Actually, there is a GPS in the cameras that tells a central computer where the camera is and which direction it is pointing.
GPS won't tell them where it is pointing - they use optical encoders on the "tripod" head axes for that
(similar to those used on telescopes for alt./azimuth readings.)
I'd be surprised if they used GPS for the position of moving cameras; you can read that off the drive system (e.g. optical encoders of the cable pulleys) without the problems of GPS satellite coverage, position errors etc. (If it is GPS, they'd have to use a differential system.)
I assume SP1 will remove these confusing choices and give people the dialog box they really want (apart from no dialog at all, of course):
Confirm response: whatever.
Who needs those complicated science models. Three words, no models necessary: "God"
That's one word, but I think I see what you're getting at:
"Who took my red stapler?" "God did it."
"Who shot JFK?" "God did it."
"Why didn't you complete your homework?" "God ate it."
The latest word is that VG's own problems were solved by springing for a three-pronged grounded power adapter
That would make sense.
I stuck similar issues with a switching-mode plugpack; I brushed the -ve connection of the output and felt a nasty mains-frequency tingling... Unfortunately it doesn't have an earth pin, so you have to rely on the device to earth the -ve connection (and don't hot-swap the power.) Ditto for various two-pin, double-insulated AV devices than earth themselves via the input connector at the amp (small sparks when plugging in indicate it's floating at some voltage or other.)
Give me a earth pin over double-insulation any day.
If Shultz popped up and shot me I could flip the drive open faster than it would write my death to the drive.
Ditto for Wizardry; once I saw that my party was being slaughtered, I flipped open the drive and rebooted; the party was listed as "out" (in the maze), but there's a utility to reset them to normal.
I always knew the scientists could come up with a pheromone which really does attract the birds.
It's called shark liver - it pulls the (sea)birds like nothing else - yet it also helps prevent the same birds ending up as by-catch on the end of a longline hook. (Just don't get any of it on you - the "birds" won't come within a mile of you.)
Sugar cane rum is actually quite good, while rum made from sugar beets is just about the nastiest form of alcohol known to man (it's only plus side, is that raisins soaked in it are good in baked goods)
Rum is made from sugar cane juice or molasses.
Sugar beet "rum" isn't Rum; Wikipedia mentions tuzemak (Czech) and Kobba Libre (Aland Islands.)
Think of how many Linux CD-Rs you've written since Windows XP came out years ago.
That's why I burn to CD-RW (or DVD+/-RW) media. It takes a bit longer to burn but the only time I have to toss coasters is if the media is faulty (only once, from memory.)
The "-ome" and "-omics" suffixes are being thrown around with reckless abandon these days; it's like businesses sticking "e-" on everything during the dot-com boom.
Yes, it's almost c-omic. Bring back "-isms" and "-istics", I say!
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It seems that using 'Hyper' would have actually been a little more descriptive AND cooler sounding.
If there was truth in advertising, they'd be called: SuperBloat, ReadyBloat, ReBoot, and BloatDrive.
Dear Mr Ballmer,
Please provide, with specificity, the file(s), version(s) and line number(s) of said IP infringment.
Yours sincerely,
Open Source Developers, Developers, Developers.
Actually, there is a GPS in the cameras that tells a central computer where the camera is and which direction it is pointing.
GPS won't tell them where it is pointing - they use optical encoders on the "tripod" head axes for that (similar to those used on telescopes for alt./azimuth readings.)
I'd be surprised if they used GPS for the position of moving cameras; you can read that off the drive system (e.g. optical encoders of the cable pulleys) without the problems of GPS satellite coverage, position errors etc. (If it is GPS, they'd have to use a differential system.)
"So this is it. We're going to die."
I assume SP1 will remove these confusing choices and give people the dialog box they really want (apart from no dialog at all, of course):
Confirm response: whatever.
...and office 2007 sucks because it's not more of the same.
