It doesn't show us anything new. It answers no questions. The frame rate of the camera was too low to catch the plane/missile/emu (take your pick) as it came in.
What would have been good would be a release of the other video tapes that were seized on 9/11. Even if their quality wasn't that good, I'd imagine at least ONE should have something vaguely resembling a plane in it.
instead opt for hitting themselves in the head with, say, a soft piece of fruit
Sgt.: How to defend yourself against a man armed with a banana. Now you, come at me with this banana. Catch! Now, it's quite simple to defend yourself against a man armed with a banana. First of all you force him to drop the banana; then, second, you eat the banana, thus disarming him. You have now rendered him 'elpless. Palin: Suppose he's got a bunch. Sgt.: Shut up. Idle: Suppose he's got a pointed stick. Sgt.: Shut up. Right now you, Mr Apricot. Chapman: 'Arrison. Sgt.: Sorry, Mr. 'Arrison. Come at me with that banana. Hold it like that, that's it. Now attack me with it. Come on! Come on! Come at me! Come at me then! (Shoots him.) Chapman: Aaagh! (dies.) Sgt.: Now, I eat the banana. (Does so.) Palin: You shot him! Jones: He's dead! Idle: He's completely dead! Sgt.: I have now eaten the banana. The deceased, Mr Apricot, is now 'elpless.
I heard that if the LANs were shut down, students could be sharing files using CDs, Zip Disks, or, help me, USB Flash disks!
I think the RIAA needs to call on everyone to install antipiracy guards (otherwise known as superglue) into USB ports and disk drives of all computers!
I'm posting this up here as both an extension of the previous post, and because this otherwise won't get seen.
I haven't seen this mentioned here, but I think it's very important.
I'm 17, and have a number of friends that are in this group that many here, myself included, tend to complain about.
I remember complaining to a friend who was trying to coax me into going out with a bunch of her friends to the movies (zomg, I'm friends with girls). I proceeded to complain about many of the things mentioned here, especially the crappy picture and sound in the theaters here, and she said something that just blew me away.
"You know what your problem is? You go to the theater for the movie."
HOLY MOTHER OF--
Yeah. So my theory is this. The movie studios and the movie theaters are targetting two different groups of people as far as I can tell.
The studios want people to go in and see the movies. The tickets bring their source of revenue, and the rest isn't very important.
The theaters want the teenagers who come in, spend way too much on cheap treats, then goof off in the movie theater, making it miserable for everyone else. And the theaters don't care about me--I don't buy anything from their concessions. They really don't care if I stay home and watch it on my dad's system, because I'm not making them as much money as my friends would.
The problem is just that older people or even those who are like me and go to the movies to see the movie, are being driven out by the (IMO) inconsiderate youth who want to hang out and screw around and don't care what anyone else thinks. Because they aren't watching the movie, there's no incentive to improve the picture and sound quality in the theaters. Because they'll go anyway for the social aspect of it, there's no incentive to clean up the theater and kick out those who are making trouble, as those are the best customers!
It's a sad disconnect. Shame the theaters won't do something to attract both crowds, like showing the same movie in two theaters, one for teens and people with children, and another (perhaps even priced at a premium) for those who are like us Slashdot readers that are going for the movie itself.
1. In the discussion over on Digg, it was noted that he was able to build this cheaper than most would because he had "connections."
2. To those asking if this is Wi-Fi, it could be what I have. I'm not sure what it is, but it operates on the 900MHz band (I know, my cordless phone destroys the internet). I have a UHF Yagi in the attic pointed at a tower at the elementary school 3 miles away. The signal barely makes it over a hill in front of my house to get it. But I'm not complaining, I get 1Mbps both ways (128kb uploads, 128kb downloads) with it and it's neither a telco nor a cable co.
The nearest video rental store is 20 miles away, in a town we never visit. The next nearest ones are 40-50 miles away, and my family probably goes into the city maybe once per week--and since the three cities are about an equal distance apart, we might go to a different city each time based on which stores we have to go to.
Unfortunately, this is not the only reason people could return videos so quickly. Both of my parents are retired (my dad is ill and my mom takes care of him) and so when a DVD from Netflix comes, they often watch it the same day and ship it off the next day. I hope Netflix does not start throttling them back because of it.
Oh, I agree, it's a disaster, but that doesn't keep corporate from pushing it. Already in New York 1/4 of the full-market FM signals are doing IBOC, and many stations are doing it elsewhere. The NPR station in my area expects to be doing IBOC by May to broadcast their secondary "Radio IQ" NPR/BBC talk service, which is currently available via IBOC on two of their simulcast stations in addition to a translator in town, and both an AM and FM station that do not reach the target city.
I hope this turns out like AM Stereo, but with the amount of push behind it from companies like Clear Channel, I don't know if it'll be held off.
In Linux, because the Flash 7 plugin uses the outdated OSS for sound support while the rest of my system uses ALSA, and since I always have my own music running, Flash things in Firefox can't access the sound. In fact, I have more trouble with NOT getting sound out of Flash when I want it.
