Ford Prefect wasn't meant to be black. I think everyone here knows that deep down. We also all know that Douglas Adams probably would not approve.
No, we do not all know that Douglas Adams probably would not approve. What makes you think that Douglas Adams would have cared as long as the character is fun?
I have exactly one complaint about the device... no on the fly playlists. Rumored to be coming in an updated firmware update, but who knows.
Deal-breaker for me. I like to set up a playlist in my car, so that I can hear what I want while tooling around town on the weekends. I don't remember if this is a feature of the original Archos Recorder 20 firmware, but the Rockboxx replace has this feature, albiet somewhat awkwardly (a double-button press then two single presses to add to the playlist).
I will, however, keep an eye on the iRiver for the future. In the short-term, I think my wife will be getting a iPod mini for christmas, as she can't stand the music selections on my player...;)
Completely agreed. After reading this review, no way would I purchase a Rio Karma. My Archos Recorder 20 locks up on rare occasion, but at least you can power it off without a paperclip! Lock-ups after almost 2 months? No way.
A couple of years ago, I arrived in Islay (home of Bowmore and Laphroaig), checked into a Port Ellen hotel and went down to the local pub to try the local whiskies in their native environment. Everyone from farmers to surly teenagers was drinking -- Smirnoff Ice.
Oh, that's so sad. People don't realize what they have in their own back yard. On the other hand, as long as they continue making fine single-malt whiskey, I suppose I don't care what they drink.:) Give me my Laphroaig and no-one gets hurt.
The big gap will be the lack of Peter Jones. I wouldn't like to be the guy trying to fill those shoes.
I think they did a fantastic job of handling the task. They actually did use snippets of Peter Jones, mixed with another voice actor (whom I unfortunately can't remember), to good effect in the context of the story.
BRILLIANT! Just finished listening, and it was fantastic! And I'm very happy to say that I can report to my wife that it was, in fact, Douglas Adams who postulated on the theory of flight.
I used to work for Lucent/Avaya, out Alameda, then Dublin. Of those I've worked with, I would say that *most* of the female software developers were very bright. The dim ones were, sadly, very dim.
I think I found the text of the bill, and it says:
"Every person who operates a recording device in a motion picture theater while a motion picture is being exhibited, for the purpose of recording a theatrical motion picture..."
I suppose that you cannot have the purpose of recording a movie if you don't have a tape. Or maybe your purpose was to record the movie, and you forgot the tape.
I'd like to know what would happen if you set up a camcorder, with tape, but aimed it away from the screen... say at the projection booth. Your intent is clearly not to record the film, and technically you couldn't get busted under this law, but would it upset the theater folk enough to have them arrest you? And if so, could you sue the theater for harassment?
Like the anonymous coward, I've also had a really good expirience with my Archos (Recorder 20). I have heard that they released some bad models, like the FM Recorder 20. Which model do you have?
And have you checked out RockBoxx, the open-source OS replacement for many of the older Archos models?
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Please, how on earth can anyone have 60GB or even 40GB of legal music?
Easy. Now, my wife and I are avid music fans, and started buying CDs a long time ago. We have something like 800 CDs between the two of us (after weeding out the doubles we had), which adds up to roughly 40,000 minutes of music (assuming 50 minutes per CD). Yes, we've spent a lot of money on music, but over some 10 years each, well, it spreads out. A lot of that time we weren't making car payments, lived in cheap apartments, and ate crappy food.
I rip my collection at 196kbps, which gives me something like 1.3MB/minute. At that rate, you have 52,000MB for 800 CDs. Now, if you were to encode at 128kbps, you'd still have 40,000MB.
Of course, these are very rough numbers. But the point is telling... 40GB is not more music than we can legally afford.
To clarify, the RIAA is not going to allow any store (whether it be iTunes or Napster) to release songs without have a form of DRM.
Not entirely true. AudioLunchbox.com sells DRMless MP3s of albums/tracks from Koch records, which is an RIAA label. Sure, these are the small guys, but all the same, the RIAA can't enforce its desires everywhere... yet.
