I agree, and think that people that identify as progressives should join the Replubicans and try to "move the line" "from the right." I think that Democrats are hopeless, but Republicans at least endorce civil liberties in their rhetoric. The problem is they do the opposite in action. We need more Republicans that actually do what they promise.
Durring the 2000 primaries there were actually a lot of people registering Republican and voting for GWB because they thought he would never win. Well, now it turns out that GWB is not only the worst thing to ever happen to the Republican Party, but to the United States as well. We could have had John McCain in the White House. I would have been OK with that. But no, the stupid liberals were stupid enough to push the Republicans even further "to the right."
We need people voting for politicians who are not complete scumbags, in the primary, and in the general election, and in both parties. And if you think you are sending a message by not voting think again. The message you are sending is that you are willing to let them get away with anything. If both the Republican and the Democrat are complete scumbag, vote third party, or write in Linus Torvalds or Jello Biafra. That will send a better message. And also remember voting is not enough. After the election make yourself as much of a pain in the ass to those scumbags that got elected as possible. That's what will create real change in the end.
I need to look into that Precinct Committeeperson thing too. That sounds like a good place to make changes behind the scenes.
You're dead wrong that civilians with small arms can't stop a large military though. Did you happen to see how well the people in Afganistan did against the Soviets for so many years? (grandparent)
Unless we're including Stinger missiles and RPGs in our definition of "small arms", the Afghans were certainly not limited to small arms when fighting off the Soviet invasion.
And even with Stinger missles in civilian hands, there is nothing we can do to stop a tyranical government with nuclear weapons if they are willing to use them.
So you gotta ask yourself, are the people in charge willing to use them against their own civilian population? Do they believe in Armagedon? Do they think Armagedon would be a Good Thing? Are they Christian Reconstructionists?
What can you do against an enemy that considers Scorched Earth to be a viable strategy.
Well, the site is/.'d, but is he talking about Bill Gates?
I can get to it, it took a little bit to load but I got it now. At least the article that talks about the game.
The game they are talking about is Donkey. (Somehow I doubt that's related to Donkey Kong.)
It says the authors were Bill Gates and Neil Konzen, it was written in BASIC, poorly animated, and called Donkey because at certain points in the game a "donkey" appeared in the middle of the road and you would then have to quickly hit the space bar, or the game would end. (I'm guessing the space bar was for stopping?)
That article also mentions that MSDOS was a clone of an earlier version of CP/M.
Where is my 9/11 report? Where are the WMD? What's the status of the anthrax investigation? What's the status of the leak investigation?
I'm sorry, but these questions have been classified by the Department of Homeland Security. Anyone who asks these questions, therefore, is guilty of distributing confidential information, and will be prossecuted to the fullest extent to the law under the USA PATRIOT[tm] Act.
You can expect a visit from our agents soon. Thank you and have a nice day. We hope you enjoy your stay in Guantanamo Bay.
US Law: Patent = 20 years Corporate held Copyright = 95 years Individual held Copyright = life + 70 years.
Keep in mind the original Length of copyright was 14 years (I think, I did a quick search.) and has been extended several times to reach the current lenght which is absurd.
Also note that the true purpose of the Patent system is to encourage inventors to share their idea. The protection that a patent provides is just the insentive for people to file patents.
Similarly, the purpose of copyright is to encourage authors to enrich our culture by publishing their works, and to protect them from businesses who would sell their books without permission. But the whole idea was to add more works to the public domain, which may never happen again thanks to Disney[tm].
Am I the only one to consider it ironic that it took a patent about "Machine Vision" to make someone in the legal system see just how stupid some patents are.
You would think that patent US5443036: Method of exercising a cat being granted would have been sufficient to show that the US Patent Office is too far gone.
I wonder if Kevin T. Amiss and Martin H. Abbott have tried to sue anyone yet.
The patent system should be modified such that any significant improvement upon an existing patent negates a new invention from being covered by the previous patent. Then technology is advanced, rather than hindered, by the patent system.
Theoretically, if it is a more advanced technology, ie it really is a better mousetrap, then it should be granted it's own patent. The older patent doesn't become invalid, but it doesn't have a patent on the whole concept of a mousetrap.
