Shockwave can support Flash, but Flash can't do everything Shockwave can...and Flash is cheaper. Flash probably started life as a shockwave lite. Course, doesn't help that Flash's file suffix is 'swf' which is 'shockwave flash.'
Course, movies are rated by the MPAA, which is made up of the major movie studios. The ESRB was created out of an act of Congress.
What the ESRB should be is headed by the big gaming publishers. If the movie studios can regulate themselves and put out Hostel, et. al., then game companies should be able to do the same....that or kill off the MPAA and make it a governmnt agency...which could have the added benefit of putting the brakes on Hostel Part 3.
Well, they'd have to port it to PC for starters. Further, Nintendo and Sony don't licence AO games for their consoles.
Which makes me wonder, can you sell games direct for a game console and avoid the licencing fees? I remember that whole Licenced For Nintendo fiasco a while back in the NES days but not sure how much would apply.
AO is more like the NC-17 rating. ESRB's M is equivalent, in theory, to MPAA's R even though they're not enforced the same.
I'd like to see whoever it was that ran a sting operation and saw 69% of kids under 17 could buy M rated games do the same for R rated films like Hostel, Saving Private Ryan and Pulp Fiction. (Yes, I picked those films on purpose as examples)
Is it too hard to believe that maybe, just maybe, he wants to spur debate on the health care issue in the US? I doubt the majority of people in the US would say they're happy with their coverage.
Whether or not you agree with him is irrelivant: the point is to open debate. Bring the issue into the open rather than let it fester like sores that don't get treated.
And as far as documentaries being neutral, I really wish people would get over that fallacy. Unless you're Ken Burns making a documentary on something happening over a century ago, the film ends up taking a side. Would you consider Battle for Brazil a 'neutral' piece? It doesn't exactly place Sid Sheinberg in a very favorable light.
I'll admit Moore uses more non-documentary techniques, and they seem to fall more under Op/Ed pieces, but strictly speaking, a documentary is a documentation of fact. Whether or not those facts picked are the mainstream or the outlying data points, or if they have a heavy emotional impact, it still makes them fact. Facts on the fringe are still facts.
And I think there's enough questions about that Roger and Me incident to not have it carved in stone yet...but it sounds like you've already made your mind up. That, I think, is Moore's biggest problem...he's too polarizing. The films he makes are great for opening conversation; but people seem to have already made up their mind before...
Those of us who are working stiffs with a wife and kids are too old and too occupied to give a shit about whatever Kos or Moveon or Rush says. We've been through all of the self indulgent political wars already and see it for what it is....
Support politicians that support your causes, yes, but don't let it become your life!
Translation: I'm to jaded to care about the government anymore. Just because they basically control all aspects of my life doesn't mean I should worry about what they do.
Oh yea, baaaaa!!
This is EXACTLY why we need to be politically motivated. The more apathetic the country gets, the more the government can do whatever they want in the name of whatever they want. It'll be a dark day for me when all I care about in the government is if they remember to raise the AMT...
To think the US has control of the security council is naive. No country has any power in the security council for the most part. Security Council requires unanimous decisions, and the US is always at odds with someone else in the Sec Council. During the Cold War, it was the USSR, and now it's China (and Russia still somewhat).
Except if she was JUST suing the RIAA, they could use their lawyers and the music cartel would shrug it off. This puts the MEMBERS of the RIAA on the hot seat; they can't hide behind their puppet now.
Well, I'd argue they didn't exactly adhere to the "well" part... But that's a whole nother debate, one I'd probably lose simply for lack of an knowledge on the topic.
Just because the notes aren't copyrighted, that doesn't mean the specific performance is. I could make a recording of me playing the 5th and distribute it how I see fit. However, if I made an mp3 of the Boston Pops playing the same piece, that still falls under a copyright violation.
Your underestimating the situation Microsoft is in. If MS goes out and starts suing everyone and everything, it looks bad in front of regulators....
