Yeah, indeed. Now the passengers are protected from bottled water, deodorant AND ipods and books!
Seriously now, bannig every trivial item or behaviour that once got abused is not only ineffective, but also dangerous. Because 1. Every trivial item or behaviour is subject to being abused, and if you keep banning them one by one as soon they get abused will create a system that it's unusable and inhuman 2. That system will not protect from the very danger it was created to protect people from. It's the wrong battle to fight. The enemy is not everyone who goes to the toilet and drink bottled water. The enemy is someone who wants to kill people, and will use whatever means necessary to do that. As soon you ban something they did, they will come up with something new, and will attack in a way no one thought before, and get people by surprise, while they are busy fighting everyone who just wants to got to the toilet and drink water or read a book.
A Beta tag only makes sense if there is a "final" release planned at some point in the future. If it's going to be forever in Beta, it becomes meaningless, just like those web pages of 1999 with an eternal "under construction" gif.
Although one can argue that exposing kids to sex scenes can be harmful to them, (partially, even) nudity does not equals automatically to sex, you know...
Many people choose to not "pay" for TV but in exchange they have to watch advertisements.
That's why I get pissed off by advertisements on cable TV (in BR, at least, that happens all the time): I pay for TV AND have to watch comercials. Worst of two worlds:(
Seriously, could Hollywood once--just for like a year--come out with only original semi-risky ventures? (...) I mean, is that too much to ask?
There is millions of dollars at stake when a movie is made. Everyone is afraid of putting their asses on the line for something that's is unproven, so they stick with what has a better chance, in their point of view, of succeeding and bringing back the money invested (and thus, not destroying anyone's careers), ie, something that has already succeeded before - even if in another media.
I mean, I agree with you, I'd love to see a original script, or, well, semi-original, at least, and I think they should at least try to do some original stuff instead of endlessly doing the same stuff over and over again with a new skin, but I can see why they usually don't.
Of course, both still beat KLM which didn't even have a private system, just a preset movie on a monitor hanging over the aisle.
Well, I dunno when it was the last time you flew KLM, or which itinerary you did, but I flew KLM in 4 transatlantic flights this year, and they had a private system, yes, running red hat. True, it had problems in 50% of the time, but it was a private entertainment system.
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Yeah, indeed. Now the passengers are protected from bottled water, deodorant AND ipods and books!
Seriously now, bannig every trivial item or behaviour that once got abused is not only ineffective, but also dangerous. Because 1. Every trivial item or behaviour is subject to being abused, and if you keep banning them one by one as soon they get abused will create a system that it's unusable and inhuman 2. That system will not protect from the very danger it was created to protect people from. It's the wrong battle to fight. The enemy is not everyone who goes to the toilet and drink bottled water. The enemy is someone who wants to kill people, and will use whatever means necessary to do that. As soon you ban something they did, they will come up with something new, and will attack in a way no one thought before, and get people by surprise, while they are busy fighting everyone who just wants to got to the toilet and drink water or read a book.
A Beta tag only makes sense if there is a "final" release planned at some point in the future. If it's going to be forever in Beta, it becomes meaningless, just like those web pages of 1999 with an eternal "under construction" gif.
Although one can argue that exposing kids to sex scenes can be harmful to them, (partially, even) nudity does not equals automatically to sex, you know...
Many people choose to not "pay" for TV but in exchange they have to watch advertisements.
That's why I get pissed off by advertisements on cable TV (in BR, at least, that happens all the time): I pay for TV AND have to watch comercials. Worst of two worlds :(
Seriously, could Hollywood once--just for like a year--come out with only original semi-risky ventures? (...) I mean, is that too much to ask?
There is millions of dollars at stake when a movie is made. Everyone is afraid of putting their asses on the line for something that's is unproven, so they stick with what has a better chance, in their point of view, of succeeding and bringing back the money invested (and thus, not destroying anyone's careers), ie, something that has already succeeded before - even if in another media. I mean, I agree with you, I'd love to see a original script, or, well, semi-original, at least, and I think they should at least try to do some original stuff instead of endlessly doing the same stuff over and over again with a new skin, but I can see why they usually don't.
considering that my dishwasher back on Earth only lasted 3. I wouldn't have expected their lander to last for that long.
Your kitchen conditions are worst than the Martian conditions, I'm afraid... :)
Of course, both still beat KLM which didn't even have a private system, just a preset movie on a monitor hanging over the aisle.
Well, I dunno when it was the last time you flew KLM, or which itinerary you did, but I flew KLM in 4 transatlantic flights this year, and they had a private system, yes, running red hat. True, it had problems in 50% of the time, but it was a private entertainment system.
KLM, the Royal Dutch Airlines also uses Linux - I saw the boot during one flight. It was a red hat - took a picture of it :)