He also got in hot water over similar statements he made about 'Bowling for Columbine', saying he doesn't care if people download it. The distributor of the DVD at the time had some issues with that statement. I'm not sure what happened there. But this time, I'm sure he avoided that issue.
"Lions Gate and IFC Films, a division of Cablevision Systems Corp. (CVC), are distributing the film. Under a typical distribution deal, the company would receive a distribution fee and recover its marketing costs, Feltheimer said, adding that Lions Gate has already recovered those costs. He declined to provide the percentage of box-office receipts that Lions Gate is receiving as its distribution fee.
Analysts predicted that the film could add $7 million to $11 million in revenue for Lions Gate."
What's more, the article goes on to say that Lion's Gate Films did not receive home video distribution rights to the movie. So, yeah, they really don't care.
Moore is already a multi-millionaire, so neither does he. His main goal here is to stop GW from getting re-elected. He wouldn't care if they mailed out copies for free like AOL CD's. (Come to think of it, not a bad idea).
The only one's who could possibly care now is is the company who signs for home video distribution rights, but you know what? They will also make plenty of money on the deal.
Yep, me too. Same exact thing. I did this on probably what was my third install of Linux ever.
Let's see... that was sometime around Slackware ~2.x. (Back when you could download all of it at 56k and install from a dozen floppy disks).
I've become more careful these days;-)
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I saw this too. It's available from suprnova.org (BitTorrent). Having seen it, along with having read Al Franken's book "Lies, and the lying liars who tell them", I have to say, if any of Moore's, Ruppert's, or Franken's information is a lie, they all got their stories pretty straight, since some the same exact information appears in all three sources.
Ruppert goes into great detail about the US Economy, the Bush oil influence, the natural gas pipeline, etc. I felt incredibly well informed after watching this, so much so that not one thing in F9/11 was new to me.
I suggest anyone skeptical of claims of media bias by either side, seek out information from multiple sources on the internet. Keep an emphasis on fact. Keep an open mind. Pay attention to events and not opinions. Many news stories are simply rehashes of original articles. Try to seek out the original source. It's usually the most objective.
I don't even watch network television news any more. At least on the internet, I know every news website isn't owned by just a handful of media conglomerates. Obviously there's cnn.com foxnews.com, but these are no better than thier television counterparts. Try news.google.com for starters. It's great because it gathers news from literally thousands of sources. For any given item you are given links to several different sources. I suggest you read at least two or three for any given story, and you'll begin to see how differently things can be reported.
By viewing social and economical issues seperately you can more clearly differentiate between all these different parties. For example, both Ghandi and Stalin were 'leftists'.
The political compass will plot your viewpoints on a two dimensional scale and let you compare your ideas with past and present world leaders.
Um. That's a bit of a stretch, and not quite what I meant.
Sorry. I was speaking in regards to the United States, since that's where I live, and this story was (as most are on/.) about the United States.
So let me reword that.
"Nobody is killed in the US for copyright violations".
And I mean by our goverment or some other protection organization. Sure gangs kill eachother, that's a whole different issue.
Just remember that you still have rights which can never be taken away, you have the right to not buy these things they are trying to control.
Sure, there are dire concequences for the future of society, and our free culture if things progress as they have been, but don't forget to take a step back and look at the big picture now and then because you may see another way to make a bigger difference overall.
It makes me sick to use the phrase, but the "War On Copyright" is just one battle beigng fought. What it really comes down to corporate influence over goverment. And that's a whole 'nother topic folks.
The music is actually good. Whoah, crazy thought, I know.
Next, they'll be claiming that the sales is actually due to the copy protection. My first instinct when reading this story was to download it and see if I liked it.
Since it's selling, it must be worth buying. Hence more people download it, like it a lot, and buy it! Wow... what a concept.
Oh, and the copy 'protection' doesn't work. Broken via any number of simple means no doubt, but the simple truth is, there are no less than FIVE torrents for the full albumn right now on my favorite tracker site.
Hehe.. funny.
Meanwhile, I've taken this whole issue a bit less seriously, especially when the there are more pressing issues to worry about going in the world today. Nobody is being killed for copyright violations (yet?).
Please don't post assumptions or generalizations. This problem is most certainly NOT caused by merely running Kernel 2.6.x. Proof? I've been running it for over 6 months now with no problems, along with many other people. This is clearly some combination of hardware, boot loader config, and possibly dual booting from windows.
I can't beleive the parent modded up 'Informative'. *sigh*
"Open source software, also described as free software, is the neutron bomb of IP" that will destroy 85% of the market value of US companies...
Since when did 85% of US companies sell software? Please, someone explain to me, how Free/OSS Software could be a bad thing to anyone besides direct commercial competitors (ie: Microsoft, etc).
