Riiiight. It's really fair to call one of the most brilliant marketers of the 20th century "mcmoron." Granted, I don't watch the WWF or the XFL, and find it all pretty silly and trashy, but I can recognize the fact that Vince McMahon knows damn well what sells and exactly how to sell it.
Lessee... the original story had what, one character? This movie has 9, 10, whatever people cast?
Voice-over by Robin Fucking Williams?
If you're looking forward to watching an over-hyped mediocre-talented director butcher what would have been a great work, then you'll be in for much amusement.
However, if you're a fan of Kubrick, or decent filmmaking in general, then hang your head in shame and hope Stanley's not too occupied rolling over in his grave.
It'll be a sad day when this fluffed up butchered crap hits the screens.
Perhaps the most important of all programming-related question, and certainly a must-have in any IT interview worth its salt: what music do you listen to while you code?
I have AT&T Broadband cable modem access in Richmond VA (they bought out Media One) and it's been very, very solid. A few connection dropouts very seldomly, but overall, excellent service and fast speeds.
You made the same movie again! (e.g. Lock, Stock, Two Smoking Barrells)
Ritchie annoys me. The guy is a total rich kid, straight from the fox-hunting estates of Somewhereshire, England. And here he is making a movie about the inner cities of London.
Next we're going to see Dubya pen a screen play about how hard it is growing up poor.
To say this movie brings the Open Source Movement (TM) into the limelight in a positive way is similar to saying people should take astrology seriously because it's included in each piece of Bazooka gum.
This movie is fluff crap, and no one is going to take one, two, or three glances at it and go "wow, there's a real serious and deep philosophy at work here." This movie been rightfully shrugged off and scorned by every major critic. No one took anything important awat from it, and no one ever will.
I don't get it.. I guess some people will get excited by anything. Next thing you know,/. will have a front-page story about the upcoming BLAIR WITCH 5: THE NIGHT OF THE KERNEL HACKERS (but it atually features gcc in action!!!)
You know it's going to be a tough call to tech support when you tell them you've been trying to ping the nameservers and they respond "named what?"
Sigh. Never tell any cable/DSL tech support you're running Linuxs. Might as well not even call.
People consciously doing incredibly stupid and dangerous things and then dying in extremely grotesque, painful, and unusual ways is absolutely hilarious and I'll be there to watch Stearns plummet thirty feet into the ground, laughing all the while.
When are you morons going to realize that typing "first poast" or "first poste" or even the random correctly spelled "first post" is NOT GOING TO GET YOU FIRST POST WHEN YOU GET MODDED DOWN TO ZERO?
Neil Stephenson working on a tired project. Woo! It'll be starring Kurt Russel or Ben Affleck or some other two-bit actor (Batman died when Keaton left), and direct by Joel Schumacher or some other creme puff directory.
No games, ever, will compare with the Sierra games of the 80s and early 90s. I've never spent so much time with games- console, PC, or otheriwse, as I have with King's Quests, Police Quests, Quest for Glory/Hero's Quests.
Ah, the fond memories of old Sierra games. I remember- 1986? 87?- Police Quest I in CGA, desperately trying to test the drunk driver ('test drunk'? no, 'test sober'? yes!).
Even Leisure Suit Larry... I remember sneaking on the old 8086 trying to answer those questions you had to get by in order to play.
Nothing has, and nothing most likely will, compete with those games: the engrossing, fun story lines, the wit, and the overall enjoyment they gave me is unparallaed.
Okay, I'm getting too nostalgic. I think I'll go home tonight and beat Space Quest or Colonel's Bequest.
Hell, I originally beat Colonel's Bequest having to play it in all in black&white (It was EGA color only and I was way t00 k3wl to leave my CGA roots).
That's a good point about big user base vs freedom, but I don't think the two are in conflict necessarily.
The point is that AOL is _provided_. Perhaps not open-sourced, but I think they key is that it's there for use. Any given user can choose not to use it, and certainly can voice conerns about its closed-source nature, but I think it's a great advantage for Linux to _have_ it available, regardless of the availability of its source code..
