every one of the Camp X-ray inmates were captured during operations in which they were fighting our troops.
Well, if the government said so, it must be true, my Saudi friend.
Well, there is also the fact that half of those detainees were sent over by the Pakistani government for trying to cross the border......of course refugees would never try to cross the border....
I feel the need to step in here and say that, while I like eMule and most of what's been said is true, I also like eDonkey2000 and have never found one piece of spyware installed through it. And I've been running anti-spyware programs since there was only one anti-spyware program (optout, I think it was called). I'd also be hard pressed to say eMule is that much better. It has no banner ads and some nicer options in the settings menu, but it's based on the eDonkey client........it connects to the exact same servers. And eDonkey has built a following it hasn't, so there are tweaking programs and specialized server lists all around.
Can anyone fill me in on why so many people hated SC3? I never got to play #1 or #2, I was a kid when my mom got me #3, I played it and liked it a lot.....it's one of the few games I've gone back to play again years later. I've had a laugh at a few of the references made in this discussion, so I gather that it doesn't veer off too far from the others. I wouldn't put it in my top 10 list, but the weirdness/sillyness of the game definitely left a good impression on me, so what gives?
A TV commercial trying to publicize the search for a TV network to save farscape.......that has to be approved and aired by TV networks.......won't reach the right people.....?
It's mostly centered around the predicament of John Crichton, who goes from a confused good guy lost in space, to a good guy wanting to get home, to a good guy pushed to the brink of insanity by enemies he never wanted to make, to a man pushed too far that'll do just about anything to get home, to a sort of apathetic guy who lost his way and doesn't care what happens, and finally the cynical hero type trying to get the job done.
That's my synopsis anyway, and what I really think makes the show great. Then again, I just eat that kinda stuff up. To me it's Dirty harry, John McClain......Mel Gibson in Lethal Weapon 1.
Does anyone happen to know whether or not digital cable customers get factored in when they measure ratings these days? I mean, I know they watch what the customers are watching. Why wouldn't it be?
BUT, Some Democrats are for the little guy, believe it or not. I suggest anyone who's really interested in finding out who all those people are should watch C-Span every now and then. It's not that hard to spot the passionate people who mean what they say, or the drawn out partisan speakers who are only concerned with towing the party line. Paul Wellstone was one of the people who fought for the little guy, so is Russ Feingold. Some (not all) Democrats are heavily supported by corporations (and I'm the first to say, cause I've been saying it for a long time, that those 'contributions' come from market driven entities who don't just throw away money, it IS a bribe, and they're getting enough of a return on their investment to keep giving every election year) but some Democrats are more heavily supported by unions. Personally I think bribes are undemocratic no matter who they come from, but that's another post all together.
But representatives only take time to meet with lobbyists when they know that lobbyist represents and organization that is funding their campaign, and keeping them in power. They don't have to meet with every lobbyist. So you can hire a lobbyist, or we can all geek ourselves together and hire a lobbying firm, and the reps are still going to choose to spend there available time in other ways, rather than listen to a pitch from someone who can't afford to payroll their re-election.
AND it was split between the different labels AND retailers involved, AND the settlement was called a "good business decision" by a Warner Bros. representative, AND they didn't have to admit any wrong doing.
Yeah, you have to relate to it. I definitely related to the spaceship, and the tatoo-ridden guy with a mowhawk. Having people relate by using present-day fashion definitely worked for 80's movies didn't it? You're an idiot. I stated my opinion, if you want to argue about this idiotic carbon-copy show go do it with the cocksuckers on the fan forum.
Every character but the sheperd guy looks like they stepped out of a gap commercial. Amazing how this mind bogglingly, realisticly, original and lovingly portrayed future includes present day fashion, hairstyles, and makeup. The writing isn't bad, it's funny in some places, but the acting is neither. That Baldwin guy is alright, but that's about it if you ask me.
I'm with you. And this whole article sounded manufactured. I feel like I'm reading a faux press release. 'groundbreaking, mind boggling, totally original'? Who the fuck talks like that? It's a goddamned TV show. It's either good, marginal, or not good. How does this shit get posted?
Yeah, comon. Please get that out somehow for the fans like us who can take a joke. I don't mind tasteless humor, in fact I love tasteless humor! Besides, it may be one of the few new things we have left. A blooper reel would be a great thing to remember the show by.
