Comments on: ‘Numb3rs’ to feature comic convention http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/10/19/numb3rs-to-feature-comic-convention/ The Blog@ Team and prominent comics personalities share what’s on their minds. Tue, 21 May 2013 17:47:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: jason http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/10/19/numb3rs-to-feature-comic-convention/comment-page-1/#comment-203218 jason Tue, 23 Oct 2007 22:24:41 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/10/19/numb3rs-to-feature-comic-convention/#comment-203218 please don't buy into the blu-ray hype. it's crap, and if you buy the hd-dvd player it'll up-res you standard dvds and it a thousand dollars cheaper. yay for colleen! please don’t buy into the blu-ray hype. it’s crap, and if you buy the hd-dvd player it’ll up-res you standard dvds and it a thousand dollars cheaper.

yay for colleen!

]]> By: Myles http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/10/19/numb3rs-to-feature-comic-convention/comment-page-1/#comment-201019 Myles Sun, 21 Oct 2007 01:15:44 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/10/19/numb3rs-to-feature-comic-convention/#comment-201019 Oh, I have enough funds to afford to replace my DVD collection with Blue-Ray, but I choose not to. I simply believe that many times the Old Ways of doing things really are better. Maybe its just my last futile attempt to hold onto the 'Good Old Days' of ye Olden Times, but I'm purposefully holding onto my DVDs for at least a couple more years. Oh, I have enough funds to afford to replace my DVD collection with Blue-Ray, but I choose not to. I simply believe that many times the Old Ways of doing things really are better.

Maybe its just my last futile attempt to hold onto the ‘Good Old Days’ of ye Olden Times, but I’m purposefully holding onto my DVDs for at least a couple more years.

]]> By: Colleen http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/10/19/numb3rs-to-feature-comic-convention/comment-page-1/#comment-200963 Colleen Sat, 20 Oct 2007 23:53:03 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/10/19/numb3rs-to-feature-comic-convention/#comment-200963 OK Myles, I believe you. But if someone is a luddite for using dvd as opposed to blue-ray...then we really need a new vocabulary to apply specifically to people that don't have all the latest goodies because they don't have all the big funds to pay for them. Luddite would not be that word since that refers to someone who fears technology, i.e. a radical neo-primitivist. That would not be someone with a dvd player. One who is still using dvd instead of blue-ray might be either "poor" (can poor people even afford dvd's?), or "lower middle class", or even "has other financial obligations that do not allow the purchase of non-essentials". But I would really like to upgrade to a new MAC, so thanks to gwangung for the tip! My current monitor is so ancient that it has whiskers. And it is the size of Rhode Island. Rhode Island with whiskers. This is a sad, sad thing to have in your home. My mother is a genuine luddite. She still types on a Brother word processor. OK Myles, I believe you.

But if someone is a luddite for using dvd as opposed to blue-ray…then we really need a new vocabulary to apply specifically to people that don’t have all the latest goodies because they don’t have all the big funds to pay for them.

Luddite would not be that word since that refers to someone who fears technology, i.e. a radical neo-primitivist.

That would not be someone with a dvd player.

One who is still using dvd instead of blue-ray might be either “poor” (can poor people even afford dvd’s?), or “lower middle class”, or even “has other financial obligations that do not allow the purchase of non-essentials”.

But I would really like to upgrade to a new MAC, so thanks to gwangung for the tip!

My current monitor is so ancient that it has whiskers.

And it is the size of Rhode Island.

Rhode Island with whiskers. This is a sad, sad thing to have in your home.

My mother is a genuine luddite. She still types on a Brother word processor.

]]> By: gwangung http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/10/19/numb3rs-to-feature-comic-convention/comment-page-1/#comment-200883 gwangung Sat, 20 Oct 2007 22:45:33 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/10/19/numb3rs-to-feature-comic-convention/#comment-200883 <b> And while we are buying me presents… </b> Okay...$25 down. Just $2575 more to go... And while we are buying me presents…

Okay…$25 down. Just $2575 more to go…

]]> By: Myles http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/10/19/numb3rs-to-feature-comic-convention/comment-page-1/#comment-200879 Myles Sat, 20 Oct 2007 22:42:01 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/10/19/numb3rs-to-feature-comic-convention/#comment-200879 What crap? Read my post? I said being a luddite by holding on to old technology (phonographs, typewriters, VCRs) was neat. Not bad or wrong, but neat, as in keen or swell. Please don't assume I could only have meant my post in a sarcastic way. After all, I myself am a luddite since I still occasionally use DVDs as opposed to Blue-Ray Discs. Peace What crap? Read my post? I said being a luddite by holding on to old technology (phonographs, typewriters, VCRs) was neat. Not bad or wrong, but neat, as in keen or swell. Please don’t assume I could only have meant my post in a sarcastic way.

After all, I myself am a luddite since I still occasionally use DVDs as opposed to Blue-Ray Discs.

