I'll admit I don't have one... I don't even have a cell phone . But this page suggests otherwise.
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I agree. I doubt the museum itself would draw people to New Zealand, but let's face it... the movie has put New Zealand on the map as a tourist destination, and while you are there this museum will attract people.
My mother visited Malta several years after "Popeye" was filmed there, and the sets which still stood were major attractions.
Additionally, they could set up a traveling exhibit. I know the travelling Star Trek exhibits are very successfull.
I'm sure product placement may help, but the obvious solution is to do what this very page is doing... give up some real estate for advertising.
TV stations already do this for important announcements such as school closings and election results. I think it's only a matter of time before it starts happening for commercial reasons.
Sure, a few people will complain, some people may even stop watching the first shows to try it, but it won't be enough people to offset the additional revenue they receive for it.
It might even boost DVD sales for a series. Who wants to keep the taped (or even DVD recorded) versions with the advertisements?
I doubt this would entirely replace full screen advertisement, but on the plus side, it may result in shows with longer running time than 45 minutes and less break in the action.
Again, google is your friend.
Let's quote Vint Cerf...
Bob [Kahn] and I believe that the vice president [Al Gore] deserves significant
credit for his early recognition of the importance of what has
become the Internet.
Al Gore never claimed to have invented the internet. A few minutes on google would reveal the truth about this lie.
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Not only NASCAR drivers. Formula One drivers also do this, and they spend ALL of their time on non-oval circuits.
I could be wrong about this but I believe Jacques Villeuneuve won his first formula 1 race on a circuit he had only ever "driven" on a computer before.
But I don't think it's really for the "meditative state" as much as circuit familiarization. I know that having driven a circuit in a computer game makes even watching it on TV a different experience as you have some kind of vague idea as to what the driver is doing on each corner.
You know, I used to have 3 Mbit bandwidth when it was still AT@home.
After they dropped @home, it was cut down to 1.5. Other than being slightly annoyed that I'm paying the same amount for less bandwidth, I don't really miss it.
I can still stream any video I want at the highest settings. Sure, it takes me a little longer to download the latest Redhat distribution or whatever, but usually I don't even get the full 1.5 out of that anyway!
A little more upload speed would be nice so I could stream my mp3s to work with mod_mp3 without having to use lame to cut down the bitrates so far. But mostly 128K is fine for home use, and it's certainly a LOT faster than a dialup connection gives.
The new "de-christianised" calendar started in 1793 and was retroactive to 1792. The year started on September 22nd and consisted of 12 months of 30 days apiece. Each month was divided into decades of 10 days.
The end of the year had 5 days (6 on leap years) designated by roman numerals.
This was France's official calendar until 1806.
I don't think they changed the number of hours in the day though.
I moved to the US from Scotland about 7 years ago. I actually had more trouble getting used to US coins than bills. I still don't understand why 5 cents is larger than 10 cents??
But the US bills are just BORING. You need some color in there to brighten it up a little. In Scotland we had not only different colours for different denominations, but the design changed depending on what bank printed it!
It certainly used to be true that you could build your own system for cheaper than a store model. But now... I've seen decent HP systems for $400 (no monitor). Not sure what they've got just now but try ecost.
That said, if you've already got most of the components such as hard drives, CD-ROM etc. It's still cheaper to just get the mainboard + CPU. This way you can upgrade in parts as well.
It depends how much warning we have. If we're talking even a month it's not implausible to evacuate an area that large. But days though... forget about it.
But is it better to tell people, and no doubt have people killed in the panic, but maybe a few do get clear or not tell anybody and have them all die?
1. What would we have done if found out 1 month before it passed by Earth? Send Bruce Willis out to blow it up with a nuclear bomb? Get a really big pool cue and bank shot it off Mars?
This particular asteroid wouldn't have been the end of the world, only a section of it. If it had been on a collision course with a populated area and we detected it, people could have been evacuated.
I agree with you that we're a long way off from that level of AI.
But about the military... Asimov's robots themselves came up with a loophole around the first law... the zeroth law which is something about protecting humanity as a whole. A similar set of core rules but with a nation instead of humanity might be of use to the military.
While it may cost less to produce a DVD than a VHS tape, there are other costs involved with DVD production.
You don't think those actors and directors do those commentaries for free do you? Not to mention all the other special features... somebody has to get paid for them.
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"There's many, many different species and they're all based on real things, like a Lupe is a dog, a Scorchio is a dragon," Jacqui said.
Kinda tough to carry the groceries on a bicycle.
I disagree. If somebody is a big enough fan to go to the trouble of recording (on VCD or VHS) a show and keeping it, they'll buy it on DVD as well.
Why? Because you don't just buy the DVDs for the episodes alone, you buy them for the commentaries, specials, interviews etc and even the packaging!
I have almost every episode of FarScape on VCD, yet I have the first two seasons on DVD and will buy the rest when they release them as box sets.
Keen Eddie is another cancelled FOX show. Bravo is just airing the episodes, including the ones FOX did not show.