Back in the day, I used WebVan on certain occasion, and the absolutely ROCKED. First, they would deliver the food right into your kitchen if you so desired. Second, they stored the food seperately, so the frozen stuff stayed frozen, etc. Third, they were ALWAYS on time. Fourth, they threw in free samples of random stuff. Fifth, with a deposit charge, they let you keep the plastic boxes the food was delivered in, so you could put it away at your leasure, rather than making the driver wait. Sixth, they didn't want any tips, and the drivers were NICE people. Seventh, we typically ordered enough food that the service fee was dropped. Eighth, and perhaps most important, the food quality was EXCELLENT.
Since they shut down, I've tried Albertsons and Safeways online services. It's hard to avoid the extra charges, and the food isn't as good. What seems to work good for me is to place an order at night, then the next day after work, pick up the order (the Albertsons is just around the corner from my work, I drive, and the service fee is less). This seems to work reasonably well, but I would love to have my WebVan service back again.
According to a non-authoritive source, some Earnings: Star Wars: $460 million Empire: $290 million Return: $309 million Phantom: $431 million Clones: $310 million
Or, believe IMDB (worldwide numbers): Star Wars -- $513mil in-theater + $779mil rental = $1,292 million Empire -- $529mil in-theater + $557mil rental = $1,086 million Return -- $391mil in-theater + $472mil rental = $863 million Phantom -- $925mil in-theater + $403mil rental = $1,328 million Clones -- $634mil in-theater, rental not available
This isn't taking into account VHS / DVD / LaserDisc sales, nor the fact that the first series have been around much longer.
If one believes that earnings are a sign of popularity, and popularity is the inverse of suckage, then the original is clearly superior to either sequel, but gets it's ass kicked by either prequel.
I respectfully disagree, although with great difficulty. You make a good argument.
If you feed the raw data (the movie itself, I can't argue about the menu system at this point) on a DVD to a CPU (any CPU), the CPU will not make sence it of. The DVD does not contain instructions. The player includes instructions on how to decode the raw data.
On the flip side of the coin, if you write software which produces music, then isn't that program itself just a form of phonorecording-- defintion according to Copyright Law: material objects in which sounds, other than those accompanying a motion picture or other audiovisual work, are fixed by any method now known or later developed, and from which the sounds can be perceived, reproduced, or otherwise communicated, either directly or with the aid of a machine or device. The term ''phonorecords'' includes the material object in which the sounds are first fixed. Phonorecords have no right to backup, so said program has no right to backup.
Oh dear, I just noticed that it said "material objects". In the above case, does that mean that the computer is a phonorecord? Or that the software is just software.
Fair Use isn't not-infringement. It's justifiable infringement.
Wrong, sorry, thanks for playing. Fair Useexplicitely states "...is not an infringement of copyright". (Emphasis mine, of course.) It's not "justifiable infringement", it's not infringement at all.
I got to choose between Rick Santorum and...um, Rick Santorum. Fat lot of good voting does then!
Doesn't a no-vote for Rick Santorum still count? I thought, and I could be WAY wrong, that if the running person doesn't get the majority of the votes, that he doesn't get the office, even if there isn't another person. It's entirely possible that I'm really wrong, though, and it may vary from location to location.
You missed the magic words "such as" right before your quoted passage
Sorry, in other posts, I mentioned that making backups was not explicitely stated, which should have made my statement more clear.
The problem that I have is that while the four listed factors are used to deem what's Fair Use, they don't list how. Is any one more important than the others? Do you need to meet the qualifications of just one? Two? All four? It's very ambigious, and hence this being a potential Magic Bullet.
To break it down-- point one, purpose. Well, it mentions (again prefixed by "such as") commercial use and nonprofit educational use. A backup is certainly not for commercial use, but it isn't educational, either. If it were me, I would definately say that the purpose of a backup is Fair, but I'm not a congressman.
