What makes you think anyone would think otherwise? Especially if you left the commercials in like he said. I REALLY doubt that Fox would do anything to you, for the exact reasons you mentioned. I think this is more a case of you ranting to defend rights that aren't in jeopardy.
Looted by ancient civilizations with robots? If WE couldn't get in there till now, what makes you think people hundreds or thousands of years ago could?
Me too, he was the best by far IMHO. Val Kilmer was too Adam West. I think Keaton did a great job of portraying Bruce Wayne as a real person and not just who Batman is when he isn't Batman.
If MacGuyver and the A-Team didn't build some really cool piece of machinery from Duct tape and a few pipes every episode, or someone didn't didn't get screwed on the Soap Operas would anybody watch it? I think those are the things people tune in for.
What we really need is a format with less dictatorship-like licensing. I don't mean the whole DeCSS thing, which was dictatorship enough, but the general DVD licensing scheme. If you want to even sell a product that has a DVD drive it is $10,000. It is another $10,000 as you all know to make the software to read DVDs, another $10,000 if you want to manufacture the DVD. So the Powers that be have made $30,000 off of every single DVD player ever made. Isn't that a bit steep? I know $30,000 is a drop in the hat to big companies, but that rules out small inventors from even making and selling a DVD rom based product. Isn't ONE $10,000 fee for the manufacture of the drive itself enough? If I buy an object shouldn't I have the right to resell it anyway I see fit without paying an extra $10,000? It's not like I can still use it after I sell it. There are alot of DVD players out there, millions. You'd think that 10,000 millions would be enough without the DVD consortium feeling the need to triple it.
I, and everyone I know, pronounce the jungle cat Jag-wire as well. In fact until they made fun of Steve on TechTV, I'd never heard Jag-wahhr. So I don't think Steve is changing the pronounciation to avoid confustion of an OS with a car, an animal, or a video game system, I think he just comes from roundabouts the same part of the world me and mine do.
Is it just me or does CmdrTaco look alot like a bigger version of professional wrestler Spike Dudley? They seem to share the same facial type and expressions.
I'm not so sure it would set a legal precedant. What would that be? That you can't patent things that don't exist? You already can't patent things that don't exist.
Maybe I'm a pessimist but I'm also not entirely sure that one company getting burned would stop others from repeating the process. I mean, when that one lunch money bully at school got punched, the lunch money bully population didn't disappear.
The key here is patent office reform, it's not going to take any one case to do it, not even a big huge one. The patent office will dismiss that as a fluke and continue on as usual. There needs to be many cases against bad patents. People need to quit paying to make the problem go away and fight for their rights.
The only time I agree with non-steadicam shots is when the video is supposed to look very amatuerish. Meaning that the cameraman is an actual character (or at least an implied character) in the video. I didn't mind blair witch because it fit this requirement, but the rest don't. If the cameraman isn't part of the show (eg. NYPD blue) I shouldn't be painfully aware of the fact that he is there.
For some special effects shots it might be good to dumb down the cameraman, if he is an amatuer, to better sell the shot. For example a UFO scene that has been motion tracked into footage looks more convincing if the footage is bouncy around and the UFO is always where it should be.
"Sure the first CG star will be a gimick and be go through a nice scripted interviewed on ET, but seeing a real person "interviewing" a CG person will get old soon. What kind of funny stories about making the movie are they going to be able to tell?"
Simone already did an interview with TechTV. The even asked her what she thought of digital characters replacing real people. She said she noticed alot of animators and other crew members working around her that were real people.
People always complain about how much actors make, but if a movie makes $200 million, don't the people who put the butts in the seats deserve a good chunk of that? Would you rather Paramount or Lucasfilm or whoever just pocketed most of it?
Or it might just show that they are diversified. You can't have your finger in but so many pots without a conflicting interest or two arising every so often. I'd say this is more of a good thing then a bad thing, sort of a built in checks and balances.
I have a hard time believing that many people WOULD respond favorably to spam. I always joke that everyday spammers call me poor, fat, bald and underendowed and expect me to buy their products. Those aren't the most annoying though. Why in the hell do I get mortgage and loan offers in the spambox? IS there ANYBODY out there who is really stupid enough to trust something as important as their mortgage to a company that goes out of their way to hide thier identity?
