I never would have caught on to Heroes if it weren't for iTunes. I don't watch network TV much and if it weren't for iTunes I never would have heard about it or caught up with the storyline. I know it was available on your web site,but I'm just not gonna watch television in a web browser. I got friends into Heroes, they downloaded most of season 1 via iTunes.
Also, having been introduced to Scrubs by Comedy Central I was thinking about downloading some favorite episodes from iTunes. I don't exactly feel like it after this announcement.
Face it the old ways don't work anymore. I wasn't introduced to either Heroes or Scrubs by watching it on NBC. I buy your DVDs, I bought 8 episodes of Heroes on iTunes. I'm willing to pay for your content, if your willing to give me a little choice and flexibility as to where I buy it and where I watch it. Is that really such a hard bargin for you to strike with me?
I have to say it felt like you kicked me in the teeth with this announcement, as I just yesterday bought the Heroes DVD set. This is how you repay me.
Sincerely, Someone who wants to buy your product, if you won't be a prick.
You are right, you didn't say there was NO poverty in the US. You said,
"You're kidding, right? The US really doesn't have much of a poverty problem." Which is a hair's breadth from saying there is none. Forgive me for ever so slightly exagerating what you said. Apply this to your point #2 and #4.
"Show me where the US Census Bureau measured caloric intake. I can't point to census data, nor did I say that was what I was quoting. The 28 million figure is the figure routinely quoted by most major charity organizations that serve the USA that I am familiar with.
"Your saintly self-righteousness is quite impressive. You are obviously a better person than all the rest of us. " My "self-rightiousness" was merely a response to an attack on me that implied I had no personal knowledge of world poverty and that I didn't do anything about it. Where did I imply any superiority to anyone, save maybe the commentor I was refering to?
Where did I claim any kind of uniqueness? I was responding to someone who made wild accusations about me without having any knowledge of me, kinda like you.
Sorry, try reading my post. I was responding to a comment about how there is NO poverty in the USA. If one cannot put 2000 calories (on average) in one's belly every day that is poverty. I've met many such people. I can introduce you to them if you think they don't exist. There are 28 million such people in the USA. If you read my post I said that it is worse in MANY places. But to say there is NO poverty in the USA is just fucking stupid and heartless. And yes asshole I have personally witnessed worse poverty in Asia. And yes asshole I do something about it. I have personally donated nearly $100,000 to Oxfam and Doctors Without Borders. My will leaves everything to those two organizations, which I hope will be at least a two or three million dollars when I am done. I am an personal investor and my personal philosophy is to live simply so that I can give that amount of money to organizations that tend to the world's poorest. So go fuck yourself.
28 million Americans live below the poverty level. That means they cannot meet their basic needs; food, clothing, shelter. THAT IS POVERTY. No, its not as bad as many places in the world, but IT IS BAD.
One reason is because Apple only has, what, 4-8% of the PC market. Microsoft has, what, 90%? You have to dominate a market in order to be a monopoly. That was your concern, no?
I have long thought that we might look at eveolution through not just human genetics, but also human behavior. A humane being would be one who did not think of themselves first, but thought of the needs of others. A humane being would be one who considered the impact of their existence on the rest of the world. A humane being would be self-limiting.
You slide so good with bones so fair You've got the universe reclining in your hair 'Cos you're my baby, yes you're my love Oh girl I'm just a jeepster for your love
No, he does not miss. The grapple catches on the 1st throw. Though, I don't remembering it missing. Then again, that was "A Long Time Ago in a Galaxy Far, Far Away." I would have never, ever noticed that if you hadn't brought it up. For me, this version is a lot of fun and true to my childhood memories. I'm glad I held off and did not buy any previous DVD version. Anyone want to buy a copy of the- *AHEM*COUGH*CHOKE*- "Enhanced" version?
As I had not bought any previous DVD version, I bought the Widesreen Limited Edition of Episode IV yesterday. Upon seeing this discussion, I popped in the original version so that you could have the opinion of someone who had actually seen it. I am not a video buff, so I don't know all the jargon, but I am a photographer and have spent a lot of time looking at images. I'm using a 27" Trinitron CRT, so those of you with fancy, schmancy plasma screen may may have a different experience.
