"If he blows it and introduces something new and corny I'll just watch my older VHS copy of the episode, no harm done. If he pulls a rabbit out of the hat and adds more depth, or better effects, or ties the story together better I'll eat it up."
I am along the same lines as you on your post except for the fact that previous versions of Star Wars are no longer available when the new stuff comes out.
I wish I had the older VHS tapes from the undoctored episode IV-VI but the fact is that I don't. What about people that had it but they are damaged or lost or something? Then those cannot be replaced and we are forced to watch the crap that Lucas is adding.
In my opinion Lucas had not added a single thing to Star Wars to make it better. All of the re-releases did not add one bit of good to any of the movies. At best the new material did not detract from the originals.
I wish Star Wars could be ripped from Lucas. I wish it were in more capable hands. But at the very least I wish that I could go to a store and purchase an untainted set of Star Wars tapes. It is bad enough that all this utter crap is being injected into something I liked so much, but not having a choice of which version I get just sucks.
So in the short term (the term we are all worried about) what does this mean for us?
It means that the probability has increased that all those yokels in pick-ups who claim to have been anally probed by aliens were lying. They will most like change their story to 'farm accident' if you question them too much, but thanks to science we are one step closer to the truth on this matter.
If Microsoft forces Windows down the throat of schools then the schools will more than likely want to take advantage of the software they already own.
Then children who grow up to buy there own computers will know Windows and that is what they will want. Oh, I get it. Building repeat customers by not giving people a choice.
Maybe what I don't get is how they have done this all before with system manufacturers. No, I understood that too when that happened.
This is an old trick. But I look forward to the new and innovative ways for MS to show that, when it comes to marketing, they are assholes.
Maybe he thought that was a Dawsons Creek spin-off and figured it had no business getting first amendment rights protecting it.
"Resident on Evil Creek. It is where the zombies are all hopped up on X and whine about how much no one understands them while they bite through your jugular. Sort of a teen-angst/survival-horror combo?"
That is what console companies do. Usually they have plans to work on these next gen consoles as soon as the previous one gets released. Then it takes sveral years of work to get a console out. But the next gens from Nintendo and Sony are actually being pushed back a year from their first projection. Why? Because they are not scared of x-box. That's right, considering the global market, not even Nintendo is scared of x-box. MS is a joke in foreign countries and that is apparent in its sales. So as much as it seems that Sony is rushing out another console, they were projected to push it out a year earlier than forcasted now.
Hey, screw you moderator. I am not trying to troll. I think I make a pretty valid point. But I guess anything that opposes what is popular among the/. community will be burned to the ground. Is that what/. is? A popularity forum. That's right, popularity effects everything. And I think people who make claims about deep space astronomy past what they can actually see and call them the truth are hacks. But it is not popular here to disagree with published science.
So screw you, calling this a troll when it is mearly a different way of looking at it is biased. The least you could have done was call it off topic which you may have been able to defend!
Before I get into this I just want to say that I am a Christian that does not think God and the big bang are mutually exclusive. I think people are narrow minded (both clergy and athiest) and use this as a way to argue with eachother.
That being said, what can we actually believe about what scientists say about the universe based on these pictures. It kind of sucks that they whole heartedly believe their theories and come out wrong a lot of times.
I think that most of their thoughts such as, there are many galaxies and they move around are true, but all this stuff about the expansion of the universe accelerating and the existence of dark energy. Heck, even the big bang theory is just a way to explain what they can't explain, yet they take it as a truth to build more theories.
It all sounds great, but pictures of entire galaxies when we can't see what is actually happening in small sections of that galaxy is not going to yield the most accurate data for the way things are in the universe. Maybe I just wish they would stop calling themselves right when so many before them have been wrong. (Maybe they would lose funding if they did that.)
I hope they continue to look and to try, but until they have better resolution than an entire nebula, it is hard for me to let go of the good probability that their theories are just science fiction.
'Oh, you wrote a paper and you got an A. Now you are trying to sell that paper so others can get that A, but someone who bought it decided to pass it out for free instead?'
Granted that sucks, but I think the point is that the analogy is stupid and just really does not work for this situation.
I would not be surprised if UT did sue considering what it does to its own students. Our organizations are not allowed to use the words "University of Texas," "Texas" in a certain font, the color burnt orange, semblences to the Bevo head, and that was the list when I got tired of trying things for a T-shirt I was making for my organization. One that is directly affiliated with the University.
It seems that the licenses for this stuff for affiliated organizations to use them run around $10,000. So I say sue away. Who knew something good might come of the University being pricks about trademark.
But then again, considering UT has a sweet deal with MS that gives all students licences to any MS home use product for $5 a cd, they might already be in bed together.
