If you mean compiling a version of Linux for the BBC micros still lurking in many UK schools, then yes that is a funny thought. If you mean the BBC reviving their computer education drive with their own distro, possibly sparking a new programming boom in the process, just like the old Beeb micros did, then bring it on!
I plan to open a chain of storefront DIY cinemas. They'll be rentable in 2 hour chunks, seat 20-50, and have state of the art video projection and sound. You rent it and bring your own DVD. Who you invite, whether you charge, and what you show is up to you.
If by PC you mean personal computer, a phrase in common currency some time before the arrival of IBM's PC, then the answer is - Yes, many. If you mean a personal computer capable of running a Microsoft operating system natively, then (discounting early PPC NT ports) the anser is - No. But so what?
It's been said before, but, read books, listen to live music, go to the theatre, sports game, whatever. They can only sell crap if people buy crap. Don't want an invasive monster box in your house? Don't buy one. Worried that 'the masses' will buy one? Campaign to inform them. Despite Mr Gate's best efforts, a computer is still just a lifestyle choice. Every human right has been fought for in the face of governmental or business opposition. If you think open PCs are a human right, then you should be ready to fight.
True. However, 70,000 people were interned in the UK, most of them European Jews. Unless, like my grandfather, they were unfortunate enough to be forcibly repatriated to Germany. Bogus asylum seekers indeed.
... to fit the rocket boosters, of course. So you get to Mars in 3 hours just in time for the noon Powerpoint-fest, then back home in time for cocktails. Super!
So that means I'd have to restrict myself to the music that would most appeal to the people most likely to use the service.... I smell a pleasant and profitable business opportunity. Anway, the DMCA doesn't concern me as I'd be beaming from the planet Metaluna via Interocitor.
We have Internet music distribution that emulates radio and we have Internet music distribution that emulates retail. It would make sense for the record companies to combine them both, based on the way that radio and offline retail have traditionally worked together. In this model, you listen to the radio, hear something you like, go to the store and buy it. The radio is free but you buy the CD to play whenever you want to. So what might work is for record companies to allow anyone to stream their music free, if so long as the streamcasters link each track to the record company's one-click purchasing mechanism. A mutually beneficial arrangement and (possibly) happy listeners.
Even by me. I'm just that kind of guy. Though I have seen The American Friend 9 times. Gets my Oscars for best Patricia Highsmith adaptation, best Denis Hopper role, best cameos by Nicholas Ray and Sam Fuller and best actor's name - Satya de la Manitou.
As in 'Who do we bomb if we need more batteries?' and 'What if evil terrorist overlord Magneto gains control of our dry cells?'. Not to mention the right-wing abhorrence of a transport market based on acid and piles.
Is this true? Bryan Adams soundtrack on Spirited Away? This is cultural vandalism almost on a par with the Taliban blowing up Buddhas with RPGs or Giorgio Moroder's Metropolis soundtrack. Mr Eisner seems determined to wreck what he cannot hope to emulate. I wonder if he's not the least bit nervous that Miyazkai sent him that Samurai sword one time. Oh and by the way, calling Spirited Away anime, just because it's from Japan, is wrong. Miyazaki's work stands apart from any genre.
In a resource hungry world, who needs this junk? Is there anyone who, on reading this said 'Great, this is just what I need' or did you just say along with me, 'This sounds like lame crap'? I can imagine a meeting where Bill says 'I have this great idea - fridge magnets that can show you sports scores'. Everyone looks round the table at each other, toys briefly with telling the great man he's barking out his ass, then all say in unison, 'That's genius, boss!'
'He said that Apple was thought to be working on a version of the iPod with video ability, but it lost an opportunity to be the first to market when it did not announce the product as some people expected at the Macworld conference on Tuesday.'
First to market with product or just an announcement? I thought Archos got there first. This sounds like a spoiler against someone about to announce something real. Given the choice of an Archos or a Microsoft Press Release - which would you choose?
As a long-term beanie wearer, I'd just like to say that 'Customers Who Wear Clothes' is the name of the imaginary pop group who live in my left sock (Big Toe on vocals). Does this mean I can sue Amazon?
I discount the nuclear theory but the posts about the Halifax explosion have certainly clarified for me the Al Quaeda potential of oil tankers moored near large cities.
...so the 'invisible' object would look like it's own shadow. Unless some way could be found to make light pass right through the object. Like an invisibility cloak of some kind.
To paraphrase someone or other - the print industry is a hungry beast that eats PostScript. Macs are much closer to WISYWIG than PCs - color management, pixel shape, monitor gamma, and of course font support. That's why all the DTP/Prepress software is strongets on Macs, why all the fonts are made for Macs first and ofetn only, etc. Trying to do pro print design on PCs is like trying to make a bicycle with a food mixer - needlessly difficult!
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Anime is load bang bangs & big tits for adolescents. Miyazaki makes complex movies which don't patronize children and enthrall adults. In addition, his animation is the best that has ever been made. It is beautifully drawn and observed hyper-realism (just see the way his trees move in the wind) and if you truly look at what he does, it wil spoil your for anything less.
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If you mean compiling a version of Linux for the BBC micros still lurking in many UK schools, then yes that is a funny thought. If you mean the BBC reviving their computer education drive with their own distro, possibly sparking a new programming boom in the process, just like the old Beeb micros did, then bring it on!
