Yeah, no one but Jackson could have done LoTRs. [rolling of eyes]
Why does everyone call his name up like he's some kind of God? A ton of directors could have done the same job with the talent Jackson had. Jackson is such a small part of this puzzle that he's hardly worth mentioning and given the template that currently exists for fantasy film success things aren't going to change much from large studios in the near future.
He would need rights to the works. Given the popularity of JRRT's works today I'd find it hard to believe that he has enough money to buy the rights, produce and promote the film. There's a ton of cash he'd need.
Congrats on supporting a company that backs the very reason so many people are pissed off.
That's the fundamental problem here in the debate I see... many people aren't pissed off because of DRM at all. It's only in our own little geek subculture that DRM is an issue. For the most part Joe Sixpack doesn't care about DRM and it does little to his own well being.
Maybe others here don't see it this way. I have advice for those: step away from the computer for a while and get to rubbing elbows with these consumers and see what I'm talking about. These people do not bitch about DRM, most don't know what it is and a very small percentage of them are having problem with it.
I know that we like to think that people are paying attention but the bottom line is that they're not. A boycott by all slashdotters/diggers isn't going to put a ding on the armor of companies like Sony, MS and Apple. We're a non-issue yet we keep acting like we're an important factor. Just look at all this "Apple, I'm looking at you..." type of talk. Do you really think Apple cares? If I were Apple I wouldn't. The companies turning to "open technologies" (so to speak) aren't doing it because user #2342423423 (aka. Big_Hacker_Cracker) on slashdot is talking sense to them, they're doing it because they need an alternative. DRM hasn't caused enough of a wave and there isn't enough of an alternative to change this fact.
For the most part this isn't unlike the Windows vs Linux debate.
I don't have as much of a problem with the pay gap as with the same people making these large sums not being serious stock holders in their company. Their paycheck is not directly related to company performance in many cases today.
It's unbelievable to me how easy it is for someone to work their way to the top of a company without having a serious amount of their personal wealth invested into the company and that this lack of investment is a safeguard against them not having to be overly concerned in the companies well being.
I know it's a simplistic way of looking at it but it's what makes sense to me.
That's not unreasonable to think that. It seems easy enough to do and, unlike many plans being tossed around, we have the technology to do it right now.
More powerful broadcasts could be detected to even greater distances [over 30 LYs].
Maybe I'm wrong but I would think that as a civilization becomes more advanced that the power of their broadcasts would decrees and the signals would become more focused. Would it be easier to detect a signal from 20 years ago from a few light years away than what it would be to detect today's signals? If so I think we'd be looking at a small window of opportunity to detect another civilization.
This isn't to say that widening the spectrum of the search is a bad thing but I'm just trying to get my head around how useful this might really be.
People with the most basic level of decency and morals know that such a thing is never strings free.
Think what you want but I see it as people who lack self respect and self control who are swayed by shiny trinkets. If you'd feel a need for "repayment" of such a promotional item than you definitely do not have the outlook it takes to be a serious critic. I've been given promos in the past for review and the amount of extra crap that came with them never swayed me.
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I tried to do "hack" sql stuff once but it kept throwing an error on "$313C7"
you're missing the point. what happens on the day that they start putting out linux and simply "make things easier for the end user" by circumventing some common sense security measures?
i feel that it's always a bad idea to leave technology determine if a vehicle should function or not. while i don't condone drinking and driving there is also the chance that someone may be in a position that they have no real choice.
what's going to happen the first time a few people are together drinking in a responsible fashion and one gets sick/injured and someone needs to get him to professional help and the car won't work due to their "risky" behavior? who's going to be liable for what on that day?
I'm not sure why "volume discount" or OEM relationships are exactly a satisfactory answer either.
Because by buying a very large block of product from MS the OEM alleviates the need for MS to send out sales reps, build POS materials, advertise, additional packaging, etc etc etc. These costs are substantial and by passing on the savings to the same people who help MS get around the bad noise of single user marketing they ensure a favorable marketshare while not having to sacrifice profit margins to overhead expense that the single user sale carries with it.
