Those who've been watching this season would disagree with you. I remember similar things being said about DS9 in season 3 as well.
True enough. Wathcing DS9 (my favorite Trek) on Spike has reminded me how weak seasons 1-3 were; I'm just not sure that the continuity-impaired Braga will be able to pull it off for Enterprise. Best of luck to them, though.
Is for them to flash in sequence, so you see little ribbons of light flowing down the freeway. Trouble is, for it to look interesting, the lights would have to appear to be moving at about three to four times the speed limit. Which would encourage a certain class of Stupid Person to try and keep up with them.
Actually, that's a very clever thought: if they could be set to sequence at exactly the speed limit, they'd be a great 'heads-up' speed (and speed limit) indicator - "if you're passing the little flashing lights, you're speeding."
I recently picked up the box set to check out the series, and this is great news...I was surprised how good the series was and perplexed as to why such a show was canceled.
So what are the faithful to do if they don't want to watch the altered 1997 editions of the trilogy? Either give in, or don't buy. "We realize there's a lot of debate out there," says Ward. "But this is not a democracy. We love our fans, but this is about art and filmmaking. [George] has decided that the sole version he wants available is this one."
That's right, it's not a democracy, it's capitalism and I'll buy the version that I want, and ignore the version that I don't.
While the long-held rumor was that George Lucas would wait until the completion of Star Wars Episode III, due in theaters in May 2005, to release the original trilogy on DVD, Lucasfilm VP of Market Jim Ward revealed today that Lucas "found some time" in his schedule and "was willing and eager to make it happen."
Yeah, I'll bet he "found some time" in his schedule -- from making episode 3? That really puts me at ease about the quality of the last Star Wars movie. Actually, it does, because I have the sneaking suspicion that the less that George Lucas has to do with it at this point, the less likely it will be to *suck*. Also telling that he's eager to release SW 4-6 (and altering his schedule to do so) before the last movie comes out. Maybe he's becoming unsure about the new franchise - of course, I'm arguing the artistic vision of the man who brought us Jar-Jar Binks and "I don't like the sand. It's coarse and rough and irritating--not like you. You're soft and smooth." So I could be wrong. Of course, it's all about the art and the fans.
According to Fox Home Entertainment president Mike Dunn, both the studio and Lucasfilm arrived at the September 21st date to gain maximum exposure during the holiday season: "We sold about 17 million VHS 'Star Wars' units during two fall release periods in '95 and '97," he explained. "With that in mind, we designed our release strategy to pick the best release date that had the most gentle sales curve decline on home video."
One more thought about Jar Jar Lucas and the idea "that the sole version he wants available is this one." Don't misunderstand me in my claim that this is all about the money - it's a good thing. Obviously, the man has lost all of his non-technical artistic judgement and talent, but he can still understand his bank statement. Don't rush out and buy the inferior ("New And Improved!" TM) version, and see how long it takes him to offer the classic version. It worked with New Coke...
GameBoy got clobbered by the GameGear, right? NES got ownz0red by Sega Master System, right? PlayStation didn't stand a chance against the newer and better N64, right? Even more recently, the PS2 is really getting thumped by Xbox, huh?
Oh, yeah? Well, you're... um, absolutely right. I hadn't thought of those. But, I still don't know that I'd say that Dreamcast's demise was because of mismanagement - rather, I'd agree with many of the posters in this forum who say that it's all about the games. IIRC, the big "must-own titles" for Dreamcst included Hydro Thunder, and... House of the Dead? Whereas, with the Gameboy, PS1 and PS2, the difference seems to have been in their huge software libraries. Also, it's worth noting that the GBA (GB and GBC) and PS2 (PS1) are backward-compatible, with tends to exploit this - new backward-compatible systems start with the library of the old. (I *still* play Nobunaga's Ambition for GB on my GBA/SP, a twelve year old cartridge!)
Let me get this straight, are you seriously suggesting that being first to market now is a disadvantage? That coming out first is being 1 year behind?
It's counterintutitive, but it does make anecdotal sense. Think about the Dreamcast, first to market, less sophisticated than (at least, poorer graphics than) the PS2, GC, or XBox, and ultimately, the first to go.
Really sad, since the Dreamcast was relatively DRM-less, and it can not only run Linux "out of the box" (by the way, someone should port Knoppix to...), but even after Sega has dropped support for the console, it supports a healthy homebrew community. I use it for MAME, etc. on my TV with actual game controllers. (Also, you can pick a used Dreamcast up at Electronic Botique for $19.99 these days...)
