I can testify to precisely the opposite - I had to return a brand new Sony Trinitron 19" (this was about two years ago too, it was pretty chic for those days:) ) because of a non-functioning pixel smack-dab in the middle of it. Even at 1280x1024 resolution, one pixel that is constantly black, is just about the most annoying thing you can come up with.
...or is this one of those "I don't like it enough to buy it" deals?
Yes, most definitely it is. I would never, ever (ever) spend $700 to watch TNG again (btw, they got theirs by cramming the commercials in there the first time I watched it), but if there's another way to do it - win it in a giveaway or maybe a friend has it, or maybe it's all over the net - then yeah I'll do it. And since the first option is unlikely and I don't have any friends, then the last one it is.
Fucking theft justifiers. You make me sick.
I wasn't justifying jack, if you'd care to pay attention - if it's theft, fine (though in my case they don't loose anything by it, but I won't really say that since you might see it as an excuse or something). A nice bonus is that I think television is a scourge on society and hate the guts of most companies behind it, but that's probably besides the point.
In any case, like I said during that rant in my original post - until this whole digital media debacle (from now on referred to as the DMD) is sorted out to everyone's reasonable satisfaction (which is possible, but highly unlikely) it's a free for all out there - they (media "copyright holders") fuck us with horizontal, and soon, vertical monopolies and exorbitant prices, we fuck back by stealing their shit. So fuck 'em. And I am sure as hell not justifying anything I do or not do, to you - so, fuck you too!
(was that expressive enough of my feelings on the subject?)
Yes, I saw that part - the pacifist vulcans with their "morals" are really just a bunch of power crazy terrorists ready to squash their enemies at the first opportunity - how very fitting.
What you mention was very much a part of my point. (btw, does this mean they are eventually going to have the ridiculous looking "original" Klingons on there as well?)
ummm... their typical (and I presume still shrinking/tightening) costuming considered - which lips are you talking about? (or do we have to wait for sweeps time for my question to be relevant?)
Actually, syndicated shows are often not show in order (various issues with production schedules and the individual stations broadcasting them) and that order is often corrected when they come out on video.
I certainly don't know if that's the case here, but it's not unheard of.
What I am wondering is why they only put 4 episodes per disc - minus the commercials an episode is what, 40 minutes or so? They gotta be able to fit more on a DVD, or did they leave the commercial in?;)
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Now we just need Babylon 5, Futurama, Deep Space 9, and Red Drawf on DVD and I'd be a happy sci-fi geek!
I have pretty much every single episode of Futurama (some not great quality, though) - it's all over the net. (Hey, it's not sealing if the won't even take your money by not releasing it)
Isn't that a big part of the appeal of the various treks - if they weren't so bad, it just wouldn't be as much fun.
That btw, does in no way apply to the new one - that's just bad. (Though I've seen all of 20 minutes, so I guess this is a fairly uninformed judgement) I don't know, maybe the difference is the blatant, "relevant" propaganda - the bit I did see had to do with some Vulcan, pacifist temple being overrun by (absolutly ridiculous looking) blue aliens - for some reason it reminded me of a very Huxleyish book I read in highschool, forget the name ("The Giver"? maybe - don't quote me on that) - anyway, the whole thing just reeked of a new low.
that every episode will be divxified and all over gnutella (and the like) within days after each season's release, right?
Hey, I am all for supporting stuff I like, but close to $1K (how many seasons were there, anyway?) is a bit much to rewatch TNG again... Now, DS9 I'll pay for, if/when they put that out on DVD.
Incidentally, this would be perfect for digital distribution though - I doubt many people will buy even several seasons at this price, and $100 is probably as low as they can get, all things considered (most shows are about $160-$180/season if I recall correctly; but that's all from VHS days - 7 DVDs gotta be less expensive than 12 tapes), but I am sure a lot more people would pay, let's say, $30ish per season to download (that's download, not stream) high quality mpegs (let's say VCD compliant, to make that road to the DVD player from the PC that much easier) of one season, from a reasonably fast server. Hell, I would, and I am willing to wager that in fact they'd end up making a lot more money off of it that way.
If only there was a way to sort out this digital distribution/rights management debacle without making it feel like the consumer is taking it up the ass.
Someone actually saw that movie? And these are the same people whose comments I read on/. to get useful information about tech stuff? Dear gods...
