If you are a regular, non-elitist, kung fu fight loving person like me, go see the movie. It was funny, well written, and easily the best sci-fi movie to come out in years (since the first Matrix, in fact). Movies are movies, no perfection is possible, so if you want perfection don't EVER go see a movie. However, if you are looking for some laughs and a far better than your average movie, go see Matrix: Reloaded.
Matrix: Reloaded is PART 1 in a 3 part series. Juding it alone is like judging your dinner by the salad. This movie provides the bridge between the first movie and the last(?) movie, and until the trilogy is complete, we don't know JACK.
And for the snobbish, boring, elitest wankers who harp about special effects and Psy101 crap, go blow it out your ear. IT'S A MOVIE, you dickweeds, nothing more, nothing less.
And it is a damn good one too. Or do you all want to go back to hacker/sci-fi movies like Hackers and Swordfish? Go see this movie to remind the studios that people like intelligent, well written movies, instead of whatever is hip with the newest Dawson's Creek actor.
My question is, are the assholes bitching about pointless stuff TRYING to get good movies canned? Or are they just assholes?
If we don't like these various ways the government is trying to gain information about us, why don't we protest in good/. fasion? By this I mean, do it the backwards and intelligent way. So the gov wants our info? Fill the system with faulty info, eg: borrow wierd books from the library, or whatever will mess with the system. Let them have their toys, lets just make the output pointless and useless garbage.
If we tell them we don't want them to do it, and make it pointless for them to do it, that might make them stop. After all, without results, what is the point?
Don't like the system? FInd a way to mess with it!:)
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I went to CCC's site and they had this link about a press release on music piracy (an always fun topic here at/.) so I read it, and low and behold there are some nice comments from the heads of various record companys. Some of the statements are rather bland, but a few really show the twists they want to make to common sense. Anyways, check them out.
Record Labels Speak Out The recording industry, including the labels and their artists, lose millions of dollars a year to Internet theft. According to information released by the RIAA, US music shipments in the first half of 2002 were off 10% over the same period in 2001, with sales down nearly 7%. Clear Channel's move to lead the radio industry in publicizing the issue of music piracy struck a chord among the record labels: *The dip in sales couldn't be from poor product, could it? just a thought. Oh, and I always thought you had to have something to "lose" it.*
Arista Records, Antonio "L.A." Reid, President and CEO "The plague of music piracy is spreading in geometric numbers and the industry is faced with the challenge of turning around the mind-set of a generation that thinks its 'cool' to obtain recorded music for free. Arista Records, its staff and its artists all support Clear Channel's efforts to bring the message across in a way that demands radio listeners' attention and dares them to confront a serious issue." *Ok, as a guy who grew up taping music from the radio, I would like to point out that my generation started this trend. Sheesh, give credit where credit is due.*
Atlantic Records, Craig Kallman, Co -President "Everyone involved in music has to commend Clear Channel for partnering with our artists to get the truth out about Internet piracy and the terrible impact that it's having on musicians. Their PSAs are humanizing an injustice that threatens every musician's livelihood." *"...humanizing an injustice..."? Umm, right. If you buy this I am running a "Old Retired Senator's Fund", which aims to soften the blow of leaving public office.*
Columbia Records, Charlie Walk, Executive Vice President Promotion "We're happy to see Clear Channel coming on board and educating young fans that music has real value that should not be taken for granted. Artists deserve to be compensated for the music they create, just like anyone else deserves to be paid for the work that they do." *Education? Re-Education more like.*
Elektra Entertainment Group, Sylvia Rhone, Chairman/CEO "Illegal downloading and other forms of music piracy have had a devastating effect on consumers perception and value of music. With Clear Channel's enormous reach of over 100 million listeners, they possess the ideal platform to educate consumers about the negative impact of Internet music piracy." *This is my favorite. "..devastating effect on the consumers perception and value of music.". I think its ok for consumers to decide that your product is over-priced and lacking in quality. I'm pretty radical though.*
RCA Music Group, Clive Davis, Chairman "Clear Channel's efforts to educate the consumer on the destructive impact of Internet music piracy will be invaluable. We must protect our creative community even from well meaning fans who just don't know that with every file they download or CD they burn, they are undermining the future of the very music they profess to love." *I don't love music. I enjoy it. Like I enjoy ice cream and a good philly cheesesteak.*
Pardon the editorials, I couldn't resist (ok, I could have if I wanted to, but I didn't).