Point two-- nature. I don't see the relevancy in regards to DVDs. The nature of the contents is varied-- action movie, pr0n, educational, etc.
Point three-- amount. Well, I'd assume the whole damned thing, right? No sence in making a partial backup. Does that make it more or less Fair? Doesn't say.
Point four-- effect on the market. Well, here's the problem! The MPAA is certainly going to say that backups deflate the markup, because a backed-up copy is a lost sale when it comes to damaged goods! I would say that if I've "licenced the movie for personal use" (i.e., purchased a DVD), then a damaged DVD isn't a lost sale. I still have the licence to the movie, even if the container is broken.
I don't see the difference between a DVD and any other kind of software.
Copyright Law does see a distinction. See "Audiovisual works" and "computer program" in Definitions (section 101)...
''Audiovisual works'' are works that consist of a series of related images which are intrinsically intended to be shown by the use of machines, or devices such as projectors, viewers, or electronic equipment, together with accompanying sounds, if any, regardless of the nature of the material objects, such as films or tapes, in which the works are embodied.
A ''computer program'' is a set of statements or instructions to be used directly or indirectly in a computer in order to bring about a certain result
In short: a movie is data, a program is instructions. The firmware in your DVD player is an embedded program which reads the data off the DVD.
Trying to confuse the matter will not help make a clear case.
The **AA is not required to make sure you can do these thing
Assuming that making a backup copy was legal in the first place, which is up to debate... it would be nice if they couldn't prevent you from doing these things, which is another matter, it seems. So while they don't have to hand you a duplicator, they shouldn't be allowed to stop you from using one.
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Ford Prefect wasn't meant to be black. I think everyone here knows that deep down. We also all know that Douglas Adams probably would not approve.
No, we do not all know that Douglas Adams probably would not approve. What makes you think that Douglas Adams would have cared as long as the character is fun?
Regarding the iRiver iHP 40gig model...
;)
I have exactly one complaint about the device... no on the fly playlists. Rumored to be coming in an updated firmware update, but who knows.
Deal-breaker for me. I like to set up a playlist in my car, so that I can hear what I want while tooling around town on the weekends. I don't remember if this is a feature of the original Archos Recorder 20 firmware, but the Rockboxx replace has this feature, albiet somewhat awkwardly (a double-button press then two single presses to add to the playlist).
I will, however, keep an eye on the iRiver for the future. In the short-term, I think my wife will be getting a iPod mini for christmas, as she can't stand the music selections on my player...
Completely agreed. After reading this review, no way would I purchase a Rio Karma. My Archos Recorder 20 locks up on rare occasion, but at least you can power it off without a paperclip! Lock-ups after almost 2 months? No way.
Oh sure, sounds like a good idea at first, but do you have any idea how hard it is to keep a beer lit?
Perhaps you might care for a Nicotini instead?
A couple of years ago, I arrived in Islay (home of Bowmore and Laphroaig), checked into a Port Ellen hotel and went down to the local pub to try the local whiskies in their native environment. Everyone from farmers to surly teenagers was drinking -- Smirnoff Ice.
:) Give me my Laphroaig and no-one gets hurt.
Oh, that's so sad. People don't realize what they have in their own back yard. On the other hand, as long as they continue making fine single-malt whiskey, I suppose I don't care what they drink.
The big gap will be the lack of Peter Jones. I wouldn't like to be the guy trying to fill those shoes.
I think they did a fantastic job of handling the task. They actually did use snippets of Peter Jones, mixed with another voice actor (whom I unfortunately can't remember), to good effect in the context of the story.
Well done.
BRILLIANT! Just finished listening, and it was fantastic! And I'm very happy to say that I can report to my wife that it was, in fact, Douglas Adams who postulated on the theory of flight.
FLOOBYDUST? Been reading Bob Pease? I just found his stuff recently.
I used to work for Lucent/Avaya, out Alameda, then Dublin. Of those I've worked with, I would say that *most* of the female software developers were very bright. The dim ones were, sadly, very dim.
