I think there's a tiny bit of difference between "Pixar's render software" and, say, Final Cut Pro. You can't just shoot a DV of some fish, proicess it and make it Finding Nemo... It kind of takes a small army of animators.
I don't know Rob Enderle and I don't want to make assumptions, but I can't help but imagine that he spends a lot of money at "The Sharper Image", wears Speedos because they're "European" and decorates his apartment with framed Nagel prints and posters of babes in bikinis straddling Testarossas and Countaches.
I agree. The stores in LA that focus on used and rare vinyl (Rhino and Amoeba being the largest, but many smaller ones too) are doing just fine... Whereas used chains like Wherehouse that only sold CDs are going under right and left. Vinyl records are collectible objects that go up in value, sometimes astronomically... But even the rarest bootleg CD will never be worth more than you paid for it.
Of course, this has nothing to do with the big chains like Tower, but I say good riddance anyway. In fact, they should pay me back for the hundreds of crappy "alternative rock" cassettes I bought from them in high school. Speaking of which, anyone want to buy a full set of warped Camper Van Beethoven tapes?
I guarantee the NY Times doesn't care if you sign up with a new fake name and address every time you go there... All the more "registered users" they can claim to have when courting advertisers and setting prices.
Though by now, I would suspect they have more "registered users" than the population of the United States.
Instead, if they spent their time tinkering with the internals of a Linux Kernel or coding other cool stuff (like, Scene graphics programs, for instance!) it would be a much better use of their time and enthusiasm.
So would enrolling them in midnight basketball leagues.
If there's one thing that's ingrained in the hard coding of teenagers, particularly boys with antisocial leanings, it's that they don't and won't use whatever skills they have in their own best interests. Writing malicious code is the equivalent of throwing a cherry bomb in the toilet or keying random cars in the parking lot. Luckily, most of us grow out of this phase...
It's amazing how many people don't use a simple means of cutting the spam to zero: change their e-mail address and start fresh.
Of course this isn't a solution for everyone. Yes, it's a pain to send out "change of address" e-mails (and more of a pain to change a contact's address in your directory.) Yes, there are many, many cases where the e-mail needs to remain constant. But for the average user who may only receive a few messages a day from a relatively short list of contacts and are otherwise deluged with spam, it's a band-aid solution that works.
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...spammers are "the usual suspects" for employing virus writers lately, but why attack Microsoft and SCO, then?
Perhaps because they're con men? Make it look like a disgruntled Linux geek did it, when really the writers could care less about SCO-- they just want your credit card numbers.
Unfortunately, the "industry" does provide ONE service that isn't taken into account here... Recording studios. The artists still need a way to make a clean, professional recording of their music, and I'm sure the "industry" will find some way to forcibly bundle the rest of their "services" with that.
That's funny. I thought all music was made with Garage Band now.
Let's see, would I rather have my entire music collection fit in my pocket, or get a cheap, just slightly bulkier player and carry around and swap out 65 CDs whenever I go to the supermarket? Hmm...
I don't know how many people have had problems. I don't think the on-line petitons are a gauge you can go by, though, since they don't yet represent a legitimate class action suit. For every real signature you see- not to say that every one is real, of course- there could be three, five, ten, even twenty people who had the problem but didn't know, care about or trust the site... Or who let Applecare take care of it and aren't angry or frustrated enough to seek out further action. Or, there could be just one guy signing all the names, I don't know.
I do know that it's a problem, it seems to be particularly bad in the 2002 ibooks, and that Apple is so far playing dumb. Which isn't a good sign, because usually they're forthcopming about their problems-- e.g. the white spots on 15" aluminum Powebooks. Hopefully my 2001 iBook will be spared... But I have been backing up a lot more frequently and handling it with a lot more caution than before.
Browse the (flooded) iBook discussion board if you want to read hundreds of horror stores. I believe most or all of these are real, since you have to be a registered Mac owner to post:
http://discusssearch.info.apple.com/WebX?14@158. lExMabFudR9.2@.5999d237
Problem is, there's also a lot of good music that is part of the RIAA... You may have to go back a decade or two or three, but I digress.
Funny how we're always asked to avoid this or buy that to make sure our favorite musicians get a fair shake... But not to avoid movies, TV shows etc. where the writers and actors routinely get screwed.
... And for what it's worth... Disney TV Animation is a separate department, they're the ones who do the TV shows and direct-to-DVD/video sequels. They've had cuts but they're not being dissolved just yet. Pepper Ann fans, rejoice!
