Motivation is a key point here, however - in each of these cases, the 2nd part of the movie/game combination was made to simply cash in on the popularity of the successful predescessor. They weren't developed to stand on their own. Another one I'd add to the list is "Fellowship of the Ring". A perfect example of a "game" which is simply trying to march you through a storyline. *yawn*
That said, I didn't think the Tomb Raider movie was that bad. Good campy entertainment...
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Well, here's to hoping SCO only sues him for half a billion or so...
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If you RTFA (I know, I know...) you'll see that he does a good job of tiptoeing around the NDA. As a result, of course, there isn't a ton of fresh news here, but it is interesting stuff.
To inflate my ego a bit, I asked if I could count my time cleaning up/investigating as a loss of this magnitude and was told no, that it would have to be a financial loss like is associated with internet credit card fraud. Given how Kevin Mitnick was convicted and sentenced on 'evidence' that included employee time for investigation and cleanup, why is this any different for me?
So many reasons, it's hard to count! But here's a couple for starters:
1) Your Mitnick example was how evidence was used in court to determine guilt and sentencing. That is a different animal than investigatory guidelines as to which cases should be pursued. 2) The Mitnick thing was years ago, and activity is so much higher now that they might have set the bar higher in terms of what cases to pursue.
Hold on, bub - you have to get a better grip on those figures!
Nothing says that they would save $1 billion in the first year. It says they could save that much if they no longer had to "produce and ship film prints to each of the world's 150,000 screens". So all theaters and all movies would have to go digital to achieve that figure. Fat chance!
Also, that savings goes to the film distributors, not the theaters. So there's no reason for the theaters themselves to shell out the $$$ for a digital projector. The distributors are going to have to drive this from their end.
"Some say a film print is equivalent to 5,000 lines of resolution, but by the time it's been shown a lot, its effective resolution may be no more than 800 lines," Mr. Darrow said.
With today's projectors around 1,300 lines, it seems there's a long ways to go before picture quality or cost make this a viable option for most theaters. As a moviegoer, I really don't care whether the projection is digital or film - picture and sound quality are what's important.
*sob* Star Raiders was the first game I bought when I got my Atari 400 (with the way-cool keypad instead of a keyboard) back in late 1979, I think (or was it 80?).
Aren't there Atari emulators out there for the PC? I don't have time to google right now, so any karma whores want to check this out?
Remember that this group represents roughly 1,000 IT companies, so it's possible that IBM in particular may not agree with the stance.
Note, however, that IBM could still (and probably would) participate in open source projects. What this group is saying is that open source shouldn't be the default licensing scheme for publicly funded software. Taking that view, this could provide an opportunity for IBM to differentiate themselves from the competition.
That Everquest article is about the funniest baseball column I've seen in a long time. My favorite Doug Glanville quote:
"I believe we need to analyze some of the video atrocities committed on PlayStation2 or Dreamcasts, or even the Commodore 64, if we need to go back that far. Teammates play each other all the time on these platforms in baseball simulations, football and other head-to-head games. This creates all kinds of bad blood when the winner is not as gracious as he could be."
I don't see how this could cost a single umpire their job - remember, you still have to have an ump at each base for safe vs. out calls, checked swing rulings, balks, time outs, etc.
It's being used as a tool to evaluate umpires, particularly to judge which ones should be involved in playoff games. Baseball would gain nothing by replacing umps with these tools, and would only incur the wrath of traditional fans (of course, given MLB, they may do that anyway).
By and large, this is a GREAT tool in that it will help get rid of the absurd variance in strike zones as called by different umps. One factor in the Home Run Derby that MLB has become is the incredibly shrinking strike zone...
There's no doubt that this presents enormous technical obstacles. But taking a look at this should give you at least a little confidence in Honda's engineers.
BTW, the wipers in the above movie activate automatically when the windshield gets wet...
And you forgot perhaps the biggest factor in all of this: the political one. Words such as "sane", "standards of evidence", and "law" can get thrown out the window once the dispute moves into that realm...
So then SCO isnâ(TM)t suing IBM because IBM is illegally interfering with implementing their business model, suing (IBM in this case) is their business model.
