Here here! I'm on dialup, looking at dsl, and a bit flustered to find that it seems cheaper everywhere else. SF "broadband" offerings kinda suck despite the tech industry we have here. IIRC JWZ has volunteered DNA's roof for an antenna. Have you heard of any local efforts beyond SFBWUG (sic) to implement a city-wide wireless network? Imagine SF with repeater antennas every three blocks. Perhaps an ISP could implement "viral" connectivity -- either pay or freeload and repeat (i.e. extend the coverage)?
It doesn't. The post was sarcastic. Timothy might be the only viewer in Nielson-land who would find Enterprise too "PC" after TNG and Voyager left their mark.
I agree entirely. Enterprise is the only Star Trek spin-off since Deep Space Nine that's been bearable. Next Generation was dubbed a "talk-show in space" for good reason.
Buddy, you've misunderstood toupsie. You haven't been "trolled". Chill a bit, as you've gently implied that he's a bigot and then called him an idiot to boot. If you want to second guess assumptions it's best to start at home. Frankly, I doubt "Grandma" needs or wants you to stand up for her -- especially since you seem to believe that understanding grep can distinguish someone from those that are "too stupid to figure something out", and that the rest of the world gravely needs your moral guidance. Would it have killed you to read "Grandma doesn't grep" for what it is: a concise, alliterative, triplet that means many find the command line cryptic and arcane?
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That's an interesting point. My own experience is similar to yours. The dark end of the gamma curve is better on LCD even though that flies in the face of the numbers.
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32-bit color is 24-bit color padded with an extra byte for faster memory access. 2^24 == 16,777,216.
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From what I've read OLED should address that. The OLED itself responds instantaneously and the transistors don't need to be built on glass which has limited the type of TFT that can be built, though/. has another story on the front page about Sharp's remedy to this problem.
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(Gotta get me some of those "PC Compatiable" stickers)
Well at least that was funny. Touche.
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Whoops. I meant to ask if calling someone an idiot is "Insightful", not "Informative". Ya' know, just for my own edification. That makes more sense anyway as it takes the wisdom of an elderly Buddhist to recognise ignorance in a subject like contemporary consumer electronics -- what with all the talk about full-duplex video USB2 and fibre-optically coupled microscopic LCD pixels.
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Excepting the original Cinema Display, Apple doesn't make LCDs with DVI interfaces. Period. The ones they did make can only be found occasionally on eBay. Pre-GeForce3 DVI cards aren't common at all. Perhaps you mean it's easy to find DVI LCDs for Apple computers. No shit? They're called "PC Compatiable". ADC works with that. If I opened this post by calling someone an "idiot" would it be considered "Informative"? If an emotionally retarded jerk farts on Slashdot does it make a sound?
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"high-tensile"? You mean if I attach ropes to either side of one of these LCDs and use it in a Tug of War contest it won't break? 390 dpi screens (with 65 micron LCD pixels!)? Fibre optics? For fuck's sake how did you get this shit to score +3 Informative?
Since pictures say a thousand words this one begs a question. How can this not screw up an LCD? Would they fill out empty areas of the glass with fake circuitry to achieve uniform opacity? If the problem I'm pointing out here is real then what's the point? I don't mean to knock their new Si. I know just (barely) enough to understand the significance, but don't see the LCD applications beyond better active-matrix electronics.
The two of you breach an interesting point. I am curious as to what you mean by aspect ratio. Here's my guess: Given a "one-fin" conically shaped heat sink, what is the optimum height for a particular heat sink mass and bottom surface area? Presumably, the sides would end up curved in some way.
I've come across this observation before and have to wonder if it comes from Mac users or PC users. I've never owned a Mac, but from my limited experience with them I have a hard time believing that the new G4's could really be as bad as the average PC.
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Here here! I'm on dialup, looking at dsl, and a bit flustered to find that it seems cheaper everywhere else. SF "broadband" offerings kinda suck despite the tech industry we have here. IIRC JWZ has volunteered DNA's roof for an antenna. Have you heard of any local efforts beyond SFBWUG (sic) to implement a city-wide wireless network? Imagine SF with repeater antennas every three blocks. Perhaps an ISP could implement "viral" connectivity -- either pay or freeload and repeat (i.e. extend the coverage)?
