I don't think that anybody that read the books and found themselves laughing out loud would have a vision that included Marvin looking stupid or having the funniest lines cut short.
The Douglas Adams I remember went off on tangents and that was his legacy. If the director or screenwriter cuts that out it will not be as good. Period.
The lord of the rings trilogy was great because it let the story carry the movie and the director consiously tried to be faithfull to the readers and include everything he could.
On a side note to all future screenwriters/directors out there that produce adaptations of movies from books: Please try and use ALL actual text if at all possible. removing, replacing, or altering should be a last resort.
I have no social contract that I agreed to when I type in the website I wish to go to. I am asking for information. If they do not wish me not to have it without looking at ads then they should try and make me join their BS mailing list. Then I'm in an agreement to see their BS in my mailbox.
But guess what, I'll either give them a made up or temporary hotmail account and let them get deamon errors.
The only social contract, here in the US at least, is that the PEOPLE are supposed to decide what works. If trying to spam me through my entire web session irritates me and I install or choose to use ad blocking software then that didn't work.
I choose to block their attempts to annoy me or I do not go to their site at all and they go out of business. That's the "Free Enterprise" social contract. Simple as that.
Here in america we're supposedly protected, and our rights are slowly being torn down. In Norway it looks like they're just being negated.
I'm all for people getting paid for their work, but to tell me that I can't use something I paid for in a way that I want, that's getting into big Govt. Where they dictate what you say and do because of their own interests instead of the peoples interests.
If we don't stand up to this kind of crap all over the world there will no longer be a "free" nation where people can live without oppression.
And BTW, I break no encryption or copy protection when I rip a cd to mp3 with my stereo and laptop, one plays the cd and one records the mic input directly into mp3 format. They can never stop this with any copy protection method. EVER.
And back here in the US we can't forsee the need for software that is capable of scheduling planes with increasing demand over the holidays.
Let's see: number of planes * number of seats * number of terminal checkins * number of internet reservation querys/ number of database servers = crash, right?
On a side note, can we petition Slashdot to have a rotating link to spammers websites or the links in the spam they send. You know, to show we're looking at what they want to show us... a lot... a whole lot, enough to crash their bane of the internet.
We face the slow but steady erosion of our rights and our liberties. When we all stand together and back eachother, we decentralize, and with that we slow the forces that would undermine our ability to create our potential.
Doesn't this make all those google bomb sites a violation?
Like when I search for "gardening tools" and come up with 400+ pages, each with a million variations of the phrase "gardening tools" that all link to a single viagra website?
"...or to increase traffic to your Web site for commercial reasons, such as advertising sales."
What does this line mean exactly? If I'm mis-interpreting it can you give an example of what it's not allowing?
You forget the Microsoft tactic. Screw your customers untill they beg for more.
They led the way with usability to draw in a customer base and then used their profits to kill their competitors. Windows still gets my general usability vote but the crap I have to put up with for that ease of printer instalation or massive easy install software selection, is pushing me to keep my eyes open for alternitaves. IE: Lindows, David, etc.
It's a nitch market that if it had a real company to make a Windows replacement would take the computer world by storm. I just hope it's the kind of company Google is trying to give an edge. Open source or not I'll be looking for it.
Cause they'll be ranked in the lowest portion of the results if they... A: make spyware. B: incorporate spyware. C: Piss off the main marketing funnel of the internet which is THE search engine.
I'd rather have my tax dollars spent to make the system somewhat competant.
Say for instance, the ability for the IRS to do the math correct in the first place instead of having to take out money from my check every pay period in the hopes that it will be somewhere near the amount I will actually owe at the end of the year!
Seriously, why can't the majority of middle class simple workers fill out the forms at the beginning of the year that we fill out at the end stating our status and then have them take out the proper amount? No guesswork no fuss. If the status changes during the year then we can fill out an adendum simply stating what happened, like a marrage, newborn, etc. Submit it online and the amount taken out each pay period changes at the time of the change itself.
Most years people don't change their status and wouldn't have to fill out any forms at all. For the automatic changes such as age or pay increase the forms should be automaticly submitted or added to by the company.
For sophisticated tax people you could submit reciepts on a monthly or yearly basis and get the return like normal but you would skip the basic forms because you're you and on file already.
I'd rather this be implemented than the privacy thwarting database linkup like they propose here.
Slashdot Mirror
I don't think that anybody that read the books and found themselves laughing out loud would have a vision that included Marvin looking stupid or having the funniest lines cut short.
The Douglas Adams I remember went off on tangents and that was his legacy. If the director or screenwriter cuts that out it will not be as good. Period.
The lord of the rings trilogy was great because it let the story carry the movie and the director consiously tried to be faithfull to the readers and include everything he could.
On a side note to all future screenwriters/directors out there that produce adaptations of movies from books: Please try and use ALL actual text if at all possible. removing, replacing, or altering should be a last resort.
I have no social contract that I agreed to when I type in the website I wish to go to. I am asking for information. If they do not wish me not to have it without looking at ads then they should try and make me join their BS mailing list. Then I'm in an agreement to see their BS in my mailbox.