It's fairly reasonable, IMHO and I do accept why this works on just about every industry, if not every industry on the face of the planet.
This is the same reason that bands are willing to work with record labels. Does not having a label increase profit? Probably. Does not having a label increase the workload and the financial burden of putting your own money on the line to produce music, distribute it, promoting it and touring? No doubt.
Sometimes it's hard to wrap my brain around this, but that fuzzy glow is stars. We can't even see individual stars, just the fuzzy glow. How are we supposed to see radio on a planet around a star when we can't even resolve the individual star?
And with our same limited technology you're proposing moving a star when we haven't even moved an asteroid yet? What's the debate here? If you're using our ability to see into another galaxy as proof of another civilizations ability to be able to observe their neighboring galaxy I think you're going to have a lot of explaining to do when it comes down to the question of our ability to manipulate space.
My original post addressed this very issue.
And if you have a problem getting your head around the concept of those being individual stars just think: We have seen stars with using radio detection methods and detected planets around them using optics from distances that we would have a hard time understanding... we have yet to influence even an atom of matter more than 100 AU from our planet.
My point has more to deal with what abilities an alien civilization may have and the returns of investment involved in pushing two stars together.
Once you're at the point where you can influence the position of a star it's very unlikely that you're going to have a problem noticing other civilizations through pure observation, not being observed by others. I will grant you that waiting for someone to take notice of a weak signal across intergalactic space is such a terrible concept it's hardly worth considering. But if you're the one looking for the other civilizations and you have such a commanding technology there is little chance of not having the ability to scope out other civilizations without having to send out the signal.
That's the reason I took our current (ie. known) situation; we stand a much better chance of noticing another civilization from observation than what we do trying to "flag" someones attention towards our corner of space. We could get into an argument on the finer points of the word "communication" but if you simply want to send out a signal and hope someone gets back to you it seems like it's a sky high goal compared to taking the situation in hand and finding them first via observation.
Part of my point (that I didn't address directly) is also that by the time a civilization has the power to push around a star to create this signal they probably wouldn't need the signal. They'd likely have progressed to the point where other simpler methods would be just as effective with very low material costs.
I guess it's like the question of the Dyson Sphere: once a civilization has the know-how and ability to create a Dyson sphere are they really going to need it? Sometimes a technology, while neat for the geek factor, costs way more in resources and time than what it's worth in possible returns.
If, hypothetically, you found yourself to have evolved first or to exist in an otherwise empty galaxy - then you might look for an easy way to get the attention of any civilizations in any other galaxies. If you could move a star (details, details) then this would be a good way to get yourself noticed.
Just to poke a hypothetical hole in your hypothetical civilization...
I think the real questions here is the evolution of technology by an alien culture. For what you've said to make sense this civilization would have to have the ability to guide stars in a significant fashion while not having the ability to do simple observance as we do today. IMHO that's just too far fetched.
Consider our own little planet here: we have a limited ability to detect solar systems and radio signals from a distance within our own galaxy. Yet, we do not have the ability to jump to the next semi-habitable planet and stay there on a permanent basis. It's fairly clear that our ability to observe the cosmos is much much better than our ability to [work within/live within/manipulate] anything outside of our own little sphere of mud and rock.
It's just a question of how a civilization could evolve in such a fashion as to be able to work with outer space but not be able to observe it beyond their own first-hand experience.
If I had the insight or imagination to figure this out into a workable model I'd be one hell of a science fiction writer.
People want computers to compensate for their lack of dick size, hence PHB executives buying powerful notebooks to play solitaire and use MS Office
Actually, my guess is it's because they don't know any better.
Most CEO Joes are probably more likely to remember the cost of their latest laptop instead of the processor speed, memory size or HD capacity. So in some cases they would like to use it to brag about their 3K USD laptop. But aside from that the same guy who can't tell you if he has a P3 or P4 under the hood of his ThinkPad probably isn't going to understand that a 350-P2 is going to run Office just as well as his new Intel Duo 2 rig.
