I think the reason for this assumption is that FF7 truly showed what RPGs could do with next-gen hardware. Before FF7 there were no 3D worlds, no 3D monsters, no true spatial and particle effects.
The storyline was so intriguing thanks to the amazing visuals that it simply took the gameplay to a new level.
They also killed a major character, a love-interest no less, right in the middle of the story. This, to my recollection, had never happened in such as quick, brutal and shocking manner before.
It may sound silly, this is a video game yadda yadda, but the immersiveness of this game is unparalleled in any other Final Fantasy to date. They seem to be so hot on Amazing CGI Scenes and SUPER HUGE MONDO MONSTER SPELLS that take (I kid you not) 2 minutes a pop to pull off, that they leave the gameplay and the richness behind.
That's not to say they haven't come close, but that's also to say that the magic in FF7 has yet to be repeated.
The next final fantasy will be a continuation of the FF7 story. That has never happened before (the revisit of an older universe to tell a continuating tale). This alone tells the power it had not only on gamers, but on SquareEnix as well.
The question is rhetorical. There is no answer. You must either upgrade to a modern OS or suffer the consequences. This is definitely a Pro Linux (tm) situation, as it basically highlights the Upgrade-Or-Die mentality of the Redwood camp.
But in a nutshell, yes, she does need to upgrade if she wishes to keep using her machine as she's used to doing. This is a new environment and Win98 is an old system that quickly bogs down when you try to band-aid it with differing programs such as Anti-Virus or Firewalls (though some are less bulky than others).
Whenever I see a spyware-riddled PC, I reinstall Windows. There is no question. I've gone past running 3-4 different Ad/Spy-finder programs, and them all find something different, only to remove the invaders and then reboot and see that some hidden hook has returned most of them.
This is the sort of madness that most Win98 users live in, and sooner or later abandon it for a smarter OS, which is usually WinXP but on those fringe cases will actually add another point to the statistics of the most stable and robust Mac OSX or even Linux (for those who don't need games).
The solution is to change to something better, and growing pains will be involved. Is that a better answer?
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Ugh. This is a nice and clueless comment. Why? Because AOL PCs are for people who want games (first on the list, look at the sales for Deer Hunter), email, games, a few office programs, and web games.
If you've met the type of AOL user I'm used to, the kind that download anything they can find from AOL games and/or PopCap, including whatever ridiculous games that are included in email attachments, which include viruses, you know that Linux is not an option here.
This is a post that gets moderated high because it praises Linux. But in the real world, the world that I live in and have to support anything from clueless users to family members, Linux is nowhere near an option for AOL users.
I love Linux, but built for AOL-ers it is not (at this point).
Pre -1 Troll caveat: I have used Linux for many years, love it, but it is not without flaws. Please take these points under consideration.
Let's go through the standard arguments:
Myth - Windows is easier.
Fact - Windows is familiar. Recognize the difference.
Myth - (and this is a quote) "The only people dumb enough to buy the retail [Linux] applications would be, probably, Windows users who assume that they need to purchase it."
Fact - Firstly, calling Windows users dumb is just showcasing your immaturity. Secondly, they are conditioned this way. Marketing tells them that nothing is free. Even when they hear 'open source', it's no different than 'Cash Back' when buying a car. You don't actually walk out of the dealership with a bag of bills, you simply apply that cash to something else or a cheaper loan.
Myth - It's hard to install software in Linux
Fact - Wait a minute, this is true.
Here's something I noticed when reading: When he realizes that Linux just isn't ready for the desktop, he puts those reasons in two or three sentences and quickly puts a huge amount of text or a neat table out to distract you.
For example, Games. That is why Windows remains popular. Yes, it's a chicken and egg problem, but the fact remains that Microsoft knows that if there is any market where gaming is owned almost soley to themselves, it is the computer gaming one. They liked it so much they made a console about it, and regardless of the bleeding that XBox endures, it is a drop in the bucket to the money that they will continue to drain from users as their OS locks them into proprietary standards and advances.
The problem of installing applications gets a total of two sentences. Yes, two. Anyone who has ever hunted down some stupid, ignorant library or dependency and has screamed in frustration as they try to play follow-the-dependency, I hear your calls, I feel your pain. It is the reason I have stopped using Linux for anything but server operations.
I can't handle another game-less, hard to add programs to system that does everyone else great but fails spectacularly in the things I now take for granted: easy to install and remove programs (no gunzipping or 'make uninstall'), tons of games, and programs that actually follow easy to use UI or at the very least have a little thought behind their interfaces.
