I've successfully debunked the original point - that TIFF has name recognition. The average user doesn't know TIFF, so the name recognition point is moot.
The "average user" in this case is hardly people who "know HTML." The "average user" of a high-end digital camera is... a photographer. Most photographers make ample use of the TIFF format, thus... Name recognition among the appropriate demographic.
As far as I'm concerned, Earth: Final Conflict did. It finished its story and and wrapped up pretty much all of its loose threads.
Too bad they kept making a show calledEarth: Final Conflict after they got rid of the Taelons and replaced them with heavy-metal vampires from outer space.
What is comedy relief doing in a serious space drama?
Have you even seen Episodes 4, 5, and 6? C3P0 and R2D2's main purpose was as comic relief, and Chewbacca and Han's relationship was nearly as humorous. The Star Wars movies have always been lighthearted.
Most (geeky) people that run Windows at home don't pay for most of their copies, at least the Windows using people that I know don't. Sure they may have a legit OEM copy from when they bought a laptop or something, but all the rest just copy it. Same with MS Office. I don't see your price argument very compelling when comparing Linux to Windows users.
This has little to do with his example and actually reinforces his argument. Copying commercial software isn't a rebellious blow for Free Software, it's piracy. The "Free" in Free Software has little to do with the price of the software, it has to do with its openness. I think it's safe to say that even if Microsoft gave away Windows XP, it would hardly be free. All your example did was make the (geeky) people you know look cheap.
"'Industrial' music, (which doesn't exist today, which is why I know quote the term)"
It doesn't? Huh, guess that new Skinny Puppy (along with a new member from Throbbing Gristle) album coming out in a few months doesn't exist either. Nor does Android Lust, or I, Parasite, or any of the other amazing industrial acts still working today.
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Oh, for God's sake.
The "little chips of freedom" you're so afraid of giving up are the ability to steal. People these days are so busy proving Hobbes right about his opinion of human nature that they don't stop to consider why his "social contract" is necessary in the first place.
As someone whose livelihood depends on his writing, I can tell you that a secure way of distributing electronic media is vital to publishers and authors, both big and small, before they consider the internet anything more than a playground. Password-protected documents are, to me, a much better choice for content distribution than the alternatives, where it can only be used with one e-book reader and/or system.
You do not have a right to access content that you do not own. Ownership implies that you were given the password to access the data.
You don't present any valid reason that it is a bad thing other than your reactionary comment about the DMCA. Care to give some reasons that password-protected files are a bad thing?
Interestingly, both Entourage v.X and Outlook Express running in classic mode seem to be immune to the "begin " bug.
This just continues to confirm my opinion that the Mac Business Unit at Microsoft has all the competent programmers.;)
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Outlook is ported. I'm not sure why they duplicated so much functionality in Entourage (though it's a nicer application, but so are most of the mac versions of microsoft products, oddly enough) but they did.
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Obsessed? Hardly. like I told Zico, I'd rather wear clothing I find attractive. Victorian frock coats and poet shirts are attractive to me, not Tommy Hilfiger. However, I'm perfectly willing to wear blue jeans and a tshirt, or even, *gasp* dress clothes. I wear what I find attractive, but I'm perfectly willing to look "respectable" in order to get paid.;) BTW: define the "goth cookie cutter style," and I'll tell you how well I fit it. -----
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Not really. To give you an idea of how little I really care about fitting any Goth Cookie cutter, much less anyone else's right now I'm wearing a pair of blue denim jeans and a t-shirt that says "R U Owned?" on the back and has a pirate smiley face on the front.;) I wear what I want, but I find the gothic aesthetic attractive.
That's the GOTH look, not the mansonite one, btw.;)
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As one of those "losers" who dresses all in black and has metal in their face (a nosering), I can safely say that my aesthetics and fashion sense have nothing to do with any need to snub my nose at society. I (and my girlfriend) find it attractive, and aren't impressed by large-price-tag/low-quality name brand clothing...
I'd rather wear clothes that appeal to me and my tastes, not be forced to fit into the cookie-cutter mold society has decided is "normal." Of course, I also don't like inane catch-phrase formula-pop or cock-rock either, so there you go. -----
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That doesn't make it a prequel. Riding Bean existed before the Gunsmith Cats episodes and Manga, but it takes place after them. -----
OVA means "Original Video Animation"... it's the equivelant of direct-to-video here. The original Bubble Gum Crash was released as OVA... the standard of animation is usually greater than that of a television series (Compare the OVA Record of Lodoss War with the present Lodoss War television series, only the opening sequence is better, and its been ten years since RoLW came out.;)) -----
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Oh, yeah, and Gunsmith Cats is definitely anime. If you're into vehicular anime, try to track down a copy of "Riding Bean"; it's (s'far as I can recall) a prequel to GsC
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The "average user" in this case is hardly people who "know HTML." The "average user" of a high-end digital camera is... a photographer. Most photographers make ample use of the TIFF format, thus... Name recognition among the appropriate demographic.
