Skiping commercials is theft? Then what about hitting mute? What about going to the bathroom? What about talking loudly to your loved ones during commercial? Gonna send us to jail for that?
Should we envision a dark future where you watch
a show and then are QUIZZED on the ads you saw?
If you pass you're good, if you fail you're fined?
That's the only way I can see this form of theft ever really held in check.
When I buy something and take it home or have it delivered to my home, I can do whatever I want with it. If I buy something I can use it however I want. I can even throw it away if I want. Same should apply with my cable television. I paid for it, it was delivered. I didn't sign any contracts promising I'd watch any single second of it, and whatever I do with it is up to me -- the sale never stated otherwise.
And what about broadcast television? What are your signals doing tresspassing on my property?
Okay, that one's a bit silly, there are federal regulations for airwaves, but it isn't much siller than calling skipping an ad theft.
Man...I don't know about which part of the country you live in, but here in the decent parts, we don't do any frying of bread, and we haven't for oh, say, thousands of years.
It is unfair to compare a 6-month old system with a 2-year (PS2) or 8-year (PSX) old system
No, it's fair. Timing has a lot to do with why
any product succeeds or fails. In fact time is
sometimes the ONLY reason why. When it comes to
competition being a year behind someone might more
than wipe out any advantages you would have otherwise had, such as superior product.
"It seems like there's a groundswell of support from regular users."
WTF? We're not taxpayers, we're not citizens, we're not people, we're 'users'!?!?! That's like one step from dropping all pretense and calling us 'consumers'. Even though this is good news, that one phrase sends shivers of terror down my spine.
I can't even afford a call phone, why should
rodents be allowed to live with GPS!?
I agree with this post: Kill all the
rats with GPS, and give us needy humans some of that technology!
WE can. I saw the whole thing on my local PBS
stations, KTEH. Subbed, not dubbed. Unedited.
KTEH shows stuff like that because of demand and
support from their viewers and members.
I suppose it takes a public station that's dedicated to it's viewers, and a geek-heavy
audience (San Jose area) to make that happen,
but if it can happen here, I don't see why it
can't happen elsewhere.
Doesn't it seem that these scientists are going out of their way to discredit creationists? While the real bible-toting creationists constantly rail about the godlessness of science and the inherent evil they see in the theory of evolution, I always thought that the scientific view would be to let the results of solid research speak for themselves.
It does speak for itself. It has spoken for itself for decades now.
The only reason Evolution is even an issue is because of
creationists denying it and fighting against it. Evolution is fact, and all that's left is to defend it from the Creationists who would keep such fact from been accepted universally.
I am not a huge anime fan. I've seen Akira, Ghost in the Shell, but thats about it. Over the past couple years I've been getting into it more because, in the bay area, KTEH pbs channel 54 (broadcast, dunno for cable) shows pretty good anime on Sunday nights at 9 or 9:30pm. All unedited, they've shown Evangelion, some Dirty Pair series and another one I can't remember.
Anyways, if you are in the Bay Area and want to get into Anime this is a pretty cool place to start.
They were also the first and only US station to present Lain, they've shown Ruin Hunters (even though that's more fantasy and it's Sci-Fi night) Please Save My Earth! (If I correctly remember that title), all of Macross (yes, NOT robotech)
and a whole lot more. They actually
take suggestions and requests from viewers and try to get what's been suggested.
And that's all just part of Sci Fi nights on
Sunday. They'll also usually show other Sci-Fi
including Dr. Who.
I just hope that KTEH, based in San Jose, will continue to show anime. I suspect it started because of the many silicon valley geeks
supporting the anime with pledges, but there might
not be as much as that spare money as there used to be. They've hinted that anime is more expensive to get than ancient Dr. Who episodes, and they get absolutely NO government help when acquiring programming that isn't directly educational...
Jimmy Neutron will not be the box-office smash that Shrek or Monsters are; but it is the more revolutionary film.
