This was actually discussed at TLFC. This trailer reveals very little. It's a lot of quick-cutting that gives very little away, as opposed to the really long Matrix Reloaded trailer that let you pretty much play connect the dots between scenes as you watched the final film. People complained that the Reloaded trailer contained almost all of the "money shots."
In this one, all you can definitely tell is that there's a final rainy battle with Smith. Otherwise, it's explosions, giant flying machines, and quickly edited shots of some sort of gun battle (finally, gun battles, the thing missing from Reloaded).
How funny and clever it is to randomly reference SCO for no reason other than to get a "Funny" mod. Especially since it's done in every single article, every day.
What this illustrates is that stories are chosen based on catchy headlines or potential for controversial bitch sessions. Hence, tons of SCO and Microsoft articles, and bullshit stories like this. It exposes the sad truth that the only editorial process going on is to find a catchy headline and an eye-grabbing summary, true or false. And that's it. Screw actually checking the truth.
What I don't get is how CmdrTaco can get annoyed that people complain. He says it's a free site they do for fun, etc. etc. Yeah, let's ignore the fact that the site has a massive readership and a large sphere of influence, and then act surprised when people complain that outright false things get posted to the front page. Sorta like flashing big false headlines on a blimp floating over a city and acting surprised! Playing ignorant and using excuses doesn't make it any less astonishing and annoying.
To paint this as some sort of republican vendetta is absolutely idiotic, and if this guy doesn't understand that when he's actually running, then obviously he's too stupid to be governor.
Who's "he?" I hate when people don't pay attention and instead just knee-jerk.
It's really too bad. All this information needs to be catalogued somewhere. Provide information for people curious about the alleged code of SCO. And as more code gets leaked, more information could be posted about its true origins, because you know McBride will never fess up in his damaging press releases.
You know what? Everybody says this about everything. Everybody thinks so-and-so is getting worse. And yet it's never true, because there was always the same amount of good stuff and bad stuff as there ever was. What noticable decline in film quality? In the past ten years, I've seen everything from As Good As It Gets to the Matrix to Toy Story 2 and much more. There are a ton of great films and a ton of bad ones, as there always have been. At least we're not still seeing as many of those 80s party movies today. Not as many, anyway.
I don't know why as people get older, they feel the need to dismiss everything today as bad and everything in the past as good. Selective memory?
Someone should start a website and an entire organization where people can help contribute information. Organize all of this for the public to see and make it searchable. Let people look this stuff up in a central location instead of letting it all die in Slashdot comments that go off the front page.
It'll also grab nice headlines--"Open Source Community Rallies Together; Creates Information Website." The standard eye-grabbers. What will SCO do when there's some website online detailing where this stuff really came froM?
I really hope IBM uses this information in court. I wonder if they check Slashdot. Just think, legions of readers doing a little bit of code research for them.
It doesn't matter if it's fair. You forgot about the fourth factor involved here--anti-Microsoft bias. There's an undercurrent of it that flows through this entire site. Being fair isn't a consideration here. That's why articles like this get posted. Really, is this important news? Automatic Updates, which you can turn off? It was only posted to the front page to generate more W32.Blaster discussion and Microsoft bashing. Meanwhile, GNU was hacked.
Backup Exec? Anti-Virus? Those are system-level programs. Obviously, as a sysadmin, compatibility should be considered. Or, JUST TURN IT OFF (that's right, it's optional, though everyone's ignoring that).
Where was the "insight" in this post? It was just FUD. Another tinfoil hat conspiracy theory. Right, Microsoft will wipe competing apps. File formats will magically become incompatible. And, of course, none of their updates have ever "clahed with themselves."
I swear, sometimes people don't even think before they post. Anything to get modded up in an obvious Microsoft flamebait article, I guess.
P.S. Linux apps break all the time when you upgrade libraries and packages. Entire systems break when new kernels are released. I don't see the complaints here, though. Double standard.
(Off-topic, I know...hence unchecked "Karma Bonus").
Slashdot Mirror
Slashdot is to the internet as Agent Smith clones are to the Matrix!
Hello? It suggests Agent Smith takes over the Oracle. That's a potentially big spoiler. Why else would he be in her kitchen laughing maniacally?
Look whose kitchen he's laughing in.
This was actually discussed at TLFC. This trailer reveals very little. It's a lot of quick-cutting that gives very little away, as opposed to the really long Matrix Reloaded trailer that let you pretty much play connect the dots between scenes as you watched the final film. People complained that the Reloaded trailer contained almost all of the "money shots."