You had me scared for a second there; you know that the SuperPaks and BMS mods/patches are still available here, right? I see that the last SP, SP3, was released in 2002, so I guess that that's what you meant. I just applied it to my own F4 install and -- WOW!
"...Ignore the rants, the raves and bitches,
Just give us all a lot of switches.
This one to pull.
This one to push.
This one for firmness under tush.
Switches to start.
Switches to stop.
A switch so my load won't prematurely drop.
This will take you to the top
And pose you there without a peer
In starting to please the Falconeer.
So make it hard, don't skimp on that.
It should take newbies and squash 'em flat.
Checklists galore
For this work, not play.
Starting the engine should take half a day.
Emergency drills?
That circumstance
Should make even Chuck Yeager crap his pants..."
- from The Falconeer, printed in the 178 page.pdf manual to SP3
(Once again, wow! I'm not even going to mention the 10-minute flash demo on starting the F-16.)
Repeat after me: Better to die on your feet than live on your knees. If using the tool involves giving up my freedom then I'll manage to do without.
A good enough point, and I support and use free (as in speech) software wherever possible, but I don't make purchasing decisions for all of my clients. I think that it'd be kind of unprofessional of me to say "D00d, you're running Windows? You're screwed. I refuse to work on that." I don't know if that's what you'd call "living on your knees," but it's the state of the industry as I know it today.
Besides, I stand by my original assertion - "the proper tool for the job" - is free software always the proper tool for the job, or is this a case where, to the man with just a hammer, every problem looks like a nail?
"It may be better to be a live jackal than a dead lion, but it is better still to be a live lion. And usually easier." - Lazarus Long
The CCNA is almost as worthless as the MCSE and A+. Any schmuck can get their MCSE.
And you have yours, right? On Windows 2000? Or, is your only experience with Windows an old desktop running Windows 98? I have to say, the Windows 2000 MCSE is difficult enough that "any schmuck" would have problems getting one.
P.S. - Yes, I have mine, in NT4, Windows 2000, and a Red Hat Linux RHCE (and about six years working in both Microsoft server and Linux OSs). Repeat after me: The Proper Tool for the Job...
Besides, would you really want to see her [Alyson Hannigan] on a Star Trek series?
I don't know. I saw American Wedding (and if you haven't, I have the same advice that I gave for the Matrix movies: "enjoy the first two and just assume that everything comes out okay in the end" Too much Sean William Scott, not nearly enough Alyson Hannigan.), and after reviewing her flimography, I don't think that she's "above" television, yet. Besides, I think that she's due to do some guest spots on [Joss Whedon's] Angel this season (with her new husband, Alexis Denisof - grr, aargh).
Really, if you think about it - and are a big homkin' geek, like me - she'd be perfect. I'm remembering Nana Visitor's character from DS9 and the evil twin/mirror universe episodes where she played a kind of skanky lesbian in tight leather. Hannigan's done the same with the vamp-Willow character in Dopplegangland"
Willow: It's horrible! That's me as a vampire? I'm so evil and... skanky. And I think I'm kinda gay.
Besides, I want to see her end a standoff with an alien species with a nonchalant "Bored now."
One of the major points of Firefly is that it's the exact opposite of Star Trek:... The equivalent of the Federation is corrupt and oppressive... The crew is held together by loyalty rather than duty... The premise is that humanity hasn't really changed in the far future, things are still basically the same, just with spaceships. None of that exists in the Trek series'."
(Well, they did have that whole Maquis thing, but...) Heck, yeah! That's what I want to see! I mean, I'm a dyed-in-the-wool Trekkie (or whatever we're calling ourselves these days), but even I get a little tired of the "shining meteors on our collars" stuff. Picard would rather chop off his arm than kill an evil person in cold blood, but Mal will kick them through an engine without a second thought. WWKD? (What would Kirk do?) I think that "Captain Tightpants" had more in common with Kirk (and for that matter, Sisko) than with the effete Picard, or Archer - leaving Janeway out for the moment.
I think that some of the best moments in contemporary Trek have come at the exploration of the demimonde: the DS9 ep where Sisko works with Garak to trick the Romulans into joining the Dominion War (heck, any DS9 ep with Garak in it!), the "Below Decks" episode of TNG.
I know that it's almost contra to the whole premise of Star Trek, showing evolved humans at their best, but we still see Picard shooting Borg with a Tommy Gun, many Prime Directive violations by Janeway, Sisko acting so much like a thug (when the occasion called for it) that I just wanted him to put on the (Spense for Hire) sunglasses and leather coat, and Archer ready to push a captive alien out of an airlock. It's true, that humanity hasn't really changed in the far future, things are still basically the same, just with spaceships. And that's just the way it should be; all other paths lead to Bill Joy-esque humans evolving into toxin-respirating dolphins or something.