Okay. I think I understand this statement.
You're saying that this
film makes a much stronger statement because it's
not trying to be photorealistic. It's saying that
CGI -- even CGI that doesn't look real -- is acceptable.
However, this film is a kiddy film. It doesn't
contain anything that would engage adults like
Monsters or Shrek. Isn't that like a step in
the wrong direction then? Isn't that like saying
unrealistic GCI is okay -- as long as it's for kids. Isn't that
the problem animation in general has been having
(at least in the west) since the very beginning? Haven't we been trying to fight the opinion that animated films just for the kids?
Why did Britain (the country with the most stable currecny) opt out of using the Euro?
Actually, you just answered your own question. One
of the biggest reasons for Europe to unite under
one currency is larger stability for all. Since
the pound is pretty solid, this sales point doesn't
mean much to the old Empire.
Re:In response to others...
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Flying on Mars
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· Score: 5, Insightful
I hope this doesn't sound like a flame (famous last words!)
I've seen no good proof to believe the sky is red, if its because the ground is red, think about the earth, in the middle of a desert, or forest, is the sky yellow or green? looking at that, you'll often think they'll be bluer than at the beach (where it tends to look grey, I live at a beach town).
Go to a desert during a dust storm. The sky WILL be brown/sand coloured. That's part of the idea behind the red Martian sky: high amounts of red/orange/yellow dust in the atmosphere because of those storms that are always happening somewhere on the planet.
Because the colour of the sky is caused by Raleigh scattering (or other scattering effects), the effect (based on the size distribution of particles in the atmosphere) is the same on Mars as it is Earth.
The same on Mars as it is on Earth? If the colour of the sky is dependent of the atmosphere and its contents, then the Earth and Martian skies should be completely different, just as the atmospheres are.
Somewhere, if you hunt around for photos from the surface of mars, and correct using say, photoshop, for the colour (look at the parts of the probe you can see in the picture and return them to their original colours, usually white or metal, unless its an american flag), the sky will be blue.
I don't even know where to begin with this one.
It's as if O.J. Simpson took pictures of his
poor victims, and photoshopped away stab wounds
to prove that they aren't in fact dead. Sure you can prove that the Martian sky is blue with one Photoshop filter, and I can prove that I'm 50 pounds thinner with another...
It's called comedy. It may be vulgar and unsophisticated, but that's what makes most people laugh. If you're not one of them, too bad. Studios aren't about to start making movies targeted at 1% of the population.
Reminds me of a Simpson's quote:
Lisa: Only one in a million would get that joke!
Professor Frink: Yes, we call that the 'Dennis Miller Ratio'.
I cancelled my local newspaper subscription when I started seeing stories in there that I had read on Yahoo the previous day... They were just printing the stuff that came off the AP newswire.
*Virtual High-5*
Going one logical step further, I actually stopped
watching CNN Headline News on television a few
years ago (I don't even know which channel it is
anymore) when I began to realize that any story of interest I had read hours or days ago while browsing through breaks at work. Furthermore, the online news was always more in depth, more informative, and often came with links to related stories I might have missed. T.V. news had become inadequate.
Though I suppose none of this is news to/. readers...
While plot details of "T3," subtitled "Rise of the Machines," have remained a closely guarded secret, the story is reportedly set 10 years after "T2" with a twentysomething John Conner and his T-800 cyborg pal, Schwarzenegger, doing battle with a female Terminatrix whose powers and morphing abilities exceed that of their previous nemesis.
If you're going to do this, and do this right, might as well have fun.
Run an indistinct wire, (go for red or something
equally ominous) along with everything else.
Ten
years from now when you're pulling the old stuff
with your buddies look terribly surprised or upset to see it. Claim that you have no idea to what
it is, but always insist that THEY cut it any
time one gets in your way...
They say a mother can tell exactly what a baby
wants by it's whine. Maybe this would be a good
basis for a phone ring sound. With just a peep
a well trained ear can tell that marketing hit
development over the head with the lego bucket again.