Part of the problem is overly broad claims in patents. If the patent office would just denie patent applications that want to claim everything under the sun then that would help.
It would also help if companies being sued for patents with obvious prior art would submit challenges to the patent office, rather than fighting it in the courts, or worse yet settling out of court, then maybe there would be an end to this nonsense.
IBM clearly has the resources to do this. Isn't there some form you can fill out and pay $1000 to challenge a patent with the Patent Office?
Despite all the arguments to the contrary music 'sharing' is piracy
I guess some people will not truely understand the different between copyright infringment and piracy until they are killed on the high seas by people with eye patches who go "Arrrrg!"
and in the long term it can only hurt the consumer as musicians will not make music if there is no profit on it.
Not as long as the majority of music downloaders use p2p primarily to search for new music and purchase the stuff they like.
I expressly banned my son from pirating music but the other day I saw him playing an MP3.
The horror! An mp3! Where did it come from? Did he download it from a bands official website where they promote their music by providing free samples? Did he rip it himself from one of his legally purchased CDs? Well, obviously copying of any sort is the equivilant of looting and murder on the high seas.
The office of homeland security will be by soon to escort your son to his new cave in Siberia where he will be spending the rest of his life. In fact, it is obvious that you haven't done enough to instill in your son the belief that he doesn't have the right to do whatever he wants with his own property. I guess you will have to be deported too you terrorist! You're no better than the parents of John Walker!
While the 'big bad goverment' could - in theory - use a central database of micropayment to track your online movements. On the other hand, just consider how many online users there are out there.
Two things, one is programs like carnivore that sift through tons of content trying to determine who the terrorists are. One would hope that they would have an actual human being investigate to make sure the person is really a terrorist before they are hauled off to Guantanamo Bay. However, we are talking about the same government that has held hundreds of people in custody without charging them with any crime.
Number two: Not everyone that is employed by the government follows all the rules. There are many cases of government employees abusing their powers to spy on people for personal vendettas, or just out of bordom. I'm not even goinng to get into cointelpro.
Number three: (Nobody expects the spanish inquisition) It isn't just the government that likes to spy on people. Advertisers alone try to accumulate as much information on you as possible. Like you say, it is way too much information for human beings to proccess. They just use computer programs to classify you into a specific Lifestyle. But that is not to say that there are not also employees at these companies that would abuse their access for personal reasons.
Most likely the government really isn't out to get you. But that doesn't mean there are people within the government with too much time on their hands. And more likely the problem is going to come from the corporations who are much less accountable that the government.
Sometimes you get what you pay for, but you have to pay attention.
One thing the article doesn't seem to mention is that it is usually the no-name less expensive DVD players that allow you to play other region DVDs.
Is there a middle ground where you can get a cheaper DVD player that plays foreign DVDs, doesn't allow blocking of skipping commercials that some DVDs force you to watch, and is made with "fair-trade" labor practices?
Being able to play PAL formats as well as divx cdrs would be nice too.
Oh, and if you buy a cheap DVD player, or whatever, and it doesn't work then take it back.
Limbaugh is busy blaming liberals for his drug use. It just proves that Limbaugh is really a liberal. He can't take responsibility for his own actions.
When asked for comment, a spokesman for the Bush campaign said, "Oh, Democrats, you've gotta love 'em! They're willing to sell out their country just to win an election. They'll sleep with the KKK, the CWP, the PRC, and ugly fat chicks if it'll get a vote."
You see, it's the law of political correctness: if the character is a man, make him a woman. If the character is a woman, make him a black man. If the character is a black man, make him Arnold Schwarzenegger.
What if they had done it for Bridget Jones's Diary? Oh, and what do they do if the character is Arnold Schwarzenegger?
You've made many reasonable and logical points. Unfortunately, being reasonable and logical are now considered acts of terrorism, or at least unamerican.
We are at Orange Alert now. You know what that means? It means people are supposed to Panic. They are also supposed to continue shopping but they must Panic because that is what the government has declaired. Anyone not panicking and not shopping are terrorists!
You should just Shut Up, Be Happy, and let the government do all your thinking for you.
(mmmmmmmm Yummy!)
Short of WWII with Japan there has never been a nuclear attack on anyone from anyone in the world.
