Crowd sourcing the government is now a Valid Solution. This is Slashdot.
The tax forms would fill ten 6" binders. I'm not extrapolating. Even if there were only five options to fund, this would be a bad idea. People would only give money to the things they want/think are best, which would never balance out. We don't have direct democracy for similar reasons. Also, people want to get involved with Democracy by applying ridiculously simple solutions that ignore the whole of the issue, and often create new problems.
I agree. My buddy has a laptop roughly the same size and specs as mine, but he has a 1920x1200 screen, while I have a 1366x768...He cringes when he looks at my screen.
My games run faster at max resolution though./blindoptimism
I believe Utah is considered high dessert, and gets quite a bit of snow and cold weather...without *feet* of snow blocking off roads and icing everything up. The location near the center of the country geographically is probably important as well.
I swear to God. This is the premise for a fiction/science fiction novel. If two of the 4 were developing romantic feelings for each other the UK could be sued for copyright infringement by several publishers. I dont...I dont think I'm OK with the world right now. I need a hug. Before that's banned too.
I will be plugged into the Google at all times. I will fear no evil for Google will be with me, and will guide me to safety. The Google provides divine inspiration, and is the light of the world. The Google protects. You should be plugged in to the Google. Otherwise you are a lesser bing. All hail the Google.
I do recall seeing screens here and there with high resolutions, though high DPI is harder to find. CPU power and GPU power levels have been progressing for quite some time, and it confuses me how much screen resolution seems to lag behind. Seems there was more in the background I wasn't really aware of. I'm still looking forward to higher DPI displays though. Even if tech can only support a 15.5" laptop with a resolution doubling my current 1366x768, it's still a huge improvement.
Well the main purely practical use I see on a tablet PC is crisp clear text for reading. One might also use a tablet like this with technical documents, diagrams, maps. It's also aesthetically pleasing to have everything displayed with seamless clarity.
But what I'm praising is the effort to make better screens in general. A move to high resolution screens on tablets means the infrastructure gets a boost for better screens in laptops and desktops and various other displays. Have you used a 16" laptop with 1080p? Even that is great, but also rare. I got my sister one for graduation, and there weren't many to choose from. I want to see the DPI of this tablet on a 22" monitor for my desktop, and I'd like a decent selection of laptops with high DPI screens.
Before the flames rise and Slashdot begins to slash the dots, I'd like to thank Apple for helping break the "HD = 1950x1080" fixation the market has. Hopefully monitor tech will get some advances soon.
Go away Red Cross. Stop trying to grab attention and headlines, and get back to whatever it is you were doing before so rudely interrupting our privacy debate. We thought you were better than this.
I agree whole-heartedly. I may suggest that you get the dirt cheap, hi cap SD cards and fill those with data, then trade em with your friends through the mail. For the big folders.
Was a wood and brass encased laptop with exquisite scrollwork around the keyboard and webcam, inherited by an archeologist who caries it around for data analysis and note taking.
Im sooper serial guys, manbearpig is out there, and hes the biggest threat we face....Well, I mean, there's a complex threat correlated to manbearpigs existence that we dont really understand...
You are the fool that allows an idiotic fine like this to happen. Pirating music is not like stealing cars. I'll repeat: pirating music is not like stealing cars. When I download a torrent, NO ONE LOSES ANYTHING. The publishing company doesnt end up with one less copy of the album on their hard drives, the artist doesnt lose the ability to play the song. I would never have paid for that album, and no one who downloads through me would pay for it either. No one loses anything.
Personally, I think it makes total sense for Google to consider a fleet of small, cheap, stable camera platforms that can take detailed pictures of an area and update the Google maps service. Consider how helpful it would be if they were sent out weekly to major construction zones along rodes that cause all sorts of detours and traffic issues, so when you check a route on Google maps you wont be told to take non-existing or unaccessible roads/offramps/turns/etc.
Thats precisely the point toonol was trying to show as erroneous. Even if the government brings the price of the cars down to $10,000 a piece, and people are fighting for the few thousand cars in the production run, the technology wont take off because the technology is not ready, and the infrastructure isn't in place to keep the price at $10,000. The only way to keep it there is if the government continues to spend money on subsidies.
I found this blog post to be a fascinating read. I've grown up with more realistic shooters, so I always laugh a bit when I play COD or similar games. Now I understand more of the reasoning behind MP40 9mm rounds doing more damage than 9mm fired from a p38.
