and who the hell rips to just vob, that's like ripping to wav with a CD, you just don't do it.
Bad analogy. VOBs are already compressed, and compressing any more degrades the quality significantly. You can compress CDs to high-bitrate MP3s without losing much, but the jump down to Divx is pretty nasty. Once people have the space for VOBs, they will use them instead.
Well, I *DID* walk to school in the snow. Down to about -30 degrees F. Below that I could stay home.
Luxury. Below -40 we might sometimes get a ride to school. But stay home? Never. -55C, there we were. The downside to living in the far north is that there are no snow days.
"Look! It snowed outside last night! A lot! And it's really cold!"
"Yes dear, just like yesterday, the day before, and the month before that. Get dressed."
I think he's suggesting that taking a "shortcut" without actually reaching C, you might travel a distance otherwise longer than C * time. Hence "travel faster than light". But in reality, the distance traveled is really the length of the shortcut, not the "long way".
Better, yet, get rid of the fans altogether, and use the central vac itself! How's that for airflow! Your biggest problem would be making sure that you don't have any loose parts, or they'd get sucked right out the vent. Would cut down on the dust bunnies for sure.
Of course, this assumes that the central vac is soundproofed itself, and could survive a 24 hour duty cycle.
but if you see the flicker on 75, you are either BSing, have it actually set to 60, or you need an eye exam pronto
Not at all. Just because you have less-evolved vision, doesn't mean the rest of us suffer with the same handicap. I see a noticable difference between 75 and 85 Hz. That's pretty much my upper bound though.
Try looking at the display out of the corner of your eye. The retina's persistence of vision is lower there, and it makes the difference more apparent.
Such digital enhancement might be useful for getting leads, but the result isn't evidence; it's just a computer-assisted guess.
Applying, say, a contrast filter to a digital image to bring out details is no different from the subjective treatment that a conventional photograph gets when developed in a darkroom.
I imagine that the various tests that forensic scientists perform are rigorously standardized. There's no reason that digital processes couldn't be similarly regulated. I supposed what is called for is the certification of "official" digital filters, that are analyzed and confirmed to manipulate the image in an "unbiased" fashion.
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This generates a force on your back that could, when combined with other visual and audio inputs, be confused by your brain into being acceleration.
That only (rather lamely) simulates a 1G acceleration in a different direction than "down". Which really isn't anything like what coasters do. Show me a chair that can simulate free-fall or a 6G turn.
Dude, many manufacturers use the SAME DAMN HDA for both SCSI and IDE variants. Tell me again why SCSI is more _reliable_ if it's using an IDENTICAL disc underneath?
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You've got it back-asswards. It's not a PDA with a GPS built in, it's a GPS with a PDA built in. Makes more sense that way.
Yes, exactly.
Just plug 'em in again. It's not a bug, it's just a built-in perpetual demonstration of the hot-swapping feature.
It turned out he was just too stupid to realize he was pointing Lynx at the filesystem instead of the web server.
Bad analogy. VOBs are already compressed, and compressing any more degrades the quality significantly. You can compress CDs to high-bitrate MP3s without losing much, but the jump down to Divx is pretty nasty. Once people have the space for VOBs, they will use them instead.
"Tea, Long Island, Iced."
Luxury. Below -40 we might sometimes get a ride to school. But stay home? Never. -55C, there we were. The downside to living in the far north is that there are no snow days.
"Look! It snowed outside last night! A lot! And it's really cold!"
"Yes dear, just like yesterday, the day before, and the month before that. Get dressed."
http://astro.temple.edu/~kmr/Chauffe2.mp3
True enough. An auto mechanic will *always* find a problem. Usually several. Even when the car is in fact in perfect running order.
Ask a grownup to help you look up "futile" in a dictionary.
I think he's suggesting that taking a "shortcut" without actually reaching C, you might travel a distance otherwise longer than C * time. Hence "travel faster than light". But in reality, the distance traveled is really the length of the shortcut, not the "long way".
And of course, it wouldn't have been a proper slashdot story visit if they hadn't scrolled past a "Steven King is dead" comment.
Obviously Sony was sold on the technology after seeing how much benefit intel got from it.
It's sad that the reason it shut down is for "legal reasons" instead of "the realization that it was utterly futile".
Sounds like they've discovered a Kemplerer Rosette. :)
Of course, this assumes that the central vac is soundproofed itself, and could survive a 24 hour duty cycle.
Not at all. Just because you have less-evolved vision, doesn't mean the rest of us suffer with the same handicap. I see a noticable difference between 75 and 85 Hz. That's pretty much my upper bound though.
Try looking at the display out of the corner of your eye. The retina's persistence of vision is lower there, and it makes the difference more apparent.
How did you manage that, while being too stupid to understand bandwidth throttling?
Um, they're not "embracing" it if it's incompatible from day one.
It absolutely does.
(Not that it's relevant to the argument at hand.)
Applying, say, a contrast filter to a digital image to bring out details is no different from the subjective treatment that a conventional photograph gets when developed in a darkroom.
I imagine that the various tests that forensic scientists perform are rigorously standardized. There's no reason that digital processes couldn't be similarly regulated. I supposed what is called for is the certification of "official" digital filters, that are analyzed and confirmed to manipulate the image in an "unbiased" fashion.
That only (rather lamely) simulates a 1G acceleration in a different direction than "down". Which really isn't anything like what coasters do. Show me a chair that can simulate free-fall or a 6G turn.
Now, we're bringing home everyone from orbit.
Give it another few years, and we'll be crawling back into the oceans.
"WHY ALL the CAPITALS?"
Dude, many manufacturers use the SAME DAMN HDA for both SCSI and IDE variants. Tell me again why SCSI is more _reliable_ if it's using an IDENTICAL disc underneath?