While I agree with you, that is somewhat Apple's fault. On Windows, Flash makes use of hardware decoding for H.264, if available. On Mac OS X, it does not. In Flash 10, H.264 hardware acceleration is not supported on OS X because Apple does not expose access to the required APIs.
18" with no choke is legal and will give you about 2" at 20 ft. Forget about the spread. Aiming down a barrel makes you more likely to hit your target, and I beg to differ about the impact. A 3" tactical shell with 00 buckshot contains 9.33" 54 grain pellets. that's 486 grains of projectile moving at 1200 to 1300 feet per second. That's about the same velocity as a.357 Magnum,but with 3 times the mass. It's a hell of a lot more impressive. like 1600 ft. pounds vs. 500.
The Chinese Government is likely to be interested in spying on the US government (or taking control of their computers). They'll also be spying on their own citizens.
It most certainly is yours. What isn't yours are the experiences of that people who listen to it, what importance the culture attaches to it, etc.
What's the difference between a chair that I build in my workshop, a photograph that I take or an essay that I write? (assuming that I build good chairs, take good pictures and write good essays) There is no difference. I created them, I own them. I may choose to sell them, give them away, lock them in my home unused or run them through a wood chipper. I fail to see what the huge debate over copyright is. If someone creates something, it should be up to them what to do with it. Period. What people want or what is good for society should have no bearing on it. If my neighbor has a bad back and only my chair is will help him, should I be forced to sell it to them or even give it to them after an arbitrary period of time of sitting in my living room unused? I think not. Should I want to help and be a good neighbor? Yes. Should the law enable him to just come take it because his need is greater? No.
I'm becoming increasingly concerned that individual's rights are being eroded. If I want to lock my works away I should be able to. I should have the right to be a douch bag.
The former is problematic because it's exceedingly difficult to hit such a small target when the adrenaline is pumping and your life is on the line.
Which is why the best home defense weapon is a sawed off pump action shotgun loaded with 3" tactical 00 buckshot shells. Much easier to hit your target with that than a hand gun.
"The question is whether or not man releases enough C02 that it actually effects nature."
That is indeed the question. But don't worry. "All" Scientists have determined that the science is settled and irrefutable. And we all know that scientists are never influenced by politics, or available funding.
These must be the same idiots that claim that Apple and a monopoly on iPods and OS X. I swear that the world becomes increasingly stupid with each passing day...
I've done this maneuver a bunch of times in various cars. It doesn't really matter if the car if FWD or RWD. If you're going fast enough, and the front wheels are free spinning (clutch in on a FWD) and you pull the e-break, you're just going to slow down, likewise if the from wheels are still pulling. If you yank the steering wheel left or right while pulling the e-break, then the car wants to keep moving in a straight line, but the front of the car has been directed left or right, so the car will start to slide sideways. once you're sideways, release the break and hit the gas and continue to spin, or straighten out the wheel and go the direction you're pointed.
Still 9.63 on my Mac. I wasn't trying to point out an issue with Opera, I was trying to illustrate that a small company like opera software can make a much better browser than Microsoft. Whether or not MS doesn't because they can't or won't is beside the point.
True, but the point is that MS could do any number of things to make people and IT departments WANT to use it over Fire fox or chrome, and they could do it in a 100% compliant manner.
The ability to be remotely installed, and managed is a huge feature that is unique to IE. Being native means they could (and should) be able to have the fastest browser on Windows. They could do a number of things that would make me want to use IE as my preferred browser on Windows, but they don't, hence their eroding market share. The majority of people that use Macs use Safari. Why? Because Safari offers a good browsing experience for most people, is very fast, and is reasonable secure. IE 8 should be the same on Windows.
Microsoft could do a much better job of fostering the creation of browser add-ons (ala FireFox). The current selection is pitiful. http://www.ieaddons.com/en/
Microsoft needs more walking the walk, and less marketing. I find this message humorous (displayed when hitting the above link with a WebKit browser)
We noticed you are not currently running Internet Explorer 8. To take advantage of these new features and enjoy a faster, safer and easier browsing experience, we recommend installing Internet Explorer 8 now for free.
Even the hugest step is not all that helpful when you're 80 steps behind already. You'd think that a company with an $8 billion R&D budget could build a web browser that is 100% standards compliant, performs well, and adds enough value for their users to make it the browser of choice on Windows. Apple and Google can did it, so it's definitely doable. Both Chrome and Safari on my Mac score 100/100 on the acid 3 test. Firefox: 93, Opera: 85.
IE 8 on Window 7? 20. After getting stuck at 12 for 6 seconds.
In the real world this is not that apparent, an I can generally get pages to display identically in FF, Safari, Chrome, Opera and IE8, but I do need to modify CSS that renders fine in the other 4 to make IE8 work, particularly in the area of margins and padding.
There is no good excuse for a company with Microsoft's resources to build such shitty software. I'm a little apprehensive about how crappy their implementation of HTML 5 will be; IE 9 will be the new IE 6. Bet on it.
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While I agree with you, that is somewhat Apple's fault. On Windows, Flash makes use of hardware decoding for H.264, if available. On Mac OS X, it does not. In Flash 10, H.264 hardware acceleration is not supported on OS X because Apple does not expose access to the required APIs.
Yasser Arafat for bring "peace" and then Obama for things he had yet to do?
This is about as meaningful as who wins an Academy Award.
18" with no choke is legal and will give you about 2" at 20 ft. Forget about the spread. Aiming down a barrel makes you more likely to hit your target, and I beg to differ about the impact. A 3" tactical shell with 00 buckshot contains 9 .33" 54 grain pellets. that's 486 grains of projectile moving at 1200 to 1300 feet per second. That's about the same velocity as a .357 Magnum,but with 3 times the mass. It's a hell of a lot more impressive. like 1600 ft. pounds vs. 500.
accuracy to 1 second in 100 million years is not adequate for landing a plane via GPS?
