"If Longhorn had appeared on store shelves this morning thanks to the overnight efforts of magic software gnomes who worked all night it would still be one more stinking Microsoft pile of shit and there's not one person in the world with a clue who doesn't know this."
"I'm surprised he even knows 200 songs, actually."
Why? It's not hard to come up with a list of 200-plus drinking songs from those college frosh days, donchaknow.
Toss in a handful of country-western songs (to show how much of an "ordinary guy" he is) and a handful of patriotic big-band marching songs, and you're set.
My biggest beef with Konfabulator was that the widgets were always on the screen. If you don't have a fat display, using any part of it for stuff you access infrequently is wasteful. At least Dashboard lets me stow everything away and bring it out only when I need it.
"The only well made filmatizations(is that even a word?) ever done, have been those of Shakespeares books, where the know-it-all wannabe script writer haven't altered the dialogue."
Well, sure, but considering that Shakespeare wrote his stuff specifically for it to be acted out in the first place (ever heard of the Globe Theater?), that's not saying much.
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Hie ye over to Littlewing's web site -- not only do they have Crystal Caliburn for Windows, but they continue to make new, ass-kickin' pinball games today. And you can certainly try before you buy, which is a big plus.
I recently picked up Jinni Zeala over Monster Fair because, really, who doesn't want to play a game where the goal is to assemble a harem of scantily-clad women?;-)
Cut the grandparent a little slack -- it took Hasbro nearly 20 years to give us Authentic CGI G1 Transformers Imagery(tm). You gotta admit Prime looked much cooler in CGI than cel animation...
As both a Pixar junkie and a Transformers junkie, I have to say that I can't see any way on Primus' own Cybertron for Brad Bird to ever do a "popcorn movie" based on a licensed property.
He pissed off enough people to get fired from three different studios when he was working "in the system"; I can't imagine the toy-based dictates of Hasbro being any easier to deal with.
No kidding -- I've been using MacOS X since 10.1 came out, and I still don't know what the kernel panic" screen (the equivalent of the BSOD in Windows) looks like.
I've got a couple of flaky apps that will occassionally crash, but I never use them for anything important and thus never lose anything critical.
Anyone actually believe Apple's engineers and coders like putting together a major OS release every year?
While the initial blitz of MacOS X updates was necessary to get it established, slowing down to 18-24 months between releases is better for Apple and customers in the long term.
"That will only work until Apple manages to fix their FairPlay Digital Rights Restriction, which could be tomorrow."
There's still burn-to-audio-CD and re-rip.
Totally missing Scott McCloud's point
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"It's a fine line that has been hotly debated since the days of Socrates, but there is an important qualitative difference between those who do things that are ultimately "functional" (i.e. produce a product which in some way furthers the aims of survival and reproduction) and those things which are "artistic" (i.e. things which do not further survival or reproduction). It has been argued by some (like Scott McCloud) that the moment one bleeds into the other (i.e. the money starts mattering more than the art), it's no longer art."
+3 points for quoting Scott McCloud (of Understanding Comics, for those just joining us), but -10 for totally mangling his point.
If I may quote, from page 168-169:
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"Rare is the person in any occupation who expresses nothing, and rare is the artist who cares nothing for success,i.e., survival!...
"The 'fine artist' -- the pure artist -- says to the world: 'I didn't do this for money! I didn't do this to match the color of your couches! I didn't do this to get laid! I didn't do this for fame or power or greed or anything else! I did this for art! In other words: 'My art has no practical value whatsoever!'"
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The point that you missed in misquoting McCloud is that artistic merit is not exclusive of monetary value. It's entirely possible to create moving works of art, and want to be well-compensated for it. Michaeangelo painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel under commission, for instance.
To claim that there's any financial value where the art suddenly ceases to become art may be a claim you hold, but it's not one McCloud does.
Or, as he says it, "'Pure' art is essentially tied to the question of purpose -- of deciding what you want out of art."
Class dismissed. Alaren has to spend the next three nights re-reading Understanding Comics, and this time actually reading the words instead of just looking at the pretty pictures.
"Tired of those whining fans? Want some piece and quiet when working on your PC? Water cooling can be too expensive and too complicated to install, why not just stick to air cooling?"
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"If Longhorn had appeared on store shelves this morning thanks to the overnight efforts of magic software gnomes who worked all night it would still be one more stinking Microsoft pile of shit and there's not one person in the world with a clue who doesn't know this."
How about Paul Thurrott?
No, Spotlight is about metadata, not just content or filenames.
"I'm surprised he even knows 200 songs, actually."
Why? It's not hard to come up with a list of 200-plus drinking songs from those college frosh days, donchaknow.
Toss in a handful of country-western songs (to show how much of an "ordinary guy" he is) and a handful of patriotic big-band marching songs, and you're set.