It is not exactly a nuclear attack, but many weapons containing Depleted Uranium were used in Iraq, both in 1991 and in the recent conflict. It is not only affecting Iraqis, but American Troops as well.
Ah, but you forget The first amendment is only supposed to apply to those we agree with. Anyone advocating that the law should apply equally to everyone, and that those with unpopular viewpoints have a right to free speech is just unamerican.
Even reading the Bill of Rights, or The Constitution can be unamerican if you are subversive, which is why Upton Sinclair and Roger Baldwin were arrested for doing so.
That was a long time ago but in these modern times people are arrested for protesting outside of a free speech zone. And the nerve of some of these people. Can you believe that some people have been caught holding anti-Bush signs within Pro-Bush Zones? They have been rightfully arrested. It would be criminal for the president to see any evidence that people disagree with him.
Yes, we are heading into a brave new world, and those that don't like it can go to Guantanamo Bay.
But why oh why oh why did Fox have to replace it with the most insipid teenybopper fast cars undercover cop show that they did?
That was insult to injury.
I was watching, or at least recording the show that came after it but I just couldn't stomache watching Fox at all after seeing the show they replaced it with. I was also interested in the interesting show that came after Firefly anymore. Is it still on? I can't remember the name anymore. Is the stupid undercover cop show still on? Have the Fox executives that canceled Firefly been taken out and shot yet?
Were they the same people who canceled Futurama? (That was canceled right?)
That pissed me off because I was a regular guest star on Futurama.
There were far too many Star Trek episodes about "Spatial Anomalies."
Darn, You said most of what I've said in other comments, only more eloquent. I hate you. You are going down on my list.
(As an aside let me say to Wil if he reads my post I hold him blameless. He didn't write the character)
Wil seems like a good guy and a decent actor. I loved it when he unwittingly destroyed the Earth in an episode of The Outer Limits. That made up for all the Star Trek crap.
All of this adds up to a uniquely entertaining show. I rarely make time for television, but I found myself eagerly waiting for Firefly to come on. I wish the Sci-Fi Channel would pick it up, but alas, it is now the Stargate Channel.
As I said, I hope the DVD sales will somehow get us a second season. I've read that a Movie is in the making, or at least planning stages.
As your quivering excuse for brain-matter can probably already make out, this court decision is a major set-back for our world domination plans.
Listen you drugged up communists at the RIAA. World Domination belongs to me, Richard Milhous Nixon, the 37th and greatest president who ever held the office. You want to sue me? Send the Subpoena to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. because I'm still running the show. Don't make me go Cambodia on your asses!
We have already employed Miss Cleo and we are willing to unleash her fury whenever we want to!
Guess again, Miss Cleo is really a double agent. Whose kicking who around now?
Richard M Nixon, my ass, you're Ann Coulter, aren't you!
Are you implying that Richard M. Nixon would get a sex change operation and become Ann Coulter? (Is AC suing people who imply she is a transsexual?)
I do find it amusing (from a centrist point of view) that so many "Republicans/Conservatives" are currently advocating the exact opposite of what they used to.
The Republicans are not what they used to be. It looks like GWB is literally trying to bankrupt the federal government. It is one thing to want to cut social services, it is another to ruin the country to make such impossible for the next administration. It is insane and I don't know how anyone that calls themself a conservative can stand it.
Out of curiosity, what are the chances of you voting for Howard Dean, assuming he gets the Dems' nod?
I don't like him, but I don't hate him either, and I'm getting desperate to get rid of Bush. I take Gore's endorsement as a bad thing, but will probably still hold my nose and vote for Dean.
In theory I'm against term limits. I think they ought to be repealed at the state level. But I think the job of President is too important to be dominated more than 8 years. I hope to never be mad enough to vote for Hilary.
I like you, I think I'll put you on my list. Thanks for the thoughtful reply.
One of the reasons I don't like Star Trek is that technology comes too easy for them and everybody is happy.
The main difference between B5 and Firefly is Firefly does not have aliens. They have a few people with lots of cool techology, but most people are either living in slums, or shipped off to newly terraformed planets with barely enough supplies to survive.
The show had 9 main characters, which meant it was going to take the show a while to get started, but it looked like it was going to very interesting places.
