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Coffee House => Coffee House Boards => CH / Entertainment => Topic started by: cecilia on December 03, 2004, 10:48:46 PM
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a friend just sent me this link (http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/news/drwho/2004/12/02/15823.shtml).
Oh, darn! does that mean I will have to wait ghod knows how long to see this???
(waiting for it on BBCAmerica channel)
fah! :-(
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cecilia wrote:
a friend just sent me this link (http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/news/drwho/2004/12/02/15823.shtml).
Oh, darn! does that mean I will have to wait ghod knows how long to see this???
(waiting for it on BBCAmerica channel)
fah! :-(
There'll be a torrent for it on suprnova.org I would imagine!
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Don't you get a BBC World channel? Or something like that?
If not tough :-P
You get loads of things before us and the BBC is the home of Dr Who anyway so there :-P
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Vincent wrote:
Don't you get a BBC World channel? Or something like that?
all I get is what is called BBCAmerica.
most of the stuff is "old", that is sometimes a year after it's been on BBC.
still, I watch that channel more than any other. I just love those crime dramas!
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cecilia wrote:
that is sometimes a year after it's been on BBC.
Bummer, you can do one of the following then:
1) look up the dictionary for the word "patience" and try it
2) find it online somewhere
:-D
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Vincent wrote:
1) look up the dictionary for the word "patience" and try it
you ARE kidding, right?
I'm an amiga user since the late 80's.
"Patience" is tattooed on my forehead!
:lol:
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cecilia wrote:
Vincent wrote:
1) look up the dictionary for the word "patience" and try it
you ARE kidding, right?
I'm an amiga user since the late 80's.
"Patience" is tattooed on my forehead!
:lol:
Yes, but in which direction?
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cecilia wrote:
you ARE kidding, right?
I'm an amiga user since the late 80's.
"Patience" is tattooed on my forehead!
:lol:
And now the AmigaONE is out, you have to replace it for "sucker". ;-)
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I was talking to my friend about this the other day and we think the old Police Box thing is way outdated. Dr Who should have something more in keeping with the times, but seeing as most phone boxes are transparent these days we humbly suggest the BBC consider using something like a Portaloo as the new TARDIS (seeing as my pal is a builder, they're affectionately known as a "Turd-Tardis" on site).
In keeping with the Tardis of old, the decor should resemble that of a very plush (and spacious) boardroom lavatory inside, complete with gold taps and expensive tiles all round.
I heard a rumour that the first episode of the new series involves the Doctor making an unfortunate visit to Glastonbury in his new Tardis...
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cecilia wrote:
"Patience" is tattooed on my forehead!
:lol:
I wonder how many funny looks you get walking down the street with that on show :-P
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KennyR wrote:
cecilia wrote:
you ARE kidding, right?
I'm an amiga user since the late 80's.
"Patience" is tattooed on my forehead!
:lol:
And now the AmigaONE is out, you have to replace it for "sucker". ;-)
why?
have you seen the micro's? I have and I'd like one.
(what's with the bitterness, kenny. it can't be THAT bad?)
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cecilia wrote:
(what's with the bitterness, kenny. it can't be THAT bad?)
He's a pessimistic Scot, we're all like that...
...but I think KennyR has more than his fair share of it :-P
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/ me does Dad's Army Impression.......
WE'RE ALL DOOOOOOOOOOOOMED!!!!
/ end
:-)
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cecilia wrote:
have you seen the micro's? I have and I'd like one.
Yes, I've seen them. They are startlingly unimpressive. I paid 300 dollars for a G3 Articia machine, I don't see why I would want to pay more than three times that for one. Especially since an unspecified chunk of that goes to pay Amiga Inc, a company who's flakiness make Genesi look angelic.
(what's with the bitterness, kenny. it can't be THAT bad?)
Seeing through propaganda when the majority can't seem to is not bitterness. Surely you, with anti-Bush politics, can see that?
I couldn't help commenting about it in this thread. I mean, Doctor Who, great in its time, with a passionate nostalgic following, about to be defaced by a substandard modern version which will do nothing but trivialise the memories. The parallels to Eyetech's AmigaONE range are just too close for comfort.
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Especially since an unspecified chunk of that goes to pay Amiga Inc, a company who's flakiness make Genesi look angelic.
i don't know anything about "amiga Inc" present situation as far as getting any money. so, i won't comment on that.
however, considering that just recently, BBRV have proven in public to be nothing close to moral or ethical, might I suggest you not bring them up as any sort of comprison?
my interest in the micro has nothing to do with anyone's "propaganda", simply my actually looking at it operate. and, of course, I'm looking at beta versions of the OS, which is not what most people have at the moment. I happy about the progress, is all i'm saying.
as for Doctor Who, I can't say what it will look like. I'm just interested. that's ok, isn't it?
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Vincent wrote:
cecilia wrote:
(what's with the bitterness, kenny. it can't be THAT bad?)
He's a pessimistic Scot, we're all like that...
i know. it's what I like about him.
