Perhaps you are the real troll. I've not seen those. I've only seen Speed Racer, some of "Howl", the toy stuff (Dragonball, Yu Gi whatever) and that stuff on Cartoon Network at 4:00 am, which all does look the same. I've not seen these others, perhaps they really are different.
"Most of which at least rival anything that comes out of the US in terms of quality, story, and un-lame-ness:/"
But does it all look the same, with the gigantic Archie Comics eyes and the jerky never-fluid "5 frames per 2 seconds" animation? "Speed Racer", those card cartoons, and even "Howl's Moving Castle" all pretty much look the same. Is there some sort of diversity of style in anime? Compare this to US cartoons, where you have a very wide variety of drawing styles.
" Which would mean you are a copyright infringer and should burn in hell for your heinous crimes against humanity. "
Thankfully, the sticker on the back of my Saab that shows Calvin peeing on Clippy has one more hair spike than the real Calvin, and the fine print labels it "Calven".
There is a gap there between OTA and analog. The two are not the same. What of analog cable? That is what I have, and will have as long as they offer it. I tried digital cable and rejected it: too slow to change channels, no channel surfing ability, and mpeg(?) artifact glitches all over the place. Sort of like satellite, but at least with digital cable you still get a picture when it rains.
Cut to scene of Gilligan walking out to the lagoon the morning after a huge storm. He sees end of an undersea cable washed up on the beach.
Not long afterwards, the Professor has managed to build a contraption out of bamboo and coconut fibers, connected into the wires and terminating into a speaker made of palm-leaves. The castaways hear out of it: "Osama? Osama? Why don't you call anymore? After that night in Tora Bora, you said you would never forsake me!". After a while, the castaways grow tired of it. The Professor than proceeds to connect his bamboo internet terminal to some of the wires, hoping to pick up dial-up modem traffic. The messages soon come across, printing on dried banana-peels: "Please help me. I am on desert island. Help me to leave, and I will give you $30,000,000. All you have to do is send me $10,000.".
Everyone turns to look at Thurston Howell the Third. Lovey hits him on the shoulder. "And I thought you were doing daytrading! Shame on you, Thurston!".
"So, is anyone here going to jump around and yell at him because he believes that taking something without paying for it is stealing?"
The thing is: he was talking about downloading. Downloading involves copying files. It does not involve "taking". We do not know what he thinks about taking, because he did not mention it.
Three subpeonas for the Elven-kings under the law,
Seven for the Tort-lords with contracts written in stone,
Nine for Defendants doomed to pay,
One for the Dark Lawyer in his dark firm...
"The Hills are alive, with the sound of vengeance""
You gotta love the 'bat-gasm in the restaurant scene' in "When Harry Met Sally Met Batman". Or when Dustin Hoffman recites the most obscure supervillain minutae in "Rainbatman".
"This is exactly what the line-item veto was for, but as soon as the republicans got control of the house and senate during Clinton's term, it was removed."
The republicans in Congress actually supported Clinton having the line-item veto. It was ruled unconstitional by the Supreme Court in 1998, which was a few years after the republicans got control of Congress. That was what stopped it.
Perhaps they should first mandate a legislation flag that sends up an alarm whenever someone tries to sneak something in like this ("Hey! Those mohair subsidies are necessary to defeat the terrorists!!!!").
Either that, or REQUIRE that every piece of legislation be read in full on the House floor by Gilbert Gottfried, and on the Senate floor by Ben Stein before it gets voted into law. If you haven't heard it both screamed and droned, it can't be signed into law.
"WAL-MART SELLS FOR CHEAPER....Forget service and anything else..."
Wal-Mart wins on service, too, at least in this important aspect: being willing to serve to the customer. Even the gamestop I am familiar with opens at 10:00 AM: 3 hours after the Wal-Mart opens. They close at 5:00 pm: hours before the Wal-Mart closes. The gamestop (and so many of the mon and pop stores) could not care a less about selling: you can bang on their closed doors for hours, or go to a store that actually wants to sell you something and is open.
In the future, you will not be able to go outside without Flash-enabled glasses. All of the road signs, billboards, books, and even pavement markings will be in Flash. You just won't see a thing unless you pay for properly licensed flash-specs.
Need up upgrade their TiFi connection.
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"On second thought, maybe it takes some time to pipe that data in the past 50 years..."
I think they need to upgrade their TiFi connection. It could be a lot faster, if those time cops did not restrict bandwidth in the name of "safety". Too much chroniton particle contentration, and next thing you know it's velociraptors popping up in your shower.
That is part of the page's joke; that is the future: web pages riddled with popups, ActiveX errors, and other glitches. Totally unlike what we have now. Oh wait....
"Actually, Microsoft bribed some hotel staff at a big convention hotel to put the announcement about Windows on the beds of all the attendees. [Apple] *did* have the Lisa out by then "
If Apple had put Lisa in the beds of the convention attendees, things might have gone better for Apple.
"Apple announced Windows in 1983, and licensed some of the user interface..."
Heh. I could just imagine the Apple PR guy saying "We've got this cool thing called the Macintosh coming out next year. And yes, I am going on record as announcing that Microsoft will copy the OS without our permission and release its own version."
As long as you pay $60 a page to be able to xerox it, and it is found in a locked file cabinet in the basement behind a door that says "Beware of Leopard", it is available to the public.
