Johnny-Five, yes. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091949/
With lines like, "Hey Laserlips. Your mama was a snowblower.", how could such an epic sci-fi film be overlooked?
"Beginning tomorrow, more than a dozen Web sites, including MSN, ESPN, Lycos and iVillage, will run full-motion video commercials.."
Noting the sites that are going to be running these commercials, isn't it safe to say they are targeting your average computer-savvy consumers?
By this, I mean people whom turn to such sites for information on the internet. I am not stating that the listed sites cannot be useful. However, in my experience, people who are not overly familiar with the intenet tend to rely on portals such as MSN, Yahoo, Lycos, etc. or their information and other web-based needs.
Knowing this, I think it is safe to say that such ads will be met with little caution by those who actually access such sites on a regular basis. Advertising, on general sites, for the general population. Furthermore, the resources found at these sites can for the most part be found elsewhere. So, those who are bothered by the addition of ads can look elsewhere.
Obviously the implications of the implementation of commericals on all sites are drastic. However, I do not believe the response of users to the aforementioned sites will represent the reaction the internet would see if such advertising were implemented on a larger and more user-specific oriented scale.
Though now in my third year of university, a situation much like this came to be while I was in grade 12 at my high school. An ex-student had compiled a webpage, which within contained a list of students in the school whom they felt to be losers. Names were added and removed over time, but some people actually took large offense to this and were determined to put a stop to it.
Nonetheless, I myself (though not on the 'list') along with the majority of the student body found it to be more comical than malicious. People forgot, and in turn forgot to
care.
While actual violence shouldn't be tolerated, there is a lesson here. In my opinion, like most other alike forms of high school behavior, people will forget and move on. Only by highlighting the issue will it come to be a longstanding (and rememorable) one.
"... songs that can be handled by CD players but cannot be ripped... "
If it can be played through speakers on a computer the audio can be ripped somehow, and this will always be the case. This is regardless of whether one is ripping the track directly from the cd or ripping the audio as the sound card plays it.
Why? This film not only has made me think each time I've watched it, but continues to do so afterwards. Only a couple of hours ago one of the songs from the soundtrack came up on my playlist, and simply hearing the song has once again thrown me into a state of contemplation regarding the movie itself.
It is truly a shame so many people have never even heard of let alone seen this film. Underappreciated? Highly. The best film I've ever seen, and one that I never grow tired of watching.
This, in my opinion, is a good move for Ambrosia Software. Why? Exposure to say the least.
Escape Velocity is an incredible series. Several years ago I used to work solely on a Macintosh, I was amazed when I discovered Escape Velocity, mainly because I found it more enjoyable and interesting than a majority of games that were in the PC market at the time. Now, working only with PC's, I'll be watching this PC port very closely.
I've been a Phoenix user for some time now, and I really find it superior to IE in many ways. Why? Tabbed browsing, the ability to customize it, great community support, and the most important factor to me.... the Optimoz project and it's implementation of mouse gestures.
I'd estimate that I use Phoenix 99.9% of the time I'm browsing, thus... I use IE sparingly. When I do use IE, I can notice the difference in ease of use almost immediately.
To me, there is no dilemma in terms of what browser to use. Phoenix/Mozilla and far superior to IE, not to even mention Opera's superiority to it.
MS being fair? Oh, I should've known, as fair companies always see their customers doing this in regards to their product, "Windows users have turned to software produced by Lite PC that strips out unwanted applications from Windows 98, 2000 and XP.". Fair indeed.
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Overlooked Mnemonic? No.
Johnny-Five, yes. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091949/
With lines like, "Hey Laserlips. Your mama was a snowblower.", how could such an epic sci-fi film be overlooked?
"Beginning tomorrow, more than a dozen Web sites, including MSN, ESPN, Lycos and iVillage, will run full-motion video commercials.."
Noting the sites that are going to be running these commercials, isn't it safe to say they are targeting your average computer-savvy consumers?
By this, I mean people whom turn to such sites for information on the internet. I am not stating that the listed sites cannot be useful. However, in my experience, people who are not overly familiar with the intenet tend to rely on portals such as MSN, Yahoo, Lycos, etc. or their information and other web-based needs.
Knowing this, I think it is safe to say that such ads will be met with little caution by those who actually access such sites on a regular basis. Advertising, on general sites, for the general population. Furthermore, the resources found at these sites can for the most part be found elsewhere. So, those who are bothered by the addition of ads can look elsewhere.
Obviously the implications of the implementation of commericals on all sites are drastic. However, I do not believe the response of users to the aforementioned sites will represent the reaction the internet would see if such advertising were implemented on a larger and more user-specific oriented scale.
"... the more T-Shirts you buy, the less often you need to do laundry."
Well, isn't that the geek mantra?
Very interesting, but how does one go about 'bumping' a 2.6 ton pinball machine? ;)
"... songs that can be handled by CD players but cannot be ripped... "
If it can be played through speakers on a computer the audio can be ripped somehow, and this will always be the case. This is regardless of whether one is ripping the track directly from the cd or ripping the audio as the sound card plays it.
Obligatory...
"It's a trap!" - Admiral Ackbar
Donnie Darko.
Why? This film not only has made me think each time I've watched it, but continues to do so afterwards. Only a couple of hours ago one of the songs from the soundtrack came up on my playlist, and simply hearing the song has once again thrown me into a state of contemplation regarding the movie itself.
It is truly a shame so many people have never even heard of let alone seen this film. Underappreciated? Highly. The best film I've ever seen, and one that I never grow tired of watching.
This, in my opinion, is a good move for Ambrosia Software. Why? Exposure to say the least.
Escape Velocity is an incredible series. Several years ago I used to work solely on a Macintosh, I was amazed when I discovered Escape Velocity, mainly because I found it more enjoyable and interesting than a majority of games that were in the PC market at the time. Now, working only with PC's, I'll be watching this PC port very closely.
I've been a Phoenix user for some time now, and I really find it superior to IE in many ways. Why? Tabbed browsing, the ability to customize it, great community support, and the most important factor to me.... the Optimoz project and it's implementation of mouse gestures.
I'd estimate that I use Phoenix 99.9% of the time I'm browsing, thus... I use IE sparingly. When I do use IE, I can notice the difference in ease of use almost immediately.
To me, there is no dilemma in terms of what browser to use. Phoenix/Mozilla and far superior to IE, not to even mention Opera's superiority to it.
I wonder whether or not something along the lines of a Mad fold-in will hold overclocking potential....
I see I wasn't the only one who was greeting by this song in my head upon reading the headline.
"Which old witch? The wicked witch!"
"The best manual uptill now was the one that came with my old ABIT KT7a RAID mobo" Hey, that's my current mobo! I love it :)
MS being fair? Oh, I should've known, as fair companies always see their customers doing this in regards to their product, "Windows users have turned to software produced by Lite PC that strips out unwanted applications from Windows 98, 2000 and XP.". Fair indeed.
True, true. Don't worry, we'll take care of you.
Hmmm, I wonder if that would create some sort of infinite "spam loop". Maybe not.
.... to making all software open source for the betterment of mankind.... :D
First Wave was probably the only show on television that I made a point to watch. Now, it's gone. Bloody television.