Indeed. And that, as I've pointed out here before amid cries of trolling, does make legal justification for other Google features -- Google Cache in particular, but also Google Groups and potentially things like Google Image Search -- uncertain at best.
Years ago DejaNews, the predecessor to Google Groups, tried inserting advertizing links into Usenet postings -- e.g., if you mentioned a book, DejaNews would turn the title into a link to Amazon. This peed more than a few Usenetters' Wheaties -- DN was altering other people's content without permission, and making money from the derivative without paying the content providers.
Now that's copyright infringement. And a sort I think most Slashdotters would take offense at.
The linked-to images are not before and after examples.
The Betty Boop images are. The guy even lists where he got them -- the untouched Betty Boop Collector's Edition Volumes 1&2 laser-disc, and the "restored" Betty Boop: The Definitive Edition DVD. The restoration process has clearly erased part of Betty's eyes, and removed the shading on her skin so she know appears bright white.
Yeah, Cinemascope came out in the mid-50s. There were still cartoons in theaters at that time, and Tom & Jerry in particular suffers from pan'n'scan on TV and video. But the classic Merry Melodies and Loony Tunes are 1.33:1, and the Golden Collection DVDs present them in OAR.
Remember Ted Turner's colorized classics? It was a big thing that never really went anywhere, because in the end it just didn't look right.
No, colorization died a well deserved death because it was desecrating the artistic vision of the directors, cinematographers, set and costume designers involved with the films. Even if they found a way to make the films look as good in color as the stuff currently in theaters, it'd be sacrildge to anyone who really appreciates old movies.
You act like this is a new phenomenon. It's not. There are works of Medieval literature where the bad guys were changed from Vikings to Saracens, because Viking raiders are, like, soooooo Eleventh Century, and some Middle Age Akiva Goldsman decided to, like, totally cash in on the whole Crusade fad.
Here's an idea -- how about an extension that stops ads from displaying or doing anything, but tricks the ad-server into believing that ad's been displayed or even clicked on. The user doesn't have to look at the ads, the content-provider gets his money, and the advertiser gets screwed.
Yeah, just the other day I was saying to myself, "Man, RSS feeds are too slim. Just text and a few HTML tags for links and emphasis. Content providers need to add more stuff. Maybe pictures or javascript or something. You know, make it more like I'm viewing a website instead of some text on screen."
Sounds good on paper when I remember that Rotten Tomatoes has given a silly movie like Rock School a perfect, 100%
Rock School has a whopping 7 reviews right now, making the Tomatometer statisitcally meaningless. Wait until it gets at least 30 before you start comparing it to films that have reviews from the full gamut of critics.
Might want to upgrade that dictionary. Interdict also means to stop or waylay something in transit -- e.g., the Coast Guard interdicts boats carrying drugs.
the sick man of europe when it comes to broadband? i'm a brit. i can walk out of my house for twenty miles in any direction and neither see a house without a broadband connection, nor be outside the range of wlans plugged into such [unless i catch the tube, in which case i am underground, and only get wlan access half the time]
But you have to admit, you are the sick man of Europe when it comes to capital letters.
Here, I'll loan you a few spares I have sitting around.
It's really simple. By reversing the fermionic tachyon waves of the Bose-Einstein condensation, they'll create bosonic quarks which will reveal, through quantum entanglement of anti-protons, the supersymetry of n-dimensional strings! Gah, it's so simple a pre-schooler could understand it.
An RSS feed is an XML file that mirrors the content of a website. You enter the location of the feed into an RSS reader, which then checks it regularly for new material, and then notifies you of updates.
If you read a lot of sites like Slashdot that are updated frequently but irregularly, it's extreemely useful. The Sage extension for Firefox has cut the amount of time I spend surfing the web in half.
Civil War? Which Civil War?
Oh, you mean the _American_ Civil War.When the topic under discussion is states' rights under the US Constitution, the "American" part is pretty much implied. If we were discussing the ouster of various English monarchs, you could refer to the "Civil War" and clearly mean the Roundhats and Cavaliers.
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Have you ever heard somebody say, "Dude, you must read Am. J. Chem. Bio. pages 133-137!!!"?
Yeah. It's called "college". The statement was usually followed by, "We'll have a quiz on it Friday."
Indeed. And that, as I've pointed out here before amid cries of trolling, does make legal justification for other Google features -- Google Cache in particular, but also Google Groups and potentially things like Google Image Search -- uncertain at best.
Years ago DejaNews, the predecessor to Google Groups, tried inserting advertizing links into Usenet postings -- e.g., if you mentioned a book, DejaNews would turn the title into a link to Amazon. This peed more than a few Usenetters' Wheaties -- DN was altering other people's content without permission, and making money from the derivative without paying the content providers.
Now that's copyright infringement. And a sort I think most Slashdotters would take offense at.
