No, actually, the writing was better. One of the best parts of the original was the little comments and quips the characters made to each other. They were totally unnecessary to move the plot along, but they made the characters interesting, more believable, and worth watching the movie for. The more recent movies were not blessed with this dialogue, and the characters were flat and dull because of it.
After seeing tPM, I expected Blair Witch 2 to be better than the next SW films. So I'm not suprised that Spidey did better, since it was a really good movie. Honestly, the whole rating a movie by sales thing is really dumb. Inflation and varying ticket prices really make this comparison only valid for movies released next to each other. The original Star Wars will not look as good because dollars were worth more and tickets were worth less in the late 70's. So can we really compare Spidey to episodes 4,5, or 6? Nope.
"AotC, OTOH, is the best (by far) installment of the SW saga". Please, "Reevaluate thyself, then try again". The new SW movies are eye candy. The thing that made the first ones great (good writing?) are not as evident in AotC, although it was far better then Phantom Menace.
"But China's space industry suffered a series of setbacks in the mid-90s. A Long March 2E rocket carrying a telecommunications satellite exploded after blast-off in January 1995, killing a family of six.
Another rocket blew up after take-off in early 1996 and, later in the year, a Long March rocket placed a $120m Chinese satellite in the wrong orbit, leaving it to drift hopelessly in space."
From this part of the article, I don't think they will do much more than crash into the moon. They aren't having much luck with this.
"I will not be suprised to start seeing companies being bombed or other atrocities due to the rampant aborting of justice by companies in this country..." Interesting. Isn't it a common thread in cyberpunk that future Corporate America will have heavily armed security forces?
I have often thought that an artist selling the CD for $6-8 would encourage legal purchases. The thing that I cannot believe is going unheard is the power that mp3's really have. Imagine a free music sharing network where all the mp3's had the artist's website built into the mp3 tags. You like the music? The mp3 player can drop you right to the artists order form, at a good price per cd. Kinda makes the recording industry "advertising" pointless, doesn't it? I guess that the mp3 tag format needs to adapt a little though...
"Does anyone really believe the difference between (for instance) KDE3.0 and Win2K is greater than that?" Yes, unfortunately they do. Most people are pretty clueless, and think that Windows is the only OS that uses a GUI (even though they don't know what a GUI is, it's what they mean.)
Maybe, maybe not. I know in the US there are some fairly strict guidelines on sentencing, that might have been the max for this offense in a French court.
..."TRUSTWORTHY" computing.:-) I wonder if the MS-DRM scheme can protect non-MS rights? Seriously, I have to wonder why this was missed by all the anti-MS nuts out there until now.
That would actually make a cool patch for a FPS! As your heart rate increases and your stress goes up, your targeting crosshairs move more and more, like in Day of Defeat. I haven't been on T2 in a while, I got frustrated and gave up. I'll have to get back into it...
...that all the additional heat generated by the involved CPU's will add to global warming and invalidate the experiment. Or maybe they took that into account...:-)
I covered some points in my other posts, but the money thing is not to be ignored. Our local system is letting scads of teachers go because of money problems. I hope they don't re-up for MS, since that money could be better spent on personnel. $$$ is a reason, but not the only/best one.
Agreed. But we also have kids who are going to want to pursue the techie field. Given the fact that Linux is less "dumbed down" so you _have_ learn more, wouldn't it make sense to have that tool available in schools? Remember also that we should be preparing our kids for the FUTURE. Linux might not be taking over the destop, but I see major strides in the server/embedded area. Using an open source OS certainly would make sense as far as getting kids ready for an increasingly computerized world...
You are correct, not all kids will want to learn it. But wouldn't it be smart to have one set of computers cover both sets of needs? 5th hour, the class learns word processing. Bell rings, next class (the advanced one) learns to tinker with the nuts and bolts of the OS- ON THE VERY SAME COMPUTERS.
