I think you're missing the point. Broadcast has nothing to do with this. All the data (tv/on demand/internet) comes down the exact same lines to your home. Do they cut off my television service if I watch too much tv? Do I get terminated if I have too many tvs on at the same time? Nope. Why do they do it for computers then?
The bitrate that would be coming to my tv in high def would be at 1080p. I can't run 1080p on my computer. So I'm actually saving them bandwidth by downloading the programs at 720p (even less so since they almost always don't include commercials). By doing so I'm reducing their bandwidth usage and costs. And yet they punish me with bandwidth caps for doing so.
FUCK. THAT. Thankfully I don't have Time Warner. Unfortunately I do have Concast. I already got warned once for being over my 250GB limit. Since they want to charge me $7/mo more for an HD converter box (that I can't buy anywhere, only rent from them) that my tv does natively (and at a higher resolution over the air than what they send compressed) and I actually pay for. The basic subscription I pay for includes HD channels but I can't watch them unless I pay for the converter box or plug the cable straight into my tv and lose the ability to watch On Demand programs. So I download the programs I do want to watch in high def.
Want a good comparison? Take the amount of time the average customer spends per month watching tv. Calculate the relative bitrate for a tv program (including commercials) adjusting for resolution, multiply it by the average viewing time, and I guarantee you it will be greater than the any of the current bandwidth caps. Bandwidth caps are bullshit. They're just another way to milk more money out of the consumer. The system can handle it. If they need more bandwidth for the whole network, light up the dark fiber and/or upgrade the infrastructure we already paid for years ago.
I'd rather see stories of other ships in other races, allied to the federation or not. I think a Klingon or Romulan based show would be crazy. They're such drama queens there would always be plenty of material.
I think it's funny that they bleeped it out in that episode. They even blurred the label of one of the containers of chemicals they used for it. IAAC so I pretty much guessed what they were using just by seeing it. Did a quick google search after the episode and confirmed it. I find it rather stupid that they feel the need to bleep and blur when a few milliseconds online can find the details anyways. Knowing how to break the law is not the same as actually breaking the law.
I also was meandering through our chemical storage (I work for a college) just to see if we even had the ingredients for thermite. We did (not that surprising really), but what I did find interesting/surprising was that on our shelf of old chemicals that aren't used in classes anymore was a big jar of thermite and thermite activator.
Exactly. Check out some info on RuBisCO. It is the most abundant biochemical on the planet. The binding site has affinity for both oxygen and carbon dioxide. As the concentration of CO2 increases it favors CO2. However, there is evidence found that as CO2 concentrations increase beyond a certain concentration RuBisCO doesn't actually continue to compensate. Plants will actually release extra CO2 instead of uptake it more (yes that's release CO2 not O2). Last I checked the mechanism wasn't understood well as to why this happens. Perhaps some form of defense mechanism to a CO2 toxicity at high levels or something.
Just because their outward appearance hasn't changed in millions of years doesn't mean they have not evolved. Heat shock proteins, enzymes, internal organs, nerve systems, skin coloration, mating habits, immune cells, surface proteins, antibodies, etc. These are all things that may have changed through evolution that you might not notice by analyzing fossils. To say that these creatures have not evolved over millions of years is rather naive or ignorant.
I can't even remember how old I am but it's close to around 27. I stopped feverishly counting when I hit 21 and could drink alcohol (legally). Come to think of it, that may have something to do with all this.
Me too. I stopped counting birthdays after 21. I count by numbers of 21st birthdays now. I'm almost on my 8th 21st birthday (I think...). And it makes me weep... until I forget what I was weeping about.
Ok, only 1 out of the 3 shows mentioned in TFS was any good. Dollhouse I was anticipating but forgot about until my friend showed me. It was aweful. Dialogue was asinine, acting was like robots, plot was retarded. Sarah Connor had crappy dialogue, acting WAS robots, plot was retarded, and some of the things they did made no sense. (A robot putting a gun in it's leg to conceal it... in Texas. In a school with metal detectors. It's a bloody ROBOT. It's made of METAL. Ever heard of a holster or a boot?/rant)
At least Fringe (which was equally retarded as far as sci-fi schtick goes) had good dialogue, fun comedic banter between the characters, and the characters actually had bloody personality. When I found out it wouldn't air again until april my roomie and I nearly shook the screen and screamed at it Darth Vader style. "NNNNNoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!"
