I am thrilled to see this breakthrough. Now we just need to find a way to develop this further so that I can finally finish my sharkbrain controlled lasers.
Indeed. Try driving with a REAL blind spot. My vision is so bad I won't even leave the house unless I have contacts in. Glasses just do NOT cut it for non-household chores. Not to mention my cat really appreciates it when I don't step on his tail...
but slightly different. My bank never informed me that they were implementing it or of what this program even was so I never signed up for it online. Sometimes I could cancel the order and it would go through anyways (good to see the software is working properly, lol). But after a while that stopped working. Several sites wouldn't let me purchase anything unless I did sign up for it. So I either had to go to some shoddy shady website to buy what I needed (if the option even existed) and end up possibly paying more, or sign up for this, yet another, "layer of protection" for my account. By the time I'm middle aged my account will be so wrapped up in layers it'll look like a Michelin Man Mummy.
I've actually been looking for something like a remote control that holds like a Wii-mote but has a small trackball instead of a D-pad. I have my computer attached to the 42" HDTV and a wired setup is pointless (and gives massive neck strain), wireless mouse doesn't always work in certain areas of the room. The keyboard works great but I just want something I can point and click on the directories and open the video files with. Something that my girlfriend or a random person stopping by can just pick up and use. I have yet to find a device like this. (Not to mention I don't want to spend $50+ on a damn remote control/mouse)
Um... 6+6=12 !=11 If no one abstained where is the last vote? Maybe a great big WOOSH is in order for me but "a decision that surprised nobody" doesn't reflect kindly on the math skills of the people of Columbus...
Indeed. The cell is still what's being infected. The sputnik virus is not attaching to the viral coat of the first virus and injecting its genetic material inside. The sputnik virus is merely infecting the same cell once it is infected with the first virus. I would assume that the first virus changes some vital part of the surface of the host cell that allows the sputnik virus to attach and inject into the host. The sputnik virus could be utilizing the structures that the first virus' genes encoded for, possibly something the sputnik virus genome does not have genes to synthesize. There are many examples of co-infection of cells. Hepatitis D is one example that comes to mind with hepatitis B infection and a viroid infection (the only known viroid to infect humans).
They thought of this before. Engineering viruses is within our current technological grasp. However, because viruses can mutate so readily it is very dangerous to use them as weapons. They are researching it but going VERY slowly and meticulously to make sure they don't end up screwing over the whole world zombie apocalypse outbreak style.
I've had at least three discs that got pinholes in the aluminum layer that had unsalvageable tracks. Nirvana - Nevermind (one of the first printing runs, came with the cardboard sleeve packaging and everything) and Stabbing Westward - Wither Blister Burn and Peel specifically come to mind.
This is why I always back up my music on my computer to lossless FLAC. I have over 2000 cds so the space gets filled pretty quick. Thankfully hard drives are pretty cheap now. And it sure beats the hell out of buying another original copy and handing more cash over to the dickwads at the MAFIAA.
I already commented here so I can't mod you up. But yes this is correct. The aluminum oxide is on the foil which you throw out or recycle. The silver should be pure after the reaction.
Although anecdotal, neither I, nor my family or friends, have ever had a reaction or irritation due to this process. But yes, your comment about the stones is a good point. Something to keep an eye out for.
Yeah, which is pretty interesting. I actually have a cd that is brand new but while listening or ripping it on the computer has popping sounds. When in the cd player it sounds perfect. This is the only disc I have ever encountered that does this. It seems completely backwards to the normal idea of how this works. Still trying to figure out how to back the damn thing up properly...
Since there's no way you'll use the whole tub on CDs or DVDs, you can use the rest to pretty up your silverware, brass stuff, and rub rust off things you don't feel safe using steel wool on.
This is probably off topic but I felt compelled to reply, never buff your silver. There's a super easy trick that companies don't want you to know. (IAAC) Get a container big enough for your silverware. Put aluminum foil in it, put the silver on top of it, fill with boiling water, sprinkle baking soda on top. The tarnished parts of the silver will disappear. It's an oxidation reduction reaction. Every atom of the silver will remain and it only removes the tarnish. No worry about scratches or wearing down the metal. I shine all my/my gf's/my family's silver jewelry and utensils this way. It only takes a few seconds.
I was just thinking to myself recently... "Self, you haven't played a good space sim in a while. You should see what is out there." And here we are. Wing Commander got me hooked. Privateer mastered the genre. Freelancer and Darkstar One were good but never quite hit on exactly what I was looking for. Eve online is way too extensive for me to bother with. If I were younger and had no job... maybe I'd have considered it. I really hope this fills my privateer void. I just hope the AI on the enemies is more varied. That was always one of the downfalls of these games. All the enemies always seemed to fly the same way. Darkstar One at least touched on this a little bit. Graphics definitely look pretty good on this so far though.
