This the sort of feature that will be able to have about 5 different DVD releases, with the niche market running out to buy every version. You can have the theatrical release, which will occur in the next few months, and about six months after that then you can have your director's cut release, and then a year after that you can have your "Ultimate Director's Edition!" which will cost 3 X as much as the Theatrical release and include inane commentary and material that was left on the cutting room floor for a reason.
The studios will be fine, they just won't make the killing that they'd like too on it!
1) 4000 years ago, were their calendars that accurate? I think over the course of sixty years, I could think I was actually 140 w/ a bad astronomer....I know they had accurate records of the skies and length of the year but there had to be SOME misinformation out there. I mean, we have the internet they had to have Jakob the crazy Astronomer.
2) The transition of mythological stories from being about the "ubermensh" (lives hundreds of years, is a step below the Gods but is a step above us mere mortals) to the common man is a cycle that all cultures follow with their myths. There was a literary critic from the 50's & 60's who wrote quite extensively on this, Joseph Campbell does too to an extent.
And regardless of the fact that IT had nothing to do with these shut downs, it's still our fault that the staff was inconvenienced and now is unable to take their smoke break at the exact same time because they have to wait an extra two minutes at boot up.
A man is flying in a hot air balloon and realizes he is lost. He reduces height and spots a man down below. He lowers the balloon further and shouts: "Excuse me, can you tell me where I am?"
The man below says: "Yes you're in a hot air balloon, hovering 30 feet above this field."
"You must work in Information Technology," says the balloonist.
"I do," replies the man. "How did you know?"
"Well," says the balloonist, "everything you have told me is technically correct, but it's of no use to anyone."
The man below says, "You must work in business as a manager." "I do," replies the balloonist, "but how did you know?"
"Well," says the man, "you don't know where you are or where you are going, but you expect me to be able to help. You're in the same position you were before we met but now it's my fault."
I would agree that statistics are a dangerous mistress in the hands of the uninitiated but I disagree with your that "You cannot obtain information from disinformation". Statistically, that might be the case. I am not a statistician nor have I been educated as one so I won't attempt to argue against that position but in the world around you there is a fountain of information in the disinformation that people or organization choose to give you. It's about parsing that data and that being said I'd be very skeptical of anyone who thought that they could do a statistical analysis of misinformation and glean information of value from that, but on a human to human level, we communicate more in or misinformation than in our direct words.
The GP's point is that yes in fact every single one of these sources is going to lie, but when people choose to lie they do so with intent; if you read BBC, PBS, a Chinese News Site, a Venezuelan news Site and then finish the day up watching FOX News you'll have been fed a great deal of misinformation but the abundance of information allows you to cross-compare "facts", quotes and stories and come to your own provisional truth on an event.
If you just listen to Fox News, you're just getting Fox News' provisional truth, and if this process isn't worth your time then I'd ask you why you even bother to think for yourself? It takes time.
I love in particular, all the self-adsorbed columnists who think that they'll be missed on the way out the door. They lament the lost art form without acknowledging that the practitioners of the craft turned their back on it years ago for easy eyes which lead to easy dollars. We reap what we sow.
Well, the only evidence we have on how long "prehistoric peoples" is found in our very limited fossil record. Every really old cave man we seem to find, typically is in his 30's or 40's.
You can't conclusively say that they didn't live for hundreds of years, but given that our life spans have been growing over the past 100 years, and given that our limited fossil record suggests that these people did not live that long, I think you can safely assume based on the best available information that "prehistoric" humans did not live 100's of years.
I believe that NASA said they would have a popular vote and take that in to consideration and then make their own decision. I'm fairly sure that I remember reading this right from the get-go.
Whose rules are you talking about? He was not tried by the United States; he was charged by a special Iraqi tribunal under the patchwork of laws that they had at the time. So where would these mistrials come from? Certainly not US legal procedures, they have no barring.
They don't go fair enough. We have a weak minded society that relies on political correctness to deal with our issues of class and race and they shock people in to realizing that the Status Quo is a bit messed.
Sorry but I find that more than a bit specious. For starters, these are supposed to be PERFORMANCE BASED BONUSES. Last I checked, things have been tanking. So what, you're going to sit here and have the audacity to tell me that AIG is still paying performance based bonuses from 2007? Really? I'm supposed to take that at face value?
Also, last I checked, the former CEO of AIG is out in the papers denying responsibility. So someone is lying, and frankly AIG has no credibility. Fuck these people. They think they're the golden ticket who can't be sunk and abusing the American taxpayer because of it. Time for them to go down and the rest of us to deal with the consequences.
I don't disagree that you shouldn't behave that way, but that doesn't mean people don't.
Most of us aren't in a position where we can just "fire assholes". I'm certainly not. Awesome for you that you are though, me? I have no choice in the matter.
That's certainly one way to look at it, another way is that you disagree with the countries policies and choose not to purchase their goods until they make changes.
Don't push the responsibility of a government back to United States consumers. And I'm not attempting to imply that China should feel compelled to listen because it's really up to the Chinese government, but your line of thinking looks like abdication responsibility to me!