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Perhaps you are the real troll. I've not seen those. I've only seen Speed Racer, some of "Howl", the toy stuff (Dragonball, Yu Gi whatever) and that stuff on Cartoon Network at 4:00 am, which all does look the same. I've not seen these others, perhaps they really are different.
Thanks for NOT treating it as flamebait/troll (unlike the AC troll who also responded), and thanks for giving me some pointers on other anime to try.
But does it all look the same, with the gigantic Archie Comics eyes and the jerky never-fluid "5 frames per 2 seconds" animation? "Speed Racer", those card cartoons, and even "Howl's Moving Castle" all pretty much look the same. Is there some sort of diversity of style in anime? Compare this to US cartoons, where you have a very wide variety of drawing styles.
Just hire a security guard and post him at the door. Give him orders to shoot to kill if this guy tries to enter the server room.
Thankfully, the sticker on the back of my Saab that shows Calvin peeing on Clippy has one more hair spike than the real Calvin, and the fine print labels it "Calven".
There is a gap there between OTA and analog. The two are not the same. What of analog cable? That is what I have, and will have as long as they offer it. I tried digital cable and rejected it: too slow to change channels, no channel surfing ability, and mpeg(?) artifact glitches all over the place. Sort of like satellite, but at least with digital cable you still get a picture when it rains.
Just scroll up to the top of the Slashdot page. That Atari joystick is the icon for this type of story.
Not long afterwards, the Professor has managed to build a contraption out of bamboo and coconut fibers, connected into the wires and terminating into a speaker made of palm-leaves. The castaways hear out of it: "Osama? Osama? Why don't you call anymore? After that night in Tora Bora, you said you would never forsake me!". After a while, the castaways grow tired of it. The Professor than proceeds to connect his bamboo internet terminal to some of the wires, hoping to pick up dial-up modem traffic. The messages soon come across, printing on dried banana-peels: "Please help me. I am on desert island. Help me to leave, and I will give you $30,000,000. All you have to do is send me $10,000.".
Everyone turns to look at Thurston Howell the Third. Lovey hits him on the shoulder. "And I thought you were doing daytrading! Shame on you, Thurston!".
The thing is: he was talking about downloading. Downloading involves copying files. It does not involve "taking". We do not know what he thinks about taking, because he did not mention it.
Three subpeonas for the Elven-kings under the law, Seven for the Tort-lords with contracts written in stone, Nine for Defendants doomed to pay, One for the Dark Lawyer in his dark firm...
Little old ladies spill orc-draught on their laps and sue McDurthang's.
Constant environmental-impact lawsuits from Fangorn every time someone does as much as mow their lawn or trim a bush.
Pippin sues "The Prancing Pony" for lodging payment, saying "Nazgul stabbing my pillows in the night was a traumatic lodging experience".
Sam, didn't you know that Shelob was the last of an endangered species? PETA is now suing you!
Unfair labor practice suits by Fellowship hobbits who were denied their "elevensies" breaks during journey.
I got something in my email inbox this morning which might help with this situation. Perhaps I should forward it to you.
You gotta love the 'bat-gasm in the restaurant scene' in "When Harry Met Sally Met Batman". Or when Dustin Hoffman recites the most obscure supervillain minutae in "Rainbatman".
Yeah, it was not like the Gingrich-era Republicans supported Clinton as such.
The republicans in Congress actually supported Clinton having the line-item veto. It was ruled unconstitional by the Supreme Court in 1998, which was a few years after the republicans got control of Congress. That was what stopped it.
Either that, or REQUIRE that every piece of legislation be read in full on the House floor by Gilbert Gottfried, and on the Senate floor by Ben Stein before it gets voted into law. If you haven't heard it both screamed and droned, it can't be signed into law.
Wal-Mart wins on service, too, at least in this important aspect: being willing to serve to the customer. Even the gamestop I am familiar with opens at 10:00 AM: 3 hours after the Wal-Mart opens. They close at 5:00 pm: hours before the Wal-Mart closes. The gamestop (and so many of the mon and pop stores) could not care a less about selling: you can bang on their closed doors for hours, or go to a store that actually wants to sell you something and is open.
In a related story, the designer of the Great Wall of China blames Mongols.
Hey, this will be the time when Warner's will have taken over everything. Every single movie released will be required to have Batman in it.
In the future, you will not be able to go outside without Flash-enabled glasses. All of the road signs, billboards, books, and even pavement markings will be in Flash. You just won't see a thing unless you pay for properly licensed flash-specs.
I think they need to upgrade their TiFi connection. It could be a lot faster, if those time cops did not restrict bandwidth in the name of "safety". Too much chroniton particle contentration, and next thing you know it's velociraptors popping up in your shower.
That is part of the page's joke; that is the future: web pages riddled with popups, ActiveX errors, and other glitches. Totally unlike what we have now. Oh wait....
"Actually, Microsoft bribed some hotel staff at a big convention hotel to put the announcement about Windows on the beds of all the attendees. [Apple] *did* have the Lisa out by then " If Apple had put Lisa in the beds of the convention attendees, things might have gone better for Apple.
Heh. I could just imagine the Apple PR guy saying "We've got this cool thing called the Macintosh coming out next year. And yes, I am going on record as announcing that Microsoft will copy the OS without our permission and release its own version."
As long as you pay $60 a page to be able to xerox it, and it is found in a locked file cabinet in the basement behind a door that says "Beware of Leopard", it is available to the public.