Had you RTFAs she mentions that she had written the scripts herself, was aware of the difficulties, challenges and opportunities involved and that SciFi turned her away.
Having Read The Fine Article and seeing her admit she knew the difference between writing a novel and writing a script (though I don't recall her saying she wrote any herself), she didn't have to sell it to SciFi Channel under these, or any other, conditions.
Having decided to do so, and cash the check that came with it, she should quit griping about her own bad decision that didn't include retaining enough control over her property to keep her happy.
(Actually as I've heard it, UKL is difficult to keep happy under the best of circumstances anyway, so I take her gripes less seriously than otherwise.)
That makes it particularly galling of the director to put words in my mouth.
Wouldn't be the first time directors (critics, professors, other writers, students, readers in general) saw things in an author's work the author themself didn't realize/intend/understand.
And it wouldn't be the first time they were equally right either.
Some authors handle this more gracefully than others.
Remember the apocryphal story of the incident where a famous author (the author differs depending on who tells it) attended a college discussion of one of his (or her) works incognito? After listening to a long and involved discussion about many hidden meanings in the story he (or she) approaches the professor afterwards and says it was a nice lecture, but he (or she) really hadn't had any of those thoughts or ideas in mind when writing that story. The priceless reply is: What do you know about it? You're only the author.
The script was, to me, all-important, so Boyens' presence was the key factor in my decision to sell this group the option to the film rights.
If the script was all that important, then you should have written it yourself. Telling a story in script form is different than novel form to be sure, but if it mattered to you that much, then learn!
And I always thought authors were to jazzed at seeing their work on the screen (big or small), not to mention the money involved, that they always said nice things about the project. I used to ask them at SF convension panel discussions about how they felt regarding their upcoming movies, and they'd universally say, "Best thing since sliced carbohydrate of your choice." Now I wonder if any of them meant it. <sniff>
After 300 hours of work and an A average on the exams, I expect to fail the course.
All you need to do is find one more hole, this one in the campus records department, and exploit it for improving your grade. If you have an "A" average otherwise, another "A" will look right in place. It's the "D" average people suddenly getting "A"s and "B"s that draw suspicion.
Bittorrent sites here on Slashdot, such as suprnova.org.
What I hate about sites like suprnova.org is the trapping code that attempts to disable your back button when you try to leave the site.
What I wish search engines like Google would do is, when they scan the site, flag all those with trapping code, viruses, attempts to download known adware/spyware/garbage-ware, as well as list how many pop-ups to expect from the page linked to. Now that would be a useful search engine.
Sounds like the Great Fire Wall of China is distinctly one-way.
Of course, you could fix this by spamming anti-Chinese government spam through the servers in an attempt to spread the truths that the Chinese government seeks to suppress from its people.
Then watch how quickly spam servers get shut down!
What it appears is that IBM has a better process for this than Intel because IBM has less changes to make otherwise than Intel's process (which leaves the Germanium behind) does. This is good for IBM and its partners.
What is unclear is if this 24% speed improvement is solely due to this new process, or is part of several IBM technologies together.
As a result, best to wait and learn some more before going out and selling all your Intel stock.
With IE bundled with the OS, IE dominance, and so therefore MS's own web standards are not ever going to be threatened by people obtaining and using other browsers now.
Wrong. MS is in trouble if FireFox becomes capable of running all the other software you need (i.e. Java apps, HTML rendering, XML, e-mail, usenet, plug-ins). Then all you need is any CPU and any OS that runs FireFox. Heck, FireFox could evolve into a true standalone brower, meaning bye bye Windows. That's Microsoft's real concern.
I thought you couldn't trademark common words (e.g. "Windows"). Microsoft needed many attempts and lots of money, and it's still basically "Microsoft Windows", "Microsoft Word", and let's not mention "Excel", which they didn't seem to trademark at all until it was a little late.
So now under threat of permanently losing my student account I am forced to use IE
I've heard of running Firefox/Thunderbird off of USB Jump Drives. Then you get to keep your bookmarks too. You'd have a case that you didn't "install" anything on any lab computer.
