Are you kidding? I grew up on all the movies you mentioned! And yes, I spent my teenage years watching those movies and thinking, 'Gosh! The Sorceress must be at least 14th level to cast such a spell!' and such things. I remember losing it when a friend asked if Rambo should be considered a high-level Fighter.
I can't help thinking 'My god! This is gonna suck!' and yet I'm excited. Will I go watch this movie? You bet. It's like a childhood dream come true, and no way I'm gonna pass on that geekfest!
There's a couple of problems with that movie from the onset of the trailer... To name a few:
The impossibly goody-two-shoes empress who believes everyone should be nice is gonna be the leader of the good guys?
Thanks to that Scary Movie guy for proving once again that in action movies, black guys should play the scared comedic thief with no morals and a thirst for easy cash.
Blue lipstick??? That's supposed to look evil?
If the dragons look like CGI at this resolution, can you imagine them on a movie screen?
"Then we'll make them go through a dungeon! Yeah! Because, you know, we've got dragons, but where are the dungeons? Huh?"
My little brother DM'ed stories that sounded more original when he was 11.
That being said, for some reason, I still find this exciting. First, it's gonna be a filler while we wait for LotR... And if they can make something that slick with the shoestring budget and two-bits director they have, can you imagine what Peter Jackson and a decent budget will turn up?
If I had a time machine, I'd go straight to Christmas 2001!
It means Linux, while versatile, will never be the best at anything because of the way it is built and designed. By extension, this also applies to ANY Open Source project: Open Source makes likeable mutts instead of blue bloods.
I'm not sure I grep your use of the word 'lurk', but hey... If I'm providing you with a modicum of entertainment as part of this freakshow, then all the better.
Tee hee. The original Enoch Root never went away; I simply moved on to the troll sids, became an asshole, and stopped revising my spelling. I guess metaphorically, I did go away.
If you want an explanation, check my recent comments.
Oh, fuck you. I've had it with your narrow-minded, dystopian, paranoid, self-fulfilling fundamentalism that would humble the son of a preacher and a SS. You're no better than the people you decry. 'FUD'? 'hysteria'? 'Propaganda'? 'better future for our children'? I hope you are trolling, because if not, that was the most pathetic excuse for an opinion I've ever had the displeasure to witness expressed in written words. You make me ashamed of ever writing a line of code. You lack such common sense that you wouldn't recognize it if it came up to you and raped your sorry ass.
W2K is really good, and so is RH. I'm sure RH 7.x will eventually be decent enough. But I wish people around here (including the editors) still had the decency to appear as broad-minded technology experts, and not just rambling idiots.
Not sure why I'm into rhino wrestling these days, but your description is apt.
Somehow, history has failed to remember the fanatics who went around criticizing horses and forcing the Model T down everybody's throats, or the maniacs who tipped candles over just to show how dangerous they were.
The Open Source movement - if you are to be believed, in its 'infancy' since the 60's - has plenty of both.
I didn't see you sticking up for W2K when a reported 1,000,000 bugs were found in an early release. Let RH stand on its own, and don't apologize for it. If it's good, it'll emerge, and it doesn't need Slashdot - the 'Linux Gestapo' - to relentlessly promote it to geeks.
I think you have some very valid points. What we need is representative moderation, not widespread moderation. I couldn't put it better myself: tyranny by the majority is still tyranny. Well put, sir.
I agree with you. Nowadays, I call myself an 'ex-geek' because of precisely that reason. I never fought over what OS was better, because I like tinkering with all of them. I like having a slick interface in W2K, and I like the hands-on approach and the technical challenge of tweaking Linux. I like tech toys and science bits.
What I don't like is tight-assed zealots. Nowadays, I'm busy creating and inventing new and cool ways to promote/use WAP and broadband. I'm past my coding years, but I still managed to stay fairly open-minded, creative, and capable of hearing somebody out and changing my opinion.
Perhaps it's the sheer popularity of Linux. Perhaps the old-timers are still around and lurking.
But it's a sad testimony on the state of affairs when the most intelligent and open-minded discussions are found on the trolling forums, and the most playful and innovative people on Slashdot are the trolls themselves.
Like someone else pointed out, trolls didn't break moderation. They merely took advantage of it when it was demonstrated the system was screwed up.
