I used to rid the bus when my son was a three year old, it was always a fun outing, seeing a movie matinee, going by the Pike Place Market, and total cost for three people at that time was maybe $20.
1. use it in the bath - do that with an ebook... not a good idea 2. leave bookmarks in it that are stylish 3. leave it on top of my espresso machine while I steam a latte cause it's so light 4. give it to my friend, my girlfriend, my son, sell it at a garage sale, trade it at my library 5. use it to make paper airplanes 6. throw it at someone without trying to hurt them (paperback only, let's be careful out there.
But the REASON I refuse to buy ebooks comes down to one thing, and one thing only, Digital Rights Management.
I bought the book, it's NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS what I do with it.
[apologies to all my author friends, even ones recently deceased like Octavia Butler]
I live in a real city, so the bus pass means I can get one of four busses from say 7 am to 11 pm Saturday and Sunday, so that means a LOT of matinees at any of the six movie theaters around.
So, in the end, total expenditure at movies for me and my son is $15. He costs 25 cents to ride the bus.
It costs me close to $70.00 by the time I'm done with paying for:
*Babysitting *Parking *Ticket *Crap to eat
It costs me approx. $15.00 for a DVD.
Hmmm. I pay less than $12 to see a movie. I buy a ticket, some popcorn, and see a matinee. Maybe $15 if I take my 14yo son, but then his pockets magically seem to have candy one bought at a store for one-quarter the price, but we still get the popcorn. Plus, we take the bus (have a bus pass).
I've been a Lifetime Member of Cinema Seattle, which puts on America's largest film festival, for years now, been to Cannes, Vancouver BC, Santa Barbara, Venice Italy for their film festivals, and I have to say that most of the reason for people not going to see films has more to do with the overuse of formulaic films and lack of quality films than it has anything to do with piracy.
Heck, my brother-in-law Gil Luna is an actor. I'm just hoping the film he's shooting turns out to be good...
But blaming the downturn in movie attendance on piracy is just plain wrong. It's more likely caused by any of the following:
1. increased movie ticket prices; 2. increased movie food/drink prices; 3. obsessive security making it less fun; 4. too many bleeding cell phones that should be hammered into small bits; or 5. the decisions by movie theater chains to be unoriginal.
Now, saying that, it's not like there are no good films, I've seen quite a few, but recently I've been very uninterested in the films I see playing locally, and I see more than a hundred films most years. Given me more free time, I admit, but it's not piracy.
a game version of Shaun of the Dead, since most of their game designers are actually located in Britain, and mindless zombie violence is only half as fun as very silly British mindless zombie violence.
WMD stands for Weapons of Mass Destruction. It's already plural, there is no need to put an 's' on the end. In doing so, you have effectively said Weapons of Mass Destructions.
Well, since these are from biotic lifeforms using organic buckyball circuitry on a distant moon, they're better than your usual Weapons of Mass Destruction, on the order of a gazillion times more power, and are thus Weapons of Mass Destructions.
Now, given that their are readily available supplies of ice, I suggest we get our mutated space trout to use their frickin lasers to find some ice cubes, so that we can set up an iced coffee stand on the moon, in anticipation of record profits from all the visiting spaceships.
Good point. Let's alert the President and he can declare war against said organisms since they might have WMDs. Or Oil. I'm sure one of those two things will get his attention...
Not that I'm curious, but your governor made curiosity illegal?
Why yes, but by asking that question, you've now entered double secret probation and must now stay more than 1000 feet away from all horses or equine species.
I for one, welcome our Cassinian Microbial Overlords.
Well, with organics and methane, perhaps, but perhaps they use RNA and are Cassinian Viral Overlords? For all we know, they could already have an array of BSD devices built with buckyball technology that operate inside the liquids, and are merely waiting for an unsuspecting crew to land...
They found some organics and methane. No ammonia has been detected, much to my surprise.
And I assume you're joking about the denser air? Enceladus's surface is a vacuum.
Interesting. But how much of a vacuum? One would expect, if there were liquid water, even with organics and methane (liquid), for there to be some gasses, even if only a wispy vaporous layer clinging to the liquids. Ice transpirates to gas for water fairly easily.
1) Suggest a possible discovery of liquid water out there 2) Make allusion to possibility of life emerging there 3) ??? 4) Grant Funding!
