Don't worry, Macintosh fanboys. Apple vs. Apple has been settled, and Apple Inc. (aka Apple Computer) owns all the trademarks. It's just letting Apple Corp. lease a few back.
To put it another way, the Beatles lost. They got paid for losing, but they lost.
So, if Apple Inc. wants Apple Inc. Records bad enough, there can be an Apple Inc. Records!
No, no, no. It's the conventional guns and missiles that use gunpowder--the critical ingredient of fireworks. (Or did you think that those rockets with red glares in "The Star-Spangled Banner" were for a party?)
What the military is attempting is a laser lightshow like they use in concerts, only bigger and deadlier.
So it didn't happen when the original Star Trek came out. I'll bet they were glad of their decision when they did the later series vs. I mean, every DVD player we can replay the episodes on has a little tiny laser, harmless unless you look at it...
And using lethal force on crowds that inadvertantly gets innocent people will anger the international community.
Sometimes, it's obvious why a crowd needs controlling or a hostage-taker is taking hostages. What would you have the military do in cases where we know what the hostage-taker wants but do not want to give it to him? Hostages make great shields.
In those cases where it's not made obvious, by the time you figure out why it's being done, it's often too late to do anything. The crowd has dismantled the city; the hostage-taker is already killing hostages, and will finish with himself or the entire building he's in.
Sound? Maybe.
Light? The weapon is light. If you are looking in the right direction at the "right" moment to see the beam, you'll likely get hit by the beam.
Oops...sorry I named the wrong governor. Corzine was also a hypocrite, though.
Okay. Clearly I did not read that article carefully enough. Clearly Governor Corzine did have to see that the basic speed law ("don't go so fast you'll rear-end someone") was broken. Whether he could see the actual speed is uncertain: it's not the passenger's obligation to know how fast the car is going, after all, so he didn't need to look at the speedometer. As you pointed out, it doesn't really matter...
And if this proposal says what the summary says it says, and if it passes, then soon everyone who substituted "chocolatey" for chocolate in America can call their products chocolate again.
Well, that's one way to prevent speeders from outracing cops.
Besides, sports cars look more threatening than normal cars. I'm sure speeders get esp. spooked when they pass a Dodge Charger with a police light bar inside the rear window.
It's also another way to rack up tickets. It's tempting to drive fast around sports cars, and if the police light bar is inside the car (which happens a lot in my state), you might not realize what trouble you're in until it's too late.
Okay, I'll admit that I didn't read any of the fine articles. Sorry about that.
Someone needs to find a word for "high-definition DVD successor" that can be applied to both formats. We consider DVD generic, but BluRay something of a brand-name; what should that make HD-DVD?
TDK says it's a founding member of the BluRay consortium, so I guess your prediction is right, too. If they created the standard, and given the two studios who sell the most DVDs are already working in BluRay (exclusively so far), then it would be logical for Wal*Mart to flood the market with BluRays. So, oops...
Anyone want to venture into the electronics section of a Wal*Mart to see what they have now? If they've taken a side in the format war, they may be starting to show it now in their player or disc selection. What players (not attached to PS3s or XBOXes) do they have? What discs do they have?
BTW, it's easy to tell who's supporting BluRay if you check. BluRay discs come in blue boxes.
Bullfight classed "terrorist attack"?
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Distribution includes storage.
If the film is successful, more than one print run may be needed. If it's to be transferred to DVD, the masters may get hauled out for that. If it's a recent film, the same studio will be distributing the theater films and the DVDs. They'll have to have negatives on hand--and so they get to store those negatives.
The 40-Year Old Virgin got positive reviews from critix, and Steve Carrell is a respected actor from his work in The Office (American vs.). So, if there are still film fanatics in 2087, there will be people who want to see that film in as good a condition as possible.
Have you watched Turner Classic Movies lately?
There is no such thing as an obsolete film, not as long as there are film fanatics. The studios will remove less-than-profitable films from the market, at least temporarily. They'll destroy physical copies, but they don't usually destroy all the physical copies of a film: after a few years off the market, a new generation of film fanatics will be curious about that film, and the studios can make another small profit then by reissuing it. Repeat this cycle often enough, and even a film like Liz Taylor's Cleopatra can make a profit.
Studios are usually good about shifting formats for films they own. They can advertise that this new format shows the film better than it has ever looked since it was in the theaters. They can resell the film in the new format--hey, Slashdot considers that an ulterior motive any time new formats for films come up. It doesn't hurt that if there's been any change in the package since the last issue, or any real remastering, then the whole edition often gets a fresh copyright.
Fun facts:
Before 1912, films could not be copyrighted. Photographs, however, could be copyrighted if a print was filed with the Library of Congress.
Thomas Edison and other filmmakers got copyrights for their films by telling the Library of Congress they were submitting a long string of photographs, which was technically true. They submitted to the Library of Congress long strips of paper containing prints of every frame in the film.
