Obviously someone learned from Apple's mistakes. Palm is the superior platform (compare a high-end Clie to an iPaq and try telling me otherwise). WinCE is a bloated, silly way of navigating a palmtop machine. I, personally, don't want to bring my MP3 player to meetings nor do I want to bring my organizer when I go for a walk. What MS and the PocketPC manufacturers haven't learned is that people might like to have add-on capabiliity (add a modem or a GPS to your Palm), but they like the ability to travel lightly. A palmtop that requires 32MB of RAM just for the operating system is nottravelling lightly.
Something tells me I'm not going to miss Universal's artists all that much. Losing some of the artists is worrisome - U2, Sting, Lyle Lovett, etc. - but not worth me selling my soul to Universal and Microsoft (considering I'm a Mac user).
Personally? Both of my long-playing record players still work..
Well, I think you might want to look at where Jobs has been pointing Pixar. Eventually you'll see Macs in there - he said as much even three years ago. Now, a truly interesting fight would be for a Pixar takeover of Apple (or vice versa) vs. an MS move into digital film editing/making. People keep pushing for Apple to buy SGI - can you imagine the power of an IRIX-strengthened OS X? More than likely a pipedream, but still a cool idea...
I'm not saying that I agree with your conjecture, but George Lucas against Bill Gates? I pick Lucas, hands down. ILM has a history of innovation - Star Wars wouldn't have existed without it. MS doesn't seem to be angling for ILM (if this is about high-end 3D applications as opposed to games) as it is trying to stop Mac OS X from gaining a handhold in the industry via Pixar and Disney.
Sure there are states more backwards than Texas, but if you look at your penal code you'll see that it is recent, son. Updates from the 70's, 80's, 90's...not arcane by any stretch. The point is that there are censorship forces at play in Texas that have caused publishers, for many decades, to publish Texas only editions of things - specifically Shakepeare. I had to return a used (from 1988) copy of his complete works in 1992, supposedly unabridged, because the colophon specifically stated it was a Texas edition and my professor was checking to make sure we had truly unabridged versions.
Now, why would a publisher make a specific edition for only one state unless there was legality involved? Why the expense? That's a lot of work, and money, to make a special edition for one state unless the legal ramifications are more expensive.
The point to all of this was that Dubya isn't some paragon of personal and private thought. He came from a state with a backwards penal code, with updates to said penal code that he himself signed off on. He isn't some anti-government, pro-privacy zealot as some would like to point him out to be considering that, since 9/11 we've seen the largest expansion in Federal power since the 1960s. He isn't necessarily going to appoint judges to court that will shoot down laws such as the one that was shot down...
And, to be fair, it isn't just Shakespeare. Publishers will still do "Texas Only" editions of books. In fact, check out this portion of your state's penal code and scroll down about a third of the way and see what Texas officially defines as "obscene."
The law is still on the books, though rarely enforced in Dallas or other big cities. Go looking through used bookstores in your area and you'll find some Houghton Mifflin editions specific to Texas and Texas only up into the 1980s...
Actually, being a strict constructionist or a broad constructionist has no bearing on this. The judges who ruled on this are, in all likelyhood, probably Clinton-era appointees. And, while Mayor Peterson is a Democrat, he is typcially seen as a conservative one (a "New Democrat," if you will), one of the reasons he was elected in a city that hadn't seen a Democratic mayor in over 30 years.
I, for one, am a broad constructionist and I abhor censorship laws of this nature because of the fact that it takes the responsibility away from the parent allowing them to rely on the government for babysitting.
I'm thinking your touting of Dubya hasn't been thought out completely, considering the fact that he hails from Texas, a state that still, to this day, censors the works of Shakespeare sold in the state. Not just the works read in school or sold to children, but the works sold in the entire state to everybody.
