Halo is quite possibly the best FPS ever to grace a console. As far as multiplayer, I might even pick it over RtCW and MoH. The controls are great (after you get used to them) and the replay value is immense. The single player is also superb.
Now if only there were another game worth playing on the XBox...
Quick: A Carbon Nanotube is a molecule of Carbon in the shape of a tube, a few nanometres across and possibly infinitely long.
Helpful: Carbon Nanotubes are a variant of buckminsterfullerene. [godunov.com] Molecules of which are made of 60 carbon atoms in a spherical arrangement (like a British (soccer) football). They're extremely tough, and have great potential for drug delivery and lubricant applications. Carbon Nanotubes split the fullerene molecule in half and extend it with a cylinder of carbon atoms. Another way to think of them is by imagining a rolled up sheet of graphite and capping the ends. Some pictures might make things clearer.
Nano is the next step from micro, current microchips are in the 0.1 micrometre range, this is the same as 100 nanometres. Carbon nanotubes are only a few (ie less than 10) nanometres across.
The article discusses single-walled nanotubes, the other varient is multi-walled nanotubes, which are simply many nanotubes wrapped in layers - like a telescopic radio aerial. The potential of carbon nanotubes lies in making lots of them long and all in the same orientation, then we have a rope stronger than diamond (think space elevator strong). Also they might be used in nano scale electronics.
The school systems don't already have Campus Agreements, they're being bullied into them. Having the Campus Agreement allows them to install whatever software is included in the agreement on any computer they own.
Simply, buy the Campus Agreement and everything you've installed is legal. Don't buy it, and they're going to make sure everything is legal.
You can always move to other operating systems or applications after the agreement term is up, though.
Let's say he pays $150 for the 2mx now, and $150 for the 4ti later. He could also pay $300 for the 4ti now (these are hypothetical numbers, they don't make 4ti for iMacs:( ), spend the same amount of money, *and* have the go-jillion FPS now. Just a thought.
...is a lack of high-quality games. I can count on one hand the number of X-box games that are worth the price. We always go back to Halo...the other games just can't measure up. When I buy a game system, I expect to have a decent game selection. X-box, when compared to PS2, just doesn't have that.
This is getting ridiculous
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Maybe/. could rise above the stupidity of this holiday and post REAL news. This isn't the least bit funny.
Just like with DeCSS, it is the Constitutional duty for each reader with the ability to do so to post the contents of those pages referenced in the complaint on his or her website and register them with Google. I wonder how many letters those Hubbard freaks can write.
Since the onus is on the state Office of the Attorney General to notify the ISP which sites to block, why don't they just shut the sites down in the first place? It seems easier to stop it at the source, especially if you know the source. This is just going to require more work for all involved and probably won't help the situation. This law will be struck down; it's only a matter of time.
OK Jack, what about the millions of PCs already out there that don't have copy protection? How about the VCRs with record buttons? Video cameras? Film-based cameras?
What's next? Do you plan to require that my friends each purchase the DVD as well when I have them over to enjoy my home theater?
It's a bit spendy at $1k, but
it has CD/DVD, PCMCIA, USB, Keyboard, Mic, Headphones, VGA and more. Besides being powered by your car, it has built-in GPS. There are lots of interesting hacking ideas here for people who prefer to spend more time in their cars than I do.
TiVo boxes have the same 30-second skip feature (at least the new ones do). It's an undocumented feature, and you have to have a bit of technical savvy to enable it. I would expect that most/. readers could enable this feature, though.
Like another astute reader posted, the governmen allows the networks to broadcast as a service for the citizens of this country. Broadcasting is a privilege, not a right, and there is no guarantee that they can make money by broadcasting. It would also seem to me that the networks would be required to prove that they have lost money because of this practice. With billions spent every year on TV advertising, I hardly think this is costing the networks money.
Everyone breate deeply, and point their Windows-based Netscape browser to www.msn.com. No errors whatsoever for me. Try it before you panic.
