"Memories" isn't quite the right word for it. Perhaps "hopes" would be more accurate.
As in "Wow, Star Wars is a cool movie. Wouldn't it be great if I could go to Tatooine, fly an X-Wing or use a Light Sabre?" For people who haven't played Star Wars Galaxies, thinking about that would lead them to imagining just how good it would be.
People who have played the game are stuck with remembering just how dull it was, and that sucks all the fun out of it.
So, yes, the new release did indeed destroy, or at least devalue, the memories that they had.
It's not so much that the mainstream _has_ not creative writers, but rather that the producers are terrified of investing in anything that isn't, in their eyes, a guaranteed money maker.
Given the choice between dumping brobdingnagian amounts of cash into something dull but practically guaranteed to make a small profit or into a more original concept with no money-making history, the smart investment is to put your money on the schlock.
As Lucas points out, that's where good business and good art just don't agree.
I think that Lucas is right, though, about the Next Big Thing being small budget "Indie" films. The public is getting tired of the recycled crap, and if you combine that with filmmakers who are seeing that the big studios will never make the kind of films that they want to make, then you have a market ripe for independent film. The only thing standing in the way is distribution, and I'm sure that somebody on this forum can think of a few ways around that.
The current version of Ms. Office is integrated with Sharepoint, which is designed as a multi-user collaboration system.
OOo is not. Therefore it is not designed for muli-user collaboration, therefore it is only suitable for isolated single user desktops. The age of the isolated single user came to an end with the Internet boom, somewhere around ten years ago, so clearly OpenOffice.org is ten years behind the times.
It's like the tale of the blind men with the Elephant. As long as you look at only certain aspects of a limited feature set you can support any conclusions you want.
If you define "successful" as meaning "involves big corporations and a lot of money", then Larry's words are absolutely true. It's only when you start using different definitions of "success" that that tautology breaks down.
Kids are just so darn cute when they first discover rebellion, aren't they? Makes you wanna pick them up and squeeze them until the good stuff comes out.
Wow. Your anti-establishment rhetoric and liberal use of not only profanity, but also italics and bold face in the same sentence, just make me want to have hot, sweaty sex with you right now. And the way that you make up words like "corporatize" just makes me all giggly.
Take me now, Rick, I don't care what Cliff Richard thinks about it.
"Of course, if it were me, I'd go to prison with a big, shit-eating grin on my face. [...] Heller may be a necessary sacrifice. He can eat at my dinner table anytime, and he can always ask me for a job when he gets out of prison."
Until he gets out of prison, will you also be supporting his family? Paying the mortgage on his house? Sending his daughter to school? Or will you just be grinning about how he stuck it to the man on your behalf?
"How come when the property of regular citizens is siezed for investigation of a piracy or drug-related crime, you always hear the term "raid.""
When they don't call in advance to let you know they're coming, it's a raid. That's what it has always been called.
"I mean, surely when the Justice Department needs to take a look at Microsoft's paperwork, they send in in an elite squad of ATF agents to rappel down from above, crash through the roof, and storm the building with machineguns drawn."
Unfortunately the spell checker in the new version of Office sometimes has trouble with the names "Tuttle" and "Buttle"...
"I haven't come across a DVD that I couldn't fast forward at any point with my older Panasonic DVD player."
Clearly you have a defective DVD player. I suggest that you demand a replacement and also report Panasonic to the MPAA for stealing millions of dollars in advertising revenue with these criminally broken players.
Oh, come on! I mean, subcontractors been coming here for 50 years and performing anal probes and all that they have learned is that one in ten doesn't really seem to mind.
Your kids could actually go outside and see for themselves what Nature really looks like instead of watching Cartoon Channel. The horror!
In my neighbourhood, "Nature" is standing on the corner having a private chat with some guy who just pulled up in a Lexus. There is a broken beer bottle on the sidewalk, something which could be a needle lying next to it, and two of the local dealers are having a shouting match right across the street.
If you _really_ think it is a good idea for your three year old to wander out into "Nature" unsupervised, just by walking out the open front door when your back is turned, then by all means, please get "outta here".
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No, that's hurling anonymous insults on message boards that you're thinking of.
