Maybe you should read my comment, before going off the deep end - I didn't say the X-Box didn't have any games coming out - I said it didn't have any major EXCLUSIVE games coming. You know - the WOW, I got to buy this console factor because no one else has it
If both the consoles have the same games, then whether I'm a zealot or not, people will still flock to the Sony console because Sony has the greater library of "must have" titles. Sure, X-Box has better looking games, but what gives if you only want to buy one or two of them and Sony has all the great games?
My point is market perception. If Microsoft has a tepid christmas, the market will percieve the console as not living up to expectations (read Turkey) - whether it is a reality or not. In retail - perception is reality (wonka wonka wonka). You may not like that being a beta-tester and but this is the way the market works (whether you make video games or cars or urnial soapcakes)
By the way, coming to Slashdot and complaining about anti-MS attitudes is like going to the Vatican and complaing about it being too Catholic.
Microsoft is finding itself in a real pickle with the X-Box. With GTA Vice City coming out very soon its looking to be the next killer app and things weren't helped by Rockstar signing an exclusive deal with Sony. Microsoft needs a strong christmas sales and right now, it doesn't look good.
It doesn't matter how many games it has in development. If XBOX sales slug on by, the marketplace will view it as a turkey. And without any exclusive blockbuster titles, why bother dropping two hundred dollars on it when you can have the same thing with Sony
All that I see on the horizon is Halo 2 which is cool and all. But lets be honest - its just another FPS. It doesn't nearly excite the imagination as GTA. My view - MS is fucked. Playstation 2 just keeps getting stronger. So in the end, when you have an un-used Xbox, why not use it as webserver? What else are you going to do with it?
I love how they say the rocket test was terminated, sort of implying that the rocket packed its bags and went home to collect unemployment when in reality it was a burning metal tube of death, screaming through the atmosphere at the speed of sound looking for some poor schmuck to land on.
Imax is a large film guage. The cameras are heavy and expensive. Plus it eats film like you can't imagine.
So now that you shot the film on the planet - how would get the film back from Planet X so you can process it in the labs. And if you can get the film back (most likely at great expense) why not bring back a sample return instead?
I commend Red Hat for their effort but I would prefer an outside unity desktop. Since I don't see that on my radar, I'm all behind Red Hat, whether I look like a lemming or not.
I dig Linux but the problem in the desktop world is that there is too much choice. Its too balkanized, creating confusion in terms of what works with what. People scream about web standards, what the hell is wrong with desktop standards?
Here's my current dilema - my work is donating old computers to some inner city schools. So we're slapping Linux on them. These people probably have never used a computer. This is the first time they are using a desktop. You see where I'm going with this?
Linux will always be about choice - no one can dictate to you what desktop for you to use on an open system - but damn it, if the community can just agree on one common desktop standard and put its energy into that, then I truly believe Linux will become the leader in desktop adoption, rather than a desktop novelty.
As a writer, I'm constantly faced with the same old scenario of "killing my babies" - bits of prose which I love but does nothing to help the overall piece. So I delete those prose bits. Its painful. It sucks. But its has to be done to create a better work
I believe Linux programmers should follow suit if they ever want to see Linux takeover the mainstream desktop.
Fuck KDE. Fuck Gnome. I don't care. Lets just choose one and go with it. Hell, create a Unity desktop - but one desktop for everyone to focus on. Redhats made the first step with null, the question is - are we ready to follow suit?
Actually, I think distance is a good thing being you can look at a film with "objective" (I use that term loosely) eyes and give a real critique free of the marketing hype and general frenzy.
Right - but the director of Lord of the Rings wasn't Jay Roach - whose latest work was that abhorrid movie "Goldmember". I liked Meet the Parents but I don't think this guy does intellectual funny. He does situational funny really well but that's about it. I could be mistaken about this guy, but I for one, I am not holding my breath for it.
After playing first person shooters all day, I get a strange feeling. I'm lightheaded. And when I close my eyes, I can see the video game still in motion.
I love IMAX. I'm a big fan of their space Imax movies. It is a wonderful format (if being shot in Imax - big difference)
My point - I left Attack of the Clones with a nasty headache. A headache I only get when I play FPS all day long. I also got that sick feeling being hopped on caffine. Maybe I wasn't feeling too well in general, but I left the theater reaching for advil. I felt like my eyes were too close to a monitor. I can't imagine that feeling on IMAX.
This could be a taster's choice sort of thing. I heard people were puking during the Blair Witch Project. But I've never left a theater with a heacache before. But it might just be me.
