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Comment Better than I thought it would be... (Score 1) 62

I got to see this in-person at Sundance, and in the context of a film festival it was a pretty cool experience. I attended the press/industry screening and it was fun to talk about the differences between the version I saw with folks who saw the other three versions that screened there. As someone who both programs software for a living and also works with/on film festivals, I expected this to be just a gimmick but I have to say it worked pretty well. However most of the reason it worked was in the context of telling Eno's story in particular because of how he works - the way the film was exhibited became part of the story itself. Not sure how well that will translate to other stories and films.

I went into it not knowing much about Eno at all (surprisingly in hindsight) but was quite inspired by him and loved the film. At least that version of it. I do love that this model adds a good bit of uncertainty to movie reviews, because there inevitably will be better versions and worse versions.

Comment Not just the users, but the government (Score 3, Interesting) 313

I visited MS campus about 15 years ago and at the time they were fond of claiming that the Chinese government was actively pirating MS software for distribution and resale. They even went so far as to say that they owned the equipment necessary to duplicate their holographic license stickers to produce physical pirated copies for resale outside the country.

Comment Listen Jerry. (Score 1) 776

Listen Jerry. Bania's voice is the voice of a new generation. My generation.

Look, I live Seinfeld's standup and the series, but he's not exactly cutting edge anymore and not a great way to combat the Get a Mac ads.

Comment Re:Yeah, maybe, or maybe not... (Score 1) 584

I can go back and install Duke3d and still play that, same with Doom. In 10 years will I still be able to play HalfLife 2? Will I still have to authenticate with servers that quite likely nolonger exist? I purchased the game. I should be able to play it later if I want to. This is the big problem I have with all games that require authentication with the mothership.

Comment Re:Do you want someone with poor social skills ... (Score 1) 93

[Grimaldi] seems to be someone who is not in mathematics so that he can learn to be more logical, but is in mathematics because it allows him to earn a living while having very poor social skills. Do you want him as your leader?

What is this drivel? How can you speculate about Grimaldi's motives like this? Have you met the man?

Having had several classes from him, I can certainly tell you that you are talking out of your ass. Please know what you're talking about *before* typing.

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