That's actually exactly what he meant, I believe... If you buy a CD, and rip that into the iTunes player, even in AAC, there's no DRM on the file. The only DRM-wrapped AAC files in iTunes are ones purchased from the iTunes Music Store.
It's best not to rely on them for your sole source of information, given their idealogical slant.
Well, exactly. That should go both ways, though -- Never rely on any one outlet for "Old Media" as your single source of information, either. Check out what everyone is saying, from all the points of view, and draw your own conclusions.
IIRC the models used for TNG were 6 feet long (I could be way off).
The original models, built for the begining of the series, were 6 feet and 2 feet in length. The 6-footer was the only model built for the series that featured the separating saucer, so it was also used for Generations. Due to time constraints, the models did not get the fine details the model builders wanted.
Sometime during the third season, a smaller, more managable 4-foot model was built, and the hull was much more finely detailed. Take a look at the later episodes, at least the parts that didn't use stock footage -- you'll see things such as the lifeboats a lot more clearly.
To add another (probably unrelated) war story to the pot...
I got into CS (as a college program) in 1997 because, at the time, I figured that was the only major there was for computers. I really didn't know much about programming or the low-level bits and pieces of processors and memory, I just knew I wanted to work with comptuers. CS must be the way to go, I thought.
Over the first year, I realized that lots and lots of coding, and doing virtually nothing but, really wasn't what I wanted to do. It was not that I couldn't code, or hated coding, It's just not what I wanted to spend my life doing. I discovered the Information Technology program, checked it out, and at the end of the first year, transferred to the IT program.
At this school, the popular opinion among the students in the CS department is that the IT program is for the people who "couldn't hack it" in CS, and that "I.T." stands for "I Transfered". That may be true for some, but my problem wasn't that I couldn't cut the mustard, it was that I really just didn't like what I was doing, and wanted something different.
Now I'm about one year away from completing my program, and I'm enjoying what I'm doing so much more than I did that first year.
Something similar happened to a friend of mine at school... He was notified by the college's judicial affairs department to take down the MP3's that he was hosting on his website on campus. The MP3's in question were recordings of one of the school's vocal group singing. And yes, he did have the permission of the group to be hosting the MP3's. But again, as in the case of the parent post, no one did any investigation beyond noting that, yes, there were MP3's present.
After the loads of bad press that Sony got for fake critics and staged testimonials for their movies, you'd think that Microsoft would have thought better than to do something like this...
Unfortunately, though, it seems that open source news has about as much "market share" (I don't know if there's a more approriate word that would apply to the media -- "viewership", maybe?) as most open source operating systems and software (i.e., not much).
-- Pauley, probably preaching to the proverbial choir.
Overall, I think it's pretty good... there are some issues that need work, though.
In some cases, it has issues with some tables -- MSNBC.com's front page looks rather messed up. In another area, I tried heading to Uproar.com to play some games, but was told by the site that my "out-of-date" browser didn't have enough JavaScript support to cut the mustard.
Seeing that both tables and JavaScript are vital to the web as we know it today, these are issues that NEED to be addressed. I wonder exactly how soon 6.1 will be out?
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That's actually exactly what he meant, I believe... If you buy a CD, and rip that into the iTunes player, even in AAC, there's no DRM on the file. The only DRM-wrapped AAC files in iTunes are ones purchased from the iTunes Music Store.
-- Pauley
It's best not to rely on them for your sole source of information, given their idealogical slant.
Well, exactly. That should go both ways, though -- Never rely on any one outlet for "Old Media" as your single source of information, either. Check out what everyone is saying, from all the points of view, and draw your own conclusions.
-- Pauley
They probably will bundle it. If you buy XP in stores right now, it has SP1 already installed out of the box.
-- Pauley
Gezundheit.
-- Pauley
So, if you pay an 8% tax (for some god-awful reason) someplace else, can you demand a 2% refund from FL? :)
-- Pauley
The original models, built for the begining of the series, were 6 feet and 2 feet in length. The 6-footer was the only model built for the series that featured the separating saucer, so it was also used for Generations. Due to time constraints, the models did not get the fine details the model builders wanted.
Sometime during the third season, a smaller, more managable 4-foot model was built, and the hull was much more finely detailed. Take a look at the later episodes, at least the parts that didn't use stock footage -- you'll see things such as the lifeboats a lot more clearly.
(Source: STTNG Technical Manual, STTNG Blueprints)
-- Pauley
"I say to you villains...
KNOCK OFF ALL THAT EVIL!!!!"
I read one today, supposedly to appear in either tonight's episode, or one later on in the run...
"I will spread buttery justice over your every nook and cranny!"
To add another (probably unrelated) war story to the pot...
I got into CS (as a college program) in 1997 because, at the time, I figured that was the only major there was for computers. I really didn't know much about programming or the low-level bits and pieces of processors and memory, I just knew I wanted to work with comptuers. CS must be the way to go, I thought.
Over the first year, I realized that lots and lots of coding, and doing virtually nothing but, really wasn't what I wanted to do. It was not that I couldn't code, or hated coding, It's just not what I wanted to spend my life doing. I discovered the Information Technology program, checked it out, and at the end of the first year, transferred to the IT program.
At this school, the popular opinion among the students in the CS department is that the IT program is for the people who "couldn't hack it" in CS, and that "I.T." stands for "I Transfered". That may be true for some, but my problem wasn't that I couldn't cut the mustard, it was that I really just didn't like what I was doing, and wanted something different.
Now I'm about one year away from completing my program, and I'm enjoying what I'm doing so much more than I did that first year.
Something similar happened to a friend of mine at school... He was notified by the college's judicial affairs department to take down the MP3's that he was hosting on his website on campus. The MP3's in question were recordings of one of the school's vocal group singing. And yes, he did have the permission of the group to be hosting the MP3's. But again, as in the case of the parent post, no one did any investigation beyond noting that, yes, there were MP3's present.
After the loads of bad press that Sony got for fake critics and staged testimonials for their movies, you'd think that Microsoft would have thought better than to do something like this...
-- Pauley
Unfortunately, though, it seems that open source news has about as much "market share" (I don't know if there's a more approriate word that would apply to the media -- "viewership", maybe?) as most open source operating systems and software (i.e., not much).
-- Pauley, probably preaching to the proverbial choir.
I believe that N6Setup.exe is the small (240K) net installer that does download everything else.
-- Pauley
Overall, I think it's pretty good... there are some issues that need work, though.
In some cases, it has issues with some tables -- MSNBC.com's front page looks rather messed up. In another area, I tried heading to Uproar.com to play some games, but was told by the site that my "out-of-date" browser didn't have enough JavaScript support to cut the mustard.
Seeing that both tables and JavaScript are vital to the web as we know it today, these are issues that NEED to be addressed. I wonder exactly how soon 6.1 will be out?
-- Pauley