Nowhere did the poster say that HE wanted the unit, the lady in front of him did.
It's douchebags like that clerk whose greed makes the whole capitalistic system look like a big goddamned joke designed to bring out the worst in people.
Hey, capitalism is all about taking advantage of opportunities where you find them. Everyone has opportunities, some just see them better than others.
If the poster wasn't interested in the PSP:
a) He wouldn't have even been listening to the private conversation ahead of him.
b) He would not have posted to Slashdot...
c)...Because he wouldn't have even been interested in this topic.
The only reason gouging occurs is because there are people who just can't wait to get the latest toy. Sony is going to crank these things out by the 10's of millions. If you need to be first, that's fine if that's how you want to live your life, but quit bitching about the prices and actions of underpaid clerks afterwards!
If you want the store to quit selling rare items to their employees before their customers -- who also want to go out and make a killing on eBay -- fine, tell them. And don't shop there until they change. But quit trying to fight human nature...
1: Your GPS is better than mine if it works that well through the metal roof of most automobiles with nothing more than a cell phone antenna.
2: The kids are NOT going to turn off their cell phones. Do you know any teenager that can stand being out of touch with their friends for even 5 minutes while eating dinner with the family? Yeah, right.
3: Could it help recover lost/stolen cell phones? That alone could be the killer feature.
4: Of course the kids are on to this, and there will be hacks to try and disable this feature, but I suspect there's more good than bad here, and will succeed better than the original poster believes if the reception problem can be handled.
I was in a KayBee Toys yesterday at the local mall.
Is this your local mall in Japan?
...is thinking about selling them for big bucks eBay because he knows that people will pay it.
I sooo wanted to knock this guy upside his head for being like that, but what are ya gonna do?
What you do is not be such a big baby that you have to have yours NOW! You wait until it's a price you want to pay, and then you buy it. You've lived your whole life up to this moment without it, and will actually surivive a few more weeks or months more as well. Later the price will be better, and more games available. So control your urges, before they control you and ruin you life.
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My operative words are: It doesn't exist now. It may never exist. If it does exist someday it may not be cheap, or good, or available in quantity.
Nothing to get excited about yet.
Having Read The Fine Article and seeing her admit she knew the difference between writing a novel and writing a script (though I don't recall her saying she wrote any herself), she didn't have to sell it to SciFi Channel under these, or any other, conditions.
Having decided to do so, and cash the check that came with it, she should quit griping about her own bad decision that didn't include retaining enough control over her property to keep her happy.
(Actually as I've heard it, UKL is difficult to keep happy under the best of circumstances anyway, so I take her gripes less seriously than otherwise.)
Wouldn't be the first time directors (critics, professors, other writers, students, readers in general) saw things in an author's work the author themself didn't realize/intend/understand.
And it wouldn't be the first time they were equally right either.
Some authors handle this more gracefully than others.
Remember the apocryphal story of the incident where a famous author (the author differs depending on who tells it) attended a college discussion of one of his (or her) works incognito? After listening to a long and involved discussion about many hidden meanings in the story he (or she) approaches the professor afterwards and says it was a nice lecture, but he (or she) really hadn't had any of those thoughts or ideas in mind when writing that story. The priceless reply is: What do you know about it? You're only the author.
If the script was all that important, then you should have written it yourself. Telling a story in script form is different than novel form to be sure, but if it mattered to you that much, then learn!
And I always thought authors were to jazzed at seeing their work on the screen (big or small), not to mention the money involved, that they always said nice things about the project. I used to ask them at SF convension panel discussions about how they felt regarding their upcoming movies, and they'd universally say, "Best thing since sliced carbohydrate of your choice." Now I wonder if any of them meant it. <sniff>
All you need to do is find one more hole, this one in the campus records department, and exploit it for improving your grade. If you have an "A" average otherwise, another "A" will look right in place. It's the "D" average people suddenly getting "A"s and "B"s that draw suspicion.
