I would add recording hardware to that. My Aardvark DP24/96 isn't going to do a darn thing under Linux. Or Macintosh, for that matter, although the last time I looked they were working on a Mac driver.
I must be lucky or something, because I have never, ever, not once, received an AOL CD in the mail. Other people in my apartment building do--I see them set out for return all the time--but I never have.
What they need to do with those million CDs is not to return them in bulk, but return them seriatim.
My wife has a PhD and always, always, ALWAYS corrects people when they call her doctor. She comes from a family of academics, and according to her, such things "are simply not done".
I don't know the actual answer to your question, but I do know they're selling DVDs and videos of some of the episodes at foodtv.com. Click on the marketplace link and you should be able to find the videos under "Apparel and Videos".
I went to a book signing that Anthony Bourdain did on his latest book tour. Some whiny lady in the audience asked "What do you have against Emeril?" given that he slags on Emeril a lot in "Kitchen Confidential".
Bourdain says something like "I don't have anything against Emeril. I know a lot of people who have met Emeril, and they all say (phony French accent) 'Emeril ees a really nice guy; at one time, he used to be able to cook!'."
It was hilarious; the Emeril fanatic got this pissed-off look on her face while everyone else laughed.
On that note i hate being a paladin..nothing is more boring than being lawful good.
I think it's in the second edition PHB, but somewhere the authors remind you that alignment is not a straitjacket. "Being lawful good" can be interpreted many different ways. You don't have to be a robot; the last paladin I played was anything but--she was a hard-drinking, tough-ass fighter who was on a "mission from God". If you have a good DM, you'll be presented with choices between what is good and what is right, and you'll have a difficult time deciding between the two. Alignment informs you about your character's outlook, but tells you nothing about how your character behaves.
This ruling actually passes my own litmus test regarding the establishment clause. If this wording of the pledge is indeed codified in US law as passed by Congress, then it is clearly unconstitutional and the phrase "under God" should indeed be removed.
"Congress shall make no law..." has always been the key for me. I tend not to endorse the idea of the so-called "separation of church and state". Nativity displays in public parks? Fine. Christmas trees in the state house? Great. I've always been of the opinion that the idea behind "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion" was simple: the founders didn't want there to be an official state religion, the way there was in England. Period.
Inserting "under God" where there was none previously does indeed seem to be de jure establishment of religion. It will be interesting to see where this goes.
They ARE completed versions. Completed and released. They weren't considered subpar then. Asking for the original cuts of the films is not like asking for a work print. It's asking for a film to be available as it was released in its completed form.
As a film student, aren't you in the least bit interested in what he COULD do on film, rather than what he WANTED to do? The other "plate of worms" is the important one. A lot of film history deals with filmmakers pushing the envelope as far as what's available to them at the time their films are made.
What if Billy Wilder had made a Special Edition of "Some Like It Hot" because "there weren't enough girls in the band, but now with computer technology, we can show the band as originally intended"?
What if someone went back to the original 1933 King Kong and replaced the stop-motion Kong with a CG Kong? We'd consider that a tragedy, wouldn't we?
The gut feeling I had about this idea is that George wouldn't allow it
I think you're right. I can't back this up or anything, but I think I remember the official "party line" being that the Special Edition releases were official--meaning that the real movies no longer apply. Kind of like in "1984".
Personally, I think that people can take "the director's vision" and shove it. I don't want what he envisioned, I want what he was able to do with what he had. And that includes Han firing first. But you're exactly right: "Why do you want to watch the original when I made it better" is exactly what Lucas is thinking.
At the same time, the distance from my house to my office is a little over two miles, and there's really little to no point in driving that just because I love to drive.
I agree that in general, the idea of cars driving themselves is not necessarily a good thing, but it might be nice to have someone else do the work for a short-haul commute.
It's not that there's effort involved in walking...it's that people don't walk at all, and instead use their cars even for short-haul trips that a Segway would be perfect for. For example, I only live two miles from my office, and less than a mile from a bookstore. I could and should walk to these places, but I don't: I drive. A Segway is perfect for something like that.
Oh my GOD I thought I was the only one. My wife thinks I'm crazy when I tell her that the constant whine from the TV and the computer monitor gets annoying. "What whine?" she says.
And it's not a hearing issue, either, or at least I don't think so. I spent some time listening to and playing extremely loud music, and I know I have hearing loss, but this stuff still comes in loud and clear.
This article talks a little bit about Colt's decision two years ago to stop making handguns for non-LEOs. Why? Because they were getting sued when their products were used criminally. Gun manufacturers are both persecuted and prosecuted when their products are used for criminal purposes.
Except no audiophile worth the name would even touch MP3s, as an MP3 does not faithfully reproduce every last bit of sonic information on the CD. MP3 is a lossy scheme, and no audiophile would stand for it.
Mmm...I guess my point was that this doesn't do much for those of us that already own a DC and want to pick up games on the cheap. I've already got all of those that you mention. It is true, though, that those are all must-haves for anyone buying a DC now. (Tony Hawk's Pro Skater should be on that list too--it's like $20.)
What they should REALLY do is cut the price of the games in half now that the console is at the end of its lifecycle. I wanna play Daytona, but not for $40. I wanna play F355 Challenge, but not for $40. And so on and so on.