Instead of getting a two hour quake like headache from watching this movie, I'll get a half day headache. Maybe even a migrane.
Bigger is not necessarily better. This movie (and I'm not being sarcastic) is best suited for the small screen . . . better resolution . . . and no sick feeling similar to playing first person shooters all afternoon.
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Of course you make the assumption that one obtains material from the goverment illegally. In most cases, information is leaked from the government. I could be mistaken, but I understand that this is a typical method used in DC to desiminate information and has been used for years. The Bush administration has tried to put a halt to this - but its part of DC culture. You know - let the steam out so the pot doesn't explode
The adminstration would have you believe all leaked information is illegal and a crime to publish. In that case, what do we do? Use the governments own press releases? The government must be accountable to the public. And since the goverment doesn't want you to know anything about what it is doing (especially this administration) - I say - leak and publish away.
And this is a good thing??? (for all us nuts)
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I hate flying - everybit about it. I'm backseat mechanic. Any noise - thumb - jigger - I apply my pathetically poor analysis of airplane maintence that I learned off the internet and start examining the problem. Of course, every analysis ends with the plane exploding into bits and myself clutching the seat in front of me shouting a four letter word while doing it at the same time.
I don't need to know this info. I somewhat know about Linux and tanked a lot of servers. I know how to crash a box and this knowledge will only contribute to my paranoia. I like to think that airplanes are running some superior sophisticated NASA alien technology not an off the shelf distro, or even worse Lindows. Can you imagine if a pilot inadvertently wiped out the drivers for the engines because he didn't know the plane defaulted him as root?
You can overlook the bnet thing - sure - no problem. But once legal precedent has been established, other programs can be effected. Think of Microsoft attacking OpenOffice because of reverse engineering of file formats based off similiar arguments based off another case which was based off the bnet case. Right now, that's a stretch, but its the little concessions that ultimately add up and collectively reduce our rights. So yes, your choice does matter.
I know I'm being silly, but if everyone thought like you do, we'd be living in shackles. All because you must have the latest and greatest computer game which you'll probably won't play six months from now.
But just remember - it brings down the costs to us as well. Never before has filmmaking been so accessible to the consumer. And to me, that is one exciting prospect. Who care about their profits - lets make movies!
I used to believe that digital blew chunks. When I used my first DV cam, my only reaction was that it was glorified Beta. That was 1997. I've shot many a film and only recently I've joined a group that relies heavily on digital. Their best example was a short film titled Sweet. My jaw dropped at the pure clarity and quality of the work.
Digital is getting there. And after looking at all these shorts, I realize its all about light. Video - especially Digital - needs a crapload of light. But one properly explosed, you can produce some great images.
The best thing I like about Digital is that I can have a home production studio studio for under 10,000 dollars. No way can you have that with film. Hell, an Aaton 16 costs over 100,000 dollars. Then you have processing, printing, and video transfer. Its such a damn expensive process that only a select few can afford.
This LA Times article goes into digital production and makes the claim that we are at a point in history similar to the end of the silent film era during the transition of sound. A lot of people were left behind because they could not make the move.
Speilberg has been suffering from the "I need to to be taken seriously" bug recently by tackling films with "messages". In a nutshell, he is way out of touch with the audiences whom he reached only twenty years previous. It's not surprising. George Lucas invented the Blockbuster, and Speilberg perfected it. He's a "sequel Director" or as William Goldman states flatly, a "whore". I think after doing all these delightful films he wishes to be viewed as a serious artist. Or what I like to call "A For Your Consideration Director". The problem is that all his latest movies suck with the suck-meter reaching critical mass during AI. Kubrick + Speilberg = Icy Schmaltz.
Don't get me wrong - I love early Speilberg. I mean - what is a blockbuster but cinema fast food and Speilberg created some tasty whoppers in his day. But his latest work is pure drivel. But at this point, he is beyond critique from mere mortals.
My advice, Stevie - in case you just happen to be a member of the Slashdot crowd - put down the philopsphy for dummies book and return to the spatula.
Elementary my dear goofball. Reread his post a little closer this time. Note the mention of gimp. One can correctly conclude that he uses different fonts in the creation of images for the web ala jpeg and gif.
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If I knew the wedgies I gave you back in sixth grade would have resulted in this . . . I might have took a moment of pause.
It's powered by a bicycle. Hampster models sold seprately.
