The movie is twice as long as most movies, therefore theaters can squeeze fewer showings into one day.
Which is why many theaters charged about 15% more for a ticket to Titanic (3+1/4 hr) than they charged for tickets to other movies showing at the same time. It balances out.
Unfortunately, many of the optimization methods used by CPU vendors' compilers are patented with no available royalty-free license, precluding use of the methods in free software.
video games cost $50 or so for a new game, while movies cost a few dollars at the theater
Coin-op video games cost 50c to 1 USD to play. Console video games cost 4 USD to rent. (PC games aren't rented in the USA because of 17 USC 109(b)(1)(A).)
Just because they don't YET have a theme park...
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Because I'll be booking my next vacation to Walt Disney World and not EA world.
GC controllers are HID compliant, and you just buy an adapter for GC -> USB.
A Google search turned up nothing. Actually, it's the Xbox controllers that communicate through USB, and it's a matter of simple wiring to make an adapter, but because they're not HID they need a widely-available driver.
Decrease the TTL of the DNS records during the switchover. If your current TTL is a day, then at least one day earlier, change it to, say, 300 (5 minutes). You'll experience a higher DNS query rate during that time, but probably nothing you can't handle.
Actually, you can reduce the DNS query rate by continuously setting the TTL to about half the time until the switchover. For instance, 24 hours before the switchover, set it to 12 hours. Then keep decreasing the TTL until it's down to about five minutes. This way, you won't get a continuous flood of DNS requests during the day before the switchover.
Give some of their bucks to EFF or EPIC. That doesn't mean "don't go to the movies"... it just means offset your media habit with some donations to the people who fight for you!
That's what I do. I give 65 USD every year to the EFF, and I don't spend any more than that on major-label music or movies.
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Why should they only be able to run the crap (read: microsoft office 2000/xp) prescribed to them by the system admin?
Because they're using a computer owned or leased by the company.
Because they're using bandwidth leased by the company.
Because they're using electricity leased by the company.
If strangers want to be able to download stuff and run it, they can put a computer on their credit card and pay for electricity and dial-up Internet access with their own money.
And do you know what happens to systems that fail in Japan? Oh, you don't know any? How about the Atari Lynx, Atari Jaguar, 3D0, Atari 2600, and TurboGrafix 16? That's right! They go extinct!
You may be right about the Atari products, but AFAIK, the NEC PC Engine (Japanese TG16) was at least as popular in Japan as the Super Famicom (Japanese SNES). The Sega Mega Drive (Japanese Genesis) came in at a distant third in Japan.
Inktomi is the same as it always was
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Since it isn't using its own engine, you should be fine...
Yes it is. What many of us think of as the "HotBot engine" is actually the Inktomi engine, which is still available on HotBot and is in fact the default. (The others are FAST, Teoma, and the yardstick by which all others are measured.)
Misrepresenting your identity in a contract (the ToS, which you agree to by providing your information and submitting the form) may constitute fraud in your jurisdiction.
were there more [CD-R mfrs in Canada] before [CPCC] was implemented 3 years ago? I don't think so.
I'm not claiming that any existing CD-R manufacturers left Canada after the CPCC started. I'm claiming that the presence of CPCC deterred other CD-R manufacturers from setting up plants in Canada.
to even get into perl or GCC right from the strat you need a PC that runs Linux into the command line.
Or a CD that installs ActivePerl and a simple C++ IDE from autorun. Sell those for $9.95 at Wal*Mart in a box marked "make your own video games for your PC!"
but GCC, that is a compiled language and the act of a simple compile while being easy, can be confuing after wards, not to mention haveing to learn all the options and how to link multiple files, how to create a make file, etc.
When I was first starting out on GCC, I used RHIDE. Only later did I learn makefiles. If it was easy enough for me when I was in high school... But then, I was doing Applesoft BASIC + 6502 assembly language when I was in middle school.
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The movie is twice as long as most movies, therefore theaters can squeeze fewer showings into one day.
Which is why many theaters charged about 15% more for a ticket to Titanic (3+1/4 hr) than they charged for tickets to other movies showing at the same time. It balances out.
Unfortunately, many of the optimization methods used by CPU vendors' compilers are patented with no available royalty-free license, precluding use of the methods in free software.
Why did SPEC dudes bother splitting between SPECint and SPECfp after all?
Because encryption and other heavy number theory doesn't use floating-point.
Because analog modeling of physical systems such as circuits doesn't use integers except as loop counters and pointers.
Because floating-point hardware draws a lot of power, forcing makers of handheld devices to omit the FPU.
Wasn't the Bono act a good thing?
No. Retrospective copyright term extensions devalue the public domain.
To keep our kids from accidentally skiing into trees or something?
The contents of the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act had nothing to do with Rep. Bono's cause of death. If you want safety tips for alpine skiing, look here.
Yes, I got the joke, but I didn't find it funny.
video games cost $50 or so for a new game, while movies cost a few dollars at the theater
Coin-op video games cost 50c to 1 USD to play. Console video games cost 4 USD to rent. (PC games aren't rented in the USA because of 17 USC 109(b)(1)(A).)
Because I'll be booking my next vacation to Walt Disney World and not EA world.
Why Walt Disney World and not Time Warner World?
And yes, EA does have a theme park and a theme park. Who knows? Perhaps EA is planning a real (not Sim) theme park.
