We're living in the age of disrupted entrenched businesses who still remain clueless. They've forgotten what an enjoyable movie theatre experience is like.
I would like to add:
1) I would rush to the theatre as a kid to see the previews because previews were interesting and tantalizing. Now previews smack of focused marketing and breakfast cereal advertising.
2) If you are going to charge me insane prices for tickets and insane prices for food then you really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really need to make sure I have a damn good time.
I'm sorry, I just had an epiphany while writings this. The movie theaters aren't the bad guys here. It's the movie studios that turn out crap sequels and generic romantic comedies.
So, of course! The studios are going to want to push for faster DVD distribution because it means consumers will swallow more of their crap quicker. This also means that it is inevitable that the studios will fully support digital distribution. Not because it's a good idea, but because high volume cheap crap = $$$.
"games you see on the front pages of those sites are often there because publishers paid for that privilege"
OH PSHAW! The next thing you'll tell me is that reviewers write positive slanting reviews of games to keep the ad dollars flowing in from major publishers!
I find that link to indigenous people'a literature to be completely uninformative. Still questions remain:
I personally don't find using the name of ethnic group is appropriate for any company, organization, or product. At least we've been spared cartoonish stereotypes. I echo the OP:
"Do you think it's appropriate to use/borrow the name of a people for a large visible public project/undertaking without asking their permission first? Have you ever asked a representative of the Apache people what they think about the fact that their name is used for your project?"
1) This is the University of Memphis. I went to Tiger High and I'm amazed the teachers even know about paper and pens. Ten years ago they were still using clay tablets.
2) This is the University of Memphis Law School. "Thinking" and "analyzing" ARE NOT permitted in law school.
3) Some people type faster than they write by hand. What makes "no laptops" reasonable over, say, "only take notes with a red crayon"?
I'm very tired of The Escapist. Their fonts don't scale and they try too hard to make a web page look like a magazine. Somebody throw me the highlights 'cause the site gives me a headache.
The red LED display on my first ever LED watch, which came into existence due to the Apollo program, which was impossible to read in sunlight, was NOT USEFUL, but I loved it all the same. Yes I did.
Here is a overly simplified, but rather useful demonstration of what is now called "The Nipple Pixel Effect" Please examine the images below carefully!
This is a (highly magnified) default pixel: . The pixel is devoid of content, ready to receive nuance and meaning. As many Slashdot regulars know, the scientific name for this state is "boring".
This is a (highly magnified) weapon pixel: . Note that the pixel is now filled with violent energies. Careful examination of this pixel shows its propensity to do damage to peace-loving liberal agendas. The scientific name for a pixel in this state is "fun".
This is a (highly magnified) nipple pixel: . This pixel is heaving with throbbing unquenced sexual desire. Take the time to examine this pixel more closely and you will notice how it seems to be renlentless thrusting at your closed, but oh so moist mind with expansive heat which melts conservative agendas. The scientific name for a pixel in this state is "more fun" to male computer scientists and "yeah, whatever" to female computer scientists.
Now, if we examine the firm, yet silky nipple pixel, gently take it between our fingers, so to speak, we can see that the pixel is actually composed of discreet... OH MY GOD ITS ZOMBIE STROM THURMOND AND HIS NEO-CONSORVATORS OF MORAL DISCIPLINE. HELP! THEY'VE MADE IT THROUGH MY FRONT DOOR. ACK! RICK SANTORUM'S SECRET TWO-HEADED FETUS-MONSTER IS CHEWING ON MY CABLE MODEM. AGH! I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH LONGER I CAN HOLD OUT. ECK! BILL FRIST JUST DISECTED MY CAT! OH THE HUMANITY! PLEASE TELL MY WIFE I LOVE HER VERY M...
He lost a finger during the D-Day invasion as a captain in the Royal Canadian Artillery.
And they (the network? the producers?) were always making him hide his missing finger (I recall he said once). And he was proud of that finger, or lack thereof.
