I didn't mean to imply the line was explicitly added for 9/11 -- I thought that Jackson had to realize the
applicability of the line (but didn't realize it had been filmed a year earlier).
That's one of the hallmarks of a well-written book or well-crafted film -- it stands outside of its own time. We're in agreement on that. Which is why I think a "Scouring of the Shire" movie could be excellent. It deals
with themes that applied in WWII, apply now, and will apply in the future. I certainly wasn't suggesting
Michael Moore as director!
You make an excellent point. But are good books that translate well to the screen really that rare?
Both Prydain and the Tripods have fairly action-driven plots combined with main characters that
are likeable and have good character growth. I think either one would make a good movie (or movies).
I do remember reading Jackson's comment about not liking the Scouring. I'd like to hear more
details on his reasoning because I just can't understand it. The Scouring is excellent material
because we see our Adventuring Hobbits finally acheive their maturity. When they return home,
Merry, Pipin, Sam, and Frodo must become the leaders and fight for a cause that closer to home.
Sure, they "saved the world", but "They've locked my Gaffer in chains and bulldozed his house"
is much more concrete cause.
Also, I still remember hearing Gandalf say "these are the times we've been given" 3 months after
9/11. I had the feeling that Jackson was subtly tying in to current events. I think a movie (with
that same subtly) about the oppressed little guy (...literally!...) fighting against Sharkey's corrupt government could be a nice reminder of the need to protect our civil liberties.
I'd like to see the Hobbit done by Peter Jackson, but what I
really want to see is a stand-alone Scouring of the Shire
movie by Jackson. I know, I know, he killed off Sauruman in
the trilogy, but you could conveniently ignore that and
just make a movie about the heroism of the returning Hobbits.
Then again, I've been waiting for somebody to make a
good screen adaptation of The Prydain Chronicles, or John
Christopher's Tripods trilogy (well, now it's a tetralogy,
which is ironic since it's about tripods, but that's another
post...) I don't understand why Hollywood recycles bad movie
plots when there are so many good untapped books out there.
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They were thinking people would rather have 2 pounds of keys attached to the cap on the desk,
instead of working with gravity to pull the flash drive outta the USB port.
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>What's so unacceptable about pornographic sites residing in.com,.org,.net , etc domains?
I often ask myself a similar question. What's wrong with raw sewage flowing down the middle of my street? Defecation is a normal and natural part of everyone's life, why shouldn't it be put on display in public areas? In vast quantities.
If someone wants to take a simple stroll without having to deal with the visuals and the smell, well, just screw them.
Your response is fairly angry and, ironically, makes the same bad assumptions of the people you're blasting.
I only have time to briefly address your mistakes, so here's the quick outline.
Mistake #1: sex == pornography.
Granted, this line will never be definitively drawn.
It varies from person-to-person... and always will.
But --in general-- information about sexual function is not
the same as explicit sexual photos/descriptions for the purpose of
excitement. The.xxx domain idea was to catagorize
pornography, not censor it. I personally don't think it will work
for reasons better stated by other posters.
Mistake #2: Blaming Only "Them"
You should at least read the article summary: "conservative groups
and some internet porn sites". Both sides had arguments
against the proposal.
Mistake #3: Binary solution
You paint the "fundies" as sex-hating hypocrits who want to solve the
problem by locking up all references to sex. But your solution is
to release it into all aspects of life. There is no ON/OFF solution
to this problem. No matter how much politicians and TV anchors try
to convince you otherwise.
Mistake #4: "So screw 'em"
At it's core, the argument concerning how a society handles
sexually explicit material is a matter of compromise. And, like
all matters of compromise, require a level of respect and reason
to reach a satisfactory solution. Yes, you will find unyielding jerks
on both sides of this argument, but try to reduce the count by one
and be part of the solution.
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I also call it S.Q.L. But there's a guy at work that pronounces it "squeal" (like a pig). This makes design meetings painful, since I spend a lot of time trying to delete this mental image of Ned Beatty doing DB administration. "Yew got a purty table, boy."
