I agree that it's my duty to filter what my child sees. However the one place that should be a safe place to drop the kid off is the library. Do we really want to discourage children spending time at a place where they can learn?
Parents have little enough time - forcing them to spend what they have watching what their kids see at a place that should be a safe haven is going to discourage discovery and learning on the behalf of the kids.
I was in a restaurant the other day and whatever station they were playing in the background was playing the theme song. Strangely, taken out of the context of being a theme song for a Star Trek series (which I thought was really blasphemous) the song was pretty good.
From that point on I've changed my opinion of the opening song - it's pretty good and certainly a nice change from the status quo formula that has made up much of the Star Trek universe (writing, plots, dialog, etc.).
That's the same thing I thought (along with "It's about time!"). However, it appears that they're using a Microsoft codec that will only work for 24 hours. Until someone cracks it.
I don't understand why they just don't release divx files for $4 or $5 - they're only going to be played on PC's for the most part, few would go to the effort to burn a DVD off them, and WB makes money off a movie that didn't cost them anything to distribute other than bandwidth. What's so hard about that? I'd rather pay for a guaranteed download than screw around getting it off WinMX or some other service. If I liked the movie I'm even sure I'd get the DVD.
These guys are really cutting off their noses to spite their faces...
I mean, what if I took Return of the Jedi, and took the cool Ewok song off the end, added a completely idiotic musical number, and passed it off as the same movie?
The point here is that they're not passing it off as the same movie. No one is being tricked into thinking they bought the original version - these versions are being specifically requested by the consumer.
So if I get a print based on a VanGough painting, and draw glasses and a goatee on a face in my replica of the painting, I don't have the right to do this?
I think you own more than the rights to view the film. The media is yours - as is the right to modify that media.
True but if the customer rejects your new product you should move on to something the customer would accept instead of forcing the reject down their throats because you have a monopoly on what they can use.
This shows that RealNetworks may actually be able to deal with the Open Source community on the community's own terms. That will be essential if a real partnership is to come of today's announcement.
What kind of a partnership is he suggesting if one half defines it's own terms? Sounds more like a dictatorship to me.
Seriously I imagine right now the ex-Be engineers are working on system level stuff instead of GUI stuff. It will be interesting to see what they come up with.
Be, Inc. had a device like this that used MP3 as the format many years ago. Heard about it being shown in a couple of trade shows back in the day. Networkable, too.
I'm not trying to flame or be a troll or anything, but so what if it takes ten years? The developers are creating something they enjoy and will use. I doubt their intent is on dethroning Windows, Linux or MacOSX. I see a lot of similarities between OpenBeOS and how Linux started - maybe you think Linux was a fluke but I don't think so.
I agree, however, that the word has to be spread at some point. I don't think now is the time. The kernel is just barely functioning and the GUI interface is non-existent. Realistically there's a long road to go before even soft-core geeks can do anything with it, let alone general users. I think once the thing hits beta it might be a good time to spread the word, evangelize and get people excited about it. Pushing it now would do much more to discredit it than keeping a low profile for the whole thing.
Umm... no. Try to be a little more informed when you write, AC. OpenBeOS is based on a kernel from NewOS which was written by one of the ex BeOS coders. There are several BeOS clones based on Linux (Blue-Eyed OS, Leonardo, even Cosmoe to some extent) but OpenBeOS is something different. The underlying architecture that made BeOS good for audio/video will not only still be there but be improved upon.
I believe they're planning on distributors to handle their own marketing. Similar to Linux - the marketing for Linux is being done by IBM, RedHat, Mandrake and other distros instead of Linus and the development team.
The OpenBeOS team is depending on the same thing to happen with their OS. An audio company could have a distro with apps and drivers specifically targeting the audio segment, while another company might have a distro with programs specific to their goals. Each would market their own distribution.
Mabye Lucas doesn't consider these movies as "Classics"? Maybe he thinks they're just movies that people like but he could never do what he really wanted to do when he made them so now he'll make the changes? Or maybe he thought of something later that would have been cool and now he gets a chance to do it? I think as far as Lucas is concerned (and me as well) they're just movies. Enjoyable, exciting movies. Something to watch while kicking back on the couch with some popcorn. But they're nothing more, nothing less. Maybe Lucas doesn't see the changes as a great sin because he's not turned Star Wars into a freakin' religion...
I don't know about other versions of Windows, but it's not 100% in Win98. I've given up on several PC's here that still try to pull up Outlook Express even though we're using Outlook2000! It's absolutely ridiculous that even associations don't guarantee the right program will launch. Something's hard-coded somewhere...
Lucas himself saw this. He limited the number of theatres AOTC was playing in - something like 1,500 theatres less than Spider-Man. In an interview he said that he knew he wasn't going to break any records, but been-there-done-that. He just wanted it to play in theatres that were up to par technically.
That's the opposite of nearly every review I've seen of the movie. Nearly everyone states that for the three hours you're in the movie theatre you walk away feeling you were in Middle-Earth instead.
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I agree that it's my duty to filter what my child sees. However the one place that should be a safe place to drop the kid off is the library. Do we really want to discourage children spending time at a place where they can learn?
Parents have little enough time - forcing them to spend what they have watching what their kids see at a place that should be a safe haven is going to discourage discovery and learning on the behalf of the kids.
Take a look here:3 7
http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=17
Looks to me like it's a real person. And looks to me like it was a real interview.
Why not post that version here instead of complaining about it? That's what comments are all about...
