Your argument is predicated on the notion that someone would travel from the great state of Texas to a retarded backwater like New York.
Enjoy your small sodas.
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Actually, I know what the problem is. They see the fanbase as a bonus, not as the target demographic. We have these people who are going to see the movie no matter what, so might as well aim for a completely different demographic. This way we get the other people AND the trek nerds!!!
Ah, yes. The McCain strategy. And we see how well that worked out for him.
Perhaps he's in a secret valley somewhere, protected by a holographic screen, with other adventurers and industrialists, plotting a takeover of the world?
Susan: That er, that Steve guy; how well do you know him? Are you close? Jeff: Close? We're porn buddies! Susan: Porn buddies? Jeff: Oh, yeah. Susan: Is this code? Were you in prison together or something? Jeff: No, no, no it's simple; it's a safety precaution, like a scuba driver swims with a buddy in case he runs out of air. Susan: Okay, okay. Are you telling me that a porn buddy stands by with oxygen? Jeff: No. Many years ago, me and Steve exchanged house keys-- Susan: Are you sure this isn't code? Jeff: It isn't code. Susan: Alright. Jeff: In the event of Steve's death the first thing I would do --upset though I will be-- is go straight to his house and remove all the pornography before his parents can find it. Susan: You're kidding! Jeff: And he's pledged to do the same for me. That's how close we are! Susan: You two have seriously made plans to destroy each other's dirty mags? Jeff: Who said, "destroy?" Remove. Susan: you wouldn't keep them? Jeff: It's a perk. Susan: Oh, Jeff. Jeff: That's the beauty of it, you see. Your best friend's dead, but there's a bright side!
I have an inherent distrust of anything wireless, which is why I still have cables running from my mouse and keyboard, refuse to use Bluetooth, and use wireless only when I have to and even then almost exclusively in Linux (though with WPA/WPA2 and a nice, long, random shared key, it's not so bad). My current record in a lab for cracking 128-bit WEP is about 14 minutes, start to finish. Paranoid?
Paranoid? Not until you do all of your computing inside a Faraday cage. Until then, you're just a TEMPEST in a teapot.
There is no "uninstall" in the program group, and it does not show up in Control Panel - Add/Remove Programs.
Not to be a killjoy (which is curiously indistinct from being a BillJoy), but did you look under "Yahoo! Widget Engine"? It's in my Add/Remove progams in Windows XP, and it comes out just fine. (Although in my case, it went right back in, because I like the memory/CPU utilization widgets - it's like GKrellM, but pretty!)
but just as the Romans couldn't even imagine in their wildest dreams a B2 bomber
Of course, it would have to be a B2 instead of a B1 or any other type of bomber so that it won't be detected by the Romans RADAR.;-)
Hey, Archimedes built the Solar Death Ray - of course, you probably wouldn't want to send a black bomber against that. Besides, the Romans always manage to take out my bombers, anyway.
Quick note about the "Amazon" sale: it's only in their z-shops (isn't that their version of eBay?), and it's priced at US$35.99 there; going to the BNL website, I noticed
BARENAKED ON A STICK!... is a USB flash memory drive containing songs, videos, and exclusive content from the Barenaked Ladies, and will go on sale November 22, 2005! Essential for any BNL fan's collection, the 128mg USB flash memory drive (about the size of your pinky finger) is a fast and easy way to share music, videos, pictures and other data. It is PC/Mac compatible, re-usable and incredibly low priced at $29.98 (close to the same cost of the device on its own with no special content). It will be available on Amazon.com and Werkshop.com (Nettwerk's online merchandise store), and will also be sold at all BNL shows this winter.
John Buchanan, the university liason officer for Electronic Arts... talking about how EA was not an "art house"... I asked him if it was depressing... he acknowledges what they're doing is hardly art, is hardly revolutionary, but just aims to please the masses while earning them all a big fat paycheck... and his answer? No...
No, you want depressing? Your comment prompted me to reach for my copy of Strike Fleet (circa 1987) and read the box copy:
"About Our Company: We're an association of
electronic artists who share a common goal. We want to fufill the potential of personal computing. That's a tall order. But with enough imagination and enthusiasm we think there's a good chance for our success. Our products, like this one, are evidence of our intent."
And remember, this was the company which in its early days brought us (stolen from Wikipedia):
Pinball Construction Set (1982)
Archon (1983)
M.U.L.E. (1983) - Dani Bunten, we miss you.
One on One: Dr. J vs. Larry Bird (1983)
Music Construction Set (1984)
The Seven Cities of Gold (1984)
Skyfox (1984)
The Bard's Tale (1985), by Interplay Productions
Adventure Construction Set (1985)
Populous (1989)
Chuck Yeager's Air Combat (1993)
Could those games have been made at EA today? I may just go and cry now.
Then Gordon [Bing Gordon, Marketing] proposed [the company name] "Electronic Artists," in tribute to the film company United Artists. However, Steve Hayes opposed, saying, "We're not the artists, they are..." meaning that the developers whose games EA would publish were the artists.... A novel approach to giving credit to its developers was one of EA's trademarks in its early days. EA was the first video game publisher to treat its developers like rock stars in an industry where developers were more prone to be treated like nameless factory workers.... EA routinely referred to their developers as "artists" and gave them photo credits in their games and numerous full-page magazine ads. EA also shared lavish profits with their developers, which added to their industry appeal. Because of this novel treatment, EA was able to easily attract the best developers.
The above comment might look completely off-topic until you realize that he's
actually talking about Alien Resurrection (also known as Alien 4),
which was written (in part) by Joss Whedon, the creator of Firefly (and Serenity, the movie under discussion).
