I disagree, i think that was the best sceen of the movie. The "bunch of big words" were chosen very carefully so that they could be interpreted quite litteraly; however they also have many levels of meaning, if you really listen to that conversation and think about all the possibilities the architect reveals, it's a great sceen. This also opens up the concept of creating the matrix and just how precarious the control the machines have is. I think this sceen was perfect.:)
So you want the benifits of other giving you their time and effort on your code, but you don't want to pay the price of having to make ALL of that software open. The GPL was written to hold people to the "show me your and i'll show you mine" type of system. You want to avoid that. I can understand people not wanting to let you get away with that.
Good comment! I totally agree. I run a leagal purchased copy of Win 2K on 1 of my home computers. I'm not upset at the prices I paid, because I knew it, i decided that for the things I needed to run (which required windows) it was worth the price tag. On other of my computers I have decided that WinXP is too expensive and since I have 1 machine running 2K which can still run the programs that I had to have running in windows, i'm not spending money on it. Think about this in terms of buying a house....if I find a house I really like, and it's worth $250K, but there are two other interested parties in the house and I end up deciding to pay $270K for the house to out-bid other people, yes I would be overpaying, but it would have been my choice! I would have known the value/price when I signed the papers......If someone can swee the price tag and chose to buy, they know what they are getting, it's their right to chose not to buy it. Another example: I recently bought a computer for my father from Dell. It came with WindowsXP home, which he doesn't want and intends to format off day 1. Now I know that I paid for the software, and am therefor getting "ripped-off" but I also knew what came on the system at the advertised price.....It was a good value, even if he dosn't use the software. I would prefer if Dell/Intel/nvidia/sound blaster got the $$$ because those are the parts I wanted, but i see them as loseing money because dell wouldn't see the PC with-out windows....I would have paid the same $$$ for the system if it didn't have windows (because it was a good deal).
It used to be that class action suits were a way to for4ce buisnesses to change, they end up paying some money (not a killer amount for them) and the people don't get much, but the company has their reputation a little tarnished by the suit, the get some bad PR, and they see that people don't like being treated that way. The problem now is that class action suits don't make the companies change. In this case, for MS it's just another suit, that most people don't care about and tarnishs a reputation that isn't that important becuase they are the biggest (and in some people's minds) the only game in town!
Ok, go more North and East, in VT, NH, Maine the % of people with out cable would be higher. In some places in those states the only option is satalite...and in Maine some places even the satalite doen't work because they are so far north! I would suspect that they WILL switch off the analog signals, and they will also see a public our cry that leads to a visit by a congretional oversight investigation.
Supprisingly enough i did something simiular to this for a "senior design project" at college. I did add a couple of sensors and a micro-controller with some code, but it was largly the same idea. If you get the timings right you can use the serial port of the computer to simulate PWM waves (which is what most speed controls and servo motors on RC cars use for their controls) and you can acutally get analogue control working.
Or even easier, Each reocrd has 2 part one that have the vote and an ID number (that has not connection to the individual voting) and then just the ID number which the voter takes with them! Now there's a record and if need be a way to recall voters whom you suspect have had votes tampered with.
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I was watching "Cold Case" for the first time over the weekend, and in the very begining they had a scene from the past with a date on it, however CBS's logo blocked out the last digit of the date, I couldn't tell what year in the 80's it was! I think even those station logos can be damaging.....
If you think a stock pump-n-dump to illegaly make money is "the most vile of sin"s then i think you need to watch the evening news a bit more......It's a crime and should be punished, but just today we have a story of a lady leaving a 2-year old in her apartment for days while she was in jail, never mentioned to the cops that a child was left home alone! That's VILE!
Time-out, it's now always about "need-based scholarships". It's also about admissions....I know a person, who was about 7/8ths of the way though college Working full time school nights and weekends. She got married, and moved to where her new husband Lives/Works, it's in the same state but far enough away from where she used to live that she can't continue at her old school. Now she has good grades (better them a 3.5 GPA) but NONE of the schools where she now lives are even considering transfer students!
