I was about to write a post here flaming the guy for 'hating cars'. Then I remembered the $2.50 per gallon gas price here in California. Now I'm thinking "More power to ya, man!"
"PayPal's restoration of Freenet doesn't help at all. It's hard to unring that bell, and Freenet now doesn't want to deal with them anyway."
Err hold on, you need to think about the bigger picture. Paypal's restoration helps at least some. I mean, didn't you consider never ever using Paypal again over it? I did. Restoring service made me feel a bit better about it, but offering no explanation still bothers me.
However, there is something to think about: Slashdot's involvement in it. I have a feeling the negative press they got (on a massive scale, mind you) changed their minds in the first place. But now they've restored it, any reason they gave would either be real boneheaded/unfair, or they would say that Freenet did something wrong, in which case most people who'd be active in a discussion here would blindly run to Freenet's defense. No win scenario for Paypal.
So the only real choice I can make right now is "Something happened, and it's really a private matter that I have no right to know about." It still makes me wary, though.
"Is't that what plugin's are all about? extending the functionality of a basic application with the things you really need, leaving out all the crap you don't use anyway."
Yes, No, Sorta. Plugins are about getting extensions to the program without having to rewrite everything. The added bonus is 3rd parties can keep your software/product alive. It's not so much about leaving the crap out you don't use anyway. The problem with plugins in the browser is that nobody wants to go an install plugins they need. ActiveX, despite all the moans and groans about it here, was WONDERFUL for solving that problem. On the other hand, nobody wants to download a 40 meg browser. That's what makes this question such a brain teaser.
"Don't get a cell phone. Not only will you not get annoying calls but you also won't be one of the lucky recipents to get a brain tumor 20 years from now. Oh you know it's coming....... "
You should get rid of your computer. Not only will you not get those annoying spams, but you also won't be one of the lucky recipients to get skin cancer 20 years from now because you didn't switch to LCD soon enough. Oh, you know it's coming....
"I've been thinking about the new DS for a long time and haven't thought of many gaming methods to take advantage of the dual screen. "
Really? You can't? Okay, I'll try to help:
It has 802.11 built in. That potentially means on-line play. With the touch screen and an OSD, instant chat option, and it's not interferring with the play screen. Not enough? How about Command and Conquer? Ever play that with a game pad? Heh.
My point? If it's a nice addition to current generation game play, then the creative stuff that's born down the road will be stellar. I'm insanely curious what WarioWare will be like on it.
Heh. Yeah somebody's been reading the "Facts of Gord" or whatever it's called. The big difference is in how you do the math. Sony spent like $2 billion dollars researching that system. Even if on a per-component level they made money, it still took them a while to break even. There was still the "we need to sell 4 games per system" quota initially.
"Yeah surfing on lava isn't quite how I imagined the final showdown between Anakin and Obi-Wan, I was hoping for something akin to The Phantom Menace's Maul/Obi-Wan battle"
I'd settle for the definitive game of Rockem Sockem Robots, best 2 out of 3.
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"Our beloved President George W. Bush says that we'll never run out of oil, and since he has been appointed by God to save us from evil, it is truth from the mouth of God. Amen. "
Heh. I can't tell if you're making fun of Bush, or if you're making fun of the perception of Bush. Way to make a political joke that means something to both sides!
"Why call for anybody to silence their opinions about anything? "
The following is meant in a general sense, as opposed to talking specifically about this particular case:
- Lots of opinions are from people who either haven't watched the show, or only watched an episode here and there. That, in and of itself, isn't so bad. However, if I were to present the same complaint about a show they really liked, I'd suddenly be the ill-informed jerk.
- A good chunk of the opinions have been discussed ad-nauseum already. For example, somebody in this particular story made a comment that they hated the song, and was modded as +5 insightful for it. Uh, right, there's a dead horse that needs to be beaten again.
- The negative opinions calling for the cancellation of the show aren't helping anybody in any way. What's UPN going to put in Enterprise's place? Farscape? Firefly? Uh, no. They have so many crappy shows on that network that cancelling Enterprise won't make room for some new big yay show. The most likely circumstance is we'll get another Jake 2.0. In the mean time, there is a significant number of people who enjoy the show and have a vested interest in its success, like those of us in the CG industry. (I'm not specifically trying to argue with you here, but if you were to come back with a beneficial reason why it should be cancelled, I'd consider what you said and maybe even withdraw this particular comment.)
Valid opinions are one thing, but if you imagine that somebody's opinion will suddenly change the show (like the cancellation of it), then the "needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few" philosophy does apply. Why cancel it when you can just not watch it?
Nice try. However, you're still missing my point, plus you're trying to paint me as the bad guy or hypocrite. Try again in a more civil manner, or just move on.
