I have to agree on the Trackball Explorer
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I have been using one for years as well, and have worn one out, and have 2 left, one on my laptop and one on my Tower, and damn wouldn't I love to have a few more. I used to use the big Kensington ones, but the Trackball explorer is so much better. More precise, less wrist discomfort (for me at least) and I love the scroll wheel placement.
Damn if I could I would buy a case of these things, so i would never be without, but they are pushing $200 on ebay now.
I heard the HP is the same technology, but not the Dell. The Dell is 24" versus Apple's which is 23", but supposedly is viewable from a bigger angle, though I have a Dell and love it.
Yea mine was somewhere around $800. And damn do I love it, and still use a 19" CRT for my second monitor. After Effects is a totally different program with this big of a display.
Too bad they never added Tivo To Go For Macintosh, and I doubt they will ever add this feature to Macs either. Nice to be a second or even 3rd class citizen when it comes to Tivo because i own a mac.
I mean I gave up on their Norton Products with OS X because all they did was screw up my computer. Then my.Mac account gave me Virex for free, but all it did was screw up my computer, so I decided to try clamAV and for a front end their is the excellent ClamXav which lets you schedule Virus scans and updates. And best of all it is shareware based on open sourced virus protection software.
I picked up about 12 PC viruses that I had, and could have sent to a PC user, though they don't affect me at all.
I got lasik a little over a year with, the new wavefront technology that allows something like 450 corrections on a single eye. I got it at the Caster Eye Center in Beverly Hills, http://www.castervision.com/. It was expensive, but well worth it. I have 20/15 and 20/20 vision. No problems at all. No halos at night or any other problems whatsoever.
Now for the first 3 months my eyes were incredibly dry, and I had some strange patterns in lights at night (not halos, actually the laser etch pattern) but that went away completely.
This was the best medical experience I have ever had. It was expensive, but well worth it (well it was a gift actually).
And I recommed going to a reputable doctor, and one who will go back in and do more surgery if necessary for the same price. My doctor would do any additional surgery for no additional charge in the first 18 months, including if the correction just wasn't enough.
My only complaint period was when they first did it my vision was 20/10, and it sucked losing 20/10, but I can't complain about 20/15 and 20/20 so...
ZOE:
Preacher, don't the Bible have some
pretty specific things to say about
killing?
BOOK (the Shepard):
Quite specific.
(beat)
It is, however, somewhat fuzzier on
the subject of kneecaps.
Now that is some funy dialogue.
Personally i loved the show, but didn't see it until this DVD release. I wish I had, of course it wouldn't have made a differnence since I am not a Neilson family. FOX were morons, but at least it looks like Universal might do a film, though hopefully that does really well, and can lead to the series coming back together at some point in the future.
Yea, though the $20 ticket that gets you assigned seating in the front sounds like a much better deal, too bad they say you need to be there around 8:00 AM to have a chance at getting one of those tickets! That lets you not have to sit from 10:00 AM till 1:00 PM when Joss and the rest come on stage.
Ah well, at least I have my iPod, so I can sit in line, read a book, and listen to my music!
They want to maximize profit by charging different prices in different markets.
He is absolutely correct! Have any of you seen the prices on Japanese DVD's? The prices are unbelievable. From $40-$80 for many films! While the Region 3 (Japan is region 2) versions released for Hong Kong and Korea can be bought for usually under $20 American. This was also the reason that the orginal Criterion DVD of THE SEVEN SAMURAI was pulled, because it had removable subtitles and was sugnificantly less expensive than the Japanese release. So it was pulled and given unremovable subtitles so it would be less enticing to those in Japan with all region players.
Most movie companies would prefer to release the theatrical version first, and then wait a year for the special version, so that fans will purchase both editions, since they won't inititally know when the Special Edition or in this case the "Extended Version" is being released. For LOTR we had ample notice of the special edition before the theatrical release, so we could either buy both or wait for the November release (which will certainly be worth the wait!). If they could have they would have released both editions at the same time, but as it is the Extended Edition is being done with lightning rapidity for such a deluxe edition. No movie has ever had such and extensive supplemental section, and especially not one done with such love and care (just wait and see). I would have been very impressed if they could have gotten the extended edition done earlier, especially when Peter Jackson is busy working on he Two Towers!