Overall, I would NOT say that it looks terrible, though if you want to find things to complain about you can. A couple scenes look somewhat muddy. Some scenes have some dust specks here and there, a few scenes have quite a bit of dust, others have none. But all in all the contrast, brightness and color are pretty good. If you sit up close you can see a fair amount of film grain, but sitting 10 feet back you cannot. What does seem to be missing is what I'll call the "ghost boxes" around the ships in the space scenes.
It does appear to be the original version. The title screen only says, "Star Wars", no "Episode IV: A New Hope" Han shoots first. There are no really bad CG characters added. The Death Star explosion is not enhanced. I'm not enough of a Star Wars nerd to know what else to look for.
I suppose it depends on what you are looking for. If you want to be a video geek and complain how its not that great, you can do that. If you want to have fun and remember how you felt as a 12 year old boy in 1977 seeing something that was completely unlike anything you had ever seen before, this is the way to do it. It still brought a tear to my eye when Han zooms in at the last minute and saves Luke.
Do I think Lucas is a prick for not at least cleaning up the dust specks and giving us the option of 5.1 sound? Yes, yes I do.
So there you are Slashdoters. I hope you are all happy that I ruined my first screening of Star Wars in 10 years looking for things not to like and jumping around looking for "enhancements".
At a single voice command the door swings shut and locks, bars secure the window, the lights dim, room oxygen is reduced by 20% creating a lightheadedness, and the audio system repeats the phrase "Give in, you know you want me".
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Or perhaps you and your friends are more unique than you know. I live about 1 hour from Montreal and know that very few of my neighbors ever mention Canada let alone think of going there. Or perhaps you take casual, lighthearted comments on web sites too seriously.
I mean can't we build a vehicle that is not only capable of landing on the moon, but also capable of traveling around the moon once its landed? I know there would be a limit to the amount of fuel you could take, but maybe you could take enough for say 500 miles of lunar transit.
".but at the same time, most people today (including most scientists) still think of spacetime as if it were a big box with 3 space dimensions and 1 time dimension...."
That is, if by most people you mean.000001 percent of the population.
For the past two weeks I've been playing Defender on the PSP. Like a lot of people, I found Defender in the arcades to be beyond my skills. I rarely got past level 2. I could however see what a cool game it was and loved watching my friend, Grant play for 15 minutes on one quarter. Now that I've got in on my PSP as part of the Midway Arcade Treasures Extended Play. The controls on the PSP are, IMHO, perfect for Defender. Since you are allowed to pick the difficulty level, I was able to start out slowly. I'm still not great, but I have a real handle on the game now and have had a lot of fun. I feel like Defender on the PSP is the fullfilment of the adolescent wishes I didn't know I had. If I only had a PSP back in 1982.
One could apply your comment to your own comment. I made it clear that my statement was just my own unevaluated opinion. Its just a guess on my part, just an opinion. The hybrid puts out much less emissions than a regular car over ten years thats got to be a lot of polution that doesn't go into the air. When you dispose of a battery the chemicals do not get pumped into the air and do not contribute to Global Warming. Yes, it would be nice if we could get green batteries. But since Global Warming could potentially wipe life as we know it off the face of the Earth, I'll worry about that problem first. Then I'll worry about the problem of disposing of batteries and other bad things.
I own a Civic Hybrid and was told that the batteries should last ten years. After almost three years I have noticed no decrease in the battery capacity. So at this point I don't believe that I'll be replacing the batteries any time soon. I haven't done the analysis, but ten years of putting out almost no carbon and other bad stuff would be worth throwing away 1 set of batteries.
This is not true. Yes hybrids charge through regenerative breaking, but they also charge when going downhill. Unless you are in Kansas, most highways have enough hills to keep the batteries charged. Most of my milage in a Civic Hybrid are over 50 MPH with little breaking and it has no problem keeping the batteries charged.
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Dear NBC,
I never would have caught on to Heroes if it weren't for iTunes. I don't watch network TV much and if it weren't for iTunes I never would have heard about it or caught up with the storyline. I know it was available on your web site,but I'm just not gonna watch television in a web browser. I got friends into Heroes, they downloaded most of season 1 via iTunes.
