It went the other way around most of the time. Pre WWII theatres were converted from stage-play theatres to cinemas. That's why they were ornate and classy in the first place.
Avatar was meant as a treat for the eyes, not plot candy for the brain. It would have been a lot better if it turned out that the Na'vi had been taking over the bodies of the humans, and for years had been going back to Earth with seed pods to "civilize" this planet; that our tendency to congregate in cities instead of living in rural areas stemmed from the fact that we were being herded to live in cities so that soul trees could grow in the wild spaces so that Eywa would awaken here.
Why would they do that? If they had their way, you would have to pay each and every time you watched something. Giving out DVDs, even discounts for DVDs runs counter to that purpose.
Are they gonna cook one up in 12-18 mos? I'd love to see it but I think its far fetched to say the least.
This isn't some rabbit they're pulling out of a hat. They've been "cooking one up" for the past 7+ years. They will be doing at least one unmanned test flight later this year.
TPB isn't a tracker. It is just a source for torrent files. The torrent files contain a list of trackers. These trackers maintain an active list of who has what part of the original file.
Make a machine that will take a stack of ballots and split them into separate piles based on which box is ticked. Then run each of those piles through a separate tallying machine. The sorting machine doesn't count, and the counting machine doesn't sort. We've had this tech for nearly a century.
There was one where the Enterprise was parked underwater just to hide from a pre-industrial civilization - can you believe that? Another where a belt buckle made all of Star Fleet obsolete.
I even saw one where the Enterprise was being built in the middle of a field on Earth's surface, and a single drop of red paint was enough to implode Vulcan.
Okay, I understand that folks are uncomfortable with the 3D glasses, and the 3D effect is frequently a distraction to the story, and all that, but isn't it just some software on the TV that is producing the image? Is there really much in the line of special hardware on the TV itself needed to produce the 3D effect? Lots of TVs have headphone jacks, but only a vanishingly small number of people use the jack. So, if 3D doesn't involve an excessive amount of special hardware on the TV, why not leave it in as an available, but unmarketed feature.
Alternatively, can a third party settop box do the 3D processing?
This is the problem with subscription services; the provider can change their mind at a whim as to what they provide, leaving subscribers in the lurch. We saw it with the disappearing e-books a while back. Cell phone providers are changing plans all the time, as are TV providers. The situation will only get worse with Software-As-A-Service providers. What are you going to do when your budget software service goes under, or is acquired by a bigger provider and is shut down? Or when your backup provider stops supporting your OS?
... and this is on top of all the third party data sharing, affiliate advertising, and security bypass "features" that modern services employ.
I heartily recommend avoiding subscription services like the plague.
Yep they apparently didn't learn from history and went and created the F-111 all over again, a plane that was supposed to "do it all" and ended up sucking at everything.
The funny thing is that VAX VMS is the "parent" of the Windows kernel.
I thought Windows was the colorful clown suit that Microsoft threw over MS-DOS, the illegitimate son of CPM, when they saw how well the first Macintosh was selling.
This stuff would be better on foot paths and as trail markers rather than as bike path lighting. Put it on places like along the edge of stairs to mark trip hazards and the like.
I'll give you the DC-X, but the Rotary Rocket never got more than 75 feet off the ground, and the Bell Lunar Landing Research Simulator was a training craft for landing on the moon. It had no capacity or intention to launch anything.
Blue Origin reached space multiple times. What they didn't reach yet is an orbital trajectory for their payload
which is the hard part.
I'm not so sure about that. Only two rocket systems land their boosters: SpaceX and Blue Origin. On the other hand, there is a multitude of rocket systems that can put payloads in orbit. Considering that once you have the booster slowed down to terminal velocity, it doesn't matter how fast it was originally going; the landing process is going to be the same. So maybe Blue Origin is focussing on the really hard part (the landing) and leaving the easier part (scaling up to orbital speeds) for later.
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It went the other way around most of the time. Pre WWII theatres were converted from stage-play theatres to cinemas. That's why they were ornate and classy in the first place.
Avatar was meant as a treat for the eyes, not plot candy for the brain. It would have been a lot better if it turned out that the Na'vi had been taking over the bodies of the humans, and for years had been going back to Earth with seed pods to "civilize" this planet; that our tendency to congregate in cities instead of living in rural areas stemmed from the fact that we were being herded to live in cities so that soul trees could grow in the wild spaces so that Eywa would awaken here.