If they wanted to do it for a publicity stunt they would've announced it on the main site, or on the scifi channel itself. The cast saying it in a chat log isn't exactly an effective way to build up a large amount of controversy. Only hardcore fans and internet geeks will hear about it.
You just saw the wrong episodes. I would roll my eyes a bit when it was an Erin/John romance-fest. But check out episodes like "Crackers Don't Matter." And the drama can be seen in a different light. I consider John Crichton to be as classic as Dirty Harry or John McClain (Die Hard). Both dramatic, but neither would be compared to soap opera characters.
As for special effects, I'd prefer a fly-by of Moya over Enterprise.
Hopefully Farscape engrossed the right minds, so someone in high places will scoop it up.
"Humans are suuuuppeerriioooooor!!!" - John Chricton
The FTC has been warning search engines that try to pass off sponsored results as real, so you would think they would warn Sony about trying to pass off sponsored consumers as real.
I despise all of this fearmongering over 'what would we do' if Microsoft, or Worldcom, or Enron, or AOL/TW were to fall. Even if it's justified, who's fault is that? Who let them get so big and unobstructed that they could hold an entire economy hostage? My opinion is that, in a free market system, "You need us," is not a viable solution to a failing business. Whether it's an airline or a telecom, let'em crumble. They all seem eager to be left alone, free to 'innovate' or 'compete' until innovation and competition reveals them to be a failure, and then they're newly born socialists begging for government cheese because they're existence is supposedly good for 'the people'.
Don't be surprised if that's not far from the truth. Anyone who remembers the RIAA's bid to gain the rights to hack into peoples' computers looking for pirated music, and was, around the same time, a Politech reader, might remember an exchange with an industry spokesman where it was openly admitted that the RIAA sits in and even drafts pieces of legislation.
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every one of the Camp X-ray inmates were captured during operations in which they were fighting our troops.
Well, if the government said so, it must be true, my Saudi friend.
Well, there is also the fact that half of those detainees were sent over by the Pakistani government for trying to cross the border......of course refugees would never try to cross the border....
probably not too many
Yeah, just everybody in the New York area.
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I wonder how many more people could've attended? Thumbs up slashdot! *big fake smile*
I shared more and more and it never seemed to change from 14(low). I dunno why. I gave up eventually.
I feel the need to step in here and say that, while I like eMule and most of what's been said is true, I also like eDonkey2000 and have never found one piece of spyware installed through it. And I've been running anti-spyware programs since there was only one anti-spyware program (optout, I think it was called). I'd also be hard pressed to say eMule is that much better. It has no banner ads and some nicer options in the settings menu, but it's based on the eDonkey client........it connects to the exact same servers. And eDonkey has built a following it hasn't, so there are tweaking programs and specialized server lists all around.
"It's Payne!" ....I broke 2 months of silence for this?
Can anyone fill me in on why so many people hated SC3? I never got to play #1 or #2, I was a kid when my mom got me #3, I played it and liked it a lot.....it's one of the few games I've gone back to play again years later. I've had a laugh at a few of the references made in this discussion, so I gather that it doesn't veer off too far from the others. I wouldn't put it in my top 10 list, but the weirdness/sillyness of the game definitely left a good impression on me, so what gives?
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Yeah, I got it. But I still wanted to point that out.
Besides, that joke gets made about something about every 5 seconds.
A TV commercial trying to publicize the search for a TV network to save farscape.......that has to be approved and aired by TV networks.......won't reach the right people.....?
It's mostly centered around the predicament of John Crichton, who goes from a confused good guy lost in space, to a good guy wanting to get home, to a good guy pushed to the brink of insanity by enemies he never wanted to make, to a man pushed too far that'll do just about anything to get home, to a sort of apathetic guy who lost his way and doesn't care what happens, and finally the cynical hero type trying to get the job done.
That's my synopsis anyway, and what I really think makes the show great. Then again, I just eat that kinda stuff up. To me it's Dirty harry, John McClain......Mel Gibson in Lethal Weapon 1.
Does anyone happen to know whether or not digital cable customers get factored in when they measure ratings these days? I mean, I know they watch what the customers are watching. Why wouldn't it be?
