Even HDTV is far from immune to this problem- watching what little of the Olympics that I have in HDTV and from my watching some other programs, it just does not handle high motion scenes well at all. The perfect example of this was the women's platform diving I happened to catch. Gorgeous picture and clarity when they were focussed in on the divers preparing for their dives, but as the cameras tracked the divers as they tumbled and twisted through the air towards the water, the background behind them that was flying by at high-speed became a sea of macroblocks and artifacts. I've seen even worse on some PBSHD shows- there was a special about a high-desert lake where there was a shot of a huge flock of waterfowl floating on the lake that all of a sudden took flight together- the picture degenerated to being essentially a bunch of white and blue blocks.
Whether it's 40PB or 200TB is fairly irrelevent at this point. These people are commiting atrocious amounts of piracy and should be locked up in prison for the rest of their lives for their crimes against humanity.
Agreed. Noone should be inflicting that much Britney Spears and Backstreet Boys on the world. And heaven help us if someone had Gigli up on the network!
Crimes I'll concede and not argue with- what they were doing is currently illegal. But against humanity? Unless you're defining "humanity == RIAA/MPAA Profits", I'd say, 'Nope.'
I'm still clinging to the fleeting hope that the Ep. 3 doesn't completely suck ass. And maybe we'll get lucky and he'll have someone else write/direct/cast/everything the next three...
Given the number of commercials I've seen on prime-time television (which Joe Sixpack or his wife most likely watches) for the iPod since it's introduction, he's pretty likely to at least know what an iPod is. Though you do have a point- if you wanted to demonstrate to the public as a whole how this is a phenominally bad idea, having the lawsuit against VCR makers would have more impact. However- the EFF tends to target a more 'intellectual' audience (or that at least believes itself to be.. i.e.,/. ) so the iPod makes perfect sense...
Cost effectiveness, rate of fire and magazine capacity, judging by what I could gather from reading through the 'article'. Also a bit of safety thrown in- the rail gun rounds require no propellants (read: explosives), so there's no the problem of a hit to a turret sparking off a chain reaction of explosions. What this effectively does is put the firepower & range of the battleships into the smaller ships.
The lack of a FM tuner is definitely my only real gripe with my iPod Mini. You'd think given how small the circuitry for them is these days that it would be a simple matter of adding it in (and using the headphones as the antenna), but unfortunately they didn't. I'd gladly buy one if someone put out a device that plugged into the iPods and added a FM radio to its capabilities...
I've been to model railroading flea markets where they've had displays of classic toys set out (some for sale). Some of the old Erector sets were damn cool- and had parts that they would never dream of putting into a toy these days for fear of the child getting mildly injured.
The book wasn't bad. Differed considerably from the movie on a number of points- primarily that (IIRC) the main character (the robot) never had a romantic interest in anyone.
They've had posters up on the Metro North rail trains for like the last few months or so. I don't even generally watch SciFi and I knew about its existence (and was scowling at the tagline, "Never create something you can't control.").
Actually, Fox is a broadcast network- you could not pay anything for it if you have a TV and a terrestrial antenna (at least in theory).
I would think though that it wouldn't be that difficult to charge a reasonable price for an episode, but I imagine you're right that it would be in some way copy-protected. And while mildly annoying, I imagine anyone who really cares will know how to get around the protection and the rest of the country that just wants to see who got what cut off in the latest ER episode will be happy just to get to see their show.
I think you're making a false assumption here- that only the US would be throwing their efforts into the rescue operation. I think that all of the space agencies would have begun working out possible solutions to get the astronauts down safely, and the odds are one of them (or a combination thereof) would have come up with a workable solution. It would have meant considerable egg on the faces of NASA, but I think it would have been huge PR internationally for them having the humility to have asked for help and not just been the arrogant Americans who think they don't need anyone else. I'm more inclined to believe flat out ignorance that a problem existed on the part of management than a conspiracy to sacrifice the crew and the craft to save their own asses.
Of course, I'm also an engineer myself and obviously look at things from that perspective- where there are a considerable number of things more important than keeping my job and 'ethics' is more than just a required class HR makes us sleep through ever year...