Not enough of a splatterfest
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Resident Evil
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I too ventured out to see Milla Jovavitch in a short skirt battle the undead, and while I did enjoy it, I can't wait for the DVD to see if they put some of he violence back in. It felt like Dawn of the Dead, but without hald of it's violence. This is a video game filled with gratuitous violence. Other than a few key shots these Zombies pretty much blocked all the gore. Sure their was blood, but not enough, especially for it's R rating.
I live in Los Angeles and have access to a great Digital Theatre in Burbank, CA. Since Toy Story 2 I have seen every movie I can at the Digital Theatre! FINAL FANTASY, SHREK, PHANTOM MENACE, MONSTER'S INC, AKIRA, MISSION TO MARS (though I wish I hadn;t seen that period) and it has always been very worthwhile. Now in the text onscreen some pixelization can be seen, but the rest of the image looks amazing! The image looks at least twice as bright as a standard film projector and the colors are exrtremely vibrant. I still remember being almost blinded by the opening credits of Toy Story 2. And i got a kick out of the whole history of Digital Cinema that they showed with it. Even non-digitally projected films, such as AKIRA, look amazing. The colors were so much brighter than I recalled frm seeing it in the theatre on it's initial American release, and this film seemed to lack and pixelization (something to do with transfering ti to digital from film? I couldn't tell you).
It is well worth seeing films at a Digital Theatre, especially if they are created digitally as you will never see such vibrant colors, or such a bright image, but it is my opinion that the initial set up expense will keep this from being a viable film alternative, even if in the long run it is much cheaper (not having to make film prints of each film, and someday being able to send the film digitally to the theatre over broadband).
I agree that the MAC OS has become fairly stable. I do want to add to the list of unstable programs though. First off Netscape does force many restarts, especially if I want to run LIGHTWAVE 3D afterwards, though it is nothing compared to Microsoft office. I am running OS 9 and Office causes probably 5-8 crashes a day. I am running Macsbug and it is always caused by office an done memory error or another! And about the two button mouse thing I use a Kensignton turbo mouse and a turbo ball so I have four buttosn to play with. If you really want more buttons, buy a new mouse.
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I have been using one for years as well, and have worn one out, and have 2 left, one on my laptop and one on my Tower, and damn wouldn't I love to have a few more. I used to use the big Kensington ones, but the Trackball explorer is so much better. More precise, less wrist discomfort (for me at least) and I love the scroll wheel placement.
Damn if I could I would buy a case of these things, so i would never be without, but they are pushing $200 on ebay now.
I heard the HP is the same technology, but not the Dell. The Dell is 24" versus Apple's which is 23", but supposedly is viewable from a bigger angle, though I have a Dell and love it.
Yea mine was somewhere around $800. And damn do I love it, and still use a 19" CRT for my second monitor. After Effects is a totally different program with this big of a display.
Too bad they never added Tivo To Go For Macintosh, and I doubt they will ever add this feature to Macs either. Nice to be a second or even 3rd class citizen when it comes to Tivo because i own a mac.
I mean I gave up on their Norton Products with OS X because all they did was screw up my computer. Then my .Mac account gave me Virex for free, but all it did was screw up my computer, so I decided to try clamAV and for a front end their is the excellent ClamXav which lets you schedule Virus scans and updates. And best of all it is shareware based on open sourced virus protection software.
I picked up about 12 PC viruses that I had, and could have sent to a PC user, though they don't affect me at all.
I got lasik a little over a year with, the new wavefront technology that allows something like 450 corrections on a single eye. I got it at the Caster Eye Center in Beverly Hills, http://www.castervision.com/. It was expensive, but well worth it. I have 20/15 and 20/20 vision. No problems at all. No halos at night or any other problems whatsoever.
Now for the first 3 months my eyes were incredibly dry, and I had some strange patterns in lights at night (not halos, actually the laser etch pattern) but that went away completely.
This was the best medical experience I have ever had. It was expensive, but well worth it (well it was a gift actually).
And I recommed going to a reputable doctor, and one who will go back in and do more surgery if necessary for the same price. My doctor would do any additional surgery for no additional charge in the first 18 months, including if the correction just wasn't enough.
