but what about Canada? i live in Vancouver and it seems like a majority of online retailers based in the US won't ship here! i mean... i live less than 3 hours away from Seattle (by car) but Seattle-based online retailers won't ship stuff to me. what a joke.
well, one of apple's "advantages" is they make great software
in this case we have final cut pro. it's an amazing program that has empowered many young/low budget filmmakers through its ease of use and power. in fact, i'd go so far as to say that it's the video editing app in which ease of use and power are most perfectly balanced.
other developers in general seem less enthusiastic about standing up to the usability challenge. this is why apple has won with final cut pro.
if premiere were the only video editing choice for mac, adobe would of course be announcing that they're continuing it. but apple made a better app.
you know michael... it doesn't seem to be a call for copyright reform (LITERARY copyright reform if anything) so much as a defense of the parody.
it says nothing damning about the usual copyright issues that set slashdot aflutter (code, genetics, technology, music/record labels, etc etc.) when i first glanced at the header i thought this was going to be something more like this. so i guess it's the word harry potter makes this nerd news (?!?)
in any case... nope, this is mostly a defence of the right to mock. the article concludes with the following (and i paraphrase): "the ripoffs aren't really making that much money! and besides, they're just parodies!" it fails to manage any real defence of the books that appropriate the Harry Potter character itself. saying, as the author does, that the foreign bootlegs are like cheap imitation chinese walkmans misses the point: the Harry Potter world is being invaded, its characters tarnished, the brand confused, etcetera. i don't really give a damn about Harry Potter or the books (never read one), but this seems like an example of copyright law put to good use more than anything. the issue of parody is another matter. the author manages to intertwine the issues in a weak attempt to make his dubious point.
i can keep my cpu temp down 10 degrees celsius by leaving the door to the backyard open. it's not 15 litres of water, but it keeps it cool. i mean, no need to get crazy:x
not just for its 80s feel, but for its bizarre moments above all.
-for example, the kids hitch a ride with a giant black trucker named Spanky... Spanky?
-the kids surreptitiously ride in the back of a farmer's truck and then get beaten up by the farmers. their money is stolen. CMON WHO DOES THAT?!?!? the kids are like 10 years old.
-fred savage's character dons a monster mask and tries to scare the girl as a little practical joke. she stares at him incredulously for a couple of seconds. then she hits him square in the face, bare knuckles style, knocking him out cold for the entire night! WTF!!
-sam, the kids' dad, is supposed to continue the journey but he's caught up in playing zelda. the elder son, nick, gets his attention: (lifted from imdb)
[Sam is playing Zelda II The Adventures Of Link]
Nick: Pop I think we got it.
Sam: Wait a second. I'm on the sixth palace of Hyrule. Yeah, Got past the river devil.
Nick: Right.
[Turns off the Nintendo]
Sam: What the hell are you doing? I had the magic key. I got the cross. I was closing in on the barbarian!
Nick: You're losing it pop.
-the girl utters a memorably idiotic line:
Haley: She packed it in. She was a showgirl. Great legs. I got her legs, what do you think?
-calllifoooornia!
it's surreal. hilarious. as un-timeless as movies get.
rent it today for a laugh. and remember, quoting The Wizard out loud definitely makes you cool.
sorry, slightly off topic.. but after having a bit of a look around here i've concluded that the most popular phrase on slashdot is 'order of magnitude':x
[quote]For example, one company, Med-Eng Systems, Inc., showed off its "RoBoCop"-like suit made of thick layers of Kevlar for protection against heat, flames, blast fragmentation and impact. It weighs about 40 pounds and comes with a special undergarment, boots and gloves to protect wearers against chemical, biological and radiological exposure.
"It's an all-in-one," said Danny Crossman, product line manager for blast systems, explained. And another company representative, technical adviser Ray James, added, "It's the only bomb suit in the world that integrates adequate protection against a explosive device with biological and chemical protection." [/quote]
how can they call it a RoboCop suit with a clear conscience, given that this thing kicks absolutely NO ass?...as far as i can tell it's just really good at taking abuse
without standards, innovation takes place in less discrete steps. it is not clear when "the next level" has been reached. perhaps in some cases standards stifle, but they really are necessary in my opinion (and the opinions of others, of course) if concerted progress is to be possible .