Peace

]]> By: michael http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/10/19/numb3rs-to-feature-comic-convention/comment-page-1/#comment-200665 michael Sat, 20 Oct 2007 17:44:04 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/10/19/numb3rs-to-feature-comic-convention/#comment-200665 Hey I still use a vcr so knock that crap off! In fact, I have found that when I put on my "The Song Remains The Same" vhs tape it kind of mirrors a vinyl disc because it pops and stuff and is kinda neat. Anyhow, congrats to all involved with the show. And Colleen, you just go right ahead and enjoy that vcr cuz I'm right there with ya! Hey I still use a vcr so knock that crap off! In fact, I have found that when I put on my “The Song Remains The Same” vhs tape it kind of mirrors a vinyl disc because it pops and stuff and is kinda neat. Anyhow, congrats to all involved with the show. And Colleen, you just go right ahead and enjoy that vcr cuz I’m right there with ya!

]]> By: Colleen http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/10/19/numb3rs-to-feature-comic-convention/comment-page-1/#comment-200648 Colleen Sat, 20 Oct 2007 16:51:00 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/10/19/numb3rs-to-feature-comic-convention/#comment-200648 Hey, thanks edc. And good luck with that Cintiq. I can't afford one, either. It looks like Myles is not opening his/her wallet for my benefit. I think people who take it upon themselves to decide what I should own should pay for it. I'm still waiting for all my modern goods. And yet...only silence. Hey, thanks edc. And good luck with that Cintiq. I can’t afford one, either.

It looks like Myles is not opening his/her wallet for my benefit. I think people who take it upon themselves to decide what I should own should pay for it.

I’m still waiting for all my modern goods.

And yet…only silence.

]]> By: edc http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/10/19/numb3rs-to-feature-comic-convention/comment-page-1/#comment-200643 edc Sat, 20 Oct 2007 16:17:43 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/10/19/numb3rs-to-feature-comic-convention/#comment-200643 only 2,400 beans? they're 4000 here in oz, an' thats the normal size! the huge ones are probably 7000 beans! damn you american dollar! *shakes fist* (congrats on having work featured in 'NUMB3RS', by the way.) only 2,400 beans?
they’re 4000 here in oz, an’ thats the normal size! the huge ones are probably 7000 beans!
damn you american dollar!
*shakes fist*

(congrats on having work featured in ‘NUMB3RS’, by the way.)

]]> By: Colleen http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/10/19/numb3rs-to-feature-comic-convention/comment-page-1/#comment-200620 Colleen Sat, 20 Oct 2007 14:52:34 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/10/19/numb3rs-to-feature-comic-convention/#comment-200620 Hot diggity! I'll take that Cintiq! What a great idea! My WACOM is over a year old, and it's so two seasons ago. What, a Cintiq's only a another $2,500! Chump change! I'm a professional! I need it for my work! It totally sucks to have to draw on a pad and see it on a screen! I want to draw on a screen and see what I am doing! And besides, I hear it helps to keep the wrist healthy and prevent carpal tunnel syndrome. The future of my career depends on you! ...No one has stepped forward yet to finance my thrust in to the 21st Century. This is so bumming me out. Hot diggity! I’ll take that Cintiq! What a great idea! My WACOM is over a year old, and it’s so two seasons ago.

What, a Cintiq’s only a another $2,500! Chump change! I’m a professional! I need it for my work! It totally sucks to have to draw on a pad and see it on a screen! I want to draw on a screen and see what I am doing! And besides, I hear it helps to keep the wrist healthy and prevent carpal tunnel syndrome. The future of my career depends on you!

…No one has stepped forward yet to finance my thrust in to the 21st Century. This is so bumming me out.

]]> By: edc http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/10/19/numb3rs-to-feature-comic-convention/comment-page-1/#comment-200526 edc Sat, 20 Oct 2007 11:10:33 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/10/19/numb3rs-to-feature-comic-convention/#comment-200526 *nudges colleen* ask fer a cintiq, too. if I can't have one, you should. *nudges colleen* ask fer a cintiq, too. if I can’t have one, you should.

]]> By: Colleen http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/10/19/numb3rs-to-feature-comic-convention/comment-page-1/#comment-200390 Colleen Sat, 20 Oct 2007 03:33:16 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/10/19/numb3rs-to-feature-comic-convention/#comment-200390 Ooh. Good advice. And while we are buying me presents... I'll take an Epson Stylus Pro 11880. It costs about $15,000. I could use the Adobe CS3 software bundle that just came out, and I would really, really love to upgrade to a G5 Mac. MACOS10 Leopard would be nice. And if you just can't manage any of those, I am missing the power cord on my Belkin 7 Port USB hub. Please save me from the fate of the luddites and send me vast amounts of expensive technology I cannot afford. Thanks. c Ooh. Good advice.

And while we are buying me presents…

I’ll take an Epson Stylus Pro 11880. It costs about $15,000.

I could use the Adobe CS3 software bundle that just came out, and I would really, really love to upgrade to a G5 Mac. MACOS10 Leopard would be nice.

