2) Modifying the movie, and the extra's, violates the TOC. Just like any contract, if you do not like it then do not sign for it and do not use the product. If you like the product that much then use it how they asked you to use it.
I call bullshit. I'll watch the movie the way I want and not the way they want. How I consume it is my own business. Just like buying a sandwich or any other consumable... If I don't want the pickle then I'm not going to eat it. No matter what the guy at the deli tells me my obligations are to him.
Stiction? Virii? sheesh.:-) In my household a scratched/snapped disk is a far bigger risk than a head crash.
The Media PC does not have a route outside the LAN. If a virus gets inside the firewall I have bigger problems to worry about than the Media PC and potential loss of ripped movies/music.
Just rip the DVD (or CD) then either keep the physical disk in storage someplace, or, if you like to look at the cases/booklets/extras, keep them out and gain those benefits too.
I know a guy that does the same kind of thing with his books. He has the ebook version of each book he owns. That way he can hold it in his hand if he wants, search it easily if he wants, easily cross reference info, etc. (The only real problems are that the pagination is a little different and you can't easily cross bookmark).
Even cooler is that you: - don't have to worry about your kid scratching the DVD and making it unplayable - can easily skip the fscking "no skip" crap that every DVD seems to have - can FIND the movie when you want to watch it
In almost every way, the ripped copy of the DVD is better than the physical disc
I too am blessed with soft teeth. Well, it was a blessing for my dentist anyway:-(
I think for me the ideal would be to grow a new tooth, then have it sealed in some way to prevent cavities from forming. Even if I had to go through sealing once a year it would be worth it.
Heh, I just realized that you're the OP of this thread. I still stand by my original comment though. Stuff that doesn't sell, even at a discount, is not worth the time. Ditch it and move on once it's obvious that the market doesn't want it. Seems to me that the above script kiddies are unlikely to pay and hardly seem worth your time either.
GP was complaining about nobody buying his stuff. Not even when priced at a penny. If you're making money and/or enjoying yourself then you're in a different category.
How many hours did it cost you to make that $5000?
>users pay only for the compute and storage they >consume with their own applications
Everything old is new again! Ah the good old days... when you had to PAY for cycles.... not like the young whippersnappers today with their "desktops" and "laptops" and more cycles than they know what to do with.
"A billion hours ago, human life appeared on earth. A billion minutes ago, Christianity emerged. A billion seconds ago, the Beatles changed music. A billion Coca-Colas ago was yesterday morning,"
-- Robert Goizueta, CEO (1980-1997) Coca-Cola Company
I misquoted it from Hogfather because I was being lazy and didn't look it up.... My edition is the paperback from HarperTorch, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 1996 (don't see an edition number) ISBN: 0-06-105905-6
Page 85 (Just after Death visits Susan and deliberately doesn't tell her anything)
Someone had to do something. It was like that time when Twyla's grandmother had started telling everyone that she was the Empress of Krull and had stopped wearing clothes.
And Susan was bright enough to know that the phrase 'Someone ought to do something' was not, by itself, a helpful one. People who used it never added the rider 'and that someone is me'. But someone ought to do something, and right now the whole pool of someones consisted of her, and no one else.
Twyla's grandmother had ended up in a nursing home overlooking the sea at Quirm. That sort of option probably didn't apply here. Besides, he'd be unpopular with the other residents.
Author/editor Eric Flint (of the Baen Free Library fame) wrote a whole series of wonderful essays on copyright as editorials in the "Jim Baen's Universe" magazine. You can read them all for free (and I urge you to go read them.. he make a whole series of great points).
Untrue. I have one child of each gender. Each with complete access to a full range of toys from dolls to trucks to lego bricks.
Each has naturally gravitated towards stereotype gender roles. Even though we've gone out of our way to keep everything in their lives as gender-neutral as possible.
Even with access to all the same toys, games, and movies.
Even though your project looks pretty cool, I'd be surprised to hear you get much traffic. And ad clickthroughs are small (even at the best of times)... like 1% of users will even LOOK at the ad. Of those, only a few percent will click.
What you describe is a teeny tiny micro-niche site. I mean, come on... A do it yourself, operating system for a laptop that's not readily available to the general public? (You might be able to buy one during the once-a-year buy-1-get-1 sale... and even then changes are good that you never actually received it).
Yeah, that's why, on the rare occasion I go to a theatre I pick my seat. Then go get popcorn and stuff. By the time I get back to my seat, most of the commercials are over.
And the fact that they have so many commercials is one of the biggest reasons that I hardly ever go to a theatre anymore. (way to go guys...)
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2) Modifying the movie, and the extra's, violates the TOC. Just like any contract, if you do not like it then do not sign for it and do not use the product. If you like the product that much then use it how they asked you to use it.
I call bullshit. I'll watch the movie the way I want and not the way they want. How I consume it is my own business. Just like buying a sandwich or any other consumable... If I don't want the pickle then I'm not going to eat it. No matter what the guy at the deli tells me my obligations are to him.
Stiction? Virii? sheesh. :-) In my household a scratched/snapped disk is a far bigger risk than a head crash.
The Media PC does not have a route outside the LAN. If a virus gets inside the firewall I have bigger problems to worry about than the Media PC and potential loss of ripped movies/music.
Just rip the DVD (or CD) then either keep the physical disk in storage someplace, or, if you like to look at the cases/booklets/extras, keep them out and gain those benefits too.