And did I mention documentation? Because as good as some programs are, some have abhorrently bad documentation, sometimes reduced to a few sentences boasting their coolness, shout outs to their friends, and an email address that may or may not work.
2004-07-31 15:48:04 Google IPO Site Live (IT,Google) (rejected)
It's truly odd sometimes what the/. editors choose to post or not to post (or dupe, for that matter).
Smell that karma burning?
I'm just trying to point out that I think breaking news, such as a site like this going live, should be treated as such, and not when me or many others (I'm sure there have been many others before this one) submit it...:(
Wow, this is fantastic stuff. Why are people complaining this is 'too simple'? What do you want, Honda ads featuring steering wheel-less cars?
This is an absolute (apologies to Scott Bakula) Quantum Leap over anything I've ever seen before. I'm no scientist so I haven't seen the prior research, but this is amazing stuff. I think if the news media gets a hold of this one the interest would skyrocket.
Whether this is proof of concept or not, the reality is that nothing has ever been created that is anywhere like this in the commerical market. Even for the super-rich, this is the toy to have. I could've swore this was $199.00 (by quickly misreading the price) and was pulling at my wallet when I realized my mistake.
Where is the wonder? Where is the spectacle? Are we really so jaded to everything that when something unabashadly ingenius arrives, even in the most simplistic of forms, we can't simply enjoy it?
I believe this is the beginning of an era, one that will only hasten its way here if this gets the attention it deserves. What geek wouldn't love to face-off with an archrival or friend?
Battle of wits? Meeting of the minds? This is fantastic.
Personally I won't be impressed with anything until I can actually play a little taste of the game without having to pay id a cent.
Oh, get off it. Has id ever made a bad game? Yes Quake 2 wasn't exactly the pinnacle of their achievements, but it was fun and had some interesting ideas.
Do you have to believe the hype? No. Do you need a demo to prove id's worthiness of your cash? I see very few people in your state of mind.
I have a little thing called loyalty. It has, by en large, served me well. I follow and trust certain people and products until they screw up or do me wrong. Then I don't buy from them again. id has always steered me in the right. I've always enjoyed their work.
I'm sure a demo will come, but this is a game designed for a single-player experience with a multiplayer option on the back-end. Quake 3 had a net demo because it was meant to work on the net, and needed the kind of testing only an open beta client could provide.
Doom 3 needed months of tweaking and graphic/sound design to truly make it hit home. 30 minutes of this type of gameplay would be the worst type of storytelling.
It's like reading a single chapter from a good book: One chapter won't tell you much, but taken as a whole it represents a greater achievement.
Online registration for QuakeCon 2004 has begun at www.quakecon.org, and the event is free to all attendees.
No, no. Online registration began back on April 14th, 2004. It was full in about a day.
However, there is a waiting list. When you get there there will be two huge lines snaking around the walls. The smaller line is for those who've pre-registered, while the other snakes around entire second floor of the place, each player hoping for a spot in the grand ballroom.
For those who haven't registered and wish to attend, be sure to get there EARLY. And I mean 5AM or earlier if you wish to get in.
Good thing I got registered 30 minutes after it began...
Having worked in the financial industry for a long time, I recall not-so-fondly some of my mistakes. The largest and most painful was probably the million dollar mistake. This occurred around the first year or so of working at a bank.
One of my tasks was to check out 'federal funds' balance at the federal reserve. We have to transfer money into the federal reserve account to keep it at a certain figure.
Well, reading the figures I thought it said we had over a million dollars of excess. This isn't unbelievable depending on the day or time of month, and I was told that since this balance was so high to transfer it to another institution. Off the money went.
Around 4:30PM or so we got a call from the Federal Reserve. "Do you know what your balance is?" They asked the CFO. Then they told him. Over 1.5 million in the negative. If we didn't have the money there by 5PM, we'd get charged $25,000.
This is about the time I get that oh-shit-I'm-gonna-be-sick feeling that happens each time I make a huge mistake.
We had to call another bank and beg them to reopen their wire transfer department so we could get the funds in there. I think they arrived at the fed somewhere in the 4:55PM range. Free screaming/chewing out for me that day!
The Car Accident
Not exactly computer related, but I did wreck the company car once. Ouch.