IIRC The next version of Ubuntu coming out in April (Jaunty) should have VDPAU supported media players and (if you have an nvidia card supporting VDPAU) driver 180.29 as the standard install. (ie, you won't have to compile the experimental mplayer anymore to watch 720p or 1080p files)
Is anyone going to accept those for trade in? Because I have quite a few games I never play anymore and/or got burned on (doesn't work, faulty discs that the company wouldn't replace, game sucks balls, etc.) that I'd love to swap for something decent. But since they are "easier to copy than console games" *cough*bullshit*cough* I never seem to be able to do so.
So, all those other bands on RIAA labels, who by their association contribute just as much to the RIAA legal budget as does Metallica, do you boycott them as well? I bet you don't.
Actually yes I do. Not only that but I don't even listen to the radio (unless I'm stuck in someone else's car). Haven't for almost a decade now. If it wasn't for "piracy" I wouldn't even know about any of the bands I listen to now (and pay concert money for, and buy their CDs {believe it or not}, and their merch, and tell other friends about who buy their CDs, concert tickets, and merch).
You only boycott the outspoken and honest. All the other weasels, who want money for their music as well, but play it strategic and don't say anything that might upset anyone, you're okay with them. They sue their customers just as much, it's just that they leave it to the record companies to do it on their behalf, so they don't get their hands dirty.
The bands don't sue anyone (rarely, if ever). It is the companies that own the bands' copyrights that sue. The bands complain to the label, they think they'll get compensated but they never do. They just pointlessly ruin peoples' lives. It's fucking disgusting. I don't pay my plumber for the rest of my life for every flush. I pay for one job. You want more money you gotta perform another job. (ie, concert) Albums are publicity for concerts. Concerts are performances. I'd love to be paid for the rest of my life for crap I did once. But guess what, I don't. Nor should I. Nor should they. Where does this sense of entitlement come from? I owe them nothing.
I haven't purchased a Metallica album since The Black Album and will never again. (Granted that was the last decent one they had...) You damn near single handedly spearheaded this RIAA anti-filesharing war. Out of spite and general boycott I do not listen to my old Metallica CDs, nor do I have any of them encoded to my computer. I refuse to go to your absurdly overpriced concerts. I will not download or share your music, not because of "piracy" but because I refuse to give any publicity to you or your whining old man bandmates. The "piracy" that you crusaded against made you what you are today. And here you are, yet again, showing what a fucking hypocrite you are and missing the entire fucking point of your previous arguments against file sharing. Peoples' lives have been financially ruined and had their education hampered or destroyed by your asinine crusade while you sit untouchable on your golden throne in your mansion. Fuck you Lars, and fuck you Metallica. Bite my shiney Metal-head ass.
You are assuming that everyone has identical tastes and will all only pick one set of genes to breed. Just walking from my car to my office today completely contradicts that idea.
As long as we don't get some perfection complex and turn these children into some ruling class I think we'll be just fine.
And for those who think only choosing the embryo/sperm with the best genes for strength, beauty, intelligence, and health is wrong... congratulations you've just argued against natural selection.
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I think you're missing the point. Broadcast has nothing to do with this. All the data (tv/on demand/internet) comes down the exact same lines to your home. Do they cut off my television service if I watch too much tv? Do I get terminated if I have too many tvs on at the same time? Nope. Why do they do it for computers then?
The bitrate that would be coming to my tv in high def would be at 1080p. I can't run 1080p on my computer. So I'm actually saving them bandwidth by downloading the programs at 720p (even less so since they almost always don't include commercials). By doing so I'm reducing their bandwidth usage and costs. And yet they punish me with bandwidth caps for doing so.