If your discs are really scratched up try encoding them on the computer. I use CDex to encode to lossless and CDBurnerXP to burn the backups. For some reason my computer can record the discs to flac that my cd player cannot play. (I even encoded a disc with a full crack right through the middle of the disc with no skips at all) The skip doctor that my gf has works just fine. But if the scratch is really deep it might not work too great. I'd say try the skip doctor for the minor stuff and make backup copies of what ever you can.
Viable alternative to iTunes? sure. Alternative to a CD? Hardly. 1.) $0.99 per song x 15 songs (about average for an album I'd say) = ~$15 per mp3 album. CD albums are this price or lower (and those prices are already a scam and a half). eMusic has by far the lowest cost per track ratio for mp3s I've seen. (used to be better, but I guess everyone needs to pay bills...) 2.) 256kbs is hardly what I would call 'excellent sound quality.' Decent for headphones for a fairly broad scale of musical style? Sure. 320kbs non-variable is 'moderately acceptible' on a 7.1 surround sound system. FLAC, APE, (lossless) are 'excellent sound quality.' I have yet to see lossless tracks for sale on amazon. 3.) Absolutely. I concur. 4.) This invalidates your third party comment of #3. Linux has neither WMP or iTunes. (yes I know, wine, etc... but not natively) I for one don't need a downloader program, nor do I want one automatically doing anything. Just download and put the damn file where I tell you to. I'll do the 'syncing' thankyouverymuch.
So you are paying high quality full cd (with physical copy, liner notes, artwork, and case) prices for a barren mid quality mp3 album with no frills. You sir are getting ripped off. The way my math has it, you should take the retail price of the cd, subtract a proportionate amount for the lack of a physical copy or liner notes (unless you can get the artwork and notes in the metadata), divide this amount by the number of tracks, divide that number by the ratio of lossless quality bitrate (frequently between 1100 and 900kbs) to the mp3's bitrate (frequently between 128 and 320kbs), and you should have the proper cost for an mp3. I'm guessing it is going to be drastically lower than $0.99. (If you wanted to get even more legit I'd say charge per length of each track, not pay the same for a 15 second intro that you do for a 5 minute song.)
As kids we are taught, "Sharing is Good Virtue. Share your Toys with your friends. If you got more then share with the needy"
Then in walks these copyright police saying,"DO NOT SHARE. Sharing is a Social Crime. If you Share, You are a a thief, a PIRATE."
That's because these assholes are the jerks that never learned their parents' lessons. They are the selfish pricks that wouldn't share their toy or would take their ball and go home. Guess what? We still don't like you Bobby Jensen. Ya jerk.
Oh yeah, and I banged your sister.
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If you have 3-D glasses, you'll need to fold them inside out / turn them backwards / invert the red and blue. The results were MUCH better looking and MUCH less painful with glasses on backwards.
This is the 21st century. On slashdot. No one thinks to flip the image??? Seriously. Folding your glasses inside out?... I guess that is much less painful than swapping your eyeballs from left to right though...
We've mixed together chemical soups and watched biochemical precursors to life erupt out of it.
Fixed.
The universe doesn't tend towards entropy. It tends towards life. We are walking, talking evidence of this fact.
The universe does tend towards entropy. Entropy is not the same as the way popular media uses it. Entropy is not decay. Entropy is the tendency towards lower energy states. Water clathrin cages, self assembling biochemical structures (like micelles and phospholipid bilayers), movement through hydrogen bonding, and pressure and osmotic differentials are all examples of this. The universe tends towards entropy. Entropy tends towards life. Life tends towards progress through evolution. Creation of life is driven by the inherent laws of the universe. It is not some magical occurrence. It is a matter of time and place.
putting my phone to my head and, supposedly, getting cancer in my head, I should keep my phone in my pocket and put a bluetooth headphone in my ear. So now I have cancer in my leg and a smaller cancer in my head. Sounds like a great idea. Oh, wait...
I got you way beat. I built my friend a PC with old parts I had lying around and runs nice and smooth. I was actually pretty surprised. It boggles my mind the amount of resources Vista needs to run.
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But I have a pointy beard you insensitive clod!
I can't wait to meet the good me and kick his hippie ass!
I am thrilled to see this breakthrough. Now we just need to find a way to develop this further so that I can finally finish my sharkbrain controlled lasers.