Hey, Siggy... I'm afraid my post sits poorly out of context. I didn't criticize you, I replied to your 'karma whore' post from the K5 moderation thread. It got ignored, because it was post #200something... That being said, I didn't accuse you of anything, except of knowingly or unknowingly taking advantage of a flawed system which you tried to fix by expressing your opinion in the aforementionned thread.
Now, if you left Slashdot, it'd be, like, a part of Slashdot dying off... That being said, I understand; I'm pretty much fed up of it too, and trolling has provided temporary haven from boredom only. It's also a testimony to the fact that whatever effort you make for months on to have a clean rep on Slashdot, a few choice trolls will ruin that, and will provide the incentive for a few morons to publicly wish your death in graphic details.
To tell you the truth, the so-called 'geek' community, as it is showcased on Slashdot, comes across as one of the most close-minded, hypocritical bunch whose sole interest is looking out for their own narrow-minded view of their dysfunctional world. I don't blame you for wanting out of that.
I posted this in an earlier moderation story, and it got ignored because the comment ID was too high. So I'm reposting it. It's Slashback, so that's not really offtopic, is it?
Why is Slashdot a circus of karma whores and trolls at the moment? Slashdot moderation is failing because of exactly
the Delphi effect that Signal 11 tries to promote: the more you spread the ability to vote, the more rating the comment
becomes a popularity contest.
Trolls know this well, and so do karma whores, to an extent: it's a simple matter of politics. Democracy was cracked
by power-hungry lobbyists pretty much the same way Slashdot was cracked by the trolls. If you want enlightened
comments and worthwhile discussions, then placing the debate in the hands of the silent majority is just going to create
a mess.
Take Big Brother as an example: are you surprised the pretty face with the missing leg won? This shows you how
pathetic it was to let the whole Internet vote. If you compare with Survivor, where the people involved in the action
did the voting, there's a modicum of sense that arises. The winner was not the prettiest or the most popular, but the one
who worked the hardest and made the most sense.
In Slashdot terms, the problem comes from the fact that those who moderate are necessarely uninvolved in the debate
at hand. This allows trolls and karma whores to manipulate the popular opinion, while ACs sink karma faster than an
omniscient Battleship player.
What you want is closer to peer review that you find in scientific papers. You want moderators who know what the
hell is going on, and have proved they are unbiased.
Democracy works when everyone votes. But it doesn't work insofar as empowering everyone with the ability to run
the show. Slashdot needs to realize that if they ever hope to run a decent discussion site.
I'd like to see either Signal 11 or myself get moderated up in a story we don't know shit about, when the moderators
are authorities on the subject.
And by the way, if you moderated this down because of the goatsex link, you're probably part of the problem I just described.
Why is Slashdot a circus of karma whores and trolls at the moment? Slashdot moderation is failing because of exactly the Delphi effect that Signal 11 tries to promote: the more you spread the ability to vote, the more rating the comment becomes a popularity contest.
Trolls know this well, and so do karma whores, to an extent: it's a simple matter of politics. Democracy was cracked by power-hungry lobbyists pretty much the same way Slashdot was cracked by the trolls. If you want enlightened comments and worthwhile discussions, then placing the debate in the hands of the silent majority is just going to create a mess.
Take Big Brother as an example: are you surprised the pretty face with the missing leg won? This shows you how pathetic it was to let the whole Internet vote. If you compare with Survivor, where the people involved in the action did the voting, there's a modicum of sense that arises. The winner was not the prettiest or the most popular, but the one who worked the hardest and made the most sense.
In Slashdot terms, the problem comes from the fact that those who moderate are necessarely uninvolved in the debate at hand. This allows trolls and karma whores to manipulate the popular opinion, while ACs sink karma faster than an omniscient Battleship player.
What you want is closer to peer review that you find in scientific papers. You want moderators who know what the hell is going on, and have proved they are unbiased.
Democracy works when everyone votes. But it doesn't work insofar as empowering everyone with the ability to run the show. Slashdot needs to realize that if they ever hope to run a decent discussion site.
I'd like to see either Signal 11 or myself get moderated up in a story we don't know shit about, when the moderators are authorities on the subject.