People need to realize that...
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...Apple is the Mercedes Benz or BMW of the computer industry. They deliver the best-designed products with "why didn't I think of that?!" features that eventually become commonplace on the Fords and Chevrolets of the computer industry.
How many computer makers let you into the case without turning screws? How many include an incredibly useful and easy-to-use external connection port like FireWire? How many include digital video editing? How many ship an optical mouse standard? How many include a full productivity suite? How many include a DVD-R/CD-RW drive as standard? How many have given up CRTs and moved on to LCDs, the displays of the future? One.
Apple is the innovator in the industry. If you can't see that, then you're blind. Everyone else has been playing catch-up since 1984.
Q: The sound skips in PCs that have a lot of memory.
A: The sound may skip on PCs that have a lot of memory installed, due to the limitations of the memory management function of Windows 98. There is no problem with up to 128MB of memory. With more memory, some PCs may experience this problem.
Reduce the memory to 128MB or less and check whether the problem persists.
I see in the near future a crisis approaching that unnerves me and causes me to tremble for the safety of my country. As a result of the war, corporations have been enthroned, and an era of corruption in high places will follow, and the money power of the country will endeavor to prolong its reign by working upon the prejudices of the people until all wealth is aggregated in a few hands and the Republic is destroyed. I feel at this moment more anxiety for the safety of my country than ever before, even in the midst of war.
I see in the near future a crisis approaching that unnerves me and causes me to tremble for the safety of my country. As a result of the war, corporations have been enthroned, and an era of corruption in high places will follow, and the money power of the country will endeavor to prolong its reign by working upon the prejudices of the people until all wealth is aggregated in a few hands and the Republic is destroyed. I feel at this moment more anxiety for the safety of my country than ever before, even in the midst of war.
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How the hell does this get modded up 5 times as funny?
"goes dark 48 times per second"
How do you figure? 24 frames per second, with dark between each frame and once at the end of the second, would be "goes dark 24 times per second."
Halo is quite possibly the best FPS ever to grace a console. As far as multiplayer, I might even pick it over RtCW and MoH. The controls are great (after you get used to them) and the replay value is immense. The single player is also superb.
Now if only there were another game worth playing on the XBox...
$10 for a strategy guide? They're at least $15.
Quick: A Carbon Nanotube is a molecule of Carbon in the shape of a tube, a few nanometres across and possibly infinitely long.
Helpful: Carbon Nanotubes are a variant of buckminsterfullerene. [godunov.com] Molecules of which are made of 60 carbon atoms in a spherical arrangement (like a British (soccer) football). They're extremely tough, and have great potential for drug delivery and lubricant applications. Carbon Nanotubes split the fullerene molecule in half and extend it with a cylinder of carbon atoms. Another way to think of them is by imagining a rolled up sheet of graphite and capping the ends. Some pictures might make things clearer.
Nano is the next step from micro, current microchips are in the 0.1 micrometre range, this is the same as 100 nanometres.
Carbon nanotubes are only a few (ie less than 10) nanometres across.
The article discusses single-walled nanotubes, the other varient is multi-walled nanotubes, which are simply many nanotubes wrapped in layers - like a telescopic radio aerial. The potential of carbon nanotubes lies in making lots of them long and all in the same orientation, then we have a rope stronger than diamond (think space elevator strong). Also they might be used in nano scale electronics.
Hope that helps your spelling
John
Did you actually read the posting?
The school systems don't already have Campus Agreements, they're being bullied into them. Having the Campus Agreement allows them to install whatever software is included in the agreement on any computer they own.
Simply, buy the Campus Agreement and everything you've installed is legal. Don't buy it, and they're going to make sure everything is legal.
You can always move to other operating systems or applications after the agreement term is up, though.
Let's say he pays $150 for the 2mx now, and $150 for the 4ti later. He could also pay $300 for the 4ti now (these are hypothetical numbers, they don't make 4ti for iMacs :( ), spend the same amount of money, *and* have the go-jillion FPS now. Just a thought.
