Thanks for the tip! I successfully unlocked my Nokia 3395 because of you.
Oh, and you don't even need to download the program. Their web site, http://unlock.nokiafree.org/, lets you unlock it online. (I tried running the program on my computer, but every time I hit 'Calculate', the program would mysteriously disappear.)
It also mentions that Rollover minutes will be made available to current AT&T customers:
Plans are already underway to make Rollover Minutes available to you. Please check back on November 10, 2004 for an update. Our goal is to have this feature available to you by this holiday season.
Somehow I don't see a problem in the immediate future, considering how, er, 'whiny' cell phone companies were about that 911 tracing mandate that came about. However, if they can squeeze a few more bucks out of their subscribers by adding this new 'feature,' they might have a bit more incentive.
Of course that's just my opinion, I could be Dennis Miller.
Actually, ThinkGeek was slashdotted once, albeit a very long time ago (almost four years to be exact.) If your time machine ain't workin' or if archive.org just ain't your pleasure, here's the page seen on that fateful day, September 15th, 1999:
With all the cutbacks and bad decisions Disney's made these past few years, it nice to see they've resurrected a gem of an idea like this one.
So what happened originally you ask? Here's an excerpt from The Straight Dope:
Destino's fate is shrouded in as much mystery as its beginning. Disney and Dali, by mutual agreement, abandoned the project in 1947 after numerous storyboards and a 17 second test reel were completed. Hench said Disney felt the market for omnibus features had evaporated. Others privately felt that Dali's more extreme style and ideas may have been too much for Disney's midwestern sensibilities. After work on the short was shelved, much of the artwork was stolen from the studio and eventually showed up on the New York art market. Dali and Disney, however, remained good friends afterwards and continued to visit in each other's home countries.
For more related articles, here are some great links too:
Variety (free trial subscription) also has an article from yesterday as well, focusing less on the technical aspects and more generally on the widespread outfitting itself.
And for those who hate trial subscriptions, here's the full text:
Posted: Wed., Apr. 2, 2003, 8:56pm PT
Landmark going digital
All auditoriums nationwide to be outfitted with d-cinema
Arthouse giant Landmark Theaters will today announce plans to outfit its entire 177-screen circuit for digital cinema and a related effort to deal directly with filmmakers lacking distribution for their low-budget digital video features.
The d-cinema initiative involves a joint venture with Microsoft and L.A.-based Digital Cinema Solutions. Terms weren't available, but it's believed the unique three-way relationship will shave Landmark's costs to a fraction of the usual $100,000-plus per screen to install most d-cinema systems.
All auditoriums in Landmark's 53 theaters, located in 20 markets nationwide, will be outfitted with d-cinema playback systems based on Microsoft's Windows Media 9 Series. DCS will select digital projectors from a variety of manufacturers.
The Windows Media systems are substantially less expensive than other systems, because they essentially represent off-the-shelf technology, officials said. The playback systems will be married to relatively inexpensive digital projectors, because the smaller size of its screens requires less illumination to project an image of acceptable resolution.
Landmark chief Paul Richardson said he doesn't expect a lot of immediate interest from specialty distribs in converting their primary releases for digital distribution. But he believes they may be more inclined to acquire niche pics shot in digital video than previously.
"There's a whole bunch of product that doesn't get picked up at the film festivals because people don't believe it's worth the cost to invest the money to make a master print, which can cost $50,0000-$60,000," Richardson said. "But for $6,000-$8,000, you can encode the film for digital (to) play our circuit, and I think some distributors will be interested in doing that."
Landmark and its joint venture partners will also ante up the encoding costs for some number of pics, he said. "We're not going to bid on films against the guys in the business," the Landmark CEO said, noting he won't be personally prowling any film markets.
"The films we're going to package are maybe a year old and haven't gotten picked up yet," he explained. "Those people are in contact with us all the time."
In the past, Landmark's steered such filmmakers to various indie distribs but now will deal with them more directly in some instances. Richardson said he's not sure how many such pics the joint venture partners themselves will distribute, nor have they identified a likely first release to run through the digital circuit.
"We're starting out on an adventure here, and we really don't have a road map," he acknowledged. "We have a huge opportunity, but we're just not exactly sure where that opportunity is going to evidence itself."
Landmark aims to outfit all of its screens for digital projection by December. "We're starting on the smaller auditoriums first, because that's where these pictures will play," Richardson said.
Landmark and Microsoft previously collaborated on a small number of digital installations in connection with the BMW Films digital shorts series. For that series, which features BMW autos in several digitally produced action shorts, DCS installed d-cinema systems in a couple dozen theaters, including several Landmark sites.
