The problem with the technique is it does not add anything to the story while alienating people like myself who have a hard time watching that sort of thing. I have the same problem with Band of Brothers, Saving Private Ryan, Romeo + Juliet, etc. I end up not watching because it's distracting and difficult to focus on what's going on.
The camera doesn't add anything to the story either, as long as we're on about that. You rather answered the real reason to your critique however -- you're overly sensitive to rapid changes in visual scenery. You probably get frustrated with a lot of video games or first person shooters. Nothing to be ashamed of, a lot of people (especially the 40+ crowd) have that issue.
The moon is actually photoshopped.:) Everybody knows heavenly bodies are perfect spheres... Those imperfections we can see are because somebody did too many cut and paste operations. Now, back to my flying car!
I'm still waiting for my flying car, and I'd say that's a more realistic thing to be waiting for than low-cost, high bandwidth, uncapped internet in the United States.
I would answer only that the history of Lao Tzu has many ambiguities, and like Confuscius and many others quotations are often misattributed. Even when language is not a barrier, Einstein for example has been quoted to have had many different sources of inspiration for his theory of relativity.
to your clueless Windows running counterparts who can't be bothered to run an OS designed from the ground up for
Compared to your clueless MacOS running counterparts who can't be bothered to run an OS that has more applications, software, games, and hardware available? Oh, right... That's not important when we're comparing Apples and PCs... We should judge them based on esoteric crap like "multi-user networked security" that the average user could care less about.
So it is unlikely that people with things to say have no desire to be complete and accurate in their thoughts, ideas and expressions?
Average people try to make things more complicated to win the argument. Smart people try to make it simpler to understand the argument.
. P.S. My mind hasn't been dulled by 30 minute episodes and 10 minute commercial breaks. It's been dulled by listening to people like you who take themselves so seriously they'll probably have a heart attack before they're 40. Get out of the house once in awhile and maybe you'd learn to take a joke once in awhile and laugh at yourself.
Hey, this is the free market at work! Why is everyone upset about this? If it wasn't for government regulation we wouldn't have this problem! And now our godless heathen communist government wants to arrest people for simply trying to put those goods back into production? How shameful -- these "criminals" are really the unsung heroes of these regulated markets.
The shakey-cam is intentional, for one. For two, it is a professional technique and has been used in other series such as Firefly. Three, and there's a lot of action scenes in it and it's rather difficult to convey the feeling of motion by just having the actors sway in place and say "ooh". Sorry if you can't handle anything that isn't shot like the evening news but that's really a perception problem -- there's nothing wrong with the technique.
Don't read many of daveschroeder's posts, eh? He has a tendency to be a bit wordy, but much of what he has to say is actual useful information, especially relating to Macs, even if he is an Apple fanboy at heart.;)
I didn't even read that one; I skimmed it. Probably something to do with being attention-deficit you know. If I have to scroll a comment, chances are good it's a religious/fanboy posting. If you ask me, anyone who'd devote that much time to a post is either on Apple's payroll or needs to get out of the basement and get some sunshine.
Really, the way most viruses work today, Windows machines are the most susceptible.
Nice of you to put in that qualifier. Because you know, if MacOS ruled the world they of course wouldn't have tons of hackers picking it apart to find a weakness to exploit. I suppose it would be because the lack of a right mouse button would make developing software impossible... Or they'd be so confused by the dogcow their head would explode. The malware writers go where the money is and the money is on Windows.
It's the same as me saying "Well, OS/2 is the most secure operating system, or DOS, or BeOS, because the way most viruses work today..."
Could you have maybe said that shorter? Something like "Hey, they're only suggesting that you wrap your system before practicing unsafe hex. But we have a lower rate of hexually transmitted malware than Windows. We do advise that you contact your vendor immediately if you have a software install lasting longer than four hours as this could indicate a more serious technical condition."
You mean it's the BSG equivalent of Highlander 2:The Quickening?