I don't think I will buy another CD. I don't want their crap breaking my machine. From now on it is straight rips so I don't have to worry about damaging my hardware.
I only get about 2 or 3 e-mail spams a day, I must be trained by my environment to say something like that, but the amount of ICQ spam is absurd. I actually started getting less e-mail spam when my ICQ got bombarded. I guess I am worried that there will just be another quick and easy medium to go to if e-mail is taken away from them. And I know they don't send me an opt out option in ICQ.
Of course this is legit. I saw one of these things first hand at North Pier in Chicago about 5 or 6 years ago. Nice to see/. is current on this technological breakthrough crap. By the way, it was $400 back then too. I guess "art" is a technology that never depreciates.
I bought my Logitech opticle mouse at Best Buy for $30. That kicks the crap out of the Microsoft mice. The Logitech mouse has worked great. I notice with the Microsoft mice I use at work the mousewheel is so resistant that I end up pushing the stupid button. The logitech mouse does not do this. It is USB and comes with a PS2 adapter. Also the light dims after not using the mouse for a couple of seconds. I have not noticed the glow in my room.
As opposed to the book of Corinthians in the Quaran? This has nothing to do with religious bias. This soccer team and a book of the Bible are totally non-related and well established. Whoever gets there first has the rights. This is a bad call because the content relates specifically with the domain title. So kiss my butt if you think that making a legally fair decision is biased because religion is concerned.
The show you are thinking of is The Adventures of Brisco County Jr. He is now starring in Jack of all Trades. I recommend it if you liked Army of Darkness. Bruce Campbell is one of my all time heroes but I can't see him in X-Files. Every person has his place. Keep Bruce away from that show so he can keep doing what he does best.
I am savagely disappointed by every comic book movie that comes out (Superman, Batman 1 & 2 excluded). Why is this going to be different? Give them eye candy and they will love it. I think X-Men will blow big time. The lovable Wolverine will spout crappy one liners and the movie will make everyone nauseous. That is my prediction. I hope it does not come true but I would never trust Hollywood to get anything right. Side note: People who are trying to relate this to minority or nerd plight... forget about it. This movie is eye candy and people are more interested in blood than plight. Anyone who uses this as an example of "the way things are" has no idea of what plight is about. If this movie "opens your eyes" then you probably don't get away from your machine too much.
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"If he blows it and introduces something new and corny I'll just watch my older VHS copy of the episode, no harm done. If he pulls a rabbit out of the hat and adds more depth, or better effects, or ties the story together better I'll eat it up."
I am along the same lines as you on your post except for the fact that previous versions of Star Wars are no longer available when the new stuff comes out.
I wish I had the older VHS tapes from the undoctored episode IV-VI but the fact is that I don't. What about people that had it but they are damaged or lost or something? Then those cannot be replaced and we are forced to watch the crap that Lucas is adding.
In my opinion Lucas had not added a single thing to Star Wars to make it better. All of the re-releases did not add one bit of good to any of the movies. At best the new material did not detract from the originals.
I wish Star Wars could be ripped from Lucas. I wish it were in more capable hands. But at the very least I wish that I could go to a store and purchase an untainted set of Star Wars tapes. It is bad enough that all this utter crap is being injected into something I liked so much, but not having a choice of which version I get just sucks.
So in the short term (the term we are all worried about) what does this mean for us?
It means that the probability has increased that all those yokels in pick-ups who claim to have been anally probed by aliens were lying. They will most like change their story to 'farm accident' if you question them too much, but thanks to science we are one step closer to the truth on this matter.
If Microsoft forces Windows down the throat of schools then the schools will more than likely want to take advantage of the software they already own.
Then children who grow up to buy there own computers will know Windows and that is what they will want. Oh, I get it. Building repeat customers by not giving people a choice.
Maybe what I don't get is how they have done this all before with system manufacturers. No, I understood that too when that happened.
This is an old trick. But I look forward to the new and innovative ways for MS to show that, when it comes to marketing, they are assholes.
Maybe he thought that was a Dawsons Creek spin-off and figured it had no business getting first amendment rights protecting it.
"Resident on Evil Creek. It is where the zombies are all hopped up on X and whine about how much no one understands them while they bite through your jugular. Sort of a teen-angst/survival-horror combo?"
That is what console companies do. Usually they have plans to work on these next gen consoles as soon as the previous one gets released. Then it takes sveral years of work to get a console out. But the next gens from Nintendo and Sony are actually being pushed back a year from their first projection. Why? Because they are not scared of x-box. That's right, considering the global market, not even Nintendo is scared of x-box. MS is a joke in foreign countries and that is apparent in its sales. So as much as it seems that Sony is rushing out another console, they were projected to push it out a year earlier than forcasted now.
