If you believe that morality is relative; then I'd ask you to attend a few abuse support groups and then tell me about how 'relative' the pain that objectively immoral acts have caused.
That's a bit of an unfair criticism. 'heavy' language can often be used to accentuate the writers' point. However, I do agree that using profanity for it's own sake is usually a mistake.
And really, I don't think that there is any artistic necessity to use the word 'fuck' in a film. I just don't see it.
Hard-core Matrix Reloaded fans threw popcorn, pounded on the projection room window and ran screaming from the theater when a projector broke during a first-night showing in Chandler.
Hundreds of people waited hours at Harkins Chandler Fashion Center to see the highly anticipated Matrix sequel at 11 p.m. on opening night Wednesday. A projector lamp broke during the heavily advertised freeway chase scene.
"The movie was ruined," said Ward Andrews, 28, of Chandler. "You're excited, you're tense and then you don't get to see the key sequence in the film."
The audio continued to roll but was drowned out by people yelling and shaking their seats. One man climbed on someone's shoulders to pound on the projection room window, said Aubrey Johnson, 22, of Chandler, who waited five hours to see the show.
The problem was fixed in 10 minutes, but it was impossible to rewind and show the missed two minutes, said Harkins' Jackie Faubus. People who left were given two movie passes each. Those who stayed got coupons for free popcorn.
Both movies were highly stylized action films which relied on mysticism and special effects to cover up what they really are.
I mean, wether you agree that it's profound or not (I never understood that one), you can't argue with the fact that The Matrix was a pretty, but pretty mediocre genre film.
Enjoyable, sure; but take it for what it is, and stop trying to read crap into it which isn't there!
instead of the perverts' utopia endorsed by the great-grandparent post. A little preching and a little spanking never hurt anyone. But the scars of child abuse are never outgrown.:~(
By the way, this is a christian nation. Settled by exiled christians who were looking for a place to escape persecution. That had nothing to do with renouncing their beliefs, which the reader can research for themselves by doing a google search for 'puritans'.
And I cannot believe you'd be in favour of forcing your medieval ideas on other sovereign states medieval would be if we went in and took them over by force.
All that I am saying is that we should be more selective about who we do business with.
Would you consider it 'medieval' for me to want to choose who I want to pay a salary to, or to whom I want living in the apartments or houses that I personally own?
I don't think most slashdotters would, so why is the idea of being selective about which countries we do business with 'medieval'?
That's even MORE disgusting than the liberal churches who try to say that homosexuality is ok as long as they're celibate homosexuals.
I started to post a twelve page long rant, until I re-read your post and noticed you said illegal instead of immoral. To answer your question: Since all the states that have sodomy laws put them on the books.
And if my vote and my letter-writing ability have anything to say about it-that will become universal [for the united states, at least; we can probably make europe tow the line through economic sanctions--but now I'm wildly off-topic.:-D]
This will result in every porno watching person from perverts to pedophiles to unite into one large and dangerous organization. Here, let me fix your post: This will result in every porno watching person from perverts to pedophiles to unite into one large and easily identifiable organization.
I think that arresting the perverts and pedos can only be a Good Thing [tm]; don't you?
We lead the world in technological, economic and military development, so why are we putting our people in harm's way by sending them up into space?
We are not prepared to put the proper funding needed into NASA, instead preffering to put my hard earned tax dollars into frivolities like public access television, public arts and education. With both hands tied-financially speaking-behind its' back, nasa doesn't have a chance.
So, here is my proposal: let NASA develop the theory, and let china implement it. I mean, no-one is going to miss one or eight chinese out of billions over there; and some people would feel that it's time that they contributed something to the larger global society anyways.
So, design, and redisgn; but when it comes time to send Our Boys out into space--don't! Instead, let's send some third-worlders out instead.
>That would be "entire", Thanks! >and I believe *nix is probably more appropriate. Look at how it's written in the story copy.:) >> So, I say Huzzah to KDE!
