It's kinda like playing whack-a-mole. I may install an app that seemed like a good idea at the time, and it might stay on my machine for years before I notice it and uninstall. But apps that piss me off get uninstalled, and nothing pisses me off more than an app that calls attention to itself. About the second or third time an app pops up with "you really want to be running the non-free version of this" or "there's a new feature that only costs..." or "We also offer..." it goes.
Any app that is a barnacle attached to an app I have installed, gets uninstalled by default. If it's so unwanted it has to be attached to another app, I don't want it on my machine by definition. This goes triple for toolbars, optimizers and "safe surf" plugins.
Any app that pops up an advertisement.
Any app that pops up any other message more than, say, once a month.
Assembler really isn't that hard. My first three years as a programmer were assembly language only for embedded applications. It's like anything else -- you memorize stuff and after awhile you see every problem as a list of assembly instructions. Later, using C seemed like cheating, in a way.
Apparently my company still stocks floppy disks. There's still a bunch in the supply cupboard, even though you can search all the cubes on this floor and not find a single drive. Someone really needs to update the order inventory.
Right, exactly. Were it really "ze cloud", one would think it would be a big juicy target. Imagine -- a major CIA data collection just hanging out somewhere on the internet. Anonymous must be wetting themselves in excitement.
And I agree, "cloud" is the second most abused term this decade, right behind "disrespecting".
Wasn't this already common knowledge? When the first articles on printed guns showed up on slashdot, the number of survivable shots were in the single digits. Is this yet another example of the federal government revealing with great pomposity the most mundane data that everyone already knew?
> Who is next to join Blockbuster, Polaroid, Borders and Best Buy on the ash heap of superseded retail business models?"
I'd say the Microsoft OS and office suite divisions. They're still trying to maintain these as major revenue streams at a time when these things are commonly free.
I think Microsoft as a company will continue to exist, but as a smaller, device oriented company.
If they're being threatened by lawyers, I would take that as a sign that they're being very successful. It seems that this day and age, you aren't doing your job properly until you start getting cease and desist orders.
You're right, it's good to have the plot-important scene towards the front of the credits, but if there's a scene after the credits, how could you not sit through them?
What I was referring to was Jane sitting there doing something absolutely mundane at the end of the film, and that's where the film stopped. That's a good ending, as endings go, and give the film a certain "feel". The segment with Jane after the credits changed that "feel", which is what I was referring to by "changing the ending".
I had read a very negative review before seeing it, so had very low expectations, and ended up being pleasantly surprised. I thought The Avengers was better made, but Thor (the film) didn't suck. There was some clever dialog, a reasonably coherent plot, good characterization of Loki, and Thor (the character) ended up being not quite so one-dimensional as he was in the first film. Tom Hiddleston stole the show by far, but Rene Russo as Frigga was surprisingly fun to watch for the few moments she was on the screen.
I thought the last action sequence was muddy and could probably have been re-edited to make it more coherent. I thought Thor's final speech showed more character development in a few minutes than the character had shown in three films, but that was probably by design. I mean, in the comics, Thor isn't exactly a complicated guy.
It's not my favorite film, but I'll probably see it again when it comes out on video.
There is a mid-credit scene and an after-credit scene. The mid-credit scene is in a word, bizarre. Comics geeks know The Collector, and understand that this leads up to The Infinity Gauntlet, which must be a plot point in a future film, but the scene was, I dunno, just really weird. I've read that it was done by a different director.
The after credit scene follows a trend I'm not sure I like -- that of changing the ending in a scene after the credits. I first noticed this in The Grey. If it becomes too prevalent it'll be more motivation to wait until the video, so I can fast forward through the credits to see the real end of the film.
If the author of the comments were as unbiased as you it might indeed mean that.
However, he makes money telling Windows users they will be safe if they remember to pay him their fees. Not the same protection racket from the Linux crowd so I'm sure he's pleased to take any swipe he can.
Very good point. And if the ISS was running Windows for Spaceships and got infected, it wouldn't even be news.
> The fact that some people only now see Starship Troopers as perhaps somewhat sarcastic blows my mind.
It shouldn't, because it's not correct to say that people are only now making this observation. Test by: Go to Google Groups, navigate to rec.arts.movies.current-films, and search for "starship troopers" and "parody". Note that this claim was made many times way back in 1997.
This isn't a new revelation. I'm somewhat surprised it's being unearthed now. It's almost like it's a marketing gimmick for some new film Verhoeven is attached to. Oh, wait...
Sigh. I wasn't that excited about seeing another Conan movie anyway.
How do you know I'm not joking? Do you think I have a secret communication channel with the people who modded the response informative?
I can't speak for those people (imagine that), but could modding it "informative" also be intended as a joke?
So... when you watch a sitcom, do you laugh at the jokes, or just criticize the characters? Just wonderin'.
It might be a good thing that you choose not to procreate. What I said was half in jest, and based on observations. My daughter works full time in a daycare, and I hear stories in the evenings of her adventures there. I find it interesting and illuminating how independent, strong-willed, and on occasion downright machiavellian kids that age can be. And I don't necessarily think this is a bad thing. I don't share the conviction that it is our duty in life to "find the spark in children and water it well".
Moreover, if he wanted to do a satire, why not start with Steakley's Armor or Haldeman's The Forever War? Start with something that was clearly intended to lampoon militarism.
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It's kinda like playing whack-a-mole. I may install an app that seemed like a good idea at the time, and it might stay on my machine for years before I notice it and uninstall. But apps that piss me off get uninstalled, and nothing pisses me off more than an app that calls attention to itself. About the second or third time an app pops up with "you really want to be running the non-free version of this" or "there's a new feature that only costs..." or "We also offer..." it goes.
