Why? The DRM difference between HD-DVD and Blu-ray is down to almost nothing. Except for that little difference, Blu-ray wins hands down on everything.
As far as I've been able to deduce, the DRM difference is this: When you publish content on HD-DVD you _must_ include managed copying. However (and this is the catch!) you're free to charge whatever you want for it.
With Blu-ray you (the content publisher) deside for yourself whether you want to include managed copy or not.
In reality I'm quite sure the end customer won't see a difference. If the publisher doesn't want managed copying they'll opt out of it on Blu-ray and make it extremely expensive on HD-DVD.
(I grabbed these quickly - I believe all of them are reputable studies. The first is double blind, the one about the blood barrier was carried out close to where I work [in the cellphone industry btw])
No - yet "we" seem to group them, as a whole, into the "potential terrorist" category.
Maybe we should stop? And while we're at it, maybe we should stop invading countries in the ME, killing their friends and families and lying about the reasons?
Find a video feed from one of the embassy burnings. Look at the signs the protesters are carrying. Notice that they're all written using the same pens, with the same handwriting.
Now ask yourself why experts say Syria shipped in protesters (yes, to Lebanon as well) - and that they weren't spontaneous demonstrations at all. link [in Swedish]
After having done that, you might want to question whether you really should spread false information without checking the facts?
You can buy pictures depicting Mohammed almost everywhere in the Islamic world.
The current clash has very little to do with the (very provocative) pictures and a LOT to do with the current world hatred of moslems (grouping them all together as potential terrorists) - actually not that unsimilar to anti semitism in the 30's.
You need to meet the Lord's Resistance Army in Uganda. link
In particular, the LRA abducted numerous children and, at clandestine bases, terrorized them into virtual slavery as guards, concubines, and soldiers. In addition to being beaten, raped, and forced to march until exhausted, abducted children were forced to participate in the killing of other children who had attempted to escape.
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The LRA rebels say they are fighting for the establishment of a government based on the biblical Ten Commandments
Religious fanatism is always bad - and the name of the current popular god is of no importance. I always get a kick out of hearing Bush saying "God bless America" after having done a speech about those evil moslems (sorry, terrorists - they all are, right? sigh) and their god Allah... can someone please tell him it's the same god... ?
No, they're quite correct (and yes, I'm a software developer). If the content cannot be reached in ANY WAY without after market modifications - and it cannot - then it's not "in the game".
If you let me modify your word.exe I promise you I can make it quite naughty.
Exactly. Modern mobile phones are very capable as application and gaming platforms using Java ME as the API towards third party applications. The operating systems mentioned in the article are in a minority.
I have yet to hear the Ayatollahs (let alone one of them) denounce the violence.
You just proved his point - they've been doing that from the very beginning. Maybe you should ask yourself if your news sources are trustworthy?
(While doing some quick googling to find sources in English on what I've already read in my native language, I'm a bit amazed as to how extremely US centric Google News is. I've never noticed this before - or it's part of the propaganda machine this thread is all about)
because the code was then shown to be unlockable in the consoles as well
How do you unlock it on a console without further manual modification of the original product requiring other after market modifications? Please elaborate.
I'm much more interested in if the police help owners of erroneously tagged cars remove the "super glued" device again, without leaving any marks whatsoever on the paint job.
(I thought business was about trying to get customers. If that requires a new business model - then what are you waiting for? Think of the head start you can get)
I'd say the best chance we have to get true AI is to build quantum computers. Constant creation of wavestates and the spontaneus collapse due to gravity will generate a flurry of "thoughts" - and by learning the successful ones will eventuelly be "stored" using neural networks.
That's one of the theories behind how the human brain works, and it's the "randomness" in it that I feel is sorely lacking from current static neural network thinking.
Moderators - Samir Gupta is a known troll. Nothing in the parent post is correct - "Power Glove" is the giveaway. Moderate down (I can't - I'm one of those who never gets mod points anymore)
Answers to all of the above, with good sources and logical reasoning, are already available from the sites I've linked to. Seriously, do you really think people would consider the "Pear Harbour"-explanation sound if there weren't lots of logical facts behind it?