My biggest beef with Konfabulator was that the widgets were always on the screen. If you don't have a fat display, using any part of it for stuff you access infrequently is wasteful. At least Dashboard lets me stow everything away and bring it out only when I need it.
"The only well made filmatizations(is that even a word?) ever done, have been those of Shakespeares books, where the know-it-all wannabe script writer haven't altered the dialogue."
Well, sure, but considering that Shakespeare wrote his stuff specifically for it to be acted out in the first place (ever heard of the Globe Theater?), that's not saying much.
Worst. Comment. Ever.
Hie ye over to Littlewing's web site -- not only do they have Crystal Caliburn for Windows, but they continue to make new, ass-kickin' pinball games today. And you can certainly try before you buy, which is a big plus.
;-)
I recently picked up Jinni Zeala over Monster Fair because, really, who doesn't want to play a game where the goal is to assemble a harem of scantily-clad women?
You mean Soundwave (or maybe Blaster), not Shockwave.
Flying laser cannons are easier for today's kids to grok than tape decks.
Cut the grandparent a little slack -- it took Hasbro nearly 20 years to give us Authentic CGI G1 Transformers Imagery(tm). You gotta admit Prime looked much cooler in CGI than cel animation...
The Transformers mythos has violated its own continuity so many times it makes George Lucas jealous.
As both a Pixar junkie and a Transformers junkie, I have to say that I can't see any way on Primus' own Cybertron for Brad Bird to ever do a "popcorn movie" based on a licensed property.
He pissed off enough people to get fired from three different studios when he was working "in the system"; I can't imagine the toy-based dictates of Hasbro being any easier to deal with.
You can identify a Windows user because they're the ones who thinks two weeks of uptime is something to brag about.
No kidding -- I've been using MacOS X since 10.1 came out, and I still don't know what the kernel panic" screen (the equivalent of the BSOD in Windows) looks like.
I've got a couple of flaky apps that will occassionally crash, but I never use them for anything important and thus never lose anything critical.
Anyone actually believe Apple's engineers and coders like putting together a major OS release every year?
While the initial blitz of MacOS X updates was necessary to get it established, slowing down to 18-24 months between releases is better for Apple and customers in the long term.
Please name one other company that sues their fan sites.
Marvel Comics, DC Comics, Hasbro, WB, Sony...
So it's agreed that Windows users are thieves?
Being that this guy is developing for the Mac wouldn't it be safe to assume he's a zealot?
No. He could simply be a developer who likes to work on the Mac.
It's interesting to note, with hindsight, what Jobs' criticism of the Segway were, and how accurate he was with many of them.
"You'll only get one shot at this..."
"Where are all the Apple zealots now?"
Reading (and writing) to Slashdot, as usual. Just because they don't get modded up to 5 doesn't mean they're not out there.
"It's a lot harder to chime in when the question posed is tantamount to 'When is it acceptable to give up your freedom to a company'"
No, it's a lot harder to chime in when you're shouted down by the teeming millions looking for a free lunch.
"That will only work until Apple manages to fix their FairPlay Digital Rights Restriction, which could be tomorrow."
There's still burn-to-audio-CD and re-rip.
"It's a fine line that has been hotly debated since the days of Socrates, but there is an important qualitative difference between those who do things that are ultimately "functional" (i.e. produce a product which in some way furthers the aims of survival and reproduction) and those things which are "artistic" (i.e. things which do not further survival or reproduction). It has been argued by some (like Scott McCloud) that the moment one bleeds into the other (i.e. the money starts mattering more than the art), it's no longer art."
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+3 points for quoting Scott McCloud (of Understanding Comics, for those just joining us), but -10 for totally mangling his point.
If I may quote, from page 168-169:
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"Rare is the person in any occupation who expresses nothing, and rare is the artist who cares nothing for success, i.e., survival!
"The 'fine artist' -- the pure artist -- says to the world: 'I didn't do this for money! I didn't do this to match the color of your couches! I didn't do this to get laid! I didn't do this for fame or power or greed or anything else! I did this for art! In other words: 'My art has no practical value whatsoever!'"
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The point that you missed in misquoting McCloud is that artistic merit is not exclusive of monetary value. It's entirely possible to create moving works of art, and want to be well-compensated for it. Michaeangelo painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel under commission, for instance.
To claim that there's any financial value where the art suddenly ceases to become art may be a claim you hold, but it's not one McCloud does.
Or, as he says it, "'Pure' art is essentially tied to the question of purpose -- of deciding what you want out of art."
Class dismissed. Alaren has to spend the next three nights re-reading Understanding Comics, and this time actually reading the words instead of just looking at the pretty pictures.
What liberal media?
We're talking Steve Jobs and Apple here, not George W. Bush and his Administration.
"Tired of those whining fans? Want some piece and quiet when working on your PC? Water cooling can be too expensive and too complicated to install, why not just stick to air cooling?"
Yeah, like the way my iMac did back in '98.
...we can go outside for some fun with the Soccamatic.