I'm pretty sure all the LOTR dvd's that have been released are anamorphic. They don't say so on the box, but any website I've looked them up on say "Anamorphic Widescreen" or "Enhanced for 16:9 TV's", and if I put the DVD into my computer it plays in widescreen format without black bars, so they are not physically part of the video.
I don't think there are many DVD's any more that are NOT anamorphic since the DVD players have the ability themselves to add the black bars if you don't have a widscreen tv.
Also, some widescreen tv's have the ability to remove the black bars from movies that are in the letterbox format anyway. (although i'm not really sure exactly how well this actually works)
$9.99/month for unlimited streaming music. $0.79/track to burn.
Sound quality is much better than itunes or napster.
Granted if you want to buy an album it's best to just buy the real thing, but I listen to most of my music on my computer or in my house (where my computer is connected to the stereo) so it's not important for me to have a physical copy of the song. I rarely have streaming issues so for me it's worth every penny of the monthly fee.
...where they get these "statistics" from. I mean do they know for a fact how many movies were downloaded? And do they know for a fact that for every movie downloaded means they lost money for that? I'm sure some people download movies they wouldn't have spent money on anyway.
I downloaded The Return of the King before it came out on DVD. But I also saw the movie in the theater opening day and three other times after that, plus bought the DVD the day it came out, plus I will buy the Extended Edition DVD the day it comes out as well. But I bet their statistics say they lost money from me downloading it when in fact they have gotten more money from me than the average-joe movie goer who doesn't even know how to click a mouse.
It's just a bunch of bullshit to make the uninformed brainwashed public that laughs at every idiotic joke in their movies believe this is all worse than it really is. The MPAA just needs to jump on the boat like the RIAA finally did and offer a good service for a decent price over the internet. Ever since Rhapsody came out I've stopped downloading mp3's and haven't even listened to the 10 gigs of them sitting on my hard drive.
But I guess leeching more money from hard working individuals is a better alternative than actually finding a solution to the problem.
very true. But I would assume (or at least hope) that servers that control systems that could mean a life or death situation if they fail would be monitored much more closely with more failsafes than your average web server.
Which brings up an interesting questions. Does it matter as much what caused the malfunction as how you were using it when it happened? Say I'm driving my car 130mph down the freeway when a faulty tie-rod end breaks causing me to carom around the freeway createing a 20 car pile up. Who's to blame? Me or the manufacturer of the faulty tie-rod end?
I would think the same thing applies to server software, if your using it irresponsibly when it's being used in a life or death situation and you don't take the necessary precautions just in case of a failure, who is really at fault?
Now if a serious fault in Microsoft software caused a train to kill a bus load of nuns, i'm sure a lawsuit could be filed against Microsoft. Weither or not it could be won I have no clue, i'm not a lawyer.
this looks pretty cool, although since your walking on a sloped surface and can't actually see your feet, i would expect a lot of stumbling around at first. I can see somebody sprinting and tripping and rolling up the side of the thing.
I recently bought a P5 off of ebay and was pretty excited to start playing with it. It's fun to mess with, but doesn't work nearly as well as they claim. It's by far not accurate enough to play a serious FPS with and very touchy. If you get off center with your hand it's hard to get it back to where it's usable since it just keeps tracking your hand no matter where it is, and it's very difficult to turn completely around with the thing because then your hand it way off to the side somewhere. After about 10 minutes I just put it down in frustration and started using the mouse again, and now it's just sitting on my desk like a neglected toy.
how exactly do you pronounce "Akamai" ? It's one of those words that I use and see only online, but never have to actually speak, or have ever heard anybody speak. Or maybe it was just never meant to be spoken.
try asking this question at experts exchange. You'll find people there will be much more helpful with this issue.
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why is it there is a post like this in every single story that gets slashdotted? I get tired of seeing this same discussion over and over and over again. Maybe slashdot should put a great big link at the top of the homepage that says "WHY WE DON'T MIRROR SITES" that links directly to the FAQ. I'm sure at least a few people would notice it...
I may just be completely blind, but when I look at the pictures I see a completely normal tricycle, not a backwards one that keeps getting mentioned. Or are you supposed to ride the thing with your handlebars behind you?
I'm not saying that it's not important to some people, I understand that completely. But if something important to me is not available for a time, I don't sit around and complain about it until I have it back, I find something else to do for a while. If it's something I'm paying for, I would politely request a refund for the time I wasn't able to use it. It just seems like some people have nothing better to do then gripe and complain about things every chance they get.
some people just need to get out a bit more. anything that huge is bound to have some problems, everybody throwing a tantrum about it isn't going to help.
I don't believe this is true. If you watch the special features on the special extended edition, they talk about Peter Jackson wanting to do the Lord of the Rings in two movies, Mirimax said they wanted to do it in one instead. Peter then took the script to New Line, who then decided it should be three movies instead of two. So they then had to re-write their two movie screenplay to a three movie screenplay.
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I'm pretty sure all the LOTR dvd's that have been released are anamorphic. They don't say so on the box, but any website I've looked them up on say "Anamorphic Widescreen" or "Enhanced for 16:9 TV's", and if I put the DVD into my computer it plays in widescreen format without black bars, so they are not physically part of the video.
I don't think there are many DVD's any more that are NOT anamorphic since the DVD players have the ability themselves to add the black bars if you don't have a widscreen tv.
Also, some widescreen tv's have the ability to remove the black bars from movies that are in the letterbox format anyway. (although i'm not really sure exactly how well this actually works)
I think itunes and napster are crap.
