*What they ought to do is replace the stereo minijack out on the ipod with an AV minijack like the ones on Sony camcorders. Then you could plug the ipod into your stereo system, OR a TV.... once the drive capacities start getting really big, you could fill that sucker up with video.*
That is a great idea, but there is a reason why Apple hasn't included a digital-out on the iPod. The RIAA would have a fit over it without strong DRM. Think about it. Under the iTunes store license, you have your purchase music tied to your home network of Macs and up to 5 iPods. Apple still hasn't allowed a networked TiVo to become an authorized device on the network chain yet, despite how popular TiVos are with Mac owners. If you allow a perfect digital output to any home stereo system, you open the can of worms on unauthorized replication straight from the iPod. The iPod could stream to a device recording the content. That's why there is no digital output on those babies. Add to the fact that Macs proper are just now coming standard with digital audio outputs (on the G5's) unless a user purchased the Soundblaster Audigy for their PowerMac...
*i totally didnt realize that palpatine was the emporer... what about the sith master that was instructing darth mal/doku... is that palpatine switching back and forth??*
You are referring to DARTH SIDIOUS, the robed Sith Master from Episode I and II. Darth Sidious is Palpatine, who later becomes the Emperor. The hot rumor online is that in Episode III, he'll reveal himself to certain Jedi at the end of the flick and his face will change into the decrepid face seen in Jedi with a wave of his hand (if you've seen THE CRAFT with the witch changing her face, you'll know what I mean)... But that is a rumor at this point...
*Yes I read what appeared to be an extremley early version of the Episode III script (circa 1983) and that was stated, that Anakin Skywalker falls into a pit of lava while fighting Obi Wan Kenobi. He is then rescued by a cult of crazed Sith idiots and made into Darth Vader. Yep, it is actually Bobba Fett and his crew, according to this script that I read, that do most of the Jedi hunting/slaughtering. Bobba Fett is obviously a far superior warrior than his father was!*
Good points, but that script (actually, a treatment) is bogus. You are referring to "Fall of the Republic." Many fans have been sucked into purchasing it at many different fan conventions over the years. The lava pit imagery predates the bogus script by several years. There's actually an early draft of JEDI where the Emperor's throne room is surrounded by magma and Luke confronts Vader and the Emperor. Obi-Wan returns in the flesh (ala in Gandalf style) and Yoda also joins in the battle royale. Vader has a change of heart at the end, and leaps toward the Emperor and they both plunge into the magma. Quite interesting. Anyways, back to Fall of the Republic. Its completely bogus; the only thing the author got right was that the Storm Troopers are clones...
Do a Google search for the treatment; I'm sure you'll find it on the web somewhere.
*It's been known longer than that, actually - the novelization of the original movie has a prologue discussing the rise of an ambitious senator named Palpatine who eventually made himself Emperor, and that novelization was first published in November of 1976 , a good six months before even the actual original movie itself came out.*
True, but the novelization is not cannon. The novelization was ghost-written by Alan Dean Foster based upon earlier scripts for the movie. If you'll notice in the novelization, it does not mention Palpatine was the FIRST emperor, but the current one in a line of emperors. The novelization maintained Palpatine was easily manipulated; there was no hint of him being the supreme personification of the Dark Side of the Force. The novelization has Luke Skywalker blacking out and the spirit of Obi-Wan Kenobi taking over his body in order to guarantee the direct hit by the proton torpedos into the Death Star's exhaust port (Foster used this trick again in his sequel novel, A SPLINTER OF THE MINDS EYE). *On a sidenote, "Highlander 4" aped this approach with Connor MacLeod taking over Duncan's body for the final fight at the end of the flick.* And Luke's X-Wing Squadron was not Red Group in the novelization; if I remember correctly, they were Gold (whereas in the movie, that was the Y-Wing Squadron) and the Y's were Blue Group.
And in the novelization, its "A Long Long Time Ago in a Galaxy Far Far Away.":)
1. The Emperor's name from the classic trilogy has been commonly known to be PALPATINE since his action figure was released back in 1983/84 with RETURN OF THE JEDI.
2. Emperor Palpatine in 1983's RETURN OF THE JEDI wears the same style robe as DARTH SIDIOUS of 1999's THE PHANTOM MENACE and 2002's ATTACK OF THE CLONES. Darth Vader is clearly the Emperor's apprentice in EMPIRE STRIKES BACK and RETURN OF THE JEDI. So common sense would lead you to conclude that Palpatine is...
3. Obi-Wan Kenobi in 1977's STAR WARS tells Luke that his former pupil DARTH VADER betrayed the Jedi, hunted down and killed them all, allowing the Empire to rise.