My only complaint period was when they first did it my vision was 20/10, and it sucked losing 20/10, but I can't complain about 20/15 and 20/20 so...
ZOE:
Preacher, don't the Bible have some
pretty specific things to say about
killing?
BOOK (the Shepard):
Quite specific.
(beat)
It is, however, somewhat fuzzier on
the subject of kneecaps.
Now that is some funy dialogue.
Personally i loved the show, but didn't see it until this DVD release. I wish I had, of course it wouldn't have made a differnence since I am not a Neilson family. FOX were morons, but at least it looks like Universal might do a film, though hopefully that does really well, and can lead to the series coming back together at some point in the future.
Yea, though the $20 ticket that gets you assigned seating in the front sounds like a much better deal, too bad they say you need to be there around 8:00 AM to have a chance at getting one of those tickets! That lets you not have to sit from 10:00 AM till 1:00 PM when Joss and the rest come on stage.
Ah well, at least I have my iPod, so I can sit in line, read a book, and listen to my music!
They want to maximize profit by charging different prices in different markets.
He is absolutely correct! Have any of you seen the prices on Japanese DVD's? The prices are unbelievable. From $40-$80 for many films! While the Region 3 (Japan is region 2) versions released for Hong Kong and Korea can be bought for usually under $20 American. This was also the reason that the orginal Criterion DVD of THE SEVEN SAMURAI was pulled, because it had removable subtitles and was sugnificantly less expensive than the Japanese release. So it was pulled and given unremovable subtitles so it would be less enticing to those in Japan with all region players.
Most movie companies would prefer to release the theatrical version first, and then wait a year for the special version, so that fans will purchase both editions, since they won't inititally know when the Special Edition or in this case the "Extended Version" is being released. For LOTR we had ample notice of the special edition before the theatrical release, so we could either buy both or wait for the November release (which will certainly be worth the wait!). If they could have they would have released both editions at the same time, but as it is the Extended Edition is being done with lightning rapidity for such a deluxe edition. No movie has ever had such and extensive supplemental section, and especially not one done with such love and care (just wait and see). I would have been very impressed if they could have gotten the extended edition done earlier, especially when Peter Jackson is busy working on he Two Towers!
I too ventured out to see Milla Jovavitch in a short skirt battle the undead, and while I did enjoy it, I can't wait for the DVD to see if they put some of he violence back in. It felt like Dawn of the Dead, but without hald of it's violence. This is a video game filled with gratuitous violence. Other than a few key shots these Zombies pretty much blocked all the gore. Sure their was blood, but not enough, especially for it's R rating.
I live in Los Angeles and have access to a great Digital Theatre in Burbank, CA. Since Toy Story 2 I have seen every movie I can at the Digital Theatre! FINAL FANTASY, SHREK, PHANTOM MENACE, MONSTER'S INC, AKIRA, MISSION TO MARS (though I wish I hadn;t seen that period) and it has always been very worthwhile. Now in the text onscreen some pixelization can be seen, but the rest of the image looks amazing! The image looks at least twice as bright as a standard film projector and the colors are exrtremely vibrant. I still remember being almost blinded by the opening credits of Toy Story 2. And i got a kick out of the whole history of Digital Cinema that they showed with it. Even non-digitally projected films, such as AKIRA, look amazing. The colors were so much brighter than I recalled frm seeing it in the theatre on it's initial American release, and this film seemed to lack and pixelization (something to do with transfering ti to digital from film? I couldn't tell you).
It is well worth seeing films at a Digital Theatre, especially if they are created digitally as you will never see such vibrant colors, or such a bright image, but it is my opinion that the initial set up expense will keep this from being a viable film alternative, even if in the long run it is much cheaper (not having to make film prints of each film, and someday being able to send the film digitally to the theatre over broadband).
I agree that the MAC OS has become fairly stable. I do want to add to the list of unstable programs though. First off Netscape does force many restarts, especially if I want to run LIGHTWAVE 3D afterwards, though it is nothing compared to Microsoft office. I am running OS 9 and Office causes probably 5-8 crashes a day. I am running Macsbug and it is always caused by office an done memory error or another! And about the two button mouse thing I use a Kensignton turbo mouse and a turbo ball so I have four buttosn to play with. If you really want more buttons, buy a new mouse.