At one time... the Screen Savers were the only show on TV that would come close to taking about technology. Where else on TV would you hear Linux mentioned
I don't know if you saw the early "version" of tech TV called "ZDTV" but that was truly a network devoted to techology shows. Big Thinkers was a 1 on 1 interview show where they would interview CEO/CTO's of tech companies, Computer Scientists, etc, etc and actually ask interesting questions about the future of technology. There was another show called Silicon Spin that John Dvorak hosted that typically had 4 guests. Those were really good too, they would often have discussions about the type of stories you see here on slashdot (albeit with less open source bias). Leo and Kate would do screen savers which was ultra-informative back then.
About when the name changed to "Tech TV" they started taking the tech out. They cancelled big thinkers, and silicon spin. Call for help remained the noob show, but it seemed the longer and longer the channel went on the more it became less about technolgy and more about fluff.
There is, of course, a major difference.
In movies, sequels suck. I mean, they suck a LOT. And before all of you start saying "Well, Star Trek [insert favorite one] was better than the original!", I have one word for you: Matrix.
That isn't true, there are plenty of movies who's sequels don't suck. Those movies are usually the ones that planned on having a sequel in the first place, like spiderman 2 or x-men 2. Usually movie sequels suck because they are made to stand on their own. Then said movie makes good money, and they are told to make a sequel.
The reasons for this are many. Lower budgets,
Actually, sequels are more likely to have larger budgets than originals
raised expectations,
This is the biggest problem.
changes in writers, directors, creative and technical staff, trying to extend a situation that shouldn't be extended, "direct to video", etc.
All of this stuff can be good or bad. A change in directors is what made The Empire Strikes Back the best Star Wars movie ever.
However, in video games, sequels are generally very good compared to their predecessors. Now, before you go saying "Final Fantasy [your least favorite one here] was so much worse than [your favorite one here]!", I can retort that you've just proved my point.
This is because Video Games are a different media, and storylines don't come first in (good) video games, gameplay does. You can always improve on gameplay from one generation to the next. To tell a good story, and continue to let characters grow and develop is a whole different ball game.
You foolish Americans believe everything they teach you in your facist schools. Learn to think for youself! Don't believe propaganda such as this Americans have given nothing to the world but war! You really think Edison invented the light bulb! Hah, some Candian though of it before him! Sure, it never worked until Edison touched it, but he DID NOT INVENT IT!. AMERICA CREATED NOTHING except BRITNEY SPEARS AND SLUTTISM.
The only thing you ever invented was the nuke! That shows what war mongers you are! We all know that George W. Bush has not captured Osama bin Laden so that the Christian Coalition, the Jews, big corporations, white men, and Republicans could oppress liberals.
We all know it's obvious Bush lost. No one can fool us my comrade js7a. We are the wise ones. We see the plan behind Bush's first term. We all understand that George W. Bush lowered taxes so that SUV owners, big corporations, and the Christian Coalition could oppress The French.
George W. Bush had Michael Jackson arrested so that white men, Ann Coulter, the Christian Coalition, Republicans, and oil companies could ensure microsofts monopoly. If they had not, there would be a Mac on every desktop today, and the facist Microsoft leader Bill Gates would be working at Comp USA.
This tablet hack is just a mere distraction so you do not discover the true conspiracy.
This post was obviously modded down by slashdots facist moderators, and is part of the karl rove disinformation conspiracy. Workers unite! Mod the parent up! It is about solar enegry and how it is being opressed by the current facist administration.
You grow up. Anybody with the technology to build a missile with enough range, payload and accuracy to hit those targets effectively has the ability to make a nuclear weapon - which makes the issue of accurate targetting moot.
Yes, YES! This is such an insightful post! We all know you don't have to target nuclear missles! Especially not at the white house! There is no nuclear bunker in there! They have no such defenses against the powerful european, chinese and russian nuclear missles! Hell we could fire one of the superior socialist missles and be off by 200 miles and it would still destroy everything and everyone! These silly Americans have been fooled by their facist propaganda to believe they are safe. They continually vote for the dictator George W Bush and we all know George W. Bush rigged the 2000 election so that SUV owners, oil companies, Republicans, white men, and the Christian Coalition could kill Muslims.
That is right, the UK is right because you have to protect the rights of the criminals, they are humans too! The facist Americans allow people to defend their own property like the cavemen they are.
Can't we just put people first? It will never happen in America. We all know George W. Bush invaded Iraq so that oil companies, SUV owners, Rush Limbaugh, and the Jews could oppress liberals. He doesn't care about the criminals either. What an evil man.
I love the NYT, it's so much better than the NY post. Just the other day, the NYT had a great article about how George W. Bush has not captured Osama bin Laden so that oil companies, white men, and Rush Limbaugh could offend Al Franken.
Yes! I love the liberal national papers, they uncover the truth. We all know Bush is a crook! We know George W. Bush has not captured Osama bin Laden so that Ann Coulter, oil companies, Rush Limbaugh, the Christian Coalition, and Republicans could conquer transgendered people.
Yes, well we both know that capitalism is evil and that George W. Bush caused the Cubs to lose to the Marlins in Game 7 of the National League Championship Series so that oil companies, Rush Limbaugh, and gun owners could kill minorities. Right Doc?
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At one time... the Screen Savers were the only show on TV that would come close to taking about technology. Where else on TV would you hear Linux mentioned
I don't know if you saw the early "version" of tech TV called "ZDTV" but that was truly a network devoted to techology shows. Big Thinkers was a 1 on 1 interview show where they would interview CEO/CTO's of tech companies, Computer Scientists, etc, etc and actually ask interesting questions about the future of technology. There was another show called Silicon Spin that John Dvorak hosted that typically had 4 guests. Those were really good too, they would often have discussions about the type of stories you see here on slashdot (albeit with less open source bias). Leo and Kate would do screen savers which was ultra-informative back then.