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man, if you haven't found any good drum recordings yet, you're lazy. you just need to know where to look
that's just my two favourites. there are many more.
by the way, opmusic mentions that they allow any kind of audio files on their site (but you have to host them). so it could be used to distribute that sort of thing (and i think that would be an ideal use for the site)
the idea that i should want to release my music under an open source license is insulting. my music is an expression of my aesthetic preferences. giving unknown others the freedom to recontextualize it without my input is worse to me than selling my music to an advertiser for cash -- not only does it reduce a song's value aesthetically without any chance of control on my part, but it furthers the notion that music is not something businesses looking for a sound for their tv spot should have to pay for.
already, it's common enough for companies and producers wanting cheap tunes to offer an underground artist a small amount of money for the use of a piece. the artist has no bargaining power because there are thousands of other smalltime underground producers. thus he must choose either to receive a little exposure and a few dollars from a rich company (pitiful compared to professional standards), or get nothing at all!
putting music out there and encouraging others to use it for free just makes it that much harder for those who want to make a living off their art -- i'd go so far as to say it's irresponsible. it's fine for people to make their music available as free mp3 downloads... i mean, if nobody knows you, nobody is going to pay just to check out if you're any good or not. but for the love of god, keep your copyright.
i allow downloads of my music at a lowish bit rate. i'm not so precious about my tunes that i don't let anyone hear them, but i'm not about to give away what i spend so much time on for personal and commercial use. *cough* especially after an incident last summer where someone downloaded a high quality mp3 of a song i'd made available on my site and had it released on vinyl under their name ---> scroll down to the last item of the faq for the story
to be fair, there's some merit to that site. some things are best freely distributed... for example non-song samples of instruments and vocals that are useful for cutting up electronically and constructing new songs.
but on the whole, i give opmusic a thumbs down (for what it's worth).
Is the seeking of lost skills and arts a hacking analog? Well, I wouldn't say so. Hacking is about creating the means to an end oneself, independant of any official or sanctioned guidelines. Seeking lost skills and arts is simply undertaking a nostalgic quest, much like deciding to collect Christian Archie comics from 1973 or something. The process may involve some hacking, as "lost skills" no doubt have less than perfect handbooks for them... but there's nothing that necessarily makes it analogous to hacking.
One is a method -- one is an interest. I can see people who are into hacking being interested in lost art/skill revival though...:)
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.... and on it, no doubt, the oldest laffy taffy ever :O
from the article: "It has very little bearing on the final outcome of the case," Dickerson said.
so there you go. just a bump on the road to a world of games where cops are invincible juggernauts.
ok, i accept that reasoning for Hungary.
but what about Canada? i live in Vancouver and it seems like a majority of online retailers based in the US won't ship here! i mean... i live less than 3 hours away from Seattle (by car) but Seattle-based online retailers won't ship stuff to me. what a joke.
there must be something else.
well, one of apple's "advantages" is they make great software
in this case we have final cut pro. it's an amazing program that has empowered many young/low budget filmmakers through its ease of use and power. in fact, i'd go so far as to say that it's the video editing app in which ease of use and power are most perfectly balanced.
other developers in general seem less enthusiastic about standing up to the usability challenge. this is why apple has won with final cut pro.
if premiere were the only video editing choice for mac, adobe would of course be announcing that they're continuing it. but apple made a better app.
on the largest single-day karma take in slashdot history!!! ;x
this article will probably read "July 6th - NE0258 RUL3Z"
the dvd set is way off.... november!! ?!?!? personally, i'm more excited about the version made by 12 year-olds anyway
you know michael... it doesn't seem to be a call for copyright reform (LITERARY copyright reform if anything) so much as a defense of the parody.
... nope, this is mostly a defence of the right to mock. the article concludes with the following (and i paraphrase): "the ripoffs aren't really making that much money! and besides, they're just parodies!" it fails to manage any real defence of the books that appropriate the Harry Potter character itself. saying, as the author does, that the foreign bootlegs are like cheap imitation chinese walkmans misses the point: the Harry Potter world is being invaded, its characters tarnished, the brand confused, etcetera. i don't really give a damn about Harry Potter or the books (never read one), but this seems like an example of copyright law put to good use more than anything. the issue of parody is another matter. the author manages to intertwine the issues in a weak attempt to make his dubious point.
it says nothing damning about the usual copyright issues that set slashdot aflutter (code, genetics, technology, music/record labels, etc etc.) when i first glanced at the header i thought this was going to be something more like this. so i guess it's the word harry potter makes this nerd news (?!?)
in any case
i can keep my cpu temp down 10 degrees celsius by leaving the door to the backyard open. it's not 15 litres of water, but it keeps it cool. i mean, no need to get crazy :x
not just for its 80s feel, but for its bizarre moments above all.
... Spanky?
-for example, the kids hitch a ride with a giant black trucker named Spanky
-the kids surreptitiously ride in the back of a farmer's truck and then get beaten up by the farmers. their money is stolen. CMON WHO DOES THAT?!?!? the kids are like 10 years old.
-fred savage's character dons a monster mask and tries to scare the girl as a little practical joke. she stares at him incredulously for a couple of seconds. then she hits him square in the face, bare knuckles style, knocking him out cold for the entire night! WTF!!
-sam, the kids' dad, is supposed to continue the journey but he's caught up in playing zelda. the elder son, nick, gets his attention: (lifted from imdb)
[Sam is playing Zelda II The Adventures Of Link]
Nick: Pop I think we got it.
Sam: Wait a second. I'm on the sixth palace of Hyrule. Yeah, Got past the river devil.
Nick: Right.
