No one is happy with the DOJ caving in the settlement talks. I know I'm not. But I've wondered for quite a while now if part of the reason they're not looking for any sanctions that mean anything because this Administration thinks enough damage has been done. Sure, the federal government isn't looking to get a pound of flesh from Microsoft, but since MS has been found to be an illegal monopoly all kinds of companies feel free to savage them with lawsuits. I think that the DOJ feels that this is enough.
What's that Seinfeld said? Oh yeah, "Unleash the hounds!"
Traditionally low voter turnout favors the incumbent. Right there is an incentive for the PTB to keep turnout low.
Increases in voter turnout tend to garner more low-income/low education people than higher caste citizens. Traditionally these persons from the lower end of society vote Democrat. The Republican party has stymied at virtually every opportunity initiatives designed to increase voter turnout.
Until/unless there are fundamental changes in the system we will prolly continue to clunk along with our present voting system here in the US.
The theatres that I worked at (seven years as a projectionist putting myself thru college) all used Xenon bulbs. It has been too long for me to remember all the specifics, but I used to have to wear a protective (think X-ray) vest and a blast-mask when I was replacing bad or rotating old bulbs. I had the opportunity to watch several bulbs blow up too. Not dynamite but impressive nonetheless. As far as being able to walk off with a print - I don't think it would be a problem. Sure, the cans are heavy when full, but I lugged them around all the time. I moved prints from one platter to another all the time as well, lots of time by myself. And I'm no Jesse Ventura. The security at the theatres where I worked was a joke. Anything that wasn't bolted down could be(and often was) stolen. Could a person screen a movie at home? Sure. I knew a technician who built himself a home-theatre system (35mm projector and sound) from old and spare parts, a bit at a time (like Radar sending a Jeep home one part at a time in M*A*S*H). I knew another technician who machined a rig to convert 24 frames/second movie prints to 30 fps for dumping to video. As a teenager! Now there's a hack for the record boks.
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No one is happy with the DOJ caving in the settlement talks. I know I'm not. But I've wondered for quite a while now if part of the reason they're not looking for any sanctions that mean anything because this Administration thinks enough damage has been done. Sure, the federal government isn't looking to get a pound of flesh from Microsoft, but since MS has been found to be an illegal monopoly all kinds of companies feel free to savage them with lawsuits. I think that the DOJ feels that this is enough.
What's that Seinfeld said? Oh yeah, "Unleash the hounds!"
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Traditionally low voter turnout favors the incumbent. Right there is an incentive for the PTB to keep turnout low.
Increases in voter turnout tend to garner more low-income/low education people than higher caste citizens. Traditionally these persons from the lower end of society vote Democrat. The Republican party has stymied at virtually every opportunity initiatives designed to increase voter turnout.
Until/unless there are fundamental changes in the system we will prolly continue to clunk along with our present voting system here in the US.
The theatres that I worked at (seven years as a projectionist putting myself thru college) all used Xenon bulbs. It has been too long for me to remember all the specifics, but I used to have to wear a protective (think X-ray) vest and a blast-mask when I was replacing bad or rotating old bulbs. I had the opportunity to watch several bulbs blow up too. Not dynamite but impressive nonetheless. As far as being able to walk off with a print - I don't think it would be a problem. Sure, the cans are heavy when full, but I lugged them around all the time. I moved prints from one platter to another all the time as well, lots of time by myself. And I'm no Jesse Ventura. The security at the theatres where I worked was a joke. Anything that wasn't bolted down could be(and often was) stolen. Could a person screen a movie at home? Sure. I knew a technician who built himself a home-theatre system (35mm projector and sound) from old and spare parts, a bit at a time (like Radar sending a Jeep home one part at a time in M*A*S*H). I knew another technician who machined a rig to convert 24 frames/second movie prints to 30 fps for dumping to video. As a teenager! Now there's a hack for the record boks.