Yes, the Chinese economy may be becoming ever more capitalist, but it's still a totalitarian state with the typically Communist lack of respect for individual freedom.
Jeez... if it weren't for your Dutch email address, I'd have written you off as a right-wing American. I don't like 'true' communism at all (impossible in practice, and I don't even humour it in theory now), but your implication that capitalism --> freedom (and vice versa) and that totalitarian --> communism (and vice versa) is a typical knee-jerk reaction.
It's quite possible to have a capitalist system in place under a totalitarian government, you know. The fact they have lack of respect for freedom doesn't make them communist (true in the opposite direction, though).
Trust me; your average Slashdotter isn't half as clever as he likes to think he is. I figured the moon turning red was some reference to the Bible or a mystical text, but I also gambled that the poster didn't know that this was quite a common occurrence. Okay, so I was wrong...
And as for my ignorance of the Book of Revelation- how dare you! I'm so religious I can say the Lord's Prayer backwards.... err... oops, I didn't mean that.
"I'm big and clever! I know how to type that 'æ' symbol properly. Neh neh neh neh-neh neh!" (^_^)
was part of the Jon Pertwee era which was first shown in color. I can't remember if the color version of this was lost, or if it was re-colored based on the NTSC version.
I remember this, because there was some publicity at the time 'The Daemons' (er... I mean 'The Dæmons':) ) was shown in the early 1990s.
Basically, they had a decent quality black-and-white film transfer *and* some low-quality colour VHS tapes recorded from an American TV transmission in the late 1970s (IIRC). They used the NTSC colour VHSs to colourise the black-and-white film (the eye's colour resolution being much lower than that for detail).
There were various problems, such as the two pictures not being exactly the same size; they used a video-effects machine to stretch one to the same shape.
The current series takes so bloody long to get anywhere.
Have you ever watched a Pertwee-era six-episode story? *They* are slow. Most of the new ones are 45 minutes long.
Yeah, the new ones are *way* too soapy in parts, but the increased focus on emotional stuff sometimes pays off well; "Father's Day" was a far better story for it. "Classic" Who or not (i.e. Tom Baker fanboy era), it worked.
Personally, I wish they'd cut some of the crap humour and tone down the tongue-in-cheek nature of some stories, but there's been a lot of good stuff in the new series.
Peter Davison, Colin Baker and Sylvester Macoy never had any decent scripts to work with
Not true; Peter Davison had The Caves of Androzani which I've heard is considered one of, if not *the* best Doctor Who stories by fans. I'm no diehard fan, and I came to the same conclusion myself (bought it after early-1990s repeat, in turn after good memories of the original transmissions).
Sylvester McCoy's era I had some bad memories of... I've heard he's a really good actor hobbled by some less than brilliant scripts. I rented Remembrance of the Daleks, and remembered why I was unhappy with the show towards the end. Since I hadn't seen his stuff (with one exception) since its original transmission, I assumed it was because I was growing up; but 'Remembrance' *does* have bad dialogue, *really* poor (and now dated) music, and if anything looks cheaper than the early-80s shows I grew up with (yeah, Peter Davison was 'my' canonical Doctor if anyone was). It used one of those plasma balls as a prop- even then, I'd seen the things on sale in high-street shops and it really stuck in my mind in a negative manner. Overall, it *felt* like watching a children's show.
But... I remember enjoying 'Survival' a lot at the time (this is before I realised the show had been cancelled; because of that, it never stuck in my head as the "last story shown"- I just enjoyed it).
More importantly, I recently rented Ghost Light. Although I don't remember much of this from the original transmission (for some reason), it turns out to be pretty good. Pretty hard to understand on first viewing (the DVD extras explain a lot, although they shouldn't have to), partly because it was cut from 4 to 3 episodes. But it's creative and well-made; for all its flaws, it's way better than 'Remembrance of the Daleks'. McCoy's Doctor is more interesting (less comical and darker) here. Notably, this was also part of the final series.
Well, I've heard Doctor Who was getting better again towards the end, and I can believe it...
WRT John Nathan-Turner; *he* wanted out of the show, and the BBC forced him to stay. It's now out in the open that Michael Grade (then controller of BBC1) hated the show, and the fact it was being shown against 'Coronation Street' (very high viewing figures) suggests they wanted it to fail.
As I said, I'm prepared to believe the fans when they said it improved in the final series; given good faith within the BBC, and a larger budget, it may have survived and prospered. I won't claim that JNT was perfect, but my hunch is that it was convenient for the BBC to have him in place when they wanted to axe the show.
older ones (back to 1963!) are very poor duplications of black and white episodes.