This finally pokes the so-called "Moral Majority" in the eye and, hopefully, will make them realize that it is the part of the parent to regulate what his/her child is playing. My wife, when we were still just dating, asked me how I can justify my love of violent games when I know I want children and am wary of them being exposed to violence. I answered her very clearly that I am an adult - I know the difference between violence and death in a movie or a video game and violence and death in real life. Playing GTA III or Quake III isn't going to affect my view of the world, though it could affect the view of a five-year-old. Hell, I don't think I would let a kid under 11 or 12 play Shenmue, even, because Ryo is dealing with things that even teenagers are just beginning to understand.
But, that isn't the place of government or another organization to judge - if I feel my child is ready to play a game, see a movie or read a book then it is my judgment to make. We all have to be responsible for our actionsand the actions we take as parents - allowing a city to take said action is allowing the parents to serve inabstentia and with minimal involvement...
Brandon Lee was killed by a shell casing fragment stuck in the gun, not an actual bullet. Whne the blank went off, the fragment came out of the barrel spinning and tore through the grocery bag and into his stomach. And even though they played through the rest of the scene without knowing he was dying, doctors still aren't sure if he would have survived if he had had immediate medical attention. As much as I dislike the boy bands, it's sad that you feel the need to draw parallels like this, even in jest.
BTW, I got my copy yesterday and booted it up using the Gameshark CDX (not sure about the Lite version) and the thing works just fine - no NTSC/PAL television issues. Now I have to work on translating my American NTSC Shenmue save file to the European PAL format so Shenmue II sees it (just need more time).
Actually, Rowling a damn fine author (there is no such thing as an "authoress," son). I would take Rowling over most of the people who get published in the F&SF or Children's or "Lit" categories anyday.
Hmmm...I couldn't disagree more. The Hobbit is a children's story, agreed, but it is a prelude of things to come in The Lord of the Rings. For example, the LOTR we know and love would be a different book without its predecessor. Bilbo, the dwarfs (or is it dwarves...I can never remember Tolkien's disclaimer in the front of Hobbit correctly...), Gandalf, Gollum, and much more of Middle-earth were first fleshed-out in Hobbit. If a reader were to pick up LOTR without reading Hobbit I suspect that they would have a difficult time orienting themselves into their surroundings. I just re-read all four books last year and was very happy and satisfied to see how all four still stand up in an adult reader's mind and still complement each other.
I would argue that, while Tolkien probably didn't plan it, the four books help draw the reader into an unwilling adventure, much like Gandalf had to with Bilbo. Going from a children's book - with Bilbo's much less severe adventure - preps you for the detailed and difficult adventure Frodo must face. Children's books - good children's books - are often marked by a quality that makes them good reading for all ages. Thus, children's books by Dr. Suess, J.K. Rowling, Tolkien, etc. are still readable and enjoyable by adults. It's the same impulse that allows many Disney and Pixar movies (and even Sesame Street - remember H. Ross Parrot?) to be enjoyed by parents and their children, while Barney or The Teletubbies don't exist on that level and aren't designed to elicit emotion from parents while entertaining them, too.
I think it is safe to say that Tolkien realized this when writing LOTR and realized that he had characters and a story that were strong in the first book, and that allowed him to build upon that and create a more "adult" book many years later for the readers of the "children's" book of years past.
Basically, what I'm saying, is that the two go hand-in-hand, The Hobbit and LOTR. Just because one was written for children doesn't mean that it doesn't have a major part in the groundwork and preparation of the other.
Actually, Tron 2.0 is supposedly in production. I read on my SciFi AvantGo channel that it is going to concern some sort of virtual ghetto that old programs go when they aren't used any longer. Clu (Jeff Bridges) will be some sort of Col. Kurtz-esque (Apocalypse Now, Heart of Darkness) character ruling the place.
I ordered it from therage.com for $50. Tronix has it on back order for the same price. One thing to keep in mind is that your Shenmue save can be used to start the game, but it has to be transferred into a PAL format. Hit IGN for instructions on how to do it...
