Cabin Fever was a terrific movie, people just were confused about what the movie was going to be going into it. Peter Jackson's quote was off kilter, but as a whole Cabin Fever was a good exercise in how to create a comedic horror flick. In this sense, it was probably the best entry in the genre sense the Evil Dead films.
Shouldn't a comedic horror movie make you laugh and cringe? Y'know, like Pulse?
Peter Jackson isn't behind it, he's "co-executive producer" which pretty much means he was like "Wow, I like Halo...awesome, let me attach my name to this movie." It's not like he's directing it or had anything to do with the screenplay.
Good point. I learned not to trust Peter Jackson after I saw his name attached to the DVD for Cabin Fever.
A customer was chewing him out for not blocking all spam. Granted, the customer only received admittedly four pieces of spam per day, but he was relentless in wanting my boss to know he wasn't doing a good job at all.
My boss told the customer to call back an in hour. Why? Because my boss was going to redirect all spam from the catch-all account to the customer's e-mail address.
The guy called back in ten minutes when he got hung up during a Send/Receive, apologizing like crazy.
It's a nice toy and all, but in my opinion, any practicality is fleeting. Here's why:
I work with a lot of design programs every day. As such, I get tired of moving my mouse from one tool to the other and have discovered (unlike many in my office) the joy of shortcut keys. While I first needed a cheat sheet to help with the differences between my various programs, after some repitition I was able to easily remember "V" in Photoshop is "A" in Multi-Ad Creator. While an Optimus would have been ideal at first, quickly it would have been rendered useless in favor of committing keys to memory.
Furthermore, it seems to be removed, but when I last checked on this product, the "shelf life" for lack of a better term was listed. It was the number of hours the device would be suspected to last. I don't recall the exact number but when a friend and I calculated it out it ended up being not to terribly long for a product of that price.
I love how people who would normally hate government regulation of the Internet are stepping and screaming for it over net neutrality.
Not being sarcastic, but, which people? The individuals who already pay for their Internet service and don't wish to find themselves subject to slow transfers and timeouts due to their favorite site falling victim to a tiered system, or the companies that want to be able to do just that but have already been disciplined by the government in the past?
....Redmond today announced the final name of Windows codenamed Vista. In final release form it will be called DRM/OS 3. Pundits quipped that Dynamic Recursive Media 3.0 should be called Dynamic Non Recursive Media 3.0, and noted that the EULA requires the end user to send their entire music and movie collection to Bill Gates, the RIAA and MPAA.
They continued: "After all, the only reason you wouldn't want to do this is if you had something to hide. Now, let Clippy make you a nice glass of Kool-Aid."
I wonder how much of the decline is credited not to an increase in shares for platofrms such as Windows, but repurchases.
My sister owns a Dell laptop. Just recently she purchased a PC desktop for herself. Now technically she's still just the one person running Windows, but she would count as two because of licenses.
Also, re-buys and upgrades must be considered. If someone running XP upgrades to Vista in the future, Microsoft as technically sold both that person's copy of XP as well as the upgrade to Vista.
From what I have seen, just in my office, we get a much longer shelf-life out of low-end Macs and often rebuy PCs.
I'm not being sarcastic here, but I have heard so many definitions: What, by declaration of our government as it is reflected in recent acts brought about by anti-terrorism legislature, is a terrorist?
From my perspective, this indicates that the government has no trust in the people. Plenty of high profile operations resulting in arrests have been accomplished without warrantless wire-tapping (and correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't FISA issue retro-active warrants) and the judicial system transforms from "Innocent Until Proven Guilty" to "Hold On, We're Still Looking..."
My favorite response to "If you're not doing anything wrong, what have you got to hide?" is: "If you've got nothing to hide, kindly take off all your clothes."
I'm not saying that to my mom... next time Jenna Haze and I are having a political discussion I'll keep that in mind.:)
So, if you don't believe that attempting to protect the innocent is worth dying for, you might just fit right in. After all, who cares if Afghani girls ever get to have an education? And if they have the temerity to admin that they were raped, why not just let the males in their family slaughter them in an "Honour Killing"? After all, its their culture -- who are we to judge? Just give the country back to the Taliban! After all, they were there first, and they did choose their own government...
I never said they didn't deserve freedom, just that sparking a rebellion on someone's behalf may very well have some negative effects for that someone once the party responsible for the spark is no where to be found.
I point the responsibility towards the people who are succumbing to these notions of fear and submitting their rights to the government in exchange for peace of mind. I was having dinner with my parents the other night, and my mother, who had MSNBC on in the background, was preaching GWB and how the war on terrorism was going to work and bring democracy to Iraq.
I suggested to my mother that Iraq might very well be the victim of a strong power vaccuum once (or if) the US ever removes its presence completely from the region. My mother countered by saying that wont happen if we set up their democracy correctly. I asked her why we're setting up their democracy for them. She said it was because they deserved it. I said that may be well and true, but you can not lead someone who lacks their own motivation into a battle and then leave. The will and effort to change the government has to come from the people oppressed by that government, not someone else egging them on for change. That is not a true foundation for that people's government.
Also its my mothers belief that democracy will eradicate all terrorist activity. She said once all countries have a democracy that everything would be harmonic and peaceful. I countered by asking about countries with democracies that chose not to go to Iraq with the US and she countered by saying those countries didn't know any better. I then suggested that a government such as ours and a democratic but Muslim-faith-based government may never see eye-to-eye. She retracted to her previous point of democracy being able to eliminate all internal terrorism. I then name-dropped Tim McVeigh as proof of that theory.
