The Beeb conducted week-by-week viewer feedback on the earlier episodes of Doctor Who. A recurring theme in the responses was that having the Doctor and his companions split up like that made the characters seem stupid, as if they hadn't learned from last time that there is safety in numbers. So they stopped doing that.
Terry Nation was a writer, and a brilliant one. He created the Daleks, and also created the show Blake's 7.
Also McGyver.
It seems that when Terry Nation died there was a fair bit of bad blood between him and the BBC. His estate appears to own the intellectial property rights for the dalek concept, so the BBC have trouble every time they want to run a dalek show on TV.
It looks a bit unlikely that there will be daleks in the new Doctor Who series they are making.
Even so, the space required to store an episode of a TV show has reduced from a pile of bulky film reels right down to a corner of a hard drive, so the producers won't go around destroying old shows because of storage problems, which is what they say happened at the BBC.
but imho Evil of the Daleks would be better! The couple of episodes that are still around are great - they're worth sitting through the Dalek Documentary videa for.
The damned article is all slashdotted to hell so I can only speculate.
It would surprise me if it did include Dr Who, not only because of the potential loss of revenue that others have mentioned, but because of the intellectual property problems with it. The BBC does not own the IP rights to the Daleks, for instance, and I heard that Terry Nation's estate is at the moment blocking the BBC from broadcasting any shows that feature them.
Same sort of difficulties would apply for all the other characters not owned by the Beeb - eg. Cybermen, Ice Warriors, Autons and that squeaky green thing Alpha Centauri. At the moment, the owners of all these ideas have to be paid or at least asked if the BBC are going to sell a DVD or video featuring them, or if someone wants to write a book or script featuring them... I really have no idea how that could work.
And hands up those of you who were not treated with the height of courtesy by most people when there?
I don't think I'm seeing very many hands still up. The French are no less charming a people than anyone else. And if they value having their own language, then let them have it. They are not claiming to be any better than you - just happy to be different. And I'm happy that they're different. Imagine how boring the world would be if everyone was the same.
To the French arrogance is not just a habit, its a way of life
I don't have a problem with the French government protecting what the French people value. If that is a culture distinct from that of the largest English-speaking powers, then I'm all for it - How is that arrogance?
And no, I'm not French. I just happen to like France the way it is.
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Well, this is a dead conversation, but just in case anyone is still out there I'll add my last couple of cents' worth...
In all things that need to be preserved, there are two types of people. There are those who are happy to accept the downhill trend, without the passion to do anything about it, and then there are those who care. The second group is very seldom the winning team, but there they are anyway trying to keep the air breathable a little while longer, words intelligable a little while longer, pandas alive a little while longer, Microsoft in check a little while longer, whatever it is that they care about. Maybe they seem controlling, rude or ridiculous, but if they were gone they would soon be missed.
Finally the Great White Hype Machine is promoting something that is actually beneficial. I don't care if these kids never read another book again; 700 pages is more than a lot of these kids have read over the course of their whole lives. The book is actually written primarily for a teenaged audience, but millions of smaller kids are wanting to read it too. Can you think of a better way to motivate kids to improve their own literacy?
Mostly for when I have the pleasure of noticing some irony, then get the pleasure removed by hearing her whingeing caterwaul in my mind's ear, every time, for over seven years now.
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Everyone will be able to understand each other just as well as they always have (i.e. not very).
And you don't see a reason here to improve the accuracy with which we use words? WE CAN MAKE THIS BETTER!
Ssh! Don't tell them or they'll change the.doc format again!
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I've heard this before somewhere.
We have irrefutable proof of wrongdoing. No we won't SHOW you the proof. You just have to believe that we have proof. Ok, we'll show the proof to some of our friends, but they won't be allowed to tell you what we showed them.
Yes. Centripetal force. The Earth is constantly changing direction (as it orbits), which means its velocity (speed with direction) is constantly changing. Change in velocity / time = acceleration. The direction of acceleraton is towards the sun.