In some of the backgrounds you see Blue Sun logos. They hadn't even described what Blue Sun was but it was going to be a pivotal part of the show. In the commentary Joss describes it as being a merger between Microsoft and Cocacola, or all the big corporations merging into one, and practically controlling The Alliance.
The problem is TV executives don't want to wait for development. They want instant results. This might be one of the big reasons nearly all TV is crap these days. I wonder of they could finance Firefly merly from DVD sales.
It's amazing that we keep getting "shows" like Firefly and the new "Battlestar Galactica", but no one can be bothered to do a good science fiction series.
Battlestar Galactica was a crapy show, but it was only one for one season? Two? It is depressing that Enterprise is still on the air, and will likely run for 7 seasons.
(But you shouldn't have been modded troll. Sheesh People, learn to accept some criticism! If you disagree with someone reply to them, don't downmod.)
We need some open source movie making (perhaps with Blender and cheap clusters such is just around the corner). Version 0.1 of OurGreatOnlineAnimatedSeries might suck, but by Version 0.8 it'll be the best thing on, beating anything from Hollywood hands down.
Takes more than software to make a movie. You got special effects, but unless you want to do it all animated you need actors, cameras, sets, sound stages....
They essentially built the ship for the Firefly set. You could walk from one end of the ship to the other. It also made for some very cool long shots (Is that what they're called?) where a character is followed from the kitchen to the hold.
Oh, wait, I read again and I guess you did mean completely animated. It is a good idea. It would be great to have everyone and their grandmother's dogs making anime. However, I would still like to see the genious that the Chu shie fook executes at the Fox network were too Sha gwa to appreciate. Angel is the only good show left on television right now.
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Unfortunately, those who believe in the spirit of the copyright law have already argued this before the Supreme Court and it was turned down.
They said that perpetually increasing the copyright length is unconstitutional, but that increasing it to 125 years (or wherever its at now) is OK.
Maybe they will draw the line at 250 years?
I agree, and think that people that identify as progressives should join the Replubicans and try to "move the line" "from the right." I think that Democrats are hopeless, but Republicans at least endorce civil liberties in their rhetoric. The problem is they do the opposite in action. We need more Republicans that actually do what they promise.
Durring the 2000 primaries there were actually a lot of people registering Republican and voting for GWB because they thought he would never win. Well, now it turns out that GWB is not only the worst thing to ever happen to the Republican Party, but to the United States as well. We could have had John McCain in the White House. I would have been OK with that. But no, the stupid liberals were stupid enough to push the Republicans even further "to the right."
We need people voting for politicians who are not complete scumbags, in the primary, and in the general election, and in both parties. And if you think you are sending a message by not voting think again. The message you are sending is that you are willing to let them get away with anything. If both the Republican and the Democrat are complete scumbag, vote third party, or write in Linus Torvalds or Jello Biafra. That will send a better message. And also remember voting is not enough. After the election make yourself as much of a pain in the ass to those scumbags that got elected as possible. That's what will create real change in the end.
I need to look into that Precinct Committeeperson thing too. That sounds like a good place to make changes behind the scenes.
You're dead wrong that civilians with small arms can't stop a large military though. Did you happen to see how well the people in Afganistan did against the Soviets for so many years? (grandparent)
Unless we're including Stinger missiles and RPGs in our definition of "small arms", the Afghans were certainly not limited to small arms when fighting off the Soviet invasion.
And even with Stinger missles in civilian hands, there is nothing we can do to stop a tyranical government with nuclear weapons if they are willing to use them.
So you gotta ask yourself, are the people in charge willing to use them against their own civilian population? Do they believe in Armagedon? Do they think Armagedon would be a Good Thing? Are they Christian Reconstructionists?
What can you do against an enemy that considers Scorched Earth to be a viable strategy.
Well, the site is /.'d, but is he talking about Bill Gates?
I can get to it, it took a little bit to load but I got it now. At least the article that talks about the game.
The game they are talking about is Donkey.
(Somehow I doubt that's related to Donkey Kong.)
It says the authors were Bill Gates and Neil Konzen, it was written in BASIC, poorly animated, and called Donkey because at certain points in the game a "donkey" appeared in the middle of the road and you would then have to quickly hit the space bar, or the game would end. (I'm guessing the space bar was for stopping?)
