There are lots of classes that require essays or projects where it is essentially a giant waste of the students time. This includes doing videos and presentations for almost any course (a really well taught audio production course wanted every student to do a video essentially repeating a subset of the same material he just did.
Same here. When I realised we were expected to do a video presentation, my only reaction was What the fuck???. I still can't understand the purpose of this.
On the other side, the course was very good, and the prof. pretty easy to follow.
So, if market domination is based on creating a product with more convenience to the consumer, the e-book just does not have what it takes to supplant the printed book.
For me, at least, going on vacation with an e-reader loaded with a few hundred books is more convenient than carrying a trunk full of them.
YMMV
They might have beaten HD DVD but they haven't beaten the biggest contender.. DVD.
I see this idea here all the time. Haven't you guys realized that Sony couldn't think of killing DVD until AFTER HD-DVD was dead? Blu Ray adoption will happen at a leisurely pace, mimicking the rate of TV replacement, but will happen all the same. Five to eight years, depending on the duration of the coming recesssion.
I just meant she's not going to die in 4 years like the other replicants, a limited lifespan.
The point is that she doesn't know. And he doesn't, either. But then again, who does?
You mean the wimpy version of the much better line "It's a shame she won't live. But then again, who does?" -- containing both the meaning of the voiceover line, and the observation that the one thing we do know is that death comes for us all.
No, I mean the line containing the much more subtle observation that, while we all know we're eventually going to die, we don't know when. And the fact that we don't know if Rachel's limited to 4 years or not, makes her as human as we are. Because the whole movie is just a meditation over what is it that makes us human, and finds not a clear line, but a very wide gray zone.
I was PRAYING that they at least added the original finale, with the "best line that most people have ever heard in a movie..." "We didn't know how long we had... who does?
You may be a Sci-Fi nut but I am pretty certain the Film Noir genre has to appeal to you a great deal too in order to enjoy this (assuming it doesn't already).
Well, at least!
I've read till now wondering how it is nobody points out that BR is a noir in a SF background. Sam Spade in the future.
But then again, the same people who made the decision to add the voice over were the same ones who decided to shoe horn in a deus ex machina happy ending (Surprise! Rachel is special and won't die! And what do you mean, "what about Decker"?) because they didn't think the audience could handle the protagonists getting away, but still being subject to a shortened lifespan.
Sorry, but I think you're missing the point: Rachel's different, and may or may not die at a certain date. The best she can hope for, is not knowing when. Just like us. As in the last words of the wonderful voice-over: "But then again, who knows". Which is the point of the whole movie.
I saw the theater version on opening day, and the director's cut. Whoever did add the voice-over had a better sense of style than Ridley Scott. It's a noir detective story, by God! Like Bogart's.
Maybe old farts like me should create a "Friends of the Theatrical Version Club".
People who read a lot of books LIKE having huge bookshelves to impress people on how many books they have. "Yes, as a matter of fact, I DO read more than thou, hence, I am more intelligent. Bow down and kiss my ring!"
Hey! That's me! Do you have a spy-cam in my house?
But, being out of walls, I'm looking for a good e-book reader. And not, tiny screens don't cut it. Come back when you're at the very least 8 inch diag.
The "e" part only takes out one tiny slice of the cost...the actual printing...which is pretty small over a large enough production. You are still paying an author, a publisher, a retailer, and all the associated employees in getting the book from draft to print and all the marketing in between.
Dude, you're so wrong it's funny.
I would lay out real world costs to you, but since you had to act smug and send the other guy (who is at least in the ballpark) to economics class, I'll just suggest do a little research into the publishing/bookselling business. You'll be surprised.
And your problem is? If it's more expensive and inferior then it'll be unsuccessful.
It looks as if you haven't had to sell to governments. I did, and believe me, the ONLY consideration is the size of the bribe.
On the other side, this is when Negroponte's misguided policy of not selling them to the general public comes around and bites him in the ass. I can only hope it changes it.
There ain't squat in one hardware wise. No wireless (eats battery like crazy) and two SD slots (for easy copy action!) along with the ability to read PDF files.
So far, so good. But...
But first e-paper tech needs to finish developing. Current incarnations lack the resolution of a cheap laser printer, to say nothing of commercial printing and the screen refresh speeds blow goats. And color would really be helpful along with a touchscreen UI.
And a cure for cancer too?
Seriously, what's so wrong with a simple cheap device for reading TXT and PDF files, with (hopefully) a larger screen, some memory and an USB connection? With no DRM, and less than $100.
Unless I'm very, very wrong, it would sell like hotcakes.
Color would be nice, but it's hardly a deal breaker. I own 4000+ physical books, of which maybe 1% are not B&W. Also, laser writer resolution would be great, but not indispensable. As long as the text is readable, I can live without.
So, why don't we spec a basic reader, pray for somebody to actually built it, and add the bells and whistles afterwards?
The whole purpose of the ebook is to be the size of a paperback, which ISNT 8.5x11....If you had one that big then it wouldn't be nearly as portable, or convenient for reading on places like trains buses etc.
Do you realize that 8.5x11 is the size of almost every magazine? I guess nobody reads them in trains, buses,etc.
