If I remember correctly, the studio didn't want Toby for the first film and finally relented when Raimi made sure that Toby would do the sequel. Kind of funny that the studio would dump him after making a stink to get him signed for the sequel in the first place.
I'm sure that PDA's would be the most logical devices for people on the street. Many hand-held devices already include WiFi network adapters and they power on instantly.
The FCC has been asleep on the job for over ten years. In addition to interference issues they've been asleep at the switch for HDTV and corporate ownership of radio and television.
That's "Express Pass" and it's almost more of a hassle than it's worth. Disney has the same kind of setup, and you can probably use it for two or three rides during the day if you sign up immediately after using the prior pass. However you give up some flexibility in your day if you need to worry about being at "The Hulk" at 1:30PM when you're on the other side of the park on line for "Men in Black".
This would be so cool on a door mat. Set up a CCTV system that scanned a person's face when they rang your doorbell. If they're a friend the doormat LCD says "Welcome!". If it's a pair of guys in white shirts with ties and name tags then the doormat displays "Bug off!"
If you have some $$$ to spare when heading to Universal Orlando then stay at one of the on-site hotels. Showing your room key gets you to the head of the line at every ride in the park. At Spiderman, we rode four times straight and each time walked by the same people on line. On the Jurassic Park ride the kid behind us said he waited an hour and hoped the ride was cool. I had to "shush" my daughter who was about to tell him this was our third time in the past fifteen minutes.
I felt guilty a few times as we passed the same people in line, but then I remembered that they were saving $100 per night by staying in Kissimmee instead on on-site.
You pay a bit more but you get to fly by everyone standing in the hot sun, plus you get to stay at a cool hotel (in our case it was the Hard Rock Hotel). It's an especially great deal if you've got kids since they definitely don't handle long waits on line.
You can occasionally get some great rides in addition to pure thrills from the steel coasters. Universal Orlando has a cool pair of coasters called Dueling Dragons that combine the speed of a steel coaster with some creative intertwining tracks...and the ride last more than 30 seconds.
However I still prefer the rattling old wooden coasters like the Dragon Coaster (built 1929) and the Wildcat (built 1996).
Good point...lazy is a better term. By the time they figured out ISDN for the home it was old news, then it took them forever to get DSL to consumers. However in those situations it wasn't so much the hardware investment as the install support and help desk issues. Compare the telcos to the cable systems...telcos at least were able to run ISDN and DSL over their existing network (from CO to point of service). Cable had to rewire the entire country with fiber, so they were really taking a chance.
I wrote them to see if they were for real and here's the reply.
"Your Very Interesting Email message forward to us! We answer to your Concerning Question with big speed because Love Our Customer!!
Yes Lupo Very Real!! Box of top A-OK board of paper you bet!! Come inside Number 386 1.25 gag processor, BIG FAST! DVD go in hole OK! Button go on off!!! Very Good to carry from place to Other place with Arm of Child!!
Can You Doubt It??? Money will be sent of You in envelope if Lupo offends!!
You see: America Love Lupo like Yankee pronto!! Our Customer tadpole OK!!!!
Probably will impact their revenues for long distance and regional toll calls. The regional bells are clueless when it comes to new technology, so they won't move fast on this.
Totally agree...the difference between this case and Napster is the network structure. Napster provided central servers while Grokster and Streamcast do not. Technically there were alternate Napster networks, but 99% of the traffic went through their servers which is why they were slammed by the court.
And of course MS doesn't yet have SP3 available for SQL MSDE Desktop Edition. There are a TON of apps that use SQL Desktop meaning it affects more than just servers.
I love how it gets installed as "WinSrv Reg". Can they be any more obscure? Some newbie will think that is some sort of important Windows program rather than an Outlook worm.
I also patched my IIS system years ago by upgrading to Website Pro (formerly O'Reilly, now Deerfield) from Bob Denny.
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The original reason to use Stefanie's music was because we had her permission. We realized that this technique would get her music out there, but 99.999% of the folks would be pissed off about it. So, we changed the plan and used parts of real songs (short pieces so we fall within "fair use" and "parody" legal definitions) to fool those who listen to the start of the song, and then filled the rest with garbage.
Now I don't know about you, but if I was stealing frozen bagels from a supermarket, I'd rather find frozen waffles in the package than one frozen bagel and 500 frozen roaches. But since using Stafanie's stuff was arguably promotional and downloaders were upset at getting a decent song (IMHO) instead of the excellent song they were hoping to get, we opted for the bagel/roaches file approach.
I really doubt that the RIAA is going to help out Napster users whining about white noise or cuckoo sounds in their Britney Spears songs. Does the store manager assist you when you complain about the defective power tool you stole?
Cool... you'll be creating cuckoo's eggs as well. Napster users will say "Damn it, these are not the songs I wanted! Guess I need to go right to the artist's site and download from there."
Now who would get hurt the most if you discovered a Napster DoS vulnerability? In fact, what would the effect be of posting a note saying "My machines were rebooted through my Napster connection?"
I think the discovery of such a vulnerability would kill Napster faster than a flock of cuckoos.
What's cool about your scheme is that it does the same as our scheme. Users get the wrong file, and they begin to distrust Napster. Imagine if they burn a CD-R with one of those tracks (either your Nine Inch Nails or my cuckoo sound). It will make them more careful on their next trip to the Napster well. And the harder it is to use Napster, the more folks will stop using it.
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If I remember correctly, the studio didn't want Toby for the first film and finally relented when Raimi made sure that Toby would do the sequel. Kind of funny that the studio would dump him after making a stink to get him signed for the sequel in the first place.
I'm sure that PDA's would be the most logical devices for people on the street. Many hand-held devices already include WiFi network adapters and they power on instantly.
