I think the Siths DO have a concept of self-sacrifice.
The emporor constantly chides Luke to strike him down and take his place at his father's side. I think that no matter how that scenario panned out, only two dark Jedi would have walked out of there. The master, and the apprentice. Either Luke was gonna kill Darth Vader, and be turned, or Luke was going to kill Palpatine and be turned by Vader, or Palpatine and Vader were going to kill Luke.
"The number of suckers born each minute doubles every 18 months." -jafac's law
But the inheritence scheme is what blows this theory out of the water. Mitrochondria pass solely from the mother, (as has been stated numerous times in this forum already). So Luke could not have inherited jack squat force from his father.
"The number of suckers born each minute doubles every 18 months." -jafac's law
I bet that Anakin doesn't free his mother. His mother DIES in the second movie. This is his greatest fear, and Palpatine probably uses this event as the means to turn him to the dark side.
I wouldn't be suprised if Palpatine doesn't have her offed, and make it seem as though it were the Jedi council's fault.
"The number of suckers born each minute doubles every 18 months." -jafac's law
Vader also has a strong rationalization that his name is Darth Vader, that's who he is, and the name "Anakin Skywalker" has no meaning for him now, so in Vader's mind, Anakin Skywalker may as well have been a totally differnt person.
"The number of suckers born each minute doubles every 18 months." -jafac's law
Gotta agree 100% with that. Woulda been cool, but folks, humans inherit 100% of our mitochondria from mommy. 0% from daddy. That means Luke could not have inherited his "talent" for the force from his father.
Unfortunately, the way midi-chlorians were described, it sounds like the same mechanism that would prevent mitochondria from passing from father to offspring would also prevent midi-chlorians; sperm-egg unions only pass genetic material from the father to offspring, not extra-nuclear material.
This sort of implies that either Lucas didn't put a lot of hard science into this midi-chlorian idea, or midi-chlorians live inside the cellular nucleus, and pass into the egg at fertilization (some other mechanism must exist for asexual life forms).
"The number of suckers born each minute doubles every 18 months." -jafac's law
Come on, you've forgotten the whole Steve Barkhto incident?
Steve Barkhto was a guy on an AOL chatroom who constantly slammed OS/2, and claimed to be an IT guy for some company, and someone tracked him down and found out that his AOL account was paid for by a Microsoft company credit card, and Steve Barkhto turned out to be none other than a Microsoft marketing exec.
"The number of suckers born each minute doubles every 18 months." -jafac's law
Come on, you've forgotten the whole Steve Barkhto incident?
Steve Barkhto was a guy on an AOL chatroom who constantly slammed OS/2, and claimed to be an IT guy for some company, and someone tracked him down and found out that his AOL account was paid for by a Microsoft company credit card, and Steve Barkhto turned out to be none other than a Microsoft marketing exec.
"The number of suckers born each minute doubles every 18 months." -jafac's law
we probably SHOULD care how the trial goes. If MS wins, then FUD mongering will reign supreme. Look at the whole OJ thing (again). If OJ had lost BOTH trials, there's be a LOT fewer people out there proclaiming his innocence.
If MS loses, then we have the incredibly daunting task of punishing them. Breaking up the company has already been analyzed and it looks like more harm than good will come of it. Fining them will result in the same thing; consumers will end up bearing the cost. Writing up an injunction for them to cease and desist the alleged illegal behaviors will simply not work, because we're dealing with a Saddam Hussein-like attitude here. Remember the 1995 injunction? Bill laughed at it, they were dragged to court, found out of compliance, and won it on appeal anyway.
In any case, MS will probably appeal and get it all thrown out in the end, but the important thing is that they must LOSE this initial trial. MS's strength is in it's PR, and that's what they'll lose by losing the trial. Any punishment the DOJ metes out will be trivial compared to the loss of face MS will suffer. This is the critical opportuninty, and probably the last, best chance for any competitor to make headway. The face MS has lost just by the negative press DURING the trial, has already shown itself, and this is why Linux is making corporate headway. I believe that if MS loses, Linux (and others - the whole MS-alternative mindset) will make enough headway, to actually get enough of a foot in the door to become a permanent fixture. Definately not a dominant one, I think MS's future is secure there no matter what happens with the trial (sadly). But the mindset that alternatives ARE available, and that it's NOT going to be an MS-only world will take permanent hold.
"The number of suckers born each minute doubles every 18 months." -jafac's law
I don't think there's a single "mixed marriage" in SCA history. It just doesn't work. Talk about your time-consuming hobbies!
Personally, I loved it. The one Pennsic war I fought in (1994) was the greatest time I ever had. Both me and my wife were there and were fully into the SCA thing, but once we had kids, we had to give it a rest. I know there are lots of people who do SCA with kids, but for us it was just too much. We'll see you again in 15 years when our kids are old enough for us to get back into it.
