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  1. Re:Save the Franchise? on LucasArts Embargoes "Clone Wars" Reviews · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I have them as well. The unfortunate part is that they didn't even clean up the film. It is a direct transfer of a copy of the film that had been played a few too many times. It is full of bubbles, artifacts, hairs and fuzzy scenes. It is a great way to turn a $10k home theater into a $1.50 theater experience. I think the DVD even made my floor sticky.

  2. Re:Save the Franchise? on LucasArts Embargoes "Clone Wars" Reviews · · Score: 2, Insightful

    He was also younger and less powerful at the time. He surrounded himself with great talent that would advise him and criticize what needed to be fixed and he'd listen. The more power in the film industry he got the more yes men would bubble up to become his support staff. The less outside influence made it in and Lucas began making a movie from a very singular vision and little of the great outside talent helping.

  3. Re:Save the Franchise? on LucasArts Embargoes "Clone Wars" Reviews · · Score: 1

    Only slightly. In future books written about the history of the Jedi, there had been a few that fell to the dark side and then returned, but only to die shortly after. Darth Vader was one of these. Luke was at one time considered the first to fall completely to the dark side and then return to the light in the Dark Empire (??I think??) series.

  4. Re:Save the Franchise? on LucasArts Embargoes "Clone Wars" Reviews · · Score: 1

    Hense the first two seasons of clone wars (lucas hands off they were awesome) A friend of mine saw the new one last weekend and he had a similar review as the ones here. It probably should have stayed on the planned small screen release as a kids cartoon. He said it would be great as a saturday morning cartoon, didn't fit well as a movie.

  5. Re:The actual law on Home Science Under Attack In Massachusetts · · Score: 1

    Inmate 1: What are you in for?
    Inmate 2: 5 accounts of murder in the 1st, you?
    Inmate 1: Possession of an Optimus prime.

  6. Re:And they say ... on Home Science Under Attack In Massachusetts · · Score: 1

    Yea I never understood why a conservative would want Barak Obama to have the executive powers that Bush has pushed for, or why a liberal Obama supporter would want the next George Bush to determine their healthcare requirements. What ever powers you give your favorite president, remember the next one may not be your favorite and he will then have those powers.

  7. Re:License Management Software!? on Massive VMware Bug Shuts Systems Down · · Score: 1

    But look at the complexities of the BSD and GPL and LGPL and MPL and TLA and SCO licenses in the open source world. You'd need like 8 people full time payed lawyers to figure out that crap. Give me good ole standardized Corporate proprietary license any day.

  8. Re:License Management Software!? on Massive VMware Bug Shuts Systems Down · · Score: 1

    The way VMWare is suppose to work, if the License Server can't be reached all licensed products will continue to function for 30 days. If you can't fix the license server by then you have other issues. (such as this bug)

  9. Re:well on BSOD Makes Appearance at Olympic Opening Ceremonies · · Score: 5, Funny

    exactly I hate this crap from Microsoft. It should be able to do like Linux and when there's a hardware problem it just reroutes power through the main deflector to fix it.

  10. Re:Lucas obviously doesn't read slashdot... on Lucas Researching Concept For New Indiana Jones Film · · Score: 1

    Didn't you see the tag that said it was lead lined? Duh..

  11. Re:Speaking of technicians doing things.... on IT Repair Installs Webcam Spying Software · · Score: 1

    Wouldn't "Able to survive being struck by lightning" a super power. Perhaps you could try it again just to test it out.

  12. Re:What would Stallman say? on Apple Sued For Turning Workers Into Slaves · · Score: 5, Funny

    You've obviously never worked in a call center. Often time it does just work. Problem is the user has no clue that a mouse is used by your hand not your foot.

  13. Re:Speaking of technicians doing things.... on IT Repair Installs Webcam Spying Software · · Score: 1

    It's not the computer that has problems it's the sensors the computer relies upon that go bad. Is it an air flow problem or a sensor thinking there is? Auto mechanics has become a black art where things may not be as they seem.

  14. Re:Hot Earth?? on Hot Water, Hot Earth · · Score: 1

    You have the conspiracy backwards. The government in their quest for more power needs a bogeyman. They can come up with something, even from credible research, and promote that by funding anyone that agrees with it and removing funding from those who disagree. They end up with a "Scientific consensus" due to the funding. This then allows the government to add more taxes to combat this and this empowers them to pass new legislation that whittles away personal freedoms.

    Just like the freeing of slaves was used to promote support for the removal of state's rights and anyone apposed to the federal power grab was someone who wants to enslave people. Or Nazis were used to implement income tax. Drugs are used to erode privacy rights. Or even a minor trade dispute in an outlying system can be used to springboard someone to Emperor of the galaxy.

  15. Re:A Non-Issue. on Your Medical Treatment History Is For Sale · · Score: 1

    Most hospitals are also non-profit organizations in the US.

  16. Re:Absent Temperture Scale on Hot Water, Hot Earth · · Score: 1

    Perhaps they should go drill out those hydrocarbs. They could put it in drums and see if anyone would buy it.

  17. Re:Hot Earth?? on Hot Water, Hot Earth · · Score: 3, Funny

    "Global warming" was to specific. They changed it to "Global Climate Change" in case things started to cool back off they could get more funding out of it.

  18. Re:Fsck Insurance Companies! on Your Medical Treatment History Is For Sale · · Score: 1

    No they just don't screw you.

    Most strippers are rather promiscuous.

  19. Re:mod parent up on Your Medical Treatment History Is For Sale · · Score: 1

    It's a lot easier to find a new job than a new country.

    I don't know about you, but I'd much rather have my employer making the decision then George Bush.

  20. Re:A Non-Issue. on Your Medical Treatment History Is For Sale · · Score: 1

    Crime has long been something the government tries to control. They don't come to your aid to help you replace what was stolen or help you, all they want is to catch the criminal.

    Government funded fire departments are only in places where a fire is very likely to spread to other places, and only there to put it out. You still have to buy insurance if you want anything replaced.

    Medical in the US is very similar. If you have an immediate problem you will get it fixed. On going problems will need to be addressed by yourself.

  21. Re:One step closer to my holographic dream on Obscura Digital Demos "Minority Report"-Like Display · · Score: 5, Funny

    But not in our dreams. No sir.

  22. Re:It's good to be king... on USAF Violates DMCA, Escapes Unscathed · · Score: 1

    If by ravage you mean boast their economy and infrastructure to the betterment of the entire people then you are right. Up to and including the frowny face after the company pulls out to go to the next cheaper place leaving the old country slightly worse off then their top, although still much better off than before going in.

  23. Re:It's good to be king... on USAF Violates DMCA, Escapes Unscathed · · Score: 1

    Not to mention the fact that India is emerging as a 1st world nation. Not there yet but will be with in the next 20-30 years.

  24. Re:Nice, but lets keep it real. on Gravity Tractor Could Deflect Asteroids · · Score: 1

    In Soviet star wars space ship tractors small moon.

  25. Re:Um, dumb question time on Gravity Tractor Could Deflect Asteroids · · Score: 1

    one word, Pole.

    place them at the pole. Speed up the asteroid or slow it down. Deflect it another way. If we're talking the micro gravity of a space craft hovering next to it then the change really doesn't have to be that much, and it doesn't even really have to be in a specific direction. If one moving object is on a collision course with another moving object then a change in almost any direction will avoid that collision.