Up here in Canada, I'm tied (work-wise, not with rope) to the distributors of the film - Alliance Atlantis - and there is some good news coming. Apparently a really cool director's cut with some 14 extra scenes is going to be released either on DVD or even possibly in some theaters as a late release reel. This would be similar to the Clue scenarios and even more appropriately Jurassic Park. I don't know if anyone remembers seeing the Director's Cut Version of JPark in theaters, but I was really into that flick at the time, and the third time I saw it there must have been 10 extra scenes making it run a half hour longer. The same should be true here. There is no official release on this, but my source is usually pretty reliable for stuff like this. Anyway, the film is pretty solid, and the extra scenes should make it damn cool.
It will be interesting to see how this legislation effects the standard (if under-the-table) practice of payola (where lablels pay stations to pay their artists' tracks.
Not that I can figure why this is on Slashdot, but let's not worry about it for the moment. The bottom line is this: The Sixth Sense was a brilliantly woven film, a screenplay crafted over several years; a true masterwork. As a result, I went to see Unbreakable with an urgency similar to that of a drunkard needing to see a man about a horse. I should preface now by saying that I have a collection of some 5000 comics, ranging from #1 Daredevil to #2 Fantastic Four to #1 Amazing Spiderman to every Groo every drawn. This film was targeted to me. But it didn't make the grade. As a comic book loyalist, Shyamalan did a great job, but the script was filled with holes. Willis and Jackson gave solid performances but the ending left you in wanting (and not the good kind, merely a feeling of lacking). It dragged and steeped in parts, and the direction was heavy-handed at times. I recommend it, as it compares favorably to other Hollywood tripe, but don't expect the film JonKatz is leading you to believe it is. It is not.
That sounds pretty great. How much, who are the nearest competitors that are close to coming to market, and what is the potential for its video configuration? Please somebody!!
Has anyone ever tried to figure out a "build-it-yourself" for one of the original upright games - a la Pole Position? I would love to put that together if anyone knows how
The real crime is the 26 companies who presented watermark solutions to the SDMI that were ruled ineligible either because they didn't make their proposals in the bureaucratically approved format, or didn't get their proposal in on time (keeping in mind that the judging occurred over 3 months later than anticipated and that several "insider" companies were allowed to propose late because of their connections). The SDMI is surely representative of the ugly big five labels that founded it - they will never come up with a solution because it is time to phase them out.
I've been using Elizabeth Castro's Peachpit Press published (that was a mouthful) PERL and CGI: For the World Wide Web and it has served me well. It really only takes you through a novice and intermediate level, other resources are helpful when you're a full-on pro, but it is a very well-crafted resource on the subject.
This isn't really the major ICANN/.biz related problem. The real issue is that they've decided to charge a whopping 1500 dollars for it plus a one hundred dollar registration fee and government issued proof of corporate status. Ummm, I don't think that's going to provide equal playing ground with.com so how the heck do they expect.biz to take a bite out of.com's market share? The general public doesn't care how much you paid for your domain, they just know that zip codes like 90210 are more popular than 34546, and area codes like 212 are more popular than 618, and yes, TLDs like.com are way more popular than.biz.
ICANN is a very backwards organization to say the least.
Between charging 1500 dollars plus raised registration fees for.biz, how do they figure it can compete with.com? And why didn't they launch.web, which has a small chance, instead launching.museum and.coop - names that are highly specialized and could not possibly be created to compete. Each new TLD has terrible flaws either in name itself, or in their new form of sale. ICANN is unfortunately not a well-put together enough board to even come up with a constitution, so I wouldn't hold my breath on that.
Well with Microsoft's notorious reputation for responding to their own internal desperation with pillaging other company's technologies and advances, I have no doubt that even if they haven't rewritten code yet for Linux, they certainly have a Linux-related strategy brewing.
It's enough already. I'm not trolling here or trying to be flamebait but it's enough. You've published three, count 'em - three - conflicting reports out of Tom's Hardware praising, then criticizing then fawning (you word) over the P4. Well which is it? Why does Slashdot insist on posting redundant and conflicting articles? Just for the sake of posting something? If that's the case then expand the subject matter please.
I have led research development workgroups for Media Metrix (now merged with Jupiter Comm) for some time and the answer is: there is no current webposting of this nature that is reliable. It is something we have discussed posting before, a monitoring system for the major sites, but it has never come to fruition. I doubt at this point it would be reliable since sites like Yahoo! or Hotmail (the two most used and complained about) have so many regions within their networks, and the problems last for very brief periods, it is hard to imagine users would receive their caution info in time to be of service.
