Interpol is a bad example because they are on an indie label. The people looking at records from Matador are generally in it for the music and don't care much about record label promotion.
Any old movies will not look perceptably better in HD
WTF? If they do another scan of the film at a higher resolution before compressing it into and HD stream anything that was shot on film will look better in HD. In fact most films are scanned in in resolutions beyond what is needed for HD already, simply because they know HD is coming and it's cheaper to just scan the film stock once.
Now certain movies and TV shows were shot on video and not film, and these will show no improvement. But they are the exception and not the rule.
Tell me this then. How did you know that you should go to the services to look for it? How did you know where the shortcuts would be? You knew because you are an experienced windows user. An experienced linux user knows how to look at the services running (it's not any harder than windows just different). An experienced linux user knows that/etc/init.d/postgresql start|stop|restart will take care of running the server.
I believe in the literal translation of the Bible. I believe that the Bible is God's words (penned by men who were moved by the Holy Spirit) and thus must be followed because it is what God wants for us.
You do know that postgresql starts automatically when you install it? But that's beside the point. If you are installing server software, you should be reading the manual before you do it. You wouldn't expect to install Oracle and have it just work would you?
Installing desktop software is another thing entirely. If you install a mysql server admin, a development enviornment, etc. it shows up in your menu (at least in ubuntu and madriva).
There are good reasons to locate your business in a place like california or where i live, seattle. Many people like to live in cities where there are things to do. Most of the good colleges are located in major population centers. Therefore, you ahve more available talent to hire. Try getting a Stanford or Berkley grad to accept a job in Des Moines. Or move someone from MIT to Wymoing. Or telling the UT Austin grad that you'd like him to work in Tulsa.
The synopsis is pretty idiotic... there is a lot of cherry picking of the best content available (Sopranos for TV, Kaufman films for movies, etc) which probably are not all that representative of pop culture as a whole. The mainstream of movies nowadays is Spiderman - not Adaptation. Sopranos? More like Everybody Loves Raymond and American Idol...
He compares equivalents from different era's. The Sopranos versus a crime drama from an earlier time (hill street blues, etc.), Kaufman versus Hitchkock films, Survivor versus The Newlyweds Game. Seinfeild versus I Love Lucy. He never states that Kaufman movies are the most popular movies, but he uses them as an example of how complex movies are actually getting.
But Lord of the Rings is a book written long before Star Wars... he should have picked an action film created fully in the modern era. Something like Spiderman or Doom... but, of course, that would defeat his thesis (i.e. they have far less characters than Star Wars).
The fact that Lord of the Rings was a book first is irrelevant. It did not succeed as a movie (and probably couldn't have) until recently. It makes perfect sense to compare the FILMS of Lord of the Rings to Star Wars. They both were popular, fairly critically claimed, fantasy movies. But you could make a comparison with Spiderman as well. Compare it to Superman the movie, or a superhero movie from the 50's.
Is point is that at every level of culture, from highbrow to lowbrow, it is more complex now then it was in the past. I don't see how you can argue against this. Our best meida is much more complex than anything from the past. And there is no comparison between our sitcom drivel and the sitcom drivel from the past.
Actually some reality TV is probably actually very educational (and this is discussed in the book). Because many of the shows are a game show like scenrio, you can perform analysis of the different strategies employed by the contestants. He makes the point that shows like Survivor or the Mole are more interactive and will cause you to think much more than a show like Fear Factor.
You do realize that DVD's, CD's, HD-DVD's, and Blu-Ray are all digital? I think what you meant to say is that it wouldn't be physical. Unfortunately DVD's are already well over the size I like to download (and no, divx rips are not as good of quality) and when we move to HD movies there is just know way I'm going to be able to download them in a acceptable amount of time.
Mercury Rev, The Polyphonic Spree, Brian Wilson's newer stuff, and The Starlight Mints are good places to start. If you like the pre-Soft Bulliten Flaming Lips albums, try Tripping Daisy. There are alot of similar bands in the corridor from Oklahoma City to Dallas.
Since I live in Seattle I can say that the band didn't exactly fall by the wayside. They broke up or were on hiatus depending on how you want to look at it. They got back together to play a few shows recently and decided to make another album. Think just like the pixies, but without quite the success:)
So you're a goldwater conservative... I didn't think you existed in the GOP anymore:). I can actually coexist with you guys... it's the current leadership of the party that drives me batty.
I think most scientists still believe all the mega fauna died because of humans. The reason they died is still unkown (over hunting, disease, population pressure), but humans are generally believed to be the root cause.
The lion at one time was the most widespread animal on the planet. It only lives in africa now because it was driven out of everywhere else buy humans.
I buy more because I can download and burn cd's. I listen to 10+ new cd's a week. Most of them I only hear once before I delete the files or throw the CD-R (if i copied it from a friend) away. But between my fiance and I we probably buy 2-3 records a week. Neither of us bought that much music before we could sample it.
This is already happening. I recently picked up a disc buy clap your hands and say yeah. They recorded and released the album by themselves. They aren't on a label. A few good reviews and some air play on decent radio stations and now you can pick it up most anywhere.
Another scarecrow fan! They have everything, and it's usually instant gratification. No longer do I have to wait for the cooul foriegn movie to come out in the US, I simply go and get the DVD.
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Interpol is a bad example because they are on an indie label. The people looking at records from Matador are generally in it for the music and don't care much about record label promotion.
Technically these aren't audio CD's. They are data CD's that just happen to have some audio tracks.
Any old movies will not look perceptably better in HD
WTF? If they do another scan of the film at a higher resolution before compressing it into and HD stream anything that was shot on film will look better in HD. In fact most films are scanned in in resolutions beyond what is needed for HD already, simply because they know HD is coming and it's cheaper to just scan the film stock once.