That's not entirely true. The bands might not get alot of money from the sales of a cd, but if they don't sell any CD they lose their record contract. If they sell alot of CDs they get an extended contract. What people like you are doing isn't making a statement in the name of the artists it's forcing Britney Spears and the Backstreet Boys on us because little girls actually BUY their albums and justify the investment on the part of the record companies.
Or somebody steals and uses your car for a hit and run and you go to jail, or somebody steals the gun out of your car and kills somebody and you go to jail or somebody picks your pocket and knifes somebody with your swiss army knife and you go to jail or somebody steals your wallet and orders child pr0n with you credit card and you go to jail or somebody... etc. etc. etc.
Thank god they shut down napster and stopped piracy.
Yeah, and thank god they arrested Jeffrey Dalmer and stopped murder!
This is the reason why it's so hard for people who would be against the RIAA to be totally on the side of the average pro-napster guy. This argument FOR napster is every bit as ignorant as the RIAAs argument AGAINST it. There are many similar examples on Slashdot regarding the DMCA. Yes the RIAA is evil, yes the DMCA is evil, but we need to stop pretending that they are trying to sneak into our houses at night and murder us in our sleep if anybody with influence is going to take us seriously.
This thread confuses me. Ryu2 says that religion is the root of death and destruction. He gets to keep his 2 points.
The anonymous coward says that atheists have killed alot too. He gets moderated down to flamebait.
Now you talk about there being no causality to support atheism being bad and get an insightful.
Let me just ask you this, if there were no religion, do you think Osama Bin Laden would somehow be a nice wonderful person? Do you think he wouldn't have found some other reason to attack?
Atheists have done bad, Christians have done bad, Muslims have done bad, Pagans have done bad, etc. etc. etc. There is no causality to support that ANY religion is inherently "bad".
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What makes you think anyone would think otherwise? Especially if you left the commercials in like he said. I REALLY doubt that Fox would do anything to you, for the exact reasons you mentioned. I think this is more a case of you ranting to defend rights that aren't in jeopardy.
Looted by ancient civilizations with robots? If WE couldn't get in there till now, what makes you think people hundreds or thousands of years ago could?
Me too, he was the best by far IMHO. Val Kilmer was too Adam West. I think Keaton did a great job of portraying Bruce Wayne as a real person and not just who Batman is when he isn't Batman.
It's not all that uncommon. Mine was retrofitted...uh oh!
If MacGuyver and the A-Team didn't build some really cool piece of machinery from Duct tape and a few pipes every episode, or someone didn't didn't get screwed on the Soap Operas would anybody watch it? I think those are the things people tune in for.
If adult swim would just pick up Invader ZIM, I'd be about the happiest Cartoon Network viewer out there. I love that little green guy!
I don't want to see the woman that fits in a thong that has enough room for 50 stars and 13 stripes!
Scary thing is, that is much more believable than what Scientologists teach! :)
Oops, sorry about that bad math, they don't make 10,00 on EVERY DVD player sold obviusly, I haven't had my morning coffee yet! :)
What we really need is a format with less dictatorship-like licensing. I don't mean the whole DeCSS thing, which was dictatorship enough, but the general DVD licensing scheme. If you want to even sell a product that has a DVD drive it is $10,000. It is another $10,000 as you all know to make the software to read DVDs, another $10,000 if you want to manufacture the DVD. So the Powers that be have made $30,000 off of every single DVD player ever made. Isn't that a bit steep? I know $30,000 is a drop in the hat to big companies, but that rules out small inventors from even making and selling a DVD rom based product. Isn't ONE $10,000 fee for the manufacture of the drive itself enough? If I buy an object shouldn't I have the right to resell it anyway I see fit without paying an extra $10,000? It's not like I can still use it after I sell it. There are alot of DVD players out there, millions. You'd think that 10,000 millions would be enough without the DVD consortium feeling the need to triple it.
