The is a classic unit of extreme that can be called out here: the base unit is equal to the amount of extreme in slamming one can of ice cold Mountain Dew.
To "remove incentive" to piracy, they would either have to 1)reduce the cost to purchase music or 2)reduce the quality of the music they put out. It seems they have more experience with the latter.
Fox: We're going to cancel your show because there wasn't enough viewership this season.
Arrested Development: But you didn't actually air anything, we were co-opted by baseball, a sport which nobody watches anyways.
Fox: And that is our problem how?
Fox has a long history of screwing with the schedule of a potentially great show and then cancelling it because the ratings drop. Firefly, Arrested Development, Futurama, The Critic, The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr, and they keep trying to drop Family Guy. On the other end, they keep showing tripe like MadTV (never saw anything funny on there, just horrible acting, mugging for the camera, and flat out insulting situations) and Malcolm in the Middle. Somewhere in the middle they let series that were once good run way longer than they should after all the creativity is gone and the shark has been jumped over and over: Married With Children, Simpsons, That 70's show, 21 Jump Street, Beverly Hills 90210, arguably the X-files, arguably King of the Hill.
On the other hand, they are the only network to give a lot of programming a chance that other networks wouldn't have touched... everything I mentioned above plus Boston Public, Dark Angel, Get a Life, Herman's Head, Normal Ohio, Parker Lewis Can't Lose, etc etc etc (not claiming the quality of these, but that other broadcasters probably wouldn't have touched them.) Also, I'll give Fox credit for not starting the whole reality TV thing (That's MTV's fault, or CBS bringing Survivor in) but when they do bite on it, it's horrid, soulless stuff like Trading Spouses, Renovate my Family, The Simple Life and The Swan (the Swan being possibly one of the most evil shows on. Take a bunch of ugly to average looking women with low self esteem. Give them makeovers, plastic surgery, wardrobe changes, etc. Finally, tell all but one of them that they're still not good enough. Vile and disgusting. Not to mention that usually once you get plastic surgery, after a couple years you grow out of it and need to get it again otherwise you look worse than you otherwise would have.)
Excellent start. Others I'd put in the running for top ten space movie:
Wings of Honnemeaise
Alien
Dune
The Last Starfighter
Black Hole
Silent Running Fantastic Planet. Don't think many people know of it, but it's definately up there.
There's a lot of others that come close, but I wouldn't really call "space movies:" Gattaca, ET, War of the Worlds, Planet of the Apes, Cocoon, Dark City, Starman, Man who fell to Earth, and I might as well throw in 5th Element. Muppets from Space anyone?
The article tried to explain it without math, and IIRC that requires some basic trigonomic functions, IIRC Nsin(theta.) Ask most people about trig functions and you will just get a blank stare, or a vague memory of hearing about it in high school. Besides, the entangled photon pair in question are indeed perpendicular to each other, and so the action of polarization at other than 90degrees is a moot point.
Looking back at it, #3 does have a good possiblility. OP does have a couple flamebait and troll moderations under his belt. I didn't check to see how valid those mods were, though. I wouldn't have tried to defend him if it was posted AC.
Looking at it, you are right. There were a lot of references to Alexander Brandon as Basehead, but this interview clarifies it
DeusEx Machina: Do you still go by your nickname of Basehead? Where did that name come from?
My nickname was actually first Chromatic Dragon.. then Siren, then Sandman, then back to Siren. Basehead is the name of my colleague Dan who co founded Straylight Productions with Andrew Sega back in 1994 or so
Later in the interview he clarifies that it is indeed Dan Gardopee. But still, Basehead is not just some random guy on IRC, but was an influential person in the demo scene and later in the video game scene.
Something that Basehead, or Alexander Brandon says is probably true. He has had his hand in the music, sound effects and voice acting for Deus Ex, Theif and Unreal. He was one of the most respected Americans in the Demo and tracking Scene, being almost as well known as Necros and Purple Motion. Considering his roots, I would have been suspicious if OP said they had talked to him anywhere other than IRC.
