I was there a few years back when the state threatened to cut finding from this public park/observatory. They seem to still be in operation though.
You should make it clear it's south central Washington right next to the Oregon boarder. Worth the trip to see the Maryhill museum of art and the observatory near by, but still 3 hrs by car from Seattle.
Cleary not since so many people are cheating the system by going with more fuel efficent cars. Swiching from a 30mpg beast to a 50mpg beast if you travel 10,000 miles would save you 133gal/gas. I.e. you are not being taxed on 133gal. Hiking the tax to compensate is no loss! It ain't a win but it would be fair.
IMHO we are not taxed enough of fuel. A huge tax on fuel which funds public transportation would be of supreme benifit for all. That way people can cheat the system by not using their car at all. Anyone who cheats the system and goes with any system of transport that improves air quality should be rewarded.
The shortest distance between two points is a straight line.
Indeed, it is. The lowest you could be taxed on yet not taxed too much.
Who's to say if you drove the shortest distance? Is the odometer gonna be hooked up to this thing too?
IIRC correctly you submit your odometer reading for inspection. This is already done. Your odometer assuming all things are working properly will say.
How do you reliably determine out of state miles? How about I just use a thermal printer to fabricate receipts for a Shell station in Las Vegas while filling my car up one 5-gallon can at a time?
Ummmm... GPS? GPS works very well on the highway and will be able to log at what time you left the state, how long you were gone, and at what time you returned so it can continue to start logging again. You could be SOL if it screwed up if you don't have evidence you were out of state. But let's face it... how often a month does one from cali go on a roadtrip that would throw off your miles/year? Cali is a huge state.
I'm not saying it's impossible to exploit the system. I'm not saying it's even a good system. What I am saying is for a valid system with checks and balances you need to corilate GPS with the odometer for a fair assessment of distance traveled. Personaly I feel that the system should be tossed in the garbage. Taxing the gas requires the least paper work, is already in place, and scales based on your engine size to a large extent.
Except that when there are 12 different ways to get from point a to point b
Indeed.... which is why we also go by the odometer. A to B will give you the crow flies estimate. This will almost always be a minimum estimate. Good enough for now and make up the difference at inspection time.
what are the smoking!!! I have a GPS and I can tell you this will NEVER work. 1. GPS is useless in areas with lots f tall buildings like Boston for example (my last trip there my gps was a total joke
1. GPS stopped working at point a, and started working at point b. Measure the distance and tax'em.
2. Annual inspection. If there is a major difference between GPS miles and odometer miles... and if those miles can't be associated with out of state miles... tax'em.
Don't get me wrong, I'm with you. They are creating a very complex system to tax based on miles traveled rather than the more simple system of taxing based on fuel used. This is 100% dumb as it discourgaes the use lighter fuel efficent cars that cause less wear and tear on the road. The concern with a loss tax revenue as a result of people buying more fuel efficent cars is legit and they need to raise the damn fuel tax.
The real problem is people in political office don't seem to think it's fair that their vehicels with larger than 5 liter engines should pay more money than econoboxes with sub 2 liter engines failing to take into account that they polute more air and tear up more road than a cheaper import. I argue that it's perfectly fair to give econoboxes a huge tax break for poluting less.
I see more people carpooling (I pay the taxes, you buy the gas)...or even better, more people riding bikes (for those lucky enough to live in bike-friendly towns).
You see more people riding bikes. The people riding bikes see Hummers with joyful drivers paying taxes by the mile for their mega tons of steel.
Wouldn't it be possible to write a script that reads the DVD bit by bit and places those same bits in the same order on a blank DVD?
[For Example] The last time I checked CDs were copy protected. As part of the directory there is a bit flag for whether or not the thing is copy protected or not. Drives made past a certain date were required to copy a direct digital copy. You may not notice this as ripping software takes this into account, but on a few select drives you could copy tracks as easy as files. I.E. it was the hardware that prevented digital copies.
[For Example] Macrovision was a system used to prevent VCRs from making analog copies from an analog source. It was simply a blinking black bar between between the frames. Older VCRs had no problem with this, but more modern ones took exception and freaked out the color. This was a problem when people bought DVD players without RF modulators and thought it would be no problem to jack the DVD into the VCR and use its RF modulator. Some only freaked out when you hit record, others just freaked out all the time. Users would either have to buy a seperate RF modulator, buy something to defeat the copy protection, or buy a new tv with inputs.