Why? Just think, man! pico is four letters; vi is only two. That's a 50% decrease in productivity just starting up the editor. Now, if it had been named pi (or even p) this article could have been about the 7.0 release of pim.:)
I can only speak for myself. I like vi because my hands never leave the keyboard. In just a few keystrokes, I can perform actions that take an annoyingly long time with a mouse. (This is coming from a longtime Mac user). There are some tasks that I don't mind using a mouse. But when I'm writing code, I never want to go groping about for the dang mouse. For me, using vi means working much much faster.
I'll admit the initial learning curve is a pain, but once you've mastered the basic cursor movement/find/save set of commands, vi has an easy learning curve. You can use the basic command set for years and add one or two new commands as you need ("There has to be an easier way to do this..." [reaches for vi reference]).
Efficiency is the main reason, but there are many others. Black backgrounds are easier on my eyeballs; syntax highlighting keeps me from making stupid mistakes; it's on every UNIX box by default; and I've been using it for 17 years -- muscle memory is a good thing.
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I was forcefully introduced to vi in 1989. It was in a two-week "Introduction to C" class from Cray. The instructor (I am not making this up: his name was Kermit) had made sure that vi was the only editor on the class computer. I'll never forget his words:
vi is the most efficient editor ever written. You will hate it intensely for the first two weeks, after that you will discover you can't live without it.
You are correct. My brother-in-law used to manage a movie theater and everything he told me matches what you say. The concessions are how theaters make money. All of the ticket money goes back to Hollywood for the privilege of showing the film.
Those splitters! Everyone knows it's the Podcastifarians. They're all jacked in to Applesphere 2.0, trying to extend their mindshare to far reaches of cyberspacistan.
> What I want to know is.... is it Static Convergence or Dynamic Convergence?
It doesn't matter -- as long as we provide sufficent power to the Flux Capacitor! It's the only way to avoid the frame-shattering paradigm-shift! Scotty! I've got buzzwords up here! I need hyphens and exclaimation points -- NOW!!!!!
Wow! You're right. Who'da thunk a typesetting system would push a fetish item out of the top Google rankings? Then again, I suppose LaTeX could be considered a fetish...:)
I was a senior in High School. Our physics teacher wrangled computer time from the local university. I went straight there after school and logged in. While hacking around, I found Zork and suddenly it was early a.m. Yikes!.
The next day in class, the teacher informed us the university called that morning. Someone had burned up all the time alloted for the account. He suspected me -- it could have been my guilty conscience, or it could have been the way his eyes bored into my skull when he said "Someone". Anyway, he didn't bust me for it, and succeeded in getting more computer time.
Shortly after that, my dad co-signed my first loan and I bought an Apple ][+. It's been Apples ever since. (But I never did find a way to hook a DECWriter up to an Apple for that authentic Zork experience!)
Slashdot Mirror
... can I use it with my CueCat?
Check the Wiki on Aslan (second paragraph). Aslan was intended to represent how Christ might have appeared in a world other than our own.
That's one of the hallmarks of a well-written book or well-crafted film -- it stands outside of its own time. We're in agreement on that. Which is why I think a "Scouring of the Shire" movie could be excellent. It deals with themes that applied in WWII, apply now, and will apply in the future. I certainly wasn't suggesting Michael Moore as director!
I do remember reading Jackson's comment about not liking the Scouring. I'd like to hear more details on his reasoning because I just can't understand it. The Scouring is excellent material because we see our Adventuring Hobbits finally acheive their maturity. When they return home, Merry, Pipin, Sam, and Frodo must become the leaders and fight for a cause that closer to home. Sure, they "saved the world", but "They've locked my Gaffer in chains and bulldozed his house" is much more concrete cause.
Also, I still remember hearing Gandalf say "these are the times we've been given" 3 months after 9/11. I had the feeling that Jackson was subtly tying in to current events. I think a movie (with that same subtly) about the oppressed little guy (...literally!...) fighting against Sharkey's corrupt government could be a nice reminder of the need to protect our civil liberties.
Then again, I've been waiting for somebody to make a good screen adaptation of The Prydain Chronicles, or John Christopher's Tripods trilogy (well, now it's a tetralogy, which is ironic since it's about tripods, but that's another post...) I don't understand why Hollywood recycles bad movie plots when there are so many good untapped books out there.
