It is nice to see that live re-enactment. It's possible with really well written works. The LOTR trilogy is an example of what can happen when everyone involved shares that vision. Even while watching The Fellowship of the Ring for the first time, I was amazed at how closely the movie matched my imaginings. That's a tribute both to Tolkien's writing and to Peter Jackson's direction.
Based on this review, it seems that Disney has shoved another classic work through it's non-stop sausage factory and the results reflect that. It's unfortunate that the end result resembles HHGTTG as much as the _I, Robot_ movie resembles that story.
I suggest that concerned Slashdotter's everywhere protest this by stocking up on $2 bills. On a chosen day (how about a new-release Tuesday?), each individual should attempt to purchase an agreed upon CD (perhaps Britney Spears) and pay for it with the $2 bills.
If the purchase actually succeeds, the purchaser should immediately go to the return desk and return the CD unopened for cash. Consider this a bonus protest against the RIAA.
It happens all the time and it's not going to stop anytime soon. Everything becomes a derivative work in some part. Like software patents, it will soon be impossible to create anything without infringing on someone else's "intellectual property"
That's incorrent. Orrin Hatch and those like him have attempted to outlaw peer-to-peer technology repeatedly. First they tried to stigmatize it by saying that it is only used by pedophiles and that it transfers viruses and then they attempted to push through the INDUCE ACT. I would've put a google link, but I seem to be having touble connecting to google today.
When the non-infringing uses are brought to the forefront, most sane people would agree that it's absurd to outlaw technology. Unfortunately, the MPAA and RIAA are better funded and have nothing better to do.
This is the same tactic that they used to push the DMCA through. Claiming that individuals copying DVDs cause them to lose a godzillion dollars, when in reality bulk stamping of DVDs is the problem. DRM technology only affects the consumer who wants to create a legitimate backup of a purchased DVD to prevent his kids from smearing it with jelly and feeding it to the dog.
Download the torrent from the South by Southwest music festival at CitizenPod . 2.6 gigs of musicians who want their music to be heard by the widest audience possible.
I'm listening to it now and it's incredibly diverse with everything from punk to hiphop, country, singer-songwriter, etc
I've a c# developer, and I'd be tempted to play with mono, but I have to wonder why Python with the wxWindows and wxGTK toolkits isn't getting more exposure.
My biggest problem with Java apps is that they look equally bad on any given platform. Based on what I've seen with wxWindows and wxGTK, the apps look like native apps. Is Python missing something essential?
And I always use Path.DirectorySeparatorChar to tell me what the character should be.
Could be moderately useful
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This tool could be moderately useful, especially in an environment where the administrator can't be expected to know all of the ins and outs of third-party add-ons.
I was once assigned to a dotcom that used a third-party component to allow for credit card transactions. What the admin didn't realize was the default configuration left the component in debug mode, placing all user-submitted credit card data in plain text files on the web server
We only found the log file accidentally while performing an unrelated search for files modified in the last 'n' days. The admin relied on the developers to configure the third-party component and the developers were relying on another set of consultants who didn't know or didn't care about the log files.
I've seen posts that indicate that you shouldn't label yourself or limit yourself to a clique. I've also seen posts indicating that you should go for it because of the increased money.
My perspective, is that if you're really good technically, you have no chance as a manager. Managers have to distance themselves from the nuts and bolts and look at people resources and budgets. Geeks are only happy elbows-deep into a problem, living for the version 1.0 implementations. Once the really interesting bits have been worked out maintenance is a chore. As a manager, you don't even get to write maintenance code.
I've seen many people try it a fail. My previous employer and current client both fell into the trap of thinking: "Hey, this person is exceeding expectations in a hands-on role, let's move them away from what they're good at and give them a job requiring a completely different skill-set."
The end-results are predictable. In the end, none of the advice that I'm writing will make a difference. You have to decide if YOU want to manage and if you will do it well.
TheOpenCD is a collection of free software that runs on Windows and is handy for spreading free software "love" to people who would never think to run Linux. It's an attempt to show people that free doesn't have to equate to low quality or lack of features.
Besides the above raison d'etre, I think it's great to have around for the times when a machine doesn't have MS Word installed or a decent ZIP utility, or a decent graphics editing package.
I'm glad to see that Blender has been added. The Blender created trailers on the previous version were a tease
I'll second that emotion. I've run ssh and a vnc tunnel over port 443 on my T610 using a bluetooth dongle from the laptop. It's not the kind of connection you can play Doom3 on, but it gets the job done...and it's *99#
p.s. This also works well from a Palm m500 with a bluetooth card. Nothing like getting paid to read Slashdot while your clients are running late for a meeting.
