"A studio sells a normal R-rated version of a film for $20 on DVD. It decides to sell a censored PG version for $30 (it's a niche market, people are willing to pay more for the censored version.)
An outfit in Utah comes along, buys a copy of the $20 R-rated version, edits it to PG level, and sells it for $25.
The studio is out $5, and it's an easy to argue copyright violation."
WTF? The studio is out a theoretical $10 as the $5 difference does not go to the studio.
That said, the only 'additional versions' they sell are "unrated." Not exactly what patrons of said outfits are after. It's like trying to ban MP3s instead of/selling/ MP3s (wrong **AA, I know, but they all act the same way, don't they?).
*disclaimer: I haven't bought a Rated R movie in years. I do not find them appropriate for my children & I chose not to be a hypocrite in raising them (not starting a flame, to each his own). I have rented a few edited R Rated movies, ultimately this is $$$ in the pockets of the MPAA (as much as renting anywhere else). This revenue will go away, as when I can no longer rent edited movies I will not rent the unedited versions. I will just wait for TNT to play them 1000 times in a weekend.
I graduated long enough ago that IM did not exist in [my] school (12 years ago) and I was an art major (read=all of my electives were art classes & I took art instead of studyhall - equiv to almost a whole year of just art) so I got away with a bit in the name of creativity, however I would have goten into trouble over something like this. Hard to say if suspended as the medium didn't really exist then, but we had a/very/ low tolerance for expressed violence in jest or otherwise.
Might notta been the norm, but was definately pre-Columbine.
Disclaimer: One of the following would have to have applied: 1) on school grounds 2) at, to, or in reference to* another student or staff
*somewhere public enough for the school to find out without searching my room:)
The thin fan pads are awesome (just a shame that we need them). I never use my laptop without mine ($10 at geeks.com) & while I do not plug it in when using it on battery power it still keeps the hot lappy (read: I was silly enough to get an ACER - HOT!!) off my lap.
Four words: WIFI on cheap laptops.
My new Acer laptop has one of those crappy broadcomm wifi cards that has no linux drivers. Sure, I can use ndiswrapper, but now it becomes harder for the average joe. Also, until Linux becomes better at hopping from AP to AP regardless of encryption (obv. still need a key;)) with the ease of XP, I will still need XP when I'm on the go. It sucks, I dual boot w/ ubuntu for when I'm tethered (wired nic works great) but I am not geek enough to find it easy to change my wifi settings every time I go from home to work to a friend's house to perhaps a client's office to home. Just not worth it.
Mad props to those of you doing it, I'm just not geek enough.
-JazzLad
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Sorry for spelling/grammar errors. I was raised in the USA, we're lucky I can read/write;)
Ya know, had you anything intellegent to say, I would have called for a +mod. I really like to hear an opposing side & hate it when it is -modded for being against the current consensus.
But, alas, you have nothing intellegent to say. At least you didn't say it. To me that is sad.
BTW: I am aparently a rarity. I am a/happy/ Vonage customer. The features are a little slim, but of course I read up on them prior to signing up so I won't whine about them. The uptime is far better than my previous VOIP provider (Lingo/Pimus) but costs $5/mo more.
Like everyone else I want $5/mo VOIP with 100% uptime and CD quality audio (that automatically cleans up the other party's audio) that I can use a wifi phone with that came for free with my no commitment plan that gives me the complete company directory for when I have trouble (which I won't, because they are perfect) that has every feature I can think of & when I do think of somehing new, they implement it immediately. I guess we will all have to wait for GoogleVOIP;)
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This is not interesting, funny, flamebait nor trollish. Also not insightful enough to waste mod points on.
Yep, I voted for him twice too. The first time you can't/really/ blame me, as I recall, Al Gore was the alternative. Heck, even/I/ don't blame myself for that one.
The second time, I duhno. I live in a very conservative area (Utah, of all places) and 'everyone else' was voting for him & I'm afraid I didn't give it the thought it required. I did, however, learn a valuable lesson & if you'll forgive me I promise to never make the same mistake again (next I get to vote against Oren Hatch - sorry everyone about him, it's an uphill battle, there).
Join the ACLU. Write your politicians. Vote third party. Be vocal in social circles (those of you that venture outside;))
Slightly OT, sorry 'bout that. Needs to be said. I know I'm not the only person that wishes he could change the way he voted in the last election.
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Must not affect already bad karma rating.
Just do what I did: Tell your firewall to not allow Firefox.
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Simple fix.
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c'mon, it's FUNNY
I thought Fission was splitting . . .
:)
Heck, I could be wrong & am too lazy to google it
"A studio sells a normal R-rated version of a film for $20 on DVD. It decides to sell a censored PG version for $30 (it's a niche market, people are willing to pay more for the censored version.)
/selling/ MP3s (wrong **AA, I know, but they all act the same way, don't they?).
An outfit in Utah comes along, buys a copy of the $20 R-rated version, edits it to PG level, and sells it for $25.
The studio is out $5, and it's an easy to argue copyright violation."
WTF? The studio is out a theoretical $10 as the $5 difference does not go to the studio.