Many years later, people discovered how to make film negatives from the strips of paper that represented those early films. This technique was used to reprint early films in film formats.
For this reason, there is presumed to be a lower percentage of films lost before 1912 than during the later silent era. Once films could be copyrighted as films, they were submitted as films. Alas, nitrate negatives often don't keep well.
Okay. So what happens if the master copies are destroyed (say, a fire starts at the film storage facility) and only mass-produced copies are left?
Are the film studios allowed to use DeCSS if it's the only way they can make new copies of certain films?
If there are both good DVDs and not-so-good VHS tapes remaining after the master copies of the film are destroyed, will the DMCA force the studios to use the VHS tapes for their reconstructions?
That would be most radio stations playing modern music. Modern music on the radio is supposed to help sell modern music in the record stores. (I would've said music radio period, but there seem to be genres that the RIAA labels want to bury...)
Actually, ABC waited until the next day to pre-empt their primetime programming. They air competitive "reality" shows on Monday, and pre-empting one of those is almost as bad for a network as pre-empting a soap opera. Even on Tuesday, they only pre-empted an hour of primetime programming for shooting coverage.
ABC did pre-empt at least fifteen minutes of local programming before primetime on Monday, April 16--but they closed their news coverage immediately before primetime started.
Use "police checkpoint" for "speed trap"
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I think that it could be argued that a speed trap is a police checkpoint. The main differences are, you often can't see the police car and they don't stop everyone; but I think that the principle behind a speed trap is similar to the principle behind a DUI checkpoint.
I don't know. I think that some residential roads can be divided into two lanes--esp. if it's only a dotted line doing the dividing--and still be residential roads. Your plan would make it a nightmare for any resident from a residential area to reach the edge a commercial area: that's already difficult enough in America without increasing the speed limits in the secondary roads connecting residential areas to each other.
On a related note, reducing speed limits because there's an school in the immediate vicinity is also a legit tactic; otherwise, how's a kid supposed to walk home? Most roads with schools on them do have markings.
Re:Social hack - use "bullfight" for "speed trap".
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Do you have any idea how bad an idea it is to break other traffic laws to enforce the speed limit?!
Speed limits are somewhat arbitrary. Getting out of the way of someone who wants to pass you is prudence. You do not want someone hitting your rear bumper at 80 mph!
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Don't worry, Macintosh fanboys. Apple vs. Apple has been settled, and Apple Inc. (aka Apple Computer) owns all the trademarks. It's just letting Apple Corp. lease a few back.
To put it another way, the Beatles lost. They got paid for losing, but they lost.
So, if Apple Inc. wants Apple Inc. Records bad enough, there can be an Apple Inc. Records!
I think the more likely settings for a laser rifle are KILL, TOAST, ROAST, and SUNBURN.
Did both sides have laser weapons, or just Cobra?
Water vapor counts as airborne particles, I'm afraid. Put enough in one place, and you get a cloud.
Thank you.
If the laser is too weak to see, could it still be strong enough to do damage?
No, no, no. It's the conventional guns and missiles that use gunpowder--the critical ingredient of fireworks. (Or did you think that those rockets with red glares in "The Star-Spangled Banner" were for a party?)
What the military is attempting is a laser lightshow like they use in concerts, only bigger and deadlier.
So it didn't happen when the original Star Trek came out. I'll bet they were glad of their decision when they did the later series vs. I mean, every DVD player we can replay the episodes on has a little tiny laser, harmless unless you look at it...
And using lethal force on crowds that inadvertantly gets innocent people will anger the international community.
Sometimes, it's obvious why a crowd needs controlling or a hostage-taker is taking hostages. What would you have the military do in cases where we know what the hostage-taker wants but do not want to give it to him? Hostages make great shields.
In those cases where it's not made obvious, by the time you figure out why it's being done, it's often too late to do anything. The crowd has dismantled the city; the hostage-taker is already killing hostages, and will finish with himself or the entire building he's in.
Sound? Maybe.
Light? The weapon is light. If you are looking in the right direction at the "right" moment to see the beam, you'll likely get hit by the beam.
Oops...sorry I named the wrong governor. Corzine was also a hypocrite, though.
Okay. Clearly I did not read that article carefully enough. Clearly Governor Corzine did have to see that the basic speed law ("don't go so fast you'll rear-end someone") was broken. Whether he could see the actual speed is uncertain: it's not the passenger's obligation to know how fast the car is going, after all, so he didn't need to look at the speedometer. As you pointed out, it doesn't really matter...
And if this proposal says what the summary says it says, and if it passes, then soon everyone who substituted "chocolatey" for chocolate in America can call their products chocolate again.
Well, that's one way to prevent speeders from outracing cops.
Besides, sports cars look more threatening than normal cars. I'm sure speeders get esp. spooked when they pass a Dodge Charger with a police light bar inside the rear window.