So write your goddamn song, sell it as a jingle to Pepsi and buy a goddamn farm. Music and literature are derivitave works that owe their existence to the work of earlier artists.
Take a look at Disney. Instead of contributing back to the Public Domain from which they've built their empire, they hoard their characters (which belong to the common lexicon) and swallow real creative places like Pixar.
Physical property, unlike creative works is limited. That's why we afford it special protection (and why governments choose to levy taxes on certain forms of it). Ideas and creative works are different, not just in their lack of physicality, but in the fact that our use of those ideas is colored by our perceptions and by our life experience. I might see or hear something different in your work and want to emphasize that myself (think decent cover versions of songs).
I really think that artists need to be compensated for their contribution to society, but I don't think that copyright protection should extend past 15-20 years. I am extremely opposed to their children inheriting the rights to their works. Give them the house and the car, but make them get a job for chrissakes!
Finally DRM technologies should be eliminated for the benefit of future generations. What good is copyright expiration if you can't get access to something because the key is lost
Personally, I've been doing just that. I also let retailers know why I buy some music and give other music a pass. A Boycott is a "drop in sales due to piracy" unless you actually let people know that you're boycotting the RIAA
Obligatory links:
RIAA Radar allows you to determine if a recording is distributed by a RIAA-affiliate.
Epitaph has some of the best indy punk music available
Audio Lunchbox has a great selection of tunes for purchase in MP3 or OGG Vorbis formats
I was paying $1.40 max before the war. Now it's down to $1.83 after a high of $2.09. Somehow, I think that Bush and his oil buddies made a better-than-average profit on oil during this time. I'm too lazy at the current moment to research this, but I doubt that U.S. Oil companies patriotically kept their prices at pre-war levels.
THIS IS NOT STEALTH MODE
Bzzt sorry. Thank you for playing. You will however get a complimentary copy of Unalienable rights for Dummies. When a person is born into this world, they have complete freedom to do anything that comes to their mind. In order to work together with other humans, we've set some ground rules on a number of levels such as social mores and taboos.
Eventually, some asswipe comes along and needs things spelled out in more detail or works through some loophole. We begin needing a class of individuals trained in the precise use of language and research into the detailed language already written down to prevent asswipes from being..well asswipes.
Some asswipe figures out how to enter the above caste and realizes that no one but the Lawyers (there! I said it!) has the attention span to read the detailed language and starts whoring himself or herself out to whoever has the most money to pay to get special language protecting their fiefdom.
That's how "promote the progress of arts and sciences" becomes the whole of copyright law, including the DMCA, Berne Act, Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act, and the INDUCE act (STOP IT NOW)
That's the problem between privacy and security. Maybe I read Slashdot and find articles about DIY cruise missles, HERF guns, and potato cannons interesting. Perhaps I also read EVERY article in YRO. Am I a potential terrorist? I don't think so, but I'm not the guy coding the "expert" system to identify potential terrorists. I don't have any reason to believe that this expert system will be able to avoid the flaws that creep into any system where humans are involved.
As a human being and American Citizen (no not just a taxpayer, or voter), I have inalienable rights. Those rights include being free from unreasonable search and seizure. Collection of my online dossier constitutes an unreasonable search into my private life.
When my first child was born, I used a sony camcorder to take some video of the moment. I also decided to use the digital photo feature for the first time.
Later I realized that I needed the crappy photo imaging software CD that they provided in order to pull the images from the camera. After a few moves, I had no idea where the software was. As anyone knows, you get what you pay for with bundled software, it's really the lowest common denominator. I expected to be able to download it from their web site, but no. I even contacted them and offered proof of purchase of the camera, but they wouldn't provide me with a replacement for the software.
Lucky for me that I eventually found the software. The experience with their support and the resulting crappy quality images have made me vow to never purchase another product from Sony ever again.
Wow, that would be the most terrible future imaginable. Movies made by people who really want to make movies. Not for the potential fortune. Not for the lucrative T-Shirt/DVD/Action Figure Sales, but just because they wanted to be creative.
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
I don't know if I could possibly live in a world without an industry focused on 'entertaining' me. I mean, like, without 'American Idol'? No 'Fear Factor'? At least there'll always be the Fox network's trading families reality show./p>
....in case you didn't realize, I was being sarcastic.
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It is nice to see that live re-enactment. It's possible with really well written works. The LOTR trilogy is an example of what can happen when everyone involved shares that vision. Even while watching The Fellowship of the Ring for the first time, I was amazed at how closely the movie matched my imaginings. That's a tribute both to Tolkien's writing and to Peter Jackson's direction.
Based on this review, it seems that Disney has shoved another classic work through it's non-stop sausage factory and the results reflect that. It's unfortunate that the end result resembles HHGTTG as much as the _I, Robot_ movie resembles that story.
