Perhaps because the oppressive regime has a few billion people who weren't already engaged in increasing Google shareholder value, whilst most of us here have been doing so for years.
Battery weight would be a total guess. The hypothetical batteries to this concept for a device can vary widely in weight depending on what they decide to make them out of, and how expensive they're willing to go.
N, by that point it would be detecting the position of the mugger's arm, which it would find itself strapped around and loaded with.. er... mugger stuff.
'We all have different opinions about art and entertainment, but everyone agrees that real-life school violence is a serious issue which lacks easy answers.'
So is war, but that hasn't stopped people from playing games based on war for at least thousands of years.
When the experience of going to a theater equals that of watching the pirated version at home, perhaps that will be true. But until everyone has a huge home theater with large screen and surround sound, and bootlegs of pristine video and audio quality, watching a bootleg will continue to be about as close to the cinema experience as watching the flick on video or cable, flipping through the comic book version, or reading the spoilers on the Internet.
It costs $200 million to make some movies. If people stop paying to make the movies then that type of movie will not get made in the future.
This is as it should be, supply and demand. If a movie interests the public, they'll pay to see it in a theater with a big screen. If it's an uninteresting film that need not have been made, they won't get those ticket dollars, the movie flops and the studios hopefully learn that this isn't the sort of movie people want at the moment. I'm a bit weary of the entertaiment industry acting like it deserves our patronage whether or not the product is actually worth it.
You cannot make a big budget action movie by 'touring', 'selling merchandise' or any of the self-satisfied rationalizations people have suggested that musicians turn to.
But you can make it by selling enough tickets, tie-in merchandise, and DVDs. If this model fails for a particular film, perhaps it's a sign that this sort of film really isn't successful.
If my four-hour drama about a team of underwater basket-weavers who fight crime and play rock music is a failure, I'd take it as a sign I should maybe scrap plans for its two sequels and TV miniseries. I wouldn't keep on making them, and whine about piracy when they fail.
I would guess that the requirement of even a copy of your proof is meant to be something that the registrar can keep on file as your evidence of claim, therefore ensuring the burden of proof is not on the registrar themselves. That way, if you use something you made up yourself in Word and some company who actually owns it challenges your claim, it's between you and that company to prove it and you'll lose that fight without a real document.
You have a much larger clued consumer base in this sector. Don't ask me why
Good point, possibly because most people today remember something of the VHS vs Beta fiasco.. then again, someone had to buy those last few Betamax machines off the line.
Trademark holders have had a "sunrise period" since December to register their own trademarks.
Public bodies and some other rights holders were allowed to apply in the initial phase.
The names are given out on a first-come-first-serve basis to applicants who then have 40 days to provide proof they hold a trademark in that name.
I really have to commend the powers that be on this staggered-registration scheme. It's enough to placate the valid trademark holders while cutting down chances of companies who missed out suing whoever gets it after the fact, and I hope the folks in charge of future TLD releases take note of this.
That applies to the people who actually know there is a format war going on, but I don't think that includes as many of average Joe Consumers out there as one might think. There are still many people out there who will simply buy whichever format hits the streets first, because it's what they'll immediately see as "the new DVD." These are the folks who will end up royally screwed and angry if another format turns up and buries their one.
Supported by the fact that there is still a tidy trade in prerecorded VHS movies. Many of my local grocery stores, drug stores, and gas stations still have them for about $5.
I have fond memories of Bard's Tale codewheels, and laughed for a solid ten minutes when I bought a re-released package a few years back of the old games and found the publishers themselves had added codewheel hacks to these legal, purchased versions of the games to avoid having to print up new ones.
I'd guess if things got too out of balance from their storyline, they could tweak the amount of zombie or human NPCs. More undead could always dig up out of the ground, or more humans could show up from outside the game's scope, to keep things even.
What I want to know is, when will the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms figure out what to do with the Space Program while the Federal Aviation Administration revitalizes our nation's public school system?
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Why do oppressive regimes get special treatment?
Perhaps because the oppressive regime has a few billion people who weren't already engaged in increasing Google shareholder value, whilst most of us here have been doing so for years.
