We don't watch any more TV or movies than we ever did. Turns out that the programming is just as lame and pointless with a high def picture and cinematic surround sound. "The Hot Chick" was a retarded movie, even in its full 16:9 progressive scanned format. Who could have imagined such a thing.
The problem is that you're watching "The Hot Chick." First of all, as you said it is a bad movie. Second, DVDs don't do "high def picture." I'm guessing you don't watch Monday Night Football or the Stanley Cup Finals. No Nova on PBS HD either. Etc, etc. And that's just OTA broadcasts.
I don't watch a lot of TV which is maybe why I appreciate it more. I don't just flip something on for background noise. That and maybe the fact that for the last 7 years all I had was a 17 inch trinitron with dipole antennae, VHF and UHF dials and volume knob that doubled as the power when you pulled it. Of course it did get cell frequencies at the high UHF bands...
If that's the case, it just supports the idea that they were incompetent. You can get a very nice plasma screen for 5 or 6 grand. Certainly enough for the family. Spend $400 or so on a LCD instead of a CRT and you've just saved them a few cubic feet of space.
If they went out and got a plasma for 10 large and then turned around and got the shittiest CRT they could come up with, well why not just throw in a Segway and be done with it. It's not like they knew what they were doing.
Yes, they filter image searches to limit them to images. As amazing as it might sound, they don't always know when an image accompanies text that matches the search. Oh, and there is a content filter in Google prefs but it defaults to off.
You have a choice. An image search with a ton of links that actually have no images or an image search that misses some images. Google went with the latter.
That's a pity. They have a great commercial ("advert" for you UKers) jingle. You know, they kind that gets in your head and causes you to spontaneously punch people on the street. "Burrlingtonnn coat faact-or-reee"
But even here it's small. Nothing to sneeze at but nowhere near Ford, even Ford US alone.
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I admit it's off-the-wall. Whether or not they actively caused the leaks doesn't matter. The point is they can work it to their benefit and my (our) detriment. I don't care if I have to pay to watch a movie. But as soon as I have to buy an approved player, pay licensing for an approved decoder, and sit through 20 minutes of approved advertising, that's when I feel screwed.
Ah, the old "Information wants to be free" mantra. And you consider The Hulk information? It's a piece of entertainment. I suppose Grand Theft Auto wants to be free as well?
Choice quote: 'Our conclusion is that the distributors really need to take a hard look at their own internal processes and look at how they can stop the insider leaks of their movies before taking measures that might hamstring consumers' technologies and rights.'"
They care about hamstringing consumers' rights and tech? If the result of "leaked" movies is more control for the industry, I would be suprised if they're not giving employees who "leak" films big fat bonuses.
Let's see. Get a few extra $million at the box office or leak a film and take another giant step towards total media domination. You know what they'll choose. It's not like they shy away from spending $millions lobbying to get similar results.
My solution is to have two cell phones. I use one to call the other. That way I'm not the "big bad person calling." I know when I call myself i don't mind being called at that particular moment. Likewise, when my phone rings, it's conveniently always at a time I'm ready to answer. Then when I'm walking down the street or on the train or in an elevator I can conspicuiously talk about what important shit I'm working on or how cool I am.
The added bonus is I have a cell phone in each hand over each ear. I'm a total badass and this lets people know it! BTW, I tried this with those handsfree one-ear headsets. Unfortunately people just thought I was listening to an iPod and talking to myself. "I'm a badass, I'm not crazy," I would have to tell them. It got to be a pain.
This isn't funny, it's entirely too representative. And it's people who pay for the service or think they have to (the majority of internet users) that the RIAA are trying to scare here. They see these lawsuits in the paper, they think they're valid and they sign up for iTunes or something. Or buy the album.
Certainly not. Grammatical and spelling errors should not be criticised or corrected in a forum like this. They disrupt the flow for no useful gain.
