For the moment, we have a nation in which everyone went to Woodstock and no one was the man.
OK, it's blatent hyperbole, but it drives across a good point. No one (especially our relatively thin slice-o-society here @/.) believes they are doing wrong. Everyone is fighting for the higher goal of a perfect society, decrying the injustices of our culture, and damning the oppression and racism they see all around them.
Fact of the matter is no one wants to take the blame, we all want to give it. That is one of the key problems with the younger American generation (myself somewhat included). If everyone would stop pointing their fingers around the room, we might eventually have a useful conversation of what to do about it.
Mid
NB -- Yes, I realize the hipocracy of pointing my finger @ everyone and then telling everyone to stop pointing fingers... no need to, er, point that out:)
Yeesh -- good point; I forgot about The Man in the Iron Mask. Actually, I probably have a mental block about it.... a classic book that I knew would be a flop of a movie.
My personal prediction is that Lucas won't choose him for the role, for exactly the reason you mentioned ("...excess baggage from previous roles..."). I have to admit it took me a few minutes to believe Ewan McGregor's jedi role since Trainspotting --:)
In the end I guess we'll put our faith in Mr Lucas; he has a penchant for balancing these kind of things.
Anyone seen "The Basketball Diaries"? Good flick, and DiCaprio did an excellent job in that, even as a kid.
Sure, he was a schmuck in Titanic. But Jim Cameron never lets his actors steal the show-- the acting from Cameron's movies usually comes out looking second-rate no matter who's in them.
And I guarantee George Lucas is planning for a somewhat whiny character for Anakin Skywalker in the second one (Remember Luke in "A New Hope"? Same deal).
So I think DiCaprio might be a pretty good fit. Jeez, a guy does one cheezy movie so he can get absurdly rich and get hot chicks, and everyone writes him off? C'mon.
> Joy.. the US trying to impose its will on > another country. Ain't life grand.
Don't get me wrong, I'm usually one of the first to point out the stupidity of American technology laws. But as far as I know the US Gov't hasn't laid claim to Linux yet, and I predict that they won't even try. To assume that they will is almost as stupid as classifying encryption as munitions.
Lets say you go to a movie and (gasp!) there's a scratch running down the left side of the movie for the entire length of the film. Do you know what the theater can do about it? Nothing. Zilch. Nada. And it drives me up the wall.
I worked at a first-run theater for 3 years as a projectionist, and I can tell you those poor films get the s%!t beat out of them every single day. Scratches, soundtrack blurring, one time a projectionist cut out an entire scene for his "personal" viewing (remember Showgirls?). And the prints never get replaced, because the theater would have to enter into another contract lease on another print (in other words, they'd lose money, anywhere from $2 - $10,000 a week).
What I'm saying is digital films would have the benefit of being durable, if nothing else. And, as someone made the point earlier, when was the last time anyone on this board listened to an album because they wanted to hear the imperfections of the 12" record?
... in a galaxy far away, around the time of the first Star Wars Trilogy, UNIX was freely distributed. Then a big, bad company decided they owned it. Now we have more UNIX flavors than Bill Clinton has scandals (I counted), and none of them (sans Linux) are free.
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That article did have one good point:
/.) believes they are doing wrong. Everyone is fighting for the higher goal of a perfect society, decrying the injustices of our culture, and damning the oppression and racism they see all around them.
:)
For the moment, we have a nation in which everyone went to Woodstock and no one was the man.
OK, it's blatent hyperbole, but it drives across a good point. No one (especially our relatively thin slice-o-society here @
Fact of the matter is no one wants to take the blame, we all want to give it. That is one of the key problems with the younger American generation (myself somewhat included). If everyone would stop pointing their fingers around the room, we might eventually have a useful conversation of what to do about it.
Mid
NB -- Yes, I realize the hipocracy of pointing my finger @ everyone and then telling everyone to stop pointing fingers... no need to, er, point that out
Yeesh -- good point; I forgot about The Man in the Iron Mask. Actually, I probably have a mental block about it.... a classic book that I knew would be a flop of a movie.
:)
My personal prediction is that Lucas won't choose him for the role, for exactly the reason you mentioned ("...excess baggage from previous roles..."). I have to admit it took me a few minutes to believe Ewan McGregor's jedi role since Trainspotting --
In the end I guess we'll put our faith in Mr Lucas; he has a penchant for balancing these kind of things.
Anyone seen "The Basketball Diaries"? Good flick, and DiCaprio did an excellent job in that, even as a kid.
Sure, he was a schmuck in Titanic. But Jim Cameron never lets his actors steal the show-- the acting from Cameron's movies usually comes out looking second-rate no matter who's in them.
And I guarantee George Lucas is planning for a somewhat whiny character for Anakin Skywalker in the second one (Remember Luke in "A New Hope"? Same deal).
So I think DiCaprio might be a pretty good fit. Jeez, a guy does one cheezy movie so he can get absurdly rich and get hot chicks, and everyone writes him off? C'mon.
Mid
> Joy.. the US trying to impose its will on
> another country. Ain't life grand.
Don't get me wrong, I'm usually one of the first to point out the stupidity of American technology laws. But as far as I know the US Gov't hasn't laid claim to Linux yet, and I predict that they won't even try. To assume that they will is almost as stupid as classifying encryption as munitions.
Rgds,
Mid
Lets say you go to a movie and (gasp!) there's a scratch running down the left side of the movie for the entire length of the film. Do you know what the theater can do about it? Nothing. Zilch. Nada. And it drives me up the wall.
I worked at a first-run theater for 3 years as a projectionist, and I can tell you those poor films get the s%!t beat out of them every single day. Scratches, soundtrack blurring, one time a projectionist cut out an entire scene for his "personal" viewing (remember Showgirls?). And the prints never get replaced, because the theater would have to enter into another contract lease on another print (in other words, they'd lose money, anywhere from $2 - $10,000 a week).
What I'm saying is digital films would have the benefit of being durable, if nothing else. And, as someone made the point earlier, when was the last time anyone on this board listened to an album because they wanted to hear the imperfections of the 12" record?
Sure, Perl works... but internet applications are well on their way to being full-blown apps... ever tried to create a UI with Perl?
No, no. You have to support the guardian with the servlets class, not kill him. Use the JSDK2.0 as a tool and extend the hell outta him.
Then you can gain access to the next level, and eventually come face to face with the Jini.
[sarcasm is good for the soul]
MidKnight
... in a galaxy far away, around the time of the first Star Wars Trilogy, UNIX was freely distributed. Then a big, bad company decided they owned it. Now we have more UNIX flavors than Bill Clinton has scandals (I counted), and none of them (sans Linux) are free.
Is this going to happen to Linux?