How about, sucks to be him not because he's going to lose $11 million in potential earnings, but because he has back problems, and loses an opportunity to do what he likes best?
Whats wrong in stressing on the 11 million?
He might have a lot of opportunity in the future to do what he likes best - That would be acting, if anything. If you are talking of the chance to be the spiderman,i would say that he has already done that with his first movie.
Think what you may, the money - 11 million pounds would be the biggest loss if he cant be there for the sequel and was rightly mentioned to be so.
OK, most people don't REALLY plan on buying more than one album in 10, 20, 50, 100 that they sample
Isnt that what sampling is all about ? To make sure that you purchase what you think is really worth a purchase. You are not forced to purchase everything that you check out in the stores, are you? I fail to understand why this is so NASTY when people have been doing it all the time by recording songs off their FM.
The radio analogy works better than a library because tapes are closer to a digital medium than books. Copies are made and distributed, rather than lent out to people as in a library.
"why waste precious use of mental resources by making students multiply and divide instead of handing them over calculaters ?"
There arent many who subscribe to the iceberg theory that you have mentioned. Memory is just like any other muscle - train it , keep it sharp and it will help you. Knowing to memorize something like the periodic table after all involves knowing what exactly helps your brain remember things - for some it might be a rhyme like the haiku and for others it could be pictures for association . Either way, it helps develop a skill!
On demand models wouldnt be cost effective. The difference between broadcast & on demand music would be analogous to using the public transport instead of driving your car.
Hybrid systems that take user feedback would ideally fall between the two extremes.
wouldnt make a difference to general listening but it is definitely an innovation. Think of the possibilities:
What if they could ask what song the users would like to be played next and switch accordingly based upon wishes of the majority ?
What if they could generate a system where people could rate songs over the same Wifi (using PDAs maybe) and systems are in place to determine what might be played next.
What if they are able to transmit the mp3 tags of the songs also so that you can rush to the CD store and get the album for that one song ?
Well , sony selling out its equipment to connect to game services might make things more ideal for game makers but not consumers.Every time a new game come out we would end up paying a brand new subscription fee. X-Boxers would get to play as long as they like with as many games they like for a fixed subscription fee. I think Microsoft has it right here.
I dont think microsoft is building this gaming support because it is the next frontier. Gaming on PC after all has a limited market given that it has to be split among consoles like Gamecube, PS2 and even XBox.
The intent microsoft may have in improving gaming support in their next OS could be: 1. To offer Game developers an added incentive to develop for XBOX as opposed to PS2. Write once and run on XBOX or PC ! 2. Further prohibit Warezs . The path servers referred to in the article would not work when the game is not authentic. This will increase developer's intent to make more games for PCs which translates to Microsoft's advantage by Point 1. 3. Standardize controls - make them more Xboxish to fuel XBOX adoption.
I would rather be bitten by a butterfly so that i could fly, be multicolored, walk around with wings & MSN tag on it.. eeek.. never mind, pass the spider after you are done.
god bless the spammers
SPAM engineers ? how cool is that ? Algorithms to filter out spam , tracking systems, ipblocks.
they are creating job opportunities here.
They are doing what dubya cant do.
Analysts predict that corporate interest in keeping track of employees' instant messaging will drive demand for new software from AOL
No wonder that AOL did not agree on a standard to interoprate with other IMs like MSN. They must have been on a mission of making their corporate IM version that would allow employees to have with personal contacts,who are only on AOL . More than one company can play the monopoly game.
I was like you for most of my life (20 years) & through similar experiences have almost concluded that when a stranger starts to talk to me in a warm and friendly way it could be only for 2 reasons: 1. Selling something to me. 2. Conning me completely.
I almost wait for either their "sales pitch" or their "con pitch" ignoring the rest of the chatter. Needless to say, i give them a wrong name, place of work and anything they ask about me.
This might sound like I am paranoid/cynical or even xenophobic but neither of it is true. My only fear is about losing my own guard.
Venuzualian electric frequency is reduced . We all know electricity produces magnetic fields. Since slashdot servers exist symetrically on the other half of earths hemisphere, ocassionally there is jerk in time causing Reposts on Slashdot servers.
I was going for +5 funny, not plus five +insightful
Now,son, you dont have to lie to us. You have a valid problem out there and we at SLASHDOT (yes, of all the fucking places in the world) are going to fix it !
Can we have your fiance's email address please? She needs to look have a look at this post. The situation is SERIOUS.
So if the "fake violence breeds real violence" crowd is right, we should be seeing a fairly significant spike in violent crime, right?
Its the conditioning thats more important. Kids can grow up thinking that guns, shooting and looting are cool. The effects can only be determined in the future.
Having said that it has been rated "R", rightly so.
If cannibalism was accepted in a society with very few advocating change, it would form part of the culture. And Like it or not, it is serving its purpose for otherwise we would see the internal need for change.
Anyways, the issue at hand has nothing to do with cannibalism. To think it does would only serve to indicate a highly distorted view of the issue.
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How about, sucks to be him not because he's going to lose $11 million in potential earnings, but because he has back problems, and loses an opportunity to do what he likes best?
Whats wrong in stressing on the 11 million?
He might have a lot of opportunity in the future to do what he likes best - That would be acting, if anything. If you are talking of the chance to be the spiderman,i would say that he has already done that with his first movie.
Think what you may, the money - 11 million pounds would be the biggest loss if he cant be there for the sequel and was rightly mentioned to be so.
OK, most people don't REALLY plan on buying more than one album in 10, 20, 50, 100 that they sample
Isnt that what sampling is all about ? To make sure that you purchase what you think is really worth a purchase. You are not forced to purchase everything that you check out in the stores, are you? I fail to understand why this is so NASTY when people have been doing it all the time by recording songs off their FM.
