Well, you only paid for a license to use our software based upon our terms. We're changing the terms of the license. Pray we don't alter the terms any further.
They pay for a subscription, I pay to read it. Next patient/customer pays to read the same copy.
Books shared amongst neighbors or friends also do not continue to pay the revenue stream for the publishers.
I wonder if the publishing crowd would raise their minions of lawyers if PDFs of books were shared among readers just as easily as MP3s.
This DRM is never going to work. It's like the war on drugs and the problem isn't the so called `piracy`, it's the convenience of the format. If there were an open source DRM format that registers the owner's data within the file, then maybe, but all the players want a cut and they want it to be their format and no one is going to use something that leaves breadcrumbs.
The RIAA realizes that the reaper is sharpening his blade for them. They are not the distribution powerhouse anymore and they have wronged too many artists that do fine without them (e.g., Prince). The RIAA is of the mindset that if a performer is playing his guitar at a crowded corner in a busy street, everyone who hears his music should drop a coin in his hat. If I'm entertained, I'd 'buy that for a dollar.' If I'm not, I'd pass on and forget the background noise.
I have an original release SOB with Walters name and picture on the back. I also have SOB2, WTC, and By Request with his name. The By Request album has his caricature.
Wendy Carlos' soundtrack is highly memorable. Moreso than some of Jerry Goldsmith's or Alan Silvestri's scores.
Especialy those who played the game, who can't hum the tune of the -coin insertion -the MCP cone -the spider sequence (which had about 4 seconds of screen time in the movie) -game over
The commentary on Total Recall states that there are no computer effects in the movie. The tracking shot for the train scene was all motion control. The gurus that worked on the film said that this was the last movie they worked on that didn't use computer visual effects.
Japanese TV has always been more entertaining than the American programs.
I remember watching Go Ranger (as it was called in the States then - Super Sentai in Japan, Power Rangers in the US after 1992) in the 70s and just being captivated. Mazinger and Raydeen were also fun to watch. Never had anything about giant robots kicking ass in the states.
There was another show about a house robot called Robocon that I loved and I wish I could get my hands on some episodes. He had robot friends, each with a distinct look, personality, and function, and he was afraid of cockroaches.
The Space Giants (Ambassador Magma) came to the US in late 70s, early 80s courtesy of Ted Turner's WTCG (renamed later to WTBS) and was standard, after school fare. More entertaining than those boring after school specials.
Transformers came to the states and I was not impressed. First, I was out of the age range where it was captivating so I'm sure that was most of it. Second, I've seen it before. The US toys were impressive as most of the Japanese toys I had weren't.
My Go Ranger, Inazuman, and Kamen Rider toys had pull off masks, something that didn't exist in the US except for that bullet man GI Joe figure; and only their limbs and head moved. The robots were cool as you could build a bigger robot if you had all the pieces and the US never had a successful robot figure collection until Star Wars.
When Power Rangers came, I knew what they did before I found out what they did. I was glad that someone had the wherewithall to produce this and that it did find a following. The Japanese Sentai series is still superior to the US produced one as the US compromises on the violence deeming if a gun is in the scene that it's too violent. I still watch the Japanese shows with my kids which they like better - probably because of the stunts and visual style.
They could just put the discs in caddies like the first computer CDs were. They'll evolve out of that until some company comes up with the 500TB disc and we'll have a use for caddies again.
It's a robot. You program it. You tell it "this" is the stuff I want to grow. "That list" you have, you pull out and incinerate keeping all seeds contained. "Take pictures" of anything else like kitty cats, praying mantis, grasshoppers having sex and stuff. Post pictures on a website. "Profit."
I was extremely dissappointed in the film. But it's a must see disappointment. The spectacle is worth it alone.
When you see scenes like this during a moment that was far from funny, I wondered where they were taking this movie. That scene includes (in the movie) a fantastic long shot of a gunship firing and circling on the robot, but to mix it with camp comedy is a tragic mistake for American cinema.
The portrayal of a top secret government agency as keystone cops and a FBI raid that might as well have included the 3 Stooges and some Offenbach's Orpheus in the Underworld music just to top it off was well out of place. The film goes past campy then immediately is supposed to draw you back into the seriousness of the moment.