For those of us suffering from a Wesley Snipes deficiency, what'd they do in the movie?
Battery weight would be a total guess. The hypothetical batteries to this concept for a device can vary widely in weight depending on what they decide to make them out of, and how expensive they're willing to go.
N, by that point it would be detecting the position of the mugger's arm, which it would find itself strapped around and loaded with.. er... mugger stuff.
'We all have different opinions about art and entertainment, but everyone agrees that real-life school violence is a serious issue which lacks easy answers.'
So is war, but that hasn't stopped people from playing games based on war for at least thousands of years.
Chess, anyone?
When the experience of going to a theater equals that of watching the pirated version at home, perhaps that will be true. But until everyone has a huge home theater with large screen and surround sound, and bootlegs of pristine video and audio quality, watching a bootleg will continue to be about as close to the cinema experience as watching the flick on video or cable, flipping through the comic book version, or reading the spoilers on the Internet.
It costs $200 million to make some movies. If people stop paying to make the movies then that type of movie will not get made in the future.
This is as it should be, supply and demand. If a movie interests the public, they'll pay to see it in a theater with a big screen. If it's an uninteresting film that need not have been made, they won't get those ticket dollars, the movie flops and the studios hopefully learn that this isn't the sort of movie people want at the moment. I'm a bit weary of the entertaiment industry acting like it deserves our patronage whether or not the product is actually worth it.
You cannot make a big budget action movie by 'touring', 'selling merchandise' or any of the self-satisfied rationalizations people have suggested that musicians turn to.
But you can make it by selling enough tickets, tie-in merchandise, and DVDs. If this model fails for a particular film, perhaps it's a sign that this sort of film really isn't successful.
If my four-hour drama about a team of underwater basket-weavers who fight crime and play rock music is a failure, I'd take it as a sign I should maybe scrap plans for its two sequels and TV miniseries. I wouldn't keep on making them, and whine about piracy when they fail.
Someone beat Microsoft and Amazon to an insane patent!
I was fine up until Bio-McAfee deleted my liver and spleen.
To recursively promote people hacking up an Ogg player for iPods and releasing it as free software?
Gleek that, double gleek!
Good post, thanks for the cliche-killer.
C) Lizard men invade
Leave ussss out of thissss, humannn! We're busssssy!
br*goessss back to waressss copy of Ssssssan Andreasssssss*
I would guess that the requirement of even a copy of your proof is meant to be something that the registrar can keep on file as your evidence of claim, therefore ensuring the burden of proof is not on the registrar themselves. That way, if you use something you made up yourself in Word and some company who actually owns it challenges your claim, it's between you and that company to prove it and you'll lose that fight without a real document.
You have a much larger clued consumer base in this sector. Don't ask me why
Good point, possibly because most people today remember something of the VHS vs Beta fiasco.. then again, someone had to buy those last few Betamax machines off the line.
That applies to the people who actually know there is a format war going on, but I don't think that includes as many of average Joe Consumers out there as one might think. There are still many people out there who will simply buy whichever format hits the streets first, because it's what they'll immediately see as "the new DVD." These are the folks who will end up royally screwed and angry if another format turns up and buries their one.
Supported by the fact that there is still a tidy trade in prerecorded VHS movies. Many of my local grocery stores, drug stores, and gas stations still have them for about $5.
I have fond memories of Bard's Tale codewheels, and laughed for a solid ten minutes when I bought a re-released package a few years back of the old games and found the publishers themselves had added codewheel hacks to these legal, purchased versions of the games to avoid having to print up new ones.
Plus, those "Don't Panic" buttons just never stop being the coolest thing ever.
Hot damn! Can you make us a torrent?
I'd guess if things got too out of balance from their storyline, they could tweak the amount of zombie or human NPCs. More undead could always dig up out of the ground, or more humans could show up from outside the game's scope, to keep things even.
With about the same conclusion, too.
What I want to know is, when will the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms figure out what to do with the Space Program while the Federal Aviation Administration revitalizes our nation's public school system?