But yeah, their promos are kick ass. I'm not to fond of the Johnnys but the "Power puff girl" promo with these not-quite-slim women in green leotards run around is hillarious. Also the Dexters is great.
Heh, my personal favorite is the one where "the boss" calls a guy into the office...
Boss: It's always hard to say this...you're fired. Guy: *pause* No I'm not. Boss: *matter-of-fact* Yes you are. Guy: No I'm not. Boss: Yes, you are! Guy: No I'm not! Boss: Yes, you are! Guy: *thinks* Yes I am! Boss: Yeah, you are. Fade to black, text on screen: "You are not bugs bunny."
Or what about the scooby doo project, with Shaggy going on about "oh I am soo scared" and a little scooby doo totem made in the same style as the one in the blair witch. Brilliant
My favorite commercial today wasn't even on the Superbowl--it was on Cartoon Network's "The Big Game."
For those of you that missed it, it was a spoof of the GAP "Just can't get enough" leather ad. A bunch of toons are singing the song, with the same weird cuts and shots as the GAP ad. There's Yogi Bear, Booboo, Cow, Chicken, The Red Guy, I.R. Baboon, and a bunch of old Hanna Barbera toons. When the song's over, the following flashes on the screen:
Everybody in no pants.
And then it cuts to I.R. Baboon and Cow mooning the camera. Basically, all the toons in the commercial were those that regularly appear without pants.
Cartoon Network always has the best promo commercials, IMHO. ^_^
I don't recall ever, atleast in recent times, where the POTUS has ever been on a commercial jet, so I'm not sure what the designation would be.
Right, I don't think so either. In the documentary they said that the convention came up when the president's plane and another plane were trying to land at the same airport, and the other plane had the same ID as the president's. So, at that time, they just came up with the commercial designation along with all the others...I'm thinking it's Biz One, or Com One, or something like that...
I was watching some documentary on Air Force One (can't remember the channel, but it was probably Discovery), and the way it goes is this: whatever (air?) craft the prez is on, becomes One. So, if he were on an Army craft, it'd be called "Army One"...and so on. I think there was even a special designation if it's a commercial plane, but I can't remember what it is. Just FYI.
-Monaco
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But I love fuzzies! I got me:
A Bubbles Powerpuff Girl Bean Bag
Oh, please, tell me where you found this!! Bubbles is the BEST! I've only seen them on ebay, for ridiculous prices. I figured the Warner Bros. store near me would have them, but no luck. -_-
-Monaco (who's searching for the perfect Vejiita (Dragonball) plush!)
I dunno how I feel about this. I think having a state bird is silly enough.
If any other government were adopting Linux as the official OS, you'd be cheering, or at least calling it a step in the right direction, especially if it were the US government. But since it's the Chinese, and we know the Chinese are EVIL (sarcasm here, pay attention), it can't be good that they're using our favorite toy.
Linux is free to everyone (duh), and there's no room to complain when people that you might find unsavory start to use it. (Kinda like freedom of speech is given to everyone (in the US), and must be allowed, even if you find someone else's words offensive.)
Linux has nothing to do with world politics. I personally am excited that there will be so many more users and developers for Linux.
On skimming this article (yes, I admit it), the author seems obsessed with the original series. Yes, the original series is dead. Get over it. Kirk's dead, and (probably) won't be in any more movies.
The reason why The Next Generation was so successful is not its tie with the original Star Trek (although that did help develop its early viewerbase). The Next Generation survived and succeded based on its writing and characters, not on whether-or-not kirk would be in the next movie. TNG had very little in common with the original series; it flourished on its own merits.
As for DS9, perhaps in the beginning, it survived based on TNG's success, however its complex characters and continuous storyline allowed it to be successful on its own, even though it was basically an extention of TNG.
I can't say too much for voyager, however, it doesn't adequately keep my attention. But, if whatever new series is rolled out is strong enough, on its own, Star Trek isn't going to die anytime soon. The trick is to either boost Voyager's viewerbase or introduce the new series soon, before Voyager gets cancelled.
For anyone who took this article seriously and thinks that women don't seek out geeks:
I just got my undergrad degree in Computer Science this May. I was talking with my stepmother about how I should warn my 20-year-old sister about a couple of my co-graduates who'd probably hit on her (you know the type: the lab monkey who hits on every freshman chick to enter the lab). She replied, "Forget that! I told her to go for any of them! She'll be set for life!"
the benefit of breaking up, since I'm not versed in antitrust law?
Let's say MS is broken up into an OS company and an apps company. What prevents the OS co. from saying, "hey, we just formed a strategic alliance with MSApps Co, so we're going to bundle IE with windows and optimize windows for running office apps, just like we did before"?
You know, I've often wondered the ramifications of having a different sex devolop software. Just for the mere fact that male/female brains work differently
I'm assuming that you've never seen code done by a woman, since it is pretty much the same as something a man would write.
Seriously, I'm not usually one for gender equality; women and men do do things differently. However, coding does not seem to be one of those things. We've got awesome geek coders, and chicks who are just in it for the money -- same as the male coder population. There's just fewer of us (for now!)
