What? How did it "feel" like Battlestar? I thought the new season felt like typical Stargate, except that Ben and Claudia injected some life to it. The dialogue was great. It has extreme potential. I'm excited.
Very true. They do need to have a couple of different landing scenes, and they keep using the same one. And the same holds true for the Flack guns coming to bear. But in the new season, they had some new shots of Cylons coming out of the Base Star. That was damn cool. Plus, there was a lot of new battle footage.
Looking forward to next weeks episode. Cylons aboard Galactica! Woohoo!
Lets see....You can turn off the Genie Effect. Did you know that? Oh, and when you use the Dock, it does show you a text description. Perhaps you've been drinking the Microsoft Kool-Aid?
Perhaps true, but it does make the whole work experience more enjoyable. I use a Mac and a PC (XP). I seriously love spending time on the Mac. The XP machine is boring and dull. Does that make me more productive then? No, but I walk away from using the Mac without a headache.
But can you see them posting duplicate stories in order to strong arm people in subscribing.......wait. They already are posting duplicate stories. Nevermind.
Um, no. I've been running Setiathome on my Dual 450Mhz Pentium III server for years. Like 6 years.
I'd never use a G5 for a webserver. What a waste! Go build a CHEAP PC and slap Unix on it, and use that. Cheap PCs are good for that.
I stopped using Setiathome a couple of weeks ago when I tried to use the latest version of FreeBSD 4.11. Boinc, the new client, seems not to run at all. Never connects to the server, nada.....:-(
"The best-known stealth brand may be the military's B2 stealth bomber, whose main contractor, Northrop Grumman, has fought Mr. Stoller to something of standoff. In 2001, the company paid Mr. Stoller $10 and agreed to abandon its trademark applications to use "stealth bomber" in spinoff products like model airplanes and video games. In return, Mr. Stoller agreed not to oppose Northrop's use of "stealth" in aircraft or defense equipment."
Damn, I'm going to trademark "Cock", and "Money Shot" and take over the porn industry.
No no no. You have choices. MP3, AAC, Apple Lossless, etc. At least on the OS X platform.
But seriously, think of it like the ARC/LHA/Zoo/Rar/Zip/Tar formats out there. Arc? Can't remember the last time I archived anything in that format. Zip? Yeah. A lot. LHA? Rarely. Rar? Sometimes. Tar? never.
They all do the same thing, and you can argue that RAR can compress the smallest, and that ZIP is the best overall, etc, etc. The end user doesn't care. I have a LOT of choices to compress files, and it's ZIP. Not because it's the smallest, or the best. Cause its the easiest to use.
Same with the MP3/ACC stuff. I tried out different formats, read all those comparisons, etc, and decided to rip my 800 CDs into AAC format. Not because it is the best, or this or that, because overall, it was the easiest to use, and generally sound great at 160bits.
Actually, MP3 was the geek format almost 10 years ago.
WMA vs. MP3 isn't a tech thing. It's a what sounds better at what rate thing. You can encode everything you own at 320bit MP3 and be happy as a clam. Its when you start collecting a huge collection that size/quality becomes an issue. Some people can live with 128 Mp3s. Some settle for 192Mp3s. WMA files might give you the same perceived quality of 192MP3s but at 160bits, and a smaller file size.
Ogg is a good compressor. Don't get me wrong. But the consumer doesn't care. They will go with whatever sounds good.
For me, a Musician, with a huge library, I encode all my CDs to iTunes using 160AAC. For Jazz music, which is my love, I can't really hear any difference between 160AAC and CD. If I did the same for 160MP3, I can hear problems. Cymbals don't ring right, etc.
As for the DRM non-sense. That only applies to music that you purchase online. If you own the CD, you can rip it to whatever you want. AAC doesn't have DRM in it. The stuff from Apple's iTunes store does, a protected AAC.
I think it's a moot point in supporting Ogg. It's kind of like, to me, supporting the old Archive format ZOO. Yeah, ZOO had a lot of interesting things, and it compressed well, but, it went nowhere.
Oh please. Ogg Vorbis is a no where format. It's a geek format. Why use Ogg when AAC is as good or better. Look at all the listening tests. AAC is always scoring in the top, and usually bests Ogg.
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What? How did it "feel" like Battlestar? I thought the new season felt like typical Stargate, except that Ben and Claudia injected some life to it. The dialogue was great. It has extreme potential. I'm excited.
