I remember seeing somewhere that it is the legal right of the filmee to have access to any recording made of them, for a small fee to cover the costs...so perhaps you could build up a nice collection: "here is me walking down the highstreet..", "and this is me looking at a sign..", "ooh, ohh, this is good! this is me going in a shop!";)
-dan
Nonsense, what these countries need is food, healthcare and an end to the endless brutality of tribal warlords, not some ivory tower academics sitting around pondering issues
Issues like better agriculture, healthcare and a way to build a decent society?
...especially ones that can't compete with Western researchers anyway due to a lack of resources.
Why would they want compete? I am sure they would be far too busy trying to improve their nations "life of misery grubbing in the dirt for food to life" Your arrogance is astounding. For you to say that "our great nation is suffering thanks to the perception of science as being less important than greed", while at the same time suggesting another nations' scientists should come to the USA so as to help its "brain drain" is, quite frankly, ridiculous. Do you even read what you write? Does that not sound like the workings of a greedy mind to you?
Some great scientific achievements have been achieved with minimal resources (remember Einstein anyone?) and for you to belittle and partonise the workings of another nation because you have all the resources and power is shameful.
Your nation should contribute towards making their little machine run smoothly, not making them a cog in your enormous one.
Finally, I suggest that the original poster gets linux machines. Anything propiertary software would be a poor choice in a low budget setup. Keep it simple and keep it cheap. It may supposedly not have the support (I would have to disagree, I cope fine as a linux newbie) but it does the job and costs of upkeep are small.
Only a couple of months ago I bought a CD set of Progeny as my first distro, as it suggested that it was perfect for beginners. Rot. After flapping around like a drunk duck, re-installing and trying to figure out how to get the damn thing to do something as simple as send mail, I wiped my hard-drive, bought myself a collection of Debian/GNU CDs and haven't looked back since. Sure, the installer isn't as pretty and I had to mess about getting it to work with my hardware, but the beautiful simplicity of apt-get and the lack of bloated X interfaces has led to a happy relationship. I still have problems, but they are generally, with a little research and a little help, easy to fix.
Perhaps this is due to the fact that Debian/GNU is my second distro? I don't think so. As a total beginner I have to say I have found 'straight' Debian/GNU more user-friendly than the Progeny version.
I am probably wrong, please don't beat me, its just my opinion;)
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I remember seeing somewhere that it is the legal right of the filmee to have access to any recording made of them, for a small fee to cover the costs...so perhaps you could build up a nice collection: "here is me walking down the highstreet..", "and this is me looking at a sign..", "ooh, ohh, this is good! this is me going in a shop!" ;)
-dan
Issues like better agriculture, healthcare and a way to build a decent society?
Why would they want compete? I am sure they would be far too busy trying to improve their nations "life of misery grubbing in the dirt for food to life" Your arrogance is astounding. For you to say that "our great nation is suffering thanks to the perception of science as being less important than greed", while at the same time suggesting another nations' scientists should come to the USA so as to help its "brain drain" is, quite frankly, ridiculous. Do you even read what you write? Does that not sound like the workings of a greedy mind to you?
Some great scientific achievements have been achieved with minimal resources (remember Einstein anyone?) and for you to belittle and partonise the workings of another nation because you have all the resources and power is shameful. Your nation should contribute towards making their little machine run smoothly, not making them a cog in your enormous one.
Finally, I suggest that the original poster gets linux machines. Anything propiertary software would be a poor choice in a low budget setup. Keep it simple and keep it cheap. It may supposedly not have the support (I would have to disagree, I cope fine as a linux newbie) but it does the job and costs of upkeep are small.
Right, homeward bound.
Perhaps this is due to the fact that Debian/GNU is my second distro? I don't think so. As a total beginner I have to say I have found 'straight' Debian/GNU more user-friendly than the Progeny version.
I am probably wrong, please don't beat me, its just my opinion ;)