I'm not a Bay hater. I like his style, he has an energy to his shots and his films show the budget on screen. Having said that, Pearl Harbor sucked. What had the potential and formula to be a great film (love triangles classically have been the best stories. Look at any Opera) ended up being a crappy chick flick with bombs.
I realized why this movie had the final cut it has and why the producers would let this 144 minute movie that should have been trimmed by 30 minutes get a global release; the international markets.
Show US goverment agencies as idiots, American computer hackers fit the stereotype that they do nothing but play videogames and live at home with their mother, the pee jokes will go over well in Japan, there is an Austrailian that is smarter than the US Department of Defense, and the action scenes should please everyone.
Michael Bay made a movie with a little something for everyone; I just which that the US cut was 30 minutes shorter. You could really rename this movie "A Boy and his Car", cut the movie to reflect it as there is plenty of footage and it would be a pretty good movie.
It is a day to find a Brit, give him/her the finger, and say a big FU. I'm through with you. We don't want your stinkin oppression anymore. I seriously doubt that any British folk will be dealt with as harshly as the Juneteenth celebrations.
Only in the context of magnetic navigation does your comment relate to the magnetic north pole. The magnetic pole is not fixed and is based upon the iron core of our planet. It has a deviation and changes over time and location.
There is the political north pole which cartography is based upon. This is where we get nautical measurements from. It is 5400 nautical miles from the North Pole to the equator. 90 degree right angle from pole to equator; 60 minutes each degree, 1 nautical mile per degree : 90*60 = 5400 nautical miles.
Then there is the axial or celestial 'North' pole which is where our 23 degree tilt comes from. That measurement is not a constant either as our planet has a `wobble`.
Granted, it sounds like a police state but if you RTFA, I can understand the point of view from the citys perspective. I've you've ever lived through a freaknik in Atlanta, you would want this sort of thing.
A bunch of `photographers` stopping traffic, either foot or motor vehincle, is unwanted if it's amateur.
Cuba will be a nice place to visit when Castro dies - after private citizens can own property, build businesses and such. The embargo also shows how lackadaisical the majority of the Cuban people (that stayed) are. Nice people but will just kinda go with the flow with whatever. For the most part, the US embargo really did nothing as Cuba was fine until the fall of communism in the Soviet Union.
I'm sure that something will develop that we just can't see yet. We've never terraformed a planet before so we're just going off on computer models which are never 100% accurate.
Just say that we send a rocket ship that spews spores or whatever photosynthetic organism. There is a 70% survival rate, they get situated, some martian monsoon rips up a path and sends it up in the upper atmosphere where it rides the current for half a year where it mixes with some native vegetation and grows gangbusters. Density increases within 40 years - not part of the original model.
Mars will never be habitable for us earthlings to live comfortably. Our bone density would suffer too with a year long round trip and 6 month minimum stay, that's 18 months away from Earth's gravity. Not too good for our health but we're smart enough to figure out a solution.
Well then you're not qualified to teach under natural conditions. That puts you out of a rewarding peace corps job.
There is nothing more effective than being in front of a student and engage in conversation about a new topic. Teachers that sit behind desks aren't teaching.
Why no outrage over the Juneteenth violence? 3 white kids get accused of rape and it's all over the press (granted it eventually got dismissed and the prosecutor disbarred) yet 3 seperate crowds of blacks act like savages over what is supposed to be a celebration of freedom and it gets back page material.
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Floppy discs are still widely available; phased out but still available.
I have a Morotola C139 and pay $25 a quarter with rollover minutes.
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Just like magazines in the doctors office.
They pay for a subscription, I pay to read it. Next patient/customer pays to read the same copy.
Books shared amongst neighbors or friends also do not continue to pay the revenue stream for the publishers.
I wonder if the publishing crowd would raise their minions of lawyers if PDFs of books were shared among readers just as easily as MP3s.
This DRM is never going to work. It's like the war on drugs and the problem isn't the so called `piracy`, it's the convenience of the format.
If there were an open source DRM format that registers the owner's data within the file, then maybe, but all the players want a cut and they want it to be their format and no one is going to use something that leaves breadcrumbs.