Landmark also used Microsoft-outfitted auditoriums to exhib Artisan's recent music docu "Standing in the Shadows of Motown" in nine locations.
./'ed already? Looks like Gromit needs to brush up on managing server loads. "It's the wrong
While you're waiting for it to go back up, check out Wallace & Gromit's Crackling Contraptions, especially if you've never seen any of the duo's shorts before. (Beware, AtomFilms only use the Windows Media Player format now.)
There really is an attraction like that in Walt Disney World, called the "Carousel of Progress", but perhaps not for long. Originally it was built for the 1964 World's Fair, dubbed Progressland, and presented a four-act show composed of different era. Check out the link above for more info on "Carousel of Progress".
(Sadly, this attraction is closed most of the time; it's only reopened during the busy summer season.)
Uh, you haven't been to disneyland in a while have you? Astro Orbitor is still there, it is still a kids ride, remember. Innoventions has been replaced by the GM corporate-future area. Space mountain is unchanged. They added the new rocket sled ride which gives you a 60mphish ride around tomorrowland, and (three years ago when I was there) they had the line for it wind through the old circlevision room.
Technically it's been three weeks since my last visit, but who's counting? I know Astro Orbiter's a kiddie ride, but essentially it's the same attraction as its Astro Jet/Rocket Jet predecessors, just with a new name and new facade.
Also, the CircleVision room is no longer being used for a queue line since the short-lived RocketRods closed in 2000.
The RocketRods were closed, AFAIK, because someone fell off. Or I think, some woman had a heart attack or something? Whenever somebody gets hurt on one of Disney's rides, it just gets closed down. Like the Skyride, which I liked, was closed down because someone jumped off and landed in the Submarine "pool" (Or at least, that's what I heard).
Yes, liability was a BIG part of Disney's decision to close the Skyway, but in the case of the RocketRods, they were removed because of budget restraints, partially since they never found a corperate sponsor. (Ever notice all the rides these days have sponsors? 'Space Mountain, presented by FedEx', the firework 'powered by HP', etc.) The big factor was that they cost too much to maintain. According to cast members I know, they were constantly breaking down, adding hours to the already long waiting queue. Pity they can't put the PeopleMover back for the time being, they had to completely dismantle the old attraction to retrofit the track.
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Doctor Emmett L. Brown wins my vote any day.
(As if THAT wasn't obvious.)
...is the ./ effect from downloading a 60MB file.
-Mr. Fusion
Yes, but did they find a box full of shiny used pinball machine parts?
Thanks for the tip! I successfully unlocked my Nokia 3395 because of you. Oh, and you don't even need to download the program. Their web site, http://unlock.nokiafree.org/, lets you unlock it online. (I tried running the program on my computer, but every time I hit 'Calculate', the program would mysteriously disappear.)
- Speaking as a chick...if you've got the ability to travel back through time, let me tell you: you are hot. Dead sexy, even.
I knew I'd find you sooner or later! Prepare for temporal displacement last Friday around dinnertime...-Mr. Fusion
Of course it doesn't, it's not 2015 yet. What did you think it was, a time machine? Sheesh...
-Mr. Fusion
You mean you can sort by clustering? Now you're just ASKING those AC Beowulfers to come out of the woodworks!
-Mr. Fusion
You must be this tall to start a hostile takeover.
-Mr. Fusion
Didn't they already released Windows XP Home?
-Mr. Fusion
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jfe1205/in_mp4.zip
.mp4 for it to work.
I think you might have to change the extension to
-Mr. Fusion
Somehow I don't see a problem in the immediate future, considering how, er, 'whiny' cell phone companies were about that 911 tracing mandate that came about. However, if they can squeeze a few more bucks out of their subscribers by adding this new 'feature,' they might have a bit more incentive.
Of course that's just my opinion, I could be Dennis Miller.
-Mr. Fusion
Excuse me, those are newsletters
-Mr. Fusion
http://www.thinkgeek.com/slashdotted/busy.shtml
-Mr. Fusion
So what happened originally you ask? Here's an excerpt from The Straight Dope:
For more related articles, here are some great links too:
http://www.boston.com/globe/magazine/1-30/feature
http://www.abstractdynamics.org/archives/2003/06/
http://www.animagic.hpg2.ig.com.br/destin1.htm
(This last one has images of conceptual art designs too!)
-Mr. Fusion
until it starts eating the tourists.
Then it's time for the merchandising!
Disney's California Adventure(TM)
Hmmm, maybe those t-shirts won't sell as well as Disney had predicted...
