barnes and noble STILL can't be arsed to put all the o'reilly books in one display. so i have to sit there for an hour trying to find the specific one i'm looking for amoung a million wanna-be's.
lots of music today not only samples from old tracks and leaves the imperfections and degenerations intact (hissing, popping), but goes one step further and purposefully gives a track this sound.
it's no more or less valid, it's just an aesthetic. it has nothing to do with the actual disintegration of the clip (re your accident remark), but rather with the feelings that the aesthetic can evoke: nostalgia, amoung others. of course the danger is in it becoming cliche (which, imho, it has), and you end up with a track or film trying so damn hard to be meaningful that it comes off phony. ie, peter jackson's desperate attempts to prove LOTR's epic nature with prolonged scenery shots in the face of a story that's epic and meaningful enough.
i use optimumonline, and the letter said nothing of the sort. hell, you linked to it yourself yet continue the exageration. it was basically a warning to people (or most often, their kids) who don't pay attention and share their whole harddrive.
thank you for pointing this out. it was a bit unnerving to see people calling this DRM.:) i have no mod points, so i figured i'd just thank you instead.
it's always been easy to pirate games. in fact, rampant PC game piracy has been on the table for as long as commercial games have been available. in the early 90's, groups like the SPA spread propaganda like wildfire. only difference is, nobody listened to them.
so, please don't make this more than it is. an industry blames declining sales on real, solid market factors, and you want to blame it on such a nebulous factor like piracy?
their posting the DeCSS code which they use in their dvd player is legal, but because users using their dvd player are using DeCSS, their users are violating the DMCA, thus criminals?
Nope, can't say that I do know anyone with an X10 camera. However, I know many people with their home automation, remote control, and other products.
Anecdotal evidence is amusing, but it doesn't prove a point (especially when X10's sales figures and x10's popularityonthisverysite proves your experience in the minority). Besides this, X10 has, since the beginning, allowed you to block their ads by simply installing a cookie - which they, themselves, provided.
they're intended to get people to remember the brand. brand recognition breeds familiarity, and when you're in the supermarket or when faced with a situation in which you need to buy something, people are more apt to choose the product they have some familiarity with.
The problem with a central, government-funded (taxes & licenses==government) television system is that the government is then directly in control of televised content. At current, in America, the government has regulation over televised content, but it's very very different from the type of control they'd have if they owned it lock stock.
but you simply have no idea how the American system of law works. the law is a living work, and is ammended over time as the solutions to problems present themselves. government cannot be expected to get it right the first time, and this simple idea is the basis for the entire system of government. hence the bill of rights and the right of the courts to interpret the law.
you answer yourself by mentioning family owned farms. think about it... you're a farmer's son. do you work on the farm, or dream of a greater life in the city? the internet is like a window into a bigger world, and can lean that decision substantially.
one line of code? sure, if you only want it to work in one browser! font embedding as it stands now is very tricky, and a huge pain in the ass. in fact, it's nearly so convoluted that it's not worth the effort. there are two major "standards" for doing it, both of them entirely different, and both of them requiring that the font you're attempting to use allow embedding. a lot of fonts have that pesky fsType value set to $0002, which means no editing, no copying, and no embedding.
of course you can always change that setting with fontographer or whatever type editing prog you wish, but then you're doing something illegal and you could get fired, blah blah blah...:)
i have it on good faith that bowie will be re-creating the final show of the ziggy stardust tour in san francisco near the end of next month. no confirmation on that date, but he's apparently very interested on doing this.
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doesn't need to come from this. they have over 320k subscribers and continue to bleed cash. 12 months to live, i'm willing to bet.
barnes and noble STILL can't be arsed to put all the o'reilly books in one display. so i have to sit there for an hour trying to find the specific one i'm looking for amoung a million wanna-be's.
oh well.
radiohead, moby, portishead, tricky, etc.
lots of music today not only samples from old tracks and leaves the imperfections and degenerations intact (hissing, popping), but goes one step further and purposefully gives a track this sound.
