Actually I watched the olympics from CTVs website and the quality was great - everything was in high def and there wasn't too much lag between the TV feed and the online feed. Add that to the fact that you can stream news networks online and there's no reason for me to have satellite/cable. I'm 21 and a lot people my age feel the same. Nobody really sits down to watch TV anymore - even big shows like Lost just tend to get watched in between classes on laptops. And cable/satellite costs more than a decent internet connection. You'll probably see my generation largely give up 'dumb' appliances like televisions with subscriptions to closed networks in the next decade.
I've never really understood why people are afraid to play online if they aren't good. When you play tennis for the first time, you'll get your ass handed to you also. When you played chess for the first time you probably lost badly. Is it the fact that you might get chewed out by some 15 year old you'll never meet?
Even more than that, it is a pure humanist celebration. Even though two countries hate each other, they compete together fairly under the same rules, and acknowledge when they lose. The entire world is also looking at one city for a while and if you follow the coverage you'll inevitably understand that place a little better.
And that's just the sports, there is all sorts of cultural stuff that goes on. Saying the Olympics are all curling and ribbon dancing is like saying the world cup is just a bunch of people kicking around a ball.
They are referring to the 2600 joke, which they admitted to months ago. But on the web, like in politics, misinformation spreads and stays long after it should.
I agree totally. I installed Ubuntu about a year and half ago out of curiousity (first experience with linux) and was shocked when I couldn't play my mp3s. This is the kind of stuff that "just works" on WINDOWS, for chrissake.
Cyberspace is a dead idea anyways. Aside from "the goggles problem" (no one likes to wear geeky equipment), we're already in the/real/ cyberspace. William Gibson has suggested things along these lines.
The barrier between physical and digital is getting smaller all the time. If you go to a party, you can take a picture with your phone and it'll be on facebook in seconds. Cyberspace isn't going to be an "other" place, it's being grafted onto reality.
I can see why some would be upset over this "new" feature (really just a nice automatic way of site:www.example.com) but Google's search is so often better than the actual site's that I find it hard to get mad. Try searching for a wikipedia article using the internal search, then try google's. Especially for stuff like typos and broad subjects, google's search is much better.
How many people over 30 read comics? I mean in the general population, not just nerdom. How many women read comics? When the public thinks of comics, they think of latex costumes, because that's what the most popular comics are about. You'd probably have a hard time finding someone on the street who has even heard of the two comics you listed.
That crossbow seemed pretty weak. I've seen compound bows and crossbows shoot arrows through some pretty dense stuff. But it did bend the tips so who knows.
This is true mostly. For instance if I was trying to find a DVD of the Athens 2004 Olympics opening ceremonies, or something rare or obscure or whatever, I'd just pop it on some guy on Yahoo Answers to dig through ebay or craigslist to find it for me. If I want to know about Greek mythology I'd obviously choose the Wikipedia page over whatever Yahoo has to offer.
Some big chains do carry "major" independent stuff if that makes sense. I bought In Search of Sunrise 6 at an HMV because I knew it was on a non-RIAA label, but I bet >90% of the stuff there isn't like that.
I am going to try to not come off as a prick in this post.
Vgchart(s|z) is shit. Worth nothing. I'm a member of an extremely passionate video game forum, and posting vgcharts is enough to get you banned. NPD and Media Create are really the only two accurate sources. Wherever the vgcharts numbers come from, they are not even good estimates.
In any case, the PS3 is not selling as well as the 360.
It's not really that weird at all. If you have a modest HD movie collection (say, 50), it could easily chew up a big part of the drive. Add a 100gb music collection, maybe half a dozen game installs, OS install, and your 4TB drive suddenly doesn't seem that big.
How about a mix of random and semi- or non-random patrols? That seems like it could work out well too. The high security areas could get patrolled regularly and normally with random sweeps to catch whatever baddies are on the outskirts.
It's true. In the end, you were paying $600 for a phone. You can also get phones for $50. By paying WAY more, you either want to get it first or have the absolute best phone possible. Your phone still works. You got it first. If that $200 will actually harm you financially, you shouldn't have bought a $600 gadget in the first place.
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Actually I watched the olympics from CTVs website and the quality was great - everything was in high def and there wasn't too much lag between the TV feed and the online feed. Add that to the fact that you can stream news networks online and there's no reason for me to have satellite/cable. I'm 21 and a lot people my age feel the same. Nobody really sits down to watch TV anymore - even big shows like Lost just tend to get watched in between classes on laptops. And cable/satellite costs more than a decent internet connection. You'll probably see my generation largely give up 'dumb' appliances like televisions with subscriptions to closed networks in the next decade.