4. In 1980's EMPIRE STRIKES BACK, Vader tells Boba Fett "no disintegrations" when trying to capture Han Solo, indicating the two figures have worked together in the past.
5. In the commentary on the EPISODE TWO (ATTACK OF THE CLONES) DVD, George Lucas states the Clone Troopers become the STORM TROOPERS of the classic trilogy.
6. The Sith follow "the rule of two (2)." Meaning there can only be one (1) apprentice and one (1) master. When the apprentice kills the master, he becomes the master and can seek out an apprentice. Conversely, the master can find another willing to become his apprentice and if the hopeful kills the existing apprentice he can take his place. The Emperor gleefully pitted his apprentice Vader against Luke in RETURN OF THE JEDI. In THE PHANTOM MENACE, we see that Darth Maul before he is cut in two. At the end of ATTACK OF THE CLONES, we learn that Count Dooku is really the Sith Apprentice DARTH TYRANNUS. So guess what? For Anakin Skywalker to become DARTH VADER, he must kill ______ first. I wonder who that is?
7. George Lucas stated in an interview back in 1979 that Darth Vader fell into a lava pit during his duel with Obi-Wan Kenobi which is why he is more-man-than-machine.
Posting common knowledge is not a "spoiler." I can't be held responsible if you just found out that Darth Vader is really Luke Skywalker's father...you are only 20 years behind the general pop culture if you just found out...
First off, there are plenty of portable DVD players on the market.
Second, why would Sony and the MPAA do anything that might push down DVD sales? Hollywood is awash with DVD profits. Offering portable hard drives for motion-picture viewing is a direct threat to DVD sales. Hollywood won't allow this trend to happen like MP3 trading did to the music industry. Currently, the distribution channel for legal motion-picture digital sales is primitive, so a device like this would only encourage P2P movie trading.
Put these elements together and you'll see why Sony WON'T bring such a device out.
"The clones wern't supposed to be on the side of the jedi.. they were made in the name of the jedi, and the jedi found out and used them to fight the droids because they had to..."
This cartoon is about the CLONE WARS. The CLONE WARS are the epic battles between the Republic and the Separatists, not what happens after the Republic "wins" and becomes the EMPIRE of the original trilogy. The Clone Troopers won't turn on the Jedi until AFTER the CLONE WARS ends. So, for the duration of the cartoon series and the first 10 minutes of EPISODE THREE, the CLONES will be on the side of the JEDI.
What you are confused about are the events after the CLONE WARS. That is when Supreme Chancellor Palpatine declares himself Emperor and Anakin Skywalker becomes Darth Vader. That is when the Jedi are hunted down and driven toward extinction thanks to Vader, the renamed STORM TROOPERS, and bounty hunters like Boba Fett.
Palpatine IS DARTH SIDEOUS.
Here are some great links for you to do some research on:
"Plug this into the Network / Firewire / USB2 port on a TiVo (or future TiVo) and then download the videos that you have recorded on the TiVo onto your device (recoding for the devices display size of course, why store a 720x480 MPEG2 when a 320x240 MPEG4 would be better, and allow more to fit on the device?) for watching."
Nice idea. There's just a slight problem with your suggestion here. TiVo's don't have USB 2.0 ports, Firewire ports, or even *network* ports. As it stands, TiVo Series 2 units have two (2) USB 1.1 ports. To hook up a TiVo using ethernet, you have to purchase a USB-to-Ethernet dongle (or USB to wireless, etc.).
TiVo Series 2 units also won't export recordings without serious hacking. The encryption is much much heavier than the original Series 1 units, thanks to the concern of the MPAA and the Broadcast Industry. TiVo following their concerns is the reason why the company is still in business whereas Replay has already bankrupted its two previous owners.
I'd much prefer to see an Apple-branded TiVo unit that is actually compatible with.AAC streaming from a PC or Mac using iTunes.
In fact, I propose us Slashdotters petition Apple to release an Apple-branded TiVo. Apple could advance the PVR industry by bringing out a TiVo with more advanced features. Things such as MPEG4 encoding/decoding for more recording abilities on the same sized hard drives; an Airport Card Slot for easy WiFi; FireWire and USB 2.0 ports; Component Video Output; *Home Media Option* with.AAC streaming from iTunes standard; and perhaps Bluetooth built in (like Nokia's PVR) for easy picture phone image transfers. And an Apple TiVo is no more foolish to consider than a Gateway-branded DVD player 6 months ago...
Anakin Skywalker and their cohorts as they lead the Galactic Republic against evil armies of cloned troopers created by the Separatists.'"
