The fact that the porn industry has chosen HD-DVD will have nothing to do with it.
Is this true?
If so it's actually a good point. One of the claimed reasons for VHS winning the format war was apparently that Sony didn't allow porn on Betamax. Of course, the 2 hour VHS tape length might have been a factor as well.
The limit is fine if you want to use Excel as a spreadsheet. But then you might as well be using visicalc.
I remember using it play with some data I'd collected. I didn't really need anything too speciual. I just wanted to be able to produce some graphs of data to see what general shape we were getting.
Obviously, there are better tools for this purpose, but we already had Excel, and it was just about adequate with a little fiddling around. Investigating a better alternative would have taken longer than getting it to work in excel, but with computer generated data, you do end up with a lot of lines.
But before I answer that, can someone tell me why I should upgrade from Word 95? And the only justification I can think of to upgrade to Word 95 is long filename support.
The thing is, IT people don't care. They're arrogant, and slightly asocial, but also know full well they're essential. This might be harmful to the profession, but the profession can handle the damage.
True. But degrees and radians are really different things, with the slight inconvenience that they are easily interchangable. A degree is a unit of real world measurement. It's designed for putting markings on a protractor and making sure there's a convenient number for dividing a circle. A radian is more of a mathematical concept used for angles, phase difference, and a number of other areas of mathematics.
First, how steep is that curve? Do you have excessive centralization. I think, but do not know, that the US's curve has been getting steeper over the years. This is likely not good.
I think this is by far the most important factor. Too shallow and the risk/reward relationship weighs too far into the risk side of the equation. Too steep mmeans large parts of society are not benefitting from the capitalism, which calls into question the entire justification of the economic system.
Failing that, I suspect that there are a number of third-world countries that would sell a segment of themselves and recognise its independent status in exchange for a few million dollars...
East Timor would be a good bet. The £500 for sealand is considerably higher than East Timor's GDP. Of course for that sort of investment in their IT infrastructure, you could probably write your own laws in the country.
Britain is a commonly used shortened for of "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland", in much the same way that people often use the term "America" when referring to the United States of America.
The US Government gets Britain, their allies and best friends, to invade the evil terrorist dictatorship of Sealand and install democracy.
But to "invade", the British government would have to recognise the legitimacy of Sealand. At the moment, nobody there is breaking any British Law (at least not obviously) so everyonee's happy to ignore the problem. I couldn't imagine the British government allowing someone to invade part of what they consider British territory over copyright infringment either.
The chart has been based on singles sales since it was introduced. But who actually buys singles on physical media anymore? Judging by the shelf space allowed in record shops, they must account for a very small portion of total record sales. And it's not surprising. They're as expensive as an album to manufacture and sell, so will end up costing more, and they're less convenient for most people.
So clearly these must be bought primarily by collectors and hardcore fans. It's hardly surprising that download sales are so substantially more important to position than physical media sales.
On another note, doesn't that describe just about every kids show on TV now?
A good deal of them. And some of them are pretty violent. Tom and Jerry is one of the most violent shows ever if you use a fairly clinical definition of violence.
I felt the same way for a while, and still feel that if they disapprove of a specific game they have every right not to accept it as an entrant.
But this is not what they're doing. The judges accepted the game. They played it and agreed that it was permissable. The reason for it beingejected seems to be for all the wrong reasons - groups who have not played the game, and implictely agreed not to interfere objected to it and had it removed. This changes the festival from an avant garde independent games and films event to a watered down corporate run promotion.
It's tempting. But whether or not they want to pull out in support of the game is a personal decision. I'll not judge them either way, and certainly wouldn't want to risk pressuring them into doing something they don't want to do.
Why do people focus on this bit of what Ted Stevens said? It's just a metaphor, and as such, about the only part of his whole statement that made sense.
I can't work out what the patent is actually for. Even the abstract is a little vague apart from telling me it's some sort of analogue joystick interface.
Does anybody want a computer to read books? There's already a perfectly good device for reading books. It's called a book. Computers are great. They're interactive and versatile. But they shouldn't be seen as a replacement for books. Books are great too and there are a lot of them not avaialable on a computer.
I mean not a lot of people use their PC as a DVD player. And before someone responds pointing out the benefits - Yes, I know you do, but you represent a minority. Most people are going to buy a nice easy to use Hi def DVD player that plugs into their big screen HDTV and has a nice remote control.
The whole media PC idea is just a wet dream from Microsoft marketting types.
The name. "What the hell is a 'blue...ray'?" When you say HD-DVD they at the very least have a good idea that it's some type of movie disc.
The flipside is "Blu-Ray" sounds cooler. Right now, the potential marketplace is pretty technically proficient and knew what Blu-Ray was before it came out.
I'm of the opinion that it's possible to do something so reprehensible that nobody with an ounce of common decency - even a politician - would fail to act. Perhaps invading Canada wouldn't be enough, but I think there may be something.
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The fact that the porn industry has chosen HD-DVD will have nothing to do with it.
Is this true?
If so it's actually a good point. One of the claimed reasons for VHS winning the format war was apparently that Sony didn't allow porn on Betamax. Of course, the 2 hour VHS tape length might have been a factor as well.
