I have this horrifically produced avi on CD where the SPA (? the software equivalent to RIAA/MPAA) made a moral parable hip hop rap "don't copy that floppy" so kids in school wouldn't copy oregon trail (or the like) and play it at home...
very amusing.. almost as amusing as those clips mpaa sponsored theatrical trailers where the set designers try to say how piracy hurts them the little guy...
*Shrug* I should divx that and put it up somewhere... (they actualy give you permission to redistribute THAT PSA turd ironically enough...)
I used to work in a corporate soul sucking environment that would make "Office Space's" Initech pale by comparison...
I left to do tech work for a smallish (but tech forward thinking) non-profit. The change in atmosphere/attitude/stress levels is trememendous.
granted a server goes belly up, you still have that same sense of urgency... but in normal day to day situations the expectations are a little different, and positive feedback you get is much more honest and appreciative than i've seen in the corporate world (i.e.... "as thanks for working 80 hour weeks for the next few weeks IT staff are allowed to wear jeans... every other day" --- yippeee)
Not everything is rosey about non-profit work though. They are behind a lot of the times in tech (i'm pretty lucky at my office though), that same attitude I was extoling can be fustrating at times if you come from a coprorate world (it's different), also the pay is less.
But I'm much happier with a modest pay cut and less overt stress/issues, than when I was making more money and was unhappy/stresscase...
"Is a DVR that I can just buy and hook up to my cable feed without having to pay an additional monthly subscription to the cable barons. Sort of like my VCR."
move to canada TivoCanada.com (no really)! They have info on slicing xmltv stuff and uploading it to your tivo... but only if you are in unsupported region (i.e. tivo won't sell them service in canada). I guess that's a nother thing tivo is missing out on intenational sales, doh!
I'm sure tivo is happy to get verb status and market recognition, but they could end up being like kleenex::tissues and thermos::portable drink container keeps food hot/cold
"what would you do for a klondike bar" *shakes head in shame* e.
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on the 2nd page... they talk about that: ## Since then, he has bought hundreds of computers, hired a staff of 30 and worked on 80 DVD's -- including the long-awaited DVD of "Star Wars" -- erasing wear, tears, dirt, scratches and other ravages of age. (In the early days, he sometimes erased too much. By his own admission, his restoration of "Citizen Kane" is too clean; the natural grain of film is gone; it looks like a video. He later figured out how to fix flaws while preserving grain.) ## I'm guessing lucas considers "greedo shooting first" wear, tear, and scractches!
Entering a phone bluetooth enabled phone without permission, regardless of intent, is mostly "wrong".
Granted, one shouldn't leave a bluetooth wide open... but If they did, that doesn't mean they are asking to have their privacy invaded for commercial purposes.
*shrug* hopefully this experiment helps prove enough of a point to manufacturers to shore that up a bit, eh?
Ressellerratings.com has some neat comparison shopping functionality. along with the the vendor rating info, it allows you to figure out what would be cheapest when buying several items including shipping.
Sometimes buying the cheapest items (e.g. from a pricewatch search) spread across different stores costs more when you are done than if you were to take a different approach and lump some of the purchases together.
another neat tool for amazon only is pricenoia some products might be cheaper overseas even after shipping/exchange rate.
Slashdot Mirror
looks like we'll have skynet operational anytime now...
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CCD size/quality
Quality of Glass
Then look at MP and other features (including price/battery life other doodads)
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I have this horrifically produced avi on CD where the SPA (? the software equivalent to RIAA/MPAA) made a moral parable hip hop rap "don't copy that floppy" so kids in school wouldn't copy oregon trail (or the like) and play it at home...
.. almost as amusing as those clips mpaa sponsored theatrical trailers where the set designers try to say how piracy hurts them the little guy...
very amusing
*Shrug* I should divx that and put it up somewhere... (they actualy give you permission to redistribute THAT PSA turd ironically enough...)
e.
I used to work in a corporate soul sucking environment that would make "Office Space's" Initech pale by comparison...