I just thought he was particularly sad this time.
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cecilia wrote:
however, considering that just recently, BBRV have proven in public to be nothing close to moral or ethical, might I suggest you not bring them up as any sort of comprison?
Yes, you're right. Amiga Inc. owe a LOT more to their employees, have been forced to pay when those employees took them to court and won, and STILL haven't paid them a cent. They're a lot worse.
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Erm............. What was the thread title again?
Are we going into a timewarp? ;-)
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KennyR wrote:
cecilia wrote:
however, considering that just recently, BBRV have proven in public to be nothing close to moral or ethical, might I suggest you not bring them up as any sort of comprison?
Yes, you're right. Amiga Inc. owe a LOT more to their employees, have been forced to pay when those employees took them to court and won, and STILL haven't paid them a cent. They're a lot worse.
even if Amiga Inc only owed someone one dollar, they wouldn't be anyone I'd feel right about. and the same goes for BBRV. and they DO owe lots of people lots of money and none of them will see a dime.
it's NOT about the money. it's about the lying, lack of trust and dispicable behavior.
I have ZERO interest in playing some sort of stupid game where we try to see who is worse. they both suck. the end.
amiga inc basically doesn't exist any more. they have no effect or influence on anything that goes on.
soon, BBRV will be consigned to the same trash can.
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cecilia wrote:
amiga inc basically doesn't exist any more. they have no effect or influence on anything that goes on.
Wrong. They still hold the IP, making it impossible for anyone with capital and ambition to go on and actually do something with the Amiga. They still demand ridiculous licencing agreements which confines OS4 to whatever unfitting hardware Eyetech can scrape up from the hell of abandoned evaluation boards and keeps the community tiny and useless. They claim money from both Eyetech and Hyperion's efforts while doing absolutely nothing of their own.
And worse of all they keep all this going by their constant shell games and con tricks to hold off bankruptcy and fleece this community of everything it has. All the while hiding behind a veil of total secrecy, with the occassional feeble appeasement gesture. OMG!!! A REAL MEMBER OF AMIGA INC WENT TO A SHOW!! AMIGA INC RULE!!! :banana: :banana:
And it's the same people, the very same people, who hysterically greet every AInc announcement like it's from God itself, who are the biggest critics of Genesi. "You a$$hole bbrv!" cries one clueless BAF who knows absolutely nothing about the situation he's commenting on or the people his own purchases support.
Once Amiga Inc. give out hundreds of free boards to the community to entice developers, once they actually pay their debtors even a little of what they're owed, once they make an attempt to contact users, developers and companies directly rather than through {bleep} "There's something BIG just around the corner! Wait a few more weeks!" claims that waft out every so often from unnamed sources like farts out of a duffelcoat, then you can compare them to Genesi. Genesi have a long way to go before they sink to AInc's level. A LONG way.
I am getting seriously f*cking sick of the whole affair. My apologies for dragging this whole thread off topic.
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KennyR wrote:
cecilia wrote:
amiga inc basically doesn't exist any more. they have no effect or influence on anything that goes on.
Wrong. They still hold the IP, making it impossible for anyone with capital and ambition to go on and actually do something with the Amiga. They still demand ridiculous licencing agreements which confines OS4 to whatever unfitting hardware Eyetech can scrape up from the hell of abandoned evaluation boards and keeps the community tiny and useless. They claim money from both Eyetech and Hyperion's efforts while doing absolutely nothing of their own.
And worse of all they keep all this going by their constant shell games and con tricks to hold off bankruptcy and fleece this community of everything it has. All the while hiding behind a veil of total secrecy, with the occassional feeble appeasement gesture. OMG!!! A REAL MEMBER OF AMIGA INC WENT TO A SHOW!! AMIGA INC RULE!!! :banana: :banana:
And it's the same people, the very same people, who hysterically greet every AInc announcement like it's from God itself, who are the biggest critics of Genesi. "You a$$hole bbrv!" cries one clueless BAF who knows absolutely nothing about the situation he's commenting on or the people his own purchases support.
Once Amiga Inc. give out hundreds of free boards to the community to entice developers, once they actually pay their debtors even a little of what they're owed, once they make an attempt to contact users, developers and companies directly rather than through {bleep} "There's something BIG just around the corner! Wait a few more weeks!" claims that waft out every so often from unnamed sources like farts out of a duffelcoat, then you can compare them to Genesi. Genesi have a long way to go before they sink to AInc's level. A LONG way.
I am getting seriously f*cking sick of the whole affair. My apologies for dragging this whole thread off topic.
It seems the only people acting professionally in this whole sorry Amiga sInc drama are Hyperion.
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mdma wrote:
It seems the only people acting professionally in this whole sorry Amiga sInc drama are Hyperion.
Hyperion have burned bridges with many developers who could have helped them and the community. Epic and Titan - the only two real software houses left who will develop commercial stuff for the community - are outrightly hostile to them for previous litigation. Hyperion have their fits of unprofessionalism too. Especially where Hermans and Häuser are concerned.