Comcast... Maybe this will be just the thing to spark some competition!
You must be new here...
FUCK. THAT. Thankfully I don't have Time Warner. Unfortunately I do have Concast. I already got warned once for being over my 250GB limit. Since they want to charge me $7/mo more for an HD converter box (that I can't buy anywhere, only rent from them) that my tv does natively (and at a higher resolution over the air than what they send compressed) and I actually pay for. The basic subscription I pay for includes HD channels but I can't watch them unless I pay for the converter box or plug the cable straight into my tv and lose the ability to watch On Demand programs. So I download the programs I do want to watch in high def.
Want a good comparison? Take the amount of time the average customer spends per month watching tv. Calculate the relative bitrate for a tv program (including commercials) adjusting for resolution, multiply it by the average viewing time, and I guarantee you it will be greater than the any of the current bandwidth caps. Bandwidth caps are bullshit. They're just another way to milk more money out of the consumer. The system can handle it. If they need more bandwidth for the whole network, light up the dark fiber and/or upgrade the infrastructure we already paid for years ago.
I'd rather see stories of other ships in other races, allied to the federation or not. I think a Klingon or Romulan based show would be crazy. They're such drama queens there would always be plenty of material.
Yeah and thankfully they can't just store porn on their hard drives and look at it on the plane anyways without the internet. ...oh wait.
International waters/airspace, here I come!
How about starting from scratch and learning from our mistakes instead of using duct tape on it. Reference 1960's material, don't build on it.
Uh, many "illegal" downloads come in full lossless quality. 192kbs !> 900+kbs
If by very high end you mean $15 headphones, then sure.
The ones I got were all 192kbps.
Proponents of the new service are also hoping it will combat illegal music downloads simply by offering higher quality songs for download.
192kbs mp3 is higher quality?? I do not think those words mean what they think they mean...
Doh! Someone beat me to the meme. (commits seppeku with geek card)
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I think it's funny that they bleeped it out in that episode. They even blurred the label of one of the containers of chemicals they used for it. IAAC so I pretty much guessed what they were using just by seeing it. Did a quick google search after the episode and confirmed it. I find it rather stupid that they feel the need to bleep and blur when a few milliseconds online can find the details anyways. Knowing how to break the law is not the same as actually breaking the law.
I also was meandering through our chemical storage (I work for a college) just to see if we even had the ingredients for thermite. We did (not that surprising really), but what I did find interesting/surprising was that on our shelf of old chemicals that aren't used in classes anymore was a big jar of thermite and thermite activator.
Exactly. Check out some info on RuBisCO. It is the most abundant biochemical on the planet. The binding site has affinity for both oxygen and carbon dioxide. As the concentration of CO2 increases it favors CO2. However, there is evidence found that as CO2 concentrations increase beyond a certain concentration RuBisCO doesn't actually continue to compensate. Plants will actually release extra CO2 instead of uptake it more (yes that's release CO2 not O2). Last I checked the mechanism wasn't understood well as to why this happens. Perhaps some form of defense mechanism to a CO2 toxicity at high levels or something.
Just because their outward appearance hasn't changed in millions of years doesn't mean they have not evolved. Heat shock proteins, enzymes, internal organs, nerve systems, skin coloration, mating habits, immune cells, surface proteins, antibodies, etc. These are all things that may have changed through evolution that you might not notice by analyzing fossils. To say that these creatures have not evolved over millions of years is rather naive or ignorant.
I can't even remember how old I am but it's close to around 27. I stopped feverishly counting when I hit 21 and could drink alcohol (legally). Come to think of it, that may have something to do with all this.
Me too. I stopped counting birthdays after 21. I count by numbers of 21st birthdays now. I'm almost on my 8th 21st birthday (I think...). And it makes me weep... until I forget what I was weeping about.
Is this due to the scale of the device/experiment or is it a limitation in the output that they can get it to generate so far?