The last report was a bit of a stretch, this isn't even passable as valid research.
Some of the events described there might have happened, in some form.
Absolutely. One analysis said, that Noah was basically a riverboat merchant, buying and selling goods when a when a rather large flood washed out the region. Noah eventually became lost and unknowingly became washed out into the Dead Sea. There is solid evidence of a flood of this size in the correct time frame. Having a full load at the time he managed to survive on what he had on board.
So, to summarize: Noah probably existed. The guy had a big boat. Yes, it had lots of animals on it, along with food, and other supplies. Yes, there was a severe flood, which the guy manages to survive. And that's about the end of the facts. The story gets passed down a few generations and embelished just a *bit* and you end up with today's story of Noah's Ark.
I'm not even going to bother. Those of you with a bit of logic and reasoning skills can already figure the impossibility of the whole idea.
So, for a some more fun, check out this cute rebuttal of the scientific arguments against the story. It boggles the mind how people can accept this as truth.
And how many times do you use the installer? Once?
Personally, I couldn't really care about the installer (and Gentoo doesn't actually have one). I value the performance, access to current releases, and freedom of configuration above all else. Gentoo excels at all three of those.
"...and he understands the huge difficulties that the open-source community has had in delivering on the Munich contract," Governor said.
That's just a bit speculative, isn't it? Who says they're having any difficulties? I think Microsoft was the one who had the difficulties here, having lost the contract and all.
This is classic Microsoft. Can't beat 'em? Buy 'em!
kernel-2.4.20-30.9.i386.rpm contains LOTS of non-mainline patches.
And this is not new. Redhat's kernel packages have always had LOADS of backports. For example, 2.5.x NPTL into 2.4, and 2.4 USB updates into 2.2.
Personally I feel it's a big mistake. Linux 2.6.x is stable now, so use it. It's also much faster. But whatever, it doesn't affect me because I have a choice. (It's not like this is Windows we're talking about here).
I'm currently running linux-2.6.6-rc1 and doing just fine;-)
Even if a lot of quality of the songs are improved a bit of authenticity of the songs is lost. The cracks and the spikes in a song can give it a certain charm.
Sorry, I disagree. The spikes and pops are merely a function of poor recording quality, and doesn't represent anything about the original performance Actually, it's far more likely due to higher noise floor, subtle nuances in the music are actually lost forever. The only reason you feel it sounds more "authentic" is you're used to hearing it that way. When it comes to acoustic music (classical, jazz), the closer to capturing the sound as if you were sitting right there with the musician, the better. The only coloring of the sound that's sometimes desirable is from the acoustic properties of the venue in which they were performed if it was a live show.
I couldn't help it...
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And... free, with a visit to the "house of fools" site, the companion guide: Religion For Dummies
These were listed on eEye's page as undisclosed critical vulnerabilities affecting upwards of 300 million systems, along with original discovery date, and time since notification. They typically give 30 days, but last I checked it was 90 and 100+ days late. These are over 6 months old I think.
Sorry, no link because the site seems to be down/slow... it must be linked to from another announcement posted elsewhere.
Slashdot Mirror
He also got in hot water over similar statements he made about 'Bowling for Columbine', saying he doesn't care if people download it. The distributor of the DVD at the time had some issues with that statement. I'm not sure what happened there. But this time, I'm sure he avoided that issue.
What's more, the article goes on to say that Lion's Gate Films did not receive home video distribution rights to the movie. So, yeah, they really don't care.
Moore is already a multi-millionaire, so neither does he. His main goal here is to stop GW from getting re-elected. He wouldn't care if they mailed out copies for free like AOL CD's. (Come to think of it, not a bad idea).
The only one's who could possibly care now is is the company who signs for home video distribution rights, but you know what? They will also make plenty of money on the deal.
Yep, me too. Same exact thing. I did this on probably what was my third install of Linux ever.
;-)
Let's see... that was sometime around Slackware ~2.x. (Back when you could download all of it at 56k and install from a dozen floppy disks).
I've become more careful these days
Ruppert goes into great detail about the US Economy, the Bush oil influence, the natural gas pipeline, etc. I felt incredibly well informed after watching this, so much so that not one thing in F9/11 was new to me.
I suggest anyone skeptical of claims of media bias by either side, seek out information from multiple sources on the internet. Keep an emphasis on fact. Keep an open mind. Pay attention to events and not opinions. Many news stories are simply rehashes of original articles. Try to seek out the original source. It's usually the most objective.
I don't even watch network television news any more. At least on the internet, I know every news website isn't owned by just a handful of media conglomerates. Obviously there's cnn.com foxnews.com, but these are no better than thier television counterparts. Try news.google.com for starters. It's great because it gathers news from literally thousands of sources. For any given item you are given links to several different sources. I suggest you read at least two or three for any given story, and you'll begin to see how differently things can be reported.
