this guy, who was rude and stole a microphone? He didn't steal a microphone, he insisted on asking his question even though the event was running long. In Hollywood they play muzac over your feed, in Florida you get tasered and arrested for inciting a riot.
And make it illegal for USA and others to sell their patented transgenic sterile seeds that happens to kill local species...
How can transgenic crops kill off the local species if they're sterile? Hint: pollen == plant gametes. Sterile == no gametes or ineffective gametes. How are sterile plants going to crossbreed with native species if they're incapable of breeding altogether?
...have a privileged place in the universe that would fundamentally change the universe. So you're saying that a tree that falls in a forest where no one is around to hear it DOES make a noise?
1- It's still a guy in a suit! If you're going full CG, have a fucking ounce of creativity!
You're thinking of the "stand-in", the guy who stood in-camera to show the actors where he was during practise shots. He wasn't in the final shots where they put the CGI Jar Jar in... I know that, you idiot. The final CG still looks like the guy in a suit it was filmed it. It's pointless, there's nothing original about it. It's still humanoid, just very slightly deformed. Doing in CG was pointless, he could have been just another guy in a suit and it wouldn't have made any difference beyond the diameter of his neck.
Hmm. For the Star Wars Holiday special to have been "jumping the shark" it has to meet the definition of "jumping the shark" and it has to have taken place after the term "jumping the shark" was in use.
in terms of dates, Fonzie jumped the ahark in September 20, 1977. The Star Wars Holiday Special was broadcast on November 17, 1978. So, technically, it could have been, though the JumpTheShark.com web site claims that the term "jumping the shark" was invented in 1985, in which case the 1978 special couldn't have been "jumping the shark". I'm pretty sure there was buggery going on long before the term was invented. i.e. for something to happen you don't need to have a preexisting word for it, and in fact, 100% of words are created after the fact they describe was first observed, and that observation almost always occurs after the first occurrence of that event/thing.
Jar Jar I can almost forgive, because the concept of putting in a fully computer-rendered photo realistic character IS pretty neat. They just really blew it with this particular one. 1- It's still a guy in a suit! If you're going full CG, have a fucking ounce of creativity! 2- Instead of many scenes of "jarjar and space poop" scenes, we would have liked to see the "Jedi chops droid cameras" scenes that were in the extras on the DVD.
consider this: in traditional crypto Andy wants to send Bobby a message. Evey wants to decipher it, therefore she needs some kind of key. now in DRM, Bobby and Evey are the same person. BUSTED.
yeah, it's copypasta, i know. but it had to be said. In traditional Crypto, you're missing persons with names starting in C and D;-(...pretty sure you ought to alternate male and female names too... or is that just hurricanes?
"It's an often lamented fact that the BBC wiped hundreds of 1960s episodes of its era-defining music show Top of the Pops, including early Beatles performances, and many other popular programmes."
At a time when video tape was very expensive and it made sense to re-use the tape rather than loading a huge amount onto the cost of each apparently ephemeral program. This "lamented fact" seems to be utterly irrelevent to the main "story" that the Register is reporting, but it does add a nice up front negative spin to everything. And they had no problem reintegrating to their collection the bits that were recorded by individuals on these very expensive tapes. And now they're doing everything they can to make sure that we can't save the content that they don't bother to archive safely!
Copying saves content. That was the lesson to learn, and they are selling out rather than applying it.
They know that the first result is pretty unlikely to be what you want, so you'll have to come back and do a real search anyway... That's why I keep a rabbits foot wrapped in four leaf clovers next to the keyboard...
Are they insane! That's MUCH too generous! It'll kill the entire industry and no one will ever make a movie EVER AGAIN! They've gone crazy!
And dropping some DRM in exchange for total control on who can access the net or not? That is also a deal much too sweet to offer, come on! We're talking about critical access to online banking, governmental program information, communications with friends and employers, and maybe even the means to vote someday, you can't offer something as precious as releasing some content without crippling digital restriction managements for something as trivial as the ever-increasingly vital access to the internet! Crazy talk I say! CRAZY!
Copyright Alliance executive director Patrick Ross says he speaks "on behalf of the 11 million Americans employed in the creative industries," and asserts that piracy reduction is essential. "The future of our creative output in the United States is at stake in the 2008 presidential election," the letter to the candidates says. "It is critical not only for members of the creative community but also for the US economy to ensure that copyrights are respected and piracy is reduced. We are asking you to let us know what you would do to help preserve one of America's greatest strengths, its creative community." Would those lobbyist happen to represent the same corporations that are now denying the authors their right to be paid their share for the money that is made in new media? My, how 'uncharacteristically' hypocritical of them.