[Turns off the Nintendo]
Sam: What the hell are you doing? I had the magic key. I got the cross. I was closing in on the barbarian!
Nick: You're losing it pop.
-the girl utters a memorably idiotic line:
Haley: She packed it in. She was a showgirl. Great legs. I got her legs, what do you think?
-calllifoooornia!
it's surreal. hilarious. as un-timeless as movies get.
rent it today for a laugh. and remember, quoting The Wizard out loud definitely makes you cool.
the main problem is the name.
"HEY, RIM ME TONIGHT, WILL YA? WE'LL HOOK UP."
so much embarassment.
sorry, slightly off topic.. but after having a bit of a look around here i've concluded that the most popular phrase on slashdot is 'order of magnitude' :x
...what kind of in-game effect urination will produce? :D
sure they can... redirect hits coming to http://fvwm.org/ from slashdot to http://slashdot.org/
:)
"thanks but no thanks"
1987. i wish they'd update it... my hypertalk skills are going to waste!
my hypercard stack "Escape From The Dark Cassel [sic]" turned 12 today... can we celebrate that too?
i wonder how they'll pull off smaug, the octopus-like beast in the lake, the balrog, the giant spider, and uhhh all the other crazy stuff.
seems too challenging to be possible on a stage... why don't they just make a LOTR musical made for tv movie? err nahh.
i'm sticking to the movies though (and the books *cough*)
i can see the date approaching when Really Impermeable Raincoats will pass for "RoboCop suits"
[quote]For example, one company, Med-Eng Systems, Inc., showed off its "RoBoCop"-like suit made of thick layers of Kevlar for protection against heat, flames, blast fragmentation and impact. It weighs about 40 pounds and comes with a special undergarment, boots and gloves to protect wearers against chemical, biological and radiological exposure.
...as far as i can tell it's just really good at taking abuse
"It's an all-in-one," said Danny Crossman, product line manager for blast systems, explained. And another company representative, technical adviser Ray James, added, "It's the only bomb suit in the world that integrates adequate protection against a explosive device with biological and chemical protection." [/quote]
how can they call it a RoboCop suit with a clear conscience, given that this thing kicks absolutely NO ass?
RoboSufferer jacket... RoboMartyr overcoat maybe.
without standards, innovation takes place in less discrete steps. it is not clear when "the next level" has been reached. perhaps in some cases standards stifle, but they really are necessary in my opinion (and the opinions of others, of course) if concerted progress is to be possible .
man, if you haven't found any good drum recordings yet, you're lazy. you just need to know where to look
great single-hit drum recordings, free
the akai ftp, intended to give purchasers of their samplers something to start with.... a billion excellent samples
that's just my two favourites. there are many more.
by the way, opmusic mentions that they allow any kind of audio files on their site (but you have to host them). so it could be used to distribute that sort of thing (and i think that would be an ideal use for the site)
the idea that i should want to release my music under an open source license is insulting. my music is an expression of my aesthetic preferences. giving unknown others the freedom to recontextualize it without my input is worse to me than selling my music to an advertiser for cash -- not only does it reduce a song's value aesthetically without any chance of control on my part, but it furthers the notion that music is not something businesses looking for a sound for their tv spot should have to pay for.
already, it's common enough for companies and producers wanting cheap tunes to offer an underground artist a small amount of money for the use of a piece. the artist has no bargaining power because there are thousands of other smalltime underground producers. thus he must choose either to receive a little exposure and a few dollars from a rich company (pitiful compared to professional standards), or get nothing at all!
putting music out there and encouraging others to use it for free just makes it that much harder for those who want to make a living off their art -- i'd go so far as to say it's irresponsible. it's fine for people to make their music available as free mp3 downloads... i mean, if nobody knows you, nobody is going to pay just to check out if you're any good or not. but for the love of god, keep your copyright.
i allow downloads of my music at a lowish bit rate. i'm not so precious about my tunes that i don't let anyone hear them, but i'm not about to give away what i spend so much time on for personal and commercial use. *cough* especially after an incident last summer where someone downloaded a high quality mp3 of a song i'd made available on my site and had it released on vinyl under their name ---> scroll down to the last item of the faq for the story
to be fair, there's some merit to that site. some things are best freely distributed... for example non-song samples of instruments and vocals that are useful for cutting up electronically and constructing new songs.
but on the whole, i give opmusic a thumbs down (for what it's worth).
so what? i don't use that letter, and neither do my friends.
Is the seeking of lost skills and arts a hacking analog? Well, I wouldn't say so. Hacking is about creating the means to an end oneself, independant of any official or sanctioned guidelines. Seeking lost skills and arts is simply undertaking a nostalgic quest, much like deciding to collect Christian Archie comics from 1973 or something. The process may involve some hacking, as "lost skills" no doubt have less than perfect handbooks for them... but there's nothing that necessarily makes it analogous to hacking.
:)
One is a method -- one is an interest. I can see people who are into hacking being interested in lost art/skill revival though...
i'm not prescribing anything, i'm commenting :P