And that really needs to be the answer to all those purists who bitch about film derivatives of written works - they are different beasts and need to stand or fall on their own merits, without one slavishly referencing the other.
The problem is that, usually, what is added or modified to the story in the film version is completely absurd or greatly takes away from the story. So far, Blade Runner and The Razor's Edge (the Bill Murray version, not the lame-ass Tyrone Powers version) are the only ones I have seen that deviate significantly from the novel they are based on, but are wonderful movies nonetheless and capture the essence of what the author was writing about. On the other hand, the Tyrone Powers version of the The Razor's Edge (to keep with my example) sucks massively, even though it technically follows the novel much more closely. Like with Blade Runner, a movie version which tried to stick right along with the novel would bite the big one.
No, Han Solo was just trying to pull a fast one on Old Ben.
At which point Han Solo said to Old Ben, "These aren't the units of measurement you're looking for."
After the scene was shot, though, Alec Guinness sat down, put his face in his hands and cried, sobbing, "I was in Lawrence of Arabia, you know! How did it come to this!"
And when reading Dune, just stop after the few first books, as after children of dune even the faintest notion of quality just dissapears;)
Fah! God Emporer of Dune was an excellent novel. It was simply different from the preceeding three. The remaining two books on the other hand, I would certainly agree with you about the quality issue. When I got to Chapterhouse Dune, the thrill was gone and I was just thinking "Blah! Blah! Look everyone, I think I'm a philosopher! Blah! Blah!"
Tern? That doesn't look like a typographical error, since the "e" and the "u" are nowhere near each other on the keyboard, so we must assume that you intend to watch the police from the water while preening your feathers and searching for fish to eat.
Sorry, but this reminds me of when I traded some sausage for a pet bird. I took a tern for the wurst.
And then there was the time I was throwing rocks at birds. I wanted to leave no tern unstoned.
Actually, most of the right-wing nutbags were saying that he should be impeached simply because he got a blowjob from Lewinsky. Their argument was that he was abusing his position, much like a corporate CEO would be abusing his position if he got blown by a secretary. And they also often said that he should be impeached for lying to the American people about it on national television. So, the point still holds. Lie about sex - get you character eviscerated on television. Lie us into a war that has killed thousands of Americans and hundreds of thousands of civilians - get praised as a hero.
We are a Democratic-Republic since we The People elect our representatives directly, although that was not the case at the beginning. To be more precise, we are specifically a country run by a government as set forth in the Constitution. Whether you call that a Democracy, a Republic, a Chucktatorship, or Ernwiresheshersbysleevings doesn't matter.
Why would it probably be ruled in the President's favor? If there are no checks on the President, and he can break the law willfully and nobody can enforce it on him, then he is a king.
Why do you think he put people like Alito and Roberts on the Supreme Court? It's not about the rule of law or what the Constitution is supposed to say. It is about raw, naked power.
For those not familiar with Amendment 3, it states "No soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law."
Just wait until Bush starts using the military for natural disaster relief. Then, he will find an excuse to make sure we have to quarter soldiers in our houses. Or, he will stop calling them "houses" and have Gonzales coin a neologism to get around the third amendment.
Hell, I'd bet $5 that not more than a dozen Congressmen/Senators have even read the constitution (We know the President hasn't read it), but they outlawed internet gambling, and I have no desire to go to jail.
Oh, he's read it. He simply considers it "just a goddamn piece of paper."
the very fact the state is going to fine him is going to be bad press for the state itself.
North Carolina has this annoying tendency to tax or fine you for anything they can think of. On top of that, what the public gets for their tax money is a ripoff. The roads suck (including the severe lack of street lights), the schools suck, and public services are next to non-existant. Makes you wonder where all the money goes. As for me, I'm glad I don't live there anymore.
No, no. That's the Catholics, they aren't real Christians.
Well that's what some Protestants say.
