So who thinks a _touchscreen_ is a decent choice for someone visually impaired? Something that relies on hand eye coordination, with no physical feedback?
I know I'm probably going to be proved wrong in a minute by the blind iPad fanbois.
lkdsrkjhskg! kflijaf fkjhskjh apple aj nnd kjhkdjsfg, rjj ok !
I especially like the point about the sheer number of armed individuals. Makes me think the only semi-viable zombie outbreak scenario is something like Highschool of The Dead, where an outbreak occurs in urban Japan.
Japan would be safest of all. Why ? One word.
KATANAS.
(Everyone still has one of these, right ? I know anime wouldn't lie to me.)
I love my trademarks I love DMCA I love to sue fans I love to make them pay I love the whole world And its litigiousness Boom-de-ah-da Boom-de-ah-da Boom-de-ah-da Boom-de-ah-da!
It's not just a guy with a gun. It's a guy in a stocking mask with an angry expression, pointing a gun directly at the viewer. If you ever find yourself in this situation in real life, the appropriate response is to feel threatened. Just so you know.
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On TV you can see the difference between shows that have been shot on film (at 24 Hz) versus on video (at 30 or 60 Hz). Video seems clearer, less movie like.
This is more likely because when you show a 24fps movie on 29.97fps TV, it has to go through a framerate conversion process called Telecine, which (grossly oversimplified explanation) breaks each frame up into 2 fields (odd & even numbered lines), repeats every 1 in 4 fields, and plays the result out at 59.94 fields per second. (See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecine#2:3_pulldown for detailed explanation)
The result is that any moving objects look jerky, especially for smooth horizontal movement, because one of the fields will appear to stand still every 1/12 second. It's a product of the framerate conversion process, not because the source material has 20% lower framerate.
"Doctors who examined her at the Geneva University Hospital concluded she had a condition known as 'idiopathic eccrine hidradenitis'"
"Idiopathic", meaning "you're an idiot for still letting your daughter play video games after she develops sores on her sweaty little hands."
Maybe the reason for the drastic drop in pay levels for blue collar Americans is that America's manufacturing industry has grown wings and flown to countries where workers are somewhat lower maintenance. In the long run, did unions help or hurt ?
I have also had some of my AMVs removed or restricted by YouTube.
Although AMVs probably constitute fair use, it's a moot point in the case of YouTube because they (not you) are making money from hosting your clip, so they (not you) are legally vulnerable if the original copyright holder comes knocking. This is why their TOS stipulates that YOU must own the copyright to all the material you post.
Fortunately most anime publishers recognise AMVs as free advertising, and leave it alone.
Unless the individual has some family history of the genetic disease or symptoms which are suggestive of it genetic testing is NOT OFFERED by physicians.
This is important. Genetic testing at will is a BAD THING. Even if the doctor verifies that only the DNA's owner receives the results, the owner could still be coerced into handing over those results to a third party as a condition of employment or insurance.
Yes, hang on to those guns, they are the sole reason that this kind of unconstitutional domestic surveillance program could never happen in the U.S.
Seriously, when they come to strip you of your rights, do you think they're actually going to ring the doorbell and say "Hi I'm from the government, I'm here for your rights", and then act really surprised when you march them off your property at gunpoint ?
You WON'T see them coming. You WON'T get to fight back.
I was reading up on the gent IMDB and it would seem there is this bit of trivia
Alleged Chuck Norris Fact: "Chuck Norris' tears can cure cancer. Too bad he never cries. Ever." There was a man whose tears could cure cancer or any other disease, including the real cause of all diseases - sin. His blood did. His name was Jesus, not Chuck Norris. If your soul needs healing, the prescription you need is not Chuck Norris' tears, it's Jesus' blood. Funny you should mention that - I heard that a long time ago, a bunch of guys wrote a book full of preposterous made-up "facts" about Jesus, and it's still selling really well. Jesus never saw a penny of it, poor guy.
No, the techies want regular pornography, which is why they search all hard drives.
Yeah, it's hard to believe that anyone would be evil enough to quietly copy CP from one customer's PC to another's, and then call the cops, either for revenge or for a practical joke. But if there are people stupid enough to leave incriminating files on the PC that they take in for service, anything is possible.
"Circuit City employees discovered the child pornography while perusing Kenneth Sodomsky's hard drive for files to test the burner"
Sure they did !
I'm willing to bet that the first "diagnostic" these guys do when a PC comes in is search all drives for image files. They must have quite the collection by now.
This raises the question: what was to stop them from copying the incriminating files, and then "discovering" them on the hard drive of the next customer who dicks them around ? Could that have even been what happened in this case ?
The major label business model is to throw a huge amount of marketing cash at a small number of bands, and count on some of these bands to sell a million CDs. Any media channel that can promote a broader range of bands, at little or no cost, is eating into their profits.
The purpose of this royalty increase is to drive small, independant radio stations out of business, so that only the RIAA-friendly ClearChannel commercial juggernaut remains.
Internet radio, which they have also targeted with huge fees, is their worst nightmare.
