...is that Imax caved in to a few comments from people who might not agree with the content of the movies.
These people have the right to express their opinion. Even (especially!) if they disagree with you. That Imax knuckled under to a minority is the crux of the matter. And rest assured, it a minority. Thr 'right' is not a homogenous block of religious, anti-evolutionary fanatics.
I was under the impression that the rights apple gave ITMS users were there to stay. But now I see that ITMS users' rights can change at any time.
This stuff is new. It will change and evolve over time.
ITMS, Napster, emusic, et al are getting pushed from both directions. We want complete DRM-free for $0.01/song. The record industry wants complete control, DRM to the hilt, for much more money. The balance point hasn't been found yet.
No, i don't personally know all the individuals behind all the machines my packets go through. But I do try to minimize/restrict who they are. That's why I don't use my anon neighbors completely open USR8054.
Some anon geek on a flight offering $5 net access would be the perfect geek to sniff all the packets going through. Some/most would be encrypted, but you know not all of them would be. Some of the people here are thinking of exactly that...:)
I trust a business more than I'd trust some random stranger. We do it every day. Would you give your credit card to some random guy, and say "Go use this and pay for our lunch"? Yet we do that all the time at restaurants, because there is some recourse if anything goes tits up.
Nothing. But would you show up for a flight, wanting/needing a connection inflight, and expecting some total stranger to ad-hoc to everyone? Or would you pay for your own, and know that you will have a connection.
That might work between friends, but I wouldn't rely on some random stranger's kindness to a) make it available, and b) not to log all my traffic.
It always worries me when I see the current administration saying things like this..
Did it worry you when the previous administration said exactly the same things?
Wired News - Jan. 22, 1999
"President Clinton drew a nightmarish portrait of 21st century terrorism on Friday and asked Congress for more than US$2.8 billion to defend against chemical and germ warfare and protect computer networks. [...] Clinton described a world of frightening terror scenarios involving nerve gas, germ attacks, and computer hacking that, until now, have largely been the province of thriller novels.
Why single out the current administration, when all of these fools have been saying the same thing?
Right. They'll go to the ISP. The ISP will tell them exactly who had that IP address at that time. There the trail ends. At my router. Barring any other info, the police will investigate me. They'd be remiss in their job if they didn't. Eventually, I will be found innocent, because there is nothing within my internal network to find. Eventually. Only after I shell out $$ for a lawyer to prove my innocence, and have the investigators go through every sector on my various hard drives, possibly confiscating them for a while to do this.
Sorry...not happening. I don't want to be in the position of having to defend myself, for something I had no part in, that I could have easily prevented.
It's not the 'use' of the 'public airwaves' that is the problem (especially it it costs me $0 to open it up). Rather it's what is done with that use, and the information/data gleaned from using it.
I do not want to to be the focal point of a police investigation based on someone else's illegal activity.
I'd have no problem leaving my AP wide open for others to use, *if* people could be trusted. Sadly, there is always that small minority who would abuse it. Screwing things up for everyone.
Someone near me has his USR8054 on 24/7, with the BS default settings. Mine is locked down. If someone else within range wanted to do a little child porn surfing, guess which AP he'd use? When the investigation comes down, guess whose door they'll knock on? Call me selfish, or a 'thief', but too bad. Sorry, but I just don't want that hassle. I have a family to protect.
I also have 10's of thousands of miles on my bike in many cities around the world. And if I thought getting hit by a car was 'inevitable', I probably wouldn't do it.
The hundreds of millions of bicyclist miles per year and the relatively few serious injuries makes it 'if', rather than 'when'. Especially if you don't ride like a fool.
I don't attribute any special care taken by motorists to avoid hitting a cyclist. Rather self interest in wanting to avoid hassle and avoid paint scratches on the precious car.
The other big momentum problem is that when a car hits you, you'll split the absorbed momentum equally with the ENV - while a heavier bike will absorb more momentum.
