We are only now beginning to realize that dumping trash from our coastal cities into the seas is not a good idea. How much longer to realize the same about space trash?
Short pause to remember that when we started into space, one of the possible commercial exploitations that was mentioned was an orbital vacuum-tube factory.
If you go back to the early days of television, say fifty years ago, we had a very similar situation. Motion picture executives were scared to death of television. The idea that a pair of eyeballs could see one of their movies without paying sent them into a fit.
The bean-counters, on the other hand, quickly spotted a new market for all of the old films back in the vault. And so, a policy was formed; motion pictures from major studios WOULD appear on television, but only after suitable fees were paid and not until the studio had had seven years to milk all of the theatrical showings.
The people rejoiced and there were movies on one network or the other almost every evening. The fact that they were old black and whites didn't matter, since the tv of the day was also black and white.
But, moving into the sixties, color televisions started to appear in America's living rooms. And there weren't enough color movies being released to satisfy tv audiences. Black and white movies, as good as they were, just didn't satisfy the lust for color. What to do?
So was born the industry of "Made for TV Movies". No major stars, but available now. Soon, the power of the market got the attention of the major studios and they began revising their "seven years in the vault" rule. First five years, then three, then one. There were audiences to feed and a new MFTV industry was causing the Major Studios to lose money.
And so here we are today. Digital techniques make movie production easier than ever and what do the Studios do? Promise to hold their breath (and their films) until they turn blue.
Screw 'em. If they won't release their files without a "Broadcast Flag", then fine. Someone else will make movies for TV. Bottom line: you can't have a monopoly unless you are the only one who can produce.
You may not lose the job, but, if you don't notice the funny wording in the next to the last paragraph on page sixteen, you may sign away rights that you hadn't thought about.
A programmer trying to be his own contract lawyer makes as much sense as a lawyer trying to write and support a custom contact manager or billing system for his firm.
It isn't hard for most people. But a large chunk of IBM is made up of project managers, salesmen, middle-management and other such who don't know what "RTF" means and they are really concerned about that "F" and they don't want to expose their ignorance by asking someone who might know.
After all, someone once told them what "RTFM" means and "RTF" must be something similar but they don't have time to work it out themselves. They just barely have time to download the latest version of the 15Mb MSProject plan for the Blue Dollar project they're on before the afternoon meeting to discuss the revisions to the timeline which were proposed at the end of this morning's teleconference call.
The Nikon EM is a nice camera. BUT it is not a manually-operated camera. The EM was Nikon's attempt to produce a 35mm SLR point&shoot. Yes, it is manual focus, but the exposure is purely automatic with only a 1/90th second manual speed for the flash. Should you ever have an electronics problem, the EM is (now) considered a disposable camera. You should not pay more than US$75.00 for a working EM with a 50mm lens.
For true manual control, check out the Nikon FM and FM-2 families. Full manual controls of shutter and lens. Battery used only for the meter, which is not coupled to the lens or shutter and only offers over/under advice via LEDs in the viewfinder. Really positive note, when/if the battery goes out, you only lose the meter. You can keep on taking pictures since you, not the camera, control the exposure. There is a FM-3 series, but these are new and still very expensive. The FM-10 is a new re-badged Chinon with a "high-impact" plastic body and, according to some reports, intermittent quality control in the lens mount area.
A "late" model FM (identified by s/n above 300000), working, with a 50mm Nikon lens goes for US$175.00 to US$200.00 on eBay. Massive quantities of working compatible lenses (AI, AI/s mounts) can also be found on eBay. A used FM-2, obvoiusly, goes for much more than an FM.
I have been shopping Half-Price books since shortly after Ken started up and have watched as the chain grew first into multiple stores and then into multiple cities. My den attests to my part of their success.
...send a message to their responsible ISP asking them to have the users clean up their system
My email was spoofed into the "reply-to" on more than a few viral emissions which were bounced back to me for "unknown addressee". Consequently, I have a nice list of IP addresses of infected boxes. But they're mostly dsl users in Houston TX off of swbell.net. Who at swbell.net would be in a position to actually do anything about their problem?
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Shouldn't that be the "meat meet" market?
OK, or the "meet meat" market. Although that sounds like Tom Thumb or Safeway.
Wait just a minute.
I thought that the Flat Earth Society had changed their name to Mothers against Guns.
Good golly, don't tell me that there are two of them.
The idea that a very large "bad behavior" is tolerated does not mean that a smaller "bad behavior" must/should similarly be tolerated.
The oceans are not infinitely capable of absorbing our junk.
We are only now beginning to realize that dumping trash from our coastal cities into the seas is not a good idea. How much longer to realize the same about space trash?
Abort to sun.
Daily user of WinAMP 5.572 (2010) on win7. Repeated popups urging upgrade are ignored.
Equally important, June is "Accordian awareness" month.
Orbital microchip factory.
