Word: answering
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...answer to that last question, at least, is a no-brainer. Virtually everyone agrees that the advent of Net movies will certainly be a boon for independent film- makers, who, thanks to the plunging cost of digital video cameras, powerful PCs and editing software, are already making decent films on modest budgets. Metafilmics producer Barnet Bain expects Quantum to cost around $3 million to shoot--way below the Hollywood average of $50 million a picture. That will enable the company to finance the project privately...
...theory anyway, is the answer to the distribution dilemma that vexes every small filmmaker. Bain estimates that there are some 35 million people in the U.S. with access to Windows Media--a free software program that not only allows you to see videos but also permits the makers to protect their movies from piracy. If Bain is able to reach 5% of that potential audience, he could easily recover his costs and turn a handsome profit. From there, the film could travel the traditional distribution route: video, pay-per-view, hbo and finally free TV. Says Bain: "This reverses...
...seems to be the smartest play. Inflation worries have driven growth stocks, including Merck and Philip Morris, 20% lower. Some tech stocks (AT&T) are way cheaper too. Internet stocks, if you're so inclined (I'm not), have fallen even more. Yet the Fed has had the right answer for every new-age inflation scare. Why bet against Alan Greenspan now? It could be that the new era deserves a new truism. Forget stumble. Call it three steps and a start...
...Linux's adherents are as evangelical as any member of the orthodox Macintosh religion. Others--who, I guess, didn't read between my lines--wanted to know if they should use Linux instead of Windows or the Mac's operating system. That second question is far easier to answer than the first: for most of the laypeople who read this column, if you have to ask, don't install Linux...
They'll try to trick you into answering questions. First they'll say, "It's not about drugs; it's about"--fill in the blank. It's about "judgment" or "honesty" or "security clearances." Forget it. It's always about the drugs. The other thing is not to be seduced by the claim that if you just answer this one question, it will all be over. The next time you get a drug question the only appropriate answer is, What part of no don't you understand...