I personally think you are making a mountain out of a molehill...
Im not a terribly frequent flyer, but I have flown on maybe 20 short international (European) and another 15 long-haul international flights in the last two years (UK-US-UK, UK-AU-US-UK, etc). I have taken my laptop in every case (purchased in Tottenham crt road and "exported" to Australia with a VAT refund). I have only ever once been stopped in Poland (once the woman heard I spoke english, she let me go without a search). I have never seen anyone else stopped by customs in any of the countries I have been to.
Not wanting to turn this into a "when I was a lad" post, but...
My first HD was a 52MB Quantum that I paid $800 for that hung off the side of my A500. I also had a 2MB FAST RAM upgrade in it! Ahhh them were the days, you had to buy a HDD to upgrade your RAM.
At first I thought this could be an interesting development in underwater camera technology. Then I realised that you still have to have a bubble of air in front of the lens for it to work.. doh!
So you say it's not a democracy? That George "Artist" Lucas can do what he damn well pleases?
Perhaps Lucas has forgotten that he's in the marketplace -- where democracy indeed rules, and the cash register is the ballot box.
Thats right. It *isn't* a democracy. He can sit on those movies until the grave and then have the originals destroyed and there is not one damn thing you can do about it.
Just to clear up this popular myth: (1) Fosters dosen't get brewed in Australia and then exported. It is brewed in the country that it is to be sold, under license. (2) The actual recipe that is used is Crown Lager. ie. When you are drinking overseas Fosters, you are actually drinking Crown. Last time I lived in Australia (3 years ago) Crown was still very popular. Here in the UK, Fosters is nothing like it is back home and is actually quite a good beer.
Most sportsbikes now use all digital speedos. eg, the Honda CBR range, Yamaha R1, R6, Kawasaki ZX range & the Suzuki GSXR range. ie. All the popular bikes, other than harley.
(1) Name a musical instrument that plays frequencies at 20KHz. The highest note on a violin is 3.5KHz. The top of the piano scale is 4.1KHz. In an orchestra, the only instrument faster than 5KHz is the pipe organ.
(2) Even if you manage to name one, one of the most frequent misconceptions about listening to sound is the very often quoted "20-20 human listening range". Thats just like saying "Humans can run a mile in 4 minutes". Yeah, it's true, but can you do it? I doubt even Audiophile "Golden Ears" couldn't hear above 16KHz.
(3) Okay, even if you have golden 20/20 ears and play a custom made instrument that vibrates to 20KHz, I have one last point. Digital may have sampling problems, but *all* analog systems have noise which rides ontop of the signal (Yes, even your studio class-A ref amps).
You can write down as much math as you want, but in the real world, most people can't tell the difference between digital & analog at fairly decent settings.
Plus an 8x10 would take me around 10min to take and 1 hour to process. Id hate to think how long it would take to capture 196 images and paste them together.
"I used to hate the internet," studio chief Ari Avad recently confessed to USA Today. "I thought it was just a place where people stole our ideas. But I see how influential the fans can be in building a consensus. I now consider them as film-making partners."
Perhaps someone from the MPAA should read this article..
Because by the time a film has been released on DVD, it has already generally made back its production costs and turned a profit. DVD sales are just additional profit, which is why they can be sold cheaply.
er, No.
There are some exceptions of course.. but for most movies, the theatrical release is just to get advertising for the video rental market. Very few major studio flicks (Id say 1 in 10) make their full production costs back in theatres.
The *real* money is in licensing to domestic TV, different (foreign) markets, video rentals and DVD sales.
To use the british independent film market as an example, there have only been 2 independent movies in the last 20 years that have turned a profit from the theatrical release. (ie made back the costs of striking the prints and advertising)
I had a friend who locked himself inside his car. He had a car that had no way to unlock the doors from the inside. If you wanted to open the door, you would simply pull the handle, which would trigger the door locks.
