I didn't realize scrip/acting and 3D were mutually exclusive.. does the same apply to CGI, HD video at home, surround sound and color, too?
What 'Citizen Kane' really needed was some CGI. Then Welles could have made the movie he was really dreaming of, where Rosebud was shark with a frickin' laser on its head! What a let down.
There's a much more accurate parallel here than licensed software. Open up any paperback book to the publication page. On it you'll find text similar to this (found in my copy of "The Pelican Brief"):
If you purchased this book without a cover you should be aware that this book is stolen properly. It was reported as "unsold and destroyed" to the publisher and neither the author nor the publisher has received any payment for this "stripped book"
The guys at AutoDesk said "you don't need to ship that back to us, just destroy it" regarding the old versions R14. They did this to save money and allow cheaper upgrade pricing. After shaking hands on that deal those R14 disks, if sold, seem to me more analogous to stolen property than previously licensed editions.
The only good news is that it is much harder to enforce a license when buying an actual good, because people aren't used to having to sign a document when buying a stove or a TV.
I sign my name on an agreement every time I use my credit card for anything of substance. From last weeks Pizza Receipt:
"I agree to pay the above total amount according to card issuer agreement."
I figure it will take about 10 seconds for someone at VISA to realize that they can charge the Merchant a little bit more to have that signature cover a licensing agreement.
Sooner or later you get into the question, do people have the right to dislike other groups of people?
Absolutely. My question is this: Why are they burning this particular book at this particular time? Are they making some statement about their beliefs? Or is their goal to foster fear and hatred of someone elses? Would they be offended if I got all my friends together to have a Bible Burning and Weenie Roast?
I don't believe in thought crimes, so I'm mostly against laws criminalizing some frame of mind. That said, I also believe in the Golden Rule. I'm hoping someone really does rent the yard across the street from their Quran cookoff and hold the first annual Bible Burning and Weenie Roast. Maybe with little brands of the cross or a Jesus fish on every frank.
He risked his life for your right to be an asshole.
So *that's* why 4chan is celebrating!
Well, to be pedantic, that's not *strictly* quicksort. It's a two bin radix sort. The only difference, of course, is that in quicksort you pick your pivot based on some item(s) in your set, and in radix you select the boundary based on properties of the data distribution. I only mention it because I *have* seen something that uses radix sort on physical objects: an old punch card sorter.
What if an Islamist group wants to do the same thing?
Sheikh Squad?
I've tried this. It constantly replaces VI commands with "I'm an erudite prick". I didn't have the courage to try emacs...
I don't think that's what "tab based browsing" really means...
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