There are different kinds of parks....the parks that are complaining about this are not municipal mowed-lawn parks with basketball and volleyball courts....it is parks that are designed to preserve the native environment and have little more than a parkinglot near the entrance and foot trails.
There was a nice long piece on NPR about 2 months ago on this.
True story: A geocacher decided to bury the cache 5' down in a state park....and ended up putting it in the middle of an archelogically sensitive area.
Now, another thing....trails are usually constructed...not just worn out...there is a lot of work (mostly physical) that goes into making a trail properly so that it is easy to use and to minimize environmental effects such as erosion. Moving them once a year isn't sufficient...putting them near a path would result in the path being expanded in the area and causing more erosion.
And sure, geocaches are normally obviously not just trash...but to the guy who doesn't care about geocaching and just wants to go hiking in the wilderness, escaping from the man-made world, seeing an ammobox sitting the crotch of a tree is going to be considered trash and an outrage, whether put there intentionally or not.
DVD-R seem to be the most widely playable...and Apple's DVD-R media seems to be the most reliable (and very reasonably priced) from my extensive testing at work. We ended up purchasing the Sony DVD-R/RW+R/RW drive to ensure maximum compatiblity.
Haven't they figured out yet that the people that download this crap will NEVER EVER actually buy the DVD release. I beg to differ. I downloaded Fight Club off of some file sharing network a couple years ago. I heard it was good from a friend, but never got around to watching it. I was extremely impressed, so I bought it later that week. The same thing happened with Donnie Darko. There's something just *good* about owning a movie you know is good.
Actually, you just partially proved his point....people who download the "crap" will never buy the DVD. However, if people download good stuff, there is a likelyhood of them buying the DVD.
It is not USC-LA, it is just USC, the University of Southern California.
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For instance, I noticed on an X-Files rerun the other night that 42 is Mulder's apartment number
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Well, I was in London right at the hight of the 48 hours 'till we bomb Iraq and I visited the House of Lords (debating some changes to procedures discharging patients from hospitals). There were more people in the visitor's gallery than on the floor (25 at most, and half of them were clearly asleep). From what I've been told, this is fairly common. The House of Commons on the other hand was a beehive of activity.
Their criteria for judging was the quality/realism of the 3D rendering/animation....Shrek, while an excellent story, is not the best in terms of CG work...even amongst CG cartoons (Monsters Inc or Ice Age both outshine it in this regard)
When was the last time Microsoft released a new version of Internet Explorer? I believe it was back before they had 90% or more market share. Hmm. What a coinicidence
No, it was IE6...issued long after Netscape had lost its foothold.
When was the last time that Microsoft significantly improved their desktop OS? That would be Windows 95. Back when Microsoft was facing competition from OS/2 for that business.
Win98 was a huge improvement over 95...but ME was deffinately a step back...but do you really think WinXP isn't a huge improvement over either? Have you even used it? Do you have any idea about how it works?
When was the last time that Microsoft significantly improved their server OS? Well, you can debate that one, but it's obvious that Microsoft even today faces stiff competition from Linux, BSD, and other Unix variants
Ever actually been an admin on MS servers? Win2k Server was an enormous enhancement over NT4...and while Win2k3 isn't as much of an overhaul...it is better than 2K.
Now, next time you go MS bashin'....check your facts first.
But if the difference between OpenOffice.org and MS Office is enough to break your business, then there are some other serious issues you need to be working out.
If your business model is so fragile that licensing fees and bugs/worms/crackers (which should be factored in, regardless of the supplier) are sufficient to bring it crashing down, then there are some other things wrong that you should be looking at. Most companies should not be relying on their IT department to keep them in the black.
I know there are countless galaxies out there...but they are so far away, I was extremely surprised at how many galaxies I could see in the big 4MB JPEG.
Btw, I'm equally upset about folks living on the California coast whose houses sink into the water/slide, and then have them rebuilt again with other people's money
Most of those homes were built before knowledge of just unstable the soil is. And when 'rebuilt' its typically not another cliffside home.
Why irritates me more are the homes built in Flordia and the Keys on the waterfront that get demolished every other year by hurricanes and get rebuilt at the exact same spot at the federal taxpayer's expense. Very few home actually fall of the California coast each year...especially compared to what happens in Florida.
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There are different kinds of parks....the parks that are complaining about this are not municipal mowed-lawn parks with basketball and volleyball courts....it is parks that are designed to preserve the native environment and have little more than a parkinglot near the entrance and foot trails.
There was a nice long piece on NPR about 2 months ago on this.
True story: A geocacher decided to bury the cache 5' down in a state park....and ended up putting it in the middle of an archelogically sensitive area.
Now, another thing....trails are usually constructed...not just worn out...there is a lot of work (mostly physical) that goes into making a trail properly so that it is easy to use and to minimize environmental effects such as erosion. Moving them once a year isn't sufficient...putting them near a path would result in the path being expanded in the area and causing more erosion.
