I see a lot of Harlan dislike here, but I have to say that the TV shows I have seen of his have often been some of the best shows every written. I think of a newer Twilight Zone episode -- "Palidin of the Lost Hour", and the old Outer Limits show, "Demon with a Glass Hand". These, and a lot of his Babylon-5 stuff I thought was really good.
IIRC, Harlan was only the 'conceptual consultant' for Babylon 5. Most of the episodes were written by JMS, only 2 were by HE. He also 'acted' in 3 episodes, 2 of which were voice parts.
No it's not, it's copyright infringement. If I steal something from you (classic definition of 'theft'), then I have it and you don't. Filesharers 'create' copies remotely, with the copy exactly like the original. Nothing's lost, and you still have your original copy.
Except that if I don't get paid I am not going to create any more songs (or movies, or programs, etc) and will go work in an accounting office instead...
So the GNU movement and Creative Commons License are just figments of my imagination, eh? DAMN, I need to copyright my brain!!
But seriously, there are ways to profit off 'free' stuff. Put a PayPal button on the download page of your software. Sell per-incident support and/or dead tree manuals on how to use it, including the nifty not so obvious features you wrote into it. Use your imagination already. You claim you have one. Use it already.
Say what you like, but downloading music and movies for free is still theft, no matter how you look at it.
No it's not, it's copyright infringement. If I steal something from you (classic definition of 'theft'), then I have it and you don't. Filesharers 'create' copies remotely, with the copy exactly like the original. Nothing's lost, and you still have your original copy.
True, but massive amounts of traffic look suspicious, especially to non-technical lawyer types looking for 'pirates'. You can hide the content, but unless we come up with some SERIOUSLY crunched down compression, they'll still notice massive data transfers.
How am I supposed to get my Brit TV fix now? If they block everything off, I won't be able to torrent shows I can't officially see here in the US, like The IT Crowd or FM or even No Heroics.
Those systems are all over-priced and a HUGE waste of money when you consider how soon it will be obsolete.
Depends on what you need it for. Video rendering CGI for ILM? They could probably use this for awhile, until the next ultimate build comes along. And that's just one application. What about storm modelling? You know, tornados and such. Simulations to figure out how they work so you can figure out early warning systems to maybe save some lives or something. Sure, you could probably model parts of a storm on a Commodore 64, if somebody'd write the software for it, but wouldn't you prefer answers in hours rather than decades? Storm survivors who otherwise would have died would thank you for that. How much do you put on a human life?
Whoever ordered the system in this article is an idiot.
See above.
Now, doing this to play solitare is ridiculous. For what I use a computer for, it's about 5 orders of magnitude of overkill. Your mileage may vary...
No, they're buying up all those drones and robots to keep the grunts from getting shot up. Helps keep the costs down in VA hospitals when no injuries are service-connected. Eventually, it'll all be Nintendo warfare anyways, except for the poor bloody bastards on the recieving end...
Of course they know it won't work. But this project serves a multitude of purposes, much like DHS itself. First off, it makes it look like the government is doing something, much like TSA. Second, it puts paychecks into a couple of people's pockets, much like TSA, which can be considered good for the economy. Third, while it doesn't help, it has the appearance of not hurting either. Lastly, but not least, it puts money in the hands of some corporado for beer & pretzels, always a good thing...
Divination, tarot, and astrology, of course. Though I've seen 'water witches' actually find water when I was a kid, be damned if I can figure out how they did it.
I've got a few ideas rattling around inside my head as well for some sci fi stories. My problem is, I vaporlock the instant I remember that the current copyright laws exist to give single artists a pass for the rest of their lives, corporations a steady stream of effortless income, and l*wy*rs a fucking job. I figure that what's in my head was probably used before, if not by Shakespeare or somebody in copyright prehistory, then somebody with nasty raw meat eating l*wy*rs, and if it wasn't, it'll get stolen and copyrighted by some corporate fuck and I'll get sued again.
The vent line is at the intertank region of the external tank and is the overboard vent to the pad and the flare stack where the vented hydrogen is burned off
Its the fucking hydrogen line from the storage tank to the engine. How hard was that to write?
Actually, it's the line that runs from the tank to the outside, and matches up with a line on the pad to safely vent away boiled off hydrogen. But you're right, they didn't need to bury it in technobabble. Hell, this is the Shuttle, not Star Trek. They're not trying to win an Emmy or anything...
But from the description, they are worried about the problem, as boiled off hydrogen in the space between the tank and the wall of the craft can be a Bad Thing, especially if it mixes really well with air. Could explode the whole damned thing.
Star Trek should ask all the questions we should not dare ask any more.
That's what it originally did, with episodes about racism, fascism, the Cold War, the arms race, all of that stuff. Next Gen lost its way in that it tried to be too politically correct, not asking the Hard Questions of the Day. Things went downhill from there in that it was more important to put a 'hot chick in a tight catsuit' than it was to press the envelope, until we got to Enterprise, which in the privacy of my own mind I still call 'Star Trek: What Happened To My Paycheck?'
How on earth would that help this problem?? Paramount losing the copyright on TOS would have absolutely no impact whatsoever on their ability to create a new star trek series.
Talk to the Senator from Disney about that. What a copyright can do, due to its granting of a 'monopoly', is keep everybody else away from the 'playground'. Copyright holders are under no obligation to grant licenses to use their work. For an example of that, watch this if you can find it. And with lawsuits flying left and right, what's a creative person to do?