I work for a university and we have the week between Christmas and New Year's off. I just ordered a European Shenmue II for my Dreamcast and figure most of that week will be taken up wandering around Hong Kong with Ryo.
With InterAct's $150 LCD monitor and a GameBoy Advance! Having Rogue Leader on my honeymoon would be cool.:)
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I agree - I have a hard time comparing Ender's Game to the Potter series as well considering that Rowling is 100 times the writer Card could ever be...
Excuse me, but Clinton heavily supported the ban. To be fair, Gore was wavering on it, but to say that this is Bush's doing is like saying Alien Ant Farm's "Smooth Criminal" is wholly original.
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Obviously someone learned from Apple's mistakes. Palm is the superior platform (compare a high-end Clie to an iPaq and try telling me otherwise). WinCE is a bloated, silly way of navigating a palmtop machine. I, personally, don't want to bring my MP3 player to meetings nor do I want to bring my organizer when I go for a walk. What MS and the PocketPC manufacturers haven't learned is that people might like to have add-on capabiliity (add a modem or a GPS to your Palm), but they like the ability to travel lightly. A palmtop that requires 32MB of RAM just for the operating system is nottravelling lightly.
Something tells me I'm not going to miss Universal's artists all that much. Losing some of the artists is worrisome - U2, Sting, Lyle Lovett, etc. - but not worth me selling my soul to Universal and Microsoft (considering I'm a Mac user).
Personally? Both of my long-playing record players still work..
Well, I think you might want to look at where Jobs has been pointing Pixar. Eventually you'll see Macs in there - he said as much even three years ago. Now, a truly interesting fight would be for a Pixar takeover of Apple (or vice versa) vs. an MS move into digital film editing/making. People keep pushing for Apple to buy SGI - can you imagine the power of an IRIX-strengthened OS X? More than likely a pipedream, but still a cool idea...
I'm not saying that I agree with your conjecture, but George Lucas against Bill Gates? I pick Lucas, hands down. ILM has a history of innovation - Star Wars wouldn't have existed without it. MS doesn't seem to be angling for ILM (if this is about high-end 3D applications as opposed to games) as it is trying to stop Mac OS X from gaining a handhold in the industry via Pixar and Disney.
Define art.
No, that is the consensus as to what the city has to do now. Go re-read the article.
Now, why would a publisher make a specific edition for only one state unless there was legality involved? Why the expense? That's a lot of work, and money, to make a special edition for one state unless the legal ramifications are more expensive.
The point to all of this was that Dubya isn't some paragon of personal and private thought. He came from a state with a backwards penal code, with updates to said penal code that he himself signed off on. He isn't some anti-government, pro-privacy zealot as some would like to point him out to be considering that, since 9/11 we've seen the largest expansion in Federal power since the 1960s. He isn't necessarily going to appoint judges to court that will shoot down laws such as the one that was shot down...
And, to be fair, it isn't just Shakespeare. Publishers will still do "Texas Only" editions of books. In fact, check out this portion of your state's penal code and scroll down about a third of the way and see what Texas officially defines as "obscene."
The law is still on the books, though rarely enforced in Dallas or other big cities. Go looking through used bookstores in your area and you'll find some Houghton Mifflin editions specific to Texas and Texas only up into the 1980s...
I, for one, am a broad constructionist and I abhor censorship laws of this nature because of the fact that it takes the responsibility away from the parent allowing them to rely on the government for babysitting.
I'm thinking your touting of Dubya hasn't been thought out completely, considering the fact that he hails from Texas, a state that still, to this day, censors the works of Shakespeare sold in the state. Not just the works read in school or sold to children, but the works sold in the entire state to everybody.
This finally pokes the so-called "Moral Majority" in the eye and, hopefully, will make them realize that it is the part of the parent to regulate what his/her child is playing. My wife, when we were still just dating, asked me how I can justify my love of violent games when I know I want children and am wary of them being exposed to violence. I answered her very clearly that I am an adult - I know the difference between violence and death in a movie or a video game and violence and death in real life. Playing GTA III or Quake III isn't going to affect my view of the world, though it could affect the view of a five-year-old. Hell, I don't think I would let a kid under 11 or 12 play Shenmue, even, because Ryo is dealing with things that even teenagers are just beginning to understand.