They could have gotten great mileage out of that finger... "Replace it you say? Nae, laddie, it reminds me to never give a Klingon a proctology exam!"
The DRM is not stripped out at all. That's more akin to ouputting my iTunes files to a CD or a cassette tape. But maybe not. So for now, I'm deleting the files and the program and will inquire of folks who know more about the legal aspects.
This is great. There is now three kinds of DRM:
1) Crappy (Good) DRM 2) Strong (Bad) DRM 3) *new* Questionable DRM - the kind of DRM that confuses you when you futz with it. Hmmmm... did I just break the law? I wonder...
The suit contends, however, that representatives of Harding Earley should not have been able to view the old Healthcare Advocates Web pages - even though they now reside on the archive's servers - because the company, shortly after filing its suit against Health Advocate, had placed a text file on its own servers designed to tell the Wayback Machine to block public access to the historical versions of the site.
So the robots.txt was added YEARS AFTER the site had been archived. I don't think they correctly used the "no-archive-time-travel" directive.
SpellCatcher has been saving my ass for 15 years now.
While I don't condone stupidity, some of us can't spell no matter how hard we try. Next time you see one of my posts, know that when I write, "M$ suks azz, I hate dem dirtee baztardz," SpellCatcher corrects it to be, "I am less than enthused with Microsoft's business practices."
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Thank the gods they aren't using /. for randomness:
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Amen.
We're living in the age of disrupted entrenched businesses who still remain clueless. They've forgotten what an enjoyable movie theatre experience is like.
I would like to add:
1) I would rush to the theatre as a kid to see the previews because previews were interesting and tantalizing. Now previews smack of focused marketing and breakfast cereal advertising.
2) If you are going to charge me insane prices for tickets and insane prices for food then you really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really need to make sure I have a damn good time.
I'm sorry, I just had an epiphany while writings this. The movie theaters aren't the bad guys here. It's the movie studios that turn out crap sequels and generic romantic comedies.
So, of course! The studios are going to want to push for faster DVD distribution because it means consumers will swallow more of their crap quicker. This also means that it is inevitable that the studios will fully support digital distribution. Not because it's a good idea, but because high volume cheap crap = $$$.
OMG, Hollywood is destined to turn into Wal*Mart!
"games you see on the front pages of those sites are often there because publishers paid for that privilege"
OH PSHAW! The next thing you'll tell me is that reviewers write positive slanting reviews of games to keep the ad dollars flowing in from major publishers!
I find that link to indigenous people'a literature to be completely uninformative. Still questions remain:
I personally don't find using the name of ethnic group is appropriate for any company, organization, or product. At least we've been spared cartoonish stereotypes. I echo the OP:
"Do you think it's appropriate to use/borrow the name of a people for a large visible public project/undertaking without asking their permission first? Have you ever asked a representative of the Apache people what they think about the fact that their name is used for your project?"
Things to Consider:
1) This is the University of Memphis. I went to Tiger High and I'm amazed the teachers even know about paper and pens. Ten years ago they were still using clay tablets.
2) This is the University of Memphis Law School. "Thinking" and "analyzing" ARE NOT permitted in law school.
3) Some people type faster than they write by hand. What makes "no laptops" reasonable over, say, "only take notes with a red crayon"?
I need something like this because I use XP and am a masochist. If I can't fool around with a Mac at least once a month the pain of XP begins to dull.
And, yes I DO step in shit when I see it, if I see it right after I've had my shoes shined. That's the Window$ way!
We went through this before with D&D. Nothing new here, move along...
Aliens have already infected Earth with a virus: it's called mankind.
I'm very tired of The Escapist. Their fonts don't scale and they try too hard to make a web page look like a magazine. Somebody throw me the highlights 'cause the site gives me a headache.
Xyzzy was absolutely necessary and I used it every day from 1979 to 1984. Then I bought a Mac and my life went to hell.
The red LED display on my first ever LED watch, which came into existence due to the Apollo program, which was impossible to read in sunlight, was NOT USEFUL, but I loved it all the same. Yes I did.