...is a lack of high-quality games. I can count on one hand the number of X-box games that are worth the price. We always go back to Halo...the other games just can't measure up. When I buy a game system, I expect to have a decent game selection. X-box, when compared to PS2, just doesn't have that.
Maybe /. could rise above the stupidity of this holiday and post REAL news. This isn't the least bit funny.
Just like with DeCSS, it is the Constitutional duty for each reader with the ability to do so to post the contents of those pages referenced in the complaint on his or her website and register them with Google. I wonder how many letters those Hubbard freaks can write.
Since the onus is on the state Office of the Attorney General to notify the ISP which sites to block, why don't they just shut the sites down in the first place? It seems easier to stop it at the source, especially if you know the source. This is just going to require more work for all involved and probably won't help the situation. This law will be struck down; it's only a matter of time.
...do I get my moderator privileges back? I seem to have automagically lost them after modding up "the post."
http://congress.org/congressorg/issuesaction/lette rs/
Luckily, one of my Senators is on the Commerce committee. I urge you to write now.
http://congress.org/congressorg/issuesaction/lette rs/
Luckily, one of my Senators is on the Commerce committee. I urge you to write now.
For the sake of millions of people like you in this country, send that in a letter to your senators.
What's next? Do you plan to require that my friends each purchase the DVD as well when I have them over to enjoy my home theater?
"Don't Steal Music."
It's on every single iPod/iTunes commercial.
TiVo boxes have the same 30-second skip feature (at least the new ones do). It's an undocumented feature, and you have to have a bit of technical savvy to enable it. I would expect that most /. readers could enable this feature, though.
Like another astute reader posted, the governmen allows the networks to broadcast as a service for the citizens of this country. Broadcasting is a privilege, not a right, and there is no guarantee that they can make money by broadcasting. It would also seem to me that the networks would be required to prove that they have lost money because of this practice. With billions spent every year on TV advertising, I hardly think this is costing the networks money.
I really can't see this case going anywhere.
Everyone breate deeply, and point their Windows-based Netscape browser to www.msn.com. No errors whatsoever for me. Try it before you panic.
How many computer makers let you into the case without turning screws? How many include an incredibly useful and easy-to-use external connection port like FireWire? How many include digital video editing? How many ship an optical mouse standard? How many include a full productivity suite? How many include a DVD-R/CD-RW drive as standard? How many have given up CRTs and moved on to LCDs, the displays of the future? One.
Apple is the innovator in the industry. If you can't see that, then you're blind. Everyone else has been playing catch-up since 1984.
From the Onkyo SE-U55 FAQ:
Q: The sound skips in PCs that have a lot of memory.
A: The sound may skip on PCs that have a lot of memory installed, due to the limitations of the memory management function of Windows 98. There is no problem with up to 128MB of memory. With more memory, some PCs may experience this problem. Reduce the memory to 128MB or less and check whether the problem persists.
I see in the near future a crisis approaching that unnerves me and causes me to tremble for the safety of my country. As a result of the war, corporations have been enthroned, and an era of corruption in high places will follow, and the money power of the country will endeavor to prolong its reign by working upon the prejudices of the people until all wealth is aggregated in a few hands and the Republic is destroyed. I feel at this moment more anxiety for the safety of my country than ever before, even in the midst of war.
(Nov. 21, 1864 letter to Col. William F. Elkins)
Abraham Lincoln
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(Nov. 21, 1864 letter to Col. William F. Elkins)
I see in the near future a crisis approaching that unnerves me and causes me to tremble for the safety of my country. As a result of the war, corporations have been enthroned, and an era of corruption in high places will follow, and the money power of the country will endeavor to prolong its reign by working upon the prejudices of the people until all wealth is aggregated in a few hands and the Republic is destroyed. I feel at this moment more anxiety for the safety of my country than ever before, even in the midst of war.
http://www.dreamscape.com/morgana/hyperion.htm#AB