Hey, I'm all for digital, but the technology has not caught up to what is possible with so-called 'archaic' film
From Wiki on Digital IMAX
IMAX Corporation's decision not to designate the new digital installations in any manner has led to a backlash by some viewers who are disappointed to have paid a premium to view an IMAX presentation only to find it being shown with much lower resolution on a screen of relatively ordinary size. Some reviewers have pointed out that the visual artifacts due to low resolution are detrimental to the picture quality, especially for viewers seated closer to the screen. The company CEO has stated that in digital IMAX installations the last few rows of seats are removed, allowing the screen to be closer to moviegoers, which makes the screen appear larger than it would in a standard theater setting.
To me that clearly shows the problems with digital.
I'd also point out that IMAX (film) is 70mm, but the film is sideways increasing frame size even further over 35mm film. Vertical resolution of IMAX is about 2.6x that of 35mm.
So if 35mm can resolve 6000 lines, an IMAX film can be resolved to about 15600 lines.
So yes, vastly superior to current digital capabilities.
Obsolescence is true of anything. My parents have movies from when I was a kid, but I cannot watch them as the projector doesn't exist anymore. To watch them I'd have to have the film sent out to a company that specializes in converting from one form to another. This would identical to the future situation you describe.
Sure, digital is WAY more convenient and flexible for all the reasons you describe.
HOWEVER, shooting the same scene with the same lens, with digital vs film (even more true with traditional 70mm film), you can resolve way more detail on the original source film than you can on digital.
And the case where a foreign student went to a door to ask for directions, and was promptly shot by the owners? He got off scott free.
So if you take the 'shouldn't be there' attitude, then she shouldn't be making threats online. Doesn't matter if it was direcdted at someone or just an idle 'I'd like to' threat.
It a social program, but it is no more socialist than the public school system or the justice system - both which are government run and paid for by the people.
And how many times would a coworker who sat next to you be able to mutter 'I want to fucking kill you" to you before you get nervous and report that person?
Then there's the asshole that hit your car; I'm sure people have threatened death (or less), but everyone with a brain seems to understand this is an angry phrase, but nothing more.
No, thats a form of road rage and is also illegal.
This case gives us a great window into what a world without copyright protection would look like: everyone ripping off everyone else's code.
That's not a case for copyright protection, thats a case for not releasing source code. If the source code is not available, then it can't be stolen, can it?
If you can recreate source code just by looking at the executable, then that falls under the category of 'obvious' and is not patentable. If you cannot recreate the functionality, then that is better protection than any patent can provide.
If I had the perception that Native Americans were tall bumbling clumsy idiots that couldn't speak correctly, then I would have seen JarJar and thought 'that's just like a native! George Lucas must really be racist against them!'
I don't care how many hits there are - the only way people think Jar Jar is a racist stereotype is if they have those stereotypical perceptions of that stereotype group themselves.
Besides - people who say Jar Jar is a racist stereotype cant even decide who it is a stereotype of - you think it is black americans, others think its Jamaicans. Further proof that this is all in the mind of the beholder.
So you are saying the game was laggy on your PC, but it isn't laggy according to the reviews on the PS3 and x360, yet you are saying the PS3 and x360 are laggy? How did you come to that conclusion?
I think people like you just see what they want to see. A reflection of what you are inside. That why so many people that are excessively outspoken against gays, havinag an affair, whatever, are actually that way themselves but cannot admit it. Just look at how fiercely outspoken Newt Gingrich was against Clintons affair when in reality he was hiding his own affair.
There's no racism in Star Wars except what you project there of your own biases and attitudes. You see JarJar being a racist stereotype against blacks because that is your perception of blacks.
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Spoken like someone that has no experience in either..
The robot is the relative easy part. The simultaneous control algorithms are the hard part.
Saying trespass is ok in certain situations is similar to saying stealing is ok in certain situations.
He wasn't trespassing! He walked up the driveway and knocked on the front door! You don't seriously think shooting him for that was acceptable do you?
As I said, there were NO THREATS MADE.
RTFA. Yes there were. Three separate people felt it was serious enough to suspend her temporarily and investigate. This was not an overreaction.
Hey, I'm all for digital, but the technology has not caught up to what is possible with so-called 'archaic' film
From Wiki on Digital IMAX
IMAX Corporation's decision not to designate the new digital installations in any manner has led to a backlash by some viewers who are disappointed to have paid a premium to view an IMAX presentation only to find it being shown with much lower resolution on a screen of relatively ordinary size. Some reviewers have pointed out that the visual artifacts due to low resolution are detrimental to the picture quality, especially for viewers seated closer to the screen. The company CEO has stated that in digital IMAX installations the last few rows of seats are removed, allowing the screen to be closer to moviegoers, which makes the screen appear larger than it would in a standard theater setting.