Worse. The plot actually makes sense for that movie, even if the acting is so horrible that it would drive you to an evening with Jack and the boys. u_u
Nah, but I have a friend who's dad is a BSG fan too; Has all the DVDs, so we went over and I found 1980. So I borrowed it. I'm soooo sorry. It was worse than eating three chili cheese burritoes and a Vault while on the rag. It just... omg.
No shit. Season 1 & 2 -- Capital. Glorious. Tight. Everything fit. Then the rescue off new caprica where I think the most awesome cut scene in the bloody history of scifi/drama has ever happened, and then...
The suck monsters descended. The series didn't just jump the shark right then and there, it jumped over the shark and into an anime-styled suck hole, to the screams of Kaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhn!
The First Rule of BSG Fan Club Is You Don't Talk about 1980. The second rule is WE DO NOT TALK ABOUT 1980! It never happened. That series doesn't exist. It vanished into a black hole like disco okay? Eye bleach, neeeeeeed! It's the BSG fan equivalent of Nemesis. It didn't happen, okay? Did. Not. Happen.
It's reality TV from the fuuuuuuture. I can haaardly wait.
Episode 1: It begins with a street fight between the Adamas and the Capule--I mean Capricas. They try to marry off the young future commander adama but is turned down for not being gay enough for Baltar's grandfather.
Episode 2: Adama is asked to wait a few years and then go to a bar, where he'll meet his future lover, Tye, who unfortunately is also a Caprican. Angst results.
Episode 3: Adama professes his love while standing on a balcony having a conversation with his mother about toaster studels. Tye overhears this, and they agree to a civil union. The rest of the Adama family hears of this and declare war on the Capricas. They're so distracted that they fail to realize the toasters have become sentient. A trail of burnt strudel leads to the outskirts of town.
*six month break due to writer strike -- online commentary -- this plotline SUCKS!!! It has a political agenda! Doom upon the soothsayers*... Yeah, I can see it now. Now watch me get modded "-6000, damn slash fan"
overpopulation won't be a problem becasue humans, like all biological creatures will only expand to meet the amount of food that is available.
Overpopulation isn't a problem after the ones who starved are dead, you are correct sir. But if nobody is dying anymore than no new people are arriving to take their place. No more evolution.
For my part, I think one lifetime is enough for me. There's some tricks in life that are only meant to be seen once. I don't believe in a heaven or a hell, but even if they cured aging tomorrow, I wouldn't take it. Let someone take my place when I've had my fill, I'm not greedy. I don't want to live forever, just to live long enough to prove out this childish hope I've had that life could be more than this.
Well thanks for totally ruining our fun. Next you'll be telling us snacks are bad for us and we can't play slayers and vampires anymore with those colored sticks with string on them from that construction site nearby. They make great stakes you know! What's wrong with having a little fun, serious-face? You're almost as bad as that guy with the bright orange hat outside that's been swearing for the last hour.
Either you're dead or you're not--Tell that to someone who's brain dead. Or someone who's suffered a stroke that effects their brain stem, or people that suffer from being "locked in". Tell that to someone who 'died' on the operating table during heart surgery but 'came back'. What exactly constitutes being "alive" verus dead? Are self-replicating proteins "alive"? Because last I looked, prions are not alive though they can kill you (mad cow disease). And this isn't even discussing non-literal definitions of dead or alive -- such as being emotionally dead (suicidal thoughts anyone?), concepts of heaven and hell, etc.
There is indeed quite a spectrum between dead and alive; Life has never been easy to classify and put into boxes, because the curious thing about it is you never observe the same thing twice looking at it.
Okay, how is this different than previous patterns of hacking activity, other than the fact that they're aquiring compromised machines via a bot net? It's not! These "security researchers" remind me sometimes of my pothead friends. You can always tell someone who's new to smoking weed because they constantly ask the question, "but have you done it on WEED?" It's like somehow the idea that these people are using a botnet makes it all strange and new again. No, fail!
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The problem with the technique is it does not add anything to the story while alienating people like myself who have a hard time watching that sort of thing. I have the same problem with Band of Brothers, Saving Private Ryan, Romeo + Juliet, etc. I end up not watching because it's distracting and difficult to focus on what's going on.