Let's face it, for well over five years the KDE team has slaved away forging a complete and total desktop solution for not just linux, but the intire UNIX platform. No small feet, that.
Along the way, they've had to make some hard choices. Abandon the closed-source QT license or petition to have QT opened? Work on the linux frame buffer potential, or expand their prescence over into the *BSD projects?
While GNOME was making critical mis-steps such as following in the footsteps of Microsoft, and using their FSF clout to force Redhat to hemogenize the redhat/linux desktop; KDE kept their focus almost to the point of obsession. Quality, and Nothing but.
So, I say Huzzah to KDE! Truly, the GNU worlds' greatest example of the american dream -realised!
...but isn't this the same set of issues that lead to the various privacy measures that web portals enacted somewhere around 1999?
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I only know 3 windows users; the other two use "whatever works", as they use win98 and between [I'm guessing] variable software conflicts, one day winamp will work, one day it wont and they'll switch to media player...until it gives out.
My first, best guess is that media player is the "de-facto" music player on windows XP.
You have to ask yourself; who is it you know? What is their demographic?
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That was your first hint; how is it you could miss that?
Oh. You were 'fanning the flames', I see. Carry on.
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Outside of college students and geeks (but I repeat myself), who has heard of win-amp? I demonstrated it to my dad, and he just said "how is that any different than what came with my Dell?"
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So, it could be argued that it's a 'theme', and not just a cheap excuse to [not?] show TnA. ;)
If you believe that morality is relative; then I'd ask you to attend a few abuse support groups and then tell me about how 'relative' the pain that objectively immoral acts have caused.
That's a bit of an unfair criticism. 'heavy' language can often be used to accentuate the writers' point. However, I do agree that using profanity for it's own sake is usually a mistake.
And really, I don't think that there is any artistic necessity to use the word 'fuck' in a film. I just don't see it.
Hissing 'Matrix' fans reloaded w/ tickets, popcorn
Stephanie Paterik
The Arizona Republic
May. 16, 2003 02:10 PM
Hard-core Matrix Reloaded fans threw popcorn, pounded on the projection room window and ran screaming from the theater when a projector broke during a first-night showing in Chandler.
Hundreds of people waited hours at Harkins Chandler Fashion Center to see the highly anticipated Matrix sequel at 11 p.m. on opening night Wednesday. A projector lamp broke during the heavily advertised freeway chase scene.
"The movie was ruined," said Ward Andrews, 28, of Chandler. "You're excited, you're tense and then you don't get to see the key sequence in the film."
The audio continued to roll but was drowned out by people yelling and shaking their seats. One man climbed on someone's shoulders to pound on the projection room window, said Aubrey Johnson, 22, of Chandler, who waited five hours to see the show.
The problem was fixed in 10 minutes, but it was impossible to rewind and show the missed two minutes, said Harkins' Jackie Faubus. People who left were given two movie passes each. Those who stayed got coupons for free popcorn.
Both movies were highly stylized action films which relied on mysticism and special effects to cover up what they really are.
I mean, wether you agree that it's profound or not (I never understood that one), you can't argue with the fact that The Matrix was a pretty, but pretty mediocre genre film.
Enjoyable, sure; but take it for what it is, and stop trying to read crap into it which isn't there!
instead of the perverts' utopia endorsed by the great-grandparent post. A little preching and a little spanking never hurt anyone. But the scars of child abuse are never outgrown. :~(
By the way, this is a christian nation. Settled by exiled christians who were looking for a place to escape persecution. That had nothing to do with renouncing their beliefs, which the reader can research for themselves by doing a google search for 'puritans'.
And I cannot believe you'd be in favour of forcing your medieval ideas on other sovereign states
medieval would be if we went in and took them over by force.
All that I am saying is that we should be more selective about who we do business with.
Would you consider it 'medieval' for me to want to choose who I want to pay a salary to, or to whom I want living in the apartments or houses that I personally own?
