Paramount was looking for a reboot that they could build the franchise on. Movie gross will be good, and then factor in dvd/blu ray sales, and they will see plenty of profit. The question should be "Can Star Trek sustain a series of movies?" This was a good movie, but can this reboot keep it's momentum going? Because if they drop a Star Trek V on us, Star Trek will be done.
A subscription model can work. If it wasn't workable, how come people pay for newspapers, when you can get free ones? The content is what sells subscriptions. And how many of you read online news? Again, the WSJ proved it can work, you just have to develop a model where it's painless to subscribe, but that you pay regardless of whether you use it or not. Obviously the free model isn't cutting it
The problem is this sounds like a powergrab. The United States and ICANN's stewardship have been remarkably good for somthing governmental. They can't find fault with the way the US and ICANN is running it, they just want to be driving.
I say no. If there is a particular issue you have, bring it up. Want to run things diffrently, mandate changes on your own networks. China is a good example. They are implementing ipv6 way ahead of everyone. But just because our network is the "reserve currancy" of networks doesn't mean you get a say in how we run things.
...About swine flu. How does the pandemic play into all of this? Did the sysadmin have it? Did the firewall catch it, and is now quarantined in China? Jesus man, don't you know WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE?!?!
I don't know if having a kindle like device would help. I think Newspapers have undercut themselves by offering their content on the web. I know a big reason I don't have a subscription is that I get my news on the web. But alot of the time, it's from a newspaper's website. So it's not so much that the news is poorly written or covered, but that it is farm more convient and free to get it online. While they must have seen the web as a great way to get exposure, it is replacing their print medium and costing them sales.
I mean, why buy a kindle like device, when I can get the same stuff on an iphone for free.
How is my method that diffrent from the method that he chose? I'm not syaing thumb his nose at Apple, I saying go to court, seek an injunction or stay against the dmca till the case can be heard. His first reaction was to take down the content. So he folded.
And as for your "Have you ever beenserved with a DMCA takedown from Apple" argument, thats just silly. I admit that calling him a coward was a bit over the line. But clearly, his concern is for his bottom line first, users second.
No, but I am not also hosting a site about apple stuff or anytype of forum. What I am getting at is that he says Apple shouldbe be able to censor his users. They didn't, he did. He chose to run a forum, He chose to censor his users. It's like being a cop, but getting upset you have to deal with crimes.
"I take the free speech rights of BluWiki users seriously," said Sam Odio, owner of OdioWorks. "Companies like Apple should not be able to censor online discussions by making baseless legal threats against services like BluWiki that host the discussions."
Yet, they did Sam, because you were too chickenshit to stand up to them. Now you want to stand behind a court decision before you muster up the "courage" to re-post the posts. If you are really concerned, re-post then go to court. Defend your users.
Maybe they can disrupt them. But I'm guessing they have systems in place to protect these assests. Long range missile battles fought from outside jamming range will most likely be the future of areial combat.
To be fair, manned fighter aircraft will soon be a thing of the past. And they are increasing funding to unmanned aircraft significantly. So maybe they are looking to the future.
Selachimorpha mounted light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation beam units
Not only effective, as proven many times over, a completely green solution, as the Selachimorpha will process the pirates effeciently with minimal emission of greenhouse gasses
So he wants to base his business model around suing college kids for downloading songs? Maybe if the recording industry focused more on innovation than lawsuits they wouldn't be in this mess.Everyone and their mother told them that the cd was a dead end, and yet they dragged their feet. Now, they can't catch up.
I think you got some of the roots of what geekdom is in your post, but I think your trying to define it too much. I think the only real defining characteristic is not giving a damn what society thinks. Be it staying in on a Saturday night to figure out a way to free up an additional 10K of conventional memory without setting up a dual boot to running around in a field dressed up in armor and wielding foam weapons, you really can't define it with activities or hobbies or whatnot
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Paramount was looking for a reboot that they could build the franchise on. Movie gross will be good, and then factor in dvd/blu ray sales, and they will see plenty of profit. The question should be "Can Star Trek sustain a series of movies?" This was a good movie, but can this reboot keep it's momentum going? Because if they drop a Star Trek V on us, Star Trek will be done.