I wonder how much it would cost me to advertise Linux under the Microsoft[tm] keyword?
Cute and hip lose out when you can't play what you want to play on it anymore.
If they're MP3 Players they'd play all MP3 files since there's no DRM on MP3 files.
Don't you just hate it when that happens?
They just reduced the functionality of a unit I already own. I want a refund now for the lost functionality.
And when the next 999,999 people join me, it will happen!
What I hate about sites like suprnova.org is the trapping code that attempts to disable your back button when you try to leave the site.
What I wish search engines like Google would do is, when they scan the site, flag all those with trapping code, viruses, attempts to download known adware/spyware/garbage-ware, as well as list how many pop-ups to expect from the page linked to. Now that would be a useful search engine.
Heck, they're probably paying for this as their own backdoor into I2. They've been trying to get in hard enough otherwise.
So tell me, is there any technology that virus writers can't take advantage of?
And don't say Fire Walls. It wasn't so long ago that a well-known fire wall itself proved to be the vulnerable chink in the system.
Of course, you could fix this by spamming anti-Chinese government spam through the servers in an attempt to spread the truths that the Chinese government seeks to suppress from its people.
Then watch how quickly spam servers get shut down!
What is unclear is if this 24% speed improvement is solely due to this new process, or is part of several IBM technologies together.
As a result, best to wait and learn some more before going out and selling all your Intel stock.
Unless they're advertising cookies on my hard drive. :^)
Wrong. MS is in trouble if FireFox becomes capable of running all the other software you need (i.e. Java apps, HTML rendering, XML, e-mail, usenet, plug-ins). Then all you need is any CPU and any OS that runs FireFox. Heck, FireFox could evolve into a true standalone brower, meaning bye bye Windows. That's Microsoft's real concern.
Something scientific and peer-reviewed.
Something solid and respected.
Something true and verified.
Something, dare I say it: Scholarly
How about: "ufo unidentified"
I thought you couldn't trademark common words (e.g. "Windows"). Microsoft needed many attempts and lots of money, and it's still basically "Microsoft Windows", "Microsoft Word", and let's not mention "Excel", which they didn't seem to trademark at all until it was a little late.
So how do these people claim to own "Scholar"?
I've heard of running Firefox/Thunderbird off of USB Jump Drives. Then you get to keep your bookmarks too. You'd have a case that you didn't "install" anything on any lab computer.
6) They'll cut the price.
Can quit using Windows be far behind?
It's douchebags like that clerk whose greed makes the whole capitalistic system look like a big goddamned joke designed to bring out the worst in people.
Hey, capitalism is all about taking advantage of opportunities where you find them. Everyone has opportunities, some just see them better than others.
If the poster wasn't interested in the PSP: ...Because he wouldn't have even been interested in this topic.
a) He wouldn't have even been listening to the private conversation ahead of him.
b) He would not have posted to Slashdot...
c)
The only reason gouging occurs is because there are people who just can't wait to get the latest toy. Sony is going to crank these things out by the 10's of millions. If you need to be first, that's fine if that's how you want to live your life, but quit bitching about the prices and actions of underpaid clerks afterwards!
If you want the store to quit selling rare items to their employees before their customers -- who also want to go out and make a killing on eBay -- fine, tell them. And don't shop there until they change. But quit trying to fight human nature...
2: The kids are NOT going to turn off their cell phones. Do you know any teenager that can stand being out of touch with their friends for even 5 minutes while eating dinner with the family? Yeah, right.
3: Could it help recover lost/stolen cell phones? That alone could be the killer feature.
4: Of course the kids are on to this, and there will be hacks to try and disable this feature, but I suspect there's more good than bad here, and will succeed better than the original poster believes if the reception problem can be handled.
Is this your local mall in Japan?
What you do is not be such a big baby that you have to have yours NOW! You wait until it's a price you want to pay, and then you buy it. You've lived your whole life up to this moment without it, and will actually surivive a few more weeks or months more as well. Later the price will be better, and more games available. So control your urges, before they control you and ruin you life.