It doesn't. The post was sarcastic. Timothy might be the only viewer in Nielson-land who would find Enterprise too "PC" after TNG and Voyager left their mark.
...its mostly based on hard science...
Dumb-ass Army guys (and one stick-wielding-near-mute-muscle-dude) who teleport to other planets by walking through a magic donut is scientific?
I agree entirely. Enterprise is the only Star Trek spin-off since Deep Space Nine that's been bearable. Next Generation was dubbed a "talk-show in space" for good reason.
Well that's my problem then, I usually think with something else...
These guys aren't dismissing it. They're just explaining why it wasn't officially folded into Debian.
Buddy, you've misunderstood toupsie. You haven't been "trolled". Chill a bit, as you've gently implied that he's a bigot and then called him an idiot to boot. If you want to second guess assumptions it's best to start at home. Frankly, I doubt "Grandma" needs or wants you to stand up for her -- especially since you seem to believe that understanding grep can distinguish someone from those that are "too stupid to figure something out", and that the rest of the world gravely needs your moral guidance. Would it have killed you to read "Grandma doesn't grep" for what it is: a concise, alliterative, triplet that means many find the command line cryptic and arcane?
That's an interesting point. My own experience is similar to yours. The dark end of the gamma curve is better on LCD even though that flies in the face of the numbers.
Why is saying bullshit smells bad "flamebait"?
I don't mean to harp on this, but the 17" iMac, 22" Cinema Display, and 23" Cinema HD LCDs are made by LG Philips.
32-bit color is 24-bit color padded with an extra byte for faster memory access. 2^24 == 16,777,216.
From what I've read OLED should address that. The OLED itself responds instantaneously and the transistors don't need to be built on glass which has limited the type of TFT that can be built, though /. has another story on the front page about Sharp's remedy to this problem.
(Gotta get me some of those "PC Compatiable" stickers)
Well at least that was funny. Touche.
Whoops. I meant to ask if calling someone an idiot is "Insightful", not "Informative". Ya' know, just for my own edification. That makes more sense anyway as it takes the wisdom of an elderly Buddhist to recognise ignorance in a subject like contemporary consumer electronics -- what with all the talk about full-duplex video USB2 and fibre-optically coupled microscopic LCD pixels.
Excepting the original Cinema Display, Apple doesn't make LCDs with DVI interfaces. Period. The ones they did make can only be found occasionally on eBay. Pre-GeForce3 DVI cards aren't common at all. Perhaps you mean it's easy to find DVI LCDs for Apple computers. No shit? They're called "PC Compatiable". ADC works with that. If I opened this post by calling someone an "idiot" would it be considered "Informative"? If an emotionally retarded jerk farts on Slashdot does it make a sound?
"high-tensile"? You mean if I attach ropes to either side of one of these LCDs and use it in a Tug of War contest it won't break? 390 dpi screens (with 65 micron LCD pixels!)? Fibre optics? For fuck's sake how did you get this shit to score +3 Informative?
Not to mention that whatever a monitor needs to say can be done over DDC.
For the record, you can buy non-Apple equivalents. I don't know about the 15", but the 17" is Samsung, and the 22" and 23" are L.G. Phillips.
Since pictures say a thousand words this one begs a question. How can this not screw up an LCD? Would they fill out empty areas of the glass with fake circuitry to achieve uniform opacity? If the problem I'm pointing out here is real then what's the point? I don't mean to knock their new Si. I know just (barely) enough to understand the significance, but don't see the LCD applications beyond better active-matrix electronics.
has been done. Think "long division" and the like.
Samsung's 240T has already been around for a least a year. It's not 1/2" thick, but sheesh...
OT, but I've got to note the far-out coolness of that site.
The two of you breach an interesting point. I am curious as to what you mean by aspect ratio. Here's my guess: Given a "one-fin" conically shaped heat sink, what is the optimum height for a particular heat sink mass and bottom surface area? Presumably, the sides would end up curved in some way.
I've come across this observation before and have to wonder if it comes from Mac users or PC users. I've never owned a Mac, but from my limited experience with them I have a hard time believing that the new G4's could really be as bad as the average PC.
Why wouldn't "one time quieter" be equivalent to "one time louder". I'd take either one to mean "just as loud as before" i.e. n X 1 = n.