The political compass will plot your viewpoints on a two dimensional scale and let you compare your ideas with past and present world leaders.
http://www.politicalcompass.org/
Um. That's a bit of a stretch, and not quite what I meant.
/.) about the United States.
Sorry. I was speaking in regards to the United States, since that's where I live, and this story was (as most are on
So let me reword that.
"Nobody is killed in the US for copyright violations".
And I mean by our goverment or some other protection organization. Sure gangs kill eachother, that's a whole different issue.
Just remember that you still have rights which can never be taken away, you have the right to not buy these things they are trying to control.
Sure, there are dire concequences for the future of society, and our free culture if things progress as they have been, but don't forget to take a step back and look at the big picture now and then because you may see another way to make a bigger difference overall.
It makes me sick to use the phrase, but the "War On Copyright" is just one battle beigng fought. What it really comes down to corporate influence over goverment. And that's a whole 'nother topic folks.
The music is actually good. Whoah, crazy thought, I know.
Next, they'll be claiming that the sales is actually due to the copy protection. My first instinct when reading this story was to download it and see if I liked it.
Since it's selling, it must be worth buying. Hence more people download it, like it a lot, and buy it! Wow... what a concept.
Oh, and the copy 'protection' doesn't work. Broken via any number of simple means no doubt, but the simple truth is, there are no less than FIVE torrents for the full albumn right now on my favorite tracker site.
Hehe.. funny.
Meanwhile, I've taken this whole issue a bit less seriously, especially when the there are more pressing issues to worry about going in the world today. Nobody is being killed for copyright violations (yet?).
I can't beleive the parent modded up 'Informative'. *sigh*
Reminds me of: Lucy
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PS: lameness filter sucks.
The last report was a bit of a stretch, this isn't even passable as valid research.
It's about damn time... I guess they couldn't keep the air in the stock price any longer.
That's a long standing urban legend...
PS: If anyone has a copy of this please post a link. I love to collect these things. I've seen it myself of course but I have no TiVo or VCR :-(.
So, to summarize: Noah probably existed. The guy had a big boat. Yes, it had lots of animals on it, along with food, and other supplies. Yes, there was a severe flood, which the guy manages to survive. And that's about the end of the facts. The story gets passed down a few generations and embelished just a *bit* and you end up with today's story of Noah's Ark.
I'm not even going to bother. Those of you with a bit of logic and reasoning skills can already figure the impossibility of the whole idea.
So, for a some more fun, check out this cute rebuttal of the scientific arguments against the story. It boggles the mind how people can accept this as truth.
Personally, I couldn't really care about the installer (and Gentoo doesn't actually have one). I value the performance, access to current releases, and freedom of configuration above all else. Gentoo excels at all three of those.
Would they allow that as carry-on, or would I have to check that?
That's just a bit speculative, isn't it? Who says they're having any difficulties? I think Microsoft was the one who had the difficulties here, having lost the contract and all.
This is classic Microsoft. Can't beat 'em? Buy 'em!
At 6.25Gb/s, about 6 seconds. I can hear MPAA quaking in their boots. Or, if you prefer, you could stream about 600 DVDs simultaneously. *drool*
Yes... it's a SLOW day at work today. Blah...
According to the site, the LoC contains:
These are quick & dirty, back-of-the-napkin estimates:
Book/Manuscripts: (300 pp. x 500 words/page x 8 bytes/word) = ~2MB
Recording: (300 sec x 176,400 bytes/sec) = ~60MB
Photograph: 500KB (2k x 2k, jpeg q=0.8 ??)
Maps: Uhh? Vector? Raster? Hmm, lets say ~10MB?
So... throwing all those numbers together, I come out with roughly...
Oh, let's call it 250 Terabytes. (or 2 Petabits).
At only 6.25 Gb/s that works out to 320,000s, or...
only 3.7 days/LoC
Clearly, more improvement is needed... (and maybe bzip2 would help?)
kernel-2.4.20-30.9.i386.rpm contains LOTS of non-mainline patches.
And this is not new. Redhat's kernel packages have always had LOADS of backports. For example, 2.5.x NPTL into 2.4, and 2.4 USB updates into 2.2. Personally I feel it's a big mistake. Linux 2.6.x is stable now, so use it. It's also much faster. But whatever, it doesn't affect me because I have a choice. (It's not like this is Windows we're talking about here).
I'm currently running linux-2.6.6-rc1 and doing just fine ;-)
And... free, with a visit to the "house of fools" site, the companion guide:
Religion For Dummies
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and yes, I *am* an atheist
Sorry, no link because the site seems to be down/slow... it must be linked to from another announcement posted elsewhere.