Nice. Only problem is that the Clones are on the side of the Jedi and the Republic, not the Separatists. The Separatists use droid armies. Someone really was doing their job over at E, weren't they?
"Do you know why? United Devices filed a law suit over some bullshit IP non-sense."
I really do not like United Devices. The last time I checked, their distributed computing services only ran on x86 machines under Windows, and they did not specify if they were compatible with AMD chips (Intel is a major contributor). No Linux, no OS X, forget it...
What if China claims the United States never landed on the Moon in 1969 after they successfully have their probe orbit the Moon? What is the U.S. going to do? I'm sure the Chinese probe will have modern surveilance equipment on board. And yes, I know, the probe launch will follow China's John Glenn-esque mission that is the first up.
I'd like to point out I'm not advocating that our government faked the Apollo Moon missions (ala *Capricorn One*), but I will find it interesting if China proclaims this...
How about a barcode reader program under OS X? I'd like to recommend such a solution for the office I work in, but I haven't found any stuff for OS X. Its bad enough that a lot of the barcode wands being offered still require USB adapters on the PC side of the biz...
Funny, I don't recall seeing any language on the ticket stub indicating I'd be subjected to anti-piracy measures that might distract from the presentation itself. And I do remember seeing those weird red dots during "Underworld." What next? Are we going to see an equivalent to a *broadcast flag* at the bottom of the films next?
"Like all horror movies, there is no universal praise for the Phantasm movies. But they do tend rank up near the top of a lot of people's lists, including mine. Despite it's age (must be over 20 years now) Phantasm is still a genuinely creepy movie and totally worth seeing, even if all of the innovation has now been copied a thousand times in more recent horror flicks."
"I believe its $100k per digital projector. Are you willing to personally fund the re-equipping of America's theartres? No? Well STFU then."
Obviously you did not read my post carefully. Almost every single screen in Regal Cinemas has a digital projector. Ergo, it would be nice to see this film digitally projected in a Regal Theatre. I further elaborated on the fact that Regal went into bankruptcy, and came out of it with brand new equipment. Please read more carefully before posting something like that again.
2. Spin off Java into a separate company that is owned by non-Microsofties. The companies should include Sun, IBM, Apple, AOL, (HP?), PalmSource, Sony and other Japanese consumer electronics companies, Nokia and other cell phone companies, etc., and Red Hat. Some might say this would be adding too many cooks to the kitchen, but it is a good strategy for keeping.NET from making any more headway in terms of internet, electronics and the cell phone market. Java is too Sun-centric at the moment.
3. Something must be done about SPARC. There is truth that SPARC will require lots of R&D to keep up with the IBMs, the Intels, and the AMDs of the market. Sheesh, even AMD has its own host of troubles keeping up. The only problem about divesting the chipset is Sun gives up control of its destiny. Its the same argument as Britain giving up Sterling for the Euro; a matter of trust. Britain can't exactly trust the European Central Bank because France and Germany have flouted the Stabilization Pact with their lack-of-fiscal-discipline with their budgets and if this is allowed longterm, the Euro becomes funny money. The same goes for Sun. Does Sun feel comfortable trusting Intel? Nope. Its in Intel's best interest to weaken Sun through their strong relationship with Dell. Trust IBM with Power? Only unless Sun becomes a subsidiary of IBM, or becomes a joint owner in the Microelectronics division that would come about through an asset exchange. Trust AMD? Nope. AMD is an IBM proxy since IBM is the actual manufacturer of the chips. In one word, this is bad.
4. Dump Mat Hatter? No way. This could become a profitable endeavor for companies not yet willing to buy new PCs. The analyst is wrong.
5. Get Star Office/Open Office out the door for Mac OS X, and step on it. An officially supported Star Office for OS X would be a compelling choice for a company wishing to rid itself of Microsoft while upgrading to new computers. More money, and it cuts Microsoft two ways, which is good for Sun.
Open for other ideas since not on was this post a statement, but its also a question...:)
Problem is, it's hard to see how Sun could do what Apple did -- consolidate and re-occupy a niche.
Apple isn't a niche. Apple is gaining customers, and plenty of them are first-time Mac owners. The proof is in the puddying with their laptop market share jumping 2% last month.
Was that the Version with the dancing russian guys in the center of the screen? I loved that version. I hated the version that I brought. It had tetris on it and it was just plain brightly colored blocks. It was still fun, but no where near as fun.
Are you asking about the NES version or the computer version of Tetris? If you are referring to an NES edition, it was the Tengen version. I believe most of the computer ports (for the American market) were done by Broderbund or someone else, unless you had an Atari ST or Amiga and got the game imported from Europe which were based upon the Atari Games/Tengen edition.
