Godammed SDN

[starku]

Come on people keep believing shows have a big plan

They believed it for lost despite it being obvious and admitted by producers
I believe people also believe it about that revenge show

People just gotta believe shit makes sense

'everyone is a retard' isnt satisfying

[Flagg]

Shit I can't find the article I read it in a few years ago now. Basically Moore protested about "And they have a plan" being inserted because he had no idea what a Cylon plan was and didn't want to be shoehorned into creating one just for a tag line in the opening credits. The real plan was the god/wizard/omnipotent beings plan to create humanity as we know it, as the "humans" in BSG aren't really homo sapiens sapiens.

[Veef]

QUOTE OF THE WEEK

"The purpose of a cult is exclusion. If you're not in the cult, you are by definition lacking some essential quality shared by its members. Those inside the cult can feel privileged, even gifted, by their ability to Get It. I was willing to Get It, I was sincerely prepared, but at the end of this experience, I concluded there was nothing to be Got." - Roger Ebert, US film critic (1942-)

you mean like star wars and the intellectual crucible

[Oxymoron]

That was exactly my thought upon seeing it.

[Agent Bert Macklin]

Come on people keep believing shows have a big plan

They believed it for lost despite it being obvious and admitted by producers
I believe people also believe it about that revenge show

People just gotta believe shit makes sense

'everyone is a retard' isnt satisfying

Indeed! I was going to post in that thread asking them to name a single show that was planned from day one, from its inception to its conclusion, including all of the little things. I doubt many exist, especially those with overarching plotlines that last for seasons. It's just a hard thing to do, especially when you don't know if your show is going to be axed because of ratings. You'd have to know that from the onset so you can make up for it.

People who think LOST was planned from the beginning are only deluding themselves. The best shows have storylines contained in each season, so when the series is about to end, no major problems about tying things up exist. Having 10-13 episodes a season helps too, instead of the standard 24 for those primetime shows. That's going overkill and creates filler, which is unwelcome as it stops the narrative of the season.

[Veef]

A lot of Japanese TV shows are typically planned to run either a full year, a half year, or a quarter year. Even the original Macross back from 1982 had several different outlines depending on how many episodes could be allotted due to budget.

Of course the longer series like DBZ and Bleach are made to run forever.

It really depends on how long you intend a series to stick around.

[Aaron]

I noticed Ryan lost his VI title recently. Has he lifted his standards?

who? ryan thunder still has his VI

who are you talking about

Well shit, I was talking about Ryan Thunder. I could've sworn he'd lost it. Nevermind.

yeah i will put money on the table that says humans will walk on mars before ryan loses his VI title

I loled.

Also: guy brings up good points on philosophy, gets banned. Guy is a shitty debator with bad ideas and does so for years, only gets a VI title.

Yeah but he was debating His Majesty. That's a no-no.

[Agent Bert Macklin]

A lot of Japanese TV shows are typically planned to run either a full year, a half year, or a quarter year. Even the original Macross back from 1982 had several different outlines depending on how many episodes could be allotted due to budget.

Of course the longer series like DBZ and Bleach are made to run forever.

It really depends on how long you intend a series to stick around.

That's true, and one reason why I love many Brit series. They usually don't last more than three seasons and the creators know from the start that they won't last long.

[Akhlut]

Also: guy brings up good points on philosophy, gets banned. Guy is a shitty debator with bad ideas and does so for years, only gets a VI title.

Yeah but he was debating His Majesty. That's a no-no.

I wonder if Mike's heard of the problem of induction.

[Oxymoron]

The problem with induction is that you need special pans to use it

[The Spartan]

Gas is superior.

[Zod]

Gas is superior.

pull my finger

[Flagg]

Man what kind of fucking slimy turd do you have to be to make Zinegata seem like a better person than you despite his rampant insanity? Oh right, AD.

[Veef]

Is Valve gonna kill PC gaming

oh boy oh boy

[Veef]

someone in the LoGH thread needs to point out that Batmang is just there to hurr durr trek suxs

he never even watched LoGH

[starku]

Dude I'm pretty sure Connor hasn't either

In vympels threads he just talked about screenshots

[Veef]

that's not what the show is about

it's about

WHAT IS THAT

[adr-admin]

d newsgroup:

> It's been there for 10 years, and turns out to be a solution
> looking for a problem.

[...]
Thus the inability of handling such exceptions undermines D's
ability to support dynamically loaded modules of any kind and
greatly impairs modularity.

gotta love it

quote "you can do that"

and respond "not being able to do that sucks you need to add it"



the rest of that post is even more bad stuff but it has been gone over so many times


a lot of people are insistent that the way to do reliable software is to just ignore memory corruption

RESTARTS ARE UNACCEPTABLE JUST SOLDIER ON IT WILL BE FINE

[adr-admin]

another thing is how hard is it ot just try it yourself

Code: Select all

import std.stdio;
void main() {
	int* a = null;
	try {
		*a = 0;
	} catch(Throwable t) {
		writefln("I caught it! %s", t.msg);
	}
}

oh no that took FOREVER

let me rant about it for a few paragraphs on the internet instead of confirming my facts

[adr-admin]

http://cinemassacre.com/2008/06/11/avgn-star-trek-2/

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

about 4 minutes in there is a fight scene

he does all hte ridiculous kirk fu moves!!!!!!!1111

[adr-admin]

so i watched THE BLUES BROTHERS today

...and meh.


it starts slowly, is long, and i didn't really lol too much


the movie is basically four things

1) meh

2) random destruction. and i do mean random

3) ridiculously over the top crowds and chases. and i do mean ridiculous

4) music sequences


it is kinda entertaining anyway

aretha franklin's song was the best part


but overall i don't really see what's so good about it

[timmy]

A celebration of blues and roots

And the notion that all musicians are criminals or shadowy

At the end of the day you either enjoyed it or you didn't?

[starku]

Shop in a phaser and he'll automatically like it

[timmy]

Matt 'guitar' Murphy possibly has a phaser in his rig

Ditto Murphy Dunne

[adr-admin]

i'm reading some amazon reviews and perhaps i should have flipped the disc over to do the theaterrical version instead of the extended version

(i just put the disc in and didn't bother getting the magnifying glass and flash light to tell what side it was)


but i enjoy a good car chase as much as the next guy (at least the first couple times

and the music sequences were pretty good


it just wasn't a particularly funny movie and it dragged at times