If there is an existing solution to this problem, or one emerges, I'd love to know about it, as well. This would be a great optional tool for any intranet.
I run an unlogged, free, rather-throttled, old "b" access point, unsecured, for the purpose of easy Nintendo DS hookups. This should be a punishable offense? I encourage you to come on over and preach some more simplistic crap. Now, the DS open access may be a breach of an ISP agreement. If you work for my ISP, contact me, and we can handle it in a civil manner. Otherwise, go administrate your own networks.
I am a huge fan of music videos, from some of the more simple live-performance documentary type things to intense big budget affairs that convey several themes with interesting interpretations. However, they are budgeted and made with the purpose, at this time, to sell the records. Some people collect movie posters or tin ads for coca-cola; perhaps they are pretty, historical etc. but they are still ads.
It's amazing to me that virtually all music videos for singles, which are essentially commercials for albums, aren't under a similar license, and that that hasn't been the status quo for some time. Of course, legalities aside, I guess it has been the status quo....
Actually, the only reason why I have not seen it is because I suspected the above.
Gay Cowboys eating Iscream, and being open about it, that I would have paid for. Performing a gay satire of breeder angst? No, thanks. Except for the thanks.
I find the same phenomenon in other media as well. If you are already an established 'fine artist' you can remake (although the artist call it interpret (not even a re-!)) whatever you like, even if you probably hav no business doing so. But in popular media, you get this distain for it. Since the rise of the singer-songwriter, there has been a hatred in (music as well as) cinema, of doing a remake. Gus Van Sant was trashed for his remake of Psycho, and it didn't even have the legitimate critisisms that PJ's KK has received of heavy-handedness or simplicity. Just that he dared to remake an alredy decent film. His response? That the original was better, but he liked it, and wanted to do a cover, as a tribute.
Here's my ever so F.H.O.: There probably aren't any new, yet relevant ideas. So avoid the marketing on TV and the back of cereal boxes. condecedingly dimiss anyone who claims originality, and stop scorning covers, remakes and remixes. If it was a classic, it still is, and sure, show me, openly and honestly, your new spin on it.
I do still welcome new and original works, but hell, most of them suck too. givwe me the good stuff. I actually say, that if you can't do a cover or a remake in a way that catches my attention, like the film Psycho, or F.N.M's War Pigs, your "original" material probably aint all that either.
I thought the Del Mar was supposed to be turning into a live performance theatre? Which would have left The Nick as the last of the indie theatres? I used to pin the Sash Mill program to my wall, and plan my social life around it. But across the country, the indies, like all theatres are fading out....so I guess I was one of too few how appreciated having a venue that would offer anything from Blond Emmanuelle to Berkley in the '60's?
Or, perhaps there's somethings technology has brought that aren't as easily damned as piracy. Like decent entry-level projectors, or cheap/good surround sound speakers. Theatres are dying. I spent less than two grand on my home theater, and, while I know it could be better, most people who watch a film at my house are amazed. They enjoy the abilty to pause and the shortage of gum on the floor. When DVD sales decline by 8% I think I'll worry more about the collapse of the Hollywood cartel, and where next to get my fix....
For now, though, S.C. certainly does shine for some things. I askesd my new southern bourgois companions where to see something interesting, and they told me a tale of parking hell and bi-weekly changes here in a state-capital city.... sigh.
Than, shouldn't the same logic apply to what's happening in music now? The obsure, ecclectic and underground was happening in the 70's & 80's. And it's happening more now than ever. Your response was no rebuttal. Since the late 1990's, I've also had no problem finding tons of incredible music, from online collectives, free samples from independent artists' sites or even entertaining and exciting concept albums developed by one artist with a guitar and a laptop. Amazing things are happening in music, just like they were before you developed your taste for 70's and 80's tunes, and with today's technology, I see little excuse for not offering your children a wider range of PROGRAMMING to choose from. Hey, you might even find an old Nat King Cole song you love, or a Cake single that makes you smile along the way.
"...Critics wonder what kind of an effect it would have on a victim not to work through the pain like people have traditionally done."
Hmmm. It might leave them suitably un-traumatized, and ready to boldly march into positions of victimization as if they never had before. I wonder who that will benefit. Scar tissue sucks, specially acquiring it.; but doesn't it grow for a reason?
Would one say the same of OSS IM software in general? Antiquated and "un-hip" holds true on the windows side of things too!
An no, I'm not just talking about how pretty Trillian is compared to GAIM, either. Socialbility as a value has a lot to do with smart UI design fetures, too. Smart preferences, drag and drop, ease of use, and integration of features with other web activity would all help IM's that want to "make it".
And yes, GAIM needs a new name. Or spelling.