But guess what, I'll either give them a made up or temporary hotmail account and let them get deamon errors.
The only social contract, here in the US at least, is that the PEOPLE are supposed to decide what works. If trying to spam me through my entire web session irritates me and I install or choose to use ad blocking software then that didn't work.
I choose to block their attempts to annoy me or I do not go to their site at all and they go out of business. That's the "Free Enterprise" social contract. Simple as that.
"It is entirely possible that their intellectual needs are met by an accumulation of random facts and paragraphs."
Kind of like slashdot readers?
Thst's where old hardware saves the day, With win95 on a cheap pc no new watermarking BS can touch it.
This is why fair use is a good thing.
Here in america we're supposedly protected, and our rights are slowly being torn down. In Norway it looks like they're just being negated.
I'm all for people getting paid for their work, but to tell me that I can't use something I paid for in a way that I want, that's getting into big Govt. Where they dictate what you say and do because of their own interests instead of the peoples interests.
If we don't stand up to this kind of crap all over the world there will no longer be a "free" nation where people can live without oppression.
And BTW, I break no encryption or copy protection when I rip a cd to mp3 with my stereo and laptop, one plays the cd and one records the mic input directly into mp3 format. They can never stop this with any copy protection method. EVER.
Maybe Slashdot is on the Govt. Payroll for the new "No fish left behind" plan by GW.
And back here in the US we can't forsee the need for software that is capable of scheduling planes with increasing demand over the holidays.
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Let's see:
number of planes *
number of seats *
number of terminal checkins *
number of internet reservation querys
number of database servers =
crash, right?
One Flaw,
Physical Property=Time * Effort * Material.
Intellectual Property=Time * Effort.
On a side note, can we petition Slashdot to have a rotating link to spammers websites or the links in the spam they send. You know, to show we're looking at what they want to show us... a lot... a whole lot, enough to crash their bane of the internet.
And hacking websites that attack spammers is fine.
Redundancy is an absolute necessity.
We face the slow but steady erosion of our rights and our liberties. When we all stand together and back eachother, we decentralize, and with that we slow the forces that would undermine our ability to create our potential.
I thought that tivo was already doing this.
wouldn't it be easier to just pay tivo to forward their database to nielsen?
Doesn't this make all those google bomb sites a violation?
Like when I search for "gardening tools" and come up with 400+ pages, each with a million variations of the phrase "gardening tools" that all link to a single viagra website?
"...or to increase traffic to your Web site for commercial reasons, such as advertising sales."
What does this line mean exactly?
If I'm mis-interpreting it can you give an example of what it's not allowing?
Winco shopping carts here in Reno NV now have "smart wheels" that lock up if they leave the parking lot.
Not too sure this is fully under the "spyware definition"
If someone wants to take the challenge of reporting it: Here's the link
Isn't this like MSNBC reporting on Microsoft, or MSN.com having "News" about the great new features of MSN messenger?
As long as the fines are payable to the person who had to deal with them and remove them then I'm fine.
Now the Govt. can request that they be able to wiretap your new DS and the price will jump.
You forget the Microsoft tactic.
Screw your customers untill they beg for more.
They led the way with usability to draw in a customer base and then used their profits to kill their competitors. Windows still gets my general usability vote but the crap I have to put up with for that ease of printer instalation or massive easy install software selection, is pushing me to keep my eyes open for alternitaves. IE: Lindows, David, etc.
It's a nitch market that if it had a real company to make a Windows replacement would take the computer world by storm. I just hope it's the kind of company Google is trying to give an edge. Open source or not I'll be looking for it.
Cause they'll be ranked in the lowest portion of the results if they...
A: make spyware.
B: incorporate spyware.
C: Piss off the main marketing funnel of the internet which is THE search engine.
Couldn't you just coat or plate the missles with laser quality mirroring to get past the laser defense?
I'd rather have my tax dollars spent to make the system somewhat competant.
Say for instance, the ability for the IRS to do the math correct in the first place instead of having to take out money from my check every pay period in the hopes that it will be somewhere near the amount I will actually owe at the end of the year!
Seriously, why can't the majority of middle class simple workers fill out the forms at the beginning of the year that we fill out at the end stating our status and then have them take out the proper amount? No guesswork no fuss. If the status changes during the year then we can fill out an adendum simply stating what happened, like a marrage, newborn, etc. Submit it online and the amount taken out each pay period changes at the time of the change itself.
Most years people don't change their status and wouldn't have to fill out any forms at all.
For the automatic changes such as age or pay increase the forms should be automaticly submitted or added to by the company.
For sophisticated tax people you could submit reciepts on a monthly or yearly basis and get the return like normal but you would skip the basic forms because you're you and on file already.
I'd rather this be implemented than the privacy thwarting database linkup like they propose here.
USE MY TAX DOLLARS FOR ME!! NOT AGAINST ME!!
Why can't we all just find an automated form to sue SCO for violating the GPL? There's got to be one online these days with all the lawsuits.
Shit, I'm pretty sure the person making this comment is joking. But whoever modded this insightfull is getting me a little worried.