Dr Suess was probably spinning in his grave about that.
Could you imagine what he would have said if somebody came up with the pitch to him "Lets take one of your most beloved works, and turn it in to a typical shit Hollywood overhyped super marketed movie"
It would probably be along the lines of "lets make a charming inexpesivemovie and show it for free on PBS"
You could proably get star power to act for free in a Dr Suess movie if it was being done like that too.
I just don't have the impression that Suess would like his properties used by mega-corps to bilk the masses out of their money.
But the Grinch was pretty good I think I heard (didn't go see it).
two of the big three have an online option to dispute. You send them the corrections and they look into it and respond back.
I had on one of them something from some agency that I had no idea what it was ($160), they also had an alias/address of some random guy in California (where I never lived). So I clicked the is not me radio button and wrote in explanation "This company never called me, I don't know who they are and received no contact from them in any form".
I got a reply in 2 weeks that said it was deleted, and received a new report in the mail to verify it.
when they happen hit back then forward and suddenl it works, it can render the pages it just does it before it can get all the info it needs to do it properly.
You obviously missed the part about how millions of truck beds are abused every day, and you need to buy a Tacoma to stock truck bed abuse, because it has some special lining.
Almost every add has something informational in it. Such as MPG ot safty rating. It's just the truck add of which you were speaking was about the liner.
I would take a ban on commercial skipping if in exchange there was also a ban on network IDs that take up 20% of the screen, and make loud noises over quite talking at key points in the show. If people keep skipping adds we will get big banner adds on TV and it will piss me off far more then commercials, that is not a revenue model I want.
I do have a Tivo at home, and skip the commercials, so it's not as if I like them, it is just that I prefer them to what is slowly inching it;s way into the shows themself.
Yet in germanic countries they pronounce it as wodka (at least the Norwiegan I have been hanging out with does) so it is not a totally random misconseption, because people dsay it.
I would say that first off I clearl said firts world, therefore our definition is irrelevent, since I was clearly using a different system of classifying countries.
Second, in common usage I would be willing to argue that your deffinitions are out of date. I'm sure you can find other examples of this happening to words in even shorter periods of time (see gnarly).
China wants patents to restrict what the rest of the world does.
The government basically says that their developement strategy hinges on the misuse of others intelectual property (see the auto industry). They will not fight to eliminate the patents for a while yet, and will instead ignore them andenforce their own.
Of course I believe a certain amount of ignoring intellectual property is required to go from third to first world, but China I think is the shining (red) star of what is innapropriate.
I don't know how well SLI is supposed to work, but if I buy a $200 graphics card that plays all currently released games real well, and then in 18 months I buy a second used for $60. I have future proofed my system fairly well and saved $140 off of a brand new super fast card.
I think it is a great idea.
As for the two way communication, noone is going to use that mainstream until I upgrade again anyway, so I baught an AGP bord (I wanted a shuttle AMD 64 without waiting also).
I would like to thank everybody who made real informative comments here and also state IANAL and that this was smply a very generalized way to protect yourself. Obviously I left a lot out (a lot covered by other people).
Also the talk with a lawyer is a really good idea, you don't want to break the rules. I would not personally get a patent atterney though, I would hope to stay under the radar, and if I became real successful (above the radar) spend my money on that then.
I live in DE and that is where I got the general idea of price from.
In interviews they talk about the casting prossess.
They have hand drawn pictures of the characters and made the actors do a scene. When the static images jumped off the paper witht he voice that was their actor. Also worth noting is little if any effort goes into making the characters look like the actors. They do the characters and then get the voices.
Their attention to detail is pretty good too. For example Monsters inc has architecture based off of the 50's here because it is an industrial society in decline.
Last interesting tidbit is that they design a plot around the technology, but in a way that fits. For example for Toy Story they were only capable of doing plastic looking CGI, therefore they used toys. In Monsters Inc they were able to do natural looking fur. Originally the monsters were going to have more animal like fur, but bright colors was deamed to be more fun.
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Dr Suess was probably spinning in his grave about that.
Could you imagine what he would have said if somebody came up with the pitch to him "Lets take one of your most beloved works, and turn it in to a typical shit Hollywood overhyped super marketed movie"
It would probably be along the lines of "lets make a charming inexpesivemovie and show it for free on PBS"
You could proably get star power to act for free in a Dr Suess movie if it was being done like that too.
I just don't have the impression that Suess would like his properties used by mega-corps to bilk the masses out of their money.
But the Grinch was pretty good I think I heard (didn't go see it).
Not as bad as the Boss.
"Someone was using this computer for no good, I highly recomend not using any browser but Firefox for no good."
It's not too hard.
two of the big three have an online option to dispute. You send them the corrections and they look into it and respond back.
I had on one of them something from some agency that I had no idea what it was ($160), they also had an alias/address of some random guy in California (where I never lived). So I clicked the is not me radio button and wrote in explanation "This company never called me, I don't know who they are and received no contact from them in any form".
I got a reply in 2 weeks that said it was deleted, and received a new report in the mail to verify it.