I've been very happy with my original XBox to date, and was looking forward to it's sequel, expecting a more refined Xbox Live experience, and another painless funbox. Now, with innovative games seeming to be an exclusive property of the Nintendo DS handheld, and this piecemeal marketing strategy of the XB360, I'm pretty un-enthused these days about the next-gen of home consoles. That's sad.
The IM as an industry, or as a cultural phenomenon, is wildly splintered. Since the value of an IM app is created by having a large pool of users (which allows people to not have to exchange anything more than IM handles), The wide array of IM aplications is a Bad Thing. However, the only reason this situation still exists is because there is not a single established IM application that truly answers the needs of the masses.
The established IM brands refuse to consolidate protocols, thinking they are thwarting each other. However, they are simply allowing newer, more useful communication tools to come into existence. Compare AIM, MS and Yahoo to the U.S. Motor companies of the 1970-80's, trying to maintain a balance with each other, as their kingdom was invaded and consumed by more compelling and efficient replacements. I, for one, welcome our new and yet unknown IM overlords.
I've used meetro, and it is pretty robust, and has actually led to a few conversations with locals that would not have been possible. Since the beta-testing community has, up until recently, been almost exclusively Chicagoans, nobody knows enough yet to intelligenty speculate what effect the location-aware messaging will be. Aside from the Chicagoans, that is. which I am not, and neither are the naysayers that have already commented.
Now, our lesson for the Slashdotters: Imagine 3 things you could do with an IM that is location aware, that you simply couldn't do with a traditional IM, to generate revenue? Yes, there are obvious answers, and, no, I'm not giving hints.
I'm so sorry to have made a joke. Please forgive me.
And forgive the moderators that marked it up as such. I guess I should have been considered uninsightful instead.
At the least, if you want to apart my post, mock my missing closing quotation mark!
That a $500 NIC for HPPC's is/. front-page-worthy should be the focus of your derision, not my smartass comments. Thank you for your time.
"A $500 LAN Card? Oh my God, Stevie, thats almost as much as my GeForce9900XTLSI+ cost!" Said the kid with the Lone Gunmen T-Shirt.*
"That's nothing, This 8-Track-ROM player off of ThinkGeekcost almost a cool grand" Stevie said, as the other nerds bowed around his glowing and chromed Frag Machine.
Something not like the Incredibles, which is well grounded in a toungue-in-cheek view of the genre. Otherwise, pretty much anything from same vein as published silver-age and on, or Golden age-style that seemed to take itself moderately seriously.
I particularly enjoy a lot of vertigo-style stuff, and the 'edgier' traditional hero stuff, a la Batman, Animal Man. But I'd be happy to find something that was x-men or Fantastic 4-like, too.
I've googled, I've searched communities, I've emailed people, now I have the fleeting attention of the/. Horde....
Are there any ongoing webcomics where I can get a fix of traditional superhero style comics?
I really enjoyed Zot, and have even enjoyed marvel.com's online samples, but I cant find any ongoing superhero stuff that isn't way scifi, cynical teen angst, or 404'd. What gives?
We can check for traces of tar, nicotine and other toxins, and scientists will get to end the extinction debate.
Seriously, might this be the biggest news of the decade? Longer?
The Wobble effect was set at it's highest level, to appear on video more clearly. This is stated by the web site. They claim actual usabilty gains come from a more moderate setting.
As Luminocity is a testbed for features before including them in to other WM's, I'm happy to see lots of brainstormy-ness there.
These points are related, as I believe the banning of a Felon from ever voting is intended specifically to prevent them from changing the system. Unfortunately, I haven't found any work explaining this from an "offical" standpoint. Or an unofficial one, for that matter.
My question is... why is a felon forced to support the government (via taxes) and draw on its benefits (libraries, highways, etc.) and yet not allowed to dictate its form (through voting)?
In all, whatever logic there is for this has so far alluded me, unless it is simply supposed to be an overwhelming dis-incentive, like the death penalty. And considering all the things that are felonious, I wonder if its really that smart an idea, or if helps deter at all.
But Cheshire also seems to put some relevance in "species integrity", most likely because of christian beliefs, which cannot simply be taken to be true and needs to be argued for.
This could mean a desire to prevent a situation of inter-breeding between chimeras and closely related naturally found animals. In this case, by "natural" I mean animal species that have come into existence without the design of man, as well as ones we have created through selectve breeding that we enjoy, as they are, now.
I see no reason this need to be assumed to be a religious position, and could just be a recognized risk of making new animals in a lab. One, or more, could turn out, in time, to be highly viable in the wild, and lead to a replacement of an endagered or other species of animal we want to keep around.