Short pause to remember that when we started into space, one of the possible commercial exploitations that was mentioned was an orbital vacuum-tube factory.
Anyone priced a 6146 lately?
Well, yeah, there is.
If you go back to the early days of television, say fifty years ago, we had a very similar situation. Motion picture executives were scared to death of television. The idea that a pair of eyeballs could see one of their movies without paying sent them into a fit.
The bean-counters, on the other hand, quickly spotted a new market for all of the old films back in the vault. And so, a policy was formed; motion pictures from major studios WOULD appear on television, but only after suitable fees were paid and not until the studio had had seven years to milk all of the theatrical showings.
The people rejoiced and there were movies on one network or the other almost every evening. The fact that they were old black and whites didn't matter, since the tv of the day was also black and white.
But, moving into the sixties, color televisions started to appear in America's living rooms. And there weren't enough color movies being released to satisfy tv audiences. Black and white movies, as good as they were, just didn't satisfy the lust for color. What to do?
So was born the industry of "Made for TV Movies". No major stars, but available now. Soon, the power of the market got the attention of the major studios and they began revising their "seven years in the vault" rule. First five years, then three, then one. There were audiences to feed and a new MFTV industry was causing the Major Studios to lose money.
And so here we are today. Digital techniques make movie production easier than ever and what do the Studios do? Promise to hold their breath (and their films) until they turn blue.
Screw 'em. If they won't release their files without a "Broadcast Flag", then fine. Someone else will make movies for TV. Bottom line: you can't have a monopoly unless you are the only one who can produce.
You may not lose the job, but, if you don't notice the funny wording in the next to the last paragraph on page sixteen, you may sign away rights that you hadn't thought about.
A programmer trying to be his own contract lawyer makes as much sense as a lawyer trying to write and support a custom contact manager or billing system for his firm.
It isn't hard for most people. But a large chunk of IBM is made up of project managers, salesmen, middle-management and other such who don't know what "RTF" means and they are really concerned about that "F" and they don't want to expose their ignorance by asking someone who might know.
After all, someone once told them what "RTFM" means and "RTF" must be something similar but they don't have time to work it out themselves. They just barely have time to download the latest version of the 15Mb MSProject plan for the Blue Dollar project they're on before the afternoon meeting to discuss the revisions to the timeline which were proposed at the end of this morning's teleconference call.
My fantasy dinner guests would be Heinlein and Asimov and Thomas Jefferson and Ben Franklin.
The Nikon EM is a nice camera. BUT it is not a manually-operated camera. The EM was Nikon's attempt to produce a 35mm SLR point&shoot. Yes, it is manual focus, but the exposure is purely automatic with only a 1/90th second manual speed for the flash. Should you ever have an electronics problem, the EM is (now) considered a disposable camera. You should not pay more than US$75.00 for a working EM with a 50mm lens.
For true manual control, check out the Nikon FM and FM-2 families. Full manual controls of shutter and lens. Battery used only for the meter, which is not coupled to the lens or shutter and only offers over/under advice via LEDs in the viewfinder. Really positive note, when/if the battery goes out, you only lose the meter. You can keep on taking pictures since you, not the camera, control the exposure. There is a FM-3 series, but these are new and still very expensive. The FM-10 is a new re-badged Chinon with a "high-impact" plastic body and, according to some reports, intermittent quality control in the lens mount area.
A "late" model FM (identified by s/n above 300000), working, with a 50mm Nikon lens goes for US$175.00 to US$200.00 on eBay. Massive quantities of working compatible lenses (AI, AI/s mounts) can also be found on eBay. A used FM-2, obvoiusly, goes for much more than an FM.
Really great Nikon reference sites:
Enjoy.
The cost of replacing these employees with offshore workers will be easily offset by the slave-level wages paid to said offshore workers.
The world's best jockey riding a plow-horse will still finish out of the money.
Must have worked. I believed you.
So since that never actually happened, you're saying that the NRA viewpoint is legitimate? Well, they will be so pleased to receive your validation.
Thanks.
I have been shopping Half-Price books since shortly after Ken started up and have watched as the chain grew first into multiple stores and then into multiple cities. My den attests to my part of their success.
Was this in Dallas? Which store? Or did you get the last/only copy?
My email was spoofed into the "reply-to" on more than a few viral emissions which were bounced back to me for "unknown addressee". Consequently, I have a nice list of IP addresses of infected boxes. But they're mostly dsl users in Houston TX off of swbell.net. Who at swbell.net would be in a position to actually do anything about their problem?
Too late. Andy Griffith already did it in 1979.
When the Greeks reckon time by the kalends?
I took the liberty of re-inserting the portion of the hyphenated phrase which your non-American-made keyboard left out. You're welcome.
You never heard my Mother say "Well?" as one of us tried to sneak in the back door at one in the morning.
Easy there, Darl. Chill out before you pop an aneurism.
Should have expected it. After all, there _are_ at least a half-dozen posters who know the difference between "lose" and "loose".