Yet another reason to be glad I ditched my Hotmail account and refuse to use Passport after Hotmail 'politely' informed me that my last name (the one I was born with) violated their offensive language filter and asked me to change my last name.
I know plenty about P2P's affect on small, independent record companies and artists
Which is? I figured that P2P would actually be beneficial to small, independent record companies and artists by giving them a large, free distribution base with which to get their names and works out. I would figure they would sell more stuff from people downloading a song of theirs on whim or recommendation from someone else over P2P and then buying something from them (be it a CD, shirt, poster, etc.). A number of smaller, independant groups/companies already distribute their music for free from their web sites for this very purpose...
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Upon that case being quickly thrown out of court, X10 filed a copyright infringement case against Berkeley, citing numerous sections of the DMCA.
Actually, I'd love to see what the numbers look like between during the day (when most of us are at work) and in the evening (when we're, presumably, at home). My company's systems only let us use IE, so I have no choice but to do so if I want to read/. during the day. On computers that I actually own (and can install software on, as importantly), I'm running Mozilla.
Part of the point is that it is possible for courts to rule that laws are unconstitutional/illegal and overturn them, or for a jury to just plain say that someone is not guilty even if it's obvious they broke the law. A court challenge is usually the only way to get laws like this repealed or changed- a common tactic is to intentionally and publicly break a law you consider to be unconstitutional and get arrested so you can challenge the legality of the law in court.
I agree whole-heartedly. A few examples of what I would consider trailers that did this right were the "Long Kiss Goodnight" trailer (basically said -nothing- of the second half of the movie) and the 'Dark City' trailer (granted, you saw a fair amount, but you had no real idea of what was going on and it was all jumbled up. OK, on second thought, that was some people's impression of the whole movie as well, but...:p ).
It QUTIE clearly says, that in order to get on board with this plan, states have to harmonize their sales tax regimes. So that the state, and local taxes are the same.
Actually, I think the implied problem wasn't that all the taxes were not the same percent- it's that you would have to keep track of and distribute the collected taxes to X number of states (29, at least, by the sound of it- yes, I read the article). And keep up on which states jump onto the bandwagon as time goes by. I'm sure the tax preparation companies and vendors of financial and tax software are shorting out their keyboards drooling over the idea of this.
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I'm all for this. I say we give the top politicians in the country the honor of being the first.
Even HDTV is far from immune to this problem- watching what little of the Olympics that I have in HDTV and from my watching some other programs, it just does not handle high motion scenes well at all. The perfect example of this was the women's platform diving I happened to catch. Gorgeous picture and clarity when they were focussed in on the divers preparing for their dives, but as the cameras tracked the divers as they tumbled and twisted through the air towards the water, the background behind them that was flying by at high-speed became a sea of macroblocks and artifacts. I've seen even worse on some PBSHD shows- there was a special about a high-desert lake where there was a shot of a huge flock of waterfowl floating on the lake that all of a sudden took flight together- the picture degenerated to being essentially a bunch of white and blue blocks.
Agreed. Noone should be inflicting that much Britney Spears and Backstreet Boys on the world. And heaven help us if someone had Gigli up on the network!
Crimes I'll concede and not argue with- what they were doing is currently illegal. But against humanity? Unless you're defining "humanity == RIAA/MPAA Profits", I'd say, 'Nope.'
"What? More money? OK!"
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I'm still clinging to the fleeting hope that the Ep. 3 doesn't completely suck ass. And maybe we'll get lucky and he'll have someone else write/direct/cast/everything the next three...
They do? I honestly don't think I've ever seen these before...
When did the Ghostbusters become hackers??
Given the results of the last time he ran for office in Missouri, I'd say you're far from alone in that sentiment. :P
Given the number of commercials I've seen on prime-time television (which Joe Sixpack or his wife most likely watches) for the iPod since it's introduction, he's pretty likely to at least know what an iPod is. Though you do have a point- if you wanted to demonstrate to the public as a whole how this is a phenominally bad idea, having the lawsuit against VCR makers would have more impact. However- the EFF tends to target a more 'intellectual' audience (or that at least believes itself to be.. i.e., /. ) so the iPod makes perfect sense...