Now certain movies and TV shows were shot on video and not film, and these will show no improvement. But they are the exception and not the rule.
Tell me this then. How did you know that you should go to the services to look for it? How did you know where the shortcuts would be? You knew because you are an experienced windows user. An experienced linux user knows how to look at the services running (it's not any harder than windows just different). An experienced linux user knows that /etc/init.d/postgresql start|stop|restart will take care of running the server.
I believe in the literal translation of the Bible. I believe that the Bible is God's words (penned by men who were moved by the Holy Spirit) and thus must be followed because it is what God wants for us.
So what do you do when it contradicts itself?
You do know that postgresql starts automatically when you install it? But that's beside the point. If you are installing server software, you should be reading the manual before you do it. You wouldn't expect to install Oracle and have it just work would you?
Installing desktop software is another thing entirely. If you install a mysql server admin, a development enviornment, etc. it shows up in your menu (at least in ubuntu and madriva).
There are good reasons to locate your business in a place like california or where i live, seattle. Many people like to live in cities where there are things to do. Most of the good colleges are located in major population centers. Therefore, you ahve more available talent to hire. Try getting a Stanford or Berkley grad to accept a job in Des Moines. Or move someone from MIT to Wymoing. Or telling the UT Austin grad that you'd like him to work in Tulsa.
I don't think you've read the book.
The synopsis is pretty idiotic... there is a lot of cherry picking of the best content available (Sopranos for TV, Kaufman films for movies, etc) which probably are not all that representative of pop culture as a whole. The mainstream of movies nowadays is Spiderman - not Adaptation. Sopranos? More like Everybody Loves Raymond and American Idol... He compares equivalents from different era's. The Sopranos versus a crime drama from an earlier time (hill street blues, etc.), Kaufman versus Hitchkock films, Survivor versus The Newlyweds Game. Seinfeild versus I Love Lucy. He never states that Kaufman movies are the most popular movies, but he uses them as an example of how complex movies are actually getting.
But Lord of the Rings is a book written long before Star Wars... he should have picked an action film created fully in the modern era. Something like Spiderman or Doom... but, of course, that would defeat his thesis (i.e. they have far less characters than Star Wars).
The fact that Lord of the Rings was a book first is irrelevant. It did not succeed as a movie (and probably couldn't have) until recently. It makes perfect sense to compare the FILMS of Lord of the Rings to Star Wars. They both were popular, fairly critically claimed, fantasy movies. But you could make a comparison with Spiderman as well. Compare it to Superman the movie, or a superhero movie from the 50's.
Is point is that at every level of culture, from highbrow to lowbrow, it is more complex now then it was in the past. I don't see how you can argue against this. Our best meida is much more complex than anything from the past. And there is no comparison between our sitcom drivel and the sitcom drivel from the past.
Actually some reality TV is probably actually very educational (and this is discussed in the book). Because many of the shows are a game show like scenrio, you can perform analysis of the different strategies employed by the contestants. He makes the point that shows like Survivor or the Mole are more interactive and will cause you to think much more than a show like Fear Factor.
But it does say something. He was comparing the movies and making the point that a 1977 audience would not have been able to follow a LotR movie.
You do realize that DVD's, CD's, HD-DVD's, and Blu-Ray are all digital? I think what you meant to say is that it wouldn't be physical. Unfortunately DVD's are already well over the size I like to download (and no, divx rips are not as good of quality) and when we move to HD movies there is just know way I'm going to be able to download them in a acceptable amount of time.
Mercury Rev, The Polyphonic Spree, Brian Wilson's newer stuff, and The Starlight Mints are good places to start. If you like the pre-Soft Bulliten Flaming Lips albums, try Tripping Daisy. There are alot of similar bands in the corridor from Oklahoma City to Dallas.
when did travis stop being a bad version of radiohead and start being post rock? They sure don't sound like tortise to me!
Since I live in Seattle I can say that the band didn't exactly fall by the wayside. They broke up or were on hiatus depending on how you want to look at it. They got back together to play a few shows recently and decided to make another album. Think just like the pixies, but without quite the success :)
So you're a goldwater conservative... I didn't think you existed in the GOP anymore :). I can actually coexist with you guys... it's the current leadership of the party that drives me batty.
I agree. I play Ur-Quan masters all the time even today.
I think most scientists still believe all the mega fauna died because of humans. The reason they died is still unkown (over hunting, disease, population pressure), but humans are generally believed to be the root cause.
The lion at one time was the most widespread animal on the planet. It only lives in africa now because it was driven out of everywhere else buy humans.
I buy more because I can download and burn cd's. I listen to 10+ new cd's a week. Most of them I only hear once before I delete the files or throw the CD-R (if i copied it from a friend) away. But between my fiance and I we probably buy 2-3 records a week. Neither of us bought that much music before we could sample it.
This is already happening. I recently picked up a disc buy clap your hands and say yeah. They recorded and released the album by themselves. They aren't on a label. A few good reviews and some air play on decent radio stations and now you can pick it up most anywhere.
That's what I do now, and I love it. I have over 200GB of lossless goodness.
Another scarecrow fan! They have everything, and it's usually instant gratification. No longer do I have to wait for the cooul foriegn movie to come out in the US, I simply go and get the DVD.
Neither the military, nor government agencies have been able to make major infrastructural changes in our country.
The interstate highway system?
I doubt that... No studio is going to let HD play out of anything but HDMI.
No where in that article does it say it supports HD-DVD. In fact microsoft confirmed the drive is a standard DVD drive.