The movie's being released in IMAX format on the same day
Yes, but IMAX is not digital. IMAX is 133mm film. The problem with this is the movie was shot on 35mm stock to begin with (we can't even get the 70mm goodness that was the original ESB, ROTJ, or even the 1989 Batman these days). IMAX has the giant center of the action, but you lose the wideness to the action of the screen without major tweaks. IMAX does not go beyond two hours either. Yes, IMAX is impressive (I saw AOTC in the format), but that is not what I'm asking for. Unless you are viewing film stock in prestine condition with union projectionists and not the run-of-the-mill 16 year old, you aren't going to beat a digitally projected presentation. Why do you think Robert Rodriguez and George Lucas are so gung-ho about it?
C'mon...I want to see the movies digitally projected in the theatres. Just about every Regal Theatre (part of Regal Entertainment Group) is equipped with a digital projector for each screen (they show the ads that way before switching over to the film project for the feature) now. I guess they used their bankruptcy as a way to fund the acquisition of the projectors. Anyway, I want to start seeing films projected in that manner. I'm tired of the "cigarette burns" and everything else that happens to the prints in days from the original presentation. And I don't want to wait until 2005 before Episode III comes out to enjoy it. If Warner Bros. was smart (which "Catwoman" proves they are quite the opposite), they'd be showing Matrix III in digital for those theatres with the projectors.
Oh well. At least Monica Bellucci is in it.
By the way, is anyone else out there in Slashdot land pissed about Regal disavowing their "Regalators" starting in November?
How can Microsoft get away with this (integrating their Google competitor with the OS) without violating the Justice Department Settlement? Are they going to point their fingers at Apple with Sherlock as an example? After all, the antitrust argument about Microsoft's bundling of Messenger with XP basically became moot after Apple integrated iChat into OS X. Despite campaign contributions and free market ideals, I cannot see the Bush Administration in 2005 allowing Tweedle Dee Gates and Tweedle Dumb Ballmer to make monkeys out of them (invalidating the prior slap-on-the-wrist Microsoft settlement). I mean, we are talking about a President who basically went to war against a country based upon a vendetta (all the other charges simply were window dressing)...
"Too bad Jobs had to kill the Newton when he got back at Apple to finally do away with everything Scully."
You actually think Jobs did that just because it was a Scully project? Jobs did what he had to do to get the company back into the black. He had two major areas to focus on: 1. getting the Mac into the public again (with the iMac); and 2. cramming NeXT's operating system expertise crammed into the heart-and-soul of every Mac. The Newton had already gave way to the Palm line; did you want Jobs to fight not just Palm but Microsoft eventually getting into the market? Jobs had to do other unpopular things, like swallow pride and settle with Microsoft (even taking the poison of making IE the default browser), as well as personally killing off the Mac compatible market (although Jobs probably enjoyed that stroke)... Truth be told, the Newton was deader than the idea of the Mac game system via Bandai...
I should get bonus karma points for NOT using the Bloodhound Gang reference of "deader than the parents on *Party of Five* to describe the Newton circa the return of Jobs.":)
This is yet another attempt by the lovely folks at Disney to circumvent the existing home video standard. Disney was one of the most enthusiastic supporters of Circuit City's stupid divx system. Its all about charging the same price up front for a DVD rental without offering any of the DVD's special features, and then getting extra revenue off a monthly access fee and 2nd day viewing window. Lame. Circuit City's divx was crushed thanks to the online community's boycott; its time to launch another one - this time against Disney. And please don't forget to support NetFlix while you are at it; its bad enough they are having to compete with Wal-Mart now...
"Disney could partner with Tivo to create a movie download service using your broadband connection and your existing Tivo box."
Why would TiVo do that? TiVo doesn't even send a lot of those movie trailer promos through broadband connection; they send it through Discovery Channel in the wee hours (because, get this, some cable subscribers with TiVo don't subscribe for broadband internet service). I'd bet on a partnership with Time Warner before one with Disney since Time Warner is the largest shareholder in TiVo; well, after TW Cable drops *Mystro*...
Disney is just upset because they foolishly didn't get in on the cable and DBS consolidation. They were too busy planning the next animated film with talking animals instead...
Deploy the solar cells and hook them up to racks of fuel cells. I remember from an article in the Financial Times back in 2000 of a British start-up that had the very idea... I believe on a large scale, this would make solar just as ideal as fossil fuels for electricity production, give or take some government interference (err, "incentives")...