Think, Linux newbie installs the OS because he can access AOL. Linux newbie wants to learn Linux, and learns all about open-source, the GPL, etc etc. Linux newbie learns how evil AOL is because they don't provide their soource, Linux newbie gets a new ISP and joins the crusade;)
Something like that, anyway.. I think having AOL available is a great thing.
Okay, so you don't like AOL. I completely understand.
But so much discussion here focuses on how to get Linux into the limelight, into some serious competition with MS in terms of desktop.. Isn't this a great step in that direction? Despite the fact that you're a l33t hax0r, 90% of desktop users are not, and having AOL for Linux can draw a whole new crowd, and perhaps greatly help it into the mainstream.
Man, Linux takes a giant step in the right direction, and everyone screams about it...
While @ work, I'm resigned to use Win95.. and I notice that Mozilla is generally rather slow on Win 9x boxen.. Anyone out there use Mozilla (M17 or prior) routinely on Win32?
It's too bad the old NESes keep breaking.. that damned flashing light/screen. I keep trying to convince myself to shell out $75-$90 for a top-loading NES so I can run my old carts. Playing 'Rescue: Embassy Mission' on my 27" TV beats my silly old monitor any idea.
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Yes, it's certainly a shame that Nintendo abandoned that whole toys-that-make-people-vomit-and-have-seizures market.
It was a black day, no doubt.
Riiiight. It's really fair to call one of the most brilliant marketers of the 20th century "mcmoron." Granted, I don't watch the WWF or the XFL, and find it all pretty silly and trashy, but I can recognize the fact that Vince McMahon knows damn well what sells and exactly how to sell it.
Kudos to him.
Lessee... the original story had what, one character? This movie has 9, 10, whatever people cast?
Voice-over by Robin Fucking Williams?
If you're looking forward to watching an over-hyped mediocre-talented director butcher what would have been a great work, then you'll be in for much amusement.
However, if you're a fan of Kubrick, or decent filmmaking in general, then hang your head in shame and hope Stanley's not too occupied rolling over in his grave.
It'll be a sad day when this fluffed up butchered crap hits the screens.
Are /. ops stupid? The article that the story links to discusses how Sega is denying the death-of-Dreamcast stories.
Real quality reporting here.
Perhaps the most important of all programming-related question, and certainly a must-have in any IT interview worth its salt: what music do you listen to while you code?
np. autechre "amber"
I have AT&T Broadband cable modem access in Richmond VA (they bought out Media One) and it's been very, very solid. A few connection dropouts very seldomly, but overall, excellent service and fast speeds.
You made the same movie again! (e.g. Lock, Stock, Two Smoking Barrells)
Ritchie annoys me. The guy is a total rich kid, straight from the fox-hunting estates of Somewhereshire, England. And here he is making a movie about the inner cities of London.
Next we're going to see Dubya pen a screen play about how hard it is growing up poor.
Ritchie's not getting my $7.50.
To say this movie brings the Open Source Movement (TM) into the limelight in a positive way is similar to saying people should take astrology seriously because it's included in each piece of Bazooka gum.
/. will have a front-page story about the upcoming BLAIR WITCH 5: THE NIGHT OF THE KERNEL HACKERS (but it atually features gcc in action!!!)
This movie is fluff crap, and no one is going to take one, two, or three glances at it and go "wow, there's a real serious and deep philosophy at work here." This movie been rightfully shrugged off and scorned by every major critic. No one took anything important awat from it, and no one ever will.
I don't get it.. I guess some people will get excited by anything. Next thing you know,
Since when has the open source movement "rocked" Corporate America? What sort of blathering fantasy is that?
As it much as it pains me to say, the official score is still Corporate America 1, Open Source Movement 0.
I wonder what sort of message this will send to big businesses with potential interest in Linux.
Corel seems to be failing at it, I wonder if this will end up being a black eye..
