you do realize that by using IT analogies, you have shown just how geeky you are, right?;) j/k man. good post. good points. if the other geeks can't understand what a relationship is after reading your post, they are doomed...
rosetta@home gets my cpu cycles. my mom had pre-cancerous cervical cancer and had a hysterectomy, my dad died of colon cancer in his mid-50's, my grandfather (dad's dad) died of pancreatic cancer in his mid-50's. my computer at home does nothing while i'm at work so why not contribute to something that means something to me?
most of the time, companies like verizon will NOT guarantee advertised bandwidth. your real speed depends on how full the central office (c.o.) is, how saturated the dslam is, your distance to the c.o., and line quality. its a real racket. they can charge you full price but depending on those factors and more, you probably won't get the *advertised* speeds.
i say it all the time but if lawyers and doctors were professions that legally needed to be provided for free and practitioners could not make a dime out of their practice, i wonder how many would still choose that as their careers? while there ARE lawyers and doctors who truly care, they always seem to be the minority.
vr pr0n would probably be the first to capitalize and commercialize this technology. but i think it's the virtual sex industry that will totally redefine how this technology is used. we see it in cheezy 80's sci-fi movies (ok, cheezy sci-fi movies in general) all the time; virtual sex in a virtual world, with a virtual woman of your dreams. yikes...
with stories like 'x-tinction agenda' and 'god loves man kills', marvel has always been pretty edgy and had some good social commentary. and that's while they are still under the comics code! more and more writers are seeing comics as a viable medium to tell their story and i'm looking forward to more good quality stories in the future.
i second the incredibly stoopid thing. the people who actually bought "land" from this guy i'd say is stoopider than the guy who bought the entire island in the first place.
the sad thing is, i actually remember every single one of those fads when they first popped up. *especially* the annoying Hampsterdance. ~dee ba dee be dee ba dee bu dee bada bee boo, dee ba dee ba dee ba dee ba dee doo~
from the article: This is compounded by the fact that commercial interests aren't necessarily driving the business. Anime studios remain largely small-scale operations, and the artists who hand-draw the cells aren't necessarily savvy business people. Hmm, this sounds like another artist-driven industry.
to reiterate my point, they may *not* want to deal with the commercial side. artists don't like to deal with the business side of things and probably don't care to outsource the business side of things either... case in point, image comics. back when they were formed, they were a artist-owned, artist-driven enterprise. but they suffered huge business meltdowns because none of them had a distribution network nor business savvy all the while trying to produce their books on time. the same is probably true with anime imho...
there's just not enough tentacle pr0n to keep american fans happy.
nah, just kidding. seriously, one would think this is a classic example of supply vs. demand. anime is so obscure to the general public and its such a niche market, is it worth it to the japanese companies to export? what with the licensing issues and the like in the u.s., if they don't have a solid distribution company state-side, as the article mentions, the artists may not want to be bothered by it since they don't want to be bogged down by the business side of things...
yes they can. in korea, cell phone tracking is so accurate, private eyes usually track people this way and can get on the same street as the person they are tracking. and that data can be sent to your cell phone! all that is required is one phone call. of course, you have to sign up for this service and there's all kinds of privacy issues but tracking a cell phone nowadays is cake. its just that the US market hasn't caught up yet and the trackable phones are not as widely distributed yet... for the purposes of 911 calls, i think it is legitimate and probably moving forward, regardless of what privacy advocates say. that's better than the state using thousands of dollars to look for lost hikers when a tracking a simple cell phone will do.
as some have pointed out, convergence seems inevitable and the way we live today seems to go in that direction. as i've been saying all along, however, the US phone market is *not* quite ready for such devices because of a) price and b) lifestyle. lifestyle is what makes these devices HUGE in korea and japan. mass transportation, on-the-go lifestyle, dicates that these devices be made. as a previous poster said, unless you want to carry a utility belt with 3-4 devices on it as you ride the subway to work, well, wouldn't it be better if you had one device that did them decently? i can't find the darn links but from what my family in korea have said, the devices you guys are "wanting" ie 2-3 megapixel camera phones, pda and most of all, a intuitive UI, well, they already exist. heck, even t-mobile's http://www.tmobile.com/products/images.asp?phoneid =220751&class=phonesamsung d415 has been available in korea for 2 years already! as to whether or not the US market warms up to them? time will tell...
