...give Mr. Soderbergh a chance, and maybe [he'll be judged a] "pioneer"
Without listing his filmography, note merely that Soderbergh's movies have ranged from the sublimely gripping to the ridiculously inaccessible...largely by his choice, IMO. It'll be interesting to see how the fledgling tech/marketing context informs his current efforts. (I.e., you'd typically expect a low-cost movie from him to require a Sherpa... but maybe not this time...)
Bloggers [say] that regulations encompassing... Internet... advertising... would have a chilling effect on free speech.
Granted that controlling political spending is a two-sided philosophical issue. But...
...how does advertising-accountability limit the freedom of expression in a blogger's content? (...unless, of course, the two are more intertwined that any blogger would likely admit)
...online, it seems that these isolated communities are ever more cohesive...
With (ahem) a little preference-engine background myself, let me note that, except for extreme instances,/.'s moderation seems not at all "cohesion"-prone. This is because its critique is primarily positive, and usually about eloquence as much as content. I.e., an upward mod demands merely that you say something engaging and coherent. If you do, chances are fair that you'll ring someone's chimes. And, in turn, you'll read comments thus chosen, if only to see what caught someone else's fancy. It's hardly the same as a selective, self-reinforcing community... and may even have the unintended side-effect of expanding perspectives...
Devices that do video... have not been successful yet. No-one's figured out the right formula.
Audio devices let you multitask your listening... say, with walking, driving, or reading. So, the "right formula" for a video device may be awaiting an evolutionary step that, e.g., equips us with a second head...
In a way, it is. Using your neocortex more leaves you more "intelligent" than using it less.
But, with intelligence tests measuring many of the skills that technology increasingly performs for us, it's unavoidable that we'll eventually start to look pretty dumb. The fact is, though, that we (non-lazy folks) have, in all likelihood, merely migrated to a different skill-set.
Wired quotes a release-form the recipient must sign:
Your face will be removed and replaced with one donated from a cadaver, matched for tissue type, age, sex and skin color. Surgery should last 8 to 10 hours; the hospital stay, 10 to 14 days.
Complications could include infections that turn your new face black and require a second transplant or reconstruction with skin grafts. Drugs to prevent rejection will be needed lifelong, and they raise the risk of kidney damage and cancer.
After the transplant you might feel remorse, disappointment, or grief or guilt toward the donor. The clinic will try to shield your identity, but the press likely will discover it.
P2P won't kill the music industry, only the current one.
Practical outcome: It won't kill the music industry, because music's relatively cheap to make. But free sharing of, say, multimillion-dollar movies might smash that industry's kneecaps...
...there have been CGI scenes in at least the last several of Miyazaki's films, [but only] when he's wanted to do something that couldn't be done by traditional hand-drawn techniques.
One could even theorize that a deliberate rejection of "perfection" is further evidenced in the continued jerkiness of his 6-frames/second(?) animation... even though he could now probably afford denser 'tweening'. (For a pronounced usage of roughness for effect, see/remember the Xmas short The Snowman...and the numerous tv commercials that copied it.)
John Lasseter could learn a few things about creativity from this man.
Re the vice-versa, it's interesting to speculate if and when Miyazaki will do something in CGI. (If I'm not mistaken, Howl's Moving Castle used a few automated techniques that contrasted visibly with his usual low-frame-rate hand drawings.)
This guy's making money by selling laptops and cell phones online. He's a fence.
Yes, he's a fence who knew enough to wipe the disk... but apparently not enough to erase the hardware's serial number (nor would I). Even so, is the used-computer market that small, or was he just way unlucky in his choice of buyers?
the IBM employee would [move] onto a career as a public school math or science teacher.
Why does this remind me of the Peace Corps? E.g., I wonder if the new science teachers will be warned of the hazards of certain public schools... or state legislatures...
One has to wonder, outside the obvious explanation of Intel's anti-competitive trade practices, what is Dell's aversion to AMD 64-bit / dual-core processors?
No opinion on the technical merits from this minimally-technical consumer, but, FWIW, I can draw the "Intel inside" logo from memory...
On the off-chance that the article could be biased, I looked at each occurrence of the word "scientists". The only instance where it was preceded by the word "some" was in identifying those scientists who were even gloomier than all the other scientists (in the world, apparently).
Apparantly the US Astronomers had been tracking it for quite some time, but chose to not report it yet. They also claim the Spanish Astronomers stole data to make the find.
We had it first and just didn't tell anyone... and...
...if the patients are reporting on their experience, then that is not slander...
...or libel.
But somewhere it should be noted that even a single negative remark about a physican has an irrationally large effect on most of us... often concluding with, "Why take the chance?".
Certainly, free speech comes first... but it would be nice to see some of the BitchHere.com sites provide some statistical guidelines about the inevitable occurrence of irascible loonies.
...Microsoft kind of blew it with this guy. They hired him for important work expanding their market into China and hamstrung him in his ideas and proposals.
