The easy way out of this is not to shop Amazon. Yep, that's the easy thing to say, but for me, a few pounds more with ebuyer or dabs and I know there's no dicking around like this...
As opposed to without copyright law where the works would be destroyed in exactly the same way, except this time conditional on them existing in the first place?
Vast portions of our art and history had NO Patent or Copyright "protection" to speak of and yet they were done. Your premise is, sadly, an old saw- and very, very much wrong.
Unfortunately most folks nowadays are so shit-scared of someone bigger and more powerful coming along and "stealing" their idea, leaving them (the inventor) in ruins, it might be their only perceived way of protecting themselves and their invention.
I think that if the user can't figure out how to use ctrl+alt+del, it's not a problem with the software.
Why not? If you couldn't work out how to start your car, would it be your fault? It seems to be what you're implying... There's too much reliance on the "User is always wrong" approach in producing software and interfaces for it and that if they have a problem, they should just "deal with it". Consumer devices that take this approach just generally fail to catch on. If something says "Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to begin", they _might_ get pressed together or they might be pressed sequentially. Stuff like this gets missed out time and time again.
Take the Final Fantasy movie as an example of utterly fake looking CG characters. Everything looks fine, as long as you try to think of the characters as cartoons. However, the instant you think that they are humans, the whole illusion falls apart under its own perfection.
I really, really liked FF and thought pretty much the same as you. Backing your point up as well though was Dr. Sid's texturing which was done so well (liver spots, wrinkles as he was aged older) there are spots in the film where he does look indistinguishable. I'm just sad that Square chose not to continue on with their work in that manner...
I've often pondered this one too, and noticed from friends and relatives watching characters like Gollum from LOTR, there's more of an 'impressed' reaction. It's something I think I've noticed in most CG-based non-human characters, the less human they look, the more 'accepted' they seem to be. With all the sub-surface scattering and all that Weta used, Gollum's relative different to 'human standard' meant that they probably got the balance right there. After all, objects like vehicles, landscapes and stuff seem easy to be able to pull the wool over peoples eyes. Other little effects I've seen are the CG characters affecting the 'camera' more, with the best example recently in War of the Worlds where at some point a tripod's gushing fluid everywhere and it splatters the 'camera'. Nice touch I thought.
Oh, and I am sure there are plenty of geeks with a
crush on Alex regardless.
I used to work in warehousing and remember some hairy-arsed low-loader driver pull his bunch of keys from the cab of his truck to move a forklift he had to pick up. He must have had pretty much every key to every type of forklift from each manufacturer on it. It looked about 2 feet in diameter and you couldn't see the string or wire he'd used to thread the keys. When he eventually found what he needed, he'd have the key in the ignition switch on the forklift with the rest of the key ring slung over his shoulder...
What would be amusing was if global warming research was being done with the 'spare' cycles:
"Sir, we've completed the study and all the results are in. It's pretty shocking..." "Go on..." "Well, since we started, it's gotten much worse compared to before. The rate of change increased. We think it's the increased power use..." "D'Oh!!!"
NOTE: Scientific accuracy might be impaired during the length of this feature. Thank you for reading.
The real challenge was in explaining how to engineer wormholes big enough to be of practical use.
Well, surely a small wormhole would enable radio transmissions through? Or would interference be a problem? Wavelength? Maybe a light-based comms-medium...?
"Frankly no engineer is going to be able to do that," said the York researcher.
Riiiiiiiiight, so if NASA have manufactured this lunar soil, then presumably they should know how to get the O2 back out!. Failing that, assuming somebody manages this (though $250k is a little cheap considering the savings NASA would make) whats to say it won't work with actual, real lunar soil?
a) BT was a state-owned, public sector organisation.
b) Certain parts of BT are still run by empire-builders that think they're still working for a public sector organisation.
c) The original poster might not be aware that BT were privatised.
I find T9predictive input input a real help, much quicker than even the folks that use "u", "m8" and other abbreviations.
Still annoys me when people (really had to concentrate and not type "ppl" then) try to use SMS to see if I want to go for a beer tho... I always end up calling 'em, it's far cheaper and quicker. Texts seem so impersonal sometimes too...
Why hasn't this guys been modded up? I'd be the very first to say "lets get over to that Eagle Nebula and take a look" or similar but I think that parties on both sides in the parent post (astronauts and the military) these days generally get the chance to choose whether they want to risk their lives or otherwise.
I hate to see the guy presenting the (reasonable) opposite side of an argument not being heard...
...though I'd really hate to try it. I get sucked into "the zone" when gaming and computing so tend to ignore most outside stimuli (feel free to correct spelling, etc.). Hope that my parachute would be automatically opening, otherwise...
Would have been nice to see this reviewed on one of the more popular distros. I've got an (admittedley aged) 64Mb usb stick, a 'Disgo' model from a few years back when they cost £80 or so for the size I have. Problem I have is intermittent recognition with FC3 and others. Bit of a pain in the proverbial...
