"The other lame idea factory is to take a subculture and then do a movie "about" it but adding bank robbers and/or a love interest to make it accesible to the common man."
Didn't Home Alone 3 involve some sort of terrorist plot?
I agree with your point in general, but I haveta defend Lord of the Rings. It turned out pretty good.
I miss the 80's, though. Movies like Back to the Future, Ghostbusters, Robocop, etc... were fun to watch and quite entertaining. I can't believe that spirit is virtually obliterated. Eventually somebody'll figure it out and start making movies to have fun again.
I vaguely remember a quote somewhere (a few years ago) that said:
"We sold 20 million copies of Windows, but there are 80 million running it."
heh. Serves em right!
Pity the big guys selling laptops practically ram Windows (and Office...) down your throat. I'd probably have bought one of the fancier Dells by now if I could have shaved the MS tax off it.
"it's just bad drawn pictures with no story, no characters, no analysis of whatever... "
Err Who was watching Ren and Stimpy looking for sophisticated drama? Heh. We should hunt them down and tell them their screensaver is an epic mini-series.
When I first read this, I thought it was an ad directed at all the servers that Slashdot has wiped out. I was about to congratulate Taco for generating a revenue stream. Heh.
My concern's not that *I* want to be informed. I'm concerned that there are dipshits out there that think the 'evidence' is sooOOOoo overwhelming, they don't bother to do some basic research.
My opinion of people in general isn't that high Heh.
"No joke, they figured the cost of the policy, and hence the premiums, based on the cost of building a rocket, flying to the moon, collecting a new sample, and bringing it back."
Heh it'd be cheaper to rent a car from Enterprise...
Heh. You realize that the evidence that the moon landing was faked included the following:
* Total ignorance of the proof that was provided that it did happen. (Like the video of the moon lander spraying dust in a perfect parabolic arc, only possible in a vaccuum.)
* An 'expert' that didn't understand the physics of a flag with a metal rod holding it out. (He mistook the metal rod for wind...)
* A professional photographer who didn't understand the concept of radiosity. (Plus he didn't understand that in extreme light stars wouldn't be visible...)
* A mathematician saying that the odds of safely arriving on the moon were uber extreme. (Using similar math, the odds of me returning home safely after work are also uber extreme...)
* A conspiracy theory where Nasa astronauts were killed by Nasa. (Very exotic way of bumping off somebody, too...)
... and so on. In other words, nobody's even come close to disproving the moon landing. Don't believe me? Go to this address: http://www.badastronomy.com/bad/tv/foxapollo.htm l
It debunks the debunking of the moon landing. If any of you caught that show on Fox that claimed to have evidence of a faked moon landing, go to that site. It was very irresponsible of Fox to air this stupid show. I know a couple of photographers that thought Fox should have known better.
I don't know if the rock is real or not. I don't see how anybody could possibly know if it is. What distinguishes a Moon rock from an Earth rock?
Whether or not the rock exists, it has 0 bearing on whether or not the moon landing actually happened.
Somebody should write up a music version of GPL and propose it. There'll have to be a fee associated with listening to the music. It could be something like "You have 24 hours to listen to the song, after that you need to pay $1.00. That $1 means you have a license to listen to that song, in any format, with any device, for life."
Then, if somebody creates a remix of the song, they re-license it so that part of the money goes to the original artist. So maybe that $1.25.
Okay, I'm not the answer guy. My only point is that if somebody writes up a draft of it with all the basic problems solved and then publishes it, we may get an artist to start using it.
Any muscially inclined people up for an experiment? I'll be first to buy a license.
I'm reasonably sure that the file format has to comply with.DRM. MS can't really shoehorn DRM into.MP3 format. Even if they manage to (I don't dare challenge them), there's still the matter of the hacker community who'll quickly break it.
MS DRM isn't on my radar right now. Although if MS were to manage to force it onto ppl, it might actually get the RIAA to back down on shit like the SSSCA. If that happens, crack the DRM, and continue living happily.
