take your pick... the interview I'm remembering is Ford saying something like 'some people like the movie I guess, I just had a problem only having to walk around in front of futuristic set backdrops.'
He is also willing to admit that he is not fond of "Blade Runner," Ridley Scott's futuristic cult favorite. "I played a detective who did no detecting," he says. "There was nothing for me to do but stand around and give some vain attempt to give some focus to Ridley's sets. I think some - a lot - of people enjoy it, and that's their perogative."
- The Boston Globe, July 14, 1991 - BR FAQ
Parent post is referring Ridley's direction that Decker is a replicant -- although he was not in the book. As for how Ford acted the part, you can just as easily that he didn't act anything. The action star hated being in the film. (or more precisely, the director).
The director's cut eliminated the cheesy voiceover. Voiceover narrations almost never work (Dances with Wolves comes to mind, ug) except when done by John Cusack.
.... just legally creative (like the yacht sales in international waters, and the other examples in the question) ways to spread and preserve information. This is the task of librarians, and with things like copyright extensions and fair use limitations, advances in technology are needed to keep up with this charge.
LISNews.com is a farily active and popular (almost 10k stories) library and information science news site. Many of the stories on Slashdot crossover with LIS and vice versa. Just
recently, for example:
And since a lot of IT crosses over with what librarians do nowadays,
this site really is worth a look-see. Just don't feed the GNA^H^H^H
Boston Public Library troll (no, really!). So
sign up now while we're still on 4-digit UIDs!
ps. Yes I've read Cryptonomicon and have heard of what Sealand is doing, but was wondering about any other efforts.
You can't spell that on television
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The Scrabble tourney was in the news of the weird last week because someone legally played "LEZ" but had to take it back because the match was televised. At least he went on to win anyway.
It was invoked in an embezzlement case against a strip club -- hardly a matter of national security if you ask me, Tony.
Metafilter has some comments too. Apparently the site had downloads of episodes available, despite their claim that it was just Amazon links that got them in hot water.
LOCKSS-DOCS and even the US GPO Access have already been doing this. But I suppose that given how online government information can go poof or be altered, this project sounds like a good idea, albeit a partisan one.
That's because the moon landing hoax theory has about as much support as the flat earth theory nowadays. Telescopes can see the landing site, for example. See Unca Cecil's column and this site for more. And of course Buzz has the best nutcase response.
it involved these so-called "trap" streets specifically. That's why I said you you can't copyright a made up fact as well as a real fact.
Maps are not copyrighted
on
Open Maps?
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so go nuts with whatever you can get your hands on. At least that's what the law was the last time I checked: you can't copyright a fact (or a made up fact for that matter), although some people are trying to change this.
I had a the pleasure of once working for a map company, for example, that at a time (before I worked there of course) traced a competitor's maps when drafting their products. An ensuing lawsuit, during which the judge actually acknowledged this practice, resulted in a verdict in favor of allowing such infringements.
"In the filing, Google said that it generated revenues of $961.9 million in 2003 and reported a net profit of $106.5 million. Sales rose 177 percent from a year ago although earnings increased by just 6 percent." - LISnews.com.
>Since when is the search engine responsible for the content they generate by just following links on the web (forgive me if I'm unfamiliar with how Google crawls the web)?
Since the DMCA. It's now illegal to link to illegal material. Read the article or see the past cases for more information.
There is no constitutional/US code details to fair use and copyright coverage or duration. The Fair Use provisions are as detailed as they get.
That doesn't stop certain groups from coming up with insanely detailed rules (interlibrary loan guidelines, for example, involve things like the lesser of one chapter or 10% of a written work if requested less than 5 times a year unless the work is over 5 years old etc. etc.) that have no real legal foundation.
The article doesn't say that better surgeons are better at video games, it says that surgeons who play video games are better at their jobs.
However, you're on the right track: it's possible that a third intervening variable is causing both of these (e.g., smart people both enjoy video games and are better at surgery).
Yet the fact remains that a correlation was shown, and therefore a doctor that plays video games, all other things being equal, is less likely to make mistakes than a non-gamer.
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take your pick... the interview I'm remembering is Ford saying something like 'some people like the movie I guess, I just had a problem only having to walk around in front of futuristic set backdrops.'
Ridley says "So that didn't work out as a particularly good mix."
Aha, here's the interview:
He is also willing to admit that he is not fond of "Blade Runner," Ridley
Scott's futuristic cult favorite. "I played a detective who did no
detecting," he says. "There was nothing for me to do but stand around and give
some vain attempt to give some focus to Ridley's sets. I think some - a lot -
of people enjoy it, and that's their perogative."