But if I am mistaken and someone has an idea, I'd be happy to pass it along to whomever I could (giving full credit of course:)
That is just awesome. Great speed, good usability - I just have to say it on behalf of us all, some of whom have become bitter from the atrophy - Linux and all things Linux ROCK.
I doubt this is related to the Heinlein piece, though I'm not sure, but wasn't there an adult book wriiten by Theodore Geisel (Dr. Seuss) of the same title. Was there any reference to this or the song title for that matter? Just curious. Let me know if anyone knows what they say they know.
This is not just a problem for registering domains, though I have come under heavy fire after attempting (on several occasions) to purchase URLs that contained curse words from what I thought were registrars that I had relationships with. It is also a major problem with ISPs and their content filters. I've heard of Yahoo! terminating service to many of its Site.Yahoo users for using curse words - and they did it with no warning and no impunity. This story and others posted recently on/. illustrate the tremendous censorship issues that are going to arise with greater frequency with our new communication systems.
Confused about my title? It is a Yiddish term and not a curse word - but you know what? I couldn't register it because of those dirty little words.
One of my closest colleagues is a high-ranking official from Doubleclick and we've discussed this situation to no end. It is a finer line than most media outlets report, most seeming to want to indulge in David vs. Goliath tales of evil advertising empires tracking innocent individuals. But the issue runs far deeper. Tracking a user's likes and dislikes is nothing new - online or off. The trouble is now we have to announce what we are doing, even if it damages our businesses and really comes at no actual cost to the individual. Unfortunately, most of this sentiment is fueled by the same anti-corporate notions that lingers in the mind of all, say, programmers or coders who don't want to be mainstream, don't want to lose their individuality, but can't wait to throw together some software package, grab a public shell and set sail down their own corporate stream. The issue here is less on privacy or invasion and more on theoretical control - we can't stand, in our personal lives or public ones - to be known. Mystery is fun for sure. But to sue every company that is aware you like pink cardigan sweaters who tells the pink cardigan sweater factory that information - that just makes us all a bunch of over-lawyering dodos.
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Even from the minor details allowed here, this system will clearly not work. Spammers will quickly evolve past this. When Hotmail and a host of other web-email-providers instituted the "Bulk Mail" option, the press gave kudos and hailed it as a solid wall against spammers.
Um....maybe it's just me, but I haven't noticed any slow down from this type of refiling system, meant to filter unwanted spam. All I've noticed is an adaptation wherein the spam is more personal and harder to detect, thus making it more likely that I'll read one of these ridiculous suckers. Enough with the anti-spam....let's just spread the word that spamming causes impotence - that oughtta work.
A close colleague of mine is a behavioural scientist and doctoral neurologist. He puts forth an interesting theory, which was the basis of his doctorate: much like dietary specialists recommend a series of small meals when hungry throughout a day, is it possible that small amounts of sleep would bring about a similarly positive response in our physiology? Through his findings at Johns Hopkins (I will post the link to the research beneath this post if I can dig it up), it would appear the answer is a resounding YES. Napping when tired is the best way to conserve strength, be well rest, INCREASE memory "upload" and allow for a more positive control over emotions. Speaking of which, I'm gonna catch some zzzzz.
I have heard lots of potshots taken at Whistler, but the more I've observed of it, the more I think it's just anti-Big Giant sentiment. It looks pretty solid, and the better of the options here. I realize this is likely to be a sentiment that will face rapture from the moderators, but go lightly you army of independent thinkers(?).
we do not learn about torture by keeping implements of torture in our homes. we learn of horrors through the expression of others, continually keeping their experiences and conclusions in our minds and hearts, so we may be wary and make educated decisions. knowledge of symbols is one thing, keeping nazi memorabilia atop your mantle is quite another.
I could see this story bringing out a ton of negative French sentiment, but rather than fostering hatred, why not observe the obvious - the same tactics are employed by America, the greatest of great democracies, um, right? My question in all this, is not whether of not Nazi memorabilia should be banned (the idiots buying and selling it should have their heads checked and possibly thumped), but whether a service should be liable for the content streaming over it when they open it up to anyone and everyone? What should Yahoo! or eBay, etc. be doing? Ruling out key words - people will just use codes. Should they be forced to keep responsible personal info on all sellers and buyers and inform them of the more than 10,000 French bylaws regarding merchants? Where is the solution?.....'cause it is not in simple widesweeping bans.
I have to agree with a sentiment posted above. The equation of hacker to open source programmer is ridiculous. To borrow a tired line, it's like apples and oranges. How could he make such confusion? And even more disturbing, how could he then be printed and hailed as a very smart man on the open source informal information network we all know and love? Where have you gone Slashdot?