That article also mentions that MSDOS was a clone of an earlier version of CP/M.
Where is my 9/11 report?
Where are the WMD?
What's the status of the anthrax investigation?
What's the status of the leak investigation?
I'm sorry, but these questions have been classified by the Department of Homeland Security.
Anyone who asks these questions, therefore, is guilty of distributing confidential information, and will be prossecuted to the fullest extent to the law under the USA PATRIOT[tm] Act.
You can expect a visit from our agents soon.
Thank you and have a nice day.
We hope you enjoy your stay in Guantanamo Bay.
US Law:
Patent = 20 years
Corporate held Copyright = 95 years
Individual held Copyright = life + 70 years.
Keep in mind the original Length of copyright was 14 years (I think, I did a quick search.) and has been extended several times to reach the current lenght which is absurd.
Also note that the true purpose of the Patent system is to encourage inventors to share their idea. The protection that a patent provides is just the insentive for people to file patents.
Similarly, the purpose of copyright is to encourage authors to enrich our culture by publishing their works, and to protect them from businesses who would sell their books without permission. But the whole idea was to add more works to the public domain, which may never happen again thanks to Disney[tm].
Am I the only one to consider it ironic that it took a patent about "Machine Vision" to make someone in the legal system see just how stupid some patents are.
You would think that patent US5443036: Method of exercising a cat being granted would have been sufficient to show that the US Patent Office is too far gone.
I wonder if Kevin T. Amiss and Martin H. Abbott have tried to sue anyone yet.
The patent system should be modified such that any significant improvement upon an existing patent negates a new invention from being covered by the previous patent. Then technology is advanced, rather than hindered, by the patent system.
Theoretically, if it is a more advanced technology, ie it really is a better mousetrap, then it should be granted it's own patent. The older patent doesn't become invalid, but it doesn't have a patent on the whole concept of a mousetrap.
Part of the problem is overly broad claims in patents. If the patent office would just denie patent applications that want to claim everything under the sun then that would help.
It would also help if companies being sued for patents with obvious prior art would submit challenges to the patent office, rather than fighting it in the courts, or worse yet settling out of court, then maybe there would be an end to this nonsense.
IBM clearly has the resources to do this.
Isn't there some form you can fill out and pay $1000 to challenge a patent with the Patent Office?
Despite all the arguments to the contrary music 'sharing' is piracy
I guess some people will not truely understand the different between copyright infringment and piracy until they are killed on the high seas by people with eye patches who go "Arrrrg!"
and in the long term it can only hurt the consumer as musicians will not make music if there is no profit on it.
Not as long as the majority of music downloaders use p2p primarily to search for new music and purchase the stuff they like.
I expressly banned my son from pirating music but the other day I saw him playing an MP3.
The horror! An mp3!
Where did it come from?
Did he download it from a bands official website where they promote their music by providing free samples?
Did he rip it himself from one of his legally purchased CDs?
Well, obviously copying of any sort is the equivilant of looting and murder on the high seas.
The office of homeland security will be by soon to escort your son to his new cave in Siberia where he will be spending the rest of his life. In fact, it is obvious that you haven't done enough to instill in your son the belief that he doesn't have the right to do whatever he wants with his own property. I guess you will have to be deported too you terrorist! You're no better than the parents of John Walker!
While the 'big bad goverment' could - in theory - use a central database of micropayment to track your online movements. On the other hand, just consider how many online users there are out there.
Two things, one is programs like carnivore that sift through tons of content trying to determine who the terrorists are. One would hope that they would have an actual human being investigate to make sure the person is really a terrorist before they are hauled off to Guantanamo Bay. However, we are talking about the same government that has held hundreds of people in custody without charging them with any crime.
Number two: Not everyone that is employed by the government follows all the rules. There are many cases of government employees abusing their powers to spy on people for personal vendettas, or just out of bordom. I'm not even goinng to get into cointelpro.
Number three: (Nobody expects the spanish inquisition) It isn't just the government that likes to spy on people. Advertisers alone try to accumulate as much information on you as possible. Like you say, it is way too much information for human beings to proccess. They just use computer programs to classify you into a specific Lifestyle. But that is not to say that there are not also employees at these companies that would abuse their access for personal reasons.
