Not wishing to introduce a massive spoiler (if you've not seen this series you probably want to stop reading aboooout... now - but 'Doctor, there are three million Daleks outside who want to talk to you about this script for Hamlet they've worked out' buzz from sonic screwdriver 'Not any more' almost sums up the big season finalé
The rules are bendy, but that has always been the way with Who.
Perhaps surprisingly the theme, rather than the mechanics, has been more important on many, many occasions. I rate The Girl in the Fireplace alongside any episode of any drama for its exploration of loneliness and the pain of separation (totally age appropriate, not patronising and in no way "I've learned a valuable lesson today" preachy). And in this past season Vincent and the Doctor, with its blind and invisible monster, is as candid and sensitive look at depression and mental illness as you will find - again, totally age appropriate, yet unflinching with no false happy ending.
I am a SciFi geek of many, many years standing (and generally dislike fantasy), but I do get impatient with fans who latch onto the Sci bit and forget that if it is not good fiction it is not good science fiction.
The correct question is "Have creative people ever lost out on proper rewards as a result of bootlegging?"
The answer, of course, is "yes" and anyone who denies this has never tried to earn a living in a creative line of work.
(There are absolutely legitimate questions about whether current IP is the correct response to this problem, but sensible debate requires that the right question is asked first, not an idiotically woolly one)
. How is having raw statistical data going to change that?
Besides, the raw data (and the source code for the models used) is readily available - Real Climate even made a handy index page with direct links to it: http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/data-sources/ (note the very first link).
It is rare - but the Daily Express in the UK - and one or two others - had to publish a front page apology to the parents of missing kid Maddie McCann when they strayed way too close to accusing them of murder.
It is surprisingly difficult to take seriously a review from someone who described The Girl in The Fireplace as 'whimsical'. That big a "whoosh" should be a warning to everyone.
No manufacturer has the right to prohibit person A from installing on a device he owns software written by person B: any legal or technological measures to this end are immoral, and ought to be barred by consumer protection laws.
No-one is preventing you doing anything. You can do exactly what you like with it. You just void your warranty.
That is exactly the same as if you modify your car (put, say, an induction kit on a new car then try to get it fixed under warranty).
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Heh. Whoooooooooosh!
Huh? Other than the last 20 mins of The Pandorica Opens when did that happen?
(and his tying up of the threads from throughout the series was very weak,
I don't think you were watching the same show as me.
One movie (not considered canon by the BBC) and a whole bunch of online adventures (canonical so he gets included in flashbacks and the Doctor Count).
Perhaps surprisingly the theme, rather than the mechanics, has been more important on many, many occasions. I rate The Girl in the Fireplace alongside any episode of any drama for its exploration of loneliness and the pain of separation (totally age appropriate, not patronising and in no way "I've learned a valuable lesson today" preachy). And in this past season Vincent and the Doctor, with its blind and invisible monster, is as candid and sensitive look at depression and mental illness as you will find - again, totally age appropriate, yet unflinching with no false happy ending.
I am a SciFi geek of many, many years standing (and generally dislike fantasy), but I do get impatient with fans who latch onto the Sci bit and forget that if it is not good fiction it is not good science fiction.
So the slide with the bridging point circled and the words "weak spot" pointing to it doesn't count?
Apple hasn't denied it is the case.
Wrong. Apple is a company that considers looks and simplicity to be part of function
A: Rise to the bait.
Really, really dumb.
You're new here, aren't you?
When did you first notice that you are retarded?
The correct question is "Have creative people ever lost out on proper rewards as a result of bootlegging?" The answer, of course, is "yes" and anyone who denies this has never tried to earn a living in a creative line of work. (There are absolutely legitimate questions about whether current IP is the correct response to this problem, but sensible debate requires that the right question is asked first, not an idiotically woolly one)
You do realise that publishers ARE corporations, don't you?
Yeah. Right. I'm sure they do.
What DRM-laden iTunes Music Store purchases?
Fact: Apple is permitted to use the capital "U" on Unix, because it is not pretending to be anything.
When making an otherwise excellent post, try not to fuck it up with total cuntery.
Well, let's face it, they know all about handling stolen property...
Besides, the raw data (and the source code for the models used) is readily available - Real Climate even made a handy index page with direct links to it: http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/data-sources/ (note the very first link).
It is rare - but the Daily Express in the UK - and one or two others - had to publish a front page apology to the parents of missing kid Maddie McCann when they strayed way too close to accusing them of murder.
They can. They just void their warranties. Same as with any other warrantied item.
The Girl In The Fireplace is a story of existential loneliness. It is not whimsical in any way.
Here is a rather more intelligent take: http://iainjclark.livejournal.com/222121.html#cutid1
(for me: someone shoot Murray Gold and put a call into to Christophe Beck to write decent music)
No manufacturer has the right to prohibit person A from installing on a device he owns software written by person B: any legal or technological measures to this end are immoral, and ought to be barred by consumer protection laws.
No-one is preventing you doing anything. You can do exactly what you like with it. You just void your warranty. That is exactly the same as if you modify your car (put, say, an induction kit on a new car then try to get it fixed under warranty).
How did this stinker end up as a patent...
Because companies can afford much more expensive IP lawyers than the Patent Office can.
Throughout much of the 60s and 70s there were multiple and competing theories about climate change, including ones that project new ice ages.
It was the empirical evidence that led to the theory of AGW and not the other way round.
Come back when you have a clue.