I wouldn't doubt that the reasoning for this decision is that their TV shows and non-theatrical sequels bring in as much or more profit as their recent 2-D features-- at only a fraction of the budget. (which should be evident by the quality.)
Is there something that people sign when they receive a screener which says that if the screener shows up on the net they are somehow liable?
There may be now. A few years ago there wasn't. I was a member of one of the guilds because of a job I had four years back (and I should note, I was I was deinitely a peon-- I'm not even sure I was allowed to vote). Come Oscar time, I would get dozens and dozens of tapes and DVD's. Never for a second considered pirating them (why bother?), but I did give some copies to friends and family. (Why not? Most were movies I'd either seen, or had no intention of seeing... And if it was something they were really pushing for an award, they'd often send multiple copies!)
I also noticed (though I didn't do this myself, either) that around awards time the used record/video stores were full of screeners.
Anyway, there was never a confidentiality form to sign when you'd get a screener. However, I would be surprised if there wasn't a clause somewhere in the guild by-laws that covers it.
I haven't received anything this year (I was still getting them in 2002), which shows that they may be finally paying attention to who they send screeners to. I've also changed addresses, though, so I hope they're not being sent to my old house... If some pirates moved in, I could be next.
I heard they're going after Robert Blake for giving away his screeners next. If they can't nail him for murder, he's gonna do some hard time for copyright infringement.
I've noticed that quite a few children's movies from Disney, Nickelodeon (owned by Viacom) etc. have been about the little guy standing up to huge, evil corporations.
I could probably come up with a sinister reason why these companies would be brainwashing our youth with messages that seem to be against their best interests, but that seems like a lot of work.
Just 'casue I didn't see anyone else point this out, and if they did I apologize... Vice and Liberty Cities were based on Miami and Detroit... Isn't it be conceivable that GTA's version of "San Andreas" would actually be Los Angeles, San Francisco or a combination of both?
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I think there's a tiny bit of difference between "Pixar's render software" and, say, Final Cut Pro. You can't just shoot a DV of some fish, proicess it and make it Finding Nemo... It kind of takes a small army of animators.
I don't see why people use html e-cards, when ASCII pictures of kitties, butterflies and tweety birds are JUST as cute.
... Kobe Bryant's already bought it, to buy off his wife.
I don't know Rob Enderle and I don't want to make assumptions, but I can't help but imagine that he spends a lot of money at "The Sharper Image", wears Speedos because they're "European" and decorates his apartment with framed Nagel prints and posters of babes in bikinis straddling Testarossas and Countaches.
But that could just be me.
I agree. The stores in LA that focus on used and rare vinyl (Rhino and Amoeba being the largest, but many smaller ones too) are doing just fine... Whereas used chains like Wherehouse that only sold CDs are going under right and left. Vinyl records are collectible objects that go up in value, sometimes astronomically... But even the rarest bootleg CD will never be worth more than you paid for it.
Of course, this has nothing to do with the big chains like Tower, but I say good riddance anyway. In fact, they should pay me back for the hundreds of crappy "alternative rock" cassettes I bought from them in high school. Speaking of which, anyone want to buy a full set of warped Camper Van Beethoven tapes?
I guarantee the NY Times doesn't care if you sign up with a new fake name and address every time you go there... All the more "registered users" they can claim to have when courting advertisers and setting prices.
Though by now, I would suspect they have more "registered users" than the population of the United States.
Instead, if they spent their time tinkering with the internals of a Linux Kernel or coding other cool stuff (like, Scene graphics programs, for instance!) it would be a much better use of their time and enthusiasm.
So would enrolling them in midnight basketball leagues.
If there's one thing that's ingrained in the hard coding of teenagers, particularly boys with antisocial leanings, it's that they don't and won't use whatever skills they have in their own best interests. Writing malicious code is the equivalent of throwing a cherry bomb in the toilet or keying random cars in the parking lot. Luckily, most of us grow out of this phase...
It's amazing how many people don't use a simple means of cutting the spam to zero: change their e-mail address and start fresh.
Of course this isn't a solution for everyone. Yes, it's a pain to send out "change of address" e-mails (and more of a pain to change a contact's address in your directory.) Yes, there are many, many cases where the e-mail needs to remain constant. But for the average user who may only receive a few messages a day from a relatively short list of contacts and are otherwise deluged with spam, it's a band-aid solution that works.
... I'm using a Mac.
Wait...
... You need a sloped surface of some sort, an orange and an apple. Same thing.
...spammers are "the usual suspects" for employing virus writers lately, but why attack Microsoft and SCO, then?