It's Arthur C. Clarke's third law of technology, not an Isaac Asimov quote.
Not a flame, just a helpful hint.
Further helpfulness (/. will kill you with it!)
The Asmov quote is in fact a mean little twist
on the famous Clarke quote:
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from a rigged demo.
Something that I'm sure a lot of us can relate to.
My magic is usually a hack or a cheat, and not the
technological miracle that I'll let my bosses to believe. =)
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Skiping commercials is theft? Then what about hitting mute? What about going to the bathroom? What about talking loudly to your loved ones during commercial? Gonna send us to jail for that?
Should we envision a dark future where you watch a show and then are QUIZZED on the ads you saw? If you pass you're good, if you fail you're fined? That's the only way I can see this form of theft ever really held in check.
When I buy something and take it home or have it delivered to my home, I can do whatever I want with it. If I buy something I can use it however I want. I can even throw it away if I want. Same should apply with my cable television. I paid for it, it was delivered. I didn't sign any contracts promising I'd watch any single second of it, and whatever I do with it is up to me -- the sale never stated otherwise.
And what about broadcast television? What are your signals doing tresspassing on my property? Okay, that one's a bit silly, there are federal regulations for airwaves, but it isn't much siller than calling skipping an ad theft.
So where you live there's no place to get donuts?
Mmmmm... donuts...
No, it's fair. Timing has a lot to do with why any product succeeds or fails. In fact time is sometimes the ONLY reason why. When it comes to competition being a year behind someone might more than wipe out any advantages you would have otherwise had, such as superior product.
"It seems like there's a groundswell of support from regular users."
WTF? We're not taxpayers, we're not citizens, we're not people, we're 'users'!?!?! That's like one step from dropping all pretense and calling us 'consumers'. Even though this is good news, that one phrase sends shivers of terror down my spine.
It seems that the control panels on Star Trek The Next Generation are made of this element as well.
I can't even afford a call phone, why should rodents be allowed to live with GPS!?
I agree with this post: Kill all the rats with GPS, and give us needy humans some of that technology!
WE can. I saw the whole thing on my local PBS stations, KTEH. Subbed, not dubbed. Unedited. KTEH shows stuff like that because of demand and support from their viewers and members.
I suppose it takes a public station that's dedicated to it's viewers, and a geek-heavy audience (San Jose area) to make that happen, but if it can happen here, I don't see why it can't happen elsewhere.
Just one of the reasons why I love PBS...
It does speak for itself. It has spoken for itself for decades now.
The only reason Evolution is even an issue is because of creationists denying it and fighting against it. Evolution is fact, and all that's left is to defend it from the Creationists who would keep such fact from been accepted universally.
I think Mattel would have a fit if Barbie dressed as scantily as Britney.
Funny too. Give it a try: http://www.brunching.com/toys/mrtname.html
They were also the first and only US station to present Lain, they've shown Ruin Hunters (even though that's more fantasy and it's Sci-Fi night) Please Save My Earth! (If I correctly remember that title), all of Macross (yes, NOT robotech) and a whole lot more. They actually take suggestions and requests from viewers and try to get what's been suggested.
And that's all just part of Sci Fi nights on Sunday. They'll also usually show other Sci-Fi including Dr. Who.
I just hope that KTEH, based in San Jose, will continue to show anime. I suspect it started because of the many silicon valley geeks supporting the anime with pledges, but there might not be as much as that spare money as there used to be. They've hinted that anime is more expensive to get than ancient Dr. Who episodes, and they get absolutely NO government help when acquiring programming that isn't directly educational...
Okay. I think I understand this statement. You're saying that this film makes a much stronger statement because it's not trying to be photorealistic. It's saying that CGI -- even CGI that doesn't look real -- is acceptable.