You know it's going to be a tough call to tech support when you tell them you've been trying to ping the nameservers and they respond "named what?" Sigh. Never tell any cable/DSL tech support you're running Linuxs. Might as well not even call.
People consciously doing incredibly stupid and dangerous things and then dying in extremely grotesque, painful, and unusual ways is absolutely hilarious and I'll be there to watch Stearns plummet thirty feet into the ground, laughing all the while.
Darwinism at work; it's a wonderful thing!
Delicatessen and City of Lost Children were done by Marc Caro and Jean Juenet... who, sadly enough, are also reponsible for Alien Resurrection.
When are you morons going to realize that typing "first poast" or "first poste" or even the random correctly spelled "first post" is NOT GOING TO GET YOU FIRST POST WHEN YOU GET MODDED DOWN TO ZERO?
thanks. and go ahead and mod this down.
One of the most brilliant writers of the 20th century?
Are you retarded?
Neil Stephenson working on a tired project. Woo! It'll be starring Kurt Russel or Ben Affleck or some other two-bit actor (Batman died when Keaton left), and direct by Joel Schumacher or some other creme puff directory.
Great, where do I sign up?
No games, ever, will compare with the Sierra games of the 80s and early 90s. I've never spent so much time with games- console, PC, or otheriwse, as I have with King's Quests, Police Quests, Quest for Glory/Hero's Quests.
Ah, the fond memories of old Sierra games. I remember- 1986? 87?- Police Quest I in CGA, desperately trying to test the drunk driver ('test drunk'? no, 'test sober'? yes!).
Even Leisure Suit Larry... I remember sneaking on the old 8086 trying to answer those questions you had to get by in order to play.
Nothing has, and nothing most likely will, compete with those games: the engrossing, fun story lines, the wit, and the overall enjoyment they gave me is unparallaed.
Okay, I'm getting too nostalgic. I think I'll go home tonight and beat Space Quest or Colonel's Bequest.
Hell, I originally beat Colonel's Bequest having to play it in all in black&white (It was EGA color only and I was way t00 k3wl to leave my CGA roots).
Ah, wither Sierra?
That's a good point about big user base vs freedom, but I don't think the two are in conflict necessarily.
;)
The point is that AOL is _provided_. Perhaps not open-sourced, but I think they key is that it's there for use. Any given user can choose not to use it, and certainly can voice conerns about its closed-source nature, but I think it's a great advantage for Linux to _have_ it available, regardless of the availability of its source code..
Think, Linux newbie installs the OS because he can access AOL. Linux newbie wants to learn Linux, and learns all about open-source, the GPL, etc etc. Linux newbie learns how evil AOL is because they don't provide their soource, Linux newbie gets a new ISP and joins the crusade
Something like that, anyway.. I think having AOL available is a great thing.
Okay, so you don't like AOL. I completely understand.
But so much discussion here focuses on how to get Linux into the limelight, into some serious competition with MS in terms of desktop.. Isn't this a great step in that direction? Despite the fact that you're a l33t hax0r, 90% of desktop users are not, and having AOL for Linux can draw a whole new crowd, and perhaps greatly help it into the mainstream.
Man, Linux takes a giant step in the right direction, and everyone screams about it...
I don't get it.
Curious.. would this also prohibit the old RedHat box masqing IPs for the Windows box?
Glad I have Mediaone Roadrunner.. at least, for now..
While @ work, I'm resigned to use Win95.. and I notice that Mozilla is generally rather slow on Win 9x boxen.. Anyone out there use Mozilla (M17 or prior) routinely on Win32?
So do programmers spell breathe correctly?
It's too bad the old NESes keep breaking.. that damned flashing light/screen. I keep trying to convince myself to shell out $75-$90 for a top-loading NES so I can run my old carts. Playing 'Rescue: Embassy Mission' on my 27" TV beats my silly old monitor any idea.
Anyone who wears sandals shouldn't be taken seriously, anyway. What are you worried about?