- The Boston Globe, July 14, 1991 - BR FAQ
>Possibly because he was programmed that way?
Parent post is referring Ridley's direction that Decker is a replicant -- although he was not in the book. As for how Ford acted the part, you can just as easily that he didn't act anything. The action star hated being in the film. (or more precisely, the director).
The director's cut eliminated the cheesy voiceover. Voiceover narrations almost never work (Dances with Wolves comes to mind, ug) except when done by John Cusack.
.... just legally creative (like the yacht sales in international waters, and the other examples in the question) ways to spread and preserve information. This is the task of librarians, and with things like copyright extensions and fair use limitations, advances in technology are needed to keep up with this charge.
>Nor should they, since they pay copyright taxes on photocopiers.
We also have those Title 17 stickers on them, which disavow the library if you do anything naughty with them.
Allegations of price fixing by textbook companies are nothing new.
- Librarians
to the Rescue
- Copyright
Crusaders Hit Schools
- Internet
Publishing Can Pay Off
- It's
Just the 'internet' Now? (story from here)
- Open-ILS.org | Library software by librarians for librarians
And since a lot of IT crosses over with what librarians do nowadays, this site really is worth a look-see. Just don't feed the GNA^H^H^H Boston Public Library troll (no, really!). So sign up now while we're still on 4-digit UIDs!ps. Yes I've read Cryptonomicon and have heard of what Sealand is doing, but was wondering about any other efforts.
The Scrabble tourney was in the news of the weird last week because someone legally played "LEZ" but had to take it back because the match was televised. At least he went on to win anyway.
explanation
There are three primary additive colors and three primary subtractive colors. Cecil explains it rather well.
/ points at Microsoft icon....
It was invoked in an embezzlement case against a strip club -- hardly a matter of national security if you ask me, Tony.
Metafilter has some comments too. Apparently the site had downloads of episodes available, despite their claim that it was just Amazon links that got them in hot water.
LOCKSS-DOCS and even the US GPO Access have already been doing this. But I suppose that given how online government information can go poof or be altered, this project sounds like a good idea, albeit a partisan one.
That's because the moon landing hoax theory has about as much support as the flat earth theory nowadays. Telescopes can see the landing site, for example. See Unca Cecil's column and this site for more. And of course Buzz has the best nutcase response.
it involved these so-called "trap" streets specifically. That's why I said you you can't copyright a made up fact as well as a real fact.
so go nuts with whatever you can get your hands on. At least that's what the law was the last time I checked: you can't copyright a fact (or a made up fact for that matter), although some people are trying to change this.
I had a the pleasure of once working for a map company, for example, that at a time (before I worked there of course) traced a competitor's maps when drafting their products. An ensuing lawsuit, during which the judge actually acknowledged this practice, resulted in a verdict in favor of allowing such infringements.
are detailed here...
Home Soil.
"In the filing, Google said that it generated revenues of $961.9 million in 2003 and reported a net profit of $106.5 million. Sales rose 177 percent from a year ago although earnings increased by just 6 percent." - LISnews.com.
More stories are available from CNN and The Associated Press.
>Since when is the search engine responsible for the content they generate by just following links on the web (forgive me if I'm unfamiliar with how Google crawls the web)?
Since the DMCA. It's now illegal to link to illegal material. Read the article or see the past cases for more information.
See Google's chastity belt too tight (PartsExpress.com listing removed via SafeSearch because "sex" in domain name) and Google In Controversy Over Top-Ranking For Anti-Jewish Site (Google picking out Googlebombed results) for recent examples.
The distributed backup system you just described is also followed by the Lockss library/publishing model.
There is no constitutional/US code details to fair use and copyright coverage or duration. The Fair Use provisions are as detailed as they get.
That doesn't stop certain groups from coming up with insanely detailed rules (interlibrary loan guidelines, for example, involve things like the lesser of one chapter or 10% of a written work if requested less than 5 times a year unless the work is over 5 years old etc. etc.) that have no real legal foundation.
Yahoo's Neighborhood Profiles section, searchable by zip code, has lots of nice data if you're pricing a job.
The article doesn't say that better surgeons are better at video games, it says that surgeons who play video games are better at their jobs.
However, you're on the right track: it's possible that a third intervening variable is causing both of these (e.g., smart people both enjoy video games and are better at surgery).
Yet the fact remains that a correlation was shown, and therefore a doctor that plays video games, all other things being equal, is less likely to make mistakes than a non-gamer.
from this Feb. here.
I've noticed this as well -- nice to hear someone else has too.
Conan the Barbarian theme used for the The Scorpion King trailer.
Miller's Crossing theme used in ??? (something fairly recent).
Terminator 2 theme used in the Universal Soldier trailer.