PC hardware being mass produced means Activision could get the parts for cheap, but to make it really closed they would have to replace Windows with their own OS.
Or they could just use Windows, 'encrypt' it somehow, and throw the DCMA at anyone who finds a way around it.
Sure, sure, but Xbox developers are coding for the lowest common denominator - the limitations of the box itself. PC game developers are shooting the moon, usually developing in stuff that not even the best units in the world can display properly.
From a hardware point of view, you're comparing public school to Juliart, etc.
Consoles show that we're decently happy with fixed hardware, so why couldn't the PC game makers simply follow suit with that?
'US intelligence' aren't the ones 'standing on the wall'. They have 18 year olds who couldn't find any other form of employment for that, seeing as it involves actual dieing and whatnot.
Likely, those in 'intelligence' are out meddling in the affairs of other sovereignties, and are presently laying the foundation for our next wall of names dedicated to a pointless 'war'.
It is one thing to 'support the troops' - as in the guys who couldn't get a better job and whose lives are the first ones laid down when it all goes to hell - but it is a completely different critter to blindly support everything a given government does.
I also recall there are some odd accounting rules where it can be better to lease or rent equipment instead of buying it. Or maybe its the other way around. One is the purchase of an asset and you can deduct depreciation the other is an operational expense.
My guess would be that this varies from org to org, and likely even from CFO to CFO.
The novelization addresses this: Annakin wants to kill Palpatine when he hears what has happened, but doesn't because Palpatine is all he has left.
There may or may not be adequate explanations available, but the movie leaves a lot to be desired, which was my point. If you need to turn to a third party after the fact for bridging material then you are likely looking at a symptom of a deeper problem. Especially when we're talking about non-minor things.
Really, after you betray everyone who cares about you to try to save someone, are you just going to become good again? I don't think so.
The typical stages for anger and grief do not end in 'deeply commit yourself to the one who betrayed you and cost you your only love', as far as I can remember them.
Princess Leia: Luke, what's wrong? Luke: Leia, do you remember your mother? Your real mother? Princess Leia: Just a little bit. She died when I was very young. Luke: What do you remember? Princess Leia: Just... images really. Feelings. Luke: Tell me. Princess Leia: She was... very beautiful. Kind, but sad. Why are you asking me this? Luke: I have no memory of my mother. I never knew her.
You're inventing material that isn't present in the dialog. Why?
2a) Lucas never said that Anakin's only injuries were due to a single battle. You're picking nits, are you not? Vader was supposed to hunt Jedi, but that never happened, did it?
2b) Right. Yoda couldn't do it, but the most powerful being ever to exist, fueled by rage and deeply in touch with the darkside, he shouldn't be able to do it either. Perhaps, but it is stupidly cheap, and diminishes the character.
3) It is implicit.
Chancellor Palpatine: I thought not. It's not a story the Jedi would tell you. It's a Sith legend. Darth Plagueis was a Dark Lord of the Sith, so powerful and so wise, that he could use the Force to influence the midi-chlorians to create... life. He had such a knowledge of the Dark Side that he could even keep the ones he cared about... from dying. Anakin Skywalker: He could actually... save people from death? Chancellor Palpatine: The dark side of the Force is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural.
If we're not talking about ghouls and zombies here, then what are we referring to? Is blocking a blaster bolt with your saber, saving the intended target from death, somehow more natural than other powers would be?
Lucas never had a grand vision. He changed his mind all the time. He was just largely stealing from Flash Gordon, Dune, and Hidden Fortress and accidentally created this masterpiece with the original trilogy.
This.
And yes, indeed, they are contradictions. If one has to invent material to fill the gaps then it is reasonable to understand how someone might criticize the work.
It is not about patents or copyrights. It is about the trademark on the term "lightsaber", and that is what the C&D says: Call it something else or stop making it.
Ehem...
The cease-and-desist letter doesn't accuse Wicked of using the term "lightsaber" in its marketing -- which Liu said is primarily aimed at industrial, military and research customers.
While your position makes logical sense, I regret to inform you that it doesn't match reality...
As an internet meme, it gets beat into the ground, but it is 2 seconds in a much larger movie.
Return of the Jedi has Ewoks. People seem to forget how much Ewoks were hated when the movie first came out.
Nothing new ever holds up to idealized versions of prior movies.
What about direct contradictions to the prior films? Are those simply 'not idealized', or is a reasonable person allowed to object to those as well?
Episode 3 displayed, at a minimum:
1) Leia never knew her mother, period, so what she says to Luke in IV is entirely BS.
2) Vader wasn't in a suit because he was 'battle scarred', he fell into a damn volcano. Once. Most powerful force user to have ever existed can't figure out levitation, or pushing lava out of his way, or any such things. He falls into a hole, slapstick style, just like everyone else.