Possibly, but I'll tell you honestly that the first time I installed Linux on a PC I learned more about computers (TCP/IP, drivers, etc.) than I did in 2 years of using Windows. And when you look at the skills needed in the techie market, I think knowing those fine points is a lot more useful than knowing how to save your paper every 5 minutes and how to reboot after a BSOD. My point was, running an open-source OS gives greater opportunities for the more advanced users. Also, looking at code on your own time is ok, but in the business world, looking at it while in a class counts for so much more...
...about computers or about Windows? Linux and Windows and MacOS will all do the same business functions (spreadsheets and whatnot), but if you want to delve any deeper into how computers work and what the OS really does the 3 OS are certainly not equal. Windows will only work to a certain level of advancement in computer know-how, since it focuses entirely on apps. So if we really want the kids to learn something about COMPUTERS, shouldn't we go open source and teach what makes them tick?
Agreed, you have a point. It does not explicitly grant the right, and that's not what I said.
I've read the Constitution (or rather a transcript of it), and I just got lost in semantics on this one. But I still take issue with the first post, since we changed from Constitution/Amendments to Laws....:-)
*grin*
If you wait long enough, the "potential person" dies anyway, so there is not much of a difference.. However, this is continuing to be a VERY good discussion, and I did read your entire post. I really liked:
"In a nutshell my legal stance is based only on my belief of what a government should do, which is, that it should guarantee my rights extend as far as possible but stop at you." - A most apt and excellent statement, I fully agree. But, on to teh rebuttal: You used punishing criminals as an example, and I am in favor of punishing a murderer 100%. However, when we convict the murderer, we only convict for the victims. We do NOT convict for the loss of possible descendants, grandchildren, etc. We cannot account for what MIGHT be, only what is. Also of import is the fact that the vast majority (99%+) of citizens feel that murder is bad, it is nowhere near as decisive about abortions... (~50%?)... I do not think a 50% rate is enough to enact an infringing standard.
Do you buy every song that you hear on the radio? If they play it again, do you change the channel since you already know you don't want to buy it? You obviously were not paying attention to what the poster was saying. Here's an analogy for you: if you hear a song on the radio that you like, you'll buy the cd. If you hear a song you are ambivalent to, you'll still listen when it comes on the radio.. And if it sucks, you'll chage the channel. Downloaded music has the same categories. It has the like it and buy it segment, the I'm not sure yet segment, and the Britney sucks ass and is getting deleted segment. I can tell you that MP3's have directly led to every CD purchase I've made in the past few years, and that is a lot of SOLD CD's!!!
The recording industry tells the radio stations what songs to play. They make their own stars, and use the radio to advertise them. They know exactly how well their "artists" are doing, since they decided it in advance. You are correct though in that the radio stations do pay for the privelege of advertising for the RIAA.
Did you read his post? He was talking about rights explicitly denied by the Constitution. That means rights the Constitution denys to minors, and there is only one... At no point does it mention ANYTHING about ages to own a gun, speak freely, or any of the rest of your points. Your points are covered by LAWS, not the Constitution. Get it?
Red light cameras: ok at best.
Speed trap cameras: bad, pure revenue generators.
In my town, we have a large sign hooked to a radar gun. The sign displays your speed, and flashes if you exceed the limit. The whole apparatus is on a trailer, so they can easily move it from roadside to roadside. It does and admirable job of making people aware of their speed, and is obviously purely for traffic safety. This, I am for. Camera speed traps are just for money, and many redlight traps are also pure revenue. NOTE: I am a motorcyclist, and have found it necessary on more than one occasion to run a redlight because my bike simply will NOT trip a light sensor. I do look both ways first tho...:-)
Although I agree about the redlights, what does it matter to you if someone else wears their seatbelt? I mean, really... Although you should not be liable for any injury they sustain if they are not wearing it in an accident. PS: I ALWAYS wear my seatbelt.
