Comments for Infinitely Indexed Memory Bank http://www.babblings.org.uk/wonx/myblog (Earth versus The Flying Saucers - 1956) Tue, 19 Dec 2006 17:14:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Comment on Black armband time by wonx http://www.babblings.org.uk/wonx/myblog/?p=56&cpage=1#comment-94 wonx Tue, 19 Dec 2006 17:14:23 +0000 http://www.babblings.org.uk/wonx/myblog/?p=56#comment-94 :) Ok, you win with Duck Dodgers! 400 years outstrips all other contenders. :)

Ok, you win with Duck Dodgers! 400 years outstrips all other contenders.

]]> Comment on Black armband time by Angus http://www.babblings.org.uk/wonx/myblog/?p=56&cpage=1#comment-93 Angus Tue, 19 Dec 2006 16:45:46 +0000 http://www.babblings.org.uk/wonx/myblog/?p=56#comment-93 Still don't think Scoob wins that one either... I think Tom & Jerry would win that. It does depend how long a gap you allow, but Tom & Jerry has basically been in production from 1940 to 2005, with only a few years off. (1982 to 1990 is probably the longest gap, between "The Tom and Jerry Comedy Show" and "Tom and Jerry Kids".) Actually, Porky and Daffy have been kicking around longer and are still in production... Daffy would definitely be a contender, given "Duck Dodgers". Still don’t think Scoob wins that one either… I think Tom & Jerry would win that. It does depend how long a gap you allow, but Tom & Jerry has basically been in production from 1940 to 2005, with only a few years off. (1982 to 1990 is probably the longest gap, between “The Tom and Jerry Comedy Show” and “Tom and Jerry Kids”.)

Actually, Porky and Daffy have been kicking around longer and are still in production… Daffy would definitely be a contender, given “Duck Dodgers”.

]]> Comment on Black armband time by wonx http://www.babblings.org.uk/wonx/myblog/?p=56&cpage=1#comment-92 wonx Tue, 19 Dec 2006 16:25:55 +0000 http://www.babblings.org.uk/wonx/myblog/?p=56#comment-92 I believe that Scoob and the gang have the longest period covered by recurring new series and spin-offs. Betty hasn't had a cartoon show of her own for some time. (Unless, of course, you know different...) As for the T&J stuff, I never could cope with the Chuck Jones versions of those cartoons. As time went on and the quality degraded, I used to long for the name "Fred Quimby" to appear at the end of the opening credits, a sign that I was about to settle down to 5 minutes of sheer quality. *sigh* I believe that Scoob and the gang have the longest period covered by recurring new series and spin-offs. Betty hasn’t had a cartoon show of her own for some time. (Unless, of course, you know different…)

As for the T&J stuff, I never could cope with the Chuck Jones versions of those cartoons. As time went on and the quality degraded, I used to long for the name “Fred Quimby” to appear at the end of the opening credits, a sign that I was about to settle down to 5 minutes of sheer quality.

*sigh*

]]> Comment on Black armband time by Angus http://www.babblings.org.uk/wonx/myblog/?p=56&cpage=1#comment-91 Angus Tue, 19 Dec 2006 15:55:31 +0000 http://www.babblings.org.uk/wonx/myblog/?p=56#comment-91 Hmm, this one didn't post before that last one. Repost time! "And of course Hanna and Barbera were responsible for directing all the really good Tom & Jerry cartoons as well (and Chuck Jones for some of the worst, for all his genius). Two decades worth of Oscar-winning cartoons, from 1940 to the late 50s. It's strange to look at their early work in Tom & Jerry and contrast them with the stuff that made them famous in their own right. Unfortunately for a large number of people it's the cheap (but massively commerically successful) stuff that both will be remembered for rather than their entire careers, which have huge artistic merit as well as financial success. " Hmm, this one didn’t post before that last one. Repost time!

“And of course Hanna and Barbera were responsible for directing all the really good Tom & Jerry cartoons as well (and Chuck Jones for some of the worst, for all his genius). Two decades worth of Oscar-winning cartoons, from 1940 to the late 50s.