I am not a lawyer.
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I think I found the text of the bill, and it says:
"Every person who operates a recording device in a motion picture theater while a motion picture is being exhibited, for the purpose of recording a theatrical motion picture
I suppose that you cannot have the purpose of recording a movie if you don't have a tape. Or maybe your purpose was to record the movie, and you forgot the tape.
I'd like to know what would happen if you set up a camcorder, with tape, but aimed it away from the screen... say at the projection booth. Your intent is clearly not to record the film, and technically you couldn't get busted under this law, but would it upset the theater folk enough to have them arrest you? And if so, could you sue the theater for harassment?
Like the anonymous coward, I've also had a really good expirience with my Archos (Recorder 20). I have heard that they released some bad models, like the FM Recorder 20. Which model do you have?
And have you checked out RockBoxx, the open-source OS replacement for many of the older Archos models?
Please, how on earth can anyone have 60GB or even 40GB of legal music?
Easy. Now, my wife and I are avid music fans, and started buying CDs a long time ago. We have something like 800 CDs between the two of us (after weeding out the doubles we had), which adds up to roughly 40,000 minutes of music (assuming 50 minutes per CD). Yes, we've spent a lot of money on music, but over some 10 years each, well, it spreads out. A lot of that time we weren't making car payments, lived in cheap apartments, and ate crappy food.
I rip my collection at 196kbps, which gives me something like 1.3MB/minute. At that rate, you have 52,000MB for 800 CDs. Now, if you were to encode at 128kbps, you'd still have 40,000MB.
Of course, these are very rough numbers. But the point is telling... 40GB is not more music than we can legally afford.
To clarify, the RIAA is not going to allow any store (whether it be iTunes or Napster) to release songs without have a form of DRM.
Not entirely true. AudioLunchbox.com sells DRMless MP3s of albums/tracks from Koch records, which is an RIAA label. Sure, these are the small guys, but all the same, the RIAA can't enforce its desires everywhere... yet.
Back in the day, I used WebVan on certain occasion, and the absolutely ROCKED. First, they would deliver the food right into your kitchen if you so desired. Second, they stored the food seperately, so the frozen stuff stayed frozen, etc. Third, they were ALWAYS on time. Fourth, they threw in free samples of random stuff. Fifth, with a deposit charge, they let you keep the plastic boxes the food was delivered in, so you could put it away at your leasure, rather than making the driver wait. Sixth, they didn't want any tips, and the drivers were NICE people. Seventh, we typically ordered enough food that the service fee was dropped. Eighth, and perhaps most important, the food quality was EXCELLENT.
Since they shut down, I've tried Albertsons and Safeways online services. It's hard to avoid the extra charges, and the food isn't as good. What seems to work good for me is to place an order at night, then the next day after work, pick up the order (the Albertsons is just around the corner from my work, I drive, and the service fee is less). This seems to work reasonably well, but I would love to have my WebVan service back again.
According to a non-authoritive source, some Earnings:
Star Wars: $460 million
Empire: $290 million
Return: $309 million
Phantom: $431 million
Clones: $310 million
Or, believe IMDB (worldwide numbers):
Star Wars -- $513mil in-theater + $779mil rental = $1,292 million
Empire -- $529mil in-theater + $557mil rental = $1,086 million
Return -- $391mil in-theater + $472mil rental = $863 million
Phantom -- $925mil in-theater + $403mil rental = $1,328 million
Clones -- $634mil in-theater, rental not available
This isn't taking into account VHS / DVD / LaserDisc sales, nor the fact that the first series have been around much longer.
If one believes that earnings are a sign of popularity, and popularity is the inverse of suckage, then the original is clearly superior to either sequel, but gets it's ass kicked by either prequel.
Oops, screwed that up. It was the original movie, not the cartoon. My mistake.
Clerks: The Animated Series
"Finding Nemo" was a movie for children and parents.
Agreed. I thought Finding Nemo wasn't nearly as good as other Pixar works, although I will admit to loving the whale conversations.