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No, actually, the writing was better. One of the best parts of the original was the little comments and quips the characters made to each other. They were totally unnecessary to move the plot along, but they made the characters interesting, more believable, and worth watching the movie for. The more recent movies were not blessed with this dialogue, and the characters were flat and dull because of it.
After seeing tPM, I expected Blair Witch 2 to be better than the next SW films. So I'm not suprised that Spidey did better, since it was a really good movie. Honestly, the whole rating a movie by sales thing is really dumb. Inflation and varying ticket prices really make this comparison only valid for movies released next to each other. The original Star Wars will not look as good because dollars were worth more and tickets were worth less in the late 70's. So can we really compare Spidey to episodes 4,5, or 6? Nope.
"AotC, OTOH, is the best (by far) installment of the SW saga". Please, "Reevaluate thyself, then try again". The new SW movies are eye candy. The thing that made the first ones great (good writing?) are not as evident in AotC, although it was far better then Phantom Menace.
"But China's space industry suffered a series of setbacks in the mid-90s. A Long March 2E rocket carrying a telecommunications satellite exploded after blast-off in January 1995, killing a family of six.
Another rocket blew up after take-off in early 1996 and, later in the year, a Long March rocket placed a $120m Chinese satellite in the wrong orbit, leaving it to drift hopelessly in space."
From this part of the article, I don't think they will do much more than crash into the moon. They aren't having much luck with this.
"I will not be suprised to start seeing companies being bombed or other atrocities due to the rampant aborting of justice by companies in this country..." Interesting. Isn't it a common thread in cyberpunk that future Corporate America will have heavily armed security forces?
I have often thought that an artist selling the CD for $6-8 would encourage legal purchases. The thing that I cannot believe is going unheard is the power that mp3's really have. Imagine a free music sharing network where all the mp3's had the artist's website built into the mp3 tags. You like the music? The mp3 player can drop you right to the artists order form, at a good price per cd. Kinda makes the recording industry "advertising" pointless, doesn't it? I guess that the mp3 tag format needs to adapt a little though...
"Does anyone really believe the difference between (for instance) KDE3.0 and Win2K is greater than that?" Yes, unfortunately they do. Most people are pretty clueless, and think that Windows is the only OS that uses a GUI (even though they don't know what a GUI is, it's what they mean.)
Maybe, maybe not. I know in the US there are some fairly strict guidelines on sentencing, that might have been the max for this offense in a French court.
..."TRUSTWORTHY" computing. :-) I wonder if the MS-DRM scheme can protect non-MS rights? Seriously, I have to wonder why this was missed by all the anti-MS nuts out there until now.
That would actually make a cool patch for a FPS! As your heart rate increases and your stress goes up, your targeting crosshairs move more and more, like in Day of Defeat. I haven't been on T2 in a while, I got frustrated and gave up. I'll have to get back into it...
...get all worked up and pissed off. I used to get the best results with Tribes2. :)
...that all the additional heat generated by the involved CPU's will add to global warming and invalidate the experiment. Or maybe they took that into account... :-)
I covered some points in my other posts, but the money thing is not to be ignored. Our local system is letting scads of teachers go because of money problems. I hope they don't re-up for MS, since that money could be better spent on personnel. $$$ is a reason, but not the only/best one.
Agreed. But we also have kids who are going to want to pursue the techie field. Given the fact that Linux is less "dumbed down" so you _have_ learn more, wouldn't it make sense to have that tool available in schools? Remember also that we should be preparing our kids for the FUTURE. Linux might not be taking over the destop, but I see major strides in the server/embedded area. Using an open source OS certainly would make sense as far as getting kids ready for an increasingly computerized world...
You are correct, not all kids will want to learn it. But wouldn't it be smart to have one set of computers cover both sets of needs? 5th hour, the class learns word processing. Bell rings, next class (the advanced one) learns to tinker with the nuts and bolts of the OS- ON THE VERY SAME COMPUTERS.
