Since the moon is so obviously "profitable", I suggest the private industry fund it directly without any government "interference".
Better yet, all these folks who REALLY want to go back can pool their money together and use NASA as a contractor.
Personally, I know that the moon is a waste of time AND money. I strongly encourage China to waste all their Wal-Mart money on supporting a moon coloney. The more money they waste on boondoggles, the more likely that pissed off Chinamen might turn on their masters and insist on some democracy.
There is already established business that uses this. They're called "private detectives". Actually, the best vantage would probably be in front of the subjects a few rows and off to the side. That way you can identify faces.
Though, I'm sure that quite a bit of fun could be had by high-schoolers catching their classmates necking during some dumb-ass teen movie.;-)
Theatres are missing an excellent marketing opportunity. Why not combine the theatre with a day care center.
During the day, the kids would be dropped off so parents can go to work. All kids do is watch Disney movies anyway, so the theatre is a natural place to warehouse your tikes.
Of course, during the evening kids could also be dropped into the playpen so they can watch Aladdin for the 200th time while mom and dad take in a steamy sex thriller.
Add an overnight facility and parents could have a one shop kid dumping facility. They would basically "visit" the kids occasionally before and after watching R-rated films and the obligatory cartoon releases.
Is it possible to run the audio feed directly from the sound system into the camcorder?? That would deal with all the coughs, screaming babies, etc... Assuming the glass in the booth is optically transparent AND there is a spare window (acounting for changeovers), couldn't a camcorder be used? In the projection booth.
and since most theatres seem to be owned by a couple of chains, it wouldn't be that hard to fax a memo to each theatre in the area with a picture of the pirate. They could do it like the coffee shop here does.
Movie theatres don't seem capable of keeping children out of R-rated movies. Using the same crack team, I hardly think they could pick out random people.
Shees, this is like expecting airlines to train their steward(ess)s to thwart terrorists. It is obviously government's job to protect THEIR profit centers (while avoiding taxation of course);-(
Agreed, lots of community service would probably serve the public better. Of course, the MPAA lobby isn't concerned with the public's interest, they are concerned with their own.
The biggest deterrent is probably to just confiscate a $500 camera. This would keep most amateurs from engaging in the activity.
The jail time should be reserved for those who sell bootleg tapes. That's a commercial endeavor. Simple fines won't discourage them. Thats just a cost of doing business for them.
. How is Microsoft continuing on their normal ways a prediction? It's a fact.
I think Cringely is WAY off on this one. Wal-Marts business model relies on moving into the neighborhood and bullying everyone else out. Unless Wal-Mart embarks on a massive Denial Of Service campaign against competitors, they really cannot do this on the internet.
Beyond this, MP3 music users are typically geek types. I hate to break the news, but geeks don't get their technology from Wal-Mart. Their retail presence certainly provides a gateway. But once a user hits the internet all of Wal-Marts advantages go away.
Wal-Marts best bet would be using a similar business model as printer manufacturers. Basically, they would offer $100 players with 5 Megs of drivespace. These players would play a proprietary Wal-Mart format to keep everyone in the fold and finance the device sales.
IBM will keep moving towards Linux because it's cheaper to take advantage of geek code then pay people to do it. All they need do is modify it to run on their hardware platforms.
The other big reason is simply to spite Microsoft. Linux is the only real threat to Windows. Microsoft stole the throne from IBM (actually IBM gave it away;-). They can't get the thrown back, but they can help to knock Microsoft off it's perch and make them equals with every other application vendor.
The analysis seems to suggest a traditional business model. Linux isn't a business OR a product. It's a bunch of enthusiast building a shared, free toolset. The enthusiast could care less about a profit. They just want a more stable operating system.
People seem to suggest that the ants will stop building just because you knock over the anthill. This isn't so. Despite ANYTHING that SCO does, the ants will keep building. No legal menueverings or laws will stop the ants because they are just plain smarter than anyone else in their area.
I'm not bragging, I don't contribute. I don't even use Linux (yet). But I DO have a profound amount of respect for those who do. I do realize that these people represent the top minds in software construction who are simply doing what comes naturally.
Linux will NEVER die. Microsoft has been spraying the ants for years and they just keep building more ant hills.