-Mr. Fusion
Of course you are, you're on Slashdot.
-Mr. Fusion
His vital are dropping, maybe he should have looked into monitoring his school's server.
- clear -
Beep beep...beep beep...beep beep
-Mr. Fusion
For a moment there, I thought we'd stop reviewing those Shuttle PC's every single time they come out.
Or have I been around too long?
-Mr. Fusion
Telemarketer: "Hi, may I speak with the man of the house?"
Mom: "NO."
-click-
-Mr. Fusion
And for those who hate trial subscriptions, here's the full text:
Landmark going digital
All auditoriums nationwide to be outfitted with d-cinema
By CARL DIORIO
Arthouse giant Landmark Theaters will today announce plans to outfit its entire 177-screen circuit for digital cinema and a related effort to deal directly with filmmakers lacking distribution for their low-budget digital video features.
The d-cinema initiative involves a joint venture with Microsoft and L.A.-based Digital Cinema Solutions. Terms weren't available, but it's believed the unique three-way relationship will shave Landmark's costs to a fraction of the usual $100,000-plus per screen to install most d-cinema systems.
All auditoriums in Landmark's 53 theaters, located in 20 markets nationwide, will be outfitted with d-cinema playback systems based on Microsoft's Windows Media 9 Series. DCS will select digital projectors from a variety of manufacturers.
The Windows Media systems are substantially less expensive than other systems, because they essentially represent off-the-shelf technology, officials said. The playback systems will be married to relatively inexpensive digital projectors, because the smaller size of its screens requires less illumination to project an image of acceptable resolution.
Landmark chief Paul Richardson said he doesn't expect a lot of immediate interest from specialty distribs in converting their primary releases for digital distribution. But he believes they may be more inclined to acquire niche pics shot in digital video than previously.
"There's a whole bunch of product that doesn't get picked up at the film festivals because people don't believe it's worth the cost to invest the money to make a master print, which can cost $50,0000-$60,000," Richardson said. "But for $6,000-$8,000, you can encode the film for digital (to) play our circuit, and I think some distributors will be interested in doing that."
Landmark and its joint venture partners will also ante up the encoding costs for some number of pics, he said. "We're not going to bid on films against the guys in the business," the Landmark CEO said, noting he won't be personally prowling any film markets.
"The films we're going to package are maybe a year old and haven't gotten picked up yet," he explained. "Those people are in contact with us all the time."
In the past, Landmark's steered such filmmakers to various indie distribs but now will deal with them more directly in some instances. Richardson said he's not sure how many such pics the joint venture partners themselves will distribute, nor have they identified a likely first release to run through the digital circuit.
"We're starting out on an adventure here, and we really don't have a road map," he acknowledged. "We have a huge opportunity, but we're just not exactly sure where that opportunity is going to evidence itself."
Landmark aims to outfit all of its screens for digital projection by December. "We're starting on the smaller auditoriums first, because that's where these pictures will play," Richardson said.
Landmark and Microsoft previously collaborated on a small number of digital installations in connection with the BMW Films digital shorts series. For that series, which features BMW autos in several digitally produced action shorts, DCS installed d-cinema systems in a couple dozen theaters, including several Landmark sites.
Landmark also used Microsoft-outfitted auditoriums to exhib Artisan's recent music docu "Standing in the Shadows of Motown" in nine locations.
While you're waiting for it to go back up, check out Wallace & Gromit's Crackling Contraptions, especially if you've never seen any of the duo's shorts before. (Beware, AtomFilms only use the Windows Media Player format now.)
Wallace and Gromit also have an official site, available from the Aardman Animation site. -Mr. Fusion
(Sadly, this attraction is closed most of the time; it's only reopened during the busy summer season.)
-Mr. Fusion
Technically it's been three weeks since my last visit, but who's counting? I know Astro Orbiter's a kiddie ride, but essentially it's the same attraction as its Astro Jet/Rocket Jet predecessors, just with a new name and new facade.
Also, the CircleVision room is no longer being used for a queue line since the short-lived RocketRods closed in 2000.
Yes, liability was a BIG part of Disney's decision to close the Skyway, but in the case of the RocketRods, they were removed because of budget restraints, partially since they never found a corperate sponsor. (Ever notice all the rides these days have sponsors? 'Space Mountain, presented by FedEx', the firework 'powered by HP', etc.) The big factor was that they cost too much to maintain. According to cast members I know, they were constantly breaking down, adding hours to the already long waiting queue. Pity they can't put the PeopleMover back for the time being, they had to completely dismantle the old attraction to retrofit the track.