I have bought a few computer-goods from eBay (2nd-hand) and shops (new) so to answer your questions:
Import: They will either ship it to you or they won't. The seller will know their export-law requirements, as will the shipper (and they'll probably have a favourite so you won't get to choose the rates).
Payment: Credit card. This streamlines a lot of things. Also your shipping company will contact you when your item is in your country and has been cleared by customs and they will charge you import taxes and pass that on to the gov't for you.
Warranty: If you're buying from the manufacturer and they will ship it O/S, then they'll tell you about warranty. If you're buying from a shop then just ask their policy in your email asking if they will ship).
It's a shame DALnets services are what makes it so popular becuase it's exactly this which keeps me on EFnet. Extra channel modes that prevent people without a registered nickname seem to prevent me from joining my regulars because the services are down. Changing/msg NickServ to/nickserv might be a good security feature *cough* but it prevents standard applications and add-on scripts from running.
It's nice to see CBN every now and then. He's funny in the polls, he's funny on his web page, and he's even funny when he reposts Michael's story from less than 2 weeks ago! We love you all the same dude.
Someone ask CmdrTaco how many requests/. gets a day. At least 1 in 50,000 people must have used the words XML and Java sometime that day -- I'm glad you found it so exciting.:)
Check out Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad. Base behaviour, tribalism, murder. Excellent stuff.:) Very thematic which is common in works of dystopia.
I agree, but 70mm is not the answer. Maxivision48 would be twice the size of the film print, and 2 canisters and 4-7 reels is a heavy print to ship, move, and platter/tower.
Yes, 70mm is amazing, but the film stock is sooo expensive and huge. A similar flaw with this maxivision concept. 35mm is excellent quality. Enjoy a well projected show.
P.S. Dirt and scratches ideally are not an issue. Throughout a films first-run screenings, they should be well treated. If you see too many scratches, don't go back to the same theatre.
Good point, but it must be remembered that 35mm is being shown at 24 frames per second, but each frame is double-exposed, and so is essentially 48 frames a second with 24 frames of detail.
I don't know scientifically how this ties into the 'motion blur' technology the parent post is talking about. Physical film is 'the illusion of motion' -- 24 still frames projected to create motion. Each frame is double-exposed because light fades from the human retina before the next frame, so I think you'd see black between every frame *smile* (I'm not sure about this exactly, anyone got a good link?).
Each frame exposed twice brings 48fps and no loss of light for the human eye, thus creating the 'illusion of motion'.
Australia electronic duo from Canberra called B(if)tek have an album called 2020. The following quote appears:
Conceived as the soundtrack for the first manned space mission to Mars, B(if)tek have entered negotiations to have their music played by NASA during astronaut training and on the flight itself! Wrap your ears around the post-future electronic TV moroder-isms of B(if)tek and enjoy!
Well noted. I think this is an important point. Also to mention is the fact that ScummVM is creating a layer for portability for old LucasArts product, expanding their target market and increasing their exposure. Everybody wins.
I live and schooled in Sydney, Australia, and my school had 3 labs of about 20-30, and the biggest one alone (single room) was available 2 nights a week.
Censorship is much less significant in Australia. There are two ratings (R and MA) that _restrict_ purchase to 18 and 15 year olds, respectively, and they are used sparingly.
By remoing the FPS genre, you are taking most of the fun away. Most played Action HalfLife (or whatever it's called *s*), and some played AOE2, but there were other choices. Multiplayer mode is what we were there for though.
Parents didn't mind kids shooting eachother. At least not in my neighbourhood.
I think the different medium (in comparison to print) is employed differently. Not to say that changing articles is a 'good' or 'acceptible' practice, personal opinions aside, but I don't think it's very academic or professional. Stories posted in a rush to be the first, and changed later for the inclusion of fact. The internet is a volatile and fresh medium, but this is a clear example of the lack of professionalism.
And I hope, for their sake, they haven't made the prints yet -- I don't know when the release in the UK is, but in Australia it's in less than 2 weeks (I think). Changing the master negative before production would've been a lot easier, not to mention cheaper.
But this change is justified for classification reasons. Consider, for comparison, Moulin Rouge. The Australian launch was on 11 screens in one entire complex about three days before the release date. Prints were sitting in every metropolitan cinema in the country, and after the premiere, director Baz Luhrmann decided to make 2 trivial changes affecting reels 3 and 7 (off memory) and every theatre had to apply these changes with new reels. Says something about the man's frame-of-mind don't you think.:)
It's a trashy promo for the new movie Minority Report. Computers predicting crimes before you commit them (in the 'not too distant future' they'd have you believe).
What I find funny is that Phillip K. Dick is listed as an 'author' of the movie on that web page. Promotional bs. He died in 1982 just before Blade Runner was released (his short story 'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep was the philosophical foundation for it).
Aids hackers? To do what? Talk! Jesus, do I have a fucking mouth and what does it do?
I don't see them printing: "MSN Messenger 'Group Chat' feature aids hackers!" Has greater implications. Also, noone 'owns' IRC. Distributed, free, run by volunteers. Excellent for millions.
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And if your XBox goes bust, you never had a warranty-voiding modification, did you?
Sounds like the first episode of Star Trek Enterprise.