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*What they ought to do is replace the stereo minijack out on the ipod with an AV minijack like the ones on Sony camcorders. Then you could plug the ipod into your stereo system, OR a TV.... once the drive capacities start getting really big, you could fill that sucker up with video.*
That is a great idea, but there is a reason why Apple hasn't included a digital-out on the iPod. The RIAA would have a fit over it without strong DRM. Think about it. Under the iTunes store license, you have your purchase music tied to your home network of Macs and up to 5 iPods. Apple still hasn't allowed a networked TiVo to become an authorized device on the network chain yet, despite how popular TiVos are with Mac owners. If you allow a perfect digital output to any home stereo system, you open the can of worms on unauthorized replication straight from the iPod. The iPod could stream to a device recording the content. That's why there is no digital output on those babies. Add to the fact that Macs proper are just now coming standard with digital audio outputs (on the G5's) unless a user purchased the Soundblaster Audigy for their PowerMac...
*i totally didnt realize that palpatine was the emporer... what about the sith master that was instructing darth mal/doku... is that palpatine switching back and forth??*
You are referring to DARTH SIDIOUS, the robed Sith Master from Episode I and II. Darth Sidious is Palpatine, who later becomes the Emperor. The hot rumor online is that in Episode III, he'll reveal himself to certain Jedi at the end of the flick and his face will change into the decrepid face seen in Jedi with a wave of his hand (if you've seen THE CRAFT with the witch changing her face, you'll know what I mean)... But that is a rumor at this point...
*Yes I read what appeared to be an extremley early version of the Episode III script (circa 1983) and that was stated, that Anakin Skywalker falls into a pit of lava while fighting Obi Wan Kenobi. He is then rescued by a cult of crazed Sith idiots and made into Darth Vader.
Yep, it is actually Bobba Fett and his crew, according to this script that I read, that do most of the Jedi hunting/slaughtering. Bobba Fett is obviously a far superior warrior than his father was!*
Good points, but that script (actually, a treatment) is bogus. You are referring to "Fall of the Republic." Many fans have been sucked into purchasing it at many different fan conventions over the years. The lava pit imagery predates the bogus script by several years. There's actually an early draft of JEDI where the Emperor's throne room is surrounded by magma and Luke confronts Vader and the Emperor. Obi-Wan returns in the flesh (ala in Gandalf style) and Yoda also joins in the battle royale. Vader has a change of heart at the end, and leaps toward the Emperor and they both plunge into the magma. Quite interesting. Anyways, back to Fall of the Republic. Its completely bogus; the only thing the author got right was that the Storm Troopers are clones...
Do a Google search for the treatment; I'm sure you'll find it on the web somewhere.
*It's been known longer than that, actually - the novelization of the original movie has a prologue discussing the rise of an ambitious senator named Palpatine who eventually made himself Emperor, and that novelization was first published in November of 1976 , a good six months before even the actual original movie itself came out.*
:)
True, but the novelization is not cannon. The novelization was ghost-written by Alan Dean Foster based upon earlier scripts for the movie. If you'll notice in the novelization, it does not mention Palpatine was the FIRST emperor, but the current one in a line of emperors. The novelization maintained Palpatine was easily manipulated; there was no hint of him being the supreme personification of the Dark Side of the Force. The novelization has Luke Skywalker blacking out and the spirit of Obi-Wan Kenobi taking over his body in order to guarantee the direct hit by the proton torpedos into the Death Star's exhaust port (Foster used this trick again in his sequel novel, A SPLINTER OF THE MINDS EYE). *On a sidenote, "Highlander 4" aped this approach with Connor MacLeod taking over Duncan's body for the final fight at the end of the flick.* And Luke's X-Wing Squadron was not Red Group in the novelization; if I remember correctly, they were Gold (whereas in the movie, that was the Y-Wing Squadron) and the Y's were Blue Group.
And in the novelization, its "A Long Long Time Ago in a Galaxy Far Far Away."
"Thanks a lot spolierboy."
How did I spoil the film at all?
1. The Emperor's name from the classic trilogy has been commonly known to be PALPATINE since his action figure was released back in 1983/84 with RETURN OF THE JEDI.
2. Emperor Palpatine in 1983's RETURN OF THE JEDI wears the same style robe as DARTH SIDIOUS of 1999's THE PHANTOM MENACE and 2002's ATTACK OF THE CLONES. Darth Vader is clearly the Emperor's apprentice in EMPIRE STRIKES BACK and RETURN OF THE JEDI. So common sense would lead you to conclude that Palpatine is...
3. Obi-Wan Kenobi in 1977's STAR WARS tells Luke that his former pupil DARTH VADER betrayed the Jedi, hunted down and killed them all, allowing the Empire to rise.