I don't think most slashdotters would, so why is the idea of being selective about which countries we do business with 'medieval'?
That's even MORE disgusting than the liberal churches who try to say that homosexuality is ok as long as they're celibate homosexuals.
:-D]
I started to post a twelve page long rant, until I re-read your post and noticed you said illegal instead of immoral. To answer your question: Since all the states that have sodomy laws put them on the books.
And if my vote and my letter-writing ability have anything to say about it-that will become universal [for the united states, at least; we can probably make europe tow the line through economic sanctions--but now I'm wildly off-topic.
This will result in every porno watching person from perverts to pedophiles to unite into one large and dangerous organization.
Here, let me fix your post:
This will result in every porno watching person from perverts to pedophiles to unite into one large and easily identifiable organization.
I think that arresting the perverts and pedos can only be a Good Thing [tm]; don't you?
I doubt that even the combined resources of government and corporations could get many of us dates!
Point 1: skylab
Point 2: Islam isn't a superpower; it's a religion that spans a wide variety of implementations; from mild/tolerant to the fanatical.
With funding being what it is, they may have to settle for 99 cent scotch tape instead of glue!
We lead the world in technological, economic and military development, so why are we putting our people in harm's way by sending them up into space?
We are not prepared to put the proper funding needed into NASA, instead preffering to put my hard earned tax dollars into frivolities like public access television, public arts and education. With both hands tied-financially speaking-behind its' back, nasa doesn't have a chance.
So, here is my proposal: let NASA develop the theory, and let china implement it. I mean, no-one is going to miss one or eight chinese out of billions over there; and some people would feel that it's time that they contributed something to the larger global society anyways.
So, design, and redisgn; but when it comes time to send Our Boys out into space--don't! Instead, let's send some third-worlders out instead.
"Following in the footsteps of Micrsoft", what's that supposed to mean?
I'm refering to their shift in focus on implementing C#.
Odd, I think that most people would associate FUD with the actions of Microsoft, rather than the FSF. Oh well. It takes all kinds, I guess!
Thanks! I only heard of him second hand. :(
>That would be "entire", :)
Thanks!
>and I believe *nix is probably more appropriate.
Look at how it's written in the story copy.
>> So, I say Huzzah to KDE!
>Agreed.
Indeed.
It certainly wasn't Microsoft! Then again, that was around the same time that SUN was giving them UI advise, if I remember correctly.
I can hear their IT people griping about all the proffesionalism being exported out of the country, ala' their own H1B laws. ;)
Let's face it, for well over five years the KDE team has slaved away forging a complete and total desktop solution for not just linux, but the intire UNIX platform. No small feet, that. Along the way, they've had to make some hard choices. Abandon the closed-source QT license or petition to have QT opened? Work on the linux frame buffer potential, or expand their prescence over into the *BSD projects? While GNOME was making critical mis-steps such as following in the footsteps of Microsoft, and using their FSF clout to force Redhat to hemogenize the redhat/linux desktop; KDE kept their focus almost to the point of obsession. Quality, and Nothing but. So, I say Huzzah to KDE! Truly, the GNU worlds' greatest example of the american dream -realised!
...but isn't this the same set of issues that lead to the various privacy measures that web portals enacted somewhere around 1999?
I only know 3 windows users; the other two use "whatever works", as they use win98 and between [I'm guessing] variable software conflicts, one day winamp will work, one day it wont and they'll switch to media player...until it gives out. My first, best guess is that media player is the "de-facto" music player on windows XP. You have to ask yourself; who is it you know? What is their demographic?
That was your first hint; how is it you could miss that? Oh. You were 'fanning the flames', I see. Carry on.
Outside of college students and geeks (but I repeat myself), who has heard of win-amp? I demonstrated it to my dad, and he just said "how is that any different than what came with my Dell?"
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Wasn't OGG the open source caveman, or something along those lines?
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