P.S. - In my last post, I suggested that Whedon bring Jewel Saite to Trek. Do you think he could find room for Alyson Hannigan, too? Maybe in a cat-suit?
... [FireFly] had more originality, creativity and quality writing than the Star Trek franchise can hope to match.
Well, that's our answer, then. Just start handing bags full of money over to Joss Whedon until he agrees to be our new Roddenberry. Can't you just imagine a Joss Whedon Star Trek?
(and it should go without saying that he'd have to bring Jewel Saite along with him...)
(Sorry to respond to my own post, but the key sequence above, "select play select 3 0 select" turns the "skip to end" key on the remote into a 30-second skip key)
...six-foot fences were installed all over the country, including some across the road, some blocking entrances to schools, hospitals and mall, some in your backyard and one unlucky fellow got a six-foot fence across his bed...
I don't know about him, but if it were me, I'd treat the six foot fence in my bed like the six foot fence across the road, and just drive dright through it! Might take a few thrusts, though.
(obRealGenius:) Chris Knight: So, if there's anything I can do for you, or, more to the point, to you, you just let me know. Susan: Can you hammer a six-inch spike through a board with your penis? Chris Knight: Not right now. Susan: A girl's gotta have her standards.
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Or, as I like to tell my lovely bride, when she wants to me to stop playing my favorite game (C&C Generals):
"But Honey, if I stop playing now, quite literally, the terrorists win!"
Those who've been watching this season would disagree with you. I remember similar things being said about DS9 in season 3 as well.
True enough. Wathcing DS9 (my favorite Trek) on Spike has reminded me how weak seasons 1-3 were; I'm just not sure that the continuity-impaired Braga will be able to pull it off for Enterprise. Best of luck to them, though.
But it'll still be awful.
Is for them to flash in sequence, so you see little ribbons of light flowing down the freeway. Trouble is, for it to look interesting, the lights would have to appear to be moving at about three to four times the speed limit. Which would encourage a certain class of Stupid Person to try and keep up with them.
Actually, that's a very clever thought: if they could be set to sequence at exactly the speed limit, they'd be a great 'heads-up' speed (and speed limit) indicator - "if you're passing the little flashing lights, you're speeding."
Of course, those are CANADIAN dollars. (Today, up to 72 cents!)
Heck, it's a lovely country! I'd emigrate except for the toilet paper money and their barbaric gun laws.
Full disclosure: I live in Texas.
Since when has the US had values? And since when has nuclear weapons just been a "deterrant" (misspelled)?
That's true. Remeber all those nuclear wars that we had back in the '80s? There was that Nena song about them, which kicked ass.
Signed, not-so-proud US citizen.
Yeah well, we're not so excited about you either.
You make a computer based reality to keep them miserable, not happy.
Well, that explains Enter the Matrix. (And Matrix Revolutions, now that I think of it.)
It's a Role Playing Game.
"Let's see, the deer is in the glade, about forty feet in front of you with an armor class of 2..."
"I'm attacking with my +5 damage Rocket Propelled Grenade."
Damn Santa Claus DMs.
IANA... Human Resources person, but can't you also ask whether someone is eligible for rehire?
"who are those slashdot people? they swept over like Mongol-Tartars."
"...what is best in life?"
"To slashdot your enemies, see their hit counters roll over before you, and to hear the lamentation of their servers!"
I recently picked up the box set to check out the series, and this is great news...I was surprised how good the series was and perplexed as to why such a show was canceled.
Because you didn't watch it on TV?
Kind of makes you glad recalls of non-software products don't work the same way.
Like a cell phone, or something. (Which, of course, was probably your point.)
So what are the faithful to do if they don't want to watch the altered 1997 editions of the trilogy? Either give in, or don't buy. "We realize there's a lot of debate out there," says Ward. "But this is not a democracy. We love our fans, but this is about art and filmmaking. [George] has decided that the sole version he wants available is this one."
That's right, it's not a democracy, it's capitalism and I'll buy the version that I want, and ignore the version that I don't.
While the long-held rumor was that George Lucas would wait until the completion of Star Wars Episode III, due in theaters in May 2005, to release the original trilogy on DVD, Lucasfilm VP of Market Jim Ward revealed today that Lucas "found some time" in his schedule and "was willing and eager to make it happen."