I was in a restaurant the other day and whatever station they were playing in the background was playing the theme song. Strangely, taken out of the context of being a theme song for a Star Trek series (which I thought was really blasphemous) the song was pretty good.
From that point on I've changed my opinion of the opening song - it's pretty good and certainly a nice change from the status quo formula that has made up much of the Star Trek universe (writing, plots, dialog, etc.).
That's the same thing I thought (along with "It's about time!"). However, it appears that they're using a Microsoft codec that will only work for 24 hours. Until someone cracks it.
I don't understand why they just don't release divx files for $4 or $5 - they're only going to be played on PC's for the most part, few would go to the effort to burn a DVD off them, and WB makes money off a movie that didn't cost them anything to distribute other than bandwidth. What's so hard about that? I'd rather pay for a guaranteed download than screw around getting it off WinMX or some other service. If I liked the movie I'm even sure I'd get the DVD.
These guys are really cutting off their noses to spite their faces...
I mean, what if I took Return of the Jedi, and took the cool Ewok song off the end, added a completely idiotic musical number, and passed it off as the same movie?
The point here is that they're not passing it off as the same movie. No one is being tricked into thinking they bought the original version - these versions are being specifically requested by the consumer.
Greedo had a gun - he just never used it in the original.
So if I get a print based on a VanGough painting, and draw glasses and a goatee on a face in my replica of the painting, I don't have the right to do this?
:)
I think you own more than the rights to view the film. The media is yours - as is the right to modify that media.
IMHO, of course.
True but if the customer rejects your new product you should move on to something the customer would accept instead of forcing the reject down their throats because you have a monopoly on what they can use.
This shows that RealNetworks may actually be able to deal with the Open Source community on the community's own terms. That will be essential if a real partnership is to come of today's announcement.
What kind of a partnership is he suggesting if one half defines it's own terms? Sounds more like a dictatorship to me.
Yeah but look: they're using tabbed windows! :)
Seriously I imagine right now the ex-Be engineers are working on system level stuff instead of GUI stuff. It will be interesting to see what they come up with.
Be, Inc. had a device like this that used MP3 as the format many years ago. Heard about it being shown in a couple of trade shows back in the day. Networkable, too.
*sigh* Coulda been cool...
I'm not trying to flame or be a troll or anything, but so what if it takes ten years? The developers are creating something they enjoy and will use. I doubt their intent is on dethroning Windows, Linux or MacOSX. I see a lot of similarities between OpenBeOS and how Linux started - maybe you think Linux was a fluke but I don't think so.
I agree, however, that the word has to be spread at some point. I don't think now is the time. The kernel is just barely functioning and the GUI interface is non-existent. Realistically there's a long road to go before even soft-core geeks can do anything with it, let alone general users. I think once the thing hits beta it might be a good time to spread the word, evangelize and get people excited about it. Pushing it now would do much more to discredit it than keeping a low profile for the whole thing.
Then who did Linus market Linux to?
Umm... no. Try to be a little more informed when you write, AC. OpenBeOS is based on a kernel from NewOS which was written by one of the ex BeOS coders. There are several BeOS clones based on Linux (Blue-Eyed OS, Leonardo, even Cosmoe to some extent) but OpenBeOS is something different. The underlying architecture that made BeOS good for audio/video will not only still be there but be improved upon.
I believe they're planning on distributors to handle their own marketing. Similar to Linux - the marketing for Linux is being done by IBM, RedHat, Mandrake and other distros instead of Linus and the development team.
The OpenBeOS team is depending on the same thing to happen with their OS. An audio company could have a distro with apps and drivers specifically targeting the audio segment, while another company might have a distro with programs specific to their goals. Each would market their own distribution.
Thus closeth the final chapter of the baloonatics. Amen.
Mabye Lucas doesn't consider these movies as "Classics"? Maybe he thinks they're just movies that people like but he could never do what he really wanted to do when he made them so now he'll make the changes? Or maybe he thought of something later that would have been cool and now he gets a chance to do it? I think as far as Lucas is concerned (and me as well) they're just movies. Enjoyable, exciting movies. Something to watch while kicking back on the couch with some popcorn. But they're nothing more, nothing less. Maybe Lucas doesn't see the changes as a great sin because he's not turned Star Wars into a freakin' religion...
I don't know about other versions of Windows, but it's not 100% in Win98. I've given up on several PC's here that still try to pull up Outlook Express even though we're using Outlook2000! It's absolutely ridiculous that even associations don't guarantee the right program will launch. Something's hard-coded somewhere...
Lucas himself saw this. He limited the number of theatres AOTC was playing in - something like 1,500 theatres less than Spider-Man. In an interview he said that he knew he wasn't going to break any records, but been-there-done-that. He just wanted it to play in theatres that were up to par technically.
By that logic my opinion could be that it's all right to kill whomever I wanted - then I could get upset when I get arrested for doing it.
Legality isn't a matter of opinion in a society governed by rule of law.
Yeah and Apple claimed it was "way beyond" the rumor sites. I stand by my slur.
No, Apple should be to blame for your hopes being up. What a bunch of scheisters...
That's the opposite of nearly every review I've seen of the movie. Nearly everyone states that for the three hours you're in the movie theatre you walk away feeling you were in Middle-Earth instead.
Where's Hash's Animation Master? This is an app that was written to be "3d for the masses" yet I don't see it highlighted in the article.
For shame - how could you look at animation for the low-end and not include A:M?