Who would want to start a new theater at this point
The studios will. If they drive the independant theatres out of business, they will NEED to open them. With out the theatres, movie profits will decline rapidly. It is the opening week that defines a movies prospects. Without the exposure of theatrical releases DVD sales will decrease, the amount they can charge HBO,SHOWTIME,ET AL will decrease, and so on.
My reason for watching it at home is close to your reason for watching it at the theatre. Sound, most theatres tend to over do the bass, I have actually had to leave a movie because the sound was painful for me, got a refund and everything. I hate it when I can't hear the dialogue over the booming sound effects.
Well I just tried out Opera for the first time and while this may seem to be a troll it's a valid complaint, When launched I can not read any text as all the letters seem to be just the outlines.
This is a fresh install and I have made no changes.
1st I didnt say that Yes you did, You said 'Program named *cough* "Skype", is from people who wrote *cough* "Kazaa", *cough* "Gator" and other spyware ventures.'
and dont mess people and protocols with companies I am not sure what you mean by this.
2nd the music industry sales (mean CD sales) are declining due to MP3 spreading through Kazaa and likes
No again, CD sales are UP not down. "The number of CDs and other music products shipped from record labels to retail merchants rose 2 percent last year, to 814 million units, the first annual increase in five years, according to the Recording Industry Association of America." - from News.com
3rd Kazaa was NOT shut down, I was refering to Kazaa not Napster (that is another story) I said Napster, do you even read before you spout crap.
4th You can hack to any computer through Kazaa & Gator you clueless noob. You are probably sitting behind your OS X, thinking you are safe. Knowing nothing about e-security, programming or internet trafficing.
Actually right now XP. Taking my time installing a new PBX for a local company. My resume includes network engineer for both BofA and Wells Fargo and Senior NT Admin for Pixar (yes they also use windows despite what everyone thinks) among others.
35 years on this planet and 10 of them have been behind a stupid little box.
Not sure why you can't Alt-Tab in the game I was trying out the demo on an XP machine (at work) and the Alt-Tab for the in game task manager worked fine for me.
But wouldn't that break the non-obvious rule. I mean if it is being used for navigation in several media apps then it is almost a given that it would be used in a portable player that is using the same files.
It's ridiculous thinking that using metadata (id3tags I am guessing) in the way it was designed to be used in a standard way of displaying information could be patentable.
Which is amazing if you think about it, not only do they donate the most needed resource (potable water) immediately, they actually hurt their production to do it. It's amazing, a corporation that does the Right thing.
I found this juicy peice in the Louisiana constitution.
(J) Commander-in-Chief. The governor shall be commander-in-chief of the armed forces of the state, except when they are called into service of the federal government. He may call out these forces to preserve law and order, to suppress insurrection, to repel invasion, or in other times of emergency.
New Orleans was placed uder marshal law on tuesday, can you tell me where in this document it mentions marshal law at all.
Declaring marshal law is declaring military rule it means setting aside the constitution, and while there is this fact written into the louisiana constitution, 2. Civilian-Military Relations Section 2. The military shall be subordinate to the civil power. the governor is a civilian.
In fact there is no mention of Marshal Law in the US Constitution but that did not stop Lincoln from declaring it during the civil war.
I don't think that's the point. If he had not used a bot then there would be no argument. He still could have "stolen" their possesions and sold them for real cash and no one would have said a word.
He exploited a bug/feature in the game, thats all he did wrong. Other then that he did what everyone else in the game does.
Hitting someone over the head and taking their wallet is unethical and I am deprinving them of their wallet and it's contents but I am not committing fraud.
This is not fraud, this is not even a crime, This is someone cheating in a video game.
I have read a few comments and not one has really got to the meat and potatoes of the issue.
A guy was arrested in real life for something he did in a video game.
I am stunned with disbelief. Talk about people taking games too seriously. whats next getting sued by the dwarf for kill stealing, or bettr yet a sexual harrasment suit brought against me by 230 lb 30 year old man because I made lewd comments to his female half-elf ranger character.
Ice goes through a phase change at 0 deg c and again at 100 deg c. Glass does not, water and glass are not comparable.
Again I am using a base temperature, room temp is defined as between 21 - 23 deg c. in that range no change will occur in glass or even in water. So room temperature is not some arbitrary number based on your current location.
And no ice is a solid with a crystalline structure at temperatures below 0 c.
by your logic iron is a liquid as it melts at somewhere between 1527 c and 1537 c.
To give you an idea, it isn't until around 1100 c that glass will start to flow under stress. at least thats what I have read.
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Who would want to start a new theater at this point
The studios will. If they drive the independant theatres out of business, they will NEED to open them. With out the theatres, movie profits will decline rapidly. It is the opening week that defines a movies prospects. Without the exposure of theatrical releases DVD sales will decrease, the amount they can charge HBO,SHOWTIME,ET AL will decrease, and so on.
My reason for watching it at home is close to your reason for watching it at the theatre. Sound, most theatres tend to over do the bass, I have actually had to leave a movie because the sound was painful for me, got a refund and everything. I hate it when I can't hear the dialogue over the booming sound effects.
XP, if you have a fix I would love to try this out.
Well I just tried out Opera for the first time and while this may seem to be a troll it's a valid complaint, When launched I can not read any text as all the letters seem to be just the outlines.
This is a fresh install and I have made no changes.