Actually, Palm didn't INVENT Graffiti, they simply brought it to market. Xerox successfully sued Palm for patent infringement. Palm has since stopped shipping Graffiti in favor of the JOT system originally featured on PocketPC.
BTW, Microsoft licensed both JOT and Calligrapher. Calligrapher, known as Transcriber in native PocketPC, is based upon Newton handwriting recognition.
The problem with ALL handwriting recognition is that english letters and numbers look too much alike.
Examples 1 I l | 5 s S $ 6 G @ Z 2 z 0 O o 6 8 . , ' "
( [ * + t T
A rational handwriting recognition forces the user to change their style of writing. Especially print writing. The methods of keystrokes are just too similar. I believe that US style of print writing will eventually change because of this.
Cursive writers actually have an advantage in natural systems. Cursive letters have enough difference that it's EASIER for the software to distinguish between two characters based upon pen strokes.
OK, back to the point. No Apple doesn't sell PDAs. But palm no longer sells PDAs with Graffiti. Ironically, a graffiti compatible system is now included with every PocketPC. Apple sold the FIRST PDAs, there is NO dispute about this. Apple COINED the term PDA (Personal Digital Assistant). Kudos to Palm for making the concept cheap, simple and practical.
No, I don't think you read. He said that Hamilton thought the Bill of Rights was a bad thing because it implied that government HAD the right to place restrictions on the citizens. That is, the government only had the rights EXPLICITELY enumerated by the constitution.
I am pointing out that there is no way to explicitely enumerate WHAT restrictions a government can impose in the constitution. Otherwise, the constitution would be 250 pages long. We do have a place for LAW. The bill of rights places general restrictions on law.
It all depends on what you mean by "competition". This is also called "efficiency".
Well, for Wal-Mart and Dell, it means squeezing vendors to such slim margins that they have to drop all their wages. The key to their businesses is controlling the front end, controlling access.
In Wal-Mart's case, they lie like sacks of shit. They use predatory prices to drive their competitors out of business. Then they jack up their prices. They pay their people shit and make them work unpaid overtime. Virtually NOBODY is allowed to get benefits. Then they take the money and ship it off to someone else. They suck money out of communities and deposit it in the hands of the Walton family.
This is a race to the bottom. Their "efficiency" means that people are inherintly inefficient. The people must be reduced to insignicant pawns. Group by group everyone falls by the wayside until only the very top has access to the spoils of their labor.
Anyone can get low prices by using serfs. It takes a REAL businessman to treat their people right AND turn a profit.
So your saying that restrictions on the people are bad right.
So things like theft, murder, assault, speeding, etc... are unreasonable constraints upon the people right???? How would the government create a set of laws for legal order without being able to legislate restrictions upon the people.
Don't give me any "common sense" shit. You've already stated that you are for strict interpretation meaning EXACTLY what is written.
I've heard that the American-Orcish community is protesting the recent LOTR movies and video games. Apparantley it sterotypes Orcs to be ugly, misformed, drooling, fiendish blood drinking monsters.
Luckily for them, the Orcs are currently in charge of Congress so a ban on anti-Orc material should be forthcoming;-)
Sorry, these are here to stay. Their biggest problems are
1) M$ is charging $100 more for a Tablet license. 2) Pen on PC (touchscreen) apps aren't very numerous yet.
Ultimately, the market will shift dramatically towards the convertible tablet due to there flexibility. The Tablet ONLY stuff is probably destined to be for insdustrial applications.
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Since the moon is so obviously "profitable", I suggest the private industry fund it directly without any government "interference".
Better yet, all these folks who REALLY want to go back can pool their money together and use NASA as a contractor.
Personally, I know that the moon is a waste of time AND money. I strongly encourage China to waste all their Wal-Mart money on supporting a moon coloney. The more money they waste on boondoggles, the more likely that pissed off Chinamen might turn on their masters and insist on some democracy.
There is already established business that uses this. They're called "private detectives". Actually, the best vantage would probably be in front of the subjects a few rows and off to the side. That way you can identify faces.
;-)
Though, I'm sure that quite a bit of fun could be had by high-schoolers catching their classmates necking during some dumb-ass teen movie.