As for dick size? That's what the car is all about. Most CEO Joes understand all the base stats about their car. They understand what a 5 litre engine is, they know the impression bullshit like trailer hitches and fog lamps leave on others as they cruise along in their Navigator. They know that people are going to be more impressed by a 120K USD Humvee over a 3K USD laptop.
The only people who really think that people are impressed by their laptop are geeks and wanna-bes (wanna-bes moreso).
yes, in this case he confessed. But what if he didn't do it?
I'm sorry, I must have missed something. Where in the article did it say being caught on these cameras circumvents due process? You've jumped to an invalid conclusion.
But, virtualization is so often touted as a way to consolidate servers. I keep asking myself "Who are these people that have that many servers with so little load, that many servers that they could consolidate (making a single COMPLETE point of failure), and haven't already done so?"
While I know this isn't what you're talking about; I'm currently using VMWare to host multiple servers for educational reasons. I simply do not have enough spare systems to mimic a few servers doing their normal tasks. VMWare is an alternative that allows we to take a machine and see how some systems work together and gives me the opportunity to "break" them without a ton of tedious images or having to rebuild the systems.
Again, I know it's not exactly what you mean but it's an economic and safe (as in easy to maintain) way for me to make a "virtual server farm" without all the bulk that would be needed without it while maintaining a realistic model of having different apps hosted from different servers.
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I don't feel that tags have enough significance behind them to merit a standard. I'd be more concerned with truth in journalism first, for my part.
Tolkien died in the early 70s. His works won't be PD for another 40 years or so.
Yeah, no one but Jackson could have done LoTRs. [rolling of eyes]
Why does everyone call his name up like he's some kind of God? A ton of directors could have done the same job with the talent Jackson had. Jackson is such a small part of this puzzle that he's hardly worth mentioning and given the template that currently exists for fantasy film success things aren't going to change much from large studios in the near future.
He would need rights to the works. Given the popularity of JRRT's works today I'd find it hard to believe that he has enough money to buy the rights, produce and promote the film. There's a ton of cash he'd need.
Congrats on supporting a company that backs the very reason so many people are pissed off.
That's the fundamental problem here in the debate I see... many people aren't pissed off because of DRM at all. It's only in our own little geek subculture that DRM is an issue. For the most part Joe Sixpack doesn't care about DRM and it does little to his own well being.
Maybe others here don't see it this way. I have advice for those: step away from the computer for a while and get to rubbing elbows with these consumers and see what I'm talking about. These people do not bitch about DRM, most don't know what it is and a very small percentage of them are having problem with it.
I know that we like to think that people are paying attention but the bottom line is that they're not. A boycott by all slashdotters/diggers isn't going to put a ding on the armor of companies like Sony, MS and Apple. We're a non-issue yet we keep acting like we're an important factor. Just look at all this "Apple, I'm looking at you..." type of talk. Do you really think Apple cares? If I were Apple I wouldn't. The companies turning to "open technologies" (so to speak) aren't doing it because user #2342423423 (aka. Big_Hacker_Cracker) on slashdot is talking sense to them, they're doing it because they need an alternative. DRM hasn't caused enough of a wave and there isn't enough of an alternative to change this fact.
For the most part this isn't unlike the Windows vs Linux debate.
I don't have as much of a problem with the pay gap as with the same people making these large sums not being serious stock holders in their company. Their paycheck is not directly related to company performance in many cases today.
It's unbelievable to me how easy it is for someone to work their way to the top of a company without having a serious amount of their personal wealth invested into the company and that this lack of investment is a safeguard against them not having to be overly concerned in the companies well being.
I know it's a simplistic way of looking at it but it's what makes sense to me.
That's not unreasonable to think that. It seems easy enough to do and, unlike many plans being tossed around, we have the technology to do it right now.