Why would they do that? If they had their way, you would have to pay each and every time you watched something. Giving out DVDs, even discounts for DVDs runs counter to that purpose.
Are they gonna cook one up in 12-18 mos? I'd love to see it but I think its far fetched to say the least.
This isn't some rabbit they're pulling out of a hat. They've been "cooking one up" for the past 7+ years. They will be doing at least one unmanned test flight later this year.
Sheesh! What's the world coming to when people won't seed public domain TV shows?
There's a lot of speculation of that sort on a show called Life after People. Things do deteriorate quickly if not maintained.
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Great! Does this mean that my "My Three Sons" torrent won't be stalled at 83% for days on end anymore?
Why would they wipe out mosquitos instead of wiping out the true culprit: the malaria protozoa itself?
TPB isn't a tracker. It is just a source for torrent files. The torrent files contain a list of trackers. These trackers maintain an active list of who has what part of the original file.
Make a machine that will take a stack of ballots and split them into separate piles based on which box is ticked. Then run each of those piles through a separate tallying machine. The sorting machine doesn't count, and the counting machine doesn't sort. We've had this tech for nearly a century.
There was one where the Enterprise was parked underwater just to hide from a pre-industrial civilization - can you believe that? Another where a belt buckle made all of Star Fleet obsolete.
I even saw one where the Enterprise was being built in the middle of a field on Earth's surface, and a single drop of red paint was enough to implode Vulcan.
Okay, I understand that folks are uncomfortable with the 3D glasses, and the 3D effect is frequently a distraction to the story, and all that, but isn't it just some software on the TV that is producing the image? Is there really much in the line of special hardware on the TV itself needed to produce the 3D effect? Lots of TVs have headphone jacks, but only a vanishingly small number of people use the jack. So, if 3D doesn't involve an excessive amount of special hardware on the TV, why not leave it in as an available, but unmarketed feature.
Alternatively, can a third party settop box do the 3D processing?
This is the problem with subscription services; the provider can change their mind at a whim as to what they provide, leaving subscribers in the lurch. We saw it with the disappearing e-books a while back. Cell phone providers are changing plans all the time, as are TV providers. The situation will only get worse with Software-As-A-Service providers. What are you going to do when your budget software service goes under, or is acquired by a bigger provider and is shut down? Or when your backup provider stops supporting your OS?
... and this is on top of all the third party data sharing, affiliate advertising, and security bypass "features" that modern services employ.
I heartily recommend avoiding subscription services like the plague.
We can already feed more than 1x the population on the crops we raise now. Why sacrifice cows for the purpose of raising more humans?
Yep they apparently didn't learn from history and went and created the F-111 all over again, a plane that was supposed to "do it all" and ended up sucking at everything.
Just like the Space Shuttle.
What matters today, where the F-22 dominates, is the range you can get missile lock-on vs your opponent...
Surely that's a function of the missile, not the aircraft.
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Not to worry. It is difficult to manage over either.
The funny thing is that VAX VMS is the "parent" of the Windows kernel.
I thought Windows was the colorful clown suit that Microsoft threw over MS-DOS, the illegitimate son of CPM, when they saw how well the first Macintosh was selling.
This stuff would be better on foot paths and as trail markers rather than as bike path lighting. Put it on places like along the edge of stairs to mark trip hazards and the like.
Normal police procedure is to draw a chalk outline where the homicide victim was found...
Hollywood movie police procedure is to draw a chalk outline where the homicide victim was found... FTFY
I'll give you the DC-X, but the Rotary Rocket never got more than 75 feet off the ground, and the Bell Lunar Landing Research Simulator was a training craft for landing on the moon. It had no capacity or intention to launch anything.
Blue Origin reached space multiple times. What they didn't reach yet is an orbital trajectory for their payload
which is the hard part.
I'm not so sure about that. Only two rocket systems land their boosters: SpaceX and Blue Origin. On the other hand, there is a multitude of rocket systems that can put payloads in orbit. Considering that once you have the booster slowed down to terminal velocity, it doesn't matter how fast it was originally going; the landing process is going to be the same. So maybe Blue Origin is focussing on the really hard part (the landing) and leaving the easier part (scaling up to orbital speeds) for later.
Did you see the part about not every right being enumerated?
I'm in the market for a new laptop, so I'll skip all of the Lenovos, and will pass that along to all of my clients. Thanks!
Don't tell us. Tell Levono.