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Are you seriously expecting women to read Slashdot? Heh.
It useta crack me up when I saw douche ads during Star Trek.
You know, he's absolutely right. Did you read about how Kyle Broslofski's mother lead the USA to go to war with Canada because of the way the Terrance and Phillip movie caused their kids to start swearing?
Don't mess with Jews, man. They really run the place!
..and you don't understand what I'm saying. It's like a guy selling you a brand new car, but not guaranteeing it will even run because the roads randomly develop sink-holes.
You CANT guarantee a program if you can't guarantee the machine it's running on. As for this whole 'GameSpy' business: It's sad that they didnt' virus sniff the stuff on their site. That was stupid of them. However, to be fair, the real criminal here is the guy who wrote the Nimda virus in the first place. Microsoft made it easy for him to do it. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying GameSpy is absolved of all responsibility, I just don't think all the negativity should be focused directly on them.
"...they won't even guarantee that the software that you have just bought will do what they claim it does!"
Let me ask you something: Would you guarantee (as in back up with money) that an app you wrote would run without crashing on Windows? Or would you rather license it so that when the Windows computer crashes, your bank account doesn't go with it? Think very carefully before you respond.
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Heh
"The other lame idea factory is to take a subculture and then do a movie "about" it but adding bank robbers and/or a love interest to make it accesible to the common man."
Didn't Home Alone 3 involve some sort of terrorist plot?
I agree with your point in general, but I haveta defend Lord of the Rings. It turned out pretty good.
I miss the 80's, though. Movies like Back to the Future, Ghostbusters, Robocop, etc... were fun to watch and quite entertaining. I can't believe that spirit is virtually obliterated. Eventually somebody'll figure it out and start making movies to have fun again.
I wish movies would have a little more fun with crossovers. They could have fun with 'Tardis sightings'. Heh.
I vaguely remember a quote somewhere (a few years ago) that said:
"We sold 20 million copies of Windows, but there are 80 million running it."
heh. Serves em right!
Pity the big guys selling laptops practically ram Windows (and Office...) down your throat. I'd probably have bought one of the fancier Dells by now if I could have shaved the MS tax off it.
"The only problem is that most of these new machines contain a copy of M$ Wincrap instead of a copy of free (as in speech) software."
In other news, the PC game market is going very strong.
I've set up a Paypal account so you all can pay me for reading this.
"it's just bad drawn pictures with no story, no characters, no analysis of whatever... "
Err Who was watching Ren and Stimpy looking for sophisticated drama? Heh. We should hunt them down and tell them their screensaver is an epic mini-series.
"Nexland Pro800Turbo Load Balancing Router Review"
When I first read this, I thought it was an ad directed at all the servers that Slashdot has wiped out. I was about to congratulate Taco for generating a revenue stream. Heh.
The guy who does the voices of Ren and Stimpy (Billy West?) is also the voice for Fry in Futurama.
Part of me wonders if we messed up our petition to get Futurama back and got Ren and Stimpy back instead. You eeeeeeeeeeeeediots!
My concern's not that *I* want to be informed. I'm concerned that there are dipshits out there that think the 'evidence' is sooOOOoo overwhelming, they don't bother to do some basic research.
My opinion of people in general isn't that high Heh.
Ah.. I see what you're saying.
You're right, that's a tougher problem. But.. if they can crack SDMI, they can crack this too, right?
"No joke, they figured the cost of the policy, and hence the premiums, based on the cost of building a rocket, flying to the moon, collecting a new sample, and bringing it back."
Heh it'd be cheaper to rent a car from Enterprise...
Heh. You realize that the evidence that the moon landing was faked included the following:
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* Total ignorance of the proof that was provided that it did happen. (Like the video of the moon lander spraying dust in a perfect parabolic arc, only possible in a vaccuum.)
* An 'expert' that didn't understand the physics of a flag with a metal rod holding it out. (He mistook the metal rod for wind...)
