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Posted May 11, 2007 by Dave Winer in Scripting News. 7 Comments

If you write an editorial saying AI could drive the human species to extinction, please explain: 1. How this would happen. 2. Why this is worse than the human species driving itself to extinction. Lost jobs is not a good answer to #1, imho.#

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Posted by JY on May 11, 2007 at 8:15 am

Dave, how are you controling your Mac Mini from your couch ? Mac Bluetooth mice and keyboard, Power Glove 🙂 ? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_Glove

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Posted by Dave Winer on May 11, 2007 at 8:23 am

Bluetooth keyboard and mouse.

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Posted by Rob Hof on May 11, 2007 at 9:25 am

Dave, thanks for the followup on the unconference story post. I regret that the magazine misrepresented how you feel about unconferences. While I’m sure this was unintentional on the writer’s part, it’s nonetheless important for you to call it out and for us to acknowledge it.

See you at the next *real* unconference, I hope. The one last year in SF was great.

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Posted by Mark Smith on May 11, 2007 at 9:53 am

At home we recently had a new sound system installed as well as a nice big flat screen. We had been watching King Kong quite a bit when people came around to show off the setup cause it has some pretty fierce action scenes.

Watching the movie without sound (we had to for a few days waiting on a new part) is a completely different experience. CG which previously looked incredible, looks out of place and obviously not part of the scene. Sound is so important.

I wonder if the AMC Cinema you go to has any digital cinema theatres. When I saw Bond at the D-Cinema screen in Leiscester Square I was completely blown away. I only see CG movies in digital cinemas.

You’re right about the equipment in theatres. I’ll be putting up a 12 foot screen at home in the next few weeks, with an HD projector. Will it mean I go to the cinema less? I’m not sure yet.

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Posted by lemon obrien on May 11, 2007 at 11:28 am

i heard spiderman 3 sucked; and that is why it was released overseas first, to garuntee revenue; it got two thumbs down…i was hopping it would be good too, i liked 1 & 2.

as for BBQ, like you Dave, I’m southern, Biloxi. To me, anything in the bay area trying to be authentic southern food just turns out not to be very good to me. These people don’t even know how to cook grits; but if you call it polenta and charge extra, they’ll eat it up. The next time I’m in Berekley I’ll try it out. We have a couple of good ones in San Francisco, but, I wouldn’t brag about them.

thanks

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Posted by Jeffrey Jones on May 12, 2007 at 2:17 pm

Hi Dave,

For great theater experience, you need several things.

1. Quality equipment.

2. Physical environment – Good acoustics, proper seating arrangement, screen size, etc.

3. Properly calibrated video & sound.

If you have not had a professional video & audio calibration done, you may be able to get even more performance from your system. The built-in systems for audio calibration can do an adequate job, but an ISF/HAA certified tech can probably maximize the experience for you. TV’s are calibrated from the factory to create a specific “look” in the dealer showroom, to generate sales, not for accurate reproduction of the movie.

ISF – http://www.imagingscience.com/
HAA – http://www.homeacoustics.net/

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Posted by Henk Doornbos on May 13, 2007 at 6:12 am

Hi Dave,

What kind of sound system you have?

Henk

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