I remember trying to explain to my grandmother (born 1911) how to use a hand calculator. But she refused to learn it, and avoided it like a poisonous snake.
(See, Gramma, just 1 + 2 = 3! See? See?)
How many now would have this kind of problem? So...
By the time everybody in his/her early teens is in their 50's (2040 - 2050), will they still be the technical pains-in-the-asses to THEIR children?
Not to spoil anything, but I think I know the ep you're talking about, and that aint it. I think that one was season 2 or 3. Gee, have they even shown season 4 in Australia?
Seen em all too. Gotta get my Farscape fix. And if it continued, I'd still watch it...
Why? Because even a bad Farscape is much better than the best of anything else right now.
I had to grin at the latest episode (Screwed, part 3). Everybody was getting some at the end there, except Granny and Rigel... hmmm, now there's an image (Granny: ohh, ohh, ohh... Rigel: Who's your daddy?!?)
I too am sorry to see Farscape end, but the show has lost its momentum in the first 3 seasons.
The series plot goes like this: an earthman gets "shot through a wormhole" and finds himself in a distant part of the universe, surrounded by aliens, and with a burning desire to get home to Earth!
Well, as they say, be careful what you wish for: he gets home to Earth (finally), realizes just how much the people there suck big donkey balls (war, politics, Israeli/Palestinian thing, people wanting to vivisect his buddies, myside/yourside), and leaves again with all his Moya buddies! Even Scorpius is preferable...
So now the series is left without a "big picture" plot line, just innumerable random "oh we've been betrayed by ANOTHER alien" type plots. It's like Gilligan's Island *after* they get rescued! Or the Hulk after what's-his-name figures out how to turn the Hulk-effect off (and gets his ass kicked in the next mugging, oops).
Either way, I won't be watching that abortion they call "Tremors." I could barely watch the first movie without ripping the tape out of the VCR. I certainly won't be wasting my time on a series.
...then they are gonna DRM their product out of business. They just gotta be sure that their misguided effort to protect their product does not create something which nobody would use...
So take your business elsewhere. Circuit City advertises their "no questions asked" return policy, at least for hardware.
As long as there is true competition, any true anti-consumer policies will not last long. In any case, I have returned stuff to CompUSA without the 10% fee. I didn't even have to make excuses.
Is there anything in the works for use as a true archival media? I'm talking something with a shelf life of hundreds of years, or is that just sci-fi right now?
On a kinda related notion, I remember reading an article in Analog sci-fi (maybe) about how you would leave a message for people 20-30,000 years from now. Such as to mark a storage site for nuclear waste. Not easy...
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Like how many licks to get to the center of a tootsie pop, the world may never know.
So if somebody tried disabling or modding this chip, would Dell sue?
Rick Berman, in a clever move, cancels the series to get the STE faithful to do a letter writing campaign.
Instead, only crickets are to be heard.
(stood on end, that is...)
Will this low-cal f-word substitute find its way into the geek lexicon, like rtfm and grok? Anybody remember other alien profanities from Farscape?
It could be the best writing, acting, and production ever seen on SciFi (or anywhere), but it is *replacing* Farscape. Fluck em.
I am angry that
1) they got somebody who was obviously less experienced but apparently cheaper (willing to live off beans and rain water) and
2) was not honest to me about how this layoff pained them so badly to lose someone of my great performance and "customer focus."
I eagerly await their company's demise.
gumdrops.
The filling, I mean. Great, or taste-less?
(See, Gramma, just 1 + 2 = 3! See? See?)
How many now would have this kind of problem? So...
By the time everybody in his/her early teens is in their 50's (2040 - 2050), will they still be the technical pains-in-the-asses to THEIR children?
Not to spoil anything, but I think I know the ep you're talking about, and that aint it. I think that one was season 2 or 3. Gee, have they even shown season 4 in Australia?
Why? Because even a bad Farscape is much better than the best of anything else right now.
I had to grin at the latest episode (Screwed, part 3). Everybody was getting some at the end there, except Granny and Rigel... hmmm, now there's an image (Granny: ohh, ohh, ohh... Rigel: Who's your daddy?!?)
The series plot goes like this: an earthman gets "shot through a wormhole" and finds himself in a distant part of the universe, surrounded by aliens, and with a burning desire to get home to Earth!
Well, as they say, be careful what you wish for: he gets home to Earth (finally), realizes just how much the people there suck big donkey balls (war, politics, Israeli/Palestinian thing, people wanting to vivisect his buddies, myside/yourside), and leaves again with all his Moya buddies! Even Scorpius is preferable...
So now the series is left without a "big picture" plot line, just innumerable random "oh we've been betrayed by ANOTHER alien" type plots. It's like Gilligan's Island *after* they get rescued! Or the Hulk after what's-his-name figures out how to turn the Hulk-effect off (and gets his ass kicked in the next mugging, oops).
Either way, I won't be watching that abortion they call "Tremors." I could barely watch the first movie without ripping the tape out of the VCR. I certainly won't be wasting my time on a series.
... 3M moves to have the letter M stricken from the alphabet as a trademark violation.
Umm, there was recorded music in the 1600's? Wow!
(sorry, couldn't resist, please mod me down as a smartass.)
Just keep an eye on the exits...
But that would be a pretty silly thing to do.
For not disappointing me. I was looking for just this kind of reference. As soon as I saw "Enterprise" in the title...
Sometimes its fun to go sacred cow tipping.
What else is for sale?
even for free!
As long as there is true competition, any true anti-consumer policies will not last long. In any case, I have returned stuff to CompUSA without the 10% fee. I didn't even have to make excuses.
nuff said
How long before somebody does this? Any bets?
Is there anything in the works for use as a true archival media? I'm talking something with a shelf life of hundreds of years, or is that just sci-fi right now?
On a kinda related notion, I remember reading an article in Analog sci-fi (maybe) about how you would leave a message for people 20-30,000 years from now. Such as to mark a storage site for nuclear waste. Not easy...
Safe to say your DVD collection would be dust.