I know a guy that does the same kind of thing with his books. He has the ebook version of each book he owns. That way he can hold it in his hand if he wants, search it easily if he wants, easily cross reference info, etc. (The only real problems are that the pagination is a little different and you can't easily cross bookmark).
Even cooler is that you:
- don't have to worry about your kid scratching the DVD and making it unplayable
- can easily skip the fscking "no skip" crap that every DVD seems to have
- can FIND the movie when you want to watch it
In almost every way, the ripped copy of the DVD is better than the physical disc
Yes, Kahn was a genetic superman.
Don't worry. The Music industry will get copyright extended. :-(
I too am blessed with soft teeth. Well, it was a blessing for my dentist anyway :-(
I think for me the ideal would be to grow a new tooth, then have it sealed in some way to prevent cavities from forming. Even if I had to go through sealing once a year it would be worth it.
Oh, that's too bad :-(
(What were they thinking? sheesh!)
Thanks anyway.
S
And if you try to use it all you might discover your latency increases as a function of your bandwidth usage. :-)
I'm replying here since I know you'll probably get an email alert.
Please provide this kind of stuff in text or xhtml format excepting for the rare case where absolute positioning of elements is required.
I find pdf format really annoying to deal with since it's hard to manipulate/search/sort/etc using standard tools.
Thanks.
S
If only you had the even more advanced Sony SuperReleaseCandidate :-D
That's a pretty sweet haul then. :-)
Heh, I just realized that you're the OP of this thread. I still stand by my original comment though. Stuff that doesn't sell, even at a discount, is not worth the time. Ditch it and move on once it's obvious that the market doesn't want it.
Seems to me that the above script kiddies are unlikely to pay and hardly seem worth your time either.
Good luck to you, whatever you end up doing.
GP was complaining about nobody buying his stuff. Not even when priced at a penny. If you're making money and/or enjoying yourself then you're in a different category.
How many hours did it cost you to make that $5000?
< 50 hours : Awesome!
< 100 hours : nice!
< 150 hours : not bad
>= 150 hours : meh
Why waste any more of your time? Donate anything reasonably nice to the Salvation Army or Goodwill or Freecycle and throw the rest away.
Free yourself from your "stuff"
Give up on those "penny here, dollar there" items and go spend the time you save doing something fun.
>users pay only for the compute and storage they
>consume with their own applications
Everything old is new again!
Ah the good old days... when you had to PAY for cycles.... not like the young whippersnappers today with their "desktops" and "laptops" and more cycles than they know what to do with.
"A billion hours ago, human life appeared on earth. A billion minutes ago, Christianity emerged. A billion seconds ago, the Beatles changed music. A billion Coca-Colas ago was yesterday morning,"
-- Robert Goizueta, CEO (1980-1997) Coca-Cola Company
I misquoted it from Hogfather because I was being lazy and didn't look it up....
My edition is the paperback from HarperTorch, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 1996 (don't see an edition number)
ISBN: 0-06-105905-6
Page 85 (Just after Death visits Susan and deliberately doesn't tell her anything)
Someone had to do something. It was like that time when Twyla's grandmother had started telling everyone that she was the Empress of Krull and had stopped wearing clothes.
And Susan was bright enough to know that the phrase 'Someone ought to do something' was not, by itself, a helpful one. People who used it never added the rider 'and that someone is me'. But someone ought to do something, and right now the whole pool of someones consisted of her, and no one else.
Twyla's grandmother had ended up in a nursing home overlooking the sea at Quirm. That sort of option probably didn't apply here. Besides, he'd be unpopular with the other residents.
(Emphasis mine)
So many people tut and say "Someone should do something", but so few step forward and say "...and that someone is me"
-- Terry Prattchet
They could call it the "iNewton" :-)
Author/editor Eric Flint (of the Baen Free Library fame) wrote a whole series of wonderful essays on copyright as editorials in the "Jim Baen's Universe" magazine. You can read them all for free (and I urge you to go read them.. he make a whole series of great points).
Untrue. I have one child of each gender. Each with complete access to a full range of toys from dolls to trucks to lego bricks.
Each has naturally gravitated towards stereotype gender roles. Even though we've gone out of our way to keep everything in their lives as gender-neutral as possible.
Even with access to all the same toys, games, and movies.
It's not what I expected.
Even though your project looks pretty cool, I'd be surprised to hear you get much traffic. And ad clickthroughs are small (even at the best of times)... like 1% of users will even LOOK at the ad. Of those, only a few percent will click.
What you describe is a teeny tiny micro-niche site. I mean, come on...
A do it yourself, operating system for a laptop that's not readily available to the general public?
(You might be able to buy one during the once-a-year buy-1-get-1 sale... and even then changes are good that you never actually received it).
Of course you didn't get any money :-)
hmm... some guy just made me a foe and I assume it was over this comment. How strange.
Only if Jack ties the suspect to a chair and forces him to watch Jack torture his wife and children.
They're welcome to the previews if they want to watch. I'd rather do something else for 20 minutes.
Yeah, that's why, on the rare occasion I go to a theatre I pick my seat. Then go get popcorn and stuff. By the time I get back to my seat, most of the commercials are over.
And the fact that they have so many commercials is one of the biggest reasons that I hardly ever go to a theatre anymore. (way to go guys...)