Another problem is that too many "need-based scholarships" expect parents to pay for a student's college. I know 2 people (in different situations) how got nailed by this. One's parents both worked to put themselves through college and expected their kids to do the same. The other was raised in a very poor single parent family. When it was time to go to college this guy finds out that not only does the "need-biased scholarships" count the child-support that his mother NEVER received against his "income" but it also counted his semi-rich father's net worth against him. He qualified for NO financial aid, even thought his mother made $35K a year. Just more "need-biased scholarships" won't fix all our problems with education today!
it's not like this has really gotten a lot of play in the mainstream press
This is true, I sent a link of the 12-year old getting sued about 3-4 days after it happened to some friends of mine who are NOT "computer-people" and most of them repsonded saying that they were wondering what "all that talk of the RIAA and law suite was about, they heard something but didn't really know what was going on.
How many will be used by the record labels individualy (not the RIAA as a colective) even if they DON'T lapse? They are only ptorected from the RIAA, not the labels as individuals. It's also a slam dunk case, they have already plead guilty!
5 was my least favorite, not trying to say your opinion is worng, mine just differs. I like the less polished look of 4, it made the whole thing that much better, in my opinion.:)
I have to agree, I watched the original on DVD a bunch of times, the I watched it again AFTER seeing Reloaded in the thearter, and I have to tell you I caught so many subtle referances of things to come. I think that the second was not as good as the original, BUT it was a good "middle". Think of Star Wars (4, 5, and 6) The first one was great, the second wasn't as good but it was pretty good, and the third was good and closed the arc. I think so far all the trailers for Revolutions look like it's going to be a great ending (hopefully it will be a bit open-ended because movies that give away everything lack something).
Good thing to know. Thanks for the info. I've never used the Optical In, I pretty much use the Optical Out on both the DVD and Computer to go TO the reciever and then to the speakers. I'm not a audiophile, but to me it sounds really good.:)
My DVD player plays CDs, it's got digital optical audio out, my Sound Blaster5.1 w/ LiveDrive has digital Optical Audio In......it's not analog any more........:)
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I hate to burst your bubble, but "The Matrix" was ALWAYS concieved of as a trilogy.
I disagree, i think that was the best sceen of the movie. The "bunch of big words" were chosen very carefully so that they could be interpreted quite litteraly; however they also have many levels of meaning, if you really listen to that conversation and think about all the possibilities the architect reveals, it's a great sceen. This also opens up the concept of creating the matrix and just how precarious the control the machines have is. I think this sceen was perfect. :)
So you want the benifits of other giving you their time and effort on your code, but you don't want to pay the price of having to make ALL of that software open. The GPL was written to hold people to the "show me your and i'll show you mine" type of system. You want to avoid that. I can understand people not wanting to let you get away with that.
Or the ever popular, I had a pre-aranged sell price, it hit that price.... Where have I heard that before? *cough*Martha*cough*.....:)
Good comment! I totally agree. I run a leagal purchased copy of Win 2K on 1 of my home computers. I'm not upset at the prices I paid, because I knew it, i decided that for the things I needed to run (which required windows) it was worth the price tag. On other of my computers I have decided that WinXP is too expensive and since I have 1 machine running 2K which can still run the programs that I had to have running in windows, i'm not spending money on it. Think about this in terms of buying a house....if I find a house I really like, and it's worth $250K, but there are two other interested parties in the house and I end up deciding to pay $270K for the house to out-bid other people, yes I would be overpaying, but it would have been my choice! I would have known the value/price when I signed the papers......If someone can swee the price tag and chose to buy, they know what they are getting, it's their right to chose not to buy it. Another example: I recently bought a computer for my father from Dell. It came with WindowsXP home, which he doesn't want and intends to format off day 1. Now I know that I paid for the software, and am therefor getting "ripped-off" but I also knew what came on the system at the advertised price.....It was a good value, even if he dosn't use the software. I would prefer if Dell/Intel/nvidia/sound blaster got the $$$ because those are the parts I wanted, but i see them as loseing money because dell wouldn't see the PC with-out windows....I would have paid the same $$$ for the system if it didn't have windows (because it was a good deal).
It used to be that class action suits were a way to for4ce buisnesses to change, they end up paying some money (not a killer amount for them) and the people don't get much, but the company has their reputation a little tarnished by the suit, the get some bad PR, and they see that people don't like being treated that way. The problem now is that class action suits don't make the companies change. In this case, for MS it's just another suit, that most people don't care about and tarnishs a reputation that isn't that important becuase they are the biggest (and in some people's minds) the only game in town!
