(2) Violation of the law of inertia (objects in space going in one direction that suddenly lose power would not begin to float randomly but would keep drifting in the same direction until propelled in another direction by something else)
I assume you're referring to the scene where the new Vipers are heading towards the 2 Cylon ships, the Cylons EMP them (or whatever it is they do), and they lose power and start bouncing around.
I too thought this was a little annoying, but then I realized that those fighters were probably constantly making little pitch and yaw corrections. When they lost power, they would keep moving in the direction the little thrusters had them in last. So, it's somewhat believable.
1) Sounds in space. Space ships could be heard
making "thrusting" and "crashing" noises.
I took most of the sounds to be heard from the inside of the cockpit, where you really would be able to hear it. For example, when the debris is hitting Starbuck's canopy ("only the rain, sir!"), she would have heard it, but you would not have heard it from the outside.
First, let me just say that John Olmos was correct: If you are so dedicated to the original series that you cannot bring yourself to imagine it any other way, then do yourself a favor and skip this miniseries. You will only be disappointed, and you will nitpick it to death.
On the other hand, if you can bring yourself, however painfully, to open your mind to the possiblity of a "re-imagining" of the Battlestar Galactica concept, then I think you're in for a pleasant surprise.
It's not all wonderful. Screenwriter Ron Moore wanted to bring a more grown-up Galactica to his audience, but he's apparantly confused grown-up with gratuitious. Sex works much better when it's done dramatically, instead of the "hey watch us get it on!" style that Moore forces on us. He is perhaps striving to show us the sexual energy between the characters, but really all it does is make us wonder when the low quality porno music is going to kick in.
Otherwise, the annoyances are minor. The cylon space fighters, apparantly just space-borne Cylons (a neat idea, really) come off kind of hoakey with their red sweeping eyes. I know, I know, the eyes are really some kind of electromagnetic pulse weapons, but it's distracting just the same.
Okay, now on to what's good. First, and foremost, the story is solid. Whereas in the original series we just had to take for granted that the Cylons were the embodiment of evil, now we understand why.
The characters is also solid. Again, you'll have to get over your preconceptions of the original series characters, and at least try to buy in to the new ones. The hardest pill for me to swallow were the gender changes of Starbuck and Boomer. But I actually found myself liking the new Starbuck, although the Boomer role could have been a bit stronger.
The special effects were incredible, and proved that you really can make space realistic, and exciting. In fact, the "no sound in space" approach actually heightened the tension, and proved that you don't have to dumb-down physics for the masses. Also, having the space ships use maneuvering jets created even more exciting scenes than the normal Top Gun stuff we're used to.
Is it worth a series? I think so. With a solid backstory, believable characters, and an approach that doesn't assume the audience are stupid, it could quite very set the bar for future Sci Fi.
Yes, since obviously, allowing anyone besides major corporations to have intellectual property is a horrible thing and must be wiped out, lest the serfs begin to think they have power. Best to make sure they sign their lives over to you in the TOS, just to be safe.
I love Slashdot. I never have to use my own voice, I just wait for others to insert words into my mouth for me. I also like it, because you never have to really understand what the poster was trying to say. You just take the worst-possible interpretation, and run with it!
I mean, since I'm not towing the intellectual-property-is-bad-la-la-la-I'm-not-list ening! line, I must be a corporate goon, trolling Slashdot in between suing children and eating toddlers.
...that's a terrible idea. Now you've just sucked your company into disputes between your your customers. Oh, and you get to pay your lawyers to defend your new digital licenses in court, when some bozo decides to challenge it.
..if you can disable it, and the instructions mention that you can and explain how to, is this really that big a deal?
Yes. Because routers route, period. And when they route, they're supposed to route correctly. Opt-out is bullshit, because it's saying "our product ships broken, until you unbreak it."
I don't have a *big* problem with this. If someone were to abduct a child from a playground, it would be extremely useful for a system to notice that a student has left the premisis. Maybe it even auto-calls the police.
Now if this were to find it's way into the workplace, that would suck. But not all monitoring technology is a bad thing.
Stowell advised small and medium-sized businesses interested in the Linux license to wait for SCO to contact them.
So basically, "sit tight and don't worry your pretty little head about it, bitch. When we're ready to take your money, we'll let you know. Okay? Buh-bye."
/makes phone motion with fingers/ "Um...call me, okay?"
Dicks. I wouldn't have paid for a license before, but hopefully this pisses off a bunch of the "smaller" companies that were going to purchase licenses enough that they won't now.
The only industry when I was there was a Pepsi bottling plant. That shut down and was converted later into an aluminum camper manufacturing plant.
Aluminum camper manufacturing plant? Ha! More like cover for an alien observation outpost. The aluminum keeps the Pentagon from using
gravity-free laser beams on them. Sneaky bastards!
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Don't forget to throw some.NET in there too.
I'm actually surprised it's not being called.NETFS. I suppose it's because you'd have to use ls -a to see it.:)
It's just a game of one-up, and as long as we continue to use SMTP, the spammers will always have the upper hand. New authentication and verification methods need to not only be developed, but supported by the big ISPs.
Captain: Tea, hot, Earl grey. Computer: Did you mean Hot Teen URL's
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...I work for the Erotic Networks...
I think I speak for a large majority of fellow Slashdotters, when I rub my hands together and creepishly ask "Got any job openings there?" (Grabs for inhaler...)
The world's first convenience store is at the top of a mountain in India. He may ask the wise cashier three questions, one of which could be to ask for his job back.