Yeah, I'll bet he "found some time" in his schedule -- from making episode 3? That really puts me at ease about the quality of the last Star Wars movie. Actually, it does, because I have the sneaking suspicion that the less that George Lucas has to do with it at this point, the less likely it will be to *suck*. Also telling that he's eager to release SW 4-6 (and altering his schedule to do so) before the last movie comes out. Maybe he's becoming unsure about the new franchise - of course, I'm arguing the artistic vision of the man who brought us Jar-Jar Binks and "I don't like the sand. It's coarse and rough and irritating--not like you. You're soft and smooth." So I could be wrong. Of course, it's all about the art and the fans.
According to Fox Home Entertainment president Mike Dunn, both the studio and Lucasfilm arrived at the September 21st date to gain maximum exposure during the holiday season: "We sold about 17 million VHS 'Star Wars' units during two fall release periods in '95 and '97," he explained. "With that in mind, we designed our release strategy to pick the best release date that had the most gentle sales curve decline on home video."
One more thought about Jar Jar Lucas and the idea "that the sole version he wants available is this one." Don't misunderstand me in my claim that this is all about the money - it's a good thing. Obviously, the man has lost all of his non-technical artistic judgement and talent, but he can still understand his bank statement. Don't rush out and buy the inferior ("New And Improved!" TM) version, and see how long it takes him to offer the classic version. It worked with New Coke...
GameBoy got clobbered by the GameGear, right? NES got ownz0red by Sega Master System, right? PlayStation didn't stand a chance against the newer and better N64, right? Even more recently, the PS2 is really getting thumped by Xbox, huh?
Oh, yeah? Well, you're... um, absolutely right. I hadn't thought of those. But, I still don't know that I'd say that Dreamcast's demise was because of mismanagement - rather, I'd agree with many of the posters in this forum who say that it's all about the games. IIRC, the big "must-own titles" for Dreamcst included Hydro Thunder, and... House of the Dead? Whereas, with the Gameboy, PS1 and PS2, the difference seems to have been in their huge software libraries. Also, it's worth noting that the GBA (GB and GBC) and PS2 (PS1) are backward-compatible, with tends to exploit this - new backward-compatible systems start with the library of the old. (I *still* play Nobunaga's Ambition for GB on my GBA/SP, a twelve year old cartridge!)
Let me get this straight, are you seriously suggesting that being first to market now is a disadvantage? That coming out first is being 1 year behind?
It's counterintutitive, but it does make anecdotal sense. Think about the Dreamcast, first to market, less sophisticated than (at least, poorer graphics than) the PS2, GC, or XBox, and ultimately, the first to go.
Really sad, since the Dreamcast was relatively DRM-less, and it can not only run Linux "out of the box" (by the way, someone should port Knoppix to...), but even after Sega has dropped support for the console, it supports a healthy homebrew community. I use it for MAME, etc. on my TV with actual game controllers. (Also, you can pick a used Dreamcast up at Electronic Botique for $19.99 these days...)
Yikes!
.pdf manual to SP3
You had me scared for a second there; you know that the SuperPaks and BMS mods/patches are still available here, right? I see that the last SP, SP3, was released in 2002, so I guess that that's what you meant. I just applied it to my own F4 install and -- WOW!
"...Ignore the rants, the raves and bitches,
Just give us all a lot of switches.
This one to pull.
This one to push.
This one for firmness under tush.
Switches to start.
Switches to stop.
A switch so my load won't prematurely drop.
This will take you to the top
And pose you there without a peer
In starting to please the Falconeer.
So make it hard, don't skimp on that.
It should take newbies and squash 'em flat.
Checklists galore
For this work, not play.
Starting the engine should take half a day.
Emergency drills?
That circumstance
Should make even Chuck Yeager crap his pants..."
- from The Falconeer, printed in the 178 page
(Once again, wow! I'm not even going to mention the 10-minute flash demo on starting the F-16.)
Repeat after me: The Proper Tool for the Job...
Repeat after me: Better to die on your feet than live on your knees. If using the tool involves giving up my freedom then I'll manage to do without.
A good enough point, and I support and use free (as in speech) software wherever possible, but I don't make purchasing decisions for all of my clients. I think that it'd be kind of unprofessional of me to say "D00d, you're running Windows? You're screwed. I refuse to work on that." I don't know if that's what you'd call "living on your knees," but it's the state of the industry as I know it today.
Besides, I stand by my original assertion - "the proper tool for the job" - is free software always the proper tool for the job, or is this a case where, to the man with just a hammer, every problem looks like a nail?
"It may be better to be a live jackal than a dead lion, but it is better still to be a live lion. And usually easier." - Lazarus Long
The CCNA is almost as worthless as the MCSE and A+. Any schmuck can get their MCSE.