Well, his battery went flat and he got in the car, accidently locked the doors and tried to start the car. The battery gave up the last of it's juice and then he found he couldn't get out! He had to use his mobile phone to call AA and when they got there, he poped the hood and they jump started the car..
A normal shooting ratio on a feature film is around 5:1 or 6:1. 10:1 isn't really that high, especially when you consider (1) their budget and (2) the fact they had around 30 35mm cameras available to shoot multiple angles, etc.
It's a movie thats an adaptation of a book. In all the screenwriting books I've read, it tells the reader (and drives the point home many times) that if they are writing an adaptation, they are under NO obligation to follow the story line, or even have the same ending.
Film is a completely different medium to books. Whats easy to do in a book is difficult to do on film and vice versa (eg: It's easy to tell the reader what a character is thinking in a book. It's very difficult in a film without using voice-over).
In short, stop bitching and be glad the film follows the books as closely as they do.
" It warms my heart to know that artists will be getting all the money that's due to them. Musicians always look so poor when I see them on television. Finally, they can afford the lifestyle they deserve."
Just because the RIAA are using shitty tactics, dosen't mean you should be allowed to infringe copyright. It's currently illegal and if Musicians *are* getting a raw deal, then they should get the money that is owed to them.
Also remember that all the props you see on MTV are funded by the record company. Why do you think rappers need to start their own clothing company?
I won't argue that Hollywood does produce some crap... But Id also like to point out that audiences want more nowdays than they used to. If Starwars was released now, it would more than likely flop.
There are many, many good low budget independent films being made every year. 99.99% of them don't even take enough money from cinemas to pay the advertising, yet alone the cost of production.
For the most part people will simply settle a few grunts of dialogue thrown in-between 2 hours of CGI explosions.
It took this guy a month of 12 hour days to build this? It's not bad, but I could see myself knocking up something similar in less than a week of evening work. Although it dosen't contain a computer, one of my friends built a "chair" in the form of a spider thats over 2m tall made of stainless steel. Im fairly sure it took less than a month of 12 hour days.
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I personally think you are making a mountain out of a molehill...
Im not a terribly frequent flyer, but I have flown on maybe 20 short international (European) and another 15 long-haul international flights in the last two years (UK-US-UK, UK-AU-US-UK, etc). I have taken my laptop in every case (purchased in Tottenham crt road and "exported" to Australia with a VAT refund). I have only ever once been stopped in Poland (once the woman heard I spoke english, she let me go without a search). I have never seen anyone else stopped by customs in any of the countries I have been to.
That was probably required by law because of the CO2 content. CO2 buildup can be a problem (but probably not at 5%).
Agreed. Just don't let the Starwars fans know this, otherwise they won't be able to keep blaming Lucas for ep1-3..
Not wanting to turn this into a "when I was a lad" post, but...
My first HD was a 52MB Quantum that I paid $800 for that hung off the side of my A500. I also had a 2MB FAST RAM upgrade in it! Ahhh them were the days, you had to buy a HDD to upgrade your RAM.
At first I thought this could be an interesting development in underwater camera technology. Then I realised that you still have to have a bubble of air in front of the lens for it to work.. doh!
Thats right. It *isn't* a democracy. He can sit on those movies until the grave and then have the originals destroyed and there is not one damn thing you can do about it.
Just to clear up this popular myth:
(1) Fosters dosen't get brewed in Australia and then exported. It is brewed in the country that it is to be sold, under license.
(2) The actual recipe that is used is Crown Lager. ie. When you are drinking overseas Fosters, you are actually drinking Crown. Last time I lived in Australia (3 years ago) Crown was still very popular.
Here in the UK, Fosters is nothing like it is back home and is actually quite a good beer.
Most sportsbikes now use all digital speedos. eg, the Honda CBR range, Yamaha R1, R6, Kawasaki ZX range & the Suzuki GSXR range. ie. All the popular bikes, other than harley.
Couple of points:
(1) Name a musical instrument that plays frequencies at 20KHz. The highest note on a violin is 3.5KHz. The top of the piano scale is 4.1KHz. In an orchestra, the only instrument faster than 5KHz is the pipe organ.