Slashdot Mirror
I assume you're referring to the scene where the new Vipers are heading towards the 2 Cylon ships, the Cylons EMP them (or whatever it is they do), and they lose power and start bouncing around.
I too thought this was a little annoying, but then I realized that those fighters were probably constantly making little pitch and yaw corrections. When they lost power, they would keep moving in the direction the little thrusters had them in last. So, it's somewhat believable.
I took most of the sounds to be heard from the inside of the cockpit, where you really would be able to hear it. For example, when the debris is hitting Starbuck's canopy ("only the rain, sir!"), she would have heard it, but you would not have heard it from the outside.
First, let me just say that John Olmos was correct: If you are so
dedicated to the original series that you cannot bring yourself to imagine
it any other way, then do yourself a favor and skip this miniseries. You
will only be disappointed, and you will nitpick it to death.
On the other hand, if you can bring yourself, however painfully, to
open your mind to the possiblity of a "re-imagining" of the Battlestar
Galactica concept, then I think you're in for a pleasant surprise.
It's not all wonderful. Screenwriter Ron Moore wanted
to bring a more grown-up Galactica to his audience, but he's apparantly
confused grown-up with gratuitious. Sex works much better when it's done
dramatically, instead of the "hey watch us get it on!" style that Moore
forces on us. He is perhaps striving to show us the sexual energy between
the characters, but really all it does is make us wonder when the low
quality porno music is going to kick in.
Otherwise, the annoyances are minor. The cylon space fighters,
apparantly just space-borne Cylons (a neat idea, really) come off kind of
hoakey with their red sweeping eyes. I know, I know, the eyes are really
some kind of electromagnetic pulse weapons, but it's distracting just the
same.
Okay, now on to what's good. First, and foremost, the story is solid.
Whereas in the original series we just had to take for granted that the
Cylons were the embodiment of evil, now we understand why.
The characters is also solid. Again, you'll have to get over
your preconceptions of the original series characters, and at least try
to buy in to the new ones. The hardest pill for me to swallow were the
gender changes of Starbuck and Boomer. But I actually found myself liking
the new Starbuck, although the Boomer role could have been a bit stronger.
The special effects were incredible, and proved that you really can
make space realistic, and exciting. In fact, the "no sound in space"
approach actually heightened the tension, and proved that you don't have
to dumb-down physics for the masses. Also, having the space ships use
maneuvering jets created even more exciting scenes than the normal Top Gun
stuff we're used to.
Is it worth a series? I think so. With a solid backstory, believable
characters, and an approach that doesn't assume the audience are stupid,
it could quite very set the bar for future Sci Fi.
You're reading it too literally. He means "owned," as in, owned the market space. Much like Red Hat currently "owns" the Enterprise Linux space.
I love Slashdot. I never have to use my own voice, I just wait for others to insert words into my mouth for me. I also like it, because you never have to really understand what the poster was trying to say. You just take the worst-possible interpretation, and run with it!
I mean, since I'm not towing the intellectual-property-is-bad-la-la-la-I'm-not-list ening! line, I must be a corporate goon, trolling Slashdot in between suing children and eating toddlers.
...that's a terrible idea. Now you've just sucked your company into disputes between your your customers. Oh, and you get to pay your lawyers to defend your new digital licenses in court, when some bozo decides to challenge it.
OMFG...that Russian chick modeling the t-shirts is h-h-h-OT! -k
Yes. Because routers route, period. And when they route, they're supposed to route correctly. Opt-out is bullshit, because it's saying "our product ships broken, until you unbreak it."
...the end of the moon?
Or was that bluetooth? Er...
So what, Slashdot is now Symantec technical support?
You won't be able to buy the boxed set, but you should be able to buy it (eventually) from the usual places.
I want on that internet! This one sucks, please oh please for the sake of all that is good and fermented, let me off this one! :)
The article you're referencing doesn't live there anymore. It's here.
Bill Gates is evil!
SCO is evil!
RIAA is evil!
Fox is evil!
and of course...
Sex!
It's been quite a long time since I've been able to be quite so indignant!
Fool! You forgot to route it through the deflector array!
Now if this were to find it's way into the workplace, that would suck. But not all monitoring technology is a bad thing.
How naive. If it quacks like a national ID card, it's probably a duck trying to bypass security. Quick, increase to threat level fowl!
So basically, "sit tight and don't worry your pretty little head about it, bitch. When we're ready to take your money, we'll let you know. Okay? Buh-bye."
Dicks. I wouldn't have paid for a license before, but hopefully this pisses off a bunch of the "smaller" companies that were going to purchase licenses enough that they won't now.
Aluminum camper manufacturing plant? Ha! More like cover for an alien observation outpost. The aluminum keeps the Pentagon from using gravity-free laser beams on them. Sneaky bastards!
I'm actually surprised it's not being called .NETFS. I suppose it's because you'd have to use ls -a to see it. :)
It's just a game of one-up, and as long as we continue to use SMTP, the spammers will always have the upper hand. New authentication and verification methods need to not only be developed, but supported by the big ISPs.
Who said I was quoting Picard? When I order my tea from the computer, I want it hot before I want it earl grey. :)
Captain: Tea, hot, Earl grey.
Computer: Did you mean Hot Teen URL's
I think I speak for a large majority of fellow Slashdotters, when I rub my hands together and creepishly ask "Got any job openings there?" (Grabs for inhaler...)
The world's first convenience store is at the top of a mountain in India. He may ask the wise cashier three questions, one of which could be to ask for his job back.
But only if he works for Kwiki-Mart. D'oh!
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