The camera doesn't add anything to the story either, as long as we're on about that. You rather answered the real reason to your critique however -- you're overly sensitive to rapid changes in visual scenery. You probably get frustrated with a lot of video games or first person shooters. Nothing to be ashamed of, a lot of people (especially the 40+ crowd) have that issue.
The moon is actually photoshopped. :) Everybody knows heavenly bodies are perfect spheres... Those imperfections we can see are because somebody did too many cut and paste operations. Now, back to my flying car!
I'm still waiting for my flying car, and I'd say that's a more realistic thing to be waiting for than low-cost, high bandwidth, uncapped internet in the United States.
I would answer only that the history of Lao Tzu has many ambiguities, and like Confuscius and many others quotations are often misattributed. Even when language is not a barrier, Einstein for example has been quoted to have had many different sources of inspiration for his theory of relativity.
to your clueless Windows running counterparts who can't be bothered to run an OS designed from the ground up for
Compared to your clueless MacOS running counterparts who can't be bothered to run an OS that has more applications, software, games, and hardware available? Oh, right... That's not important when we're comparing Apples and PCs... We should judge them based on esoteric crap like "multi-user networked security" that the average user could care less about.
So it is unlikely that people with things to say have no desire to be complete and accurate in their thoughts, ideas and expressions?
Average people try to make things more complicated to win the argument. Smart people try to make it simpler to understand the argument.
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P.S. My mind hasn't been dulled by 30 minute episodes and 10 minute commercial breaks. It's been dulled by listening to people like you who take themselves so seriously they'll probably have a heart attack before they're 40. Get out of the house once in awhile and maybe you'd learn to take a joke once in awhile and laugh at yourself.
Hey, this is the free market at work! Why is everyone upset about this? If it wasn't for government regulation we wouldn't have this problem! And now our godless heathen communist government wants to arrest people for simply trying to put those goods back into production? How shameful -- these "criminals" are really the unsung heroes of these regulated markets.
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The shakey-cam is intentional, for one. For two, it is a professional technique and has been used in other series such as Firefly. Three, and there's a lot of action scenes in it and it's rather difficult to convey the feeling of motion by just having the actors sway in place and say "ooh". Sorry if you can't handle anything that isn't shot like the evening news but that's really a perception problem -- there's nothing wrong with the technique.
Don't read many of daveschroeder's posts, eh? He has a tendency to be a bit wordy, but much of what he has to say is actual useful information, especially relating to Macs, even if he is an Apple fanboy at heart. ;)
I didn't even read that one; I skimmed it. Probably something to do with being attention-deficit you know. If I have to scroll a comment, chances are good it's a religious/fanboy posting. If you ask me, anyone who'd devote that much time to a post is either on Apple's payroll or needs to get out of the basement and get some sunshine.
Really, the way most viruses work today, Windows machines are the most susceptible.
Nice of you to put in that qualifier. Because you know, if MacOS ruled the world they of course wouldn't have tons of hackers picking it apart to find a weakness to exploit. I suppose it would be because the lack of a right mouse button would make developing software impossible... Or they'd be so confused by the dogcow their head would explode. The malware writers go where the money is and the money is on Windows.
It's the same as me saying "Well, OS/2 is the most secure operating system, or DOS, or BeOS, because the way most viruses work today..."
Puh-leze!
Could you have maybe said that shorter? Something like "Hey, they're only suggesting that you wrap your system before practicing unsafe hex. But we have a lower rate of hexually transmitted malware than Windows. We do advise that you contact your vendor immediately if you have a software install lasting longer than four hours as this could indicate a more serious technical condition."
I think we should register the .WTF TLD and use it as a "parody TLD for anyone who wants to mock a trademark"
You mean it's the BSG equivalent of Highlander 2:The Quickening?
Worse. The plot actually makes sense for that movie, even if the acting is so horrible that it would drive you to an evening with Jack and the boys. u_u
Nah, but I have a friend who's dad is a BSG fan too; Has all the DVDs, so we went over and I found 1980. So I borrowed it. I'm soooo sorry. It was worse than eating three chili cheese burritoes and a Vault while on the rag. It just... omg.