Is there a way to get a -5 score on all comments by people who've seen this movie? I think that would be a lot more useful than any meta-meta-meta-meta-moderation scheme you can come up with.
You miss the crucial point - KDE doesn't have boxes to sell. Since Crayon would never be able to win this in court (even in Germany) they needed to sue someone who had good incentive to settle quickly. Voila.
Yes I do: Just imagine - a Beowulf cluster of these!:)
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I presume the old rules still hold - whoever gets there first "claims" it and kills all the natives (should be easy in this case), then the latecomers get to have a war with them for a couple decades. Then a bit later the descendants of the victors declair their independence.
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I presume you gather most of your information on how orbiting space stations work from playing "Homeworld" at least you brilliant to-do list makes it seem so.
What exactly do you know about the science being carried out/planned for on ISS?
Why do you think that building an unmanned power station on the moon is more difficult (or less useful?) than building a "decent moon station"? (brilliant criterium btw, why didn't those NASA geeks think of making stuff "decent"?)
Lastly, who on Earth (literally) needs a (once again decent) space station orbiting the moon? Communication satellites I can see (and I believe those are in the works already), but what possible use does a space station have over there?
Interesting how Slashdot seems to be about 5% reposts! Literally!
What's the friggin' problem?? Seriously? No one's forcing you to read it again! I for one haven't seen it before, but I still don't see how 50 people screaming "it's a repeat!!!" helps anyone, with anything.
Get a grip./. provides a dozen or so good stories a day - if one is a repeat, don't bloody read it!
On the other hand,/. has a moderation system that is unique and nothing short of amazing, making it manageable to read 800 post threads without getting bogged down in all the crap that usually tends to accumulate on public forums. And all that without any censorship or arbitrary moderation.
Don't like it? Go read the [H] forum's "Post pictures of your [H]ard scanners!" threads.
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One also expects a company that has been found guilty (of, let's say a monopoly, for agument's sake) to be punished in some way... go figure.
(yeah, yeah - flamebait - I know)
they'll make you turn over all our user account info soon
Good! It's about time MS learned about my awesome Karma - that'll teach 'em some respect!
No defective pixels on CRT?
I can testify to precisely the opposite - I had to return a brand new Sony Trinitron 19" (this was about two years ago too, it was pretty chic for those days :) ) because of a non-functioning pixel smack-dab in the middle of it. Even at 1280x1024 resolution, one pixel that is constantly black, is just about the most annoying thing you can come up with.
Yes, most definitely it is. I would never, ever (ever) spend $700 to watch TNG again (btw, they got theirs by cramming the commercials in there the first time I watched it), but if there's another way to do it - win it in a giveaway or maybe a friend has it, or maybe it's all over the net - then yeah I'll do it. And since the first option is unlikely and I don't have any friends, then the last one it is.
Fucking theft justifiers. You make me sick.
I wasn't justifying jack, if you'd care to pay attention - if it's theft, fine (though in my case they don't loose anything by it, but I won't really say that since you might see it as an excuse or something). A nice bonus is that I think television is a scourge on society and hate the guts of most companies behind it, but that's probably besides the point.
In any case, like I said during that rant in my original post - until this whole digital media debacle (from now on referred to as the DMD) is sorted out to everyone's reasonable satisfaction (which is possible, but highly unlikely) it's a free for all out there - they (media "copyright holders") fuck us with horizontal, and soon, vertical monopolies and exorbitant prices, we fuck back by stealing their shit. So fuck 'em. And I am sure as hell not justifying anything I do or not do, to you - so, fuck you too!
(was that expressive enough of my feelings on the subject?)
Yes, I saw that part - the pacifist vulcans with their "morals" are really just a bunch of power crazy terrorists ready to squash their enemies at the first opportunity - how very fitting.
What you mention was very much a part of my point. (btw, does this mean they are eventually going to have the ridiculous looking "original" Klingons on there as well?)
ummm... their typical (and I presume still shrinking/tightening) costuming considered - which lips are you talking about? (or do we have to wait for sweeps time for my question to be relevant?)
Actually, syndicated shows are often not show in order (various issues with production schedules and the individual stations broadcasting them) and that order is often corrected when they come out on video.
I certainly don't know if that's the case here, but it's not unheard of.
What I am wondering is why they only put 4 episodes per disc - minus the commercials an episode is what, 40 minutes or so? They gotta be able to fit more on a DVD, or did they leave the commercial in? ;)
Now we just need Babylon 5, Futurama, Deep Space 9, and Red Drawf on DVD and I'd be a happy sci-fi geek!