Well, the avian-human transmission of influenza was actually discovered by a research scientist who wanted an excuse to go surfing in Australia, so he proposed a grant to study if seabirds were a reservoir for influenza that infects humans.
Turns out they were. Plus, he got some good surf in.
So, maybe we should investigate the surfing potential of this moon, and maybe we'll discover a cure for cancer...
Basically, what he was saying is that it's likely that both Sony and Nintendo will reveal information on the PS3 and NR at their two keynote speeches, but that he personally knew zip nada zilch about what they were going to say.
Or if they would even talk about the PS3 or the NR.
Basically, it's spin signifying "Here's a time when maybe, just maybe, they are likely to say something, and I want you to send tons of reporters just in case."
Re:Or you know... you could use cows/goats
on
Robots to Help Farmers
·
· Score: 2, Interesting
and a grass cutting robot that might also be used by golf course owners. followed by Or you know, they could just get a bunch of cows to do the job instead.
Hmm. We used to have a goat that "mowed" our two-acre lawn (on a 42 acre tree farm). I think it gave milk too.
And, it didn't rust.
In fact, it ate cans. So, if my goat met the farming robot, it would probably be thinking "Hmm. Lunch!"
Revenge tastes best when accompanied by chewing sounds.
Slashdot Mirror
I don't think you'll be seeing official Nintendo wands that do that, but I'm sure someone will be selling them.
Seattle, it's 25 cents on Saturday and Sunday, 50 cents weekdays.
Actually, we walk to school most mornings, unless it's raining hard.
I think we're a real city, at least people around the world recognize our city when you say it's name, and know where it is.
And it's free downtown on the bus, only costs if you ride North of Denny.
I used to rid the bus when my son was a three year old, it was always a fun outing, seeing a movie matinee, going by the Pike Place Market, and total cost for three people at that time was maybe $20.
or use lots of energy that would be better used in providing light in the first place.
and ebooks can't be thrown at cats.
When I buy hardcopy, I can:
... not a good idea
1. use it in the bath - do that with an ebook
2. leave bookmarks in it that are stylish
3. leave it on top of my espresso machine while I steam a latte cause it's so light
4. give it to my friend, my girlfriend, my son, sell it at a garage sale, trade it at my library
5. use it to make paper airplanes
6. throw it at someone without trying to hurt them (paperback only, let's be careful out there.
But the REASON I refuse to buy ebooks comes down to one thing, and one thing only, Digital Rights Management.
I bought the book, it's NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS what I do with it.
[apologies to all my author friends, even ones recently deceased like Octavia Butler]
Yup, it's going to be a sweet gaming system to play
Dance Dance Revolution Ultima
Star Wars: Jedi Academy Training
any interactive FPS (especially if they shoot back and you have a blink target vest)
and Katamari: We Meant It, You Must Roll!
[game names all examples, yes I own Konami stock and they have plans to do fun things for the Revolution, it's called disclosure]
I live in a real city, so the bus pass means I can get one of four busses from say 7 am to 11 pm Saturday and Sunday, so that means a LOT of matinees at any of the six movie theaters around.
So, in the end, total expenditure at movies for me and my son is $15. He costs 25 cents to ride the bus.
It costs me close to $70.00 by the time I'm done with paying for:
*Babysitting
*Parking
*Ticket
*Crap to eat
It costs me approx. $15.00 for a DVD.
Hmmm. I pay less than $12 to see a movie. I buy a ticket, some popcorn, and see a matinee. Maybe $15 if I take my 14yo son, but then his pockets magically seem to have candy one bought at a store for one-quarter the price, but we still get the popcorn. Plus, we take the bus (have a bus pass).
I've been a Lifetime Member of Cinema Seattle, which puts on America's largest film festival, for years now, been to Cannes, Vancouver BC, Santa Barbara, Venice Italy for their film festivals, and I have to say that most of the reason for people not going to see films has more to do with the overuse of formulaic films and lack of quality films than it has anything to do with piracy.
...
Heck, my brother-in-law Gil Luna is an actor. I'm just hoping the film he's shooting turns out to be good
But blaming the downturn in movie attendance on piracy is just plain wrong. It's more likely caused by any of the following:
1. increased movie ticket prices;
2. increased movie food/drink prices;
3. obsessive security making it less fun;
4. too many bleeding cell phones that should be hammered into small bits; or
5. the decisions by movie theater chains to be unoriginal.