About when the name changed to "Tech TV" they started taking the tech out. They cancelled big thinkers, and silicon spin. Call for help remained the noob show, but it seemed the longer and longer the channel went on the more it became less about technolgy and more about fluff.
check your facts, moron.
The slashdot communists don't like facts.
I'm afraid it's my fault. For Christmas I wished that Indians would get a bath and stop smelling. God sure does have a sense of humor.
of course, because this is slashdot, and the slash is to the left.
There is, of course, a major difference. In movies, sequels suck. I mean, they suck a LOT. And before all of you start saying "Well, Star Trek [insert favorite one] was better than the original!", I have one word for you: Matrix.
That isn't true, there are plenty of movies who's sequels don't suck. Those movies are usually the ones that planned on having a sequel in the first place, like spiderman 2 or x-men 2. Usually movie sequels suck because they are made to stand on their own. Then said movie makes good money, and they are told to make a sequel.
The reasons for this are many. Lower budgets,
Actually, sequels are more likely to have larger budgets than originals
raised expectations,
This is the biggest problem.
changes in writers, directors, creative and technical staff, trying to extend a situation that shouldn't be extended, "direct to video", etc.
All of this stuff can be good or bad. A change in directors is what made The Empire Strikes Back the best Star Wars movie ever.
However, in video games, sequels are generally very good compared to their predecessors. Now, before you go saying "Final Fantasy [your least favorite one here] was so much worse than [your favorite one here]!", I can retort that you've just proved my point.
This is because Video Games are a different media, and storylines don't come first in (good) video games, gameplay does. You can always improve on gameplay from one generation to the next. To tell a good story, and continue to let characters grow and develop is a whole different ball game.
You foolish Americans believe everything they teach you in your facist schools. Learn to think for youself! Don't believe propaganda such as this Americans have given nothing to the world but war! You really think Edison invented the light bulb! Hah, some Candian though of it before him! Sure, it never worked until Edison touched it, but he DID NOT INVENT IT!. AMERICA CREATED NOTHING except BRITNEY SPEARS AND SLUTTISM.
The only thing you ever invented was the nuke! That shows what war mongers you are! We all know that George W. Bush has not captured Osama bin Laden so that the Christian Coalition, the Jews, big corporations, white men, and Republicans could oppress liberals.
You can't hide the truth!
It's obvious the fascist republicans want to stop bit torrent. They can't deal with people sharing.
We all know George W. Bush allowed 9/11 to happen so that the Christian Coalition, Republicans, Ann Coulter, and Rush Limbaugh could kill liberals.
They can't hide the truth forever!
We all know it's obvious Bush lost. No one can fool us my comrade js7a. We are the wise ones. We see the plan behind Bush's first term. We all understand that George W. Bush lowered taxes so that SUV owners, big corporations, and the Christian Coalition could oppress The French.
They can't hold back the truth forever!
Lets put the truth out there.
George W. Bush had Michael Jackson arrested so that white men, Ann Coulter, the Christian Coalition, Republicans, and oil companies could ensure microsofts monopoly. If they had not, there would be a Mac on every desktop today, and the facist Microsoft leader Bill Gates would be working at Comp USA.
This tablet hack is just a mere distraction so you do not discover the true conspiracy.
This post was obviously modded down by slashdots facist moderators, and is part of the karl rove disinformation conspiracy. Workers unite! Mod the parent up! It is about solar enegry and how it is being opressed by the current facist administration.
You grow up. Anybody with the technology to build a missile with enough range, payload and accuracy to hit those targets effectively has the ability to make a nuclear weapon - which makes the issue of accurate targetting moot.
Yes, YES! This is such an insightful post! We all know you don't have to target nuclear missles! Especially not at the white house! There is no nuclear bunker in there! They have no such defenses against the powerful european, chinese and russian nuclear missles! Hell we could fire one of the superior socialist missles and be off by 200 miles and it would still destroy everything and everyone! These silly Americans have been fooled by their facist propaganda to believe they are safe. They continually vote for the dictator George W Bush and we all know George W. Bush rigged the 2000 election so that SUV owners, oil companies, Republicans, white men, and the Christian Coalition could kill Muslims.
There is no way we will explore alternative energy policy while Bush is still president. He is the Anti-Christ
We all know George W. Bush rigged the 2000 election so that Rush Limbaugh and white men could conquer The United Nations and steal the worlds oil.
That is right, the UK is right because you have to protect the rights of the criminals, they are humans too! The facist Americans allow people to defend their own property like the cavemen they are.
Can't we just put people first? It will never happen in America. We all know George W. Bush invaded Iraq so that oil companies, SUV owners, Rush Limbaugh, and the Jews could oppress liberals. He doesn't care about the criminals either. What an evil man.
I love the NYT, it's so much better than the NY post. Just the other day, the NYT had a great article about how George W. Bush has not captured Osama bin Laden so that oil companies, white men, and Rush Limbaugh could offend Al Franken.
Yes! I love the liberal national papers, they uncover the truth. We all know Bush is a crook! We know George W. Bush has not captured Osama bin Laden so that Ann Coulter, oil companies, Rush Limbaugh, the Christian Coalition, and Republicans could conquer transgendered people.
Yes, well we both know that capitalism is evil and that George W. Bush caused the Cubs to lose to the Marlins in Game 7 of the National League Championship Series so that oil companies, Rush Limbaugh, and gun owners could kill minorities. Right Doc?
Yes well doc, you and I both know that George W. Bush has not captured Osama bin Laden so that the Jews could kill Michael Moore.