I would seriously reconsider whatever cred I gave a community which adopted such a name...
unless that was their goal, i.e. Gates, Balmer and Mundie organise some press conference to expound the virtues of closed source, IP and the evils of Open Source.
Reboot was a more "fun" idea of computers. Should just make THAT into a movie, rather than spoiling an old classic.
Interesting. Certainly moreso than I think a Tron remake could be.
I liked tron, but I can't see how they'll retain the "feel" of the original. I won't say it's impossible, but it just seems like they're setting people up for disappointment.
The old movie only works for me as 'camp', like watching B horror flix from the 50's. You can choose to laugh when a shoe sticks out from under the monster suit just like when you hear outdated 'jargon', or terms which were made up by writers who thought computers were only big boxes with flashing lights a reels of tape, which are seriously dated.
You sick sad monkeys. Leave it alone. Go remake one of your other crappy movies. Like oh...Snow White or Sleeping Beauty.
How about doing orginal stories? Seems those have done fairly well, particularly for Pixar, which when well done lead the audience into uncharted territory and are far more interesting.
The scribes take the job as they near an end to writing "Black Cat," based on the 1940s Harvey comicbook character of a stuntwoman who becomes a vigilante on the streets of Los Angeles.
Cripes. Fantastic Four and Elektra coming out this year, probably another Batman and who knows what else.
Yet it seems the most successful super hero pic was the Incredibles, which wasn't preceded by a comic.
I loved the original when I was younger (and still watch it again once in a while), so I don't know how I feel about this one!"
I don't like to think of myself as a snob, but I was tech savvy enough back at that time that the dumbing of computer terms (and the
preposterous fantasy) tried my patience. The graphic effects were good, but that was about all there was for me to enjoy about the flik.
So let's speculate about what could be put into such a remake of the film...
Worms and Virii infest the computer and are blasted with some McAfee ray
An evil spam king is sentenced to/dev/null until 0>1
The conceptual depiction of Microsoft Windows security is a hole Rama could pass through with a defaced tin sign by the entrance saying [UNAuthorized Proceses Only Beyond This Point]
Dee Arrum is a cute, cuddly Pooh-bearish creature who befriends the intrepid party and only wants what is best for everyone
Bugs will only be the result of users installing unathorised software
The central processor will have a huge ice pack on its head and complain of constant overclocking pains
Plugs for Disney partners will be throughout (i.e. Intel Inside)
Say what? Like you're going to boycott venture capital firms?
I wish Genstar II would invest in these spyware guys, they seemed to do a fine job of running a company I worked for into the ground. Maybe they could do likewise with the spyware folks.
OK, I'm not even an American, let alone an American Constitutional Lawyer, but how is requiring guns to be built a certain way an infringement?
IANACL, either, but it's simply the government dictating how guns shall be available, which in the purest sense of the NRA's interpretation (which judges have so far grudgingly or otherwise agreed with) any step any governing body in the USA takes to regulate gun availability and ownership may be construed as an infringement.
In the USA no state law can supercede the Constitution.
"Under New Jersey law, passed in Dec. 2002, only smart guns can be purchased in the state three years after personalized handguns become commercially available. Lautenberg said New Jersey's legislative effort to introduce smart gun technology should be a national model for the country"."
And the NRA will claim this is an infringement on the 2nd amendment because a State Law is superceding the Constitution on this key part " the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed"
Good idea, but you can just see the challenge coming.
But I don't buy that. Yesterday in Massachusetts, a snow plow operator, too dumb to know his truck had GPS, exposed himself to a woman at a coffee shop, hopped back in his truck and was apprehended in minutes because the state troopers, knowing only the location of the coffee shop and that it was a snow plow operator, could find his exact whereabouts."
There's always warnings issued about exposure during the winter months... nobody ever seems to listen.
I worked in the freight/logistics industry and our drivers of linehaul rigs had GPS and satellite phones. Primary reason was to identify location to anticipate time of arrival, secondary was safety of crews, if the truck were hijacked (a frequent occurance you seldom hear about.)
Careful you don't associate the snowplow driver's arrest with implied conviction. He's likely only been arrested as a suspect.
Rock, ice, a funny little guy with a trojan helmet (squashed by the probe), a dog with a trojan helmet, a gumball machine full of instant martians and MSG.