Ok, go more North and East, in VT, NH, Maine the % of people with out cable would be higher. In some places in those states the only option is satalite...and in Maine some places even the satalite doen't work because they are so far north! I would suspect that they WILL switch off the analog signals, and they will also see a public our cry that leads to a visit by a congretional oversight investigation.
No, no, no.....it's for Tattoo REMOVAL! :)
Supprisingly enough i did something simiular to this for a "senior design project" at college. I did add a couple of sensors and a micro-controller with some code, but it was largly the same idea. If you get the timings right you can use the serial port of the computer to simulate PWM waves (which is what most speed controls and servo motors on RC cars use for their controls) and you can acutally get analogue control working.
Because the mirror will save him from the laser beam!
Ok, just making sure.
If your not a woman, then I feel a rendition of the Lumber Jack song coming on.....:)
Or even easier, Each reocrd has 2 part one that have the vote and an ID number (that has not connection to the individual voting) and then just the ID number which the voter takes with them! Now there's a record and if need be a way to recall voters whom you suspect have had votes tampered with.
I was watching "Cold Case" for the first time over the weekend, and in the very begining they had a scene from the past with a date on it, however CBS's logo blocked out the last digit of the date, I couldn't tell what year in the 80's it was! I think even those station logos can be damaging.....
SCO has committed the most vile of sin.
If you think a stock pump-n-dump to illegaly make money is "the most vile of sin"s then i think you need to watch the evening news a bit more......It's a crime and should be punished, but just today we have a story of a lady leaving a 2-year old in her apartment for days while she was in jail, never mentioned to the cops that a child was left home alone! That's VILE!
Time-out, it's now always about "need-based scholarships". It's also about admissions....I know a person, who was about 7/8ths of the way though college Working full time school nights and weekends. She got married, and moved to where her new husband Lives/Works, it's in the same state but far enough away from where she used to live that she can't continue at her old school. Now she has good grades (better them a 3.5 GPA) but NONE of the schools where she now lives are even considering transfer students!
Another problem is that too many "need-based scholarships" expect parents to pay for a student's college. I know 2 people (in different situations) how got nailed by this. One's parents both worked to put themselves through college and expected their kids to do the same. The other was raised in a very poor single parent family. When it was time to go to college this guy finds out that not only does the "need-biased scholarships" count the child-support that his mother NEVER received against his "income" but it also counted his semi-rich father's net worth against him. He qualified for NO financial aid, even thought his mother made $35K a year. Just more "need-biased scholarships" won't fix all our problems with education today!
it's not like this has really gotten a lot of play in the mainstream press
This is true, I sent a link of the 12-year old getting sued about 3-4 days after it happened to some friends of mine who are NOT "computer-people" and most of them repsonded saying that they were wondering what "all that talk of the RIAA and law suite was about, they heard something but didn't really know what was going on.
You mean I souldn't have made that call from a pay-phone!?!? :)
How many will be used by the record labels individualy (not the RIAA as a colective) even if they DON'T lapse? They are only ptorected from the RIAA, not the labels as individuals. It's also a slam dunk case, they have already plead guilty!
5 was my least favorite, not trying to say your opinion is worng, mine just differs. I like the less polished look of 4, it made the whole thing that much better, in my opinion. :)
I have to agree, I watched the original on DVD a bunch of times, the I watched it again AFTER seeing Reloaded in the thearter, and I have to tell you I caught so many subtle referances of things to come. I think that the second was not as good as the original, BUT it was a good "middle". Think of Star Wars (4, 5, and 6) The first one was great, the second wasn't as good but it was pretty good, and the third was good and closed the arc. I think so far all the trailers for Revolutions look like it's going to be a great ending (hopefully it will be a bit open-ended because movies that give away everything lack something).
Good thing to know. Thanks for the info. I've never used the Optical In, I pretty much use the Optical Out on both the DVD and Computer to go TO the reciever and then to the speakers. I'm not a audiophile, but to me it sounds really good. :)
If history holds, you will be able to download it BEOFRE it's released! :)
My DVD player plays CDs, it's got digital optical audio out, my Sound Blaster5.1 w/ LiveDrive has digital Optical Audio In......it's not analog any more........:)
IANAL but actually there are processes for judges to be removed. It just doesn't happen often.