What I would do for a mod pint to marj this as funny.
Doesn't even check proc vs Graphics card upgrade.
How is that helpful at all?
I would think the 2.4Ghz Pentium is not as new as the card, but I could be wrong their.
My friend has a Pentium in the low 2's and the best card at the time (nvidia anyway) was still a gForce 4.
I like it, very subtle.
I personally blame Firefox for the errors.
when they happen hit back then forward and suddenl it works, it can render the pages it just does it before it can get all the info it needs to do it properly.
I imagine i is a rade off for browser speed.
No, it's RPM and Torque
(Torque in Foot Pounds * RPMs)/5252 = HP
I believe, the number could be wrong someone will fix it though.
You obviously missed the part about how millions of truck beds are abused every day, and you need to buy a Tacoma to stock truck bed abuse, because it has some special lining.
Almost every add has something informational in it. Such as MPG ot safty rating. It's just the truck add of which you were speaking was about the liner.
I would take a ban on commercial skipping if in exchange there was also a ban on network IDs that take up 20% of the screen, and make loud noises over quite talking at key points in the show. If people keep skipping adds we will get big banner adds on TV and it will piss me off far more then commercials, that is not a revenue model I want.
I do have a Tivo at home, and skip the commercials, so it's not as if I like them, it is just that I prefer them to what is slowly inching it;s way into the shows themself.
Thankfully he was able to experiment with them earlly enough that he did not get life and realize it at his midlife crisis.
This is a very good example of why we need porn and how it protects family values (eliminates a divorace) and increases happines.
Yet in germanic countries they pronounce it as wodka (at least the Norwiegan I have been hanging out with does) so it is not a totally random misconseption, because people dsay it.
Can't buy credits if I am not mistaken.
Clinton wanted it, but it never happened.
would work much better is it was plural on the bicycle though.
I would say that first off I clearl said firts world, therefore our definition is irrelevent, since I was clearly using a different system of classifying countries.
Second, in common usage I would be willing to argue that your deffinitions are out of date. I'm sure you can find other examples of this happening to words in even shorter periods of time (see gnarly).
China wants patents to restrict what the rest of the world does.
The government basically says that their developement strategy hinges on the misuse of others intelectual property (see the auto industry). They will not fight to eliminate the patents for a while yet, and will instead ignore them andenforce their own.
Of course I believe a certain amount of ignoring intellectual property is required to go from third to first world, but China I think is the shining (red) star of what is innapropriate.
In the shows it is almost always a rich white person who is killed, and rarly a random gang killing or robbery.
These cases almost certainly get extra attention even in the most overworked departments.
Well 245 gets you two dvi outs. The only 6800's in stock with that are ultras and over 500. That is good enough reason for me.
Also, Commandos 3 would be of minor interest (I really liked 2) but I would rather have 5 or 10 or 20 dollar discount.
I don't know how well SLI is supposed to work, but if I buy a $200 graphics card that plays all currently released games real well, and then in 18 months I buy a second used for $60. I have future proofed my system fairly well and saved $140 off of a brand new super fast card.
I think it is a great idea.
As for the two way communication, noone is going to use that mainstream until I upgrade again anyway, so I baught an AGP bord (I wanted a shuttle AMD 64 without waiting also).
You mean Austria, that country with a cicle and hammer in its flag?
Just courious.
They do not, but if you limit to murder cases it is more accurate but not nessicarly true.
I would like to thank everybody who made real informative comments here and also state IANAL and that this was smply a very generalized way to protect yourself. Obviously I left a lot out (a lot covered by other people).
Also the talk with a lawyer is a really good idea, you don't want to break the rules. I would not personally get a patent atterney though, I would hope to stay under the radar, and if I became real successful (above the radar) spend my money on that then.
I live in DE and that is where I got the general idea of price from.
He is wrong though.
step one Incorporate.
step two pay yourself a salary
step three you are safe.
Incorporating is to protect you from bullshit, it costs less then 100 dollors.
MS set the president that companies are not guilty for the infringemeant of their users.
There are additional taxes though, the corporations income and your income.
In interviews they talk about the casting prossess.
They have hand drawn pictures of the characters and made the actors do a scene. When the static images jumped off the paper witht he voice that was their actor. Also worth noting is little if any effort goes into making the characters look like the actors. They do the characters and then get the voices.
Their attention to detail is pretty good too. For example Monsters inc has architecture based off of the 50's here because it is an industrial society in decline.
Last interesting tidbit is that they design a plot around the technology, but in a way that fits. For example for Toy Story they were only capable of doing plastic looking CGI, therefore they used toys. In Monsters Inc they were able to do natural looking fur. Originally the monsters were going to have more animal like fur, but bright colors was deamed to be more fun.
Nobody looked within themselves in Shreck or Toy Story? How about Monsters inc?
The difference is in the quality that story is told.
They better not take my good free cable away from me.
I will be pissed if they turn The Shield ino NYPD Blue (which is apperently pushing the limits of broadcast TV).