And yes, Serenity is a lot of fun, right up until the last reel (6/23 preview), which I'm still kind of hoping was a Whedon/Universal fake-out, anyway.
"Do you know what your sin is?" "No, but I'm leaning towards wrath."
Exactly. Without giving anything else away, I think that the movie was excellent, right up until the last reel (the sudden but inevitable betrayal), where it became the kind of movie that... made this is "a time for quiet, silent contemplation."
The only thing that I can imagine redeeming this is that we're the victims of a hoax. If you'll notice, the production values of that last reel (which at this point are approximately those of Saturday morning television, crossed with some of the more absurd portions of the movie Galaxy Quest) do not match those of the rest of the movie. There are two endings to Mal and the assassin's fight, both of which are shown - unless you believe that he's still fighting like that after being run through with the sword - although I did like the line about "wrath." I think that what we saw was incomplete and misleading, not just from a technical/fx standpoint, but from a storytelling standpoint as well.
I think, or at least desperately hope that the movie that we see in September will have an entirely different ending than the one which we saw Thursday night (and/or are seeing at the other previews).
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I can have a custom dragon dildo!
Why does your dragon need a dildo?
There are plenty of non-strange Linux people around.
Personally, I consider myself quite charming.
I suppose it all depends on the spin you put on things.
Your argument is predicated on the notion that someone would travel from the great state of Texas to a retarded backwater like New York.
Enjoy your small sodas.
Ah, yes. The McCain strategy. And we see how well that worked out for him.
I don't know, I stay up most every night until 12:01 waiting for the next w00t. When there's a woot-off, forget about it - I'm up all night!
Of course, my wife has observed that I might have a w00t *problem*.
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I suspect that I may have been 0wn3d.
But, shouldn't that be "Windows Is Cheaper Than Novell SuSE Enterprise Linux"?
Hear, hear! Wish I had mod points.
Susan: That er, that Steve guy; how well do you know him? Are you close?
Jeff: Close? We're porn buddies!
Susan: Porn buddies?
Jeff: Oh, yeah.
Susan: Is this code? Were you in prison together or something?
Jeff: No, no, no it's simple; it's a safety precaution, like a scuba driver swims with a buddy in case he runs out of air.
Susan: Okay, okay. Are you telling me that a porn buddy stands by with oxygen?
Jeff: No. Many years ago, me and Steve exchanged house keys--
Susan: Are you sure this isn't code?
Jeff: It isn't code.
Susan: Alright.
Jeff: In the event of Steve's death the first thing I would do --upset though I will be-- is go straight to his house and remove all the pornography before his parents can find it.
Susan: You're kidding!
Jeff: And he's pledged to do the same for me. That's how close we are!
Susan: You two have seriously made plans to destroy each other's dirty mags?
Jeff: Who said, "destroy?" Remove.
Susan: you wouldn't keep them?
Jeff: It's a perk.
Susan: Oh, Jeff.
Jeff: That's the beauty of it, you see. Your best friend's dead, but there's a bright side!
There are Republicans in Minnesota?
If you immediately know that the candlelight is fire,then the meal was already cooked long ago.
- highlight data with mouse
- ctrl + c
- open gmail
- ctrl + v
Or does it just cryptographically protect the document file/format itself?Paranoid? Not until you do all of your computing inside a Faraday cage. Until then, you're just a TEMPEST in a teapot.
They do mine on a napkin with a red pen.
In a bistro?
(It's not the US$6.00 is a lot of money, I just hate feeling like a chump.)
No, you want depressing? Your comment prompted me to reach for my copy of Strike Fleet (circa 1987) and read the box copy: And remember, this was the company which in its early days brought us (stolen from Wikipedia):
- Pinball Construction Set (1982)
- Archon (1983)
- M.U.L.E. (1983) - Dani Bunten, we miss you.
- One on One: Dr. J vs. Larry Bird (1983)
- Music Construction Set (1984)
- The Seven Cities of Gold (1984)
- Skyfox (1984)
- The Bard's Tale (1985), by Interplay Productions
- Adventure Construction Set (1985)
- Populous (1989)
- Chuck Yeager's Air Combat (1993)
Could those games have been made at EA today? I may just go and cry now. What a difference twenty three years makes, eh?- actually talking about Alien Resurrection (also known as Alien 4),
- which was written (in part) by Joss Whedon, the creator of Firefly (and Serenity, the movie under discussion).
And yes, Serenity is a lot of fun, right up until the last reel (6/23 preview), which I'm still kind of hoping was a Whedon/Universal fake-out, anyway."Do you know what your sin is?"
"No, but I'm leaning towards wrath."
You mean, as in GAY Ain't Younix (or GAY Ain't Yours)? It's a little "redneck" for me, but otherwise okay.
"Brownstains" != "I promise not to troll."
Exactly. Without giving anything else away, I think that the movie was excellent, right up until the last reel (the sudden but inevitable betrayal), where it became the kind of movie that... made this is "a time for quiet, silent contemplation."
The only thing that I can imagine redeeming this is that we're the victims of a hoax. If you'll notice, the production values of that last reel (which at this point are approximately those of Saturday morning television, crossed with some of the more absurd portions of the movie Galaxy Quest) do not match those of the rest of the movie. There are two endings to Mal and the assassin's fight, both of which are shown - unless you believe that he's still fighting like that after being run through with the sword - although I did like the line about "wrath." I think that what we saw was incomplete and misleading, not just from a technical/fx standpoint, but from a storytelling standpoint as well.
I think, or at least desperately hope that the movie that we see in September will have an entirely different ending than the one which we saw Thursday night (and/or are seeing at the other previews).
Please?