Well, I'm in the business so there's usually three or four desktop units powered on at one time. The kid has been using a desktop computer since she was three. I got her a used laptop and wireless card at ten years old. She's eleven now, about to go into middle school and already proficient with computers, the internet and wireless networking.
Her only annoyance is that coverage stops at the end of the driveway. Whenever we stop for dinner or stay in a hotel the first thing she checks for is hot spots. She wants a cellular card for Christmas.
So VeriChip is still looking for ways to sell us on putting an rfid in every human being. Sigh. Once authorities start to really depend on it, it'll make it that much easier to switch identities or fake one's death. Think of the fun we could have.
Along the same lines, Let's see a show of hands: How many people do *not* think that Digital Angel will lead to a rash of back-seat, septic surgeries in kidnap cases?
We have a lot of Sony products. I think every major electronic appliance has a memory stick. We're about to take a long road trip, and I'm looking for a music player to take along. I'd *like* to buy Sony, but these new players look like non-products. I mean really -- putting aside the decision to intentionally make it hard to put music on them, why do they use fixed memory? Why can't I pull the memory stick with mp3 files out of my Sony TV and just plug it into the mp3 player? If I have to use some proprietary software to download tunes to it, why not get an ipod instead? I mean, what am I missing here?
Ron
See, I really think all this "hate starbuck" stuff misses the point. Ok, the character has been reimagined as a woman. At least she's not Jane Seymour. She's a smallish, slope-shouldered, rather plain looking, tough little broad, just the kind of woman I'd expect as a fighter pilot in real life. I don't have any problems with that character. Hell, she's probably the most interesting character in the whole overwhelmingly dull cast.
The problem isn't necessarily the basic premise, or casting, or individual characters. The problem is that the writing sucks. Let's not lose sight of that.
I think they should look at remaking the British Sci-Fi series "Space 1999"
I hate to say it, but they would be starting with a rather hard-to-miss 6-year-old continuity problem...
It'd have to be a period piece...:-)
Hey, I've got a thought -- instead of remaking old science fiction shows, why not dig into, you know, literature, or mythology, or something, and put up a show we haven't actually seen before.
correct me if I'm wrong, but yes the civilization was not from Earth.. But its always been implied that Earth was one of the long lost off shoots of that civilization. That's why they were searching for Earth. That would explain why things on Earth had the same names on BSG. There are parallel yet at times intersecting technology trees (dare I say that).
So, you're saying that this culture independently developed Arrow shirts, ties with Windsor knots, and whiteboards with Marks-A-Lot dry-erase markers? Or are you saying that this offshoot of Human civilization occurred around the 1980's?
Isn't the simpler explanation a lack of imagination?
I was a so-so fan of the original show, gritting my teeth and sticking with it, despite it's flaws, because I liked the premise and Egyptian references, and because there was little else at the time to watch.
What I've learned in the 25 years since is that life is too short for mediocre tv. There's way too much endless soap opera and way too little story in the current series.
And just for the record, I'm *really really* tired of watching James Callis dry-humping Tricia Helfer. That got old in the mini-series and it's since become intolerable.
It looks like the creators are trying to rope in the non-sci-fi audience by bringing in the same characters and situations in the plethora of nighttime soaps relentlessly pounding the airwaves. It may even work -- who knows? But it doesn't work for me.
Just think of what we could do with our lives with all the time we spend watching dull, lifeless TV.
I don't have specific suggestions, just a tip. I've used several types of laptop backpacks and what always fails first is the part where the top strap joins the body of the backpack. There is a lot of stress in this area due to the weight of the batteries and all the electronics, and many backpacks aren't designed with this in mind. Look for heavy material and multiple stitching in this crucial area. Good luck, and if you find a good one, let the rest of us know!
Let's face it -- yes it was Star Trek, and any Star Trek is better than nothing, but Enterprise was deadly dull. The same lugubrious musical phrase over and over and over, absolutely pedestrian acting and directing, writing wrung dry of vision, wonder or excitement.
It's not any one factor that makes the series uninteresting, but a combination of factors that screams (or bleats) out "we're only going through the motions here". It wasn't the viewers that killed Star Trek, it was the producer.
"Clear Channel" is not mentioned in the article, which raises the interesting issue of being dishonest whilst reporting on journalistic dishonesty. Or, is it ok to be misleading if it supports a certain agenda?