Hey, screw you moderator. I am not trying to troll. I think I make a pretty valid point. But I guess anything that opposes what is popular among the /. community will be burned to the ground. Is that what /. is? A popularity forum. That's right, popularity effects everything. And I think people who make claims about deep space astronomy past what they can actually see and call them the truth are hacks. But it is not popular here to disagree with published science.
So screw you, calling this a troll when it is mearly a different way of looking at it is biased. The least you could have done was call it off topic which you may have been able to defend!
Before I get into this I just want to say that I am a Christian that does not think God and the big bang are mutually exclusive. I think people are narrow minded (both clergy and athiest) and use this as a way to argue with eachother.
That being said, what can we actually believe about what scientists say about the universe based on these pictures. It kind of sucks that they whole heartedly believe their theories and come out wrong a lot of times.
I think that most of their thoughts such as, there are many galaxies and they move around are true, but all this stuff about the expansion of the universe accelerating and the existence of dark energy. Heck, even the big bang theory is just a way to explain what they can't explain, yet they take it as a truth to build more theories.
It all sounds great, but pictures of entire galaxies when we can't see what is actually happening in small sections of that galaxy is not going to yield the most accurate data for the way things are in the universe. Maybe I just wish they would stop calling themselves right when so many before them have been wrong. (Maybe they would lose funding if they did that.)
I hope they continue to look and to try, but until they have better resolution than an entire nebula, it is hard for me to let go of the good probability that their theories are just science fiction.
I see it more as:
'Oh, you wrote a paper and you got an A. Now you are trying to sell that paper so others can get that A, but someone who bought it decided to pass it out for free instead?'
Granted that sucks, but I think the point is that the analogy is stupid and just really does not work for this situation.
I would not be surprised if UT did sue considering what it does to its own students. Our organizations are not allowed to use the words "University of Texas," "Texas" in a certain font, the color burnt orange, semblences to the Bevo head, and that was the list when I got tired of trying things for a T-shirt I was making for my organization. One that is directly affiliated with the University.
It seems that the licenses for this stuff for affiliated organizations to use them run around $10,000. So I say sue away. Who knew something good might come of the University being pricks about trademark.
But then again, considering UT has a sweet deal with MS that gives all students licences to any MS home use product for $5 a cd, they might already be in bed together.
I don't think I will buy another CD. I don't want their crap breaking my machine. From now on it is straight rips so I don't have to worry about damaging my hardware.
I only get about 2 or 3 e-mail spams a day, I must be trained by my environment to say something like that, but the amount of ICQ spam is absurd. I actually started getting less e-mail spam when my ICQ got bombarded. I guess I am worried that there will just be another quick and easy medium to go to if e-mail is taken away from them. And I know they don't send me an opt out option in ICQ.
Of course this is legit. I saw one of these things first hand at North Pier in Chicago about 5 or 6 years ago. Nice to see /. is current on this technological breakthrough crap. By the way, it was $400 back then too. I guess "art" is a technology that never depreciates.
Just so you know... The first movie is called Star Wars: A New Hope. Not just Star Wars.
I bought my Logitech opticle mouse at Best Buy for $30. That kicks the crap out of the Microsoft mice. The Logitech mouse has worked great. I notice with the Microsoft mice I use at work the mousewheel is so resistant that I end up pushing the stupid button. The logitech mouse does not do this.
It is USB and comes with a PS2 adapter. Also the light dims after not using the mouse for a couple of seconds. I have not noticed the glow in my room.
As opposed to the book of Corinthians in the Quaran? This has nothing to do with religious bias. This soccer team and a book of the Bible are totally non-related and well established. Whoever gets there first has the rights. This is a bad call because the content relates specifically with the domain title. So kiss my butt if you think that making a legally fair decision is biased because religion is concerned.
The show you are thinking of is The Adventures of Brisco County Jr. He is now starring in Jack of all Trades. I recommend it if you liked Army of Darkness.
Bruce Campbell is one of my all time heroes but I can't see him in X-Files. Every person has his place. Keep Bruce away from that show so he can keep doing what he does best.
I am savagely disappointed by every comic book movie that comes out (Superman, Batman 1 & 2 excluded). Why is this going to be different? Give them eye candy and they will love it. I think X-Men will blow big time. The lovable Wolverine will spout crappy one liners and the movie will make everyone nauseous. That is my prediction. I hope it does not come true but I would never trust Hollywood to get anything right. Side note: People who are trying to relate this to minority or nerd plight... forget about it. This movie is eye candy and people are more interested in blood than plight. Anyone who uses this as an example of "the way things are" has no idea of what plight is about. If this movie "opens your eyes" then you probably don't get away from your machine too much.