4. In 1980's EMPIRE STRIKES BACK, Vader tells Boba Fett "no disintegrations" when trying to capture Han Solo, indicating the two figures have worked together in the past.
5. In the commentary on the EPISODE TWO (ATTACK OF THE CLONES) DVD, George Lucas states the Clone Troopers become the STORM TROOPERS of the classic trilogy.
6. The Sith follow "the rule of two (2)." Meaning there can only be one (1) apprentice and one (1) master. When the apprentice kills the master, he becomes the master and can seek out an apprentice. Conversely, the master can find another willing to become his apprentice and if the hopeful kills the existing apprentice he can take his place. The Emperor gleefully pitted his apprentice Vader against Luke in RETURN OF THE JEDI. In THE PHANTOM MENACE, we see that Darth Maul before he is cut in two. At the end of ATTACK OF THE CLONES, we learn that Count Dooku is really the Sith Apprentice DARTH TYRANNUS. So guess what? For Anakin Skywalker to become DARTH VADER, he must kill ______ first. I wonder who that is?
7. George Lucas stated in an interview back in 1979 that Darth Vader fell into a lava pit during his duel with Obi-Wan Kenobi which is why he is more-man-than-machine.
Posting common knowledge is not a "spoiler." I can't be held responsible if you just found out that Darth Vader is really Luke Skywalker's father...you are only 20 years behind the general pop culture if you just found out...
First off, there are plenty of portable DVD players on the market.
Second, why would Sony and the MPAA do anything that might push down DVD sales? Hollywood is awash with DVD profits. Offering portable hard drives for motion-picture viewing is a direct threat to DVD sales. Hollywood won't allow this trend to happen like MP3 trading did to the music industry. Currently, the distribution channel for legal motion-picture digital sales is primitive, so a device like this would only encourage P2P movie trading.
Put these elements together and you'll see why Sony WON'T bring such a device out.
"The clones wern't supposed to be on the side of the jedi.. they were made in the name of the jedi, and the jedi found out and used them to fight the droids because they had to..."
This cartoon is about the CLONE WARS. The CLONE WARS are the epic battles between the Republic and the Separatists, not what happens after the Republic "wins" and becomes the EMPIRE of the original trilogy. The Clone Troopers won't turn on the Jedi until AFTER the CLONE WARS ends. So, for the duration of the cartoon series and the first 10 minutes of EPISODE THREE, the CLONES will be on the side of the JEDI.
What you are confused about are the events after the CLONE WARS. That is when Supreme Chancellor Palpatine declares himself Emperor and Anakin Skywalker becomes Darth Vader. That is when the Jedi are hunted down and driven toward extinction thanks to Vader, the renamed STORM TROOPERS, and bounty hunters like Boba Fett.
Palpatine IS DARTH SIDEOUS.
Here are some great links for you to do some research on:
http://www.starwars.com
http://www.theforce.net
http://www.jedinet.com
http://www.rebelscum.com
"Plug this into the Network / Firewire / USB2 port on a TiVo (or future TiVo) and then download the videos that you have recorded on the TiVo onto your device (recoding for the devices display size of course, why store a 720x480 MPEG2 when a 320x240 MPEG4 would be better, and allow more to fit on the device?) for watching."
.AAC streaming from a PC or Mac using iTunes.
.AAC streaming from iTunes standard; and perhaps Bluetooth built in (like Nokia's PVR) for easy picture phone image transfers. And an Apple TiVo is no more foolish to consider than a Gateway-branded DVD player 6 months ago...
Nice idea. There's just a slight problem with your suggestion here. TiVo's don't have USB 2.0 ports, Firewire ports, or even *network* ports. As it stands, TiVo Series 2 units have two (2) USB 1.1 ports. To hook up a TiVo using ethernet, you have to purchase a USB-to-Ethernet dongle (or USB to wireless, etc.).
TiVo Series 2 units also won't export recordings without serious hacking. The encryption is much much heavier than the original Series 1 units, thanks to the concern of the MPAA and the Broadcast Industry. TiVo following their concerns is the reason why the company is still in business whereas Replay has already bankrupted its two previous owners.
I'd much prefer to see an Apple-branded TiVo unit that is actually compatible with
In fact, I propose us Slashdotters petition Apple to release an Apple-branded TiVo. Apple could advance the PVR industry by bringing out a TiVo with more advanced features. Things such as MPEG4 encoding/decoding for more recording abilities on the same sized hard drives; an Airport Card Slot for easy WiFi; FireWire and USB 2.0 ports; Component Video Output; *Home Media Option* with
Anakin Skywalker and their cohorts as they lead the Galactic Republic against evil armies of cloned troopers created by the Separatists.'"
