So he says to me he says, "Do you want to be baaaaaad?" And I say, "Yeah baby YEAH! Surf's up space ponies! We're making gravy WITHOUT THE LUMPS!!! AAAAAAAAAAAhahahahahaHAAAAAA!!!"
I think it may require some creative use of math in order to scientifically explain Star Wars phenomena...
derivative = used to explain aliens in TPM that conveniantly conform to racist stereotypes from Earth.
l = new constant used to explain how, as time increases, Han goes from shooting first, then second, then at the same time as an enemy. l standing for lameness, of course.
continuity = Leia remembers mother?
eccentricity = What was going on Lucas's head with regards to Midichlorians
When will these "scientists" (who are obviously biased liberals) realize that it's not megaflaura extinction, it's that the megaflaura are experiencing their rapture?
I think it could be a smart move. Think of it. The XBox and the PS3 will be going all out to steal each others' thunder, and the consumer market for consoles will be split. If Nintendo can handle staying out of the spotlight for a little while, and then show up the next year with a console superior to the other two and good lineup of games, all the attention will be focused on them. As it is, you could argue it's too early for a second XBox and a third Playstation. Nintendo's timing could be perfect.
Ok, this is the fourth response along the lines of "They want you to watch the ads, not the shows", and while I understand the importance of ads for these shows, I'm not buying it -- and yes, I already am pretty cynical about tv.
Television is increasingly reaching a point where it's competing against other forms of entertainment for consumer attention -- pay tv, movies & dvd rentals and purchases, the internet, video games, etc. These forms don't all subscribe to traditional media and advertising practices, and the television companies know this. We're actually at a point of really high quality television right now, arguably better than film, and that's a result of the networks realizing that it's worth it to give us good shows and diverse programming so that television can remain a viable source of income for them, and ensure continued audience penetration.
So yeah, the ads are their way of getting revenue, but the ads wouldn't be placed if the television shows sucked. That's why shows get cancelled -- they want people watching their shows.
I downloaded the latest Apprentice because I missed it. I'm in Korea with no VCR and I was out of town that night. How the hell else am I going to watch their show? They DO want people to watch their shows, right?
Just another example of these people dropping the ball and trying to fight technology. Hell, if they were smart, they'd offer their own shows with commercials for download. If they came up with a system that was as fast and easy as bt which had commercials, and maybe even more reliable, I'd probably get that version and watch the damn commercials anyway, or at least, pay as much attention to the commercials as I would if it was a regular broadcast.
But instead, these guys are like creationists, dragging us kicking and screaming back into technologically backwards times when we've already gotten a taste of enlightenment. Good luck with that. Idiots.
But as soon as Qui-gon gives a name to that link, all the fair-weather-fans start rioting in the streets.
It's not a question of someone being a fair-weather-fan, it's a question of Lucas being a twit with literary devices.
The Force as a metaphor is a powerful idea -- not so much the idea that nature emits a magic, but that there is something to be gained by getting in synch with nature in a world governed by technology. Creating a vague link between life and the force does the trick. By talking about there being some sort of microscopic entity behind the force that can be determined via a blood test, we're being given a literal explanation that serves no real purpose except to dilute the power of the metaphor. The audience was already willing to suspend disbelief on the idea that the force exists. Why toy with that?
Plus, look at the simple explanation that Obi Wan gave Luke, and then look at the impromptu faux-biology explanation that was given to "Ani". It was ludicrous, totally self-conscious, and its poor execution made people question what the heck Lucas was trying to get at by using the Force in the first place.
It's tinkering on par with making Han shoot first -- it insults the intelligence of the audience. We were already willing to accept that it's possible for Han to go from shoot-first-take-names-later to somebody who risked his own neck for a worthy cause. Han knocking out Darth Vader at the end of SW:ANH is one of the more meaningful character developments in the whole series. Making Han reactive rather than proactive in the bar scene, it's as though Lucas was saying, "You're just too stupid to believe such an awesome character development at the end of the movie, so I'll help you out by changing Han's character."
Those things, and others, went a long way to destroying my faith in Lucas's ability as an artist. That's what bothered me. It's like finding out that William Faulkner was contemplating turning Go Down, Moses! into a broadway musical.