Robot cockroaches running Windows infect the bugs with bugs. Insect population crashes, MS share price soars.
Of course I'll have to mop down the saets after some of the customers
I plan to open a chain of storefront DIY cinemas. They'll be rentable in 2 hour chunks, seat 20-50, and have state of the art video projection and sound. You rent it and bring your own DVD. Who you invite, whether you charge, and what you show is up to you.
Hardly any software without an emulator? Microsoft Office - yes. Internet Explorer - yes. Virtual Valerie - yes. What more do you need?
What, like this? Quote - "Introducing the Apple II. You've just run out of excuses for not owning a personal computer." Apple ad, June 1977.
If by PC you mean personal computer, a phrase in common currency some time before the arrival of IBM's PC, then the answer is - Yes, many. If you mean a personal computer capable of running a Microsoft operating system natively, then (discounting early PPC NT ports) the anser is - No. But so what?
It's been said before, but, read books, listen to live music, go to the theatre, sports game, whatever. They can only sell crap if people buy crap. Don't want an invasive monster box in your house? Don't buy one. Worried that 'the masses' will buy one? Campaign to inform them. Despite Mr Gate's best efforts, a computer is still just a lifestyle choice. Every human right has been fought for in the face of governmental or business opposition. If you think open PCs are a human right, then you should be ready to fight.
Time for a little poetic justice?
True. However, 70,000 people were interned in the UK, most of them European Jews. Unless, like my grandfather, they were unfortunate enough to be forcibly repatriated to Germany. Bogus asylum seekers indeed.
... to fit the rocket boosters, of course. So you get to Mars in 3 hours just in time for the noon Powerpoint-fest, then back home in time for cocktails. Super!
So that means I'd have to restrict myself to the music that would most appeal to the people most likely to use the service.... I smell a pleasant and profitable business opportunity. Anway, the DMCA doesn't concern me as I'd be beaming from the planet Metaluna via Interocitor.
We have Internet music distribution that emulates radio and we have Internet music distribution that emulates retail. It would make sense for the record companies to combine them both, based on the way that radio and offline retail have traditionally worked together. In this model, you listen to the radio, hear something you like, go to the store and buy it. The radio is free but you buy the CD to play whenever you want to. So what might work is for record companies to allow anyone to stream their music free, if so long as the streamcasters link each track to the record company's one-click purchasing mechanism. A mutually beneficial arrangement and (possibly) happy listeners.
Even by me. I'm just that kind of guy. Though I have seen The American Friend 9 times. Gets my Oscars for best Patricia Highsmith adaptation, best Denis Hopper role, best cameos by Nicholas Ray and Sam Fuller and best actor's name - Satya de la Manitou.
As in 'Who do we bomb if we need more batteries?' and 'What if evil terrorist overlord Magneto gains control of our dry cells?'. Not to mention the right-wing abhorrence of a transport market based on acid and piles.
Is this true? Bryan Adams soundtrack on Spirited Away? This is cultural vandalism almost on a par with the Taliban blowing up Buddhas with RPGs or Giorgio Moroder's Metropolis soundtrack. Mr Eisner seems determined to wreck what he cannot hope to emulate. I wonder if he's not the least bit nervous that Miyazkai sent him that Samurai sword one time. Oh and by the way, calling Spirited Away anime, just because it's from Japan, is wrong. Miyazaki's work stands apart from any genre.
DRM - I hadn't thought of that! That means the RIAA can sue my ass if I tell someone the time.
In a resource hungry world, who needs this junk? Is there anyone who, on reading this said 'Great, this is just what I need' or did you just say along with me, 'This sounds like lame crap'? I can imagine a meeting where Bill says 'I have this great idea - fridge magnets that can show you sports scores'. Everyone looks round the table at each other, toys briefly with telling the great man he's barking out his ass, then all say in unison, 'That's genius, boss!'
'He said that Apple was thought to be working on a version of the iPod with video ability, but it lost an opportunity to be the first to market when it did not announce the product as some people expected at the Macworld conference on Tuesday.'
First to market with product or just an announcement? I thought Archos got there first. This sounds like a spoiler against someone about to announce something real. Given the choice of an Archos or a Microsoft Press Release - which would you choose?
As a long-term beanie wearer, I'd just like to say that 'Customers Who Wear Clothes' is the name of the imaginary pop group who live in my left sock (Big Toe on vocals). Does this mean I can sue Amazon?
I discount the nuclear theory but the posts about the Halifax explosion have certainly clarified for me the Al Quaeda potential of oil tankers moored near large cities.
...so the 'invisible' object would look like it's own shadow. Unless some way could be found to make light pass right through the object. Like an invisibility cloak of some kind.
To paraphrase someone or other - the print industry is a hungry beast that eats PostScript. Macs are much closer to WISYWIG than PCs - color management, pixel shape, monitor gamma, and of course font support. That's why all the DTP/Prepress software is strongets on Macs, why all the fonts are made for Macs first and ofetn only, etc. Trying to do pro print design on PCs is like trying to make a bicycle with a food mixer - needlessly difficult!
Anime is load bang bangs & big tits for adolescents. Miyazaki makes complex movies which don't patronize children and enthrall adults. In addition, his animation is the best that has ever been made. It is beautifully drawn and observed hyper-realism (just see the way his trees move in the wind) and if you truly look at what he does, it wil spoil your for anything less.
would be with an Intel OS and a Microsoft CPU