The Globe article seems to center around a radio news anchor working out of his home four weeks a year. This is news? What, the Globe got tired of talking about the democrat caucus?
So, the article isn't about much of anything, and the slashdot report of the article tries to make it into something it's not. Thank you. I'll be more cautious about believing what I read here in the future.
Slashdot Mirror
Ron
http://www.w3.org/People/Raggett/tidy/
Ron
Her only annoyance is that coverage stops at the end of the driveway. Whenever we stop for dinner or stay in a hotel the first thing she checks for is hot spots. She wants a cellular card for Christmas.
Ron
So VeriChip is still looking for ways to sell us on putting an rfid in every human being. Sigh. Once authorities start to really depend on it, it'll make it that much easier to switch identities or fake one's death. Think of the fun we could have.
Along the same lines, Let's see a show of hands: How many people do *not* think that Digital Angel will lead to a rash of back-seat, septic surgeries in kidnap cases?
Ron
We have a lot of Sony products. I think every major electronic appliance has a memory stick. We're about to take a long road trip, and I'm looking for a music player to take along. I'd *like* to buy Sony, but these new players look like non-products. I mean really -- putting aside the decision to intentionally make it hard to put music on them, why do they use fixed memory? Why can't I pull the memory stick with mp3 files out of my Sony TV and just plug it into the mp3 player? If I have to use some proprietary software to download tunes to it, why not get an ipod instead? I mean, what am I missing here? Ron
See, I really think all this "hate starbuck" stuff misses the point. Ok, the character has been reimagined as a woman. At least she's not Jane Seymour. She's a smallish, slope-shouldered, rather plain looking, tough little broad, just the kind of woman I'd expect as a fighter pilot in real life. I don't have any problems with that character. Hell, she's probably the most interesting character in the whole overwhelmingly dull cast.
The problem isn't necessarily the basic premise, or casting, or individual characters. The problem is that the writing sucks. Let's not lose sight of that.
Ron
I hate to say it, but they would be starting with a rather hard-to-miss 6-year-old continuity problem...
It'd have to be a period piece... :-)
Hey, I've got a thought -- instead of remaking old science fiction shows, why not dig into, you know, literature, or mythology, or something, and put up a show we haven't actually seen before.
Ron
So, you're saying that this culture independently developed Arrow shirts, ties with Windsor knots, and whiteboards with Marks-A-Lot dry-erase markers? Or are you saying that this offshoot of Human civilization occurred around the 1980's?
Isn't the simpler explanation a lack of imagination?
Ron
That would have taken actual imagination.
Ron
What if I really want to say "kill this waste-of-time as soon as possible and bring back Farscape"? Then what do I do?
Ron
It already has, and for exactly the reasons you described. Good insight.
Ron
What I've learned in the 25 years since is that life is too short for mediocre tv. There's way too much endless soap opera and way too little story in the current series.
And just for the record, I'm *really really* tired of watching James Callis dry-humping Tricia Helfer. That got old in the mini-series and it's since become intolerable.
It looks like the creators are trying to rope in the non-sci-fi audience by bringing in the same characters and situations in the plethora of nighttime soaps relentlessly pounding the airwaves. It may even work -- who knows? But it doesn't work for me.
Just think of what we could do with our lives with all the time we spend watching dull, lifeless TV.
Ron
Add a shell and canopy and you'd have a golf cart.
I don't have specific suggestions, just a tip. I've used several types of laptop backpacks and what always fails first is the part where the top strap joins the body of the backpack. There is a lot of stress in this area due to the weight of the batteries and all the electronics, and many backpacks aren't designed with this in mind. Look for heavy material and multiple stitching in this crucial area. Good luck, and if you find a good one, let the rest of us know!
Ron
It's not any one factor that makes the series uninteresting, but a combination of factors that screams (or bleats) out "we're only going through the motions here". It wasn't the viewers that killed Star Trek, it was the producer.
The Globe article seems to center around a radio news anchor working out of his home four weeks a year. This is news? What, the Globe got tired of talking about the democrat caucus?
So, the article isn't about much of anything, and the slashdot report of the article tries to make it into something it's not. Thank you. I'll be more cautious about believing what I read here in the future.
Ron