OTOH, I'm really excited to see "The Incredibles".
The scary part for them is that they're fighting a virus with another virus, and they don't know what kind of viral-mutation hell that might bring.
I respectfully disagree, although with great difficulty. You make a good argument.
If you feed the raw data (the movie itself, I can't argue about the menu system at this point) on a DVD to a CPU (any CPU), the CPU will not make sence it of. The DVD does not contain instructions. The player includes instructions on how to decode the raw data.
On the flip side of the coin, if you write software which produces music, then isn't that program itself just a form of phonorecording-- defintion according to Copyright Law: material objects in which sounds, other than those accompanying a motion picture or other audiovisual work, are fixed by any method now known or later developed, and from which the sounds can be perceived, reproduced, or otherwise communicated, either directly or with the aid of a machine or device. The term ''phonorecords'' includes the material object in which the sounds are first fixed. Phonorecords have no right to backup, so said program has no right to backup.
Oh dear, I just noticed that it said "material objects". In the above case, does that mean that the computer is a phonorecord? Or that the software is just software.
Too ambigious!
Fair Use isn't not-infringement. It's justifiable infringement.
Wrong, sorry, thanks for playing. Fair Use explicitely states "...is not an infringement of copyright". (Emphasis mine, of course.) It's not "justifiable infringement", it's not infringement at all.
I got to choose between Rick Santorum and...um, Rick Santorum. Fat lot of good voting does then!
Doesn't a no-vote for Rick Santorum still count? I thought, and I could be WAY wrong, that if the running person doesn't get the majority of the votes, that he doesn't get the office, even if there isn't another person. It's entirely possible that I'm really wrong, though, and it may vary from location to location.
You missed the magic words "such as" right before your quoted passage
Sorry, in other posts, I mentioned that making backups was not explicitely stated, which should have made my statement more clear.
The problem that I have is that while the four listed factors are used to deem what's Fair Use, they don't list how. Is any one more important than the others? Do you need to meet the qualifications of just one? Two? All four? It's very ambigious, and hence this being a potential Magic Bullet.
To break it down-- point one, purpose. Well, it mentions (again prefixed by "such as") commercial use and nonprofit educational use. A backup is certainly not for commercial use, but it isn't educational, either. If it were me, I would definately say that the purpose of a backup is Fair, but I'm not a congressman.
Point two-- nature. I don't see the relevancy in regards to DVDs. The nature of the contents is varied-- action movie, pr0n, educational, etc.
Point three-- amount. Well, I'd assume the whole damned thing, right? No sence in making a partial backup. Does that make it more or less Fair? Doesn't say.
Point four-- effect on the market. Well, here's the problem! The MPAA is certainly going to say that backups deflate the markup, because a backed-up copy is a lost sale when it comes to damaged goods! I would say that if I've "licenced the movie for personal use" (i.e., purchased a DVD), then a damaged DVD isn't a lost sale. I still have the licence to the movie, even if the container is broken.
Thank you for giving me the chance to clairify.
I don't see the difference between a DVD and any other kind of software.
Copyright Law does see a distinction. See "Audiovisual works" and "computer program" in Definitions (section 101)...
''Audiovisual works'' are works that consist of a series of related images which are intrinsically intended to be shown by the use of machines, or devices such as projectors, viewers, or electronic equipment, together with accompanying sounds, if any, regardless of the nature of the material objects, such as films or tapes, in which the works are embodied.
A ''computer program'' is a set of statements or instructions to be used directly or indirectly in a computer in order to bring about a certain result
In short: a movie is data, a program is instructions. The firmware in your DVD player is an embedded program which reads the data off the DVD.
Trying to confuse the matter will not help make a clear case.
The **AA is not required to make sure you can do these thing
Assuming that making a backup copy was legal in the first place, which is up to debate... it would be nice if they couldn't prevent you from doing these things, which is another matter, it seems. So while they don't have to hand you a duplicator, they shouldn't be allowed to stop you from using one.