This sort of rationale would be a fast-track to conviction in my ethical court. When you join an organization, you thereby agree to contribute to, not make, its decisions... and to abide by them.
Let me be the first to say that I think this is a really terrible idea.
...but maybe an inevitable one.
The generic question is whether your survival depends more upon a rapid reaction free of committee-bog, or upon the carefully crafted wisdom of a consensus.
(Well, of course you'd rather have both. Who wouldn't?...)
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Without listing his filmography, note merely that Soderbergh's movies have ranged from the sublimely gripping to the ridiculously inaccessible ...largely by his choice, IMO. It'll be interesting to see how the fledgling tech/marketing context informs his current efforts. (I.e., you'd typically expect a low-cost movie from him to require a Sherpa... but maybe not this time...)
Granted that controlling political spending is a two-sided philosophical issue. But...
Next quarter, they'll expand into terra-forming...
"Hel-l-l-p me-e-e-e-e..."
With (ahem) a little preference-engine background myself, let me note that, except for extreme instances, /.'s moderation seems not at all "cohesion"-prone. This is because its critique is primarily positive, and usually about eloquence as much as content. I.e., an upward mod demands merely that you say something engaging and coherent. If you do, chances are fair that you'll ring someone's chimes. And, in turn, you'll read comments thus chosen, if only to see what caught someone else's fancy. It's hardly the same as a selective, self-reinforcing community... and may even have the unintended side-effect of expanding perspectives...
Audio devices let you multitask your listening... say, with walking, driving, or reading. So, the "right formula" for a video device may be awaiting an evolutionary step that, e.g., equips us with a second head...
In a way, it is. Using your neocortex more leaves you more "intelligent" than using it less.
But, with intelligence tests measuring many of the skills that technology increasingly performs for us, it's unavoidable that we'll eventually start to look pretty dumb. The fact is, though, that we (non-lazy folks) have, in all likelihood, merely migrated to a different skill-set.
Wired quotes a release-form the recipient must sign:
Your face will be removed and replaced with one donated from a cadaver, matched for tissue type, age, sex and skin color. Surgery should last 8 to 10 hours; the hospital stay, 10 to 14 days. Complications could include infections that turn your new face black and require a second transplant or reconstruction with skin grafts. Drugs to prevent rejection will be needed lifelong, and they raise the risk of kidney damage and cancer. After the transplant you might feel remorse, disappointment, or grief or guilt toward the donor. The clinic will try to shield your identity, but the press likely will discover it.
No free lunch...
If you hurry, you can probably catch 1966's Billy the Kid Vs. Dracula , now playing on a VHS machine near you...
Well, the misinformation and lies, at least, have entropy on their side. Not only can they "take off", they're destiny...
Practical outcome: It won't kill the music industry, because music's relatively cheap to make. But free sharing of, say, multimillion-dollar movies might smash that industry's kneecaps...
Let the resulting work of art be fully annotated, swatch by swatch...
One could even theorize that a deliberate rejection of "perfection" is further evidenced in the continued jerkiness of his 6-frames/second(?) animation... even though he could now probably afford denser 'tweening'. (For a pronounced usage of roughness for effect, see/remember the Xmas short The Snowman ...and the numerous tv commercials that copied it.)
Re the vice-versa, it's interesting to speculate if and when Miyazaki will do something in CGI. (If I'm not mistaken, Howl's Moving Castle used a few automated techniques that contrasted visibly with his usual low-frame-rate hand drawings.)
P2P-"sharing". (Think libPod.) Wonder if Simon & Schuster will go for it...
Yes, he's a fence who knew enough to wipe the disk... but apparently not enough to erase the hardware's serial number (nor would I). Even so, is the used-computer market that small, or was he just way unlucky in his choice of buyers?
Why does this remind me of the Peace Corps? E.g., I wonder if the new science teachers will be warned of the hazards of certain public schools... or state legislatures...
No opinion on the technical merits from this minimally-technical consumer, but, FWIW, I can draw the "Intel inside" logo from memory...
On the off-chance that the article could be biased, I looked at each occurrence of the word "scientists". The only instance where it was preceded by the word "some" was in identifying those scientists who were even gloomier than all the other scientists (in the world, apparently).
We had it first and just didn't tell anyone... and...
But somewhere it should be noted that even a single negative remark about a physican has an irrationally large effect on most of us... often concluding with, "Why take the chance?".
Certainly, free speech comes first... but it would be nice to see some of the BitchHere.com sites provide some statistical guidelines about the inevitable occurrence of irascible loonies.
This sort of rationale would be a fast-track to conviction in my ethical court. When you join an organization, you thereby agree to contribute to, not make, its decisions... and to abide by them.
The generic question is whether your survival depends more upon a rapid reaction free of committee-bog, or upon the carefully crafted wisdom of a consensus.
(Well, of course you'd rather have both. Who wouldn't?...)