Also, having been introduced to Scrubs by Comedy Central I was thinking about downloading some favorite episodes from iTunes. I don't exactly feel like it after this announcement.
Face it the old ways don't work anymore. I wasn't introduced to either Heroes or Scrubs by watching it on NBC. I buy your DVDs, I bought 8 episodes of Heroes on iTunes. I'm willing to pay for your content, if your willing to give me a little choice and flexibility as to where I buy it and where I watch it. Is that really such a hard bargin for you to strike with me?
I have to say it felt like you kicked me in the teeth with this announcement, as I just yesterday bought the Heroes DVD set. This is how you repay me.
Sincerely,
Someone who wants to buy your product, if you won't be a prick.
I am telling you that 1 in ten Americans are poor. They are unable to meet all of their basic needs. Is that so hard to believe?
You are right, you didn't say there was NO poverty in the US. You said,
"You're kidding, right? The US really doesn't have much of a poverty problem." Which is a hair's breadth from saying there is none. Forgive me for ever so slightly exagerating what you said. Apply this to your point #2 and #4.
"Show me where the US Census Bureau measured caloric intake.
I can't point to census data, nor did I say that was what I was quoting. The 28 million figure is the figure routinely quoted by most major charity organizations that serve the USA that I am familiar with.
"Your saintly self-righteousness is quite impressive. You are obviously a better person than all the rest of us. "
My "self-rightiousness" was merely a response to an attack on me that implied I had no personal knowledge of world poverty and that I didn't do anything about it. Where did I imply any superiority to anyone, save maybe the commentor I was refering to?
Sorry, I was confused about who you were responding to. Nevermind.
Where did I claim any kind of uniqueness? I was responding to someone who made wild accusations about me without having any knowledge of me, kinda like you.
Sorry, try reading my post. I was responding to a comment about how there is NO poverty in the USA. If one cannot put 2000 calories (on average) in one's belly every day that is poverty. I've met many such people. I can introduce you to them if you think they don't exist. There are 28 million such people in the USA. If you read my post I said that it is worse in MANY places. But to say there is NO poverty in the USA is just fucking stupid and heartless. And yes asshole I have personally witnessed worse poverty in Asia. And yes asshole I do something about it. I have personally donated nearly $100,000 to Oxfam and Doctors Without Borders. My will leaves everything to those two organizations, which I hope will be at least a two or three million dollars when I am done. I am an personal investor and my personal philosophy is to live simply so that I can give that amount of money to organizations that tend to the world's poorest. So go fuck yourself.
28 million Americans live below the poverty level. That means they cannot meet their basic needs; food, clothing, shelter. THAT IS POVERTY. No, its not as bad as many places in the world, but IT IS BAD.
One reason is because Apple only has, what, 4-8% of the PC market. Microsoft has, what, 90%? You have to dominate a market in order to be a monopoly. That was your concern, no?
I have long thought that we might look at eveolution through not just human genetics, but also human behavior. A humane being would be one who did not think of themselves first, but thought of the needs of others. A humane being would be one who considered the impact of their existence on the rest of the world. A humane being would be self-limiting.
You slide so good with bones so fair
You've got the universe reclining in your hair
'Cos you're my baby, yes you're my love
Oh girl I'm just a jeepster for your love
No, he does not miss. The grapple catches on the 1st throw. Though, I don't remembering it missing. Then again, that was "A Long Time Ago in a Galaxy Far, Far Away." I would have never, ever noticed that if you hadn't brought it up. For me, this version is a lot of fun and true to my childhood memories. I'm glad I held off and did not buy any previous DVD version. Anyone want to buy a copy of the- *AHEM*COUGH*CHOKE*- "Enhanced" version?
As I had not bought any previous DVD version, I bought the Widesreen Limited Edition of Episode IV yesterday. Upon seeing this discussion, I popped in the original version so that you could have the opinion of someone who had actually seen it. I am not a video buff, so I don't know all the jargon, but I am a photographer and have spent a lot of time looking at images. I'm using a 27" Trinitron CRT, so those of you with fancy, schmancy plasma screen may may have a different experience.