Why would Sony give a fuck about how much they sell for on eBay? What they want is a focused marketing campaign to kick in right in time for Christmas. Creating an early panic because demand is low is gonna spike the customer's interest, as well as generate a whole lot of publicity by showing people panicking for a PS2 on the news. Free publicity, and the sheeps are throwing themselves at the Toys'R'Us: instant Christmas time frenzy. This is gonna be a Pokemon craze for adults.
I can't wait to pay good money for a proprietary platform supported by a huge multinational who wants to ban Napster, on which I will play my DVDs without the need for DeCSS! I mean, they use Linux for development and will be competing with Microsoft's X-Box, so they must be the good guys, right?
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I can't help thinking 'My god! This is gonna suck!' and yet I'm excited. Will I go watch this movie? You bet. It's like a childhood dream come true, and no way I'm gonna pass on that geekfest!
The impossibly goody-two-shoes empress who believes everyone should be nice is gonna be the leader of the good guys?
Thanks to that Scary Movie guy for proving once again that in action movies, black guys should play the scared comedic thief with no morals and a thirst for easy cash.
Blue lipstick??? That's supposed to look evil?
If the dragons look like CGI at this resolution, can you imagine them on a movie screen?
"Then we'll make them go through a dungeon! Yeah! Because, you know, we've got dragons, but where are the dungeons? Huh?"
My little brother DM'ed stories that sounded more original when he was 11.
That being said, for some reason, I still find this exciting. First, it's gonna be a filler while we wait for LotR... And if they can make something that slick with the shoestring budget and two-bits director they have, can you imagine what Peter Jackson and a decent budget will turn up?
If I had a time machine, I'd go straight to Christmas 2001!
It means Linux, while versatile, will never be the best at anything because of the way it is built and designed. By extension, this also applies to ANY Open Source project: Open Source makes likeable mutts instead of blue bloods.
Polland pushes back German Panzers and bombers with handguns. WW2 ends prematurely.
Yeah, that makes a lot of sense.
I'm not sure I grep your use of the word 'lurk', but hey... If I'm providing you with a modicum of entertainment as part of this freakshow, then all the better.
Good little Slashbot... You learned all the valuable lessons.
If you want an explanation, check my recent comments.
Oh, fuck you. I've had it with your narrow-minded, dystopian, paranoid, self-fulfilling fundamentalism that would humble the son of a preacher and a SS. You're no better than the people you decry. 'FUD'? 'hysteria'? 'Propaganda'? 'better future for our children'? I hope you are trolling, because if not, that was the most pathetic excuse for an opinion I've ever had the displeasure to witness expressed in written words. You make me ashamed of ever writing a line of code. You lack such common sense that you wouldn't recognize it if it came up to you and raped your sorry ass.
Touché!
Not sure why I'm into rhino wrestling these days, but your description is apt.
The Open Source movement - if you are to be believed, in its 'infancy' since the 60's - has plenty of both.
I didn't see you sticking up for W2K when a reported 1,000,000 bugs were found in an early release. Let RH stand on its own, and don't apologize for it. If it's good, it'll emerge, and it doesn't need Slashdot - the 'Linux Gestapo' - to relentlessly promote it to geeks.
Yeah yeah, that was a 'me too' post.
What I don't like is tight-assed zealots. Nowadays, I'm busy creating and inventing new and cool ways to promote/use WAP and broadband. I'm past my coding years, but I still managed to stay fairly open-minded, creative, and capable of hearing somebody out and changing my opinion.
Perhaps it's the sheer popularity of Linux. Perhaps the old-timers are still around and lurking.
But it's a sad testimony on the state of affairs when the most intelligent and open-minded discussions are found on the trolling forums, and the most playful and innovative people on Slashdot are the trolls themselves.
Like someone else pointed out, trolls didn't break moderation. They merely took advantage of it when it was demonstrated the system was screwed up.
Now, if you left Slashdot, it'd be, like, a part of Slashdot dying off... That being said, I understand; I'm pretty much fed up of it too, and trolling has provided temporary haven from boredom only. It's also a testimony to the fact that whatever effort you make for months on to have a clean rep on Slashdot, a few choice trolls will ruin that, and will provide the incentive for a few morons to publicly wish your death in graphic details.
