You say that and yet ignore how many iMac clones made by PC manufacturers have flooded the market since its arrival. It's easy to say that you don't look at your tv, you just watch the programming; you don't look at your lamp, you just bask in the light...but the bottom line is that design is often content unto itself. The look of things have an impact on you. Mac's biggest problem in wooing these PC soldiers isn't that they are not putting out better product - they are. It is that they are now running Windows. I don't understand why they don't just make Virtual PC a part of their base software configuration and go out into the world as a perfect Mac/PC hybrid, so as to lessen the xenophobia from current PC users.
that's cool. i really like the design of the new iMac and think most folks complaining about it will be using a clone of it in 6 months. my question is why won't iMac treat audio with a little more repsect, and only service the visual (why didn't anyone ask the designer about that)? i'd like to see an iMac system that didn't require the user to buy external speakers just to hear anything remotely close to reaching the low end sounds we've come to love in our hip-hop, funk and satanic bible thumper rally music.
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do people still watch nasa broadcasts anymore anyway? not that i don't love the american public space program, but i was just curious whether this was the best example of viewing television-style programming online considering nobody seems to watch it on their boob-tube.
I think spammers should pay a penny per k to both me and my ISP
Really not a bad idea, except why would it be illegal if they didn't pay a penny? It is their legal right to contact you and I don't think that should change. What is illegal and should be enforced, is the filled-in radio buttons that companies often leave in nooks and crannies which you must click off to NOT receive spam. That is illegal certainly in Canada, and I believe in the States as well. It is an absolute manipulation to make people opt-out of being targeted before they ever agreed to even BE targeted.
The agriculture industry really should have seen this one coming. With the "eye in the sky" busts that have been made from farmer's growing hidden crops of marijuana, they had to know that massive frauding of their crops could be determined by the same process. Do farmers have a union? If they do, the first discussion at the next meeting should be about the difficulties in hiding from the omnipresent.
what is exciting about this is watching a decentered, non-hierarchical, mostly-cooperative group of talents work through the process of getting along with each other and settling disputes, all without resorting to imposing a single dictatorial will upon the group (so far)
I think the key is - SO FAR. Not that I don't hope it all works out in a cheery, mutually-acceptable fashion, but it doesn't seem headed that way.
most of you probably know that new.net is offering all sorts of new top level domains by having their app accepted by most of the major ISPs and browswers. do you think typosquatting would be a factor there? how would that work since ICANN doesn't sanction or regulate the sale of those names; that is, who is to blame? i realize most typosquatting occurs when someone takes, say, slashdoy.com (hoping your finger grazes the "y" key), but it could have plenty of interpretations. just wondering in general if anyone has heard any feedback to new.net's offerings.
Micropayments are a great idea on paper, but much like socialism, they don't really work when put to action. It would be great if you could essentially drop a dime in your CPU and donate to a site like you might give a homeless soul on the street. But for the masses to take part, the painlessness of the process, the ease of use, and the clear demarcation and trail of what you've donated must be fluid and super user-friendly. PayPal and the new Mastercard system are pretty decent, but we're a long way off. And bastard greedy systems like Amazon's Tip-Jar, with its wealth of problems from design to their constant need to push their own name (despite users paying them percentages to use their b-s app!) are a joke. I would be happy to pay for some comics using micropayments, but using Napster as an argument in this case was way off, and the user climate isn't quite there yet.
I'm irritated with the decision not to show the actors recording voices. Screw the illusion of the characters, this is what DVD releases of TV shows are for! The fans crave this stuff!
If you're looking for footage of Dan, Hank, Harry and crew behind the scenes, there are several good places to go. TLC did a great behind-the-scenes of voice-over actors, and there were plenty of Simpsons' clips. I don't know the name of the hour long piece, but TLC tends to offer all of their shows for sale - check their website. Other than that, E! has a bunch, including an old Behind The Scenes that has some good footage. Or you can dig up an old episode of Conan O with Hank Azaria on. He always begs him to do Apu.