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So who thinks a _touchscreen_ is a decent choice for someone visually impaired? Something that relies on hand eye coordination, with no physical feedback?
I know I'm probably going to be proved wrong in a minute by the blind iPad fanbois.
lkdsrkjhskg! kflijaf fkjhskjh apple aj nnd kjhkdjsfg, rjj ok !
The problem with most of these points is that they assume that zombies follow the normal rules of biology.
News flash: if zombies followed the rules of biology, THEY WOULDN'T BE WALKING AROUND BITING PEOPLE.
I especially like the point about the sheer number of armed individuals. Makes me think the only semi-viable zombie outbreak scenario is something like Highschool of The Dead, where an outbreak occurs in urban Japan.
Japan would be safest of all. Why ? One word.
KATANAS.
(Everyone still has one of these, right ? I know anime wouldn't lie to me.)
I love my trademarks
I love DMCA
I love to sue fans
I love to make them pay
I love the whole world
And its litigiousness
Boom-de-ah-da
Boom-de-ah-da
Boom-de-ah-da
Boom-de-ah-da!
Maybe they rented it. And didn't enjoy it enough to buy it or rent it again.
Oblig xkcd : http://xkcd.com/678/
It's not just a guy with a gun. It's a guy in a stocking mask with an angry expression, pointing a gun directly at the viewer. If you ever find yourself in this situation in real life, the appropriate response is to feel threatened. Just so you know.
On TV you can see the difference between shows that have been shot on film (at 24 Hz) versus on video (at 30 or 60 Hz). Video seems clearer, less movie like.
This is more likely because when you show a 24fps movie on 29.97fps TV, it has to go through a framerate conversion process called Telecine, which (grossly oversimplified explanation) breaks each frame up into 2 fields (odd & even numbered lines), repeats every 1 in 4 fields, and plays the result out at 59.94 fields per second. (See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecine#2:3_pulldown for detailed explanation)
The result is that any moving objects look jerky, especially for smooth horizontal movement, because one of the fields will appear to stand still every 1/12 second. It's a product of the framerate conversion process, not because the source material has 20% lower framerate.
Maybe they could only find 20 heterosexual men in Montreal.
(yes, my PERSOANAL RIGHT to bear a firearm)
Freudian typo !
"Doctors who examined her at the Geneva University Hospital concluded she had a condition known as 'idiopathic eccrine hidradenitis'"
"Idiopathic", meaning "you're an idiot for still letting your daughter play video games after she develops sores on her sweaty little hands."
Are you serious ? WorldNetDaily is a right wing crackpot publication. They have ads for Ann Coulter books and everything.
Maybe the reason for the drastic drop in pay levels for blue collar Americans is that America's manufacturing industry has grown wings and flown to countries where workers are somewhat lower maintenance. In the long run, did unions help or hurt ?
I have also had some of my AMVs removed or restricted by YouTube.
Although AMVs probably constitute fair use, it's a moot point in the case of YouTube because they (not you) are making money from hosting your clip, so they (not you) are legally vulnerable if the original copyright holder comes knocking. This is why their TOS stipulates that YOU must own the copyright to all the material you post.
Fortunately most anime publishers recognise AMVs as free advertising, and leave it alone.
Most. Ironic. Sig. Ever.
They made him an offer he couldn't refuse ?
Identifying the 9/11 hijackers was just an exercise. The next query will give them Morpheus, Neo, and the passwords to the Zion mainframe.
Guys ?
Didn't you hear me ?
Stop having fun !
http://xkcd.com/359/
Yes, hang on to those guns, they are the sole reason that this kind of unconstitutional domestic surveillance program could never happen in the U.S.
Seriously, when they come to strip you of your rights, do you think they're actually going to ring the doorbell and say "Hi I'm from the government, I'm here for your rights", and then act really surprised when you march them off your property at gunpoint ?
You WON'T see them coming. You WON'T get to fight back.
No, the techies want regular pornography, which is why they search all hard drives.
Yeah, it's hard to believe that anyone would be evil enough to quietly copy CP from one customer's PC to another's, and then call the cops, either for revenge or for a practical joke. But if there are people stupid enough to leave incriminating files on the PC that they take in for service, anything is possible.
"Circuit City employees discovered the child pornography while perusing Kenneth Sodomsky's hard drive for files to test the burner"
Sure they did !
I'm willing to bet that the first "diagnostic" these guys do when a PC comes in is search all drives for image files. They must have quite the collection by now.
This raises the question: what was to stop them from copying the incriminating files, and then "discovering" them on the hard drive of the next customer who dicks them around ? Could that have even been what happened in this case ?
The major label business model is to throw a huge amount of marketing cash at a small number of bands, and count on some of these bands to sell a million CDs. Any media channel that can promote a broader range of bands, at little or no cost, is eating into their profits.
The purpose of this royalty increase is to drive small, independant radio stations out of business, so that only the RIAA-friendly ClearChannel commercial juggernaut remains.
Internet radio, which they have also targeted with huge fees, is their worst nightmare.
I was going to mod this down, then I realised there wasn't a "everything in this post is a huge lie" option.