Well it "just happens" that the fact that it's a church is mentioned in both the Slashdot headline and summary, as well as the original article headline and within the article repeatedly, when there are likely several non-church groups getting the same treatment.
More to the point, our OP said:
Yes, the NFL is overzealous in protecting their content and possibly to the point of going over the line. However...
So the point is not "don't bash the NFL" like you make it out to be. It's "don't give special treatment to churches, etc".
I'll go with YaSoft. Then I can continue to show my brilliance at poking fun of the company by taking advantage of the visual similarities between a money sign and the letter S.
I'm playing Milton mumbling "Je crois que tu avez mon agrafeuse" in my head right now, and I like it. (And I'm sure whatever the real translation is sounds funny too).
Most CDs and hardly any vinyls are victim to loudness war, which might explain the difference here.
The basic idea is "quiet" songs are more nuanced because only the sounds meant to be loudest are actually loudest. "Loud" songs play even subtle instruments at max or near-max volume.
In a mix of loud and quiet songs, you'll notice the loud ones are "too loud, let's lower the volume", but the quiet ones will be mistaken for "sucks" rather than "too quiet, pump the volume". At least that's my understanding of it.
History textbooks speak about things of importance. If it turned out that these three cuts were just a coincidence, it wouldn't be part of history (except in a really specific subject). Likewise tons of coincidences have happened in this world that have not been recorded to history. You can't really look at the percentage of items in a history textbook that were revealed to be coincidence and use that as an indicator for how rare a coincidence is.
But being 100% sure that this is a coincidence is foolish as well.
"innocent until proven guilty" doesn't always work when you're talking about large governments. The US gov't has enough control and power that the top-management there could get away with lots of illegal stuff and bury the evidence enough to create a "reasonable doubt", even with the checks and balances that are supposed to prevent corruption.
Looking at this, I guess they could do it to hurt Iran's economy and the population's ability to get info in the short term. I have to agree with you though, the US wouldn't have much to gain unless they were going straight into war with them soon, which (correct me if I'm wrong) is nigh impossible at this point without Iran making a clear threat.
Shit, not only is our villian here, but he's luring spelling nazis into an irresistible trap! Don't post or he'll determine your IP address and location through an ultra-proxy... baud... modem. Or something. (Don't worry about me, I'm packet-shielded).
I gotta admit, Hollywood writers are a hell of a lot better than me at piecing together random technical words in a way that makes it sound good.
And another way to look at it, if copyright law didn't exist:
I don't write a book because it's not worth the money I'll get out of it (with copyright law I might have created it, potentially advancing society a little, or at least entertaining part of it).
I do write a cease-and-desist letter because I'm using it to sue someone, and would have had no plans to sell it (copyright law accomplishes dick).
I looked this up on the Wiki and it's a really interesting read. What's really annoying is that the band that releases music with a good dynamic range will sound really quiet at the same volume as loudened songs. Until I heard about this, I just thought that meant they leveled the volume too low compared to the standard, now I understand that most songs are overly load resulting in sub-optimal quality. Thanks.
I gotta admit that is pretty cool, but quality-wise it doesn't say much to me. If you pull out the tape from a VHS cassette you can see the movie frame by frame physically which you can't do with a DVD. But the DVD holds more data at higher quality and takes up less space.
I think things where records and VHS tapes might beat newer formats is in price and compatibility (ie if you already have a VCR and not a DVD player). And in the case of records, also the "look at me, I am cool because I have a record player" factor.
I'd love a CD player that could simulate the record scratching sounds though, I guess that's another thing records have.
The same holds for about all the things (at least foodstuffs). Oh, well - so much for progress...
Yeah, foodstuffs are one of the classic devolving, uh, things. Dystopian works like 1984, V for Vendetta (the movie anyway), etc, always have a scene where a protagonist eats real chocolate, butter, etc and realize they're getting duped.
Real chocolate tastes really different from, say, Nestle chocolate, but I have to admit I like both of them about the same, on average.
The USA is a benevolent superpower. Should the US actually strive to become what its noisy detractors claim it already is, and follow the Roman model, it could and would take over the entire world and rule it."
Rome didn't have to worry about MAD. Unless you think the US could surprise attack every other nuclear country on the planet so quickly that there would be no repercussions to them.
Gotta say if the shock and awe strategy in Iraq was benevolent, I don't want to see the US go malignant. (Waits for comments to be misconstrued for me saying the war itself was a bad idea, rather than the way it was executed)
The [...] powerful [and] rich, [...][are] fat and happy.
A little snipping here and editing there helped that sentence make sense. Now I know why the current (and past) administrations are so fond of black markers.
Agreed, but it's probably a little easier to cheat as well.
A little OT, but I think Galaxies is many times better than Evolved. They should release it on the 360 (and PS3 for that matter) either at retail or online sooner rather than later, because non-Wii-onwers are missing out right now and 360 was what made GW popular in the first place. OTOH, it's more expensive, but I find Evolved painfully slow and frustrating in comparison.
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Too (sic) difficult for non-technical users who then send the.docx to their colleague who is still on an older version of Word that can't read it.
I liked the fireworks more than the guns. They look pretty and kill less people.
Honestly, you really gave a bad example there. Reminds me of H2G2 with the dolphins
For instance, on the planet Earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much - the wheel, New York, wars and so on - whilst all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent than man - for precisely the same reasons.
