Just wondering- you seem to either love trolling or just hate/. I understand your post in you just hate/., but if you get pleasure from the trolling, won't you decrease your fun time if your plans do smother/.? For the record, I do use nested becuase I hate having to click a billion times in one article.
I like your post in and of itself (hey, I'm blowing karma by not going AC), I was just wondering what stance you are taking?
I thought that people with metal implants got papers stating what kind of implant and where they are? Even so, that treatment was utter bull; you'd think that at a certain point you would just know that the guy is ok!
Anyway, if he's a cyborg, why not just strap on the optional jet pack and fly there yourself?;)
Ah, saying that we are going to have MIT work on nano and "light bending" does not a secret make. Everyone knows what radio freqs the armed forces use, but that is not the secret, either. It's the implementation, the manufacturing process, the real "how does it work" stuff, not general ideas.
I occasionally get to work around classified stuff, and just the stuff I overhear is pretty funky. Just wish my security clearence would come through!
How about an advanced fuel cell, where you could carry extra slap-in cartridges. Of course you'd want a to use a metal hydride. This plus the piezoelectric stuff people have already posted could give you a lot more time than straight batteries, but would that even be enough?
Guess we will find out!
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But considering the following quote (from the summary): "Read about the conversion in Penguin2Apple. And pray for mercy on his soul."
How the heck can this be considered neutral in any way? Moving from Linux to BSD, and he has to worry about his soul!!!??? Is it just me or are we (/.) assigning a _little too much_ importace on OSS when it's compared to a human soul?!
Even MS's FUD doesn't delve into the level of corrupting your SOUL! Christ, I was made to say something positive about MS because OS freaks finally went way too far.
With webcasting you know EXACTLY how many listeners you have. With over-the-air radio, you do it by sampling. Why the hell should an exact plus over-the-air company pay twice as much as an only over-the-air network? Is the total audience of the over-the-air networks EXACTLY equal to the internet audience?!
Basically just another way to screw more money out of a new media outlet. WABC (New York AM station) had to stop streaming because they just streamed their live feed to the 'net, but got sued out of it because they didn't pay MORE MONEY for their Internet ads!
Do the advertisers for AM radio stations REALLY think that people on the Internet will pirate their ADs in digital format to spread them as MP3s!!!!!!
And various shows routinely bring on liberal guests. Ok, they're not hosts, but I don't see any of the big 3 news shows even giving conservatives guest slots.
But they do have to pay for each physical copy of the movie they get. And theatres made a contract with the devil- they get no profit from sales the first week a movie is out, then 10% the 2nd week, etc. Basically, they really only make good money on concessions, which is why a $.25 soda costs $3. And everything else you said is true, though some theatres have wised up and are trying to make the movie going trip back into a true experience.
But yeah, theatres have drastically declined the last 20 some years.
Who cares how old he is? He/she's a pathetic little bitch who will be the first one to start screaming the second someone steals something of his. Yes, he is spoiled and thank God that most people are not like him. Really, putting a computer in your car just so you don't have to buy CDs?! That is almost pathalogical(sp?).
Another point they should re-think: their incredibly bloated budgets. $10-20-30 million for an "A" list star? Yes, a star will put butts in the seats, but would Ahnuld in "Aladdin 8" be worth $30 mil? The studios have got themselves in this snowballing effect of bigger stars, more effects, bigger explosions while forgetting that a well made movie always encompasses a good story. Take Titanic- DiCaprio couldn't act his way out of a bag, but the backdrop story and the (pretty good) drama made for a movie that I actually bought after seeing in on TV (first time I saw it).
Make a quality movie and people will want to buy it, no matter how good a ripped version is, unless they go the way of music and start charging $40 per DVD. I'm one of those people who has all 4 versions of the Evil Dead DVDs, because to me that movie is compelling enough that I want all material dealing with it.
But since 90% of what they put out is utter dreck, no wonder most of it is pirated- people place zero value on the material and therefor spend zero on it.
meh- I just wish that just ONE LoTR-quality film would come out every year.
I'm probably pretty wrong with this (the legalesse is making my brain spin), but if making all digital content copyproof by tying the media to the hardware, doesn't making (legal) copies (by the companies) violate their own laws? Supposedly (sp?), only an original piece of media can be used, but the (exclusive media; ie. ESPN, NBC, ABC, and others, can steal all kinds of info.
F0rget my civilian, fun based entertainment, my other info got censored. Maybe this info will get through, without bs exceuses like "too hard to make sense of what they say!" ['Too hard' being "why will you not let me talk about how I feel (the feel part meaning about internet access)"
The article doesn't go into this, but what if they faked the registerd letter? Didn't the court check the signatures? Maybe a secratary signed for the letter? They just don't say in the article.