1st I didnt say that
Yes you did, You said 'Program named *cough* "Skype", is from people who wrote *cough* "Kazaa", *cough* "Gator" and other spyware ventures.'
and dont mess people and protocols with companies I am not sure what you mean by this.
2nd the music industry sales (mean CD sales) are declining due to MP3 spreading through Kazaa and likes
No again, CD sales are UP not down.
"The number of CDs and other music products shipped from record labels to retail merchants rose 2 percent last year, to 814 million units, the first annual increase in five years, according to the Recording Industry Association of America." - from News.com
3rd Kazaa was NOT shut down, I was refering to Kazaa not Napster (that is another story)
I said Napster, do you even read before you spout crap.
4th You can hack to any computer through Kazaa & Gator you clueless noob. You are probably sitting behind your OS X, thinking you are safe. Knowing nothing about e-security, programming or internet trafficing.
Actually right now XP. Taking my time installing a new PBX for a local company.
My resume includes network engineer for both BofA and Wells Fargo and Senior NT Admin for Pixar (yes they also use windows despite what everyone thinks) among others.
35 years on this planet and 10 of them have been behind a stupid little box.
Well I guess I have said enough.
Good evening sir and enjoy.
Ok what to say to this obvious troll.
1st Sherman Networks had nothing to do with Gator.
2nd the music industry is actually doing just fine.
3rd Napster was shut down, they did not "stop".
4th Gator is, as well as being annoying to all hell, not responsible for anyy indentity theft, or criminal action at all.
As for the rest, well since nothing prior to your skype comment had even the hint of truth I feel I can say the rest is also bullshit.
Not sure why you can't Alt-Tab in the game I was trying out the demo on an XP machine (at work) and the Alt-Tab for the in game task manager worked fine for me.
Just like how God made AIDS to punish gay people,
Well Stuart, thats just because of what the gays are doing to the soil.
But wouldn't that break the non-obvious rule. I mean if it is being used for navigation in several media apps then it is almost a given that it would be used in a portable player that is using the same files.
It's ridiculous thinking that using metadata (id3tags I am guessing) in the way it was designed to be used in a standard way of displaying information could be patentable.
This post has proved th epoint that the idea of the public domain is dying.
Open Source is not helping this situation either, there seems to be confusion between the 2 in many peoples minds.
I think you missed the point of me capitilzing the word "Right".
I think your comparison of paying employees to helping people in dire need is slightly ridiculous.
But what can I expect from some one who obviously feels the need to liberal bash when ever they can.
Which is amazing if you think about it, not only do they donate the most needed resource (potable water) immediately, they actually hurt their production to do it. It's amazing, a corporation that does the Right thing.
I found this juicy peice in the Louisiana constitution.
(J) Commander-in-Chief. The governor shall be
commander-in-chief of the armed forces of the state, except when they are called into service of the federal government. He may call out these forces to preserve law and order, to suppress insurrection, to repel invasion, or in other times of emergency.
New Orleans was placed uder marshal law on tuesday, can you tell me where in this document it mentions marshal law at all.
Declaring marshal law is declaring military rule it means setting aside the constitution, and while there is this fact written into the louisiana constitution,
2. Civilian-Military Relations
Section 2. The military shall be subordinate to the civil power.
the governor is a civilian.
In fact there is no mention of Marshal Law in the US Constitution but that did not stop Lincoln from declaring it during the civil war.
Just one nitpick, DNS is hardly decentralized. out of all the internet protocols DNS is the one where decentralization does not work.
Check out matinees, usually $6 to $7 and the last 3 I went to had no ads and only 3 coming attractions. Much better deal in every way.
Well since intel does not have a comparable dual core server chip I think amd knew exactly what they were doing.
Actually the board only runs at 200mhz (or 202mhz if your asus), look up quad pumped to understand more.
Well since neither bank accounts or credit cards are video games I don't see how this has relevance to my post.
I don't think that's the point. If he had not used a bot then there would be no argument. He still could have "stolen" their possesions and sold them for real cash and no one would have said a word.
He exploited a bug/feature in the game, thats all he did wrong. Other then that he did what everyone else in the game does.
Hardly fraud. Fraud involves deception.
Hitting someone over the head and taking their wallet is unethical and I am deprinving them of their wallet and it's contents but I am not committing fraud.
This is not fraud, this is not even a crime, This is someone cheating in a video game.
I have read a few comments and not one has really got to the meat and potatoes of the issue.
A guy was arrested in real life for something he did in a video game.
I am stunned with disbelief. Talk about people taking games too seriously. whats next getting sued by the dwarf for kill stealing, or bettr yet a sexual harrasment suit brought against me by 230 lb 30 year old man because I made lewd comments to his female half-elf ranger character.
please this is absolutely ridiculous.
Cool I'll give it a read. and thanks ofr making may long boring day a little more interesting.
Oh I agree, but do you think the guy's conviction would stick?
Ice goes through a phase change at 0 deg c and again at 100 deg c. Glass does not, water and glass are not comparable.
Again I am using a base temperature, room temp is defined as between 21 - 23 deg c. in that range no change will occur in glass or even in water. So room temperature is not some arbitrary number based on your current location.
And no ice is a solid with a crystalline structure at temperatures below 0 c.
by your logic iron is a liquid as it melts at somewhere between 1527 c and 1537 c.
To give you an idea, it isn't until around 1100 c that glass will start to flow under stress. at least thats what I have read.