My mom is one of many people who believe warrantless wire-tapping is fine. She says she has nothing to hide. I asked her to tell me her current checking account balance. She got angry and told me no. I asked why she would give me that information and she replied it was none of my business. Then I asked her to tell me about all the phone calls she made last month to anyone who wasn't in our family. She told me again it was none of my business. I asked her why it was none of my business yet she had no problem letting the government know all of that information?
She got this nasty look on her face and told me GWB is going to save this country.
Slashdot Mirror
No more derailing.
I thought I was going to get sued by the MPAA for piracy, but I only got 98% of the document before all my connections dropped. Oh well.
I read it that way, too. Furthermore, I realized if the Porn Industry did fight back against P2P Networks, the internet may very well just stop.
Someone please give Mr. Thompson a Fudgesicle and a hug. Thank you.
I had a boss who did this.
A customer was chewing him out for not blocking all spam. Granted, the customer only received admittedly four pieces of spam per day, but he was relentless in wanting my boss to know he wasn't doing a good job at all.
My boss told the customer to call back an in hour. Why? Because my boss was going to redirect all spam from the catch-all account to the customer's e-mail address.
The guy called back in ten minutes when he got hung up during a Send/Receive, apologizing like crazy.
Bidding starts at $1,000! Do I hear $1,500 for the perfect girlfriend? $1,500?
It's a nice toy and all, but in my opinion, any practicality is fleeting. Here's why:
I work with a lot of design programs every day. As such, I get tired of moving my mouse from one tool to the other and have discovered (unlike many in my office) the joy of shortcut keys. While I first needed a cheat sheet to help with the differences between my various programs, after some repitition I was able to easily remember "V" in Photoshop is "A" in Multi-Ad Creator. While an Optimus would have been ideal at first, quickly it would have been rendered useless in favor of committing keys to memory.
Furthermore, it seems to be removed, but when I last checked on this product, the "shelf life" for lack of a better term was listed. It was the number of hours the device would be suspected to last. I don't recall the exact number but when a friend and I calculated it out it ended up being not to terribly long for a product of that price.
"Look, we don't know what's going to be in the thing, okay? Just buy it and we'll find out together. Good? Good."
Obligatory Snarky MTV Comment: Remember when Harmonix used to be about video games?
I'm done.
I don't know, but you might want to ask the guy who got 1780 on his SATs.
I wonder how much of the decline is credited not to an increase in shares for platofrms such as Windows, but repurchases.
My sister owns a Dell laptop. Just recently she purchased a PC desktop for herself. Now technically she's still just the one person running Windows, but she would count as two because of licenses.
Also, re-buys and upgrades must be considered. If someone running XP upgrades to Vista in the future, Microsoft as technically sold both that person's copy of XP as well as the upgrade to Vista.
From what I have seen, just in my office, we get a much longer shelf-life out of low-end Macs and often rebuy PCs.
Chips on a Shoulder!
Dear God, that is a horrible joke!
And I laughed quite a bit, so take a bow.
Thank you, that is an excellent point to make. I will try to remember it.
I'm not being sarcastic here, but I have heard so many definitions: What, by declaration of our government as it is reflected in recent acts brought about by anti-terrorism legislature, is a terrorist?
From my perspective, this indicates that the government has no trust in the people. Plenty of high profile operations resulting in arrests have been accomplished without warrantless wire-tapping (and correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't FISA issue retro-active warrants) and the judicial system transforms from "Innocent Until Proven Guilty" to "Hold On, We're Still Looking..."
I point the responsibility towards the people who are succumbing to these notions of fear and submitting their rights to the government in exchange for peace of mind. I was having dinner with my parents the other night, and my mother, who had MSNBC on in the background, was preaching GWB and how the war on terrorism was going to work and bring democracy to Iraq.
I suggested to my mother that Iraq might very well be the victim of a strong power vaccuum once (or if) the US ever removes its presence completely from the region. My mother countered by saying that wont happen if we set up their democracy correctly. I asked her why we're setting up their democracy for them. She said it was because they deserved it. I said that may be well and true, but you can not lead someone who lacks their own motivation into a battle and then leave. The will and effort to change the government has to come from the people oppressed by that government, not someone else egging them on for change. That is not a true foundation for that people's government.
Also its my mothers belief that democracy will eradicate all terrorist activity. She said once all countries have a democracy that everything would be harmonic and peaceful. I countered by asking about countries with democracies that chose not to go to Iraq with the US and she countered by saying those countries didn't know any better. I then suggested that a government such as ours and a democratic but Muslim-faith-based government may never see eye-to-eye. She retracted to her previous point of democracy being able to eliminate all internal terrorism. I then name-dropped Tim McVeigh as proof of that theory.
My mom is one of many people who believe warrantless wire-tapping is fine. She says she has nothing to hide. I asked her to tell me her current checking account balance. She got angry and told me no. I asked why she would give me that information and she replied it was none of my business. Then I asked her to tell me about all the phone calls she made last month to anyone who wasn't in our family. She told me again it was none of my business. I asked her why it was none of my business yet she had no problem letting the government know all of that information?
She got this nasty look on her face and told me GWB is going to save this country.
Yay.
1 ticket to Canada, please.
Apologies for spelling and grammar.
I think you missed what I was going for.