DVD stands for "Digital Versatile Disc." In it's infancy it was known as a Digital Video Disc, but everyone wanted the format for their own purposes, so the "V" was changed to Versatile. Now you can have video, audio, data, etc. all on one format and not have a contradictory name.
Say what you will about copyright, but in this case I think it's on the side of right.
Most of the companies that do this sort of thing are essentially selling edited versions of copyrighted works. That is clearly prohibited by copyright law, and it most certainly does not fall under fair use.
The way these services have worked in the past is a person buys a videotape, then sends it to the service for editing. The service edits the video, essentially copying it in the process. Then they return the two videos back to the original purchaser for a fee. Essentially the original purchaser has bought another copy of the movie from a third party that spent no overhead obtaining the original in the first place. To me this is a clear violation of copyright and is dangerously close to pirating.
But that's just my opinion, I could be wrong. Damn I'm gonna miss that show.
Good spelling and grammar should be a mandatory requirement for all posts to any website. I can't believe Hemos didn't catch that. No, wait, yes I can.
Actually, I believe PC Gamer gave it the top spot just a couple of years ago. I honestly wouldn't be surprised if it still held that spot today.
Rogue Squadron: Rogue Leader is pretty damn fantastic too. The visuals are amazing, and let's not discount the mission in which you actually fly *into* the second Death Star. Wow. And of course there's the complete Battle of Hoth, and the Battle of Endor, and you get to steal a TIE Fighter, and fly around in Cloud City...I could obviously go on and on.
But TIE Fighter is still better b/c you could become one of the Emporer's elite fighter squad by listening to the shady guy in the corner...now *that* was cool.
Or you could go see it right now playing as an actual *trailer* on FotR. This has been playing for maybe two months on FotR in the second-run theaters.
There may be some small differences, but they look pretty much the same to me.
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I just wanted to clarify the "round-to-even." I've not heard it called this, but I learned the method in 10-grade science.
When rounding large collections of numbers, the standard when encountering a 5 is to look at the digit to the left of the 5 (this is the place you're rounding to). If that digit is even, leave it alone. If that digit is odd, round it up. Assuming an equal distribution of even and odd numbers in that place (which you can usually safely assume), you even up with a more accurate set of data.
Amen. Free broadcast TV. The airwaves belong to the people. They do not belong to the braodcasters. If they can make money from their use of them, then so be it. If they can't, then too bad.
Legislation to ensure their profits from the airwaves goes against everything the FCC stands for.
I saw Ep 2 in DLP this past weekend. I recommend it if you can find it near you. I actually drove three hours to see it and it was worth every drop of gas.
Digital exhibition is truly the future of motion pictures. You will love it...so clear, so crisp, so vibrant, and no scratches, jitter, or that irritating projector noise.
The "true fans." This is the problem with the movie industry. Everyone is so busy catering to the "true fans" that people forget about making good films. "Oooo, the Tolkien fans won't like it if we take something out of the book." "Oooo, the Star Wars fans won't like it if we put Jar Jar in the next movie."
The fans' opinion does not matter. If you are truly concerned with artists making good films, then quit expecting them to cater to your every whim. It is not your film. Even if you have every single Star Wars figure, book, bedspread, drinking glass, etc., you still have no say in what an artist puts into his art. You don't hear art collectors saying "I like Starry Night, but I wish Van Gogh had put some more red in it. He owed it to us to paint a picture that we'd like."
If you don't like what the artist has to say, how his story is told, or what accent his characters speak with then don't buy his work. No one is forcing you.
The movies are the sole intellectual property of GEORGE LUCAS. They do not belong to you. They do not belong to the fans. They do not belong to the merchandisers. They belong to LucasFilm, which in turn belongs to George Lucas.
These six movies are a saga. They tell a long, complex story with lots of twists and turns. When Lucas comes up with what he thinks is a good idea, he puts it in the mix. If he has to change a couple of things around to fit it in, he does. Big deal. It's not like he's going to change his mind on Darth Vader being Luke's father.
He can do whatever he wants with his movies, and personally I think he's doing a fantastic job. All six movies will fit together as a cohesive whole when it's all said and done.
This ain't Shakespeare, folks. Even Tolkien went back and corrected some continuity problems after LotR was published. So get over it.
When I say they got the hardware right, I mean games-wise. DVD allows for more data, and the audio player was really meant as an add-on, for games like Amped. You won't see audio- and videophiles buying X-Boxes for the DVD player and jukebox, but they're nice additions, especially for college students.
It's awfully nice to use that HDTV and digital surround sound system of mine to play games. Much better than a 17-inch monitor.:)
The one thing you can say about the X-Box, and I don't think there's any denying this, is that they did the hardware right. 8 gig hard drive, Dolby Digital sound, HDTV compatibility, broadband network port, DVD and audio jukebox out of the box.