Showtime is distancing itself from SciFi. Started with SciFi picking up StarGate and then cancelling Odyssey 5.
They have one SciFi show (Jeremiah), and from what i've heard they don't want to do any more than one at a time.
That's no longer the default. Not sure what version changed it.
I'm not going to judge it until I see it.
:).
It is possible that they have parted from the original series and actually made it better you know
I did enjoy the original series, but i'm certainly not a die-hard fan of it.
I'll admit I don't have one ... I don't even have a cell phone . But this page suggests otherwise.
You could, of course, get one of those cell phone docking systems that tie into your home phone, then move your number to a cell line.
That way you have the conveniance of using your home phones, but you're only paying for your cell phone.
Exactly like that :).
:(.
I don't suppose it will be coming anywhere near me though
I agree. I doubt the museum itself would draw people to New Zealand, but let's face it ... the movie has put New Zealand on the map as a tourist destination, and while you are there this museum will attract people.
My mother visited Malta several years after "Popeye" was filmed there, and the sets which still stood were major attractions.
Additionally, they could set up a traveling exhibit. I know the travelling Star Trek exhibits are very successfull.
I'm sure product placement may help, but the obvious solution is to do what this very page is doing ... give up some real estate for advertising.
TV stations already do this for important announcements such as school closings and election results. I think it's only a matter of time before it starts happening for commercial reasons.
Sure, a few people will complain, some people may even stop watching the first shows to try it, but it won't be enough people to offset the additional revenue they receive for it.
It might even boost DVD sales for a series. Who wants to keep the taped (or even DVD recorded) versions with the advertisements?
I doubt this would entirely replace full screen advertisement, but on the plus side, it may result in shows with longer running time than 45 minutes and less break in the action.
Al Gore never claimed to have invented the internet. A few minutes on google would reveal the truth about this lie.
Not only NASCAR drivers. Formula One drivers also do this, and they spend ALL of their time on non-oval circuits.
I could be wrong about this but I believe Jacques Villeuneuve won his first formula 1 race on a circuit he had only ever "driven" on a computer before.
But I don't think it's really for the "meditative state" as much as circuit familiarization. I know that having driven a circuit in a computer game makes even watching it on TV a different experience as you have some kind of vague idea as to what the driver is doing on each corner.
I checked the site this morning and the word "server" has been now been removed again. It just says linux port.
:).
I guess they can't make up their minds what they are doing
You know, I used to have 3 Mbit bandwidth when it was still AT@home.
After they dropped @home, it was cut down to 1.5. Other than being slightly annoyed that I'm paying the same amount for less bandwidth, I don't really miss it.
I can still stream any video I want at the highest settings. Sure, it takes me a little longer to download the latest Redhat distribution or whatever, but usually I don't even get the full 1.5 out of that anyway!
A little more upload speed would be nice so I could stream my mp3s to work with mod_mp3 without having to use lame to cut down the bitrates so far. But mostly 128K is fine for home use, and it's certainly a LOT faster than a dialup connection gives.
After the revolution.
The new "de-christianised" calendar started in 1793 and was retroactive to 1792. The year started on September 22nd and consisted of 12 months of 30 days apiece. Each month was divided into decades of 10 days.
The end of the year had 5 days (6 on leap years) designated by roman numerals.
This was France's official calendar until 1806.
I don't think they changed the number of hours in the day though.
I moved to the US from Scotland about 7 years ago. I actually had more trouble getting used to US coins than bills. I still don't understand why 5 cents is larger than 10 cents??
But the US bills are just BORING. You need some color in there to brighten it up a little. In Scotland we had not only different colours for different denominations, but the design changed depending on what bank printed it!
It certainly used to be true that you could build your own system for cheaper than a store model. But now ... I've seen decent HP systems for $400 (no monitor). Not sure what they've got just now but try ecost.
That said, if you've already got most of the components such as hard drives, CD-ROM etc. It's still cheaper to just get the mainboard + CPU. This way you can upgrade in parts as well.
It depends how much warning we have. If we're talking even a month it's not implausible to evacuate an area that large. But days though ... forget about it.
But is it better to tell people, and no doubt have people killed in the panic, but maybe a few do get clear or not tell anybody and have them all die?
1. What would we have done if found out 1 month before it passed by Earth? Send Bruce Willis out to blow it up with a nuclear bomb? Get a really big pool cue and bank shot it off Mars?
This particular asteroid wouldn't have been the end of the world, only a section of it. If it had been on a collision course with a populated area and we detected it, people could have been evacuated.I agree with you that we're a long way off from that level of AI.
But about the military ... Asimov's robots themselves came up with a loophole around the first law ... the zeroth law which is something about protecting humanity as a whole. A similar set of core rules but with a nation instead of humanity might be of use to the military.
While it may cost less to produce a DVD than a VHS tape, there are other costs involved with DVD production. You don't think those actors and directors do those commentaries for free do you? Not to mention all the other special features ... somebody has to get paid for them.