I like the movies as much as the next guy, but I just can't see Star Wars taking up as much of a person's life as SCA. I mean, a few hours every month or so sitting and watching one of the movies, maybe playing with legos or something, fine. But SCA was something that took DAILY commitment (fighter training), and literally hours per week in shire meetings, and monthy or biweekly camping trips (during the spring and summer seasons), equipment maintenance, historical research, craft. In fact, I think the women spent a lot more time at it, because the most popular women's crafts were like needlepoint and sewing and stuff. That crap just takes hours and hours!
If you're spending that much time worshipping Star Wars, you DO, in fact, need a life.
"The number of suckers born each minute doubles every 18 months." -jafac's law
. . . and to settle THAT old argument. . .
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"The number of suckers born each minute doubles every 18 months." -jafac's law
What can I say? The experience was great. The movie? Who cares, we're talking about an experience.
Yes, you must have seen the other three movies to "get it", and yes, you need to take all of those events into account, and judge this movie in the context of the others. To me, looking at the movie in this context, I loved the story, and the flow was just fine, a little slow at times, but not enough to spoil anything, the acting was just fine - I think a lot of people are judging bitterly because of the hype - screw the hype, it was an excellent movie. It even acheived "greatness". Not extreme greatness, but in terms of the genre, this movie just plain rocked.
In fact, the only real arguments I have against it are technical. The special effects were not as seamless as they could have been. The droid soldiers walk seemed a little unnatural (unnatural for a droid? Of course! duh! - but the movement did seem a bit off, something in the bouce was just not right - and since hand-drawn animation HAS worked here in the past, I know it's not unacheivable with Computers). Also, the explosion on the Droid ship was hokey, and the scene where the big silver ship landed on Tatooine also bothered me. Was it lighting? I'm not sure. It just didn't look right. What I'm saying here, is that I think Lucas was relying on computer animation TOO much, perhaps the technology just isn't there yet. I have to say that the animation of the aliens, particularly Jar Jar, WAS okay. Some of the skin textures didn't seem to track right, but we're talking about something infinitely more complicated than walking droids here.
But as far as story immersion, I was in it. I was there, wondering what was going to happen next, guessing some from limited spoilers I've heard, yet not so lost in it that I could also step back and enjoy the beauty of the scenery, the fights - QuiGon ObiWan and Maul - was awesome. Totally fucking awesome, tho I am disappointed in the final outcome - you KNOW ObiWan has to survive, so that's kind of spoiled for you, but even knowing that, for a brief time, you're wondering how the hell he's going to get out of it, because you KNOW Maul is just going to kick his ass. . .
I only spent $4 to see it. But I think it would have been worth $100. I've waited 16 years for this movie, and I'm not disappointed. George, hurry up and finish the other two!
"The number of suckers born each minute doubles every 18 months." -jafac's law
I think that's why it used to have the nickname, in the 1980's, of: "The Wobbly Goblin".
Supposedly it has 100 times the radar cross-section of a B-2, a plane several times it's physical size.
Also, the reason it was shot down was because it was flying at a low enough altitude for optically sighted AAA to get it. Some AAA gunner fired at a dark patch in the sky and got lucky. This was supposedly part of the "tactic" that the Iraqi's taught to the Yugoslavs for shooting down American "LO" planes (Low Observable).
"The number of suckers born each minute doubles every 18 months." -jafac's law
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Did anyone see the "Aliens" skull in the trophy case in Predator II?
Too bad there weren't ET skulls in there too.
"The number of suckers born each minute doubles every 18 months."
-jafac's law
I think the Siths DO have a concept of self-sacrifice.
The emporor constantly chides Luke to strike him down and take his place at his father's side. I think that no matter how that scenario panned out, only two dark Jedi would have walked out of there. The master, and the apprentice.
Either Luke was gonna kill Darth Vader, and be turned, or Luke was going to kill Palpatine and be turned by Vader, or Palpatine and Vader were going to kill Luke.
"The number of suckers born each minute doubles every 18 months."
-jafac's law
My guess is that QuiGon didn't fade away because he still had to tell ObiWan his dying request, which was to train Anakin.
Of course, why he couldn't do this posthumously like Ben and Yoda did in 4-6 is beyond me.
"The number of suckers born each minute doubles every 18 months."
-jafac's law
If he does that, all will be forgiven. Otherwise. . .
"The number of suckers born each minute doubles every 18 months."
-jafac's law
there was no father?
More likely, Darth Sideous used the Jedi mind-trick on her to convince her to forget about their little night of torrid passion.
"The number of suckers born each minute doubles every 18 months."
-jafac's law
Fuck NO.
Mitochondria DO have their own DNA.
