I could be wrong, but I think what was at stake here was a potential revenue stream. If Channel 9 was legally the only service to offer this data, then they could charge what they wanted for it to other companies.
But with this ruling, they basically will not have a monopoly over that service, and other companies can compete on equal footing. And a good call too!
Way back when Square was a much smaller company, they actually were on the verge of folding after a string of mediocre titles. Knowing their next title was basically all or nothing for Square, they created what they thought was their "final" chance at making it. It turned out to be a success, and they stuck with the name.
This news heading has way too much sensationalism.
While capping may suck for those who have not experienced it, this has been quite normal in Australia for a long time. In fact, unlimited internet to me seems like the exception, rather than the norm. It's all what you are used to I guess.
As has been stated many times before the CSIRO is not a patent troll. It is an Australian government funded research division, whose profits are then put back into the division to develop more technologies and provide more research.
This is a case of big American companies who were paying royalties previously, then suddenly stopped, and effectively said "I don't want to pay them anymore".
guerilla style with no money, no time, no crew, no script
(Time) First of all, as someone who works in CG, I can say without a doubt, that those effects would have taken a while to do. You don't just whip up cloud vortexes and comp them in a mere hour. It's this kind of talk that helps support the belief that you can push a button, and a computer takes care of all the effects.
So it would be prudent to say that the actual filming of the live action component was done in "no time". The entire film from concept to final would have taken at least a few weeks, if not a couple of months I imagine.
(Money) Second, they would have had to work with legitimate copies of 2D and 3D software. If it was done with anything other than Blender, then that's at least a few thousand dollars right there.
(Script) Third, it's the story that makes films great. Without a good script, a film is meaningless. I mean look how much effort the storytellers of the game put in to tell a great story in an fps shooter. I don't think it's a wise thing to boast that one has no script.
I am not trying to belittle the film, as an amateur short with the given constraints it works as best as it can. But I just wanted to expand on the angle that they are trying to push their film from.
I managed to convince my wife that diamonds are not rare, and are extremely plentiful but due to the fact that they are controlled by one cartel, they are price controlled. Plus a diamond as a wedding/engagement ring was actually the product of a marketing strategy by DeBeers in the 1940's. So who really wants to wear an advertisement campaign on their finger as a symbol of love for all time?
Instead, we chose a stone in her favorite colour pink. We settled on a pink sapphire, of which there were only nine emerald cut pink sapphires in all of Toronto at the time - truely rarer than any diamond. Not only that, but it was far cheaper.
Oh and we made the decision to NOT get matching rings. This led us to choose designs that we were both extremely happy with. Mine is a wide, think white gold band with 4 tiny black diamonds set in both edges, like 4 compass points. You can only see them if you view the ring on it's sides.
As someone who has worked in the animation industry for 13 years, it pains me to think people out there still think like this. In any medium of animation, the artist still does the bulk of the work. Pencils, paint brushes and computers are simply tools. Humans create animation, computers create nothing.
No employee generally bargains from a position of power, in almost every industry in the world. And everyone else needs to eat too, but they all seem to get on with it. I work contractually, and I have been for the last 10 years. Sometimes I can negotiate a car for the duration of my contract, sometimes an apartment and a car, and sometimes none. And that's my point, the writers should be negotiating themselves if they want more. If the studio thinks the offer is too much, they pass it over. If the writer thinks the offer is too little, they pass it over. If the studios pass over a certain writer, and they get someone cheaper and the project turns out to be a dog and tanks (ie: doesn't make them any money), they will learn and renegotiate with those better writers. I've never been in any guild or union, and I have gotten by just fine. Because I learnt from an early age to not rely on anyone or any organisation, and to learn to negotiate myself.
Well then the writer should have sold it for more. The fact that a studio will make $100,000 or $100,000,000 is of no matter if the writer sold the story for a set price. If the writer thought the script was a money maker, they should have negotiated better, like the rest of us. Do they need their hands held?
First of all, an increase of costs (writers fees) will do either one or both of the following: increase prices of content and decrease the budget of other areas of production. You can damn well guarantee that even if the Studios and the writers do make a deal, that extra money is definitely not coming out of the Studios' pockets.
Second, the average writer in the WGA makes about US$200,000 (I don't have a link to back it up, though I heard this figure from a big expose on the WGA). These striking writers are forcing many crew (cameramen, makeup artists, set construction, actors, assistant, etc) out of work. None of these other crew get royalties, and the writers are striking to get *more* royalties. Sure you can say that without writers, you won't get a show. But without everyone else you won't get a show either, it's all a big chain. These writers are acting selfishly by essentially screwing over everyone else that relies on week to week paychecks. Do the writers actually think that the crew they work with are in support of their strike? The crew will get nothing out of it but late fees on their bills.