And you have yours, right? On Windows 2000? Or, is your only experience with Windows an old desktop running Windows 98? I have to say, the Windows 2000 MCSE is difficult enough that "any schmuck" would have problems getting one.
P.S. - Yes, I have mine, in NT4, Windows 2000, and a Red Hat Linux RHCE (and about six years working in both Microsoft server and Linux OSs). Repeat after me: The Proper Tool for the Job...
Besides, would you really want to see her [Alyson Hannigan] on a Star Trek series?
I don't know. I saw American Wedding (and if you haven't, I have the same advice that I gave for the Matrix movies: "enjoy the first two and just assume that everything comes out okay in the end" Too much Sean William Scott, not nearly enough Alyson Hannigan.), and after reviewing her flimography, I don't think that she's "above" television, yet. Besides, I think that she's due to do some guest spots on [Joss Whedon's] Angel this season (with her new husband, Alexis Denisof - grr, aargh).
Really, if you think about it - and are a big homkin' geek, like me - she'd be perfect. I'm remembering Nana Visitor's character from DS9 and the evil twin/mirror universe episodes where she played a kind of skanky lesbian in tight leather. Hannigan's done the same with the vamp-Willow character in Dopplegangland"
Willow: It's horrible! That's me as a vampire? I'm so evil and... skanky. And I think I'm kinda gay.
Besides, I want to see her end a standoff with an alien species with a nonchalant "Bored now."
One of the major points of Firefly is that it's the exact opposite of Star Trek: ... The equivalent of the Federation is corrupt and oppressive ... The crew is held together by loyalty rather than duty ... The premise is that humanity hasn't really changed in the far future, things are still basically the same, just with spaceships. None of that exists in the Trek series'."
(Well, they did have that whole Maquis thing, but...) Heck, yeah! That's what I want to see! I mean, I'm a dyed-in-the-wool Trekkie (or whatever we're calling ourselves these days), but even I get a little tired of the "shining meteors on our collars" stuff. Picard would rather chop off his arm than kill an evil person in cold blood, but Mal will kick them through an engine without a second thought. WWKD? (What would Kirk do?) I think that "Captain Tightpants" had more in common with Kirk (and for that matter, Sisko) than with the effete Picard, or Archer - leaving Janeway out for the moment.
I think that some of the best moments in contemporary Trek have come at the exploration of the demimonde: the DS9 ep where Sisko works with Garak to trick the Romulans into joining the Dominion War (heck, any DS9 ep with Garak in it!), the "Below Decks" episode of TNG.
I know that it's almost contra to the whole premise of Star Trek, showing evolved humans at their best, but we still see Picard shooting Borg with a Tommy Gun, many Prime Directive violations by Janeway, Sisko acting so much like a thug (when the occasion called for it) that I just wanted him to put on the (Spense for Hire) sunglasses and leather coat, and Archer ready to push a captive alien out of an airlock. It's true, that humanity hasn't really changed in the far future, things are still basically the same, just with spaceships. And that's just the way it should be; all other paths lead to Bill Joy-esque humans evolving into toxin-respirating dolphins or something.
P.S. - In my last post, I suggested that Whedon bring Jewel Saite to Trek. Do you think he could find room for Alyson Hannigan, too? Maybe in a cat-suit?
Well, that's our answer, then. Just start handing bags full of money over to Joss Whedon until he agrees to be our new Roddenberry. Can't you just imagine a Joss Whedon Star Trek?
(and it should go without saying that he'd have to bring Jewel Saite along with him...)
(Sorry to respond to my own post, but the key sequence above, "select play select 3 0 select" turns the "skip to end" key on the remote into a 30-second skip key)
...the absence of a 30-second skip button or automated skipping feature on the TIVO...
select - play - select - 3 - 0 - select
Unadvertised, but there. Voila.
Just show the treasury you disaprove by not using their products.
Awww, but they just spent $32 million on advertising their Fall 2003 product line!
Personally, I'm only using Republic of Texas money.
...six-foot fences were installed all over the country, including some across the road, some blocking entrances to schools, hospitals and mall, some in your backyard and one unlucky fellow got a six-foot fence across his bed...
I don't know about him, but if it were me, I'd treat the six foot fence in my bed like the six foot fence across the road, and just drive dright through it! Might take a few thrusts, though.
(obRealGenius:)
Chris Knight: So, if there's anything I can do for you, or, more to the point, to you, you just let me know.
Susan: Can you hammer a six-inch spike through a board with your penis?
Chris Knight: Not right now.
Susan: A girl's gotta have her standards.