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Father of DVD Interviewed

Posted by michael on from the hard-disks-the-formidable-enemy dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes "Interview with Koji Hase. Talks about some of the interesting history behind the DVD format, copyright protection, and competing formats for audio."

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  1. JESUS ROCKS! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The God I know works just like this! Read on....

    A friend of mine was driving through an intersection one day and his little four-year-old son was in the car with him. The car door flew open and the little boy rolled out of the vehicle right into the middle of traffic coming from four ways. The last thing my friend saw was a set of car wheels just about on top of his son, moving at a very fast rate of speed. All he knew to do was cry, "JESUS!"

    As soon as he could bring his car to a halt, he jumped out ran to his son, who was perfectly all right. But the man driving the car that had almost hit the child was absolutely hysterical. My friend went over to him and started trying to comfort him... "Man, don't be upset!" he said. "My son is all right, he's okay... Don't be concerned about it. Just thank God you
    were able to stop!"

    "You don't understand!" the man responded. " I never touched my brakes!"

    1. Re:JESUS ROCKS! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Okay, let's pretend this actually did happen. So what makes you think that "Jesus Rocks" because of this? Do you have some bizarre explanation involving the existence of a western creation myth figure, and it is somehow linked to him "rocking"? Was Jesus Rocking so hard that he fell out of his wheelchair and as he fell he pushed the little boy out of the way and landed in the path of the car himself, getting terribly mangled in the process? Was that why the man driving the car was so upset, because he'd just run over Jesus?

    2. Re:JESUS ROCKS! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Your friend showed criminal negligence by driving with his son in the front seat and without a seat belt. I think he is so stupid that he thinks this "miracle" condones his criminal and dangerous behavior. He will kill his child one way or another soon.

  2. Hmmm by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Hotjumbalee!!!

  3. Satansatansatansatan by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    It was Satan, sending a signal. He wants your friend to sacrifice his son. That's why he saved his life. for now.

  4. Operating System Sonnet by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
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    Born Sean Carter in Brooklyn, N.Y., nimble-tongued rapper Jay-Z started out as the Jaz's rhymin' partner, rapping on the hit single, "The Originators." Jay-Z went solo in '95 with the Payday/ffrr single "In My Lifetime" but didn't release a solo album. Jay-Z then touched mainstream in 1996 with the single "Dead Presidents" b/w its enormously successful b-side, "Ain't No Nigga," featuring Foxy Brown. Later that year his solo debut, Reasonable Doubt, came out; featuring cameos by SWV and Notorious B.I.G., the album soon went gold and spawned the Top 40 single "Can't Knock the Hustle," with Mary J. Blige. In 1997 Jay-Z returned with Vol. 1 In My Lifetime, featuring production work by Sean "Puffy" Combs and appearances by Babyface, Foxy Brown and Lil Kim. Jay-Z has since released the The Streets Is Watching soundtrack album and 1998's platinum-selling Vol. 2 Hard Knock Life, which catapulted Jay popward with the Annie-sampled "Hard Knock Life." The album featured cameos by DMX, Foxy, the Lox, Jermaine Dupri and Timbaland. Jay-Z's fourth full-length, Vol. 3--Life and Times of S. Carter, was released in late 1999 to favorable reviews.