MS will not allow this. Look for them to give China whatever they have to, including a few billion in bribes to keep Linux from becoming the official OS.
"A few billion" of what ? Dollars ? China's exchange reserves are more than 3 trillion dollars.
Yes, China will surely be hugely impressed by "a few billion" dollars. Why not some glass trinkets too ?
You said the scene *looks* horrible ?
Well, i don't know about other versions, but the french one is awful. A real massacre. Each time Grandpa Lucas "improve" his movies, he must find new actors for the french voices, so there are now several different voice for each actor who has the misfortune to appear in different versions. The prize goes to the empire strikes back, with no less than 2 voices for Palpatine, and 3 or 4 vader! The episode IV is not far behind, with two different voices for Han, so that not only he does not shoot first, but he does it with another voice. In French, the scene doesn't only looks horrible, it sounds horrible too...
If Lucas had a bit of pride he would re dubbing all his films. But no. I guess we, froggies, should consider ourselves lucky, and that it would probably be "too expensive". He also said that it is why he didn't remastered the original version. What a joke!
That said, I guess I will buy probably the blu-ray versions, because the DVD are crappy on my HDTV. However, this is not what I am asking for. Rather than continually improve old movies, he should create new ones. I want movies on the old republic!
Hum... I hope i will not be modded flamebait, but i don't think the US have ever been the absolute and undisputed "technology king" of the world.
The US once was the industry king, and is stil the economic and military king but it's not the same thing...
So first they edge their competition out of the browser market, then they tie IE into the OS so tightly that a crash in IE can crash the computer, and then they make IE so vulnerable that just using it is hazardous to the typical computer's health, and now they want to CHARGE users to fix it?
If we're stealing their oil, precisely why are we paying for it? That kind of goes against the definition of stealing, don't you think?
Yes, you're stealing their oil, but it's a bit more subtil.
Before the war (the first gulf war), Irakis (Ok, Saddam) could choose to not sell its oil. Now, they can't.
Before the war, they can choose its price. A price of 100$ per barrel would be -much- better for their economy. Can they do it anymore ? No.
Before the war, they could choose what currency they accepted for their oil. In fact, Saddam even switched to the euro. Immediatly after the invasion, the irakis "choose" to return to the dollar. Maybe will you find this link interesting : http://www.ratical.org/ratville/CAH/RRiraqWar.html
So, I am sorry to disappoint you, but the goal of this war IS the oil. You "pay" for the oil, but YOU fix the price. Irakis are not free to use their natural ressources and, yes, i call this "stealing". If your puppet prime minister would try to change this, I think there is little doubt he would be rapidely removed.
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MS will not allow this. Look for them to give China whatever they have to, including a few billion in bribes to keep Linux from becoming the official OS.
"A few billion" of what ? Dollars ? China's exchange reserves are more than 3 trillion dollars. Yes, China will surely be hugely impressed by "a few billion" dollars. Why not some glass trinkets too ?
You said the scene *looks* horrible ? Well, i don't know about other versions, but the french one is awful. A real massacre. Each time Grandpa Lucas "improve" his movies, he must find new actors for the french voices, so there are now several different voice for each actor who has the misfortune to appear in different versions. The prize goes to the empire strikes back, with no less than 2 voices for Palpatine, and 3 or 4 vader! The episode IV is not far behind, with two different voices for Han, so that not only he does not shoot first, but he does it with another voice. In French, the scene doesn't only looks horrible, it sounds horrible too... If Lucas had a bit of pride he would re dubbing all his films. But no. I guess we, froggies, should consider ourselves lucky, and that it would probably be "too expensive". He also said that it is why he didn't remastered the original version. What a joke! That said, I guess I will buy probably the blu-ray versions, because the DVD are crappy on my HDTV. However, this is not what I am asking for. Rather than continually improve old movies, he should create new ones. I want movies on the old republic!
Hum... I hope i will not be modded flamebait, but i don't think the US have ever been the absolute and undisputed "technology king" of the world. The US once was the industry king, and is stil the economic and military king but it's not the same thing...
Before the war (the first gulf war), Irakis (Ok, Saddam) could choose to not sell its oil. Now, they can't.
Before the war, they can choose its price. A price of 100$ per barrel would be -much- better for their economy. Can they do it anymore ? No.
Before the war, they could choose what currency they accepted for their oil. In fact, Saddam even switched to the euro. Immediatly after the invasion, the irakis "choose" to return to the dollar. Maybe will you find this link interesting : http://www.ratical.org/ratville/CAH/RRiraqWar.html
So, I am sorry to disappoint you, but the goal of this war IS the oil. You "pay" for the oil, but YOU fix the price. Irakis are not free to use their natural ressources and, yes, i call this "stealing". If your puppet prime minister would try to change this, I think there is little doubt he would be rapidely removed.
Star Trek is alive ??