Nice. Only problem is that the Clones are on the side of the Jedi and the Republic, not the Separatists. The Separatists use droid armies. Someone really was doing their job over at E, weren't they?
"Do you know why? United Devices filed a law suit over some bullshit IP non-sense."
I really do not like United Devices. The last time I checked, their distributed computing services only ran on x86 machines under Windows, and they did not specify if they were compatible with AMD chips (Intel is a major contributor). No Linux, no OS X, forget it...
What if China claims the United States never landed on the Moon in 1969 after they successfully have their probe orbit the Moon? What is the U.S. going to do? I'm sure the Chinese probe will have modern surveilance equipment on board. And yes, I know, the probe launch will follow China's John Glenn-esque mission that is the first up.
I'd like to point out I'm not advocating that our government faked the Apollo Moon missions (ala *Capricorn One*), but I will find it interesting if China proclaims this...
How about a barcode reader program under OS X? I'd like to recommend such a solution for the office I work in, but I haven't found any stuff for OS X. Its bad enough that a lot of the barcode wands being offered still require USB adapters on the PC side of the biz...
Funny, I don't recall seeing any language on the ticket stub indicating I'd be subjected to anti-piracy measures that might distract from the presentation itself. And I do remember seeing those weird red dots during "Underworld." What next? Are we going to see an equivalent to a *broadcast flag* at the bottom of the films next?
"Like all horror movies, there is no universal praise for the Phantasm movies. But they do tend rank up near the top of a lot of people's lists, including mine. Despite it's age (must be over 20 years now) Phantasm is still a genuinely creepy movie and totally worth seeing, even if all of the innovation has now been copied a thousand times in more recent horror flicks."
Long live Reggie Bannister!
"I believe its $100k per digital projector. Are you willing to personally fund the re-equipping of America's theartres? No? Well STFU then."
Obviously you did not read my post carefully. Almost every single screen in Regal Cinemas has a digital projector. Ergo, it would be nice to see this film digitally projected in a Regal Theatre. I further elaborated on the fact that Regal went into bankruptcy, and came out of it with brand new equipment. Please read more carefully before posting something like that again.
1. Don't listen to "The Loon" for the most part.
2. Spin off Java into a separate company that is owned by non-Microsofties. The companies should include Sun, IBM, Apple, AOL, (HP?), PalmSource, Sony and other Japanese consumer electronics companies, Nokia and other cell phone companies, etc., and Red Hat. Some might say this would be adding too many cooks to the kitchen, but it is a good strategy for keeping
3. Something must be done about SPARC. There is truth that SPARC will require lots of R&D to keep up with the IBMs, the Intels, and the AMDs of the market. Sheesh, even AMD has its own host of troubles keeping up. The only problem about divesting the chipset is Sun gives up control of its destiny. Its the same argument as Britain giving up Sterling for the Euro; a matter of trust. Britain can't exactly trust the European Central Bank because France and Germany have flouted the Stabilization Pact with their lack-of-fiscal-discipline with their budgets and if this is allowed longterm, the Euro becomes funny money. The same goes for Sun. Does Sun feel comfortable trusting Intel? Nope. Its in Intel's best interest to weaken Sun through their strong relationship with Dell. Trust IBM with Power? Only unless Sun becomes a subsidiary of IBM, or becomes a joint owner in the Microelectronics division that would come about through an asset exchange. Trust AMD? Nope. AMD is an IBM proxy since IBM is the actual manufacturer of the chips. In one word, this is bad.
4. Dump Mat Hatter? No way. This could become a profitable endeavor for companies not yet willing to buy new PCs. The analyst is wrong.
5. Get Star Office/Open Office out the door for Mac OS X, and step on it. An officially supported Star Office for OS X would be a compelling choice for a company wishing to rid itself of Microsoft while upgrading to new computers. More money, and it cuts Microsoft two ways, which is good for Sun.
Open for other ideas since not on was this post a statement, but its also a question...
Problem is, it's hard to see how Sun could do what Apple did -- consolidate and re-occupy a niche.
Apple isn't a niche. Apple is gaining customers, and plenty of them are first-time Mac owners. The proof is in the puddying with their laptop market share jumping 2% last month.
Was that the Version with the dancing russian guys in the center of the screen? I loved that version. I hated the version that I brought. It had tetris on it and it was just plain brightly colored blocks. It was still fun, but no where near as fun.
