I just watched my local news, and boy are they clueless. On this issue, it is not really their fault, after all they only have a minute or two in order to be come experts on the subject.
Unfortunately, by over hyping this, the FBI and all the powers that be have created a really serious situation where - when nothing happens *today* - people will just dismiss it as another Y2K.
One of the anchors said as much. It does not matter that Code Red will not have the full impact until the 20th, and it does not matter that most of the facts in the story that was aired were plain wrong. What matters is that most of those watching are going to think that nothing major happened, that it was over hyped and will stop beliving the warnings.
The over-reaction of the Feds and everybody else is going to be another case of the boy who cried wolf.
One of the ways I decide on seeing a movie is the preview. After all, a preview is between 30-120 seconds and is there to convince me this movie is worth seeing. If it fails, then I really should not be spending my money on a movie that can't hold my interest for two minutes...
Now, there are the obviously bad movie previews, and those are warnings that you go to see this stinker are your own risk. But there are those that look pretty decent, but warn you - usually quite loudly - that you should avoid this movie.
I've generally come to the conclusion that any preview that begins by telling who is in the movie or, worse, who directed it, is usually a movie to avoid.
The POTA preview I saw in a movie theater started with titles that said "From the director of Batman and Sleepy Hollow". If that did not scream "this movie cannot stand on its own", I don't know what would. Check out two previews online.
Check out SimpleWire. They will let you send SMS messages to any American network that supports true SMS, or psudeo SMS (eg: Sprint PCS). They also have an API and, using Perl, you can create your own e-mail to SMS gatewaye. Unfortunately, it is one way.
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Unfortunately, by over hyping this, the FBI and all the powers that be have created a really serious situation where - when nothing happens *today* - people will just dismiss it as another Y2K.
One of the anchors said as much. It does not matter that Code Red will not have the full impact until the 20th, and it does not matter that most of the facts in the story that was aired were plain wrong. What matters is that most of those watching are going to think that nothing major happened, that it was over hyped and will stop beliving the warnings.
The over-reaction of the Feds and everybody else is going to be another case of the boy who cried wolf.
Samer
Now, there are the obviously bad movie previews, and those are warnings that you go to see this stinker are your own risk. But there are those that look pretty decent, but warn you - usually quite loudly - that you should avoid this movie.
I've generally come to the conclusion that any preview that begins by telling who is in the movie or, worse, who directed it, is usually a movie to avoid.
The POTA preview I saw in a movie theater started with titles that said "From the director of Batman and Sleepy Hollow". If that did not scream "this movie cannot stand on its own", I don't know what would. Check out two previews online.
Samer
Check out SimpleWire. They will let you send SMS messages to any American network that supports true SMS, or psudeo SMS (eg: Sprint PCS). They also have an API and, using Perl, you can create your own e-mail to SMS gatewaye. Unfortunately, it is one way.