I used to believe in the Xbox, but this whole Kinect push has really made me lose faith in MS. The console is at the end of the traditional five year console lifespan, and seriously showing its age (especially with the lack of a blu-ray drive). And instead of announcing a new generation console, all MS is doing is pushing that stupid Wii-knockoff motion control system that no one I've ever met gives a rat's ass about. Now they're even trying to pitch their non-game content with lame Kinect "enhancements," seriously MS?
I think it's the director's prerogative, not the studio's to go back and reinvent a movie.
I guess that means he had no right to have tampered with The Empire Strikes Back or Return of the Jedi then. Of course, if you pointed that out to him, Lucas would just come up with some new line of bullshit to explain his money-grubbing butchery. As long as people keep buying tickets and DVD's, he will keep butchering them. Stay tuned for the SUPER special edition 3D Bluray, featuring a CGI'ed Han/Chewbacca "We Had a Blast After All" song and dance number.
It also has to do with dodging some of the costs of American health care, I suspect. When I was much younger and didn't have health insurance, I once flew to Spain for surgery. Even factoring in air fare and boarding, it was still a LOT cheaper than having the same surgery in the U.S., and the level of care was comparable. That can be a big consideration in a country where so many people don't have health insurance.
I think what they put on streaming is more dependent on the studios than any overall content philosophy. If it were geared toward geeks, they would probably have the Adult Swim/Star Wars content from Cartoon Network. Though they do get serious geek kudos for having the entire run of Battlestar Galactica in HD.
There is still stuff from the 50's and 60's that they've never even declassified yet (or is still so heavily redacted as to be useless). And you think all the details of this "War on Terrorism" are coming out within a decade?!? We'll be lucky to see any of the real nasty stuff in our LIFETIMES, much less in ten years.
doesnt point really any terrible things the CIA did
You obviously read a different book. That's pretty much ALL "Legacy of Ashes" does. It's the most damning critique of the CIA ever produced (among REPUTABLE journalists anyway, not tinfoil hat types).
One improvement we will make at launch is to add a video games upgrade option
Only it's going to cost you extra. Knowing how stupid Netflix has been of late, they'll probably make that extra charge equal to (or even more than) what a Gamefly subscription costs.
Except nothing even comes close to Netflix streaming. Apple's is more akin to pay-per-view than Netflix streaming, and is ill-suited for TV series (Netflix's strong suite). Hulu is the closest thing out their to Netflix, and their selection is weak by comparison (and you have to put up with ads on top of that).
At least with the price increase, there was some justification for it. This move just makes it a bigger pain in the ass for customers, for no good reason.
Unless they're planning to sell off one or the other service, I can't figure out what they're even thinking by this dumbass move.
Maybe in about 60 years they'll finally declassify all the skeevy shit the CIA/NSA/MIA have been doing in the middle east, U.S., and elsewhere in the last ten years. Then Julian Assange's survivors can finally prove that he really *was* set up by the CIA on those rape charges (turns out your grandpa didn't deserve to die in prison after all, sorry about that). Not that it does a whole helluva lot of good to learn all the important shit six decades after-the-fact. But at least you can put together a nice museum display about it, for tour groups of bored schoolchildren to ignore.
And yet here they are *TIGHTLY* integrating the browser into the OS (you know, just like Chrome does)
Apple too. They do the same thing with OS X and Safari. It's funny to hear all the Macheads who still badmouth MS for that case in the 90's, completely oblivious to the fact that Apple is doing the EXACT same thing today that got MS in trouble back then (bundling its own browser with its OS).
The whole case was a relic of the 90's that should have never even made it to trial. Bundling a default browser with the your OS today is the norm, but in the 90's it was a new idea. If you tried to bring that case today (if Google sued Apple over Safari for example), you would be laughed out of court.
The lack of Adobe Flash support shouldn't be the issue here. The real thing that should concern us is that it won't support *ANY* plug-in. It seems like everything is becoming a walled garden these days. For a long time, the trend for browsers was MORE "modability" and freedom, not less. Now we're going backwards.
I just hope Mozilla doesn't get any ideas. Firefox is still the best browser out there for add-ons.
It's not false. The design calls for a rocket that can lift 50,000 kg less than a Saturn V. NASA *hopes* (read that word again slowly) that it will eventually be able to surpass the Saturn V in lift, but those designs aren't even on the drawing board.
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I used to believe in the Xbox, but this whole Kinect push has really made me lose faith in MS. The console is at the end of the traditional five year console lifespan, and seriously showing its age (especially with the lack of a blu-ray drive). And instead of announcing a new generation console, all MS is doing is pushing that stupid Wii-knockoff motion control system that no one I've ever met gives a rat's ass about. Now they're even trying to pitch their non-game content with lame Kinect "enhancements," seriously MS?
I think it's the director's prerogative, not the studio's to go back and reinvent a movie.
