Spotting the compyright criminals on the silver screen.
“Jesse Willis went to see the new Disney/Pixar movie Wall-E and discovered that the lovable little robot is actually a dire criminal — because he undertakes a variety of copying activities”
How stupid can a “news” company be?
Google Street View in France…
Can you simulate pain?
No.
“The “official lie” about waterboarding, Hitchens says, is that it “simulates the feeling of drowning”. In fact, “you are drowning – or rather, being drowned”.”
Want to know if waterboarding is torture? Ask Christopher Hitchens | World news | The Guardian
How things look different from a distance…
This one statement says something simple about how the BBC views the US and how the US views the UK. The BBC views the US as more important as it is; in return the US views the UK as class riddled. Both are right.
“I finally figured The Money Programme was interested because of vestigial class consciousness in British culture, and especially in British broadcasting. Bill Gates is viewed as a kind of industrial maharajah in some quarters, more so the further you get from the USA. In those parts people still think he makes a difference to Microsoft’s success or failure.”I, Cringely . The Pulpit . Go Home, Bill | PBS
Disney went wrong when…
…when people started saying things like this…
“…will feel more immersive and richer…”
They’ve waited till now…
Why was it difficult?
“Tesco said it had been “a difficult decision” to end its trade with Zimbabwe.”BBC NEWS | Business | Tesco to end trade with Zimbabwe
You have to wonder…
…would Apple buy Sony? Spin off the media business and then slowly close down the Sony brand and move it over to Apple.
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It’s a decade long job but possible.
Some things never change…
“Two millenia ago, the Romans noticed how the Gauls always expected the worst and the trait is known to anyone who lives in France. “La crise” has been a permanent state of affairs since, well, about the 11th century”
Charles Bremner – Times Online – WBLG: French gloom deepens but don’t pay attention
Gates understands it…
I can only assume that he gets tech support calls from his family as well.
“Someone decided to trash the one part of Windows that was usable? The file system is no longer usable. The registry is not usable. This program listing was one sane place but now it is all crapped up.”