Would it be worth making every piece of film, art, music, literature, and software available to every human being on Earth if it meant that there could no longer be a profitable industry in any of those fields?
It would mean no more MPAA, and no more Matrix. No more RIAA, and no more "getting discovered." No more $800 Photoshop, and no more app developer market. No more IP lawyers, and no more living off of your art.
It would not mean the end of the app developer market or the end of living off your art. People would still be hired to produce these things, just like they were (in the case of art) before all this IP shit was invented. There might not be as many app developers being paid to do what they do, and the artists might not make as much money, but there would still be markets for these things. As for movies, there's no reason why they would hae to stop being made *at all* given that most movies make a profit from their theatre runs (and if they don't they can be subsidized by ones that do in the same studio). It would just mean the suits would not make as much money afterward selling DVDs and such (that money would go to the DVD manufacturers/distributors).
Some industries might not be as profitable, but that's not a bad thing.
The news that Interplay cancelled Fallout 3 left me utterly speechless and literally unable to summon the words or thoughts to describe my emotions. Talk about sheer idiocy.
If he just leaned that way, wouldn't his platform make the turn for him
Don't you mean:
"If he just thought that way, wouldn't his platform make the turn for him"
*snicker*
"This is the world's first self-balancing human transporter," Kamen said. "You stand on this Segway Human Transporter and you think forward and then you go forward. If you think backward, you go backward."
Definately an insightful post. "Limerance" is the nice feeling you get when you are "in love", but real love exhibits itself as a willful, personal choice, such as when your mate has had all of his/her limbs cut off and his/her skin burnt off in a car accident and you stay with him/her to attend to him/her for the rest of your mate's life.
The study is on the former, but I'd like to see one done on the latter.
I suspect that the actual trigger for human monogamy was sexually transmitted disease, and that it's more of a social meme than a biological trait.
While I agree that STDs could've played a part, I disagree in that it is the only trigger. Humans are a social animal, and children raised in an environment with close exposure to both sexes are more likely, IMO, to develop proper behavioral attitudes. Simply put, a child learns about members of each sex and how to interact with them. Children raised under only one parental relationship with no substitute will lack this experience and may develop abnormal social behaviors that negatively affect the stability of a social group as a whole.
These are considered "very hairy" questions? Most of these questions I would consider to be of the type "begging the", not "very hairy". The first link, especially, is pretty worthless.
"Sales also seem to indicate a marked decrease in enthusiasm for certain genres as well as for the endless sequels that have become common in the industry. For example, Bond: From Russia With Love has sold 277,000 copies since its release in November 2005, while the previous James Bond game from Electronic Arts sold 430,000 copies in a similar period in 2004."
From Russia with Love is a great example of what I'm talking about. Sequels should build on what worked from previous games, not implement something worse. Case in point: the camera in the game From Russia with Love. You had to constantly manually maneuver the camera to keep it behind you. And when you died, who knows what position the camera would be in when you rezzed. I'm sorry, but under no circumstances should the camera ever start in second-person mode when I'm playing a deathmatch (happened to me once; in the few seconds it took to spin the camera around, I was shot to death. Wheeee!). Worst camera behavior in an FPS *ever*.
What episode was that in? I know the phrase "My eyes! The googles do nothing!" was in episode 2F17 (entitled Radioactive Man), but in what episode was the phrase "The goggles, they do nothing!" uttered? I'd really like to know because I've seen a lot of people quote that, saying it's from the Simpsons, but I've never been able to find it. I'd like to think all those people weren't being ignorant or just stupidly passing on an incorrect quote that they read/heard elsewhere like some moron. Can you post a link to the episode capsule or transcript?
When will the hardcore religious faithful who try to influence these things realise that science poses no danger to their beliefs.
Maybe when scientists stop using it to attack them? It's definately not a one-sided battle. I remember specific accounts in university where the profs would take time out to use science in non sequitor attacks against religion.
It's not exactly a secret that many prominent scientists use their craft to attack religious beliefs (whether out of spite or out of a fear that the religious people might be right).
I had a DVD with multiple FBI warnings and disclaimers, where not only could I not fastforward them, but I could not even stop the disc from playing until they were finished. I would turn the DVD player on with the disc in the machine and I could not do anything for about a minute.
