Court documents said he was supporting 3 children, so I assume the teen and baby were his own (or his girlfriend's). I don't know why news reports haven't identified their relation to him either way.
Nothing I can really add other than that. I just want to say... what a fucking douchebag. I'm glad he's dead.
Nintendo must have a game in mind with this peripheral, otherwise I don't see why they would bother (unless MS or Sony are planning on unveiling waggle controllers that outperform the Wii Remote... which so far doesn't appear to be the case). Interestingly, Miyamoto has said that Twilight Princess would be the final Zelda game to play like it's forebears, and it is true that Nintendo has been experimenting with a first person Zelda design for some time (part of which became Link's Crossbow Training). With this new 1:1 motion capability, perfect for sword fighting one would assume, I'm lead to believe we may be looking at a major announcement of an all new Zelda title.
Then again, it might just be for Wii Sports 2.
While other threats like severe weather are much more imminent, I wouldn't write off the possibility of a major quake in the mid-US. Anywhere there are active faults, it isn't matter of if, but when. You should all at least have a basic understanding of what to do to protect yourself during a quake, and this little shake-up should serve as a reminder.
I know that. I was explaining that there are cases where an upconverted 1080i signal looks better on a 720p set than an unpconverted 720p signal does. That's all.
Does the upconverting really make any difference? I've never seen the output of an upconverting player, but I don't understand how upconverting in the player can look much better than upconverting in the TV.
The problem is most people have their player set to upscale something stupid like 1080i (because it's the "biggest") when their display has a native resolution like 1366x768 and the results generally look like garbage in comparison to what they COULD look like. Actually, on my setup I have a 720p LCD HDTV with a native resolution of 1366x768, and an OPPO upconverting DVD player. I find that the image actually looks better with the player upconverting to 1080i, then having the TV scale the image down to 1366x768. I believe that may be because at 720p, the image must still be stretched to fit the native resolution of the screen. The image winds up looking better being squeezed down from 1080i to fit 1366x768.
Just my two cents.
According to the article, the proto-planet is 100,000 years old. It MIGHT be around 2,000 years old but there is no way to confirm that. It is more likely that the age of the proto-planet is more in line with the age of the star at 100,000 years. Space.com also reports that this planet is 100,000 years old. -- "The group, led by Jane Greaves of the University of St. Andrews in Scotland, found the 100,000-year-old fetal planet about 520 light-years away in the constellation Taurus "The new object, designated HL Tau b, is the youngest planetary object ever seen," said Anita Richards, an astronomer at the U.K. Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics. Richards, who worked with Greaves' team to describe the infant planet, said it's just 1 percent as old as the young planet found in orbit around the star TW Hydrae last year."
Are you insane? The player is doing the upscaling in my setup, not the display. If the upscaled image where on par with HD content, then I would not be able to make such a discernible difference between HD content (which looks fucking fantastic) and upscaled SD content (which, while it doesn't look bad, in comparison to the HD content does look like poop). If they display were "poop" then both HD and upscaled SD would look like poop, as they are both delivered in the same resolution. The only thing a display can do to an SD signal to make it look bad is to do a poor job upscaling it. In this case, that task has been offhanded to my DVD player which upscales like a champ. Now quit trying to wave your e-peen around about how crappy everyone's HD set must be if they think HD content makes SD content look like poop. The fact of the matter is HD boasts way more detail than SD is capable, and while upscaling helps, it isn't magic. It isn't going to add details that aren't there. HD >>>> SD. Period.
I have an OPPO DV-980H (arguably one of the best upconverting DVD players on the market) connected via HDMI to a Westinghouse 32" LCD HDTV. Everything has been properly calibrated (to hell and back, really). Upconverted to 720p (my display's native resolution) all my DVDs STILL look like poop compared to the HD content I get over a humble pair of rabbit ears.
So yeah. Standard def looks like poop compared to HD content. Period.
Are you kidding? SOME day? I've hated Apple since GRADE SCHOOL. I dreaded having to use those god-awful machines, I swear not one essay was ever typed without that goddamned you're-fucked-bomb popping up. "Sorry, a system error has occurred." Yeah, I agree. The first error was buying 100 of these goddamned pieces of shit. Apple recovered a little with me when the iMac came around, I really liked that little machine, or at least I wanted to. Then Apple went and started their whole smug, elitist asshole advertising campaigns and they've been riding that train ever since. Goddamn it I hate Apple.