I refuse to believe Shakespeare, Michaelangelo, or da Vinci's works would be any less great despite their copyright status. Don't those works predate copyright? Yes they do, by hundreds of years, and that sarcastic point soared majestically high above your head, like a mighty eagle.
Don't ask "why is this illegal?" Ask, "How is does local gardening fall under the intent of the 'interstate commerce' clause?" Intent? It doesn't even work with the letter!
If you're really experimental there are ways to infuse thc into alchohal for use at clubs and places where using "breath drops" would be acceptable. But that is even more of a headache than making butter. Search for "cannabis tincture" if you're so inclined. If you live in SoCal and are a MMJ patient you can buy cannabis oil, cannabis tincture, and other assorted ready made foods from your local MMJ dispensary. YMMV. Good post mate! But no need to search, there's a recipe right in the link you provided: http://thevics.com/recipes/cannamist.htm
Cannabis has a ton of psychoactive components that synergize with each other. I've tried 100% pure THC, extracted using a flash column. It doesn't get you very high in any normal sense, whereas 80% pure THC will knock you on your ass. CBD and CBN both make you 'stoned' as opposed to high. They are better pain killers and appetite enhancers, but tend to make you groggy and apathetic. THC tends to make people 'high' as in goofy and talkative. Sativa heavy strains have less CBD and CND, while indica strains have more. This makes sense as indica was bred and used as a painkiller in the middle east for thousands of years. Interesting. You wouldn't know of any place on the net where I could find more information about this, by any chance?
Well, according to the 2005 National Household Survey, 2/3 of people who smoked marijuana in the past 30 days also smoked cigarettes. I think saying that people "generally smoked both" is warranted.
Saying people always smoke both would be stupid!
Hmmm... (re-reads my post)... oh. My mistake, sorry:(
we have to wonder [...] the countries that start to follow the "american way of life" (fast food, sedentary life, high-calory carb snacks) tend to follow american's fatness. This phenomenon, at least country-wise, behaves like an epidemic. You really have to wonder?
Bad food, no exercise, fat asses... seems rather straight forward.
I wonder why higher management always wants to centralize their resources. To reduce costs: Rent and payroll in one building VS rent and payroll in many.
No honest, free-thinking, educated person wants this to be illegal.
That has to be the most fatuous thing I've ever read on Slashdot. "If you don't completely agree with me, you are not honest, free-thinking, or educated."
Speaking of fatuous, how does one go from "wants this to be illegal" to "completely agree with me"?
You got a support beam stuck in your eye there, buddy.
I count by placing my hands palm down just above a surface (very much like I'm about to start typing). Then I move my fingers up and down. If a finger is touching the surface, that's a 1 bit. If it is not, it's a 0. Lately I've been not using my thumbs, thus giving me one byte, conveniently broken into two nybbles for hex conversion. Huh... hey! Good tip! Thanks.
In the case of MS they found that yes it helped with pain but over time it worsened some symptoms such as balance and cognitive skills. Did they? Did they really? http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn6387.html At the end of the 12 month period, the patients were evaluated again using the same measures as in the first study. But this time, physiotherapists saw a marked improvement for subjects on active drugs. They had reduced muscle spasticity and an improved overall score for their level of disability. Zajicek is cautious about the implications of the study as it was not specifically designed to test the efficacy of drugs over 12 months. But the results do support animal research that shows cannabinoids may slow nerve cell death and protect against damage.
Or did you just really, really want to believe that something that can be used for fun can't be used to treat diseases?
The article notes that smoking cannabis will not deliver significant quantities of CBD.
Actually, you can get CBD from smoking cannabis, but most cannabis is optimized for the best high (most abount of THC).
CBD is one of the two lesser psychoactive chemicals (CBN is the other) that THC breaks down to in the late life cycle of the cannabis plant. Most growers harvest when the plant is "ripe", when it has the most THC. If you wait a week or two after the peek harvest time, the THC will break down and have a higher percentage of CBD and CBN and a lesser percentage of THC. What's its action on the psyche if it's not a "high"?
quite different from cigarettes which is something that has been suspected for a while (hard to get good data because people generally smoke both). That's a stupid thing to say.
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In Hollywood they play muzac over your feed, in Florida you get tasered and arrested for inciting a riot.
How can transgenic crops kill off the local species if they're sterile? Hint: pollen == plant gametes. Sterile == no gametes or ineffective gametes. How are sterile plants going to crossbreed with native species if they're incapable of breeding altogether?
They breed for one generation but that generation is sterile. It's not a theoretical threat, there's a gorram patent on it.
