"Does Han Solo shoot first? If not then I will NOT even think about buying the DVD's."
So you'll only think about buying the DVDs if he DOES shoot first? I'm not a moderator, but your comment makes no sense!
Most Star Wars fans know what I'm about to say -- it's not a particularly esoteric piece of knowledge: in the original trilogy, Han Solo shot first. Lucas altered this in the Special Edition so that Greedo shot first, because he felt that the original version made Han too "cold-blooded." Obligatory Google searches here and here.
Many Star Wars fans, including the poster to whom you responded, dislike Lucas' altering of Solo's actions, because they feel it came from a place of political correctness, wanting to make Solo less of an anti-hero and more of a hero.
The worst problem is when badly crafted laws, such as the DMCA, intersect with DRM to lead to results that effectively deprive people of rights they otherwise have under the Copyright Act, or under other laws.
Quite, just as the Third Reich began to effectively deprive people of rights they otherwise had under existing legislation of the time...
[Reference, before someone without a sense of 'Net history mods me as a troll.;-)]
Wrong. Both Lisa and Bart have separately, at one point, envisioned a future version of themselves in which they were extremely obese, but the "rag on a stick" line is from Bart's imagination.
I can't say I'm sorry to hear that Enterprise is in danger of cancellation. I recently began reading Star Trek Creator: The Authorized Biography of Gene Roddenberry, and hearing in Roddenberry's own words about his vision of Star Trek, I can only say that the current Trek producers are pretty much raping the hell out of the Trek dream for pure marketing and financial reasons. Most of the movies and television series have become incredibly jingoistic and militaristic, and both ironically pretty much encompass almost every single thing that Roddenberry warns against. Roddenberry didn't have it perfect, either, but he cared with an obsessive-compulsive passion about the cohesiveness of his creation. The loss of that shows clearly. And the sheer contempt for prior series continuity that is evident in Enterprise absolutely disgusts me.
I'm a Trek fan. Not a con-attending, fanfic-writing one, but certainly semi-passionate; I often find myself reading the books, trying to catch the movies, etc. I was a Trekker even before TNG came out, and read the books as a young teenager. And right now, I could see nothing better for the franchise than for it to die. It's been milked to death and beyond, and the people in charge of the franchise now remind me of necrophiliacs who will simply continue humping the corpse until it decays to dust around them. Strong words, but sincerely, non-trollishly meant.
And this wasn't reported by the news because the very day that 'President' Bush signed this into law, Bush's Iraq administrator L. Paul Bremer announced the capture of Saddam Hussein. It seems awfully convenient. Especially in light of a certain date tree.
But we could trade Bible quotes all night long. I'm just postulating that being a 'good Christian' and being a spammer are mutually exclusive, and that it might not hurt to enlighten this lady as such.
What to Say to Flo When You Call Her ...
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If you do call Flo after reading this comment, you might want to quote some Scripture at her, since she's got the whole "WWJD?" thing going.
Acts 13:10. "You are a child of the devil and an enemy of everything that is right! You are full of all kinds of deceit and trickery. Will you never stop perverting the right ways of the Lord?"
Matthew 19:19. "Jesus replied, 'Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not give false testimony, honor your father and mother,' and 'love your neighbor as yourself.'"
John 10:1. "[T]he man who does not enter the sheep pen by the gate, but climbs in by some other way, is a thief and a robber." (It's a slight stretch, but it's a little applicable.)
Mark 4:18-19. "Still others, like seed sown among thorns, hear the word; but the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth and the desires for other things come in and choke the word, making it unfruitful."
Matthew 19:23-24. "I tell you the truth, it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God."
Revelations 3:16-17. "So, because you are lukewarm -- neither hot nor cold--I am about to spit you out of my mouth. You say, 'I am rich; I have acquired wealth and do not need a thing.' But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked."
1 Timothy 6:17. "Command those who are rich in this present world not to be arrogant nor to put their hope in wealth, which is so uncertain, but to put their hope in God, who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment."
Might want to tell her to read her Bible a little more carefully.
If she tells you, "The Devil can quote Scripture to his purpose," then point out that that's Shakespeare (Merchant of Venice, Act I, Scene iii), not Holy Writ.