Third, all unions eventually turn into a self serving, bloated, top heavy organisations, much like...movie studios! The unions want their members to strike, to show their members that the union is important. While the writers are not working and not getting paid, you can be damn sure those union bosses are sitting pretty on union fees, maintaining their extravagant lifestyle.
Fourth, relating to my first point, I work in the VFX industry. If the writing part of the budget increases, this may reduce the amount of budget that gets allocated to the work I do, creating less work for lot's of people, and I certainly don't live on US$200,000 a year.
So remember, if the writers get their deal, you *will* pay more. Sure people should get recompensed for what they produce, but keep in mind the negative effects this strike is causing. I certainly do not support this strike, because it's seeing my work pool dry up.
So you can use up your 'unknown' monthly data limit four times as fast now!
I hope that ISP's realise that a faster modem will require a higher data cap.
I am an Australian currently in Brussels, Belgium for a little while. When I wwas looking for internet connection options, Clearwire was really the only choice. I don't want/have a landline, just a mobile phone. The only other option was DSL. So apparently it can take up to 3 weeks to get the telephone company here to hook you up with a line, then I have to pay monthly line rental, then it can take another 2 to 3 weeks to get the DSL connected.
or
I walked into the local Clearwire store, paid the connection fee (comes with free use of a modem which gets returned once your contract is up), brought it home, and was online an hour later. Sure I have roughly half the monthly download limit of a DSL connection for the same price, but I'd rather that than wait up to 6 weeks for the internet. I am happy so far.
In Australia we got rid of 1 cent and 2 cent coins years ago, and I tell you it was one of the best things ever decided on from a monetary point of view. There was all this opposition just before it happened, then afterwards, everyone was happy. anything that was $x.x1, $x.x2, $x.x6 and $x.x7 were rounded down automatically while $x.x3, $x.x4, $x.x8 and $x.x9 wre rounded up to the nearest 5c.
The other thing Austalia got right as far as money was concerned was that we changed our bills to plastic. Now you can accidentally leave one in your pocket in the wash, and it's completely ok. Not to mention they last a lot longer, harder to rip and damage, and are much harder to counterfeit.
South Koreans do not blindly support the actions of the leaders in North Korea, they only hope that their countrymen are able to survive the current state of their leaders oppresive control long enough to see freedom. The South Koreans see North Korea as brothers and sisters that will one day find them reunited with each other. Why is it so bad to hope for reunification? Your comments are flamebait as I have never seen any South Korean in support for what the likes of Kim Jong Il has done.
And what if Microsoft did infirnge on patented technology? Then they must pay the price of that infringement.
Ok, first of all, the CSIRO is a government body, and does not have investors. All research is government funded, with profits made by the CSIRO, go back into the CSIRO for future funding on scientific projects.
Secondly, It was companies like Intel, Apple and Microsoft who struck the first blow. Austrlia and the US recently entered into a Free Trade Agreement, and one of the outcomes of this was the US demanding that Australian companies and individuals are able to be sued by US companies. As soon as the FTA was in action, a group of companies including Intel, Apple and Microsoft grouped together and sued the CSIRO because they felt they didn't want to pay royalties anymore, it's that simple. They were (and still are) aiming to get the patent invalidated because they are greedy. So the CSIRO needed some ammo, and with the outcome of this case, let's hope that the 'evil' companies like Intel, Apple and Microsoft just pay their damn royalties and stop acting like spoilt brats.
This kind of behavior from shop assistants is very common in Korea. They will literally follow you around the store, sometimes asking if you needed any assistance from the item you are holding at the time. It is a little daunting for 'westerners' to get used to at first, but after a while it gets better.
The guy who was arrested is not a US citizen. He is a Scot living in Costa Rica. He was just passing through. I wonder what his home country is going to do...
Any game that is heavily reliant on the controller to make a majority of the mechanics function is doomed from the start
errr, you do realise that Takahashi's own game, Katamari relies on a controller with dual joysticks, hmm? So are you saying Katamari is doomed from the start?
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I could be wrong, but I think what was at stake here was a potential revenue stream. If Channel 9 was legally the only service to offer this data, then they could charge what they wanted for it to other companies.
But with this ruling, they basically will not have a monopoly over that service, and other companies can compete on equal footing. And a good call too!