Finally, someone who understands the show! (I've been yelling at people who were screaming about the bad science, etc.)
Yes, they try to bring the science and the smarts, but writers are only so smart, and with a relatively new show, they probably don't have the budget to have a resident geek just to check facts. I'm available, and I'm only $15k a week! Are they going to hire me? Hell no, that's the job of $7/hr production assistants.
Wait a year or 2 when they get an expanded budget and they can get a real geek in their- you'll be watching shit about quantum entanglement and encryption! Cool beans!
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Wrong- it would cost them more money (maybe only a bit) to make sure that all of the science was right. But I guess you know some expert that will work for them for free that will supply them with all the correct scientific info that they may cover, no matter what the subject. Will you do all their research for free? Will fans correct their scripts for free? See the point?
And I never remember CSI advertising that they are a scientific info show. An entertainment show that uses science, sure, but never one that promised to be informative, only entertaining (well, stictly, they never even advertised that.)
Was: I'm stupid. Now- well, you are still stupid.
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Everyone that modded this twit up is a fucking moron. Here is an experiment- go hook up your car to an electrical outlet, stand next to your car, and then grap your car. Oh, wait, your dead (well, probably not, but a high voltage line would kill you).
His second point is moot- your blood is conductive, whether it be from the minerals in the blood or the hemoglobin. So some writer got the specifics wrong! Wow, this is a TV show, not a science show, jackass.
3rd point- I must have missed that episode, since it doesn't spark any memories.
If you want utter science, go watch TLC or Discovery, not CBS (NBC?, ABC?). You are one of those people that will bitch when someone gets the molting period of snakes wrong, aren't you?
You are comparing a network TV show with TLC?! Come on, the TV watching public (that doesn't watch TLC) will not watch the cut and dried TLC shows. The fact that a show that is ladden with this much science and tech being successful is a near miracle! It may be the inroad needed to try and get the masses interested in science and forensics. Just remember the target audiences when you think about how well TLC and CSI are doing.
You are remembering that this is a TV show? You expect people to petition the government to make policy decisions on the basis of a TV show? Perhaps you are taking this "TV show" a little bit too seriously and may want to lay back a bit and just enjoy it?
You and just one of a recurring theme of experts who are offended by TV shows that impinge on their areas of expertise. The folks writing this have a marginal knowledge of the area, if that. Anyone watching these TV shows are not going to be influential enough to change gov policies. Relax!
This show is much better than any forensic show before (Dr. Quincy, anyone?), but to think that this could change government opinion; please, the gov knows where to go to for experts, and it's not a bunch of TV viewers with a half-assed opinion.
As everyone knows, this is just the application of Hollywood $$$ to the gov. And actually, this law if put in place may get overturned- too far reaching and such. But IANAL.
Interesting how they point out that the Alaskan Senator is a Republican, yet never point out what party Hollings is from....
True, there are only so many basic plots- good vs. evil, boy meets girl, civilization dying, civilization rebuild, disaster, aliens, evolution, time travel, fantasy/magic to name a few.
However, I'm interested in your weird^49 ideas. Could you post a couple? If you don't want to do it here, you could drop an email at my user name @yahoo.com. I'm not a writer or anything, so I'm not going to rip you off, I just like neat ideas.
I have heard this from several people. This attitude/problem seems to be concentrated at colleges. Probably because 1) lots of kids with their 1st computer 2) short on cash 3) first time with broadband access.
No proof of the above, just based on ancedotal evidence.
As pointed out, it happened a few weeks ago. Also, it has nothing to do with QT, it has to do with royalties on what you are streaming, ie. songs and/or commercials. Best part of that deal was that radio stations that streamed their material also had to pay (above and beyond their on-air royalties) for their webcasted content.
The MPAA is quickly approaching the paranoid conspiracy crowd with their anti-piracy ideas. So are they going to make these boxes, get hardware companies to make them, or buy another law from congress. Probably #3, as he mentions Congress in his closing. Does anyone believe the piracy numbers people throw out anymore? Between movies, music (RIAA), and software (MS, BSA) they must be losing like $300 gazillion per year!
I don't like piracy, and I've never downloaded anything I didn't own, so these increasingly crazy schemes they whip up really piss me off. This is why I stopped buying music back around 1995 (well then it was because all the music sucked) and haven't bought any MS software since Office 97. Can't quite get over my movie watching hobbie, and I can live with DVD region encoding, though I will probably mod my next player (can't mod my current one).
Maybe we should dress up like aliens and spook Valenti by scaring him and then leaving ripped movies on his porch.
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Just wondering- you seem to either love trolling or just hate /. I understand your post in you just hate /., but if you get pleasure from the trolling, won't you decrease your fun time if your plans do smother /.? For the record, I do use nested becuase I hate having to click a billion times in one article.