But not knowing anything about the new Macrovision. In the past copy protection dependended on hardware seeing a copyprotect flag and preventing it.
I thought that feeding time was the only time that most cats paid any attention to you. Why on earth anyone would want to take that away I will never know.
Knowing my cat it will go something like this. After I setup the automatic feeder the cat will still bug me when he wants to be fed.
Then I have to use a pencil to manual dispence his auto dispenced food and then he'll eat it like a happy cat.
I know this for a fact because I put my dry cat food in gladware. If he gets hungry when i'm out he uses his little paws and opens the gladware and feeds himself. This is good and happy independent behavior. But when i'm around..
Becuase of the difference in cultural, you American sometimes cannot understand Chinese people. Something we think normal you think crazy. The reason to restrict build net cafe 200m away from school is that too many kids go to net cafes after school and spend too much time on computer games or internet surfing. Many parents complain about this.
Actually there is no cultural difference here. When video games were fresh and new circa 1980-1985 many cities passed laws about putting them next to elementary schools for the exact same reason. Kids would either:
1. Leave for school early and spend their lunch money and arive late. 2. Sneak off campus spend their lunch money and arive late. 3. Hit the arcade after school and arive home late.
OK, now I really know you have no idea what you're talking about. Lets get one thing straight, PGP is not an encryption algorithm, its an encryption suite.
Last time I checked it was open source. The PGP implementation is used elsewhere than the encryption suite. Look it up sometime.
I must admit I assumed you were a total dumb ass on a random flame rampage... so I kept the language as simple as possible. After all you entered into the convo without knowing zip offered encryption. This is why your geek license has been revoked.
You say I can use winzip to encrypt a file? That's great because winZip used AES (a symetric algorithm). You'll still need to communicate the key to the reciever in which case you're in the same boat as using PGP.
This was my point in the first place! Because what both you and I are talking about is a very weak system of secuirty designed to not a 3rd party observer from seeing paterns but allowing random end users to get the password. There has to be some means of the downloader to get the bloody passphrase. So why go with an application few people have and go with something everyone is likely to have.
Both systems will have the flaw of creating duplicate files that are identical.
You offered no valid reason why to go PGP over ZIP, or RAR, or even ARJ in this case. Since you admit freely that AES is the way to go. With all due respect you are all over the map.
You could simply MSN the key or even have the key as the name of the file.
The way paranoid groups do it is list the passcode on a webpage secure webpage. Not everyone has an MSN passport but they do have web browsers.
You sir, are a tard. And I can't believe I've wasted my time slamming you.
I can't believe you did either. You must really have nothing better to do. You clearly are a very little man who feels they must slam others to gain some sense of self worth (oh yea welcome to slashdot). I at least am waiting for paint to dry. You misread "zip it, encrypt it" as zip it and then encrypt it (using pgp). Your based your rant on an invalid assumption and took what I said... rephrased and added acronyms... and shot it out as a very poor slam... conceded my point that zip would be perfectly acceptable... and failed to insult me properly.
I can not be held accountable for the fact that you have never heard Phish - Reba circa 1992. It's not like all Phish fans are luddites... but clearly where are none on slashdot.
With all due respect... go put on your pleather jacket and Khan your self some more. Your ego is big enough but your self esteem is lacking. Enzyte might help with that little problem.
Encrypting something with PGP requires no protocol. Encrypting something with PGP *is* performed at the *file* level and I can share encrypted files on KaZaA *today* if I wanted to.
Great, use PGP. PGP requires a public and private key. This would be nice, but pointless unless you had a method of telling the host to use a specific private key. Otherwise you have to give out both the private and public key. If this is what you want to do feel free. Needlessly complex for a very weak security measure but go on with your bad self.
You seemed to lack any understanding of the features in archive applications... most support encryption already and don't require PGP. I.e. you can zip with encryption.
Ideal would be to implement PGP on the protocal layer rather than the file layer. This way you don't end up with tons of the same bloody file all encrypted in different ways. Unless you want the ability to resume from fewer people.
You made a dumb assumption. You brought up PGP without any forethought to how it would be deployed. You were unaware of the features offered in the software. Your geek status is revoked. You are now poor dirt farmer from Iowa who resembles William Shatner.
I would think a way to go would be to use some low-grade form of encryption using random keys that aren't known to the end-use Something that would be trivial to break on a user's home system, but would be impractical for the ISP to process on a large-scale.