Oh, and did I mention I was probably the worst courier ever? I would burn through a set of tires, brand new Michelins, in about two months. They stopped asking me to courier after that.
Not after some more free screaming/chewing however.
The Video Card Zap
I once bought a Riva TNT 16MB back when they first came out. Around $300+ dollars so I could run Unreal with all the goodies on. And it was hot stuff. I was so proud of that damn video card.
So when I transferred it to a different PC just a few days after showing off, I bent over to pick it up......as it lay on the carpet.....and me with no shoes on..
And I saw the small blue spark jumt from my finger just as I was a half inch away. "Zzzt!" came the popping noise.
Can you say "Fuh-ried?" I know I could. Oh, the tears I wept for that one.
Permissions? What Permissions?
I once tried to implement a group-based permissions scheme on a little Win2k Server box. So when I right clicked on the C: drive, telling it to remove all permissions (as I thought I would simply assign them later), I thought it was odd to see the little pop-up box showing me each file as it removed all the permissions before it.
This is about the time that oh-so-sick feeling came over me. This was a box that the company relied on for big transactions and loans.
I tried to stop it, but it disappeared just as I realized what I had done. The permissions were gone for every user, and I mean everyone. I couldn't even SEE the permissions any longer. I didn't have permission to open any programs. IE. Explorer. I couldn't even see anything on the Start Button but "Shut Down".
Most people don't use characters you can't type on a keyboard for a password. VERY few do ALT-nnn or something like that. Most are going to be puire alpha, or alphanumeric. Some will contain special characters.
I don't know if this is true for Linux, as I haven't tested it, but the Alt+X (*3) does NOT work for windows passwords.
My fellow geek at work thought he was tough stuff because he used Alt + 333 in the master system password for the PDC.
When I typed it in Notepad, it was simply a capital M. I informed him of this error.
I got a job as a 'Computer Operator' at a small community bank. During that time, I did all kinds of stuff. This includes, but isn't limited to, setting up an entire Ethernet network (they were beginning migration from some sort of serial/token ring thing when I joined), along with working in operations, printing statements/checks, doing wire transfers, mopping floors, couriering, etc.
I applied for a Network Administrator position at a very large credit union. I have no certifications, only years of experience (of course long before small community bank I was messing with DOS/Win/Linux/etc).
Long story short: I got the job against 150 applicants. Why?
Why did I beat out so many of the finalists, most of whom did have certifications?
Well, the answer's obvious, isn't it? Experience beats a piece of paper every day of the week.
I'm not saying that certs are worthless, but experience weighs more on the decision, and is taken into consideration a bit more, than certs.
I feel very fortunate to have the job I do. I suffered for four and a half years as the bank lackey, and it paid off.
Obviously, Joe Schmo is not going to know him, but we do. It is fine that you may resent him, but you should also respect the fact that living the geek dream is something that we all aspire to doing... but for one circumstance or another, we haven't been lucky enough to do it.
So give Carmack some friggin' props for at least pressing a little bit of the envelope and being a pioneer. In a world where technology is everywhere, he is pushing the barrier. Respect that.
C'mon man, it was a joke. Of course I hail JC as the King of Geeks. The guy is a living God, I go to Quakecon, I love all things id-like.
John Carmack always gets +5 when he posts something. It's not even a question, moderators are drawn to give up those points like a heroin addict looking to shoot up when they see his name.
I think one day JC is going to just put "I farted, it stanks" and hit OK by accident, and then see the following on the comment:
Nope, it was the real deal. Lee is too much of an egomaniac to think that the network wasn't speaking directly to him in regards to naming their male-centric network.
I thought it was hilarious. I don't know how he kept a straight face in the press conferences...
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I think the reason for this assumption is that FF7 truly showed what RPGs could do with next-gen hardware. Before FF7 there were no 3D worlds, no 3D monsters, no true spatial and particle effects.
The storyline was so intriguing thanks to the amazing visuals that it simply took the gameplay to a new level.
They also killed a major character, a love-interest no less, right in the middle of the story. This, to my recollection, had never happened in such as quick, brutal and shocking manner before.
It may sound silly, this is a video game yadda yadda, but the immersiveness of this game is unparalleled in any other Final Fantasy to date. They seem to be so hot on Amazing CGI Scenes and SUPER HUGE MONDO MONSTER SPELLS that take (I kid you not) 2 minutes a pop to pull off, that they leave the gameplay and the richness behind.