Way back when Square was a much smaller company, they actually were on the verge of folding after a string of mediocre titles. Knowing their next title was basically all or nothing for Square, they created what they thought was their "final" chance at making it. It turned out to be a success, and they stuck with the name.
This news heading has way too much sensationalism.
While capping may suck for those who have not experienced it, this has been quite normal in Australia for a long time. In fact, unlimited internet to me seems like the exception, rather than the norm. It's all what you are used to I guess.
As has been stated many times before the CSIRO is not a patent troll. It is an Australian government funded research division, whose profits are then put back into the division to develop more technologies and provide more research.
This is a case of big American companies who were paying royalties previously, then suddenly stopped, and effectively said "I don't want to pay them anymore".
guerilla style with no money, no time, no crew, no script
(Time) First of all, as someone who works in CG, I can say without a doubt, that those effects would have taken a while to do. You don't just whip up cloud vortexes and comp them in a mere hour. It's this kind of talk that helps support the belief that you can push a button, and a computer takes care of all the effects.
So it would be prudent to say that the actual filming of the live action component was done in "no time". The entire film from concept to final would have taken at least a few weeks, if not a couple of months I imagine.
(Money) Second, they would have had to work with legitimate copies of 2D and 3D software. If it was done with anything other than Blender, then that's at least a few thousand dollars right there.
(Script) Third, it's the story that makes films great. Without a good script, a film is meaningless. I mean look how much effort the storytellers of the game put in to tell a great story in an fps shooter. I don't think it's a wise thing to boast that one has no script.
I am not trying to belittle the film, as an amateur short with the given constraints it works as best as it can. But I just wanted to expand on the angle that they are trying to push their film from.
I managed to convince my wife that diamonds are not rare, and are extremely plentiful but due to the fact that they are controlled by one cartel, they are price controlled. Plus a diamond as a wedding/engagement ring was actually the product of a marketing strategy by DeBeers in the 1940's. So who really wants to wear an advertisement campaign on their finger as a symbol of love for all time?
Instead, we chose a stone in her favorite colour pink. We settled on a pink sapphire, of which there were only nine emerald cut pink sapphires in all of Toronto at the time - truely rarer than any diamond. Not only that, but it was far cheaper.
Oh and we made the decision to NOT get matching rings. This led us to choose designs that we were both extremely happy with. Mine is a wide, think white gold band with 4 tiny black diamonds set in both edges, like 4 compass points. You can only see them if you view the ring on it's sides.
Thank you! Animation is NOT a genre, it is a production technique. You can have horror animation, comedy animation, children's animation, etc.
fyi, the live action film rights of Robotech belong to Toby Maguire
As someone who has worked in the animation industry for 13 years, it pains me to think people out there still think like this. In any medium of animation, the artist still does the bulk of the work. Pencils, paint brushes and computers are simply tools. Humans create animation, computers create nothing.
No employee generally bargains from a position of power, in almost every industry in the world. And everyone else needs to eat too, but they all seem to get on with it. I work contractually, and I have been for the last 10 years. Sometimes I can negotiate a car for the duration of my contract, sometimes an apartment and a car, and sometimes none. And that's my point, the writers should be negotiating themselves if they want more. If the studio thinks the offer is too much, they pass it over. If the writer thinks the offer is too little, they pass it over. If the studios pass over a certain writer, and they get someone cheaper and the project turns out to be a dog and tanks (ie: doesn't make them any money), they will learn and renegotiate with those better writers. I've never been in any guild or union, and I have gotten by just fine. Because I learnt from an early age to not rely on anyone or any organisation, and to learn to negotiate myself.
Striking isn't negotiating. I mean their personal negotiations. I don't strike when I negotiate my contracts...sigh
Well then the writer should have sold it for more. The fact that a studio will make $100,000 or $100,000,000 is of no matter if the writer sold the story for a set price. If the writer thought the script was a money maker, they should have negotiated better, like the rest of us. Do they need their hands held?
Ok, I'm going to play the opposite side here...
First of all, an increase of costs (writers fees) will do either one or both of the following: increase prices of content and decrease the budget of other areas of production. You can damn well guarantee that even if the Studios and the writers do make a deal, that extra money is definitely not coming out of the Studios' pockets.
Second, the average writer in the WGA makes about US$200,000 (I don't have a link to back it up, though I heard this figure from a big expose on the WGA). These striking writers are forcing many crew (cameramen, makeup artists, set construction, actors, assistant, etc) out of work. None of these other crew get royalties, and the writers are striking to get *more* royalties. Sure you can say that without writers, you won't get a show. But without everyone else you won't get a show either, it's all a big chain. These writers are acting selfishly by essentially screwing over everyone else that relies on week to week paychecks. Do the writers actually think that the crew they work with are in support of their strike? The crew will get nothing out of it but late fees on their bills.