I'll be the first in line to bash them if they get something wrong with their OS and Office software, but MS can actually do things right. I use MS Office on my Mac and I couldn't be happier with it. It is a wonderful product, leaps and bounds above the PC version.
MS is actually doing something right this time, so don't lump the X-Box strategy in with their OS strategy and bad-mouth them accordingly. If they can get the online console gaming thing right, they deserve to be in the living room. No one has been able to do it right, so let's hope they can pull it off. If will be masterful if it happens according to plan.
Let's not forget that Nintendo is also quite good at making GAMES, which is the whole point of this business. Who cares which hardware is better, which system has the best GAMES?
M$: Halo. I dare you to pick another exclusive X-Box must-have currently on the shelf.
Sony: GTA3, Maximo (maybe), Metal Gear Solid 2. I'm not much of a PS fan, so it's hard to say what's good out there right now.
Nintendo: Star Wars: Rogue Leader, Wave Race, and let's not discount Mario, Zelda, and Metroid which are all on the schedule. Of course there's also Pokemon (for the kiddies), the Sega exclusives (ie: Sonic), and then the Rare games...I could go on and on.
You get the point. Nintendo is never going to lose. They have a core market which will keep them in business for a long time. Not to mention the European launch: 400,000 units sold through in 3 weeks. Wow.
I question the credibility of that article/interview with McCallum. It's poorly written, has bad grammar and incorrect punctuation. In it McCallum states that N-Sync are not in the film, when Lance (the guy with the goatee?) can clearly be seen throwing lightsabers to Anakin and Obi-Wan in the arena scene.
I know that EA is far less dependant on Microsoft than most software companies, which perhaps explains the move, but given the current wave of shedding light on Microsoft's practices, it seems that it is a good method to avoid Microsoft retaliating, since Microsoft has had an enormous amount of bad press lately, is publicity shy when it comes to having it's dealings exposed and knows full well that negative news events like this *do* affect both other game developers who feel strengthened in their dealings with MS and the general public who normally doesn't care much whether Microsoft is a monopoly or not but defintely does react when seeing negative news about a company in the mainstream media (i.e."I don't think I'll go for an XBox, no one makes games for it" sort of thing).
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DVD stands for "Digital Versatile Disc." In it's infancy it was known as a Digital Video Disc, but everyone wanted the format for their own purposes, so the "V" was changed to Versatile. Now you can have video, audio, data, etc. all on one format and not have a contradictory name.
Say what you will about copyright, but in this case I think it's on the side of right.
Most of the companies that do this sort of thing are essentially selling edited versions of copyrighted works. That is clearly prohibited by copyright law, and it most certainly does not fall under fair use.
The way these services have worked in the past is a person buys a videotape, then sends it to the service for editing. The service edits the video, essentially copying it in the process. Then they return the two videos back to the original purchaser for a fee. Essentially the original purchaser has bought another copy of the movie from a third party that spent no overhead obtaining the original in the first place. To me this is a clear violation of copyright and is dangerously close to pirating.
But that's just my opinion, I could be wrong. Damn I'm gonna miss that show.
That is, bar none, the best .sig ever in the history of .sigs. Damn. I might have to steal that.
They also use Tandy Model 100s.
You could probably play Space Invaders. Maybe Zork.
Good spelling and grammar should be a mandatory requirement for all posts to any website. I can't believe Hemos didn't catch that. No, wait, yes I can.
Maybe Dopey just couldn't grow facial hair.
Actually it's more like 151% faster performance.
2.51 is 251% of 1. 1 + 1.51 (which is 151% of 1) = 2.51. Here endeth the lesson.
You could on the other hand say, "2.5 times faster than the nVidia card."
Actually, I believe PC Gamer gave it the top spot just a couple of years ago. I honestly wouldn't be surprised if it still held that spot today.
Rogue Squadron: Rogue Leader is pretty damn fantastic too. The visuals are amazing, and let's not discount the mission in which you actually fly *into* the second Death Star. Wow. And of course there's the complete Battle of Hoth, and the Battle of Endor, and you get to steal a TIE Fighter, and fly around in Cloud City...I could obviously go on and on.
But TIE Fighter is still better b/c you could become one of the Emporer's elite fighter squad by listening to the shady guy in the corner...now *that* was cool.
Or you could go see it right now playing as an actual *trailer* on FotR. This has been playing for maybe two months on FotR in the second-run theaters.
There may be some small differences, but they look pretty much the same to me.
I just wanted to clarify the "round-to-even." I've not heard it called this, but I learned the method in 10-grade science.
When rounding large collections of numbers, the standard when encountering a 5 is to look at the digit to the left of the 5 (this is the place you're rounding to). If that digit is even, leave it alone. If that digit is odd, round it up. Assuming an equal distribution of even and odd numbers in that place (which you can usually safely assume), you even up with a more accurate set of data.
Except the line was, "Bounty hunters? We don't need their scum."
"You Rebel scum" was a line from Return of the Jedi, where Han, Leia, and Co. got caught infiltrating the shield bunker.