Even if Disney's Treasure Planet does rake in some dough late into its theatrical release, or if it sells exceptionally well on DVD and VHS, DisneyCo is in danger of losing two of its cash cows: the copyright on Mickey Mouse (© 1928 Disney) and the USA copyright on Winnie the Pooh (© 1925 Milne, licensed exclusively to Disney).
While you're waiting for the Supreme Court to decide on whether or not to free the mouse, you can civil disobey right now.
Or Disney's Pinocchio 2.0: Let's See How Bad We Can Screw Up The Plot And/Or Theme Of The Story This Time.
(Interesting tidbit: In the ending of The Adventures of Pinocchio, a novel by Carlo Collodi, it isn't 100% clear that the whole story isn't all a dream, just like that season of TV's "Dallas".)
As far as I know, American McGee's Alice is the closest that EA has come to playing around with classic tales.
Electronic Arts won't be the next DisneyCo until EA starts lobbying to the United States Congress for copyright laws that further restrict consumers and other authors and publishers. Look how much money DisneyCo contributed to get the Bono Act passed in a desperate attempt to keep Mickey Mouse locked up.
GC controllers are HID compliant, and you just buy an adapter for GC -> USB.
A Google search turned up nothing. Actually, it's the Xbox controllers that communicate through USB, and it's a matter of simple wiring to make an adapter, but because they're not HID they need a widely-available driver.
Decrease the TTL of the DNS records during the switchover. If your current TTL is a day, then at least one day earlier, change it to, say, 300 (5 minutes). You'll experience a higher DNS query rate during that time, but probably nothing you can't handle.
Actually, you can reduce the DNS query rate by continuously setting the TTL to about half the time until the switchover. For instance, 24 hours before the switchover, set it to 12 hours. Then keep decreasing the TTL until it's down to about five minutes. This way, you won't get a continuous flood of DNS requests during the day before the switchover.
Jill Taylor, a director of engineering, said Home Depot considered Linux but settled on the "more mainstream" Windows operating system.
The wife of the Tool Man on TV's "Home Improvement", as portrayed by Patricia Richardson? Probably not.
My only dependency to Windows is a GPL liscensed app. VirtualDub. There isn't a free (as in beer and speech) comparable app on any operating system.
VirtualDub sort of works in Wine.
Give some of their bucks to EFF or EPIC. That doesn't mean "don't go to the movies"... it just means offset your media habit with some donations to the people who fight for you!
That's what I do. I give 65 USD every year to the EFF, and I don't spend any more than that on major-label music or movies.
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The DeCSS case is happening in Norway
The DeCSS case against Jon Johansen is happening in Norway. The DeCSS case against 2600, on the other hand, happened in the United States.
(this comment represents the views of the bean counters)
Why should they only be able to run the crap (read: microsoft office 2000/xp) prescribed to them by the system admin?
Because they're using a computer owned or leased by the company.
Because they're using bandwidth leased by the company.
Because they're using electricity leased by the company.
If strangers want to be able to download stuff and run it, they can put a computer on their credit card and pay for electricity and dial-up Internet access with their own money.
They are a media conglomerate, but they are about as non-evil as they get.
Time Warner was one of the biggest backers of the DMCA.
And do you know what happens to systems that fail in Japan? Oh, you don't know any? How about the Atari Lynx, Atari Jaguar, 3D0, Atari 2600, and TurboGrafix 16? That's right! They go extinct!
You may be right about the Atari products, but AFAIK, the NEC PC Engine (Japanese TG16) was at least as popular in Japan as the Super Famicom (Japanese SNES). The Sega Mega Drive (Japanese Genesis) came in at a distant third in Japan.
Since it isn't using its own engine, you should be fine...
Yes it is. What many of us think of as the "HotBot engine" is actually the Inktomi engine, which is still available on HotBot and is in fact the default. (The others are FAST, Teoma, and the yardstick by which all others are measured.)
Yeah, but there is a difference between booting into BASIC and having BASIC somewhere available in the bowels of the system.
So what do you suggest to make programming more accessible to kids? Replace Windows with a BASIC shell on all new PCs?
Boot up a C64, and you're told you're in a BASIC interpreter
How do you suggest creating an analogous environment for users of modern PCs without alienating those who do not want to mess with the BASIC language?
deluging the registration system with random strings (which presumably also don't represent your real info) every time you read an article
That would be fraud or theft of service as well.
Type in fake info if you want.
Misrepresenting your identity in a contract (the ToS, which you agree to by providing your information and submitting the form) may constitute fraud in your jurisdiction.
were there more [CD-R mfrs in Canada] before [CPCC] was implemented 3 years ago? I don't think so.
I'm not claiming that any existing CD-R manufacturers left Canada after the CPCC started. I'm claiming that the presence of CPCC deterred other CD-R manufacturers from setting up plants in Canada.
to even get into perl or GCC right from the strat you need a PC that runs Linux into the command line.
Or a CD that installs ActivePerl and a simple C++ IDE from autorun. Sell those for $9.95 at Wal*Mart in a box marked "make your own video games for your PC!"
but GCC, that is a compiled language and the act of a simple compile while being easy, can be confuing after wards, not to mention haveing to learn all the options and how to link multiple files, how to create a make file, etc.
When I was first starting out on GCC, I used RHIDE. Only later did I learn makefiles. If it was easy enough for me when I was in high school... But then, I was doing Applesoft BASIC + 6502 assembly language when I was in middle school.
frankly, I think python is the new basic
Tell me about it.