Umm... actually I do own a PS3? I don't think what i said was irrelevant (if that's why you're saying i'm trolling) because for all Sony's lauding of the capabilities of blu-ray there still aren't any (in my opinion) particularly worthwhile games out yet.
"It was totally worth it" they say? I want some games to play on this effing over-expensive monolithic black tablet taking up all the space on my desk - it's been sitting there turned off for about two months now!
I'm from the UK! I think you're being more than a little opinionated there by consigning the whole UK public to the idiot bin for not electing a government based on a satirical tv programme. Then again I think "Spitting Image" might have had a greater role than some realise in bringing down Thatcher. Granted, I'm only 17 and not old enough to have voted then (not even now) but as critical as TV programmes are they can only play a small role in bringing down a government that was elected by a majority of people. They can only be part of, or even symptomatic, of a greater swing in public opinion.
There's an even better current show about the Bliar government called "The Thick of It" which i believe is being adapted for the US just now. I don't know if it's as accurate to real life but it's my favourite (and only) TV show at the moment, as it's so brilliantly scripted and well acted.
And anyway, that was twenty years ago, you elected Bush...
You can always get experts to agree with you as long as you find the right experts. It reminds me of a scene from "Yes, Prime Minister". Hope I'm not posting too much here but it's a great scene;)
Sir Humphrey: "You know what happens: nice young lady comes up to you. Obviously you want to create a good impression, you don't want to look a fool, do you? So she starts asking you some questions: Mr. Woolley, are you worried about the number of young people without jobs?"
Bernard Woolley: "Yes"
Sir Humphrey: "Are you worried about the rise in crime among teenagers?"
Bernard Woolley: "Yes"
Sir Humphrey: "Do you think there is a lack of discipline in our Comprehensive schools?"
Bernard Woolley: "Yes"
Sir Humphrey: "Do you think young people welcome some authority and leadership in their lives?"
Bernard Woolley: "Yes"
Sir Humphrey: "Do you think they respond to a challenge?"
Bernard Woolley: "Yes"
Sir Humphrey: "Would you be in favour of reintroducing National Service?"
Bernard Woolley: "Oh...well, I suppose I might be."
Sir Humphrey: "Yes or no?"
Bernard Woolley: "Yes"
Sir Humphrey: "Of course you would, Bernard. After all you told you can't say no to that. So they don't mention the first five questions and they publish the last one."
Bernard Woolley: "Is that really what they do?"
Sir Humphrey: "Well, not the reputable ones no, but there aren't many of those. So alternatively the young lady can get the opposite result."
Bernard Woolley: "How?"
Sir Humphrey: "Mr. Woolley, are you worried about the danger of war?"
Bernard Woolley: "Yes"
Sir Humphrey: "Are you worried about the growth of armaments?"
Bernard Woolley: "Yes"
Sir Humphrey: "Do you think there is a danger in giving young people guns and teaching them how to kill?"
Bernard Woolley: "Yes"
Sir Humphrey: "Do you think it is wrong to force people to take up arms against their will?"
Bernard Woolley: "Yes"
Sir Humphrey: "Would you oppose the reintroduction of National Service?"
Bernard Woolley: "Yes"
Sir Humphrey: "There you are, you see Bernard. The perfect balanced sample."
The "horrid spelling, grammar, and general rambling idiocy of the lawsuit" is irrelevant and the previous efforts at this are relevant but do not mean this that this lawsuit is a waste of time. Apple needs to be kicked out of the habit of making users completely dependant on them for things like this and this lawsuit (which will no doubt crumble against Apple's army of lawyers) will give them a hint of what is to come if they continue to force this kind of product upon us.
But then, who's to say it doesn't make a better, more compact, quality-assured product to put the battery replacement solely in Apple's hands?
I very much doubt this will set some kind of precedent in legal history and allow users to sue companies for this kind of thing, but I guess it's a good kind-of reverse viral PR stunt by the masses of Internet users, diggers and/. readers - not aimed at the masses like most other stunts of its kind (like Nintendo's sending Bush a DS); we're saying we want to replace our own batteries! Apple, hear us BLOG!
Disgraceful. Scientists should just stop fiddling with nanotubes and trying to unravel the mysteries of the universe with quantum mechanics... and make us some goddamn flying skateboards!
Let's not forget how widely used iron is and what happens to that if you put it in water:) I don't think it would be that difficult to ensure that the material is protected from water or vapour by a physical protective coating of paint or another material. The article also suggests that they may be able to "find other molecules that can replace water in the fabrication process."
It's not surprising really... On a CRT, i don't really know - but i assume that most of the power would be taken up by the heater and not by the electron gun that lights up the screen.
On an LCD however the most amount of charge is applied to a black cell, because the way an LCD works (in simple terms) is by compacting the liquid crystals (by delivering a charge) to prevent light escaping, and to produce the colour white the liquid crystals are relaxed, less charge is dropped across the cells of liquid crystal. Again, most of the energy will be consumed by the back light of the LCD (much like a fluorescent office light i believe) so the energy difference is negligible.
