I just got banned by Chen for bringing up Gizmodo's actions at CES 2008. They brought one of those universal TV keychain things and turned off TVs during presentations.
"Contempt of court is a court order which, in the context of a court trial or hearing, declares a person or organization to have disobeyed or been disrespectful of the court's authority."
A judge can call farting in his courtroom contempt and have you locked up. This judge used the tool he had available to lash out at this guy for locking his fucking BlackBerry up.
Was this the judge's work email? Is it listed as an official way to contact the judge?
If it was his home email, I can see it being harassment or some such thing, but if it was an official email address, it's nothing more than "contacting the judge through official channels to show support."
Yeah, just like how the RIAA turned lawsuits into a way to make profit (oh wait no).
You clearly don't understand torrenting. If 5% of the people who torrent new movies switched to a legal early streaming system, that's money that the studios wouldn't have seen without it. It doesn't matter if they could get $10/ea, those people wouldn't see the goddamned movie in a theater anyway.
Honestly, I don't give half a fuck about the copyright holder. If they're not willing to adapt to changes in technology by themselves, I'm willing to grab them by their wallets and drag them to the internet.
Lets take a look at the #1 torrent on TPB right now.
Video > Movies Shutter Island (2010) R5 DVDRip XviD-MAX 03-16 19:01 Seeds: 20996 Leaches: 14796
That's just right now, and it's a public site so a ton of people just hit and run. So we've got 35,000 people on this torrent right now. Why? Maybe they torrent everything they see. Maybe they want to see the movie but there's no theater near them. I torrented it because I wanted to see the movie without having to drive a 90 minute round trip, spending $30 on tickets snacks and gas. I didn't want to deal with the assholes who can't shut up during a movie. The guy snoring (in every movie I've seen in the past 18 months one guy sitting within 20 seats of me is always loudly snoring). I'd pay $5 to stream the movie. I guarantee that there's a percentage of torrenters who are like me and only do it because it's easier.
I stopped pirating PC games. Want to know why? Steam. I stopped pirating music. Want to know why? iTunes. Make it easy for me to pay to access your content at a price that's not insane and I will pay for it, and I'm not alone.
If movie companies offered a one-time stream for $3 or something, I'd pay to see a lot more movies. Hell, I'd probably end up seeing ones I liked in theaters, too.
A movie is going to be leaked. There's no way around it. They can do whatever they want, but it's going to get online. Why not cut that off at the head and offer a clear picture at a low price? The reason I don't go to the theater to see movies is a combination of time driving, cost of driving and seeing the movie (in both time and money), and mostly the hatred I have to jackasses who won't shut the fuck up during a movie.
I'd pay $3-5 to stream a legit movie a few days after it's in theaters, even if it was loaded up with DRM.
I saw a nice setup where the guy had 5 displays in portrait next to each other and a sixth above it in landscape acting as a secondary display. It was freaking sweet.
So the industry shouldn't adapt to the changing face of technology? If they wanted, they could release movies for high quality streaming for a few bucks two or three days after a movie comes out and get rid of the reason many people torrent new movies.
Multiple children? Tell the fuckers to go run around outside. Or play Mario Party. What game do children play that requires a gaming rig? Crysis Party?
Slashdot seems to be very U.S.-centric. Do you have any plans to be more international in your scope?
Slashdot is U.S.-centric. We readily admit this, and really don't see it as a problem. Slashdot is run by Americans, after all, and the vast majority of our readership is in the U.S.
Joel's a failed prop comic. His jokes almost always fell flat because his delivery was just awful. Maybe if he wasn't always high he could have been funny.
The invention exchanges were an excuse for him to shoe-horn his shitty props into a TV show.
If you liked Joel's humor, you liked Mike's writing. I think it's hilarious that Joel quit the show when he did, because it only got bigger over the following few seasons, after which he came back to do a cameo (during which his delivery of his "jokes" was terrible).
Just do it like they did on mythbusters. Pull a print, make a thin copy, put it on your own thumb, swipe. Your body heat would work just as well.
Hell, on CSI they managed to get prints from a bloated water logged corpse by cutting the fingers off, removing the bones, and using the finger meat as a glove.
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I just got banned by Chen for bringing up Gizmodo's actions at CES 2008. They brought one of those universal TV keychain things and turned off TVs during presentations.
If the new episodes of Futurama are anywhere near as terrible as the "movies" were, that will probably be a short run.
http://someonewhocares.org/hosts/
Requires no hackings.
So get a custom hosts file that blocks all the ads. It's what we did before adblock existed...
"Contempt of court is a court order which, in the context of a court trial or hearing, declares a person or organization to have disobeyed or been disrespectful of the court's authority."
A judge can call farting in his courtroom contempt and have you locked up. This judge used the tool he had available to lash out at this guy for locking his fucking BlackBerry up.
Was this the judge's work email? Is it listed as an official way to contact the judge?