To tell you the truth, the so-called 'geek' community, as it is showcased on Slashdot, comes across as one of the most close-minded, hypocritical bunch whose sole interest is looking out for their own narrow-minded view of their dysfunctional world. I don't blame you for wanting out of that.
As a karma whore turned troll, let me chime in.
Why is Slashdot a circus of karma whores and trolls at the moment? Slashdot moderation is failing because of exactly the Delphi effect that Signal 11 tries to promote: the more you spread the ability to vote, the more rating the comment becomes a popularity contest.
Trolls know this well, and so do karma whores, to an extent: it's a simple matter of politics. Democracy was cracked by power-hungry lobbyists pretty much the same way Slashdot was cracked by the trolls. If you want enlightened comments and worthwhile discussions, then placing the debate in the hands of the silent majority is just going to create a mess.
Take Big Brother as an example: are you surprised the pretty face with the missing leg won? This shows you how pathetic it was to let the whole Internet vote. If you compare with Survivor, where the people involved in the action did the voting, there's a modicum of sense that arises. The winner was not the prettiest or the most popular, but the one who worked the hardest and made the most sense.
In Slashdot terms, the problem comes from the fact that those who moderate are necessarely uninvolved in the debate at hand. This allows trolls and karma whores to manipulate the popular opinion, while ACs sink karma faster than an omniscient Battleship player.
What you want is closer to peer review that you find in scientific papers. You want moderators who know what the hell is going on, and have proved they are unbiased.
Democracy works when everyone votes. But it doesn't work insofar as empowering everyone with the ability to run the show. Slashdot needs to realize that if they ever hope to run a decent discussion site.
I'd like to see either Signal 11 or myself get moderated up in a story we don't know shit about, when the moderators are authorities on the subject.
And by the way, if you moderated this down because of the goatsex link, you're probably part of the problem I just described.
Why is Slashdot a circus of karma whores and trolls at the moment? Slashdot moderation is failing because of exactly the Delphi effect that Signal 11 tries to promote: the more you spread the ability to vote, the more rating the comment becomes a popularity contest.
Trolls know this well, and so do karma whores, to an extent: it's a simple matter of politics. Democracy was cracked by power-hungry lobbyists pretty much the same way Slashdot was cracked by the trolls. If you want enlightened comments and worthwhile discussions, then placing the debate in the hands of the silent majority is just going to create a mess.
Take Big Brother as an example: are you surprised the pretty face with the missing leg won? This shows you how pathetic it was to let the whole Internet vote. If you compare with Survivor, where the people involved in the action did the voting, there's a modicum of sense that arises. The winner was not the prettiest or the most popular, but the one who worked the hardest and made the most sense.
In Slashdot terms, the problem comes from the fact that those who moderate are necessarely uninvolved in the debate at hand. This allows trolls and karma whores to manipulate the popular opinion, while ACs sink karma faster than an omniscient Battleship player.
What you want is closer to peer review that you find in scientific papers. You want moderators who know what the hell is going on, and have proved they are unbiased.
Democracy works when everyone votes. But it doesn't work insofar as empowering everyone with the ability to run the show. Slashdot needs to realize that if they ever hope to run a decent discussion site.
I'd like to see either Signal 11 or myself get moderated up in a story we don't know shit about, when the moderators are authorities on the subject.
Why do they want to make a covert NASA film studio into a historical site?
Why would Sony give a fuck about how much they sell for on eBay? What they want is a focused marketing campaign to kick in right in time for Christmas. Creating an early panic because demand is low is gonna spike the customer's interest, as well as generate a whole lot of publicity by showing people panicking for a PS2 on the news. Free publicity, and the sheeps are throwing themselves at the Toys'R'Us: instant Christmas time frenzy. This is gonna be a Pokemon craze for adults.
I can't wait to pay good money for a proprietary platform supported by a huge multinational who wants to ban Napster, on which I will play my DVDs without the need for DeCSS! I mean, they use Linux for development and will be competing with Microsoft's X-Box, so they must be the good guys, right?
"<BR><BR>"Sig
...includes a smiley in his product name? And what kind of moron expects everyone to take such a product seriously?
And that, my little grasshopper, is why you'll stay in your tech job as all your enemies climb the corporate ladder of management.
Remember when Linux fitted on a single floppy?
Another black hole article? You really want to see goatse.cx links florish!