God, I can't believe how many of you geeks manage to horribly mangle the plot of "The Dark Knight Returns". You must write for hollywood. I'm not even a damn fanboy, and I can synopsize the battle more accurrately.
Batman plans ahead and is prepared while big dopey Superman comes blundering in to take B into custody because the powers that be say he's a "bad boy".
Batman gives S a dose of the K, smacks him around with some missles while he's weakened, and generally beats him until he cries like a little girl. They point that out in the story that Batman wants Superman to know that he got his ass kicked, and by whom. Then, having already thought through the scenario, B knows that even if he wins, that the world has changed, and he can't operate openly anymore. So he has a chemical concotion, that he thought up with his big brain, that puts him in a coma. Superman thinks he's killed B, and cries again. Batman sculks off to continue to use his big brain to fight evil from the shadows.
Basicly, Batman wins because he's a big smarty-man, but then throws the fight. In the bigger picture, they're both victims of circumstance, and have to comprimise to survive in the world.
Moderators -- are you're sure that's not (score: +1, informative) ?
heh heh heh
what a dilema
oh, wait, that's assuming that the moderators (or teh editors even) make even a cursory attempt to be fair and check their facts.
If you're gonna pay the premium to buy an Apple notebook, why the hell would you put Linux on it when you've got a perfectly crunchy BSD distro in Mac OS X?!! If you're going to put Linux on a notebook, go for the hardware with the most bang for the buck.
"It is one thing to do something radical first, and to do it with a little style. It is another thing to copycat with little imaginatino and no style (a garish, gay butterfly logo no less). Promoting a network service even AOLers are smart enough to avoid doesn't help either."
Ripping off other's clever ideas is what MicroSoft is all about. Hence their "switch" ad written by a golem.
And it's common wisdom in the low end advertizing business that annoying sells. Just look at used car ads on the radio. When you're selling a online service to idiots who don't value their rights, yelling "ME TOO!" as loud as you can is probably an effective strategy.
auuugh! (beating side of computer) Stupid troll, be more funny!
There are only three books in "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy!
To whit:
"The Fellowship of the Ring"
"The Two Towers"
"The Return of the King"
(Don't you hate it when some anal-retentive geek totally ruins a joke by interperting it literally?)
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Owner: Take this object, but beware it carries a terrible curse! Homer: [worried] Ooooh, that's bad. Owner: But it comes with a free Frogurt! Homer: [relieved] That's good. Owner: The Frogurt is also cursed. Homer: [worried] That's bad. Owner: But you get your choice of topping! Homer: [relieved] That's good. Owner: The toppings contains Potassium Benzoate. Homer: [stares] Owner: That's bad.
(Now there's a thought, who said it had to be in the U.S.? Cuba would be beautiful if not for the squalid poverty. "Hey Castro, we'll give you a turnkey hightech industry -- including lucrative offshore gambling / banking for a few concessions...")
I just did a quick check on IMDB, and it appears that the case is even stronger that I had thought. Just looking at Walt Disney's credits, it is striking how much of his early work was taken from the public domain. What he does to poor Alice for "Alice in Wonderland" is amazing -- 47 short subjects based around putting somebody else's character in new stories!!! It will take some work, but I bet that it can be proven that half his work from before 1965 is in some way derivative of the public domain!
Talk about slamming the door in the face of the people behind you! What hypocrisy!
Disney has a long, glorious histroy of stripmining the public domain:
Snow White and the Seven Dwarves - stolen
Pinnochio - stolen
Cinderella - stolen
Mary Poppins -stolen
20,000 Leagues under the sea - stolen
Beauty and the Beast - stolen
Robinhood - stolen
The Jungle Book - stolen
Tarzan -I believe they actually pay royalties to the Burroughs estate -- and hate having to do it
The Little Mermaid - stolen
Mary Poppins - stolen
Peter Pan - stolen
The list goes on and on. In fact, it appears that the whole success of the second phase of the Disney corp (The first wave of animated features) rides firmly on the back of the public domain. When they start producing their own stories in the 70's they fail miserably ("Escape from Witch Mountain", "The World's Greatest Athelete", ad nauseum).
It's not so much the re-using the public domain for source material that I have a problem with, it's the bald-faced refusal to let "their" "intellectual property" loose when it's legitimately part of the common public culture. For damn sure now, every westerner knows who Mickey Mouse is, that's why he's worth so much. But he wouldn't be worth so much if everyone didn't know him. That is exactly the same reason why Disney found value in the commons when it was establishing itself as a company. The same reason their first feature was "Snow White".
So, would it be possible that whole star systems are intact within the Schwarzchild radius? Could stuff be in stable orbits where tidal forces didn't rip things apart? Cool!
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God, I can't believe how many of you geeks manage to horribly mangle the plot of "The Dark Knight Returns". You must write for hollywood. I'm not even a damn fanboy, and I can synopsize the battle more accurrately.
Batman plans ahead and is prepared while big dopey Superman comes blundering in to take B into custody because the powers that be say he's a "bad boy".
Batman gives S a dose of the K, smacks him around with some missles while he's weakened, and generally beats him until he cries like a little girl. They point that out in the story that Batman wants Superman to know that he got his ass kicked, and by whom.