Hopefully, this is where common sense kicks in during the suit. Let's say SCO actually wins its suit against IBM. The damage award would become hotly contested, with each side throwing out their fictitious numbers to be considered. Since SCO is the plaintiff here, they have to put a dollar value on the damages first, and $1 billion just sounds mammoth, but not totally out of this world, considering that IBM is a $20 billion a year company.
Are they contributing anything to the IS industry? Of course not. But this is America, dammit, where playing the victim can often be the quickest means to success.
When you consider that SEC violations can result in lawsuits and settlements with brokerage firms that result in awards totalling tens and hundreds of millions of dollars, it's worth both the SEC and the brokerages ensuring that these controls are in place.
Where I was studying, it seemed the main focal point, and was the subject of the work-study job I had for a summer. Shortly after I graduated, the U started a highly-acclaimed program that places greater emphasis on exposing undergrads to a wide variety of research projects, which would have been a nice opportunity to explore those options! Ah, timing...
The problem with trade law is that your definition of dumping is slightly off. As applied, it's often defined as when an import is sold at a price below what the domestic producer's cost is. So the foreign manufacturer may well be making a profit due to currency conversion or greater efficiency, but the domestics run to the government with hat in hand claiming that they'll be out of business in no time without punitive tariffs in place.
There are very few examples of companies that lobby for a temporary import restriction, and actually use that timeframe to revamp their operations and compete successfully in the open market after the restrictions are lifted. The best example I can recall is Harley Davidson.
For a while as an undergrad I pursued a Physics major, but lost interest as it seemed that pursuits like this are basically the modern-day version of cavemen smashing rocks together and ogling over the results.
What, pray tell, could be the useful results of this research? I don't mean to be critical - I believe that there is far too little basic research going on these days. But where, ultimately, does this research lead?
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Humor, if anything, is desperately needed here!
"You down wit OPIP???" I'm sorry, that's about the funniest thing I've seen in a while...
or mashed!
Motivation is a key point here, however - in each of these cases, the 2nd part of the movie/game combination was made to simply cash in on the popularity of the successful predescessor. They weren't developed to stand on their own. Another one I'd add to the list is "Fellowship of the Ring". A perfect example of a "game" which is simply trying to march you through a storyline. *yawn*
That said, I didn't think the Tomb Raider movie was that bad. Good campy entertainment...
Well, here's to hoping SCO only sues him for half a billion or so...
If you RTFA (I know, I know...) you'll see that he does a good job of tiptoeing around the NDA. As a result, of course, there isn't a ton of fresh news here, but it is interesting stuff.
To inflate my ego a bit, I asked if I could count my time cleaning up/investigating as a loss of this magnitude and was told no, that it would have to be a financial loss like is associated with internet credit card fraud. Given how Kevin Mitnick was convicted and sentenced on 'evidence' that included employee time for investigation and cleanup, why is this any different for me?
So many reasons, it's hard to count! But here's a couple for starters:
1) Your Mitnick example was how evidence was used in court to determine guilt and sentencing. That is a different animal than investigatory guidelines as to which cases should be pursued.
2) The Mitnick thing was years ago, and activity is so much higher now that they might have set the bar higher in terms of what cases to pursue.
no, it's an island that you blow up with test nukes. That's why it's in two pieces...
Hold on, bub - you have to get a better grip on those figures!
Nothing says that they would save $1 billion in the first year. It says they could save that much if they no longer had to "produce and ship film prints to each of the world's 150,000 screens". So all theaters and all movies would have to go digital to achieve that figure. Fat chance!
Also, that savings goes to the film distributors, not the theaters. So there's no reason for the theaters themselves to shell out the $$$ for a digital projector. The distributors are going to have to drive this from their end.
"Some say a film print is equivalent to 5,000 lines of resolution, but by the time it's been shown a lot, its effective resolution may be no more than 800 lines," Mr. Darrow said.
With today's projectors around 1,300 lines, it seems there's a long ways to go before picture quality or cost make this a viable option for most theaters. As a moviegoer, I really don't care whether the projection is digital or film - picture and sound quality are what's important.