And copyright the method and charge the RIAA / MPAA with violations of the DMCA?
The concept of encryption is so simple, yet no one seems to understand how to implement it. Gosh!
Two points.
1. I was going funny using the same rhyme and meter as a Phish song
2. Zip supports encryption as does RAR and most archive software. You can even archive with no compression if you like. This is common among the more paranoid groups. While encryption on the protocal layer would no doubt be superior this requires a change in software. Doing it on the file layer has no effect on compatibility with existing file exchange software. I.e. you can do this *TODAY*.
The concept that you can implement something on different layers is so fundamental that you lose 3 geek points for failing to realise it.
While I'm certainly no a fan of the **AA, and I don't believe we need any more legislation, this to me is the least offensive method of combatting piracy
It's the most offensive method if you are like me and store your.mp3s at home and access them via remote.
2. I've invested in an audiophile grade system--I've got two Macintoshes--one next to my desk and another powering my MLs. Trust me, you can spot the 192s bitrates each time. They're particularly noticable on string music.
Macintoshes? Don't you mean McIntosh?? I'm the last person that should be a spelling Nazi but in this case I take exception. Macintosh is a series of computers by the Apple corp. McIntosh has been around since the 1950s and produce some very nice audio gear including power amps, recievers, amps, loud speakers, and other misc hardware. Both Apple and Mcintosh are associated with audio so it's important that you make it clear which company you are talking about. When you said Macintosh, I had this image of an iMac on your desk and an iBook hooked up to a Cyber Acoustics ML powered speakers.
The point being don't spend forever telling me how much you love your music if you're listening to it on crappy mp3s, ripped god knows how, at 192, on ear phones that use cone drivers.
All ears are not created equal. Have you never noticed people who do construction picking out speakers that offer the best mid-range peformance with little regard to the high end? It's not their lack of love for music but the fact they can't hear some shit.
The nice thing about the human mind is our brains fill in the empty spaces. I know a great many people who are into music, who have perfect pitch, who's ears and bodies are well trained to the peformance, yet are perfectly happy with POS bookshelf systems and sub $100 portable.mp3 players. It's not their lack of love of music but their budget and their brains take over and fill in the gaps. You could say they don't know what they are missing, and you would be right. But ignorance is bliss and good for the pocketbook.
"Intellectual property" is not like physical property. That is why copyright infringement is not theft. Did you ever read the small letters on a CD you bought? It says "All rights reserved". You are not buying any intellectual property at all when you buy a CD. Just a piece of plastic. Copyright does not forbid you to play it, but it does forbid you to copy it, save for fair use.
"But," says man, "All rights reserved can not be true since fair use rights are granted by the goverment. This proves the license is false, and by your own statement, is void. Q.E.D."
"Oh dear' says the RIAA, "We hadn't thought of that!" And the RIAA promptly vanishes in a puff of logic.
Douglas Adams twisted quote. All rights observed... RIP.
Most people get Windows without going through a process of evaluating alterantives, and most of them just use WMP because it "came free with it", and never consider changing. This forced unbundling gives competitors a chance to compete based on whether a user actually likes it.
Yes, I am still using a copy of Windows Calculator. I'm not aware of any alternatives because I'm too lazy to take the time to look for any.
By this logic people will stick with Wordpad/Notepad, Paint, Sound Recorder, MS backup, command line ftp, and Hyperterminal/MS-Telnet. These accessories are most often superseded by the user who needs something better. If not the user, the OEM loves slapping on extra software. Paint/Kodak Imaging gets superseded usually when you install another printer for example.
While I get new accessories the first chance I get I am thankful they exist on every windows machine. I can do simple diagrams in paint, simple notes in notepad/wordpad. I can resume with cmdline ftp, and check my e-mail with MS-telnet and diagnose modems with Hyperterminal.
The other person is wrong, take a look at the ad. hey are trying to educate people what Enterprise is, then get people to fill out a section and post it in.
I don't know the views / readership of the papers, but from how the ad is written it looks like they are targeting "Joe Sixpack", Who probably has something better to do than watch sci-fi at 8pm on a friday night. As such they would be best going for the paper with the highest readership. Perhaps even 2 smaller papers that have the right demographics
Three points
1. USA today is geard tward a lower reading level and has a higher readership. This has already been covered. 2. The Usa today plan called for a 3 1/4 by 5 3/16 inch where the LA times got offered a full page. 3. The ABC link contains demographic info. Here is LA times and USA today
By all means do some homework and visit enterprisefans.com and put your ideas to work. If they want to run more ads the more people doing the legwork the better.