A handful of updates, corrections and further thoughts on recent Slashdot stories follow; read on for updates on the Real-ID Act, Hollywood consultant math professor Jonathan Farley, the real first losers (and winners of the U.S. Open's Aibo League) at the 2005 Robo-Cup, and more. Details below.A handful of updates, corrections and further thoughts on recent Slashdot stories follow; read on for updates on the Real-ID Act, Hollywood consultant math professor Jonathan Farley, the real first losers (and winners of the U.S. Open's Aibo League) at the 2005 Robo-Cup, and more. Details below.
A dupe within the article summary?!? Now I've seen it all.
Hear that? That's the sound of Microsoft shaking in its boots. Really! Can you hear it?
Yeah, me neither.
I'm sorry, that's rude, but the big problem with lawsuits isn't just having one thrown at you, it's the long and drawn-out process of having to see it all the way through to the end. Forget about the merits of the case, if you've got a lawsuit coming, and you're small, you're a hell of a lot less worried about a guilty verdict and a hell of a lot more worried about going bankrupt, because in the big time lawyers prey on fears of the latter more than the former.
If Microsoft wants to sue, they're going to do it whether or not there's a bunch of lawyers working pro bono on the case. You'd need an entire army of tech-minded geeks engaging in "open source law" (in quotes not to refer to open source software, but to "open source journalism", which was a pretty horrible catch-phrase but analogous to this situation...). In which case, maybe this dept could act as a sort of marshalling station.
But still, if they were thinking about dropping the gauntlet before, they're not going to be deterred now.
Or maybe George is cashing in a few favours from friends in the media. Frankly, while it's possible that everyone's expectations were so low from Ep 1 & 2 that anything looks good in comparison, this is also the media which blindly and stupidly supports anything these days. These companies are absolutely desperate to be the one who gets on the bandwagon first.
Assuming you're fingering the girl, rotate your hand so it's palm up. Then, with the appropriate digit, curl the finger upwards and towards you in a "come hither" kind of motion. Repeat as necessary. On many girls you can actually feel the bundle of nerves as your fingertip strokes over it. This technique will either nail it right on or get you close enough, in which case the girl should be able to talk you through the precise location. Assuming she can talk, that is.
Here's another one for you: At the same time you're doing this, you can actually place the other hand palm down, on the outside below her waist, thereby massaging the g-spot from the outside at the same time. One rave review: "I don't want to know where you learned how to do that."
Here's hoping this turns into the most widely-read -1 Offtopic post ever.
Somebody else later on in the discussion linked to my post and was at +4 Informative last time I checked.
So long as people can read it for themselves and get informed on what O'Gara is trying to do, I don't care about the mod points. It's funny, yeah, but no big deal.
It's worth noting that when I finally got the article, the advertisers for that story that popped up were Sybase, MedAbiliti, Yahoo hotjobs, and (drum roll...) Microsoft, who actually had TWO ads for Windows Server System.
Feel free to direct rage appropriately. I left out Microsoft because they probably don't care what we think anyway, and also yahoo because for the life of me I couldn't get their customer service contact info...
Find the website's advertisers and let them know that you are disappointed that they have chosen to sponsor the website's content, and that you won't be buying any of their products. Done politely, with a CC to the website operators, and often enough, you might get the reaction you want.
There's a corollary to that as well. If you want to help encourage content, and there's a website that publishes content you like, buy from the website's sponsors, and let them know why you're buying from them.
You just have to vote with your dollars and let them know that's what you're doing. Obviously, you could end up with some conflicts in that regard (Microsoft advertising on Slashdot, for instance), or you might decide that an advertiser's politics doesn't necessarily warrant your purchasing their products if their competitors have superior stuff. That said, if I were running a business, and paying money on advertising, and I found out that the reputation of the company I'm advertising with is benefitting or soiling my own, it'll make me re-evaluate my relationship with that company, either by sending them more money if it makes me look good, or cutting them off if it makes me look bad.
Large corps do this all the time. Why do you think Bill Maher's show got cancelled? No reason it can't work on the smaller scale.
A few weeks ago I went looking for the elusive harridan who supposedly writes the Groklaw blog about the SCO v IBM suit.
The now-famous opinion-shaping open source leader Pamela Jones, aka "PJ," doesn't give conventional face-to-face interviews. Never has, near as anyone knows. All communication is virtual. Only one person in the world has ever claimed to have met her - in the pressroom at LinuxWorld in Boston complete with a Pamela Jones badge - and described her as a fortyish reddish-blonde who giggled a lot.