Yeah, I noticed that after posting. Oh well, they have my vote for an edit button.
A better article that gives some easy to access maps and a bit more technical information.
BTW: Does anyone know if there are future prospects for this comet? Everything seems to point at January 15th being the end of it's visibility.
More powerful broadcasts could be detected to even greater distances [over 30 LYs].
Maybe I'm wrong but I would think that as a civilization becomes more advanced that the power of their broadcasts would decrees and the signals would become more focused. Would it be easier to detect a signal from 20 years ago from a few light years away than what it would be to detect today's signals? If so I think we'd be looking at a small window of opportunity to detect another civilization.
This isn't to say that widening the spectrum of the search is a bad thing but I'm just trying to get my head around how useful this might really be.
People with the most basic level of decency and morals know that such a thing is never strings free.
Think what you want but I see it as people who lack self respect and self control who are swayed by shiny trinkets. If you'd feel a need for "repayment" of such a promotional item than you definitely do not have the outlook it takes to be a serious critic. I've been given promos in the past for review and the amount of extra crap that came with them never swayed me.
I tried to do "hack" sql stuff once but it kept throwing an error on "$313C7"
HP sells restore media for 10 USD at the time of PC purchase. I can't say anything for the aftermarket costs.
Not to mention you could probably move it elsewhere... near a country that would be more open to this type of thing than the UK
you're missing the point. what happens on the day that they start putting out linux and simply "make things easier for the end user" by circumventing some common sense security measures?
i feel that it's always a bad idea to leave technology determine if a vehicle should function or not. while i don't condone drinking and driving there is also the chance that someone may be in a position that they have no real choice.
what's going to happen the first time a few people are together drinking in a responsible fashion and one gets sick/injured and someone needs to get him to professional help and the car won't work due to their "risky" behavior? who's going to be liable for what on that day?
I'm not sure why "volume discount" or OEM relationships are exactly a satisfactory answer either.
Because by buying a very large block of product from MS the OEM alleviates the need for MS to send out sales reps, build POS materials, advertise, additional packaging, etc etc etc. These costs are substantial and by passing on the savings to the same people who help MS get around the bad noise of single user marketing they ensure a favorable marketshare while not having to sacrifice profit margins to overhead expense that the single user sale carries with it.
It's fairly reasonable, IMHO and I do accept why this works on just about every industry, if not every industry on the face of the planet.
This is the same reason that bands are willing to work with record labels. Does not having a label increase profit? Probably. Does not having a label increase the workload and the financial burden of putting your own money on the line to produce music, distribute it, promoting it and touring? No doubt.
On the other hand, the article also cites David Thomas
He demanded more pickles and square burgers. He thinks this is the big problem with software today.
Oh, and a biggie Coke too... he's in favor of that.
Sometimes it's hard to wrap my brain around this, but that fuzzy glow is stars. We can't even see individual stars, just the fuzzy glow. How are we supposed to see radio on a planet around a star when we can't even resolve the individual star?
And with our same limited technology you're proposing moving a star when we haven't even moved an asteroid yet? What's the debate here? If you're using our ability to see into another galaxy as proof of another civilizations ability to be able to observe their neighboring galaxy I think you're going to have a lot of explaining to do when it comes down to the question of our ability to manipulate space.
My original post addressed this very issue.
And if you have a problem getting your head around the concept of those being individual stars just think: We have seen stars with using radio detection methods and detected planets around them using optics from distances that we would have a hard time understanding... we have yet to influence even an atom of matter more than 100 AU from our planet.
My point has more to deal with what abilities an alien civilization may have and the returns of investment involved in pushing two stars together.
Once you're at the point where you can influence the position of a star it's very unlikely that you're going to have a problem noticing other civilizations through pure observation, not being observed by others. I will grant you that waiting for someone to take notice of a weak signal across intergalactic space is such a terrible concept it's hardly worth considering. But if you're the one looking for the other civilizations and you have such a commanding technology there is little chance of not having the ability to scope out other civilizations without having to send out the signal.