It's a shame DALnets services are what makes it so popular becuase it's exactly this which keeps me on EFnet. Extra channel modes that prevent people without a registered nickname seem to prevent me from joining my regulars because the services are down. Changing /msg NickServ to /nickserv might be a good security feature *cough* but it prevents standard applications and add-on scripts from running.
- Ask his boss if he could please have 10 new PowerMacs,
- Throw out all the companies PCs,
- Sit at his desk staring at the wall with the rest of the development team until they arrived, and then
- Discover their old software wasn't portable.
I think he has approval for the hardware changeover proposal, and now is starting to gather more information.It's nice to see CBN every now and then. He's funny in the polls, he's funny on his web page, and he's even funny when he reposts Michael's story from less than 2 weeks ago! We love you all the same dude.
This reminds me more of the T1000.
Someone ask CmdrTaco how many requests /. gets a day. At least 1 in 50,000 people must have used the words XML and Java sometime that day -- I'm glad you found it so exciting. :)
Check out Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad. Base behaviour, tribalism, murder. Excellent stuff. :) Very thematic which is common in works of dystopia.
I agree, but 70mm is not the answer. Maxivision48 would be twice the size of the film print, and 2 canisters and 4-7 reels is a heavy print to ship, move, and platter/tower.
Yes, 70mm is amazing, but the film stock is sooo expensive and huge. A similar flaw with this maxivision concept. 35mm is excellent quality. Enjoy a well projected show.
P.S. Dirt and scratches ideally are not an issue. Throughout a films first-run screenings, they should be well treated. If you see too many scratches, don't go back to the same theatre.
Good point, but it must be remembered that 35mm is being shown at 24 frames per second, but each frame is double-exposed, and so is essentially 48 frames a second with 24 frames of detail.
I don't know scientifically how this ties into the 'motion blur' technology the parent post is talking about. Physical film is 'the illusion of motion' -- 24 still frames projected to create motion. Each frame is double-exposed because light fades from the human retina before the next frame, so I think you'd see black between every frame *smile* (I'm not sure about this exactly, anyone got a good link?).
Each frame exposed twice brings 48fps and no loss of light for the human eye, thus creating the 'illusion of motion'.
Australia electronic duo from Canberra called B(if)tek have an album called 2020. The following quote appears:
Have a look at the ClosedBSD web site. Fits the bill much like LiveCD does.
Well noted. I think this is an important point. Also to mention is the fact that ScummVM is creating a layer for portability for old LucasArts product, expanding their target market and increasing their exposure. Everybody wins.
Of EphPod and previously XPlay. Goooo jamie!
I'm an Aussie, and I think the point is it hasn't affected me, because even if it has, I wouldn't know about it.
Dave Hansen: HAL, do my next 3 work assignments for me!
HAL9000: I'm sorry, I can't do that Dave...
You mean they don't measure sea temperatures with lots of boats with thermometers as rudders?
I live and schooled in Sydney, Australia, and my school had 3 labs of about 20-30, and the biggest one alone (single room) was available 2 nights a week.
Censorship is much less significant in Australia. There are two ratings (R and MA) that _restrict_ purchase to 18 and 15 year olds, respectively, and they are used sparingly.
By remoing the FPS genre, you are taking most of the fun away. Most played Action HalfLife (or whatever it's called *s*), and some played AOE2, but there were other choices. Multiplayer mode is what we were there for though.
Parents didn't mind kids shooting eachother. At least not in my neighbourhood.
I think the different medium (in comparison to print) is employed differently. Not to say that changing articles is a 'good' or 'acceptible' practice, personal opinions aside, but I don't think it's very academic or professional. Stories posted in a rush to be the first, and changed later for the inclusion of fact. The internet is a volatile and fresh medium, but this is a clear example of the lack of professionalism.
And I hope, for their sake, they haven't made the prints yet -- I don't know when the release in the UK is, but in Australia it's in less than 2 weeks (I think). Changing the master negative before production would've been a lot easier, not to mention cheaper.
:)
But this change is justified for classification reasons. Consider, for comparison, Moulin Rouge. The Australian launch was on 11 screens in one entire complex about three days before the release date. Prints were sitting in every metropolitan cinema in the country, and after the premiere, director Baz Luhrmann decided to make 2 trivial changes affecting reels 3 and 7 (off memory) and every theatre had to apply these changes with new reels. Says something about the man's frame-of-mind don't you think.
First post by a reader on the sub-atomic level.
The atoms in my fingers type by themselves.
It's a trashy promo for the new movie Minority Report. Computers predicting crimes before you commit them (in the 'not too distant future' they'd have you believe).
What I find funny is that Phillip K. Dick is listed as an 'author' of the movie on that web page. Promotional bs. He died in 1982 just before Blade Runner was released (his short story 'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep was the philosophical foundation for it).
Aids hackers? To do what? Talk! Jesus, do I have a fucking mouth and what does it do?
I don't see them printing: "MSN Messenger 'Group Chat' feature aids hackers!" Has greater implications. Also, noone 'owns' IRC. Distributed, free, run by volunteers. Excellent for millions.
The author has put 3 links to a co-op ISP with a T1 connection. Slashdotted already.