3) Anakin didn't turn to the dark side because he was seduced by it, only because he wanted to learn how to raise Padme from the dead. Which he never actually attempted to do, as far as we know, so it was all for naught. Even so, he stays on the dark side for twenty-some years because... why?
There's more, but I think you get the point.
As a stand alone film, it probably was close to the original set. As the capstone in the prequel trilogy, not so much. Unless you like your retcons better than I do.
Everyone keeps talking about this 4th Indiana Jones film, but I've never seen it. I did once catch an X-Files prequel set in the 50's that starred Harrison Ford, but I hardly think it qualifies...
He was much better when he just wanted to share some amazing stories floating in his head, like the original SW trilogy and IJ. Ever since it's been downhill...
I read, in the Secret History of Star Wars, that Lucas genuinely wanted to impress his dad. He wanted to do something great that wasn't just running a stationary store or what-have-you. Since his father passed away in 1991, and also since he divorced one of his strongest contributers in 1983, I'd say he is just lost. He seems to lack any particular direction and is just doing what he can, rather than to impress any particular person.
True, but as I said, if you are comfortable being yourself then you'd be wise to seek an employer who accepts you for who you actually are. Whether you play WoW, are gay, are a Muslim, etc. No point in pretending you're someone else.
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PC hardware being mass produced means Activision could get the parts for cheap, but to make it really closed they would have to replace Windows with their own OS.
Or they could just use Windows, 'encrypt' it somehow, and throw the DCMA at anyone who finds a way around it.
Sure, sure, but Xbox developers are coding for the lowest common denominator - the limitations of the box itself. PC game developers are shooting the moon, usually developing in stuff that not even the best units in the world can display properly.
From a hardware point of view, you're comparing public school to Juliart, etc.
Consoles show that we're decently happy with fixed hardware, so why couldn't the PC game makers simply follow suit with that?
Ah, yeah, yours is indeed better. Was rushing to beat the 'redundant' mods, though.
Verizon Guy: Can you hear me...
BLAM
Bourne: Not now. Not ever.
Roll credits
Just remember, dear protons:
Size matters not. Look at me. Judge me by my size, do you? Hmm? Hmm. And well you should not. For my ally is Physics, and a powerful ally it is.
How does this contest benefit Google shareholders? You know them, right? They're the folks that actually own the company?
If done right, 'improving the world' is excellent, unbeatable PR.
Besides the time for THAT choice was prior to launching the contest. Offering to do it and not following through has rather the opposite effect.
I believe the term is 'pot committed'. For bonus points, contrast that with 'sunk costs'. Tough choices, indeed.
'US intelligence' aren't the ones 'standing on the wall'. They have 18 year olds who couldn't find any other form of employment for that, seeing as it involves actual dieing and whatnot.
Likely, those in 'intelligence' are out meddling in the affairs of other sovereignties, and are presently laying the foundation for our next wall of names dedicated to a pointless 'war'.
It is one thing to 'support the troops' - as in the guys who couldn't get a better job and whose lives are the first ones laid down when it all goes to hell - but it is a completely different critter to blindly support everything a given government does.
I also recall there are some odd accounting rules where it can be better to lease or rent equipment instead of buying it. Or maybe its the other way around. One is the purchase of an asset and you can deduct depreciation the other is an operational expense.
My guess would be that this varies from org to org, and likely even from CFO to CFO.
Well, seeing as the author posted electrical costs as part of his complaint, it seemed pertinent.
What does it cost?
The novelization addresses this: Annakin wants to kill Palpatine when he hears what has happened, but doesn't because Palpatine is all he has left.
There may or may not be adequate explanations available, but the movie leaves a lot to be desired, which was my point. If you need to turn to a third party after the fact for bridging material then you are likely looking at a symptom of a deeper problem. Especially when we're talking about non-minor things.
Really, after you betray everyone who cares about you to try to save someone, are you just going to become good again? I don't think so.
The typical stages for anger and grief do not end in 'deeply commit yourself to the one who betrayed you and cost you your only love', as far as I can remember them.
1)...
Princess Leia: Luke, what's wrong?
Luke: Leia, do you remember your mother? Your real mother?
Princess Leia: Just a little bit. She died when I was very young.
Luke: What do you remember?
Princess Leia: Just... images really. Feelings.
Luke: Tell me.
Princess Leia: She was... very beautiful. Kind, but sad. Why are you asking me this?
Luke: I have no memory of my mother. I never knew her.
You're inventing material that isn't present in the dialog. Why?
2a) Lucas never said that Anakin's only injuries were due to a single battle. You're picking nits, are you not? Vader was supposed to hunt Jedi, but that never happened, did it?
