Fortunately, I think that any corporation as large as Coca-Cola (and with the kind of competition they have) realizes that this would be nothing less than corporate suicide.
If at all possible, try to get your hands on an unaltered and fan subtitled copy of any of Miyazaki's films before you see what the profiteering corporate distributors have done to them.
I have copies of almost all of Miyazaki's works. I do prefer the originals.
However, I'm also very glad to be able to suggest titles such as Kiki and Totoro to my friends and their families, and know that they will enjoy them without thinking they are 'foreign.'
I'm reminded of a new slogan that was suggested to a long-time anime importer for use with their first dubbed title: Anime for Illiterates
Yes, disney added music (Night on Bald Mountain? Why?) and changed the intro music. They HAD to. They weren't selling the movie to the Japanese. They were selling it to Americans. Americans with short attention spans. Americans who are scared of hearing their own thoughts during the silence.
I didn't much like the additions. And I think Jiji talked way too much. But I did appreciate the reactions of the children who watched and enjoyed the movie. They didn't know of the alterations. They just knew they had been entertained.
Somedays that's what it's all about: Entertainment.
Overall, disney did a damn fine job with Kiki, and I suspect they'll do even better with the next film.
BTW, they didn't make any change that wasn't approved by Ghibli. So you can blame them, I suppose.
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They are using the same technique as was used on Blair Witch, American Beauty, Life is Beautiful, etc: Premier the movie in a small number of markets, build interest in the movie (through websites and reviews) and slowly distribute the movie to more markets. This lets the excitement build, and increases the chance of better returns.
Only the the biggest star (or franchise) driven movies get enough initial hype to open wide and make money. Plus, non-Disney animation is a tough sell. Look at what happened to Iron Giant (great movie, IMHO.) IG was gone from the theatres before good word-of-mouth had a chance to circulate.
I don't see how a phone can interfere with phones from an entire area.
A cell phone 20,000 feet in the air can be received by hundreds (if not thousands) of towers. Since the frequency on which the airborne cell phone is transmitting is occupied (ie: being detected by the receivers at those towers) no other phone near any of those towers can use that frequency.
Here's what the FCC has to say about it:
Section 22.925 of the Commission's rules, 47 CFR Part 22, provides that cellular telephones installed in or carried aboard airplanes, balloons or any other type of aircraft must not be operated while such aircraft are airborne (not touching the ground). When any aircraft leaves the ground, all cellular telephones on board that aircraft must be turned off. The following notice must be posted on or near each cellular telephone installed in any aircraft:
"The use of cellular telephones while this aircraft is airborne is prohibited by FCC rules, and the violation of this rule could result in suspension of service and/or a fine. The use of cellular telephones while this aircraft is on the ground is subject to FAA regulations."
Don't think you'll get caught? When your phone's ID# shows up on all towers within a 1000 square mile area at once, they notice.
Even if you use up a frequency, there are tons more for other people to use.
Not counting the reams of FCC paperwork, 'frequencies' don't weigh much.
Currently this technology is used for business PC projectors which has fallen from $15,000 to $4,000 the past two years.
Like any new technology, the initial products are very expensive. Don't expect prices to fall any faster on these than they will on LCD projectors.
Biggest problem I have at the moment with DLP is the relatively short life of the DLP chip. LCD still lasts much longer. And the rest of the projector is essentially the same for both technologies. The arc lamp/ballast/cooling systems will be the same, and so will the lenses. And both of these subsystems are very expensive.
(I sell and rent audio/visual equipment, including LCD projectors. When I'm not wasting time reading/.)
If you're in the mood for a really good Japanese anime, try some of these: Wings of Honneamise, Grave of the Fireflies, Vision of Escaflowne, Patlabor Movie 2, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Macross Plus. Those are good starting points.
You're right. I've seen these, plus a few hundred more. My collection runs from Marmalaid Boy to Urotsukidoji, including all of Ghibli's releases.
You'll do better to watch them subtitled, btw. Dubs are usually pretty bad.
Amen to that.
Boy, has this drifted, or what. Oh well, email wasn't an option.
If someone _must_ hold the Option key down to open the Startup Manager, this is unacceptable for any server (unless the user can specify a default boot partition and write it to firmware NVRAM).
Yes, a default boot partition can be saved in PRAM.
The 'Option key' option is, well, an option. You would use this to bypass the default.
...but his direction is a poor one for Apple... being a niche player is not a good place to be...
How is does creating and marketing a computer to the General Public make Apple a niche player? Certainly they are targetting the G4 systems to those who need the power the most. But I don't believe that building a computer for the 95% of the population that doesn't understand computers (but just wants one that works) makes them a 'niche player.'
