Well, that depends. I was thinking about that myself, but if they get a true, die-hard Mac developer, it might not be that compatible. If they write the software in Objective-C and take advantage of all the Cocoa goodness, it would be a lot harder to port. I hope they bring their software to OS X and Linux and I am really excited to see what new apps they are coming out with (well, or porting to OS X).
Umm.... Lost and Desperate Housewives are both ABC products, along with the four other shows being offered online (in addition to the Pixar shorts and music videos).
I looked at the comments of this article specifically to see if anyone mentioned HandBrake. It makes it super, super easy to record DVDs into H.264 format, which looks amazing. Of course, it does take for friggin' ever. It took like 20 hours to encode a movie to H.264 on my 1.33 GHz PowerBook (if I remember correctly). I can't wait for my family to get an iMac or something to make it faster. Hell, it might even be worth it just to get a Mac mini to use as a dedicated ripping machine, as to not type up your main computer.
My friend's mom bought three copies of the Firefly DVD for herself and her friends. She only heard about it after my friend showed her his pirated copies. He knew about the series because I played the (legally purchased) DVDs for my dorm mates (about five of us) last year. Of course, I only bought the DVDs because I saw the TV show time-shifted using VHS and I fast forwarded through the commercials.
What do they think of me? Oh, I forgot to add, I saw the movie opening day and I'm seeing it again this Saturday (well, today now, I guess).
I'm curious, what about the movie did you like that the series didn't do for you? I was a huge fan of the series, and I'm wondering why you feel it was worse.
I'm just wondering, I'm not trying to flame or troll. Andrew
Well, for Lord of the Rings, I enjoyed sticking around to see who was the "Data Wrangler". Also, for LotR, I liked seeing the big Apple logo at the end.
Finally, a small minority of movies have extra content at the end.
I believe this is the more accurate number. Google throws like 6000 machines at a time into a cluster to run MapReduce processes and other computing tasks, so their actual number of machines is much, much higher. I wouldn't be surprised if they are pushing 200,000 these days.
Actually, they aren't even going to use the tracks, hence the large construction period (which will also be used to upgrade the communications stuff in the tunnel). The tracks that were laid down originally are not ideal for modern light rail systems. I don't know if they made a mistake initially, or if technology just advanced enough to make the tracks incompatible. Either way, we need new tracks in the tunnel.
BART seems to have lots of long, straight stretches that allow the trains to pick up speed and travel at speed for long period of time. The monorail is supposed to be a semi-short inner city transportation system, not a system to bring the people from the suburb into the city (like BART). Of course the monorail wouldn't average 40 mph, it will make lots of quick stops throughout the city.
Well, and the financing. I think that like 3 our of ever 4 dollars would be used to pay interest on the upfront price. Since the car tabs weren't returning as much as anticipated, and the monorail was going over budget, it would take many years to pay off the debt. In this time, the amount of interest would be huge. The monorail is cheaper than Seattle's (being built) light rail on a per mile basis, but the light rail has a much shorter financing period, so the interest is way less.
You are correct. I'm not going to compare the last five years, since the economy had just taken a downturn and Apple's stock plummeted about five years, but if you look at the last two years, you see Apple doing amazingly well compared to Microsoft. Of course, in this time period Apple has released at least one new version of their operating system and sold lots of iPods, while Microsoft is currently between OS releases. Also, this isn't quite accurate because Microsoft has given its investors billions in dividends (Apple hasn't given out a dividend in a decade). I imagine Microsoft investors are envious of Apple's stock growth, even with the dividend.
Microsoft, no matter if we think it is taking a good route or bad, has remained relatively static in the market these last few years. Unlike Apple, it hasn't neared its all time high in a few years.
Yeah, I'm a huge fan of DDR and Pump it Up. Those games are lots of fun to play and really get my heart rate up.
When I was in the Gateway Computer store in Seattle years and years ago, they had a similar thing. I thought it was like a little Intel camera or something. Anyway, you walk off camera, push a button, and it snaps a photo. When you walk back, it subtracts the images and figures out where you are. It had some interesting games that I can't quite remember. You could like bounce balls and stuff, and I think it had like a real space invaders type thing. I think there is a series of games for the Macintosh that use the iSight and do this, but I'm too lazy to find the link now:).
Also, at Gameworks a long time ago, I played a game where you stand in this little circle. There are two rear-lit walls so two players can play. The cameras record the wall and you have to punch and kick out of the circle. The camera records the motion and makes the game character do what you did (it isn't something fancy like mo-cap, it just makes him kick if you moved into the lower part of the wall). I did pretty bad, though, because I was little and had a hard time reaching out far enough to get the thing to pick me up, though. I wouldn't mind playing something like that again. Once I take a vision class I should try hacking something together, or heck, even before!:)
Correct, I'm nearly positive that it isn't from sitemaps. I saw this a few months ago and since then more websites have these "enhanced snippets".