I've never really understood why people are afraid to play online if they aren't good. When you play tennis for the first time, you'll get your ass handed to you also. When you played chess for the first time you probably lost badly. Is it the fact that you might get chewed out by some 15 year old you'll never meet?
Even more than that, it is a pure humanist celebration. Even though two countries hate each other, they compete together fairly under the same rules, and acknowledge when they lose. The entire world is also looking at one city for a while and if you follow the coverage you'll inevitably understand that place a little better.
And that's just the sports, there is all sorts of cultural stuff that goes on. Saying the Olympics are all curling and ribbon dancing is like saying the world cup is just a bunch of people kicking around a ball.
They have been VERY careful about not explicitly saying that this is the final hope. They are just calling this year's conference "The Final Hope".
They are referring to the 2600 joke, which they admitted to months ago. But on the web, like in politics, misinformation spreads and stays long after it should.
I agree totally. I installed Ubuntu about a year and half ago out of curiousity (first experience with linux) and was shocked when I couldn't play my mp3s. This is the kind of stuff that "just works" on WINDOWS, for chrissake.
Cyberspace is a dead idea anyways. Aside from "the goggles problem" (no one likes to wear geeky equipment), we're already in the /real/ cyberspace. William Gibson has suggested things along these lines.
The barrier between physical and digital is getting smaller all the time. If you go to a party, you can take a picture with your phone and it'll be on facebook in seconds. Cyberspace isn't going to be an "other" place, it's being grafted onto reality.
I can see why some would be upset over this "new" feature (really just a nice automatic way of site:www.example.com) but Google's search is so often better than the actual site's that I find it hard to get mad. Try searching for a wikipedia article using the internal search, then try google's. Especially for stuff like typos and broad subjects, google's search is much better.
Great.
Yes, it's called Freetunes.
How many people over 30 read comics? I mean in the general population, not just nerdom. How many women read comics? When the public thinks of comics, they think of latex costumes, because that's what the most popular comics are about. You'd probably have a hard time finding someone on the street who has even heard of the two comics you listed.
Intelligent agents learn and adapt. And, apparently, other shit happens.
That crossbow seemed pretty weak. I've seen compound bows and crossbows shoot arrows through some pretty dense stuff. But it did bend the tips so who knows.
I find myself just using google to search inside of wikipedia.org instead of using the actual wikipedia search. It really is quite bad.
This is true mostly. For instance if I was trying to find a DVD of the Athens 2004 Olympics opening ceremonies, or something rare or obscure or whatever, I'd just pop it on some guy on Yahoo Answers to dig through ebay or craigslist to find it for me. If I want to know about Greek mythology I'd obviously choose the Wikipedia page over whatever Yahoo has to offer.
Some big chains do carry "major" independent stuff if that makes sense. I bought In Search of Sunrise 6 at an HMV because I knew it was on a non-RIAA label, but I bet >90% of the stuff there isn't like that.
I am going to try to not come off as a prick in this post.
Vgchart(s|z) is shit. Worth nothing. I'm a member of an extremely passionate video game forum, and posting vgcharts is enough to get you banned. NPD and Media Create are really the only two accurate sources. Wherever the vgcharts numbers come from, they are not even good estimates.
In any case, the PS3 is not selling as well as the 360.
It's not really that weird at all. If you have a modest HD movie collection (say, 50), it could easily chew up a big part of the drive. Add a 100gb music collection, maybe half a dozen game installs, OS install, and your 4TB drive suddenly doesn't seem that big.
Luckily you can hide your online status. Thank god for that.
Sounds like a good porn movie title.
sarcasm /srkæzm/
-noun
1. harsh or bitter derision or irony.
2. a sharply ironical taunt; sneering or cutting remark: a review full of sarcasms.
How about a mix of random and semi- or non-random patrols? That seems like it could work out well too. The high security areas could get patrolled regularly and normally with random sweeps to catch whatever baddies are on the outskirts.
It's true. In the end, you were paying $600 for a phone. You can also get phones for $50. By paying WAY more, you either want to get it first or have the absolute best phone possible. Your phone still works. You got it first. If that $200 will actually harm you financially, you shouldn't have bought a $600 gadget in the first place.
It sucks, but there's nothing WRONG about it.
BOTH of the first two posts were about porn. I salute you, slashdot!
Imagine how much the term 'remix' has been abused. The same is going to happen for 'mashup'. Musicians always get screwed when it comes to new terms!