it's no more or less valid, it's just an aesthetic. it has nothing to do with the actual disintegration of the clip (re your accident remark), but rather with the feelings that the aesthetic can evoke: nostalgia, amoung others. of course the danger is in it becoming cliche (which, imho, it has), and you end up with a track or film trying so damn hard to be meaningful that it comes off phony. ie, peter jackson's desperate attempts to prove LOTR's epic nature with prolonged scenery shots in the face of a story that's epic and meaningful enough.
i feel this is the #1 reason why the linux desktop has to be a true alternative, not simply an attempt at carbon copying windows.
you mean the internet isn't secure???
i use optimumonline, and the letter said nothing of the sort. hell, you linked to it yourself yet continue the exageration. it was basically a warning to people (or most often, their kids) who don't pay attention and share their whole harddrive.
probably when nobody's able to make the logical leap from "i'm unemployed and poor" to "i need a place to bitch."
thank you for pointing this out. it was a bit unnerving to see people calling this DRM. :) i have no mod points, so i figured i'd just thank you instead.
it's always been easy to pirate games. in fact, rampant PC game piracy has been on the table for as long as commercial games have been available. in the early 90's, groups like the SPA spread propaganda like wildfire. only difference is, nobody listened to them.
so, please don't make this more than it is. an industry blames declining sales on real, solid market factors, and you want to blame it on such a nebulous factor like piracy?
whereas, in real life, we just store shit in our parents' basement :)
DeWinter tried that, but John Steede and Emma Peel thwarted his nefarious plot WITH STYLE!
ok, it's official. hand me the gun.
their posting the DeCSS code which they use in their dvd player is legal, but because users using their dvd player are using DeCSS, their users are violating the DMCA, thus criminals?
that doesn't sound like much of a leap forward.
Nope, can't say that I do know anyone with an X10 camera. However, I know many people with their home automation, remote control, and other products.
Anecdotal evidence is amusing, but it doesn't prove a point (especially when X10's sales figures and x10's popularity on this very site proves your experience in the minority). Besides this, X10 has, since the beginning, allowed you to block their ads by simply installing a cookie - which they, themselves, provided.
they're intended to get people to remember the brand. brand recognition breeds familiarity, and when you're in the supermarket or when faced with a situation in which you need to buy something, people are more apt to choose the product they have some familiarity with.
The problem with a central, government-funded (taxes & licenses==government) television system is that the government is then directly in control of televised content. At current, in America, the government has regulation over televised content, but it's very very different from the type of control they'd have if they owned it lock stock.
from a href="http://starwarsgalaxies.station.sony.com/fea tures/faq_pages/faq_1.jsp#111">the FAQ:
1.11 How will the game be initially delivered? How will the cost of the game be figured?
Expect to purchase the game in a box.
i was really worried about that one.
but you simply have no idea how the American system of law works. the law is a living work, and is ammended over time as the solutions to problems present themselves. government cannot be expected to get it right the first time, and this simple idea is the basis for the entire system of government. hence the bill of rights and the right of the courts to interpret the law.
he threw most of the original concepts out the window. he was the PRIMARY driving force behind the spider-man character used in that film.
go to one sometime. you'll be amazed.
the minute you are biased, you lose journalistic integrity.
you answer yourself by mentioning family owned farms. think about it... you're a farmer's son. do you work on the farm, or dream of a greater life in the city? the internet is like a window into a bigger world, and can lean that decision substantially.
one line of code? sure, if you only want it to work in one browser! font embedding as it stands now is very tricky, and a huge pain in the ass. in fact, it's nearly so convoluted that it's not worth the effort. there are two major "standards" for doing it, both of them entirely different, and both of them requiring that the font you're attempting to use allow embedding. a lot of fonts have that pesky fsType value set to $0002, which means no editing, no copying, and no embedding.
:)
of course you can always change that setting with fontographer or whatever type editing prog you wish, but then you're doing something illegal and you could get fired, blah blah blah...
the real reason to obfuscate through efficiency! :)
i have it on good faith that bowie will be re-creating the final show of the ziggy stardust tour in san francisco near the end of next month. no confirmation on that date, but he's apparently very interested on doing this.
:)
that's all
it's a god damn good thing i'm a leech and never share anything!