304 North Central Avenue, Hardsdale, NY[Photo: May 7, 2005 12:37 PM - 304 North Central Avenue, Hartsdale, New York. The last known address of Pamela Jones, as the superintendent of the building calls it, Ms. Pam Jones.]
Oh yeah? Wonder what cold crème she uses.
Pamela Jones is a 61-year-old Jehovah's Witness who lives in a shabby genteel garden apartment in desperate need of an interior decorator on a heavily trafficked commercial road at 304 North Central Avenue in Hartsdale, New York. Hartsdale is in Westchester and Westchester is IBM territory.
See, even though Groklaw treats cell phones like they were Kleenex and changes its unpublished numbers regularly, one number it left with a journalist led to this flat and - wouldn't you know it but - some calls from there had been placed to the courts in Utah and to the Canopy Group so obviously this just isn't any Pamela Jones.
Pamela has lived in apartment 1A for 10 years at least, according to the super, who says he's watched people move in, have children, and the children marry and move away.
Now, this isn't your usual anonymous New York apartment. It's practically a self-contained village where the super goes for the old ladies' groceries when there's snow on the ground and people know each other's business.
[Photo: May 7, 2005 12:41 PM - 304 North Central Avenue, Hartsdale, New York. The last known address of Pamela Jones.]
But the super didn't know much about Pamela except that she had a computer, worked at home (maybe sometimes) for a lawyer, was "paranoid" - his word - and "sensitive to smells."
He remembered how he was cleaning paintbrushes one day and she came running down the stairs screaming "Fire."
She was also missing and had been for weeks.
Nobody there knew where she was.
She had up and disappeared one day, and the super was worried about her. He said her son had dropped by and he didn't know where she was, and that some strange man that "nobody knew," as the super described him, had tried to get into her apartment while she was gone - the Medeco lock she had had installed on her door - something nobody else in the complex seemed to feel a need for - was more expensive than the door. But, as it happened, the super said, she had just sent in her rent in an envelope postmarked Connecticut.
Like an episode out of "Where in the World is Carmen San Diego," the trail led to 10 Bittersweet Trail in Norwalk, Connecticut, 24 miles away. Sure enough, parked in the driveway was Pamela's car, just as the super had described it, a dark gray '90s Japanese number with a bunch of Jehovah Witness pamphlets tossed on the backseat.
The woman at the house, Barbara Jones Sharnik, told a disjointed story. She didn't know Pamela, Pamela hated her, Pamela wasn't there, Pamela left her car there because it got bumped, Pamela left her car there because she left town, and so on.
Afterwards Barbara called the cops, and then the cops called the number we left with her and the cops said that she was Pamela's mother and that Pamela was on the run and had shacked up with her mother because she had gotten "threatening mail" weeks before and that she had just gotten spooked again because "people were getting hurt around [my] stories" and had lighted out for Canada.
[Photo: May 7, 2005 2:24 PM - 10 Bittersweet Trail in Norwalk, Connecticut. Mom's house, where PJ's car was last seen on this driveway.]
It might not be indicative of the community in general, but if the readership demographics haven't changed much, there might some trends in there that can be extrapolated and compared on a larger scale.
Case in point: Amongst that community, vanilla debian has fallen from its top spot, but if debian is lumped in together with the various deb-based distros, it takes its top spot back. It certainly seems to jive with the attitude that a lot of people here on Slashdot have about debian.
I don't mean to disparage your point. It's just that it'd be really difficult to do a proper survey given how international a phenomenon linux is right now, so we're stuck with these sorts of surveys for the moment...
Lots of eyecandy, empty interior. Annoying mascot. Takes way too long to get going. Behind the curtain is an evil bastard. If you paid for it, you paid too much.
So. Am I talking about Windows, or Star Wars, Episode 1?
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I can't be the only one to know abou the best super-villain ever...
So he says to me he says, "Do you want to be baaaaaad?" And I say, "Yeah baby YEAH! Surf's up space ponies! We're making gravy WITHOUT THE LUMPS!!! AAAAAAAAAAAhahahahahaHAAAAAA!!!"