And if you just can’t manage any of those, I am missing the power cord on my Belkin 7 Port USB hub.

Please save me from the fate of the luddites and send me vast amounts of expensive technology I cannot afford.

Thanks.

c

]]> By: edc http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/10/19/numb3rs-to-feature-comic-convention/comment-page-1/#comment-200356 edc Sat, 20 Oct 2007 01:39:59 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/10/19/numb3rs-to-feature-comic-convention/#comment-200356 make sure to get one that has a hard drive, waiting for the disc to to be recordable can take a few precious minutes. make sure to get one that has a hard drive,
waiting for the disc to to be recordable can take a few precious minutes.

]]> By: Colleen http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/10/19/numb3rs-to-feature-comic-convention/comment-page-1/#comment-200327 Colleen Fri, 19 Oct 2007 22:27:39 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/10/19/numb3rs-to-feature-comic-convention/#comment-200327 PS: I had my eye on this wonderful dvd player and recorder. It's about $500. I didn't get it because I have had almost $20,000 in unexpected family and business expenses this year. I hope you will get it for me. Having suffered the sling of your contempt, I await the boomerang response of your generosity. You may contact me via my email. Thanks. PS: I had my eye on this wonderful dvd player and recorder. It’s about $500. I didn’t get it because I have had almost $20,000 in unexpected family and business expenses this year.

I hope you will get it for me. Having suffered the sling of your contempt, I await the boomerang response of your generosity.

You may contact me via my email. Thanks.

]]> By: Colleen http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/10/19/numb3rs-to-feature-comic-convention/comment-page-1/#comment-200326 Colleen Fri, 19 Oct 2007 22:21:24 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/10/19/numb3rs-to-feature-comic-convention/#comment-200326 Thanks for considering me a luddite for the sole reason that you conclude I ought to fork over dough to pay for equipment I don't need. The equipment I do need, like the Epson 10000XL Photo professional quality scanner set me back a few grand this month. If you would like to buy me some new video equipment that I really don't need so you won't have to go to the trouble of calling me a luddite, you are welcome to do so, because I love gifts. Thanks for considering me a luddite for the sole reason that you conclude I ought to fork over dough to pay for equipment I don’t need.

The equipment I do need, like the Epson 10000XL Photo professional quality scanner set me back a few grand this month.

If you would like to buy me some new video equipment that I really don’t need so you won’t have to go to the trouble of calling me a luddite, you are welcome to do so, because I love gifts.

]]> By: Bald Steve http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/10/19/numb3rs-to-feature-comic-convention/comment-page-1/#comment-200322 Bald Steve Fri, 19 Oct 2007 22:03:16 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/10/19/numb3rs-to-feature-comic-convention/#comment-200322 And I was fortunate to be picked to have a booth for this shoot next week! Woo-hoo! And I was fortunate to be picked to have a booth for this shoot next week! Woo-hoo!

]]> By: Scott Tingley http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/10/19/numb3rs-to-feature-comic-convention/comment-page-1/#comment-200319 Scott Tingley Fri, 19 Oct 2007 21:44:54 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/10/19/numb3rs-to-feature-comic-convention/#comment-200319 VCR = already paid for. Anything else = $ VCR = already paid for.

Anything else = $

]]> By: Myles http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/10/19/numb3rs-to-feature-comic-convention/comment-page-1/#comment-200303 Myles Fri, 19 Oct 2007 20:39:55 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/10/19/numb3rs-to-feature-comic-convention/#comment-200303 I think it's really neat that there are still luddites out there who continue to use VCR, just as though it were still the 1980s! I would watch, but I'll be too busy playing my Commodore 64. I think it’s really neat that there are still luddites out there who continue to use VCR, just as though it were still the 1980s!

I would watch, but I’ll be too busy playing my Commodore 64.

]]> By: Roy http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/10/19/numb3rs-to-feature-comic-convention/comment-page-1/#comment-200294 Roy Fri, 19 Oct 2007 18:34:12 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/10/19/numb3rs-to-feature-comic-convention/#comment-200294 Another thing: David Krumholtz (pictures), who plays mathematician Charlie Epps, had a bit part in the film, "Superbad" Another thing: David Krumholtz (pictures), who plays mathematician Charlie Epps, had a bit part in the film, “Superbad”

]]> By: Roy http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/10/19/numb3rs-to-feature-comic-convention/comment-page-1/#comment-200293 Roy Fri, 19 Oct 2007 18:27:18 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/10/19/numb3rs-to-feature-comic-convention/#comment-200293 Great underdog show about two brothers, a FBI lead agent and college math professor, solving crimes. Currently in its fourth year, and that episode's airing on my birthday. http://www.cbs.com/primetime/numb3rs/ Great underdog show about two brothers, a FBI lead agent and college math professor, solving crimes. Currently in its fourth year, and that episode’s airing on my birthday.

http://www.cbs.com/primetime/numb3rs/

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