I was hoping Microsoft would come around with a Blu-Ray solution, so that I can get my game system AND Blu-Ray player in one go. Looks like I'll have to pony up for a PS3 if I want that.
I'd imagine that there are of course some grade-a asshole management techniques that work, I don't think there has ever been a question as to whether or not they do work. I think the real question is whether or not they work better than management techniques that don't involve the boss being a total douchebag.
I fully expect the RIAA to do everything in it's power to hide any so called "embarrassing" information, probably successfully so. I hate to be such a pessimist but the fact of the matter is multi-million dollar corporations will always have the upper hand in this sort of thing. I got my fingers crossed though, hopefully someone will finally slay the dragon.
I certainly hope those prices do come down. I just bought an OPPO upconverting DVD player to tide me over until prices become palatable. I am not paying more than $200 for a god damn movie player, I don't care how H it's D's are.
When speaking of planetary catastrophe the death of our Sun is but a distant worry. It has already been mentioned that in about 3 billion years the galaxy Andromeda will collide with our own Milky Way galaxy. That of course poses several dangers to Earth in itself, though none particularly likely due to the vast distances between stars within galaxies, the potential for a stellar marauder to interfere with our solar system and cause chaos for Earth does exist. More worrisome, though, is the fact that around the same time (3 billion years from now) the Earth's core will finally cool and it's magnetic field generating dynamo will shut down, causing the Earth's shielding from the solar wind to collapse and the atmosphere to be stripped away eventually leaving the planet as dry and barren as Mars. Well before that ever happens, Earth will have to deal with the solar system's bobbing and weaving in and out of the galactic plane, possibly exposing the planet to deadly cosmic rays. Even nearer to our future is the fact that a conveniently aimed gamma ray burst from an exploding star (Betelgeuse is ready to go any day now) could "sterilize" the planet. Then of course, there is the ever present threat of an Earth shattering asteroid impact, which happens every 100 million years or so on average... in which case you could consider Earth overdue for another one. So yeah... the Sun engulfing the Earth (or what's left of it) 7 billion years from now... I wouldn't sweat that one.
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Craigslist has to be about the seediest place to do business on the internet. Nothing about their service screams 'high quality,' much less 'we care.'
Court documents said he was supporting 3 children, so I assume the teen and baby were his own (or his girlfriend's). I don't know why news reports haven't identified their relation to him either way. Nothing I can really add other than that. I just want to say... what a fucking douchebag. I'm glad he's dead.
Where the hell is the Wii version? I was pretty sure these Penny Arcade guys liked money. Lots and lots of money.
Nintendo must have a game in mind with this peripheral, otherwise I don't see why they would bother (unless MS or Sony are planning on unveiling waggle controllers that outperform the Wii Remote... which so far doesn't appear to be the case). Interestingly, Miyamoto has said that Twilight Princess would be the final Zelda game to play like it's forebears, and it is true that Nintendo has been experimenting with a first person Zelda design for some time (part of which became Link's Crossbow Training). With this new 1:1 motion capability, perfect for sword fighting one would assume, I'm lead to believe we may be looking at a major announcement of an all new Zelda title. Then again, it might just be for Wii Sports 2.
What do froggies say? SNIKT!
My thoughts exactly. Now the RIAA has a man on the inside... faaaannntastic.
While other threats like severe weather are much more imminent, I wouldn't write off the possibility of a major quake in the mid-US. Anywhere there are active faults, it isn't matter of if, but when. You should all at least have a basic understanding of what to do to protect yourself during a quake, and this little shake-up should serve as a reminder.
I know that. I was explaining that there are cases where an upconverted 1080i signal looks better on a 720p set than an unpconverted 720p signal does. That's all.
My surf board will be made of dolomite, the tough black mineral that won't cop out when there's heat all about!
According to the article, the proto-planet is 100,000 years old. It MIGHT be around 2,000 years old but there is no way to confirm that. It is more likely that the age of the proto-planet is more in line with the age of the star at 100,000 years. Space.com also reports that this planet is 100,000 years old. -- "The group, led by Jane Greaves of the University of St. Andrews in Scotland, found the 100,000-year-old fetal planet about 520 light-years away in the constellation Taurus "The new object, designated HL Tau b, is the youngest planetary object ever seen," said Anita Richards, an astronomer at the U.K. Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics. Richards, who worked with Greaves' team to describe the infant planet, said it's just 1 percent as old as the young planet found in orbit around the star TW Hydrae last year."
