It's an interesting notion, but I don't think that nostalgia would sell as much as quality + novelty does.
Their current strategy is to show it first, cash as much as they can in 2 months, then launch it on DVD to cash in more, then finally go to TV to squeeze the last drops.
It works quite well, actually. The real problem is that every model has a limited growth potential, and the movie theaters have reached theirs. They're now trying to insert a new model to increase their growth: 3D.
It's not a scam. It may or may not give you more fun than 2D. If it does, and you're willing to pay the extra, then it works for them.
If you prefer to pay less, watch in 2D.
Sometimes the 3D will be good, sometimes less so. Just as sometimes a movie is good, sometimes less so. What's the big deal?
Interesting rethoric. I'm sure you're not implying that Linux support of commercial, current (new to 3 years old) hardware is better than Windows? As in:
- It has the functionalities expected, or even - It is supported.
Or if you are and you just need a hardware model to change your mind, here, take mine:
HP pavillon tablet pc tx2505ca
It's 2, maybe 3 years old. Here are some problems I still face today in my still very loved Linux box:
- Input devices sometimes won't work after booting. Shutting down by holding the power button required. - Will not wake up after putting to sleep. Shutting down by holding the power button required. - Sound card may require a restart of ALSA to work after booting. I often call Skype Test Call before calling somebody else to detect this problem./etc/init.d/alsasound restart required. - Internal webcam may require a restart of the ehci_hcd module to work after being used about 3 times (turned on then off). - GNOME will freeze if panels are vertically aligned. - Multi-card reader won't read xD cards. - APCI doesn't work (and I'm pretty sure the lack of support in this killed my battery).
This would appear to include only the cases where the user is phished (rather than keylogged) or a rogue employee steals the credentials from A. This appears a minor reduction of risk for a 3.9x magnication of password management effort.
Unless the user in question uses facebook. Or rather is a rival of the site he's using.
Rule 6 will help only if the attacker waits weeks before exploiting the password. So this amplies the burden for little gain. Only if it is changed between the time of the compromise and the time of the attempted exploit does Rule 6 help.
IANASE, but last time I checked this rule meant to make it difficult for attackers to have time to brute-force-guessing the password and profit from it. It had nothing to do with the attacker discovering the password then waiting quietly until nobody's looking to profit from it.
In theory, if you change your password often enough before the brute-force being complete, the attacker would have to start all over again.
That said, it's an extremelly difficult rule to enforce/comply, unless you have a wonderful "I forgot my password" system.
As others pointed out, some articles don't even require much thinking to see their importance. Others, while causing our inner teens to giggle, not only are still science but also have implications in our lives.
(MSX) BASIC -> Assembly -> Pascal -> SH(s) -> C -> C++ -> Java -> Javascript -> C#...
Yes, good programmers can do any language, but we all have preferences, no? I grew fond of Assembly, shell scripting, C, Java and Javascript.
I could get things done in BASIC out of necessity, since I didn't know better. I would never choose BASIC for anything today.
I was not convinced by C# for two reasons:
1. I couldn't stand Visual Studio 2. I found it utterly annoying to frequently have to call Windows C APIs and translate ins and outs to the C# model to really get things done.
That's why I chose to not use my "remove ads" option in/.
I still use one of those flash-B-gone add-ons and point some of the most annoying ad hosts to 127.0.0.1 in my/etc/hosts, but pssshhh don't tell anyone.
That's what I get for having a retarded sense of direction... Liberals still seem centerish tho, although I fail to find true right examples in this case, except for the xenophobics and alike, but these seem to be called far-right.
(...) Conservatives, reactionaries, monarchists, aristocrats and theocrats. The term is also used to describe those who support free market capitalism, and some forms of nationalism.
Outside the Anglo-Saxon world, liberal actually means right-wing.
You sure you've been around? Last time I checked, Liberal meant center with as less state controlled stuff as possible, while right-wing meant a huge paternalist state, that is, communists.
He created the sculpture. I'm pretty sure that it's fair to him to have rights over how images of the sculpture are used. Putting it on a stamp doesn't seem like an adaptation of the work but a direct use for commercial means. Where's the "fair use" issue here?
Interesting idea. What if there's a life form that actually goes backwards in time? Their "irreversible processes" would be something.
"Chickens come into existence from corpses. They eat eggs and other strange matters through their bottoms, spitting off corns and always ending up as eggs themselves."