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Umm... actually I do own a PS3? I don't think what i said was irrelevant (if that's why you're saying i'm trolling) because for all Sony's lauding of the capabilities of blu-ray there still aren't any (in my opinion) particularly worthwhile games out yet.
"It was totally worth it" they say? I want some games to play on this effing over-expensive monolithic black tablet taking up all the space on my desk - it's been sitting there turned off for about two months now!
I'm from the UK! I think you're being more than a little opinionated there by consigning the whole UK public to the idiot bin for not electing a government based on a satirical tv programme. Then again I think "Spitting Image" might have had a greater role than some realise in bringing down Thatcher. Granted, I'm only 17 and not old enough to have voted then (not even now) but as critical as TV programmes are they can only play a small role in bringing down a government that was elected by a majority of people. They can only be part of, or even symptomatic, of a greater swing in public opinion.
There's an even better current show about the Bliar government called "The Thick of It" which i believe is being adapted for the US just now. I don't know if it's as accurate to real life but it's my favourite (and only) TV show at the moment, as it's so brilliantly scripted and well acted.
And anyway, that was twenty years ago, you elected Bush...
You can always get experts to agree with you as long as you find the right experts. It reminds me of a scene from "Yes, Prime Minister". Hope I'm not posting too much here but it's a great scene ;)
Sir Humphrey: "You know what happens: nice young lady comes up to you. Obviously you want to create a good impression, you don't want to look a fool, do you? So she starts asking you some questions: Mr. Woolley, are you worried about the number of young people without jobs?"
Bernard Woolley: "Yes"
Sir Humphrey: "Are you worried about the rise in crime among teenagers?"
Bernard Woolley: "Yes"
Sir Humphrey: "Do you think there is a lack of discipline in our Comprehensive schools?"
Bernard Woolley: "Yes"
Sir Humphrey: "Do you think young people welcome some authority and leadership in their lives?"
Bernard Woolley: "Yes"
Sir Humphrey: "Do you think they respond to a challenge?"
Bernard Woolley: "Yes"
Sir Humphrey: "Would you be in favour of reintroducing National Service?"
Bernard Woolley: "Oh...well, I suppose I might be."
Sir Humphrey: "Yes or no?"
Bernard Woolley: "Yes"
Sir Humphrey: "Of course you would, Bernard. After all you told you can't say no to that. So they don't mention the first five questions and they publish the last one."
Bernard Woolley: "Is that really what they do?"
Sir Humphrey: "Well, not the reputable ones no, but there aren't many of those. So alternatively the young lady can get the opposite result."
Bernard Woolley: "How?"
Sir Humphrey: "Mr. Woolley, are you worried about the danger of war?"
Bernard Woolley: "Yes"
Sir Humphrey: "Are you worried about the growth of armaments?"
Bernard Woolley: "Yes"
Sir Humphrey: "Do you think there is a danger in giving young people guns and teaching them how to kill?"
Bernard Woolley: "Yes"
Sir Humphrey: "Do you think it is wrong to force people to take up arms against their will?"
Bernard Woolley: "Yes"
Sir Humphrey: "Would you oppose the reintroduction of National Service?"
Bernard Woolley: "Yes"
Sir Humphrey: "There you are, you see Bernard. The perfect balanced sample."
The "horrid spelling, grammar, and general rambling idiocy of the lawsuit" is irrelevant and the previous efforts at this are relevant but do not mean this that this lawsuit is a waste of time. Apple needs to be kicked out of the habit of making users completely dependant on them for things like this and this lawsuit (which will no doubt crumble against Apple's army of lawyers) will give them a hint of what is to come if they continue to force this kind of product upon us.
/. readers - not aimed at the masses like most other stunts of its kind (like Nintendo's sending Bush a DS); we're saying we want to replace our own batteries! Apple, hear us BLOG!
But then, who's to say it doesn't make a better, more compact, quality-assured product to put the battery replacement solely in Apple's hands?
I very much doubt this will set some kind of precedent in legal history and allow users to sue companies for this kind of thing, but I guess it's a good kind-of reverse viral PR stunt by the masses of Internet users, diggers and
Disgraceful. Scientists should just stop fiddling with nanotubes and trying to unravel the mysteries of the universe with quantum mechanics... and make us some goddamn flying skateboards!
I'd be willing to buy one of these just to see what happens when it reaches 88mph.
Let's not forget how widely used iron is and what happens to that if you put it in water :) I don't think it would be that difficult to ensure that the material is protected from water or vapour by a physical protective coating of paint or another material. The article also suggests that they may be able to "find other molecules that can replace water in the fabrication process."
It's not surprising really... On a CRT, i don't really know - but i assume that most of the power would be taken up by the heater and not by the electron gun that lights up the screen. On an LCD however the most amount of charge is applied to a black cell, because the way an LCD works (in simple terms) is by compacting the liquid crystals (by delivering a charge) to prevent light escaping, and to produce the colour white the liquid crystals are relaxed, less charge is dropped across the cells of liquid crystal. Again, most of the energy will be consumed by the back light of the LCD (much like a fluorescent office light i believe) so the energy difference is negligible.