YEAH BABY!

I can’t wait for this. The special edition sounds excellent.

I guess being a UNIX geek, this stuff never struck me as strange.

Also, I guess some of the things he talks about never even occured to me to try. However, I think his analysis is correct. Bad things can happen in a UNIX filesystem. I wonder if Apple has any ideas?

The big problem is that Mac people (correctly) viewed items in the file system as just places where data got stored. The files were viewed as the important thing – if the user renamed a file or moved it, Mac applications tried to keep track….Unix people will defend this behavior saying that its correct and that the Mac way is an aberration – that they meant for a new file to be created. Perhaps, but I would submit its because they never had a system that cared about the integrety of their data before.

I hope this guy is right!

The Lord Of The Rings is a true Academy contender, making a movie out of a book once thought to be unfilmable and bringing genuine big-screen storytelling to the multiplexes. If the next two instalments of the planned Rings trilogy are as good as this one, director Jackson will rival Star Wars’ George Lucas for the crown of fantasy-film king.

I totally agree with this! I may have to change my prediction… he’s convinced me that miracles do happen!

And as for Peter Jackson:

Given the chance, I’d vote for Jackson. He showed immense skill and savvy in bringing the Tolkien classic to the screen, guiding not only a huge ensemble cast but also the many Hollywood naysayers who said it couldn’t be done. He deserves to win more than Howard, who directed according to standard Oscar formula.

EXACTLY! Hopefully the Academy members will wake up and smell the coffee! When someone achieves the impossible, they should be recognized for it!

A look back at previous years.

I’ve published my picks before. Here’s how I did:

• [[Oscar Picks 1999]]
• [[Oscar 1998 Predictions]]

I don’t know when it happened, but suddenly I find myself in a world where speech is only free if it’s non-critical!

Now to the question of whether there’s a copyright violation. I’ve reviewed the site. If there’s an infringement it’s not very easy to find, and it’s clear that the purpose of the Xenu site is to present an alternate view of Scientology. There’s no doubt that this is free speech.

In a reversal of fortune, Fellowship is now favored to sweep the 2002 Academy Awards!

The Lord of the Rings is going to win seven Oscars at Sunday’s ceremony – at least according to bookmakers, who say it is likely to walk off with more statuettes than any other film.

I sure hope they’re right. I may change my mind, but right now, I think it’ll take the techical awards plus Best Support Actor, and that’s about it. I hope I’m wrong!

Could this year be a repeat of last year?

Last year [[Tiger]] won the Bay Hill Invitational and the Players’ Championship leading up to his second Masters green jacket. Could he continue the trend and follow up last weeks win with a win this week?

Who should and who will win?

##Best Picture

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• **Should Win: [[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]**. It’s quite simply the ballsiest thing I’ve ever seen. It has been considered to be unadaptable for the 40 years since its publication. The movie is quite simply a grand achievment in the impossible. I’m afraid that it won’t win simply because it’s a fantasy film.
• **Will Win: [[A Beautiful Mind]]**. It’s a simpler easier to digest film that has a story that Hollywood likes.

##Best Director

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• **Should Win: Peter Jackson**. Similar to the Best Picture, Peter Jackson actually directed 7 different units spread out over different locations in New Zealand over a period of 18 months (the average shoot for a movie is 3 months), and somehow kept his sanity while keeping the entire thing in his head. This monumental effort deserves to be recognized.
• **Will Win: Ron Howard**. It’s simple. Everyone likes Ron Howard. Many think he should have won for “Apollo 13”. I’m one of them. But it shouldn’t happen this year.

##Best Actor

• **Should Win: Denzel Washington**. He should have won for *The Hurricane” and for ”Malcom X*. Everybody likes him.
• **Will Win: Denzel Washington**. Everybody thinks Russel Crowe is a prick. ‘Nuff said.

##Best Actress

• **Should Win: Halle Barry**.
• **Will Win: Sissy Spacek**.

##Best Supporting Actor

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• **Should Win: [[Ian McKellen]]**. Never has someone so completely inhabited a character as Sir Ian did with Gandalf. His interpretation is so spot on that he quite literally *is* Gandalf in the minds of most fans of the books. His performance is both brilliant and accessible. He deserves to be recognized.
• **Will Win: [[Ian McKellen]]**. The academy realizes this.

##Best Supporting Actress

• **Should Win**:
• **Will Win**:

With 50% of the vote for Best Picture, IMDB members think it’s obvious.

Fellowship is going to sweep!

Roger Ebert picks the oscars.

He likes the chances of Lord of the Rings, but ultimately picks Moulin Rouge.

I began Oscar season convinced that “Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring” had a lock on this category. It is visionary, expensive, and has two sequels already in the can. If it is true (and it is) that one of the purposes of the Academy Awards is to improve future business, LOTR has more to gain than its competitors. It is also a pretty good picture–the kind of sweeping epic that reminds us of Hollywood’s glory days.

But then… no.