Theatres are missing an excellent marketing opportunity. Why not combine the theatre with a day care center.
;-)
During the day, the kids would be dropped off so parents can go to work. All kids do is watch Disney movies anyway, so the theatre is a natural place to warehouse your tikes.
Of course, during the evening kids could also be dropped into the playpen so they can watch Aladdin for the 200th time while mom and dad take in a steamy sex thriller.
Add an overnight facility and parents could have a one shop kid dumping facility. They would basically "visit" the kids occasionally before and after watching R-rated films and the obligatory cartoon releases.
There is a big market for this, really
Yeah, like the old saying sais,
;-)
"Cameras don't kill people, People with Guns kill people"
Despite the poor quality of film in general, it still costs less to see a movie than buy your average shitty CD with one or two good songs.
;-)
Hollywood still has a good thing going. But as many would point out, Hollywood hangers on are even more paid than music biz hangers on.
Perhaps Hollywood should pay more attention when offering Pauly Shore $10 million for his next performance
Is it possible to run the audio feed directly from the sound system into the camcorder?? That would deal with all the coughs, screaming babies, etc... Assuming the glass in the booth is optically transparent AND there is a spare window (acounting for changeovers), couldn't a camcorder be used? In the projection booth.
and since most theatres seem to be owned by a couple of chains, it wouldn't be that hard to fax a memo to each theatre in the area with a picture of the pirate. They could do it like the coffee shop here does.
;-(
Movie theatres don't seem capable of keeping children out of R-rated movies. Using the same crack team, I hardly think they could pick out random people.
Shees, this is like expecting airlines to train their steward(ess)s to thwart terrorists. It is obviously government's job to protect THEIR profit centers (while avoiding taxation of course)
I think that viewing (or taping) a bootleg movie should be added to the Festivus ritual.
If this was true, than these laws would be unfairly restricting the Seinfeld religion.
This is what the infrared settings on camcorders are for. There should be special exceptions for people taping patrons vs the movie ;-)
Agreed, lots of community service would probably serve the public better. Of course, the MPAA lobby isn't concerned with the public's interest, they are concerned with their own.
The biggest deterrent is probably to just confiscate a $500 camera. This would keep most amateurs from engaging in the activity.
The jail time should be reserved for those who sell bootleg tapes. That's a commercial endeavor. Simple fines won't discourage them. Thats just a cost of doing business for them.
. How is Microsoft continuing on their normal ways a prediction? It's a fact.
I think Cringely is WAY off on this one. Wal-Marts business model relies on moving into the neighborhood and bullying everyone else out. Unless Wal-Mart embarks on a massive Denial Of Service campaign against competitors, they really cannot do this on the internet.
Beyond this, MP3 music users are typically geek types. I hate to break the news, but geeks don't get their technology from Wal-Mart. Their retail presence certainly provides a gateway. But once a user hits the internet all of Wal-Marts advantages go away.
Wal-Marts best bet would be using a similar business model as printer manufacturers. Basically, they would offer $100 players with 5 Megs of drivespace. These players would play a proprietary Wal-Mart format to keep everyone in the fold and finance the device sales.
IBM will keep moving towards Linux because it's cheaper to take advantage of geek code then pay people to do it. All they need do is modify it to run on their hardware platforms.
;-). They can't get the thrown back, but they can help to knock Microsoft off it's perch and make them equals with every other application vendor.
The other big reason is simply to spite Microsoft. Linux is the only real threat to Windows. Microsoft stole the throne from IBM (actually IBM gave it away
The analysis seems to suggest a traditional business model. Linux isn't a business OR a product. It's a bunch of enthusiast building a shared, free toolset. The enthusiast could care less about a profit. They just want a more stable operating system.
People seem to suggest that the ants will stop building just because you knock over the anthill. This isn't so. Despite ANYTHING that SCO does, the ants will keep building. No legal menueverings or laws will stop the ants because they are just plain smarter than anyone else in their area.
I'm not bragging, I don't contribute. I don't even use Linux (yet). But I DO have a profound amount of respect for those who do. I do realize that these people represent the top minds in software construction who are simply doing what comes naturally.
Linux will NEVER die. Microsoft has been spraying the ants for years and they just keep building more ant hills.