Most likely the government really isn't out to get you. But that doesn't mean there are people within the government with too much time on their hands. And more likely the problem is going to come from the corporations who are much less accountable that the government.
As an employee you are a commodity
Soup is good food
You made a good meal
Now how do you feel
To be shit out our ass
And thrown in the cold like a piece of trash
Sometimes you get what you pay for, but you have to pay attention.
One thing the article doesn't seem to mention is that it is usually the no-name less expensive DVD players that allow you to play other region DVDs.
Is there a middle ground where you can get a cheaper DVD player that plays foreign DVDs, doesn't allow blocking of skipping commercials that some DVDs force you to watch, and is made with "fair-trade" labor practices?
Being able to play PAL formats as well as divx cdrs would be nice too.
Oh, and if you buy a cheap DVD player, or whatever, and it doesn't work then take it back.
Limbaugh is busy blaming liberals for his drug use.
It just proves that Limbaugh is really a liberal.
He can't take responsibility for his own actions.
When asked for comment, a spokesman for the Bush campaign said, "Oh, Democrats, you've gotta love 'em! They're willing to sell out their country just to win an election. They'll sleep with the KKK, the CWP, the PRC, and ugly fat chicks if it'll get a vote."
Don't forget the PMRC.
You see, it's the law of political correctness: if the character is a man, make him a woman. If the character is a woman, make him a black man. If the character is a black man, make him Arnold Schwarzenegger.
What if they had done it for Bridget Jones's Diary?
Oh, and what do they do if the character is Arnold Schwarzenegger?
No, the 1st applies to you too. As much as it pained me to read your post you still have a right to do it; that's the point.
No, the point is that my post was a satire.
But I know the problem. The problem is that satire is dead because there are some people that would say most of what I said and actually mean it.
You've made many reasonable and logical points.
Unfortunately, being reasonable and logical are now considered acts of terrorism, or at least unamerican.
We are at Orange Alert now. You know what that means? It means people are supposed to Panic. They are also supposed to continue shopping but they must Panic because that is what the government has declaired. Anyone not panicking and not shopping are terrorists!
You should just Shut Up, Be Happy, and let the government do all your thinking for you.
(mmmmmmmm Yummy!)
Short of WWII with Japan there has never been a nuclear attack on anyone from anyone in the world.
It is not exactly a nuclear attack, but many weapons containing Depleted Uranium were used in Iraq, both in 1991 and in the recent conflict. It is not only affecting Iraqis, but American Troops as well.
Ah, but you forget The first amendment is only supposed to apply to those we agree with. Anyone advocating that the law should apply equally to everyone, and that those with unpopular viewpoints have a right to free speech is just unamerican.
Even reading the Bill of Rights, or The Constitution can be unamerican if you are subversive, which is why Upton Sinclair and Roger Baldwin were arrested for doing so.
That was a long time ago but in these modern times people are arrested for protesting outside of a free speech zone. And the nerve of some of these people. Can you believe that some people have been caught holding anti-Bush signs within Pro-Bush Zones? They have been rightfully arrested. It would be criminal for the president to see any evidence that people disagree with him.
Yes, we are heading into a brave new world, and those that don't like it can go to Guantanamo Bay.
But why oh why oh why did Fox have to replace it with the most insipid teenybopper fast cars undercover cop show that they did?
That was insult to injury.
I was watching, or at least recording the show that came after it but I just couldn't stomache watching Fox at all after seeing the show they replaced it with. I was also interested in the interesting show that came after Firefly anymore. Is it still on? I can't remember the name anymore. Is the stupid undercover cop show still on? Have the Fox executives that canceled Firefly been taken out and shot yet?
Were they the same people who canceled Futurama? (That was canceled right?)
That pissed me off because I was a regular guest star on Futurama.
Interesting reaction.
Perhaps it will prove useful in persuading cooperation while hatching my sinistar plans.
I knew posting this article to slashdot would prove useful.
Muuhahahaha!
(Note: I do have some serious comments in this article.)
There were far too many Star Trek episodes about "Spatial Anomalies."
Darn, You said most of what I've said in other comments, only more eloquent. I hate you. You are going down on my list.