Of course, if a OSS vendor sue for libel and tells MS to put up or shut up, and if MS is correct in it's claims, that vendor is pretty much ruined....
Well, the first one would be tough on MS unless they could bundle all the claims into one suit a la RIAA. MS isn't exactly hemmoraging money, but they're not exactly in the same position they were back in the glory days of 9X/2K either. They clearly have some doubt about how successful any suit would be otherwise why would they pass up easy money? Protecting your IP is still probably a good banner to be waving about; don't see why regulators would care at that point.
On the other hand, OSS suing for libel would be nigh impossible. It's very difficult for someone to be convicted of libel for one, the onus would be on OSS to prove that damage was being caused. They can't exactly pull the 'lost sales' card easily either. There's little else OSS could attack MS with I think as well.
Just seems OSS has a very strong defensive position, but nothing for offense. They have to just wait patiently for MS to throw the first salvo.
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Shockwave can support Flash, but Flash can't do everything Shockwave can...and Flash is cheaper. Flash probably started life as a shockwave lite. Course, doesn't help that Flash's file suffix is 'swf' which is 'shockwave flash.'
Ok, apparently cranking out the real numbers wasn't that time consuming.
19 undecided. 19/61 = 31.148
16 will not renew. 16/61 = 26.230
11 will selectively renew. 11/61 = 18.033
8 will probably renew. 8/61 = 13.115
7 will definatly renew. 7/61 = 11.475
All those percentages round down, yet (to 3 sig figs) add up to 1.001
31.2 + 26.2 + 18.2 + 13.2 + 11.2 = 100
Round to the nearest whole number:
31 + 26 + 18 + 13 + 11 = 99
I picked PF for the amount of 'mature' language in the film.
(And if anyone else out there is going, huh? at my picks, Hostel for gratuitous violence, SPR for historical violence)
Odd...I'm not registered and was able to get it...
Feh...that's what I get for relying on Wiki.
Damn you Wiki! I used to go straight to the sites! Need a 12 step recovery program...
Course, movies are rated by the MPAA, which is made up of the major movie studios. The ESRB was created out of an act of Congress.
...that or kill off the MPAA and make it a governmnt agency...which could have the added benefit of putting the brakes on Hostel Part 3.
What the ESRB should be is headed by the big gaming publishers. If the movie studios can regulate themselves and put out Hostel, et. al., then game companies should be able to do the same.
Well, they'd have to port it to PC for starters. Further, Nintendo and Sony don't licence AO games for their consoles.
Which makes me wonder, can you sell games direct for a game console and avoid the licencing fees? I remember that whole Licenced For Nintendo fiasco a while back in the NES days but not sure how much would apply.
AO is more like the NC-17 rating. ESRB's M is equivalent, in theory, to MPAA's R even though they're not enforced the same.
I'd like to see whoever it was that ran a sting operation and saw 69% of kids under 17 could buy M rated games do the same for R rated films like Hostel, Saving Private Ryan and Pulp Fiction. (Yes, I picked those films on purpose as examples)
Probably realized they were getting dangerously close to a class action lawsuit which would've been much more expensive.
The Democrats now run Congress; why aren't they impeaching Bush?
Sure, while it only takes a simple majority in the house to impeach...
Chief Justice John Roberts would oversee the trial and
It takes 67 Senate votes to convict. (Dems hold "51" but that's 49 with 2 independents)
I trust MS with my data as far about as far as I could throw the individual bits that contain that data...
Is it too hard to believe that maybe, just maybe, he wants to spur debate on the health care issue in the US? I doubt the majority of people in the US would say they're happy with their coverage.
Whether or not you agree with him is irrelivant: the point is to open debate. Bring the issue into the open rather than let it fester like sores that don't get treated.
And as far as documentaries being neutral, I really wish people would get over that fallacy. Unless you're Ken Burns making a documentary on something happening over a century ago, the film ends up taking a side. Would you consider Battle for Brazil a 'neutral' piece? It doesn't exactly place Sid Sheinberg in a very favorable light.