The Aztecs is in pretty respectable condition (they spent a lot of time restoring it, even to the extent of 'putting back' the look of the original video which was lost in the transfer to film).
Story's not bad either, considering its era; British TV was still quite new then. The productions were often theatrical in style, and either live, or recorded straight-through in a similar manner.
The Aztecs *is* like that, but it's reasonably entertaining bearing all that in mind. I'm not sure I'd show it to a 7-year old to get them into Doctor Who though...
I had an epson C84 printer... brand new... when the came-with-the-printer inks ran out, I bought some 3rd party ones...
Two problems... the ink smelled -- like rotten eggs. You could smell it if a printed page was on the desk, and you were standing two feet away.
Aaah... I see the problem. Instead of the 'black' or 'cyan/yellow/magenta' cartridges, you bought the 'cat's piss' odour-ink cartridge.
This unique innovation allows you to print messages that your feline friends can understand using their own mode of communication (i.e. smell).
Of course, Fluffy doesn't have to know how to use a computer in order to reply. Just leave a sheet of paper out, and she'll give you a reply in no time!
Well, there's at least one instance of someone buying a three-digit (IIRC)/. account on eBay. I wouldn't kiss someone's backside simply because they had a lower account number than me.
That having been said, I doubt a 5-digit account is worth much to anyone; $0.21 on eBay at most.
The cost blows up when your car gets to 10-12 years old.
I thought the shaken got expensive long before that; I guess that's relative, so that it goes from expensive to oh-my-****-I'm-not-paying-$3000-to-keep-my-car-wor th-$200-on-the-road. Right? (^_^)
I see lots of Nissan Cube (no bull) cars on the street - a rounded box on wheels.
I'm dreading some horrid Star Trek geek importing one of those into the US and turning it into a mini Borg ship. It'd *definitely* make the front page of Slashdot:-6
I'd like to agree with you, but the production of cars causes large amounts of pollution, and the old cars will be shipped elsewhere in Asia anyway.
OTOH, it ultimately means that cleaner cars will be in use, so that's a good thing. However, although I hate to have to say it, I think it's going to require a more radical mindset to solve pollution (and energy) problems in the future. And no, I don't think the 'trendy' Prius is the solution; I think people walking more, not designing towns reliant on transport and better public transport are closer to the solution.
Sounds a bit un-American, but I'm not American, so I don't care. (^_^)
My understanding is that the situation in Japan is geared towards keeping people buying new cars. The MOT (or whatever it's called) on cars over a certain age (4 years or something) is very expensive, making it less desirable to run an older car (although I'm sure that Japanese politicians would utter some nonsense about pollution and the need to keep the country clean, yadda...)
This sounds like a new twist on the same thing. Sorry, excuse my scepticism, but as soon as I read the story, my reaction was "they need to *buy* new products to replace old ones? How convenient..."
Is there *anyone* out there with the money to spend on this that does't have a CD/DVD drive? I'm willing to guess that the proportion of (potential) buyers without a floppy drive will far outweigh those without a CD drive.
Besides which, if a floppy is that important, they could put a "create floppy" option on the CD.
My desktop doesn't have any[virii/malware] that I know of, it is running Windows.
That you know of? Exactly.
The worst ones are the ones you *don't* know of; your statement *could* mean that you are incompetent and/or that your spyware-detection software is poor.
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One guy got increased flexibility, tothe point that he could bend and extend his bones/muscles as much as he wanted.
However, his joy turned to profound disappointment as it was pointed out that the penis contains neither bone nor muscle.
And from Netcraft numbers (June 2004), FreeBSD had a 25% increase in the last year.
Netcraft confirms it- BSD is..... d'Oh!!
I am sure this will prove to as productive as searching eBay images for hidden Al-Qaeda messages.
Great deal on Hidden Al-Qaeda messages. aff.
eBay.com
Yes, the Chinese economy may be becoming ever more capitalist, but it's still a totalitarian state with the typically Communist lack of respect for individual freedom.
Jeez... if it weren't for your Dutch email address, I'd have written you off as a right-wing American. I don't like 'true' communism at all (impossible in practice, and I don't even humour it in theory now), but your implication that capitalism --> freedom (and vice versa) and that totalitarian --> communism (and vice versa) is a typical knee-jerk reaction.
It's quite possible to have a capitalist system in place under a totalitarian government, you know. The fact they have lack of respect for freedom doesn't make them communist (true in the opposite direction, though).
Trust me; your average Slashdotter isn't half as clever as he likes to think he is. I figured the moon turning red was some reference to the Bible or a mystical text, but I also gambled that the poster didn't know that this was quite a common occurrence. Okay, so I was wrong...