The RIAA realizes that the reaper is sharpening his blade for them. They are not the distribution powerhouse anymore and they have wronged too many artists that do fine without them (e.g., Prince).
The RIAA is of the mindset that if a performer is playing his guitar at a crowded corner in a busy street, everyone who hears his music should drop a coin in his hat.
If I'm entertained, I'd 'buy that for a dollar.' If I'm not, I'd pass on and forget the background noise.
I have an original release SOB with Walters name and picture on the back.
I also have SOB2, WTC, and By Request with his name. The By Request album has his caricature.
Wendy Carlos' soundtrack is highly memorable. Moreso than some of Jerry Goldsmith's or Alan Silvestri's scores.
Especialy those who played the game, who can't hum the tune of the
-coin insertion
-the MCP cone
-the spider sequence (which had about 4 seconds of screen time in the movie)
-game over
The commentary on Total Recall states that there are no computer effects in the movie. The tracking shot for the train scene was all motion control.
The gurus that worked on the film said that this was the last movie they worked on that didn't use computer visual effects.
Japanese TV has always been more entertaining than the American programs.
I remember watching Go Ranger (as it was called in the States then - Super Sentai in Japan, Power Rangers in the US after 1992) in the 70s and just being captivated.
Mazinger and Raydeen were also fun to watch. Never had anything about giant robots kicking ass in the states.
There was another show about a house robot called Robocon that I loved and I wish I could get my hands on some episodes. He had robot friends, each with a distinct look, personality, and function, and he was afraid of cockroaches.
The Space Giants (Ambassador Magma) came to the US in late 70s, early 80s courtesy of Ted Turner's WTCG (renamed later to WTBS) and was standard, after school fare. More entertaining than those boring after school specials.
Transformers came to the states and I was not impressed. First, I was out of the age range where it was captivating so I'm sure that was most of it. Second, I've seen it before.
The US toys were impressive as most of the Japanese toys I had weren't.
My Go Ranger, Inazuman, and Kamen Rider toys had pull off masks, something that didn't exist in the US except for that bullet man GI Joe figure; and only their limbs and head moved. The robots were cool as you could build a bigger robot if you had all the pieces and the US never had a successful robot figure collection until Star Wars.
When Power Rangers came, I knew what they did before I found out what they did. I was glad that someone had the wherewithall to produce this and that it did find a following.
The Japanese Sentai series is still superior to the US produced one as the US compromises on the violence deeming if a gun is in the scene that it's too violent. I still watch the Japanese shows with my kids which they like better - probably because of the stunts and visual style.
Hear hear!
Those who wouldn't pay for Photoshop(TM), wouldn't use CMYK therefore have no need for Photoshop(TM).
GIMP would do just fine.
Out of curiosity, did you have to pay the ticket?
Where I'm from, if the sign was down or in your case, obstructed, you weren't liable for the charge. You should have gotten a warning.
Someone or some program at Omni Comsumer Products.
They could just put the discs in caddies like the first computer CDs were.
They'll evolve out of that until some company comes up with the 500TB disc and we'll have a use for caddies again.
Well they have to take the money to fund the XBox 360 3 year warranty from somwhere.
It's a robot. You program it.
You tell it "this" is the stuff I want to grow.
"That list" you have, you pull out and incinerate keeping all seeds contained.
"Take pictures" of anything else like kitty cats, praying mantis, grasshoppers having sex and stuff.
Post pictures on a website.
"Profit."
I was extremely dissappointed in the film. But it's a must see disappointment. The spectacle is worth it alone.
When you see scenes like this during a moment that was far from funny, I wondered where they were taking this movie. That scene includes (in the movie) a fantastic long shot of a gunship firing and circling on the robot, but to mix it with camp comedy is a tragic mistake for American cinema.
The portrayal of a top secret government agency as keystone cops and a FBI raid that might as well have included the 3 Stooges and some Offenbach's Orpheus in the Underworld music just to top it off was well out of place. The film goes past campy then immediately is supposed to draw you back into the seriousness of the moment.
