This has nothing to do with the size of a corporation. Its about how they got that big. Cisco is larger/as big as M$ but no ones running around trying to break them up, even though companies are dropping out of the router market and refering their customers to Cisco.
Microsoft is getting broken up because of the illegal practices they used to reach the size they are today. If you get there by being a good company/putting out good products and don't abuse your position you don't get messed with.
Actually 3dRealms broke this down once (about the same time the interview came out) and only 3 or 4 lines out of 30 or so were from any Evil Dead/Army of Darkness movies. The took lines from other movies as well but I never heard anyone crying about those.
AFAIK, the interesting thing is that with the forthcoming Thunderbird and Spitfire(?) Athlon revisions, the Athlon as we know it now will be competing head to head against the Celerons. This doesn't bode too well for Intel.
Also keep in mind that the current rumor on the Thunderbird is that it will be up to 25% faster than the current Athlons at the same clock speed.
The interesting part is that this law only applies to people under 18. There has to be a way to turn it off so that those over 18 are not effected otherwise they would be violating the law, would they not?
I must admit that the concept of marching down to the library and demanding access to pr0n would be amusing.
The isp cutomizations are a piece of cake to remove. Heck I used to use a custom throbber me and my friend made, until I got lazy and didn't "reinstall" it after my last IE upgrade.
If I remember right the reg key you are complaining about is HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\CompanyName
Just change the value to whatever you want, and presto! customized browser.
If by reviewer you mean an "average joe" then I certainly agree. You definitely can learn things about people based on what movies they like.
I am about 95%accurate at judging if I will like a movie or not (and how much I will like it) from watching the preview. That translates to me not paying much attention to what reviewers have to say. Which leads me into the answer to your question.
The simple answer is that I don't value the critic's opinion anyways, so I don't care that he liked/disliked a movie that I felt differently about. Now, if I value the person's opinion then I am most likely going to try to look at the movie from another angle. While many people turn to critics to get an idea of how good a movie is, when its all said and done they don't really care what the critic thought about the film. They only care what their own opinion is. Most simply want someone to tell them to see or not to see a film. That way they can blame someone else when they go see a bad flick. I always wondered why critics don't revistit films that they loved that most people hate. I have a feeling that many of their egos wouldn't care for that.
As for The Thin Red Line, I did not care for it. It's been a while but here's what I remember I thought about it. I found the cameo's distracting and in some cases very poorly acted. I never felt any urgency, it felt like summer camp most of the time. This was *the* bloodiest battle of the war, but they seemed to spend most of their time sitting around. None of the characters really gave me a reason to care about them. I enjoyed Nolte and Penn's perfomances, but I wouldn't say that I liked their characters. The battle scenes were weak, especially compared to SPR. The photography was generally quite good. I felt that the inner monologues tended to not stay in character, they all seemed to echo the main characters thoughts and not their own. Well, that's all I remember off hand.
I've always heard that Citizen Kane was great because of the way the story was told. Personaly I feel that Star Wars is the greatest movie of all time, for the simple reason that no other film has had such a profound effect on such a large audience for as long as it has. Of course it all depends on how you define "great", Star Wars isn't even my favorite "Star Wars" movie and there are many movies I enjoy more, but that does not deminish its greatness to me. [ramble off]
It always astonishes me why people say stuff like that --"It's a complex film. It's not for everyone."-- and then just sorta leave it at that.
Aren't you at all curious (I'm sure you're not, but I'm curious why you express no curiosity) about why some people consider it one of the worst films of the 1990's?
Ah well. Nevermind. It's a horrible film. It's not for anyone.
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Microsoft is getting broken up because of the illegal practices they used to reach the size they are today. If you get there by being a good company/putting out good products and don't abuse your position you don't get messed with.
Actually 3dRealms broke this down once (about the same time the interview came out) and only 3 or 4 lines out of 30 or so were from any Evil Dead/Army of Darkness movies. The took lines from other movies as well but I never heard anyone crying about those.
Also keep in mind that the current rumor on the Thunderbird is that it will be up to 25% faster than the current Athlons at the same clock speed.
I must admit that the concept of marching down to the library and demanding access to pr0n would be amusing.
If I remember right the reg key you are complaining about is HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\CompanyName
Just change the value to whatever you want, and presto! customized browser.
I am about 95%accurate at judging if I will like a movie or not (and how much I will like it) from watching the preview. That translates to me not paying much attention to what reviewers have to say. Which leads me into the answer to your question.
The simple answer is that I don't value the critic's opinion anyways, so I don't care that he liked/disliked a movie that I felt differently about. Now, if I value the person's opinion then I am most likely going to try to look at the movie from another angle. While many people turn to critics to get an idea of how good a movie is, when its all said and done they don't really care what the critic thought about the film. They only care what their own opinion is. Most simply want someone to tell them to see or not to see a film. That way they can blame someone else when they go see a bad flick. I always wondered why critics don't revistit films that they loved that most people hate. I have a feeling that many of their egos wouldn't care for that.
As for The Thin Red Line, I did not care for it. It's been a while but here's what I remember I thought about it. I found the cameo's distracting and in some cases very poorly acted. I never felt any urgency, it felt like summer camp most of the time. This was *the* bloodiest battle of the war, but they seemed to spend most of their time sitting around. None of the characters really gave me a reason to care about them. I enjoyed Nolte and Penn's perfomances, but I wouldn't say that I liked their characters. The battle scenes were weak, especially compared to SPR. The photography was generally quite good. I felt that the inner monologues tended to not stay in character, they all seemed to echo the main characters thoughts and not their own. Well, that's all I remember off hand.
I've always heard that Citizen Kane was great because of the way the story was told. Personaly I feel that Star Wars is the greatest movie of all time, for the simple reason that no other film has had such a profound effect on such a large audience for as long as it has. Of course it all depends on how you define "great", Star Wars isn't even my favorite "Star Wars" movie and there are many movies I enjoy more, but that does not deminish its greatness to me. [ramble off]
It always astonishes me why people say stuff like that --"It's a complex film. It's not for everyone."-- and then just sorta leave it at that.
Aren't you at all curious (I'm sure you're not, but I'm curious why you express no curiosity) about why some people consider it one of the worst films of the 1990's?
Ah well. Nevermind. It's a horrible film. It's not for anyone.