An XBox-360 really isn't all that frivolous if you have kids. They'll know whether or not they can play the latest games. They won't realize whether it is in dolby surround sound or stereo.
Where's my metered usage for my ISP? I want to be able to surf one or two hours a week and pay a small amount of money. Oh yeah, the vast majority of users don't want that, and adding the extra code and overhead, along with all the complaints from parents who got $100 AOL bills ended that business model.
Yeah, they'd have to make up for it in volume. From what I understand, the big reason they are being sold "at a loss" is because R&D and other one time costs are figured in. Once they sell enough, the per unit cost goes down enough that they're breaking even.
Yeah, the earth is somewhat flattened (actually, pear shaped due to Antarctica holding more glaciers than the arctic.) The amount of deformation is so small that the human eye perceives it as perfectly spherical. The Earth is rounder and smoother than a pool ball, for reference.
No, you have to be signed as Itunes deals with the label rather than the artist. But apparently places like cdbaby.com are good enough to be considered publishers. BTW I'd suggest cdbaby for anyone trying to find independant music. They actually have some pretty good bands, most of which you can sample some or all of their music before buying. Then again, one might be able to say that cdbaby is a way to not have to mess with big content, but I don't know anyone that's tried to get their stuff on there, so who knows if they're draconian or not.
Could it be that Bush is a one hit wonder has-been band, and then this is just the singer not even the whole band? I recently went to KMFDM at The Rave, and it was a pretty packed show. Singing happy birthday to Sascha was a kick. But, KMFDM wasn't really all that hyped. They just happen to have some followers who want to listen to the music and see them live.
Then again, maybe the perception of Bush being a one hit wonder comes from them not kowtowing to the recording execs.
I assume that the gene itself won't be altered to cure phobias, but rather knowledge of the gene will help us understand the transcription process and be able to better develop drugs which regulate transcription of the gene.
Actually, after a little basic reading it appears that Stathmin is more involved in learning the fear reactions, so regulating it wouldn't do much to correct an already existing fear. Although it is possible that fear reactions have to be consistantly relearned or reinforced, and so preventing the reconnection of the stimulus with the response may reduce the strength of a phobia. If this is true, then regulating such a protein would be very helpful in conjunction with desensitization therapy.
You know how hard they try to market to the youth demographic, and how often they fail?
Sure, they may fail sometimes. But I'd say the record execs are usually pretty succesful at marketing to the youth demographic. Just look at their profits, and realize that most music purchases are made by the youth demographic. Then, people usually don't really start getting into indie stuff untill they're college age or so, cause there is no big indie media machine.
Didn't the record companies just get bitchslapped for conspiracy in regards to price fixing on album prices? I'm sure Jobs could use that to his advantage here, considering what they are doing amounts to... conspiracy.
I'd say with video games and other similar addictions (gambling, sex, etc) there is really very little to no withdrawal in breaking the addiction. But they still have to deal with breaking the habit, which is generally the hardest part of an addiction to deal with. Withdrawal may be hell for a few days, but the habit is there for life.
The addition of hydrogen causes the air/fuel mixture to combust a little hotter at a little faster rate. This allows for a more efficient burning of the fuel. An added bonus is that currently the "infefficiency" is being released through the tailpipe as black soot. The compounds that made the soot are now being burned, which is where the extra energy comes from. Well, that and the fuel being burned quicker means the mechanical energy released is able to be captured more efficicntly.
This isn't replacing the diesel fuel at all. Somehow the injection of Hydrogen into the intake air improves the efficiency or burning of the diesel, resulting in a more complete burn. It seems like this is a very small amoung of Hydrogen that's being added. I have a feeling that has nothing to do with the concept of an actual Hydrogen powered car that people are going on and on about. You know, the cars that won't actually do anything to help the environment because you have to MAKE the Hydrogen in the first place, which uses electricity, which is mostly made from fossil fuels including coal which is far less clean burning than gasoline or diesel.