But am I the only one who instinctively turns their TV off before the end of the theme tune?
I somewhat like the theme... but never the less I memorized the number of clicks to fast forward it. One season was enough. There have been two alternatives i've seen. One is purely instrumental as the movies and TNG are. The other is the credits music with dialog by Scott Backula, "These are the voyages of the starship enterprise.. where no human has gone before". I prefer the former instrumental one... but i'd be willing to live with Mr. Backula's monolog so long as it gets re-done after a two quad shot lattés.
With the Internet becoming a place where news are instant and commentary is a little deeper, why are Newspapers still around? How are they remaining profitable?
Newspapers are somewhat cheaper than laptops and usually require no batteries to read. And when you are done they make wonderful packing material, bird cage lining, masking paper, origami, pirate hats, or can be used as a fire starter.
Why the LA Times anyway, at least in USA Today more people would see it. Not that it helps, let the show die and let Star Trek get a fresh start in 5-6 more years.
I was wondering if your statement was true. I would have thought the Wall Street Journal was tops. I don't know anyone personaly who subscribes to USA today and I personaly don't take it very seriously. But looks like you are correct in terms of raw readership according to the Audit Bereau of Circulations.
2,665,815 USA Today
2,106,774 The Wall Street Journal M-F 1,680,583 New York Times 1,292,274 Los Angeles Times 1,007,487 The Washington Post 963,927 Chicago Tribune 786,952 New York Daily News 750,780 Philadelphia Inquirer 750,593 Denver Post/Rocky Mountain News 737,580 Houston Chronicle
The Wall Street Journal is the only one listed in the top 10 that is a daily top subscriber monday to friday.
Another person already pointed out the tarket market for this advert is LA.
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Ah, but if public transportation took off, the system would be in even worse shape.
we must stop and ask ourselves if airquality is worth it
There's also an observatory nearby with one of the country's largest public-access telescopes.
That would be Goldendale
I was there a few years back when the state threatened to cut finding from this public park/observatory. They seem to still be in operation though.
You should make it clear it's south central Washington right next to the Oregon boarder. Worth the trip to see the Maryhill museum of art and the observatory near by, but still 3 hrs by car from Seattle.
Gas tax... we are already taxed enough.
Cleary not since so many people are cheating the system by going with more fuel efficent cars. Swiching from a 30mpg beast to a 50mpg beast if you travel 10,000 miles would save you 133gal/gas. I.e. you are not being taxed on 133gal. Hiking the tax to compensate is no loss! It ain't a win but it would be fair.
IMHO we are not taxed enough of fuel. A huge tax on fuel which funds public transportation would be of supreme benifit for all. That way people can cheat the system by not using their car at all. Anyone who cheats the system and goes with any system of transport that improves air quality should be rewarded.
The shortest distance between two points is a straight line.
Indeed, it is. The lowest you could be taxed on yet not taxed too much.
Who's to say if you drove the shortest distance? Is the odometer gonna be hooked up to this thing too?
IIRC correctly you submit your odometer reading for inspection. This is already done. Your odometer assuming all things are working properly will say.
How do you reliably determine out of state miles? How about I just use a thermal printer to fabricate receipts for a Shell station in Las Vegas while filling my car up one 5-gallon can at a time?
Ummmm... GPS? GPS works very well on the highway and will be able to log at what time you left the state, how long you were gone, and at what time you returned so it can continue to start logging again. You could be SOL if it screwed up if you don't have evidence you were out of state. But let's face it... how often a month does one from cali go on a roadtrip that would throw off your miles/year? Cali is a huge state.
I'm not saying it's impossible to exploit the system. I'm not saying it's even a good system. What I am saying is for a valid system with checks and balances you need to corilate GPS with the odometer for a fair assessment of distance traveled. Personaly I feel that the system should be tossed in the garbage. Taxing the gas requires the least paper work, is already in place, and scales based on your engine size to a large extent.
