This is and will be the most horrible movie I have ever seen.
I play D&D. I played when the Christian population was mislead by the media into thinking it was evil. I work hard with my friends, co-workers, and anyone that is interested in listening to expound on the good things about the game. This movie has just set back all these efforts.
I am pissed about the money and time that I put into watching that peice o' dragon turd. Moreover I am upset that in my mind I now have the memory of the movie to contend with.
Anyone interested in starting a support group for other Dungeon and Dragons film watchers?
I have seen several comments from folks about the "issues" with Cable Modems. What is funny is many of them sound like word of mouth and FUD.
I tried to get DSL and after 6-7 weeks of hell gave up on getting it installed. Changing DSL providers is not an option because they all have to go through the same channels to give you service.
I had a cable modem installed in two days from the time I placed my order. With the exception of a week of lost packets (hell on my games) I have had great service.
I download CD mirrors of linux distros, play QuakeIII and CounterStrike with very low ping and little latency. I have seen broadband and I am impressed.
I currently work for a company that produces the Cable Modem Termination Systems used in many networks. Here are some fiction and facts. For those technologically inclined look up DOCSIS 1.0 and 1.1 specs and find out for yourself.
Fiction - Since Cable is broadcast one person getting on your cable network can limit the bandwidth accessable to you.
Fact - DOCSIS has built in network engineering facilities. Bandwidth can be limited. It is dependant on the service provider to get it right. This is true for any ISP regardless of the network infrastructure.
Fiction - Look at the quality of your cable TV. That is the quality of your Internet Connection. FACT - The radio frequency bandwidths used for television channels and your data are separate. Even if you have noice affecting the TV signal (which is analog) the digital encoding on the data path will insure the data you receive is what you sent.
Please, if you do not have cable data service do not go on word of mouth or let the Telco FUD run you off. Use services like DSLReports and other agencies to find out for yourself.
I called BellSouth.net in the Raleigh, NC area and ordered DSL. To make a very very log story short:
My first order was mysteriously cancelled.
When they re-instated my order they started over from scratch. Hello 5 more weeks.
At the end of the 30th phone call and 6 weeks later I cancelled.
I called Time Warner Cable and ordered Road Runner on a Thursday. That Saturday they had the Cable Modem installed and working great! Just 2 days turn around.
From talking with the BellSouth rep I found out that part of their provisioning phase includes a paper trail from the person taking the order to the person that performs the provisioning. Once the order is take the paper that the order is on can take a week to be processed.
With the exception of 1 week of network trouble (loss of packets) from Time Warner I have had excellent network response and throughput.
Geez. And here I sit watching my favorite Bat Man or Animaniacs cartoon and think of all the effort that went into their creation. Soon computers will do everything.
I mean if no effort goes into the creation of a thing, just how much effort should I put into watching it?
People only download at the rates and bandwidth that the ISPs provide. It is up to (and possible) for the ISP to engineer their network to keep this kind of problem in check.
BTW, if you are paying for best effort data and someone else pays more money for guaranteed delivery/data rates then they will get the better delivery/data rates at your expense.
This will change. The Blair Witch Project (made for US$35,000 by amateurs and unexpectedly grossing US$150-million) is an example.
The Blair Witch Project is only an example of how a relatively cheap to create movie made lots of money because lots of money was put into its advertising. Based on the inundation of commercials for the BWP I am sure that much more than a mere $35,000 dollars were put into the advertising.
In the day of the Internet the adage still holds true:
This contest is totally unfair to those of us who are still boycotting the MPAA!! I mean, we are not supposed to be giving money to the overbearing, scum sucking, lawyer using, freedom bashing motion picture companies and their affiliates!!!
So instead of describing one good thing about Battlevile Earth, I will describe one good thing about the boycott. At least I did not pay to see Battlefield Earth!!!
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This is and will be the most horrible movie I have ever seen.
