just to interject a different perspective -- i went with a group of people i work with to see lotr. there were three of us who had never read the books, of which i was one...
anyhow, i found the beginning of the film slow and hard to follow. it did improve after about the first hour, but it never really caught my interest and held it.
the special effects were good, not great. my biggest gripe was that it seemed like the cameraman in the fighting scenes was drunk.
of the group who went, those who had read the books all loved it, and those of us who had not read them all were not impressed. as for the ending, one of my other coworkers who hadn't read the books summed it up quite well - "i feel like i could have left five minutes after the movie started and not missed a thing".
if you look at the advertising link on google -- http://www.google.com/adv/intro.html, you'll see that the banner ads are rather interesting. they're just plain text, not jpgs or gifs.
i find them rather pleasant as ads go. i suppose some people might complain that they can't filter these ads with junkbuster, but at least these ads won't take forever to download, and they won't blink annoyingly.
i think this anti-linux conspiracy paranoia is going a bit far this time. microsoft has promised to do away with dos, and they've finally delivered. i'm sure linux installers aren't the only programs affected. however, the end result is a far more stable operating system. most of what i've heard about win-me has been quite postitive.
Well, I notice most of the comments here have purely been grammatical critiques, rather than discussion of anything Lars said. I guess that means a lot of people are having trouble refuting his points. I love grammatically-perfect articles as much as the next guy, but I had very little trouble reading the interview, and understanding what Lars had to say. Perhaps the people who disagree with Lars could stoop to name-calling once the grammar police get through with him. -aj
regarding katz's comments about the cost of a cd... yes, cds can be manufactured for under a dollar. however, it doesn't take a genius to realize that there are plenty of other costs involved in making an album beyond physical manufacturing.
studio recording time is very expensive. production and mixing add more expense, as does promotion of the album. and perhaps the artist even spent a lot of time writing the songs (could time possibly be worth something?)
how would katz feel if someone took all of his books and writings, copied them, and posted them on a site for people to read for free? granted, katz isn't a great example... it would probably work better to do this for an author actually worth reading. but consider what a book costs to print, and what it retails for... the music biz isn't the only one making "huge" profits.
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Well, at least deciding which company we hate most should get a lot easier.
Your post was great. Conclusion: Phoenix doesn't come with a spellchecker.
In other Columbia news, the government is searching for a box with "Secret Government Property" stenciled on the side.
I thought only bad guys in the movies were stupid enough to blatantly label the things they didn't want to fall into enemy hands.
You've done a most fine job of explaining. It's not all the same, in fact you say that it's different. Very different. Wow! You're an idiot.
Wow, a prize that someday might actually be worth something. Perhaps I'll be able to sell it and buy something really valuable, like lottery tickets!
just to interject a different perspective -- i went with a group of people i work with to see lotr. there were three of us who had never read the books, of which i was one...
anyhow, i found the beginning of the film slow and hard to follow. it did improve after about the first hour, but it never really caught my interest and held it.
the special effects were good, not great. my biggest gripe was that it seemed like the cameraman in the fighting scenes was drunk.
of the group who went, those who had read the books all loved it, and those of us who had not read them all were not impressed. as for the ending, one of my other coworkers who hadn't read the books summed it up quite well - "i feel like i could have left five minutes after the movie started and not missed a thing".
this is certainly a valid problem to try and solve. for example, i just searched for "clueless phony" and jon katz's name was nowhere to be found.
It seems a bit sketchy to conclude that if something doesn't happen on e-bay, then it must not be happening anywhere else on the internet.
if you look at the advertising link on google -- http://www.google.com/adv/intro.html, you'll see that the banner ads are rather interesting. they're just plain text, not jpgs or gifs.
i find them rather pleasant as ads go. i suppose some people might complain that they can't filter these ads with junkbuster, but at least these ads won't take forever to download, and they won't blink annoyingly.
-ajd
i think this anti-linux conspiracy paranoia is going a bit far this time. microsoft has promised to do away with dos, and they've finally delivered. i'm sure linux installers aren't the only programs affected. however, the end result is a far more stable operating system. most of what i've heard about win-me has been quite postitive.
-ajd
Well, I notice most of the comments here have purely been grammatical critiques, rather than discussion of anything Lars said. I guess that means a lot of people are having trouble refuting his points. I love grammatically-perfect articles as much as the next guy, but I had very little trouble reading the interview, and understanding what Lars had to say. Perhaps the people who disagree with Lars could stoop to name-calling once the grammar police get through with him. -aj
regarding katz's comments about the cost of a cd... yes, cds can be manufactured for under a dollar. however, it doesn't take a genius to realize that there are plenty of other costs involved in making an album beyond physical manufacturing.
studio recording time is very expensive. production and mixing add more expense, as does promotion of the album. and perhaps the artist even spent a lot of time writing the songs (could time possibly be worth something?)
how would katz feel if someone took all of his books and writings, copied them, and posted them on a site for people to read for free? granted, katz isn't a great example... it would probably work better to do this for an author actually worth reading. but consider what a book costs to print, and what it retails for... the music biz isn't the only one making "huge" profits.