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The is a classic unit of extreme that can be called out here: the base unit is equal to the amount of extreme in slamming one can of ice cold Mountain Dew.
T-mobile does Sim phones, except as you mentioned, the coverage pretty much sucks.
To "remove incentive" to piracy, they would either have to 1)reduce the cost to purchase music or 2)reduce the quality of the music they put out. It seems they have more experience with the latter.
Fox has a long history of screwing with the schedule of a potentially great show and then cancelling it because the ratings drop. Firefly, Arrested Development, Futurama, The Critic, The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr, and they keep trying to drop Family Guy. On the other end, they keep showing tripe like MadTV (never saw anything funny on there, just horrible acting, mugging for the camera, and flat out insulting situations) and Malcolm in the Middle. Somewhere in the middle they let series that were once good run way longer than they should after all the creativity is gone and the shark has been jumped over and over: Married With Children, Simpsons, That 70's show, 21 Jump Street, Beverly Hills 90210, arguably the X-files, arguably King of the Hill.
On the other hand, they are the only network to give a lot of programming a chance that other networks wouldn't have touched... everything I mentioned above plus Boston Public, Dark Angel, Get a Life, Herman's Head, Normal Ohio, Parker Lewis Can't Lose, etc etc etc (not claiming the quality of these, but that other broadcasters probably wouldn't have touched them.) Also, I'll give Fox credit for not starting the whole reality TV thing (That's MTV's fault, or CBS bringing Survivor in) but when they do bite on it, it's horrid, soulless stuff like Trading Spouses, Renovate my Family, The Simple Life and The Swan (the Swan being possibly one of the most evil shows on. Take a bunch of ugly to average looking women with low self esteem. Give them makeovers, plastic surgery, wardrobe changes, etc. Finally, tell all but one of them that they're still not good enough. Vile and disgusting. Not to mention that usually once you get plastic surgery, after a couple years you grow out of it and need to get it again otherwise you look worse than you otherwise would have.)
Excellent start. Others I'd put in the running for top ten space movie:
Wings of Honnemeaise
Alien
Dune
The Last Starfighter
Black Hole
Silent Running
Fantastic Planet. Don't think many people know of it, but it's definately up there.
There's a lot of others that come close, but I wouldn't really call "space movies:" Gattaca, ET, War of the Worlds, Planet of the Apes, Cocoon, Dark City, Starman, Man who fell to Earth, and I might as well throw in 5th Element. Muppets from Space anyone?
The article tried to explain it without math, and IIRC that requires some basic trigonomic functions, IIRC Nsin(theta.) Ask most people about trig functions and you will just get a blank stare, or a vague memory of hearing about it in high school. Besides, the entangled photon pair in question are indeed perpendicular to each other, and so the action of polarization at other than 90degrees is a moot point.
Looking back at it, #3 does have a good possiblility. OP does have a couple flamebait and troll moderations under his belt. I didn't check to see how valid those mods were, though. I wouldn't have tried to defend him if it was posted AC.
Later in the interview he clarifies that it is indeed Dan Gardopee. But still, Basehead is not just some random guy on IRC, but was an influential person in the demo scene and later in the video game scene.
Something that Basehead, or Alexander Brandon says is probably true. He has had his hand in the music, sound effects and voice acting for Deus Ex, Theif and Unreal. He was one of the most respected Americans in the Demo and tracking Scene, being almost as well known as Necros and Purple Motion. Considering his roots, I would have been suspicious if OP said they had talked to him anywhere other than IRC.
An XBox-360 really isn't all that frivolous if you have kids. They'll know whether or not they can play the latest games. They won't realize whether it is in dolby surround sound or stereo.
Where's my metered usage for my ISP? I want to be able to surf one or two hours a week and pay a small amount of money. Oh yeah, the vast majority of users don't want that, and adding the extra code and overhead, along with all the complaints from parents who got $100 AOL bills ended that business model.