Stockholders aren't stupid. If they didn't like the direction Apple was taking, AAPL would still be selling at 13.
I'm just saying no one (read: major movie studios) seems to think there is a market for really cool animated movies
Miramax (a Disney subsidiary) is hoping to change that. Check out Princess Mononoke. No, she's not a princess by the strict Disney definition.
Then again, I think the best animation is story-driven. It doesn't matter how well rendered it is if there's no story or plot. Toy Story worked because it was a good story well-told. --
I think it is telling that Apple views its mission to make sure that the common user does not understand "the black box"
I think you misunderstood. Apple views its mission to make sure that the common user does not have to understand "the black box"
This is similar to the way we no longer have to manually adjust the choke and ignition timing to enable us to start our cars in the morning. Of course those of us who know how still can, if we wish. But we don't have to start our grandmother's cars for them.
Crap, I just brewed a pot of Swiss Chocolate Almond, and now I'm feeling myself for lumps.
At this very moment, half the geeks in the world are headed your way to sample the Swiss Chocolate Almond, while the other half offer to assist in the 'lump search.'
Am i missing something here or has INTEL marketing done such a good job that people who should be thinking of ways to improve performance in other ways are just taking part in the rat race for more clocks ? ?
Seems to be a common problem among humans: If it's a bigger number, it must be better.
Of course, I remember when pinball machines only had four-digit scores. Adding a bunch of zeros didn't make the games any more exciting to me. (So, the side bumper is now worth 300,000,000,000,000 points? I'm still not gonna win a g'damn free game.)
The phone uses an amplified signal powered through an antenna
When transmitting, yes. However, it still has to receive the a fairly clean signal back from the tower. Difficult to do with large quantities of RF noise close to the phone. The noise (even if it's not directly on the cell phone frequency) greats desensitizes the reciever section of the phone.
Sheesh, now every will know I'm a Ham Radio geek too. --
If I didn't have these machines, I'd probably be forced to install some microsoft software just to justify my job...;)
Oh MAN! Don't give away the secret! Why do you think all those NT servers are out there? Think of the millions of nerds out of work, holding signs saying 'Will reboot servers for food.' You're gonna ruin it for everyone.
God help us all if the real world finds out about our 'job security.'
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Does a product named 'New Coke' ring a bell?
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I have copies of almost all of Miyazaki's works. I do prefer the originals.
However, I'm also very glad to be able to suggest titles such as Kiki and Totoro to my friends and their families, and know that they will enjoy them without thinking they are 'foreign.'
I'm reminded of a new slogan that was suggested to a long-time anime importer for use with their first dubbed title: Anime for Illiterates
They didn't use it, unfortunately. ^_^
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Yes, disney added music (Night on Bald Mountain? Why?) and changed the intro music. They HAD to. They weren't selling the movie to the Japanese. They were selling it to Americans. Americans with short attention spans. Americans who are scared of hearing their own thoughts during the silence.
I didn't much like the additions. And I think Jiji talked way too much. But I did appreciate the reactions of the children who watched and enjoyed the movie. They didn't know of the alterations. They just knew they had been entertained.
Somedays that's what it's all about: Entertainment.
Overall, disney did a damn fine job with Kiki, and I suspect they'll do even better with the next film.
BTW, they didn't make any change that wasn't approved by Ghibli. So you can blame them, I suppose.
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Only the the biggest star (or franchise) driven movies get enough initial hype to open wide and make money. Plus, non-Disney animation is a tough sell. Look at what happened to Iron Giant (great movie, IMHO.) IG was gone from the theatres before good word-of-mouth had a chance to circulate.
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Thank you also for taking the time to visit Scott Pakin's automatic complaint-letter generator and asking it to generate three paragraphs in my honor.
Cute.
(Yes, I've had this nick for a few weeks now. Only because my regular one was already taken.)
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They are also streaming quicktime. Also or additionally, I'm not sure which.
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A cell phone 20,000 feet in the air can be received by hundreds (if not thousands) of towers. Since the frequency on which the airborne cell phone is transmitting is occupied (ie: being detected by the receivers at those towers) no other phone near any of those towers can use that frequency.
Here's what the FCC has to say about it:
Section 22.925 of the Commission's rules, 47 CFR Part 22, provides that cellular telephones installed in or carried aboard airplanes, balloons or any other type of aircraft must not be operated while such aircraft are airborne (not touching the ground). When any aircraft leaves the ground, all cellular telephones on board that aircraft must be turned off. The following notice must be posted on or near each cellular telephone installed in any aircraft:
"The use of cellular telephones while this aircraft is airborne is prohibited by FCC rules, and the violation of this rule could result in suspension of service and/or a fine. The use of cellular telephones while this aircraft is on the ground is subject to FAA regulations."