(Even though as soon as you mention something along these lines you get "mod bombed" on Slashdot. I've just had 5 posts modded down - even in totally unrelated threads. Who are these kids who think that will make a difference?)
There were both motive and opportunity (2 days before 9/11 the building's security systems were shut down - never happened before - including calling off the bomb dogs, and special groups went through and did work in the buildings)
The pancake theory does not explain the perfect collapse of WTC7. No other theory besides controlled demolition do, actually.
To get pools of molten steel, with temperatures over 1000 degrees a week after, you need to do a lot more than weaken it;)
(I'm a Mechanical Engineer, btw. I consider his paper sound - it's the offical explanation that needs more than a few leaps of faith just to explain how the building(s) could fall exactly into their own footprint!)
remember for the most part no one actually expected terrorist to crash jets into skyscrapers
Uhm, yes, the whole US administration who had been told about the threat, that there were actual plans to do this (and by whom) and the same administration who held practice scenarios regarding what they should do when it happened.
Or, is that knowledge under a gag order like everything else that don't fit with the current official 9/11 fantasy being spread in the US?
(All the above information can be found here. Some links have very little facts behind them, some a lot. Be your own judge as to which you should trust or not)
My point is that the weather has always changed, and we've changed with it. No other points need to be made, right?
"Norm", "normal" etc are words that don't even need to be said. There's no such thing as "normal weather", or "natural weather" - or "unnatural" of course. The Earth has its climate, and that's it.
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Why? The DRM difference between HD-DVD and Blu-ray is down to almost nothing. Except for that little difference, Blu-ray wins hands down on everything.
As far as I've been able to deduce, the DRM difference is this: When you publish content on HD-DVD you _must_ include managed copying. However (and this is the catch!) you're free to charge whatever you want for it.
With Blu-ray you (the content publisher) deside for yourself whether you want to include managed copy or not.
In reality I'm quite sure the end customer won't see a difference. If the publisher doesn't want managed copying they'll opt out of it on Blu-ray and make it extremely expensive on HD-DVD.
more info
On the other hand:
3G masts 'cause health problems'
Microwaves open up the Blood Brain Barrier
Mobile phone radiation alters brain cells
(I grabbed these quickly - I believe all of them are reputable studies. The first is double blind, the one about the blood barrier was carried out close to where I work [in the cellphone industry btw])
Sorry, are those actions of the majority?
No - yet "we" seem to group them, as a whole, into the "potential terrorist" category.
Maybe we should stop? And while we're at it, maybe we should stop invading countries in the ME, killing their friends and families and lying about the reasons?
Find a video feed from one of the embassy burnings. Look at the signs the protesters are carrying. Notice that they're all written using the same pens, with the same handwriting.
Now ask yourself why experts say Syria shipped in protesters (yes, to Lebanon as well) - and that they weren't spontaneous demonstrations at all. link [in Swedish]
After having done that, you might want to question whether you really should spread false information without checking the facts?
Please cite which sura in the Quran that forbids pictures of the prophet.
:) link
There is none
You can buy pictures depicting Mohammed almost everywhere in the Islamic world.
The current clash has very little to do with the (very provocative) pictures and a LOT to do with the current world hatred of moslems (grouping them all together as potential terrorists) - actually not that unsimilar to anti semitism in the 30's.
You need to meet the Lord's Resistance Army in Uganda. link
... can someone please tell him it's the same god ... ?
In particular, the LRA abducted numerous children and, at clandestine bases, terrorized them into virtual slavery as guards, concubines, and soldiers. In addition to being beaten, raped, and forced to march until exhausted, abducted children were forced to participate in the killing of other children who had attempted to escape.
[---]
The LRA rebels say they are fighting for the establishment of a government based on the biblical Ten Commandments
Religious fanatism is always bad - and the name of the current popular god is of no importance. I always get a kick out of hearing Bush saying "God bless America" after having done a speech about those evil moslems (sorry, terrorists - they all are, right? sigh) and their god Allah
No, they're quite correct (and yes, I'm a software developer). If the content cannot be reached in ANY WAY without after market modifications - and it cannot - then it's not "in the game".
If you let me modify your word.exe I promise you I can make it quite naughty.