Ahhh, the merger of European music giants. I would have figured this too get more coverage on the Dotted Slash, but I suppose we've heard this one before. This merger is really nothing new. This rumbling has risen twice before, in 1994 (when EMI was hungry to expand past just a few rock solid outputs, and was entertaining offers) and just recently after EMI added Priority Records in 1998, BMG looked towards EMI as possible apple to its eye. But now with Priority moving into swanky new L.A. digs (10 year lease signed this week) and Virgin slacking somewhat, EMI is looking to move. BMG would make sense, but for one other forgotten suitor.....
Warner/EMI
"Anyone remember me?" whispers Warner from atop its giant media babel-tower. What of Warner's attempted acquisition of EMI? Remember the one that was going to push them over the edge and have Sony, Universal & oh,
BMG screaming "bloody monopoly"? Well BMG/EMI would make it the largest music body in the world - they just don't have to worry about archaic American monoploy laws so they might just get away with it.
MOSCOW - According to recent documents that have surfaced from within Russia's shielded space program braintrust, MIR OPERATIVE has unraveled to the point of the termination of the Mir program altogether. Disturbing allegations have risen from insiders, claiming that the satellite launch was merely an attempt to collect space moss and a lost rubber boot floating in the "garbage ring" around the earth. It seems that program chair, Boris Zyulin, lost a rubber boot and at least 100 rubels in change on his last minute, but gave up hope in finding the rubels after claiming, "I don't even remember which couch I was sitting on, so why bother." Zyulin did release a press release at 10:30 AM (Moscow time) this morning, detailing the parameters for the Mir launch and now recall, and apparently confirming that indeed the mission was to test the effects of space moss on dolphins, a stage which is to be finalized in February. In March, Russia will be launching the "Friends MIR" in an attempt to win a North American audience. It's mission will be to test the effects of space moss on Jennifer Aniston with and without Brad Pitt.
There is no question that the ICANN system is worth discussing, worth getting involved in, and even worth being somewhat paranoid about. Anyone who has ever registered a domain, transfered a URL, or visited a webpage oughtta look into this - how exactly do we resolve disputes over an issue that muddies jurisdiction? There is amazing potential for cross-border, legal unity here, but more dire, there are.....
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The first is what is touched upon in most of these Slashdot posts, that being the elected versus non-elected nature of those who preside over these multi-jurisdictional matters. The first step that needs to be taken, is internet users, much like a populace as a whole, must vote to create a system of elected officials (Florida voters need not apply). The development of the system is far more concerning that nit-picking at the individuals currently on the board. Now if we focus on the process, then there are two other areas of great concern: 1) What can be done to copyright to allow it to fall under universal law? My feeling is that very little, and that we oughtta use Lessig's balance between over-governing and pantisocratic ideals. The fact that Madonna.com was turned over to the pop-star, and that several reverse-branding cases have been overturned, this is clearly the biggest grey area. 2) The second area of concern involves the rights of the domain holder. While everyone is screaming about their brand being attacked and their name compromised, very little effort is being put into the differences between, say, Penguin and Penguin.com. They are
not the same. This is a point we as an online community need to resolve post-haste. Deliberate attempts to compromise an offline brand (ie. someone launching a new publishing house on penguin.com) is definitely a wrongdoing, but using it so sell penguin stuffed animals is not, and from the verdicts reached of late - this is not being addressed.
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But if I am mistaken and someone has an idea, I'd be happy to pass it along to whomever I could (giving full credit of course
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Confused about my title? It is a Yiddish term and not a curse word - but you know what? I couldn't register it because of those dirty little words.
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Um....maybe it's just me, but I haven't noticed any slow down from this type of refiling system, meant to filter unwanted spam. All I've noticed is an adaptation wherein the spam is more personal and harder to detect, thus making it more likely that I'll read one of these ridiculous suckers. Enough with the anti-spam....let's just spread the word that spamming causes impotence - that oughtta work.
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MOSCOW - According to recent documents that have surfaced from within Russia's shielded space program braintrust, MIR OPERATIVE has unraveled to the point of the termination of the Mir program altogether. Disturbing allegations have risen from insiders, claiming that the satellite launch was merely an attempt to collect space moss and a lost rubber boot floating in the "garbage ring" around the earth. It seems that program chair, Boris Zyulin, lost a rubber boot and at least 100 rubels in change on his last minute, but gave up hope in finding the rubels after claiming, "I don't even remember which couch I was sitting on, so why bother." Zyulin did release a press release at 10:30 AM (Moscow time) this morning, detailing the parameters for the Mir launch and now recall, and apparently confirming that indeed the mission was to test the effects of space moss on dolphins, a stage which is to be finalized in February. In March, Russia will be launching the "Friends MIR" in an attempt to win a North American audience. It's mission will be to test the effects of space moss on Jennifer Aniston with and without Brad Pitt.
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