I'm not going to get into a debate on the veracity of your statements, but none of the claims you listed are post-election news. The economy and Iraq both received very extensive news coverage before the election so I'm not quite sure what your point is.
Prior to the election it was treated as speculation and downplayed by the Whitehouse (read: the president and his innercicle of advisors) Since the election they are now admitting failures, regarding how badly the war is going (before 'these were isolated incidents' etc.), the prisoner abuse being cleaned up (now acknowledged it's still happening, even after all the alleged changes to prevent such) and finally having to face the music that the primary and urgent reason for invasion was unfounded.
For what Clinton did he was nearly impeached. For what Bush has done there's little if any talk except among 'wacko liberals'. Why do so few heads (particularly Rumsfeld's) roll in such an administration? Wasn't this fellow supposed to be the president of accountability?
How does he manage that? It seems like only large corporations can afford to build large patent portfolios while individuals must struggle, spending too much time and money just to get individual patents granted and enforced. If he creates an invention without patenting it, what prevents others besides the party he has a contract with from using it?
Large corporations are not the only companies in the world, so far. Many inventions happen at a lower level than you think. Heck, I've even invented things, but I've never bothered to patent them. I just keep my mouth shut and file them away in the event I think they're worth doing so some day.
In many cases, however, innovation may not procede without a team, large capital investment and copious amount of time. Should the investors/company not be compensated, but called 'greedy bastards' in all cases?
"We have not seen such systematic distortion of intelligence, such systematic manipulation of the American people, since the war in Vietnam."
George W. Bush avoided serving in the Vietnam war, now he has his own going. Some of us learned something from Brer Rabbit and the Tar Baby while others read about Goats.
The US Presidential election is over, now we see the following:
Employment again tanks
Trade deficit skyrocketing
Torture still going on in Iraqi prisons
The war is going worse than we thought (the prez actually admitted)
No WMD stockpiles found
Where is the outrage? There's no outrage because people have been so baffled with bullsh!t they don't know what to believe, a 50/50 election
result illustrated this clearly.
"The Iraq Survey Group, which was responsible for the search, goes on, but its focus now is trying to help counter the Iraqi insurgency."
Well, at leas they have full employement.
Don't spend all that political capital at the same gumball machine.
Some people and companies are just so fucking greedy that it blows the mind. Their greed is beyond rationality.
This may come as a shock to you, so I hope you're sitting in a sturdy chair without a cat in your lap... some companies rely upon invention for their growth and income. Now more than ever companies develop the technology then source out the manufacturing or license the technology to manufacturing companies.
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I would seriously reconsider whatever cred I gave a community which adopted such a name ...
unless that was their goal, i.e. Gates, Balmer and Mundie organise some press conference to expound the virtues of closed source, IP and the evils of Open Source.
OT FUD humor
Interesting. Certainly moreso than I think a Tron remake could be.
I liked tron, but I can't see how they'll retain the "feel" of the original. I won't say it's impossible, but it just seems like they're setting people up for disappointment.
The old movie only works for me as 'camp', like watching B horror flix from the 50's. You can choose to laugh when a shoe sticks out from under the monster suit just like when you hear outdated 'jargon', or terms which were made up by writers who thought computers were only big boxes with flashing lights a reels of tape, which are seriously dated.
How about doing orginal stories? Seems those have done fairly well, particularly for Pixar, which when well done lead the audience into uncharted territory and are far more interesting.
Cripes. Fantastic Four and Elektra coming out this year, probably another Batman and who knows what else.
Yet it seems the most successful super hero pic was the Incredibles, which wasn't preceded by a comic.
At least March 30th is coming along...
I don't like to think of myself as a snob, but I was tech savvy enough back at that time that the dumbing of computer terms (and the preposterous fantasy) tried my patience. The graphic effects were good, but that was about all there was for me to enjoy about the flik. So let's speculate about what could be put into such a remake of the film...
Worms and Virii infest the computer and are blasted with some McAfee ray
An evil spam king is sentenced to /dev/null until 0>1
The conceptual depiction of Microsoft Windows security is a hole Rama could pass through with a defaced tin sign by the entrance saying [UNAuthorized Proceses Only Beyond This Point]
Dee Arrum is a cute, cuddly Pooh-bearish creature who befriends the intrepid party and only wants what is best for everyone
Bugs will only be the result of users installing unathorised software
The central processor will have a huge ice pack on its head and complain of constant overclocking pains
Plugs for Disney partners will be throughout (i.e. Intel Inside)
Say what? Like you're going to boycott venture capital firms?
