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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."
Don't you think it would be great if Slashdot authors started reading their own website to see what their co-authors are posting?
Thankfully our repeats are already totally digital.
Anyhow, here's something I wanted to bring up in the other thread but as too lazy to do. It says that the new projectors download digital copies of the films from the movie industry. That's all well and good, but my favorite cinemas here in Dublin, the awesome IFI in Temple Bar and the huge megaplex UGC are both my favorites because they show independant and foreign films. In the case of the IFI, that's all they show, alongside older films that you won't see in the cinema anywhere else.
So what I'm wondering is how would something like Battle of Algiers or OldBoy be shown in Ireland if it's all digital? I actually don't think the IFI is part of this whole all-digital scheme and I'm glad they're not, mainstream cinema holds only the smallest interest for me, and I can't help but see this digital system as anything other than the big studios further consolidating their culture monopoly...
Yup...
But this is getting silly
1) Check for DUPES
2) If you link to a site, please include the coral link (this can be done programatically!)
3) If you link to a file, add a torrent (this is for the submitters, not the editors)
4) I have heard that joke before; lets see if anyone has something interesting to say
Karma be dammed, but this dupe really pissed me off
First of all, about 60% of /. stories are 2-day-old posts on either Gizmodo, Engadget, Lifehacker, or Hack-A-Day. I doubt /. editors even realize this, because they obviously don't get "out" very much.
But seriously. The dupes are out of control. It takes 10 minutes a day, max, to scan the headlines OF THE SITE YOUR JOB IT IS TO EDIT. Timothy obviously does not read this site. So WTF? Could we possibly get an editor that takes his job seriously?
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Yes, I complain about others who complain. Difference is that the dup-whiners complain all the time. Take my message as constructive criticism: instead of posting 50th message saying "this is a dupe!", why not let it be? What are you guys hoping to accomplish by posting 50 messages saying "this is a dupe!". Do you think I didn't notice the first 49 similar messages? Instead of wasting your time (and mine, if I'm trying to find some relevant comments in the midst of "another dupe!"-messages) whining about the dupe, simply ignore it. You are not required to read all articles on /. you know. Simply ignore the dupes, and your life will be much easier.
/. posts a dupe.
But no! Some people get their panties in a bunch and start their crusade of whining. It's like they are mortally offended every time
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People probably think that each time a dupe is posted, it takes the spot of a fresh and interesting news they'd enjoy reading and commenting.
Most whiners need to realize that if dupes were perfectly filtered by the editors, it wouldn't more more news.
bottom line : a dupe doesn't take a "new news" spot.
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...pointless.
Current resolutions for digital cinema are not as good as good HD TV. You should never underestimate the resolution of 35mm film.
I have mixed feelings on this. That's about 40k/yr.
That's a damn nice chunk of change for say a tech savvy college student, But really not all that much to attract a technical professional which seems to be the standards base to which editors are held.
I guess location matters as well. I'm in the Baltimore cooridor where the 'average' tech salary is closer to 60k. Some places in California 40k would be near povery wouldn't it? If they were smart they'd only employ mid west college students.
Get a clue pinheads. First of all Ireland is typically THE place to test new technology in Europe. Why? Highly educated, prosperous, multicultural (you will find a lot of americans working there), open to new technology.
It is small enough to push and test new technology through countrywide. You want to see where technology is headed - go to the smaller countries and take a look.
Every major American corporation has figured this out a long time ago and that is why they all have plants and offices in Ireland. Everyone from Apple to Zenith is there.
If Americans persist in the attitude that they are world leaders in everything it won't be long before weapons production, wars and neo conservatism is the only export left to bolster a rapdily fading, once great nation.
To the guy who made the third world comment - Where do you think this country is headed? Oil prices aren't rising the Dollar is falling like a rock. We are in bed with nations who would rather see us dead and are sucking us dry financially (see trade agreements with China and Saudi). We bolster rotten regimes and talk about spreading democracy.
We are held hostage by the worlds banks but the Asians are slowly selling american debt off their books. If America wasn't the biggest consumer market in the world WE would be the third world nation and nobody would lend us a dime based on our fiscal irresponsibility.
I hate to break it to you guys but the world is leaving America in the dust when it comes to consumer technology. It is only a matter of time when hardcore technology is all developed elsewhere as well.
3G networks years ago, HDTV years ago etc etc etc
We are the backwards inward looking nation. In short - Rednecks.
No, no, it's okay. It's when we start seeing Slashdot article announcing older Slashdot articles that we're really in trouble.
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