The newest thing I've been seeing is having a section of the search results filled with 'corrected' searches. If you search for something, and Google thinks there is a better query, it will put a little section in the middle of the SERP with results from the other query. I haven't found it that useful yet, but we'll see. One query it happens for is [to be or not to be]. The recommend query becomes ["to be or not to be"] and the results are much better. For the normal query, you get Hot or Not, Do Not Call Registry, GNU, Not in Our Name, and BugMeNot. In the corrected search results, you actually get stuff relevant to Shakespeare. When I search for [o'reilly], it recommends [o'reilly auto parts], so perhaps it still needs work.
The grandparent was a troll, but you rebutted him nicely. There is nothing to stop people from putting their music from CDs or pirated MP3s on their iPod.
Does it really matter? In three-five years most users will want a new iPod anyway, to make use of the new features, smaller size, and/or higher capacity. Plus, if you want to extend the life even more, you can replace the battery for less than $100. If you think iPods aren't built to stay around for a few years, look at cell phones. Those things have much shorter lives than iPods, for most people.
That's because Apple didn't ship it, Motorola did. Apple only made the software, the rest was all Motorola.
That said, I just happened to be near a Cingular store a few days ago, so I checked it out. I wasn't impressed with the phone, but I was pleasantly surprised they shipped the sample phone with Callin' Out by Lyrics Born. Apple gave me this song in their free iTunes Indie Sampler and it is pretty good.
Halo is very overrated (yes, I have played it). I don't follow the console market closely, but I don't think Halo 2 would be enough to let Microsoft capture the console market.
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Hehe, yeah, thanks, I forgot to make my point :).
Well, that depends. I was thinking about that myself, but if they get a true, die-hard Mac developer, it might not be that compatible. If they write the software in Objective-C and take advantage of all the Cocoa goodness, it would be a lot harder to port. I hope they bring their software to OS X and Linux and I am really excited to see what new apps they are coming out with (well, or porting to OS X).
Andrew
This is a little offtopic, but it is probably the most relevant article that I can post it in.
Google is looking for Mac developers. Signs of more cross platform software coming from the Googleplex?
This is a little offtopic, but it is probably the most relevant article that I can post it in.
Google is looking for Mac developers. Signs of more cross platform software coming from the Googleplex?
Umm.... Lost and Desperate Housewives are both ABC products, along with the four other shows being offered online (in addition to the Pixar shorts and music videos).
Andrew
I looked at the comments of this article specifically to see if anyone mentioned HandBrake. It makes it super, super easy to record DVDs into H.264 format, which looks amazing. Of course, it does take for friggin' ever. It took like 20 hours to encode a movie to H.264 on my 1.33 GHz PowerBook (if I remember correctly). I can't wait for my family to get an iMac or something to make it faster. Hell, it might even be worth it just to get a Mac mini to use as a dedicated ripping machine, as to not type up your main computer.
How about this?
My friend's mom bought three copies of the Firefly DVD for herself and her friends. She only heard about it after my friend showed her his pirated copies. He knew about the series because I played the (legally purchased) DVDs for my dorm mates (about five of us) last year. Of course, I only bought the DVDs because I saw the TV show time-shifted using VHS and I fast forwarded through the commercials.
What do they think of me? Oh, I forgot to add, I saw the movie opening day and I'm seeing it again this Saturday (well, today now, I guess).
Andrew
I'm curious, what about the movie did you like that the series didn't do for you? I was a huge fan of the series, and I'm wondering why you feel it was worse.
I'm just wondering, I'm not trying to flame or troll.
Andrew
Well, for Lord of the Rings, I enjoyed sticking around to see who was the "Data Wrangler". Also, for LotR, I liked seeing the big Apple logo at the end.
Finally, a small minority of movies have extra content at the end.
I believe this is the more accurate number. Google throws like 6000 machines at a time into a cluster to run MapReduce processes and other computing tasks, so their actual number of machines is much, much higher. I wouldn't be surprised if they are pushing 200,000 these days.
Actually, they aren't even going to use the tracks, hence the large construction period (which will also be used to upgrade the communications stuff in the tunnel). The tracks that were laid down originally are not ideal for modern light rail systems. I don't know if they made a mistake initially, or if technology just advanced enough to make the tracks incompatible. Either way, we need new tracks in the tunnel.
Yeah, because 15th is a shining example of beauty right now.