Broadcasters want it enough that it's showing up all over the place. Clear Channel, which owns 1100 radio stations in the US is pushing it, as is CBS and some noncommercial stations, and that's just for starters.
Up and coming is "HD Radio" which is the next big disaster coming. It uses the so-called "IBOC" (In-Band On-Channel) technology to jam digital carriers on either side of the AM or FM audio signal. It's known to decrease station coverage and cause background noise on the station itself.
It doesn't actually accomplish anything, seeing as there's hardly enough of a bit rate for one subchannel besides the main one (as far as music), let alone more than that.
But the reason I bring it up is that people say, "well I can just record it off my FM radio," without realizing that this is coming. The RIAA has already been talking about controls on digital radio to prevent people from doing that stuff there too.
Don't take your FM for granted, the government wants to take that too.
I watched every episode when it first aired on Fox. I loved the show. I hated how they left a cliffhanger at the end and then cancelled it. Any plans to at least tell the story of where he came from? I'm still curious about it.
This may seem offtopic, but does anyone know if this company has paid the proper royalties to be able to sell a device that plays MP3 and WMA out of the box? From a company that feels like it can do what it's doing with GPL-ed software, it wouldn't surprise me if they haven't.
Yes. It was a complete failure. It made me despise reading as I held no interest in the books yet if I wanted to keep my A in English class, I was forced to read it anyway. The AR stuff counted something like 10 percent of the six-weeks grade, and you had to have x number of points to get that 10%.
Nope, central Virginia, middle of nowhere. Fortunately, every time I was tested I maxed out the test, so they made an exception for me and pretty much let me read anything from my grade level up.
They'd set limits based on points and encourage people to get as many as possible. There was a waiting list for all the Harry Potter books as they were worth huge points. People read for the awards, not for the reading. Thus defeating the purpose.
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It's on Fox News's site, front page.
It doesn't show us anything new. It answers no questions. The frame rate of the camera was too low to catch the plane/missile/emu (take your pick) as it came in.
What would have been good would be a release of the other video tapes that were seized on 9/11. Even if their quality wasn't that good, I'd imagine at least ONE should have something vaguely resembling a plane in it.
instead opt for hitting themselves in the head with, say, a soft piece of fruit
Sgt.: How to defend yourself against a man armed with a banana. Now you, come at me with this banana. Catch! Now, it's quite simple to defend yourself against a man armed with a banana. First of all you force him to drop the banana; then, second, you eat the banana, thus disarming him. You have now rendered him 'elpless.
Palin: Suppose he's got a bunch.
Sgt.: Shut up.
Idle: Suppose he's got a pointed stick.
Sgt.: Shut up. Right now you, Mr Apricot.
Chapman: 'Arrison.
Sgt.: Sorry, Mr. 'Arrison. Come at me with that banana. Hold it like that, that's it. Now attack me with it. Come on! Come on! Come at me! Come at me then! (Shoots him.)
Chapman: Aaagh! (dies.)
Sgt.: Now, I eat the banana. (Does so.)
Palin: You shot him!
Jones: He's dead!
Idle: He's completely dead!
Sgt.: I have now eaten the banana. The deceased, Mr Apricot, is now 'elpless.
I heard that if the LANs were shut down, students could be sharing files using CDs, Zip Disks, or, help me, USB Flash disks!
I think the RIAA needs to call on everyone to install antipiracy guards (otherwise known as superglue) into USB ports and disk drives of all computers!
That'll solve piracy forever!
(Note, that was sarcasm)
Only on Slashdot could the parent get modded Informative. :P
Some of us WANT to support the programming we like. I would be willing to pay for The Daily Show, could I download it on Linux.
And for the iTunes Video store there's...
Never mind.
Yes, some people do like operas!
And those that do hated the new Phantom of the Opera. IT SUCKED.
I'm posting this up here as both an extension of the previous post, and because this otherwise won't get seen.
I haven't seen this mentioned here, but I think it's very important.
I'm 17, and have a number of friends that are in this group that many here, myself included, tend to complain about.
I remember complaining to a friend who was trying to coax me into going out with a bunch of her friends to the movies (zomg, I'm friends with girls). I proceeded to complain about many of the things mentioned here, especially the crappy picture and sound in the theaters here, and she said something that just blew me away.
"You know what your problem is? You go to the theater for the movie."
HOLY MOTHER OF--
Yeah. So my theory is this. The movie studios and the movie theaters are targetting two different groups of people as far as I can tell.
The studios want people to go in and see the movies. The tickets bring their source of revenue, and the rest isn't very important.
The theaters want the teenagers who come in, spend way too much on cheap treats, then goof off in the movie theater, making it miserable for everyone else. And the theaters don't care about me--I don't buy anything from their concessions. They really don't care if I stay home and watch it on my dad's system, because I'm not making them as much money as my friends would.