Any app that is a barnacle attached to an app I have installed, gets uninstalled by default. If it's so unwanted it has to be attached to another app, I don't want it on my machine by definition. This goes triple for toolbars, optimizers and "safe surf" plugins.
Any app that pops up an advertisement.
Any app that pops up any other message more than, say, once a month.
Yes. Probably the easiest solution would be for someone to steal them. Except that nobody wants them.
> It's not that you disagree with people, but that you are incapable of processing information
I'm still trying to process "What this video to learn about how people like you".
Assembler really isn't that hard. My first three years as a programmer were assembly language only for embedded applications. It's like anything else -- you memorize stuff and after awhile you see every problem as a list of assembly instructions. Later, using C seemed like cheating, in a way.
It's been awhile, but I thought we wrote Fortran on punch cards. It's possible my memory is going.
Apparently my company still stocks floppy disks. There's still a bunch in the supply cupboard, even though you can search all the cubes on this floor and not find a single drive. Someone really needs to update the order inventory.
*Because someone should remember how to do this?
Right, exactly. Were it really "ze cloud", one would think it would be a big juicy target. Imagine -- a major CIA data collection just hanging out somewhere on the internet. Anonymous must be wetting themselves in excitement.
And I agree, "cloud" is the second most abused term this decade, right behind "disrespecting".
Wasn't this already common knowledge? When the first articles on printed guns showed up on slashdot, the number of survivable shots were in the single digits. Is this yet another example of the federal government revealing with great pomposity the most mundane data that everyone already knew?
> Who is next to join Blockbuster, Polaroid, Borders and Best Buy on the ash heap of superseded retail business models?"
I'd say the Microsoft OS and office suite divisions. They're still trying to maintain these as major revenue streams at a time when these things are commonly free.
I think Microsoft as a company will continue to exist, but as a smaller, device oriented company.
If they're being threatened by lawyers, I would take that as a sign that they're being very successful. It seems that this day and age, you aren't doing your job properly until you start getting cease and desist orders.
139 nine-track tapes.
84 CDC 9766 disk packs.
122.3 service calls to the Skydrive helpdesk in Gurgaon.
Yes, agreed. but the acting and body language were really bizarre as well.
But seriously, how about some equal time? I think one could make the case that in the interest of inclusion, pro-piracy curriculum should be included.
You're right, it's good to have the plot-important scene towards the front of the credits, but if there's a scene after the credits, how could you not sit through them?
What I was referring to was Jane sitting there doing something absolutely mundane at the end of the film, and that's where the film stopped. That's a good ending, as endings go, and give the film a certain "feel". The segment with Jane after the credits changed that "feel", which is what I was referring to by "changing the ending".
I had read a very negative review before seeing it, so had very low expectations, and ended up being pleasantly surprised. I thought The Avengers was better made, but Thor (the film) didn't suck. There was some clever dialog, a reasonably coherent plot, good characterization of Loki, and Thor (the character) ended up being not quite so one-dimensional as he was in the first film. Tom Hiddleston stole the show by far, but Rene Russo as Frigga was surprisingly fun to watch for the few moments she was on the screen.
I thought the last action sequence was muddy and could probably have been re-edited to make it more coherent. I thought Thor's final speech showed more character development in a few minutes than the character had shown in three films, but that was probably by design. I mean, in the comics, Thor isn't exactly a complicated guy.
It's not my favorite film, but I'll probably see it again when it comes out on video.
There is a mid-credit scene and an after-credit scene. The mid-credit scene is in a word, bizarre. Comics geeks know The Collector, and understand that this leads up to The Infinity Gauntlet, which must be a plot point in a future film, but the scene was, I dunno, just really weird. I've read that it was done by a different director.
The after credit scene follows a trend I'm not sure I like -- that of changing the ending in a scene after the credits. I first noticed this in The Grey. If it becomes too prevalent it'll be more motivation to wait until the video, so I can fast forward through the credits to see the real end of the film.
If the author of the comments were as unbiased as you it might indeed mean that.
However, he makes money telling Windows users they will be safe if they remember to pay him their fees. Not the same protection racket from the Linux crowd so I'm sure he's pleased to take any swipe he can.
Very good point. And if the ISS was running Windows for Spaceships and got infected, it wouldn't even be news.
It's the Fulton's Folly argument. They laughed at Fulton, and he was proven correct. They're laughing at me, therefore I will be proven to be correct.
The people who make this argument don't seem to understand the basic flaw. Or, they hope their listeners won't.
> The fact that some people only now see Starship Troopers as perhaps somewhat sarcastic blows my mind.
It shouldn't, because it's not correct to say that people are only now making this observation. Test by: Go to Google Groups, navigate to rec.arts.movies.current-films, and search for "starship troopers" and "parody". Note that this claim was made many times way back in 1997.
This isn't a new revelation. I'm somewhat surprised it's being unearthed now. It's almost like it's a marketing gimmick for some new film Verhoeven is attached to. Oh, wait...
Sigh. I wasn't that excited about seeing another Conan movie anyway.
How do you know I'm not joking? Do you think I have a secret communication channel with the people who modded the response informative?
I can't speak for those people (imagine that), but could modding it "informative" also be intended as a joke?
So... when you watch a sitcom, do you laugh at the jokes, or just criticize the characters? Just wonderin'.
It might be a good thing that you choose not to procreate. What I said was half in jest, and based on observations. My daughter works full time in a daycare, and I hear stories in the evenings of her adventures there. I find it interesting and illuminating how independent, strong-willed, and on occasion downright machiavellian kids that age can be. And I don't necessarily think this is a bad thing. I don't share the conviction that it is our duty in life to "find the spark in children and water it well".
Moreover, if he wanted to do a satire, why not start with Steakley's Armor or Haldeman's The Forever War? Start with something that was clearly intended to lampoon militarism.