I agree, but it's timing was all off. Chris Carter was looking to take control of Fox Friday night along with Sunday night. Unfortunately, that was back when X-Files was still a decent show and no one had enough time to try to keep track of two twisting storylines. Millennium would have been a great followup to the end of X-Files.
So what is Fox going to do with itself when it loses it's Sunday night cult-show? Face it, they aren't going to do it with programs like "The Chamber". What a joke!
King of the Hill and the Simpsons have gone downhill and Futurama gets screwed every week by post game bantor. Malcolm has a good cast and good writers, but...then what?
I vote to bring back Space Above and Beyond or Young Indiana Jones!
Thank you! Yet another person that gets it right. What the developers have done with Linux so far isn't a bad thing though -- they have a strong OS. Look at OpenBSD...it's strong and stable and very secure, but not quite as friendly. Friendly comes with time...
The dicussion does point a big spotlight on the problem with Linux. I use OpenBSD for my firewall and webservers. I tinker with Linux because I want to move away from Windows and use something that is more like what I'm used to (Unix). However, I don't want to spend hours on end figuring out how to configure something as mundane as setting a video resolution.
The good thing is, the Linux community will learn and now that we have a strong base (kernel) we can move into UI and take care of the "little things".
It's the little things, really. I use Windows at work and at home (for now, soon to be Debian) but recently set up a Red Hat box so that I could play around with a Linux CounterStrike server. While doing some mundane tasks in KDE, I realized that a lot of the "little things" that I have become accustomed to while running Windows weren't present.
For example, a Yes/No dialog appeared on the screen so I naturally hit "Y" on the keyboard instead of clicking the button. It didn't work. I also found myself trying to hit ALT-F4 to close the current window...it didn't work either.
Another example: I right-clicked on the desktop expecting to be able to change my screen resolution, but couldn't find the tool to do it. Actually, I hunted for about 1/2 hour before deciding I'd just deal with the current resolution.
My point is that Linux is a very strong operating system and far more flexible than any Windows product that I've used. However, minor GUI inconvienences can steer people away who don't want to have to re-learn everything that has been burned into their minds for so many years.
I think you've hit on a key point here. The $9.95/month seems to attempt to cover bandwidth costs paid by Ximian.
Perhaps some sort of distributed mirroring system needs to be implemented for smaller companies that don't have $billions$ coming in every year to spend on bandwidth.
When I heard that they were making DVDROMs, the first thought that crossed my mind was, "Wow, there are going to be some really bitchin' games for the PC now that we have all that space available on a DVD." I would never buy a DVDROM to watch movies on my computer.
You own the rights to the movie? No way!!! Got a bridge you can sell me, too?
Don't get me wrong...it's not that I don't want them to make enough money to support the three movies, it's just that selling rights to BK for crappy merchandise seems to ruin the whole mood of the film. Perhaps it's just backlash from seeing one too many of those damn Shrek BK commercials. BLEH!
I'm just sick of seeing those commercials for the light-up goblets; it cheapens the film before it's even out. Not that it will prevent me from seeing it, but GEESH people give it a break. Same goes for all the lame Shrek commercials. I really liked that movie, but hate the fact that they sold out to a fast-food chain.
Look what happened to AC players: Turbine said that once you purchased the game, you would never have to purchase any patches or upgrades (aside from the monthly fee) and then they turned around and released "Dark Magesty" which practically forced players to shell out cash so that they could see some of the new features.
AC players have more than once been bitten by the upgrade/patch bug and I think that companies like Verant and M$/Turbine really need to think of better ways to accomplish this task.
What's funny is that Asheron's Call (run by Microsoft, written by Turbine) doesn't have the hefty memory requirements that EQ has. Go figure.
However, AC is not without it's problems. Several patches have made the game virtually un-playable for most of the player base. Plus, they are still trying to sort out "housing" problems from their Dark Magesty release.
I never ceased to be amazed by the virtual societies that are created in massive online multiplayer games. I used to be an Asheron's Call addict because I fell in love with the idea of being able to adventure across the landscape to far away lands. I didn't really get into the role-playing aspect, but was intrigued by people that would complain about theft, treachery and the multitude of con-artists that sprung-up in game. The sheer fact that these games mirror our own society (with greed, deceipt, etc.) is truly a great technical feat!
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There were a couple of great songs made from those sounds. Here's a link to them on my server:
ShazFunk.mp3
Nothing But A Body.mp3
VDN;VGS - we need more shazbot!
Sorry, way off topic, but I couldn't resist your .sig!
Why do people think that having a law regarding exporting software/code is going to stop ANYONE from using it?
Exactly. Laws are made to deter the common citizen from doing wrong and to punish only those who are caught.
