Unobtanium is a physics/engineering joke, and placeholder term for a material with highly desirable properties but doesn't actually exist.
Quite literally. I won't link to TVTropes, as we're already in enough of an economic slump as it is.
The first time I heard them say it in the film, I thought a draft of the script had mistakenly been used in the actual filming. It would be as though they'd said the Star Trek warp core ran on Phlebotinum, or any Indiana Jones movie called the Holy Grail / Pandora's Box / Chamber of Aliens "the McGuffin".
Tricks with plants make me cringe. Check out Dynamo 'walking through glass' at some party with Rio Ferdinand. Quite simply everyone within 6' of the glass has been prep'd, including the "presenter" whose reaction is just hammed up beyond any believability. You can even seen the doorman watch the trick for a little while, then step back so he covers the exit of the "magician" through the door.
I did like his Polo mint trick the first time I saw it, though; Simple, yet effective.
Good start. I can see this is going to be a well reasoned and thought out argument already.
fullhd sets in 25" size range which do hdcp can be had for 200-300 bucks. basically, for a 1000 bucks you would be looking at going at a 46-50 plasma and a ps3(and a bundled speaker solution).
25"? My PC monitor is 24" and greater than 1080p, and it's just about good enough for 1.5m - 2m away. I wouldn't dream of having a screen so small in a living room, where this kind of setup is likely to be used (g/f has a 37" 720p TV, which is more than watchable at >3m). I was, specifically, referring to the proper "home cinema" setup of a Blu-ray player / PS3, 42"+ 1080p TV and speaker system; I'm not thinking of 70+ grannies with bad eyes watching a 17" screen from 2' away and listening to tinny speakers.
it's cheap to buy a player... but why bother? it's not like you want one anyways. I don't want one, friggin physical discs? with region lock? who wants those.. but 1080p sets are peanuts when compared to buying hundreds of blurays at five bucks a pop.
something the bluray sales guys really fucked up was easy solution to just pop in a bluray into your pc and press play. it's a bitch no matter what os(anyhow, in year or so vlc & etc will have bluray support that's decent enough). and you know, if they alter the drm they're _fucked_. nobody would be able to sort out the mess of different generations of bluray players being able to play different discs and the mess that would be to consumers(nearing on fraud actually).
Ok, mostly agree. This has nothing to do with the cost of Blu-ray content and associated hardware, though.
though, you could be on a troll roll if you're the kind of a chap who thought that laserdiscs of all technologies were supposed to be cheaper....
I'm not the OP; I was offering my own anecdote for not having Blu-ray in my home.
Sorry but no. Blu-ray content is absent from my computer because it requires HDCP protected equipment and DRM-laden OS, which while now ubiquitous in the form of HDMI connectivity on graphics cards, TVs etc, is absent from my home setup. My monitor doesn't support HDMI despite being over 1080p in resolution, and I've no intention of "upgrading" it any time soon.
A Blu-ray player may well be $42, but the accompanying 1080p TV and speaker system are considerably more. I would expect a system which can actually make use of the improved video and sound quality of Blu-Ray to cost at least $1000, whereas my existing DVD playback system has no problems at all.
I'm probably old fashioned, but I still buy Blu Ray discs and CDs which I rip to MP3.
I download ripped copies and put the original in a box in my loft, often unopened.
If I'm ever sent a C&D letter from a protection racket^W^Wlaw firm, my response will more than likely be a photograph of the original disk and the receipt (also stored in the box), accompanying the words "I refer you to the reply given in the case of Arkell v. Pressdram."
Compared to who? I'm pretty sure NATO collectively ranks at the very top of human rights respect on this planet.
Well put. Furthermore, Harold Shipman is my choice of Serial Killer of the Year, as he only ended the lives of the elderly and infirm, and in a humane fashion.
Do voters only vote for politicians that have money?
Voters only vote for politicians who are backed by big business, because they're the only ones who can afford ad time between the first and second part of America's Got Talent.
If you're not accepting corporate campaign donations, you're not even getting on the first rung of the ladder.
INUT.EAWAUOO,AAUTBUAWOAETMOTA/IIAEIWE. (I never understood this. Explaining acronyms which are used only once, and are unlikely to be used again without once again explaining the meaning of the acronym / initialism is an exercise in wasted effort. )
Part of processing your arrest involves taking your biometric identifiers (fingerprints, DNA) and storing them. If you are not charged or are acquitted, you can apply to have your biometric data destroyed, although I understand this process is complex, lengthy, and almost always unsuccessful. This is obviously the wrong way to go about it, but it's the way it is.
