Yeah, but with a prequel like this, it has a lot of potential. Like anything (ahem, the Star Wars prequels), it can fall flat on its face in the eyes of the true fans, or it can take off and create a whole new corner of the universe previously unexplored.
I think this could be cool, I've often wondered about the earlier conflicts in this war, and this could scratch my itch. But the ultimate end-all-be-all will be the game-play. If that sucks, the story means nothing.
scene: An 800-pound gorilla with "IBM" painted on his chest is strapped to the table, with a manic grinning SCO bouncing around with an annoying pen-laser in his hand.
IBM: Do you expect me to die?
SCO: (bounce bounce) No, Mr. IBM, I expect you to, er, um, well, just give me the freakin' money!!! (aims pen-laser at crotch and giggles maniacally)
Microsoft also does this at every keynote, conference etc. If it's held internally enough, you don't even need the permission of the studios. But if you're showing actual captured footage from the movie, and inviting everyone and their mother to the conference, you'd damn well better get permission. If it's an internal conference only (SCO and their partners, and no press) then it's a grey area. Generally, if it's a spoof (Balmer's face obviously matted onto Darth Vader's body), the studios don't care much.
Yup, since I wrote that, there have been at least two other pinpoints blamed. I guess in general, it's easy to blame the (forty-year) old lines in the Loop. Blame blame blame, that's the 'merican media game.
Both sides of the border confirmed that lightning struck the Niagra plant. It's all ready to be switched back on, but they're spreading the message (well, trying to) for everybody to turn appliances and lights OFF before they crank back up the power.
NASA might win more more public approval if they loudly proclaimed their endeavours while they worked on them.
But vaporware is a bitch, when it comes back to bite you in the arse. If programs get cancelled, the cry-wolf factor comes into play and nobody pays attention to their proclamations anymore.
C' mon, we already learned about this in Jurassic Park. My theory is, kill that butterfly in Tahiti and there will be no tornados in Kansas this year. Problem solved.
Could someone please explain the reference in the department title for this story?
The article mentions several times that one of their key demographics is horse-lovers, along with married women over 20, etc. Why? I have no clue. One of their marketers is on crack.
No, he meant shutter. This was the peak of his sentence, Valar trapped in the corner, hands raised in a defensive position to shield his eyes and protect his face, then in an instant, he mutters the word "Minux" in a horrified whisper and bam, the flash goes off, the shutter is snapped, the picture is taken...
the horror, the horrah...
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The Apollo 1 fire was as traumatic as an accident could be, yet the program pulled itself up by its bootstraps and proceeded to hit their milestone.
But remember this was in a different time. The cold war was a motivating factor for the Apollo program, so more risk was acceptable. Nowadays that kind of failure would be a 1.5-2 year setback, at least.
I agree, NASA is impotent. What can be done to further our space program either without them, or without this 100% reliance on them? Something has to be done, dammit, I at least want to visit LEO before I die.
Yes, it is. You and I know that, but NASA is in a real tough spot right now. One or two major mistakes (especially fatal mistakes), and congress looks to re-vamp the whole system (good in my opinion). If it plays it safe for the next ten years, things look good on their record, and congress backs off and thinks that everything is fine.
What would you do if you had a gun at your head and were told that any further mistakes would lead to that trigger getting pulled?
They're in self-preservation mode, exploration and progress be damned. I hate this kind of shit, let's get rid of the bloated government agency and put together a reward-based fund for private enterprise. At least we'll see innovation without (much) bureaucracy that way.
But where would my yacht and Hummer(tm) go? Plus, think of the golf courses, man! Plus a couple acres for my dot-com business, and maybe a big open grass field for me to run and wave my arms and be happy that I'm not living in a paper hut on the fifth floor in Hong Kong...
Years from now, it'll be all about the people with beer guts and no shirts on cheering for their favorite rocket driver/sponsor and they'll be wearing t-shirts with the rocket on them.
I would rather complain about the quality of the fan base dwindling, than complain about there being little-to-no fan base. Bring on the beer guts! Maybe Budweiser will see their target audience and throw some money at the program...
I am predicting that whatever Roper's new company is, it will become the gem of the industry that Blizzard was 2 years ago. RoperCo will be known for it's quality, whilst Blizzard will be known for it's past hits and it's current turmoil. Here's hoping that Diablo III comes from RoperCo and not Blizzard...
One of my fondest memories was to watch my pal (Matt Maline, if you're lurking around/. somewhere...) play through the entire Dragon's Lair game with us covering his eyes. He had memorized every choice and relied on the sound cues for timing. Pretty impressive for a 6th grader, or so I thought.
Not to mention that Greedo's shot is waaaaay off to the side, the miss is missed by 2 meters. oof. At least line up the special effects with the axis of the plastic gun. thank you, I'm off to get a life now.
Oh please don't give any more pointers to this guy's site, he doesn't need the publicity. What an attention-craving boob. I can't wait to meet him in person so's I can give him a Buzz Aldrin (nice square punch in the jaw).
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Yeah, but with a prequel like this, it has a lot of potential. Like anything (ahem, the Star Wars prequels), it can fall flat on its face in the eyes of the true fans, or it can take off and create a whole new corner of the universe previously unexplored.
I think this could be cool, I've often wondered about the earlier conflicts in this war, and this could scratch my itch. But the ultimate end-all-be-all will be the game-play. If that sucks, the story means nothing.
duh, you mean Mark Hamill. He's a famous film actor, as seen in Corvette Summer and the great sci-fi straight-to-video flick, Slipstream.
scene: An 800-pound gorilla with "IBM" painted on his chest is strapped to the table, with a manic grinning SCO bouncing around with an annoying pen-laser in his hand.