Except that when there are 12 different ways to get from point a to point b
Indeed.... which is why we also go by the odometer. A to B will give you the crow flies estimate. This will almost always be a minimum estimate. Good enough for now and make up the difference at inspection time.
what are the smoking!!! I have a GPS and I can tell you this will NEVER work. 1. GPS is useless in areas with lots f tall buildings like Boston for example (my last trip there my gps was a total joke
1. GPS stopped working at point a, and started working at point b. Measure the distance and tax'em.
2. Annual inspection. If there is a major difference between GPS miles and odometer miles... and if those miles can't be associated with out of state miles... tax'em.
Don't get me wrong, I'm with you. They are creating a very complex system to tax based on miles traveled rather than the more simple system of taxing based on fuel used. This is 100% dumb as it discourgaes the use lighter fuel efficent cars that cause less wear and tear on the road. The concern with a loss tax revenue as a result of people buying more fuel efficent cars is legit and they need to raise the damn fuel tax.
The real problem is people in political office don't seem to think it's fair that their vehicels with larger than 5 liter engines should pay more money than econoboxes with sub 2 liter engines failing to take into account that they polute more air and tear up more road than a cheaper import. I argue that it's perfectly fair to give econoboxes a huge tax break for poluting less.
I see more people carpooling (I pay the taxes, you buy the gas)...or even better, more people riding bikes (for those lucky enough to live in bike-friendly towns).
You see more people riding bikes. The people riding bikes see Hummers with joyful drivers paying taxes by the mile for their mega tons of steel.
Wouldn't it be possible to write a script that reads the DVD bit by bit and places those same bits in the same order on a blank DVD?
[For Example]
The last time I checked CDs were copy protected. As part of the directory there is a bit flag for whether or not the thing is copy protected or not. Drives made past a certain date were required to copy a direct digital copy. You may not notice this as ripping software takes this into account, but on a few select drives you could copy tracks as easy as files. I.E. it was the hardware that prevented digital copies.
[For Example]
Macrovision was a system used to prevent VCRs from making analog copies from an analog source. It was simply a blinking black bar between between the frames. Older VCRs had no problem with this, but more modern ones took exception and freaked out the color. This was a problem when people bought DVD players without RF modulators and thought it would be no problem to jack the DVD into the VCR and use its RF modulator. Some only freaked out when you hit record, others just freaked out all the time. Users would either have to buy a seperate RF modulator, buy something to defeat the copy protection, or buy a new tv with inputs.
But not knowing anything about the new Macrovision. In the past copy protection dependended on hardware seeing a copyprotect flag and preventing it.
I thought that feeding time was the only time that most cats paid any attention to you. Why on earth anyone would want to take that away I will never know.
Knowing my cat it will go something like this. After I setup the automatic feeder the cat will still bug me when he wants to be fed.
meow (feed me) meow (feed me) meow (feed me) meow (feed me)
Then I have to use a pencil to manual dispence his auto dispenced food and then he'll eat it like a happy cat.
I know this for a fact because I put my dry cat food in gladware. If he gets hungry when i'm out he uses his little paws and opens the gladware and feeds himself. This is good and happy independent behavior. But when i'm around..
meow (feed me) meow (feed me) meow (feed me) meow (feed me)
The only advantage I see is not having that gawd awful stench under my nose.
Now if I could only get him to open those plastic servings of wet food.
Becuase of the difference in cultural, you American sometimes cannot understand Chinese people. Something we think normal you think crazy. The reason to restrict build net cafe 200m away from school is that too many kids go to net cafes after school and spend too much time on computer games or internet surfing. Many parents complain about this.
Actually there is no cultural difference here. When video games were fresh and new circa 1980-1985 many cities passed laws about putting them next to elementary schools for the exact same reason. Kids would either:
1. Leave for school early and spend their lunch money and arive late.
2. Sneak off campus spend their lunch money and arive late.
3. Hit the arcade after school and arive home late.
OK, now I really know you have no idea what you're talking about. Lets get one thing straight, PGP is not an encryption algorithm, its an encryption suite.
Last time I checked it was open source. The PGP implementation is used elsewhere than the encryption suite. Look it up sometime.
I must admit I assumed you were a total dumb ass on a random flame rampage... so I kept the language as simple as possible. After all you entered into the convo without knowing zip offered encryption. This is why your geek license has been revoked.
You say I can use winzip to encrypt a file? That's great because winZip used AES (a symetric algorithm). You'll still need to communicate the key to the reciever in which case you're in the same boat as using PGP.