you forgot to mention color-blind people. red and green wouldn't mean a darn thing to them. it would be impossible for them to tell which button is which based on color alone. nevermind if you are using windows XP in japanese or something and you have no clue what the text is saying either...
and it is HIS millions no? he has the absolute right to say how or what or who gets to mess with his brainchild. while those possibilities might carry over well in book form, in movie form, it wouldn't be part of the original star wars 'canon' and would more than likely result in MORE GL bashing; "GL shouldn't have picked that director", "GL shouldn't have done this." "GL shouldn't have done that." when will your incessant whining stop people? furthermore, when you start doing alternate universe stuff, you end up with something like x-men or gundam where the continutity is SO messed up, the casual fan no longer cares. if you don't like what he's doing or has done or will do with HIS franchise, then don't support it.
me? i'm gonna' catch episode III at a matinee, just like i did with episodes I and II. i'm sure i'll be entertained. i'll walk out *not* thinking what a waste of money that was. and i'll forget about it. when other "normal" people see how this community gets their panties in a bunch over something like Jar-Jar, or natalie portman's midriff wardrobe, sometimes, "geeks", "dorks", "nerds" is a befitting title (and that's not in a good way)...
when i took business law back in the day, the lecturer was a former chief prosecutor and had lots of experience. but if there was one policy he enforced, it was that we were NOT allowed to record his lectures. that sucked, since most of the test material was from his lectures. his stated reason was that because he will (and did) say controversial stuff, as well as mentioning specifics of certain cases (without naming names), if there was a recording of what he said out there, it *could* be used against him. it was his way of protecting himself. so i imagine in this day and age of mp3's and decentralized distribution, i can see how a) some professors could have a problem with their lectures free floating out there or b) see devices such as an iPod as the greatest invention since the typewriter in helping them teach...
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you do realize that by using IT analogies, you have shown just how geeky you are, right? ;) j/k man. good post. good points. if the other geeks can't understand what a relationship is after reading your post, they are doomed...
rosetta@home gets my cpu cycles. my mom had pre-cancerous cervical cancer and had a hysterectomy, my dad died of colon cancer in his mid-50's, my grandfather (dad's dad) died of pancreatic cancer in his mid-50's. my computer at home does nothing while i'm at work so why not contribute to something that means something to me?
omg. i can't believe i actually know what you are referring too. yikes. hahahaha.
most of the time, companies like verizon will NOT guarantee advertised bandwidth. your real speed depends on how full the central office (c.o.) is, how saturated the dslam is, your distance to the c.o., and line quality. its a real racket. they can charge you full price but depending on those factors and more, you probably won't get the *advertised* speeds.
i say it all the time but if lawyers and doctors were professions that legally needed to be provided for free and practitioners could not make a dime out of their practice, i wonder how many would still choose that as their careers? while there ARE lawyers and doctors who truly care, they always seem to be the minority.
vr pr0n would probably be the first to capitalize and commercialize this technology. but i think it's the virtual sex industry that will totally redefine how this technology is used. we see it in cheezy 80's sci-fi movies (ok, cheezy sci-fi movies in general) all the time; virtual sex in a virtual world, with a virtual woman of your dreams. yikes...
but can it fly? and can you imagine the MPG on that thing? it would probably make jumbo jet sized SUV's jealous!
with stories like 'x-tinction agenda' and 'god loves man kills', marvel has always been pretty edgy and had some good social commentary. and that's while they are still under the comics code! more and more writers are seeing comics as a viable medium to tell their story and i'm looking forward to more good quality stories in the future.
... say... we didn't work for the same company did we?
NTP=SCO????
i second the incredibly stoopid thing. the people who actually bought "land" from this guy i'd say is stoopider than the guy who bought the entire island in the first place.
that was probably the loudest but most comprehensive, yet, strangely dumbed down history of the hulk. evar.
;)
my challenge to you is - could you do that with the x-men continuity?