Yes, I am a Star Wars geek. (for Triumph to poop on)
"Irregardless" is not a word. You're looking for "regardless."
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Or maybe you were trying to sound like Paulie Walnuts from The Sopranos...
Amen. Free broadcast TV. The airwaves belong to the people. They do not belong to the braodcasters. If they can make money from their use of them, then so be it. If they can't, then too bad.
Legislation to ensure their profits from the airwaves goes against everything the FCC stands for.
...no, I won't go there, b/c that's not funny anymore.
I'd like to see him patent this. Now *that* would be funny.
Please tell me that no one that is posting in this discussion takes this as a serious piece of software.
...would be a colorless, odorless, noiseless roommate.
I saw Ep 2 in DLP this past weekend. I recommend it if you can find it near you. I actually drove three hours to see it and it was worth every drop of gas.
Digital exhibition is truly the future of motion pictures. You will love it...so clear, so crisp, so vibrant, and no scratches, jitter, or that irritating projector noise.
He owes you a good movie? Listen to yourself.
The "true fans." This is the problem with the movie industry. Everyone is so busy catering to the "true fans" that people forget about making good films. "Oooo, the Tolkien fans won't like it if we take something out of the book." "Oooo, the Star Wars fans won't like it if we put Jar Jar in the next movie."
The fans' opinion does not matter. If you are truly concerned with artists making good films, then quit expecting them to cater to your every whim. It is not your film. Even if you have every single Star Wars figure, book, bedspread, drinking glass, etc., you still have no say in what an artist puts into his art. You don't hear art collectors saying "I like Starry Night, but I wish Van Gogh had put some more red in it. He owed it to us to paint a picture that we'd like."
If you don't like what the artist has to say, how his story is told, or what accent his characters speak with then don't buy his work. No one is forcing you.
You are truly the epitomy of a consumer.
The movies are the sole intellectual property of GEORGE LUCAS. They do not belong to you. They do not belong to the fans. They do not belong to the merchandisers. They belong to LucasFilm, which in turn belongs to George Lucas.
These six movies are a saga. They tell a long, complex story with lots of twists and turns. When Lucas comes up with what he thinks is a good idea, he puts it in the mix. If he has to change a couple of things around to fit it in, he does. Big deal. It's not like he's going to change his mind on Darth Vader being Luke's father.
He can do whatever he wants with his movies, and personally I think he's doing a fantastic job. All six movies will fit together as a cohesive whole when it's all said and done.
This ain't Shakespeare, folks. Even Tolkien went back and corrected some continuity problems after LotR was published. So get over it.
When I say they got the hardware right, I mean games-wise. DVD allows for more data, and the audio player was really meant as an add-on, for games like Amped. You won't see audio- and videophiles buying X-Boxes for the DVD player and jukebox, but they're nice additions, especially for college students.
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It's awfully nice to use that HDTV and digital surround sound system of mine to play games. Much better than a 17-inch monitor.
The one thing you can say about the X-Box, and I don't think there's any denying this, is that they did the hardware right. 8 gig hard drive, Dolby Digital sound, HDTV compatibility, broadband network port, DVD and audio jukebox out of the box.
I'll be the first in line to bash them if they get something wrong with their OS and Office software, but MS can actually do things right. I use MS Office on my Mac and I couldn't be happier with it. It is a wonderful product, leaps and bounds above the PC version.
MS is actually doing something right this time, so don't lump the X-Box strategy in with their OS strategy and bad-mouth them accordingly. If they can get the online console gaming thing right, they deserve to be in the living room. No one has been able to do it right, so let's hope they can pull it off. If will be masterful if it happens according to plan.
Pikmin was released on the same day as the GameCube. What are you waiting for? :)
Let's not forget that Nintendo is also quite good at making GAMES, which is the whole point of this business. Who cares which hardware is better, which system has the best GAMES?
M$: Halo. I dare you to pick another exclusive X-Box must-have currently on the shelf.
Sony: GTA3, Maximo (maybe), Metal Gear Solid 2. I'm not much of a PS fan, so it's hard to say what's good out there right now.
Nintendo: Star Wars: Rogue Leader, Wave Race, and let's not discount Mario, Zelda, and Metroid which are all on the schedule. Of course there's also Pokemon (for the kiddies), the Sega exclusives (ie: Sonic), and then the Rare games...I could go on and on.
You get the point. Nintendo is never going to lose. They have a core market which will keep them in business for a long time. Not to mention the European launch: 400,000 units sold through in 3 weeks. Wow.
I question the credibility of that article/interview with McCallum. It's poorly written, has bad grammar and incorrect punctuation. In it McCallum states that N-Sync are not in the film, when Lance (the guy with the goatee?) can clearly be seen throwing lightsabers to Anakin and Obi-Wan in the arena scene.
Periods. Learn about them.
You'd think that working at MIT he could afford a better wig.