This is being challenged in the ECHR, if I remember correctly. Destruction without request on no charge or acquital would be a start, taking samples only upon conviction much better. However, it's all "to prevent terrorism" or "to protect the children", so I'm surprised they don't ask for an actual pound of flesh.
Statement of fact? A democratic vote where the total amount of votes exceed the electorate is indeed an indication of the fall of democracy. The electorate can no longer demonstrate their views democratically, therefore democracy has failed.
I foresee a swelling in attendees of the Occupy camps.
The two aircraft security increases we saw post the World Trade Centre attacks are:
- Reinforced and locked cockpit doors, installed by the airlines - Passengers no longer seeing hijacking as a survivable situation and taking the security of the vehicle into their own hands.
Neither of these involves the being photographed naked, bombarded with X-rays, profiled, groped, having your personal effects searched or seized, your laptop hard drive and phone imaged for analysis, or multiple hour long queues for these things to happen. It's ALL bullshit. The illusion of security.
Pick your words better next time, or back them up with evidence. Right now, I'm having a hard time taking anything you said seriously.
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I don't think we need a film for this one, guys. Animated short at 11.
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Unobtanium is a physics/engineering joke, and placeholder term for a material with highly desirable properties but doesn't actually exist.
Quite literally. I won't link to TVTropes, as we're already in enough of an economic slump as it is.
The first time I heard them say it in the film, I thought a draft of the script had mistakenly been used in the actual filming. It would be as though they'd said the Star Trek warp core ran on Phlebotinum, or any Indiana Jones movie called the Holy Grail / Pandora's Box / Chamber of Aliens "the McGuffin".
Tricks with plants make me cringe. Check out Dynamo 'walking through glass' at some party with Rio Ferdinand. Quite simply everyone within 6' of the glass has been prep'd, including the "presenter" whose reaction is just hammed up beyond any believability. You can even seen the doorman watch the trick for a little while, then step back so he covers the exit of the "magician" through the door.
I did like his Polo mint trick the first time I saw it, though; Simple, yet effective.
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Good start. I can see this is going to be a well reasoned and thought out argument already.
fullhd sets in 25" size range which do hdcp can be had for 200-300 bucks. basically, for a 1000 bucks you would be looking at going at a 46-50 plasma and a ps3(and a bundled speaker solution).
25"? My PC monitor is 24" and greater than 1080p, and it's just about good enough for 1.5m - 2m away. I wouldn't dream of having a screen so small in a living room, where this kind of setup is likely to be used (g/f has a 37" 720p TV, which is more than watchable at >3m). I was, specifically, referring to the proper "home cinema" setup of a Blu-ray player / PS3, 42"+ 1080p TV and speaker system; I'm not thinking of 70+ grannies with bad eyes watching a 17" screen from 2' away and listening to tinny speakers.
it's cheap to buy a player... but why bother? it's not like you want one anyways. I don't want one, friggin physical discs? with region lock? who wants those.. but 1080p sets are peanuts when compared to buying hundreds of blurays at five bucks a pop.
something the bluray sales guys really fucked up was easy solution to just pop in a bluray into your pc and press play. it's a bitch no matter what os(anyhow, in year or so vlc & etc will have bluray support that's decent enough). and you know, if they alter the drm they're _fucked_. nobody would be able to sort out the mess of different generations of bluray players being able to play different discs and the mess that would be to consumers(nearing on fraud actually).
Ok, mostly agree. This has nothing to do with the cost of Blu-ray content and associated hardware, though.
though, you could be on a troll roll if you're the kind of a chap who thought that laserdiscs of all technologies were supposed to be cheaper....
I'm not the OP; I was offering my own anecdote for not having Blu-ray in my home.
Sorry but no. Blu-ray content is absent from my computer because it requires HDCP protected equipment and DRM-laden OS, which while now ubiquitous in the form of HDMI connectivity on graphics cards, TVs etc, is absent from my home setup. My monitor doesn't support HDMI despite being over 1080p in resolution, and I've no intention of "upgrading" it any time soon.
A Blu-ray player may well be $42, but the accompanying 1080p TV and speaker system are considerably more. I would expect a system which can actually make use of the improved video and sound quality of Blu-Ray to cost at least $1000, whereas my existing DVD playback system has no problems at all.