Indeed. Try driving with a REAL blind spot. My vision is so bad I won't even leave the house unless I have contacts in. Glasses just do NOT cut it for non-household chores. Not to mention my cat really appreciates it when I don't step on his tail...
but slightly different. My bank never informed me that they were implementing it or of what this program even was so I never signed up for it online. Sometimes I could cancel the order and it would go through anyways (good to see the software is working properly, lol). But after a while that stopped working. Several sites wouldn't let me purchase anything unless I did sign up for it. So I either had to go to some shoddy shady website to buy what I needed (if the option even existed) and end up possibly paying more, or sign up for this, yet another, "layer of protection" for my account. By the time I'm middle aged my account will be so wrapped up in layers it'll look like a Michelin Man Mummy.
I've actually been looking for something like a remote control that holds like a Wii-mote but has a small trackball instead of a D-pad. I have my computer attached to the 42" HDTV and a wired setup is pointless (and gives massive neck strain), wireless mouse doesn't always work in certain areas of the room. The keyboard works great but I just want something I can point and click on the directories and open the video files with. Something that my girlfriend or a random person stopping by can just pick up and use. I have yet to find a device like this. (Not to mention I don't want to spend $50+ on a damn remote control/mouse)
Um... 6+6=12 !=11
If no one abstained where is the last vote?
Maybe a great big WOOSH is in order for me but "a decision that surprised nobody" doesn't reflect kindly on the math skills of the people of Columbus...
Indeed. The cell is still what's being infected. The sputnik virus is not attaching to the viral coat of the first virus and injecting its genetic material inside. The sputnik virus is merely infecting the same cell once it is infected with the first virus. I would assume that the first virus changes some vital part of the surface of the host cell that allows the sputnik virus to attach and inject into the host. The sputnik virus could be utilizing the structures that the first virus' genes encoded for, possibly something the sputnik virus genome does not have genes to synthesize. There are many examples of co-infection of cells. Hepatitis D is one example that comes to mind with hepatitis B infection and a viroid infection (the only known viroid to infect humans).
They thought of this before. Engineering viruses is within our current technological grasp. However, because viruses can mutate so readily it is very dangerous to use them as weapons. They are researching it but going VERY slowly and meticulously to make sure they don't end up screwing over the whole world zombie apocalypse outbreak style.
Second one is gonna cost ya.
Come on, all the cool kids are doing it...
I've had at least three discs that got pinholes in the aluminum layer that had unsalvageable tracks. Nirvana - Nevermind (one of the first printing runs, came with the cardboard sleeve packaging and everything) and Stabbing Westward - Wither Blister Burn and Peel specifically come to mind.
This is why I always back up my music on my computer to lossless FLAC. I have over 2000 cds so the space gets filled pretty quick. Thankfully hard drives are pretty cheap now. And it sure beats the hell out of buying another original copy and handing more cash over to the dickwads at the MAFIAA.
I already commented here so I can't mod you up. But yes this is correct. The aluminum oxide is on the foil which you throw out or recycle. The silver should be pure after the reaction.
Although anecdotal, neither I, nor my family or friends, have ever had a reaction or irritation due to this process. But yes, your comment about the stones is a good point. Something to keep an eye out for.
Yeah, which is pretty interesting. I actually have a cd that is brand new but while listening or ripping it on the computer has popping sounds. When in the cd player it sounds perfect. This is the only disc I have ever encountered that does this. It seems completely backwards to the normal idea of how this works. Still trying to figure out how to back the damn thing up properly...
Since there's no way you'll use the whole tub on CDs or DVDs, you can use the rest to pretty up your silverware, brass stuff, and rub rust off things you don't feel safe using steel wool on.
This is probably off topic but I felt compelled to reply, never buff your silver. There's a super easy trick that companies don't want you to know. (IAAC) Get a container big enough for your silverware. Put aluminum foil in it, put the silver on top of it, fill with boiling water, sprinkle baking soda on top. The tarnished parts of the silver will disappear. It's an oxidation reduction reaction. Every atom of the silver will remain and it only removes the tarnish. No worry about scratches or wearing down the metal. I shine all my/my gf's/my family's silver jewelry and utensils this way. It only takes a few seconds.
I was just thinking to myself recently... "Self, you haven't played a good space sim in a while. You should see what is out there." And here we are. Wing Commander got me hooked. Privateer mastered the genre. Freelancer and Darkstar One were good but never quite hit on exactly what I was looking for. Eve online is way too extensive for me to bother with. If I were younger and had no job... maybe I'd have considered it. I really hope this fills my privateer void. I just hope the AI on the enemies is more varied. That was always one of the downfalls of these games. All the enemies always seemed to fly the same way. Darkstar One at least touched on this a little bit. Graphics definitely look pretty good on this so far though.
