en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/7552 Comments by Steve Smyth http://stevesmyth.net/post/70379875327#IDComment776820886 I just like figuring things out. Also, I was a bit wrong, it's not the CD2 processor that is wonky, it is a 64bit chip on a 32bit data bus. On the weekend after I installed WIndows successfully, I installed Commodore OS Vision, a fork of Linux Mint for the line of PCs from Commodore USA. It was interesting, very 80s, but ultimately a dead end. Commodore USA's owner passed away shortly after they started producing the revamped Commodore 64, which was really an Intel Atom based PC in a very close approximation of a Commodore 64 shell. Sadly, without the owner guy, Commodore had no more forward momentum. I now have Linux Mint 16 in a dual boot with Windows 7, co-existing very well thanks, and the Thinkpad is very happy. Tue, 31 Dec 2013 08:09:14 +0000 http://stevesmyth.net/post/70379875327#IDComment776820886 http://stevesmyth.net/post/50743077229#IDComment656081995 I am going mainly out of a sense of obligation. I feel I have to support Star Trek in any form because the only thing that they see are dollar signs. If ST films don't make a ton at the box office, they won't make more and I want them to make more. I know how ...Into Darkness goes and it's really an issue of faith now. Orci and Kurtzman said that whatever came before Nero's entry into the past was not going to be affected. That was, apparently, a lie. This is now a reboot. These are their characters now and they will do with them what they will. It's just now we're going where we've already been before. Wed, 5 Jun 2013 18:35:34 +0000 http://stevesmyth.net/post/50743077229#IDComment656081995 http://www.stevesmyth.net/?p=1231#IDComment429437256 Emerson is, like Ebert and Kenney, becoming one of my favorite critics. I think our sensibilities are the same and we are together on things a lot more than I thought. Of course, he's correct, criticism is more about the critic, maybe, than the movie being critiqued. So what will we learn about me... ? Mon, 27 Aug 2012 18:22:26 +0000 http://www.stevesmyth.net/?p=1231#IDComment429437256 http://www.stevesmyth.net/?p=1232#IDComment429435776 I think that's the key here. Movie lists are meaningless because they can only tell you about the person(s) making the list. I think that's the only value you can take away from the Academy Awards too. It gives you suggestions about what to watch. I am trying to watch Antonioni's Zabriski Point and I'm having trouble because it's not that good. It was piloried in its day, and rightly so, but now it's become something of a cult classic because it is shot so magnificently. That isn't enough however. There will be a review of that here. Mon, 27 Aug 2012 18:19:10 +0000 http://www.stevesmyth.net/?p=1232#IDComment429435776 http://www.stevesmyth.net/?p=1167#IDComment429082479 I have some more reviews that I've started but not finished. Since we are around the time of the top 50 from Sight & Sound magazine, I'll be more apt to get them posted faster. Mon, 27 Aug 2012 02:39:57 +0000 http://www.stevesmyth.net/?p=1167#IDComment429082479 http://www.stevesmyth.net/?p=1167#IDComment429081550 Our good friend Atasha was having trouble posting her comment, so I'm posting it here for her and I thank her fit the kind words. Whew, Steve, that was a long synopsis. You need a shot of pages on the calendar blowing away! I feel like I saw most of it through your description. This is a very thorough work. 1,200 page novel? That would take awhile (strap on those hip boots), but would probably explain a lot. I am impressed with all the shots from the movie and the embeded clips; looks like the beginning of a Master's thesis. Your breakdown of characters is well-thought out. Now I have to see the movie or read the book or both. Mon, 27 Aug 2012 02:35:50 +0000 http://www.stevesmyth.net/?p=1167#IDComment429081550 http://www.stevesmyth.net/?p=1154#IDComment428284033 I have found my Flip cam. Yay? Sat, 25 Aug 2012 06:33:02 +0000 http://www.stevesmyth.net/?p=1154#IDComment428284033 http://www.stevesmyth.net/?p=1154#IDComment372910072 I was hoping to post a vid to YouTube if I could find my Flip cam. I seem to have lost it. Sun, 3 Jun 2012 02:55:41 +0000 http://www.stevesmyth.net/?p=1154#IDComment372910072 http%3a%2f%2fwww.stevesmyth.net%2f%3fp%3d1061#IDComment372909674 Hi Mike. Sorry it took me so long