I'm convinced the movie industry is trying to run itself into the ground. How retarded do you have to be to design DVDs that behave this way? I can't imagine how terrible these new Blue-Ray or whatever discs are going to be. I would not put it past them to implement a system where it records the number of previews you've watched on a disc and it will not unlock the movie until the requisite amount of previews have been watched. Won't that be fun?
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It would not mean the end of the app developer market or the end of living off your art. People would still be hired to produce these things, just like they were (in the case of art) before all this IP shit was invented. There might not be as many app developers being paid to do what they do, and the artists might not make as much money, but there would still be markets for these things. As for movies, there's no reason why they would hae to stop being made *at all* given that most movies make a profit from their theatre runs (and if they don't they can be subsidized by ones that do in the same studio). It would just mean the suits would not make as much money afterward selling DVDs and such (that money would go to the DVD manufacturers/distributors).
Some industries might not be as profitable, but that's not a bad thing.
The news that Interplay cancelled Fallout 3 left me utterly speechless and literally unable to summon the words or thoughts to describe my emotions. Talk about sheer idiocy.
Is it possible to put these bits back into the computers once they've been stolen by iPods? Will the computers still work without those bits?
Don't you mean:
"If he just thought that way, wouldn't his platform make the turn for him"
*snicker*
"This is the world's first self-balancing human transporter," Kamen said. "You stand on this Segway Human Transporter and you think forward and then you go forward. If you think backward, you go backward."
"But Episode I exist--"
"Yup, Star Wars Episode I."
The study is on the former, but I'd like to see one done on the latter.
While I agree that STDs could've played a part, I disagree in that it is the only trigger. Humans are a social animal, and children raised in an environment with close exposure to both sexes are more likely, IMO, to develop proper behavioral attitudes. Simply put, a child learns about members of each sex and how to interact with them. Children raised under only one parental relationship with no substitute will lack this experience and may develop abnormal social behaviors that negatively affect the stability of a social group as a whole.
The Hebrew word used in the commandment is ratsach (murder), as opposed to tabach , which means killing, in general.
What about God's cruelty against the Midianites?
Shouldn't the butchering of the Amalekite children be considered war crimes?
These are considered "very hairy" questions? Most of these questions I would consider to be of the type "begging the", not "very hairy". The first link, especially, is pretty worthless.
Finally! Coasters for my shot glasses!
Nobody knows how he got it, and danged if he knows how to use it?
A: Like this.
That's not gonna happen as long as a) the rest of the world needs oil, and b) the muslim world is sitting on most of it.
.NET?! Intelligent Design?! Slashbot overload!!
Worst. Comeback. Ever.
Massively Multiplayer Online games are quick, easy, and cheap to produce?
From Russia with Love is a great example of what I'm talking about. Sequels should build on what worked from previous games, not implement something worse. Case in point: the camera in the game From Russia with Love. You had to constantly manually maneuver the camera to keep it behind you. And when you died, who knows what position the camera would be in when you rezzed. I'm sorry, but under no circumstances should the camera ever start in second-person mode when I'm playing a deathmatch (happened to me once; in the few seconds it took to spin the camera around, I was shot to death. Wheeee!). Worst camera behavior in an FPS *ever*.
However I'm a still bit confused about this "land of the free" stuff.
What episode was that in? I know the phrase "My eyes! The googles do nothing!" was in episode 2F17 (entitled Radioactive Man ), but in what episode was the phrase "The goggles, they do nothing!" uttered? I'd really like to know because I've seen a lot of people quote that, saying it's from the Simpsons, but I've never been able to find it. I'd like to think all those people weren't being ignorant or just stupidly passing on an incorrect quote that they read/heard elsewhere like some moron. Can you post a link to the episode capsule or transcript?
But it is my first. Woohoo! A cure for AIDS!
Maybe when scientists stop using it to attack them? It's definately not a one-sided battle. I remember specific accounts in university where the profs would take time out to use science in non sequitor attacks against religion.
It's not exactly a secret that many prominent scientists use their craft to attack religious beliefs (whether out of spite or out of a fear that the religious people might be right).
"3D holographic imaging! Take our word for it: it looks cool!"
Are you talking about people or databases?
;-)
I'm convinced the movie industry is trying to run itself into the ground. How retarded do you have to be to design DVDs that behave this way? I can't imagine how terrible these new Blue-Ray or whatever discs are going to be. I would not put it past them to implement a system where it records the number of previews you've watched on a disc and it will not unlock the movie until the requisite amount of previews have been watched. Won't that be fun?