Agree with the grandparent, but still an interesting point. This aspect is probably the most pertinent topic related to this story. You could say this makes a case not simply for web-apps but for centrally hosted web services and APIs. (Like the Google Maps API, for example)
Well, check out the BBC version...not really my point though. Yes, we know that you used CG animation to 'bring the world of xyz to life'. Okay, the set for xyz doesn't really exist, but the actors were on soundstage painted green. It was hard for them to act without the creature/set there. Maybe they practiced with stand-in. Point is, there is nothing special about the special effects in this film or scores of others yet we keep getting making-of's like this to the point where the purpose is completely lost. The SFX are suppose to support the movie and a feature on the effects for those outside the industry should be an occational footnote. It used to be they would pull together stuff like this for important movies from leftovers, stuff like personal staff videos and unused props. It is now common for 'the making of' to be produced alongside movies that absolutely suck. It's fluff, it's cheap and it's degrading to the art, IMO.
Am I the only one who thinks all these SFX specials are a bit overkill? I mean, do we really need to see the actors running around on a greenscreen set with various harness attached and such for every high-budget movie that comes out?
Another thing that has always bothered me with these settlements is that they seem to almost always arbitrarily favor the next 'x' largest companies. So they decided that this company is using it's monopoly powers in an evil way, so they...spread the evil around so that the 'almost monopoly' companies (Sometimes MORE evil IMHO) can get in on the action. i.e. Is the government willing to force Microsoft to put a link to download my new media player product on every Windows desktop?
6.) Claim Internet Explorer is integral to the OS, when you argued that Internet Explorer was easily removed from Windows during the anti-trust trial.
Well said but I have to disagree here, I don't think most of the slashdot posting crowd today was technically inclined/old enough to follow the antitrust case way back then
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Agree with the grandparent, but still an interesting point. This aspect is probably the most pertinent topic related to this story. You could say this makes a case not simply for web-apps but for centrally hosted web services and APIs. (Like the Google Maps API, for example)
Well, check out the BBC version...not really my point though. Yes, we know that you used CG animation to 'bring the world of xyz to life'. Okay, the set for xyz doesn't really exist, but the actors were on soundstage painted green. It was hard for them to act without the creature/set there. Maybe they practiced with stand-in. Point is, there is nothing special about the special effects in this film or scores of others yet we keep getting making-of's like this to the point where the purpose is completely lost. The SFX are suppose to support the movie and a feature on the effects for those outside the industry should be an occational footnote. It used to be they would pull together stuff like this for important movies from leftovers, stuff like personal staff videos and unused props. It is now common for 'the making of' to be produced alongside movies that absolutely suck. It's fluff, it's cheap and it's degrading to the art, IMO.
Am I the only one who thinks all these SFX specials are a bit overkill? I mean, do we really need to see the actors running around on a greenscreen set with various harness attached and such for every high-budget movie that comes out?
Another thing that has always bothered me with these settlements is that they seem to almost always arbitrarily favor the next 'x' largest companies. So they decided that this company is using it's monopoly powers in an evil way, so they...spread the evil around so that the 'almost monopoly' companies (Sometimes MORE evil IMHO) can get in on the action. i.e. Is the government willing to force Microsoft to put a link to download my new media player product on every Windows desktop?
I wonder if individuals could be sued for gene piracy after their treatment...
I for one welcome our new number-highlighting overlords.