No shit. Season 1 & 2 -- Capital. Glorious. Tight. Everything fit. Then the rescue off new caprica where I think the most awesome cut scene in the bloody history of scifi/drama has ever happened, and then...
The suck monsters descended. The series didn't just jump the shark right then and there, it jumped over the shark and into an anime-styled suck hole, to the screams of Kaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhn!
The First Rule of BSG Fan Club Is You Don't Talk about 1980. The second rule is WE DO NOT TALK ABOUT 1980! It never happened. That series doesn't exist. It vanished into a black hole like disco okay? Eye bleach, neeeeeeed! It's the BSG fan equivalent of Nemesis. It didn't happen, okay? Did. Not. Happen.
It's reality TV from the fuuuuuuture. I can haaardly wait.
Episode 1: It begins with a street fight between the Adamas and the Capule--I mean Capricas. They try to marry off the young future commander adama but is turned down for not being gay enough for Baltar's grandfather.
Episode 2: Adama is asked to wait a few years and then go to a bar, where he'll meet his future lover, Tye, who unfortunately is also a Caprican. Angst results.
Episode 3: Adama professes his love while standing on a balcony having a conversation with his mother about toaster studels. Tye overhears this, and they agree to a civil union. The rest of the Adama family hears of this and declare war on the Capricas. They're so distracted that they fail to realize the toasters have become sentient. A trail of burnt strudel leads to the outskirts of town.
*six month break due to writer strike -- online commentary -- this plotline SUCKS!!! It has a political agenda! Doom upon the soothsayers* ...
Yeah, I can see it now. Now watch me get modded "-6000, damn slash fan"
The rest of the post doesn't really make much sense.
That's because you don't understand life.
You may find yourself saying the same thing at age 200...
No. I'll have my answer regardless of how long I have to live. Besides, I can't live forever since I already know how I die.
overpopulation won't be a problem becasue humans, like all biological creatures will only expand to meet the amount of food that is available.
Overpopulation isn't a problem after the ones who starved are dead, you are correct sir. But if nobody is dying anymore than no new people are arriving to take their place. No more evolution.
For my part, I think one lifetime is enough for me. There's some tricks in life that are only meant to be seen once. I don't believe in a heaven or a hell, but even if they cured aging tomorrow, I wouldn't take it. Let someone take my place when I've had my fill, I'm not greedy. I don't want to live forever, just to live long enough to prove out this childish hope I've had that life could be more than this.
Yes, your friend here is only mostly dead. Had he been all dead there would have been only one thing to do -- go through his pockets for spare change.
Well thanks for totally ruining our fun. Next you'll be telling us snacks are bad for us and we can't play slayers and vampires anymore with those colored sticks with string on them from that construction site nearby. They make great stakes you know! What's wrong with having a little fun, serious-face? You're almost as bad as that guy with the bright orange hat outside that's been swearing for the last hour.
Either you're dead or you're not--Tell that to someone who's brain dead. Or someone who's suffered a stroke that effects their brain stem, or people that suffer from being "locked in". Tell that to someone who 'died' on the operating table during heart surgery but 'came back'. What exactly constitutes being "alive" verus dead? Are self-replicating proteins "alive"? Because last I looked, prions are not alive though they can kill you (mad cow disease). And this isn't even discussing non-literal definitions of dead or alive -- such as being emotionally dead (suicidal thoughts anyone?), concepts of heaven and hell, etc.
There is indeed quite a spectrum between dead and alive; Life has never been easy to classify and put into boxes, because the curious thing about it is you never observe the same thing twice looking at it.
Klatu Verata Nictu!
Okay, how is this different than previous patterns of hacking activity, other than the fact that they're aquiring compromised machines via a bot net? It's not! These "security researchers" remind me sometimes of my pothead friends. You can always tell someone who's new to smoking weed because they constantly ask the question, "but have you done it on WEED?" It's like somehow the idea that these people are using a botnet makes it all strange and new again. No, fail!