I agree, but it's timing was all off. Chris Carter was looking to take control of Fox Friday night along with Sunday night. Unfortunately, that was back when X-Files was still a decent show and no one had enough time to try to keep track of two twisting storylines. Millennium would have been a great followup to the end of X-Files.
So what is Fox going to do with itself when it loses it's Sunday night cult-show? Face it, they aren't going to do it with programs like "The Chamber". What a joke!
King of the Hill and the Simpsons have gone downhill and Futurama gets screwed every week by post game bantor. Malcolm has a good cast and good writers, but...then what?
I vote to bring back Space Above and Beyond or Young Indiana Jones!
Thank you! Your post was very informative and to the point.
I've read that the IR on the Palm PDAs is not quite strong enough to operate as a standard remote. Is this true?
It is a little weird, but I kinda think it's absurd to have 3 hours of pre-game commentary before a football game.
Thank you! Yet another person that gets it right. What the developers have done with Linux so far isn't a bad thing though -- they have a strong OS. Look at OpenBSD...it's strong and stable and very secure, but not quite as friendly. Friendly comes with time...
The good thing is, the Linux community will learn and now that we have a strong base (kernel) we can move into UI and take care of the "little things".
They do...Redmond Linux.
It's the little things, really. I use Windows at work and at home (for now, soon to be Debian) but recently set up a Red Hat box so that I could play around with a Linux CounterStrike server. While doing some mundane tasks in KDE, I realized that a lot of the "little things" that I have become accustomed to while running Windows weren't present.
For example, a Yes/No dialog appeared on the screen so I naturally hit "Y" on the keyboard instead of clicking the button. It didn't work. I also found myself trying to hit ALT-F4 to close the current window...it didn't work either.
Another example: I right-clicked on the desktop expecting to be able to change my screen resolution, but couldn't find the tool to do it. Actually, I hunted for about 1/2 hour before deciding I'd just deal with the current resolution.
My point is that Linux is a very strong operating system and far more flexible than any Windows product that I've used. However, minor GUI inconvienences can steer people away who don't want to have to re-learn everything that has been burned into their minds for so many years.
I think you've hit on a key point here. The $9.95/month seems to attempt to cover bandwidth costs paid by Ximian.
Perhaps some sort of distributed mirroring system needs to be implemented for smaller companies that don't have $billions$ coming in every year to spend on bandwidth.
I wonder why they want us away from the computers?
So they can sneak in and install Magic Latern, of course!
Can we forward spam email messages (with headers) directly to SpamCop instead of pasting? This would be easier to build into a procmail filter...
When I heard that they were making DVDROMs, the first thought that crossed my mind was, "Wow, there are going to be some really bitchin' games for the PC now that we have all that space available on a DVD." I would never buy a DVDROM to watch movies on my computer.
You own the rights to the movie? No way!!! Got a bridge you can sell me, too?
Don't get me wrong...it's not that I don't want them to make enough money to support the three movies, it's just that selling rights to BK for crappy merchandise seems to ruin the whole mood of the film. Perhaps it's just backlash from seeing one too many of those damn Shrek BK commercials. BLEH!
Oh yeah...they're going to recoupe that cost in cheap, light-up goblets from BK. ;^)
Weird...I posted the exact same sentiments at the exact same time. Too strange.
I'm just sick of seeing those commercials for the light-up goblets; it cheapens the film before it's even out. Not that it will prevent me from seeing it, but GEESH people give it a break. Same goes for all the lame Shrek commercials. I really liked that movie, but hate the fact that they sold out to a fast-food chain.
Wow! I had totally forgot about that! What an excellent cartoon! Thanks for the memory.
...that the /. crowd will begin to predict the demise of VALinux^H^H^H^H^HSoftware. The oracle has spoken...
Look what happened to AC players: Turbine said that once you purchased the game, you would never have to purchase any patches or upgrades (aside from the monthly fee) and then they turned around and released "Dark Magesty" which practically forced players to shell out cash so that they could see some of the new features.
AC players have more than once been bitten by the upgrade/patch bug and I think that companies like Verant and M$/Turbine really need to think of better ways to accomplish this task.
What's funny is that Asheron's Call (run by Microsoft, written by Turbine) doesn't have the hefty memory requirements that EQ has. Go figure.
However, AC is not without it's problems. Several patches have made the game virtually un-playable for most of the player base. Plus, they are still trying to sort out "housing" problems from their Dark Magesty release.
I never ceased to be amazed by the virtual societies that are created in massive online multiplayer games. I used to be an Asheron's Call addict because I fell in love with the idea of being able to adventure across the landscape to far away lands. I didn't really get into the role-playing aspect, but was intrigued by people that would complain about theft, treachery and the multitude of con-artists that sprung-up in game. The sheer fact that these games mirror our own society (with greed, deceipt, etc.) is truly a great technical feat!