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 From:  william (WILLIAMA)  
 To:  Drew (X3N0PH0N)     
43066.16 In reply to 43066.13 
Yeah, looking back on the expanse, I know Miller was a bit of a corny character and not especially original, but he was also my favourite. I thought the scenes where he, or a version of him, returned as a robot drone were excellent.

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 From:  Drew (X3N0PH0N)  
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43066.17 In reply to 43066.16 
Oh yeah. I think that's part of what makes him so enjoyable. He is both the the most cliched down on his luck world weary noir detective and... in love with a girl who thinks she's a space station. And an alien projection into his friend's mind. And all the rest.

It's a credit to the writing and acting that he doesn't *come across* as corny while absolutely being corny.

My absolute favourite is Bobbie though. She's so brave when she defects.
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 From:  Drew (X3N0PH0N)  
 To:  william (WILLIAMA)     
43066.18 In reply to 43066.15 
I haaaate running into that attitude. At least *try it*, like.
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 From:  CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)   
 To:  Drew (X3N0PH0N)     
43066.19 In reply to 43066.18 
Apropos of nothing, I used to run into that issue with clients that felt I should be able to to do x, y, and z stuff that were out of spec, and out of scope. I would advise them that going down that road would incur 'unknown' additional costs (for I am not a mind reader, unable to parse out some ill-defined, changeable fantasy and come up with an estimate). They usually didn't go for it. In some few cases they did, and I got several days or even weeks of billable work. One cat felt we should be able to produce a computer game like Madden Football (this was ~1995), with a team of 3 people, none of whom were programmers (the platform was Macromedia Director) for a few thou $$$. We made a game to graphically demonstrate our capabilities. The idea was dropped.
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 From:  milko  
 To:  CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)      
43066.20 In reply to 43066.19 
Madden in... Director? Wow, haha. I made a sort of Pac-man thing in Flash once, that was complicated enough for me and that was years later when Director was already obsolete.
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 From:  CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)   
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43066.21 In reply to 43066.20 
Ever mess around with mTropolis?
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 From:  Linn (INDYLS)  
 To:  william (WILLIAMA)     
43066.22 In reply to 43066.10 
I have no idea what your first and second sentence means. But it looks like it will be wonderful. Post again when its done :)
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 From:  william (WILLIAMA)  
 To:  Linn (INDYLS)     
43066.23 In reply to 43066.22 
It was interesting for about five minutes when I watched him, but then rather dull. Ashley wasn't one of life's great conversationalists. He set up a tripod with a little box on top: the laser. Then he put 3 tiny paper targets around the kitchen. The rest of the time he spent on a tablet thing, taking dozens of photos, endlessly tapping in information, occasionally putting a little piece of yellow tape down and pointing the laser spot at it. Sometimes he put little pins on stands down and pointed the laser at them. Mainly he tapped, photographed, and said nothing. It took a long time, nearly two hours. I went and did something else, but I could hear every click and tap. At the end of the day, after he'd gone, he emailed me a detailed plan of the various worktop pieces. Apparently this is accurate to less than a millimetre. One piece will take 4 men to carry. Apparently.

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 From:  milko  
 To:  CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)      
43066.24 In reply to 43066.21 
I never even heard of it! Looks like one of those things that could've been great if the industry success cards had been dealt slightly differently.
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 From:  CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)   
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43066.25 In reply to 43066.24 
It got bought out and killed by rival Macromedia (Director).
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 From:  milko  
 To:  CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)      
43066.26 In reply to 43066.25 
yeah, who then copped the same treatment themselves from Adobe on a bunch of stuff. So it goes, I suppose, the biggest fish.
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 From:  CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)   
 To:  milko     
43066.27 In reply to 43066.26 
Concentration, monopoly, yadda
“Scientists study the flight of hummingbirds to design robots for drone warfare. ”
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