The titles in the cutout bins are the ones that nobody wanted to buy anyway.
My local Best Buy has about a dozen titles left, all of them for $40. Bleah. I'll stick with the DC games that I do have, and fortunately they're some of the better ones.
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You're not the only one.
I would add recording hardware to that. My Aardvark DP24/96 isn't going to do a darn thing under Linux. Or Macintosh, for that matter, although the last time I looked they were working on a Mac driver.
I loved those books when I was a kid. In fact, I just checked them out of the library not too long ago. They hold up remarkably well.
Fire up the Brumbletron. Put the stroboscopic filter on your telescope. Mr. Theo Bass is sitting by his lantern, waiting for our call!
I must be lucky or something, because I have never, ever, not once, received an AOL CD in the mail. Other people in my apartment building do--I see them set out for return all the time--but I never have.
What they need to do with those million CDs is not to return them in bulk, but return them seriatim.
Or is this not the case?
My wife has a PhD and always, always, ALWAYS corrects people when they call her doctor. She comes from a family of academics, and according to her, such things "are simply not done".
I don't know the actual answer to your question, but I do know they're selling DVDs and videos of some of the episodes at foodtv.com. Click on the marketplace link and you should be able to find the videos under "Apparel and Videos".
Bourdain says something like "I don't have anything against Emeril. I know a lot of people who have met Emeril, and they all say (phony French accent) 'Emeril ees a really nice guy; at one time, he used to be able to cook!'."
It was hilarious; the Emeril fanatic got this pissed-off look on her face while everyone else laughed.
I think it's in the second edition PHB, but somewhere the authors remind you that alignment is not a straitjacket. "Being lawful good" can be interpreted many different ways. You don't have to be a robot; the last paladin I played was anything but--she was a hard-drinking, tough-ass fighter who was on a "mission from God". If you have a good DM, you'll be presented with choices between what is good and what is right, and you'll have a difficult time deciding between the two. Alignment informs you about your character's outlook, but tells you nothing about how your character behaves.
"Congress shall make no law..." has always been the key for me. I tend not to endorse the idea of the so-called "separation of church and state". Nativity displays in public parks? Fine. Christmas trees in the state house? Great. I've always been of the opinion that the idea behind "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion" was simple: the founders didn't want there to be an official state religion, the way there was in England. Period.
Inserting "under God" where there was none previously does indeed seem to be de jure establishment of religion. It will be interesting to see where this goes.
Thank you. That was fantastic.
Probably because you still have the original. When you sell a book, you aren't selling a photocopy of the original, you're selling the actual book.
What if Billy Wilder had made a Special Edition of "Some Like It Hot" because "there weren't enough girls in the band, but now with computer technology, we can show the band as originally intended"?
What if someone went back to the original 1933 King Kong and replaced the stop-motion Kong with a CG Kong? We'd consider that a tragedy, wouldn't we?
I think you're right. I can't back this up or anything, but I think I remember the official "party line" being that the Special Edition releases were official--meaning that the real movies no longer apply. Kind of like in "1984".
Personally, I think that people can take "the director's vision" and shove it. I don't want what he envisioned, I want what he was able to do with what he had. And that includes Han firing first. But you're exactly right: "Why do you want to watch the original when I made it better" is exactly what Lucas is thinking.
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Grows with you as you learn.
Nope. I fell asleep twice. It's not just the CG overload, it's that in a lot of cases CG was used as a substitute for decent acting.
"Somebody could say, 'Look, I want to make Microsoft's life miserable; so I'll tell
you what, I'll pay you $10 million a year to torture Microsoft."'
I'll do it for $5 million a year!
I love to drive.
At the same time, the distance from my house to my office is a little over two miles, and there's really little to no point in driving that just because I love to drive.
I agree that in general, the idea of cars driving themselves is not necessarily a good thing, but it might be nice to have someone else do the work for a short-haul commute.
Cap was in a few issues of ROM.
You're on your own for Howard, though.
It's not that there's effort involved in walking...it's that people don't walk at all, and instead use their cars even for short-haul trips that a Segway would be perfect for. For example, I only live two miles from my office, and less than a mile from a bookstore. I could and should walk to these places, but I don't: I drive. A Segway is perfect for something like that.
And it's not a hearing issue, either, or at least I don't think so. I spent some time listening to and playing extremely loud music, and I know I have hearing loss, but this stuff still comes in loud and clear.
Yes.
This article talks a little bit about Colt's decision two years ago to stop making handguns for non-LEOs. Why? Because they were getting sued when their products were used criminally. Gun manufacturers are both persecuted and prosecuted when their products are used for criminal purposes.
Except no audiophile worth the name would even touch MP3s, as an MP3 does not faithfully reproduce every last bit of sonic information on the CD. MP3 is a lossy scheme, and no audiophile would stand for it.
Mmm...I guess my point was that this doesn't do much for those of us that already own a DC and want to pick up games on the cheap. I've already got all of those that you mention. It is true, though, that those are all must-haves for anyone buying a DC now. (Tony Hawk's Pro Skater should be on that list too--it's like $20.)
The titles in the cutout bins are the ones that nobody wanted to buy anyway.
My local Best Buy has about a dozen titles left, all of them for $40. Bleah. I'll stick with the DC games that I do have, and fortunately they're some of the better ones.