If your discs are really scratched up try encoding them on the computer. I use CDex to encode to lossless and CDBurnerXP to burn the backups. For some reason my computer can record the discs to flac that my cd player cannot play. (I even encoded a disc with a full crack right through the middle of the disc with no skips at all) The skip doctor that my gf has works just fine. But if the scratch is really deep it might not work too great. I'd say try the skip doctor for the minor stuff and make backup copies of what ever you can.
If it only takes $12mil to build an entire new internet why the hell are the ISPs still bitching and moaning and not upgrading anything?
If your ISP isn't patched, perhaps it is time to switch.
To whom, exactly?
Sincerely,
A US ISP customer.
A Paradigm is 20 cents.
Informative?
WOOSH!
Let me lay it out to those of you with wind blown hair.
Paradigm
PAIRo'DIME
DIME=$0.10
Now THAT is informative.
Viable alternative to iTunes? sure. Alternative to a CD? Hardly.
1.) $0.99 per song x 15 songs (about average for an album I'd say) = ~$15 per mp3 album. CD albums are this price or lower (and those prices are already a scam and a half). eMusic has by far the lowest cost per track ratio for mp3s I've seen. (used to be better, but I guess everyone needs to pay bills...)
2.) 256kbs is hardly what I would call 'excellent sound quality.' Decent for headphones for a fairly broad scale of musical style? Sure. 320kbs non-variable is 'moderately acceptible' on a 7.1 surround sound system. FLAC, APE, (lossless) are 'excellent sound quality.' I have yet to see lossless tracks for sale on amazon.
3.) Absolutely. I concur.
4.) This invalidates your third party comment of #3. Linux has neither WMP or iTunes. (yes I know, wine, etc... but not natively) I for one don't need a downloader program, nor do I want one automatically doing anything. Just download and put the damn file where I tell you to. I'll do the 'syncing' thankyouverymuch.
So you are paying high quality full cd (with physical copy, liner notes, artwork, and case) prices for a barren mid quality mp3 album with no frills. You sir are getting ripped off. The way my math has it, you should take the retail price of the cd, subtract a proportionate amount for the lack of a physical copy or liner notes (unless you can get the artwork and notes in the metadata), divide this amount by the number of tracks, divide that number by the ratio of lossless quality bitrate (frequently between 1100 and 900kbs) to the mp3's bitrate (frequently between 128 and 320kbs), and you should have the proper cost for an mp3. I'm guessing it is going to be drastically lower than $0.99. (If you wanted to get even more legit I'd say charge per length of each track, not pay the same for a 15 second intro that you do for a 5 minute song.)
As kids we are taught, "Sharing is Good Virtue. Share your Toys with your friends. If you got more then share with the needy"
Then in walks these copyright police saying,"DO NOT SHARE. Sharing is a Social Crime. If you Share, You are a a thief, a PIRATE."
That's because these assholes are the jerks that never learned their parents' lessons. They are the selfish pricks that wouldn't share their toy or would take their ball and go home. Guess what? We still don't like you Bobby Jensen. Ya jerk.
Oh yeah, and I banged your sister.
If you have 3-D glasses, you'll need to fold them inside out / turn them backwards / invert the red and blue. The results were MUCH better looking and MUCH less painful with glasses on backwards.
This is the 21st century. On slashdot. No one thinks to flip the image??? Seriously. Folding your glasses inside out?... I guess that is much less painful than swapping your eyeballs from left to right though...
Some you got right, some you got wrong.
We've mixed together chemical soups and watched biochemical precursors to life erupt out of it.
Fixed.
The universe doesn't tend towards entropy. It tends towards life. We are walking, talking evidence of this fact.
The universe does tend towards entropy. Entropy is not the same as the way popular media uses it. Entropy is not decay. Entropy is the tendency towards lower energy states. Water clathrin cages, self assembling biochemical structures (like micelles and phospholipid bilayers), movement through hydrogen bonding, and pressure and osmotic differentials are all examples of this. The universe tends towards entropy. Entropy tends towards life. Life tends towards progress through evolution. Creation of life is driven by the inherent laws of the universe. It is not some magical occurrence. It is a matter of time and place.
putting my phone to my head and, supposedly, getting cancer in my head, I should keep my phone in my pocket and put a bluetooth headphone in my ear. So now I have cancer in my leg and a smaller cancer in my head. Sounds like a great idea.
Oh, wait...
I got you way beat. I built my friend a PC with old parts I had lying around and runs nice and smooth. I was actually pretty surprised. It boggles my mind the amount of resources Vista needs to run.
Ubuntu 8.04
Pentium 900MHz
384MB RAM
Onboard Intel graphics