Are you asking about the NES version or the computer version of Tetris? If you are referring to an NES edition, it was the Tengen version. I believe most of the computer ports (for the American market) were done by Broderbund or someone else, unless you had an Atari ST or Amiga and got the game imported from Europe which were based upon the Atari Games/Tengen edition.
The movie's being released in IMAX format on the same day
Yes, but IMAX is not digital. IMAX is 133mm film. The problem with this is the movie was shot on 35mm stock to begin with (we can't even get the 70mm goodness that was the original ESB, ROTJ, or even the 1989 Batman these days). IMAX has the giant center of the action, but you lose the wideness to the action of the screen without major tweaks. IMAX does not go beyond two hours either. Yes, IMAX is impressive (I saw AOTC in the format), but that is not what I'm asking for. Unless you are viewing film stock in prestine condition with union projectionists and not the run-of-the-mill 16 year old, you aren't going to beat a digitally projected presentation. Why do you think Robert Rodriguez and George Lucas are so gung-ho about it?
C'mon...I want to see the movies digitally projected in the theatres. Just about every Regal Theatre (part of Regal Entertainment Group) is equipped with a digital projector for each screen (they show the ads that way before switching over to the film project for the feature) now. I guess they used their bankruptcy as a way to fund the acquisition of the projectors. Anyway, I want to start seeing films projected in that manner. I'm tired of the "cigarette burns" and everything else that happens to the prints in days from the original presentation. And I don't want to wait until 2005 before Episode III comes out to enjoy it. If Warner Bros. was smart (which "Catwoman" proves they are quite the opposite), they'd be showing Matrix III in digital for those theatres with the projectors.
Oh well. At least Monica Bellucci is in it.
By the way, is anyone else out there in Slashdot land pissed about Regal disavowing their "Regalators" starting in November?
How can Microsoft get away with this (integrating their Google competitor with the OS) without violating the Justice Department Settlement? Are they going to point their fingers at Apple with Sherlock as an example? After all, the antitrust argument about Microsoft's bundling of Messenger with XP basically became moot after Apple integrated iChat into OS X. Despite campaign contributions and free market ideals, I cannot see the Bush Administration in 2005 allowing Tweedle Dee Gates and Tweedle Dumb Ballmer to make monkeys out of them (invalidating the prior slap-on-the-wrist Microsoft settlement). I mean, we are talking about a President who basically went to war against a country based upon a vendetta (all the other charges simply were window dressing)...
"Too bad Jobs had to kill the Newton when he got back at Apple to finally do away with everything Scully."
:)
You actually think Jobs did that just because it was a Scully project? Jobs did what he had to do to get the company back into the black. He had two major areas to focus on: 1. getting the Mac into the public again (with the iMac); and 2. cramming NeXT's operating system expertise crammed into the heart-and-soul of every Mac. The Newton had already gave way to the Palm line; did you want Jobs to fight not just Palm but Microsoft eventually getting into the market? Jobs had to do other unpopular things, like swallow pride and settle with Microsoft (even taking the poison of making IE the default browser), as well as personally killing off the Mac compatible market (although Jobs probably enjoyed that stroke)... Truth be told, the Newton was deader than the idea of the Mac game system via Bandai...
I should get bonus karma points for NOT using the Bloodhound Gang reference of "deader than the parents on *Party of Five* to describe the Newton circa the return of Jobs."
This is yet another attempt by the lovely folks at Disney to circumvent the existing home video standard. Disney was one of the most enthusiastic supporters of Circuit City's stupid divx system. Its all about charging the same price up front for a DVD rental without offering any of the DVD's special features, and then getting extra revenue off a monthly access fee and 2nd day viewing window. Lame. Circuit City's divx was crushed thanks to the online community's boycott; its time to launch another one - this time against Disney. And please don't forget to support NetFlix while you are at it; its bad enough they are having to compete with Wal-Mart now...
"Disney could partner with Tivo to create a movie download service using your broadband connection and your existing Tivo box."
Why would TiVo do that? TiVo doesn't even send a lot of those movie trailer promos through broadband connection; they send it through Discovery Channel in the wee hours (because, get this, some cable subscribers with TiVo don't subscribe for broadband internet service). I'd bet on a partnership with Time Warner before one with Disney since Time Warner is the largest shareholder in TiVo; well, after TW Cable drops *Mystro*...
Disney is just upset because they foolishly didn't get in on the cable and DBS consolidation. They were too busy planning the next animated film with talking animals instead...
Deploy the solar cells and hook them up to racks of fuel cells. I remember from an article in the Financial Times back in 2000 of a British start-up that had the very idea... I believe on a large scale, this would make solar just as ideal as fossil fuels for electricity production, give or take some government interference (err, "incentives")...