As I stated in my original post. I use Rhapsody.
$9.99/month for unlimited streaming music. $0.79/track to burn.
Sound quality is much better than itunes or napster.
Granted if you want to buy an album it's best to just buy the real thing, but I listen to most of my music on my computer or in my house (where my computer is connected to the stereo) so it's not important for me to have a physical copy of the song. I rarely have streaming issues so for me it's worth every penny of the monthly fee.
I guess I'm refferring to the one in my head that conjured by all the sarcasm in the post.
what I don't understand is buying the regular DVD when you know you will be buying the extended edition later on.
Because the special features are different, plus I like to have a copy of the theatrical version in addition to the extended cut.
I don't do this with every movie. If I feel like an amazing movie is deserving of me seeing it more than once in the theater what's it to you?
well I only pay $7.00 to see movies where I live.
well I was referring to how much money they lost, not how much money they made.
...where they get these "statistics" from. I mean do they know for a fact how many movies were downloaded? And do they know for a fact that for every movie downloaded means they lost money for that? I'm sure some people download movies they wouldn't have spent money on anyway.
I downloaded The Return of the King before it came out on DVD. But I also saw the movie in the theater opening day and three other times after that, plus bought the DVD the day it came out, plus I will buy the Extended Edition DVD the day it comes out as well. But I bet their statistics say they lost money from me downloading it when in fact they have gotten more money from me than the average-joe movie goer who doesn't even know how to click a mouse.
It's just a bunch of bullshit to make the uninformed brainwashed public that laughs at every idiotic joke in their movies believe this is all worse than it really is. The MPAA just needs to jump on the boat like the RIAA finally did and offer a good service for a decent price over the internet. Ever since Rhapsody came out I've stopped downloading mp3's and haven't even listened to the 10 gigs of them sitting on my hard drive.
But I guess leeching more money from hard working individuals is a better alternative than actually finding a solution to the problem.
very true. But I would assume (or at least hope) that servers that control systems that could mean a life or death situation if they fail would be monitored much more closely with more failsafes than your average web server.
Which brings up an interesting questions. Does it matter as much what caused the malfunction as how you were using it when it happened? Say I'm driving my car 130mph down the freeway when a faulty tie-rod end breaks causing me to carom around the freeway createing a 20 car pile up. Who's to blame? Me or the manufacturer of the faulty tie-rod end?
I would think the same thing applies to server software, if your using it irresponsibly when it's being used in a life or death situation and you don't take the necessary precautions just in case of a failure, who is really at fault?
Now if a serious fault in Microsoft software caused a train to kill a bus load of nuns, i'm sure a lawsuit could be filed against Microsoft. Weither or not it could be won I have no clue, i'm not a lawyer.
well for one thing, my server is not going to hurtle out of control and kill a bus load of nuns if it's defective.
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this looks pretty cool, although since your walking on a sloped surface and can't actually see your feet, i would expect a lot of stumbling around at first. I can see somebody sprinting and tripping and rolling up the side of the thing.
nah it's fun to play with when i'm bored, but this is where i got it from for pretty cheap if you really want one.
it is fun to mess with in sphere xp too.
but if your looking for something for serious FPS gaming, it's not worth it.
I recently bought a P5 off of ebay and was pretty excited to start playing with it. It's fun to mess with, but doesn't work nearly as well as they claim. It's by far not accurate enough to play a serious FPS with and very touchy. If you get off center with your hand it's hard to get it back to where it's usable since it just keeps tracking your hand no matter where it is, and it's very difficult to turn completely around with the thing because then your hand it way off to the side somewhere. After about 10 minutes I just put it down in frustration and started using the mouse again, and now it's just sitting on my desk like a neglected toy.
how exactly do you pronounce "Akamai" ? It's one of those words that I use and see only online, but never have to actually speak, or have ever heard anybody speak. Or maybe it was just never meant to be spoken.
try asking this question at experts exchange. You'll find people there will be much more helpful with this issue.
why is it there is a post like this in every single story that gets slashdotted? I get tired of seeing this same discussion over and over and over again. Maybe slashdot should put a great big link at the top of the homepage that says "WHY WE DON'T MIRROR SITES" that links directly to the FAQ. I'm sure at least a few people would notice it...
hmmm..
:P I for one never would have thought twice about that.
interesting, but i'm not sure how many people are keen on all this pharmacist talk
I just ordered one of these off ebay for $40, can't wait to play with it.
I may just be completely blind, but when I look at the pictures I see a completely normal tricycle, not a backwards one that keeps getting mentioned. Or are you supposed to ride the thing with your handlebars behind you?
coffee is nasty, just shotgun a couple mountain dews in the morning and your good to go
I'm not saying that it's not important to some people, I understand that completely. But if something important to me is not available for a time, I don't sit around and complain about it until I have it back, I find something else to do for a while. If it's something I'm paying for, I would politely request a refund for the time I wasn't able to use it. It just seems like some people have nothing better to do then gripe and complain about things every chance they get.
some people just need to get out a bit more. anything that huge is bound to have some problems, everybody throwing a tantrum about it isn't going to help.
I didn't realize they were naming men Donna and Naomi now.
Fold them once the hamburger way
lmao. that made my day. I haven't heard that since grade school.
I don't believe this is true. If you watch the special features on the special extended edition, they talk about Peter Jackson wanting to do the Lord of the Rings in two movies, Mirimax said they wanted to do it in one instead. Peter then took the script to New Line, who then decided it should be three movies instead of two. So they then had to re-write their two movie screenplay to a three movie screenplay.