Nice! This is the greatest news ever, but I can't believe they've actually managed to keep the extra footage a secret this long. Now if Cleese and co. could could just explain the Meaning of Life, I could rest soundly.
Well it would seem that the two are intertwined, television and advertisements, so logically some force in the universe would be trying to keep them together depsite our attempts to never see another OBEY YOUR THIRST Sprite commercial. If TiVo is to survive what surely will be a heavy blitz from content producers and distributors (ie. network television), they had to do something to make their product more palatable and I think this is a step in the right direction for them. As much as I like HBO, I don't want to have to pay for each channel individually, at least not under the current system.
If anything you want to use cold. These symptoms are very real and very permanent in many cases like mine. I am not just a programmer, but a writer and guitarist, so my troubles are three-fold. Using heat on an injury that involves inflammation is like putting out a fire with matches.
I appreciate the claim made here, and in fact am excited by the possibility of a "renaissance" that is spoken of. But much like Transmeta, how much of this is true? Are there third parties doing the testing on this yet? If so, where are there results and conclusions?
I'm not sure if this is true so I'd like some yay or nay if anyone knows. In the film Star Wars, there is a mercenary called Bobafet (I'm sure my spelling is off, but if you know him you know him). Apparently a few guys at MIT (they may or may not have been involved in the wearable initiatives) want to create some sort of skin graft/chip imbedding mechanism so that you can have a type of control center that pops up neatly on a two inch by half inch segment of your forearm. I know this sounds ridiculous but someone I respect emailed me the details so if you've heard of anything like it, do tell.
Of course the government has to be called in led by a mean old general and the beautiful Julianne Moore who's slumming it playing Allison Reed, the military scientist who reveals that Duchovny and her go way back. She's probably the best actor but she doesn't really do much funny stuff except fall and bang into doors. I found it super strange watching her act this way. I hope she was paid very well for this part. Or at the very least, had tons of fun making it.
To be fair, I am going to see this movie just for Julianne - she rules. Her role in Magnolia was a revelation. But it should be clarified, that she does a ton of comic work, and anyone who is interested should check out her biography on imdb.
If you go to Disney world, it might feel fun at first. But after 2 days straight in the campus, you feel tired. You then want to go back home.
See now, you almost had me for a second, but c'mon, Disneyworld! Everybody knows you couldn't spend too days straight on the "campus". Soul in a body, or soul floating free, that's an extra 75 bucks to stay overnight, and the reincarnation business is hurting worse than Microsoft's competitors (what with our mass-destruction of all the other cool creatures would used to be able to come back as - minotaur, bibeast, unicorn, etc.)
Jamie's post is well-intentioned but well off the mark. The open-source movement has made many of us long for days of - let's just say it - socialism. It's a beautiful concept on paper. But I doubt most of us really dream of such things. That would infringe on all of our goals whether inherited or achieved - most of us have a conquerer spirit and grassroots systems are just that - the beginning of long adventures to penetrate popular culture. I love discovering new music in the dirty, dank nightclubs and finding a writer who prints his stuff on pad paper bound by paper clips, but both artists still wish for a larger forum. Don't confuse grassroots with just getting started.
Jamie mentions "recommendation systems" and then points out the grassroots dot orgs that have been proponents of them - well mp3.com and a ton of other corporate ventures have used the same technique, so the value of your point is muddled. A free culture is a utopian pipe dream that makes no actual sense. Having systems in place where unknown artists - be they musicians, writers, coders, biochemists - is fantastic, but let's not completely bash the American Dream because as we lose our neighborhood communities and get swallowed up into a global network, it only makes more and more sense that we too, pure artists that we are, would really like to make a big splash someday in our new community.
