'Cause we all know that digital effects are so much better than, say, models.
Well, sometimes they can be. Honestly, this anti-CGI prejudice is so silly. They're ALL fake effects. Who really cares if it's a model or computer creation? It's that sort of obsession on the icing that has allowed the cake of movies to become so dry and unsatisfying.
You're not one of those film geeks who prefers guys in rubber suits to digitally created monsters, are you? Those people just need to be kicked in the balls.
I walked away from Lucas after Phantom. Never going back. No reason to. His movies are crap.
You are a true revolutionary, and have made my nipples hard with your bold decision.
If you are going to hack gift cards, why, for the love of baby Jesus, would you target Wal-Mart???
Now hack me up some Best Buy or Good Guys or Circuit City cards, and now we're talking.
Huh? If I was spending endless time tweaking and running a PC based DVR, it would be ironic, but I said I bought a Tivo, which took 10 minutes to get up and running, and lets me watch the shows I like in a more efficient manner.
You dads may have had skills to be a welder, carpender or even auto machenic. When he'd come home, he'd fix the car, make a coffee table, helb build a bird avery or build a varendah (patio?).
Yeah, but the car is pretty important, and home improvements have a retun on the investment of sweat equity.
I bought a Tivo despite being pretty damn tech savvy (I'm a hardware engineer AND software engineer BOW TO ME!) because, well, it's just friggin television. I use a DVR to reduce my time wasted on television.
The real satisfaction is in creating something original. The MythTV thing seems more like a Heathkit approach. Follow the directions and you're done.
Those who don't want to make the investment in time...
Or prefer to put their time into investments with better returns like career, their home, relationships, learning skills outside the world of PCs, etc.
Those of us who do don't care about being "mainstream."
Good projection of current trends and technologies, a study of how they may affect society and the story of how one man fought back over those adversities. Extremely underrated.
"What's your fucking number?" is still used amongst my circle of friends.:-)
And Soylent Green, which has three of the most chilling scenes ever filmed for an SF film.
Oh, I have a few friends. They're taking me to some nice and seedy strip club in a few weeks for my birthday after I complete some travel for work. Good fun.
But I have no hope for humanity. My attitude has made me look at mankind very clearly and precisely, and my distaste is now based on empirical facts and no longer just vindictive emotions. Or not. Who knows.
First thing I see is a diatribe against PDFs for not being good at something they aren't really intended for (open collaboration). If someone is using PDF format for an open and living document, they are an idiot, but that's not the PDF format's fault. Anyone who hates a format because it gets misused is not firing on all cylinders.
That's me. I'm the other one, I was basically an outcast in school. I'm a complete misanthrope who wishes an asteroid would hit the Earth. I'm financially successful, but I can never trust anyone enought to make a lasting friendship because my worst torment came from people who claimed to be friends. As far as I'm concerned, humanity is a vast failure and the sooner it vanishes, the better.
And it doesn't end as you enter adulthood, not if you really look at things. People are the same approval seeking, filthy conformist fuckers from the time their baby brains become fully wired until the day they die. Nothing changes. The only reason most stop pulling bullshit after age 18 is because their asses can be sued or arrested.
Just look at Bush and Kerry, two alleged pinnacles of achievement (presidential candidates). A couple bullies slinging mud and trailing a wake of sycophants behind them. Just like high school. Nothing changes. Nothing matures. The only advancements in civilization are technological improvements and once in a while someone gets and idea that manages to stick (like a Constitution).
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Wow. A corporation downplayed the product of a rival corporation.
What other signs of the Apocalypse do you have to share?
'd say we'd all be happily surfing the WWW in our subterran bunkers in 2038 when Intel is no more.
Or the bunker might be stamped "Intel Inside".
Well, sometimes they can be. Honestly, this anti-CGI prejudice is so silly. They're ALL fake effects. Who really cares if it's a model or computer creation? It's that sort of obsession on the icing that has allowed the cake of movies to become so dry and unsatisfying.
You're not one of those film geeks who prefers guys in rubber suits to digitally created monsters, are you? Those people just need to be kicked in the balls.
I walked away from Lucas after Phantom. Never going back. No reason to. His movies are crap.
You are a true revolutionary, and have made my nipples hard with your bold decision.
People always assume a mushroom cloud means nukes. ANY explosion can create the mushroom effect. Heck, I've even seen it with small fireworks.
If you are going to hack gift cards, why, for the love of baby Jesus, would you target Wal-Mart??? Now hack me up some Best Buy or Good Guys or Circuit City cards, and now we're talking.
Huh? If I was spending endless time tweaking and running a PC based DVR, it would be ironic, but I said I bought a Tivo, which took 10 minutes to get up and running, and lets me watch the shows I like in a more efficient manner.
Awwww... :-P
Yeah, but the car is pretty important, and home improvements have a retun on the investment of sweat equity.
I bought a Tivo despite being pretty damn tech savvy (I'm a hardware engineer AND software engineer BOW TO ME!) because, well, it's just friggin television. I use a DVR to reduce my time wasted on television.
The real satisfaction is in creating something original. The MythTV thing seems more like a Heathkit approach. Follow the directions and you're done.
For you young whippersnappers who don't know what a Heathkit was: http://www.heathkit-museum.com/
Or prefer to put their time into investments with better returns like career, their home, relationships, learning skills outside the world of PCs, etc.
Those of us who do don't care about being "mainstream."
Oh, you're such a rebel! Kiss me, you fool!
Your car will drive like a concert hall.
Geez, that just makes no sense whatsoever.
Don't feel bad. I read "Grow Your Own Replacement Boner" and figured it was something for people beyond the help of even a Viagra IV drip.
Stem cells will some day bring us new teeth.
"What's your fucking number?" is still used amongst my circle of friends. :-)
And Soylent Green, which has three of the most chilling scenes ever filmed for an SF film.
But I have no hope for humanity. My attitude has made me look at mankind very clearly and precisely, and my distaste is now based on empirical facts and no longer just vindictive emotions. Or not. Who knows.
Pffft...
Actually, I'm no longer sure it's such a great way to run a country.
Sorry. I let the dragon get the better of me for a post.
And it doesn't end as you enter adulthood, not if you really look at things. People are the same approval seeking, filthy conformist fuckers from the time their baby brains become fully wired until the day they die. Nothing changes. The only reason most stop pulling bullshit after age 18 is because their asses can be sued or arrested.
Just look at Bush and Kerry, two alleged pinnacles of achievement (presidential candidates). A couple bullies slinging mud and trailing a wake of sycophants behind them. Just like high school. Nothing changes. Nothing matures. The only advancements in civilization are technological improvements and once in a while someone gets and idea that manages to stick (like a Constitution).
Finders keepers.
Or if you prefer Real Legalese Latin: Findus Keepus.
So DOJ members in their charcoal gray suits and shiny black shoes are tramping about the hills of Afghanistan and Pakistan? Fascinating.
I'm sorry, did I miss a memo? When did the hunt for Bin Laden get shifted to the DOJ, and why would they do something as silly as that?
Or just for the winter. :-)
I'm sorry.
Not really, no.
Underling: OK, I, ah ah ahhhhhh chooo!
Historian: Oh, dear. What did we lose?
Underling: Ummm... the 15th century.
Huh? A kilowatt of land is just a handful of atoms, isn't it? Depends on the matter -> energy conversion efficiency, I guess.
Wow! You measure closet size in light minutes? Where do you live?