The radio analogy works better than a library because tapes are closer to a digital medium than books. Copies are made and distributed, rather than lent out to people as in a library.
Your argument sounds like
"why waste precious use of mental resources by making students multiply and divide instead of handing them over calculaters ?"
There arent many who subscribe to the iceberg theory that you have mentioned. Memory is just like any other muscle - train it , keep it sharp and it will help you. Knowing to memorize something like the periodic table after all involves knowing what exactly helps your brain remember things - for some it might be a rhyme like the haiku and for others it could be pictures for association . Either way, it helps develop a skill!
On demand models wouldnt be cost effective. The difference between broadcast & on demand music would be analogous to using the public transport instead of driving your car. Hybrid systems that take user feedback would ideally fall between the two extremes.
wouldnt make a difference to general listening but it is definitely an innovation. Think of the possibilities :
What if they could ask what song the users would like to be played next and switch accordingly based upon wishes of the majority ?
What if they could generate a system where people could rate songs over the same Wifi (using PDAs maybe) and systems are in place to determine what might be played next.
What if they are able to transmit the mp3 tags of the songs also so that you can rush to the CD store and get the album for that one song ?
Well , sony selling out its equipment to connect to game services might make things more ideal for game makers but not consumers.Every time a new game come out we would end up paying a brand new subscription fee.
X-Boxers would get to play as long as they like with as many games they like for a fixed subscription fee. I think Microsoft has it right here.
"Microsoft should be concerned that a game maker of the size of Electronics Arts doesn't support its initiative"
(funny,5)
I dont think microsoft is building this gaming support because it is the next frontier. Gaming on PC after all has a limited market given that it has to be split among consoles like Gamecube, PS2 and even XBox.
:
The intent microsoft may have in improving gaming support in their next OS could be
1. To offer Game developers an added incentive to develop for XBOX as opposed to PS2. Write once and run on XBOX or PC !
2. Further prohibit Warezs . The path servers referred to in the article would not work when the game is not authentic. This will increase developer's intent to make more games for PCs which translates to Microsoft's advantage by Point 1.
3. Standardize controls - make them more Xboxish to fuel XBOX adoption.
This is how a source browser should look like!
:
should have been
That was how a source browser should have looked like!
I would rather be bitten by a butterfly so that i could fly, be multicolored, walk around with wings & MSN tag on it.. eeek.. never mind, pass the spider after you are done.
god bless the spammers SPAM engineers ? how cool is that ? Algorithms to filter out spam , tracking systems, ipblocks. they are creating job opportunities here. They are doing what dubya cant do.
what do you do with freaks like me ?
hmmm tangential thought. Nice way of say offtopic. Can we have a Score(Tangential,-1) for posts like these?
No.. a person with a lottery ticket has *one* more chance of winning than a person that has one.
Sigh Please remove Q.E.D from ur signature. I was breaking my head over a divine meaning behind that Typo!
omg u 2 had the same feelings. lol !!
Analysts predict that corporate interest in keeping track of employees' instant messaging will drive demand for new software from AOL
No wonder that AOL did not agree on a standard to interoprate with other IMs like MSN. They must have been on a mission of making their corporate IM version that would allow employees to have with personal contacts,who are only on AOL . More than one company can play the monopoly game.
Bashdot exists.
Thanks for sharing your experience.
I was like you for most of my life (20 years) & through similar experiences have almost concluded that when a stranger starts to talk to me in a warm and friendly way it could be only for 2 reasons:
1. Selling something to me.
2. Conning me completely.
I almost wait for either their "sales pitch" or their "con pitch" ignoring the rest of the chatter. Needless to say, i give them a wrong name, place of work and anything they ask about me.
This might sound like I am paranoid/cynical or even xenophobic but neither of it is true. My only fear is about losing my own guard.
Venuzualian electric frequency is reduced . We all know electricity produces magnetic fields. Since slashdot servers exist symetrically on the other half of earths hemisphere, ocassionally there is jerk in time causing Reposts on Slashdot servers.
I was going for +5 funny, not plus five +insightful
Now,son, you dont have to lie to us. You have a valid problem out there and we at SLASHDOT (yes, of all the fucking places in the world) are going to fix it !
Can we have your fiance's email address please?
She needs to look have a look at this post.
The situation is SERIOUS.
So if the "fake violence breeds real violence" crowd is right, we should be seeing a fairly significant spike in violent crime, right?
Its the conditioning thats more important. Kids can grow up thinking that guns, shooting and looting are cool. The effects can only be determined in the future.
Having said that it has been rated "R", rightly so.
mr.ergo, how did you get inbetween. The grandfather was my parent !!
how dare you call that a no joke. ..
timeless slashdot classics like
Duke Nukem
All your Base..
Beowolf clusters are here to stay !
wait i think i forgot something.
1.Now Imagine a beowolf cluster of all those jokes
2.......
3.Karma Profit !!
Rinse, drywash and Repeat.
If cannibalism was accepted in a society with very few advocating change, it would form part of the culture. And Like it or not, it is serving its purpose for otherwise we would see the internal need for change.
Anyways, the issue at hand has nothing to do with cannibalism. To think it does would only serve to indicate a highly distorted view of the issue.
how dare you say that its overrated. Jokes like
"All your base.."
"Bewolf cluster..."
are timeless slashdot classics !
Now sit there and picture a bewolf cluster of all the "All your base.." jokes.
Btw, your post was offtopic. This one derives from all the base of the jokes - still on topic.