That's the reason I took our current (ie. known) situation; we stand a much better chance of noticing another civilization from observation than what we do trying to "flag" someones attention towards our corner of space. We could get into an argument on the finer points of the word "communication" but if you simply want to send out a signal and hope someone gets back to you it seems like it's a sky high goal compared to taking the situation in hand and finding them first via observation.
Part of my point (that I didn't address directly) is also that by the time a civilization has the power to push around a star to create this signal they probably wouldn't need the signal. They'd likely have progressed to the point where other simpler methods would be just as effective with very low material costs.
I guess it's like the question of the Dyson Sphere: once a civilization has the know-how and ability to create a Dyson sphere are they really going to need it? Sometimes a technology, while neat for the geek factor, costs way more in resources and time than what it's worth in possible returns.
If, hypothetically, you found yourself to have evolved first or to exist in an otherwise empty galaxy - then you might look for an easy way to get the attention of any civilizations in any other galaxies. If you could move a star (details, details) then this would be a good way to get yourself noticed.
Just to poke a hypothetical hole in your hypothetical civilization...
I think the real questions here is the evolution of technology by an alien culture. For what you've said to make sense this civilization would have to have the ability to guide stars in a significant fashion while not having the ability to do simple observance as we do today. IMHO that's just too far fetched.
Consider our own little planet here: we have a limited ability to detect solar systems and radio signals from a distance within our own galaxy. Yet, we do not have the ability to jump to the next semi-habitable planet and stay there on a permanent basis. It's fairly clear that our ability to observe the cosmos is much much better than our ability to [work within/live within/manipulate] anything outside of our own little sphere of mud and rock.
It's just a question of how a civilization could evolve in such a fashion as to be able to work with outer space but not be able to observe it beyond their own first-hand experience.
If I had the insight or imagination to figure this out into a workable model I'd be one hell of a science fiction writer.
People want computers to compensate for their lack of dick size, hence PHB executives buying powerful notebooks to play solitaire and use MS Office
Actually, my guess is it's because they don't know any better.
Most CEO Joes are probably more likely to remember the cost of their latest laptop instead of the processor speed, memory size or HD capacity. So in some cases they would like to use it to brag about their 3K USD laptop. But aside from that the same guy who can't tell you if he has a P3 or P4 under the hood of his ThinkPad probably isn't going to understand that a 350-P2 is going to run Office just as well as his new Intel Duo 2 rig.
As for dick size? That's what the car is all about. Most CEO Joes understand all the base stats about their car. They understand what a 5 litre engine is, they know the impression bullshit like trailer hitches and fog lamps leave on others as they cruise along in their Navigator. They know that people are going to be more impressed by a 120K USD Humvee over a 3K USD laptop.
The only people who really think that people are impressed by their laptop are geeks and wanna-bes (wanna-bes moreso).
Does this mean that sun-tea is better for me than tea made with water boiled in my microwave? Sweet!
yes, in this case he confessed. But what if he didn't do it?
I'm sorry, I must have missed something. Where in the article did it say being caught on these cameras circumvents due process? You've jumped to an invalid conclusion.
But, virtualization is so often touted as a way to consolidate servers. I keep asking myself "Who are these people that have that many servers with so little load, that many servers that they could consolidate (making a single COMPLETE point of failure), and haven't already done so?"
While I know this isn't what you're talking about; I'm currently using VMWare to host multiple servers for educational reasons. I simply do not have enough spare systems to mimic a few servers doing their normal tasks. VMWare is an alternative that allows we to take a machine and see how some systems work together and gives me the opportunity to "break" them without a ton of tedious images or having to rebuild the systems.
Again, I know it's not exactly what you mean but it's an economic and safe (as in easy to maintain) way for me to make a "virtual server farm" without all the bulk that would be needed without it while maintaining a realistic model of having different apps hosted from different servers.