I left to do tech work for a smallish (but tech forward thinking) non-profit. The change in atmosphere/attitude/stress levels is trememendous.
granted a server goes belly up, you still have that same sense of urgency... but in normal day to day situations the expectations are a little different, and positive feedback you get is much more honest and appreciative than i've seen in the corporate world (i.e.... "as thanks for working 80 hour weeks for the next few weeks IT staff are allowed to wear jeans... every other day" --- yippeee)
Not everything is rosey about non-profit work though. They are behind a lot of the times in tech (i'm pretty lucky at my office though), that same attitude I was extoling can be fustrating at times if you come from a coprorate world (it's different), also the pay is less.
But I'm much happier with a modest pay cut and less overt stress/issues, than when I was making more money and was unhappy/stresscase...
*shrug* ymmv,
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"Is a DVR that I can just buy and hook up to my cable feed without having to pay an additional monthly subscription to the cable barons. Sort of like my VCR."
move to canada TivoCanada.com (no really)! They have info on slicing xmltv stuff and uploading it to your tivo... but only if you are in unsupported region (i.e. tivo won't sell them service in canada). I guess that's a nother thing tivo is missing out on intenational sales, doh!
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I'm sure tivo is happy to get verb status and market recognition, but they could end up being like kleenex::tissues and thermos::portable drink container keeps food hot/cold
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This might be fun for a 50 foot space invaders romp!
=)
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"First 1GB email service? First of all, what is Spymac, chopped liver?"
As a purveyor of fine minced liver products, I take great offense to your comparison! =)
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what's that firefox extension to edit css like that?
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"what would you do for a klondike bar"
*shakes head in shame*
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on the 2nd page... they talk about that:
##
Since then, he has bought hundreds of computers, hired a staff of 30 and worked on 80 DVD's -- including the long-awaited DVD of "Star Wars" -- erasing wear, tears, dirt, scratches and other ravages of age. (In the early days, he sometimes erased too much. By his own admission, his restoration of "Citizen Kane" is too clean; the natural grain of film is gone; it looks like a video. He later figured out how to fix flaws while preserving grain.)
##
I'm guessing lucas considers "greedo shooting first" wear, tear, and scractches!
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ah.. I get it... all that clicking of death is supposed to be "jazzy" now I get it.
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First they came for stern
Then the came for the porn (news article not porn link, fyi)
Now they sell "self correcting DVD players" (how long till you can only buy those?)
*shrug* where's our first amendment now, biach!?
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... I'm thinking "smoke on the water" by deep purple
for the remaining capital they burn through on this quiotic litigation quest of theirs.
*Shrug*
from the dead tree edition a few months ago
open source in other arenas (than software) scroll to bottom to see beginning paragraph on the section about 'open source' scientific journals.
*shrug*
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what will happen to my music when this little fly by night company "microsoft" goes under?
=)
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"Looking further ahead, Reeves spoke about Sony's "ultimate goal" for PlayStation 3 - "to get into electronic broadband distribution"."
I hope to god Sony's attempt at online delivery is way better than Steam. *shudder*
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I'm moving.. that's all there is to it...
where do I pick up my moose antlers?
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crap... that's what I get for skimming =(
disregard... nothing to see here, my bad... etc.
(btw the o.p. wasn't FUD, it was just ignorance/confusion... which seems to be what they are selling with this branding scheme of theirs...)
*Shrug*
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I couldn't disagree more...
... but If they did, that doesn't mean they are asking to have their privacy invaded for commercial purposes.
Entering a phone bluetooth enabled phone without permission, regardless of intent, is mostly "wrong".
Granted, one shouldn't leave a bluetooth wide open
*shrug* hopefully this experiment helps prove enough of a point to manufacturers to shore that up a bit, eh?
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is that why sun didn't want to open up java? to protect their new java desktop "os"?
hmmm....
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Moog theramin on screensavers
theramin kit (there's got to be cheaper ones out there or plans to build them... *Shrug*
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Although if he's saying Edify style "lego block" visual programming is the future *shudder*...
Edify.com
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When it's reportedly going to be $99 dollars, that's my console sweet spot...
Till then.. hey buddy, can you spare a dreamcast?
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Ressellerratings.com has some neat comparison shopping functionality. along with the the vendor rating info, it allows you to figure out what would be cheapest when buying several items including shipping.
Sometimes buying the cheapest items (e.g. from a pricewatch search) spread across different stores costs more when you are done than if you were to take a different approach and lump some of the purchases together.
another neat tool for amazon only is pricenoia some products might be cheaper overseas even after shipping/exchange rate.
*shrug* YMMV,
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