If it was his home email, I can see it being harassment or some such thing, but if it was an official email address, it's nothing more than "contacting the judge through official channels to show support."
magnet:?xt=urn:btih:99e7c40ef7f132ee7b1977b4e04b18e4f65747d0&dn=Fringe.S02E16.HDTV.XviD-LOL.avi&tr=http%3A%2F%2Ftracker.publicbt.com%2Fannounce
According to you, I just posted the most recent episode of Fringe.
"the content is 99% copyrighted material"
.torrent files, which are not copyrighted material.
The only content on those sites is
Yeah, just like how the RIAA turned lawsuits into a way to make profit (oh wait no).
You clearly don't understand torrenting. If 5% of the people who torrent new movies switched to a legal early streaming system, that's money that the studios wouldn't have seen without it. It doesn't matter if they could get $10/ea, those people wouldn't see the goddamned movie in a theater anyway.
Awwww hell naw.
It's like the Will Smith version of Keanu's "woah."
Welcome to earf!
Honestly, I don't give half a fuck about the copyright holder. If they're not willing to adapt to changes in technology by themselves, I'm willing to grab them by their wallets and drag them to the internet.
Lets take a look at the #1 torrent on TPB right now.
Video > Movies Shutter Island (2010) R5 DVDRip XviD-MAX 03-16 19:01 Seeds: 20996 Leaches: 14796
That's just right now, and it's a public site so a ton of people just hit and run. So we've got 35,000 people on this torrent right now. Why? Maybe they torrent everything they see. Maybe they want to see the movie but there's no theater near them. I torrented it because I wanted to see the movie without having to drive a 90 minute round trip, spending $30 on tickets snacks and gas. I didn't want to deal with the assholes who can't shut up during a movie. The guy snoring (in every movie I've seen in the past 18 months one guy sitting within 20 seats of me is always loudly snoring). I'd pay $5 to stream the movie. I guarantee that there's a percentage of torrenters who are like me and only do it because it's easier.
I stopped pirating PC games. Want to know why? Steam. I stopped pirating music. Want to know why? iTunes. Make it easy for me to pay to access your content at a price that's not insane and I will pay for it, and I'm not alone.
If movie companies offered a one-time stream for $3 or something, I'd pay to see a lot more movies. Hell, I'd probably end up seeing ones I liked in theaters, too.
A movie is going to be leaked. There's no way around it. They can do whatever they want, but it's going to get online. Why not cut that off at the head and offer a clear picture at a low price? The reason I don't go to the theater to see movies is a combination of time driving, cost of driving and seeing the movie (in both time and money), and mostly the hatred I have to jackasses who won't shut the fuck up during a movie.
I'd pay $3-5 to stream a legit movie a few days after it's in theaters, even if it was loaded up with DRM.
I saw a nice setup where the guy had 5 displays in portrait next to each other and a sixth above it in landscape acting as a secondary display. It was freaking sweet.
So the industry shouldn't adapt to the changing face of technology? If they wanted, they could release movies for high quality streaming for a few bucks two or three days after a movie comes out and get rid of the reason many people torrent new movies.
"take what is not yours."
Good thing I'm not taking anything.
Multiple children? Tell the fuckers to go run around outside. Or play Mario Party. What game do children play that requires a gaming rig? Crysis Party?
I was under the impression we were discussing good games, my mistake.
You realize that the majority of accidents are not caused by people driving above the speed limit, right?
"I don't think they should be reported at all."
To quote my good friends, the entire World of Warcraft community: 'QQ moar.'
Slashdot seems to be very U.S.-centric. Do you have any plans to be more international in your scope?
Slashdot is U.S.-centric. We readily admit this, and really don't see it as a problem. Slashdot is run by Americans, after all, and the vast majority of our readership is in the U.S.
I don't know if it's my town or state, but I was always told that pedestrians (even jay-walking) have the right of way.
Of course, that was part of the "even if you have the right of way, people may not stop. You'll be right, but you'll be dead right" talk.
"encourage automobilists to drive less quickly, reducing the rates of passenger fatalities"
Weird, because increasing the speed limit from 55 to 65 reduced the rates of passenger fatalities.
Joel's a failed prop comic. His jokes almost always fell flat because his delivery was just awful. Maybe if he wasn't always high he could have been funny.
The invention exchanges were an excuse for him to shoe-horn his shitty props into a TV show.
If you liked Joel's humor, you liked Mike's writing. I think it's hilarious that Joel quit the show when he did, because it only got bigger over the following few seasons, after which he came back to do a cameo (during which his delivery of his "jokes" was terrible).
Just do it like they did on mythbusters. Pull a print, make a thin copy, put it on your own thumb, swipe. Your body heat would work just as well.
Hell, on CSI they managed to get prints from a bloated water logged corpse by cutting the fingers off, removing the bones, and using the finger meat as a glove.
If you want to get in you'll get in.