Blasphemy I say... ... oops, I mean:
(Dots and dashes spelling: b l a s p h e m y fullstop)
I wish I could have posted it but I got this message from Slashdot when I submitted the post:
Lameness filter encountered. Post aborted!
Reason: Your comment looks too much like ascii art.
Well Fuck you slashdot and your anti-morse code agenda!
Here is a overly simplified, but rather useful demonstration of what is now called "The Nipple Pixel Effect" Please examine the images below carefully!
.
.
.
This is a (highly magnified) default pixel:
The pixel is devoid of content, ready to receive nuance and meaning. As many Slashdot regulars know, the scientific name for this state is "boring".
This is a (highly magnified) weapon pixel:
Note that the pixel is now filled with violent energies. Careful examination of this pixel shows its propensity to do damage to peace-loving liberal agendas. The scientific name for a pixel in this state is "fun".
This is a (highly magnified) nipple pixel:
This pixel is heaving with throbbing unquenced sexual desire. Take the time to examine this pixel more closely and you will notice how it seems to be renlentless thrusting at your closed, but oh so moist mind with expansive heat which melts conservative agendas. The scientific name for a pixel in this state is "more fun" to male computer scientists and "yeah, whatever" to female computer scientists.
Now, if we examine the firm, yet silky nipple pixel, gently take it between our fingers, so to speak, we can see that the pixel is actually composed of discreet... OH MY GOD ITS ZOMBIE STROM THURMOND AND HIS NEO-CONSORVATORS OF MORAL DISCIPLINE. HELP! THEY'VE MADE IT THROUGH MY FRONT DOOR. ACK! RICK SANTORUM'S SECRET TWO-HEADED FETUS-MONSTER IS CHEWING ON MY CABLE MODEM. AGH! I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH LONGER I CAN HOLD OUT. ECK! BILL FRIST JUST DISECTED MY CAT! OH THE HUMANITY! PLEASE TELL MY WIFE I LOVE HER VERY M...
He lost a finger during the D-Day invasion as a captain in the Royal Canadian Artillery.
And they (the network? the producers?) were always making him hide his missing finger (I recall he said once). And he was proud of that finger, or lack thereof.
They could have gotten great mileage out of that finger... "Replace it you say? Nae, laddie, it reminds me to never give a Klingon a proctology exam!"
Ah, Poly MacBeep
You always were so much fun
Windows needs you now
Super Soakers? Lazer Tag? Bah humbug!
In my day we simulated first person shooters with LAWN DARTS and you could only respawn after the bandages came off!
God forbid, could it really be, a version of HL2 that doesn't require logging on to Steam? I'd buy that for a dollar!
Or are they going to require your Xbox to be hooked up to Xbox Live to play? Oh that would be deliciously evil, as Stewie says.
This is great. There is now three kinds of DRM:
1) Crappy (Good) DRM
2) Strong (Bad) DRM
3) *new* Questionable DRM - the kind of DRM that confuses you when you futz with it. Hmmmm... did I just break the law? I wonder...
Yes, obviously!
So the robots.txt was added YEARS AFTER the site had been archived. I don't think they correctly used the "no-archive-time-travel" directive.
Dinon admitted he knew how to secure his wifi but declined because most of the people in his neighborhood are "older".
It's amazing the lengths people will go to just to get their daily dose of elder-pr0n.
This year's been bad enough for me, now it seems like it's going to drag on forever!
SpellCatcher has been saving my ass for 15 years now.
While I don't condone stupidity, some of us can't spell no matter how hard we try. Next time you see one of my posts, know that when I write, "M$ suks azz, I hate dem dirtee baztardz," SpellCatcher corrects it to be, "I am less than enthused with Microsoft's business practices."
My father lives in Bell Buckle, TN (near Bugscuffle, btw). Lots of folks can't get cable out there.
About the only channel he likes to watch is PBS.
Man, he is sooo screwed.