It's not a case of VB6/VBA applications suddenly refusing to run. Rather MS is cutting off 'mainstream' support, and putting it on what is called 'extended' support.
* Mainstream support includes all the support options and programs that customers receive today, such as no-charge incident support, paid incident support, support that is charged on an hourly basis, support for warranty claims, and hotfix support. After mainstream support ends, extended support will be offered for Business and Development software.
** Extended support includes all paid support options and security-related hotfix support that is provided at no charge. Hotfix support that is not security-related requires a separate extended hotfix support contract to be purchased within 90 days after mainstream support ends. Microsoft will not accept requests for warranty support, design changes, or new features during the extended support phase.
Currently, they have a date of Mar 31, 2008 to stop extended support. 10 years for one particular IDE is pretty good.
Tomorrow, I shall be piloting my pizza/beer fueled vehicle to work. Proven design, minimal (but not zero) emissions, zero fossil fuel use, low initial purchase price, decades long lifetime.
He's tired of going without his apps and data for days on end when it goes down - and since it's a laptop, anything from trackpad to screen to USB port problems means sending the whole computer in for repair.
How often does this thing die? Is it really that much of an issue?
Yes, laptops die, but if it's the same make/model repeatedly, maybe a different one is in order.
As always, back up your docs/personal files elsewhere.
Hire?
Why not add a way for users to rate the appropriateness of the links.
You are assuming semi-rational users. It would be easy and probably cost effective for spammers and junk merchants to do the same things as happens in games and the 'gold market'. Hire a bunch of below $1/hr drones to mindlessly 'rate'/click as directed.
One of the greatest things about the internet is the lawlessness. One of the worst things about the internet is the lawlessness.
The problem is, by default, most P2P clients have uploading turned on. So unless you take proactive steps not to 'share', you're in violation. And of course if everyone did that, there would be nothing to download.
Olympus has had this functionality in their Camedia cameras for a few years now. The panorama stitching is actually pretty easy. You put it into pano mode, and the camera then uses the initial exposure/shutter setting for the entire series, and puts little bars on the sides of the LCD to tell you were to do the overlap. The (otherwise crappy) Camedia Master software recognizes that it is a series, and stitches pretty quickly and seamlessly. That function only works with original Olympus SM cards, though.
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These people have the right to express their opinion. Even (especially!) if they disagree with you. That Imax knuckled under to a minority is the crux of the matter. And rest assured, it a minority. Thr 'right' is not a homogenous block of religious, anti-evolutionary fanatics.
This stuff is new. It will change and evolve over time.
ITMS, Napster, emusic, et al are getting pushed from both directions. We want complete DRM-free for $0.01/song. The record industry wants complete control, DRM to the hilt, for much more money. The balance point hasn't been found yet.
Audiobooks are no more distracting than the radio. Far less than a phone conversation. I wouldn't want to try to concentrate on a lecture, though.
Tales from the Afternow
What's in your local library?
As far as nerdish fare, 'Hell's Faire' works. Audiobooksforfree is a good source. Old time radio shows can be pretty good listening as well.
An arm and a leg.
Some anon geek on a flight offering $5 net access would be the perfect geek to sniff all the packets going through. Some/most would be encrypted, but you know not all of them would be. Some of the people here are thinking of exactly that...:)
I trust a business more than I'd trust some random stranger. We do it every day. Would you give your credit card to some random guy, and say "Go use this and pay for our lunch"? Yet we do that all the time at restaurants, because there is some recourse if anything goes tits up.
That might work between friends, but I wouldn't rely on some random stranger's kindness to a) make it available, and b) not to log all my traffic.
They do. Exactly as you describe. Input a phone number, and get a name and address. It is trivial, however, to remove yourself from this 'service'.
Did it worry you when the previous administration said exactly the same things?