However, your post had perfect grammar and perfect spelling. The only slight thing wrong with it is that it meant something entirely different to what you intended. In this particular case, the meaning of "effect" makes so little sense that I could tell that you really meant "affect", but you cannot count on this always being the case if you do not learn the difference between the two words. In some contexts, the words are practically opposites.
So, (-1, Meaning error)
Hey, thanks for all that. I was looking for a definition of "pompous." For free, I get "self-contradictory."
"Shallow" as in based on that worthless piece of over-valued toilet paper also known by some backwards thinkers as The Constitution. This in vivid contrast to the deep and meaningful music they peddle on the consumer.
Problem with a dual boot system is that in either OS you only get half the HDD space (or whatever percentage you partitioned to each). Setting it up to let the user decide which one they want to use would either require them to re-format, re-partition, and re-install their chosen OS or deal with having an OS they don't want to use taking up half their hard drive space. Your mom and pop user will look at that Linux partition as a huge piece of shovelware.
Besides, your average user will want Windows and your Linux user (or Li-curious Windows user) will set it up for themselves.
Regenerates? You mean no external material is added to the system? Then that means nothing [i]leaves[/i] the system. Now you can take away my steak and Taco Bell, stuff an atomic reactor in my stomach, but don't you dare mess with my morning constitutional.
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If we insist that users are accountable, we must also demand that the corporate citizens are accountable.
Corporate citizens? How about just hiring a few competent network administrators?
The "system" in question in the article was patchable and lockable. It wasn't done.
Remember, to collect theft compensation from that bike lock company, you have to actually lock your bike. If you don't, the fault is your own.
We don't watch any more TV or movies than we ever did. Turns out that the programming is just as lame and pointless with a high def picture and cinematic surround sound. "The Hot Chick" was a retarded movie, even in its full 16:9 progressive scanned format. Who could have imagined such a thing.
The problem is that you're watching "The Hot Chick." First of all, as you said it is a bad movie. Second, DVDs don't do "high def picture." I'm guessing you don't watch Monday Night Football or the Stanley Cup Finals. No Nova on PBS HD either. Etc, etc. And that's just OTA broadcasts.
I don't watch a lot of TV which is maybe why I appreciate it more. I don't just flip something on for background noise. That and maybe the fact that for the last 7 years all I had was a 17 inch trinitron with dipole antennae, VHF and UHF dials and volume knob that doubled as the power when you pulled it. Of course it did get cell frequencies at the high UHF bands...
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If that's the case, it just supports the idea that they were incompetent. You can get a very nice plasma screen for 5 or 6 grand. Certainly enough for the family. Spend $400 or so on a LCD instead of a CRT and you've just saved them a few cubic feet of space.
If they went out and got a plasma for 10 large and then turned around and got the shittiest CRT they could come up with, well why not just throw in a Segway and be done with it. It's not like they knew what they were doing.
Then you've never used newegg.
It's a lot easier to revert back to old jeans and picking your nose than it is to ignore a 42" plasma screen and a 7.1 surround system.
Maybe they'll go back to doing grocery lists on paper instead of Grocer XP 2.0 but they won't give up Tivo.
Yes, they filter image searches to limit them to images. As amazing as it might sound, they don't always know when an image accompanies text that matches the search. Oh, and there is a content filter in Google prefs but it defaults to off.
You have a choice. An image search with a ton of links that actually have no images or an image search that misses some images. Google went with the latter.
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Ahhh, optimism.
That's a pity. They have a great commercial ("advert" for you UKers) jingle. You know, they kind that gets in your head and causes you to spontaneously punch people on the street. "Burrlingtonnn coat faact-or-reee"
But even here it's small. Nothing to sneeze at but nowhere near Ford, even Ford US alone.
Burlington Coat Factory (NYSE: BCF) FY 2002 revenue: $2.72 Billion.
Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) 6 month revenue to 6/2003: $81.56 Billion.
Source: finance.yahoo.com
I admit it's off-the-wall. Whether or not they actively caused the leaks doesn't matter. The point is they can work it to their benefit and my (our) detriment. I don't care if I have to pay to watch a movie. But as soon as I have to buy an approved player, pay licensing for an approved decoder, and sit through 20 minutes of approved advertising, that's when I feel screwed.