2b) Right. Yoda couldn't do it, but the most powerful being ever to exist, fueled by rage and deeply in touch with the darkside, he shouldn't be able to do it either. Perhaps, but it is stupidly cheap, and diminishes the character.
3) It is implicit.
Chancellor Palpatine: I thought not. It's not a story the Jedi would tell you. It's a Sith legend. Darth Plagueis was a Dark Lord of the Sith, so powerful and so wise, that he could use the Force to influence the midi-chlorians to create... life. He had such a knowledge of the Dark Side that he could even keep the ones he cared about... from dying.
Anakin Skywalker: He could actually... save people from death?
Chancellor Palpatine: The dark side of the Force is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural.
If we're not talking about ghouls and zombies here, then what are we referring to? Is blocking a blaster bolt with your saber, saving the intended target from death, somehow more natural than other powers would be?
Lucas never had a grand vision. He changed his mind all the time. He was just largely stealing from Flash Gordon, Dune, and Hidden Fortress and accidentally created this masterpiece with the original trilogy.
This.
And yes, indeed, they are contradictions. If one has to invent material to fill the gaps then it is reasonable to understand how someone might criticize the work.
Wasn't Roddenberry dead at the time?
Okay, FINE...
for not being a zombie douche...
Better?
It is not about patents or copyrights. It is about the trademark on the term "lightsaber", and that is what the C&D says: Call it something else or stop making it.
Ehem...
The cease-and-desist letter doesn't accuse Wicked of using the term "lightsaber" in its marketing -- which Liu said is primarily aimed at industrial, military and research customers.
While your position makes logical sense, I regret to inform you that it doesn't match reality...
You cannot turn your back to the Dark Side once you commit dark acts.
You might check out 'Return of the Jedi' some time. In my opinion, it was the best of the entire saga.
Bits and pieces of language committed to rote-memory, usually.
Yeah, but hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good lawyer at your side, kid.
That was SO CLOSE to the perfect comment. SO CLOSE...
Wow. That's amazing. It makes sense, but I had no idea how true this was until I Google'd it...
http://www.google.com/images?q=Graflex%20flash%20guns
As an internet meme, it gets beat into the ground, but it is 2 seconds in a much larger movie.
Return of the Jedi has Ewoks. People seem to forget how much Ewoks were hated when the movie first came out.
Nothing new ever holds up to idealized versions of prior movies.
What about direct contradictions to the prior films? Are those simply 'not idealized', or is a reasonable person allowed to object to those as well?
Episode 3 displayed, at a minimum:
1) Leia never knew her mother, period, so what she says to Luke in IV is entirely BS.
2) Vader wasn't in a suit because he was 'battle scarred', he fell into a damn volcano. Once. Most powerful force user to have ever existed can't figure out levitation, or pushing lava out of his way, or any such things. He falls into a hole, slapstick style, just like everyone else.
3) Anakin didn't turn to the dark side because he was seduced by it, only because he wanted to learn how to raise Padme from the dead. Which he never actually attempted to do, as far as we know, so it was all for naught. Even so, he stays on the dark side for twenty-some years because... why?
There's more, but I think you get the point.
As a stand alone film, it probably was close to the original set. As the capstone in the prequel trilogy, not so much. Unless you like your retcons better than I do.
Indiana Jones was great (the first 3 anyway).
Everyone keeps talking about this 4th Indiana Jones film, but I've never seen it. I did once catch an X-Files prequel set in the 50's that starred Harrison Ford, but I hardly think it qualifies...
the problem is that Lucas is still alive.
He was much better when he just wanted to share some amazing stories floating in his head, like the original SW trilogy and IJ. Ever since it's been downhill...
I read, in the Secret History of Star Wars, that Lucas genuinely wanted to impress his dad. He wanted to do something great that wasn't just running a stationary store or what-have-you. Since his father passed away in 1991, and also since he divorced one of his strongest contributers in 1983, I'd say he is just lost. He seems to lack any particular direction and is just doing what he can, rather than to impress any particular person.
That's my take on it, anyway.
Poor guy.
Not really. My points get home, but people tend to get distracted in the 'how' the point was made rather than the 'what' it contained.
I think I'm just a bit more open minded, and use fewer rote-memory expressions than most people do.
Perhaps better put, I'm always the guy going, "You KNOW what I meant..."
True, but as I said, if you are comfortable being yourself then you'd be wise to seek an employer who accepts you for who you actually are. Whether you play WoW, are gay, are a Muslim, etc. No point in pretending you're someone else.
Or use Ventrilo, etc, like we used to do before RealID.
They're barring access to a feature, true, but I'm not seeing any requirement to use it.