Red Dwarf kicks ass. I love it...but I am more partial to the first few seasons than the last few...I mean, it was so much more funn when they didn't have the money for special effects and relied on a good story and great jokes (IMO, and I like brit humor).
It isn't "science fiction", its "science fantasy".
ok, now that THAT is out of my system, to the main issue.
I think people are so dogmatic about sci-fi for the same reason people get so riled about religion...both are about belief. Now, I'm not comparing the validity of religion to sci-fi, just our responses. If something really "gets" you, it is down on the gut level, and it isn't something that can be truly explained. You can't convert someone to your taste in sci-fi, no more than you can "convert" soemone to a new religion. People must find their way to what they like.
So, to simplify....no wait, lets sum up.;)
Arguments about sci-fi are interesting but they will never actually change people's minds. If they don't like David Brin, they don't. Maybe some day they will have a change in taste and suddenly like David Brin....but this can't be forced on them. So, just remember the next time you argue which is a better author of whatever genre...you can't change a person's mind.
Thanks for listening. This argument available for religion, polotics, and family gatherings. Just cut and paste. Enjoy!
Most people who hear about these projects don't really understand how little control or privacy these projects will leave us.
As far as stable, thats just funny...These projects will not give us more stable software, just buggy software that will let us do less. Next they will be telling us about CPUs and HDs that require MS to work correctly.
and I have the first coherent post on this subject:)
Get the freeware program ZoneAlarm. It will protect your computer from most things, and a good anti-virus (AVG is a good free one). Bothe of these programs are available on Cnet's download database, just search for them. Also, unless you need your computer to be on all the time, turn it off. This will lower your exposure, and your computer will have less "events" to deal with.
Hope this helps.
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If you are a regular, non-elitist, kung fu fight loving person like me, go see the movie. It was funny, well written, and easily the best sci-fi movie to come out in years (since the first Matrix, in fact). Movies are movies, no perfection is possible, so if you want perfection don't EVER go see a movie. However, if you are looking for some laughs and a far better than your average movie, go see Matrix: Reloaded.
Matrix: Reloaded is PART 1 in a 3 part series. Juding it alone is like judging your dinner by the salad. This movie provides the bridge between the first movie and the last(?) movie, and until the trilogy is complete, we don't know JACK.
And for the snobbish, boring, elitest wankers who harp about special effects and Psy101 crap, go blow it out your ear. IT'S A MOVIE, you dickweeds, nothing more, nothing less.
And it is a damn good one too. Or do you all want to go back to hacker/sci-fi movies like Hackers and Swordfish? Go see this movie to remind the studios that people like intelligent, well written movies, instead of whatever is hip with the newest Dawson's Creek actor.
My question is, are the assholes bitching about pointless stuff TRYING to get good movies canned? Or are they just assholes?
If we don't like these various ways the government is trying to gain information about us, why don't we protest in good /. fasion? By this I mean, do it the backwards and intelligent way. So the gov wants our info? Fill the system with faulty info, eg: borrow wierd books from the library, or whatever will mess with the system. Let them have their toys, lets just make the output pointless and useless garbage.
If we tell them we don't want them to do it, and make it pointless for them to do it, that might make them stop. After all, without results, what is the point?
Don't like the system? FInd a way to mess with it! :)
I went to CCC's site and they had this link about a press release on music piracy (an always fun topic here at /.) so I read it, and low and behold there are some nice comments from the heads of various record companys. Some of the statements are rather bland, but a few really show the twists they want to make to common sense. Anyways, check them out.