BART seems to have lots of long, straight stretches that allow the trains to pick up speed and travel at speed for long period of time. The monorail is supposed to be a semi-short inner city transportation system, not a system to bring the people from the suburb into the city (like BART). Of course the monorail wouldn't average 40 mph, it will make lots of quick stops throughout the city.
Well, and the financing. I think that like 3 our of ever 4 dollars would be used to pay interest on the upfront price. Since the car tabs weren't returning as much as anticipated, and the monorail was going over budget, it would take many years to pay off the debt. In this time, the amount of interest would be huge. The monorail is cheaper than Seattle's (being built) light rail on a per mile basis, but the light rail has a much shorter financing period, so the interest is way less.
You are correct. I'm not going to compare the last five years, since the economy had just taken a downturn and Apple's stock plummeted about five years, but if you look at the last two years, you see Apple doing amazingly well compared to Microsoft. Of course, in this time period Apple has released at least one new version of their operating system and sold lots of iPods, while Microsoft is currently between OS releases. Also, this isn't quite accurate because Microsoft has given its investors billions in dividends (Apple hasn't given out a dividend in a decade). I imagine Microsoft investors are envious of Apple's stock growth, even with the dividend.
Microsoft, no matter if we think it is taking a good route or bad, has remained relatively static in the market these last few years. Unlike Apple, it hasn't neared its all time high in a few years.
Andrew
I think the AC was more correct. The engine doesn't burn all the fuel, but it burns way more than you imply.
Yeah, I'm a huge fan of DDR and Pump it Up. Those games are lots of fun to play and really get my heart rate up.
:).
:)
When I was in the Gateway Computer store in Seattle years and years ago, they had a similar thing. I thought it was like a little Intel camera or something. Anyway, you walk off camera, push a button, and it snaps a photo. When you walk back, it subtracts the images and figures out where you are. It had some interesting games that I can't quite remember. You could like bounce balls and stuff, and I think it had like a real space invaders type thing. I think there is a series of games for the Macintosh that use the iSight and do this, but I'm too lazy to find the link now
Also, at Gameworks a long time ago, I played a game where you stand in this little circle. There are two rear-lit walls so two players can play. The cameras record the wall and you have to punch and kick out of the circle. The camera records the motion and makes the game character do what you did (it isn't something fancy like mo-cap, it just makes him kick if you moved into the lower part of the wall). I did pretty bad, though, because I was little and had a hard time reaching out far enough to get the thing to pick me up, though. I wouldn't mind playing something like that again. Once I take a vision class I should try hacking something together, or heck, even before!
Andrew
"We're all going to look like "The Star Wars Kid" in our living rooms."
That said, I was shocked when I first saw it. I thought it was a DVD remote. We'll see how well they execute this.
Correct, I'm nearly positive that it isn't from sitemaps. I saw this a few months ago and since then more websites have these "enhanced snippets".
The newest thing I've been seeing is having a section of the search results filled with 'corrected' searches. If you search for something, and Google thinks there is a better query, it will put a little section in the middle of the SERP with results from the other query. I haven't found it that useful yet, but we'll see. One query it happens for is [to be or not to be]. The recommend query becomes ["to be or not to be"] and the results are much better. For the normal query, you get Hot or Not, Do Not Call Registry, GNU, Not in Our Name, and BugMeNot. In the corrected search results, you actually get stuff relevant to Shakespeare. When I search for [o'reilly], it recommends [o'reilly auto parts], so perhaps it still needs work.
Andrew
There have been thousands of iPods sold
:)
Perhaps even millions!
The grandparent was a troll, but you rebutted him nicely. There is nothing to stop people from putting their music from CDs or pirated MP3s on their iPod.
Does it really matter? In three-five years most users will want a new iPod anyway, to make use of the new features, smaller size, and/or higher capacity. Plus, if you want to extend the life even more, you can replace the battery for less than $100. If you think iPods aren't built to stay around for a few years, look at cell phones. Those things have much shorter lives than iPods, for most people.
That's because Apple didn't ship it, Motorola did. Apple only made the software, the rest was all Motorola.
That said, I just happened to be near a Cingular store a few days ago, so I checked it out. I wasn't impressed with the phone, but I was pleasantly surprised they shipped the sample phone with Callin' Out by Lyrics Born. Apple gave me this song in their free iTunes Indie Sampler and it is pretty good.
Andrew
Fuck, I mean 1998.
You might want to check that again. Google didn't even become a company until late 1997.
Halo is very overrated (yes, I have played it). I don't follow the console market closely, but I don't think Halo 2 would be enough to let Microsoft capture the console market.