Disclaimer: I'm not a Democrat or a Republican
BUT, Some Democrats are for the little guy, believe it or not. I suggest anyone who's really interested in finding out who all those people are should watch C-Span every now and then. It's not that hard to spot the passionate people who mean what they say, or the drawn out partisan speakers who are only concerned with towing the party line. Paul Wellstone was one of the people who fought for the little guy, so is Russ Feingold. Some (not all) Democrats are heavily supported by corporations (and I'm the first to say, cause I've been saying it for a long time, that those 'contributions' come from market driven entities who don't just throw away money, it IS a bribe, and they're getting enough of a return on their investment to keep giving every election year) but some Democrats are more heavily supported by unions. Personally I think bribes are undemocratic no matter who they come from, but that's another post all together.
But representatives only take time to meet with lobbyists when they know that lobbyist represents and organization that is funding their campaign, and keeping them in power. They don't have to meet with every lobbyist. So you can hire a lobbyist, or we can all geek ourselves together and hire a lobbying firm, and the reps are still going to choose to spend there available time in other ways, rather than listen to a pitch from someone who can't afford to payroll their re-election.
AND it was split between the different labels AND retailers involved, AND the settlement was called a "good business decision" by a Warner Bros. representative, AND they didn't have to admit any wrong doing.
Yeah, you have to relate to it. I definitely related to the spaceship, and the tatoo-ridden guy with a mowhawk. Having people relate by using present-day fashion definitely worked for 80's movies didn't it? You're an idiot. I stated my opinion, if you want to argue about this idiotic carbon-copy show go do it with the cocksuckers on the fan forum.
Every character but the sheperd guy looks like they stepped out of a gap commercial. Amazing how this mind bogglingly, realisticly, original and lovingly portrayed future includes present day fashion, hairstyles, and makeup. The writing isn't bad, it's funny in some places, but the acting is neither. That Baldwin guy is alright, but that's about it if you ask me.
I'm with you. And this whole article sounded manufactured. I feel like I'm reading a faux press release. 'groundbreaking, mind boggling, totally original'? Who the fuck talks like that? It's a goddamned TV show. It's either good, marginal, or not good. How does this shit get posted?
Yeah, comon. Please get that out somehow for the fans like us who can take a joke. I don't mind tasteless humor, in fact I love tasteless humor! Besides, it may be one of the few new things we have left. A blooper reel would be a great thing to remember the show by.
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If they wanted to do it for a publicity stunt they would've announced it on the main site, or on the scifi channel itself. The cast saying it in a chat log isn't exactly an effective way to build up a large amount of controversy. Only hardcore fans and internet geeks will hear about it.
You just saw the wrong episodes. I would roll my eyes a bit when it was an Erin/John romance-fest. But check out episodes like "Crackers Don't Matter." And the drama can be seen in a different light. I consider John Crichton to be as classic as Dirty Harry or John McClain (Die Hard). Both dramatic, but neither would be compared to soap opera characters.
As for special effects, I'd prefer a fly-by of Moya over Enterprise.
Hopefully Farscape engrossed the right minds, so someone in high places will scoop it up.
"Humans are suuuuppeerriioooooor!!!" - John Chricton
The FTC has been warning search engines that try to pass off sponsored results as real, so you would think they would warn Sony about trying to pass off sponsored consumers as real.
I despise all of this fearmongering over 'what would we do' if Microsoft, or Worldcom, or Enron, or AOL/TW were to fall. Even if it's justified, who's fault is that? Who let them get so big and unobstructed that they could hold an entire economy hostage? My opinion is that, in a free market system, "You need us," is not a viable solution to a failing business. Whether it's an airline or a telecom, let'em crumble. They all seem eager to be left alone, free to 'innovate' or 'compete' until innovation and competition reveals them to be a failure, and then they're newly born socialists begging for government cheese because they're existence is supposedly good for 'the people'.
Don't be surprised if that's not far from the truth. Anyone who remembers the RIAA's bid to gain the rights to hack into peoples' computers looking for pirated music, and was, around the same time, a Politech reader, might remember an exchange with an industry spokesman where it was openly admitted that the RIAA sits in and even drafts pieces of legislation.