But the inheritence scheme is what blows this theory out of the water. Mitrochondria pass solely from the mother, (as has been stated numerous times in this forum already). So Luke could not have inherited jack squat force from his father.
"The number of suckers born each minute doubles every 18 months."
-jafac's law
I think Vader knew that Luke was strong with the force because he kept dancing around his crosshairs like no other.
"The number of suckers born each minute doubles every 18 months."
-jafac's law
. . . well, he probably built it using off-the-shelf parts anyway.
"The number of suckers born each minute doubles every 18 months."
-jafac's law
They erase the memory everytime they have to reinstall the OS due to registry bit-rot.
"The number of suckers born each minute doubles every 18 months."
-jafac's law
SPOILER - theory.
I bet that Anakin doesn't free his mother. His mother DIES in the second movie. This is his greatest fear, and Palpatine probably uses this event as the means to turn him to the dark side.
I wouldn't be suprised if Palpatine doesn't have her offed, and make it seem as though it were the Jedi council's fault.
"The number of suckers born each minute doubles every 18 months."
-jafac's law
Vader also has a strong rationalization that his name is Darth Vader, that's who he is, and the name "Anakin Skywalker" has no meaning for him now, so in Vader's mind, Anakin Skywalker may as well have been a totally differnt person.
"The number of suckers born each minute doubles every 18 months."
-jafac's law
midi-chlorians != mitochondria
Gotta agree 100% with that. Woulda been cool, but folks, humans inherit 100% of our mitochondria from mommy. 0% from daddy. That means Luke could not have inherited his "talent" for the force from his father.
Unfortunately, the way midi-chlorians were described, it sounds like the same mechanism that would prevent mitochondria from passing from father to offspring would also prevent midi-chlorians; sperm-egg unions only pass genetic material from the father to offspring, not extra-nuclear material.
This sort of implies that either Lucas didn't put a lot of hard science into this midi-chlorian idea, or midi-chlorians live inside the cellular nucleus, and pass into the egg at fertilization (some other mechanism must exist for asexual life forms).
"The number of suckers born each minute doubles every 18 months."
-jafac's law
"If I was on that "Linux Group", the first thing I would do is read slashdot! "
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My guess is that the MS Linux Group is probably responsible for the sharp increase in recent weeks of Pro-MS postings I've noticed on
"The number of suckers born each minute doubles every 18 months."
-jafac's law
Come on, you've forgotten the whole Steve Barkhto incident?
Steve Barkhto was a guy on an AOL chatroom who constantly slammed OS/2, and claimed to be an IT guy for some company, and someone tracked him down and found out that his AOL account was paid for by a Microsoft company credit card, and Steve Barkhto turned out to be none other than a Microsoft marketing exec.
"The number of suckers born each minute doubles every 18 months."
-jafac's law
Come on, you've forgotten the whole Steve Barkhto incident?
Steve Barkhto was a guy on an AOL chatroom who constantly slammed OS/2, and claimed to be an IT guy for some company, and someone tracked him down and found out that his AOL account was paid for by a Microsoft company credit card, and Steve Barkhto turned out to be none other than a Microsoft marketing exec.
"The number of suckers born each minute doubles every 18 months."
-jafac's law
agreed.
My definition of cross-platform is NOT:
Win32 and Solaris, and maybe as an afterthought Mac, BEOS and Linux.
But that seems to be how Sun looks at things. It ain't cross platform at all folks. Not even close.
"The number of suckers born each minute doubles every 18 months."
-jafac's law
we probably SHOULD care how the trial goes.
If MS wins, then FUD mongering will reign supreme. Look at the whole OJ thing (again). If OJ had lost BOTH trials, there's be a LOT fewer people out there proclaiming his innocence.
If MS loses, then we have the incredibly daunting task of punishing them. Breaking up the company has already been analyzed and it looks like more harm than good will come of it. Fining them will result in the same thing; consumers will end up bearing the cost. Writing up an injunction for them to cease and desist the alleged illegal behaviors will simply not work, because we're dealing with a Saddam Hussein-like attitude here. Remember the 1995 injunction? Bill laughed at it, they were dragged to court, found out of compliance, and won it on appeal anyway.
In any case, MS will probably appeal and get it all thrown out in the end, but the important thing is that they must LOSE this initial trial. MS's strength is in it's PR, and that's what they'll lose by losing the trial. Any punishment the DOJ metes out will be trivial compared to the loss of face MS will suffer. This is the critical opportuninty, and probably the last, best chance for any competitor to make headway. The face MS has lost just by the negative press DURING the trial, has already shown itself, and this is why Linux is making corporate headway. I believe that if MS loses, Linux (and others - the whole MS-alternative mindset) will make enough headway, to actually get enough of a foot in the door to become a permanent fixture. Definately not a dominant one, I think MS's future is secure there no matter what happens with the trial (sadly). But the mindset that alternatives ARE available, and that it's NOT going to be an MS-only world will take permanent hold.