Preliminary tests have already met with success in getting UCD researchers to excrete Molson Export, Labbat's Blue and three varieties of Budweiser.
Yup. It sure is a good thing that nations like Islamic Republic of Pakistan don't have nuclear weapons. That would mean the end of the world.
(Are you sure we're still at war with the British? I thought it was someone else Oh well, here goes...)
"You know, it might have been Fark."
"Beautiful, we have confirmation."
The real question is "What is the use of a blog if bloggers are just going to copy sentences and sentiments from the puppetmaster's email?"
If it makes you feel better you can, but it's just as easy to try reading a book.
As in "Wow, Star Wars is a cool movie. Wouldn't it be great if I could go to Tatooine, fly an X-Wing or use a Light Sabre?" For people who haven't played Star Wars Galaxies, thinking about that would lead them to imagining just how good it would be.
People who have played the game are stuck with remembering just how dull it was, and that sucks all the fun out of it.
So, yes, the new release did indeed destroy, or at least devalue, the memories that they had.
Given the choice between dumping brobdingnagian amounts of cash into something dull but practically guaranteed to make a small profit or into a more original concept with no money-making history, the smart investment is to put your money on the schlock.
As Lucas points out, that's where good business and good art just don't agree.
I think that Lucas is right, though, about the Next Big Thing being small budget "Indie" films. The public is getting tired of the recycled crap, and if you combine that with filmmakers who are seeing that the big studios will never make the kind of films that they want to make, then you have a market ripe for independent film. The only thing standing in the way is distribution, and I'm sure that somebody on this forum can think of a few ways around that.
OOo is not. Therefore it is not designed for muli-user collaboration, therefore it is only suitable for isolated single user desktops. The age of the isolated single user came to an end with the Internet boom, somewhere around ten years ago, so clearly OpenOffice.org is ten years behind the times.
It's like the tale of the blind men with the Elephant. As long as you look at only certain aspects of a limited feature set you can support any conclusions you want.
If you define "successful" as meaning "involves big corporations and a lot of money", then Larry's words are absolutely true. It's only when you start using different definitions of "success" that that tautology breaks down.
I see that you haven't played Lineage or met anyone who does.
What, like the back of a Volkswagen?
You can do exactly the same thing with software, but it only runs on a Mac Mini.
If music was no longer pirated then the amount of "pirated" music would plummet. It's the amount of legitimately copied music which would skyrocket.
Kids are just so darn cute when they first discover rebellion, aren't they? Makes you wanna pick them up and squeeze them until the good stuff comes out.
Take me now, Rick, I don't care what Cliff Richard thinks about it.
Until he gets out of prison, will you also be supporting his family? Paying the mortgage on his house? Sending his daughter to school? Or will you just be grinning about how he stuck it to the man on your behalf?
I would also expect a comprehensive library featuring an ABC of the genre. Asimov, Bester, Clarke!
This picture alone says everything about how well Windows XP can scale.
When they don't call in advance to let you know they're coming, it's a raid. That's what it has always been called.
"I mean, surely when the Justice Department needs to take a look at Microsoft's paperwork, they send in in an elite squad of ATF agents to rappel down from above, crash through the roof, and storm the building with machineguns drawn."
Unfortunately the spell checker in the new version of Office sometimes has trouble with the names "Tuttle" and "Buttle"...
Clearly you have a defective DVD player. I suggest that you demand a replacement and also report Panasonic to the MPAA for stealing millions of dollars in advertising revenue with these criminally broken players.
Thank you, citizen, for your assistance.
True, but when you set out to dual boot OS X with Windows you knew that there would be some inconvenience.
Oh, come on! I mean, subcontractors been coming here for 50 years and performing anal probes and all that they have learned is that one in ten doesn't really seem to mind.
In my neighbourhood, "Nature" is standing on the corner having a private chat with some guy who just pulled up in a Lexus. There is a broken beer bottle on the sidewalk, something which could be a needle lying next to it, and two of the local dealers are having a shouting match right across the street.
If you _really_ think it is a good idea for your three year old to wander out into "Nature" unsupervised, just by walking out the open front door when your back is turned, then by all means, please get "outta here".