I suggest that concerned Slashdotter's everywhere protest this by stocking up on $2 bills. On a chosen day (how about a new-release Tuesday?), each individual should attempt to purchase an agreed upon CD (perhaps Britney Spears) and pay for it with the $2 bills.
If the purchase actually succeeds, the purchaser should immediately go to the return desk and return the CD unopened for cash. Consider this a bonus protest against the RIAA.
Does anyone know how to use gnomemeeting in conjunction with a firewall? My last attempt to connect from Gnomemeeting to Netmeeting failed
My understanding is that Netmeeting still chooses random ports for communication and can't adequately be configured to use a static range
Oh the horror of rebooting a windows machine!!! I'd say that it's akin to the terror of sleep, but sleep only comes once a day
Are you going for the insightful mod or for the funny mod?
Francis Scott Key: "I need some music for this little ditty I wrote. Let me just sample this old drinking song"
It happens all the time and it's not going to stop anytime soon. Everything becomes a derivative work in some part. Like software patents, it will soon be impossible to create anything without infringing on someone else's "intellectual property"
err.....I mean't incorrect (and that was previewed - just not well).
That's incorrent. Orrin Hatch and those like him have attempted to outlaw peer-to-peer technology repeatedly. First they tried to stigmatize it by saying that it is only used by pedophiles and that it transfers viruses and then they attempted to push through the INDUCE ACT. I would've put a google link, but I seem to be having touble connecting to google today.
When the non-infringing uses are brought to the forefront, most sane people would agree that it's absurd to outlaw technology. Unfortunately, the MPAA and RIAA are better funded and have nothing better to do.
This is the same tactic that they used to push the DMCA through. Claiming that individuals copying DVDs cause them to lose a godzillion dollars, when in reality bulk stamping of DVDs is the problem. DRM technology only affects the consumer who wants to create a legitimate backup of a purchased DVD to prevent his kids from smearing it with jelly and feeding it to the dog.
Download the torrent from the South by Southwest music festival at CitizenPod . 2.6 gigs of musicians who want their music to be heard by the widest audience possible.
I'm listening to it now and it's incredibly diverse with everything from punk to hiphop, country, singer-songwriter, etc
I'll take it off your hands cheap
On the other hand, if you're willing to give it another shot, try KnoppMyth
I've a c# developer, and I'd be tempted to play with mono, but I have to wonder why Python with the wxWindows and wxGTK toolkits isn't getting more exposure.
My biggest problem with Java apps is that they look equally bad on any given platform. Based on what I've seen with wxWindows and wxGTK, the apps look like native apps. Is Python missing something essential?
And I always use Path.DirectorySeparatorChar to tell me what the character should be.
This tool could be moderately useful, especially in an environment where the administrator can't be expected to know all of the ins and outs of third-party add-ons.
I was once assigned to a dotcom that used a third-party component to allow for credit card transactions. What the admin didn't realize was the default configuration left the component in debug mode, placing all user-submitted credit card data in plain text files on the web server
We only found the log file accidentally while performing an unrelated search for files modified in the last 'n' days. The admin relied on the developers to configure the third-party component and the developers were relying on another set of consultants who didn't know or didn't care about the log files.
I've seen posts that indicate that you shouldn't label yourself or limit yourself to a clique. I've also seen posts indicating that you should go for it because of the increased money.
My perspective, is that if you're really good technically, you have no chance as a manager. Managers have to distance themselves from the nuts and bolts and look at people resources and budgets. Geeks are only happy elbows-deep into a problem, living for the version 1.0 implementations. Once the really interesting bits have been worked out maintenance is a chore. As a manager, you don't even get to write maintenance code.
I've seen many people try it a fail. My previous employer and current client both fell into the trap of thinking: "Hey, this person is exceeding expectations in a hands-on role, let's move them away from what they're good at and give them a job requiring a completely different skill-set."
The end-results are predictable. In the end, none of the advice that I'm writing will make a difference. You have to decide if YOU want to manage and if you will do it well.
TheOpenCD is a collection of free software that runs on Windows and is handy for spreading free software "love" to people who would never think to run Linux. It's an attempt to show people that free doesn't have to equate to low quality or lack of features.
Besides the above raison d'etre, I think it's great to have around for the times when a machine doesn't have MS Word installed or a decent ZIP utility, or a decent graphics editing package.
I'm glad to see that Blender has been added. The Blender created trailers on the previous version were a tease
I'll second that emotion. I've run ssh and a vnc tunnel over port 443 on my T610 using a bluetooth dongle from the laptop. It's not the kind of connection you can play Doom3 on, but it gets the job done...and it's *99#
p.s. This also works well from a Palm m500 with a bluetooth card. Nothing like getting paid to read Slashdot while your clients are running late for a meeting.