I'm not a Bay hater. I like his style, he has an energy to his shots and his films show the budget on screen. Having said that, Pearl Harbor sucked. What had the potential and formula to be a great film (love triangles classically have been the best stories. Look at any Opera) ended up being a crappy chick flick with bombs.
I realized why this movie had the final cut it has and why the producers would let this 144 minute movie that should have been trimmed by 30 minutes get a global release; the international markets.
Show US goverment agencies as idiots, American computer hackers fit the stereotype that they do nothing but play videogames and live at home with their mother, the pee jokes will go over well in Japan, there is an Austrailian that is smarter than the US Department of Defense, and the action scenes should please everyone.
Michael Bay made a movie with a little something for everyone; I just which that the US cut was 30 minutes shorter. You could really rename this movie "A Boy and his Car", cut the movie to reflect it as there is plenty of footage and it would be a pretty good movie.
It is a day to find a Brit, give him/her the finger, and say a big FU. I'm through with you. We don't want your stinkin oppression anymore.
I seriously doubt that any British folk will be dealt with as harshly as the Juneteenth celebrations.
There are 3 'north' poles.
Only in the context of magnetic navigation does your comment relate to the magnetic north pole.
The magnetic pole is not fixed and is based upon the iron core of our planet. It has a deviation and changes over time and location.
There is the political north pole which cartography is based upon. This is where we get nautical measurements from. It is 5400 nautical miles from the North Pole to the equator.
90 degree right angle from pole to equator; 60 minutes each degree, 1 nautical mile per degree : 90*60 = 5400 nautical miles.
Then there is the axial or celestial 'North' pole which is where our 23 degree tilt comes from. That measurement is not a constant either as our planet has a `wobble`.
Tripod and crew.
Tripod and crew.
Crew implies professional.
Bounce screens implies professional.
Crew implies professional.
Granted, it sounds like a police state but if you RTFA, I can understand the point of view from the citys perspective.
I've you've ever lived through a freaknik in Atlanta, you would want this sort of thing.
A bunch of `photographers` stopping traffic, either foot or motor vehincle, is unwanted if it's amateur.
Mapquest just got the branding first, courtesy of the dotcom boom.
For a while, even Mappoint was a better alternative to Mapquest in some cities.
People still use Mapquest just like people will still use Windows.
Well... no shit... Twinkletoes...
Chinese can own property.
At least the Chinese are productive.
China has a space program which implies China has a modern educational system.
Cuba will be a nice place to visit when Castro dies - after private citizens can own property, build businesses and such.
The embargo also shows how lackadaisical the majority of the Cuban people (that stayed) are. Nice people but will just kinda go with the flow with whatever.
For the most part, the US embargo really did nothing as Cuba was fine until the fall of communism in the Soviet Union.
I'm sure that something will develop that we just can't see yet. We've never terraformed a planet before so we're just going off on computer models which are never 100% accurate.
Just say that we send a rocket ship that spews spores or whatever photosynthetic organism. There is a 70% survival rate, they get situated, some martian monsoon rips up a path and sends it up in the upper atmosphere where it rides the current for half a year where it mixes with some native vegetation and grows gangbusters. Density increases within 40 years - not part of the original model.
Mars will never be habitable for us earthlings to live comfortably. Our bone density would suffer too with a year long round trip and 6 month minimum stay, that's 18 months away from Earth's gravity. Not too good for our health but we're smart enough to figure out a solution.
Lets terraform that sucker and see what develops.
But pen and paper and blackboards hinder me.
Well then you're not qualified to teach under natural conditions. That puts you out of a rewarding peace corps job.
There is nothing more effective than being in front of a student and engage in conversation about a new topic.
Teachers that sit behind desks aren't teaching.
Why no outrage over the Juneteenth violence?
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3 white kids get accused of rape and it's all over the press (granted it eventually got dismissed and the prosecutor disbarred) yet 3 seperate crowds of blacks act like savages over what is supposed to be a celebration of freedom and it gets back page material.
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8PSKSDO0
http://www.breitbart.tv/html/1962.html
http://www.syracuse.com/poststandard/stories/inde
If anything, knowledge that crowds of blacks are congregating is more relevant to my saftey than what happens on some college campus miles away.
And they wonder why no city wants to host Freaknik.