Just store it in Detroit. No one will notice or care
A subscription model can work. If it wasn't workable, how come people pay for newspapers, when you can get free ones? The content is what sells subscriptions. And how many of you read online news? Again, the WSJ proved it can work, you just have to develop a model where it's painless to subscribe, but that you pay regardless of whether you use it or not. Obviously the free model isn't cutting it
The problem is this sounds like a powergrab. The United States and ICANN's stewardship have been remarkably good for somthing governmental. They can't find fault with the way the US and ICANN is running it, they just want to be driving. I say no. If there is a particular issue you have, bring it up. Want to run things diffrently, mandate changes on your own networks. China is a good example. They are implementing ipv6 way ahead of everyone. But just because our network is the "reserve currancy" of networks doesn't mean you get a say in how we run things.
...About swine flu. How does the pandemic play into all of this? Did the sysadmin have it? Did the firewall catch it, and is now quarantined in China? Jesus man, don't you know WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE?!?!
I don't know if having a kindle like device would help. I think Newspapers have undercut themselves by offering their content on the web. I know a big reason I don't have a subscription is that I get my news on the web. But alot of the time, it's from a newspaper's website. So it's not so much that the news is poorly written or covered, but that it is farm more convient and free to get it online. While they must have seen the web as a great way to get exposure, it is replacing their print medium and costing them sales. I mean, why buy a kindle like device, when I can get the same stuff on an iphone for free.
How is my method that diffrent from the method that he chose? I'm not syaing thumb his nose at Apple, I saying go to court, seek an injunction or stay against the dmca till the case can be heard. His first reaction was to take down the content. So he folded. And as for your "Have you ever beenserved with a DMCA takedown from Apple" argument, thats just silly. I admit that calling him a coward was a bit over the line. But clearly, his concern is for his bottom line first, users second.
Ok, I withdraw my chickenshit comment. This makes sense to me
No, but I am not also hosting a site about apple stuff or anytype of forum. What I am getting at is that he says Apple shouldbe be able to censor his users. They didn't, he did. He chose to run a forum, He chose to censor his users. It's like being a cop, but getting upset you have to deal with crimes.
"I take the free speech rights of BluWiki users seriously," said Sam Odio, owner of OdioWorks. "Companies like Apple should not be able to censor online discussions by making baseless legal threats against services like BluWiki that host the discussions." Yet, they did Sam, because you were too chickenshit to stand up to them. Now you want to stand behind a court decision before you muster up the "courage" to re-post the posts. If you are really concerned, re-post then go to court. Defend your users.
Maybe they can disrupt them. But I'm guessing they have systems in place to protect these assests. Long range missile battles fought from outside jamming range will most likely be the future of areial combat.
To be fair, manned fighter aircraft will soon be a thing of the past. And they are increasing funding to unmanned aircraft significantly. So maybe they are looking to the future.
Selachimorpha mounted light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation beam units Not only effective, as proven many times over, a completely green solution, as the Selachimorpha will process the pirates effeciently with minimal emission of greenhouse gasses
So he wants to base his business model around suing college kids for downloading songs? Maybe if the recording industry focused more on innovation than lawsuits they wouldn't be in this mess.Everyone and their mother told them that the cd was a dead end, and yet they dragged their feet. Now, they can't catch up.
I think you got some of the roots of what geekdom is in your post, but I think your trying to define it too much. I think the only real defining characteristic is not giving a damn what society thinks. Be it staying in on a Saturday night to figure out a way to free up an additional 10K of conventional memory without setting up a dual boot to running around in a field dressed up in armor and wielding foam weapons, you really can't define it with activities or hobbies or whatnot
You want what the real definition of being a geek is?
42
He does a squel to the Dukes of Hazzard Movie
Yes, but most worst case scenarios don't include filling suitcases with stockholder money and fleeing to the Caymens.