(However, if Satan's on the Internet, Bible.Gospelcom.Net would sure let him do it.)
1. Spam. 2. Agree to a newspaper interview identifying you as a spammer. 3. Forget that your address and phone number is listed publicly.... 7. PROFIT!
Note, Texan and Californian Slashdotters: your Senators are co-sponsoring the bill as well. Be sure to write to Sen. Cornyn and Sen. Feinstein.
The bill is S. 1933. It doesn't appear that Congress' website has the text of the legislation up yet, but I believe this link will take you there when it's up. (Congress has a weird linking scheme, so I'm not quite sure if that's a temporary or permanent link.)
Now, don't Slashdot Congress, kids... Homeland Security's just looking for an excuse to visit Cmdr. Taco. ("Now, sir, why do they people who go to this website call you by a military title? What sort of militia are you building up?")
1. Vandalize many Apple signs. 2. Make video showing clearly your face and your acts of vandalism. 3. Put audio into video that clearly reproduces call to Apple for easy identification. 4. Put same on Internet....
This is all so that no one can ever tape "Pump Up The Volume" again... (yes, this is on-topic if you don't get the joke, go rent the film for some amusing remarks about FCC employees).
Fine. If Atrios is going to get taken to court, then it'll happen, but let him throw a PayPal button up and his defense fund'll get taken care of in short order.
But if that's gonna happen, then fair's fair. Then, by the name of all that is good and holy, I hope someone yanks this bitch into court, too, for far worse. Getting a little bit tired of conservatives getting away with advocating the execution of those they disagree with...:/
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"Does Han Solo shoot first? If not then I will NOT even think about buying the DVD's."
So you'll only think about buying the DVDs if he DOES shoot first? I'm not a moderator, but your comment makes no sense!
Most Star Wars fans know what I'm about to say -- it's not a particularly esoteric piece of knowledge: in the original trilogy, Han Solo shot first. Lucas altered this in the Special Edition so that Greedo shot first, because he felt that the original version made Han too "cold-blooded." Obligatory Google searches here and here.
Many Star Wars fans, including the poster to whom you responded, dislike Lucas' altering of Solo's actions, because they feel it came from a place of political correctness, wanting to make Solo less of an anti-hero and more of a hero.
My God. Simpsons quotes really can be used to comment on everything.
Yeah, but I imagine he does.
I just knew that someone was going to do that. *sigh* Didn't follow the link, did you? Do it. All will be made clear.
(We really need a "-1, Clueless" moderation.)
Quite, just as the Third Reich began to effectively deprive people of rights they otherwise had under existing legislation of the time ...
[Reference, before someone without a sense of 'Net history mods me as a troll. ;-)]
During corrosion inspection on Discovery, technicians noticed that one of the gears in a rudder actuator had been installed backwards.
D'oh!
Server Error
... you slashdotted Google!
The server encountered a temporary error and could not complete your request.
Please try again in a minute or so.
You guys finally did the impossible
Wise move. Post the URL to the new website, and let Slashdotting REALLY give them a lesson about bandwidth costs ... :-)
Yes, Kudos! But why don't we have a RSS feed for every section (Games, YRO and so on)...?
You can.
http://slashdot.org/section name.rss,
i.e.
http://slashdot.org/yro.rss
Wrong. Both Lisa and Bart have separately, at one point, envisioned a future version of themselves in which they were extremely obese, but the "rag on a stick" line is from Bart's imagination.
Give me animal outsourcing, any day of the week.
Not to be pedantic, but 24,510 seconds is 408.5 minutes. 408.5 minutes is 6 hours 48.5 minutes, or 6.803 hours.
... but good.
I can't say I'm sorry to hear that Enterprise is in danger of cancellation. I recently began reading Star Trek Creator: The Authorized Biography of Gene Roddenberry, and hearing in Roddenberry's own words about his vision of Star Trek, I can only say that the current Trek producers are pretty much raping the hell out of the Trek dream for pure marketing and financial reasons. Most of the movies and television series have become incredibly jingoistic and militaristic, and both ironically pretty much encompass almost every single thing that Roddenberry warns against. Roddenberry didn't have it perfect, either, but he cared with an obsessive-compulsive passion about the cohesiveness of his creation. The loss of that shows clearly. And the sheer contempt for prior series continuity that is evident in Enterprise absolutely disgusts me.
