"According to sources, Voltron has generated $750 million in worldwide licensing and nearly $200 million in toys and merchandising since 1984."
Since 1984? I guess it's just me but that doesn't seem like all that much over twenty years given that a blockbuster movie could do that in a two or less.
I'd be willing to take a few minutes and browse their entire catalogue if it weren't for the really annoying flashing ad selling, um, something or other. I was too annoyed to notice what it was.
Wow why don't you just come right and say you HATE Canadians. I mean you dig so deep for laughably trivial (not to mention overblown and generalized) examples why they're so hateable that you might as well just write for all to read "I AM A BIGOT. I HATE CANADIANS BECAUSE THEY THEY ARE SILLY AND EVERY ONE OF THEM IS WORTHY OF MOCKING AND RIDICULE."
By the way, Mr. Canadian hater, there is no such entity as the "Canadian Supreme Court." To blindly accept (a sadly inaccurate) article that claims there is is just plain ignorant.
"Maybe we just shouldn't punish anyone?"
Don't be ridiculous. We should punish only the guilty, but the punishment has both be realistic and recognize that no legal system is perfect and that the innocent do get convicted from time to time. Why do you have so much trouble with that concept?
HD through Firewire works perfectly with my Comcast box. And with OS X there is already software in the developer kit that allows me to (manually at least) capture it. All I need to do now is work on using Automator and Applescript to schedule it and I'll have my very own HDPVR with most of the hardware and software work already done for me.
The second that Apple moves into the market with OS X for x86, MSFT is going to pull Office and render OS X basically useless compared to Windows.
You put WAY too much stock in Office on a Mac. There are far fewer people using that you think. The Mac is, after all, strongest in publishing, where maybe one copy of Office is kept around for dealing with the oddball amateur jobs that trickle in from time to time. Apple's own software can handle it nearly as well since Office files tend to take a heavy amount of intervention anyway.
As for home use, few people spend $150 on the Student/Teacher edition of Office when they can get iLife for free (or very inexpensively) and it's an Apple product.
"I have difficulty understanding a) why this seems like a good idea to anyone, and b) why this gentleman seems incapable of understanding people's worries about a fucking library requiring fingerprints!"
Because we're talking about Illinois here. This is the state that cards you to buy six pack of beer even if you're 5O years old. They spit on the shoes of privacy a long, long time ago in that State and the denizens just bend over and take it.
"CSIRO is a not-for-profit Australian Government organisation. Do all these companies really want to screw around with what is likely to be their biggest customer in Australia ?"
Australia is a country of what? 25M people? That's a miniscule market smaller that California for crying out loud. The motivation behind spending millions on a patent fight is not to open up a tiny government market but to avoid the fees shelled out in the huge U.S., European and Asian markets.
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What's wrong with $50? My MS wireless Intellimouse was $60.
Honestly some find something to complain about. No matter how specious the complaint is.
Think I'll wait for a wireless version.
Sex in space shouldn't be a problem, however reentry is.
The U.S. will rule where it really counts! Sports heroes!
Alan Rickman is one of the all time great bad guys! He's right up there with Henry Silva!
"According to sources, Voltron has generated $750 million in worldwide licensing and nearly $200 million in toys and merchandising since 1984."
Since 1984? I guess it's just me but that doesn't seem like all that much over twenty years given that a blockbuster movie could do that in a two or less.
I'd be willing to take a few minutes and browse their entire catalogue if it weren't for the really annoying flashing ad selling, um, something or other. I was too annoyed to notice what it was.
Wow why don't you just come right and say you HATE Canadians. I mean you dig so deep for laughably trivial (not to mention overblown and generalized) examples why they're so hateable that you might as well just write for all to read "I AM A BIGOT. I HATE CANADIANS BECAUSE THEY THEY ARE SILLY AND EVERY ONE OF THEM IS WORTHY OF MOCKING AND RIDICULE."
By the way, Mr. Canadian hater, there is no such entity as the "Canadian Supreme Court." To blindly accept (a sadly inaccurate) article that claims there is is just plain ignorant.
...you might also want/need a nice pair of isolation earphones. Though sitting beside a wind tunnel might not be so bad if you have noisy neighbours.
"Maybe we just shouldn't punish anyone?" Don't be ridiculous. We should punish only the guilty, but the punishment has both be realistic and recognize that no legal system is perfect and that the innocent do get convicted from time to time. Why do you have so much trouble with that concept?
HD through Firewire works perfectly with my Comcast box. And with OS X there is already software in the developer kit that allows me to (manually at least) capture it. All I need to do now is work on using Automator and Applescript to schedule it and I'll have my very own HDPVR with most of the hardware and software work already done for me.
"I have difficulty understanding a) why this seems like a good idea to anyone, and b) why this gentleman seems incapable of understanding people's worries about a fucking library requiring fingerprints!" Because we're talking about Illinois here. This is the state that cards you to buy six pack of beer even if you're 5O years old. They spit on the shoes of privacy a long, long time ago in that State and the denizens just bend over and take it.
"CSIRO is a not-for-profit Australian Government organisation. Do all these companies really want to screw around with what is likely to be their biggest customer in Australia ?" Australia is a country of what? 25M people? That's a miniscule market smaller that California for crying out loud. The motivation behind spending millions on a patent fight is not to open up a tiny government market but to avoid the fees shelled out in the huge U.S., European and Asian markets.
Oski - wee - wee Whiskey - wah -wah Holy Mackinanw! Tigers, Eat 'em raw.