Don't think you'll get caught? When your phone's ID# shows up on all towers within a 1000 square mile area at once, they notice.
Even if you use up a frequency, there are tons more for other people to use.
Not counting the reams of FCC paperwork, 'frequencies' don't weigh much.
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A couple of years ago.
Currently this technology is used for business PC projectors which has fallen from $15,000 to $4,000 the past two years.
Like any new technology, the initial products are very expensive. Don't expect prices to fall any faster on these than they will on LCD projectors.
Biggest problem I have at the moment with DLP is the relatively short life of the DLP chip. LCD still lasts much longer. And the rest of the projector is essentially the same for both technologies. The arc lamp/ballast/cooling systems will be the same, and so will the lenses. And both of these subsystems are very expensive.
(I sell and rent audio/visual equipment, including LCD projectors. When I'm not wasting time reading /.)
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Yes, I believe you are.
I'm sure I would have liked his show, back when I was 4 years old.
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You're right. I've seen these, plus a few hundred more. My collection runs from Marmalaid Boy to Urotsukidoji, including all of Ghibli's releases.
You'll do better to watch them subtitled, btw. Dubs are usually pretty bad.
Amen to that.
Boy, has this drifted, or what. Oh well, email wasn't an option.
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Yes, a default boot partition can be saved in PRAM.
The 'Option key' option is, well, an option. You would use this to bypass the default.
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How is does creating and marketing a computer to the General Public make Apple a niche player? Certainly they are targetting the G4 systems to those who need the power the most. But I don't believe that building a computer for the 95% of the population that doesn't understand computers (but just wants one that works) makes them a 'niche player.'
Stockholders aren't stupid. If they didn't like the direction Apple was taking, AAPL would still be selling at 13.
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Miramax (a Disney subsidiary) is hoping to change that. Check out Princess Mononoke. No, she's not a princess by the strict Disney definition.
Then again, I think the best animation is story-driven. It doesn't matter how well rendered it is if there's no story or plot. Toy Story worked because it was a good story well-told.
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I think you misunderstood. Apple views its mission to make sure that the common user does not have to understand "the black box"
This is similar to the way we no longer have to manually adjust the choke and ignition timing to enable us to start our cars in the morning. Of course those of us who know how still can, if we wish. But we don't have to start our grandmother's cars for them.
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At this very moment, half the geeks in the world are headed your way to sample the Swiss Chocolate Almond, while the other half offer to assist in the 'lump search.'
Better brew another pot. ^_^
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Oh, and welcome to /.
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- The link to the article spreads amongst the target community (ie: Unix/MacOS/BeOS users, hackers, people of intelligence.)
- Everyone in the targeted audience clicks on the link to the article, sometimes more than once.
- ZDNet counts every time Dvorak's page is served.
- ZDNet sends a bill to the owners of the ad banners on Dvorak's page.
- ZDNet and Dvorak are swimming in money.
- Dvorak decides he needs a new car, and composes his next inflamatory article.
Thus the circle is complete again. And ZDNet is a bit more richer.Why else would Dvorak have a job?
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Umm, try putting the Quicktime plug-in in the plug-ins folder, if the Quicktime installer hasn't already done that for you.
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OMG! That's the funniest thing I've read all week!
(Of course, it's funniest when you think it says 'compliant.')
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Seems to be a common problem among humans: If it's a bigger number, it must be better.
Of course, I remember when pinball machines only had four-digit scores. Adding a bunch of zeros didn't make the games any more exciting to me. (So, the side bumper is now worth 300,000,000,000,000 points? I'm still not gonna win a g'damn free game.)
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When transmitting, yes. However, it still has to receive the a fairly clean signal back from the tower. Difficult to do with large quantities of RF noise close to the phone. The noise (even if it's not directly on the cell phone frequency) greats desensitizes the reciever section of the phone.
Sheesh, now every will know I'm a Ham Radio geek too.
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On a previous generation of my browser, I was 'using' Netscape 0.24 on CP/M. ^_^
(And who says Mac users can't have fun?)
(And who says Mac users can't post off-topic?)
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Oh MAN! Don't give away the secret! Why do you think all those NT servers are out there? Think of the millions of nerds out of work, holding signs saying 'Will reboot servers for food.' You're gonna ruin it for everyone.
God help us all if the real world finds out about our 'job security.'
^_^
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