It's also more of the same, but people haven't noticed yet because of the distraction of the Ribbon.
("Look over there - a shiny thing!" <runs away>)
He will be buried next to Microsoft Bob.
If Bob begat Clippy, what nightmarish creature of irritation has Clippy begat in Office 2007? The Ribbon?
Drawings? Luxury. In my day, text adventures were in monochrome CAPITALS, and might include a line diagram if you were lucky!
Who needs those complicated science models. Three words, no models necessary: "God"
That's one word, but I think I see what you're getting at:
"Who took my red stapler?" "God did it."
"Who shot JFK?" "God did it."
"Why didn't you complete your homework?" "God ate it."
They only need to look as far as the crew on a submarine to see what makeup can last a year.
Waterproof makeup, presumably... ("You've seen the Kiss Army, now join the Kiss Navy and see the world!")
"Asexual 'tards running Unix" - isn't that the Slashdot stereotype? *ducks*
I had a job during the summer where I had to do a lot of data entry into phones ... this was all on a bicycle, so that makes a difference as well.
I find your ideas fascinating, and I would like to subscrib*CRASH*.
The latest word is that VG's own problems were solved by springing for a three-pronged grounded power adapter
That would make sense.
I stuck similar issues with a switching-mode plugpack; I brushed the -ve connection of the output and felt a nasty mains-frequency tingling... Unfortunately it doesn't have an earth pin, so you have to rely on the device to earth the -ve connection (and don't hot-swap the power.)
Ditto for various two-pin, double-insulated AV devices than earth themselves via the input connector at the amp (small sparks when plugging in indicate it's floating at some voltage or other.)
Give me a earth pin over double-insulation any day.
I think it's clear that robots won't take your car for a spin, won't move your seats and mirrors or smoke in your car.
... yet.
Is cancer research a major industry in Canada, or is this an abnormally productive period for their universities?
Perhaps the real question is why are American universities apparently less productive than their Frozen Northern Neighbours?
If Shultz popped up and shot me I could flip the drive open faster than it would write my death to the drive.
Ditto for Wizardry; once I saw that my party was being slaughtered, I flipped open the drive and rebooted; the party was listed as "out" (in the maze), but there's a utility to reset them to normal.
I always knew the scientists could come up with a pheromone which really does attract the birds.
It's called shark liver - it pulls the (sea)birds like nothing else - yet it also helps prevent the same birds ending up as by-catch on the end of a longline hook.
(Just don't get any of it on you - the "birds" won't come within a mile of you.)
This movie suffered a whopping $-155,724,838 loss.
With accounting like that, New Line Cinema would be proud!
Perhaps Peter Jackson and Aardman could get together and film "The Grommit" in Claymation?
Sugar cane rum is actually quite good, while rum made from sugar beets is just about the nastiest form of alcohol known to man (it's only plus side, is that raisins soaked in it are good in baked goods)
Rum is made from sugar cane juice or molasses.
Sugar beet "rum" isn't Rum; Wikipedia mentions tuzemak (Czech) and Kobba Libre (Aland Islands.)
Think of how many Linux CD-Rs you've written since Windows XP came out years ago.
That's why I burn to CD-RW (or DVD+/-RW) media. It takes a bit longer to burn but the only time I have to toss coasters is if the media is faulty (only once, from memory.)
Translation: this guy made it all up and sold his story to Wired, the Weekly World News for techies.
Did they pay by credit card?
Frank Herbert has prior art with Dune's windtraps.
Bible thumpers will make of it what they make of every instance of evolution: God's hand at work.
More like God's foot, Monty Python-style.
The "-ome" and "-omics" suffixes are being thrown around with reckless abandon these days; it's like businesses sticking "e-" on everything during the dot-com boom.
Yes, it's almost c-omic. Bring back "-isms" and "-istics", I say!
... perhaps Moore's Law needs updating.
Moore's "Law" isn't - it's more a rule-of-thumb.