Third, all unions eventually turn into a self serving, bloated, top heavy organisations, much like...movie studios! The unions want their members to strike, to show their members that the union is important. While the writers are not working and not getting paid, you can be damn sure those union bosses are sitting pretty on union fees, maintaining their extravagant lifestyle.
Fourth, relating to my first point, I work in the VFX industry. If the writing part of the budget increases, this may reduce the amount of budget that gets allocated to the work I do, creating less work for lot's of people, and I certainly don't live on US$200,000 a year.
So remember, if the writers get their deal, you *will* pay more. Sure people should get recompensed for what they produce, but keep in mind the negative effects this strike is causing. I certainly do not support this strike, because it's seeing my work pool dry up.
So you can use up your 'unknown' monthly data limit four times as fast now! I hope that ISP's realise that a faster modem will require a higher data cap.
I am an Australian currently in Brussels, Belgium for a little while. When I wwas looking for internet connection options, Clearwire was really the only choice. I don't want/have a landline, just a mobile phone. The only other option was DSL. So apparently it can take up to 3 weeks to get the telephone company here to hook you up with a line, then I have to pay monthly line rental, then it can take another 2 to 3 weeks to get the DSL connected.
or
I walked into the local Clearwire store, paid the connection fee (comes with free use of a modem which gets returned once your contract is up), brought it home, and was online an hour later. Sure I have roughly half the monthly download limit of a DSL connection for the same price, but I'd rather that than wait up to 6 weeks for the internet. I am happy so far.
In Australia we got rid of 1 cent and 2 cent coins years ago, and I tell you it was one of the best things ever decided on from a monetary point of view. There was all this opposition just before it happened, then afterwards, everyone was happy. anything that was $x.x1, $x.x2, $x.x6 and $x.x7 were rounded down automatically while $x.x3, $x.x4, $x.x8 and $x.x9 wre rounded up to the nearest 5c.
The other thing Austalia got right as far as money was concerned was that we changed our bills to plastic. Now you can accidentally leave one in your pocket in the wash, and it's completely ok. Not to mention they last a lot longer, harder to rip and damage, and are much harder to counterfeit.
South Koreans do not blindly support the actions of the leaders in North Korea, they only hope that their countrymen are able to survive the current state of their leaders oppresive control long enough to see freedom. The South Koreans see North Korea as brothers and sisters that will one day find them reunited with each other. Why is it so bad to hope for reunification? Your comments are flamebait as I have never seen any South Korean in support for what the likes of Kim Jong Il has done.
And what if Microsoft did infirnge on patented technology? Then they must pay the price of that infringement.
(no, I am not Korean)
Ok, first of all, the CSIRO is a government body, and does not have investors. All research is government funded, with profits made by the CSIRO, go back into the CSIRO for future funding on scientific projects. Secondly, It was companies like Intel, Apple and Microsoft who struck the first blow. Austrlia and the US recently entered into a Free Trade Agreement, and one of the outcomes of this was the US demanding that Australian companies and individuals are able to be sued by US companies. As soon as the FTA was in action, a group of companies including Intel, Apple and Microsoft grouped together and sued the CSIRO because they felt they didn't want to pay royalties anymore, it's that simple. They were (and still are) aiming to get the patent invalidated because they are greedy. So the CSIRO needed some ammo, and with the outcome of this case, let's hope that the 'evil' companies like Intel, Apple and Microsoft just pay their damn royalties and stop acting like spoilt brats.
Does the study state the decline in jobs for XP related positions? I think it evens itself out in the end...
Try this link for info too!
i ced-for-north-america-200514.php
http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/top/wii-dated-and-pr
Sold! Let's get physical in the livingroom...
This kind of behavior from shop assistants is very common in Korea. They will literally follow you around the store, sometimes asking if you needed any assistance from the item you are holding at the time. It is a little daunting for 'westerners' to get used to at first, but after a while it gets better.
The guy who was arrested is not a US citizen. He is a Scot living in Costa Rica. He was just passing through. I wonder what his home country is going to do...
Well I originally read this as RPG!!!
Any game that is heavily reliant on the controller to make a majority of the mechanics function is doomed from the start
errr, you do realise that Takahashi's own game, Katamari relies on a controller with dual joysticks, hmm? So are you saying Katamari is doomed from the start?