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The movie “Spinal Tap” (1984) is a classic, not in the least because of the hilarious misconceptions of the band members. One of the quotes is Nigel explaining to a reporter that their amps go to 11.
IMDb ran with that, and created the rating page for the movie. And where most movies only go to 10, Spinal Tap goes to…
Thanks to Slashfilm.
How realistic are these movies that show advanced computer systems, like Terminator, The Matrix, etc.? Have you ever seen them install the latest updates? Removing the trialware that comes pre-installed…? What if they did run like our computers do?
According to MacNN, Apple is set to raise the prices on downloadable movies in iTunes to $15, just a couple of dollars below the retail price of a physical DVD. This means that for $3 more, you can order the same movie, without DRM, with extra content, in a nice box, and probably in better quality.
It is suggested in the article that the studios are under pressure from retailers such as Wal-Mart. Which basically means that old-style retail is trying to hold on to their distribution model, and forces the new-style retail to mimic their inefficiencies… I hope Apple will come up with something else, especially now that there are serious indications on the music side that the old model is failing (EMI scaling back funding of the RIAA, more and more DRM-free music).
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