The problem is just that older people or even those who are like me and go to the movies to see the movie, are being driven out by the (IMO) inconsiderate youth who want to hang out and screw around and don't care what anyone else thinks. Because they aren't watching the movie, there's no incentive to improve the picture and sound quality in the theaters. Because they'll go anyway for the social aspect of it, there's no incentive to clean up the theater and kick out those who are making trouble, as those are the best customers!
It's a sad disconnect. Shame the theaters won't do something to attract both crowds, like showing the same movie in two theaters, one for teens and people with children, and another (perhaps even priced at a premium) for those who are like us Slashdot readers that are going for the movie itself.
Just find the neighbor named "default" or "linksys."
1. In the discussion over on Digg, it was noted that he was able to build this cheaper than most would because he had "connections."
2. To those asking if this is Wi-Fi, it could be what I have. I'm not sure what it is, but it operates on the 900MHz band (I know, my cordless phone destroys the internet). I have a UHF Yagi in the attic pointed at a tower at the elementary school 3 miles away. The signal barely makes it over a hill in front of my house to get it. But I'm not complaining, I get 1Mbps both ways (128kb uploads, 128kb downloads) with it and it's neither a telco nor a cable co.
Correction: Only TV channels 52-69 are being reallocated. 2-36 and 38-51 will remain in service (channel 37 is reserved for radio astronomy).
The nearest video rental store is 20 miles away, in a town we never visit. The next nearest ones are 40-50 miles away, and my family probably goes into the city maybe once per week--and since the three cities are about an equal distance apart, we might go to a different city each time based on which stores we have to go to.
You tell me.
Unfortunately, this is not the only reason people could return videos so quickly. Both of my parents are retired (my dad is ill and my mom takes care of him) and so when a DVD from Netflix comes, they often watch it the same day and ship it off the next day. I hope Netflix does not start throttling them back because of it.
"But we know the data's safe! We just have no idea where the hell it is."
But isn't Yahoo working on being able to talk to MSN? If so, does that make MSN compatibility moot?
Oh, I agree, it's a disaster, but that doesn't keep corporate from pushing it. Already in New York 1/4 of the full-market FM signals are doing IBOC, and many stations are doing it elsewhere. The NPR station in my area expects to be doing IBOC by May to broadcast their secondary "Radio IQ" NPR/BBC talk service, which is currently available via IBOC on two of their simulcast stations in addition to a translator in town, and both an AM and FM station that do not reach the target city.
I hope this turns out like AM Stereo, but with the amount of push behind it from companies like Clear Channel, I don't know if it'll be held off.
In Linux, because the Flash 7 plugin uses the outdated OSS for sound support while the rest of my system uses ALSA, and since I always have my own music running, Flash things in Firefox can't access the sound. In fact, I have more trouble with NOT getting sound out of Flash when I want it.
Besides, I have FlashBlock on top of that.
Broadcasters want it enough that it's showing up all over the place. Clear Channel, which owns 1100 radio stations in the US is pushing it, as is CBS and some noncommercial stations, and that's just for starters.
Up and coming is "HD Radio" which is the next big disaster coming. It uses the so-called "IBOC" (In-Band On-Channel) technology to jam digital carriers on either side of the AM or FM audio signal. It's known to decrease station coverage and cause background noise on the station itself.
It doesn't actually accomplish anything, seeing as there's hardly enough of a bit rate for one subchannel besides the main one (as far as music), let alone more than that.
But the reason I bring it up is that people say, "well I can just record it off my FM radio," without realizing that this is coming. The RIAA has already been talking about controls on digital radio to prevent people from doing that stuff there too.
Don't take your FM for granted, the government wants to take that too.
I watched every episode when it first aired on Fox. I loved the show. I hated how they left a cliffhanger at the end and then cancelled it. Any plans to at least tell the story of where he came from? I'm still curious about it.
I know what it's about, but that part of the song is still fitting.
And there goes the last DJ
Who plays what he wants to play
And says what he wants to say
Hey hey hey
There goes your freedom of choice
There goes the last human voice
There goes the last DJ...
That's from Tom Petty's "The Last DJ," totally from memory. Hope me remembering the words to the song doesn't break someone's copyright.
This may seem offtopic, but does anyone know if this company has paid the proper royalties to be able to sell a device that plays MP3 and WMA out of the box? From a company that feels like it can do what it's doing with GPL-ed software, it wouldn't surprise me if they haven't.
Yes. It was a complete failure. It made me despise reading as I held no interest in the books yet if I wanted to keep my A in English class, I was forced to read it anyway. The AR stuff counted something like 10 percent of the six-weeks grade, and you had to have x number of points to get that 10%.
Nope, central Virginia, middle of nowhere. Fortunately, every time I was tested I maxed out the test, so they made an exception for me and pretty much let me read anything from my grade level up.
They'd set limits based on points and encourage people to get as many as possible. There was a waiting list for all the Harry Potter books as they were worth huge points. People read for the awards, not for the reading. Thus defeating the purpose.