I'm probably old fashioned, but I still buy Blu Ray discs and CDs which I rip to MP3.
I download ripped copies and put the original in a box in my loft, often unopened.
If I'm ever sent a C&D letter from a protection racket^W^Wlaw firm, my response will more than likely be a photograph of the original disk and the receipt (also stored in the box), accompanying the words "I refer you to the reply given in the case of Arkell v. Pressdram."
And what if the encryption scheme protecting the card is broken? (It has already been done).
Compared to who? I'm pretty sure NATO collectively ranks at the very top of human rights respect on this planet.
Well put. Furthermore, Harold Shipman is my choice of Serial Killer of the Year, as he only ended the lives of the elderly and infirm, and in a humane fashion.
Don't they know they're all dinosaurs? I'm going to mod my iPad, with glitter and rhinestones!!!
I think that's technically a vagazzle, as you sound like a right c...
Do voters only vote for politicians that have money?
Voters only vote for politicians who are backed by big business, because they're the only ones who can afford ad time between the first and second part of America's Got Talent.
If you're not accepting corporate campaign donations, you're not even getting on the first rung of the ladder.
I would go see Cowboys of the Caribbean.
<warning: disturbing mental image> Brokeback on the Seven Seas? </warning>
Or by it's original title, Captain Pugwash.
(Yes, I know this is urban legend).
You really shouldn't of. Since English is a non-dead language, and this usage is now more common then the other, it is now the correct usage.
I could care less what idiotic changes Americans make to American English.
You have no idea how painful it was for me to write that. I know you couldn't care less, and I should have stopped myself.
Ladies and gentlemen, the CEO of Foxconn.
This is one of those comments where you wish there was a special "+6" option.
So that's where people wearing just underwear and a tie come from.
I don't recall saying anything about underwear.
Or how to wear the tie.
Put on a tie. If you don't wear a tie to work normally, start wearing a tie now.
Tie on = work. Tie off = off the clock. It's purely psychological, but then again so is the mindset of work time vs home time.
IAAM. (I Am A Mechanic.)
INUT.EAWAUOO,AAUTBUAWOAETMOTA/IIAEIWE. (I never understood this. Explaining acronyms which are used only once, and are unlikely to be used again without once again explaining the meaning of the acronym / initialism is an exercise in wasted effort. )
As usual, this is not the whole story.
Part of processing your arrest involves taking your biometric identifiers (fingerprints, DNA) and storing them. If you are not charged or are acquitted, you can apply to have your biometric data destroyed, although I understand this process is complex, lengthy, and almost always unsuccessful. This is obviously the wrong way to go about it, but it's the way it is.
This is being challenged in the ECHR, if I remember correctly. Destruction without request on no charge or acquital would be a start, taking samples only upon conviction much better. However, it's all "to prevent terrorism" or "to protect the children", so I'm surprised they don't ask for an actual pound of flesh.
This is end of democracy
Parody or paranoia? I can never tell these days.
Statement of fact? A democratic vote where the total amount of votes exceed the electorate is indeed an indication of the fall of democracy. The electorate can no longer demonstrate their views democratically, therefore democracy has failed.
I foresee a swelling in attendees of the Occupy camps.
the TSA increased security
How?
The two aircraft security increases we saw post the World Trade Centre attacks are:
- Reinforced and locked cockpit doors, installed by the airlines
- Passengers no longer seeing hijacking as a survivable situation and taking the security of the vehicle into their own hands.
Neither of these involves the being photographed naked, bombarded with X-rays, profiled, groped, having your personal effects searched or seized, your laptop hard drive and phone imaged for analysis, or multiple hour long queues for these things to happen. It's ALL bullshit. The illusion of security.
Pick your words better next time, or back them up with evidence. Right now, I'm having a hard time taking anything you said seriously.
BTK: Our sikrits have been put up on posters and stuck up on buildings all over the city!
Greek court: BAN ALL WALLS.
Absolutely. Otherwise, automated ticketing wouldn't be possible.
Saying that, they're not foolproof; I've had a parking fine for a vehicle with one letter different from my own. Easily rectified, but it does happen.
That excludes flying cars, and flying cars would be AWESOME.
How they currently make decaf
Company that makes money from harvesting your personal details to send you advertising demands more access to your personal details in exchange for features you may like.
I don't think we need a film for this one, guys. Animated short at 11.
"their"
Who?
Yes.
Not many people realise just how much empty space their is "inside" an atom.