And sure, geocaches are normally obviously not just trash...but to the guy who doesn't care about geocaching and just wants to go hiking in the wilderness, escaping from the man-made world, seeing an ammobox sitting the crotch of a tree is going to be considered trash and an outrage, whether put there intentionally or not.
I use it more for (legal) streaming audio and playing my cds than for anything else.
And there's even one smaller than your phone
http://www.maglite.com/product.asp?psc=1AAACELL
I'm sorry, you are violating my patent on aforementioned business model. Pay me exhorbitant licensing fees immediately, or I will sue your mother.
DVD-R seem to be the most widely playable...and Apple's DVD-R media seems to be the most reliable (and very reasonably priced) from my extensive testing at work. We ended up purchasing the Sony DVD-R/RW+R/RW drive to ensure maximum compatiblity.
Haven't they figured out yet that the people that download this crap will NEVER EVER actually buy the DVD release.
I beg to differ. I downloaded Fight Club off of some file sharing network a couple years ago. I heard it was good from a friend, but never got around to watching it. I was extremely impressed, so I bought it later that week. The same thing happened with Donnie Darko. There's something just *good* about owning a movie you know is good.
Actually, you just partially proved his point....people who download the "crap" will never buy the DVD. However, if people download good stuff, there is a likelyhood of them buying the DVD.
It is not USC-LA, it is just USC, the University of Southern California.
For instance, I noticed on an X-Files rerun the other night that 42 is Mulder's apartment number
Well, I was in London right at the hight of the 48 hours 'till we bomb Iraq and I visited the House of Lords (debating some changes to procedures discharging patients from hospitals). There were more people in the visitor's gallery than on the floor (25 at most, and half of them were clearly asleep). From what I've been told, this is fairly common. The House of Commons on the other hand was a beehive of activity.
I dont see what the big deal is, everybody I've purchased from online who is in California has already been charging sales tax since I'm a resident.
Their criteria for judging was the quality/realism of the 3D rendering/animation....Shrek, while an excellent story, is not the best in terms of CG work...even amongst CG cartoons (Monsters Inc or Ice Age both outshine it in this regard)
When was the last time Microsoft released a new version of Internet Explorer? I believe it was back before they had 90% or more market share. Hmm. What a coinicidence
No, it was IE6...issued long after Netscape had lost its foothold.
When was the last time that Microsoft significantly improved their desktop OS? That would be Windows 95. Back when Microsoft was facing competition from OS/2 for that business.
Win98 was a huge improvement over 95...but ME was deffinately a step back...but do you really think WinXP isn't a huge improvement over either? Have you even used it? Do you have any idea about how it works?
When was the last time that Microsoft significantly improved their server OS? Well, you can debate that one, but it's obvious that Microsoft even today faces stiff competition from Linux, BSD, and other Unix variants
Ever actually been an admin on MS servers? Win2k Server was an enormous enhancement over NT4...and while Win2k3 isn't as much of an overhaul...it is better than 2K.
Now, next time you go MS bashin'....check your facts first.
Pen and paper is a little extreme in comparison
But if the difference between OpenOffice.org and MS Office is enough to break your business, then there are some other serious issues you need to be working out.
If your business model is so fragile that licensing fees and bugs/worms/crackers (which should be factored in, regardless of the supplier) are sufficient to bring it crashing down, then there are some other things wrong that you should be looking at. Most companies should not be relying on their IT department to keep them in the black.
I know there are countless galaxies out there...but they are so far away, I was extremely surprised at how many galaxies I could see in the big 4MB JPEG.
The only thing missing is beer spilled on the keyboard the night before a big essay is due.
No, the researchers mentioned the urination....
Btw, I'm equally upset about folks living on the California coast whose houses sink into the water/slide, and then have them rebuilt again with other people's money
Most of those homes were built before knowledge of just unstable the soil is. And when 'rebuilt' its typically not another cliffside home.
Why irritates me more are the homes built in Flordia and the Keys on the waterfront that get demolished every other year by hurricanes and get rebuilt at the exact same spot at the federal taxpayer's expense. Very few home actually fall of the California coast each year...especially compared to what happens in Florida.
but the prosecutors weren't particularly interested and were rather disappointed at my opinion
You should have sent that to the defense. The prosecutors aren't going to bring up any info that will possibly weaken their case.
Ever been around someone w/ jaundice? Not only do their eyes turn yellow...but they smell horribly of urine...even after showering...its disgusting.
I think you're thinking of James Cameron
Hmm...i can't remember seeing many popups on MSN....netscape.com however has one on the root page.
Great....you realize you just violated the DMCA right?
I believe he meant the Quicktime MPEG-4 codec...which is specific only to quicktime (and is quite good IMHO)
No kidding, in highschool i had a continuous game running in my head overlaid on my vision. I didn't always win either.
Did the same thing w/ minesweeper