Yeah, they'd have to make up for it in volume. From what I understand, the big reason they are being sold "at a loss" is because R&D and other one time costs are figured in. Once they sell enough, the per unit cost goes down enough that they're breaking even.
Yeah, the earth is somewhat flattened (actually, pear shaped due to Antarctica holding more glaciers than the arctic.) The amount of deformation is so small that the human eye perceives it as perfectly spherical. The Earth is rounder and smoother than a pool ball, for reference.
No, you have to be signed as Itunes deals with the label rather than the artist. But apparently places like cdbaby.com are good enough to be considered publishers. BTW I'd suggest cdbaby for anyone trying to find independant music. They actually have some pretty good bands, most of which you can sample some or all of their music before buying. Then again, one might be able to say that cdbaby is a way to not have to mess with big content, but I don't know anyone that's tried to get their stuff on there, so who knows if they're draconian or not.
Could it be that Bush is a one hit wonder has-been band, and then this is just the singer not even the whole band? I recently went to KMFDM at The Rave, and it was a pretty packed show. Singing happy birthday to Sascha was a kick. But, KMFDM wasn't really all that hyped. They just happen to have some followers who want to listen to the music and see them live.
Then again, maybe the perception of Bush being a one hit wonder comes from them not kowtowing to the recording execs.
Caution: that code is not necesarilly secure. A hijacked compiler could add a backdoor.
Why would people believe it? Most likely because the company wouldn't want to be sued for libel by Apple.
I assume that the gene itself won't be altered to cure phobias, but rather knowledge of the gene will help us understand the transcription process and be able to better develop drugs which regulate transcription of the gene.
Actually, after a little basic reading it appears that Stathmin is more involved in learning the fear reactions, so regulating it wouldn't do much to correct an already existing fear. Although it is possible that fear reactions have to be consistantly relearned or reinforced, and so preventing the reconnection of the stimulus with the response may reduce the strength of a phobia. If this is true, then regulating such a protein would be very helpful in conjunction with desensitization therapy.
Batman was around before the movie. Hence the... "Which Batman EPISODE was that" bit.
You know how hard they try to market to the youth demographic, and how often they fail?
Sure, they may fail sometimes. But I'd say the record execs are usually pretty succesful at marketing to the youth demographic. Just look at their profits, and realize that most music purchases are made by the youth demographic. Then, people usually don't really start getting into indie stuff untill they're college age or so, cause there is no big indie media machine.
Didn't the record companies just get bitchslapped for conspiracy in regards to price fixing on album prices? I'm sure Jobs could use that to his advantage here, considering what they are doing amounts to... conspiracy.
I'd say with video games and other similar addictions (gambling, sex, etc) there is really very little to no withdrawal in breaking the addiction. But they still have to deal with breaking the habit, which is generally the hardest part of an addiction to deal with. Withdrawal may be hell for a few days, but the habit is there for life.
You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
The addition of hydrogen causes the air/fuel mixture to combust a little hotter at a little faster rate. This allows for a more efficient burning of the fuel. An added bonus is that currently the "infefficiency" is being released through the tailpipe as black soot. The compounds that made the soot are now being burned, which is where the extra energy comes from. Well, that and the fuel being burned quicker means the mechanical energy released is able to be captured more efficicntly.
This isn't replacing the diesel fuel at all. Somehow the injection of Hydrogen into the intake air improves the efficiency or burning of the diesel, resulting in a more complete burn. It seems like this is a very small amoung of Hydrogen that's being added. I have a feeling that has nothing to do with the concept of an actual Hydrogen powered car that people are going on and on about. You know, the cars that won't actually do anything to help the environment because you have to MAKE the Hydrogen in the first place, which uses electricity, which is mostly made from fossil fuels including coal which is far less clean burning than gasoline or diesel.