Some of the 'Fan Trek' series are absolute utter shit. But there's some diamonds in there, too. Imagine if they were allowed to actually make enough money to keep their series afloat. Different writers/directors/actors/etc bring different things to the table. Diversity can be good
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IIRC, Harlan was only the 'conceptual consultant' for Babylon 5. Most of the episodes were written by JMS, only 2 were by HE. He also 'acted' in 3 episodes, 2 of which were voice parts.
So the GNU movement and Creative Commons License are just figments of my imagination, eh? DAMN, I need to copyright my brain!!
But seriously, there are ways to profit off 'free' stuff. Put a PayPal button on the download page of your software. Sell per-incident support and/or dead tree manuals on how to use it, including the nifty not so obvious features you wrote into it. Use your imagination already. You claim you have one. Use it already.
No it's not, it's copyright infringement. If I steal something from you (classic definition of 'theft'), then I have it and you don't. Filesharers 'create' copies remotely, with the copy exactly like the original. Nothing's lost, and you still have your original copy.
True, but massive amounts of traffic look suspicious, especially to non-technical lawyer types looking for 'pirates'. You can hide the content, but unless we come up with some SERIOUSLY crunched down compression, they'll still notice massive data transfers.
Problem is, that's for the UK. Here in the States, Justice belongs to the biggest checkbook. Let's call it the OJ Effect.
Ever notice that *AA isn't going after anybody with any real money to provide a proper defense?
Tried that. My IP shows as 'not in Britain' and the stream is disallowed.
That really sucks.
If the blinp is $20K, and $ENEMY has a few million in assets on the ground, then dropping $50k is cheap insurance to keep said assets around.
Yes. We call it Steampunk.
Not if it's a BIOS limitation.
Depends on what you need it for. Video rendering CGI for ILM? They could probably use this for awhile, until the next ultimate build comes along. And that's just one application. What about storm modelling? You know, tornados and such. Simulations to figure out how they work so you can figure out early warning systems to maybe save some lives or something. Sure, you could probably model parts of a storm on a Commodore 64, if somebody'd write the software for it, but wouldn't you prefer answers in hours rather than decades? Storm survivors who otherwise would have died would thank you for that. How much do you put on a human life?
See above.
Now, doing this to play solitare is ridiculous. For what I use a computer for, it's about 5 orders of magnitude of overkill. Your mileage may vary...
I'd want at least a 300 GB Velociraptor so I could have a decent /home partition on it, and the 1.5TB's as storage.
No, they're buying up all those drones and robots to keep the grunts from getting shot up. Helps keep the costs down in VA hospitals when no injuries are service-connected. Eventually, it'll all be Nintendo warfare anyways, except for the poor bloody bastards on the recieving end...
Oh, shut up and eat your 'freedom fries' already
#2 is: I won't cum in your mouth.
#3 is: I'll still respect you in the morning.
and #5 is: This won't hurt a bit.
Of course they know it won't work. But this project serves a multitude of purposes, much like DHS itself. First off, it makes it look like the government is doing something, much like TSA. Second, it puts paychecks into a couple of people's pockets, much like TSA, which can be considered good for the economy. Third, while it doesn't help, it has the appearance of not hurting either. Lastly, but not least, it puts money in the hands of some corporado for beer & pretzels, always a good thing...
Divination, tarot, and astrology, of course. Though I've seen 'water witches' actually find water when I was a kid, be damned if I can figure out how they did it.
I dunno, were you given a grant to check the feasibility of weaponising your farts? If so, then probably...
I've got a few ideas rattling around inside my head as well for some sci fi stories. My problem is, I vaporlock the instant I remember that the current copyright laws exist to give single artists a pass for the rest of their lives, corporations a steady stream of effortless income, and l*wy*rs a fucking job. I figure that what's in my head was probably used before, if not by Shakespeare or somebody in copyright prehistory, then somebody with nasty raw meat eating l*wy*rs, and if it wasn't, it'll get stolen and copyrighted by some corporate fuck and I'll get sued again.
Have you seen what passes for 'entertainment' on tv these days? This will blow it away.
Actually, it's the line that runs from the tank to the outside, and matches up with a line on the pad to safely vent away boiled off hydrogen. But you're right, they didn't need to bury it in technobabble. Hell, this is the Shuttle, not Star Trek. They're not trying to win an Emmy or anything...
But from the description, they are worried about the problem, as boiled off hydrogen in the space between the tank and the wall of the craft can be a Bad Thing, especially if it mixes really well with air. Could explode the whole damned thing.
Kind of like the 4th Greatest Lie of History: "Hi. I'm from the Government. I"m here to help."
That's what it originally did, with episodes about racism, fascism, the Cold War, the arms race, all of that stuff. Next Gen lost its way in that it tried to be too politically correct, not asking the Hard Questions of the Day. Things went downhill from there in that it was more important to put a 'hot chick in a tight catsuit' than it was to press the envelope, until we got to Enterprise, which in the privacy of my own mind I still call 'Star Trek: What Happened To My Paycheck?'
Talk to the Senator from Disney about that. What a copyright can do, due to its granting of a 'monopoly', is keep everybody else away from the 'playground'. Copyright holders are under no obligation to grant licenses to use their work. For an example of that, watch this if you can find it. And with lawsuits flying left and right, what's a creative person to do?
Some of the 'Fan Trek' series are absolute utter shit. But there's some diamonds in there, too. Imagine if they were allowed to actually make enough money to keep their series afloat. Different writers/directors/actors/etc bring different things to the table. Diversity can be good
Got that right, especially since the studio is still screwing JMS on his royalties. Damned Hollyweird accounting...