You make a good point, and I'm sure one which it seems "impossible" for readers here on/. to comprehend. For those who have never read the books, never even heard of the story line or the characters the movie is amazing. My best friend falls into that category and enjoys the standard versions moreso than the extended cuts, the story line flows better, and the movie itself has great continuity. He didn't care when I tried to explain to him about Saruman. It wasn't even that critical of a part of the movie for him.
Hell, try explaining the significance of Saruman, without revealing the seeing stone and without including the destruction of the shire, which we know is cut. Place yourself within the mindset of these blissfully ignorant few and you'll see why LOTR has such great appeal. We're just the precious few that have enjoyed the rich world so much that anything missing is a travesty.
The hook is used to carry packages and parcels which are wrapped in yarn or string. So that you don't get red marks on your palms from having the string dig into you. It's kind out outdated and silly, but hey that's what it is for.
I highly recomend Underlight. It takes the multiplayer and online aspects which you seem to be looking for and ontop of that is completely cooperative and interactive. Many women play the game as well as many couples who like it because you are able to advance and play the game with social interaction as opposed to hack and slash, kill the badens.
The Jedi religion is infact based loosely around Taoist, universal energy schemas and I wonder if the issue might be more deciding what a "real religion" constitutes as.
www.forceacademy.com
Is one of the sites that details the Jedi Religion
The question comes up how then can we legitamize mp3s and allow all this discussion to stop about illegal copying. It seems that either it will manifest itself in advertisements, much like some streaming radio and video providers are doing or else creating a highly encrypted limited use format of encoding.
Personally either format does not appeal to me, as I value the ability to have free control over a digital format of music while at the same time I want to listen to what I intend to listen to, not the advertisement which someone forces down my throat. The only other alternative that I see is for a change in the way people think of electronicaly distributed music, from the side of the artist and the "consumer". The consumer needs to realize that while the music industry sucks money away from the artist, the artist "stil" does make money and that revenue is the only way to produce more of the music which you apreciate. The artist needs to realize that there is a paradigm shift in how music and art is being distributed world-wide. No one wants to steal your creation, I haven't seen any reports of someone taking a Metallica song and trying to pretend it comes from the band Soil. If the artist can accept that we as consumers just wish to apreciate their creations, but are fed up with the high prices and difficulty in obtaining various formats then perhaps a happy medium can be obtained. I personally buy the CDs of artists which I feel are contributing to music as an artform and those who I enjoy listening to and I do think that this is the only way to legitamize MP3s.
Let the artists know that music distribution needs to be changed, while at the same time we still wish to support in some fashion the creative juices of great musicians.
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You make a good point, and I'm sure one which it seems "impossible" for readers here on /. to comprehend. For those who have never read the books, never even heard of the story line or the characters the movie is amazing. My best friend falls into that category and enjoys the standard versions moreso than the extended cuts, the story line flows better, and the movie itself has great continuity. He didn't care when I tried to explain to him about Saruman. It wasn't even that critical of a part of the movie for him.
Hell, try explaining the significance of Saruman, without revealing the seeing stone and without including the destruction of the shire, which we know is cut. Place yourself within the mindset of these blissfully ignorant few and you'll see why LOTR has such great appeal. We're just the precious few that have enjoyed the rich world so much that anything missing is a travesty.
I still want Bombadill.
The hook is used to carry packages and parcels which are wrapped in yarn or string. So that you don't get red marks on your palms from having the string dig into you. It's kind out outdated and silly, but hey that's what it is for.
I highly recomend Underlight. It takes the multiplayer and online aspects which you seem to be looking for and ontop of that is completely cooperative and interactive. Many women play the game as well as many couples who like it because you are able to advance and play the game with social interaction as opposed to hack and slash, kill the badens.
The Jedi religion is infact based loosely around Taoist, universal energy schemas and I wonder if the issue might be more deciding what a "real religion" constitutes as. www.forceacademy.com Is one of the sites that details the Jedi Religion
The question comes up how then can we legitamize mp3s and allow all this discussion to stop about illegal copying. It seems that either it will manifest itself in advertisements, much like some streaming radio and video providers are doing or else creating a highly encrypted limited use format of encoding.
Personally either format does not appeal to me, as I value the ability to have free control over a digital format of music while at the same time I want to listen to what I intend to listen to, not the advertisement which someone forces down my throat. The only other alternative that I see is for a change in the way people think of electronicaly distributed music, from the side of the artist and the "consumer". The consumer needs to realize that while the music industry sucks money away from the artist, the artist "stil" does make money and that revenue is the only way to produce more of the music which you apreciate. The artist needs to realize that there is a paradigm shift in how music and art is being distributed world-wide. No one wants to steal your creation, I haven't seen any reports of someone taking a Metallica song and trying to pretend it comes from the band Soil. If the artist can accept that we as consumers just wish to apreciate their creations, but are fed up with the high prices and difficulty in obtaining various formats then perhaps a happy medium can be obtained. I personally buy the CDs of artists which I feel are contributing to music as an artform and those who I enjoy listening to and I do think that this is the only way to legitamize MP3s.
Let the artists know that music distribution needs to be changed, while at the same time we still wish to support in some fashion the creative juices of great musicians.