"The number of suckers born each minute doubles every 18 months."
-jafac's law
Thank you Mr. Barhkto.
"The number of suckers born each minute doubles every 18 months."
-jafac's law
wasn't Jar Jar female?
Somehow, I think Amidala ends up being Leia's mother. I just get that feeling. . .
"The number of suckers born each minute doubles every 18 months."
-jafac's law
I used to be in SCA.
I don't think there's a single "mixed marriage" in SCA history. It just doesn't work. Talk about your time-consuming hobbies!
Personally, I loved it. The one Pennsic war I fought in (1994) was the greatest time I ever had. Both me and my wife were there and were fully into the SCA thing, but once we had kids, we had to give it a rest. I know there are lots of people who do SCA with kids, but for us it was just too much. We'll see you again in 15 years when our kids are old enough for us to get back into it.
I like the movies as much as the next guy, but I just can't see Star Wars taking up as much of a person's life as SCA. I mean, a few hours every month or so sitting and watching one of the movies, maybe playing with legos or something, fine. But SCA was something that took DAILY commitment (fighter training), and literally hours per week in shire meetings, and monthy or biweekly camping trips (during the spring and summer seasons), equipment maintenance, historical research, craft. In fact, I think the women spent a lot more time at it, because the most popular women's crafts were like needlepoint and sewing and stuff. That crap just takes hours and hours!
If you're spending that much time worshipping Star Wars, you DO, in fact, need a life.
"The number of suckers born each minute doubles every 18 months."
-jafac's law
THEY
WERE
ON
A
BREAK!!!!
"The number of suckers born each minute doubles every 18 months."
-jafac's law
What can I say? The experience was great. The movie? Who cares, we're talking about an experience.
Yes, you must have seen the other three movies to "get it", and yes, you need to take all of those events into account, and judge this movie in the context of the others. To me, looking at the movie in this context, I loved the story, and the flow was just fine, a little slow at times, but not enough to spoil anything, the acting was just fine - I think a lot of people are judging bitterly because of the hype - screw the hype, it was an excellent movie. It even acheived "greatness". Not extreme greatness, but in terms of the genre, this movie just plain rocked.
In fact, the only real arguments I have against it are technical. The special effects were not as seamless as they could have been. The droid soldiers walk seemed a little unnatural (unnatural for a droid? Of course! duh! - but the movement did seem a bit off, something in the bouce was just not right - and since hand-drawn animation HAS worked here in the past, I know it's not unacheivable with Computers). Also, the explosion on the Droid ship was hokey, and the scene where the big silver ship landed on Tatooine also bothered me. Was it lighting? I'm not sure. It just didn't look right. What I'm saying here, is that I think Lucas was relying on computer animation TOO much, perhaps the technology just isn't there yet. I have to say that the animation of the aliens, particularly Jar Jar, WAS okay. Some of the skin textures didn't seem to track right, but we're talking about something infinitely more complicated than walking droids here.
But as far as story immersion, I was in it. I was there, wondering what was going to happen next, guessing some from limited spoilers I've heard, yet not so lost in it that I could also step back and enjoy the beauty of the scenery, the fights - QuiGon ObiWan and Maul - was awesome. Totally fucking awesome, tho I am disappointed in the final outcome - you KNOW ObiWan has to survive, so that's kind of spoiled for you, but even knowing that, for a brief time, you're wondering how the hell he's going to get out of it, because you KNOW Maul is just going to kick his ass. . .
I only spent $4 to see it. But I think it would have been worth $100. I've waited 16 years for this movie, and I'm not disappointed. George, hurry up and finish the other two!
"The number of suckers born each minute doubles every 18 months."
-jafac's law
I think that's why it used to have the nickname, in the 1980's, of: "The Wobbly Goblin".
Supposedly it has 100 times the radar cross-section of a B-2, a plane several times it's physical size.
Also, the reason it was shot down was because it was flying at a low enough altitude for optically sighted AAA to get it. Some AAA gunner fired at a dark patch in the sky and got lucky. This was supposedly part of the "tactic" that the Iraqi's taught to the Yugoslavs for shooting down American "LO" planes (Low Observable).
"The number of suckers born each minute doubles every 18 months."
-jafac's law
If I remember correctly (from The Learning Channel) - didn't the Russian Govt. spy on the French company that built the Concorde?
"The number of suckers born each minute doubles every 18 months."
-jafac's law
At the very least, I would consider it my civic duty to print out and mail a copy of this article to every one of my elected representatives.
Anyone have any luck with that "report" link? It keeps giving me a 500 Server Error.
"The number of suckers born each minute doubles every 18 months."
-jafac's law