Are you insane? The player is doing the upscaling in my setup, not the display. If the upscaled image where on par with HD content, then I would not be able to make such a discernible difference between HD content (which looks fucking fantastic) and upscaled SD content (which, while it doesn't look bad, in comparison to the HD content does look like poop). If they display were "poop" then both HD and upscaled SD would look like poop, as they are both delivered in the same resolution. The only thing a display can do to an SD signal to make it look bad is to do a poor job upscaling it. In this case, that task has been offhanded to my DVD player which upscales like a champ. Now quit trying to wave your e-peen around about how crappy everyone's HD set must be if they think HD content makes SD content look like poop. The fact of the matter is HD boasts way more detail than SD is capable, and while upscaling helps, it isn't magic. It isn't going to add details that aren't there. HD >>>> SD. Period.
How the hell can it be that hard to count people?
I have an OPPO DV-980H (arguably one of the best upconverting DVD players on the market) connected via HDMI to a Westinghouse 32" LCD HDTV. Everything has been properly calibrated (to hell and back, really). Upconverted to 720p (my display's native resolution) all my DVDs STILL look like poop compared to the HD content I get over a humble pair of rabbit ears. So yeah. Standard def looks like poop compared to HD content. Period.
Are you kidding? SOME day? I've hated Apple since GRADE SCHOOL. I dreaded having to use those god-awful machines, I swear not one essay was ever typed without that goddamned you're-fucked-bomb popping up. "Sorry, a system error has occurred." Yeah, I agree. The first error was buying 100 of these goddamned pieces of shit. Apple recovered a little with me when the iMac came around, I really liked that little machine, or at least I wanted to. Then Apple went and started their whole smug, elitist asshole advertising campaigns and they've been riding that train ever since. Goddamn it I hate Apple.
Hmmm... Perhaps they should have built it out of Styrofoam!
Because standard def looks like poop after having seen so much HD content.
I was hoping Microsoft would come around with a Blu-Ray solution, so that I can get my game system AND Blu-Ray player in one go. Looks like I'll have to pony up for a PS3 if I want that.
I'd imagine that there are of course some grade-a asshole management techniques that work, I don't think there has ever been a question as to whether or not they do work. I think the real question is whether or not they work better than management techniques that don't involve the boss being a total douchebag.
It's hard to replicate thousands of years of evolution, unfortunately.
I fully expect the RIAA to do everything in it's power to hide any so called "embarrassing" information, probably successfully so. I hate to be such a pessimist but the fact of the matter is multi-million dollar corporations will always have the upper hand in this sort of thing. I got my fingers crossed though, hopefully someone will finally slay the dragon.
I certainly hope those prices do come down. I just bought an OPPO upconverting DVD player to tide me over until prices become palatable. I am not paying more than $200 for a god damn movie player, I don't care how H it's D's are.
How long until they "observe" a Fry, er, Hawking Hole? I could have swore I "observed" one on TV.
It has to be hot for the fan to run, but the fan makes it cool, so.... huh? I can't seem to wrap my brain around this one.
When speaking of planetary catastrophe the death of our Sun is but a distant worry. It has already been mentioned that in about 3 billion years the galaxy Andromeda will collide with our own Milky Way galaxy. That of course poses several dangers to Earth in itself, though none particularly likely due to the vast distances between stars within galaxies, the potential for a stellar marauder to interfere with our solar system and cause chaos for Earth does exist. More worrisome, though, is the fact that around the same time (3 billion years from now) the Earth's core will finally cool and it's magnetic field generating dynamo will shut down, causing the Earth's shielding from the solar wind to collapse and the atmosphere to be stripped away eventually leaving the planet as dry and barren as Mars. Well before that ever happens, Earth will have to deal with the solar system's bobbing and weaving in and out of the galactic plane, possibly exposing the planet to deadly cosmic rays. Even nearer to our future is the fact that a conveniently aimed gamma ray burst from an exploding star (Betelgeuse is ready to go any day now) could "sterilize" the planet. Then of course, there is the ever present threat of an Earth shattering asteroid impact, which happens every 100 million years or so on average... in which case you could consider Earth overdue for another one. So yeah... the Sun engulfing the Earth (or what's left of it) 7 billion years from now... I wouldn't sweat that one.