...why the air scrubbers were different shapes in the first place? Was it because of an engineering reason (room/volume to fit into) or because two different teams were working on the designs of the two modules? Seems daft that on essentially the same spacecraft, there are two devices that do the same job with different designs. It's always bothered me...
That aside, it is good to see these guys being recognised.
I'm a nintendo fanboy, but I still consider the DS to be a loss for this sub-generation (not truly a successor to the GBA).
Yeah, but if you had bothered to read on, he actually made a decent point. Nothing wrong with admitting you like something - better than an anonymous post attacking them at any rate.
Slashdot Mirror
Half-life (Score:3)
Half-Life 3, Confirmed.
[Of course this only works if folks mod so that score remains at three...]
The easy way out of this is not to shop Amazon. Yep, that's the easy thing to say, but for me, a few pounds more with ebuyer or dabs and I know there's no dicking around like this...
Really now... And I suppose the following:
The Mona Lisa The Statue of David Plumbing The Steam Engine ...are all figments of everyone's imagination.
Vast portions of our art and history had NO Patent or Copyright "protection" to speak of and yet they were done. Your premise is, sadly, an old saw- and very, very much wrong.
Unfortunately most folks nowadays are so shit-scared of someone bigger and more powerful coming along and "stealing" their idea, leaving them (the inventor) in ruins, it might be their only perceived way of protecting themselves and their invention.
2) In GTA3 etc who cares about hitting small stuff like traffic cones?
Or pedestrians, other vehicles, buildings, street furniture, pedestrians....
There's too much reliance on the "User is always wrong" approach in producing software and interfaces for it and that if they have a problem, they should just "deal with it". Consumer devices that take this approach just generally fail to catch on. If something says "Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to begin", they _might_ get pressed together or they might be pressed sequentially. Stuff like this gets missed out time and time again.
I really, really liked FF and thought pretty much the same as you. Backing your point up as well though was Dr. Sid's texturing which was done so well (liver spots, wrinkles as he was aged older) there are spots in the film where he does look indistinguishable. I'm just sad that Square chose not to continue on with their work in that manner...
Size of my arse I wouldn't even notice...
Sorry about that...
Good to see the Idirians are contributing peacefully to the Galaxy once again...
I used to work in warehousing and remember some hairy-arsed low-loader driver pull his bunch of keys from the cab of his truck to move a forklift he had to pick up. He must have had pretty much every key to every type of forklift from each manufacturer on it.
It looked about 2 feet in diameter and you couldn't see the string or wire he'd used to thread the keys. When he eventually found what he needed, he'd have the key in the ignition switch on the forklift with the rest of the key ring slung over his shoulder...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/uk/2005/london _explosions/default.stm
Bastards. My thoughts are with the folks down in Central London.
...sounds like a very weak beer.
I guess you have never installed or really used MS Windows.
Never really had to Google for something to install or use Windows...
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...though that HEXUS could deal with it. Must be the mention of girls and hardware in the same sentence.
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Nah, its not too late. I usually read the comments through, make some glib remark or two then RTFA if I have time...
Thanks for the warning tho.
And that just seems so shortsighted...
Most probably because:
a) BT was a state-owned, public sector organisation.
b) Certain parts of BT are still run by empire-builders that think they're still working for a public sector organisation.
c) The original poster might not be aware that BT were privatised.
I find T9 predictive input input a real help, much quicker than even the folks that use "u", "m8" and other abbreviations.
Still annoys me when people (really had to concentrate and not type "ppl" then) try to use SMS to see if I want to go for a beer tho... I always end up calling 'em, it's far cheaper and quicker. Texts seem so impersonal sometimes too...
Why hasn't this guys been modded up? I'd be the very first to say "lets get over to that Eagle Nebula and take a look" or similar but I think that parties on both sides in the parent post (astronauts and the military) these days generally get the chance to choose whether they want to risk their lives or otherwise.
I hate to see the guy presenting the (reasonable) opposite side of an argument not being heard...
...though I'd really hate to try it. I get sucked into "the zone" when gaming and computing so tend to ignore most outside stimuli (feel free to correct spelling, etc.). Hope that my parachute would be automatically opening, otherwise...
Would have been nice to see this reviewed on one of the more popular distros. I've got an (admittedley aged) 64Mb usb stick, a 'Disgo' model from a few years back when they cost £80 or so for the size I have. Problem I have is intermittent recognition with FC3 and others. Bit of a pain in the proverbial...
...why the air scrubbers were different shapes in the first place? Was it because of an engineering reason (room/volume to fit into) or because two different teams were working on the designs of the two modules? Seems daft that on essentially the same spacecraft, there are two devices that do the same job with different designs. It's always bothered me...
That aside, it is good to see these guys being recognised.
I'm a nintendo fanboy, but I still consider the DS to be a loss for this sub-generation (not truly a successor to the GBA).
Yeah, but if you had bothered to read on, he actually made a decent point. Nothing wrong with admitting you like something - better than an anonymous post attacking them at any rate.