"It's a valid complaint. TNG, DS9 and Voyager had wonderful symphonic themes, that were themes for the rest of the musical score in the show."
It's also a complaint that's been around for 3 years and comes up every single FUCKING time a story about Enterprise comes up. Let it die. It's redundant, tiring, and there's nothing new to discuss here. "I just remembered, I don't like the theme song, bow to my insightfulness!"
"Why? So many people dislike it, maybe the concern is VALID?"
Is it really so valid? Will Enterprise suddenly become a better show for it? Uh, no. Are you going to sit through an extra 2 minutes of the show every single ep? Uh, no.
" How many complaints about a bad thing must there be before people admit... maybe it really is... bad?"
I'm not defending the song. I said I wanted the complaint to die, not that I wanted everybody to agree the song is good. The complaint has been around since day one, there's no reason for it to change, and some git always gets modded up for making a stink about it. "I want to bring up a 3 year old complaint, see how Insightful I am?"
My point? The complaint is just as irritating as the song. Get over it. Complain about the show being boring, if you like. Complain about T'Pol being addicted to an exotic metal, if you like. You can even complain about how the time travelling dude only shows up when it's dramatically interesting. But damn, why you gotta harp on something so bleeding old? Whine whine, bitch bitch, moan moan, I'm righteous. Yeah.
Slashdot Mirror
"... You actually find alien signals. "
;)
And they demand that you fight against your own people for their amusement.
I was about to write a post here flaming the guy for 'hating cars'. Then I remembered the $2.50 per gallon gas price here in California. Now I'm thinking "More power to ya, man!"
I got a little annoyed with a customer one day and responded with something like "Here's the answer as it's printed in our manual..."
"PayPal's restoration of Freenet doesn't help at all. It's hard to unring that bell, and Freenet now doesn't want to deal with them anyway."
Err hold on, you need to think about the bigger picture. Paypal's restoration helps at least some. I mean, didn't you consider never ever using Paypal again over it? I did. Restoring service made me feel a bit better about it, but offering no explanation still bothers me.
However, there is something to think about: Slashdot's involvement in it. I have a feeling the negative press they got (on a massive scale, mind you) changed their minds in the first place. But now they've restored it, any reason they gave would either be real boneheaded/unfair, or they would say that Freenet did something wrong, in which case most people who'd be active in a discussion here would blindly run to Freenet's defense. No win scenario for Paypal.
So the only real choice I can make right now is "Something happened, and it's really a private matter that I have no right to know about." It still makes me wary, though.
"Is't that what plugin's are all about? extending the functionality of a basic application with the things you really need, leaving out all the crap you don't use anyway."
Yes, No, Sorta. Plugins are about getting extensions to the program without having to rewrite everything. The added bonus is 3rd parties can keep your software/product alive. It's not so much about leaving the crap out you don't use anyway. The problem with plugins in the browser is that nobody wants to go an install plugins they need. ActiveX, despite all the moans and groans about it here, was WONDERFUL for solving that problem. On the other hand, nobody wants to download a 40 meg browser. That's what makes this question such a brain teaser.
"Programs like Opera prove that you can't stuff 1000 features into a program without creating a total mess."
It's hard to call Opera a 'total mess' when its UI is so intuitive.
"Punctuation: what is it? : Where did it come from? : This "high colonic" style :not better: different : as I say further: What the fuck ! ?"
Speaking of a waste of a colon...
"Don't get a cell phone. Not only will you not get annoying calls but you also won't be one of the lucky recipents to get a brain tumor 20 years from now. Oh you know it's coming....... "
You should get rid of your computer. Not only will you not get those annoying spams, but you also won't be one of the lucky recipients to get skin cancer 20 years from now because you didn't switch to LCD soon enough. Oh, you know it's coming....
"I've been thinking about the new DS for a long time and haven't thought of many gaming methods to take advantage of the dual screen. "
Really? You can't? Okay, I'll try to help:
It has 802.11 built in. That potentially means on-line play. With the touch screen and an OSD, instant chat option, and it's not interferring with the play screen. Not enough? How about Command and Conquer? Ever play that with a game pad? Heh.
My point? If it's a nice addition to current generation game play, then the creative stuff that's born down the road will be stellar. I'm insanely curious what WarioWare will be like on it.
"I really can't understand how they released it with such bug. "
It's a big conspiracy to keep Windows off the desktop!
(I wonder how many people wouldn't be rolling their eyes now if this were a Windows bug we were talking about.)
"If you put the original starwars movies under the same microscope, it sucks just as much as eps 1 and 2 did."
If that were true, then I wouldn't be able to enjoy 4-6 today. There are a lot of people with me on this one.
