Though I've never tried it myself, I have heard that you can take long-exposure photos with the lens cap on to reveal any consistent noise in your camera and filter it out. By using a long exposure, you can highlight which pixels are brighter than others, then use that image to mask out the same noise in your other photos.
You mention that Apple was forced up to $1.25/song, but every song I've browsed through on iTunes as of 5 minutes ago was still 99 cents, even the popular stuff. Is the rate-hike coming up in the future, or was there some mistaken info about a price jump?
I found a couple mentions of the hike, but I also found a quote from Steve Jobs saying the increased prices were just a rumor and the cost would remain 99 cents across the board... so who knows.
Well, if we're lucky, this episode won't actually involve time travel. Maybe they'll do something from the perspective of the TNG timeline, looking back on some pivotal moment in Enterprise history (like the founding of the federation).
With a high megapixel camera I can take a picture of a statue from far away, get home and crap 3/4 of the picture out and still be left with a picture that's high quality enough for a print.
I believe you'll find that images retain their quality much more effectively when they're not ingested.
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bob@bob.com
I use this one quite often. For sites that inexplicably require way too much info, I often become Bob McBob of Bob's Bobbery, 123 Bob St., Bobville, TX 77333.
Just place a fresh DRM patch on your upper arm or back for no more than 24 hours at a time. With the gradual step-down patches, you can be DRM free in just six weeks!
How about normal, polarized sunglasses and someone who can rotate their head?
Me thinks someone spent too much on research for this one.
Re:Differences appear minor
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I suspect it's a conglomeration of very minor things. I prefer KDE, a close friend o' mine prefers Gnome. Both of us for very simple reasons- we just happen to like our choice better.
KDE does seem slightly easier to get working (depency-wise), but both are pretty damn easy to setup... especially if using a distro's update tools.
Uhh... ok, this is a really simple concept here. The post I originally replied to indicated that he didn't want hackers getting into the collected TiVo data, etc. etc. I simply said, THEY HAVEN'T. They have monitored their OWN transmissions, which can be done with just about any peice of equipment that you have sitting in front of you. I was just stating that it's not a risk at all that someone knows how to monitor something that is being sent out of a peice of equipment that they own, since it's right there, physically. Grabbing EVERYONE'S data would be a massively more difficult task. k?
I feel better already. Hackers can access their data streams, so privacy is ensured. I hope those hackers let me know if they find a way to get at my tivo box and do their OWN data collection.
The hackers have monitored their OWN boxes data streams... they haven't broken into TiVo's collected data.
Alright, someone help me understand the statistics here. In the first listing (Number of OS vulnerabilities by Year) I looked at the year 2001 column. Obviously, the aggregate linux column was very high... how many of those bugs were duplicates?
Aside from that, the only distribution in that first listing with more vulnerabilities than Win2k/NT was Redhat. Of course, there were no version listings provided for that chart.
When broken down to versions, suddenly there are more vulnerabilities than the previous generic listing. Is this a different type of vulnerability? The first is listed as "OS," the second as "package." Regardless, not only do they not list the most recent versions available, but there are 10 LESS vulnerable linux packages than Windows 2000, and 4 that are MORE vulnerable. How does that figure into the end conclusion? Does that make linux more or less vulnerable than Windows 2000?
In any case, as mentioned by several others, the statistics don't include the severity of any of the vulnerabilities at all, rendering the statistics pretty much worthless.
Maybe I'm doing something wrong, but no combination of "begin" or "begin:" or "begin." or "BEGIN DAMNIT" at the beginning of any line (or by itself on a line) causes any sort of problem for me in outlook. Was this fixed already?
I have to say, in my little town I can't find a gamecube for the life of me. Every store sells out the day they get their shipments... on the other hand, there are always 5 or 6 XBox consoles sitting on the shelf.
Rather, Catholic churches can serve alcohol to minors as part of services. I don't believe there's any law against minors drinking alcohol anywhere, as least not that I know of. The laws are always against serving it to minors. But I could be wrong...
Misdemeanor offense (Minor in Possession) to drink under the age of 21, at least in Michigan. Doesn't matter if you just found it somewhere or someone gave it to ya.
Not knowing these benchmarks were available, I just spent today compiling 2.4.6-smp for my Dual 500 MHz G4 PowerMac. My complete kernel rebuild time, using 4 jobs, was 3min,10sec, putting it ahead of the Dual-PIII/1GHz but behind the Dual Athlon/1.2GHz. I was very pleased with this speed.
Thus, if you see 2 hats of the same colour, the probability that your hat is the same color is 1/6 - which in turn implies that guessing that your hat is a different colour will be correct 5/6th of the time.
If you see all hats the same colour, then invert the color you see and guess that.
Re:What I don't get about the Monty Hall Problem
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Switching your guess does not benefit you. What am I missing here people?
Mathematically, you're correct.
In reality, when faced with this situation and a possible prize, people will tend to second guess themselves, somehow deciding that the other choice might be more likely to be correct since they didn't remove it... no logical sense, but logic doesn't always play a big part in a swift, nervous decision.
Actually, I saw an interview several years ago in which a cast member pointed out on the Enterprise schematics that there was only one real bathroom on the whole ship. Guess they didn't figure we needed to see space toilets in all the quarters...
Don't worry about it. I already have the new software, and the good changes far outweigh the bad. (Plus, I don't really think any of the changes are bad to start with)
The backdoor for 30 second skip, I've never heard of. Is it mentioned on the TiVo underground?