to reply and I hope you are following responses from email. I am not the guy to weigh in on these matters. As I said in the post, I tried to stay above the whole thing and when he found Jim Terry's comments here I think he thought, "Ah ha, another place I can post my screed to." He brought me in at that point, on my own turf. He can't keep an online persona for too long because he gets shouted down or TOS'd so he came here. Big mistake. In any event, I will be glad to search out and find any of the things I have amassed on this since he posted. Then I will get it to you. Sun, 3 Jun 2012 02:54:48 +0000 http%3a%2f%2fwww.stevesmyth.net%2f%3fp%3d1061#IDComment372909674 http://www.stevesmyth.net/archives/129#IDComment372907387 It is pretty interesting. You will have to see it if you can. I find it to be wildly entertaining in a way I didn't think was possible. Sun, 3 Jun 2012 02:49:32 +0000 http://www.stevesmyth.net/archives/129#IDComment372907387 http://www.stevesmyth.net/archives/621#IDComment285534199 All well and good, I should have commented when Google added Metro as an alternative. Mon, 6 Feb 2012 19:03:19 +0000 http://www.stevesmyth.net/archives/621#IDComment285534199 http://www.stevesmyth.net/?p=1142#IDComment243015670 The experience was a bit un-thrilling. As usual with Google, I like the concept and the Cr-48 is built like a tank, but the hardware is underpowered for what you are trying to do. YouTube, even on a fast connection is impossible. The Samsung and Acer versions run on dual core Atom processors, but from what I've seen, this doesn't increase the performance to new heights. Oh well, if they ever can put ChromeOS on something with more oommpf, I would be all in because I really liked it. Tue, 20 Dec 2011 23:55:51 +0000 http://www.stevesmyth.net/?p=1142#IDComment243015670 http://www.stevesmyth.net/?p=1144#IDComment220614420 Please post. Thanks. Fri, 11 Nov 2011 23:05:28 +0000 http://www.stevesmyth.net/?p=1144#IDComment220614420 http://www.stevesmyth.net/?p=1144#IDComment220614305 These are my answers. Dennis just posted his a few days ago. Fri, 11 Nov 2011 23:05:05 +0000 http://www.stevesmyth.net/?p=1144#IDComment220614305 http://www.stevesmyth.net/?p=1136#IDComment162002821 I think once he has a story mode, or the ability to script a scenario beyond the search and destroy (escort duty, exploration, stellar mapping, first contact, etc.) you will have the most well rounded Trek game in history. Sun, 12 Jun 2011 14:52:02 +0000 http://www.stevesmyth.net/?p=1136#IDComment162002821 http://www.stevesmyth.net/#IDComment155117939 Please be advised, you don't have to join to comment on a post as long as you've joined Intense Debate. I would LIKE it if you joined, but you don't have to. Mon, 23 May 2011 03:12:33 +0000 http://www.stevesmyth.net/#IDComment155117939 http%3a%2f%2fwww.stevesmyth.net%2f%3fp%3d1109#IDComment155117471 Good news, the Wordpress app was updated for iOS and now works great. Mon, 23 May 2011 03:09:49 +0000 http%3a%2f%2fwww.stevesmyth.net%2f%3fp%3d1109#IDComment155117471 http%3a%2f%2fwww.stevesmyth.net%2f%3fp%3d1103#IDComment138030026 Amen. Go with your supernatural being. Mon, 28 Mar 2011 05:27:20 +0000 http%3a%2f%2fwww.stevesmyth.net%2f%3fp%3d1103#IDComment138030026 http://www.asymco.com/2011/03/25/understanding-rims-tablet-platform-app-strategy/#IDComment137949630 Hoo boy, it would have been really convoluted if he had announced a Blackberry OS6 emulation layer. Oh, wait! You're supposed to use your Blackberry to tether with. Will Blackberry offer a bundle? Buy a Torch 2 and a PlayBook for one price and get one data plan? There seems to be no sales model for this thing announced because no one has told us when they are coming out. I am sure developers are as confused as Balsillie; do I write an Android app, an AIR app or use the SDK and write a native app? I also agree that they are beta testing these things on the backs of the users. The only other compelling tablet is the HP TouchPad because it works on a truly scalable mobile OS that is in the wild today, there just aren't any apps for it. Sun, 27 Mar 2011 20:22:31 +0000 http://www.asymco.com/2011/03/25/understanding-rims-tablet-platform-app-strategy/#IDComment137949630 http://www.stevesmyth.net/?p=1101#IDComment137944262 He continues to amaze. His Dr. Strangelove is awesome. Sun, 27 Mar 2011 19:46:14 +0000 http://www.stevesmyth.net/?p=1101#IDComment137944262