Other than 2 fixtures (a halogen track in kitchen and a dimable 5 bulb unit in the dining room) our whole house has been CFL for ~7-8 years. Recently 2 bulbs in a 3-bulb fixture in the master bedroom failed within a few days of each other so I replaced all 3. That fixture was the first thing in the house I put CFLs into at least 8 years ago so I attribute the 'short' lifespan to them being from an earlier generation of that technology.
The only other time I've had bulbs fail was when they get a good jolt from a lamp being knocked over. Other than that I love them and the difference in the hydroelectric bill is noticeable.
Maybe I'm missing something, but doesn't "advanced compression" defeat the purpose of HD video?
The cableco/satellite people heavily compress the HD video coming down already. You can often see blockiness in scene changes or certain colours (red & blue). x264 compresses very well.
I have 2 PopcornHours and we love them. Non-geek friendly which is great for the rest of the family. Even with the remote control xbmc wasn't the most user friendly thing around.
How long until the first news of an iPhone/Blackberry using driver who, upon a collision, is killed when the airbag drives the smartphone through their brain? Has it already happened?
Good point about parts of the maps lining up, I hadn't thought of that. Still, it sucks that a grand mission like Life of the Party in Thief 2 is so much larger than anything in Thief 3 even though T3 was supposed to be new and improved. Ah well. Off to play some T2 fan missions now I think:)
Thief 3 had a super story. My main gripes are the stupid loading zones (those could have been eliminated on the PC version) and the lack of rope arrows.
Don't know why you're modded a troll, you're spot-on.
I'm in.ca and the whole thing hasn't hit here nearly as hard as elsewhere. I look at all this mayhem as everything being on sale. Buy, buy, buy (except GM and Ford)!
I ordered an Arduino, ethernet shield and some other goop from ladyada. It's to be my winter project plaything. Just my luck, the weather in Winnipeg is rather nice lately thus eliminating my excuse to hide at my workbench.
We own two Popcornhour units. Love them! 6x 750 GB drives on a RAID 5 FreeNAS box to feed the house and we get 1080P everywhere. Pretty much everyone who has had an interest in them and seen our setup has ordered one (or two)
Half Life was great. My first name is Gordon so when characters in the game would talk to me and use my real name it added more immersion than modern day fancy full screen anti-aliasing and 1080p every could have!
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Please slashdot, tell us more about Steve Jobs' health,
I've heard Steve Jobs has prostate issues. Have you noticed a difference in the taste as of late?
12,900 years ago? That's over twice the age of the Earth, you heathens!
Other than 2 fixtures (a halogen track in kitchen and a dimable 5 bulb unit in the dining room) our whole house has been CFL for ~7-8 years. Recently 2 bulbs in a 3-bulb fixture in the master bedroom failed within a few days of each other so I replaced all 3. That fixture was the first thing in the house I put CFLs into at least 8 years ago so I attribute the 'short' lifespan to them being from an earlier generation of that technology.
The only other time I've had bulbs fail was when they get a good jolt from a lamp being knocked over. Other than that I love them and the difference in the hydroelectric bill is noticeable.
Columbia Crew Survival Report:
They didn't.
Maybe I'm missing something, but doesn't "advanced compression" defeat the purpose of HD video?
The cableco/satellite people heavily compress the HD video coming down already. You can often see blockiness in scene changes or certain colours (red & blue). x264 compresses very well.
I have 2 PopcornHours and we love them. Non-geek friendly which is great for the rest of the family. Even with the remote control xbmc wasn't the most user friendly thing around.
Popcornhour >> xbmc.
I'll add a vote for FreeNAS, it rocks!
I have a RAID5 running on 6x 750 GB drives (~3.3 TB usable space) feeding the house and, most importantly, our PopcornHour media device.
Someone explain to me why ANYONE would need to turn their console either vertical or horizontal while playing a video game?
Maybe some of the 360 owners are having Wii-Envy?
Quick, get him CVS commit access to all the BSD projects!
How long until the first news of an iPhone/Blackberry using driver who, upon a collision, is killed when the airbag drives the smartphone through their brain? Has it already happened?
Good point about parts of the maps lining up, I hadn't thought of that. :)
Still, it sucks that a grand mission like Life of the Party in Thief 2 is so much larger than anything in Thief 3 even though T3 was supposed to be new and improved. Ah well. Off to play some T2 fan missions now I think
Thief 3 had a super story. My main gripes are the stupid loading zones (those could have been eliminated on the PC version) and the lack of rope arrows.
Don't know why you're modded a troll, you're spot-on.
I'm in
I'd give my left nut for a full Thief re-do. (The right one is committed to Duke Nukem Forever)
I ordered an Arduino, ethernet shield and some other goop from ladyada. It's to be my winter project plaything. Just my luck, the weather in Winnipeg is rather nice lately thus eliminating my excuse to hide at my workbench.
Indeed! I've never heard of Groundwork before and sent myself email at work (on holidays) to have a look at it when I get back.
They acknowledged that gaming is becoming a much bigger part of family life than it was in the past
Great news! Where can I pre-order Manhunt 3: Family Edition?
We own two Popcornhour units. Love them! 6x 750 GB drives on a RAID 5 FreeNAS box to feed the house and we get 1080P everywhere. Pretty much everyone who has had an interest in them and seen our setup has ordered one (or two)
Order a couple, you'll be happy you did.
All that computing power to verify what Einstein figured out with his head and a chalkboard.
Half Life was great. My first name is Gordon so when characters in the game would talk to me and use my real name it added more immersion than modern day fancy full screen anti-aliasing and 1080p every could have!
Fortunately for you, the huge Anti-MS crowd here has no problem modding you up.
Not everyone is that stupid. Before positively modding a post I confirm the statements on Snopes and Netcraft.
Only way to watch videos in bed/couch.
Judging by that comment and your nick, I'll wager you don't have a girlfriend.
Sure, it's not one supercomputer, but it still does more calculations for one purpose than any other single supercomputer can.
Maybe, but the CPU latency totally sucks bag compared to anything on the Top 500
Very good, I love it.
The NME Associator software relocates the SS very fast. I've found no problems with mine.
There aren't really any modchips for the Xbox 360 the way they are modified is by flashing the DVD drive with a modified firmware.
Oh really? I guess I was dreaming when I soldered this in my 360.