This was my point in the first place! Because what both you and I are talking about is a very weak system of secuirty designed to not a 3rd party observer from seeing paterns but allowing random end users to get the password. There has to be some means of the downloader to get the bloody passphrase. So why go with an application few people have and go with something everyone is likely to have.
Both systems will have the flaw of creating duplicate files that are identical.
You offered no valid reason why to go PGP over ZIP, or RAR, or even ARJ in this case. Since you admit freely that AES is the way to go. With all due respect you are all over the map.
You could simply MSN the key or even have the key as the name of the file.
The way paranoid groups do it is list the passcode on a webpage secure webpage. Not everyone has an MSN passport but they do have web browsers.
You sir, are a tard. And I can't believe I've wasted my time slamming you.
I can't believe you did either. You must really have nothing better to do. You clearly are a very little man who feels they must slam others to gain some sense of self worth (oh yea welcome to slashdot). I at least am waiting for paint to dry. You misread "zip it, encrypt it" as zip it and then encrypt it (using pgp). Your based your rant on an invalid assumption and took what I said... rephrased and added acronyms... and shot it out as a very poor slam... conceded my point that zip would be perfectly acceptable... and failed to insult me properly.
I can not be held accountable for the fact that you have never heard Phish - Reba circa 1992. It's not like all Phish fans are luddites... but clearly where are none on slashdot.
With all due respect... go put on your pleather jacket and Khan your self some more. Your ego is big enough but your self esteem is lacking. Enzyte might help with that little problem.
Encrypting something with PGP requires no protocol. Encrypting something with PGP *is* performed at the *file* level and I can share encrypted files on KaZaA *today* if I wanted to.
Great, use PGP. PGP requires a public and private key. This would be nice, but pointless unless you had a method of telling the host to use a specific private key. Otherwise you have to give out both the private and public key. If this is what you want to do feel free. Needlessly complex for a very weak security measure but go on with your bad self.
You seemed to lack any understanding of the features in archive applications... most support encryption already and don't require PGP. I.e. you can zip with encryption.
Ideal would be to implement PGP on the protocal layer rather than the file layer. This way you don't end up with tons of the same bloody file all encrypted in different ways. Unless you want the ability to resume from fewer people.
You made a dumb assumption. You brought up PGP without any forethought to how it would be deployed. You were unaware of the features offered in the software. Your geek status is revoked. You are now poor dirt farmer from Iowa who resembles William Shatner.
I would think a way to go would be to use some low-grade form of encryption using random keys that aren't known to the end-use Something that would be trivial to break on a user's home system, but would be impractical for the ISP to process on a large-scale.
And copyright the method and charge the RIAA / MPAA with violations of the DMCA?
Brilliant!
The concept of encryption is so simple, yet no one seems to understand how to implement it. Gosh!
Two points.
1. I was going funny using the same rhyme and meter as a Phish song
2. Zip supports encryption as does RAR and most archive software. You can even archive with no compression if you like. This is common among the more paranoid groups. While encryption on the protocal layer would no doubt be superior this requires a change in software. Doing it on the file layer has no effect on compatibility with existing file exchange software. I.e. you can do this *TODAY*.
The concept that you can implement something on different layers is so fundamental that you lose 3 geek points for failing to realise it.
While I'm certainly no a fan of the **AA, and I don't believe we need any more legislation, this to me is the least offensive method of combatting piracy
.mp3s at home and access them via remote.
It's the most offensive method if you are like me and store your
To the tune of Phish - Reba
Zip it
Encrypt it
digital signatures work no more
2. I've invested in an audiophile grade system--I've got two Macintoshes--one next to my desk and another powering my MLs. Trust me, you can spot the 192s bitrates each time. They're particularly noticable on string music.
.mp3 players. It's not their lack of love of music but their budget and their brains take over and fill in the gaps. You could say they don't know what they are missing, and you would be right. But ignorance is bliss and good for the pocketbook.
Macintoshes? Don't you mean McIntosh?? I'm the last person that should be a spelling Nazi but in this case I take exception. Macintosh is a series of computers by the Apple corp. McIntosh has been around since the 1950s and produce some very nice audio gear including power amps, recievers, amps, loud speakers, and other misc hardware. Both Apple and Mcintosh are associated with audio so it's important that you make it clear which company you are talking about. When you said Macintosh, I had this image of an iMac on your desk and an iBook hooked up to a Cyber Acoustics ML powered speakers.
