Jim Emmerson, who runs a blog that's tied in with Roger Ebert's site, has written extensively about long shots. Here's one of his blog entries that highlights some real cinematic gems:
You're missing out. This review is almost art - perhaps the funniest coherent performance on the internet.
Yes, we all know the guy's voice is annoying, but it's so delightfully funny and painful how he shows what little regard Lucas had for story. Absolutely brilliant, I've watched it three times.
How dumb was this ill-conceived and poorly executed conspiracy? Let us count the ways.
1. There is no way that potential savings from these ridiculous schemes could have warranted the risks. Just how much money are we talking about saving by not losing a few important employees? Thousands? Chump change. Dumb.
2. Whatever the costs, we're talking about multinational corporations with billions of dollars in the bank. Really, they couldn't dip into those rainy day funds to counter a few offers? It's not just miserly. It's dumb.
3. We knew Apple was a bully. Turns out, it is an even bigger bully than we realized. According to the complaint: "Apple requested an agreement from Adobe to refrain from cold-calling each other's employees. Faced with the likelihood that refusing would result in retaliation and significant competition for its employees, Adobe agreed." Pissing off a key ally? Dumb.
4. Now, everyone working at one of these companies has got to be thinking the same thing: "Did I get screwed?" That's not exactly the kind of gung-ho, morale-building conversations you want going on. Dumb.
5. Those who do think they got the shaft may sue. And because this is an antitrust finding, the settlement will allow anyone who wins in federal court to "recover three times the damages the person has suffered." Say goodbye to whatever measly amounts the companies saved through these agreements. Dumb.
6. People maintained lists. They kept records. According to the complaint: "Pixar instructed human resources personnel to adhere to the agreement and maintain a paper trail in the event Apple accused Pixar of violating the agreement." Dumb.
7. Under this settlement, the Justice Department gets to check up on the companies just about whenever it pleases. Thought the federal government was interfering too much before? Well, congratulations. It will get worse. Dumb.
8. Did they really not think this would come to light? Dumb. Dumb. Dumb.
Have joking but, it would be great if the indexing was done at a particular time every month like the old system, but the moment of indexing was public. Then, at that time, all facebook users could go and untag and delete anything that may have been wholesome enough to not warrant immediate removal but yet still be considered something that shouldn't be indexed for all eternity.
Yeah, definitely worth your time. Vastly more entertaining than actually watching one of the prequels. If you have not yet seen the 70-minute review, make plans to watch it. Bookmark and come back to it. Don't let the annoying voice make you stop after 2 minutes - once you get about 5 minutes in, you're gonna thank me.
Unlike movie box office grosses (which I've followed out of curiosity every week for over 14 years now and can speak with at least an ounce of authority), game sales behave in a vastly different way (of which I've followed out of curiosity for a few years now).
In short, there's a lot more room for many different game titles selling in a store at once than for movies playing in theaters. As a resulting, sales will continue for a long time. This will have longer legs than you think and may still reach number 1 of all the mario series, given the console market penetration and change in world population while accounting for increased world disposable income since previous mario titles.
As someone who has worked for a city planning agency for many years, I can attest that your tower costs are merely the cost of the material inputs. The cost of putting up a new tower in a residential or commercial area that has already been developed is perhaps 20x that due to the amount of red tape involved and billable hours for attorneys, expert witnesses, and more.
Exactly. Another way of saying 'targeting ads' is to not think of it by what it isn't - it is money that isn't spent advertising messages to people who have no interest in a particular product. Know what that is? Efficiency. Efficiency in the marketplace. And that means a larger economic pie for all of us. Maybe that pie will take shape when products are offered for lower prices (smaller, efficient advertising budget = lower overhead), maybe it'll mean more ad execs spending their extra cash on your elite car wash and waxing service. In the end, the world is more efficient. Is it worth the privacy tradeoff? For me it is.
While there are a lot of not so obvious revenue streams for smaller movies, it is not necessarily true that they turn in the black. Hollywood execs are businesspeople looking for profit and so they naturally want the blockbusters, but most of their human capital likes to consider themselves artists. Many of the good movies we see from major studios (I'm not talking about the arthouse movies) - those sleepers that fall under the radar but are very good (e.g. Shawshank Redemption, L.A. Confidential, etc.) are sometimes made as a business expense to keep the talent happy so that they can churn out the tentpole memorial day spectacular filled with explosions and such. If they turn a profit, all the better, but their intent is to keep the high end stuff in production. Put another way, the art fanfare is a business expense to keep the team assembled to produce the schluck that makes the big bucks.
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already press F11. No need to make it a default.
Jim Emmerson, who runs a blog that's tied in with Roger Ebert's site, has written extensively about long shots. Here's one of his blog entries that highlights some real cinematic gems:
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You're missing out. This review is almost art - perhaps the funniest coherent performance on the internet.
Yes, we all know the guy's voice is annoying, but it's so delightfully funny and painful how he shows what little regard Lucas had for story. Absolutely brilliant, I've watched it three times.
