will buried with me, dead or alive? Well sign me up!
Slugs have somehow included algae DNA with its own
Good thing it wasn't frog DNA. Then they'd be able to reproduce, too!
Vampires don't sparkle in sun light, they burn.
Dracula didn't.
But he didn't sparkle either. And he had a long mustache. And he, (assuming he had the same powers as Lucy) could make himself paper thin to slip through cracks in the doors. Not exactly the stuff of terror these days, but I'm sure it was good and scary back in the day. AHH!! PAPER VAMPIRE!! (I call "scissors").
And me without my mod points. Demon dogs!!!
With hookers, and blackjack...
Disclaimer: Totally just speculating.
I think you're right that engineering is the art of compromise, but I still hate it. I would love all the time and resources in the world to make the "perfect" product, but it never happens. I have to compromise, and engineering is all about that, but I still hate it.
The promise of 72 Virgins is probably much more enticing to geek engineers.
And to young, unmarried men. Once you get married the thought of having 72 *more* women to maintain is terrifying.
Remember, remember the 17th November,
The Holiday Special and plot,
I see no reason
The Star Wars Life Day treason
Should ever be forgot.