"I've always been skeptical of that rumour."
Heh. Yeah somebody's been reading the "Facts of Gord" or whatever it's called. The big difference is in how you do the math. Sony spent like $2 billion dollars researching that system. Even if on a per-component level they made money, it still took them a while to break even. There was still the "we need to sell 4 games per system" quota initially.
"Isn't this a little localized of a topic to be posted on Slashdot? "
Perhaps. But for those of us outside the area, it is an interesting point of discussion. Already saw a couple of interesting posts about unions etc.
"Yeah surfing on lava isn't quite how I imagined the final showdown between Anakin and Obi-Wan, I was hoping for something akin to The Phantom Menace's Maul/Obi-Wan battle"
I'd settle for the definitive game of Rockem Sockem Robots, best 2 out of 3.
"Most people I talk to today simply don't care."
Ugh. Those of us in the CG/FX industry still have to go see it. Somewhere I hear Dr. Forrester laughing.
"There was always an official Lucas announcement as to the names of the prequels, and many many rumors/fake names... anyone think this is legit? "
Not really, but if it was 'Rise of the Empire' I'd pretty much assume that was it.
"(COUGH)Enterprise(/cough)"
o nt actSothe'inconsistencies'areokay.*Cough*
*Cough*DifferenttimelinecausedbytheBorginFirstC
"Why can't scientists just make up their minds already?"
Because, by their very nature, they need proof?
"It never hurts to read the actual article."
Can't, Google's Slashdottted.
"Our beloved President George W. Bush says that we'll never run out of oil, and since he has been appointed by God to save us from evil, it is truth from the mouth of God. Amen. "
Heh. I can't tell if you're making fun of Bush, or if you're making fun of the perception of Bush. Way to make a political joke that means something to both sides!
Damn I wish I had a mod point.
"Why call for anybody to silence their opinions about anything? "
The following is meant in a general sense, as opposed to talking specifically about this particular case:
- Lots of opinions are from people who either haven't watched the show, or only watched an episode here and there. That, in and of itself, isn't so bad. However, if I were to present the same complaint about a show they really liked, I'd suddenly be the ill-informed jerk.
- A good chunk of the opinions have been discussed ad-nauseum already. For example, somebody in this particular story made a comment that they hated the song, and was modded as +5 insightful for it. Uh, right, there's a dead horse that needs to be beaten again.
- The negative opinions calling for the cancellation of the show aren't helping anybody in any way. What's UPN going to put in Enterprise's place? Farscape? Firefly? Uh, no. They have so many crappy shows on that network that cancelling Enterprise won't make room for some new big yay show. The most likely circumstance is we'll get another Jake 2.0. In the mean time, there is a significant number of people who enjoy the show and have a vested interest in its success, like those of us in the CG industry. (I'm not specifically trying to argue with you here, but if you were to come back with a beneficial reason why it should be cancelled, I'd consider what you said and maybe even withdraw this particular comment.)
Valid opinions are one thing, but if you imagine that somebody's opinion will suddenly change the show (like the cancellation of it), then the "needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few" philosophy does apply. Why cancel it when you can just not watch it?
Nice try. However, you're still missing my point, plus you're trying to paint me as the bad guy or hypocrite. Try again in a more civil manner, or just move on.
"It's a valid complaint. TNG, DS9 and Voyager had wonderful symphonic themes, that were themes for the rest of the musical score in the show."
It's also a complaint that's been around for 3 years and comes up every single FUCKING time a story about Enterprise comes up. Let it die. It's redundant, tiring, and there's nothing new to discuss here. "I just remembered, I don't like the theme song, bow to my insightfulness!"
"Why? So many people dislike it, maybe the concern is VALID?"
Is it really so valid? Will Enterprise suddenly become a better show for it? Uh, no. Are you going to sit through an extra 2 minutes of the show every single ep? Uh, no.
" How many complaints about a bad thing must there be before people admit... maybe it really is... bad?"
I'm not defending the song. I said I wanted the complaint to die, not that I wanted everybody to agree the song is good. The complaint has been around since day one, there's no reason for it to change, and some git always gets modded up for making a stink about it. "I want to bring up a 3 year old complaint, see how Insightful I am?"
My point? The complaint is just as irritating as the song. Get over it. Complain about the show being boring, if you like. Complain about T'Pol being addicted to an exotic metal, if you like. You can even complain about how the time travelling dude only shows up when it's dramatically interesting. But damn, why you gotta harp on something so bleeding old? Whine whine, bitch bitch, moan moan, I'm righteous. Yeah.
"But it'll still be awful. "
Those who've been watching this season would disagree with you. I remember similar things being said about DS9 in season 3 as well.