For instance, can you believe that Tron did not win any special effects academy awards because their 'overuse' of computer generated effects disqualified them??!
Uh, yes. That movie was horrible, special effects or no.
Indeed. I have the Requiem soundtrack and I was rather surprised to hear it in the trailer... definitely an... interesting tie between such unrelated movies.
Of course that is the implication. It's all part of the Apple marketing culture. Creative design work is done with an Apple. People know that and expect it: after all, what kind of a 3d Animator/Designer doesn't use a Mac? Anyone who does that must not be a professional.
And after all, this is Slashdot. You should expect to be modded down for questioning the Apple Gods, just as I expect to be modded down for explaining these obvious facts. There are many an Apple zealot lurking with mod points, and rarely will you be able to survive their wrath.
If you want to go even deeper, there's something to be said about any company that paints itself as "the underdog" in American culture. There is a patent romanticization of being the 'little guy' in American myth. This is why there is such a general contempt for the rich and the successful, why corporations are so frequently maligned, and why the protagonist is almost always the underdog struggling for success against impossible odds. It's a culture-wide obsession, and this Apple bias is just one symptom of that.
Apparently what some people call "June Bugs" are rather different from what I call June Bugs.
Who here thinks that June Bugs are, in fact, these things? Because I certainly do. I'm from Southwestern Ontario, right between Lake Erie and Lake St. Clair, and these bugs plague towns near their shores in the spring. But we call them June Bugs... or Fish Flies, or (rarely) Mayflies. But Cicadas are something else entirely.
We either need more emphasis on the scientific method in schools or we need to enforece these documentaries to have a disclaimer that all content is considered BS by the mainstream scientific community.
Well, I don't know if that kind of reponsibility should be placed on 'the scientific community.' It'd have to be someone's job, right?
I know that a lot of people believe complete bullshit, but is that really a problem? Who cares if some schmuck things that magnets will cure their athelete's foot or whatnot? It's good (if unscrupulous) business.:)
I think that if we want to teach people to be more rational in their opinions, schools are the place to start. There really should be classes on the scientific method and critical thinking. These kinds of things will inevitably lead to a healthier and more vibrant society, no longer living in fear of irrational superstitions.
But seeing things like "evolution should be taught alongside Christian origin myths" makes me think we have a long way to go yet.
...but it doesn't explain that it has been happening for hundreds of years all over the world.
Do you have a source for that claim?
Obviously some things are lost to the sands of time (unless someone invents a time machine) but that doesn't mean it was aliens or gods or even little pink faeries. Let's try to keep the distinction between fact and fantasy in mind.
However, I somehow doubt that a bug in Ghost is somehow going to change the harddrive's firmware, so even if this is the case I doubt that that is what they are exploiting here.
Never insult religion on Slashdot. You will be modded down for "Troll" no matter how factual your post is.
Does that include Apple? Post anything criticizing anything Apple releases, be it MacOS X or the iPod or their silly one-button mice, and you will be instantly modded down no matter how factual it is.
Wow, what a terrible article. It looks like it was posted mid-edit.
And what was this?
...and with plans to expand Rare so drastically in the near future it becomes obvious at how committed Rare are to the Xbox and Microsoft's next generation hardware.
What is this, a Microsoft ad? And Rare would obviously be committed to Microsoft, being owned by them and all...
On the contrary, shit like this can happen to anyone and, though one should never, ever trust a harddrive for any reason, any publicity is good publicity. I've never heard of this game before and I might now check it out. I've never really gotten into MUDs, but perhaps now's the time!
Slashdot Mirror
The discovery of Pluto was an accident.
Just don't tell Pluto that!
*cough*Linus Torvalds*cough*
For instance, can you believe that Tron did not win any special effects academy awards because their 'overuse' of computer generated effects disqualified them??!
Uh, yes. That movie was horrible, special effects or no.
Indeed. I have the Requiem soundtrack and I was rather surprised to hear it in the trailer... definitely an... interesting tie between such unrelated movies.