Well, that would be in the United States. In the US, most people see Catholics as some sort of minor heretical denomination because *in the US* most Christians are Protestants. They don't realize that Catholic Christianity has been around for about 1500 years longer than Protestants and make up about 75% of Christians today. On top of that, most Americans have no idea that Eastern Orthodox Christians even exist. That's how they can make ludicrous statements like the Catholic Church adding books to the Bible at the Council of Trent since they don't realize that Eastern Orthodox churches, which broke away from the Catholic Church about five centuries before Martin Luther, have the same books of the Bible that the Catholic Church does.
when the RIAA and other media groups allow things to enter public domain (as they every 20 years for our country's first few hundred years), I'll start considering file-sharing as theft.
Until then its just a digital tea party.
Here, here! I actually do believe copyrights are important, but everything has gotten way out of hand. If copyrights were only 28 years (14 + possible 14 extension) like before and the MAFIAA weren't using all the underhanded tactics they have been using, I would probably be against the file sharers. As it is, torrent on!
Also, as Lessig probably mentions in his book (I'm afraid I haven't read it yet), the big media companies are trying to have copyright such that (1) it is effectively perpetual and (2) an absurdly small amount of "content" is considered protected by copyright. Basically, with (1) and (2), you will wind up having to pay them absurd royalties just for opening your mouth and expressing a thought (or at least writing it down anywhere or putting it in an audio or video file).
Furthermore, may I recommend you grow a thicker skin. Administrations have suffered the slings and arrows of vile humors for much smaller events.
But, but, Bush was put there by Gawd (not to be confused with God)! Why should Gawd's Own President be mocked by anything! If any of them thar libral vermin don't like Gawd's Own President, they should get the f@#k out and go to that thar I-Rak! Oh, why don't I go to I-Rak? Well, my dawg is sick. A man kane't leave his dawg!
You know that "Firehose" bit at the top of the page after you've logged in? It looks like/. readers who don't flag stories as dupes in the firehose are those to whom we should assign blame.
Ah, yes! The good ol' Firehose! Another way for CmdrTaco, Zonk, et al. to do even less actual editing. They are a lot like capitalists, especially CEO's. They control the means of production, but do as little as possible while the actual workers do everything.
Therefore, I must conclude it's better to have long fingers, as they not only make you better at math, but better at playing piano. Both of which could lead to a better financial situation, and every nerd knows it's easy to score if you're rich, while it's much harder to score waving your wang around and pointing out how big it is.
It depends where you go and the womans objectives...
Well, not to take this thread too far, but I think it depends on what kind of a woman you are after. I think most guys here would be after a girl who is not as dumb as a rock, which is the kind of girl who goes after guys who talk like the OP (although OP is probably some micro-endowed dork who wants to spew venom). I think most guys here would want a woman who enjoys sex and can have an intelligent conversation with them.
As some slashdotters are so fond of pointing out time and time again, the Constitution only protects your rights from the government, corporations can do as they wish.
But, if the corporation is hired by and acting on behalf of the government, then it is an agent of the government. Thus, the Constitution should apply to them. But no, that would make too much sense, so we can't have that here.
Since your other idiocies have already been addressed...
Or better yet, get the hell out.
I have just as much right to express my ire as anyone else. It's called democracy and free speech. You don't like democracy and free speech? Then *YOU* get the hell out, you stinking fascist.
And, BTW, about your sig...
---- Booth was a patriot ----
The civil war ended over 140 years ago. Talk about needing to "get over your loss". I guess you're still upset that you are not allowed to own slaves.
the Pentagon Metro (subway) station is a stone's throw away from the Pentagon
Just to try to actually throw any stones. The very nice, polite and helpful young men with the automatic weapons will lose their smile in less than a heartbeat and be on you like a ton of bricks if you do.
In your first paragraph (of point #3) you point out a strong correlation between belief in intelligent design and certain religious views. You are appealing to the prevailing Slashdot bias against organised religion when you do this: the correlation says absolutely nothing in and of itself as to whether the idea is true or false. C. S. Lewis described that form of argument as "Bulverism": dismiss the argument on the basis that the person raising it has particular motives for doing so. "You just say that because you hold religious view X." I can't argue against this, because it isn't an argument.