How many geeks does it take to screw in a network?
The FCC has been asleep on the job for over ten years. In addition to interference issues they've been asleep at the switch for HDTV and corporate ownership of radio and television.
That's "Express Pass" and it's almost more of a hassle than it's worth. Disney has the same kind of setup, and you can probably use it for two or three rides during the day if you sign up immediately after using the prior pass. However you give up some flexibility in your day if you need to worry about being at "The Hulk" at 1:30PM when you're on the other side of the park on line for "Men in Black".
This would be so cool on a door mat. Set up a CCTV system that scanned a person's face when they rang your doorbell. If they're a friend the doormat LCD says "Welcome!". If it's a pair of guys in white shirts with ties and name tags then the doormat displays "Bug off!"
If you have some $$$ to spare when heading to Universal Orlando then stay at one of the on-site hotels. Showing your room key gets you to the head of the line at every ride in the park. At Spiderman, we rode four times straight and each time walked by the same people on line. On the Jurassic Park ride the kid behind us said he waited an hour and hoped the ride was cool. I had to "shush" my daughter who was about to tell him this was our third time in the past fifteen minutes.
I felt guilty a few times as we passed the same people in line, but then I remembered that they were saving $100 per night by staying in Kissimmee instead on on-site.
You pay a bit more but you get to fly by everyone standing in the hot sun, plus you get to stay at a cool hotel (in our case it was the Hard Rock Hotel). It's an especially great deal if you've got kids since they definitely don't handle long waits on line.
You can occasionally get some great rides in addition to pure thrills from the steel coasters. Universal Orlando has a cool pair of coasters called Dueling Dragons that combine the speed of a steel coaster with some creative intertwining tracks...and the ride last more than 30 seconds.
However I still prefer the rattling old wooden coasters like the Dragon Coaster (built 1929) and the Wildcat (built 1996).
Good point...lazy is a better term. By the time they figured out ISDN for the home it was old news, then it took them forever to get DSL to consumers. However in those situations it wasn't so much the hardware investment as the install support and help desk issues. Compare the telcos to the cable systems...telcos at least were able to run ISDN and DSL over their existing network (from CO to point of service). Cable had to rewire the entire country with fiber, so they were really taking a chance.
I wrote them to see if they were for real and here's the reply.
"Your Very Interesting Email message forward to us! We answer to your Concerning Question with big speed because Love Our Customer!!
Yes Lupo Very Real!! Box of top A-OK board of paper you bet!! Come inside Number 386 1.25 gag processor, BIG FAST! DVD go in hole OK! Button go on off!!! Very Good to carry from place to Other place with Arm of Child!!
Can You Doubt It??? Money will be sent of You in envelope if Lupo offends!!
You see: America Love Lupo like Yankee pronto!! Our Customer tadpole OK!!!!
Go Bush!!!"
Probably will impact their revenues for long distance and regional toll calls. The regional bells are clueless when it comes to new technology, so they won't move fast on this.
Totally agree...the difference between this case and Napster is the network structure. Napster provided central servers while Grokster and Streamcast do not. Technically there were alternate Napster networks, but 99% of the traffic went through their servers which is why they were slammed by the court.
John
www.hand-2-mouth.com/cuckooegg
Been there....done that.
http://slashdot.org/articles/00/07/13/1544256.shtm l
http://www.hand-2-mouth.com/cuckooegg
And of course MS doesn't yet have SP3 available for SQL MSDE Desktop Edition. There are a TON of apps that use SQL Desktop meaning it affects more than just servers.
John
I love how it gets installed as "WinSrv Reg". Can they be any more obscure? Some newbie will think that is some sort of important Windows program rather than an Outlook worm.
John
www.bigbox.com
I also patched my IIS system years ago by upgrading to Website Pro (formerly O'Reilly, now Deerfield) from Bob Denny.
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Cliff stole it from the cuckoo... :-)
The original reason to use Stefanie's music was because we had her permission. We realized that this technique would get her music out there, but 99.999% of the folks would be pissed off about it. So, we changed the plan and used parts of real songs (short pieces so we fall within "fair use" and "parody" legal definitions) to fool those who listen to the start of the song, and then filled the rest with garbage.
Now I don't know about you, but if I was stealing frozen bagels from a supermarket, I'd rather find frozen waffles in the package than one frozen bagel and 500 frozen roaches. But since using Stafanie's stuff was arguably promotional and downloaders were upset at getting a decent song (IMHO) instead of the excellent song they were hoping to get, we opted for the bagel/roaches file approach.
John
I really doubt that the RIAA is going to help out Napster users whining about white noise or cuckoo sounds in their Britney Spears songs. Does the store manager assist you when you complain about the defective power tool you stole?
Cool... you'll be creating cuckoo's eggs as well. Napster users will say "Damn it, these are not the songs I wanted! Guess I need to go right to the artist's site and download from there."
I expect this type of stuff on the Napster forums... I expected better on slashdot.
Now who would get hurt the most if you discovered a Napster DoS vulnerability? In fact, what would the effect be of posting a note saying "My machines were rebooted through my Napster connection?"
I think the discovery of such a vulnerability would kill Napster faster than a flock of cuckoos.
The longest journey starts with a single step.
What's cool about your scheme is that it does the same as our scheme. Users get the wrong file, and they begin to distrust Napster. Imagine if they burn a CD-R with one of those tracks (either your Nine Inch Nails or my cuckoo sound). It will make them more careful on their next trip to the Napster well. And the harder it is to use Napster, the more folks will stop using it.
Thanks for pointing this out... I don't use WinAmp myself, but I assumed it had that ability. I've corrected our "How to" page.