One of my favorite games is the Forgotten Hope mod for Battlefield 2, which is one of the few WWII games that has the balls to make their weapons accurate and lethal. It shines in online play, where 64 player servers, beautifully created, large maps, and a huge variety of tanks, vehicles, planes, and weapons create an experience like no other. Bolt action rifles (the standard weapon of almost all armies in game) will drop a player in one shot to the chest, and a shot to the arm or leg will leave you barely alive and bleeding. SMGs are not just cone of fire spray and pray weapons that are useless at distance. Firing from the hip will do this, but aiming down the sights gives the gun accuracy it deserves, and with proper control of the recoil, you can be a master of medium ranges as well. heck if you account for bullet drop you can hit long range targets no problem. These guns shoot where the sights are pointing, and will kill with 2-3 solid hits. As such, Machine guns are ungodly. They fire rifle rounds full auto. This is reflected.
Because it is made on the Battlefield engine, the game counts ammo strictly by magazine/stripper clip rather than a pool of bullets. Reload animations are excellent, and are timed to be realistic. Getting caught reloading a No.4 in an engagement, and running for cover while you slide the two clips into the magazine and lock the bolt forward is an exhilarating experience.
Anyways, check it out if you want a great game made by fans of WWII history and weaponry.
Spike Shooter has 300mg of caffeine in an 8.4oz can. Best density in a drink I know of. NOS is a bit more affordable but has a similar amount of Caffeine in a bigger bottle.
The point is, there's an endless variation of disguises you can use to thwart the software as long as certain programed traits it looks for (darkness above eyes/lighter nose and cheekbones/symmetry) are thrown off by face markings and hairstyles.
I think this would be cooler with glowing phosphorescent paint, but I think the point is to blend in so the software doesnt look too closely at you.
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Crowd sourcing the government is now a Valid Solution. This is Slashdot.
The tax forms would fill ten 6" binders. I'm not extrapolating. Even if there were only five options to fund, this would be a bad idea. People would only give money to the things they want/think are best, which would never balance out. We don't have direct democracy for similar reasons. Also, people want to get involved with Democracy by applying ridiculously simple solutions that ignore the whole of the issue, and often create new problems.
I agree. My buddy has a laptop roughly the same size and specs as mine, but he has a 1920x1200 screen, while I have a 1366x768...He cringes when he looks at my screen.
My games run faster at max resolution though. /blindoptimism
I believe Utah is considered high dessert, and gets quite a bit of snow and cold weather...without *feet* of snow blocking off roads and icing everything up. The location near the center of the country geographically is probably important as well.
Why does the volatile nuclear situation in the Middle East and the retirement of an honored old carrier make me think of Battlestar Galactica?
I swear to God. This is the premise for a fiction/science fiction novel. If two of the 4 were developing romantic feelings for each other the UK could be sued for copyright infringement by several publishers. I dont...I dont think I'm OK with the world right now. I need a hug. Before that's banned too.
In actuality you need to put the server in a fridge AND detonate a nuke nearby to counteract some of the slashdotting effects.
I will be plugged into the Google at all times. I will fear no evil for Google will be with me, and will guide me to safety. The Google provides divine inspiration, and is the light of the world. The Google protects. You should be plugged in to the Google. Otherwise you are a lesser bing. All hail the Google.
Thanks for a very informative post.
I do recall seeing screens here and there with high resolutions, though high DPI is harder to find. CPU power and GPU power levels have been progressing for quite some time, and it confuses me how much screen resolution seems to lag behind. Seems there was more in the background I wasn't really aware of. I'm still looking forward to higher DPI displays though. Even if tech can only support a 15.5" laptop with a resolution doubling my current 1366x768, it's still a huge improvement.
Well the main purely practical use I see on a tablet PC is crisp clear text for reading. One might also use a tablet like this with technical documents, diagrams, maps. It's also aesthetically pleasing to have everything displayed with seamless clarity.
But what I'm praising is the effort to make better screens in general. A move to high resolution screens on tablets means the infrastructure gets a boost for better screens in laptops and desktops and various other displays. Have you used a 16" laptop with 1080p? Even that is great, but also rare. I got my sister one for graduation, and there weren't many to choose from. I want to see the DPI of this tablet on a 22" monitor for my desktop, and I'd like a decent selection of laptops with high DPI screens.
Before the flames rise and Slashdot begins to slash the dots, I'd like to thank Apple for helping break the "HD = 1950x1080" fixation the market has. Hopefully monitor tech will get some advances soon.
Now someone needs to pilot a UAV into the home of the company's CEO to expose his life-prolonging Voodoo practices.