The linked-to images are not before and after examples.
The Betty Boop images are. The guy even lists where he got them -- the untouched Betty Boop Collector's Edition Volumes 1&2 laser-disc, and the "restored" Betty Boop: The Definitive Edition DVD. The restoration process has clearly erased part of Betty's eyes, and removed the shading on her skin so she know appears bright white.
Yeah, Cinemascope came out in the mid-50s. There were still cartoons in theaters at that time, and Tom & Jerry in particular suffers from pan'n'scan on TV and video. But the classic Merry Melodies and Loony Tunes are 1.33:1, and the Golden Collection DVDs present them in OAR.
Remember Ted Turner's colorized classics? It was a big thing that never really went anywhere, because in the end it just didn't look right.
No, colorization died a well deserved death because it was desecrating the artistic vision of the directors, cinematographers, set and costume designers involved with the films. Even if they found a way to make the films look as good in color as the stuff currently in theaters, it'd be sacrildge to anyone who really appreciates old movies.
You act like this is a new phenomenon. It's not. There are works of Medieval literature where the bad guys were changed from Vikings to Saracens, because Viking raiders are, like, soooooo Eleventh Century, and some Middle Age Akiva Goldsman decided to, like, totally cash in on the whole Crusade fad.
Read: "What about all us obese americans who end up mashing the keypad"
Because fingers can only be big in width, not length. Right.
Dude, my pinky is probably as long as your index finger.
Forget the old. What about us folks with big hands who have to put up with devices designed for smurfs.
Works great, unless you work someplace where, let's say, cameras are forbidden.
IIRC, Curly Joe was basically just a Curly clone. Joe Besser was a whiney bitch who cried anytime he got hit. But I might have it backwards.
Don't forget Joe ...
Which one, Joe Besser or Curly Joe Dorita?
Here's an idea -- how about an extension that stops ads from displaying or doing anything, but tricks the ad-server into believing that ad's been displayed or even clicked on. The user doesn't have to look at the ads, the content-provider gets his money, and the advertiser gets screwed.
It's win, win, win all around.
Yeah, just the other day I was saying to myself, "Man, RSS feeds are too slim. Just text and a few HTML tags for links and emphasis. Content providers need to add more stuff. Maybe pictures or javascript or something. You know, make it more like I'm viewing a website instead of some text on screen."
Sounds good on paper when I remember that Rotten Tomatoes has given a silly movie like Rock School a perfect, 100%
Rock School has a whopping 7 reviews right now, making the Tomatometer statisitcally meaningless. Wait until it gets at least 30 before you start comparing it to films that have reviews from the full gamut of critics.
Might want to upgrade that dictionary. Interdict also means to stop or waylay something in transit -- e.g., the Coast Guard interdicts boats carrying drugs.
the sick man of europe when it comes to broadband? i'm a brit. i can walk out of my house for twenty miles in any direction and neither see a house without a broadband connection, nor be outside the range of wlans plugged into such [unless i catch the tube, in which case i am underground, and only get wlan access half the time]
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But you have to admit, you are the sick man of Europe when it comes to capital letters.
Here, I'll loan you a few spares I have sitting around.
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It's really simple. By reversing the fermionic tachyon waves of the Bose-Einstein condensation, they'll create bosonic quarks which will reveal, through quantum entanglement of anti-protons, the supersymetry of n-dimensional strings! Gah, it's so simple a pre-schooler could understand it.
I sometimes wonder if the adults that enjoy these books have not yet been exposed to real fantasy.
Well, it's not like she's won any major SF awards or anything, so I guess not.
It's news because of all the media hype that the latest security holes had gotten.
That explains the coverage for 1.0.4, but what about 1.0.1, 1.0.2, and 1.0.3? Every incremental update makes Slashdot's front page.
If this was 1985, I'd recommend Garry Kitchen's Game Maker for the Commodore 64.
And that's where we seem to be headed again... another Civil War.
Nothing fosters reasonable political debate like melodramatic hyperbole!
May I please enquire, what the fuck is RSS?
An RSS feed is an XML file that mirrors the content of a website. You enter the location of the feed into an RSS reader, which then checks it regularly for new material, and then notifies you of updates.
If you read a lot of sites like Slashdot that are updated frequently but irregularly, it's extreemely useful. The Sage extension for Firefox has cut the amount of time I spend surfing the web in half.
Civil War? Which Civil War? Oh, you mean the _American_ Civil War.When the topic under discussion is states' rights under the US Constitution, the "American" part is pretty much implied. If we were discussing the ouster of various English monarchs, you could refer to the "Civil War" and clearly mean the Roundhats and Cavaliers.
Or heck, you can even save it in MS Office doc format.
The way I read his message, he is doing that. His problem is formatting his resume so it looks right when potential employers view it in Word.