Record Labels Speak Out
The recording industry, including the labels and their artists, lose millions of dollars a
year to Internet theft. According to information released by the RIAA, US music
shipments in the first half of 2002 were off 10% over the same period in 2001, with sales
down nearly 7%. Clear Channel's move to lead the radio industry in publicizing the issue
of music piracy struck a chord among the record labels:
*The dip in sales couldn't be from poor product, could it? just a thought. Oh, and I always thought you had to have something to "lose" it.*
Arista Records, Antonio "L.A." Reid, President and CEO
"The plague of music piracy is spreading in geometric numbers and the industry is faced
with the challenge of turning around the mind-set of a generation that thinks its 'cool' to
obtain recorded music for free. Arista Records, its staff and its artists all support Clear
Channel's efforts to bring the message across in a way that demands radio listeners'
attention and dares them to confront a serious issue."
*Ok, as a guy who grew up taping music from the radio, I would like to point out that my generation started this trend. Sheesh, give credit where credit is due.*
Atlantic Records, Craig Kallman, Co -President
"Everyone involved in music has to commend Clear Channel for partnering with our
artists to get the truth out about Internet piracy and the terrible impact that it's having on
musicians. Their PSAs are humanizing an injustice that threatens every musician's
livelihood."
*"...humanizing an injustice..."? Umm, right. If you buy this I am running a "Old Retired Senator's Fund", which aims to soften the blow of leaving public office.*
Columbia Records, Charlie Walk, Executive Vice President Promotion
"We're happy to see Clear Channel coming on board and educating young fans that music
has real value that should not be taken for granted. Artists deserve to be compensated for
the music they create, just like anyone else deserves to be paid for the work that they do."
*Education? Re-Education more like.*
Elektra Entertainment Group, Sylvia Rhone, Chairman/CEO
"Illegal downloading and other forms of music piracy have had a devastating effect on
consumers perception and value of music. With Clear Channel's enormous reach of over
100 million listeners, they possess the ideal platform to educate consumers about the
negative impact of Internet music piracy."
*This is my favorite. "..devastating effect on the consumers perception and value of music.". I think its ok for consumers to decide that your product is over-priced and lacking in quality. I'm pretty radical though.*
RCA Music Group, Clive Davis, Chairman
"Clear Channel's efforts to educate the consumer on the destructive impact of Internet
music piracy will be invaluable. We must protect our creative community even from well
meaning fans who just don't know that with every file they download or CD they burn,
they are undermining the future of the very music they profess to love."
*I don't love music. I enjoy it. Like I enjoy ice cream and a good philly cheesesteak.*
Pardon the editorials, I couldn't resist (ok, I could have if I wanted to, but I didn't).
Red Dwarf kicks ass. I love it...but I am more partial to the first few seasons than the last few...I mean, it was so much more funn when they didn't have the money for special effects and relied on a good story and great jokes (IMO, and I like brit humor).
:)
:p
Do I care if there is a movie? Not really.
Would I go see it? HELL YES!
And yes I do own ever episode.
It isn't "science fiction", its "science fantasy".
;)
ok, now that THAT is out of my system, to the main issue.
I think people are so dogmatic about sci-fi for the same reason people get so riled about religion...both are about belief. Now, I'm not comparing the validity of religion to sci-fi, just our responses. If something really "gets" you, it is down on the gut level, and it isn't something that can be truly explained. You can't convert someone to your taste in sci-fi, no more than you can "convert" soemone to a new religion. People must find their way to what they like.
So, to simplify....no wait, lets sum up.
Arguments about sci-fi are interesting but they will never actually change people's minds. If they don't like David Brin, they don't. Maybe some day they will have a change in taste and suddenly like David Brin....but this can't be forced on them. So, just remember the next time you argue which is a better author of whatever genre...you can't change a person's mind.
Thanks for listening. This argument available for religion, polotics, and family gatherings. Just cut and paste. Enjoy!
Most people who hear about these projects don't really understand how little control or privacy these projects will leave us. As far as stable, thats just funny...These projects will not give us more stable software, just buggy software that will let us do less. Next they will be telling us about CPUs and HDs that require MS to work correctly. and I have the first coherent post on this subject :)
Get the freeware program ZoneAlarm. It will protect your computer from most things, and a good anti-virus (AVG is a good free one). Bothe of these programs are available on Cnet's download database, just search for them. Also, unless you need your computer to be on all the time, turn it off. This will lower your exposure, and your computer will have less "events" to deal with. Hope this helps.