IBM: Do you expect me to die?
SCO: (bounce bounce) No, Mr. IBM, I expect you to, er, um, well, just give me the freakin' money!!! (aims pen-laser at crotch and giggles maniacally)
Microsoft also does this at every keynote, conference etc. If it's held internally enough, you don't even need the permission of the studios. But if you're showing actual captured footage from the movie, and inviting everyone and their mother to the conference, you'd damn well better get permission. If it's an internal conference only (SCO and their partners, and no press) then it's a grey area. Generally, if it's a spoof (Balmer's face obviously matted onto Darth Vader's body), the studios don't care much.
Yup, since I wrote that, there have been at least two other pinpoints blamed. I guess in general, it's easy to blame the (forty-year) old lines in the Loop. Blame blame blame, that's the 'merican media game.
Both sides of the border confirmed that lightning struck the Niagra plant. It's all ready to be switched back on, but they're spreading the message (well, trying to) for everybody to turn appliances and lights OFF before they crank back up the power.
I'm still going through the hits...
They could plant them all over the place to monitor cell phone reception and fire that "Can you hear me now" guy!
Bless you. +20 Insightful.
NASA might win more more public approval if they loudly proclaimed their endeavours while they worked on them.
But vaporware is a bitch, when it comes back to bite you in the arse. If programs get cancelled, the cry-wolf factor comes into play and nobody pays attention to their proclamations anymore.
C' mon, we already learned about this in Jurassic Park. My theory is, kill that butterfly in Tahiti and there will be no tornados in Kansas this year. Problem solved.
Could someone please explain the reference in the department title for this story?
The article mentions several times that one of their key demographics is horse-lovers, along with married women over 20, etc. Why? I have no clue. One of their marketers is on crack.
I think you meant shudder .
No, he meant shutter. This was the peak of his sentence, Valar trapped in the corner, hands raised in a defensive position to shield his eyes and protect his face, then in an instant, he mutters the word "Minux" in a horrified whisper and bam, the flash goes off, the shutter is snapped, the picture is taken...
the horror, the horrah...
It's all about framing your shot for effect.
Who on Slashdot responds to AC trolls? Log in and add to the discussion, then I will respond. Otherwise, your meager voice blows along with the breeze and is never heard...
The Apollo 1 fire was as traumatic as an accident could be, yet the program pulled itself up by its bootstraps and proceeded to hit their milestone.
But remember this was in a different time. The cold war was a motivating factor for the Apollo program, so more risk was acceptable. Nowadays that kind of failure would be a 1.5-2 year setback, at least.
I agree, NASA is impotent. What can be done to further our space program either without them, or without this 100% reliance on them? Something has to be done, dammit, I at least want to visit LEO before I die.
But isn't making mistakes part of the game.
Yes, it is. You and I know that, but NASA is in a real tough spot right now. One or two major mistakes (especially fatal mistakes), and congress looks to re-vamp the whole system (good in my opinion). If it plays it safe for the next ten years, things look good on their record, and congress backs off and thinks that everything is fine.
What would you do if you had a gun at your head and were told that any further mistakes would lead to that trigger getting pulled?
They're in self-preservation mode, exploration and progress be damned. I hate this kind of shit, let's get rid of the bloated government agency and put together a reward-based fund for private enterprise. At least we'll see innovation without (much) bureaucracy that way.
But where would my yacht and Hummer(tm) go? Plus, think of the golf courses, man! Plus a couple acres for my dot-com business, and maybe a big open grass field for me to run and wave my arms and be happy that I'm not living in a paper hut on the fifth floor in Hong Kong...
whoops, got on a tangent there...
Years from now, it'll be all about the people with beer guts and no shirts on cheering for their favorite rocket driver/sponsor and they'll be wearing t-shirts with the rocket on them.
I would rather complain about the quality of the fan base dwindling, than complain about there being little-to-no fan base. Bring on the beer guts! Maybe Budweiser will see their target audience and throw some money at the program...
I am predicting that whatever Roper's new company is, it will become the gem of the industry that Blizzard was 2 years ago. RoperCo will be known for it's quality, whilst Blizzard will be known for it's past hits and it's current turmoil. Here's hoping that Diablo III comes from RoperCo and not Blizzard...
One of my fondest memories was to watch my pal (Matt Maline, if you're lurking around /. somewhere...) play through the entire Dragon's Lair game with us covering his eyes. He had memorized every choice and relied on the sound cues for timing. Pretty impressive for a 6th grader, or so I thought.
Not to mention that Greedo's shot is waaaaay off to the side, the miss is missed by 2 meters. oof. At least line up the special effects with the axis of the plastic gun. thank you, I'm off to get a life now.
Oh please don't give any more pointers to this guy's site, he doesn't need the publicity. What an attention-craving boob. I can't wait to meet him in person so's I can give him a Buzz Aldrin (nice square punch in the jaw).
Blackmail implicitly involves secrecy between the two parties, because it is the threat of breaking that secrecy which constitutes blackmail.
So on that note, could this be defined as extortion, as opposed to blackmail?
That's a real-time image. They were running the timezone server off of the watch, it's toast now.
funniest. anonymous post. ever.
Found it, it was Newman's line:
"Newman had a simple explanation for why mail carriers might go crazy. Because the mail never stops. It just keeps coming and coming."
from lot's of google-digging for such a small point to be made...