I think it may require some creative use of math in order to scientifically explain Star Wars phenomena...
derivative = used to explain aliens in TPM that conveniantly conform to racist stereotypes from Earth.
l = new constant used to explain how, as time increases, Han goes from shooting first, then second, then at the same time as an enemy. l standing for lameness, of course.
continuity = Leia remembers mother?
eccentricity = What was going on Lucas's head with regards to Midichlorians
hyperbola = NoooooooOOOOOOOOOOoooooooOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
etc.
Hi there. Stop pretending to me, thanks.
1. Confuse the tumours with complex calculus.
2. When they're not expecting it, nab 'em!
When will these "scientists" (who are obviously biased liberals) realize that it's not megaflaura extinction, it's that the megaflaura are experiencing their rapture?
It may be the lastest... But I bet it's the bestest!
This should be a poll.
Worst option: Cowboyneal.
Best option: Breasts!
I think it could be a smart move. Think of it. The XBox and the PS3 will be going all out to steal each others' thunder, and the consumer market for consoles will be split. If Nintendo can handle staying out of the spotlight for a little while, and then show up the next year with a console superior to the other two and good lineup of games, all the attention will be focused on them. As it is, you could argue it's too early for a second XBox and a third Playstation. Nintendo's timing could be perfect.
When we evolve, will we be bringing these guys with us?
Ok, this is the fourth response along the lines of "They want you to watch the ads, not the shows", and while I understand the importance of ads for these shows, I'm not buying it -- and yes, I already am pretty cynical about tv.
Television is increasingly reaching a point where it's competing against other forms of entertainment for consumer attention -- pay tv, movies & dvd rentals and purchases, the internet, video games, etc. These forms don't all subscribe to traditional media and advertising practices, and the television companies know this. We're actually at a point of really high quality television right now, arguably better than film, and that's a result of the networks realizing that it's worth it to give us good shows and diverse programming so that television can remain a viable source of income for them, and ensure continued audience penetration.
So yeah, the ads are their way of getting revenue, but the ads wouldn't be placed if the television shows sucked. That's why shows get cancelled -- they want people watching their shows.
I downloaded the latest Apprentice because I missed it. I'm in Korea with no VCR and I was out of town that night. How the hell else am I going to watch their show? They DO want people to watch their shows, right?
Just another example of these people dropping the ball and trying to fight technology. Hell, if they were smart, they'd offer their own shows with commercials for download. If they came up with a system that was as fast and easy as bt which had commercials, and maybe even more reliable, I'd probably get that version and watch the damn commercials anyway, or at least, pay as much attention to the commercials as I would if it was a regular broadcast.
But instead, these guys are like creationists, dragging us kicking and screaming back into technologically backwards times when we've already gotten a taste of enlightenment. Good luck with that. Idiots.
But as soon as Qui-gon gives a name to that link, all the fair-weather-fans start rioting in the streets.
It's not a question of someone being a fair-weather-fan, it's a question of Lucas being a twit with literary devices.
The Force as a metaphor is a powerful idea -- not so much the idea that nature emits a magic, but that there is something to be gained by getting in synch with nature in a world governed by technology. Creating a vague link between life and the force does the trick. By talking about there being some sort of microscopic entity behind the force that can be determined via a blood test, we're being given a literal explanation that serves no real purpose except to dilute the power of the metaphor. The audience was already willing to suspend disbelief on the idea that the force exists. Why toy with that?
Plus, look at the simple explanation that Obi Wan gave Luke, and then look at the impromptu faux-biology explanation that was given to "Ani". It was ludicrous, totally self-conscious, and its poor execution made people question what the heck Lucas was trying to get at by using the Force in the first place.
It's tinkering on par with making Han shoot first -- it insults the intelligence of the audience. We were already willing to accept that it's possible for Han to go from shoot-first-take-names-later to somebody who risked his own neck for a worthy cause. Han knocking out Darth Vader at the end of SW:ANH is one of the more meaningful character developments in the whole series. Making Han reactive rather than proactive in the bar scene, it's as though Lucas was saying, "You're just too stupid to believe such an awesome character development at the end of the movie, so I'll help you out by changing Han's character."
Those things, and others, went a long way to destroying my faith in Lucas's ability as an artist. That's what bothered me. It's like finding out that William Faulkner was contemplating turning Go Down, Moses! into a broadway musical.