That's not to say they haven't come close, but that's also to say that the magic in FF7 has yet to be repeated.
The next final fantasy will be a continuation of the FF7 story. That has never happened before (the revisit of an older universe to tell a continuating tale). This alone tells the power it had not only on gamers, but on SquareEnix as well.
The question is rhetorical. There is no answer. You must either upgrade to a modern OS or suffer the consequences. This is definitely a Pro Linux (tm) situation, as it basically highlights the Upgrade-Or-Die mentality of the Redwood camp.
But in a nutshell, yes, she does need to upgrade if she wishes to keep using her machine as she's used to doing. This is a new environment and Win98 is an old system that quickly bogs down when you try to band-aid it with differing programs such as Anti-Virus or Firewalls (though some are less bulky than others).
Whenever I see a spyware-riddled PC, I reinstall Windows. There is no question. I've gone past running 3-4 different Ad/Spy-finder programs, and them all find something different, only to remove the invaders and then reboot and see that some hidden hook has returned most of them.
This is the sort of madness that most Win98 users live in, and sooner or later abandon it for a smarter OS, which is usually WinXP but on those fringe cases will actually add another point to the statistics of the most stable and robust Mac OSX or even Linux (for those who don't need games).
The solution is to change to something better, and growing pains will be involved. Is that a better answer?
Ugh. This is a nice and clueless comment. Why? Because AOL PCs are for people who want games (first on the list, look at the sales for Deer Hunter), email, games, a few office programs, and web games.
If you've met the type of AOL user I'm used to, the kind that download anything they can find from AOL games and/or PopCap, including whatever ridiculous games that are included in email attachments, which include viruses, you know that Linux is not an option here.
This is a post that gets moderated high because it praises Linux. But in the real world, the world that I live in and have to support anything from clueless users to family members, Linux is nowhere near an option for AOL users.
I love Linux, but built for AOL-ers it is not (at this point).
Where's +1 Groan when you need it...
How about System Shock 2 type of game? I loved that game!
Oh, they already included that one in the box for you. They just renamed it.
"Hello, this is your pilot software speaking. We've encountered an unknown error as a result from an unknown error.
Please click OK to crash."
Are we really stirring this bees nest again?
Pre -1 Troll caveat: I have used Linux for many years, love it, but it is not without flaws. Please take these points under consideration.
Let's go through the standard arguments:
Myth - Windows is easier.
Fact - Windows is familiar. Recognize the difference.
Myth - (and this is a quote) "The only people dumb enough to buy the retail [Linux] applications would be, probably, Windows users who assume that they need to purchase it."
Fact - Firstly, calling Windows users dumb is just showcasing your immaturity. Secondly, they are conditioned this way. Marketing tells them that nothing is free. Even when they hear 'open source', it's no different than 'Cash Back' when buying a car. You don't actually walk out of the dealership with a bag of bills, you simply apply that cash to something else or a cheaper loan.
Myth - It's hard to install software in Linux
Fact - Wait a minute, this is true.
Here's something I noticed when reading: When he realizes that Linux just isn't ready for the desktop, he puts those reasons in two or three sentences and quickly puts a huge amount of text or a neat table out to distract you.
For example, Games. That is why Windows remains popular. Yes, it's a chicken and egg problem, but the fact remains that Microsoft knows that if there is any market where gaming is owned almost soley to themselves, it is the computer gaming one. They liked it so much they made a console about it, and regardless of the bleeding that XBox endures, it is a drop in the bucket to the money that they will continue to drain from users as their OS locks them into proprietary standards and advances.
The problem of installing applications gets a total of two sentences. Yes, two. Anyone who has ever hunted down some stupid, ignorant library or dependency and has screamed in frustration as they try to play follow-the-dependency, I hear your calls, I feel your pain. It is the reason I have stopped using Linux for anything but server operations.
I can't handle another game-less, hard to add programs to system that does everyone else great but fails spectacularly in the things I now take for granted: easy to install and remove programs (no gunzipping or 'make uninstall'), tons of games, and programs that actually follow easy to use UI or at the very least have a little thought behind their interfaces.
And did I mention documentation? Because as good as some programs are, some have abhorrently bad documentation, sometimes reduced to a few sentences boasting their coolness, shout outs to their friends, and an email address that may or may not work.
Sigh..
/. editors choose to post or not to post (or dupe, for that matter).
:(
2004-07-31 15:48:04 Google IPO Site Live (IT,Google) (rejected)
It's truly odd sometimes what the
Smell that karma burning?