With glorious new technology like this around the place, how can we possibly give peace a chance? Everyone's itching to see the new smart-bombs/dumb-soldiers/whatever at work.
Blood and guts, cool new machines, women crying, high-brow political debate...
Surely all this is going to do is make users who have any OS other than WinXP switch to other browsers.
If you want to hear my crazy theory (yes I realise you didn't ask), it's that they want all XP users to download WinXP SP1. - by bundling all IE patches in with WinXP, then XP users have to keep up to date with Windows patches in order to keep up with IE. Thus everyone who has installed XP using the cheaty crack serial number (FCKGW-RHQQ2-YXRKT-8TG6W-2B7Q8) upgrades to WinXP SP1 - which forces them to register WinXP.
"A new study not published in Nature Magazine suggests that Tetris improves block-rotating skills. Among other things, young adults who played as ten hours of the block-rotating game Tetris regularly could rotate blocks more efficiently - 30% more than non-players (according to international block-rotation standards). Apparently, the game type is important, as ten hours of action games such as Grand Theft Auto and Medal of Honor failed to improve test scores."
A pity then even nerdy smart people can seldom recognise the fact that correlation does not tell you the direction of causation. Do RPGs make you smarter, or do smart people like just RPGs?
...You, once again, are a completely and utterly nimwitted and retarded juvenile who lacks a superego.
Hey, play nice! The guy has an opinion that is different to yours, and is presenting an interesting theory with some merit. It is reasoned and original, maybe with logical flaws, maybe with a few facts that are opinion, but at least it's a relatively new thought rather than the usual quacking that goes on here. Maybe you disagree, maybe there are some flaws in the theory, but that really doesn't excuse such a vile attack. If you really do feel that strongly about the definition of "free" entertainment and the merit of the RIAA, present your argument politely with respect and people will listen to you. Otherwise you end up sounding like the immature one, and those who you offend will simply stop posting their new ideas. And these forums will be the worse for it.
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The Beeb conducted week-by-week viewer feedback on the earlier episodes of Doctor Who. A recurring theme in the responses was that having the Doctor and his companions split up like that made the characters seem stupid, as if they hadn't learned from last time that there is safety in numbers. So they stopped doing that.
It seems that when Terry Nation died there was a fair bit of bad blood between him and the BBC. His estate appears to own the intellectial property rights for the dalek concept, so the BBC have trouble every time they want to run a dalek show on TV.
It looks a bit unlikely that there will be daleks in the new Doctor Who series they are making.
Even so, the space required to store an episode of a TV show has reduced from a pile of bulky film reels right down to a corner of a hard drive, so the producers won't go around destroying old shows because of storage problems, which is what they say happened at the BBC.
Go on then, tell us what you prefer. Step into the ring.
Tomb of the Cybermen was good...
but imho Evil of the Daleks would be better! The couple of episodes that are still around are great - they're worth sitting through the Dalek Documentary videa for.
The damned article is all slashdotted to hell so I can only speculate.
It would surprise me if it did include Dr Who, not only because of the potential loss of revenue that others have mentioned, but because of the intellectual property problems with it. The BBC does not own the IP rights to the Daleks, for instance, and I heard that Terry Nation's estate is at the moment blocking the BBC from broadcasting any shows that feature them.
Same sort of difficulties would apply for all the other characters not owned by the Beeb - eg. Cybermen, Ice Warriors, Autons and that squeaky green thing Alpha Centauri. At the moment, the owners of all these ideas have to be paid or at least asked if the BBC are going to sell a DVD or video featuring them, or if someone wants to write a book or script featuring them... I really have no idea how that could work.
Yeah, you're right. The only way to beat the insane soccer Moms in their suburban tanks is to assert your right to join them.
And hands up those of you who were not treated with the height of courtesy by most people when there?
I don't think I'm seeing very many hands still up. The French are no less charming a people than anyone else. And if they value having their own language, then let them have it. They are not claiming to be any better than you - just happy to be different. And I'm happy that they're different. Imagine how boring the world would be if everyone was the same.