Perhaps because they're con men? Make it look like a disgruntled Linux geek did it, when really the writers could care less about SCO-- they just want your credit card numbers.
For his next "mod", he'll gut a 1947 Ferrari 125 and replace all the parts with those from a 2004 Buick Regal.
Ah, so you've heard of the iBuick.
Unfortunately, the "industry" does provide ONE service that isn't taken into account here... Recording studios. The artists still need a way to make a clean, professional recording of their music, and I'm sure the "industry" will find some way to forcibly bundle the rest of their "services" with that.
That's funny. I thought all music was made with Garage Band now.
Let's see, would I rather have my entire music collection fit in my pocket, or get a cheap, just slightly bulkier player and carry around and swap out 65 CDs whenever I go to the supermarket? Hmm...
Just how far away exactly is this supermarket?
I don't know how many people have had problems. I don't think the on-line petitons are a gauge you can go by, though, since they don't yet represent a legitimate class action suit. For every real signature you see- not to say that every one is real, of course- there could be three, five, ten, even twenty people who had the problem but didn't know, care about or trust the site... Or who let Applecare take care of it and aren't angry or frustrated enough to seek out further action. Or, there could be just one guy signing all the names, I don't know.
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I do know that it's a problem, it seems to be particularly bad in the 2002 ibooks, and that Apple is so far playing dumb. Which isn't a good sign, because usually they're forthcopming about their problems-- e.g. the white spots on 15" aluminum Powebooks. Hopefully my 2001 iBook will be spared... But I have been backing up a lot more frequently and handling it with a lot more caution than before.
Browse the (flooded) iBook discussion board if you want to read hundreds of horror stores. I believe most or all of these are real, since you have to be a registered Mac owner to post:
http://discusssearch.info.apple.com/WebX?14@158
I always download the attachments that say "I love you."
Sure, it might be a virus... But I can't take the chance I might miss a secret admirer.
Problem is, there's also a lot of good music that is part of the RIAA... You may have to go back a decade or two or three, but I digress.
Funny how we're always asked to avoid this or buy that to make sure our favorite musicians get a fair shake... But not to avoid movies, TV shows etc. where the writers and actors routinely get screwed.
or you could support independent artists.
Or I can listen to what I like, and not base my music tastes on sticking it to the RIAA...
I'd like to see some "Jedi Academy" movies.
Me too. But only if they're screwball teen sex comedies.
... And for what it's worth... Disney TV Animation is a separate department, they're the ones who do the TV shows and direct-to-DVD/video sequels. They've had cuts but they're not being dissolved just yet. Pepper Ann fans, rejoice!
I wouldn't doubt that the reasoning for this decision is that their TV shows and non-theatrical sequels bring in as much or more profit as their recent 2-D features-- at only a fraction of the budget. (which should be evident by the quality.)
Is there something that people sign when they receive a screener which says that if the screener shows up on the net they are somehow liable? There may be now. A few years ago there wasn't. I was a member of one of the guilds because of a job I had four years back (and I should note, I was I was deinitely a peon-- I'm not even sure I was allowed to vote). Come Oscar time, I would get dozens and dozens of tapes and DVD's. Never for a second considered pirating them (why bother?), but I did give some copies to friends and family. (Why not? Most were movies I'd either seen, or had no intention of seeing... And if it was something they were really pushing for an award, they'd often send multiple copies!) I also noticed (though I didn't do this myself, either) that around awards time the used record/video stores were full of screeners. Anyway, there was never a confidentiality form to sign when you'd get a screener. However, I would be surprised if there wasn't a clause somewhere in the guild by-laws that covers it. I haven't received anything this year (I was still getting them in 2002), which shows that they may be finally paying attention to who they send screeners to. I've also changed addresses, though, so I hope they're not being sent to my old house... If some pirates moved in, I could be next.
I heard they're going after Robert Blake for giving away his screeners next. If they can't nail him for murder, he's gonna do some hard time for copyright infringement.
I've noticed that quite a few children's movies from Disney, Nickelodeon (owned by Viacom) etc. have been about the little guy standing up to huge, evil corporations. I could probably come up with a sinister reason why these companies would be brainwashing our youth with messages that seem to be against their best interests, but that seems like a lot of work.
Just 'casue I didn't see anyone else point this out, and if they did I apologize... Vice and Liberty Cities were based on Miami and Detroit... Isn't it be conceivable that GTA's version of "San Andreas" would actually be Los Angeles, San Francisco or a combination of both?
A modern Apple MOUSE probably has a more powerful CPU than some of the older Macs.
And that's with only one button, as the Mac-haters never cease to remind us...