How dumb was this ill-conceived and poorly executed conspiracy? Let us count the ways.
1. There is no way that potential savings from these ridiculous schemes could have warranted the risks. Just how much money are we talking about saving by not losing a few important employees? Thousands? Chump change. Dumb.
2. Whatever the costs, we're talking about multinational corporations with billions of dollars in the bank. Really, they couldn't dip into those rainy day funds to counter a few offers? It's not just miserly. It's dumb.
3. We knew Apple was a bully. Turns out, it is an even bigger bully than we realized. According to the complaint: "Apple requested an agreement from Adobe to refrain from cold-calling each other's employees. Faced with the likelihood that refusing would result in retaliation and significant competition for its employees, Adobe agreed." Pissing off a key ally? Dumb.
4. Now, everyone working at one of these companies has got to be thinking the same thing: "Did I get screwed?" That's not exactly the kind of gung-ho, morale-building conversations you want going on. Dumb.
5. Those who do think they got the shaft may sue. And because this is an antitrust finding, the settlement will allow anyone who wins in federal court to "recover three times the damages the person has suffered." Say goodbye to whatever measly amounts the companies saved through these agreements. Dumb.
6. People maintained lists. They kept records. According to the complaint: "Pixar instructed human resources personnel to adhere to the agreement and maintain a paper trail in the event Apple accused Pixar of violating the agreement." Dumb.
7. Under this settlement, the Justice Department gets to check up on the companies just about whenever it pleases. Thought the federal government was interfering too much before? Well, congratulations. It will get worse. Dumb.
8. Did they really not think this would come to light? Dumb. Dumb. Dumb.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pyjRj3UMRM That's how.
Antennas are great. You should try one sometime.
Have joking but, it would be great if the indexing was done at a particular time every month like the old system, but the moment of indexing was public. Then, at that time, all facebook users could go and untag and delete anything that may have been wholesome enough to not warrant immediate removal but yet still be considered something that shouldn't be indexed for all eternity.
No, turn the monitor on.
Hey, I don't drive with my knees on the wheel. Leave your insinuations for someone else!
Then I bet you'd be annoyed by this - a hilarious send up of generic video stories from the local news.
Yeah, definitely worth your time. Vastly more entertaining than actually watching one of the prequels. If you have not yet seen the 70-minute review, make plans to watch it. Bookmark and come back to it. Don't let the annoying voice make you stop after 2 minutes - once you get about 5 minutes in, you're gonna thank me.
In short, there's a lot more room for many different game titles selling in a store at once than for movies playing in theaters. As a resulting, sales will continue for a long time. This will have longer legs than you think and may still reach number 1 of all the mario series, given the console market penetration and change in world population while accounting for increased world disposable income since previous mario titles.
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More reminiscent of Empire Strikes Back to me. Quite a few things were living on that asteroid.
And a knight. Are you sure you were playing blackjack, or did you really just spend the night playing Magic:The Gathering?
As someone who has worked for a city planning agency for many years, I can attest that your tower costs are merely the cost of the material inputs. The cost of putting up a new tower in a residential or commercial area that has already been developed is perhaps 20x that due to the amount of red tape involved and billable hours for attorneys, expert witnesses, and more.
"Your cell phone sucks. It doesn't use all of its potential, so you are infringing on our patent and you owe us money."
Exactly. Another way of saying 'targeting ads' is to not think of it by what it isn't - it is money that isn't spent advertising messages to people who have no interest in a particular product. Know what that is? Efficiency. Efficiency in the marketplace. And that means a larger economic pie for all of us. Maybe that pie will take shape when products are offered for lower prices (smaller, efficient advertising budget = lower overhead), maybe it'll mean more ad execs spending their extra cash on your elite car wash and waxing service. In the end, the world is more efficient. Is it worth the privacy tradeoff? For me it is.
Did you miss the part about agrarian history? He's talking about lengthening the school year, not the day.
Whoever marked the parent a troll failed economics 101. The poster was arguing about opportunity costs. It is true, you can't make a game for $0.
Hey damburger, you've been quoted on Slate: http://www.slate.com/id/2227002/
While there are a lot of not so obvious revenue streams for smaller movies, it is not necessarily true that they turn in the black. Hollywood execs are businesspeople looking for profit and so they naturally want the blockbusters, but most of their human capital likes to consider themselves artists. Many of the good movies we see from major studios (I'm not talking about the arthouse movies) - those sleepers that fall under the radar but are very good (e.g. Shawshank Redemption, L.A. Confidential, etc.) are sometimes made as a business expense to keep the talent happy so that they can churn out the tentpole memorial day spectacular filled with explosions and such. If they turn a profit, all the better, but their intent is to keep the high end stuff in production. Put another way, the art fanfare is a business expense to keep the team assembled to produce the schluck that makes the big bucks.
And if we learned anything from Hugh Grant, that can be hard enough even in a country where you do speak the language. Divine Brown, ahem, ahem.
Last time I checked, the world population was just over 6.9 billion. Just sayin'...
If you buzz at the wrong time, you get locked out for about a second.