I'm just trying to point out that I think breaking news, such as a site like this going live, should be treated as such, and not when me or many others (I'm sure there have been many others before this one) submit it...
With these new innovations, when you tell the support guy your computer is sick, you're not just jokin around!
*dodges tomatoes*
Thank you, thank you. I'm here all week folks. Who's from Milwaukee?
Wow, this is fantastic stuff. Why are people complaining this is 'too simple'? What do you want, Honda ads featuring steering wheel-less cars?
This is an absolute (apologies to Scott Bakula) Quantum Leap over anything I've ever seen before. I'm no scientist so I haven't seen the prior research, but this is amazing stuff. I think if the news media gets a hold of this one the interest would skyrocket.
Whether this is proof of concept or not, the reality is that nothing has ever been created that is anywhere like this in the commerical market. Even for the super-rich, this is the toy to have. I could've swore this was $199.00 (by quickly misreading the price) and was pulling at my wallet when I realized my mistake.
Where is the wonder? Where is the spectacle? Are we really so jaded to everything that when something unabashadly ingenius arrives, even in the most simplistic of forms, we can't simply enjoy it?
I believe this is the beginning of an era, one that will only hasten its way here if this gets the attention it deserves. What geek wouldn't love to face-off with an archrival or friend?
Battle of wits? Meeting of the minds? This is fantastic.
Personally I won't be impressed with anything until I can actually play a little taste of the game without having to pay id a cent.
Oh, get off it. Has id ever made a bad game? Yes Quake 2 wasn't exactly the pinnacle of their achievements, but it was fun and had some interesting ideas.
Do you have to believe the hype? No. Do you need a demo to prove id's worthiness of your cash? I see very few people in your state of mind.
I have a little thing called loyalty. It has, by en large, served me well. I follow and trust certain people and products until they screw up or do me wrong. Then I don't buy from them again. id has always steered me in the right. I've always enjoyed their work.
I'm sure a demo will come, but this is a game designed for a single-player experience with a multiplayer option on the back-end. Quake 3 had a net demo because it was meant to work on the net, and needed the kind of testing only an open beta client could provide.
Doom 3 needed months of tweaking and graphic/sound design to truly make it hit home. 30 minutes of this type of gameplay would be the worst type of storytelling.
It's like reading a single chapter from a good book: One chapter won't tell you much, but taken as a whole it represents a greater achievement.
Gotta agree on this one. What was that? "Look how big my wang is?"
Congratulations, you're a narcissist.
Online registration for QuakeCon 2004 has begun at www.quakecon.org, and the event is free to all attendees.
No, no. Online registration began back on April 14th, 2004. It was full in about a day.
However, there is a waiting list. When you get there there will be two huge lines snaking around the walls. The smaller line is for those who've pre-registered, while the other snakes around entire second floor of the place, each player hoping for a spot in the grand ballroom.
For those who haven't registered and wish to attend, be sure to get there EARLY. And I mean 5AM or earlier if you wish to get in.
Good thing I got registered 30 minutes after it began...
Damn, where's +1 Conspiracy Theory when you need it... ;)
The Million Dollar Mistake
...as it lay on the carpet... ..and me with no shoes on..
Having worked in the financial industry for a long time, I recall not-so-fondly some of my mistakes. The largest and most painful was probably the million dollar mistake. This occurred around the first year or so of working at a bank.
One of my tasks was to check out 'federal funds' balance at the federal reserve. We have to transfer money into the federal reserve account to keep it at a certain figure.
Well, reading the figures I thought it said we had over a million dollars of excess. This isn't unbelievable depending on the day or time of month, and I was told that since this balance was so high to transfer it to another institution. Off the money went.
Around 4:30PM or so we got a call from the Federal Reserve. "Do you know what your balance is?" They asked the CFO. Then they told him. Over 1.5 million in the negative. If we didn't have the money there by 5PM, we'd get charged $25,000.
This is about the time I get that oh-shit-I'm-gonna-be-sick feeling that happens each time I make a huge mistake.
We had to call another bank and beg them to reopen their wire transfer department so we could get the funds in there. I think they arrived at the fed somewhere in the 4:55PM range. Free screaming/chewing out for me that day!
The Car Accident
Not exactly computer related, but I did wreck the company car once. Ouch.
Oh, and did I mention I was probably the worst courier ever? I would burn through a set of tires, brand new Michelins, in about two months. They stopped asking me to courier after that.