The Chinese Government is likely to be interested in spying on the US government (or taking control of their computers). They'll also be spying on their own citizens.
It most certainly is yours. What isn't yours are the experiences of that people who listen to it, what importance the culture attaches to it, etc.
What's the difference between a chair that I build in my workshop, a photograph that I take or an essay that I write? (assuming that I build good chairs, take good pictures and write good essays) There is no difference. I created them, I own them. I may choose to sell them, give them away, lock them in my home unused or run them through a wood chipper. I fail to see what the huge debate over copyright is. If someone creates something, it should be up to them what to do with it. Period. What people want or what is good for society should have no bearing on it. If my neighbor has a bad back and only my chair is will help him, should I be forced to sell it to them or even give it to them after an arbitrary period of time of sitting in my living room unused? I think not. Should I want to help and be a good neighbor? Yes. Should the law enable him to just come take it because his need is greater? No.
I'm becoming increasingly concerned that individual's rights are being eroded. If I want to lock my works away I should be able to. I should have the right to be a douch bag.
I'll bet he rides a Harley with REALLY LOUD exhaust...
The former is problematic because it's exceedingly difficult to hit such a small target when the adrenaline is pumping and your life is on the line.
Which is why the best home defense weapon is a sawed off pump action shotgun loaded with 3" tactical 00 buckshot shells. Much easier to hit your target with that than a hand gun.
"The question is whether or not man releases enough C02 that it actually effects nature." That is indeed the question. But don't worry. "All" Scientists have determined that the science is settled and irrefutable. And we all know that scientists are never influenced by politics, or available funding.
"aliens ate my buick" But they did. They left me a Ferrari key and a bottle of hot sauce in return.
These must be the same idiots that claim that Apple and a monopoly on iPods and OS X. I swear that the world becomes increasingly stupid with each passing day...
It's closer to 74,000 (37,000/year), but the breakdown is important:
The number of drivers and passengers killed is about 26,000. The other 11,000 are motorcyclists (5,000), and non-motorists.
The number of drivers and passengers killed per mile driven is 1.3 per 100,000,000 miles
Every year 12.5 out of 100,000 of the general population is killed in an automobile related crash, or .0125%
.02 percent of licensed drivers will be killed every year
All in all, driving is a fairly risky thing to do, but so is living. 550,000 people die each year from cancer, for example.
US only numbers, source: http://www-fars.nhtsa.dot.gov/Main/index.aspx
My kingdom for a mod point.
I've done this maneuver a bunch of times in various cars. It doesn't really matter if the car if FWD or RWD. If you're going fast enough, and the front wheels are free spinning (clutch in on a FWD) and you pull the e-break, you're just going to slow down, likewise if the from wheels are still pulling. If you yank the steering wheel left or right while pulling the e-break, then the car wants to keep moving in a straight line, but the front of the car has been directed left or right, so the car will start to slide sideways. once you're sideways, release the break and hit the gas and continue to spin, or straighten out the wheel and go the direction you're pointed.
Tinker away.
Well, the acid3 test comes pretty close to defining the standard, and webkit and presto browsers score 100%...
Still 9.63 on my Mac. I wasn't trying to point out an issue with Opera, I was trying to illustrate that a small company like opera software can make a much better browser than Microsoft. Whether or not MS doesn't because they can't or won't is beside the point.
True, but the point is that MS could do any number of things to make people and IT departments WANT to use it over Fire fox or chrome, and they could do it in a 100% compliant manner.
Clue. Get one.
The ability to be remotely installed, and managed is a huge feature that is unique to IE. Being native means they could (and should) be able to have the fastest browser on Windows. They could do a number of things that would make me want to use IE as my preferred browser on Windows, but they don't, hence their eroding market share. The majority of people that use Macs use Safari. Why? Because Safari offers a good browsing experience for most people, is very fast, and is reasonable secure. IE 8 should be the same on Windows.
Microsoft could do a much better job of fostering the creation of browser add-ons (ala FireFox). The current selection is pitiful. http://www.ieaddons.com/en/
Microsoft needs more walking the walk, and less marketing. I find this message humorous (displayed when hitting the above link with a WebKit browser)
We noticed you are not currently running Internet Explorer 8. To take advantage of these new features and enjoy a faster, safer and easier browsing experience, we recommend installing Internet Explorer 8 now for free.
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Even the hugest step is not all that helpful when you're 80 steps behind already. You'd think that a company with an $8 billion R&D budget could build a web browser that is 100% standards compliant, performs well, and adds enough value for their users to make it the browser of choice on Windows. Apple and Google can did it, so it's definitely doable. Both Chrome and Safari on my Mac score 100/100 on the acid 3 test. Firefox: 93, Opera: 85.
IE 8 on Window 7? 20. After getting stuck at 12 for 6 seconds.
In the real world this is not that apparent, an I can generally get pages to display identically in FF, Safari, Chrome, Opera and IE8, but I do need to modify CSS that renders fine in the other 4 to make IE8 work, particularly in the area of margins and padding.
There is no good excuse for a company with Microsoft's resources to build such shitty software. I'm a little apprehensive about how crappy their implementation of HTML 5 will be; IE 9 will be the new IE 6. Bet on it.
a 27" glass touch screen built into a coffee table would be a much better board game, and a whole lot less expensive than MS Surface.
No, you didn't
Ah, yes. a troll. Perhaps your bridge is missing you?
Are you seriously suggesting that being an uninvolved observer is the same as pulling the trigger yourself? Really?