I like your post in and of itself (hey, I'm blowing karma by not going AC), I was just wondering what stance you are taking?
I thought that people with metal implants got papers stating what kind of implant and where they are? Even so, that treatment was utter bull; you'd think that at a certain point you would just know that the guy is ok!
;)
Anyway, if he's a cyborg, why not just strap on the optional jet pack and fly there yourself?
Ah, saying that we are going to have MIT work on nano and "light bending" does not a secret make. Everyone knows what radio freqs the armed forces use, but that is not the secret, either. It's the implementation, the manufacturing process, the real "how does it work" stuff, not general ideas.
I occasionally get to work around classified stuff, and just the stuff I overhear is pretty funky. Just wish my security clearence would come through!
How about an advanced fuel cell, where you could carry extra slap-in cartridges. Of course you'd want a to use a metal hydride. This plus the piezoelectric stuff people have already posted could give you a lot more time than straight batteries, but would that even be enough?
Guess we will find out!
But considering the following quote (from the summary):
"Read about the conversion in Penguin2Apple. And pray for mercy on his soul."
How the heck can this be considered neutral in any way? Moving from Linux to BSD, and he has to worry about his soul!!!??? Is it just me or are we (/.) assigning a _little too much_ importace on OSS when it's compared to a human soul?!
Even MS's FUD doesn't delve into the level of corrupting your SOUL! Christ, I was made to say something positive about MS because OS freaks finally went way too far.
'Tis a sad day.
With webcasting you know EXACTLY how many listeners you have. With over-the-air radio, you do it by sampling. Why the hell should an exact plus over-the-air company pay twice as much as an only over-the-air network? Is the total audience of the over-the-air networks EXACTLY equal to the internet audience?!
Basically just another way to screw more money out of a new media outlet. WABC (New York AM station) had to stop streaming because they just streamed their live feed to the 'net, but got sued out of it because they didn't pay MORE MONEY for their Internet ads!
Do the advertisers for AM radio stations REALLY think that people on the Internet will pirate their ADs in digital format to spread them as MP3s!!!!!!
Hell is approaching Earth at a scary speed.
Alan Combs?
And various shows routinely bring on liberal guests. Ok, they're not hosts, but I don't see any of the big 3 news shows even giving conservatives guest slots.
But they do have to pay for each physical copy of the movie they get. And theatres made a contract with the devil- they get no profit from sales the first week a movie is out, then 10% the 2nd week, etc. Basically, they really only make good money on concessions, which is why a $.25 soda costs $3. And everything else you said is true, though some theatres have wised up and are trying to make the movie going trip back into a true experience.
But yeah, theatres have drastically declined the last 20 some years.
It may have been a soapbox, but it was a damn fine soapbox, imo.
One more person who will raise their children right, maybe the world does have a future afterall....
Who cares how old he is? He/she's a pathetic little bitch who will be the first one to start screaming the second someone steals something of his. Yes, he is spoiled and thank God that most people are not like him. Really, putting a computer in your car just so you don't have to buy CDs?! That is almost pathalogical(sp?).
Good points.
Another point they should re-think: their incredibly bloated budgets. $10-20-30 million for an "A" list star? Yes, a star will put butts in the seats, but would Ahnuld in "Aladdin 8" be worth $30 mil? The studios have got themselves in this snowballing effect of bigger stars, more effects, bigger explosions while forgetting that a well made movie always encompasses a good story. Take Titanic- DiCaprio couldn't act his way out of a bag, but the backdrop story and the (pretty good) drama made for a movie that I actually bought after seeing in on TV (first time I saw it).
Make a quality movie and people will want to buy it, no matter how good a ripped version is, unless they go the way of music and start charging $40 per DVD. I'm one of those people who has all 4 versions of the Evil Dead DVDs, because to me that movie is compelling enough that I want all material dealing with it.
But since 90% of what they put out is utter dreck, no wonder most of it is pirated- people place zero value on the material and therefor spend zero on it.
meh- I just wish that just ONE LoTR-quality film would come out every year.
I'm probably pretty wrong with this (the legalesse is making my brain spin), but if making all digital content copyproof by tying the media to the hardware, doesn't making (legal) copies (by the companies) violate their own laws? Supposedly (sp?), only an original piece of media can be used, but the (exclusive media; ie. ESPN, NBC, ABC, and others, can steal all kinds of info.
F0rget my civilian, fun based entertainment, my other info got censored. Maybe this info will get through, without bs exceuses like "too hard to make sense of what they say!" ['Too hard' being "why will you not let me talk about how I feel (the feel part meaning about internet access)"
The article doesn't go into this, but what if they faked the registerd letter? Didn't the court check the signatures? Maybe a secratary signed for the letter? They just don't say in the article.