I guess that means he had no right to have tampered with The Empire Strikes Back or Return of the Jedi then. Of course, if you pointed that out to him, Lucas would just come up with some new line of bullshit to explain his money-grubbing butchery. As long as people keep buying tickets and DVD's, he will keep butchering them. Stay tuned for the SUPER special edition 3D Bluray, featuring a CGI'ed Han/Chewbacca "We Had a Blast After All" song and dance number.
It also has to do with dodging some of the costs of American health care, I suspect. When I was much younger and didn't have health insurance, I once flew to Spain for surgery. Even factoring in air fare and boarding, it was still a LOT cheaper than having the same surgery in the U.S., and the level of care was comparable. That can be a big consideration in a country where so many people don't have health insurance.
I think what they put on streaming is more dependent on the studios than any overall content philosophy. If it were geared toward geeks, they would probably have the Adult Swim/Star Wars content from Cartoon Network. Though they do get serious geek kudos for having the entire run of Battlestar Galactica in HD.
Star...something...something...dark side...something...something...complete.
Your dad was probably equally sad he couldn't get you to watch Gunsmoke or Big Valley. Welcome to the generational divide.
Shatner was always a much bigger star in the universe he lives in, versus the universe the rest of us live in.
There is still stuff from the 50's and 60's that they've never even declassified yet (or is still so heavily redacted as to be useless). And you think all the details of this "War on Terrorism" are coming out within a decade?!? We'll be lucky to see any of the real nasty stuff in our LIFETIMES, much less in ten years.
doesnt point really any terrible things the CIA did
You obviously read a different book. That's pretty much ALL "Legacy of Ashes" does. It's the most damning critique of the CIA ever produced (among REPUTABLE journalists anyway, not tinfoil hat types).
That's the only possible reason I can think of for this bonehead move.
One improvement we will make at launch is to add a video games upgrade option
Only it's going to cost you extra. Knowing how stupid Netflix has been of late, they'll probably make that extra charge equal to (or even more than) what a Gamefly subscription costs.
Except nothing even comes close to Netflix streaming. Apple's is more akin to pay-per-view than Netflix streaming, and is ill-suited for TV series (Netflix's strong suite). Hulu is the closest thing out their to Netflix, and their selection is weak by comparison (and you have to put up with ads on top of that).
At least with the price increase, there was some justification for it. This move just makes it a bigger pain in the ass for customers, for no good reason.
Unless they're planning to sell off one or the other service, I can't figure out what they're even thinking by this dumbass move.
Can you point out one thing that was effectively 'suppressed by the government' in the same manner that you might suggest is commonplace?
I can do better than than. How about a whole book of them?
Yeah, but it opens up the opportunity for them to make a lot of lame jokes about "Rocking the MIC."
Have you ever encountered a single browser plugin that was actually beneficial to the user?
Adblock, NoScript, about a dozen others I can think of off the top of my head.
Maybe in about 60 years they'll finally declassify all the skeevy shit the CIA/NSA/MIA have been doing in the middle east, U.S., and elsewhere in the last ten years. Then Julian Assange's survivors can finally prove that he really *was* set up by the CIA on those rape charges (turns out your grandpa didn't deserve to die in prison after all, sorry about that). Not that it does a whole helluva lot of good to learn all the important shit six decades after-the-fact. But at least you can put together a nice museum display about it, for tour groups of bored schoolchildren to ignore.
Since I first heard Metallica's Kill 'Em All.
And yet here they are *TIGHTLY* integrating the browser into the OS (you know, just like Chrome does)
Apple too. They do the same thing with OS X and Safari. It's funny to hear all the Macheads who still badmouth MS for that case in the 90's, completely oblivious to the fact that Apple is doing the EXACT same thing today that got MS in trouble back then (bundling its own browser with its OS).
The whole case was a relic of the 90's that should have never even made it to trial. Bundling a default browser with the your OS today is the norm, but in the 90's it was a new idea. If you tried to bring that case today (if Google sued Apple over Safari for example), you would be laughed out of court.
If HTML5 could deliver on even half the abilities its devotees seem to think it can, it would also come with free unicorns and pixie dust.
The lack of Adobe Flash support shouldn't be the issue here. The real thing that should concern us is that it won't support *ANY* plug-in. It seems like everything is becoming a walled garden these days. For a long time, the trend for browsers was MORE "modability" and freedom, not less. Now we're going backwards.
I just hope Mozilla doesn't get any ideas. Firefox is still the best browser out there for add-ons.
It's not false. The design calls for a rocket that can lift 50,000 kg less than a Saturn V. NASA *hopes* (read that word again slowly) that it will eventually be able to surpass the Saturn V in lift, but those designs aren't even on the drawing board.
Maybe they should hire Andy Griffith to help them. He has appropriate experience.
I think it got drowned out by the noise from the Linux love-fest.
Except according to the article (and even summary), this "shuttle" is really just a somewhat larger version of an Apollo crew capsule.