Maybe you should read my comment, before going off the deep end - I didn't say the X-Box didn't have any games coming out - I said it didn't have any major EXCLUSIVE games coming. You know - the WOW, I got to buy this console factor because no one else has it
If both the consoles have the same games, then whether I'm a zealot or not, people will still flock to the Sony console because Sony has the greater library of "must have" titles. Sure, X-Box has better looking games, but what gives if you only want to buy one or two of them and Sony has all the great games?
My point is market perception. If Microsoft has a tepid christmas, the market will percieve the console as not living up to expectations (read Turkey) - whether it is a reality or not. In retail - perception is reality (wonka wonka wonka). You may not like that being a beta-tester and but this is the way the market works (whether you make video games or cars or urnial soapcakes)
By the way, coming to Slashdot and complaining about anti-MS attitudes is like going to the Vatican and complaing about it being too Catholic.
Microsoft is finding itself in a real pickle with the X-Box. With GTA Vice City coming out very soon its looking to be the next killer app and things weren't helped by Rockstar signing an exclusive deal with Sony. Microsoft needs a strong christmas sales and right now, it doesn't look good.
It doesn't matter how many games it has in development. If XBOX sales slug on by, the marketplace will view it as a turkey. And without any exclusive blockbuster titles, why bother dropping two hundred dollars on it when you can have the same thing with Sony
All that I see on the horizon is Halo 2 which is cool and all. But lets be honest - its just another FPS. It doesn't nearly excite the imagination as GTA. My view - MS is fucked. Playstation 2 just keeps getting stronger. So in the end, when you have an un-used Xbox, why not use it as webserver? What else are you going to do with it?
Here's a somewhat dated (March 2000) yet still very relevant article on the subject.
I love how they say the rocket test was terminated, sort of implying that the rocket packed its bags and went home to collect unemployment when in reality it was a burning metal tube of death, screaming through the atmosphere at the speed of sound looking for some poor schmuck to land on.
Imax is a large film guage. The cameras are heavy and expensive. Plus it eats film like you can't imagine.
So now that you shot the film on the planet - how would get the film back from Planet X so you can process it in the labs. And if you can get the film back (most likely at great expense) why not bring back a sample return instead?
Just some thoughts.
I commend Red Hat for their effort but I would prefer an outside unity desktop. Since I don't see that on my radar, I'm all behind Red Hat, whether I look like a lemming or not.
I dig Linux but the problem in the desktop world is that there is too much choice. Its too balkanized, creating confusion in terms of what works with what. People scream about web standards, what the hell is wrong with desktop standards?
Here's my current dilema - my work is donating old computers to some inner city schools. So we're slapping Linux on them. These people probably have never used a computer. This is the first time they are using a desktop. You see where I'm going with this?
Linux will always be about choice - no one can dictate to you what desktop for you to use on an open system - but damn it, if the community can just agree on one common desktop standard and put its energy into that, then I truly believe Linux will become the leader in desktop adoption, rather than a desktop novelty.
As a writer, I'm constantly faced with the same old scenario of "killing my babies" - bits of prose which I love but does nothing to help the overall piece. So I delete those prose bits. Its painful. It sucks. But its has to be done to create a better work
I believe Linux programmers should follow suit if they ever want to see Linux takeover the mainstream desktop.
Fuck KDE. Fuck Gnome. I don't care. Lets just choose one and go with it. Hell, create a Unity desktop - but one desktop for everyone to focus on. Redhats made the first step with null, the question is - are we ready to follow suit?
Actually, I think distance is a good thing being you can look at a film with "objective" (I use that term loosely) eyes and give a real critique free of the marketing hype and general frenzy.
Right - but the director of Lord of the Rings wasn't Jay Roach - whose latest work was that abhorrid movie "Goldmember". I liked Meet the Parents but I don't think this guy does intellectual funny. He does situational funny really well but that's about it. I could be mistaken about this guy, but I for one, I am not holding my breath for it.
Bring on the towers!
After playing first person shooters all day, I get a strange feeling. I'm lightheaded. And when I close my eyes, I can see the video game still in motion.
I love IMAX. I'm a big fan of their space Imax movies. It is a wonderful format (if being shot in Imax - big difference)
My point - I left Attack of the Clones with a nasty headache. A headache I only get when I play FPS all day long. I also got that sick feeling being hopped on caffine. Maybe I wasn't feeling too well in general, but I left the theater reaching for advil. I felt like my eyes were too close to a monitor. I can't imagine that feeling on IMAX.
This could be a taster's choice sort of thing. I heard people were puking during the Blair Witch Project. But I've never left a theater with a heacache before. But it might just be me.
