Several years ago, post-Columbine, my brother-in-law, a high-school senior at the time, had a bb-gun, a pistol in a bag in the back seat of his car. After school, he was going to give a few of his friends a ride, and a couple sat in the back. One of them opened the bag, saw the gun, and took it out. They were still in the parking lot of the school. Another student that was walking by saw the gun and told school officials.
The upshot of this was that all the students in the car were suspended, and my brother-in-law was expelled. After much lawyering and many hearings, he was allowed to receive his diploma, but was not allowed back to his original school. For the final three months of high school, he attended the "juvenile offenders" school.
See, that's exactly what makes this interesting. If Goldman had only created a single work, instead of mass-producing t-shirts, people might say, "Hey, that's copied from this other place!" and let it go. Now suppose it was hanging in a museum, and the gift shop sold t-shirts or post cards of the copied work. Now, it's copyright infringement.
Goldman tries to pass his violations off as "fine art", when it's pretty clear he's actually about the merchandising, and that crosses the line.
Tod Goldman is, without a doubt, a total jackass, but what he does is extremely common. Fine art has generally gotten a pass when it comes to copying from various sources. It's not as widely known, but it's also very common for comics to copy panels from other comics. It's considered kind of a jerky, lazy thing to do, but it happens all the time.
Godman is recontextualizing the images, and that, in and of itself, can make new and unique works, but instead of honoring the source (or at least owning up to the fact that he copies), he avoids the issue and sends threatening letters.
He's painted himself into a corner. Instead of taking the high road, he has instead presented himself as a no-talent imitator.
adding small pieces of wire or cable to a display could make a big difference That's why I always carefully remove all the wires from all my electronics.
In terms of pure annoyance, not just bad or lousy tech, I would rate CD burners before they were reliable and "click-of-death" zip disks as some of the most exasperating things that I have had to deal with.
I must have wasted dozens of hours with 1x and 2x CD burners before they became mature. I can still remember staring at the little progress bar.
Hmm.. I might be misremembrin', but I'm pretty sure that the idea of birds evolving from dinosaurs was commonly accepted much earlier than when Jurassic Park came out.
Yes. Cameras controls are a real problem these days. It's partly an issue of trying to be all things to all people. You want it fully automatic? Sure. You want to set everything yourself? Can do that too. Or try "sports mode" or "night mode" or "fashion mode" or "crowd mode" or "jewel mode" or "monkey mode". Okay, I made that last one up.
Pre-digital photographers had at minimum a basic understanding of film speed, depth of field, aperture size, and shutter speed. If you knew these four things, you could take any SLR manufactured before 1990 and use it immediately. Now, every camera has to be figured out. Every camera has a different interface. And I'm talking about the point and shoots.
The worst thing is when they are in some useless "mode" like "sepia/old fashioned" or "birthday candle" and you are missing a great shot because you can't figure out how to turn it off.
This sounds great for checking news updates, sports scores, and visiting your regular websites. You know, I bet I can think up one or two slightly more helpful uses for internet connectivity in the 3rd world besides checking sports scores.
They're just trying to live up to their name.
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Rockstar's Road To Ruin
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· Score: 4, Funny
Rockstar.
Live fast. Die young. Leave a good looking corpse.
Most companies -- especially in the video game industry -- would shipped everything out the door that would increase their numbers at the end of the quarter. I respectfully disagree. Video game companies would be more likely to do this because DVD stamping is cheap and easy to ramp up. Console manufacturing is a whole different ball game. Any type of manufacturing includes significant capital expenditures.
Also, consider the human factor. If you've already made your maximum bonus for the year, it might be worth reserving some future sales in your back pocket for the following year.
It's very, very common for businesses to proceed slowly after sales / profit goals have been met in a fiscal year. Short term planning proceeds on a year-to-year basis. Te vastly ramp up production without fully analyzing consequences is a good way to shoot yourself in the foot, even if every console produced was sold.
There is quite a bit of popular science fiction cinema that's not space western. It's simply not marketed as such. Off the top of my head...
The Truman Show
Being John Malcovich
Manchurian Candidate
Movie makers and marketing companies want their films to attract as broad an audience as possible. To call something "science fiction" automatically creates expectations in people's heads.
It happens in publishing as well. Margaret Atwood is a very famous example of someone that has intentionally distanced themselves from the label.
To name me is to limit me.
Re:Divx is the key in me purchasing one too.
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AppleTV Hits the Streets
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· Score: -1, Redundant
I still haven't bought a DVD player, because all the models I've seen include subtitles. WTF? I'm not deaf, why should I pay extra for subtitles! Hah! That's hilarious!
I'm the same way. I won't buy a PC for myself because of that stupid "Pause Break" key on the keyboard. I'm never going to use it. Whay should I pay extra for it?
I am by no means knowledgeable about such matters, but of course I'm going to speculate anyway.
4 million sounds like a very small amount in the grander scheme of things. Choices have to be made. I understand this. But isn't the entire point of NASA to do research? The very core reason it exists?
Maybe I only hear about the success stories that come out of think tanks. Maybe most of them squander away money in futile pursuits. As a previous poster mentioned, I would like to hear what they have accomplished in the past.
I can't even imagine using these kind of services. It would drive me bananas. I avoided getting a cell phone for years because I didn't want to be always available. I don't instant message, and I use SMS only to receive appointment reminders.
And the fact that I have no social life or friends has absolutely nothing to do with it.
It's kind of like lingerie. A lot of the fun is getting it naked. If it just shows up to your door without anything, it just seems too clinical and a little tawdry.