(2) Even if you manage to name one, one of the most frequent misconceptions about listening to sound is the very often quoted "20-20 human listening range". Thats just like saying "Humans can run a mile in 4 minutes". Yeah, it's true, but can you do it? I doubt even Audiophile "Golden Ears" couldn't hear above 16KHz.
(3) Okay, even if you have golden 20/20 ears and play a custom made instrument that vibrates to 20KHz, I have one last point. Digital may have sampling problems, but *all* analog systems have noise which rides ontop of the signal (Yes, even your studio class-A ref amps).
You can write down as much math as you want, but in the real world, most people can't tell the difference between digital & analog at fairly decent settings.
Im not arguing application. You said 1.09 gigapixel holds more information than large format. I proved you wrong.
For the discussion, Im not interested in what you do with the image after you scanned it.
The fact remains that if you want an image that large, large format is still the fastest and best quality method of obtaining it.
Drum scanner : 8,000dpi resolution
8x10 image = 64,000 x 80,000 = 5 billion pixels.
So no. Not enough to beat it.
Plus an 8x10 would take me around 10min to take and 1 hour to process. Id hate to think how long it would take to capture 196 images and paste them together.
Perhaps someone from the MPAA should read this article..
er, No.
There are some exceptions of course.. but for most movies, the theatrical release is just to get advertising for the video rental market. Very few major studio flicks (Id say 1 in 10) make their full production costs back in theatres.
The *real* money is in licensing to domestic TV, different (foreign) markets, video rentals and DVD sales.
To use the british independent film market as an example, there have only been 2 independent movies in the last 20 years that have turned a profit from the theatrical release. (ie made back the costs of striking the prints and advertising)
Well, his battery went flat and he got in the car, accidently locked the doors and tried to start the car. The battery gave up the last of it's juice and then he found he couldn't get out! He had to use his mobile phone to call AA and when they got there, he poped the hood and they jump started the car..
A normal shooting ratio on a feature film is around 5:1 or 6:1. 10:1 isn't really that high, especially when you consider (1) their budget and (2) the fact they had around 30 35mm cameras available to shoot multiple angles, etc.
Film is a completely different medium to books. Whats easy to do in a book is difficult to do on film and vice versa (eg: It's easy to tell the reader what a character is thinking in a book. It's very difficult in a film without using voice-over).
In short, stop bitching and be glad the film follows the books as closely as they do.
" It warms my heart to know that artists will be getting all the money that's due to them. Musicians always look so poor when I see them on television. Finally, they can afford the lifestyle they deserve."
Just because the RIAA are using shitty tactics, dosen't mean you should be allowed to infringe copyright. It's currently illegal and if Musicians *are* getting a raw deal, then they should get the money that is owed to them.
Also remember that all the props you see on MTV are funded by the record company. Why do you think rappers need to start their own clothing company?
And if Win XP was doing this, there would be calls to castrate Billy. However because it's Linux we just get jokes and "This shouldn't happen" posts.
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I won't argue that Hollywood does produce some crap... But Id also like to point out that audiences want more nowdays than they used to. If Starwars was released now, it would more than likely flop.
There are many, many good low budget independent films being made every year. 99.99% of them don't even take enough money from cinemas to pay the advertising, yet alone the cost of production.
For the most part people will simply settle a few grunts of dialogue thrown in-between 2 hours of CGI explosions.
It took this guy a month of 12 hour days to build this? It's not bad, but I could see myself knocking up something similar in less than a week of evening work. Although it dosen't contain a computer, one of my friends built a "chair" in the form of a spider thats over 2m tall made of stainless steel. Im fairly sure it took less than a month of 12 hour days.
Im pretty sure numlock has one as well.
The only parallel I can draw is to "terminate with extreme prejudice". Damn you hollywood!
The are actually the same company. (seriously)
IANAL, but surely it would be a case of pointing to the 18+ sticker on the box and saying "case closed"?