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Irish Movie Theatres Go Digital

Draoi writes "ElectricNews is reporting that Irish movie theatres are to be the first in the world to switch from old 35mm media to a completely digital format. New movies are to be delivered via satellite which, I'm sure, will bring up security issues of its own."

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  1. That's not news by davmoo · · Score: 5, Funny

    What would really be news is if Slashdot authors started reading their own website to see what their co-authors are posting.

    In addition, what would really be news is if Slashdot authors started reading their own website to see what their co-authors are posting.

    But then also, what would really be news is if Slashdot authors started reading their own website to see what their co-authors are posting.

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    1. Re:That's not news by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      They're just following the rule: release early, release often.

  2. FPNAD by michaelhood · · Score: 4, Funny

    First Post Not About Dupe!

    Seriously guys, there's been 6 in a row. You're duping comments now.

    1. Re:FPNAD by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      On the bright side though Dupe jokes are now replacing "beowulf cluster " and "does it run..." jokes.

    2. Re:FPNAD by Feztaa · · Score: 2, Funny

      FPNAD? Yeah, I think my NADs got FP once, too.

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    The screen cursors are made up of pink hearts, yellow moons, orange stars, green clovers, blue diamonds, purple horseshoes and red balloons.

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  6. Re:dupey dupe by kubrick · · Score: 3, Funny

    Obviously I need to spend more of my hard-earned money on a faster internet connection. Well, any excuse will do, I guess...

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  7. Just tell us... by Handpaper · · Score: 4, Funny
    which satellite.
    We'll take it from there.

  8. Re:Thankfully by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hey, you're offtopic! This thread is reserved for complaining about dupes!

  9. Re:Bah by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Editors, what the FUCK are you being paid to do, exactly?

    Run around modding all these "it's a dupe!" posts down.

  10. Sorry, my fault by interstellar_donkey · · Score: 5, Funny

    I was away on vacation three days ago and didn't read slashdot. I'm sorry, this was all my fault. The kind folks at Slashdot knew that this would be the kind of story I'd be interested in, so they decided to post it again for my benefit. I'm deeply sorry.

    I'm also sorry for Windows ME. That was my fault too.

    And the DMCA, that was all me.

    Oh, don't forget the war in Iraq. I pretty much caused that.

    And when I told that guy 14 years ago that it would be a keen idea to advertise his product by sending emails to everyone, regardless of they were interested, that was probably a bad idea too. I know it was a really bad idea to convince porn website opperators to say they were free, when they really weren't.

    In all seriousness, I'm glad to see a country going all digital. I was initially against digital in the theaters, until I saw a screening of Starwars Part One in Burbank back in '99.

    A few of the colors weren't right, and I noticed a few glitches, but generally I was impressed with it, and thought to myself "You know, this is going to be good when all film goes this way".

    Oddly enough, almost 6 years later we still don't have digital projectors in the vast majority of America's theaters, and we have to look to Ireland for adopting the more innovative technology.

    IRELAND!!!??? Now, I'm half Irish, but I'm pretty sure my ancestors fled Ireland because it was a smelly filthy drunken impoverished third world cesspool. How do they manage to get digital theaters while us Americans are still stuck with brand new mega-plexes popping up every time it rains still using the old analog 35mm projection?

    I should not that I'm writing this post completely under the influence of Irish beer, so you'll understand if I'm a little flippant and surly.

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    1. Re:Sorry, my fault by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Hey! I resent that! I live in Limerick and it's a ... ok, it's a shith*le, which is why I'm moving this week.

  11. To be sure to be sure! by dbIII · · Score: 4, Funny
    What is this some kind of irish joke?
    No, this is.
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  13. Ha, ha, ha, ha by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny
    The only nerds in this world that don't read Slashdot are.... the Slashdot editors themselves!

    Ha, ha, ha, ha.

  14. Re:Bah by ettlz · · Score: 2, Funny
    Editors, what the FUCK are you being paid to do, exactly?

    I'd be more inclined, in this instance, to ask them what the feck they're doing.

  15. Re:dupey dupe by WormholeFiend · · Score: 2, Funny

    All this dupe talk makes me wonder if they'll have digital projectors in second run cinemas.

    If those projectors are too expensive for non-chain outfits, you could have a serious divide between the digital haves and the analog have-nots.