I'll admit Moore uses more non-documentary techniques, and they seem to fall more under Op/Ed pieces, but strictly speaking, a documentary is a documentation of fact. Whether or not those facts picked are the mainstream or the outlying data points, or if they have a heavy emotional impact, it still makes them fact. Facts on the fringe are still facts.
And I think there's enough questions about that Roger and Me incident to not have it carved in stone yet...but it sounds like you've already made your mind up. That, I think, is Moore's biggest problem...he's too polarizing. The films he makes are great for opening conversation; but people seem to have already made up their mind before...
Those of us who are working stiffs with a wife and kids are too old and too occupied to give a shit about whatever Kos or Moveon or Rush says. We've been through all of the self indulgent political wars already and see it for what it is. ...
Support politicians that support your causes, yes, but don't let it become your life!
Translation: I'm to jaded to care about the government anymore. Just because they basically control all aspects of my life doesn't mean I should worry about what they do.
Oh yea, baaaaa!!
This is EXACTLY why we need to be politically motivated. The more apathetic the country gets, the more the government can do whatever they want in the name of whatever they want. It'll be a dark day for me when all I care about in the government is if they remember to raise the AMT...
our citizenry would be OUTRAGED and OFFENDED if they thought their bank was all up in their hard drives!
Me thinks you doth put too much faith in the sensibilities of USians...
And rum. Heard Cuban rum is great stuff. (...hrm, nother notch for the sugar cartel I guess...)
To think the US has control of the security council is naive. No country has any power in the security council for the most part. Security Council requires unanimous decisions, and the US is always at odds with someone else in the Sec Council. During the Cold War, it was the USSR, and now it's China (and Russia still somewhat).
Fun times had by all...
The actual attack occurs when the user visits the attacker-controlled Web page via a legit link
Does that also mean simply typing in the URL bypasses this as well?
Problem is the instinctual part of the brain tends to shout over my rational part at those times. I know better, but I can't do a damn thing about it.
Thankfully, planes carry alcohol which does a good job of shutting up both parts of the brain and I'm left with "cool, tops of the clouds!"
Except if she was JUST suing the RIAA, they could use their lawyers and the music cartel would shrug it off. This puts the MEMBERS of the RIAA on the hot seat; they can't hide behind their puppet now.
Well, I'd argue they didn't exactly adhere to the "well" part... But that's a whole nother debate, one I'd probably lose simply for lack of an knowledge on the topic.
and do it WELL. Just seems to me to be a better business model than to try to do everything and not be able to focus on anything.
Course, I'm a Ninty fanboy, so I'm slightly biased...
Just because the notes aren't copyrighted, that doesn't mean the specific performance is. I could make a recording of me playing the 5th and distribute it how I see fit. However, if I made an mp3 of the Boston Pops playing the same piece, that still falls under a copyright violation.
how many pre- and suffixes can we add to this...
inantidisnonunirregardless. septuple negative for the win!
Your underestimating the situation Microsoft is in. If MS goes out and starts suing everyone and everything, it looks bad in front of regulators....
Of course, if a OSS vendor sue for libel and tells MS to put up or shut up, and if MS is correct in it's claims, that vendor is pretty much ruined....
Well, the first one would be tough on MS unless they could bundle all the claims into one suit a la RIAA. MS isn't exactly hemmoraging money, but they're not exactly in the same position they were back in the glory days of 9X/2K either. They clearly have some doubt about how successful any suit would be otherwise why would they pass up easy money? Protecting your IP is still probably a good banner to be waving about; don't see why regulators would care at that point.
On the other hand, OSS suing for libel would be nigh impossible. It's very difficult for someone to be convicted of libel for one, the onus would be on OSS to prove that damage was being caused. They can't exactly pull the 'lost sales' card easily either. There's little else OSS could attack MS with I think as well.
Just seems OSS has a very strong defensive position, but nothing for offense. They have to just wait patiently for MS to throw the first salvo.