Possibly, but I'll tell you honestly that the first time I installed Linux on a PC I learned more about computers (TCP/IP, drivers, etc.) than I did in 2 years of using Windows. And when you look at the skills needed in the techie market, I think knowing those fine points is a lot more useful than knowing how to save your paper every 5 minutes and how to reboot after a BSOD. My point was, running an open-source OS gives greater opportunities for the more advanced users. Also, looking at code on your own time is ok, but in the business world, looking at it while in a class counts for so much more...
...about computers or about Windows? Linux and Windows and MacOS will all do the same business functions (spreadsheets and whatnot), but if you want to delve any deeper into how computers work and what the OS really does the 3 OS are certainly not equal. Windows will only work to a certain level of advancement in computer know-how, since it focuses entirely on apps. So if we really want the kids to learn something about COMPUTERS, shouldn't we go open source and teach what makes them tick?
Agreed, you have a point. It does not explicitly grant the right, and that's not what I said. I've read the Constitution (or rather a transcript of it), and I just got lost in semantics on this one. But I still take issue with the first post, since we changed from Constitution/Amendments to Laws.... :-)
Hasn't Microsoft ALWAYS had a monopoly in the Windows computer market? :-)
*grin* If you wait long enough, the "potential person" dies anyway, so there is not much of a difference.. However, this is continuing to be a VERY good discussion, and I did read your entire post. I really liked: "In a nutshell my legal stance is based only on my belief of what a government should do, which is, that it should guarantee my rights extend as far as possible but stop at you." - A most apt and excellent statement, I fully agree. But, on to teh rebuttal: You used punishing criminals as an example, and I am in favor of punishing a murderer 100%. However, when we convict the murderer, we only convict for the victims. We do NOT convict for the loss of possible descendants, grandchildren, etc. We cannot account for what MIGHT be, only what is. Also of import is the fact that the vast majority (99%+) of citizens feel that murder is bad, it is nowhere near as decisive about abortions... (~50%?)... I do not think a 50% rate is enough to enact an infringing standard.
Do you buy every song that you hear on the radio? If they play it again, do you change the channel since you already know you don't want to buy it? You obviously were not paying attention to what the poster was saying. Here's an analogy for you: if you hear a song on the radio that you like, you'll buy the cd. If you hear a song you are ambivalent to, you'll still listen when it comes on the radio.. And if it sucks, you'll chage the channel. Downloaded music has the same categories. It has the like it and buy it segment, the I'm not sure yet segment, and the Britney sucks ass and is getting deleted segment. I can tell you that MP3's have directly led to every CD purchase I've made in the past few years, and that is a lot of SOLD CD's!!!
The recording industry tells the radio stations what songs to play. They make their own stars, and use the radio to advertise them. They know exactly how well their "artists" are doing, since they decided it in advance. You are correct though in that the radio stations do pay for the privelege of advertising for the RIAA.
Did you read his post? He was talking about rights explicitly denied by the Constitution. That means rights the Constitution denys to minors, and there is only one. .. At no point does it mention ANYTHING about ages to own a gun, speak freely, or any of the rest of your points. Your points are covered by LAWS, not the Constitution. Get it?
Red light cameras: ok at best. Speed trap cameras: bad, pure revenue generators. In my town, we have a large sign hooked to a radar gun. The sign displays your speed, and flashes if you exceed the limit. The whole apparatus is on a trailer, so they can easily move it from roadside to roadside. It does and admirable job of making people aware of their speed, and is obviously purely for traffic safety. This, I am for. Camera speed traps are just for money, and many redlight traps are also pure revenue. NOTE: I am a motorcyclist, and have found it necessary on more than one occasion to run a redlight because my bike simply will NOT trip a light sensor. I do look both ways first tho... :-)
Although I agree about the redlights, what does it matter to you if someone else wears their seatbelt? I mean, really... Although you should not be liable for any injury they sustain if they are not wearing it in an accident. PS: I ALWAYS wear my seatbelt.