Holographic Versatile Disc already exists, and is already in live use by the likes of media mogul Ted Turner in at least one of his television stations. Expect a high end consumer model in 2007 (couple of thousand dollars) and a realistically priced version in 2008-2009.
It's not guesswork or opinion - they already exist, they're just still a little too pricey for the consumer market. However, in a couple of years it will be in any respectable home entertainment system.
In the beginning, Al Gore created the internet. (The tubes were on backorder, but some friendly teamsters installed them a couple of weeks later.)
In the present, half the web is porn and the other half is making fun of GW's latest gaffe. (Essentially, the whole Internet revolves around bush in one way or the other...)
In the future, after Bush declares martial law the day before the election, the powers that be will step in and tell us which 42 of those 100,000,000 websites we're allowed to view without a visit from the men in black for one reason or another.
Ok, so then by that logic you get a site like/. where there would now be a huge database of fake people, making the page load times increase becuase of all the useless info in the DB. then when a site sends a useful bulk email (not referring to/.), 50,000 of them bounce. That's 50,000 people that don't know that their service/script (whatever it may be) needs to be updated to avoid an attack or something. Then... because a free mail service like Hotmail sees 50,000 bounces from a domain, they flag it as spam, and the people who want the info never see it... so now everybody loses the email.
Add to that the fact that system resources and bandwidth are being utterly wasted, which means that the webmaster now has to add 'another' popup to the site... it goes on and on. If people gave real info AND websites respected the users' option to not receive emails, etc, ten things would be smoother for all of us, and (speaking as a full time webmaster) my operating expenses would go down, which would result in a decrease in ads, since I don't need to make as much to clear the same profit.
Don't blame one side or the other... they're both at fault.
HOnestly. his is just getting out of hand anymore. There has got to be a way to make these idiotic lawmakers see some sense. I mean, the whole DVD thing is bad enough (You are allowed to copy it, but you're not allowed to break the easily-defeatable-by-a-6-year-old copy protection to do so...), but this is way past the land of common sense.
I don't suppose anybody here happens to have a part time job in the US Senate, huh? Oh well, it was worth a shot.
I know... Disney is a corporation, and as such their one and only goal is to make as much money as possible. Period. However, this is one of those times where I say we actually HELP the big corporation by doing something that all of us are already thinking about... Wearing a bathrobe over our clothes on Opening Day. Aside from the fact that it would pay a much-deserved tribute to Douglas Adams, it would also create mega media buzz, which in turn would increase movie sales, which would, in turn, go a long way towards ensuring that a sequel gets made somewhere down the road.
Hint, Hint...
Here's the message I posted on my own site, http://www.hhgttgonline.com/, and is being posted by fans in the appropriate section os all of the message boards of all of the major movie sites.
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Ok, here's the deal.
Everyone, and I mean EVERYONE... needs to dress up for this, preferably as Arthur. Can you imagine the media attention if every single movie theater was filled with fans in their bathrobe and a towel slung over their shoulders?
There is no way that we could possibly pay a more fitting tribute to Douglas Adams than to seriously hit the message boards and get a few million people to do this, at least on Opening Day.
I'm supporting this 100%, and even putting it on the top graphic across my entire site, as well as spreading the idea on all of the major movie site's message boards, etc.
The rest of you should go to whatever forums you hang out in and do the same.. Convince as many people as possible to wear a bathrobe (and towel) over their clothes. Everybody has one, and if they don't, they're only a few bucks and then they'll have a perfectly good bathrobe to use anyway.
Is anybody else willing to hit the message boards out there and help me with this campaign? There's a lot of fans out there that would do it, but they're afraid that they'll be the only one and that they'll look stupid, etc. Remember, you'll only look stupid if nobody else does it. If we all do it, it will create a HUGE media/web buzz, I guarantee.
So get to it! Go to the movie sites and hit those message boards HARD! We're on a mission, people. Move it, move it, move it!
If you're really willing to help with this, hit reply and let us know. The more people that get involved, the more people that will be willing to "get" involved.
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Holographic Versatile Disc already exists, and is already in live use by the likes of media mogul Ted Turner in at least one of his television stations. Expect a high end consumer model in 2007 (couple of thousand dollars) and a realistically priced version in 2008-2009.