It’s strange to look at their early work in Tom & Jerry and contrast them with the stuff that made them famous in their own right. Unfortunately for a large number of people it’s the cheap (but massively commerically successful) stuff that both will be remembered for rather than their entire careers, which have huge artistic merit as well as financial success. “

]]> Comment on Black armband time by Angus http://www.babblings.org.uk/wonx/myblog/?p=56&cpage=1#comment-90 Angus Tue, 19 Dec 2006 15:54:50 +0000 http://www.babblings.org.uk/wonx/myblog/?p=56#comment-90 "Scoob has the honour of being the World’s longest-lived animated TV character, I believe" How does that one work? Surely the rest of the gang must be as long lived. Plus, didn't Betty Boop have a cameo in Roger Rabbit? That probably puts her in the lead... “Scoob has the honour of being the World’s longest-lived animated TV character, I believe”

How does that one work? Surely the rest of the gang must be as long lived. Plus, didn’t Betty Boop have a cameo in Roger Rabbit? That probably puts her in the lead…

]]> Comment on Modus operandi II by Infinitely Indexed Memory Bank » Blog Archive » Why trust M$? http://www.babblings.org.uk/wonx/myblog/?p=47&cpage=1#comment-81 Infinitely Indexed Memory Bank » Blog Archive » Why trust M$? Tue, 12 Dec 2006 17:20:51 +0000 http://www.babblings.org.uk/wonx/myblog/?p=47#comment-81 [...] There’s much discussion about whether the Novell-Microsoft deal is a good thing or a bad thing, and besides the obvious leverage it gives Monkeyboy Ballmer to spout FUD about patents in Linux, there are other aspects to the deal too. One of these is the interoperability agreement whereby Novell will help to put converters for Microsoft’s OpenXML format into the SUSe Linux versions of OpenOffice. On the face of it this is both fair and useful. After all, it’s desirable to be able to read Word2007 documents in OpenOffice. Isn’t it? [...] [...] There’s much discussion about whether the Novell-Microsoft deal is a good thing or a bad thing, and besides the obvious leverage it gives Monkeyboy Ballmer to spout FUD about patents in Linux, there are other aspects to the deal too. One of these is the interoperability agreement whereby Novell will help to put converters for Microsoft’s OpenXML format into the SUSe Linux versions of OpenOffice. On the face of it this is both fair and useful. After all, it’s desirable to be able to read Word2007 documents in OpenOffice. Isn’t it? [...]

]]> Comment on 8% really don’t want a National ID Register by Raj Rijhwani http://www.babblings.org.uk/wonx/myblog/?p=52&cpage=1#comment-76 Raj Rijhwani Mon, 11 Dec 2006 02:02:53 +0000 http://www.babblings.org.uk/wonx/myblog/?p=52#comment-76 I'm with you on the uselessness of an ID database. The trouble is a survey is just that. There's no cost or risk involved. How many of those surveyed would *really* take it to the wire when it came to really facing the music? I’m with you on the uselessness of an ID database. The trouble is a survey is just that. There’s no cost or risk involved. How many of those surveyed would *really* take it to the wire when it came to really facing the music?

]]> Comment on Proper job by Wonx http://www.babblings.org.uk/wonx/myblog/?p=51&cpage=1#comment-73 Wonx Fri, 08 Dec 2006 14:29:38 +0000 http://www.babblings.org.uk/wonx/myblog/?p=51#comment-73 Fret not, Will; I'm not getting a mobile. It's just that one of my criteria for getting a mobile has ben fulfilled. There are others, like personal usefulness, that remain. I'm not going to destroy the planet. Not just yet, anyway... Fret not, Will; I’m not getting a mobile. It’s just that one of my criteria for getting a mobile has ben fulfilled. There are others, like personal usefulness, that remain.
I’m not going to destroy the planet. Not just yet, anyway…

]]> Comment on Proper job by Will http://www.babblings.org.uk/wonx/myblog/?p=51&cpage=1#comment-71 Will Fri, 08 Dec 2006 12:10:44 +0000 http://www.babblings.org.uk/wonx/myblog/?p=51#comment-71 Wonx .... gets ..... mobile ..... phone .... world ..... crumbles..... Wonx …. gets ….. mobile ….. phone …. world ….. crumbles…..

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