I don't have a problem with the French government protecting what the French people value. If that is a culture distinct from that of the largest English-speaking powers, then I'm all for it - How is that arrogance?
And no, I'm not French. I just happen to like France the way it is.
Open source software has been called "un-American". Surely that's reason enough? ;-9
Hey, hey! Here is a feedback form!
Well, this is a dead conversation, but just in case anyone is still out there I'll add my last couple of cents' worth...
In all things that need to be preserved, there are two types of people. There are those who are happy to accept the downhill trend, without the passion to do anything about it, and then there are those who care. The second group is very seldom the winning team, but there they are anyway trying to keep the air breathable a little while longer, words intelligable a little while longer, pandas alive a little while longer, Microsoft in check a little while longer, whatever it is that they care about. Maybe they seem controlling, rude or ridiculous, but if they were gone they would soon be missed.
Finally the Great White Hype Machine is promoting something that is actually beneficial. I don't care if these kids never read another book again; 700 pages is more than a lot of these kids have read over the course of their whole lives. The book is actually written primarily for a teenaged audience, but millions of smaller kids are wanting to read it too. Can you think of a better way to motivate kids to improve their own literacy?
That's all. I just really hate her.
Mostly for when I have the pleasure of noticing some irony, then get the pleasure removed by hearing her whingeing caterwaul in my mind's ear, every time, for over seven years now.
And you don't see a reason here to improve the accuracy with which we use words? WE CAN MAKE THIS BETTER!
Ssh! Don't tell them or they'll change the .doc format again!
I've heard this before somewhere.
We have irrefutable proof of wrongdoing. No we won't SHOW you the proof. You just have to believe that we have proof. Ok, we'll show the proof to some of our friends, but they won't be allowed to tell you what we showed them.
It's like the theme of post-september-11 America.
Yes. Centripetal force. The Earth is constantly changing direction (as it orbits), which means its velocity (speed with direction) is constantly changing. Change in velocity / time = acceleration. The direction of acceleraton is towards the sun.
Blood and guts, cool new machines, women crying, high-brow political debate...
War: It's got something for everyone.Surely all this is going to do is make users who have any OS other than WinXP switch to other browsers.
If you want to hear my crazy theory (yes I realise you didn't ask), it's that they want all XP users to download WinXP SP1. - by bundling all IE patches in with WinXP, then XP users have to keep up to date with Windows patches in order to keep up with IE. Thus everyone who has installed XP using the cheaty crack serial number (FCKGW-RHQQ2-YXRKT-8TG6W-2B7Q8) upgrades to WinXP SP1 - which forces them to register WinXP.
"A new study not published in Nature Magazine suggests that Tetris improves block-rotating skills. Among other things, young adults who played as ten hours of the block-rotating game Tetris regularly could rotate blocks more efficiently - 30% more than non-players (according to international block-rotation standards). Apparently, the game type is important, as ten hours of action games such as Grand Theft Auto and Medal of Honor failed to improve test scores."
A pity then even nerdy smart people can seldom recognise the fact that correlation does not tell you the direction of causation. Do RPGs make you smarter, or do smart people like just RPGs?
A SARS carrier may, if you're unlucky, turn you into a SARS carrier.
Hey, play nice! The guy has an opinion that is different to yours, and is presenting an interesting theory with some merit. It is reasoned and original, maybe with logical flaws, maybe with a few facts that are opinion, but at least it's a relatively new thought rather than the usual quacking that goes on here. Maybe you disagree, maybe there are some flaws in the theory, but that really doesn't excuse such a vile attack. If you really do feel that strongly about the definition of "free" entertainment and the merit of the RIAA, present your argument politely with respect and people will listen to you. Otherwise you end up sounding like the immature one, and those who you offend will simply stop posting their new ideas. And these forums will be the worse for it.
And, what's more, if government secret agents want to gain access to your super new home network, that'll be the first place they attack from.