And as for my ignorance of the Book of Revelation- how dare you! I'm so religious I can say the Lord's Prayer backwards.... err... oops, I didn't mean that.
Also Dæmons
:) ) was shown in the early 1990s.
"I'm big and clever! I know how to type that 'æ' symbol properly. Neh neh neh neh-neh neh!" (^_^)
was part of the Jon Pertwee era which was first shown in color. I can't remember if the color version of this was lost, or if it was re-colored based on the NTSC version.
I remember this, because there was some publicity at the time 'The Daemons' (er... I mean 'The Dæmons'
Basically, they had a decent quality black-and-white film transfer *and* some low-quality colour VHS tapes recorded from an American TV transmission in the late 1970s (IIRC). They used the NTSC colour VHSs to colourise the black-and-white film (the eye's colour resolution being much lower than that for detail).
There were various problems, such as the two pictures not being exactly the same size; they used a video-effects machine to stretch one to the same shape.
You can read more on this at the Restoration Team website.
Apple and Intel are merging? Hey, that's funny, the moon has never been that shade of red before.
The moon goes *very* noticeably orange/red during certain stages of a lunar eclipse. 'Nuff said.
I watched Doctor Who on a 14-inch black and white telly until 1983, you insensitive clod!
Actually, that might not be true; I think it was more like a 12-inch model.
The current series takes so bloody long to get anywhere.
Have you ever watched a Pertwee-era six-episode story? *They* are slow. Most of the new ones are 45 minutes long.
Yeah, the new ones are *way* too soapy in parts, but the increased focus on emotional stuff sometimes pays off well; "Father's Day" was a far better story for it. "Classic" Who or not (i.e. Tom Baker fanboy era), it worked.
Personally, I wish they'd cut some of the crap humour and tone down the tongue-in-cheek nature of some stories, but there's been a lot of good stuff in the new series.
Peter Davison, Colin Baker and Sylvester Macoy never had any decent scripts to work with
Not true; Peter Davison had The Caves of Androzani which I've heard is considered one of, if not *the* best Doctor Who stories by fans. I'm no diehard fan, and I came to the same conclusion myself (bought it after early-1990s repeat, in turn after good memories of the original transmissions).
Sylvester McCoy's era I had some bad memories of... I've heard he's a really good actor hobbled by some less than brilliant scripts. I rented Remembrance of the Daleks, and remembered why I was unhappy with the show towards the end. Since I hadn't seen his stuff (with one exception) since its original transmission, I assumed it was because I was growing up; but 'Remembrance' *does* have bad dialogue, *really* poor (and now dated) music, and if anything looks cheaper than the early-80s shows I grew up with (yeah, Peter Davison was 'my' canonical Doctor if anyone was). It used one of those plasma balls as a prop- even then, I'd seen the things on sale in high-street shops and it really stuck in my mind in a negative manner. Overall, it *felt* like watching a children's show.
But... I remember enjoying 'Survival' a lot at the time (this is before I realised the show had been cancelled; because of that, it never stuck in my head as the "last story shown"- I just enjoyed it).
More importantly, I recently rented Ghost Light. Although I don't remember much of this from the original transmission (for some reason), it turns out to be pretty good. Pretty hard to understand on first viewing (the DVD extras explain a lot, although they shouldn't have to), partly because it was cut from 4 to 3 episodes. But it's creative and well-made; for all its flaws, it's way better than 'Remembrance of the Daleks'. McCoy's Doctor is more interesting (less comical and darker) here. Notably, this was also part of the final series.
Well, I've heard Doctor Who was getting better again towards the end, and I can believe it...
WRT John Nathan-Turner; *he* wanted out of the show, and the BBC forced him to stay. It's now out in the open that Michael Grade (then controller of BBC1) hated the show, and the fact it was being shown against 'Coronation Street' (very high viewing figures) suggests they wanted it to fail.
As I said, I'm prepared to believe the fans when they said it improved in the final series; given good faith within the BBC, and a larger budget, it may have survived and prospered. I won't claim that JNT was perfect, but my hunch is that it was convenient for the BBC to have him in place when they wanted to axe the show.
Get over yourselffor crying out loud, you have no life and are probably gay.
There was a sub-discussion elsewhere in this thread about Americans not understanding irony. This is irony.
Nothing better to do than post lame and irrelevant insults as an AC? "You have no life"? Sounds like *you* have no life.
Questioning someone's sexuality for no good reason? Suggests repression, and I think *you* are the one who is "probably gay".
