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Now you too can enjoy my Inbox without
the annoying spam. Every week I get some amazing e-mail. Some amazing
because of the sheer cluelessness of the sender, some because of
the time and energy that went into crafting them and some are just
simply amazing.
Believers
This week we'll start a new game called Spot the Fake Believer
E-mail one of the following e-mails was written by me and
not a gullible
reader. The answer will appear Friday in the BBspot
Update.
Please don't let me be misunderstood...
From: xxxxxx@hotmail.com]
Sent: Monday, July 14, 2003 8:20 PM
To: briggsb@bbspot.com
Subject: In Respnse to your article.
I recently was reading around and your Wednesday, February
12 12:01 AM EST article came into view. as i read it you complain
about how "the matrix reloaded" is a total rip off
of "the matrix". some of the people you interviewed
must be complete dead beats. the people you have that are such
amazing fans of the movie, do not know crap. The Wachowski
brothers wrote 3 stroies: The Matrix, The Matrix Reloaded,
and The Maxtrix Revolutions. The reason that "the matrix
reloaded" is so similar is because IT IS A CONTINUING
STORY!! I'd advise you when the third one comes out this november,
that you dont write another column like this one. and if you
ever se somone pickiting a movie outside the studio again,
punch them for me. they have no right to do so, and the studios,
should have them shot. please go to that tabitha person and
knock her upside the head. she is a stupid ignorant loser.
and please for the love of God do NOT interview such deadbeats
again if you ever want to be a successful writer.
I will agree with you that the 360 degree rotation has been ripped off, as
well as the bullet time with neo dodging the bullets. but again, since reloaded
(and soon to be revolutions) have used them, its okay because its by the
same people and thy are allowed to.
p.s. My apologies if this is an old article and you have
changed your ways.
Oh yes, I have changed my ways. BUWAHAHAHA!!!!1111
One McDonald's customer is waiting for more
fries...
From: xxxxxx@yahoo.com]
Sent: Friday, July 11, 2003 4:18 PM
To: briggsb@bbspot.com
Subject: Where
Are the Xbox sized freis going to be at every McDonalds or
only select locations, cause I haven't seen any at my local
Mickey D's yet
Keep waiting.
I knew the recent article on cyber-waste would
get a few believers...
From: xxxxx@hotmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2003 9:33 PM
To: briggsb@bbspot.com
Subject: Cyber Waste?
I'm really confused by what you mean about digital waste.
But it makes sense I guess, no matter what humans do, they make waste.
Can you visit these cyberheaps? Where would you go to find out about this
stuff?
Some of the suggestions in your story were really confusing, where did
you guys learn about this stuff?
Are they going to do a story about it on tv?
Thanks for you time.
Yeah, I think 60 Minutes is doing a piece on it this week.
Geesh.
This is a more general purpose believer...
From: xxxxxx@cox.net]
Sent: Monday, July 14, 2003 10:10 PM
To: briggsb@bbspot.com
Subject:
is any of this crap real or do u have to much time on ur
hands
What do you mean any of it? It's ALL real.
Not
Babylon 5
A reader postulates that it shouldn't be Babylon
5 fans upset with Peter Jackson, but...
From: Ruth
Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2003 12:38 AM
To: briggsb@bbspot.com
Subject: Who did Peter Jackson rip off?
Ah, those poor, poor Babylon 5 fans. They're so misguided.
You see, the people who really ought to be angry with Peter
Jackson are the Battlefield Earth fans (I swear they exist).
Aragorn and Legolas are, of course, only prettier versions
of Carlo and Jonnie played by better actors than Kim Coates
and Barry Pepper. Peter Jackson even places a couple of his
shots of Aragorn and Legolas in exactly the same frame Roger
Christian uses around Battlefield Earth's Carlo and Jonnie.
Enterprise
Vs. Death Star
I know this'll cause quite a bit of debate, but...
From: Randall
Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2003 1:42 AM
To: Brian Briggs
Subject: Regarding your story "Star
Trek Pundit Blasted at Convention
for Controversial Theory"
I'm probably going to sound like an idiotic fanboy for sending
you this email, but anyway...
When my brother and I were watching the Star Trek: Nemesis
movie, he pointed something out to me which, in retrospect,
should have been obvious: The Enterprise is the lamest star
ship in the history of science fiction. Look at the other ships
in the Star Trek universe: they all have cloaking devices,
super-weapons, and cool-looking shapes. What does the Enterprise
have? Photon torpedoes and some laser things (I've forgotten
their name offhand). Even in their own universe, the Enterprise
is wimpy. And in the Star Wars universe? They have laser cannons,
turbolasers, proton torpedoes (and we all know that protons
have more mass than photons, so they must make better weapons),
concussion missiles, ion cannons, etc. Also, Star Wars ships
do in fact have shields, and since you can't transport through
shields, the Enterprise's only advantage is nullified. My brother
and I debated, trying to figure out what ship in any fantasy
universe is so weak that it would be a fair match for the Enterprise.
We settled on four TIE fighters. Now there's a fair fight.
Oh, and there's another site which has discussed how the
Enterprise would fair against Star Wars ships: Grudge Match
- Enterprise vs. Death Star
http://www.grudge-match.com/History/ds-enterprise.shtml
Anyway, that's all I have to say on this matter.
Sincerely,
Randall
Also be sure to check out the spirited discussion at Fark about
this issue.
Future BBspot
Writer
Some stories just don't fit in well in the regular rotation of
BBspot stories, but are still worth perusing...
ATI Announces
New Card Numbering Scheme
By Damien Sorresso
Graphics card maker ATi, whose flagship product, the Radeon,
is approaching the milestone model number 10,000, has announced
a new and innovative way to display their products' model numbers
to consumers.
"We're really excited about it. As our cards' model numbers
keep getting larger and larger, it starts getting difficult to
actually fit the whole name and number of the card on the box.
That's why we've come up with this new method of numbering," says
Chris Hook, public relations manager at ATi.
The new numbering scheme uses scientific notation. Upon release,
the Radeon 10,000 will be marketed as the "Radeon 1 x 10^4." ATi
reckon that this will catapult them ahead of nVidia in terms
of marketing presence.
"I mean, come on, nVidia is still at what, 5900? With the
Radeon 1 x 10^4, we'll not only be like 4000 ahead of them, we'll
be an _order of magnitude_ ahead! The choice is plainly obvious," according
to Hook.
Hook says that there were other candidates for a new numbering
scheme, but scientific notation won out due to the fact that
it's taught in high school.
"Our engineering guys really wanted this thing called 'engineering
notation,' where the card would be the 'Radeon 10 x 10^3,' but
we didn't really like that. We wanted as big an exponential as
possible. The astronomy buffs wanted 'Radeon 1E4,' but that was
confusing a lot of people. So, in the end, we went with standard,
scientific notation. Just say it to yourself. 'Hey man! Check
out my new Radeon 1 times ten to the fourth!' Doesn't that sound
better than 'Radeon ten times ten to the third' or 'Radeon one
ee four'?"
Hook claims that ATi is unperturbed by the rumors of nVidia's
counterattack, which is rumored to use alphanumerics and Greek
letters to denote the card's model. Rumored names like "GeForce
Epsilon 6000" and even "GeForce Theta 2-Pi" have
been brought forth by sources. Hook mentioned one of the rumored
names specifically.
"GeForce Epsilon? Come on, Epsilon is traditionally used
in mathematics to represent small quantities, and I think we
all know how has the bigger quantity in the graphics card business."
nVidia had no comment at the writing of this story.
That's all for this week!
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