"Corn comes from chickens and other animals' mouth, ending up sucked into the earth by corn-eating vegetables."
And so on...
Obviously, it would be impossible to communicate with these life forms since our learning paths would never match.
You forgot the "oh wait". I mean, who said it isn't? People keep doing that kind of stuff all the time, then crying out their misfortune when mother nature strikes... Except for those that intentionally seek to be struck by lightning so they can become The Flash. But that's Natural Selection on its best : )
The only problem is that while people don't believe Billy is breaking windows so to make him stop, he will continue to break them over and over, at a faster rate than they can be repaired.
It's not that I don't agree with your point, but (unfortunately) the story may not always be the priority in a movie. I do think that Avatar 3D successfully proved that, as the visuals did impress the majority of the people while those who hated it rightfully pointed out the shallowness of the story.
That said, it also hit me hard that he'd say something like "It has to be done all CG because I would not know how to shoot this thing in real." He'd have to hate sci-fi/fantasy to ignore all the successful movies that came out before the CG he's talking about existed. I don't know why, but Star Wars episodes 1 and 4 come to mind right away as a lesson on how the CG not only may not be mandatory (ep. 4) but may even fail to make up for the lacking rest (ep. 1).
Roland Emmerich: 'It has to be done all CG because I would not know how to shoot this thing in real.' (emphasis mine)
Whew, good thing CG has been around since the beginning of moving pictures!.. No, that can't be right. Oh yes! I got it now. There were not sci-fi movies until Star Wars Episode 1 came out!
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surely someone's sent one under the Southern ice sheets by now?
I doubt it, since it's a continent. The other is an ocean.
Specifically the part that says:
whoever does any work on the sabbath day shall be put to death.
I wonder how the orthodox people "interpret" this today...
What with that silent movie nonsense? Pulp magazines are the best!
It's an interesting notion, but I don't think that nostalgia would sell as much as quality + novelty does.
Their current strategy is to show it first, cash as much as they can in 2 months, then launch it on DVD to cash in more, then finally go to TV to squeeze the last drops.
It works quite well, actually. The real problem is that every model has a limited growth potential, and the movie theaters have reached theirs. They're now trying to insert a new model to increase their growth: 3D.
It's not a scam. It may or may not give you more fun than 2D. If it does, and you're willing to pay the extra, then it works for them.
If you prefer to pay less, watch in 2D.
Sometimes the 3D will be good, sometimes less so. Just as sometimes a movie is good, sometimes less so. What's the big deal?
I dunno. Is the notion of cheaper options such as renting (as low as $1 per 6 hours) or watching broadcast TV (free like in beer) new to you?
Interesting rethoric. I'm sure you're not implying that Linux support of commercial, current (new to 3 years old) hardware is better than Windows? As in:
- It has the functionalities expected, or even
- It is supported.
Or if you are and you just need a hardware model to change your mind, here, take mine:
HP pavillon tablet pc tx2505ca
It's 2, maybe 3 years old. Here are some problems I still face today in my still very loved Linux box:
- Input devices sometimes won't work after booting. Shutting down by holding the power button required. /etc/init.d/alsasound restart required.
- Will not wake up after putting to sleep. Shutting down by holding the power button required.
- Sound card may require a restart of ALSA to work after booting. I often call Skype Test Call before calling somebody else to detect this problem.
- Internal webcam may require a restart of the ehci_hcd module to work after being used about 3 times (turned on then off).
- GNOME will freeze if panels are vertically aligned.
- Multi-card reader won't read xD cards.
- APCI doesn't work (and I'm pretty sure the lack of support in this killed my battery).
TFA:
This would appear to include only the cases where
the user is phished (rather than keylogged) or a rogue
employee steals the credentials from A. This appears
a minor reduction of risk for a 3.9x magnication of
password management effort.
Unless the user in question uses facebook. Or rather is a rival of the site he's using.
TFA:
Rule 6 will help only if the attacker waits weeks before
exploiting the password. So this amplies the burden
for little gain. Only if it is changed between the time of
the compromise and the time of the attempted exploit
does Rule 6 help.
IANASE, but last time I checked this rule meant to make it difficult for attackers to have time to brute-force-guessing the password and profit from it. It had nothing to do with the attacker discovering the password then waiting quietly until nobody's looking to profit from it.