Wired News - Jan. 22, 1999
"President Clinton drew a nightmarish portrait of 21st century terrorism on Friday and asked Congress for more than US$2.8 billion to defend against chemical and germ warfare and protect computer networks.
[...]
Clinton described a world of frightening terror scenarios involving nerve gas, germ attacks, and computer hacking that, until now, have largely been the province of thriller novels.
Why single out the current administration, when all of these fools have been saying the same thing?
Sorry...not happening. I don't want to be in the position of having to defend myself, for something I had no part in, that I could have easily prevented.
I do not want to to be the focal point of a police investigation based on someone else's illegal activity.
I'd have no problem leaving my AP wide open for others to use, *if* people could be trusted. Sadly, there is always that small minority who would abuse it. Screwing things up for everyone.
Someone near me has his USR8054 on 24/7, with the BS default settings. Mine is locked down. If someone else within range wanted to do a little child porn surfing, guess which AP he'd use? When the investigation comes down, guess whose door they'll knock on? Call me selfish, or a 'thief', but too bad. Sorry, but I just don't want that hassle. I have a family to protect.
The hundreds of millions of bicyclist miles per year and the relatively few serious injuries makes it 'if', rather than 'when'. Especially if you don't ride like a fool.
I don't attribute any special care taken by motorists to avoid hitting a cyclist. Rather self interest in wanting to avoid hassle and avoid paint scratches on the precious car.
Why do you assume this to be inevitable?
There was also plenty of ass behind the camera.
They are begging you upfornt to have this stuff on. Ignore at your own risk.
Who's responsible if someone crashes into you, and you don't have your seatbelt on?
The manufacturer? "They shoulda protected me!"
Or should you, the user/driver, take reasonable measures to protect yourself in the event of a crash caused by a 3rd party.
* Mainstream support includes all the support options and programs that customers receive today, such as no-charge incident support, paid incident support, support that is charged on an hourly basis, support for warranty claims, and hotfix support. After mainstream support ends, extended support will be offered for Business and Development software.
** Extended support includes all paid support options and security-related hotfix support that is provided at no charge. Hotfix support that is not security-related requires a separate extended hotfix support contract to be purchased within 90 days after mainstream support ends. Microsoft will not accept requests for warranty support, design changes, or new features during the extended support phase.
Currently, they have a date of Mar 31, 2008 to stop extended support. 10 years for one particular IDE is pretty good.
Tomorrow, I shall be piloting my pizza/beer fueled vehicle to work.
Proven design, minimal (but not zero) emissions, zero fossil fuel use, low initial purchase price, decades long lifetime.
hmm...in 6 yrs of heavy laptop use (Sony/Dell/IBM) I've had 2 fails. 1 HD and 1 fan module, both on the same, recent, Dell Latitude.
How often does this thing die? Is it really that much of an issue?
Yes, laptops die, but if it's the same make/model repeatedly, maybe a different one is in order.
As always, back up your docs/personal files elsewhere.
Why not add a way for users to rate the appropriateness of the links.
You are assuming semi-rational users.
It would be easy and probably cost effective for spammers and junk merchants to do the same things as happens in games and the 'gold market'. Hire a bunch of below $1/hr drones to mindlessly 'rate'/click as directed.
One of the greatest things about the internet is the lawlessness.
One of the worst things about the internet is the lawlessness.
The problem is, by default, most P2P clients have uploading turned on. So unless you take proactive steps not to 'share', you're in violation. And of course if everyone did that, there would be nothing to download.
Obviously, on 10 centipedes, rotated weekly.
Olympus has had this functionality in their Camedia cameras for a few years now. The panorama stitching is actually pretty easy. You put it into pano mode, and the camera then uses the initial exposure/shutter setting for the entire series, and puts little bars on the sides of the LCD to tell you were to do the overlap. The (otherwise crappy) Camedia Master software recognizes that it is a series, and stitches pretty quickly and seamlessly. That function only works with original Olympus SM cards, though.