Then, having already thought through the scenario, B knows that even if he wins, that the world has changed, and he can't operate openly anymore. So he has a chemical concotion, that he thought up with his big brain, that puts him in a coma.
Superman thinks he's killed B, and cries again. Batman sculks off to continue to use his big brain to fight evil from the shadows.
Basicly, Batman wins because he's a big smarty-man, but then throws the fight. In the bigger picture, they're both victims of circumstance, and have to comprimise to survive in the world.
I don't know, but I do know that a average run of the mill star destroyer will kick the Enterprise's ass!
Next up : "Who's better Santa Clause or Jesus ?"
Moderators -- are you're sure that's not (score: +1, informative) ?
heh heh heh
what a dilema
oh, wait, that's assuming that the moderators (or teh editors even) make even a cursory attempt to be fair and check their facts.
or Pringle's will smack down your ass under the DMCA!
Sheesh, this is starting to make Max Headroom look like a sane future.
Dude, your website has been hacked. Someone posted a bunch of satanic marsupial propaganda!
If you're gonna pay the premium to buy an Apple notebook, why the hell would you put Linux on it when you've got a perfectly crunchy BSD distro in Mac OS X?!! If you're going to put Linux on a notebook, go for the hardware with the most bang for the buck.
You, sir, are worse than Goodwin!
"It is one thing to do something radical first, and to do it with a little style. It is another thing to copycat with little imaginatino and no style (a garish, gay butterfly logo no less). Promoting a network service even AOLers are smart enough to avoid doesn't help either."
Ripping off other's clever ideas is what MicroSoft is all about. Hence their "switch" ad written by a golem.
And it's common wisdom in the low end advertizing business that annoying sells. Just look at used car ads on the radio. When you're selling a online service to idiots who don't value their rights, yelling "ME TOO!" as loud as you can is probably an effective strategy.
There are only three books in "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy!
To whit:
(Don't you hate it when some anal-retentive geek totally ruins a joke by interperting it literally?)
Owner: Take this object, but beware it carries a terrible curse!
Homer: [worried] Ooooh, that's bad.
Owner: But it comes with a free Frogurt!
Homer: [relieved] That's good.
Owner: The Frogurt is also cursed.
Homer: [worried] That's bad.
Owner: But you get your choice of topping!
Homer: [relieved] That's good.
Owner: The toppings contains Potassium Benzoate.
Homer: [stares]
Owner: That's bad.
---- The book of Homer, 9F04
and Margaux is starting to smell!
Way to throw the moneychangers out of the temple, RMS!
I used to be blind. Then a friend sent me to zombo.com, and now I can see!
Thank you, zombo.com! Truly, anything I imagine is possible!
Your posting assumes that I have [1|2] eyes.
This blatent anti-Martianism MUST STOP!
Here's your CRT : http://w1.871.telia.com/~u87127079/crts/coketron.h tm
What exactly do you mean by that?
Is that a synonym for "are you experienced"?
Or is it some sort of kinky come on?
Could it be Jose Marti?
Nah, That's giving them too much credit.
(Now there's a thought, who said it had to be in the U.S.? Cuba would be beautiful if not for the squalid poverty. "Hey Castro, we'll give you a turnkey hightech industry -- including lucrative offshore gambling / banking for a few concessions...")
The comittee for the prevention Aspberger's syndrome reccommends that that these cruises be staffed entirely with pornstars.
I just did a quick check on IMDB, and it appears that the case is even stronger that I had thought. Just looking at Walt Disney's credits, it is striking how much of his early work was taken from the public domain. What he does to poor Alice for "Alice in Wonderland" is amazing -- 47 short subjects based around putting somebody else's character in new stories!!! It will take some work, but I bet that it can be proven that half his work from before 1965 is in some way derivative of the public domain!
Talk about slamming the door in the face of the people behind you! What hypocrisy!
- Snow White and the Seven Dwarves - stolen
- Pinnochio - stolen
- Cinderella - stolen
- Mary Poppins -stolen
- 20,000 Leagues under the sea - stolen
- Beauty and the Beast - stolen
- Robinhood - stolen
- The Jungle Book - stolen
- Tarzan -I believe they actually pay royalties to the Burroughs estate -- and hate having to do it
- The Little Mermaid - stolen
- Mary Poppins - stolen
- Peter Pan - stolen
The list goes on and on. In fact, it appears that the whole success of the second phase of the Disney corp (The first wave of animated features) rides firmly on the back of the public domain. When they start producing their own stories in the 70's they fail miserably ("Escape from Witch Mountain", "The World's Greatest Athelete", ad nauseum).It's not so much the re-using the public domain for source material that I have a problem with, it's the bald-faced refusal to let "their" "intellectual property" loose when it's legitimately part of the common public culture. For damn sure now, every westerner knows who Mickey Mouse is, that's why he's worth so much. But he wouldn't be worth so much if everyone didn't know him. That is exactly the same reason why Disney found value in the commons when it was establishing itself as a company. The same reason their first feature was "Snow White".
So, would it be possible that whole star systems are intact within the Schwarzchild radius? Could stuff be in stable orbits where tidal forces didn't rip things apart? Cool!
Apple chips are awsome! Particularly the cinnamon-sugar ones!
Stac it to 'em!
(I considered "Stac it to The MAN!", but that gives MicroSoft too much credit.)
I hear doctor Frankenstien is working on a vampire zombie!