Don't underestimate the power of Photoshop's scripting. I also do some work for a photographer and between actions and photoshop scripts, just about everything except some of the actual art is automated.
Allegedly the current chip that's now being used for all ipods is capable of playing MPEG4 video. Will we see video support being released as a firmware upgrade or as a whole new ipod? I want to say new ipod but I really don't know if I'd be suprised if apple released it as a firmware upgrade.
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not much human work is needed to insert an entry in a DB if you use a web interface to manage your domain.
Plenty of human work is required to manage the servers, etc.
What about the web hosting companies who also have similar costs + far greater bandwidth costs / consumer + far greater disk space / consumer ?
er, I'm not sure what you're getting at here- webhosting companies also charge money for their services. So does my ISP.
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Otherwise there is an infinite number of them. Do the math !
A domain name can be only 63 chars long (I'm pretty sure), so that isn't true. But even if it could be any length, the number of domains that are (a) Meaningful and (b) Concise are limited.
I also think that you are underestimating the cost of running the DNS system. Sure, it's a line in a database; but the number of people and systems that go into making it possible for the line to go into the database and then be read again later are innumerable. Unless you are suggesting that these people do it for free?
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If domains were just free to anyone who asked, there wouldn't be any left. If anything, the price is too low.
Same setup, except it's a party in a tiny, isolated island village with a newcomer who learns that the villagers have numbered their jokes. Guy yells out "38!", everyone laughs. Some woman yells out "19!" and everyone chortles. The new guy stands up and says "82!" and is greeted with silence. A man in the back clears his throat and a few people avert their gaze to random air molocules. Finally an older man stands up and leads the new guy off, saying "Good grief man, there are LADIES present!"
I totally agree with you. It's not like the people downloading movies are ignorant of the penalty for doing so- they're just hoping they don't get caught. If their gamble doesn't pay off, it's their own fault.
If you think the BBC series "simply rocks", you are delusional, plain and simple. I love the series, but I'm not going to lie to myself- the BBC series was painful to watch.
Loads fine for me. I find that slashbots tend to overestimate their own power... I don't think that the combined force of every slashdot user in the world could take out a website that isn't run on a DSL line from someone's mother's basement.
(And if you have any idea what a flying whale has to do with anything, let us know. A guess even...)
These guys are pretty retarded though, since they could easily find out what the sperm whale has to do with anything if they read the book- or, you know, listened to the narration of the clip.
I'm sure it isn't as good as the books were, but either way I'm going to see it. I'll be there opening day, even if everyone in the world tells me it sucks. Why? Because even if it shits on DNA's grave, it's still the Hitchhiker's Guide Movie, damn it, and I'm a Hitchhiker's Guide fan.
My favorite part of the awards was when they awarded Game Of The Year Grand Theft Auto 2. That's right, GTA2, an 8 year old PS1 game.
"What? Games existed before the PS2?"
For some reason they had Samuel L. Jackson accepting the award, rather than someone who actually worked on the game. A VOICE ACTOR accepted the award for the game. That would be analogous to awarding an oscar to the assitant best boy of a movie.
I can't wait until embedded device designers take a cue from web designers and start using Flash for navigation and suddenly a simple thing like "adjusting the contrast on my monitor" takes 10 minutes.
I think that this article refers to things in the movie itself, such as the famous "stormtrooper gets hit in the head" scene; or Luke (allegedly) shouting "Carrie" rather than "Leia".
I can't tell you how many times I've wished for a place where the meals were prepared for me, could play video games, and not have any responsibilities to worry about (like work).
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Don't underestimate the power of Photoshop's scripting. I also do some work for a photographer and between actions and photoshop scripts, just about everything except some of the actual art is automated.
Allegedly the current chip that's now being used for all ipods is capable of playing MPEG4 video. Will we see video support being released as a firmware upgrade or as a whole new ipod? I want to say new ipod but I really don't know if I'd be suprised if apple released it as a firmware upgrade.
Plenty of human work is required to manage the servers, etc.
er, I'm not sure what you're getting at here- webhosting companies also charge money for their services. So does my ISP.
A domain name can be only 63 chars long (I'm pretty sure), so that isn't true. But even if it could be any length, the number of domains that are (a) Meaningful and (b) Concise are limited.
I also think that you are underestimating the cost of running the DNS system. Sure, it's a line in a database; but the number of people and systems that go into making it possible for the line to go into the database and then be read again later are innumerable. Unless you are suggesting that these people do it for free?
If domains were just free to anyone who asked, there wouldn't be any left. If anything, the price is too low.
Another variation:
Same setup, except it's a party in a tiny, isolated island village with a newcomer who learns that the villagers have numbered their jokes. Guy yells out "38!", everyone laughs. Some woman yells out "19!" and everyone chortles. The new guy stands up and says "82!" and is greeted with silence. A man in the back clears his throat and a few people avert their gaze to random air molocules. Finally an older man stands up and leads the new guy off, saying "Good grief man, there are LADIES present!"
this is the only funny comment in the whole article
I totally agree with you. It's not like the people downloading movies are ignorant of the penalty for doing so- they're just hoping they don't get caught. If their gamble doesn't pay off, it's their own fault.
I don't think they'd accomplish anything by strapping a giant copper tube to some chick.
I'll give you a dollar not to post.
If you think the BBC series "simply rocks", you are delusional, plain and simple. I love the series, but I'm not going to lie to myself- the BBC series was painful to watch.
(And if you have any idea what a flying whale has to do with anything, let us know. A guess even...)
These guys are pretty retarded though, since they could easily find out what the sperm whale has to do with anything if they read the book- or, you know, listened to the narration of the clip.
I'm sure it isn't as good as the books were, but either way I'm going to see it. I'll be there opening day, even if everyone in the world tells me it sucks. Why? Because even if it shits on DNA's grave, it's still the Hitchhiker's Guide Movie, damn it, and I'm a Hitchhiker's Guide fan.
"What? Games existed before the PS2?"
For some reason they had Samuel L. Jackson accepting the award, rather than someone who actually worked on the game. A VOICE ACTOR accepted the award for the game. That would be analogous to awarding an oscar to the assitant best boy of a movie.
that didn't happen
I can't wait until embedded device designers take a cue from web designers and start using Flash for navigation and suddenly a simple thing like "adjusting the contrast on my monitor" takes 10 minutes.
I think that this article refers to things in the movie itself, such as the famous "stormtrooper gets hit in the head" scene; or Luke (allegedly) shouting "Carrie" rather than "Leia".
You're thinking of College.
Uh, the reason you never heard about it is because it wasn't a widespread problem. If it's still under warrenty call them up and have them fix it.
posted here yesterday.
They've DONE time travel, and if you ask me, they did it well.
they lost a bunch of the marbles over the side of the boat... so they're each going to be a few inches shorter.
John and Aeryn are melted into a billion M&Ms. How are they going to get around that? And I'm hoping it's not just "All a dream!"
Read the article, there's no X-box involved.
Ever think about just not buying that one game rather than give up on the whole concept of "Nintendo"?