It is not the MPAA's job to make sure that someone is selling Linux DVD player software. Frankly the whole "there is no licensed linux player" argument is pretty weak. Buy a license and make your own.
I was a bit under whelmed by War 3 as well, however I found that there are a lot of funky user created maps for War3 that are a lot of fun. Most generally concentrate on the heroes and leave out all the resource management.
i am not unwilling I just don't have a "backyard" to do repairs in. The apartment management gets kind of upity when I try to change my spark plugs in the parking lot, I can't imagine what they would say about changing the engine out.:)
They are taxing the use of the item. So they have to prove that you actually use it in the state. how are they going to do that? The surveilance costs would far outweigh the tax collected for the majority of people.
I was into magic for a whileas well. Luckily though I got out at just the right time 95 or 96, around the time of the Dark expansion right before they started reissuing all the older cards. So I made a couple hundred bucks on the whole ordeal.
Most was from the appoximately 20 booster packs of Legends I bought at GenCon for MSRP (several months after they were gone from the stores). Each one had at least one card I sold for $5-$10, some had $20 ones. That was before ebay as well, I sold them on Usenet, that was a pain holding an auction on there.
Uh, have you ever tried copying 3 hours worth of HD video from your capture system to your main workstation over 100 Mb. After 15 minutes you will be begging for Gb.
Even though I would probably only get double the speed (disk bottlenecks, one is a slow system) I still am thinking it might be worth it.
I have been listening to the new Clear Channel indie/alternative radio station in San Jose, I like it, though they do tend to overplay the songs. I guess they are doing this around the country, there is a CC station in LA that switched at the beginning of the year as well.
Iodized salt has been in use in the US since the 1920s. It was originally intended to prevent goiters, it started in Michigan in 1924 and spread throughout the country. http://www.saltinstitute.org/37.html
Total Annihilation did the music fit to action thing fairly well using a set group of prerecorded tracks. (GREAT soundtrack BTW) There were occasional glitches if you had small skirmishes, by the time the battle music got under way the battle was over.
It is fairly easy to do this in an RTS though, you are either battling, building or exploring so not a lot of variations needed.
I dont know if they put this up after you looked, but there is an english version of the story on the Casshern site after the Japanese version:
An alternate world with an alternate history.
The entire planet was divided between two opposing alliances. After fifty years of bitter warfare, the Greater Eastern Federation triumphs over the forces of Europa and gains dominion over the Eurasian continent.
However, this is an empty victory. Years of chemical, biological and nuclear war have poisoned the land and left an exhausted population at the mercy of every pestilence and newly-mutated disease.
It seems that there's little hope for humanity's future. Debate rages over the chances of finding some way to stave off the seemingly-inevitable decline of civilization.
One man comes forward with a possible solution. Dr. Azuma is a geneticist who proposes a "neo-cell" treatment that can rejuvenate the body and regenerate humankind. He's driven in his studies by a desire to save his beloved wife, Midori, from the ravages of pollution-related disease.
He appeals for funding to the government but the politicians in the Health Ministry turn him down, fearing that the new technology will threaten their entrenched powers.
However, a sinister faction in the powerful military makes a secret offer to provide the support he needs to further his research.
When an incident occurs in the lab that sends the Professor's "neo-cell" cloning experiment haywire, a race of mutant human beings (Shinzo Ningen) is unleashed upon the world.
Instead of being the savior of mankind, the Professor's miraculous technology looks set to threaten its very existence...
Contract software testing is menial labor. You just follow along with a script and report any defects you find (games are the worst types of apps to test BTW, mind-numbing and really kills any enjoyment you get from gaming). I agree it is very easy and boring. Probably why a lot of it is being dumped to India. Career QA professionals are the ones that are writing the scripts, scoping out the tests, setting up the testbeds, etc. This is very fun work to me.
If you want to continue in QA I suggest you look into getting some experience with automated tools. You will do a lot of coding and problem solving with those. It is a good fit for someone who enjoys coding but either is not good enough or just doesn't want to be a full time developer. Also there is a big demand for these skills.
by Cem Kaner, Jack L. Falk, Hung Quoc Nguyen, Jack Falk, Hung Q. Nguyen
If you plan on doing this as a career I am sure you will encounter something by James Bach, IMO he is overated and a bit of an ass (sent me outside a classroom because I didn't have any questions for him?! So I came up with a lame question I already knew the answer to and proceeded to fall asleep for the rest of the lecture).
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It is not the MPAA's job to make sure that someone is selling Linux DVD player software. Frankly the whole "there is no licensed linux player" argument is pretty weak. Buy a license and make your own.
The FX on these shows looks great. The problem is the writing is crap. So perhaps they should have spent less on FX and more on writing.
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Talk about bad grammar. Apparently if we just knock out the sensors of the sattelites they will be able to cure the fever.
How do you explain the engine dying/not starting in the first movie then?