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More to read on the topic of HVD:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holographic_Versatil
It's not guesswork or opinion - they already exist, they're just still a little too pricey for the consumer market. However, in a couple of years it will be in any respectable home entertainment system.
In the beginning, Al Gore created the internet. (The tubes were on backorder, but some friendly teamsters installed them a couple of weeks later.)
In the present, half the web is porn and the other half is making fun of GW's latest gaffe. (Essentially, the whole Internet revolves around bush in one way or the other...)
In the future, after Bush declares martial law the day before the election, the powers that be will step in and tell us which 42 of those 100,000,000 websites we're allowed to view without a visit from the men in black for one reason or another.
Ok, so then by that logic you get a site like /. where there would now be a huge database of fake people, making the page load times increase becuase of all the useless info in the DB. then when a site sends a useful bulk email (not referring to /.), 50,000 of them bounce. That's 50,000 people that don't know that their service/script (whatever it may be) needs to be updated to avoid an attack or something. Then... because a free mail service like Hotmail sees 50,000 bounces from a domain, they flag it as spam, and the people who want the info never see it... so now everybody loses the email.
Add to that the fact that system resources and bandwidth are being utterly wasted, which means that the webmaster now has to add 'another' popup to the site... it goes on and on. If people gave real info AND websites respected the users' option to not receive emails, etc, ten things would be smoother for all of us, and (speaking as a full time webmaster) my operating expenses would go down, which would result in a decrease in ads, since I don't need to make as much to clear the same profit.
Don't blame one side or the other... they're both at fault.
Here's an article explaining a simple way to eliminate the calls placed by a predictive dialer (ie - 99% of bulk calls), and it's as simple as recording a short WAV file into your answering machine. http://www.suckfreesites.com/cool/100-gone-telemar keter-bill-collector-and-money-begging-calls/
HOnestly. his is just getting out of hand anymore. There has got to be a way to make these idiotic lawmakers see some sense. I mean, the whole DVD thing is bad enough (You are allowed to copy it, but you're not allowed to break the easily-defeatable-by-a-6-year-old copy protection to do so...), but this is way past the land of common sense.
I don't suppose anybody here happens to have a part time job in the US Senate, huh? Oh well, it was worth a shot.
Jake
Silly tidbit:
The word "fuck" has been replaced by the word "Belgium", at least among the HHGTTG fan community.
Jake
I know... Disney is a corporation, and as such their one and only goal is to make as much money as possible. Period. However, this is one of those times where I say we actually HELP the big corporation by doing something that all of us are already thinking about... Wearing a bathrobe over our clothes on Opening Day. Aside from the fact that it would pay a much-deserved tribute to Douglas Adams, it would also create mega media buzz, which in turn would increase movie sales, which would, in turn, go a long way towards ensuring that a sequel gets made somewhere down the road.
Hint, Hint...
Here's the message I posted on my own site, http://www.hhgttgonline.com/, and is being posted by fans in the appropriate section os all of the message boards of all of the major movie sites.
-------
Ok, here's the deal.
Everyone, and I mean EVERYONE... needs to dress up for this, preferably as Arthur. Can you imagine the media attention if every single movie theater was filled with fans in their bathrobe and a towel slung over their shoulders?
There is no way that we could possibly pay a more fitting tribute to Douglas Adams than to seriously hit the message boards and get a few million people to do this, at least on Opening Day.
I'm supporting this 100%, and even putting it on the top graphic across my entire site, as well as spreading the idea on all of the major movie site's message boards, etc.
The rest of you should go to whatever forums you hang out in and do the same.. Convince as many people as possible to wear a bathrobe (and towel) over their clothes. Everybody has one, and if they don't, they're only a few bucks and then they'll have a perfectly good bathrobe to use anyway.
Is anybody else willing to hit the message boards out there and help me with this campaign? There's a lot of fans out there that would do it, but they're afraid that they'll be the only one and that they'll look stupid, etc. Remember, you'll only look stupid if nobody else does it. If we all do it, it will create a HUGE media/web buzz, I guarantee.
So get to it! Go to the movie sites and hit those message boards HARD! We're on a mission, people. Move it, move it, move it!
If you're really willing to help with this, hit reply and let us know. The more people that get involved, the more people that will be willing to "get" involved.
Jake