That said, the only 'additional versions' they sell are "unrated." Not exactly what patrons of said outfits are after. It's like trying to ban MP3s instead of
*disclaimer: I haven't bought a Rated R movie in years. I do not find them appropriate for my children & I chose not to be a hypocrite in raising them (not starting a flame, to each his own). I have rented a few edited R Rated movies, ultimately this is $$$ in the pockets of the MPAA (as much as renting anywhere else). This revenue will go away, as when I can no longer rent edited movies I will not rent the unedited versions. I will just wait for TNT to play them 1000 times in a weekend.
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Because it didn't subscribe to the current groupthink.
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Ya, my karma is bad, bite me.
I graduated long enough ago that IM did not exist in [my] school (12 years ago) and I was an art major (read=all of my electives were art classes & I took art instead of studyhall - equiv to almost a whole year of just art) so I got away with a bit in the name of creativity, however I would have goten into trouble over something like this. Hard to say if suspended as the medium didn't really exist then, but we had a /very/ low tolerance for expressed violence in jest or otherwise.
:)
Might notta been the norm, but was definately pre-Columbine.
Disclaimer: One of the following would have to have applied:
1) on school grounds
2) at, to, or in reference to* another student or staff
*somewhere public enough for the school to find out without searching my room
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Apparently you are.
The Geek Squad CD was on usenet a couple weeks ago, if you have sufficient retention grab it and see.
:)
I didn't, of course, that would be wrong
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It's called ALPHABETICAL ORDER.
(someone read TFA)
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I think you answered your own question.
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The thin fan pads are awesome (just a shame that we need them). I never use my laptop without mine ($10 at geeks.com) & while I do not plug it in when using it on battery power it still keeps the hot lappy (read: I was silly enough to get an ACER - HOT!!) off my lap.
After all, we wasted precious time building cars out of WOOD that needed a declined RAMP to even move!! Worthless! - ;)
...for the average /.er
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And you wonder why my Karma is bad
IIRC the little cars were just over a penny in size.
;)
Not saying it's valid, just that is since when
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Should have /did/?
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Since when has a lack of legislation stopped the current administration?
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Never underestimate the laziness of the American Public :)
Four words: WIFI on cheap laptops. My new Acer laptop has one of those crappy broadcomm wifi cards that has no linux drivers. Sure, I can use ndiswrapper, but now it becomes harder for the average joe. Also, until Linux becomes better at hopping from AP to AP regardless of encryption (obv. still need a key ;)) with the ease of XP, I will still need XP when I'm on the go. It sucks, I dual boot w/ ubuntu for when I'm tethered (wired nic works great) but I am not geek enough to find it easy to change my wifi settings every time I go from home to work to a friend's house to perhaps a client's office to home. Just not worth it.
Mad props to those of you doing it, I'm just not geek enough.
-JazzLad
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Sorry for spelling/grammar errors. I was raised in the USA, we're lucky I can read/write ;)
Ya know, had you anything intellegent to say, I would have called for a +mod. I really like to hear an opposing side & hate it when it is -modded for being against the current consensus. But, alas, you have nothing intellegent to say. At least you didn't say it. To me that is sad. BTW: I am aparently a rarity. I am a /happy/ Vonage customer. The features are a little slim, but of course I read up on them prior to signing up so I won't whine about them. The uptime is far better than my previous VOIP provider (Lingo/Pimus) but costs $5/mo more.
Like everyone else I want $5/mo VOIP with 100% uptime and CD quality audio (that automatically cleans up the other party's audio) that I can use a wifi phone with that came for free with my no commitment plan that gives me the complete company directory for when I have trouble (which I won't, because they are perfect) that has every feature I can think of & when I do think of somehing new, they implement it immediately. I guess we will all have to wait for GoogleVOIP ;)
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This is not interesting, funny, flamebait nor trollish. Also not insightful enough to waste mod points on.
Since it's "Confession Day" on /. I'll pony up.
/really/ blame me, as I recall, Al Gore was the alternative. Heck, even /I/ don't blame myself for that one.
;))
Yep, I voted for him twice too. The first time you can't
The second time, I duhno. I live in a very conservative area (Utah, of all places) and 'everyone else' was voting for him & I'm afraid I didn't give it the thought it required. I did, however, learn a valuable lesson & if you'll forgive me I promise to never make the same mistake again (next I get to vote against Oren Hatch - sorry everyone about him, it's an uphill battle, there).
Join the ACLU. Write your politicians. Vote third party. Be vocal in social circles (those of you that venture outside
Slightly OT, sorry 'bout that. Needs to be said. I know I'm not the only person that wishes he could change the way he voted in the last election.
100/1,000,000th sounds ok. That's what, 1/10th a millisecond?
;)
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;)
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Address requests your super-secret pass phrase to give you this "wonderful offer". As long as stupid people have computers, identity theft will happen. And yes, I used the wrong "you're" intentionally because even if they did, it would still work. Good luck modding me, I'm not sure if it is funny, insightful or +5 obvious
Umm... #9 is accurate, I just wasn't aware of this being a bad thing.
. . . AvantGo
/years/ . . .
http://www.avantgo.com/frontdoor/index.html
I've been able to carry cached web on my palm for
Nothing to see here, move along.
Trustix has been around for some time. I had a Trustix server perhaps 5-6 years ago, not sure how long it had been around then.