(As an aside let me say to Wil if he reads my post I hold him blameless. He didn't write the character)
Wil seems like a good guy and a decent actor. I loved it when he unwittingly destroyed the Earth in an episode of The Outer Limits. That made up for all the Star Trek crap.
All of this adds up to a uniquely entertaining show. I rarely make time for television, but I found myself eagerly waiting for Firefly to come on. I wish the Sci-Fi Channel would pick it up, but alas, it is now the Stargate Channel.
As I said, I hope the DVD sales will somehow get us a second season. I've read that a Movie is in the making, or at least planning stages.
As your quivering excuse for brain-matter can probably already make out, this court decision is a major set-back for our world domination plans.
Listen you drugged up communists at the RIAA. World Domination belongs to me, Richard Milhous Nixon, the 37th and greatest president who ever held the office. You want to sue me? Send the Subpoena to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. because I'm still running the show. Don't make me go Cambodia on your asses!
We have already employed Miss Cleo and we are willing to unleash her fury whenever we want to!
Guess again, Miss Cleo is really a double agent. Whose kicking who around now?
Richard M Nixon, my ass, you're Ann Coulter, aren't you!
Are you implying that Richard M. Nixon would get a sex change operation and become Ann Coulter? (Is AC suing people who imply she is a transsexual?)
I do find it amusing (from a centrist point of view) that so many "Republicans/Conservatives" are currently advocating the exact opposite of what they used to.
The Republicans are not what they used to be. It looks like GWB is literally trying to bankrupt the federal government. It is one thing to want to cut social services, it is another to ruin the country to make such impossible for the next administration. It is insane and I don't know how anyone that calls themself a conservative can stand it.
Out of curiosity, what are the chances of you voting for Howard Dean, assuming he gets the Dems' nod?
I don't like him, but I don't hate him either, and I'm getting desperate to get rid of Bush. I take Gore's endorsement as a bad thing, but will probably still hold my nose and vote for Dean.
In theory I'm against term limits. I think they ought to be repealed at the state level. But I think the job of President is too important to be dominated more than 8 years. I hope to never be mad enough to vote for Hilary.
I like you, I think I'll put you on my list.
Thanks for the thoughtful reply.
Personally, I really liked Babylon 5.
One of the reasons I don't like Star Trek is that technology comes too easy for them and everybody is happy.
The main difference between B5 and Firefly is Firefly does not have aliens. They have a few people with lots of cool techology, but most people are either living in slums, or shipped off to newly terraformed planets with barely enough supplies to survive.
The show had 9 main characters, which meant it was going to take the show a while to get started, but it looked like it was going to very interesting places.
In some of the backgrounds you see Blue Sun logos. They hadn't even described what Blue Sun was but it was going to be a pivotal part of the show. In the commentary Joss describes it as being a merger between Microsoft and Cocacola, or all the big corporations merging into one, and practically controlling The Alliance.
The problem is TV executives don't want to wait for development. They want instant results. This might be one of the big reasons nearly all TV is crap these days. I wonder of they could finance Firefly merly from DVD sales.
It's amazing that we keep getting "shows" like Firefly and the new "Battlestar Galactica", but no one can be bothered to do a good science fiction series.
Battlestar Galactica was a crapy show, but it was only one for one season? Two?
It is depressing that Enterprise is still on the air, and will likely run for 7 seasons.
(But you shouldn't have been modded troll. Sheesh People, learn to accept some criticism! If you disagree with someone reply to them, don't downmod.)
We need some open source movie making (perhaps with Blender and cheap clusters such is just around the corner). Version 0.1 of OurGreatOnlineAnimatedSeries might suck, but by Version 0.8 it'll be the best thing on, beating anything from Hollywood hands down.
Takes more than software to make a movie. You got special effects, but unless you want to do it all animated you need actors, cameras, sets, sound stages....
They essentially built the ship for the Firefly set. You could walk from one end of the ship to the other. It also made for some very cool long shots (Is that what they're called?) where a character is followed from the kitchen to the hold.
Oh, wait, I read again and I guess you did mean completely animated. It is a good idea. It would be great to have everyone and their grandmother's dogs making anime. However, I would still like to see the genious that the Chu shie fook executes at the Fox network were too Sha gwa to appreciate. Angel is the only good show left on television right now.