Ok, only 1 out of the 3 shows mentioned in TFS was any good. Dollhouse I was anticipating but forgot about until my friend showed me. It was aweful. Dialogue was asinine, acting was like robots, plot was retarded. Sarah Connor had crappy dialogue, acting WAS robots, plot was retarded, and some of the things they did made no sense. (A robot putting a gun in it's leg to conceal it... in Texas. In a school with metal detectors. It's a bloody ROBOT. It's made of METAL. Ever heard of a holster or a boot? /rant)
At least Fringe (which was equally retarded as far as sci-fi schtick goes) had good dialogue, fun comedic banter between the characters, and the characters actually had bloody personality. When I found out it wouldn't air again until april my roomie and I nearly shook the screen and screamed at it Darth Vader style. "NNNNNoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!"
IIRC The next version of Ubuntu coming out in April (Jaunty) should have VDPAU supported media players and (if you have an nvidia card supporting VDPAU) driver 180.29 as the standard install. (ie, you won't have to compile the experimental mplayer anymore to watch 720p or 1080p files)
Is anyone going to accept those for trade in? Because I have quite a few games I never play anymore and/or got burned on (doesn't work, faulty discs that the company wouldn't replace, game sucks balls, etc.) that I'd love to swap for something decent. But since they are "easier to copy than console games" *cough*bullshit*cough* I never seem to be able to do so.
So, all those other bands on RIAA labels, who by their association contribute just as much to the RIAA legal budget as does Metallica, do you boycott them as well? I bet you don't.
Actually yes I do. Not only that but I don't even listen to the radio (unless I'm stuck in someone else's car). Haven't for almost a decade now. If it wasn't for "piracy" I wouldn't even know about any of the bands I listen to now (and pay concert money for, and buy their CDs {believe it or not}, and their merch, and tell other friends about who buy their CDs, concert tickets, and merch).
You only boycott the outspoken and honest. All the other weasels, who want money for their music as well, but play it strategic and don't say anything that might upset anyone, you're okay with them. They sue their customers just as much, it's just that they leave it to the record companies to do it on their behalf, so they don't get their hands dirty.
The bands don't sue anyone (rarely, if ever). It is the companies that own the bands' copyrights that sue. The bands complain to the label, they think they'll get compensated but they never do. They just pointlessly ruin peoples' lives. It's fucking disgusting. I don't pay my plumber for the rest of my life for every flush. I pay for one job. You want more money you gotta perform another job. (ie, concert) Albums are publicity for concerts. Concerts are performances. I'd love to be paid for the rest of my life for crap I did once. But guess what, I don't. Nor should I. Nor should they. Where does this sense of entitlement come from? I owe them nothing.
Lars Ulrich is not the hypocrite here.
I do not think that word means what you think it means.
That was exactly my point, but thank you for clarifying for those that didn't know about that yet.
You're a douchebag and a hypocrite.
I haven't purchased a Metallica album since The Black Album and will never again. (Granted that was the last decent one they had...) You damn near single handedly spearheaded this RIAA anti-filesharing war. Out of spite and general boycott I do not listen to my old Metallica CDs, nor do I have any of them encoded to my computer. I refuse to go to your absurdly overpriced concerts. I will not download or share your music, not because of "piracy" but because I refuse to give any publicity to you or your whining old man bandmates. The "piracy" that you crusaded against made you what you are today. And here you are, yet again, showing what a fucking hypocrite you are and missing the entire fucking point of your previous arguments against file sharing. Peoples' lives have been financially ruined and had their education hampered or destroyed by your asinine crusade while you sit untouchable on your golden throne in your mansion. Fuck you Lars, and fuck you Metallica. Bite my shiney Metal-head ass.
Just look at the genetic shape that some "pure" breeds of dogs are in. They would never survive in the wild.
Neither would most humans.
You are assuming that everyone has identical tastes and will all only pick one set of genes to breed. Just walking from my car to my office today completely contradicts that idea.
As long as we don't get some perfection complex and turn these children into some ruling class I think we'll be just fine.
And for those who think only choosing the embryo/sperm with the best genes for strength, beauty, intelligence, and health is wrong... congratulations you've just argued against natural selection.