As you can tell, I'm in the "linux distro for women is a silly idea" camp.
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I'm not really financially-oriented, so could someone please explain what happens to Andover shareholders?
.425 VA Linux shares per Andover share, but then the press release mentioned something about cash payments?
They get
Heh, my personal favorite is the one where "the boss" calls a guy into the office...
Boss: It's always hard to say this...you're fired.
Guy: *pause* No I'm not.
Boss: *matter-of-fact* Yes you are.
Guy: No I'm not.
Boss: Yes, you are!
Guy: No I'm not!
Boss: Yes, you are!
Guy: *thinks* Yes I am!
Boss: Yeah, you are.
Fade to black, text on screen: "You are not bugs bunny."
Or what about the scooby doo project, with Shaggy going on about "oh I am soo scared" and a little scooby doo totem made in the same style as the one in the blair witch. Brilliant
There's actually some .rm files of these at http://ghostbusters.inte rspeed.net/cats/cartoon/shorts.htm. But yeah, too many great ones to mention!
My favorite commercial today wasn't even on the Superbowl--it was on Cartoon Network's "The Big Game."
For those of you that missed it, it was a spoof of the GAP "Just can't get enough" leather ad. A bunch of toons are singing the song, with the same weird cuts and shots as the GAP ad. There's Yogi Bear, Booboo, Cow, Chicken, The Red Guy, I.R. Baboon, and a bunch of old Hanna Barbera toons. When the song's over, the following flashes on the screen:
Everybody in no pants.
And then it cuts to I.R. Baboon and Cow mooning the camera. Basically, all the toons in the commercial were those that regularly appear without pants.
Cartoon Network always has the best promo commercials, IMHO. ^_^
Right, I don't think so either. In the documentary they said that the convention came up when the president's plane and another plane were trying to land at the same airport, and the other plane had the same ID as the president's. So, at that time, they just came up with the commercial designation along with all the others...I'm thinking it's Biz One, or Com One, or something like that...
-Monaco
I was watching some documentary on Air Force One (can't remember the channel, but it was probably Discovery), and the way it goes is this: whatever (air?) craft the prez is on, becomes One. So, if he were on an Army craft, it'd be called "Army One"...and so on. I think there was even a special designation if it's a commercial plane, but I can't remember what it is. Just FYI.
-Monaco
A Bubbles Powerpuff Girl Bean Bag
Oh, please, tell me where you found this!! Bubbles is the BEST! I've only seen them on ebay, for ridiculous prices. I figured the Warner Bros. store near me would have them, but no luck. -_-
-Monaco (who's searching for the perfect Vejiita (Dragonball) plush!)
...couldn't possibly have anything to do with the fact that Slashdot's IPO date is on monday, could it? ;) Are you guys nervous?
favorite spam: "try not to do anything and make lots of money!"
-Monaco
If any other government were adopting Linux as the official OS, you'd be cheering, or at least calling it a step in the right direction, especially if it were the US government. But since it's the Chinese, and we know the Chinese are EVIL (sarcasm here, pay attention), it can't be good that they're using our favorite toy.
Linux is free to everyone (duh), and there's no room to complain when people that you might find unsavory start to use it. (Kinda like freedom of speech is given to everyone (in the US), and must be allowed, even if you find someone else's words offensive.)
Linux has nothing to do with world politics. I personally am excited that there will be so many more users and developers for Linux.
The reason why The Next Generation was so successful is not its tie with the original Star Trek (although that did help develop its early viewerbase). The Next Generation survived and succeded based on its writing and characters, not on whether-or-not kirk would be in the next movie. TNG had very little in common with the original series; it flourished on its own merits.
As for DS9, perhaps in the beginning, it survived based on TNG's success, however its complex characters and continuous storyline allowed it to be successful on its own, even though it was basically an extention of TNG.
I can't say too much for voyager, however, it doesn't adequately keep my attention. But, if whatever new series is rolled out is strong enough, on its own, Star Trek isn't going to die anytime soon. The trick is to either boost Voyager's viewerbase or introduce the new series soon, before Voyager gets cancelled.
For anyone who took this article seriously and thinks that women don't seek out geeks:
;P
I just got my undergrad degree in Computer Science this May. I was talking with my stepmother about how I should warn my 20-year-old sister about a couple of my co-graduates who'd probably hit on her (you know the type: the lab monkey who hits on every freshman chick to enter the lab). She replied, "Forget that! I told her to go for any of them! She'll be set for life!"
So there you go!
the benefit of breaking up, since I'm not versed in antitrust law?
Let's say MS is broken up into an OS company and an apps company. What prevents the OS co. from saying, "hey, we just formed a strategic alliance with MSApps Co, so we're going to bundle IE with windows and optimize windows for running office apps, just like we did before"?
I'm assuming that you've never seen code done by a woman, since it is pretty much the same as something a man would write.
Seriously, I'm not usually one for gender equality; women and men do do things differently. However, coding does not seem to be one of those things. We've got awesome geek coders, and chicks who are just in it for the money -- same as the male coder population. There's just fewer of us (for now!)
As you can tell, I'm in the "linux distro for women is a silly idea" camp.
-Monaco