I loved Star Buck.
I'd love to see them have a SG team with Ben, Claudia, Christopher, and Michael. That would be most excellent.
Ben is going to take the show up a notch or two. It's obvious already.
Looking forward to next weeks episode. Cylons aboard Galactica! Woohoo!
Indeed. But don't go looking for the series in the 80s where they find Earth. Its a total DOG.
However, if Lucas allows OTHERS write the script, based on these novels, we might have some good movies finally.....after 20 years ;-)
Didn't Yoda give Obiwan a task of communicating with his former master while overlooking Luke?
I think they should do an episode 7, 8 and 9, dealing with an Old Luke and his offspring....
Lets see....You can turn off the Genie Effect. Did you know that? Oh, and when you use the Dock, it does show you a text description. Perhaps you've been drinking the Microsoft Kool-Aid?
I can get everything done, and have a pleasurable user experience to boot. Is that too much to ask for? Is that irrational?
Eye Candy or not, using the same applications on OS X vs. Windows, it's a lot more enjoyable to use the OS X version.
A Mac since 1989. A PC since 1990. Good enough for you?
You need help. Serious help.
What Apple/KDE anti-productivity features?
Perhaps true, but it does make the whole work experience more enjoyable. I use a Mac and a PC (XP). I seriously love spending time on the Mac. The XP machine is boring and dull. Does that make me more productive then? No, but I walk away from using the Mac without a headache.
seriously. Copying, but not doing a very good job on it. It lacks a certain.....um....style to it.
But can you see them posting duplicate stories in order to strong arm people in subscribing.......wait. They already are posting duplicate stories. Nevermind.
So when is Slashdot going to do that with their subscriptions?
I'd never use a G5 for a webserver. What a waste! Go build a CHEAP PC and slap Unix on it, and use that. Cheap PCs are good for that.
I stopped using Setiathome a couple of weeks ago when I tried to use the latest version of FreeBSD 4.11. Boinc, the new client, seems not to run at all. Never connects to the server, nada.....:-(
Damn, I'm going to trademark "Cock", and "Money Shot" and take over the porn industry.
What? I thought it was funny.
Seems like it's working........NOT
But seriously, think of it like the ARC/LHA/Zoo/Rar/Zip/Tar formats out there. Arc? Can't remember the last time I archived anything in that format. Zip? Yeah. A lot. LHA? Rarely. Rar? Sometimes. Tar? never.
They all do the same thing, and you can argue that RAR can compress the smallest, and that ZIP is the best overall, etc, etc. The end user doesn't care. I have a LOT of choices to compress files, and it's ZIP. Not because it's the smallest, or the best. Cause its the easiest to use.
Same with the MP3/ACC stuff. I tried out different formats, read all those comparisons, etc, and decided to rip my 800 CDs into AAC format. Not because it is the best, or this or that, because overall, it was the easiest to use, and generally sound great at 160bits.
WMA vs. MP3 isn't a tech thing. It's a what sounds better at what rate thing. You can encode everything you own at 320bit MP3 and be happy as a clam. Its when you start collecting a huge collection that size/quality becomes an issue. Some people can live with 128 Mp3s. Some settle for 192Mp3s. WMA files might give you the same perceived quality of 192MP3s but at 160bits, and a smaller file size.
Ogg is a good compressor. Don't get me wrong. But the consumer doesn't care. They will go with whatever sounds good.
For me, a Musician, with a huge library, I encode all my CDs to iTunes using 160AAC. For Jazz music, which is my love, I can't really hear any difference between 160AAC and CD. If I did the same for 160MP3, I can hear problems. Cymbals don't ring right, etc.
As for the DRM non-sense. That only applies to music that you purchase online. If you own the CD, you can rip it to whatever you want. AAC doesn't have DRM in it. The stuff from Apple's iTunes store does, a protected AAC.
I think it's a moot point in supporting Ogg. It's kind of like, to me, supporting the old Archive format ZOO. Yeah, ZOO had a lot of interesting things, and it compressed well, but, it went nowhere.
Oh please. Ogg Vorbis is a no where format. It's a geek format. Why use Ogg when AAC is as good or better. Look at all the listening tests. AAC is always scoring in the top, and usually bests Ogg.
Wonder if the bubbles are working now that it's been SLASHDOTTED!!
Seriously. It sounds like they are saying that this is a FIRST or something. Isn't Internet Explorer the LAST browser to support RSS feeds?