A handful of updates, corrections and further thoughts on recent Slashdot stories follow; read on for updates on the Real-ID Act, Hollywood consultant math professor Jonathan Farley, the real first losers (and winners of the U.S. Open's Aibo League) at the 2005 Robo-Cup, and more. Details below.A handful of updates, corrections and further thoughts on recent Slashdot stories follow; read on for updates on the Real-ID Act, Hollywood consultant math professor Jonathan Farley, the real first losers (and winners of the U.S. Open's Aibo League) at the 2005 Robo-Cup, and more. Details below.
A dupe within the article summary?!? Now I've seen it all.
Hear that? That's the sound of Microsoft shaking in its boots. Really! Can you hear it?
Yeah, me neither.
I'm sorry, that's rude, but the big problem with lawsuits isn't just having one thrown at you, it's the long and drawn-out process of having to see it all the way through to the end. Forget about the merits of the case, if you've got a lawsuit coming, and you're small, you're a hell of a lot less worried about a guilty verdict and a hell of a lot more worried about going bankrupt, because in the big time lawyers prey on fears of the latter more than the former.
If Microsoft wants to sue, they're going to do it whether or not there's a bunch of lawyers working pro bono on the case. You'd need an entire army of tech-minded geeks engaging in "open source law" (in quotes not to refer to open source software, but to "open source journalism", which was a pretty horrible catch-phrase but analogous to this situation...). In which case, maybe this dept could act as a sort of marshalling station.
But still, if they were thinking about dropping the gauntlet before, they're not going to be deterred now.
Or maybe George is cashing in a few favours from friends in the media. Frankly, while it's possible that everyone's expectations were so low from Ep 1 & 2 that anything looks good in comparison, this is also the media which blindly and stupidly supports anything these days. These companies are absolutely desperate to be the one who gets on the bandwagon first.
No need to buy anything from Amazon.
Assuming you're fingering the girl, rotate your hand so it's palm up. Then, with the appropriate digit, curl the finger upwards and towards you in a "come hither" kind of motion. Repeat as necessary. On many girls you can actually feel the bundle of nerves as your fingertip strokes over it. This technique will either nail it right on or get you close enough, in which case the girl should be able to talk you through the precise location. Assuming she can talk, that is.
Here's another one for you: At the same time you're doing this, you can actually place the other hand palm down, on the outside below her waist, thereby massaging the g-spot from the outside at the same time. One rave review: "I don't want to know where you learned how to do that."
Here's hoping this turns into the most widely-read -1 Offtopic post ever.
Somebody else later on in the discussion linked to my post and was at +4 Informative last time I checked.
So long as people can read it for themselves and get informed on what O'Gara is trying to do, I don't care about the mod points. It's funny, yeah, but no big deal.
Sorry, I mistook the MedAbiliti portion as an ad. See? One reason to read articles in full, even if they enrage you...
Sorry again...
It's worth noting that when I finally got the article, the advertisers for that story that popped up were Sybase, MedAbiliti, Yahoo hotjobs, and (drum roll...) Microsoft, who actually had TWO ads for Windows Server System.
Feel free to direct rage appropriately. I left out Microsoft because they probably don't care what we think anyway, and also yahoo because for the life of me I couldn't get their customer service contact info...
Find the website's advertisers and let them know that you are disappointed that they have chosen to sponsor the website's content, and that you won't be buying any of their products. Done politely, with a CC to the website operators, and often enough, you might get the reaction you want.
There's a corollary to that as well. If you want to help encourage content, and there's a website that publishes content you like, buy from the website's sponsors, and let them know why you're buying from them.
You just have to vote with your dollars and let them know that's what you're doing. Obviously, you could end up with some conflicts in that regard (Microsoft advertising on Slashdot, for instance), or you might decide that an advertiser's politics doesn't necessarily warrant your purchasing their products if their competitors have superior stuff. That said, if I were running a business, and paying money on advertising, and I found out that the reputation of the company I'm advertising with is benefitting or soiling my own, it'll make me re-evaluate my relationship with that company, either by sending them more money if it makes me look good, or cutting them off if it makes me look bad.
Large corps do this all the time. Why do you think Bill Maher's show got cancelled? No reason it can't work on the smaller scale.
A few weeks ago I went looking for the elusive harridan who supposedly writes the Groklaw blog about the SCO v IBM suit.