So write your goddamn song, sell it as a jingle to Pepsi and buy a goddamn farm. Music and literature are derivitave works that owe their existence to the work of earlier artists.
Take a look at Disney. Instead of contributing back to the Public Domain from which they've built their empire, they hoard their characters (which belong to the common lexicon) and swallow real creative places like Pixar.
Physical property, unlike creative works is limited. That's why we afford it special protection (and why governments choose to levy taxes on certain forms of it). Ideas and creative works are different, not just in their lack of physicality, but in the fact that our use of those ideas is colored by our perceptions and by our life experience. I might see or hear something different in your work and want to emphasize that myself (think decent cover versions of songs).
I really think that artists need to be compensated for their contribution to society, but I don't think that copyright protection should extend past 15-20 years. I am extremely opposed to their children inheriting the rights to their works. Give them the house and the car, but make them get a job for chrissakes!
Finally DRM technologies should be eliminated for the benefit of future generations. What good is copyright expiration if you can't get access to something because the key is lost
Personally, I've been doing just that. I also let retailers know why I buy some music and give other music a pass. A Boycott is a "drop in sales due to piracy" unless you actually let people know that you're boycotting the RIAA
Obligatory links:
As kids, we stole a Stop sign from the Police station (that's just ACT I of "Child Morons").
We then stripped a lamp cord, plugged it into the wall and started touching the bare wires to the Stop sign on our bedroom floor.
This was fun until a stray spark hit my brother and caused his thermal underwear to ignite into flames - Then it was really hilarious
It's a wonder that we all made it to adulthood.
I was paying $1.40 max before the war. Now it's down to $1.83 after a high of $2.09. Somehow, I think that Bush and his oil buddies made a better-than-average profit on oil during this time. I'm too lazy at the current moment to research this, but I doubt that U.S. Oil companies patriotically kept their prices at pre-war levels. THIS IS NOT STEALTH MODE
Bzzt sorry. Thank you for playing. You will however get a complimentary copy of Unalienable rights for Dummies. When a person is born into this world, they have complete freedom to do anything that comes to their mind. In order to work together with other humans, we've set some ground rules on a number of levels such as social mores and taboos.
Eventually, some asswipe comes along and needs things spelled out in more detail or works through some loophole. We begin needing a class of individuals trained in the precise use of language and research into the detailed language already written down to prevent asswipes from being..well asswipes.
Some asswipe figures out how to enter the above caste and realizes that no one but the Lawyers (there! I said it!) has the attention span to read the detailed language and starts whoring himself or herself out to whoever has the most money to pay to get special language protecting their fiefdom.
That's how "promote the progress of arts and sciences" becomes the whole of copyright law, including the DMCA, Berne Act, Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act, and the INDUCE act (STOP IT NOW)
That's the problem between privacy and security. Maybe I read Slashdot and find articles about DIY cruise missles, HERF guns, and potato cannons interesting. Perhaps I also read EVERY article in YRO. Am I a potential terrorist? I don't think so, but I'm not the guy coding the "expert" system to identify potential terrorists. I don't have any reason to believe that this expert system will be able to avoid the flaws that creep into any system where humans are involved.
As a human being and American Citizen (no not just a taxpayer, or voter), I have inalienable rights. Those rights include being free from unreasonable search and seizure. Collection of my online dossier constitutes an unreasonable search into my private life.
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KnoppMyth and Dave and DinaWhen my first child was born, I used a sony camcorder to take some video of the moment. I also decided to use the digital photo feature for the first time.
Later I realized that I needed the crappy photo imaging software CD that they provided in order to pull the images from the camera. After a few moves, I had no idea where the software was. As anyone knows, you get what you pay for with bundled software, it's really the lowest common denominator. I expected to be able to download it from their web site, but no. I even contacted them and offered proof of purchase of the camera, but they wouldn't provide me with a replacement for the software.
Lucky for me that I eventually found the software. The experience with their support and the resulting crappy quality images have made me vow to never purchase another product from Sony ever again.
Wow, that would be the most terrible future imaginable. Movies made by people who really want to make movies. Not for the potential fortune. Not for the lucrative T-Shirt/DVD/Action Figure Sales, but just because they wanted to be creative.
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!I don't know if I could possibly live in a world without an industry focused on 'entertaining' me. I mean, like, without 'American Idol'? No 'Fear Factor'? At least there'll always be the Fox network's trading families reality show./p>
....in case you didn't realize, I was being sarcastic.
Thank you. That is my new sig.