I was a bit under whelmed by War 3 as well, however I found that there are a lot of funky user created maps for War3 that are a lot of fun. Most generally concentrate on the heroes and leave out all the resource management.
i am not unwilling I just don't have a "backyard" to do repairs in. The apartment management gets kind of upity when I try to change my spark plugs in the parking lot, I can't imagine what they would say about changing the engine out. :)
I have had curry, tastes like dirt to me. Definately will take that supersized combo over any curry dish.
I judge it more annoying because you only get half the details. At least with a loud conv you can occaasionally get a little entertainment out of it.
They are taxing the use of the item. So they have to prove that you actually use it in the state. how are they going to do that? The surveilance costs would far outweigh the tax collected for the majority of people.
Wow, you must have just broke every NDA you signed there huh?
I was into magic for a whileas well. Luckily though I got out at just the right time 95 or 96, around the time of the Dark expansion right before they started reissuing all the older cards. So I made a couple hundred bucks on the whole ordeal.
Most was from the appoximately 20 booster packs of Legends I bought at GenCon for MSRP (several months after they were gone from the stores). Each one had at least one card I sold for $5-$10, some had $20 ones. That was before ebay as well, I sold them on Usenet, that was a pain holding an auction on there.
Uh, have you ever tried copying 3 hours worth of HD video from your capture system to your main workstation over 100 Mb. After 15 minutes you will be begging for Gb.
Even though I would probably only get double the speed (disk bottlenecks, one is a slow system) I still am thinking it might be worth it.
I have been listening to the new Clear Channel indie/alternative radio station in San Jose, I like it, though they do tend to overplay the songs. I guess they are doing this around the country, there is a CC station in LA that switched at the beginning of the year as well.
Iodized salt has been in use in the US since the 1920s. It was originally intended to prevent goiters, it started in Michigan in 1924 and spread throughout the country.
http://www.saltinstitute.org/37.html
Total Annihilation did the music fit to action thing fairly well using a set group of prerecorded tracks. (GREAT soundtrack BTW) There were occasional glitches if you had small skirmishes, by the time the battle music got under way the battle was over.
It is fairly easy to do this in an RTS though, you are either battling, building or exploring so not a lot of variations needed.
You can record an HD signal using DVHS (and buy pre-recorded HD content on DVHS, though selection is sparse) or one of several PCI cards.
That is not right, everyone from US is trying to buy medicine from Canada now.
I dont know if they put this up after you looked, but there is an english version of the story on the Casshern site after the Japanese version:
An alternate world with an alternate history.
The entire planet was divided between two opposing alliances.
After fifty years of bitter warfare,
the Greater Eastern Federation triumphs over
the forces of Europa and gains dominion over the Eurasian continent.
However, this is an empty victory.
Years of chemical, biological and nuclear war have poisoned the land and
left an exhausted population at the mercy of every pestilence and newly-mutated disease.
It seems that there's little hope for humanity's future.
Debate rages over the chances of finding some way to stave off
the seemingly-inevitable decline of civilization.
One man comes forward with a possible solution.
Dr. Azuma is a geneticist who proposes a "neo-cell" treatment that
can rejuvenate the body and regenerate humankind.
He's driven in his studies by a desire to save his beloved wife, Midori,
from the ravages of pollution-related disease.
He appeals for funding to the government
but the politicians in the Health Ministry turn him down,
fearing that the new technology will threaten their entrenched powers.
However, a sinister faction in the powerful military makes
a secret offer to provide the support he needs to further his research.
When an incident occurs in the lab that sends
the Professor's "neo-cell" cloning experiment haywire,
a race of mutant human beings (Shinzo Ningen) is unleashed upon the world.
Instead of being the savior of mankind,
the Professor's miraculous technology looks set to threaten its very existence...
You do pay a license fee for AAC. The $15000 fee is the "sign up fee". There are no royalties on distributing AAC files.
WMA licensing fees are much less.
How do they get the fire through plastic or glass though?
Heh, not anymore, the market cap for Comcast is now only about $15B more than disney.
Contract software testing is menial labor. You just follow along with a script and report any defects you find (games are the worst types of apps to test BTW, mind-numbing and really kills any enjoyment you get from gaming). I agree it is very easy and boring. Probably why a lot of it is being dumped to India. Career QA professionals are the ones that are writing the scripts, scoping out the tests, setting up the testbeds, etc. This is very fun work to me.
If you want to continue in QA I suggest you look into getting some experience with automated tools. You will do a lot of coding and problem solving with those. It is a good fit for someone who enjoys coding but either is not good enough or just doesn't want to be a full time developer. Also there is a big demand for these skills.
Testing Computer Software
by Cem Kaner, Jack L. Falk, Hung Quoc Nguyen, Jack Falk, Hung Q. Nguyen
If you plan on doing this as a career I am sure you will encounter something by James Bach, IMO he is overated and a bit of an ass (sent me outside a classroom because I didn't have any questions for him?! So I came up with a lame question I already knew the answer to and proceeded to fall asleep for the rest of the lecture).
The latest WTO ruling on the matter has ruled that the tariffs are legal.