I, and everyone I know, pronounce the jungle cat Jag-wire as well. In fact until they made fun of Steve on TechTV, I'd never heard Jag-wahhr. So I don't think Steve is changing the pronounciation to avoid confustion of an OS with a car, an animal, or a video game system, I think he just comes from roundabouts the same part of the world me and mine do.
Is it just me or does CmdrTaco look alot like a bigger version of professional wrestler Spike Dudley? They seem to share the same facial type and expressions.
Maybe I'm a pessimist but I'm also not entirely sure that one company getting burned would stop others from repeating the process. I mean, when that one lunch money bully at school got punched, the lunch money bully population didn't disappear.
The key here is patent office reform, it's not going to take any one case to do it, not even a big huge one. The patent office will dismiss that as a fluke and continue on as usual. There needs to be many cases against bad patents. People need to quit paying to make the problem go away and fight for their rights.
The only time I agree with non-steadicam shots is when the video is supposed to look very amatuerish. Meaning that the cameraman is an actual character (or at least an implied character) in the video. I didn't mind blair witch because it fit this requirement, but the rest don't. If the cameraman isn't part of the show (eg. NYPD blue) I shouldn't be painfully aware of the fact that he is there. For some special effects shots it might be good to dumb down the cameraman, if he is an amatuer, to better sell the shot. For example a UFO scene that has been motion tracked into footage looks more convincing if the footage is bouncy around and the UFO is always where it should be.
Simone already did an interview with TechTV. The even asked her what she thought of digital characters replacing real people. She said she noticed alot of animators and other crew members working around her that were real people.
Somehow I don't think the paper is what makes college textbooks cost hundreds of dollars.
Or it might just show that they are diversified. You can't have your finger in but so many pots without a conflicting interest or two arising every so often.
I'd say this is more of a good thing then a bad thing, sort of a built in checks and balances.
I have a hard time believing that many people WOULD respond favorably to spam. I always joke that everyday spammers call me poor, fat, bald and underendowed and expect me to buy their products. Those aren't the most annoying though. Why in the hell do I get mortgage and loan offers in the spambox? IS there ANYBODY out there who is really stupid enough to trust something as important as their mortgage to a company that goes out of their way to hide thier identity?
Atari recently announced the release of a new video game console it refers to as the Atari 7800!
That's not entirely true. The bands might not get alot of money from the sales of a cd, but if they don't sell any CD they lose their record contract. If they sell alot of CDs they get an extended contract. What people like you are doing isn't making a statement in the name of the artists it's forcing Britney Spears and the Backstreet Boys on us because little girls actually BUY their albums and justify the investment on the part of the record companies.
Or somebody steals and uses your car for a hit and run and you go to jail, or somebody steals the gun out of your car and kills somebody and you go to jail or somebody picks your pocket and knifes somebody with your swiss army knife and you go to jail or somebody steals your wallet and orders child pr0n with you credit card and you go to jail or somebody... etc. etc. etc.
Yeah, and thank god they arrested Jeffrey Dalmer and stopped murder!
This is the reason why it's so hard for people who would be against the RIAA to be totally on the side of the average pro-napster guy. This argument FOR napster is every bit as ignorant as the RIAAs argument AGAINST it. There are many similar examples on Slashdot regarding the DMCA. Yes the RIAA is evil, yes the DMCA is evil, but we need to stop pretending that they are trying to sneak into our houses at night and murder us in our sleep if anybody with influence is going to take us seriously.
You mean the same developers who are used to being able to release patches every coupla months to keep the bugs out?
This thread confuses me. Ryu2 says that religion is the root of death and destruction. He gets to keep his 2 points.
The anonymous coward says that atheists have killed alot too. He gets moderated down to flamebait.
Now you talk about there being no causality to support atheism being bad and get an insightful.
Let me just ask you this, if there were no religion, do you think Osama Bin Laden would somehow be a nice wonderful person? Do you think he wouldn't have found some other reason to attack?
Atheists have done bad, Christians have done bad, Muslims have done bad, Pagans have done bad, etc. etc. etc. There is no causality to support that ANY religion is inherently "bad".