If your company develops software for Windows OS that will be made available to the public, you need Windows Vista in order to test your product software for compatibility. If your company publishes reviews of proprietary works such as video games designed for Windows Vista, you need Windows Vista to run these works.
Well, that leaves open just 99.99% of bussines, which do neither of the above.
Try going with his outfit - barefoot - to a restaurant somewhere (never mind a respected academic institution to give a speech). See if they let you in through the door.
As far as I know he indeed went to an "respected academic institution" and actually gave a speech. What was your point again? That he's worth listening at and you're not?
Indeed, and there's also "eager to please" and "insecure". Just a matter of nuance.
But back to RMS... By his dress code he establishes a hyerarchical relationship with his audience. He's telling them who's top dog. It's a very old trick, but deliberate and effective. And, like his writing, wonderfully succint.
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I had (three), and I did make them (unfunny, insensitive comments) all the time. Puts things in perspective.
Same here. When I realised we were expected to do a video presentation, my only reaction was What the fuck???. I still can't understand the purpose of this.
On the other side, the course was very good, and the prof. pretty easy to follow.
Actually, 1984 never was. It was a very thinly disguised indictment of Stalinist URSS. And written in 1948. You can't be more transparent than that.
For me, at least, going on vacation with an e-reader loaded with a few hundred books is more convenient than carrying a trunk full of them. YMMV
Bang!
You asked for it...
I see this idea here all the time. Haven't you guys realized that Sony couldn't think of killing DVD until AFTER HD-DVD was dead?
Blu Ray adoption will happen at a leisurely pace, mimicking the rate of TV replacement, but will happen all the same. Five to eight years, depending on the duration of the coming recesssion.
Cheers,
CC
Nope.
The point is that she doesn't know. And he doesn't, either. But then again, who does?
No, I mean the line containing the much more subtle observation that, while we all know we're eventually going to die, we don't know when. And the fact that we don't know if Rachel's limited to 4 years or not, makes her as human as we are.
Because the whole movie is just a meditation over what is it that makes us human, and finds not a clear line, but a very wide gray zone.
Cheers,
CC
Yes, just not as good.
That makes us at least two.
Cheers,
CC
Well, at least!
I've read till now wondering how it is nobody points out that BR is a noir in a SF background. Sam Spade in the future.
Cheers,
CC
Sorry, but I think you're missing the point: Rachel's different, and may or may not die at a certain date.
The best she can hope for, is not knowing when. Just like us. As in the last words of the wonderful voice-over: "But then again, who knows". Which is the point of the whole movie.
I saw the theater version on opening day, and the director's cut. Whoever did add the voice-over had a better sense of style than Ridley Scott. It's a noir detective story, by God! Like Bogart's.
Maybe old farts like me should create a "Friends of the Theatrical Version Club".
Cheers,
CC
Hey! That's me!
Do you have a spy-cam in my house?
But, being out of walls, I'm looking for a good e-book reader.
And not, tiny screens don't cut it. Come back when you're at the very least 8 inch diag.
Cheers,
CC
Dude, you're so wrong it's funny.
I would lay out real world costs to you, but since you had to act smug and send the other guy (who is at least in the ballpark) to economics class, I'll just suggest do a little research into the publishing/bookselling business. You'll be surprised.
Cheers,
CC
No, Al-Queda and the insurgents will get... Vista laptops!.
See? Pure genius. Worse than Abu Ghraib, I guess...
It looks as if you haven't had to sell to governments. I did, and believe me, the ONLY consideration is the size of the bribe.
On the other side, this is when Negroponte's misguided policy of not selling them to the general public comes around and bites him in the ass. I can only hope it changes it.
Cheers,
CC
This is not competition, is dumping, and its ONLY purpose is smothering the OLPC project in the crib.
Just pure, unadultered evil. Microsoft's role is par for the course, but Intel's... Shame on them.
Cheers?
CC
Agreed.
So far, so good. But...
And a cure for cancer too?
Seriously, what's so wrong with a simple cheap device for reading TXT and PDF files, with (hopefully) a larger screen, some memory and an USB connection?
With no DRM, and less than $100.
Unless I'm very, very wrong, it would sell like hotcakes.
Color would be nice, but it's hardly a deal breaker. I own 4000+ physical books, of which maybe 1% are not B&W.
Also, laser writer resolution would be great, but not indispensable. As long as the text is readable, I can live without.
So, why don't we spec a basic reader, pray for somebody to actually built it, and add the bells and whistles afterwards?
Cheers,
CC
The books, maybe.
On the other side, the bookz...
Cheers,
CC
Do you realize that 8.5x11 is the size of almost every magazine?
I guess nobody reads them in trains, buses,etc.
Cheers,
CC
Well, that leaves open just 99.99% of bussines, which do neither of the above.
Cheers,
CC
As far as I know he indeed went to an "respected academic institution" and actually gave a speech. What was your point again? That he's worth listening at and you're not?
Cheers,
CC
Indeed, and there's also "eager to please" and "insecure". Just a matter of nuance.
But back to RMS... By his dress code he establishes a hyerarchical relationship with his audience. He's telling them who's top dog.
It's a very old trick, but deliberate and effective. And, like his writing, wonderfully succint.
Cheers,
CC
No.