Funnily enough the aspect which was reputed to be the reason for Titanic's huge receipt total was people going to see the film three, four, eleven times.
It was a set-up, the item lasted twice as long as any normal item last on Radio 5. I think the incredulous female presenter was the only one not aware of what was about to happen.
Actually the Xfactor-bot's song sold 100,000 less than last year's winner did, who did secure the Xmas no1 spot. So to say it has increased Cowell's profits is wrong. It was a win-win for Sony though. And the BPI, who saw several hundred thousand people legally download a song for the first time (and paid for it!)
you need to learn that you are not the target market for Ubuntu. Are you happy for Linux to remain a niche product only used by people with careers in IT?
But it turns out that when you get old, your mental and manual dexterity is reduced. You have two choices: stay at home and wither away lest you have to confront an arrogant version of yourself from 50 years ago with all the advantages of health that youth enjoys, or rage against the dying of the light and try your bes
Three choices, actually: get your money ready before you reach the end of the queue.
Just use the Oyster card! This is happening in some parts of London, the tech exists and the system generally works. But the problem is, they never catch on as the wider infrastructure is just too large and expensive to implement.
Maybe a nationwide electronic payment system should be the responsibility of the Bank of England or the government. Or they should have got the private banks to commit to it as part of saving their arse earlier this year.
1. Still has the problem of how to display the video 2. not every single TV programme one would watch in a typical week is torrented, unless you are a mouth-breather.
MythTV does have its quirks but it still generally works and in 6 months I've never had a problem so awful that it lost me recordings or schedules. The DVD aspect is probably the weakest point, but for off-the-air recording it's the business. I went through Digital Switchover here in the UK yesterday which required a channel rescan - that could have been smoother, and I did have to dip into the database to repair, but it's such a complex system that I don't expect anything different.
In the neither of the last two articles there does it say that the Met Police's e-crime unit is part of GCHQ. The Met Police is the police force of London.
I'm with you, but the Slashdot zeitgeist is usually "piracy is a-ok!"
Piracy is "a-ok"... just don't piss and moan when you get caught. Man up as they say and accept that you are participating in a risky activity. Your Xboxes are now unsuitable for off-line play? Sorry, that was the risk you took.
Why is it that because the new technique in use at cinemas is impressive and works they think this shitty old version that never really worked well will take off?
I think C4 know full well that it's ineffective, but they are attempting to jump on the 3D bandwagon mainly to attract advertisers (snoop around their press office and you can find an appeal to advertisers, asking if they'd like to be the first to broadcast a 3D commercial)
That really wasn't 3D, it exploited the fact that one dark lens over one eye can make a fast-moving picture appear 3D. For that reason, the entire Dr Who episode was filmed on a Steadicam revolving around the cast. Utterly dreadful, even by DrWho standards.
I think this happens, though maybe only on a personal basis. There are a few sites I occasionally visit that have long and unmemorable URLs, but always turn up on the first page if I searched Google for a keyword. The more I searched for them on my home PC, the higher they went. But when I searched at another computer, they were lower down again. Back on the home PC not long after, they were higher. The thing was, I wasn't logged into Google every time - so maybe it's based on IP or cookie info. But there's definitely something like that happening.
for a job that technology has made almost fully automated.
Wot a load of pish. Yeah, it's a job that's fully automated - until the shit goes down and the automation suddenly cannot cope with 'out-of-the-envelope' conditions. You think a machine could have landed Sully's jet safely following a bird strike?
Probably not helpful but I've always been intrigued by the Beeb's approach to torrenting, and the blind eye they tend to turn - to the recently aired stuff anyway, rather than DVD rips. There are a couple of good sites that share a lot of up-to-date BBC content. The BBC have only ever got after the person who shared Dr Who pre-air, the sites themselves are left alone. I wonder if, under this rumoured pay model that will continue.
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Funnily enough the aspect which was reputed to be the reason for Titanic's huge receipt total was people going to see the film three, four, eleven times.
The single has to cost at least 40p to qualify for the chart. So Amazon made up the 11p difference. Loss-leader encouraging people to buy downloads.