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the sad thing is, i actually remember every single one of those fads when they first popped up. *especially* the annoying Hampsterdance. ~dee ba dee be dee ba dee bu dee bada bee boo, dee ba dee ba dee ba dee ba dee doo~
from the article: This is compounded by the fact that commercial interests aren't necessarily driving the business. Anime studios remain largely small-scale operations, and the artists who hand-draw the cells aren't necessarily savvy business people. Hmm, this sounds like another artist-driven industry.
to reiterate my point, they may *not* want to deal with the commercial side. artists don't like to deal with the business side of things and probably don't care to outsource the business side of things either... case in point, image comics. back when they were formed, they were a artist-owned, artist-driven enterprise. but they suffered huge business meltdowns because none of them had a distribution network nor business savvy all the while trying to produce their books on time. the same is probably true with anime imho...
there's just not enough tentacle pr0n to keep american fans happy.
nah, just kidding. seriously, one would think this is a classic example of supply vs. demand. anime is so obscure to the general public and its such a niche market, is it worth it to the japanese companies to export? what with the licensing issues and the like in the u.s., if they don't have a solid distribution company state-side, as the article mentions, the artists may not want to be bothered by it since they don't want to be bogged down by the business side of things...
... duke nukem forever will be the hottest game. evAR.
The phishing community will learn to read an write in a professional manner.
;)
looks like you could use a bit o' help yourself.
yes they can. in korea, cell phone tracking is so accurate, private eyes usually track people this way and can get on the same street as the person they are tracking. and that data can be sent to your cell phone! all that is required is one phone call. of course, you have to sign up for this service and there's all kinds of privacy issues but tracking a cell phone nowadays is cake. its just that the US market hasn't caught up yet and the trackable phones are not as widely distributed yet... for the purposes of 911 calls, i think it is legitimate and probably moving forward, regardless of what privacy advocates say. that's better than the state using thousands of dollars to look for lost hikers when a tracking a simple cell phone will do.
here are some links i just found that illustrates my point.
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5 megapixel camera phone
http://www.samsung.com/PressCenter/PressRelease/P
7 megapixel camera phone
http://www.dpreview.com/news/0503/05030901samsung
as some have pointed out, convergence seems inevitable and the way we live today seems to go in that direction. as i've been saying all along, however, the US phone market is *not* quite ready for such devices because of a) price and b) lifestyle. lifestyle is what makes these devices HUGE in korea and japan. mass transportation, on-the-go lifestyle, dicates that these devices be made. as a previous poster said, unless you want to carry a utility belt with 3-4 devices on it as you ride the subway to work, well, wouldn't it be better if you had one device that did them decently? i can't find the darn links but from what my family in korea have said, the devices you guys are "wanting" ie 2-3 megapixel camera phones, pda and most of all, a intuitive UI, well, they already exist. heck, even t-mobile's http://www.tmobile.com/products/images.asp?phoneid =220751&class=phonesamsung d415 has been available in korea for 2 years already! as to whether or not the US market warms up to them? time will tell...
you forgot to mention color-blind people. red and green wouldn't mean a darn thing to them. it would be impossible for them to tell which button is which based on color alone. nevermind if you are using windows XP in japanese or something and you have no clue what the text is saying either...
and it is HIS millions no? he has the absolute right to say how or what or who gets to mess with his brainchild. while those possibilities might carry over well in book form, in movie form, it wouldn't be part of the original star wars 'canon' and would more than likely result in MORE GL bashing; "GL shouldn't have picked that director", "GL shouldn't have done this." "GL shouldn't have done that." when will your incessant whining stop people? furthermore, when you start doing alternate universe stuff, you end up with something like x-men or gundam where the continutity is SO messed up, the casual fan no longer cares. if you don't like what he's doing or has done or will do with HIS franchise, then don't support it.
me? i'm gonna' catch episode III at a matinee, just like i did with episodes I and II. i'm sure i'll be entertained. i'll walk out *not* thinking what a waste of money that was. and i'll forget about it. when other "normal" people see how this community gets their panties in a bunch over something like Jar-Jar, or natalie portman's midriff wardrobe, sometimes, "geeks", "dorks", "nerds" is a befitting title (and that's not in a good way)...
waitaminnit... isn't this apple's mantra??? apple = microsoft??? *gasp* bill gates = steve jobs??? OMG! the sky is falling! the sky is falling!!!
when i took business law back in the day, the lecturer was a former chief prosecutor and had lots of experience. but if there was one policy he enforced, it was that we were NOT allowed to record his lectures. that sucked, since most of the test material was from his lectures. his stated reason was that because he will (and did) say controversial stuff, as well as mentioning specifics of certain cases (without naming names), if there was a recording of what he said out there, it *could* be used against him. it was his way of protecting himself. so i imagine in this day and age of mp3's and decentralized distribution, i can see how a) some professors could have a problem with their lectures free floating out there or b) see devices such as an iPod as the greatest invention since the typewriter in helping them teach...