The limit is fine if you want to use Excel as a spreadsheet. But then you might as well be using visicalc.
I remember using it play with some data I'd collected. I didn't really need anything too speciual. I just wanted to be able to produce some graphs of data to see what general shape we were getting.
Obviously, there are better tools for this purpose, but we already had Excel, and it was just about adequate with a little fiddling around. Investigating a better alternative would have taken longer than getting it to work in excel, but with computer generated data, you do end up with a lot of lines.
But before I answer that, can someone tell me why I should upgrade from Word 95? And the only justification I can think of to upgrade to Word 95 is long filename support.
The thing is, IT people don't care. They're arrogant, and slightly asocial, but also know full well they're essential. This might be harmful to the profession, but the profession can handle the damage.
True. But degrees and radians are really different things, with the slight inconvenience that they are easily interchangable. A degree is a unit of real world measurement. It's designed for putting markings on a protractor and making sure there's a convenient number for dividing a circle. A radian is more of a mathematical concept used for angles, phase difference, and a number of other areas of mathematics.
First, how steep is that curve? Do you have excessive centralization. I think, but do not know, that the US's curve has been getting steeper over the years. This is likely not good.
I think this is by far the most important factor. Too shallow and the risk/reward relationship weighs too far into the risk side of the equation. Too steep mmeans large parts of society are not benefitting from the capitalism, which calls into question the entire justification of the economic system.
Failing that, I suspect that there are a number of third-world countries that would sell a segment of themselves and recognise its independent status in exchange for a few million dollars...
East Timor would be a good bet. The £500 for sealand is considerably higher than East Timor's GDP. Of course for that sort of investment in their IT infrastructure, you could probably write your own laws in the country.
Britain is a commonly used shortened for of "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland", in much the same way that people often use the term "America" when referring to the United States of America.
The US Government gets Britain, their allies and best friends, to invade the evil terrorist dictatorship of Sealand and install democracy.
But to "invade", the British government would have to recognise the legitimacy of Sealand. At the moment, nobody there is breaking any British Law (at least not obviously) so everyonee's happy to ignore the problem. I couldn't imagine the British government allowing someone to invade part of what they consider British territory over copyright infringment either.
The chart has been based on singles sales since it was introduced. But who actually buys singles on physical media anymore? Judging by the shelf space allowed in record shops, they must account for a very small portion of total record sales. And it's not surprising. They're as expensive as an album to manufacture and sell, so will end up costing more, and they're less convenient for most people.
So clearly these must be bought primarily by collectors and hardcore fans. It's hardly surprising that download sales are so substantially more important to position than physical media sales.
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And it looks like we're down to 7.. Nick Montfort's Book and Volume is no longer listed with a brief statement here.
On another note, doesn't that describe just about every kids show on TV now?
A good deal of them. And some of them are pretty violent. Tom and Jerry is one of the most violent shows ever if you use a fairly clinical definition of violence.
I felt the same way for a while, and still feel that if they disapprove of a specific game they have every right not to accept it as an entrant.
But this is not what they're doing. The judges accepted the game. They played it and agreed that it was permissable. The reason for it beingejected seems to be for all the wrong reasons - groups who have not played the game, and implictely agreed not to interfere objected to it and had it removed. This changes the festival from an avant garde independent games and films event to a watered down corporate run promotion.
It's tempting. But whether or not they want to pull out in support of the game is a personal decision. I'll not judge them either way, and certainly wouldn't want to risk pressuring them into doing something they don't want to do.
Why do people focus on this bit of what Ted Stevens said? It's just a metaphor, and as such, about the only part of his whole statement that made sense.
I think you're right.
Which means it doesn't work in anything like the same way as a modern analogue joysick.
I can't work out what the patent is actually for. Even the abstract is a little vague apart from telling me it's some sort of analogue joystick interface.
Does anybody want a computer to read books? There's already a perfectly good device for reading books. It's called a book. Computers are great. They're interactive and versatile. But they shouldn't be seen as a replacement for books. Books are great too and there are a lot of them not avaialable on a computer.
That leaves 11 finalists.
How many would need to leave before the event was no longer viable?
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Yes master! We will create Liiiife!!!
I mean not a lot of people use their PC as a DVD player. And before someone responds pointing out the benefits - Yes, I know you do, but you represent a minority. Most people are going to buy a nice easy to use Hi def DVD player that plugs into their big screen HDTV and has a nice remote control.
The whole media PC idea is just a wet dream from Microsoft marketting types.
The name. "What the hell is a 'blue...ray'?" When you say HD-DVD they at the very least have a good idea that it's some type of movie disc.
The flipside is "Blu-Ray" sounds cooler. Right now, the potential marketplace is pretty technically proficient and knew what Blu-Ray was before it came out.
Dude, whoever can just blow that amount of spare cash on a castle without blinking doesn't need to make profits ;)
Sure you do. Well, okay. Not to live, but once you get that rich, money becomes a way of keeping score.
It's a castle, right? It must have been built to defend against aggressors.
Yes, but so was Sealand.
I'm of the opinion that it's possible to do something so reprehensible that nobody with an ounce of common decency - even a politician - would fail to act. Perhaps invading Canada wouldn't be enough, but I think there may be something.