The sooner you admit the truth to yourself, the better....
older ones (back to 1963!) are very poor duplications of black and white episodes.
The Aztecs is in pretty respectable condition (they spent a lot of time restoring it, even to the extent of 'putting back' the look of the original video which was lost in the transfer to film).
Story's not bad either, considering its era; British TV was still quite new then. The productions were often theatrical in style, and either live, or recorded straight-through in a similar manner.
The Aztecs *is* like that, but it's reasonably entertaining bearing all that in mind. I'm not sure I'd show it to a 7-year old to get them into Doctor Who though...
I had an epson C84 printer... brand new... when the came-with-the-printer inks ran out, I bought some 3rd party ones... Two problems... the ink smelled -- like rotten eggs. You could smell it if a printed page was on the desk, and you were standing two feet away.
Aaah... I see the problem. Instead of the 'black' or 'cyan/yellow/magenta' cartridges, you bought the 'cat's piss' odour-ink cartridge.
This unique innovation allows you to print messages that your feline friends can understand using their own mode of communication (i.e. smell).
Of course, Fluffy doesn't have to know how to use a computer in order to reply. Just leave a sheet of paper out, and she'll give you a reply in no time!
We recommend you do this outdoors.
> > Is there ANYPLACE that's too wacky for us to use?
> I'm thinking that inside the goatse guy would probably be too wacky.
That's one case the modding geeks won't want to fit lights inside...
It also gives you a good excuse for *not* upgrading your system.
Well, there's at least one instance of someone buying a three-digit (IIRC) /. account on eBay. I wouldn't kiss someone's backside simply because they had a lower account number than me.
That having been said, I doubt a 5-digit account is worth much to anyone; $0.21 on eBay at most.
I call it "Piracy" because Pirates are so cool.
Arrrr! They are that, shiver me timbers.
If it was called something stupid like "Browsing for trax" I'd probably stop doing it.
Didn't stop people "surfing the web" now, did it?
The cost blows up when your car gets to 10-12 years old.
r th-$200-on-the-road. Right? (^_^)
:-6
I thought the shaken got expensive long before that; I guess that's relative, so that it goes from expensive to oh-my-****-I'm-not-paying-$3000-to-keep-my-car-wo
I see lots of Nissan Cube (no bull) cars on the street - a rounded box on wheels.
I'm dreading some horrid Star Trek geek importing one of those into the US and turning it into a mini Borg ship. It'd *definitely* make the front page of Slashdot
You could have bought your Mum a computer with a built in printer; like this one.
I'd like to agree with you, but the production of cars causes large amounts of pollution, and the old cars will be shipped elsewhere in Asia anyway.
OTOH, it ultimately means that cleaner cars will be in use, so that's a good thing. However, although I hate to have to say it, I think it's going to require a more radical mindset to solve pollution (and energy) problems in the future. And no, I don't think the 'trendy' Prius is the solution; I think people walking more, not designing towns reliant on transport and better public transport are closer to the solution.
Sounds a bit un-American, but I'm not American, so I don't care. (^_^)
In that case I believe your Mac has spy ware and viruses too, it's just that you don't know about it yet....
You're a fucking retard.
I don't own a Mac, and never said I did.
You're a fucking retard.
My understanding is that the situation in Japan is geared towards keeping people buying new cars. The MOT (or whatever it's called) on cars over a certain age (4 years or something) is very expensive, making it less desirable to run an older car (although I'm sure that Japanese politicians would utter some nonsense about pollution and the need to keep the country clean, yadda...)
This sounds like a new twist on the same thing. Sorry, excuse my scepticism, but as soon as I read the story, my reaction was "they need to *buy* new products to replace old ones? How convenient..."
> > Hopefully this starts a global trend
> Nah, saving energy is unamerican.
Doesn't it count as a "global trend" if 19/20 people on the face of the earth do it, then?
I know that Americans have a reputation for thinking USA == The Whole World, but that's rather OTT... (^_^)
Anyone else find it weird that the drivers come on a floppy disk?.
Is there *anyone* out there with the money to spend on this that does't have a CD/DVD drive? I'm willing to guess that the proportion of (potential) buyers without a floppy drive will far outweigh those without a CD drive.
Besides which, if a floppy is that important, they could put a "create floppy" option on the CD.
My desktop doesn't have any[virii/malware] that I know of, it is running Windows.
That you know of? Exactly.
The worst ones are the ones you *don't* know of; your statement *could* mean that you are incompetent and/or that your spyware-detection software is poor.
Can't even kazoo in that puppy.
You want to kazoo inside a puppy? You'll never fit- wait until it grows up.