IMO it would be a crazy move until they improve Vista. Even non-technical users that prefer XP won't have much trouble talking to someone who can help them pirate it. I'd imagine a good chunk of the population wouldn't normally pirate while XP is available but would if it was discontinued. I'm not saying Vista is that much worse, but even a slight preference could be the tipping point for a lot of people.
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More to the point, our OP said: So the point is not "don't bash the NFL" like you make it out to be. It's "don't give special treatment to churches, etc".
I'll go with YaSoft. Then I can continue to show my brilliance at poking fun of the company by taking advantage of the visual similarities between a money sign and the letter S.
I'm playing Milton mumbling "Je crois que tu avez mon agrafeuse" in my head right now, and I like it. (And I'm sure whatever the real translation is sounds funny too).
Most CDs and hardly any vinyls are victim to loudness war, which might explain the difference here.
The basic idea is "quiet" songs are more nuanced because only the sounds meant to be loudest are actually loudest. "Loud" songs play even subtle instruments at max or near-max volume.
In a mix of loud and quiet songs, you'll notice the loud ones are "too loud, let's lower the volume", but the quiet ones will be mistaken for "sucks" rather than "too quiet, pump the volume". At least that's my understanding of it.
Good lord, the conspirators have found a way to hack into and edit Wikipedia!
History textbooks speak about things of importance. If it turned out that these three cuts were just a coincidence, it wouldn't be part of history (except in a really specific subject). Likewise tons of coincidences have happened in this world that have not been recorded to history. You can't really look at the percentage of items in a history textbook that were revealed to be coincidence and use that as an indicator for how rare a coincidence is.
But being 100% sure that this is a coincidence is foolish as well.
"innocent until proven guilty" doesn't always work when you're talking about large governments. The US gov't has enough control and power that the top-management there could get away with lots of illegal stuff and bury the evidence enough to create a "reasonable doubt", even with the checks and balances that are supposed to prevent corruption.
Looking at this, I guess they could do it to hurt Iran's economy and the population's ability to get info in the short term. I have to agree with you though, the US wouldn't have much to gain unless they were going straight into war with them soon, which (correct me if I'm wrong) is nigh impossible at this point without Iran making a clear threat.
Make sure to give Windows permission to switch between windows. Might be a security risk.
Hm, one step is extremely easy and one step extremely hard. Taking the average, it should only be a moderately difficult task.
Shit, not only is our villian here, but he's luring spelling nazis into an irresistible trap! Don't post or he'll determine your IP address and location through an ultra-proxy... baud... modem. Or something. (Don't worry about me, I'm packet-shielded).
I gotta admit, Hollywood writers are a hell of a lot better than me at piecing together random technical words in a way that makes it sound good.
And another way to look at it, if copyright law didn't exist:
I don't write a book because it's not worth the money I'll get out of it (with copyright law I might have created it, potentially advancing society a little, or at least entertaining part of it).
I do write a cease-and-desist letter because I'm using it to sue someone, and would have had no plans to sell it (copyright law accomplishes dick).
All I know is that in the right (wrong) circumstances, 10e5 is a hopelessly large number.
I'm looking at you and your roses, "We Love Katamari"!
And 95% of the 35% of torrent traffic? Also porn.
Yeah, gameplay-wise I find it tedious, but story\philosophy-wise it's top notch, no question.
I looked this up on the Wiki and it's a really interesting read. What's really annoying is that the band that releases music with a good dynamic range will sound really quiet at the same volume as loudened songs. Until I heard about this, I just thought that meant they leveled the volume too low compared to the standard, now I understand that most songs are overly load resulting in sub-optimal quality. Thanks.
I gotta admit that is pretty cool, but quality-wise it doesn't say much to me. If you pull out the tape from a VHS cassette you can see the movie frame by frame physically which you can't do with a DVD. But the DVD holds more data at higher quality and takes up less space.
I think things where records and VHS tapes might beat newer formats is in price and compatibility (ie if you already have a VCR and not a DVD player). And in the case of records, also the "look at me, I am cool because I have a record player" factor.
I'd love a CD player that could simulate the record scratching sounds though, I guess that's another thing records have.
Real chocolate tastes really different from, say, Nestle chocolate, but I have to admit I like both of them about the same, on average.
It will be by the time this law passes though.
That's going to be awesome, when the President of Mexico has to put forward measures to stop the rampant illegal immigration from the US.
Living in Canada, I'm getting more patriotic by the week with these stories.
Gotta say if the shock and awe strategy in Iraq was benevolent, I don't want to see the US go malignant. (Waits for comments to be misconstrued for me saying the war itself was a bad idea, rather than the way it was executed)
A little snipping here and editing there helped that sentence make sense. Now I know why the current (and past) administrations are so fond of black markers.
Don't blame me, I voted for non-chilled.
Agreed, but it's probably a little easier to cheat as well. A little OT, but I think Galaxies is many times better than Evolved. They should release it on the 360 (and PS3 for that matter) either at retail or online sooner rather than later, because non-Wii-onwers are missing out right now and 360 was what made GW popular in the first place. OTOH, it's more expensive, but I find Evolved painfully slow and frustrating in comparison.
Too (sic) difficult for non-technical users who then send the .docx to their colleague who is still on an older version of Word that can't read it.
Honestly, you really gave a bad example there. Reminds me of H2G2 with the dolphins
IMO it would be a crazy move until they improve Vista. Even non-technical users that prefer XP won't have much trouble talking to someone who can help them pirate it. I'd imagine a good chunk of the population wouldn't normally pirate while XP is available but would if it was discontinued. I'm not saying Vista is that much worse, but even a slight preference could be the tipping point for a lot of people.