Ah, the old "Information wants to be free" mantra. And you consider The Hulk information? It's a piece of entertainment. I suppose Grand Theft Auto wants to be free as well?
What's next, "Gap jeans want to be free?"
Yeah, there's always that damned human element.
But they'll make signed versions. Your serial number is attached to the "leaked" version? Nice to know ya, here's a summons. See you in court.
Or from the we know what you're up to dept.
Choice quote: 'Our conclusion is that the distributors really need to take a hard look at their own internal processes and look at how they can stop the insider leaks of their movies before taking measures that might hamstring consumers' technologies and rights.'"
They care about hamstringing consumers' rights and tech? If the result of "leaked" movies is more control for the industry, I would be suprised if they're not giving employees who "leak" films big fat bonuses.
Let's see. Get a few extra $million at the box office or leak a film and take another giant step towards total media domination. You know what they'll choose. It's not like they shy away from spending $millions lobbying to get similar results.
Hmm, cash and industry. How does it pan out? If "Shader Day" wasn't enough for you, keep having fun trashing the chipset you chose.
My solution is to have two cell phones. I use one to call the other. That way I'm not the "big bad person calling." I know when I call myself i don't mind being called at that particular moment. Likewise, when my phone rings, it's conveniently always at a time I'm ready to answer. Then when I'm walking down the street or on the train or in an elevator I can conspicuiously talk about what important shit I'm working on or how cool I am.
The added bonus is I have a cell phone in each hand over each ear. I'm a total badass and this lets people know it! BTW, I tried this with those handsfree one-ear headsets. Unfortunately people just thought I was listening to an iPod and talking to myself. "I'm a badass, I'm not crazy," I would have to tell them. It got to be a pain.
My 1989 Mercury Grand Marquis had that. It was a sticker on the dash that said "Bad."
This isn't funny, it's entirely too representative. And it's people who pay for the service or think they have to (the majority of internet users) that the RIAA are trying to scare here. They see these lawsuits in the paper, they think they're valid and they sign up for iTunes or something. Or buy the album.
PR. Offering the "amnesty" looks like they're willing to work with consumers. They'll still screw them but they hold up the amnesty as a concession.
Giving someone a temporary break from extortion is hardly amnesty.
You mean the RIAA's "lawsuit generator?"
Certainly not. Grammatical and spelling errors should not be criticised or corrected in a forum like this. They disrupt the flow for no useful gain.
However, your post had perfect grammar and perfect spelling. The only slight thing wrong with it is that it meant something entirely different to what you intended. In this particular case, the meaning of "effect" makes so little sense that I could tell that you really meant "affect", but you cannot count on this always being the case if you do not learn the difference between the two words. In some contexts, the words are practically opposites.
So, (-1, Meaning error)
Hey, thanks for all that. I was looking for a definition of "pompous." For free, I get "self-contradictory."
Mail Fraud? It's not even mail.
Some might enjoy the irony of the spammers getting spammed. Anyway, I don't see how an script that sends randomized emails is any different.
"Shallow" as in based on that worthless piece of over-valued toilet paper also known by some backwards thinkers as The Constitution. This in vivid contrast to the deep and meaningful music they peddle on the consumer.
Problem with a dual boot system is that in either OS you only get half the HDD space (or whatever percentage you partitioned to each). Setting it up to let the user decide which one they want to use would either require them to re-format, re-partition, and re-install their chosen OS or deal with having an OS they don't want to use taking up half their hard drive space. Your mom and pop user will look at that Linux partition as a huge piece of shovelware.
Besides, your average user will want Windows and your Linux user (or Li-curious Windows user) will set it up for themselves.
Regenerates? You mean no external material is added to the system? Then that means nothing [i]leaves[/i] the system. Now you can take away my steak and Taco Bell, stuff an atomic reactor in my stomach, but don't you dare mess with my morning constitutional.