I play D&D. I played when the Christian population was mislead by the media into thinking it was evil. I work hard with my friends, co-workers, and anyone that is interested in listening to expound on the good things about the game. This movie has just set back all these efforts.
I am pissed about the money and time that I put into watching that peice o' dragon turd. Moreover I am upset that in my mind I now have the memory of the movie to contend with.
Anyone interested in starting a support group for other Dungeon and Dragons film watchers?
I have seen several comments from folks about the "issues" with Cable Modems. What is funny is many of them sound like word of mouth and FUD.
I tried to get DSL and after 6-7 weeks of hell gave up on getting it installed. Changing DSL providers is not an option because they all have to go through the same channels to give you service.
I had a cable modem installed in two days from the time I placed my order. With the exception of a week of lost packets (hell on my games) I have had great service.
I download CD mirrors of linux distros, play QuakeIII and CounterStrike with very low ping and little latency. I have seen broadband and I am impressed.
I currently work for a company that produces the Cable Modem Termination Systems used in many networks. Here are some fiction and facts. For those technologically inclined look up DOCSIS 1.0 and 1.1 specs and find out for yourself.
Fiction - Since Cable is broadcast one person getting on your cable network can limit the bandwidth accessable to you. Fact - DOCSIS has built in network engineering facilities. Bandwidth can be limited. It is dependant on the service provider to get it right. This is true for any ISP regardless of the network infrastructure.
Fiction - Look at the quality of your cable TV. That is the quality of your Internet Connection. FACT - The radio frequency bandwidths used for television channels and your data are separate. Even if you have noice affecting the TV signal (which is analog) the digital encoding on the data path will insure the data you receive is what you sent.
Please, if you do not have cable data service do not go on word of mouth or let the Telco FUD run you off. Use services like DSLReports and other agencies to find out for yourself.
I called BellSouth.net in the Raleigh, NC area and ordered DSL. To make a very very log story short:
I called Time Warner Cable and ordered Road Runner on a Thursday. That Saturday they had the Cable Modem installed and working great! Just 2 days turn around.
From talking with the BellSouth rep I found out that part of their provisioning phase includes a paper trail from the person taking the order to the person that performs the provisioning. Once the order is take the paper that the order is on can take a week to be processed.
With the exception of 1 week of network trouble (loss of packets) from Time Warner I have had excellent network response and throughput.
Geez. And here I sit watching my favorite Bat Man or Animaniacs cartoon and think of all the effort that went into their creation. Soon computers will do everything.
I mean if no effort goes into the creation of a thing, just how much effort should I put into watching it?
Man. I ate a plate of beans that produced results that sound a lot like the term Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma.
People only download at the rates and bandwidth that the ISPs provide. It is up to (and possible) for the ISP to engineer their network to keep this kind of problem in check.
BTW, if you are paying for best effort data and someone else pays more money for guaranteed delivery/data rates then they will get the better delivery/data rates at your expense.
The Blair Witch Project is only an example of how a relatively cheap to create movie made lots of money because lots of money was put into its advertising. Based on the inundation of commercials for the BWP I am sure that much more than a mere $35,000 dollars were put into the advertising.
In the day of the Internet the adage still holds true:
It takes $$$$$$ to make $$$$$$$$$$!!
Ahh. I used poetic license. I intentionally spelled it Battlevile. Where "vile" means something horrible/bad/evil.
By the way. You spelled HA HA HA HA HA wrong. Where are your spaces?
This contest is totally unfair to those of us who are still boycotting the MPAA!! I mean, we are not supposed to be giving money to the overbearing, scum sucking, lawyer using, freedom bashing motion picture companies and their affiliates!!!
So instead of describing one good thing about Battlevile Earth, I will describe one good thing about the boycott. At least I did not pay to see Battlefield Earth!!!
Would it be possible to get Mr. Stoddard to allow the Dialectizing of Slashdot material?
I just love translating flamebate into Swedish!
Nailed it on the head.