Of course that is the implication. It's all part of the Apple marketing culture. Creative design work is done with an Apple. People know that and expect it: after all, what kind of a 3d Animator/Designer doesn't use a Mac? Anyone who does that must not be a professional.
And after all, this is Slashdot. You should expect to be modded down for questioning the Apple Gods, just as I expect to be modded down for explaining these obvious facts. There are many an Apple zealot lurking with mod points, and rarely will you be able to survive their wrath.
If you want to go even deeper, there's something to be said about any company that paints itself as "the underdog" in American culture. There is a patent romanticization of being the 'little guy' in American myth. This is why there is such a general contempt for the rich and the successful, why corporations are so frequently maligned, and why the protagonist is almost always the underdog struggling for success against impossible odds. It's a culture-wide obsession, and this Apple bias is just one symptom of that.
Funding for future movies... either sequels or other movies similar in subject.
...we had racoons who would eat a few hundred of them and then throw up on our roof. :) That's awesome, in a twisted sort of way.
Nature will provide!
Apparently what some people call "June Bugs" are rather different from what I call June Bugs.
Who here thinks that June Bugs are, in fact, these things? Because I certainly do. I'm from Southwestern Ontario, right between Lake Erie and Lake St. Clair, and these bugs plague towns near their shores in the spring. But we call them June Bugs... or Fish Flies, or (rarely) Mayflies. But Cicadas are something else entirely.
Odd.
And what about the nuclear wessels?
What does this have to do with Geeks in Space, the long-dormant Slashdot radio show?
This is miscategorized! And here you got my hopes up that there would be a new episode after all these years...
And what stream isn't 'live'?
...oops. :)
I would definitely go buy several copies if only it were Bjarni, not Loki, who was the insidious creeping threat of the Northlands...
Is it just me, or do the words "insidious creeping threat of the Northlands" bring the name "Darl McBride" to mind?
Do you actually say "Crikey!" in person?
I'm not sure where you're thinking of moving to...
Europe?
We either need more emphasis on the scientific method in schools or we need to enforece these documentaries to have a disclaimer that all content is considered BS by the mainstream scientific community.
:)
Well, I don't know if that kind of reponsibility should be placed on 'the scientific community.' It'd have to be someone's job, right?
I know that a lot of people believe complete bullshit, but is that really a problem? Who cares if some schmuck things that magnets will cure their athelete's foot or whatnot? It's good (if unscrupulous) business.
I think that if we want to teach people to be more rational in their opinions, schools are the place to start. There really should be classes on the scientific method and critical thinking. These kinds of things will inevitably lead to a healthier and more vibrant society, no longer living in fear of irrational superstitions.
But seeing things like "evolution should be taught alongside Christian origin myths" makes me think we have a long way to go yet.
I know, I misread it at first. But I posted about it anyways: it's good for the Karma. :)
...but it doesn't explain that it has been happening for hundreds of years all over the world.
Do you have a source for that claim?
Obviously some things are lost to the sands of time (unless someone invents a time machine) but that doesn't mean it was aliens or gods or even little pink faeries. Let's try to keep the distinction between fact and fantasy in mind.
That is bloody hilarious. If only I had mod points...
"That sounds familiar..."
"Yeah, they did it in http://imdb.com/title/tt0081573/."
However, I somehow doubt that a bug in Ghost is somehow going to change the harddrive's firmware, so even if this is the case I doubt that that is what they are exploiting here.
Never insult religion on Slashdot. You will be modded down for "Troll" no matter how factual your post is.
Does that include Apple? Post anything criticizing anything Apple releases, be it MacOS X or the iPod or their silly one-button mice, and you will be instantly modded down no matter how factual it is.
And what was this?What is this, a Microsoft ad? And Rare would obviously be committed to Microsoft, being owned by them and all...
On the contrary, shit like this can happen to anyone and, though one should never, ever trust a harddrive for any reason, any publicity is good publicity. I've never heard of this game before and I might now check it out. I've never really gotten into MUDs, but perhaps now's the time!
Hmm.
Sobering.