No. He's a Lawyer.
Denny Crane!
That would be because it isn't out of beta yet. It's hard for a product to "take off" when it isn't publicly available.
Too bad they kept making a show called Earth: Final Conflict after they got rid of the Taelons and replaced them with heavy-metal vampires from outer space.
shudder
And see, that's how I met my girlfriend.
"bande dessinee" means "comic strip."
To adopt one of those adorable little...
Heh.
Screw it, just gimme a G5!
Have you even seen Episodes 4, 5, and 6? C3P0 and R2D2's main purpose was as comic relief, and Chewbacca and Han's relationship was nearly as humorous. The Star Wars movies have always been lighthearted.
and it's all a blatant rip-off of Vanilla Ice's defense that he didn't steal Ice Ice Baby from Queen and David Bowie's Under Pressure.
This has little to do with his example and actually reinforces his argument. Copying commercial software isn't a rebellious blow for Free Software, it's piracy. The "Free" in Free Software has little to do with the price of the software, it has to do with its openness. I think it's safe to say that even if Microsoft gave away Windows XP, it would hardly be free. All your example did was make the (geeky) people you know look cheap.
I prefer the Tengen version for the NES... we've been newly re-addicted over the last week after I broke it out...
It doesn't? Huh, guess that new Skinny Puppy (along with a new member from Throbbing Gristle) album coming out in a few months doesn't exist either. Nor does Android Lust, or I, Parasite, or any of the other amazing industrial acts still working today.
The "little chips of freedom" you're so afraid of giving up are the ability to steal. People these days are so busy proving Hobbes right about his opinion of human nature that they don't stop to consider why his "social contract" is necessary in the first place.
As someone whose livelihood depends on his writing, I can tell you that a secure way of distributing electronic media is vital to publishers and authors, both big and small, before they consider the internet anything more than a playground. Password-protected documents are, to me, a much better choice for content distribution than the alternatives, where it can only be used with one e-book reader and/or system.
You do not have a right to access content that you do not own. Ownership implies that you were given the password to access the data.
You don't present any valid reason that it is a bad thing other than your reactionary comment about the DMCA. Care to give some reasons that password-protected files are a bad thing?
Interestingly, both Entourage v.X and Outlook Express running in classic mode seem to be immune to the "begin " bug.
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This just continues to confirm my opinion that the Mac Business Unit at Microsoft has all the competent programmers.
Outlook is ported. I'm not sure why they duplicated so much functionality in Entourage (though it's a nicer application, but so are most of the mac versions of microsoft products, oddly enough) but they did.
Obsessed? Hardly. like I told Zico, I'd rather wear clothing I find attractive. Victorian frock coats and poet shirts are attractive to me, not Tommy Hilfiger. However, I'm perfectly willing to wear blue jeans and a tshirt, or even, *gasp* dress clothes. I wear what I find attractive, but I'm perfectly willing to look "respectable" in order to get paid. ;) BTW: define the "goth cookie cutter style," and I'll tell you how well I fit it.
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That's the GOTH look, not the mansonite one, btw. ;)
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I'd rather wear clothes that appeal to me and my tastes, not be forced to fit into the cookie-cutter mold society has decided is "normal." Of course, I also don't like inane catch-phrase formula-pop or cock-rock either, so there you go.
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That doesn't make it a prequel. Riding Bean existed before the Gunsmith Cats episodes and Manga, but it takes place after them.
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The Brontosaurus was a mistake... it was an Apatosaurus body with a Brachiosaurus head, IIRC.
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OVA means "Original Video Animation"... it's the equivelant of direct-to-video here. The original Bubble Gum Crash was released as OVA... the standard of animation is usually greater than that of a television series (Compare the OVA Record of Lodoss War with the present Lodoss War television series, only the opening sequence is better, and its been ten years since RoLW came out. ;))
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Just wait. The remake (with faithful to Yoshitaka Amano's designs animation) will be out soon, it's gonna rock.
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No, It's a sequel. It's further down the line, as Rally has only recently begun interacting with Bean in the manga, which Dark Horse is publishing over here.
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That 'Interesting Theory' guy should do his research. There's no such thing as a Brontosaur.
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Like it or not, THAT is talent.
Rather, THAT is a part written specifically for Jim Carrey's all too predictable brand of comedy.