* A professional photographer who didn't understand the concept of radiosity. (Plus he didn't understand that in extreme light stars wouldn't be visible...)
* A mathematician saying that the odds of safely arriving on the moon were uber extreme. (Using similar math, the odds of me returning home safely after work are also uber extreme...)
* A conspiracy theory where Nasa astronauts were killed by Nasa. (Very exotic way of bumping off somebody, too...)
... and so on. In other words, nobody's even come close to disproving the moon landing. Don't believe me? Go to this address:
http://www.badastronomy.com/bad/tv/foxapollo.ht
It debunks the debunking of the moon landing. If any of you caught that show on Fox that claimed to have evidence of a faked moon landing, go to that site. It was very irresponsible of Fox to air this stupid show. I know a couple of photographers that thought Fox should have known better.
I don't know if the rock is real or not. I don't see how anybody could possibly know if it is. What distinguishes a Moon rock from an Earth rock?
Whether or not the rock exists, it has 0 bearing on whether or not the moon landing actually happened.
Somebody should write up a music version of GPL and propose it. There'll have to be a fee associated with listening to the music. It could be something like "You have 24 hours to listen to the song, after that you need to pay $1.00. That $1 means you have a license to listen to that song, in any format, with any device, for life."
Then, if somebody creates a remix of the song, they re-license it so that part of the money goes to the original artist. So maybe that $1.25.
Okay, I'm not the answer guy. My only point is that if somebody writes up a draft of it with all the basic problems solved and then publishes it, we may get an artist to start using it.
Any muscially inclined people up for an experiment? I'll be first to buy a license.
I'm reasonably sure that the file format has to comply with .DRM. MS can't really shoehorn DRM into .MP3 format. Even if they manage to (I don't dare challenge them), there's still the matter of the hacker community who'll quickly break it.
MS DRM isn't on my radar right now. Although if MS were to manage to force it onto ppl, it might actually get the RIAA to back down on shit like the SSSCA. If that happens, crack the DRM, and continue living happily.
Are you seriously expecting women to read Slashdot? Heh.
It useta crack me up when I saw douche ads during Star Trek.
Heh that was basically the point I was alluding to. I think you said it better than I could.
I hope nobody's thinking about boycotting, it just won't work in this case. It's a legal thing like you said.
WTF mods? Don't you remember the South Park movie?
You know, he's absolutely right. Did you read about how Kyle Broslofski's mother lead the USA to go to war with Canada because of the way the Terrance and Phillip movie caused their kids to start swearing?
Don't mess with Jews, man. They really run the place!
"...or they'll (hopefully) never sell another unit once it's made known they don't respect the GPL."
Well I dunno about u guys, but when I go shopping for PVRs I always look for the "GPL Inside" sticker. I won't buy a PVR without it!
Heh.
Heh I thought that was funny.
Go fig. Maybe you shoulda italicized it?
..and you don't understand what I'm saying. It's like a guy selling you a brand new car, but not guaranteeing it will even run because the roads randomly develop sink-holes.
You CANT guarantee a program if you can't guarantee the machine it's running on. As for this whole 'GameSpy' business: It's sad that they didnt' virus sniff the stuff on their site. That was stupid of them. However, to be fair, the real criminal here is the guy who wrote the Nimda virus in the first place. Microsoft made it easy for him to do it. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying GameSpy is absolved of all responsibility, I just don't think all the negativity should be focused directly on them.
"I feel like I've just been burned by unprotected sex."
:D
Here's a tip: Mineral oil doesn't evaporate as fast as hand-lotion. Hopefully now you won't burn yourself again.
"...they won't even guarantee that the software that you have just bought will do what they claim it does!" Let me ask you something: Would you guarantee (as in back up with money) that an app you wrote would run without crashing on Windows? Or would you rather license it so that when the Windows computer crashes, your bank account doesn't go with it? Think very carefully before you respond.
You're right. If everybody ran Linux, there'd be no need for GameSpy. Brilliant!