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Reply #105 on: June 21, 2005, 03:38:20 PM

Oracale is most definitely not optimized from the technical perspective for handling hundreds of thousands of simultaneous connections--and no db really is. Some dev's are actually reverting back to flat file implementations for highly accessed data because the db tech just isn't currently evolved to handle this type of scenario.

It's what I strongly recommend for anything that requires speed as opposed to flexibility. DB tech has made great strides in the past 5 years and most of the newer MMGs use relational DBs for their data storage. Some have done well with that. Some haven't.
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Reply #106 on: June 21, 2005, 03:39:54 PM

As a picky aside, in response to the various communist jokes throughout the thread, the USA is probably more communist than China at this point.  They got one whiff of capitalism and dropped that communist shit hard.

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Reply #107 on: June 21, 2005, 03:44:01 PM


Yeah, that's what I thought.  I'm gonna see how may suckers than can get to preorder.

Vaporware is where the real money is at.  Actually releasing products is for suckers.

On an unrelated note, a $15 payment will guarantee you a beta slot in f.13's upcoming MMO.  I also hear that Schild is looking for investors for a new console he's designed.  Among other new features, this console will electro-shock you via wires attached to your testicles anytime you play a movie not personally approved by Schild himself.
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Reply #108 on: June 21, 2005, 04:13:25 PM


Yeah, that's what I thought.  I'm gonna see how may suckers than can get to preorder.

Vaporware is where the real money is at.  Actually releasing products is for suckers.

On an unrelated note, a $15 payment will guarantee you a beta slot in f.13's upcoming MMO.  I also hear that Schild is looking for investors for a new console he's designed.  Among other new features, this console will electro-shock you via wires attached to your testicles anytime you play a movie not personally approved by Schild himself.

Quick sign me up, depressing art fag pieces and asian moves tarentino ripped off. I cant wait.
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Reply #109 on: June 21, 2005, 05:26:15 PM

Can someone please name a depressing art fag movie I enjoyed? Just to make the joke have some value. Cuz right now, I'm grasping at straws for one I enjoyed.
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Reply #110 on: June 21, 2005, 07:46:25 PM

Can someone please name a depressing art fag movie I enjoyed? Just to make the joke have some value. Cuz right now, I'm grasping at straws for one I enjoyed.

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas?

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Reply #111 on: June 21, 2005, 07:50:32 PM

Are you really that much of a dumbshit? Or are you trying to make a funny? Cuz I don't get it.
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Reply #112 on: June 21, 2005, 09:08:20 PM

Are you really that much of a dumbshit? Or are you trying to make a funny? Cuz I don't get it.

So .. does that mean you didn't like the movie or that it's not artsy fartsy?

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Reply #113 on: June 21, 2005, 09:10:39 PM

Are you really that much of a dumbshit? Or are you trying to make a funny? Cuz I don't get it.
So .. does that mean you didn't like the movie or that it's not artsy fartsy?

There's really nothing artsy fartsy about it. You want artsy fartsy? Go see High Art or Redupers.

You have to understand something, I HATE artsy fartsy. It's intolerable. Trying to be in the upper echelon of art almost always results in absolute shit. Like Pollock. A shitty movie about a ridiculously shitty artist. But everyone's all high-falutin about it because it was a desperate portrayal of a tormented "genius." That's artsy fartsy shit and if I had my way, everyone involved would be in a turkish prison.
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Reply #114 on: June 22, 2005, 06:58:04 AM

The Thin Red Line is the one I hated the most, as far as artsy-fartsy movies go.
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Reply #115 on: June 22, 2005, 07:46:33 AM

Can someone please name a depressing art fag movie I enjoyed? Just to make the joke have some value. Cuz right now, I'm grasping at straws for one I enjoyed.

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas?

If that movie is either depressing or artsy fartsy, you need your humor gene checked. Stat.

THIS is artsy-fartsy. It also sucked ass. I was so disappointed.

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Reply #116 on: June 22, 2005, 07:49:50 AM

PJ Harvey is an actress now?
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Reply #117 on: June 22, 2005, 08:49:08 AM

You wouldn't think that if you watched the movie. Something happened to Hal Hartley in the last 6-7 years that turned him from promising indy director into shitty artsy-fartsy director.

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Reply #118 on: June 22, 2005, 10:14:24 AM

Can "The Brown Bunny" be considered artsy fartsy or just plain bad?
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Reply #119 on: June 22, 2005, 10:16:34 AM

Any movie that can induce a semi-famous actress to blow a guy onscreen is art in my opinion.

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Reply #120 on: June 22, 2005, 05:41:42 PM

Anything by David Lynch may not be artsy-fartsy, but it all annoys the shit out of me.

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Reply #121 on: June 22, 2005, 05:43:03 PM

Anything by David Lynch may not be artsy-fartsy, but it all annoys the shit out of me.

Dune is the exception.  Everything else annoyed me. Especially Lost Highway.
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Reply #122 on: June 22, 2005, 05:44:11 PM

What? Did Mulholland Drive and Lost Highway just not have enough tits for you guys? is that the problem?

Dune was terrible. And possibly his most Artsy Fartsy movie. Even moreso than Eraserhead, if that's possible.
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Reply #123 on: June 22, 2005, 05:45:51 PM

You don't get to speak about movies anything anymore.

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Reply #124 on: June 22, 2005, 05:46:13 PM

You don't get to speak about movies anymore.

This I command!

You just like shitty sci-fi. It's not my fault.
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Reply #125 on: June 23, 2005, 08:11:47 AM

What? Did Mulholland Drive and Lost Highway just not have enough tits for you guys? is that the problem?

Dune was terrible. And possibly his most Artsy Fartsy movie. Even moreso than Eraserhead, if that's possible.

Mulholland Drive had plenty of tits, which was the only reason I was able to make it through that shitty-ass movie. Lost Highway? UGH FUCKING UGH. It didn't have enough of ANYTHING to make it worthwhile. Ok, it had a great soundtrack. Other than that, total shit.

Dune? Too ambitious. Lynch was the wrong guy for that movie. But Wild at Heart and Fire Walk with Me? Near perfect.

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Reply #126 on: June 23, 2005, 09:05:24 AM

Yes, everything associated with Twin Peaks was beyond Brilliant. I need more TV like that. I need more movies like that.
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Reply #127 on: June 23, 2005, 09:27:11 AM

I like Dune, and I'm a pretty big fan of the books myself so I guess I like shitty sci-fi too.  I also like The Last Starfighter, for whatever the hell that's worth.

David Lynch really should stick to television series, because his movies are generally overly ambitious, cerebral thought pieces handled by a completely incapable film director.  That's my opinion, anyways.
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Reply #128 on: June 23, 2005, 09:29:06 AM

Can someone please name a depressing art fag movie I enjoyed?

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Reply #129 on: June 23, 2005, 09:33:10 AM

Can someone please name a depressing art fag movie I enjoyed?
Titler.

Argh, you got me! 45 Second quicktime web movies! How could I have left such a hole in my argument?!

Don't be an asshat.

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Reply #130 on: June 23, 2005, 09:38:57 AM

 :-D

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Reply #131 on: June 24, 2005, 02:31:59 AM

For head exploding drama:

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