Exactly. Modern mobile phones are very capable as application and gaming platforms using Java ME as the API towards third party applications. The operating systems mentioned in the article are in a minority.
I have yet to hear the Ayatollahs (let alone one of them) denounce the violence.
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You just proved his point - they've been doing that from the very beginning. Maybe you should ask yourself if your news sources are trustworthy?
(While doing some quick googling to find sources in English on what I've already read in my native language, I'm a bit amazed as to how extremely US centric Google News is. I've never noticed this before - or it's part of the propaganda machine this thread is all about)
http://www.arabamericannews.com/newsarticle.php?a
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xf
http://news.inq7.net/nation/index.php?index=1&sto
http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/02/13/news/carto
http://www.antara.co.id/en/seenws/?id=8873
If you let me change the game (yes, that's what a Gameshark does), I can put sexual content into every game and application you've ever owned.
Try again. Show me how to access "Hot Coffee" without any after market modifications.
because the code was then shown to be unlockable in the consoles as well
How do you unlock it on a console without further manual modification of the original product requiring other after market modifications? Please elaborate.
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My system might only be 110" - but the difference between ~720*480 DVD and 1280*720 HDTV is huge.
"up-scaling logic" can never add more real detail.
I'm much more interested in if the police help owners of erroneously tagged cars remove the "super glued" device again, without leaving any marks whatsoever on the paint job.
Where can I buy your product online?
(I thought business was about trying to get customers. If that requires a new business model - then what are you waiting for? Think of the head start you can get)
I'd say the best chance we have to get true AI is to build quantum computers. Constant creation of wavestates and the spontaneus collapse due to gravity will generate a flurry of "thoughts" - and by learning the successful ones will eventuelly be "stored" using neural networks.
That's one of the theories behind how the human brain works, and it's the "randomness" in it that I feel is sorely lacking from current static neural network thinking.
More info: link
Moderators - Samir Gupta is a known troll. Nothing in the parent post is correct - "Power Glove" is the giveaway. Moderate down (I can't - I'm one of those who never gets mod points anymore)
Answers to all of the above, with good sources and logical reasoning, are already available from the sites I've linked to. Seriously, do you really think people would consider the "Pear Harbour"-explanation sound if there weren't lots of logical facts behind it?
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(Even though as soon as you mention something along these lines you get "mod bombed" on Slashdot. I've just had 5 posts modded down - even in totally unrelated threads. Who are these kids who think that will make a difference?)
http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/911_reichstag.h
Occam's razor. The above link contains the only explanation that makes sense.
There were both motive and opportunity (2 days before 9/11 the building's security systems were shut down - never happened before - including calling off the bomb dogs, and special groups went through and did work in the buildings)
The pancake theory does not explain the perfect collapse of WTC7. No other theory besides controlled demolition do, actually.
To get pools of molten steel, with temperatures over 1000 degrees a week after, you need to do a lot more than weaken it ;)
(I'm a Mechanical Engineer, btw. I consider his paper sound - it's the offical explanation that needs more than a few leaps of faith just to explain how the building(s) could fall exactly into their own footprint!)
You could be right, but no - the temperatures needed are never reached at all that way.
A more serious paper about the WTC collapses
Sorry for that, the link must've disappeared due to bad formatting.
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http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/archives/cat_91
remember for the most part no one actually expected terrorist to crash jets into skyscrapers
Uhm, yes, the whole US administration who had been told about the threat, that there were actual plans to do this (and by whom) and the same administration who held practice scenarios regarding what they should do when it happened.
Or, is that knowledge under a gag order like everything else that don't fit with the current official 9/11 fantasy being spread in the US?
(All the above information can be found here. Some links have very little facts behind them, some a lot. Be your own judge as to which you should trust or not)
My point is that the weather has always changed, and we've changed with it. No other points need to be made, right?
"Norm", "normal" etc are words that don't even need to be said. There's no such thing as "normal weather", or "natural weather" - or "unnatural" of course. The Earth has its climate, and that's it.
And yes, the weather has been straying from the "norms"
What norms? Last year? 10 years ago? 100 years ago? 1000 years ago?
Don't make stuff up. Please.