Actually, Palm didn't INVENT Graffiti, they simply brought it to market. Xerox successfully sued Palm for patent infringement. Palm has since stopped shipping Graffiti in favor of the JOT system originally featured on PocketPC.
BTW, Microsoft licensed both JOT and Calligrapher. Calligrapher, known as Transcriber in native PocketPC, is based upon Newton handwriting recognition.
The problem with ALL handwriting recognition is that english letters and numbers look too much alike.
Examples
1 I l |
5 s S $ 6 G @
Z 2 z
0 O o 6 8
. , ' "
( [
* + t T
A rational handwriting recognition forces the user to change their style of writing. Especially print writing. The methods of keystrokes are just too similar. I believe that US style of print writing will eventually change because of this.
Cursive writers actually have an advantage in natural systems. Cursive letters have enough difference that it's EASIER for the software to distinguish between two characters based upon pen strokes.
OK, back to the point. No Apple doesn't sell PDAs. But palm no longer sells PDAs with Graffiti. Ironically, a graffiti compatible system is now included with every PocketPC. Apple sold the FIRST PDAs, there is NO dispute about this. Apple COINED the term PDA (Personal Digital Assistant). Kudos to Palm for making the concept cheap, simple and practical.
What do you think a PDA IS? A handheld pen based computer.
Newton was first. Palm, in my opinion, was more successfull because they lowered expectations and made things VERY simple.
Regarding speeding.
Governments build and maintain roads. On truly private roads, you can drive as fast as you like. Like on speedways.
However, since governments build and maintain public roads, they also have the RESPONSIBILITY to regulate the conduct of citizens on those roads.
No, I don't think you read. He said that Hamilton thought the Bill of Rights was a bad thing because it implied that government HAD the right to place restrictions on the citizens. That is, the government only had the rights EXPLICITELY enumerated by the constitution.
I am pointing out that there is no way to explicitely enumerate WHAT restrictions a government can impose in the constitution. Otherwise, the constitution would be 250 pages long. We do have a place for LAW. The bill of rights places general restrictions on law.
So please save your condescending remarks.
It all depends on what you mean by "competition". This is also called "efficiency".
Well, for Wal-Mart and Dell, it means squeezing vendors to such slim margins that they have to drop all their wages. The key to their businesses is controlling the front end, controlling access.
In Wal-Mart's case, they lie like sacks of shit. They use predatory prices to drive their competitors out of business. Then they jack up their prices. They pay their people shit and make them work unpaid overtime. Virtually NOBODY is allowed to get benefits. Then they take the money and ship it off to someone else. They suck money out of communities and deposit it in the hands of the Walton family.
This is a race to the bottom. Their "efficiency" means that people are inherintly inefficient. The people must be reduced to insignicant pawns. Group by group everyone falls by the wayside until only the very top has access to the spoils of their labor.
Anyone can get low prices by using serfs. It takes a REAL businessman to treat their people right AND turn a profit.
Newton defined the concept of the PDA. They came to market before the technology was mature enough to provide the right form-factor.
So your saying that restrictions on the people are bad right.
So things like theft, murder, assault, speeding, etc... are unreasonable constraints upon the people right???? How would the government create a set of laws for legal order without being able to legislate restrictions upon the people.
Don't give me any "common sense" shit. You've already stated that you are for strict interpretation meaning EXACTLY what is written.
I've heard that the American-Orcish community is protesting the recent LOTR movies and video games. Apparantley it sterotypes Orcs to be ugly, misformed, drooling, fiendish blood drinking monsters.
;-)
Luckily for them, the Orcs are currently in charge of Congress so a ban on anti-Orc material should be forthcoming
that the game adds two inches to your penis
I don't know if you've watched Comedy Central lately, but I've seen LOTS of adds for "supplemants" that claim to make your penis larger.
Don't forget cash registers.
Tablet PCs
Sorry, these are here to stay. Their biggest problems are
1) M$ is charging $100 more for a Tablet license.
2) Pen on PC (touchscreen) apps aren't very numerous yet.
Ultimately, the market will shift dramatically towards the convertible tablet due to there flexibility. The Tablet ONLY stuff is probably destined to be for insdustrial applications.