They were thinking people would rather have 2 pounds of keys attached to the cap on the desk, instead of working with gravity to pull the flash drive outta the USB port.
Yep. Betamax proved that for sure.
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I often ask myself a similar question. What's wrong with raw sewage flowing down the middle of my street? Defecation is a normal and natural part of everyone's life, why shouldn't it be put on display in public areas? In vast quantities. If someone wants to take a simple stroll without having to deal with the visuals and the smell, well, just screw them.
Your response is fairly angry and, ironically, makes the same bad assumptions of the people you're blasting. I only have time to briefly address your mistakes, so here's the quick outline.
Granted, this line will never be definitively drawn. It varies from person-to-person ... and always will.
But --in general-- information about sexual function is not
the same as explicit sexual photos/descriptions for the purpose of
excitement. The .xxx domain idea was to catagorize
pornography, not censor it. I personally don't think it will work
for reasons better stated by other posters.
You should at least read the article summary: "conservative groups and some internet porn sites". Both sides had arguments against the proposal.
You paint the "fundies" as sex-hating hypocrits who want to solve the problem by locking up all references to sex. But your solution is to release it into all aspects of life. There is no ON/OFF solution to this problem. No matter how much politicians and TV anchors try to convince you otherwise.
At it's core, the argument concerning how a society handles sexually explicit material is a matter of compromise. And, like all matters of compromise, require a level of respect and reason to reach a satisfactory solution. Yes, you will find unyielding jerks on both sides of this argument, but try to reduce the count by one and be part of the solution.
I also call it S.Q.L. But there's a guy at work that pronounces it "squeal" (like a pig). This makes design meetings painful, since I spend a lot of time trying to delete this mental image of Ned Beatty doing DB administration. "Yew got a purty table, boy."
Why? Just think, man! pico is four letters; vi is only two. That's a 50% decrease in productivity just starting up the editor. Now, if it had been named pi (or even p) this article could have been about the 7.0 release of pim. :)
He won't remember me from Adam, but tell him one of the guys from the class in the OXY building said "Hello".
I'll admit the initial learning curve is a pain, but once you've mastered the basic cursor movement/find/save set of commands, vi has an easy learning curve. You can use the basic command set for years and add one or two new commands as you need ("There has to be an easier way to do this..." [reaches for vi reference]).
Efficiency is the main reason, but there are many others. Black backgrounds are easier on my eyeballs; syntax highlighting keeps me from making stupid mistakes; it's on every UNIX box by default; and I've been using it for 17 years -- muscle memory is a good thing.
That's exactly what gravity is ... God willing objects into their proper places. :)
You are correct. My brother-in-law used to manage a movie theater and everything he told me matches what you say. The concessions are how theaters make money. All of the ticket money goes back to Hollywood for the privilege of showing the film.
Those splitters! Everyone knows it's the Podcastifarians. They're all jacked in to Applesphere 2.0, trying to extend their mindshare to far reaches of cyberspacistan.
Unless, of course, time travel is also involved.
end transmission.
It doesn't matter -- as long as we provide sufficent power to the Flux Capacitor! It's the only way to avoid the frame-shattering paradigm-shift! Scotty! I've got buzzwords up here! I need hyphens and exclaimation points -- NOW!!!!!
Wow! You're right. Who'da thunk a typesetting system would push a fetish item out of the top Google rankings? Then again, I suppose LaTeX could be considered a fetish... :)
The results were neither pretty, nor work-safe.
The next day in class, the teacher informed us the university called that morning. Someone had burned up all the time alloted for the account. He suspected me -- it could have been my guilty conscience, or it could have been the way his eyes bored into my skull when he said "Someone". Anyway, he didn't bust me for it, and succeeded in getting more computer time.
Shortly after that, my dad co-signed my first loan and I bought an Apple ][+. It's been Apples ever since. (But I never did find a way to hook a DECWriter up to an Apple for that authentic Zork experience!)
Funny, I consider that an internet radio success.
Waaaaaaait a minute. I thought we were not as crazy as you! ;)