Also, though I originally was irritated by the auto-correct change, I got used to it quickly... and I think the "slow-fingered" people in the house appreciate it.
However, if they ever decided to put advertisements in the software or remove a feature I really liked, I'm sure I'd be pretty upset.
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Got any sources for that? It's completely ridiculous, but after some of the stuff they've pulled, I wouldn't put it past them.
Doi, he was clearly lying. The retrofit kits are only available from Walmart, not Home Depot.
Though I've never tried it myself, I have heard that you can take long-exposure photos with the lens cap on to reveal any consistent noise in your camera and filter it out. By using a long exposure, you can highlight which pixels are brighter than others, then use that image to mask out the same noise in your other photos.
You mention that Apple was forced up to $1.25/song, but every song I've browsed through on iTunes as of 5 minutes ago was still 99 cents, even the popular stuff. Is the rate-hike coming up in the future, or was there some mistaken info about a price jump?
I found a couple mentions of the hike, but I also found a quote from Steve Jobs saying the increased prices were just a rumor and the cost would remain 99 cents across the board... so who knows.
Well, if we're lucky, this episode won't actually involve time travel. Maybe they'll do something from the perspective of the TNG timeline, looking back on some pivotal moment in Enterprise history (like the founding of the federation).
Yeah, it's a long shot...
Strategizing is a valid English word.
I believe the nonsense word recently heard used in its place is "Strategery."
I use this one quite often. For sites that inexplicably require way too much info, I often become Bob McBob of Bob's Bobbery, 123 Bob St., Bobville, TX 77333.
Just place a fresh DRM patch on your upper arm or back for no more than 24 hours at a time. With the gradual step-down patches, you can be DRM free in just six weeks!
I know TiVo supports it. I use it all the time if I can't understand what someone just said... rewind a few seconds, turn on CC, and there it is.
The PGA site worked fine for me under Opera 7.11. There wasn't any delay that I could notice.
Just a quick note - current pricing is as follows:
Maya Complete - $1,999
Maya Unlimited - $6,999
3ds Max 5 - $3,195
It can be defeated with 3-d glasses?
How about normal, polarized sunglasses and someone who can rotate their head?
Me thinks someone spent too much on research for this one.
I suspect it's a conglomeration of very minor things. I prefer KDE, a close friend o' mine prefers Gnome. Both of us for very simple reasons- we just happen to like our choice better.
KDE does seem slightly easier to get working (depency-wise), but both are pretty damn easy to setup... especially if using a distro's update tools.
Yeah, it'll be just like the old days when everyone almost masturbated us into extinction. Thank god we stopped THAT epidemic.
Uhh... ok, this is a really simple concept here. The post I originally replied to indicated that he didn't want hackers getting into the collected TiVo data, etc. etc. I simply said, THEY HAVEN'T. They have monitored their OWN transmissions, which can be done with just about any peice of equipment that you have sitting in front of you. I was just stating that it's not a risk at all that someone knows how to monitor something that is being sent out of a peice of equipment that they own, since it's right there, physically. Grabbing EVERYONE'S data would be a massively more difficult task. k?
Alright, someone help me understand the statistics here. In the first listing (Number of OS vulnerabilities by Year) I looked at the year 2001 column. Obviously, the aggregate linux column was very high... how many of those bugs were duplicates?
Aside from that, the only distribution in that first listing with more vulnerabilities than Win2k/NT was Redhat. Of course, there were no version listings provided for that chart.
When broken down to versions, suddenly there are more vulnerabilities than the previous generic listing. Is this a different type of vulnerability? The first is listed as "OS," the second as "package." Regardless, not only do they not list the most recent versions available, but there are 10 LESS vulnerable linux packages than Windows 2000, and 4 that are MORE vulnerable. How does that figure into the end conclusion? Does that make linux more or less vulnerable than Windows 2000?
In any case, as mentioned by several others, the statistics don't include the severity of any of the vulnerabilities at all, rendering the statistics pretty much worthless.
(Think I said "vulnerable" enough?)
Maybe I'm doing something wrong, but no combination of "begin" or "begin:" or "begin." or "BEGIN DAMNIT" at the beginning of any line (or by itself on a line) causes any sort of problem for me in outlook. Was this fixed already?
I have to say, in my little town I can't find a gamecube for the life of me. Every store sells out the day they get their shipments... on the other hand, there are always 5 or 6 XBox consoles sitting on the shelf.
Misdemeanor offense (Minor in Possession) to drink under the age of 21, at least in Michigan. Doesn't matter if you just found it somewhere or someone gave it to ya.
In reality, when faced with this situation and a possible prize, people will tend to second guess themselves, somehow deciding that the other choice might be more likely to be correct since they didn't remove it... no logical sense, but logic doesn't always play a big part in a swift, nervous decision.
Actually, I saw an interview several years ago in which a cast member pointed out on the Enterprise schematics that there was only one real bathroom on the whole ship. Guess they didn't figure we needed to see space toilets in all the quarters...
Don't worry about it. I already have the new software, and the good changes far outweigh the bad. (Plus, I don't really think any of the changes are bad to start with)
The backdoor for 30 second skip, I've never heard of. Is it mentioned on the TiVo underground?
Also, though I originally was irritated by the auto-correct change, I got used to it quickly... and I think the "slow-fingered" people in the house appreciate it.
However, if they ever decided to put advertisements in the software or remove a feature I really liked, I'm sure I'd be pretty upset.