It's also another way to rack up tickets. It's tempting to drive fast around sports cars, and if the police light bar is inside the car (which happens a lot in my state), you might not realize what trouble you're in until it's too late.
Okay, I'll admit that I didn't read any of the fine articles. Sorry about that.
Someone needs to find a word for "high-definition DVD successor" that can be applied to both formats. We consider DVD generic, but BluRay something of a brand-name; what should that make HD-DVD?
TDK says it's a founding member of the BluRay consortium, so I guess your prediction is right, too. If they created the standard, and given the two studios who sell the most DVDs are already working in BluRay (exclusively so far), then it would be logical for Wal*Mart to flood the market with BluRays. So, oops...
Anyone want to venture into the electronics section of a Wal*Mart to see what they have now? If they've taken a side in the format war, they may be starting to show it now in their player or disc selection. What players (not attached to PS3s or XBOXes) do they have? What discs do they have?
BTW, it's easy to tell who's supporting BluRay if you check. BluRay discs come in blue boxes.
Only by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.
Distribution includes storage.
If the film is successful, more than one print run may be needed. If it's to be transferred to DVD, the masters may get hauled out for that. If it's a recent film, the same studio will be distributing the theater films and the DVDs. They'll have to have negatives on hand--and so they get to store those negatives.
The 40-Year Old Virgin got positive reviews from critix, and Steve Carrell is a respected actor from his work in The Office (American vs.). So, if there are still film fanatics in 2087, there will be people who want to see that film in as good a condition as possible.
Have you watched Turner Classic Movies lately?
There is no such thing as an obsolete film, not as long as there are film fanatics. The studios will remove less-than-profitable films from the market, at least temporarily. They'll destroy physical copies, but they don't usually destroy all the physical copies of a film: after a few years off the market, a new generation of film fanatics will be curious about that film, and the studios can make another small profit then by reissuing it. Repeat this cycle often enough, and even a film like Liz Taylor's Cleopatra can make a profit.
Studios are usually good about shifting formats for films they own. They can advertise that this new format shows the film better than it has ever looked since it was in the theaters. They can resell the film in the new format--hey, Slashdot considers that an ulterior motive any time new formats for films come up. It doesn't hurt that if there's been any change in the package since the last issue, or any real remastering, then the whole edition often gets a fresh copyright.
Fun facts:
Before 1912, films could not be copyrighted. Photographs, however, could be copyrighted if a print was filed with the Library of Congress.
Thomas Edison and other filmmakers got copyrights for their films by telling the Library of Congress they were submitting a long string of photographs, which was technically true. They submitted to the Library of Congress long strips of paper containing prints of every frame in the film.
Many years later, people discovered how to make film negatives from the strips of paper that represented those early films. This technique was used to reprint early films in film formats.
For this reason, there is presumed to be a lower percentage of films lost before 1912 than during the later silent era. Once films could be copyrighted as films, they were submitted as films. Alas, nitrate negatives often don't keep well.
Okay. So what happens if the master copies are destroyed (say, a fire starts at the film storage facility) and only mass-produced copies are left?
Are the film studios allowed to use DeCSS if it's the only way they can make new copies of certain films?
If there are both good DVDs and not-so-good VHS tapes remaining after the master copies of the film are destroyed, will the DMCA force the studios to use the VHS tapes for their reconstructions?
Maybe the writers of the article were afraid that writing about how to do that would break the DMCA's anti-circumvention clause?
That would be most radio stations playing modern music. Modern music on the radio is supposed to help sell modern music in the record stores. (I would've said music radio period, but there seem to be genres that the RIAA labels want to bury...)
Actually, ABC waited until the next day to pre-empt their primetime programming. They air competitive "reality" shows on Monday, and pre-empting one of those is almost as bad for a network as pre-empting a soap opera. Even on Tuesday, they only pre-empted an hour of primetime programming for shooting coverage.
ABC did pre-empt at least fifteen minutes of local programming before primetime on Monday, April 16--but they closed their news coverage immediately before primetime started.
I think that it could be argued that a speed trap is a police checkpoint. The main differences are, you often can't see the police car and they don't stop everyone; but I think that the principle behind a speed trap is similar to the principle behind a DUI checkpoint.
I don't know. I think that some residential roads can be divided into two lanes--esp. if it's only a dotted line doing the dividing--and still be residential roads. Your plan would make it a nightmare for any resident from a residential area to reach the edge a commercial area: that's already difficult enough in America without increasing the speed limits in the secondary roads connecting residential areas to each other.
On a related note, reducing speed limits because there's an school in the immediate vicinity is also a legit tactic; otherwise, how's a kid supposed to walk home? Most roads with schools on them do have markings.
Do you have any idea how bad an idea it is to break other traffic laws to enforce the speed limit?!
Speed limits are somewhat arbitrary. Getting out of the way of someone who wants to pass you is prudence. You do not want someone hitting your rear bumper at 80 mph!