*sob* Star Raiders was the first game I bought when I got my Atari 400 (with the way-cool keypad instead of a keyboard) back in late 1979, I think (or was it 80?).
Aren't there Atari emulators out there for the PC? I don't have time to google right now, so any karma whores want to check this out?
Wow, that's gotta require an explanation! Are the Grand Tetons really in Utah??? Sure looks like it...
You forgot generals - just wait until an international conflict results in a satellite getting disabled. That could get real ugly.
Remember that this group represents roughly 1,000 IT companies, so it's possible that IBM in particular may not agree with the stance.
Note, however, that IBM could still (and probably would) participate in open source projects. What this group is saying is that open source shouldn't be the default licensing scheme for publicly funded software. Taking that view, this could provide an opportunity for IBM to differentiate themselves from the competition.
That Everquest article is about the funniest baseball column I've seen in a long time. My favorite Doug Glanville quote:
"I believe we need to analyze some of the video atrocities committed on PlayStation2 or Dreamcasts, or even the Commodore 64, if we need to go back that far. Teammates play each other all the time on these platforms in baseball simulations, football and other head-to-head games. This creates all kinds of bad blood when the winner is not as gracious as he could be."
I don't see how this could cost a single umpire their job - remember, you still have to have an ump at each base for safe vs. out calls, checked swing rulings, balks, time outs, etc.
It's being used as a tool to evaluate umpires, particularly to judge which ones should be involved in playoff games. Baseball would gain nothing by replacing umps with these tools, and would only incur the wrath of traditional fans (of course, given MLB, they may do that anyway).
By and large, this is a GREAT tool in that it will help get rid of the absurd variance in strike zones as called by different umps. One factor in the Home Run Derby that MLB has become is the incredibly shrinking strike zone...
There's no doubt that this presents enormous technical obstacles. But taking a look at this should give you at least a little confidence in Honda's engineers.
BTW, the wipers in the above movie activate automatically when the windshield gets wet...
And you forgot perhaps the biggest factor in all of this: the political one. Words such as "sane", "standards of evidence", and "law" can get thrown out the window once the dispute moves into that realm...
My bad - when I looked up their revenues at Yahoo, I quoted a quarterly figure...
So then SCO isnâ(TM)t suing IBM because IBM is illegally interfering with implementing their business model, suing (IBM in this case) is their business model.
Hopefully, this is where common sense kicks in during the suit. Let's say SCO actually wins its suit against IBM. The damage award would become hotly contested, with each side throwing out their fictitious numbers to be considered. Since SCO is the plaintiff here, they have to put a dollar value on the damages first, and $1 billion just sounds mammoth, but not totally out of this world, considering that IBM is a $20 billion a year company.
Are they contributing anything to the IS industry? Of course not. But this is America, dammit, where playing the victim can often be the quickest means to success.
When you consider that SEC violations can result in lawsuits and settlements with brokerage firms that result in awards totalling tens and hundreds of millions of dollars, it's worth both the SEC and the brokerages ensuring that these controls are in place.
Where I was studying, it seemed the main focal point, and was the subject of the work-study job I had for a summer. Shortly after I graduated, the U started a highly-acclaimed program that places greater emphasis on exposing undergrads to a wide variety of research projects, which would have been a nice opportunity to explore those options! Ah, timing...
The problem with trade law is that your definition of dumping is slightly off. As applied, it's often defined as when an import is sold at a price below what the domestic producer's cost is. So the foreign manufacturer may well be making a profit due to currency conversion or greater efficiency, but the domestics run to the government with hat in hand claiming that they'll be out of business in no time without punitive tariffs in place.
There are very few examples of companies that lobby for a temporary import restriction, and actually use that timeframe to revamp their operations and compete successfully in the open market after the restrictions are lifted. The best example I can recall is Harley Davidson.
For a while as an undergrad I pursued a Physics major, but lost interest as it seemed that pursuits like this are basically the modern-day version of cavemen smashing rocks together and ogling over the results.
What, pray tell, could be the useful results of this research? I don't mean to be critical - I believe that there is far too little basic research going on these days. But where, ultimately, does this research lead?
No, I thought this one had to with the mandatory implementation of the evil bit in Europe...