In this one, all you can definitely tell is that there's a final rainy battle with Smith. Otherwise, it's explosions, giant flying machines, and quickly edited shots of some sort of gun battle (finally, gun battles, the thing missing from Reloaded).
Hook, line, and sinker.
Yeah. One hole that was plugged last month. Nice easy karma, though. I'll get modded down for this.
How funny and clever it is to randomly reference SCO for no reason other than to get a "Funny" mod. Especially since it's done in every single article, every day.
Wrong. They said they want to have formal agreements with third-party software. Interoperability is still there.
This is a non-story.
Yeah, a character name from Max Headroom definitely justifies it.
What this illustrates is that stories are chosen based on catchy headlines or potential for controversial bitch sessions. Hence, tons of SCO and Microsoft articles, and bullshit stories like this. It exposes the sad truth that the only editorial process going on is to find a catchy headline and an eye-grabbing summary, true or false. And that's it. Screw actually checking the truth.
Hmm, somebody's a fanboy.
There is no excuse for this. It takes more energy to point out people's bitching than to just not post bullshit in the first place.
*sigh* Ogg is a container. It is not a suite of codecs. Ogg contains Vorbis, and so on.
What I don't get is how CmdrTaco can get annoyed that people complain. He says it's a free site they do for fun, etc. etc. Yeah, let's ignore the fact that the site has a massive readership and a large sphere of influence, and then act surprised when people complain that outright false things get posted to the front page. Sorta like flashing big false headlines on a blimp floating over a city and acting surprised! Playing ignorant and using excuses doesn't make it any less astonishing and annoying.
To paint this as some sort of republican vendetta is absolutely idiotic, and if this guy doesn't understand that when he's actually running, then obviously he's too stupid to be governor.
Who's "he?" I hate when people don't pay attention and instead just knee-jerk.
Welcome to the anti-Microsoft Slashdot bias. It flows through everything here. Facts and reasoning are powerless.
It's really too bad. All this information needs to be catalogued somewhere. Provide information for people curious about the alleged code of SCO. And as more code gets leaked, more information could be posted about its true origins, because you know McBride will never fess up in his damaging press releases.
You know what? Everybody says this about everything. Everybody thinks so-and-so is getting worse. And yet it's never true, because there was always the same amount of good stuff and bad stuff as there ever was. What noticable decline in film quality? In the past ten years, I've seen everything from As Good As It Gets to the Matrix to Toy Story 2 and much more. There are a ton of great films and a ton of bad ones, as there always have been. At least we're not still seeing as many of those 80s party movies today. Not as many, anyway.
I don't know why as people get older, they feel the need to dismiss everything today as bad and everything in the past as good. Selective memory?
Why does michael make sarcastic quips about Trustworthy Computing? What does that have to do with a virus e-mail attachment?
Someone should start a website and an entire organization where people can help contribute information. Organize all of this for the public to see and make it searchable. Let people look this stuff up in a central location instead of letting it all die in Slashdot comments that go off the front page.
It'll also grab nice headlines--"Open Source Community Rallies Together; Creates Information Website." The standard eye-grabbers. What will SCO do when there's some website online detailing where this stuff really came froM?
I really hope IBM uses this information in court. I wonder if they check Slashdot. Just think, legions of readers doing a little bit of code research for them.
It doesn't matter if it's fair. You forgot about the fourth factor involved here--anti-Microsoft bias. There's an undercurrent of it that flows through this entire site. Being fair isn't a consideration here. That's why articles like this get posted. Really, is this important news? Automatic Updates, which you can turn off? It was only posted to the front page to generate more W32.Blaster discussion and Microsoft bashing. Meanwhile, GNU was hacked.
Backup Exec? Anti-Virus? Those are system-level programs. Obviously, as a sysadmin, compatibility should be considered. Or, JUST TURN IT OFF (that's right, it's optional, though everyone's ignoring that).
All other kinds of apps are left unscathed.
This is not rocket science, people.
Where was the "insight" in this post? It was just FUD. Another tinfoil hat conspiracy theory. Right, Microsoft will wipe competing apps. File formats will magically become incompatible. And, of course, none of their updates have ever "clahed with themselves."
I swear, sometimes people don't even think before they post. Anything to get modded up in an obvious Microsoft flamebait article, I guess.
When Longhorn comes out, you'll be able to use XML to script entire custom installations.
P.S. Linux apps break all the time when you upgrade libraries and packages. Entire systems break when new kernels are released. I don't see the complaints here, though. Double standard.
(Off-topic, I know...hence unchecked "Karma Bonus").