I wish Genstar II would invest in these spyware guys, they seemed to do a fine job of running a company I worked for into the ground. Maybe they could do likewise with the spyware folks.
One of the advantages of living on a geologically active island...
Let us not explore too much the disadvantages.
I am the Dread Pirate Roberts
IANACL, either, but it's simply the government dictating how guns shall be available, which in the purest sense of the NRA's interpretation (which judges have so far grudgingly or otherwise agreed with) any step any governing body in the USA takes to regulate gun availability and ownership may be construed as an infringement.
In the USA no state law can supercede the Constitution.
please... i'm trying to forget that horrible adaptation.
FYI MegaCity is effectively a fascist state, where the judges (which time and again have had their problems) can do pretty much as the deem necessary.
and that vain chucklehead Stallone actually removed his helmet!!
And the NRA will claim this is an infringement on the 2nd amendment because a State Law is superceding the Constitution on this key part " the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed"
Good idea, but you can just see the challenge coming.
"Which one, your honor, there's 2 grillion of them."
There's always warnings issued about exposure during the winter months ... nobody ever seems to listen.
I worked in the freight/logistics industry and our drivers of linehaul rigs had GPS and satellite phones. Primary reason was to identify location to anticipate time of arrival, secondary was safety of crews, if the truck were hijacked (a frequent occurance you seldom hear about.)
Careful you don't associate the snowplow driver's arrest with implied conviction. He's likely only been arrested as a suspect.
Ah, but we scarcely knew the existed at all, before they spectacularly killed themselves.
Rock, ice, a funny little guy with a trojan helmet (squashed by the probe), a dog with a trojan helmet, a gumball machine full of instant martians and MSG.
Very rarely is anything complex answered once and for all.
Obviously you don't read the Weekly World News.
BTW, chief NASA engineer Bat Boy assures me that everything is going as planned.
"cor! they put a ding in our chariot! call AAA!"
I sure hope they did a better job of packing this one.
Prior to the election it was treated as speculation and downplayed by the Whitehouse (read: the president and his innercicle of advisors) Since the election they are now admitting failures, regarding how badly the war is going (before 'these were isolated incidents' etc.), the prisoner abuse being cleaned up (now acknowledged it's still happening, even after all the alleged changes to prevent such) and finally having to face the music that the primary and urgent reason for invasion was unfounded.
For what Clinton did he was nearly impeached. For what Bush has done there's little if any talk except among 'wacko liberals'. Why do so few heads (particularly Rumsfeld's) roll in such an administration? Wasn't this fellow supposed to be the president of accountability?
The return of Six Finger?
His own war.
Large corporations are not the only companies in the world, so far. Many inventions happen at a lower level than you think. Heck, I've even invented things, but I've never bothered to patent them. I just keep my mouth shut and file them away in the event I think they're worth doing so some day.
In many cases, however, innovation may not procede without a team, large capital investment and copious amount of time. Should the investors/company not be compensated, but called 'greedy bastards' in all cases?
George W. Bush avoided serving in the Vietnam war, now he has his own going. Some of us learned something from Brer Rabbit and the Tar Baby while others read about Goats.
Employment again tanks
Trade deficit skyrocketing
Torture still going on in Iraqi prisons
The war is going worse than we thought (the prez actually admitted)
No WMD stockpiles found
Where is the outrage? There's no outrage because people have been so baffled with bullsh!t they don't know what to believe, a 50/50 election result illustrated this clearly.
"The Iraq Survey Group, which was responsible for the search, goes on, but its focus now is trying to help counter the Iraqi insurgency."
Well, at leas they have full employement.
Don't spend all that political capital at the same gumball machine.
They dropped their prices a few months ago; it shouldn't be 30$ a month now!
must resist urge to rule world with iron fist ...
What I want is to be able to setup my own cell phone tower* that funnels my "cell phone" calls over voip.
Check your local zoning rules. You may find the following:
NIMBY -- Your neighbors don't want that sh!t in their own back yard
Your same neighbors would be only too happy to buy in if you undercut the prices of the telcos (but they'll still be NIMBY)
This may come as a shock to you, so I hope you're sitting in a sturdy chair without a cat in your lap ... some companies rely upon invention for their growth and income. Now more than ever companies develop the technology then source out the manufacturing or license the technology to manufacturing companies.