I hate to sound like an Apple Fanboy, but hasn't this already been done with Apple's ZeroConf spec? It's not like it's only available for the Mac either. There are implementations for Windows, Linux, and the BSDs. The spec is out there for anyone to use, so it's not like a hardware manufacturer couldn't roll their own implementation. Why do we need yet another specification that does basically the same thing?
I don't think anyone has posted this and it's probably too late to get modded up, but I'll try anyway. Apparently Joss posted in the boards over at http://browncoats.serenitymovie.com that there will be a sneak preview of the movie on May 5th in ten cities around the US. For those of you who don't want to register on the boards to see it I'll post it here...
Well.
It gets better.
As thus: The movie is very nearly finished. You've seen many pretty images
in the trailer. But I've still got work to do and you've still got months
before you can see it.
Unless.
And, no, I'm not talking Australia (but Hi, Australia! anyway), I'm
talking here in the more-or-less-United States, a one time multi-city
Browncoat sneak event. Thursday, May 5th at 10:00 pm, the movie (Serenity!
Pay attention! Jeez.) will be playing at exactly 10 theaters in 10 cities
across the country. You (or possibly someone much like you) (or possibly a
robot EXACTLY like you, but with better manners and sonic arm-lasers, sent
to take your place) will be able to buy a ticket to see Serenity months in
advance. Not just the bitty trailer with not enough Kaylee and Book, but
the whole film, in its extremely almost completed state.
You probably have some questions. How is this possible? What cities
exactly will it be in? What are these changes my body is going through?
All valid. It's possible because some clown put a bunch of Universal execs
in a theater full of Browncoats and dude, they came out SWEATING, they
never seen energy like that. They loved it, and even though they were
already wicked supportive of the movie (see: earlier posts re: we're
making the movie) they simply weren't ready for you guys. When I whinged
on about pushing the date and everyone here was posting about "what do we
do till September", they agreed to let me sneak it out.
Maybe they thought it was a fluke. Maybe they wanna see if people really
do care about the flick. Or maybe they're just treating us with respect
and kindness, though that last option confuses and terrifies me as much as
these changes my body is going through (I'm "perspiring" and becoming
"interested in girls", which believe me is very unsettling when you're
40.) Does it matter? The plan works for me, and it can work for a select
bunch of y'all. Here's what I know:
The cities to be hit are:
Seattle
Austin
Sacramento
Boston
Altanta
Chicago
San Francisco
Las Vegas
Denver
The Portland of Oregon
If you're in or near one of those, you might wanna stop by. There's
supposed to be a "Can't Stop the Signal" page on this website (I don't
know where it is -- hey, I remembered my damn password, doesn't that buy
me any cred?) There should be more info there soon about how to get in,
bringing peeps into the fold, I think there's even competetions and stuff.
(All I know is I have exactly 20 Brownie points. I answered ONE triv Q and
got it wrong. Forget cred. I have no cred.) Now a couple of us might just
creep into one of those major metropolitan multiplexes to see if anyone
does show up, so remember: swearing in Chinese ONLY.
All right. This will please the fans and satisfy the employers of Joss
Whedon, so I must stop as my arm-lasers are getting tired. I politely
thank you for your attention.
Should be fun.
-j.
My roomate just called to tell me the news. Apparently he was able to score 8 tickets for the Chicago showing.
I'm surprised no one has mentioned this, but the DVD is definetly worth seeing. Not necessarily for the movie but the extras. Supposedly, the authors of the DVD did a lot of extra tricks that play with the hardware of the DVD player. My roomate was looking through the extras section and saw you could watch the "tape" from the movie. After watching it, hitting stop and walking away, the movie started up and played again without any prompting. Scared the crap out of him.
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I hate to sound like an Apple Fanboy, but hasn't this already been done with Apple's ZeroConf spec? It's not like it's only available for the Mac either. There are implementations for Windows, Linux, and the BSDs. The spec is out there for anyone to use, so it's not like a hardware manufacturer couldn't roll their own implementation. Why do we need yet another specification that does basically the same thing?
You can listen to the actual interview here
No, but in some states you might be if you loaned it to him
My roomate just called to tell me the news. Apparently he was able to score 8 tickets for the Chicago showing.
And by extension, why would a first time viewer recognize him either?
I'm surprised no one has mentioned this, but the DVD is definetly worth seeing. Not necessarily for the movie but the extras. Supposedly, the authors of the DVD did a lot of extra tricks that play with the hardware of the DVD player. My roomate was looking through the extras section and saw you could watch the "tape" from the movie. After watching it, hitting stop and walking away, the movie started up and played again without any prompting. Scared the crap out of him.
that it doesn't matter what icon or symbol they use, as long as they use it consitantly across all applications.
The example that keeps popping into my head are auto manufacturer logos. Both the name or symbol of the manufacturer and the model are both prominetly displayed on the back of most cars. Sure the model logo may change, but you still know that car's a Ford or Chevy . Right now, none of the mozilla logos do that.
Personally, I like the M within the sapphire. It's a great blanket logo that can be combined with other smaller logos in the corner. Say, Mozilla Firebird would be a Sapphire M with a small globe in the lower right corner and Mozilla Thunderbird would be a Sapphire M with an envelope in the corner. Both icons incorporate the overall Brand of Mozilla but still differentiate themselves as different applications.