I have pretty much every single episode of Futurama (some not great quality, though) - it's all over the net. (Hey, it's not sealing if the won't even take your money by not releasing it)
but yeah B5, DS9 and Red Dwarf - sign me up!
Isn't that a big part of the appeal of the various treks - if they weren't so bad, it just wouldn't be as much fun.
That btw, does in no way apply to the new one - that's just bad. (Though I've seen all of 20 minutes, so I guess this is a fairly uninformed judgement) I don't know, maybe the difference is the blatant, "relevant" propaganda - the bit I did see had to do with some Vulcan, pacifist temple being overrun by (absolutly ridiculous looking) blue aliens - for some reason it reminded me of a very Huxleyish book I read in highschool, forget the name ("The Giver"? maybe - don't quote me on that) - anyway, the whole thing just reeked of a new low.
that every episode will be divxified and all over gnutella (and the like) within days after each season's release, right?
Hey, I am all for supporting stuff I like, but close to $1K (how many seasons were there, anyway?) is a bit much to rewatch TNG again... Now, DS9 I'll pay for, if/when they put that out on DVD.
Incidentally, this would be perfect for digital distribution though - I doubt many people will buy even several seasons at this price, and $100 is probably as low as they can get, all things considered (most shows are about $160-$180/season if I recall correctly; but that's all from VHS days - 7 DVDs gotta be less expensive than 12 tapes), but I am sure a lot more people would pay, let's say, $30ish per season to download (that's download, not stream) high quality mpegs (let's say VCD compliant, to make that road to the DVD player from the PC that much easier) of one season, from a reasonably fast server. Hell, I would, and I am willing to wager that in fact they'd end up making a lot more money off of it that way.
If only there was a way to sort out this digital distribution/rights management debacle without making it feel like the consumer is taking it up the ass.
Well it ain't working then - Fuck Microsoft!!
Someone actually saw that movie? And these are the same people whose comments I read on /. to get useful information about tech stuff? Dear gods...
Is there a way to get a -5 score on all comments by people who've seen this movie? I think that would be a lot more useful than any meta-meta-meta-meta-moderation scheme you can come up with.
"...app called Krayon, listed in the start menu but no longer supplied..."
The what menu now??
(I know, I know, off topic, blah, blah - sue me.)
You miss the crucial point - KDE doesn't have boxes to sell. Since Crayon would never be able to win this in court (even in Germany) they needed to sue someone who had good incentive to settle quickly. Voila.
Computers will become faster!
And will have more RAM!
Linux will continue to develop!
etc... What would we do without this sage guidance?
Seems to me that it only breaks encyption schemes that rely on factorization of 15.
Until someone gets something up there with some firepower to it - yes.
In this case MS is not creating another monopoly - strangely, it already had a monopoly on MS Zone
Well, was anyone?
(just couldn't resist, as usual)
Yes I do: Just imagine - a Beowulf cluster of these! :)
I presume the old rules still hold - whoever gets there first "claims" it and kills all the natives (should be easy in this case), then the latecomers get to have a war with them for a couple decades. Then a bit later the descendants of the victors declair their independence.
What exactly do you know about the science being carried out/planned for on ISS?
Why do you think that building an unmanned power station on the moon is more difficult (or less useful?) than building a "decent moon station"? (brilliant criterium btw, why didn't those NASA geeks think of making stuff "decent"?)
Lastly, who on Earth (literally) needs a (once again decent) space station orbiting the moon? Communication satellites I can see (and I believe those are in the works already), but what possible use does a space station have over there?
What's the friggin' problem?? Seriously? No one's forcing you to read it again! I for one haven't seen it before, but I still don't see how 50 people screaming "it's a repeat!!!" helps anyone, with anything.
Truly a great moment in history. (can someone dig up the proper "rool eyes" smiley in their archives?)
Get a grip. /. provides a dozen or so good stories a day - if one is a repeat, don't bloody read it!
On the other hand, /. has a moderation system that is unique and nothing short of amazing, making it manageable to read 800 post threads without getting bogged down in all the crap that usually tends to accumulate on public forums. And all that without any censorship or arbitrary moderation.
Don't like it? Go read the [H] forum's "Post pictures of your [H]ard scanners!" threads.