Now, saying that, it's not like there are no good films, I've seen quite a few, but recently I've been very uninterested in the films I see playing locally, and I see more than a hundred films most years. Given me more free time, I admit, but it's not piracy.
I'm sorry, is it ok if I cross my 7's and say nought?
...
Pity that
a game version of Shaun of the Dead, since most of their game designers are actually located in Britain, and mindless zombie violence is only half as fun as very silly British mindless zombie violence.
WMD stands for Weapons of Mass Destruction. It's already plural, there is no need to put an 's' on the end. In doing so, you have effectively said Weapons of Mass Destructions.
Well, since these are from biotic lifeforms using organic buckyball circuitry on a distant moon, they're better than your usual Weapons of Mass Destruction, on the order of a gazillion times more power, and are thus Weapons of Mass Destructions.
Now, given that their are readily available supplies of ice, I suggest we get our mutated space trout to use their frickin lasers to find some ice cubes, so that we can set up an iced coffee stand on the moon, in anticipation of record profits from all the visiting spaceships.
true, free vs open, bsd etc
oh, and don't forget atheistic jews - a friend of mine is one, they celebrate the events, with proper cooking/prep for them, but are atheists
Good point. Let's alert the President and he can declare war against said organisms since they might have WMDs. Or Oil. I'm sure one of those two things will get his attention ...
Not that I'm curious, but your governor made curiosity illegal?
Why yes, but by asking that question, you've now entered double secret probation and must now stay more than 1000 feet away from all horses or equine species.
I for one, welcome our Cassinian Microbial Overlords.
...
Well, with organics and methane, perhaps, but perhaps they use RNA and are Cassinian Viral Overlords? For all we know, they could already have an array of BSD devices built with buckyball technology that operate inside the liquids, and are merely waiting for an unsuspecting crew to land
They found some organics and methane. No ammonia has been detected, much to my surprise.
And I assume you're joking about the denser air? Enceladus's surface is a vacuum.
Interesting. But how much of a vacuum? One would expect, if there were liquid water, even with organics and methane (liquid), for there to be some gasses, even if only a wispy vaporous layer clinging to the liquids. Ice transpirates to gas for water fairly easily.
1) Suggest a possible discovery of liquid water out there
...
2) Make allusion to possibility of life emerging there
3) ???
4) Grant Funding!
Well, the avian-human transmission of influenza was actually discovered by a research scientist who wanted an excuse to go surfing in Australia, so he proposed a grant to study if seabirds were a reservoir for influenza that infects humans.
Turns out they were. Plus, he got some good surf in.
So, maybe we should investigate the surfing potential of this moon, and maybe we'll discover a cure for cancer
or is it liquid due to being compressed due to the denser air of the moon?
One wonders what it's exact chemical makeup - and impurities or compounds - are.
They didn't do credit card processing for midget-granny-and-horse-porn.com did they?
I mean, not that it would matter to me if they did...I'm just curious.
You know, that's illegal in the state of Washington now.
Seriously, the Governor just signed a bill.
my guess is we're looking at probably 80+ percent of them will be in the pr0n buyer category and now the media will release their data.
Good thing I have a girlfriend.
not sure if BSD is Orthodox or Reform, that's for you to decide
burning all the sinful artworks, and Linus is the practical Bishop, then does that make Gates the anti-Christ?
Seriously, folks, it's just a proposal. Noone forced you to use it. You can keep using GPL 2 as long as you want.
Basically, what he was saying is that it's likely that both Sony and Nintendo will reveal information on the PS3 and NR at their two keynote speeches, but that he personally knew zip nada zilch about what they were going to say.
Or if they would even talk about the PS3 or the NR.
Basically, it's spin signifying "Here's a time when maybe, just maybe, they are likely to say something, and I want you to send tons of reporters just in case."
and a grass cutting robot that might also be used by golf course owners.
followed by
Or you know, they could just get a bunch of cows to do the job instead.
Hmm. We used to have a goat that "mowed" our two-acre lawn (on a 42 acre tree farm). I think it gave milk too.
And, it didn't rust.
In fact, it ate cans. So, if my goat met the farming robot, it would probably be thinking "Hmm. Lunch!"
Revenge tastes best when accompanied by chewing sounds.