Slashdot Mirror
"Look law, no Hans."
I told you that being an astronaut is dangerous.
True story.
Several years ago, post-Columbine, my brother-in-law, a high-school senior at the time, had a bb-gun, a pistol in a bag in the back seat of his car. After school, he was going to give a few of his friends a ride, and a couple sat in the back. One of them opened the bag, saw the gun, and took it out. They were still in the parking lot of the school. Another student that was walking by saw the gun and told school officials.
The upshot of this was that all the students in the car were suspended, and my brother-in-law was expelled. After much lawyering and many hearings, he was allowed to receive his diploma, but was not allowed back to his original school. For the final three months of high school, he attended the "juvenile offenders" school.
In our current climate, I think he got off lucky.
See, that's exactly what makes this interesting. If Goldman had only created a single work, instead of mass-producing t-shirts, people might say, "Hey, that's copied from this other place!" and let it go. Now suppose it was hanging in a museum, and the gift shop sold t-shirts or post cards of the copied work. Now, it's copyright infringement.
Goldman tries to pass his violations off as "fine art", when it's pretty clear he's actually about the merchandising, and that crosses the line.
It's an interesting case.
Tod Goldman is, without a doubt, a total jackass, but what he does is extremely common. Fine art has generally gotten a pass when it comes to copying from various sources. It's not as widely known, but it's also very common for comics to copy panels from other comics. It's considered kind of a jerky, lazy thing to do, but it happens all the time.
Godman is recontextualizing the images, and that, in and of itself, can make new and unique works, but instead of honoring the source (or at least owning up to the fact that he copies), he avoids the issue and sends threatening letters.
He's painted himself into a corner. Instead of taking the high road, he has instead presented himself as a no-talent imitator.
In terms of pure annoyance, not just bad or lousy tech, I would rate CD burners before they were reliable and "click-of-death" zip disks as some of the most exasperating things that I have had to deal with.
I must have wasted dozens of hours with 1x and 2x CD burners before they became mature. I can still remember staring at the little progress bar.
95% completed -- 96% completed -- 97% completed -- 98% completed -- FAILURE BUFFER UNDERRUN.
AAAAAAAGH!
Hmm.. I might be misremembrin', but I'm pretty sure that the idea of birds evolving from dinosaurs was commonly accepted much earlier than when Jurassic Park came out.
Turn in a squirt gun. Get a Wii.
Turn in a throwing knife. Get a calculator.
Want a PS3? Just show up.
That's true only if you can figure out how to turn it into auto mode in the first place.
Yes. Cameras controls are a real problem these days. It's partly an issue of trying to be all things to all people. You want it fully automatic? Sure. You want to set everything yourself? Can do that too. Or try "sports mode" or "night mode" or "fashion mode" or "crowd mode" or "jewel mode" or "monkey mode". Okay, I made that last one up.
Pre-digital photographers had at minimum a basic understanding of film speed, depth of field, aperture size, and shutter speed. If you knew these four things, you could take any SLR manufactured before 1990 and use it immediately. Now, every camera has to be figured out. Every camera has a different interface. And I'm talking about the point and shoots.
The worst thing is when they are in some useless "mode" like "sepia/old fashioned" or "birthday candle" and you are missing a great shot because you can't figure out how to turn it off.
Rant. Rant. Rant. Young whippersnappers. Etc.
These aren't the droid stamps we're looking for.
Rockstar.
Live fast. Die young. Leave a good looking corpse.
This is like a pimply teenager begging the homecoming queen to go out with him.
Wait. Did I just compare Bill Gates to a homecoming queen?
Also, consider the human factor. If you've already made your maximum bonus for the year, it might be worth reserving some future sales in your back pocket for the following year.
It's very, very common for businesses to proceed slowly after sales / profit goals have been met in a fiscal year. Short term planning proceeds on a year-to-year basis. Te vastly ramp up production without fully analyzing consequences is a good way to shoot yourself in the foot, even if every console produced was sold.
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
Hey, Lamby, you got any human in you?
Just 15%? What do you say we make it 20?
There is quite a bit of popular science fiction cinema that's not space western. It's simply not marketed as such. Off the top of my head...
The Truman Show
Being John Malcovich
Manchurian Candidate
Movie makers and marketing companies want their films to attract as broad an audience as possible. To call something "science fiction" automatically creates expectations in people's heads.
It happens in publishing as well. Margaret Atwood is a very famous example of someone that has intentionally distanced themselves from the label.
To name me is to limit me.
I'm the same way. I won't buy a PC for myself because of that stupid "Pause Break" key on the keyboard. I'm never going to use it. Whay should I pay extra for it?
Don't verb that adjective! It bad's the language.
Excuse me, I have to go full my belly.
I am by no means knowledgeable about such matters, but of course I'm going to speculate anyway.
4 million sounds like a very small amount in the grander scheme of things. Choices have to be made. I understand this. But isn't the entire point of NASA to do research? The very core reason it exists?
Maybe I only hear about the success stories that come out of think tanks. Maybe most of them squander away money in futile pursuits. As a previous poster mentioned, I would like to hear what they have accomplished in the past.
I can't even imagine using these kind of services. It would drive me bananas. I avoided getting a cell phone for years because I didn't want to be always available. I don't instant message, and I use SMS only to receive appointment reminders.
And the fact that I have no social life or friends has absolutely nothing to do with it.
Opportunity now is traversing Victoria's rim,
It's kind of like lingerie. A lot of the fun is getting it naked. If it just shows up to your door without anything, it just seems too clinical and a little tawdry.
Yep. I'm a geek.