Nullsoft, SafeSex , Ass I/O, Waste, Cockos, Jesusonic... These are great names for products, IMHO. 2/3'rds of this page is fill with flamey venom for the names, sprickled with actual on-topic discussion. It's amazing how many dateless, lego-mindstorm-programing nerds are ridiculing the names he picks for things, while complaining about their rights online, the **AA's and corporate "evilness" in general.
Besides, the Cockos and Nullsoft products that aren't named in some humorous way are pretty much as immemorable as any other computer-ish acronames.
If you dont want to use or buy his products, simply because of the name, I suspect he really doesn't give a damn. The names are funny, sometimes witty, and just offbeat and so anti-marketing that it at least makes me happy, after 99.99 percent of my time being inundated with slick, cute, over-marketed, sterlized products and services.
So, to the enlightened masses of/. readerdom, that can't get over the names he picks, thanks a lot for voting with your dollar for all the vanilla corporate American marketers can fill your IV with, and tries to fill mine./rant
And Justin, thanks for being a wildly successful punk ass. I, for one welcome our dastardly underminer.
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If there is an existing solution to this problem, or one emerges, I'd love to know about it, as well. This would be a great optional tool for any intranet.
I run an unlogged, free, rather-throttled, old "b" access point, unsecured, for the purpose of easy Nintendo DS hookups. This should be a punishable offense? I encourage you to come on over and preach some more simplistic crap. Now, the DS open access may be a breach of an ISP agreement. If you work for my ISP, contact me, and we can handle it in a civil manner. Otherwise, go administrate your own networks.
Shrink this down and fill it with ink. An automatic pen! Well, it sounds good on paper...
I am a huge fan of music videos, from some of the more simple live-performance documentary type things to intense big budget affairs that convey several themes with interesting interpretations. However, they are budgeted and made with the purpose, at this time, to sell the records. Some people collect movie posters or tin ads for coca-cola; perhaps they are pretty, historical etc. but they are still ads.
It's amazing to me that virtually all music videos for singles, which are essentially commercials for albums, aren't under a similar license, and that that hasn't been the status quo for some time. Of course, legalities aside, I guess it has been the status quo....
Gay Cowboys eating Iscream, and being open about it, that I would have paid for. Performing a gay satire of breeder angst? No, thanks. Except for the thanks.
Here's my ever so F.H.O.: There probably aren't any new, yet relevant ideas. So avoid the marketing on TV and the back of cereal boxes. condecedingly dimiss anyone who claims originality, and stop scorning covers, remakes and remixes. If it was a classic, it still is, and sure, show me, openly and honestly, your new spin on it.
I do still welcome new and original works, but hell, most of them suck too. givwe me the good stuff. I actually say, that if you can't do a cover or a remake in a way that catches my attention, like the film Psycho, or F.N.M's War Pigs, your "original" material probably aint all that either.
Or, perhaps there's somethings technology has brought that aren't as easily damned as piracy. Like decent entry-level projectors, or cheap/good surround sound speakers. Theatres are dying. I spent less than two grand on my home theater, and, while I know it could be better, most people who watch a film at my house are amazed. They enjoy the abilty to pause and the shortage of gum on the floor. When DVD sales decline by 8% I think I'll worry more about the collapse of the Hollywood cartel, and where next to get my fix....
For now, though, S.C. certainly does shine for some things. I askesd my new southern bourgois companions where to see something interesting, and they told me a tale of parking hell and bi-weekly changes here in a state-capital city.... sigh.
Than, shouldn't the same logic apply to what's happening in music now? The obsure, ecclectic and underground was happening in the 70's & 80's. And it's happening more now than ever. Your response was no rebuttal. Since the late 1990's, I've also had no problem finding tons of incredible music, from online collectives, free samples from independent artists' sites or even entertaining and exciting concept albums developed by one artist with a guitar and a laptop. Amazing things are happening in music, just like they were before you developed your taste for 70's and 80's tunes, and with today's technology, I see little excuse for not offering your children a wider range of PROGRAMMING to choose from. Hey, you might even find an old Nat King Cole song you love, or a Cake single that makes you smile along the way.
Hmmm. It might leave them suitably un-traumatized, and ready to boldly march into positions of victimization as if they never had before. I wonder who that will benefit. Scar tissue sucks, specially acquiring it.; but doesn't it grow for a reason?
An no, I'm not just talking about how pretty Trillian is compared to GAIM, either. Socialbility as a value has a lot to do with smart UI design fetures, too. Smart preferences, drag and drop, ease of use, and integration of features with other web activity would all help IM's that want to "make it". And yes, GAIM needs a new name. Or spelling.
I've been very happy with my original XBox to date, and was looking forward to it's sequel, expecting a more refined Xbox Live experience, and another painless funbox. Now, with innovative games seeming to be an exclusive property of the Nintendo DS handheld, and this piecemeal marketing strategy of the XB360, I'm pretty un-enthused these days about the next-gen of home consoles. That's sad.
