Well, unless they're going to create the first unhackable/unmoddable console in history. In that case, consider the gauntlet thrown down, Microsoft...
I wouldn't be surprised if the next generation of consoles require the consumer to sign a contract at purchase stating that if they attempt to modify the console in any unauthorized way, it can destroy itself and the buyer will have no recourse.
...so if we want a Canadian film and TV business, we need some carrots and sticks.
So offer (more) tax incentives. Artificially inflating the value of the market through restrictions on broadcasting is not the way to encourage the creation of content that can actually compete in a global marketplace... it just means you're going to get crappy shows to fill the "Canadian" slots.
People are printing their own Magic cards now (they're called "proxies" and are actually legal in certain quantities in certain tournaments). Put a printed card in a solid-backed sleeve and it's functionally identical to the real thing. I'm sure Wizards of the Coast don't like it but meh.
That's a nice theory. There's a balance, though, and I think that a) Canada is a big enough country to survive on its own artistic merits without government intervention, and b) the current CRTC intervention, even if accepted, has far too big of a proportional Cancon requirement.
Artists like Alanis Morissette and Rush don't need the CRTC.
No, but more likely they have an ad provider that would want to serve the ads so they automatically have verification of the number of impressions. If they're served from the same server as the content, the ad provider basically has to rely on the content provider's numbers, which they're not about to do.
No problem. I do still mean what I said about Bush being responsible for at least some of this; the amount of effort that NCLB put on standardized testing crowded out room for other, potentially much more beneficial programs and classes.
"Treatment" centers? I said drop-in center, like, an afterschool program where they can use the internet, play video games, get some free food, and socialize. These kids don't have any special mental issues (other than "being a teenager").
In this case the connection has one hop, the No Child Left Behind Act. I don't blame Bush for everything, but there's a lot for which he can legitimately be blamed. This is one of those things.
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"All these other plants are horrible as well so we should just accept the perhaps slightly less horribleness of Apple's plant conditions."
Nope. If true (and it very well could be), that means the problem is bigger, which means we need to fight harder to solve it, not just roll over.
You're right, it's only nearly global.
Did anyone else get a mental image of a bacterium waving a cowboy hat riding a giant sandworm? ...clearly I need more coffee.
As if the US gives a shit about international conventions, at least when applied to them.
Which significant segment of the video game buyer market doesn't have internet?
Classic games like Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Ow, my age.
Well, unless they're going to create the first unhackable/unmoddable console in history. In that case, consider the gauntlet thrown down, Microsoft...
I wouldn't be surprised if the next generation of consoles require the consumer to sign a contract at purchase stating that if they attempt to modify the console in any unauthorized way, it can destroy itself and the buyer will have no recourse.
...so if we want a Canadian film and TV business, we need some carrots and sticks.
So offer (more) tax incentives. Artificially inflating the value of the market through restrictions on broadcasting is not the way to encourage the creation of content that can actually compete in a global marketplace... it just means you're going to get crappy shows to fill the "Canadian" slots.
I wasn't suggesting it was a new practice.
I hope they reply with a third level of meta.
From the CRTC, that is. Apparently they didn't get the memo stating who their masters were.
People are printing their own Magic cards now (they're called "proxies" and are actually legal in certain quantities in certain tournaments). Put a printed card in a solid-backed sleeve and it's functionally identical to the real thing. I'm sure Wizards of the Coast don't like it but meh.
Hell, geek users, i.e. me, hate that. Ubuntu is pushing their experiments on us and I no longer want to be a lab rat.
Except that a number of GUIs succeeded, but were ditched by distributions for, essentially, not being flashy enough.
I just read his quote with a mafioso accent and it all sounded right.
That's a nice theory. There's a balance, though, and I think that a) Canada is a big enough country to survive on its own artistic merits without government intervention, and b) the current CRTC intervention, even if accepted, has far too big of a proportional Cancon requirement.
Artists like Alanis Morissette and Rush don't need the CRTC.
I'm confused as to how showing US content is equivalent to changing the shape of the Canadian government. Care to elaborate?
No, but more likely they have an ad provider that would want to serve the ads so they automatically have verification of the number of impressions. If they're served from the same server as the content, the ad provider basically has to rely on the content provider's numbers, which they're not about to do.
Exactly my thoughts on the matter. I'm a Canadian citizen and the CRTC has always seemed rather Big Brother-ish.
No problem. I do still mean what I said about Bush being responsible for at least some of this; the amount of effort that NCLB put on standardized testing crowded out room for other, potentially much more beneficial programs and classes.
Yup. Expect massive amounts of arrests and indictments shortly of ordinary users who made the mistake of uploading infringing content to MegaUpload.
"Treatment" centers? I said drop-in center, like, an afterschool program where they can use the internet, play video games, get some free food, and socialize. These kids don't have any special mental issues (other than "being a teenager").
In this case the connection has one hop, the No Child Left Behind Act. I don't blame Bush for everything, but there's a lot for which he can legitimately be blamed. This is one of those things.
Errr... why didn't you just give her a wheel account?
Yeah, you don't want to be in family court and have a penis. It's not going to work out well for you.