In a sense, the consumer is the ultimate proponent of democracy. You vote with dollar bills y'all.
Delivered/Given to a terrorist group, IMO is just a matter of time. I very much doubt we're going to see an accidental firing and detonation...
Now a rogue force in the Russian Bloc gaining access to a nuke and firing it....well I could see that happening too.
Again, Russia is a big part of why I think this is going to happen. Look at their complete and utter dependence on commodities (Oil and gems etc), the fact that corruption runs rampant from top-to-bottom in Russian (helps when the Mafia is the government!) and the economic shitstorm the world is going to be surfing for some time to come...yep I think the probability raises by the day!
You forgot to mention my favorite part, the American waiters who take your order with an Italian accent!
At least, at the one in Citywalk I've had that happen before. I sometimes if they're want-a-be-actors who are working on their accent, hoping that they'll impress some Hollywood producer!
As you said, you get away with it, for awhile...meaning short term gain at the expense of long term success. Awesome!
Helps when banks are leveraged at 30-1, the real travesty that isn't being talked about here is the gross negligence on the part of Boards of Directors. It is their responsibility to make sure that this does not happen, but instead they decided to go along to get along. It's pathetic, and frankly until someone does some real journalism on the incestuous nature of Boards of Directors and their CEO's this issue will rear it's ugly head again and again and again and again. Enron, Worldcom etc are also examples of these sorts of shenanigans.
Shhh! People don't like to talk about real sci-fi on slashdot:) Best definition I have ever read was Phillip K. Dick's and unfortunately I can't seem to track it down. He said something to the effect that Science Fiction stories were stories that took place in an alternate universe that wasn't our universe, but could be our universe.
I wasn't saying LA drivers were assholes, I was saying that unless it's 70 and sunny they're incapable of driving properly. You see when it rains here, half the drivers believe they need to go 35 mph on the freeway, you know to compensate for the rain, while the other half of the drivers believe that they need to go 95 mph in order to compensate for the assclowns going 35!
Needless to say this is a perfect storm of stupidity....
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This the sort of feature that will be able to have about 5 different DVD releases, with the niche market running out to buy every version. You can have the theatrical release, which will occur in the next few months, and about six months after that then you can have your director's cut release, and then a year after that you can have your "Ultimate Director's Edition!" which will cost 3 X as much as the Theatrical release and include inane commentary and material that was left on the cutting room floor for a reason.
The studios will be fine, they just won't make the killing that they'd like too on it!
A few things that come to mind for me:
1) 4000 years ago, were their calendars that accurate? I think over the course of sixty years, I could think I was actually 140 w/ a bad astronomer....I know they had accurate records of the skies and length of the year but there had to be SOME misinformation out there. I mean, we have the internet they had to have Jakob the crazy Astronomer.
2) The transition of mythological stories from being about the "ubermensh" (lives hundreds of years, is a step below the Gods but is a step above us mere mortals) to the common man is a cycle that all cultures follow with their myths. There was a literary critic from the 50's & 60's who wrote quite extensively on this, Joseph Campbell does too to an extent.
And regardless of the fact that IT had nothing to do with these shut downs, it's still our fault that the staff was inconvenienced and now is unable to take their smoke break at the exact same time because they have to wait an extra two minutes at boot up.
Reminds me of a joke!
A man is flying in a hot air balloon and realizes he is lost. He reduces height and spots a man down below. He lowers the balloon further and shouts: "Excuse me, can you tell me where I am?"
The man below says: "Yes you're in a hot air balloon, hovering 30 feet above this field."
"You must work in Information Technology," says the balloonist.
"I do," replies the man. "How did you know?"
"Well," says the balloonist, "everything you have told me is technically correct, but it's of no use to anyone."
The man below says, "You must work in business as a manager." "I do," replies the balloonist, "but how did you know?"
"Well," says the man, "you don't know where you are or where you are going, but you expect me to be able to help. You're in the same position you were before we met but now it's my fault."
I would agree that statistics are a dangerous mistress in the hands of the uninitiated but I disagree with your that "You cannot obtain information from disinformation". Statistically, that might be the case. I am not a statistician nor have I been educated as one so I won't attempt to argue against that position but in the world around you there is a fountain of information in the disinformation that people or organization choose to give you. It's about parsing that data and that being said I'd be very skeptical of anyone who thought that they could do a statistical analysis of misinformation and glean information of value from that, but on a human to human level, we communicate more in or misinformation than in our direct words.
The GP's point is that yes in fact every single one of these sources is going to lie, but when people choose to lie they do so with intent; if you read BBC, PBS, a Chinese News Site, a Venezuelan news Site and then finish the day up watching FOX News you'll have been fed a great deal of misinformation but the abundance of information allows you to cross-compare "facts", quotes and stories and come to your own provisional truth on an event.
If you just listen to Fox News, you're just getting Fox News' provisional truth, and if this process isn't worth your time then I'd ask you why you even bother to think for yourself? It takes time.