Finally, someone who understands the show! (I've been yelling at people who were screaming about the bad science, etc.)
Yes, they try to bring the science and the smarts, but writers are only so smart, and with a relatively new show, they probably don't have the budget to have a resident geek just to check facts. I'm available, and I'm only $15k a week! Are they going to hire me? Hell no, that's the job of $7/hr production assistants.
Wait a year or 2 when they get an expanded budget and they can get a real geek in their- you'll be watching shit about quantum entanglement and encryption! Cool beans!
Wrong- it would cost them more money (maybe only a bit) to make sure that all of the science was right. But I guess you know some expert that will work for them for free that will supply them with all the correct scientific info that they may cover, no matter what the subject. Will you do all their research for free? Will fans correct their scripts for free? See the point?
And I never remember CSI advertising that they are a scientific info show. An entertainment show that uses science, sure, but never one that promised to be informative, only entertaining (well, stictly, they never even advertised that.)
Everyone that modded this twit up is a fucking moron. Here is an experiment- go hook up your car to an electrical outlet, stand next to your car, and then grap your car. Oh, wait, your dead (well, probably not, but a high voltage line would kill you).
His second point is moot- your blood is conductive, whether it be from the minerals in the blood or the hemoglobin. So some writer got the specifics wrong! Wow, this is a TV show, not a science show, jackass.
3rd point- I must have missed that episode, since it doesn't spark any memories.
If you want utter science, go watch TLC or Discovery, not CBS (NBC?, ABC?). You are one of those people that will bitch when someone gets the molting period of snakes wrong, aren't you?
You are comparing a network TV show with TLC?! Come on, the TV watching public (that doesn't watch TLC) will not watch the cut and dried TLC shows. The fact that a show that is ladden with this much science and tech being successful is a near miracle! It may be the inroad needed to try and get the masses interested in science and forensics. Just remember the target audiences when you think about how well TLC and CSI are doing.
You are remembering that this is a TV show? You expect people to petition the government to make policy decisions on the basis of a TV show? Perhaps you are taking this "TV show" a little bit too seriously and may want to lay back a bit and just enjoy it?
You and just one of a recurring theme of experts who are offended by TV shows that impinge on their areas of expertise. The folks writing this have a marginal knowledge of the area, if that. Anyone watching these TV shows are not going to be influential enough to change gov policies. Relax!
This show is much better than any forensic show before (Dr. Quincy, anyone?), but to think that this could change government opinion; please, the gov knows where to go to for experts, and it's not a bunch of TV viewers with a half-assed opinion.
As everyone knows, this is just the application of Hollywood $$$ to the gov. And actually, this law if put in place may get overturned- too far reaching and such. But IANAL.
Interesting how they point out that the Alaskan Senator is a Republican, yet never point out what party Hollings is from....
True, there are only so many basic plots- good vs. evil, boy meets girl, civilization dying, civilization rebuild, disaster, aliens, evolution, time travel, fantasy/magic to name a few.
:)
However, I'm interested in your weird^49 ideas. Could you post a couple? If you don't want to do it here, you could drop an email at my user name @yahoo.com. I'm not a writer or anything, so I'm not going to rip you off, I just like neat ideas.
Or you can just tell me to bugger off!
Is Hane's going to start putting chips with DRM into my underwear next?
The US is slowly going to hell...
I have heard this from several people. This attitude/problem seems to be concentrated at colleges. Probably because 1) lots of kids with their 1st computer 2) short on cash 3) first time with broadband access.
No proof of the above, just based on ancedotal evidence.
As pointed out, it happened a few weeks ago. Also, it has nothing to do with QT, it has to do with royalties on what you are streaming, ie. songs and/or commercials. Best part of that deal was that radio stations that streamed their material also had to pay (above and beyond their on-air royalties) for their webcasted content.
"Next case"
"MPAA & RIAA vs. the Internet"
"Is the defendent ready?"
"011011001010111110010100110100...."
...consipracy at 11.
The MPAA is quickly approaching the paranoid conspiracy crowd with their anti-piracy ideas. So are they going to make these boxes, get hardware companies to make them, or buy another law from congress. Probably #3, as he mentions Congress in his closing. Does anyone believe the piracy numbers people throw out anymore? Between movies, music (RIAA), and software (MS, BSA) they must be losing like $300 gazillion per year!
I don't like piracy, and I've never downloaded anything I didn't own, so these increasingly crazy schemes they whip up really piss me off. This is why I stopped buying music back around 1995 (well then it was because all the music sucked) and haven't bought any MS software since Office 97. Can't quite get over my movie watching hobbie, and I can live with DVD region encoding, though I will probably mod my next player (can't mod my current one).
Maybe we should dress up like aliens and spook Valenti by scaring him and then leaving ripped movies on his porch.