Except for Acacia (and by association, their stockholders), it would appear.
Cost effectiveness, rate of fire and magazine capacity, judging by what I could gather from reading through the 'article'. Also a bit of safety thrown in- the rail gun rounds require no propellants (read: explosives), so there's no the problem of a hit to a turret sparking off a chain reaction of explosions. What this effectively does is put the firepower & range of the battleships into the smaller ships.
The lack of a FM tuner is definitely my only real gripe with my iPod Mini. You'd think given how small the circuitry for them is these days that it would be a simple matter of adding it in (and using the headphones as the antenna), but unfortunately they didn't. I'd gladly buy one if someone put out a device that plugged into the iPods and added a FM radio to its capabilities...
I've been to model railroading flea markets where they've had displays of classic toys set out (some for sale). Some of the old Erector sets were damn cool- and had parts that they would never dream of putting into a toy these days for fear of the child getting mildly injured.
The book wasn't bad. Differed considerably from the movie on a number of points- primarily that (IIRC) the main character (the robot) never had a romantic interest in anyone.
They've had posters up on the Metro North rail trains for like the last few months or so. I don't even generally watch SciFi and I knew about its existence (and was scowling at the tagline, "Never create something you can't control.").
Well, there goes my confidence in the SATs. Oh, wait... never mind.
I would think though that it wouldn't be that difficult to charge a reasonable price for an episode, but I imagine you're right that it would be in some way copy-protected. And while mildly annoying, I imagine anyone who really cares will know how to get around the protection and the rest of the country that just wants to see who got what cut off in the latest ER episode will be happy just to get to see their show.
Of course, I'm also an engineer myself and obviously look at things from that perspective- where there are a considerable number of things more important than keeping my job and 'ethics' is more than just a required class HR makes us sleep through ever year...
Yet another reason to be glad I ditched my Hotmail account and refuse to use Passport after Hotmail 'politely' informed me that my last name (the one I was born with) violated their offensive language filter and asked me to change my last name.
Which is? I figured that P2P would actually be beneficial to small, independent record companies and artists by giving them a large, free distribution base with which to get their names and works out. I would figure they would sell more stuff from people downloading a song of theirs on whim or recommendation from someone else over P2P and then buying something from them (be it a CD, shirt, poster, etc.). A number of smaller, independant groups/companies already distribute their music for free from their web sites for this very purpose...
Upon that case being quickly thrown out of court, X10 filed a copyright infringement case against Berkeley, citing numerous sections of the DMCA.
I can sympatise with your co-worker problem... my wife cracks up laughing whenever she sees me type the command 'make'...
Actually, I'd love to see what the numbers look like between during the day (when most of us are at work) and in the evening (when we're, presumably, at home). My company's systems only let us use IE, so I have no choice but to do so if I want to read /. during the day. On computers that I actually own (and can install software on, as importantly), I'm running Mozilla.
Part of the point is that it is possible for courts to rule that laws are unconstitutional/illegal and overturn them, or for a jury to just plain say that someone is not guilty even if it's obvious they broke the law. A court challenge is usually the only way to get laws like this repealed or changed- a common tactic is to intentionally and publicly break a law you consider to be unconstitutional and get arrested so you can challenge the legality of the law in court.
I agree whole-heartedly. A few examples of what I would consider trailers that did this right were the "Long Kiss Goodnight" trailer (basically said -nothing- of the second half of the movie) and the 'Dark City' trailer (granted, you saw a fair amount, but you had no real idea of what was going on and it was all jumbled up. OK, on second thought, that was some people's impression of the whole movie as well, but... :p ).
Actually, I think the implied problem wasn't that all the taxes were not the same percent- it's that you would have to keep track of and distribute the collected taxes to X number of states (29, at least, by the sound of it- yes, I read the article). And keep up on which states jump onto the bandwagon as time goes by. I'm sure the tax preparation companies and vendors of financial and tax software are shorting out their keyboards drooling over the idea of this.