Comments on: Nerdfighting in the UK http://kentnichols.com/2008/05/21/nerdfighting-in-the-uk/ filmmaking and geekery from the co-Creator of AskANinja.com Mon, 18 Jan 2010 20:16:53 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: da bishop http://kentnichols.com/2008/05/21/nerdfighting-in-the-uk/#comment-1130 da bishop Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:08:39 +0000 http://kentnichols.wordpress.com/?p=73#comment-1130 LOL the kids are not impressed. Man, the web doesn't shorten your attention span, it just gives you more options. Mate, TV vs books? I've had that debate. You wanna make a film? got to have a script. I wanna make a site? start with paper. But I finish with bits an bytes. Oh if you wanna finish, global levels of finishment, yup. I want to see it get up and run around. Papyrus and quill, how quaint. Typewriter ribbon. LOL the kids are not impressed.

Man, the web doesn’t shorten your attention span, it just gives you more options.

Mate, TV vs books? I’ve had that debate.

You wanna make a film? got to have a script. I wanna make a site? start with paper.

But I finish with bits an bytes. Oh if you wanna finish, global levels of finishment, yup. I want to see it get up and run around.

Papyrus and quill, how quaint. Typewriter ribbon.

]]> By: LanaAnn Marsh http://kentnichols.com/2008/05/21/nerdfighting-in-the-uk/#comment-735 LanaAnn Marsh Fri, 13 Jun 2008 05:20:54 +0000 http://kentnichols.wordpress.com/?p=73#comment-735 Anyone catch him on The Colbert Report promoting his new book, he is a tool and a half! Anyone catch him on The Colbert Report promoting his new book, he is a tool and a half!

]]> By: Eric Susch http://kentnichols.com/2008/05/21/nerdfighting-in-the-uk/#comment-733 Eric Susch Wed, 04 Jun 2008 05:53:40 +0000 http://kentnichols.wordpress.com/?p=73#comment-733 Ummm... Did he just say that reading a book in the library is the same as stealing a car? I think he's a little confused. Ummm… Did he just say that reading a book in the library is the same as stealing a car?

I think he’s a little confused.

]]> By: miltownkid http://kentnichols.com/2008/05/21/nerdfighting-in-the-uk/#comment-670 miltownkid Sun, 25 May 2008 16:11:20 +0000 http://kentnichols.wordpress.com/?p=73#comment-670 "Scholarship is serious business." LOLOLOL I'm declaring war on scholarship. “Scholarship is serious business.” LOLOLOL

I’m declaring war on scholarship.

]]> By: Daisy Whitney http://kentnichols.com/2008/05/21/nerdfighting-in-the-uk/#comment-667 Daisy Whitney Fri, 23 May 2008 16:21:36 +0000 http://kentnichols.wordpress.com/?p=73#comment-667 All I've got to say is I'm eagerly awaiting being more ninja-like in August All I’ve got to say is I’m eagerly awaiting being more ninja-like in August

]]> By: kentnichols http://kentnichols.com/2008/05/21/nerdfighting-in-the-uk/#comment-666 kentnichols Thu, 22 May 2008 23:01:23 +0000 http://kentnichols.wordpress.com/?p=73#comment-666 @Doc Pop Yeah, I'm not saying I come off as a saint, and I'm certainly not the best spoken on this issue. But I will say that no one else was going to call him on it and I was pissed. I just screwed up my courage and dove in. :P @Doc Pop

Yeah, I’m not saying I come off as a saint, and I’m certainly not the best spoken on this issue. But I will say that no one else was going to call him on it and I was pissed.

I just screwed up my courage and dove in. :P

]]> By: Doctor Popular http://kentnichols.com/2008/05/21/nerdfighting-in-the-uk/#comment-664 Doctor Popular Thu, 22 May 2008 21:13:11 +0000 http://kentnichols.wordpress.com/?p=73#comment-664 It really sounded to me like you guys were talking about two different things. One side was saying "knowledge should be free" the other defending "why colleges aren't obligated to publish their research and materials for free". Those are two different topics... it would have been nice if you guys had the chance to discuss the same thing, maybe we'll get to see that some time. BTW, "ivory tower" sounds way more condescending than anything I heard Salman say, and instead of opening discussion up it put him on the defensive. It really sounded to me like you guys were talking about two different things. One side was saying “knowledge should be free” the other defending “why colleges aren’t obligated to publish their research and materials for free”.

Those are two different topics… it would have been nice if you guys had the chance to discuss the same thing, maybe we’ll get to see that some time.

BTW, “ivory tower” sounds way more condescending than anything I heard Salman say, and instead of opening discussion up it put him on the defensive.

]]> By: MOLLYE http://kentnichols.com/2008/05/21/nerdfighting-in-the-uk/#comment-662 MOLLYE Thu, 22 May 2008 06:27:29 +0000 http://kentnichols.wordpress.com/?p=73#comment-662 You totally got him all riled up! Adorable! You totally got him all riled up! Adorable!

]]> By: links for 2008-05-22 | mindpollution.org http://kentnichols.com/2008/05/21/nerdfighting-in-the-uk/#comment-661 links for 2008-05-22 | mindpollution.org Thu, 22 May 2008 04:31:11 +0000 http://kentnichols.wordpress.com/?p=73#comment-661 [...] Nerdfighting in the UK « Kent’s Official Blog Ask A Ninja’s Kent Nichols vs. Salman Rushdie! (tags: video) [...] [...] Nerdfighting in the UK « Kent’s Official Blog Ask A Ninja’s Kent Nichols vs. Salman Rushdie! (tags: video) [...]

]]> By: Rex http://kentnichols.com/2008/05/21/nerdfighting-in-the-uk/#comment-660 Rex Thu, 22 May 2008 01:50:36 +0000 http://kentnichols.wordpress.com/?p=73#comment-660 Man...why must I be 'enrolled' somewhere to have a thirst for knowledge? Universities are about education, not IP. That's why teachers and students have additional liberties with IP...to educate, to inform, and to spread knowledge. What a closed-minded individual. It's people like him that form the front line against patent reform. Man…why must I be ‘enrolled’ somewhere to have a thirst for knowledge?

Universities are about education, not IP. That’s why teachers and students have additional liberties with IP…to educate, to inform, and to spread knowledge.

What a closed-minded individual. It’s people like him that form the front line against patent reform.

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