The now-famous opinion-shaping open source leader Pamela Jones, aka "PJ," doesn't give conventional face-to-face interviews. Never has, near as anyone knows. All communication is virtual. Only one person in the world has ever claimed to have met her - in the pressroom at LinuxWorld in Boston complete with a Pamela Jones badge - and described her as a fortyish reddish-blonde who giggled a lot.
304 North Central Avenue, Hardsdale, NY[Photo: May 7, 2005 12:37 PM - 304 North Central Avenue, Hartsdale, New York. The last known address of Pamela Jones, as the superintendent of the building calls it, Ms. Pam Jones.]
Oh yeah? Wonder what cold crème she uses.
Pamela Jones is a 61-year-old Jehovah's Witness who lives in a shabby genteel garden apartment in desperate need of an interior decorator on a heavily trafficked commercial road at 304 North Central Avenue in Hartsdale, New York. Hartsdale is in Westchester and Westchester is IBM territory.
See, even though Groklaw treats cell phones like they were Kleenex and changes its unpublished numbers regularly, one number it left with a journalist led to this flat and - wouldn't you know it but - some calls from there had been placed to the courts in Utah and to the Canopy Group so obviously this just isn't any Pamela Jones.
Pamela has lived in apartment 1A for 10 years at least, according to the super, who says he's watched people move in, have children, and the children marry and move away.
Now, this isn't your usual anonymous New York apartment. It's practically a self-contained village where the super goes for the old ladies' groceries when there's snow on the ground and people know each other's business.
[Photo: May 7, 2005 12:41 PM - 304 North Central Avenue, Hartsdale, New York. The last known address of Pamela Jones.]
But the super didn't know much about Pamela except that she had a computer, worked at home (maybe sometimes) for a lawyer, was "paranoid" - his word - and "sensitive to smells."
He remembered how he was cleaning paintbrushes one day and she came running down the stairs screaming "Fire."
She was also missing and had been for weeks.
Nobody there knew where she was.
She had up and disappeared one day, and the super was worried about her. He said her son had dropped by and he didn't know where she was, and that some strange man that "nobody knew," as the super described him, had tried to get into her apartment while she was gone - the Medeco lock she had had installed on her door - something nobody else in the complex seemed to feel a need for - was more expensive than the door. But, as it happened, the super said, she had just sent in her rent in an envelope postmarked Connecticut.
Like an episode out of "Where in the World is Carmen San Diego," the trail led to 10 Bittersweet Trail in Norwalk, Connecticut, 24 miles away. Sure enough, parked in the driveway was Pamela's car, just as the super had described it, a dark gray '90s Japanese number with a bunch of Jehovah Witness pamphlets tossed on the backseat.
The woman at the house, Barbara Jones Sharnik, told a disjointed story. She didn't know Pamela, Pamela hated her, Pamela wasn't there, Pamela left her car there because it got bumped, Pamela left her car there because she left town, and so on.
Afterwards Barbara called the cops, and then the cops called the number we left with her and the cops said that she was Pamela's mother and that Pamela was on the run and had shacked up with her mother because she had gotten "threatening mail" weeks before and that she had just gotten spooked again because "people were getting hurt around [my] stories" and had lighted out for Canada.
[Photo: May 7, 2005 2:24 PM - 10 Bittersweet Trail in Norwalk, Connecticut. Mom's house, where PJ's car was last seen on this driveway.]
Odd, the subject of my stories - or any
It might not be indicative of the community in general, but if the readership demographics haven't changed much, there might some trends in there that can be extrapolated and compared on a larger scale.
Case in point: Amongst that community, vanilla debian has fallen from its top spot, but if debian is lumped in together with the various deb-based distros, it takes its top spot back. It certainly seems to jive with the attitude that a lot of people here on Slashdot have about debian.
I don't mean to disparage your point. It's just that it'd be really difficult to do a proper survey given how international a phenomenon linux is right now, so we're stuck with these sorts of surveys for the moment...
What exactly is a really bad error? I mean, a bad error versus a really bad error? That warrants a color change, anyways?
Frankly, I think customers ought to get rsod's for actually buying the damn product. That seems like a really bad error to me.
Let's see...
Lots of eyecandy, empty interior.
Annoying mascot.
Takes way too long to get going.
Behind the curtain is an evil bastard.
If you paid for it, you paid too much.
So. Am I talking about Windows, or Star Wars, Episode 1?