To me that clearly shows the problems with digital.
So if 35mm can resolve 6000 lines, an IMAX film can be resolved to about 15600 lines.
So yes, vastly superior to current digital capabilities.
Obsolescence is true of anything. My parents have movies from when I was a kid, but I cannot watch them as the projector doesn't exist anymore. To watch them I'd have to have the film sent out to a company that specializes in converting from one form to another. This would identical to the future situation you describe.
Sure, digital is WAY more convenient and flexible for all the reasons you describe.
HOWEVER, shooting the same scene with the same lens, with digital vs film (even more true with traditional 70mm film), you can resolve way more detail on the original source film than you can on digital.
Hey you want to borrow some music from me?
Loan them the CD
What about the TV show I recorded last night
Why not invite them over for some socialization? And if you don't like them that much then they should have had the foresight to record it themselves.
You do realize this is not a problem with DRM, but with some lowly paid employee not bothering to do their job properly.
Film--a piece of thin cellulose or plastic, that may contain pictures. Once upon a time, all motion pictures were films, because that's all there was.
You forgot to say 'has vastly superior resolution to a digital movie'
feel free to cite a case of road rage being pressed against someone mad their car just got trashed by the other at fault driver.
Are you saying an assault has never occurred under those circumstances or are you saying vigilantism is justified in this case?
And the case where a foreign student went to a door to ask for directions, and was promptly shot by the owners? He got off scott free.
So if you take the 'shouldn't be there' attitude, then she shouldn't be making threats online. Doesn't matter if it was direcdted at someone or just an idle 'I'd like to' threat.
Xena, Hercules - best shows ever produced for television.
Hudsucker Proxy - very funny.
You also forgot to mention he directed SpiderMan 1,2,3, co-wrote SpiderMan3, and SpiderMan4 is in production. All excellent and entertaining movies.
It a social program, but it is no more socialist than the public school system or the justice system - both which are government run and paid for by the people.
Apparently according to some people here, they are both just threats and not actions, therefore both can be safely ignored.
Yet the simple act of trespassing can turn into 'I feared for my families life so I shot him' defense. You cant have it both ways.
And how many times would a coworker who sat next to you be able to mutter 'I want to fucking kill you" to you before you get nervous and report that person?
Then there's the asshole that hit your car; I'm sure people have threatened death (or less), but everyone with a brain seems to understand this is an angry phrase, but nothing more.
No, thats a form of road rage and is also illegal.
Actions have consequences.
I think people need to realize that when they post stuff online, that it is the 'real world' and not a virtual world where actions don't matter.
This case gives us a great window into what a world without copyright protection would look like: everyone ripping off everyone else's code.
That's not a case for copyright protection, thats a case for not releasing source code. If the source code is not available, then it can't be stolen, can it?
If you can recreate source code just by looking at the executable, then that falls under the category of 'obvious' and is not patentable. If you cannot recreate the functionality, then that is better protection than any patent can provide.
Software patents are basically pointless.
OpenGL support under ATI is pitiful. If you use OpenGL you are almost forced to use NVidia
If I had the perception that Native Americans were tall bumbling clumsy idiots that couldn't speak correctly, then I would have seen JarJar and thought 'that's just like a native! George Lucas must really be racist against them!'
I don't care how many hits there are - the only way people think Jar Jar is a racist stereotype is if they have those stereotypical perceptions of that stereotype group themselves.
Besides - people who say Jar Jar is a racist stereotype cant even decide who it is a stereotype of - you think it is black americans, others think its Jamaicans. Further proof that this is all in the mind of the beholder.
So you are saying the game was laggy on your PC, but it isn't laggy according to the reviews on the PS3 and x360, yet you are saying the PS3 and x360 are laggy? How did you come to that conclusion?
Maybe you just need a faster PC?
I think people like you just see what they want to see. A reflection of what you are inside. That why so many people that are excessively outspoken against gays, havinag an affair, whatever, are actually that way themselves but cannot admit it. Just look at how fiercely outspoken Newt Gingrich was against Clintons affair when in reality he was hiding his own affair.
There's no racism in Star Wars except what you project there of your own biases and attitudes. You see JarJar being a racist stereotype against blacks because that is your perception of blacks.
What jackass rated my parent post as a Troll? It's an honest question and I don't see why it would be labeled as Troll.
His accent sounds Jamaican
Two of my closest friends are Jamaican - Jar Jar does NOT sound Jamaican.