However, this film is a kiddy film. It doesn't contain anything that would engage adults like Monsters or Shrek. Isn't that like a step in the wrong direction then? Isn't that like saying unrealistic GCI is okay -- as long as it's for kids. Isn't that the problem animation in general has been having (at least in the west) since the very beginning? Haven't we been trying to fight the opinion that animated films just for the kids?
Actually, you just answered your own question. One of the biggest reasons for Europe to unite under one currency is larger stability for all. Since the pound is pretty solid, this sales point doesn't mean much to the old Empire.
I hope this doesn't sound like a flame (famous last words!)
I've seen no good proof to believe the sky is red, if its because the ground is red, think about the earth, in the middle of a desert, or forest, is the sky yellow or green? looking at that, you'll often think they'll be bluer than at the beach (where it tends to look grey, I live at a beach town).
Go to a desert during a dust storm. The sky WILL be brown/sand coloured. That's part of the idea behind the red Martian sky: high amounts of red/orange/yellow dust in the atmosphere because of those storms that are always happening somewhere on the planet.
Because the colour of the sky is caused by Raleigh scattering (or other scattering effects), the effect (based on the size distribution of particles in the atmosphere) is the same on Mars as it is Earth.
The same on Mars as it is on Earth? If the colour of the sky is dependent of the atmosphere and its contents, then the Earth and Martian skies should be completely different, just as the atmospheres are.
Somewhere, if you hunt around for photos from the surface of mars, and correct using say, photoshop, for the colour (look at the parts of the probe you can see in the picture and return them to their original colours, usually white or metal, unless its an american flag), the sky will be blue.
I don't even know where to begin with this one. It's as if O.J. Simpson took pictures of his poor victims, and photoshopped away stab wounds to prove that they aren't in fact dead. Sure you can prove that the Martian sky is blue with one Photoshop filter, and I can prove that I'm 50 pounds thinner with another...
Reminds me of a Simpson's quote:
I cancelled my local newspaper subscription when I started seeing stories in there that I had read on Yahoo the previous day... They were just printing the stuff that came off the AP newswire.
*Virtual High-5*
Going one logical step further, I actually stopped watching CNN Headline News on television a few years ago (I don't even know which channel it is anymore) when I began to realize that any story of interest I had read hours or days ago while browsing through breaks at work. Furthermore, the online news was always more in depth, more informative, and often came with links to related stories I might have missed. T.V. news had become inadequate.
Though I suppose none of this is news to /. readers...
That's a neat timeline, but what it's missing that I'd love to see:
First Spam
First Metoo
First Flamewar
First MLM/chain letter
You know, the really important historical stuff.
Yeah, all the porn in ASCII...
So who comes when this thing is called?
From the article:
While plot details of "T3," subtitled "Rise of the Machines," have remained a closely guarded secret, the story is reportedly set 10 years after "T2" with a twentysomething John Conner and his T-800 cyborg pal, Schwarzenegger, doing battle with a female Terminatrix whose powers and morphing abilities exceed that of their previous nemesis.
If you're going to do this, and do this right, might as well have fun.
Run an indistinct wire, (go for red or something equally ominous) along with everything else.
Ten years from now when you're pulling the old stuff with your buddies look terribly surprised or upset to see it. Claim that you have no idea to what it is, but always insist that THEY cut it any time one gets in your way...
Perhaps this is the mysterious force that always pops up the next Kleenix!?!?
...the cause of the death of the Human Torch is yet unknown.
They say a mother can tell exactly what a baby wants by it's whine. Maybe this would be a good basis for a phone ring sound. With just a peep a well trained ear can tell that marketing hit development over the head with the lego bucket again.
Not a flame, just a helpful hint.
Further helpfulness (/. will kill you with it!) The Asmov quote is in fact a mean little twist on the famous Clarke quote:
Something that I'm sure a lot of us can relate to. My magic is usually a hack or a cheat, and not the technological miracle that I'll let my bosses to believe. =)
J