The point being don't spend forever telling me how much you love your music if you're listening to it on crappy mp3s, ripped god knows how, at 192, on ear phones that use cone drivers.
All ears are not created equal. Have you never noticed people who do construction picking out speakers that offer the best mid-range peformance with little regard to the high end? It's not their lack of love for music but the fact they can't hear some shit.
The nice thing about the human mind is our brains fill in the empty spaces. I know a great many people who are into music, who have perfect pitch, who's ears and bodies are well trained to the peformance, yet are perfectly happy with POS bookshelf systems and sub $100 portable
"Intellectual property" is not like physical property. That is why copyright infringement is not theft. Did you ever read the small letters on a CD you bought? It says "All rights reserved". You are not buying any intellectual property at all when you buy a CD. Just a piece of plastic. Copyright does not forbid you to play it, but it does forbid you to copy it, save for fair use.
"But," says man, "All rights reserved can not be true since fair use rights are granted by the goverment. This proves the license is false, and by your own statement, is void. Q.E.D."
"Oh dear' says the RIAA, "We hadn't thought of that!" And the RIAA promptly vanishes in a puff of logic.
Douglas Adams twisted quote. All rights observed... RIP.
Most people get Windows without going through a process of evaluating alterantives, and most of them just use WMP because it "came free with it", and never consider changing. This forced unbundling gives competitors a chance to compete based on whether a user actually likes it.
Yes, I am still using a copy of Windows Calculator. I'm not aware of any alternatives because I'm too lazy to take the time to look for any.
By this logic people will stick with Wordpad/Notepad, Paint, Sound Recorder, MS backup, command line ftp, and Hyperterminal/MS-Telnet. These accessories are most often superseded by the user who needs something better. If not the user, the OEM loves slapping on extra software. Paint/Kodak Imaging gets superseded usually when you install another printer for example.
While I get new accessories the first chance I get I am thankful they exist on every windows machine. I can do simple diagrams in paint, simple notes in notepad/wordpad. I can resume with cmdline ftp, and check my e-mail with MS-telnet and diagnose modems with Hyperterminal.
I understand your point, but will Intel's be as simple to use as a VCR? I doubt it.
Who knows? But they get points for attempting to develop multi-purpose hardware that will change its fuction when you loadup new software/firmware.
The other person is wrong, take a look at the ad. hey are trying to educate people what Enterprise is, then get people to fill out a section and post it in.
I don't know the views / readership of the papers, but from how the ad is written it looks like they are targeting "Joe Sixpack", Who probably has something better to do than watch sci-fi at 8pm on a friday night. As such they would be best going for the paper with the highest readership. Perhaps even 2 smaller papers that have the right demographics
Three points
1. USA today is geard tward a lower reading level and has a higher readership. This has already been covered.
2. The Usa today plan called for a 3 1/4 by 5 3/16 inch where the LA times got offered a full page.
3. The ABC link contains demographic info. Here is LA times and USA today
By all means do some homework and visit enterprisefans.com and put your ideas to work. If they want to run more ads the more people doing the legwork the better.
But am I the only one who instinctively turns their TV off before the end of the theme tune?
.. where no human has gone before". I prefer the former instrumental one... but i'd be willing to live with Mr. Backula's monolog so long as it gets re-done after a two quad shot lattés.
I somewhat like the theme... but never the less I memorized the number of clicks to fast forward it. One season was enough. There have been two alternatives i've seen. One is purely instrumental as the movies and TNG are. The other is the credits music with dialog by Scott Backula, "These are the voyages of the starship enterprise
Enterprise may not be all that great, but rest assured they'll replace it with something worse and redundant
Like "Love Boat The Next Generation"?
With the Internet becoming a place where news are instant and commentary is a little deeper, why are Newspapers still around? How are they remaining profitable?
Newspapers are somewhat cheaper than laptops and usually require no batteries to read. And when you are done they make wonderful packing material, bird cage lining, masking paper, origami, pirate hats, or can be used as a fire starter.
I was wondering if your statement was true. I would have thought the Wall Street Journal was tops. I don't know anyone personaly who subscribes to USA today and I personaly don't take it very seriously. But looks like you are correct in terms of raw readership according to the Audit Bereau of Circulations.
Top 10 Newspapers listed by the ABC by circulation
The Wall Street Journal is the only one listed in the top 10 that is a daily top subscriber monday to friday.
Another person already pointed out the tarket market for this advert is LA.