It was a set-up, the item lasted twice as long as any normal item last on Radio 5. I think the incredulous female presenter was the only one not aware of what was about to happen.
Actually the Xfactor-bot's song sold 100,000 less than last year's winner did, who did secure the Xmas no1 spot. So to say it has increased Cowell's profits is wrong. It was a win-win for Sony though. And the BPI, who saw several hundred thousand people legally download a song for the first time (and paid for it!)
you need to learn that you are not the target market for Ubuntu. Are you happy for Linux to remain a niche product only used by people with careers in IT?
Three choices, actually: get your money ready before you reach the end of the queue.
Just use the Oyster card! This is happening in some parts of London, the tech exists and the system generally works. But the problem is, they never catch on as the wider infrastructure is just too large and expensive to implement.
Maybe a nationwide electronic payment system should be the responsibility of the Bank of England or the government. Or they should have got the private banks to commit to it as part of saving their arse earlier this year.
you would if you waited for the cheque to clear before handing over the keys. Which is standard anyway even with small amounts.
This can't be right, I've seen new Dr Who
to repeat comments I made months ago... why don't these people agree on a common naming convention for new threats? 11 different names here!
Pimply-Haired Boy? I often lose track of rubbish tech-humour characters
1. Still has the problem of how to display the video
2. not every single TV programme one would watch in a typical week is torrented, unless you are a mouth-breather.
MythTV does have its quirks but it still generally works and in 6 months I've never had a problem so awful that it lost me recordings or schedules. The DVD aspect is probably the weakest point, but for off-the-air recording it's the business. I went through Digital Switchover here in the UK yesterday which required a channel rescan - that could have been smoother, and I did have to dip into the database to repair, but it's such a complex system that I don't expect anything different.
In UK law it is wholly relevant. CDPA 1988 states that an offence is committed if such works are made available for sale or hire.
Does this mean they already went through Firefox's code and found nothing amiss?
In the neither of the last two articles there does it say that the Met Police's e-crime unit is part of GCHQ. The Met Police is the police force of London.
Either move out, or stay and try to change things, but don't just stay and sit at the side in piss-and-moan mode.
Take source, rewrite source, build.
Piracy is "a-ok"... just don't piss and moan when you get caught. Man up as they say and accept that you are participating in a risky activity. Your Xboxes are now unsuitable for off-line play? Sorry, that was the risk you took.
I think C4 know full well that it's ineffective, but they are attempting to jump on the 3D bandwagon mainly to attract advertisers (snoop around their press office and you can find an appeal to advertisers, asking if they'd like to be the first to broadcast a 3D commercial)
That really wasn't 3D, it exploited the fact that one dark lens over one eye can make a fast-moving picture appear 3D. For that reason, the entire Dr Who episode was filmed on a Steadicam revolving around the cast. Utterly dreadful, even by DrWho standards.
I think this happens, though maybe only on a personal basis. There are a few sites I occasionally visit that have long and unmemorable URLs, but always turn up on the first page if I searched Google for a keyword. The more I searched for them on my home PC, the higher they went. But when I searched at another computer, they were lower down again. Back on the home PC not long after, they were higher. The thing was, I wasn't logged into Google every time - so maybe it's based on IP or cookie info. But there's definitely something like that happening.
Wot a load of pish. Yeah, it's a job that's fully automated - until the shit goes down and the automation suddenly cannot cope with 'out-of-the-envelope' conditions. You think a machine could have landed Sully's jet safely following a bird strike?
Probably not helpful but I've always been intrigued by the Beeb's approach to torrenting, and the blind eye they tend to turn - to the recently aired stuff anyway, rather than DVD rips. There are a couple of good sites that share a lot of up-to-date BBC content. The BBC have only ever got after the person who shared Dr Who pre-air, the sites themselves are left alone. I wonder if, under this rumoured pay model that will continue.
Ad-hoc WiMax connections everywhere, baby. Fuggit, we'll sling Cat6 all the way down the street and beyond. We know how to do it.
Hmm, sounds like a great idea for a movie...