...have a privileged place in the universe that would fundamentally change the universe. So you're saying that a tree that falls in a forest where no one is around to hear it DOES make a noise?You're thinking of the "stand-in", the guy who stood in-camera to show the actors where he was during practise shots. He wasn't in the final shots where they put the CGI Jar Jar in... I know that, you idiot. The final CG still looks like the guy in a suit it was filmed it. It's pointless, there's nothing original about it. It's still humanoid, just very slightly deformed. Doing in CG was pointless, he could have been just another guy in a suit and it wouldn't have made any difference beyond the diameter of his neck.
in terms of dates, Fonzie jumped the ahark in September 20, 1977. The Star Wars Holiday Special was broadcast on November 17, 1978. So, technically, it could have been, though the JumpTheShark.com web site claims that the term "jumping the shark" was invented in 1985, in which case the 1978 special couldn't have been "jumping the shark". I'm pretty sure there was buggery going on long before the term was invented.
i.e. for something to happen you don't need to have a preexisting word for it, and in fact, 100% of words are created after the fact they describe was first observed, and that observation almost always occurs after the first occurrence of that event/thing.
2- Instead of many scenes of "jarjar and space poop" scenes, we would have liked to see the "Jedi chops droid cameras" scenes that were in the extras on the DVD.
... and there won't ever be.consider this: in traditional crypto Andy wants to send Bobby a message. Evey wants to decipher it, therefore she needs some kind of key. now in DRM, Bobby and Evey are the same person. BUSTED.
yeah, it's copypasta, i know. but it had to be said. In traditional Crypto, you're missing persons with names starting in C and D
At a time when video tape was very expensive and it made sense to re-use the tape rather than loading a huge amount onto the cost of each apparently ephemeral program. This "lamented fact" seems to be utterly irrelevent to the main "story" that the Register is reporting, but it does add a nice up front negative spin to everything. And they had no problem reintegrating to their collection the bits that were recorded by individuals on these very expensive tapes.
And now they're doing everything they can to make sure that we can't save the content that they don't bother to archive safely!
Copying saves content. That was the lesson to learn, and they are selling out rather than applying it.
Are they insane! That's MUCH too generous! It'll kill the entire industry and no one will ever make a movie EVER AGAIN! They've gone crazy!
And dropping some DRM in exchange for total control on who can access the net or not? That is also a deal much too sweet to offer, come on! We're talking about critical access to online banking, governmental program information, communications with friends and employers, and maybe even the means to vote someday, you can't offer something as precious as releasing some content without crippling digital restriction managements for something as trivial as the ever-increasingly vital access to the internet! Crazy talk I say! CRAZY!
...soared majestically high above your head, like a mighty eagle. Shakespeare you're not. Let the eagle soar!"The future of our creative output in the United States is at stake in the 2008 presidential election," the letter to the candidates says. "It is critical not only for members of the creative community but also for the US economy to ensure that copyrights are respected and piracy is reduced. We are asking you to let us know what you would do to help preserve one of America's greatest strengths, its creative community." Would those lobbyist happen to represent the same corporations that are now denying the authors their right to be paid their share for the money that is made in new media?
My, how 'uncharacteristically' hypocritical of them.
Well, according to the 2005 National Household Survey, 2/3 of people who smoked marijuana in the past 30 days also smoked cigarettes. I think saying that people "generally smoked both" is warranted.
Saying people always smoke both would be stupid!
Hmmm... (re-reads my post)... oh. My mistake, sorryBad food, no exercise, fat asses... seems rather straight forward.
Speaking of fatuous, how does one go from "wants this to be illegal" to "completely agree with me"?That has to be the most fatuous thing I've ever read on Slashdot. "If you don't completely agree with me, you are not honest, free-thinking, or educated."
You got a support beam stuck in your eye there, buddy.
At the end of the 12 month period, the patients were evaluated again using the same measures as in the first study. But this time, physiotherapists saw a marked improvement for subjects on active drugs. They had reduced muscle spasticity and an improved overall score for their level of disability.
Zajicek is cautious about the implications of the study as it was not specifically designed to test the efficacy of drugs over 12 months. But the results do support animal research that shows cannabinoids may slow nerve cell death and protect against damage.
Or did you just really, really want to believe that something that can be used for fun can't be used to treat diseases?
Actually, you can get CBD from smoking cannabis, but most cannabis is optimized for the best high (most abount of THC).
CBD is one of the two lesser psychoactive chemicals (CBN is the other) that THC breaks down to in the late life cycle of the cannabis plant. Most growers harvest when the plant is "ripe", when it has the most THC. If you wait a week or two after the peek harvest time, the THC will break down and have a higher percentage of CBD and CBN and a lesser percentage of THC. What's its action on the psyche if it's not a "high"?