I'm shocked how many people find this practice unusual (well not shocked since this IS Slashdot). NBC doesn't advertise on CBS and it makes good sense. A direct competitor stealing away your customers? A company should have some defenses against this? If the small and medium size DSL companies didn't want AOL on their sites (which I'm sure most don't and slyly don't allow), would anyone care? It's easy to pick on the big guys but to me this stands for FAIR competition not the opposite.
they are a rotten bunch as far as i can tell. i have a few friends (photographers) who are employed by them here in canada, and they are notorious for several lame or unprofessional business practices. i am not surprised in the least to hear that they are finicky over their borderline patents as they treat their employees like tools.
they are a rotten bunch as far as i can tell. i have a few friends (photographers) who are employed by them here in canada, and they are notorious for several lame or unprofessional business practices. i am not surprised in the least to hear that they are finicky over their borderline patents as they treat their employees like tools.
absolutely would like to know as well. i'm up in canada and wondering how the legislature compares here. anyone know if it all falls under similar laws and if so is there a forum for protest here?
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You say that and yet ignore how many iMac clones made by PC manufacturers have flooded the market since its arrival. It's easy to say that you don't look at your tv, you just watch the programming; you don't look at your lamp, you just bask in the light...but the bottom line is that design is often content unto itself. The look of things have an impact on you. Mac's biggest problem in wooing these PC soldiers isn't that they are not putting out better product - they are. It is that they are now running Windows. I don't understand why they don't just make Virtual PC a part of their base software configuration and go out into the world as a perfect Mac/PC hybrid, so as to lessen the xenophobia from current PC users.
that's cool. i really like the design of the new iMac and think most folks complaining about it will be using a clone of it in 6 months. my question is why won't iMac treat audio with a little more repsect, and only service the visual (why didn't anyone ask the designer about that)? i'd like to see an iMac system that didn't require the user to buy external speakers just to hear anything remotely close to reaching the low end sounds we've come to love in our hip-hop, funk and satanic bible thumper rally music.
do people still watch nasa broadcasts anymore anyway? not that i don't love the american public space program, but i was just curious whether this was the best example of viewing television-style programming online considering nobody seems to watch it on their boob-tube.
Really not a bad idea, except why would it be illegal if they didn't pay a penny? It is their legal right to contact you and I don't think that should change. What is illegal and should be enforced, is the filled-in radio buttons that companies often leave in nooks and crannies which you must click off to NOT receive spam. That is illegal certainly in Canada, and I believe in the States as well. It is an absolute manipulation to make people opt-out of being targeted before they ever agreed to even BE targeted.
is this.....is this for REAL?
is this.....is this for REAL?
I think the key is - SO FAR. Not that I don't hope it all works out in a cheery, mutually-acceptable fashion, but it doesn't seem headed that way.
is this.....is this for REAL?
is this.....is this for REAL?
is this.....is this for REAL?
is this.....is this for REAL?
is this.....is this for REAL?
is this.....is this for REAL?
is this.....is this for REAL?
is this.....is this for REAL?
is this.....is this for REAL?
is this.....is this for REAL?
To be fair, I am going to see this movie just for Julianne - she rules. Her role in Magnolia was a revelation. But it should be clarified, that she does a ton of comic work, and anyone who is interested should check out her biography on imdb.
is this.....is this for REAL?
is this.....is this for REAL?
See now, you almost had me for a second, but c'mon, Disneyworld! Everybody knows you couldn't spend too days straight on the "campus". Soul in a body, or soul floating free, that's an extra 75 bucks to stay overnight, and the reincarnation business is hurting worse than Microsoft's competitors (what with our mass-destruction of all the other cool creatures would used to be able to come back as - minotaur, bibeast, unicorn, etc.)
is this.....is this for REAL?
Jamie mentions "recommendation systems" and then points out the grassroots dot orgs that have been proponents of them - well mp3.com and a ton of other corporate ventures have used the same technique, so the value of your point is muddled. A free culture is a utopian pipe dream that makes no actual sense. Having systems in place where unknown artists - be they musicians, writers, coders, biochemists - is fantastic, but let's not completely bash the American Dream because as we lose our neighborhood communities and get swallowed up into a global network, it only makes more and more sense that we too, pure artists that we are, would really like to make a big splash someday in our new community.
is this.....is this for REAL?
is this.....is this for REAL?
is this for REAL?
is this for REAL?
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