I think that happens because a) the studio already has a lot of Macs lying around and b) the Mac OS is probably the easiest for setting up the sort of quick animations and multimedia crap that's usually happening on a movie computer.
Use of a blue laser would be a hardware change in the DVD player. However, the parent means that the industry would take advantage of this wave of brand-new players to insert a replacement for CSS, and cracking that would not be nearly as trivial as your example.
Product placement is usually accepted where it doesn't interfere with the product in which it is placed. James Bond driving a BMW is fine, and might even boost BMW's image. The camera focusing on the BMW logo on James' car is not.
So, for example, if there were going to be cans of soda int he game anyway, like in Deus Ex, there shouldn't be any objection to putting a real-world brand name on them.
I'm pretty sure the Rainbow Mars elevator was fixed in place. It was destroyed when terrorists severed it from the (large) satellite used as a counterweight, destabilizing its orbit.
One objection: Stability. The Earth is a basically immovable object as far as the cable is concerned, so tying it to the ground will ensure that it doesn't move. Putting it in the ocean is also pretty good. But air? There's little to push against. Also, there's the weight issue: I don't think even carbon nanotubes could support an entire airport, which would be a very difficult airport to design because of its single support point ("Would all passengers over 100 kg please move to the south side of the terminal?")
1. Nerds watch good TV, which is often run at wierd times.
2. Wake me up when there are more than 3 Linux games and I'll see if they've stopped sucking yet.
3. Sorry, nobody gives a shit.
Wow, I'm feeling grumpy this morning...
This may be the stupidest movie I have ever seen.
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This is not about exploding computer chips. This is about using the microlithography techniques and materials (silicon) from the chip industry to make electronically controlled micro-explosives. There is nothing here about making existing chips explode.
MS won't be able to do that without a major compatibility break, and they've just barely thrown off (or started to throw off) DOS. Their grip on the upgrade cycle has already started to loosen with Windows XP. You're acting as if MS will break into your house and force you, at gunpoint, to install XP 3.0. Don't be stupid.
Absolutely correct. What the Free Software nuts are missing is that business doesn't give a crap about how Free software is. They just care if it does what they need. Word does. So they use it. End of story.
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Myth III was made by a completely different company. The Myth franchise was sold to Take 2 during the MS/Bungie deal.
WEll, there was that novel-sized article on long-distance cables by Stephenson.
I think that happens because a) the studio already has a lot of Macs lying around and b) the Mac OS is probably the easiest for setting up the sort of quick animations and multimedia crap that's usually happening on a movie computer.
If the devices actively broadcast their contents, it could easily be classified as "plain view".
Use of a blue laser would be a hardware change in the DVD player. However, the parent means that the industry would take advantage of this wave of brand-new players to insert a replacement for CSS, and cracking that would not be nearly as trivial as your example.
Product placement is usually accepted where it doesn't interfere with the product in which it is placed. James Bond driving a BMW is fine, and might even boost BMW's image. The camera focusing on the BMW logo on James' car is not.
So, for example, if there were going to be cans of soda int he game anyway, like in Deus Ex, there shouldn't be any objection to putting a real-world brand name on them.
I'm pretty sure the Rainbow Mars elevator was fixed in place. It was destroyed when terrorists severed it from the (large) satellite used as a counterweight, destabilizing its orbit.
One objection: Stability. The Earth is a basically immovable object as far as the cable is concerned, so tying it to the ground will ensure that it doesn't move. Putting it in the ocean is also pretty good. But air? There's little to push against. Also, there's the weight issue: I don't think even carbon nanotubes could support an entire airport, which would be a very difficult airport to design because of its single support point ("Would all passengers over 100 kg please move to the south side of the terminal?")
Did NASA think they had to get hip to the 90's X-games obsession or something? Take ultraviolet measurements WHILE SNOWBOARDING!
So why haven't you killed yourself yet?
Manned space travel just isn't feasible.
Isn't feasible NOW. That is exactly the point of researching it.
The Mac also has every program in your list except 3D Studio Max, and it has Maya to make up for that.
1. Nerds watch good TV, which is often run at wierd times. 2. Wake me up when there are more than 3 Linux games and I'll see if they've stopped sucking yet. 3. Sorry, nobody gives a shit. Wow, I'm feeling grumpy this morning...
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What's so terribly wrong with never buying music again? It's not like they're selling an item essential for your survival.
It's even dumber when you consider that Apple is only charging for use of the Firewire trademark. Call it 1394 and it's free.
This is not about exploding computer chips. This is about using the microlithography techniques and materials (silicon) from the chip industry to make electronically controlled micro-explosives. There is nothing here about making existing chips explode.
MS won't be able to do that without a major compatibility break, and they've just barely thrown off (or started to throw off) DOS. Their grip on the upgrade cycle has already started to loosen with Windows XP. You're acting as if MS will break into your house and force you, at gunpoint, to install XP 3.0. Don't be stupid.
And you can always get a Mac or something.
Both these issues have been raised by many people and posted here on slashdot in the past.
[sarcastic reply involving Shakespeare and a very large quanitity of monkeys]
Step 1: Go to law school, become a lawyer.
Step 2: Realize that step 1 took so long that [the trial is long over | MS.gov will have you put to death for that filing]
Step 3: There's no step 3!
Absolutely correct. What the Free Software nuts are missing is that business doesn't give a crap about how Free software is. They just care if it does what they need. Word does. So they use it. End of story.
He also would have killed Apple's hardware business.