3 million is pretty amazing, and I'm glad that SciFi can make money off of it. But 3 million is one THIRD of the average rating of the X-Files. If it had been on a network, 3 million would be viewed as a bomb.
SciFi original programming has gotten better. While, yes, Lexx (suxx) and First Wave need help, it's a start. Farscape and Invisible Man are both worth watching. I think Farscape is the best space-sci-fi program out there right now. I like it as much as B5. (and both are infinitely better than the oh-so-forgettable Voyager and Andromeda), and they've done a damn good job with Invisible Man. Kudos to them for doing original programming; it's a definite start. Remember when there was only one night a week of programming on Fox, and the shows included The New Adventures of Beans Baxter? Give them time, and they'll have more. their niche is smaller than Fox's, but it does exist.
Never read the book, never saw the movie. How I avoided it I'm not sure, but I never missed it. This was a good opportunity for me to see what all the fuss is about with regards to the book.
I used it on my Newton 4 years ago, and I know it's been out longer than that. Granted, it's a clever solution when you don't have handwriting recognition, so we'll probably see more uses for stuff like this (although T9 is probably a better solution for phones). It is nice, but I can click fast enough on QWERTY, and my Newt _does_ have HRW...
I personally would almost love to see the RIAA win, totally and absolutely. No MP3s, no SDMI, nothing. Then watch the college kids not buy any CDs because of the high prices (which would continue to go up), ignore music in their lives, and not buy any for the rest of their life. Watch the music industry go through the tubes as more people ignore music. Watch RIAA go bankrupt.:)
The scary part is that the record companies' reliance on one-hit wonders is what's exacerbating the trend. If they only have 1 tune on the whole album worth getting, why bother buying the whole CD for one track? And Napster does help that, because it's easier to hop on and grab the 1 hit than it is to go to the store and buy the single.
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I used it on my Newton 4 years ago, and I know it's been out longer than that. Granted, it's a clever solution when you don't have handwriting recognition, so we'll probably see more uses for stuff like this (although T9 is probably a better solution for phones). It is nice, but I can click fast enough on QWERTY, and my Newt _does_ have HRW...
I personally would almost love to see the RIAA win, totally and absolutely. No MP3s, no SDMI, nothing. Then watch the college kids not buy any CDs because of the high prices (which would continue to go up), ignore music in their lives, and not buy any for the rest of their life. Watch the music industry go through the tubes as more people ignore music. Watch RIAA go bankrupt. :)
The scary part is that the record companies' reliance on one-hit wonders is what's exacerbating the trend. If they only have 1 tune on the whole album worth getting, why bother buying the whole CD for one track? And Napster does help that, because it's easier to hop on and grab the 1 hit than it is to go to the store and buy the single.