Not after some more free screaming/chewing however.
The Video Card Zap
I once bought a Riva TNT 16MB back when they first came out. Around $300+ dollars so I could run Unreal with all the goodies on. And it was hot stuff. I was so proud of that damn video card.
So when I transferred it to a different PC just a few days after showing off, I bent over to pick it up...
And I saw the small blue spark jumt from my finger just as I was a half inch away. "Zzzt!" came the popping noise.
Can you say "Fuh-ried?" I know I could. Oh, the tears I wept for that one.
Permissions? What Permissions?
I once tried to implement a group-based permissions scheme on a little Win2k Server box. So when I right clicked on the C: drive, telling it to remove all permissions (as I thought I would simply assign them later), I thought it was odd to see the little pop-up box showing me each file as it removed all the permissions before it.
This is about the time that oh-so-sick feeling came over me. This was a box that the company relied on for big transactions and loans.
I tried to stop it, but it disappeared just as I realized what I had done. The permissions were gone for every user, and I mean everyone. I couldn't even SEE the permissions any longer. I didn't have permission to open any programs. IE. Explorer. I couldn't even see anything on the Start Button but "Shut Down".
Then the calls started coming in from users.
The boss said I looked like Casper.
Thank god for backups.
Most people don't use characters you can't type on a keyboard for a password. VERY few do ALT-nnn or something like that. Most are going to be puire alpha, or alphanumeric. Some will contain special characters.
;)
I don't know if this is true for Linux, as I haven't tested it, but the Alt+X (*3) does NOT work for windows passwords.
My fellow geek at work thought he was tough stuff because he used Alt + 333 in the master system password for the PDC.
When I typed it in Notepad, it was simply a capital M. I informed him of this error.
The ragging hasn't stopped to this day
Their reputation precedes and urinates on any product that they create. If you have a Viewsonic monitor you know of what I speak.
They are cheap, flimsy, dim, hard to calibrate, and go out quickly.
I know if I was spending six grand on something, it wouldn't have Viewsonic's name on it.
I got a job as a 'Computer Operator' at a small community bank. During that time, I did all kinds of stuff. This includes, but isn't limited to, setting up an entire Ethernet network (they were beginning migration from some sort of serial/token ring thing when I joined), along with working in operations, printing statements/checks, doing wire transfers, mopping floors, couriering, etc.
I applied for a Network Administrator position at a very large credit union. I have no certifications, only years of experience (of course long before small community bank I was messing with DOS/Win/Linux/etc).
Long story short: I got the job against 150 applicants. Why?
Why did I beat out so many of the finalists, most of whom did have certifications?
Well, the answer's obvious, isn't it? Experience beats a piece of paper every day of the week.
I'm not saying that certs are worthless, but experience weighs more on the decision, and is taken into consideration a bit more, than certs.
I feel very fortunate to have the job I do. I suffered for four and a half years as the bank lackey, and it paid off.
Obviously, Joe Schmo is not going to know him, but we do. It is fine that you may resent him, but you should also respect the fact that living the geek dream is something that we all aspire to doing... but for one circumstance or another, we haven't been lucky enough to do it.
So give Carmack some friggin' props for at least pressing a little bit of the envelope and being a pioneer. In a world where technology is everywhere, he is pushing the barrier. Respect that.
C'mon man, it was a joke. Of course I hail JC as the King of Geeks. The guy is a living God, I go to Quakecon, I love all things id-like.
All in good fun man, just relax...
preface: This is a joke
John Carmack always gets +5 when he posts something. It's not even a question, moderators are drawn to give up those points like a heroin addict looking to shoot up when they see his name.
I think one day JC is going to just put "I farted, it stanks" and hit OK by accident, and then see the following on the comment:
+1 Insightful
+1 Funny
+1 Interesting
+1 Informative
Now George Lucas can let us all see, in the most perfect, clear, awe-inspiring beautiful picture imaginable, Greedo shoot first.
Damnit!
I've always wondered what 3.14 had to say.
No, really.
*rimshot*
Because, WhenU install our spyware, U Be Screwed! ...and we need to protect that.
For short story:
Just Like The Ones We Used To Know
Nope, it was the real deal. Lee is too much of an egomaniac to think that the network wasn't speaking directly to him in regards to naming their male-centric network.
I thought it was hilarious. I don't know how he kept a straight face in the press conferences...