The established IM brands refuse to consolidate protocols, thinking they are thwarting each other. However, they are simply allowing newer, more useful communication tools to come into existence. Compare AIM, MS and Yahoo to the U.S. Motor companies of the 1970-80's, trying to maintain a balance with each other, as their kingdom was invaded and consumed by more compelling and efficient replacements. I, for one, welcome our new and yet unknown IM overlords.
I've used meetro, and it is pretty robust, and has actually led to a few conversations with locals that would not have been possible. Since the beta-testing community has, up until recently, been almost exclusively Chicagoans, nobody knows enough yet to intelligenty speculate what effect the location-aware messaging will be. Aside from the Chicagoans, that is. which I am not, and neither are the naysayers that have already commented.
Now, our lesson for the Slashdotters: Imagine 3 things you could do with an IM that is location aware, that you simply couldn't do with a traditional IM, to generate revenue? Yes, there are obvious answers, and, no, I'm not giving hints.
Final note, I'm scared that a $500 NIC in a gaming rig is more absurd than a 8-Track-ROM. No, really!
At the least, if you want to apart my post, mock my missing closing quotation mark!
That a $500 NIC for HPPC's is /. front-page-worthy should be the focus of your derision, not my smartass comments. Thank you for your time.
"A $500 LAN Card? Oh my God, Stevie, thats almost as much as my GeForce9900XTLSI+ cost!" Said the kid with the Lone Gunmen T-Shirt.*
"That's nothing, This 8-Track-ROM player off of ThinkGeekcost almost a cool grand" Stevie said, as the other nerds bowed around his glowing and chromed Frag Machine.
*Lone Gunmen T-Shirts coming soon. 8-Track-ROM's, too.
I particularly enjoy a lot of vertigo-style stuff, and the 'edgier' traditional hero stuff, a la Batman, Animal Man. But I'd be happy to find something that was x-men or Fantastic 4-like, too.
Are there any ongoing webcomics where I can get a fix of traditional superhero style comics?
I really enjoyed Zot, and have even enjoyed marvel.com's online samples, but I cant find any ongoing superhero stuff that isn't way scifi, cynical teen angst, or 404'd. What gives?
"Your honor, there was no way I could share anything; at that adress was only a smoking ruin of what was an email server."
No.
We can check for traces of tar, nicotine and other toxins, and scientists will get to end the extinction debate. Seriously, might this be the biggest news of the decade? Longer?
The Wobble effect was set at it's highest level, to appear on video more clearly. This is stated by the web site. They claim actual usabilty gains come from a more moderate setting. As Luminocity is a testbed for features before including them in to other WM's, I'm happy to see lots of brainstormy-ness there.
My question is... why is a felon forced to support the government (via taxes) and draw on its benefits (libraries, highways, etc.) and yet not allowed to dictate its form (through voting)?
In all, whatever logic there is for this has so far alluded me, unless it is simply supposed to be an overwhelming dis-incentive, like the death penalty. And considering all the things that are felonious, I wonder if its really that smart an idea, or if helps deter at all.
This could mean a desire to prevent a situation of inter-breeding between chimeras and closely related naturally found animals. In this case, by "natural" I mean animal species that have come into existence without the design of man, as well as ones we have created through selectve breeding that we enjoy, as they are, now.
I see no reason this need to be assumed to be a religious position, and could just be a recognized risk of making new animals in a lab. One, or more, could turn out, in time, to be highly viable in the wild, and lead to a replacement of an endagered or other species of animal we want to keep around.
Excellent post, btw, interesting thoughts.
Nullsoft, SafeSex , Ass I/O, Waste, Cockos, Jesusonic... These are great names for products, IMHO. 2/3'rds of this page is fill with flamey venom for the names, sprickled with actual on-topic discussion. It's amazing how many dateless, lego-mindstorm-programing nerds are ridiculing the names he picks for things, while complaining about their rights online, the **AA's and corporate "evilness" in general.
Besides, the Cockos and Nullsoft products that aren't named in some humorous way are pretty much as immemorable as any other computer-ish acronames.
If you dont want to use or buy his products, simply because of the name, I suspect he really doesn't give a damn. The names are funny, sometimes witty, and just offbeat and so anti-marketing that it at least makes me happy, after 99.99 percent of my time being inundated with slick, cute, over-marketed, sterlized products and services.
So, to the enlightened masses of /. readerdom, that can't get over the names he picks, thanks a lot for voting with your dollar for all the vanilla corporate American marketers can fill your IV with, and tries to fill mine. /rant
And Justin, thanks for being a wildly successful punk ass. I, for one welcome our dastardly underminer.