But, that isn't the place of government or another organization to judge - if I feel my child is ready to play a game, see a movie or read a book then it is my judgment to make. We all have to be responsible for our actionsand the actions we take as parents - allowing a city to take said action is allowing the parents to serve inabstentia and with minimal involvement...
Brandon Lee was killed by a shell casing fragment stuck in the gun, not an actual bullet. Whne the blank went off, the fragment came out of the barrel spinning and tore through the grocery bag and into his stomach. And even though they played through the rest of the scene without knowing he was dying, doctors still aren't sure if he would have survived if he had had immediate medical attention. As much as I dislike the boy bands, it's sad that you feel the need to draw parallels like this, even in jest.
BTW, I got my copy yesterday and booted it up using the Gameshark CDX (not sure about the Lite version) and the thing works just fine - no NTSC/PAL television issues. Now I have to work on translating my American NTSC Shenmue save file to the European PAL format so Shenmue II sees it (just need more time).
No, but Windows Me has a bit part...
Actually, Rowling a damn fine author (there is no such thing as an "authoress," son). I would take Rowling over most of the people who get published in the F&SF or Children's or "Lit" categories anyday.
It's New Line that has the merchandising rights for the movie, therefore you won't see any Tolkien drawn hobbits, for example.
Not the last time I checked, thank you... (Note for morons: look at my handle)
I would argue that, while Tolkien probably didn't plan it, the four books help draw the reader into an unwilling adventure, much like Gandalf had to with Bilbo. Going from a children's book - with Bilbo's much less severe adventure - preps you for the detailed and difficult adventure Frodo must face. Children's books - good children's books - are often marked by a quality that makes them good reading for all ages. Thus, children's books by Dr. Suess, J.K. Rowling, Tolkien, etc. are still readable and enjoyable by adults. It's the same impulse that allows many Disney and Pixar movies (and even Sesame Street - remember H. Ross Parrot?) to be enjoyed by parents and their children, while Barney or The Teletubbies don't exist on that level and aren't designed to elicit emotion from parents while entertaining them, too.
I think it is safe to say that Tolkien realized this when writing LOTR and realized that he had characters and a story that were strong in the first book, and that allowed him to build upon that and create a more "adult" book many years later for the readers of the "children's" book of years past.
Basically, what I'm saying, is that the two go hand-in-hand, The Hobbit and LOTR. Just because one was written for children doesn't mean that it doesn't have a major part in the groundwork and preparation of the other.
Actually, Tron 2.0 is supposedly in production. I read on my SciFi AvantGo channel that it is going to concern some sort of virtual ghetto that old programs go when they aren't used any longer. Clu (Jeff Bridges) will be some sort of Col. Kurtz-esque (Apocalypse Now, Heart of Darkness) character ruling the place.
I ordered it from therage.com for $50. Tronix has it on back order for the same price. One thing to keep in mind is that your Shenmue save can be used to start the game, but it has to be transferred into a PAL format. Hit IGN for instructions on how to do it...
I work for a university and we have the week between Christmas and New Year's off. I just ordered a European Shenmue II for my Dreamcast and figure most of that week will be taken up wandering around Hong Kong with Ryo.
My wife will play the games with me, son. :)
With InterAct's $150 LCD monitor and a GameBoy Advance! Having Rogue Leader on my honeymoon would be cool. :)
I agree - I have a hard time comparing Ender's Game to the Potter series as well considering that Rowling is 100 times the writer Card could ever be...
Excuse me, but Clinton heavily supported the ban. To be fair, Gore was wavering on it, but to say that this is Bush's doing is like saying Alien Ant Farm's "Smooth Criminal" is wholly original.