Actually, I expect Linux to keep getting good press until the anti-trust suit is completely settled. MS may even be paying reporters to talk Linux up, as it creates for potential juries/judges the impression that there is indeed serious competition.
The true test will be to see how the mainstream press treats Linux post-settlement.
Comics != Super Heroes
Super Heroes != Moral Justice (unless you're Steve Ditko)
John Katz != Someone Educated About Comics
I 'understood' how the movie was put together, and I thought it was a very poor piece of cinema that was *at best* under researched and over directed. Comics does not represent a moral decision that someone who's 'gifted' with extraordinary powers is justified in using that strength to defeat those who are 'weaker' or 'wrong' (by that hero's subjective judgement).
I just didn't think it was very good. There was a strong 'moral' implication that was assumed and never really justified. Namely: what makes it okay to go out and beat the shit out of 'bad guys'? A superhero is a lot more than a defender; they are a judge jury and executioner all in one convenient package. I don't know about you but I call that fascism.
First of all, 'comics' is not a genre. Katz repeatedly insinuates that all comic books are about super heroes and proceeds to draw his parallels along the lines of what popular culture considers as a 'comic book reader'.
Reading the comics of Carl Barks, Robert Crumb, Chester Brown, Dan Clowes, Dave Sim, or Eddie Campbell paints a slightly different picture of this most maligned of American 'genres' (sic). There *is* valid and vital work being done in this field. It's not exactly a new development either; comics have thrived as Real Literature in European and Asian countries for decades. A lot of good work has been produced to deaf ears in this country as well.
Comics, not unlike jazz in the 1950's, get no respect. How long will it be before poney-tailed drivers of SUVs decide it's an artform too?
I think Speedchoice was using Hybrid Networks wireless broadband routers - these are microwave devices (actually, satellite connections differ from microwave devices only in that the 'broadcast tower' is several miles out in space rather than several miles away on land). Hybrid 'cable modems' are not satellite devices (see http://www.hybrid.com).
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Sure, how about FrontPage97?
Christ, they will be now.
The true test will be to see how the mainstream press treats Linux post-settlement.
I just had this exact conversation with a friend yesterday. ;) Watchmen did in 1986 what (I fear) many more movies will try to do in the next few years.
Woop. ;) That should have read "voters".
...Or to hating it.
http://www.eddiecampbellcomics.come x. html
http://www.topshelfcomics.com
http://www.paulpope.com
http://www.eddiecampbellcomics.com/fromhell/ind
http://www.tcj.com
http://www.indymagazine.com
http://www.tcj.com
Comics != Super Heroes
Super Heroes != Moral Justice (unless you're Steve Ditko)
John Katz != Someone Educated About Comics
I 'understood' how the movie was put together, and I thought it was a very poor piece of cinema that was *at best* under researched and over directed. Comics does not represent a moral decision that someone who's 'gifted' with extraordinary powers is justified in using that strength to defeat those who are 'weaker' or 'wrong' (by that hero's subjective judgement).
Comics is a medium, not a genre.
I just didn't think it was very good. There was a strong 'moral' implication that was assumed and never really justified. Namely: what makes it okay to go out and beat the shit out of 'bad guys'? A superhero is a lot more than a defender; they are a judge jury and executioner all in one convenient package. I don't know about you but I call that fascism.
I expect to see a resergence of the 'hero movie' once the election is settled and things start to move on.
Reading the comics of Carl Barks, Robert Crumb, Chester Brown, Dan Clowes, Dave Sim, or Eddie Campbell paints a slightly different picture of this most maligned of American 'genres' (sic). There *is* valid and vital work being done in this field. It's not exactly a new development either; comics have thrived as Real Literature in European and Asian countries for decades. A lot of good work has been produced to deaf ears in this country as well.
Comics, not unlike jazz in the 1950's, get no respect. How long will it be before poney-tailed drivers of SUVs decide it's an artform too?
I think Speedchoice was using Hybrid Networks wireless broadband routers - these are microwave devices (actually, satellite connections differ from microwave devices only in that the 'broadcast tower' is several miles out in space rather than several miles away on land). Hybrid 'cable modems' are not satellite devices (see http://www.hybrid.com).