I'm a Trek fan. Not a con-attending, fanfic-writing one, but certainly semi-passionate; I often find myself reading the books, trying to catch the movies, etc. I was a Trekker even before TNG came out, and read the books as a young teenager. And right now, I could see nothing better for the franchise than for it to die. It's been milked to death and beyond, and the people in charge of the franchise now remind me of necrophiliacs who will simply continue humping the corpse until it decays to dust around them. Strong words, but sincerely, non-trollishly meant.
Curmudgeon: "a crusty, ill-tempered, and usually old man."
Hm. Who would have thought that a site advertising itself as crusty and ill-tempered would have a pessimistic look at the future?
And this wasn't reported by the news because the very day that 'President' Bush signed this into law, Bush's Iraq administrator L. Paul Bremer announced the capture of Saddam Hussein. It seems awfully convenient. Especially in light of a certain date tree.
...
Wouldn't be surprised if Madeleine Albright turned out to be spot-on
Swordgeek, I'm not sure which of my posts you're responding to.
The baby-dashing quote is from the King James Version. The original citations were from the New International Version.
But we could trade Bible quotes all night long. I'm just postulating that being a 'good Christian' and being a spammer are mutually exclusive, and that it might not hurt to enlighten this lady as such.
Acts 13:10. "You are a child of the devil and an enemy of everything that is right! You are full of all kinds of deceit and trickery. Will you never stop perverting the right ways of the Lord?"
Matthew 19:19. "Jesus replied, 'Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not give false testimony, honor your father and mother,' and 'love your neighbor as yourself.'"
John 10:1. "[T]he man who does not enter the sheep pen by the gate, but climbs in by some other way, is a thief and a robber." (It's a slight stretch, but it's a little applicable.)
Mark 4:18-19. "Still others, like seed sown among thorns, hear the word; but the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth and the desires for other things come in and choke the word, making it unfruitful."
Matthew 19:23-24. "I tell you the truth, it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God."
Revelations 3:16-17. "So, because you are lukewarm -- neither hot nor cold--I am about to spit you out of my mouth. You say, 'I am rich; I have acquired wealth and do not need a thing.' But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked."
1 Timothy 6:17. "Command those who are rich in this present world not to be arrogant nor to put their hope in wealth, which is so uncertain, but to put their hope in God, who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment."
Might want to tell her to read her Bible a little more carefully.
If she tells you, "The Devil can quote Scripture to his purpose," then point out that that's Shakespeare (Merchant of Venice, Act I, Scene iii), not Holy Writ.
(However, if Satan's on the Internet, Bible.Gospelcom.Net would sure let him do it.)
1. Spam. ...
2. Agree to a newspaper interview identifying you as a spammer.
3. Forget that your address and phone number is listed publicly.
7. PROFIT!
The bill is S. 1933. It doesn't appear that Congress' website has the text of the legislation up yet, but I believe this link will take you there when it's up. (Congress has a weird linking scheme, so I'm not quite sure if that's a temporary or permanent link.) Now, don't Slashdot Congress, kids ... Homeland Security's just looking for an excuse to visit Cmdr. Taco. ("Now, sir, why do they people who go to this website call you by a military title? What sort of militia are you building up?")
Mod parent up, please ... that's pretty damn witty!
1. Vandalize many Apple signs. ...
2. Make video showing clearly your face and your acts of vandalism.
3. Put audio into video that clearly reproduces call to Apple for easy identification.
4. Put same on Internet.
7. PROFIT!
This is all so that no one can ever tape "Pump Up The Volume" again ... (yes, this is on-topic if you don't get the joke, go rent the film for some amusing remarks about FCC employees).
Hey, whatever happened to Sergei Brin telling us how Google's no. 1 premise was not to be evil? :-)
Fine. If Atrios is going to get taken to court, then it'll happen, but let him throw a PayPal button up and his defense fund'll get taken care of in short order. But if that's gonna happen, then fair's fair. Then, by the name of all that is good and holy, I hope someone yanks this bitch into court, too, for far worse. Getting a little bit tired of conservatives getting away with advocating the execution of those they disagree with ... :/