You're absolutely correct. . .
Instead of getting a two hour quake like headache from watching this movie, I'll get a half day headache. Maybe even a migrane.
Bigger is not necessarily better. This movie (and I'm not being sarcastic) is best suited for the small screen . . . better resolution . . . and no sick feeling similar to playing first person shooters all afternoon.
Off topic, yes. But pretty funny.
Of course you make the assumption that one obtains material from the goverment illegally. In most cases, information is leaked from the government. I could be mistaken, but I understand that this is a typical method used in DC to desiminate information and has been used for years. The Bush administration has tried to put a halt to this - but its part of DC culture. You know - let the steam out so the pot doesn't explode
The adminstration would have you believe all leaked information is illegal and a crime to publish. In that case, what do we do? Use the governments own press releases? The government must be accountable to the public. And since the goverment doesn't want you to know anything about what it is doing (especially this administration) - I say - leak and publish away.
You can find Mozilla gestures here
I hate flying - everybit about it. I'm backseat mechanic. Any noise - thumb - jigger - I apply my pathetically poor analysis of airplane maintence that I learned off the internet and start examining the problem. Of course, every analysis ends with the plane exploding into bits and myself clutching the seat in front of me shouting a four letter word while doing it at the same time.
I don't need to know this info. I somewhat know about Linux and tanked a lot of servers. I know how to crash a box and this knowledge will only contribute to my paranoia. I like to think that airplanes are running some superior sophisticated NASA alien technology not an off the shelf distro, or even worse Lindows. Can you imagine if a pilot inadvertently wiped out the drivers for the engines because he didn't know the plane defaulted him as root?
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You can overlook the bnet thing - sure - no problem. But once legal precedent has been established, other programs can be effected. Think of Microsoft attacking OpenOffice because of reverse engineering of file formats based off similiar arguments based off another case which was based off the bnet case. Right now, that's a stretch, but its the little concessions that ultimately add up and collectively reduce our rights. So yes, your choice does matter.
I know I'm being silly, but if everyone thought like you do, we'd be living in shackles. All because you must have the latest and greatest computer game which you'll probably won't play six months from now.
Here's some good info as well:
Suisse Report on Digital Cinema (pdf file)
LA Times article on digital filmmaking
But just remember - it brings down the costs to us as well. Never before has filmmaking been so accessible to the consumer. And to me, that is one exciting prospect. Who care about their profits - lets make movies!
I used to believe that digital blew chunks. When I used my first DV cam, my only reaction was that it was glorified Beta. That was 1997. I've shot many a film and only recently I've joined a group that relies heavily on digital. Their best example was a short film titled Sweet. My jaw dropped at the pure clarity and quality of the work.
Digital is getting there. And after looking at all these shorts, I realize its all about light. Video - especially Digital - needs a crapload of light. But one properly explosed, you can produce some great images.
The best thing I like about Digital is that I can have a home production studio studio for under 10,000 dollars. No way can you have that with film. Hell, an Aaton 16 costs over 100,000 dollars. Then you have processing, printing, and video transfer. Its such a damn expensive process that only a select few can afford.
This LA Times article goes into digital production and makes the claim that we are at a point in history similar to the end of the silent film era during the transition of sound. A lot of people were left behind because they could not make the move.
Some nibblets for thought.
Off topic, yes - but can someone point me in the direction for the Java Plugin for Mozilla. I just hate to use IE these days.
Speilberg has been suffering from the "I need to to be taken seriously" bug recently by tackling films with "messages". In a nutshell, he is way out of touch with the audiences whom he reached only twenty years previous. It's not surprising. George Lucas invented the Blockbuster, and Speilberg perfected it. He's a "sequel Director" or as William Goldman states flatly, a "whore". I think after doing all these delightful films he wishes to be viewed as a serious artist. Or what I like to call "A For Your Consideration Director". The problem is that all his latest movies suck with the suck-meter reaching critical mass during AI. Kubrick + Speilberg = Icy Schmaltz.
Don't get me wrong - I love early Speilberg. I mean - what is a blockbuster but cinema fast food and Speilberg created some tasty whoppers in his day. But his latest work is pure drivel. But at this point, he is beyond critique from mere mortals.
My advice, Stevie - in case you just happen to be a member of the Slashdot crowd - put down the philopsphy for dummies book and return to the spatula.
Elementary my dear goofball. Reread his post a little closer this time. Note the mention of gimp. One can correctly conclude that he uses different fonts in the creation of images for the web ala jpeg and gif.