Exactly the line my thoughts took.
Go away Red Cross. Stop trying to grab attention and headlines, and get back to whatever it is you were doing before so rudely interrupting our privacy debate. We thought you were better than this.
I knew it. Everyone I knew laughed at my dedicated studies of Minecraft architecture. But now I'm ahead of the curve, and laughing at my naysayers...
Excuse me, I have to go build a few of those man-lifting, scaled-up hexacopters, and dig up a few thousand cobblestone blocks.
I agree whole-heartedly. I may suggest that you get the dirt cheap, hi cap SD cards and fill those with data, then trade em with your friends through the mail. For the big folders.
Was a wood and brass encased laptop with exquisite scrollwork around the keyboard and webcam, inherited by an archeologist who caries it around for data analysis and note taking.
Im sooper serial guys, manbearpig is out there, and hes the biggest threat we face. ...Well, I mean, there's a complex threat correlated to manbearpigs existence that we dont really understand...
SHUTTUP DENIALISTS! IM SOOPER SERIAL
You may never have thought it, but your mom certainly did. Also, Fuck all the movie industry. They can burn in the hell they came from.
You are the fool that allows an idiotic fine like this to happen. Pirating music is not like stealing cars. I'll repeat: pirating music is not like stealing cars. When I download a torrent, NO ONE LOSES ANYTHING. The publishing company doesnt end up with one less copy of the album on their hard drives, the artist doesnt lose the ability to play the song. I would never have paid for that album, and no one who downloads through me would pay for it either. No one loses anything.
Personally, I think it makes total sense for Google to consider a fleet of small, cheap, stable camera platforms that can take detailed pictures of an area and update the Google maps service. Consider how helpful it would be if they were sent out weekly to major construction zones along rodes that cause all sorts of detours and traffic issues, so when you check a route on Google maps you wont be told to take non-existing or unaccessible roads/offramps/turns/etc.
Thats precisely the point toonol was trying to show as erroneous. Even if the government brings the price of the cars down to $10,000 a piece, and people are fighting for the few thousand cars in the production run, the technology wont take off because the technology is not ready, and the infrastructure isn't in place to keep the price at $10,000. The only way to keep it there is if the government continues to spend money on subsidies.
Because forcibly disbanding a party with views opposing your own is the best way to stop totalitarianism! :D
I honestly don't see much difference between ANY "hard liners."
I found this blog post to be a fascinating read. I've grown up with more realistic shooters, so I always laugh a bit when I play COD or similar games. Now I understand more of the reasoning behind MP40 9mm rounds doing more damage than 9mm fired from a p38.
One of my favorite games is the Forgotten Hope mod for Battlefield 2, which is one of the few WWII games that has the balls to make their weapons accurate and lethal. It shines in online play, where 64 player servers, beautifully created, large maps, and a huge variety of tanks, vehicles, planes, and weapons create an experience like no other. Bolt action rifles (the standard weapon of almost all armies in game) will drop a player in one shot to the chest, and a shot to the arm or leg will leave you barely alive and bleeding. SMGs are not just cone of fire spray and pray weapons that are useless at distance. Firing from the hip will do this, but aiming down the sights gives the gun accuracy it deserves, and with proper control of the recoil, you can be a master of medium ranges as well. heck if you account for bullet drop you can hit long range targets no problem. These guns shoot where the sights are pointing, and will kill with 2-3 solid hits. As such, Machine guns are ungodly. They fire rifle rounds full auto. This is reflected.
Because it is made on the Battlefield engine, the game counts ammo strictly by magazine/stripper clip rather than a pool of bullets. Reload animations are excellent, and are timed to be realistic. Getting caught reloading a No.4 in an engagement, and running for cover while you slide the two clips into the magazine and lock the bolt forward is an exhilarating experience.
Anyways, check it out if you want a great game made by fans of WWII history and weaponry.
The mammoth airship measures 72 feet long and 18 feet wide and has a nylon and polyethylene aluminum frame.
Surely, with an airship so large, the earth will be plunged into darkness as it passes overhead!
Spike Shooter has 300mg of caffeine in an 8.4oz can. Best density in a drink I know of. NOS is a bit more affordable but has a similar amount of Caffeine in a bigger bottle.
The point is, there's an endless variation of disguises you can use to thwart the software as long as certain programed traits it looks for (darkness above eyes/lighter nose and cheekbones/symmetry) are thrown off by face markings and hairstyles. I think this would be cooler with glowing phosphorescent paint, but I think the point is to blend in so the software doesnt look too closely at you.