"The Phantom Menace" - they never explained it in the movie and seems to me to be an obscure fanboy reference. At least New Hope, Strikes Back and Jedi were easily explained... -- Chaosnetwork
Don't forget that there was a complete hoax name for Jedi. I can't remember what it was, but I recall that there were hats and jackets made to fool the press...
The bogus name was "Revenge of the Jedi" -- Chaosnetwork
I think its a misnomer to call the original 3 "epic". The Star Wars trilogy is nothing more than a highly entertaining summer "popcorn" movie. I hate the fact that Star Wars fans want to make it out to be "deep & dark" and "epic". Just enjoy the damn movie, it ain't rocket science... -- Chaosnetwork
When ABC/ESPN started showing World Cup Soccer, they ran into the problem that soccer is continuous without timeouts and breaks like football/basketball/hockey. They found away around by rotating "banners" in the corner of the screen for a certain time period with the various advertisers. I can see this happening with all programming when its time shifted. They'll probably end up adding audio and animation to them as well too. -- Chaosnetwork
It's fashionable to beat up on Disney, and while their stories sometimes make concessions to their core audience (little kids) some of the best animation is coming out of the house that Walt built. Especially Tarzan, The Lion King, and Dinosaur. Next summer's Atlantis looks even more promising.
Also from Disney/Pixar is the excellent Toy Story series, combining quality animation with a fantastic story. -- Chaosnetwork
And when AOL bout Netscape, they were essentially buying Netscape.com 's traffic. They could give a crap about Navigator and the server software... -- Chaosnetwork
You can see T2000 - the fully liquid Terminator at Universal Studios Florida/Hollywood's T2 Spectacular. According to Cameron, the show is an official part of the mythos. -- Humancasting
If there's an open source application enabling all this file sharing, who would RIAA/MPAA go up against? Individual users? Wouldn't that be cost prohibitive? Is an open application the ultimate defense against this or do we need new legislation... -- Humancasting
In truth a lot of the movies are full length features.
They go through the legal system because its all they know. Instead of being smart and figuring out the system, they rely on "the old world" way of thinking... -- Humancasting
We're not waiting on them to change. We're moving forward whether they like it or not. you cannot stop progress, you can only hope to contain it... -- Humancasting
For the past few weeks, the MPAA has shown that its clue level is as low as the RIAA. The genie is out of the bottle and we're not going back. Ever. -- Humancasting
CNet only has their News.com program on CNBC, ZDNet has a 24 hour channel. CNet also owns TV.COM, and they piss me off in the way that they don't use what's probably the most awesomed domain name... -- Humancasting
I hope you don't have a mass market product, because making something that *only* works with Netscape is just as asinine as whining about new features in IE. -- Humancasting
Netscape tried to do the same thing. If they owned 86% of the market, they would introduce propietary standards like they did with blink and frames. -- Humancasting
People have a need, and a company provides products and services to fulfill that need. America excels at this particular moreso than other countries, which is not a bad thing. People still have free will, and free choice. Don't like McDonalds? Don't go there. Don't like Microsoft? Use Linux. But don't committ crimes like vandalism and hide behind the shield of "those corporate baddys". The rest of us like our Coke/McDonalds/Levis/Nikes...
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My point exactly. No one knows...
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Chaosnetwork
Humble? The Transmeta dudes made their product seem like the second coming of Christ...
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Chaosnetwork
"The Phantom Menace" - they never explained it in the movie and seems to me to be an obscure fanboy reference. At least New Hope, Strikes Back and Jedi were easily explained...
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Chaosnetwork
The bogus name was "Revenge of the Jedi"
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Chaosnetwork
I think its a misnomer to call the original 3 "epic". The Star Wars trilogy is nothing more than a highly entertaining summer "popcorn" movie. I hate the fact that Star Wars fans want to make it out to be "deep & dark" and "epic". Just enjoy the damn movie, it ain't rocket science...
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Chaosnetwork
When ABC/ESPN started showing World Cup Soccer, they ran into the problem that soccer is continuous without timeouts and breaks like football/basketball/hockey. They found away around by rotating "banners" in the corner of the screen for a certain time period with the various advertisers. I can see this happening with all programming when its time shifted. They'll probably end up adding audio and animation to them as well too.
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Chaosnetwork
It's fashionable to beat up on Disney, and while their stories sometimes make concessions to their core audience (little kids) some of the best animation is coming out of the house that Walt built. Especially Tarzan, The Lion King, and Dinosaur. Next summer's Atlantis looks even more promising.
Also from Disney/Pixar is the excellent Toy Story series, combining quality animation with a fantastic story.
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Chaosnetwork
Pokemon = Fad
Disney = Legacy
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Chaosnetwork
Try RadioSpy, along with a cool application, they have MP3 News and reviews of unknowns.
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Chaosnetwork
And when AOL bout Netscape, they were essentially buying Netscape.com 's traffic. They could give a crap about Navigator and the server software...
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Chaosnetwork
Think Disney/TimeWrnerAOL/Universal for the companies really responsible for this way of thought. Forget Microsoft
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Humancasting
You can see T2000 - the fully liquid Terminator at Universal Studios Florida/Hollywood's T2 Spectacular. According to Cameron, the show is an official part of the mythos.
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Humancasting
If there's an open source application enabling all this file sharing, who would RIAA/MPAA go up against? Individual users? Wouldn't that be cost prohibitive? Is an open application the ultimate defense against this or do we need new legislation...
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Humancasting
They go through the legal system because its all they know. Instead of being smart and figuring out the system, they rely on "the old world" way of thinking...
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Humancasting
We're not waiting on them to change. We're moving forward whether they like it or not. you cannot stop progress, you can only hope to contain it...
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Humancasting
For the past few weeks, the MPAA has shown that its clue level is as low as the RIAA. The genie is out of the bottle and we're not going back. Ever.
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Humancasting
See them at Chaosnetwork
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Humancasting
CNet only has their News.com program on CNBC, ZDNet has a 24 hour channel. CNet also owns TV.COM, and they piss me off in the way that they don't use what's probably the most awesomed domain name...
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Humancasting
I hope you don't have a mass market product, because making something that *only* works with Netscape is just as asinine as whining about new features in IE.
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Humancasting
If you use Frontpage, you're not a web designer.
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Humancasting
Netscape tried to do the same thing. If they owned 86% of the market, they would introduce propietary standards like they did with blink and frames.
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Humancasting
You do understand that the rise of gas-powered superheros requires the arrival of supervillians? Face your doom, hero - boy! :)
I was saying that America has practiced it on a more or less (there was that Civil War deal...) consistent basis for 224 yrs.
It's done pretty well for the past 224 years
People have a need, and a company provides products and services to fulfill that need. America excels at this particular moreso than other countries, which is not a bad thing. People still have free will, and free choice. Don't like McDonalds? Don't go there. Don't like Microsoft? Use Linux. But don't committ crimes like vandalism and hide behind the shield of "those corporate baddys". The rest of us like our Coke/McDonalds/Levis/Nikes...