In theory, if you change your password often enough before the brute-force being complete, the attacker would have to start all over again.
That said, it's an extremelly difficult rule to enforce/comply, unless you have a wonderful "I forgot my password" system.
Obviously, his manager doesn't read /.
As others pointed out, some articles don't even require much thinking to see their importance. Others, while causing our inner teens to giggle, not only are still science but also have implications in our lives.
"Bizarre", yes. "Absurd"? Not really.
I'm pretty sure I've read this story before. Where was it..? Ah, here it is!
Ah, the memory lane. I went:
(MSX) BASIC -> Assembly -> Pascal -> SH(s) -> C -> C++ -> Java -> Javascript -> C# ...
Yes, good programmers can do any language, but we all have preferences, no? I grew fond of Assembly, shell scripting, C, Java and Javascript.
I could get things done in BASIC out of necessity, since I didn't know better. I would never choose BASIC for anything today.
I was not convinced by C# for two reasons:
1. I couldn't stand Visual Studio
2. I found it utterly annoying to frequently have to call Windows C APIs and translate ins and outs to the C# model to really get things done.
That's why I chose to not use my "remove ads" option in /.
I still use one of those flash-B-gone add-ons and point some of the most annoying ad hosts to 127.0.0.1 in my /etc/hosts, but pssshhh don't tell anyone.
Actually, some even less fortunate people may end up with 4 parents.
The other left!
That's what I get for having a retarded sense of direction... Liberals still seem centerish tho, although I fail to find true right examples in this case, except for the xenophobics and alike, but these seem to be called far-right.
Our holy Wikipedia says this about right-wing:
(...) Conservatives, reactionaries, monarchists, aristocrats and theocrats. The term is also used to describe those who support free market capitalism, and some forms of nationalism.
And it says this about Liberals:
(...) Liberal parties can be center-left, centrist, or center-right depending on their location.
The law applies to both chinese and foreign companies. Good luck anyway!
Outside the Anglo-Saxon world, liberal actually means right-wing.
You sure you've been around? Last time I checked, Liberal meant center with as less state controlled stuff as possible, while right-wing meant a huge paternalist state, that is, communists.
He created the sculpture. I'm pretty sure that it's fair to him to have rights over how images of the sculpture are used. Putting it on a stamp doesn't seem like an adaptation of the work but a direct use for commercial means. Where's the "fair use" issue here?
The Activision that I remember is the one that released River Raid! Now get out of my lawn!!!
...when somebody turns out to be "ultra sensitive" to these kinds of things, it's a near certainty is all cooked up in their brains.
One way or another!
Interesting idea. What if there's a life form that actually goes backwards in time? Their "irreversible processes" would be something.
"Chickens come into existence from corpses. They eat eggs and other strange matters through their bottoms, spitting off corns and always ending up as eggs themselves."
"Corn comes from chickens and other animals' mouth, ending up sucked into the earth by corn-eating vegetables."
And so on...
Obviously, it would be impossible to communicate with these life forms since our learning paths would never match.
You forgot the "oh wait". I mean, who said it isn't? People keep doing that kind of stuff all the time, then crying out their misfortune when mother nature strikes... Except for those that intentionally seek to be struck by lightning so they can become The Flash. But that's Natural Selection on its best : )
The only problem is that while people don't believe Billy is breaking windows so to make him stop, he will continue to break them over and over, at a faster rate than they can be repaired.
It's not that I don't agree with your point, but (unfortunately) the story may not always be the priority in a movie. I do think that Avatar 3D successfully proved that, as the visuals did impress the majority of the people while those who hated it rightfully pointed out the shallowness of the story.
That said, it also hit me hard that he'd say something like "It has to be done all CG because I would not know how to shoot this thing in real." He'd have to hate sci-fi/fantasy to ignore all the successful movies that came out before the CG he's talking about existed. I don't know why, but Star Wars episodes 1 and 4 come to mind right away as a lesson on how the CG not only may not be mandatory (ep. 4) but may even fail to make up for the lacking rest (ep. 1).
Roland Emmerich: 'It has to be done all CG because I would not know how to shoot this thing in real.' (emphasis mine)
Whew, good thing CG has been around since the beginning of moving pictures!.. No, that can't be right. Oh yes! I got it now. There were not sci-fi movies until Star Wars Episode 1 came out!