I love in particular, all the self-adsorbed columnists who think that they'll be missed on the way out the door. They lament the lost art form without acknowledging that the practitioners of the craft turned their back on it years ago for easy eyes which lead to easy dollars. We reap what we sow.
Well, the only evidence we have on how long "prehistoric peoples" is found in our very limited fossil record. Every really old cave man we seem to find, typically is in his 30's or 40's.
You can't conclusively say that they didn't live for hundreds of years, but given that our life spans have been growing over the past 100 years, and given that our limited fossil record suggests that these people did not live that long, I think you can safely assume based on the best available information that "prehistoric" humans did not live 100's of years.
That would imply some serious devolution...
I believe that NASA said they would have a popular vote and take that in to consideration and then make their own decision. I'm fairly sure that I remember reading this right from the get-go.
I used to like Boston fans, back in 2003 before you all began thinking that your shit didn't stink.
Get over yourselves, as a collective fan base you have become stilted, whiny and demand VICTORY! at every turn.
Who does that sound like?
Again, I ask you, as a fan of Boston, who did I just describe?
A New Yorker? oops....
Whose rules are you talking about?
He was not tried by the United States; he was charged by a special Iraqi tribunal under the patchwork of laws that they had at the time. So where would these mistrials come from?
Certainly not US legal procedures, they have no barring.
They don't go fair enough. We have a weak minded society that relies on political correctness to deal with our issues of class and race and they shock people in to realizing that the Status Quo is a bit messed.
Sorry but I find that more than a bit specious. For starters, these are supposed to be PERFORMANCE BASED BONUSES. Last I checked, things have been tanking. So what, you're going to sit here and have the audacity to tell me that AIG is still paying performance based bonuses from 2007? Really? I'm supposed to take that at face value?
Also, last I checked, the former CEO of AIG is out in the papers denying responsibility. So someone is lying, and frankly AIG has no credibility. Fuck these people. They think they're the golden ticket who can't be sunk and abusing the American taxpayer because of it. Time for them to go down and the rest of us to deal with the consequences.
I don't disagree that you shouldn't behave that way, but that doesn't mean people don't.
Most of us aren't in a position where we can just "fire assholes". I'm certainly not. Awesome for you that you are though, me? I have no choice in the matter.
The very process of creation requires absolute freedom and a safe environment where colossus mistakes can be made.
It is not a big brain thing, it's a creative process thing.
And coding done at the highest level, is like any creative art form.
Go back to happy land.
Assholes are on every team and it has nothing to do with eccentricities. Part of being an adult is working with assholes.
Although I agree, the perverse thing is I know many people who will only watch the show at the beginning for the absolute train wrecks.
That's certainly one way to look at it, another way is that you disagree with the countries policies and choose not to purchase their goods until they make changes.
Don't push the responsibility of a government back to United States consumers. And I'm not attempting to imply that China should feel compelled to listen because it's really up to the Chinese government, but your line of thinking looks like abdication responsibility to me!
In a sense, the consumer is the ultimate proponent of democracy. You vote with dollar bills y'all.
Amazing book. I wonder what Vonnegut would say of us today? It's too bad we lost him before this whole thing hit the fan....
Delivered/Given to a terrorist group, IMO is just a matter of time. I very much doubt we're going to see an accidental firing and detonation...
Now a rogue force in the Russian Bloc gaining access to a nuke and firing it....well I could see that happening too.
Again, Russia is a big part of why I think this is going to happen. Look at their complete and utter dependence on commodities (Oil and gems etc), the fact that corruption runs rampant from top-to-bottom in Russian (helps when the Mafia is the government!) and the economic shitstorm the world is going to be surfing for some time to come...yep I think the probability raises by the day!
Yep, yep I did.
Damn Dyslexia!
You forgot to mention my favorite part, the American waiters who take your order with an Italian accent!
At least, at the one in Citywalk I've had that happen before. I sometimes if they're want-a-be-actors who are working on their accent, hoping that they'll impress some Hollywood producer!
Too bad only stupid tourists go there!
As you said, you get away with it, for awhile...meaning short term gain at the expense of long term success. Awesome!
Helps when banks are leveraged at 30-1, the real travesty that isn't being talked about here is the gross negligence on the part of Boards of Directors. It is their responsibility to make sure that this does not happen, but instead they decided to go along to get along. It's pathetic, and frankly until someone does some real journalism on the incestuous nature of Boards of Directors and their CEO's this issue will rear it's ugly head again and again and again and again. Enron, Worldcom etc are also examples of these sorts of shenanigans.
Shhh! People don't like to talk about real sci-fi on slashdot :)
Best definition I have ever read was Phillip K. Dick's and unfortunately I can't seem to track it down. He said something to the effect that Science Fiction stories were stories that took place in an alternate universe that wasn't our universe, but could be our universe.
I wasn't saying LA drivers were assholes, I was saying that unless it's 70 and sunny they're incapable of driving properly. You see when it rains here, half the drivers believe they need to go 35 mph on the freeway, you know to compensate for the rain, while the other half of the drivers believe that they need to go 95 mph in order to compensate for the assclowns going 35!
Needless to say this is a perfect storm of stupidity....