Overall, I would NOT say that it looks terrible, though if you want to find things to complain about you can. A couple scenes look somewhat muddy. Some scenes have some dust specks here and there, a few scenes have quite a bit of dust, others have none. But all in all the contrast, brightness and color are pretty good. If you sit up close you can see a fair amount of film grain, but sitting 10 feet back you cannot. What does seem to be missing is what I'll call the "ghost boxes" around the ships in the space scenes.
It does appear to be the original version. The title screen only says, "Star Wars", no "Episode IV: A New Hope" Han shoots first. There are no really bad CG characters added. The Death Star explosion is not enhanced. I'm not enough of a Star Wars nerd to know what else to look for.
I suppose it depends on what you are looking for. If you want to be a video geek and complain how its not that great, you can do that. If you want to have fun and remember how you felt as a 12 year old boy in 1977 seeing something that was completely unlike anything you had ever seen before, this is the way to do it. It still brought a tear to my eye when Han zooms in at the last minute and saves Luke.
Do I think Lucas is a prick for not at least cleaning up the dust specks and giving us the option of 5.1 sound? Yes, yes I do.
So there you are Slashdoters. I hope you are all happy that I ruined my first screening of Star Wars in 10 years looking for things not to like and jumping around looking for "enhancements".
At a single voice command the door swings shut and locks, bars secure the window, the lights dim, room oxygen is reduced by 20% creating a lightheadedness, and the audio system repeats the phrase "Give in, you know you want me".
All Hail the Hypnotoad!!!!
Or perhaps you and your friends are more unique than you know. I live about 1 hour from Montreal and know that very few of my neighbors ever mention Canada let alone think of going there. Or perhaps you take casual, lighthearted comments on web sites too seriously.
>> I know that a lot of Americans sometimes think of Canada as the 51st state.
I think its funny that you feel Americans think about Canada at all.
I mean can't we build a vehicle that is not only capable of landing on the moon, but also capable of traveling around the moon once its landed? I know there would be a limit to the amount of fuel you could take, but maybe you could take enough for say 500 miles of lunar transit.
".but at the same time, most people today (including most scientists) still think of spacetime as if it were a big box with 3 space dimensions and 1 time dimension. ..."
.000001 percent of the population.
That is, if by most people you mean
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For the past two weeks I've been playing Defender on the PSP. Like a lot of people, I found Defender in the arcades to be beyond my skills. I rarely got past level 2. I could however see what a cool game it was and loved watching my friend, Grant play for 15 minutes on one quarter. Now that I've got in on my PSP as part of the Midway Arcade Treasures Extended Play. The controls on the PSP are, IMHO, perfect for Defender. Since you are allowed to pick the difficulty level, I was able to start out slowly. I'm still not great, but I have a real handle on the game now and have had a lot of fun. I feel like Defender on the PSP is the fullfilment of the adolescent wishes I didn't know I had. If I only had a PSP back in 1982.
And no, I not having a midlife crisis. Am I?
No, they have guys named Phil and Thomas in Bangalore, India roll the dice for you.
One could apply your comment to your own comment. I made it clear that my statement was just my own unevaluated opinion. Its just a guess on my part, just an opinion. The hybrid puts out much less emissions than a regular car over ten years thats got to be a lot of polution that doesn't go into the air. When you dispose of a battery the chemicals do not get pumped into the air and do not contribute to Global Warming. Yes, it would be nice if we could get green batteries. But since Global Warming could potentially wipe life as we know it off the face of the Earth, I'll worry about that problem first. Then I'll worry about the problem of disposing of batteries and other bad things.
I own a Civic Hybrid and was told that the batteries should last ten years. After almost three years I have noticed no decrease in the battery capacity. So at this point I don't believe that I'll be replacing the batteries any time soon. I haven't done the analysis, but ten years of putting out almost no carbon and other bad stuff would be worth throwing away 1 set of batteries.
This is not true. Yes hybrids charge through regenerative breaking, but they also charge when going downhill. Unless you are in Kansas, most highways have enough hills to keep the batteries charged. Most of my milage in a Civic Hybrid are over 50 MPH with little breaking and it has no problem keeping the batteries charged.
If I could have, I would have. But, I never studied law.