That is not at all what he was doing, and if you had bothered to carefully read what he wrote it would be apparent. He was demonstrating that Intelligent Design is simply repackaged Young Earth Creationism by showing that only certain varieties of Christianity tend to support Intelligent Design. It would be like showing that, despite a political parties outward statements, they are still generally racists since many of the actual members of the party belong to white supremecist organizations.
Also, I always think it is funny when you fundies bring up C.S. Lewis. He readily accepted biological evolution, was adamantly against forming a "Christian" political party (partly since it would imply that everyone else, even other Christians, were not "real" Christians), and was against using the power of the State to enforce religious dogma (like rules on divorce). If C.S. Lewis lived today, you fundies would want him roasted alive. But now that he is dead, you can selectively quote him to your hearts' content.
Well, you probably didn't try *good* coffee. Good coffee doesn't need milk or sugar. Your comment reminds me of a friend of mine who said he hated beer because he tried it once and it tasted the way he would imagine flat horse piss tastes. I asked him what kind he tried, and he said "Budweiser". After my initial shriek of horror, I explained that this is why he hates "beer" and he should try some of the real stuff instead.
BTW, I think it's hilarious someone modded you "Troll". It looks like some slashdotters are pretty touchy about their coffee:-p
But now Ohio University is refusing to give legal counsel to students caught in RIAA filesharing cases--except for "surrender!"
Well, that's exactly my point. Ohio University probably does have student legal counsel (I think another poster pointed that out exactly), so they should be giving them proper legal advice instead of throwing them to the wolves.
Yes, I can just see thousands upon thousands of bespeckled geeks with plastic, red pitchforks and toy lightsabers descending upon RIAA headquarters thirsting for blood. Gottfrid Svartholm can lead the troops shouting "Downloaders! Tonight we Bittorent in Hell!"
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After the scene was shot, though, Alec Guinness sat down, put his face in his hands and cried, sobbing, "I was in Lawrence of Arabia, you know! How did it come to this!"
And then there was the time I was throwing rocks at birds. I wanted to leave no tern unstoned.
Actually, most of the right-wing nutbags were saying that he should be impeached simply because he got a blowjob from Lewinsky. Their argument was that he was abusing his position, much like a corporate CEO would be abusing his position if he got blown by a secretary. And they also often said that he should be impeached for lying to the American people about it on national television. So, the point still holds. Lie about sex - get you character eviscerated on television. Lie us into a war that has killed thousands of Americans and hundreds of thousands of civilians - get praised as a hero.
We are a Democratic-Republic since we The People elect our representatives directly, although that was not the case at the beginning. To be more precise, we are specifically a country run by a government as set forth in the Constitution. Whether you call that a Democracy, a Republic, a Chucktatorship, or Ernwiresheshersbysleevings doesn't matter.
Also, as Lessig probably mentions in his book (I'm afraid I haven't read it yet), the big media companies are trying to have copyright such that (1) it is effectively perpetual and (2) an absurdly small amount of "content" is considered protected by copyright. Basically, with (1) and (2), you will wind up having to pay them absurd royalties just for opening your mouth and expressing a thought (or at least writing it down anywhere or putting it in an audio or video file).
And, BTW, about your sig...
The civil war ended over 140 years ago. Talk about needing to "get over your loss". I guess you're still upset that you are not allowed to own slaves.Also, I always think it is funny when you fundies bring up C.S. Lewis. He readily accepted biological evolution, was adamantly against forming a "Christian" political party (partly since it would imply that everyone else, even other Christians, were not "real" Christians), and was against using the power of the State to enforce religious dogma (like rules on divorce). If C.S. Lewis lived today, you fundies would want him roasted alive. But now that he is dead, you can selectively quote him to your hearts' content.
BTW, I think it's hilarious someone modded you "Troll". It looks like some slashdotters are pretty touchy about their coffee :-p