Delphi was one of the most underrated software products in history. It alone saved Borland from bankrupt after a string of bad management decisions. Its amazing how many developers use it today. Maybe C++ or Java has more magazine coverage, but almost all commercial shops in Brazil use Delphi for things ranging from quick and dirty apps to full blown corporate suites. Its power and flexibility are amazing.
There's always C++ builder, which gives you benefits of Delphi (that is, VCL) without having to learn yet another language (Object Pascal) or rewrite your algorithms/background code.
To me, Indrema seems like a more realistic platform for emulators, with open SDK & all. It would be quite a boost for sales, when you could get a DVD full of, say, SNES games (with the average size of 1 megabyte), to play on your television. Of course the "liberal" interpretation of copyrights will have to be excercised, but with Indrema, I don't see this as a problem.
On the downside, turning The Force into super-intelligent germs was a huge mistake. In two brief scenes, he ruined the whole series by turning a beautifully impossible fantasy into a very implausable sci-fi load of crap.
It seems obvious to me that this is not all Locas has up his sleeve. The whole "force" thing is mostly about borrowing the core ideas of various oriental traditions (within Zen-Tao-Chi axle), and adding some "powers" that make them interesting to western people (and kids). He is not even hiding this, considering that one of the characters in the movie is named Qui-Gon. He can't possibly cut the branch he is sitting on by reducing it to some scientific explanation.
It's still the Unborn, without beginning & end.
Why do you think the idea of the Force is so captivating? It's obviously because it's a bastardized version of the Ultimate Reality (film at 11).
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There's always C++ builder, which gives you benefits of Delphi (that is, VCL) without having to learn yet another language (Object Pascal) or rewrite your algorithms/background code.
I want an Indrema too.
It seems obvious to me that this is not all Locas has up his sleeve. The whole "force" thing is mostly about borrowing the core ideas of various oriental traditions (within Zen-Tao-Chi axle), and adding some "powers" that make them interesting to western people (and kids). He is not even hiding this, considering that one of the characters in the movie is named Qui-Gon. He can't possibly cut the branch he is sitting on by reducing it to some scientific explanation.
It's still the Unborn, without beginning & end.
Why do you think the idea of the Force is so captivating? It's obviously because it's a bastardized version of the Ultimate Reality (film at 11).