I would have flipped out and killed everyone in the room, starting with the instructor. I work plenty hard on "plain" pages that have good cross-platform code.
When I read the Matrix site news here my first thought was, "you couldn't PAY me to visit that site, it'll be pure aggravation."
Heck, I haven't even visited fox.com/24 and I love the show. They drill the URL into my brain every chance they get but I know it'll be a load of Flash crap.
I can't even think about HDTV until there is a way to time-shift it. I have a ReplayTV, and I am sure all my Tivo kin will agree that watching TV on someone ELSE'S schedule is a no-go. I don't care how good it looks. I'll tune in for a live moon landing, but that's about it.
Considering all the copyright BS that's going on, it looks to be a cold day in hell before there's an HDTV RTV/Tivo.
Is it possible that the increased resolution of HDTV might be a BAD thing for some shows?
For example: have you ever seen Darth Vader's original costume close-up? It's super cheesy, it's got black electrical tape on it. Many movie props are like that, but it works out because you don't get to examine them closely.
Another example: In the Olympic figure skating last night, they showed some EXTREMELY TIGHT closeups of the womens' faces. If there were 1000 lines of resolution, every pore, pimple and other blemish would have been visible, makeup or no. Is that actually better?
Hey, I'm still all for the technology -- but we've been watching motion picture entertainment in the home in a particular way for decades and I can't help but think that the new format will be jarring in a way. "Luckily" it's almost impossible to get.
(Disclaimer: I haven't seen HDTV except for a sporting event sample in a store once. And that was years ago, I don't know what it looks like today.)
Didn't you see the SNL with Jeff Goldblum that came on shortly after JP came out? After his monologue, he took questions from the audience. People kept asking, "What did they feed the dinosaurs," and he kept trying to tell them that the dinos weren't real. Laura Dern was in the audience too, and she asked, "Jeff, weren't you afraid in that scene where the T-rex chased the jeep?" And he had to give in and say, "Yes Laura, I sure was."
Clearly it was a huge coverup, but Goldblum cracked under pressure and the truth is out.
Horsefeathers. This is exactly like region encoding on software, which is done all the time so the licensor can carve the world up into closed markets more easily.
It sucks for the consumer but there isn't anything illegal about it.
I didn't know that the frog was a "great symbol of intimate expression." But I did always think it was a weird choice for a mascot, because the only cartoon I saw with the frog in it was the one where he sings for the guy, only to clam up whenever the guy tries to show him to other people. Eventually, the guy ends up a bum, and perhaps insane to boot.
Laserdisc was hardly an "expensive fuckup." It was a niche market, yeah, but just because a market is a niche doesn't mean it isn't worth pursuing.
There were many LD buyers, and at the format's peak you could get nearly ANY movie on it, and CHEAPER than VHS, which was still primarily a rental format. Let's see... Die Hard on VHS for $100, or on LD for $50? Many LDs were down in the $30 range, when VHS tapes were always expensive because they were made to sell to video rental stores.
Laserdisc let me watch near DVD quality movies when I got my player back in '90. (!) My rich brat friend had been there years before, too.
I have since switched to DVD and never looked back, but LD was sweet "back in the day."
It depends on the range of the weapon, which they are not saying, and the range of air-to-air missiles that can splash the plane, and the quality of the tracking system... I don't think this will be a superweapon. Just a super COOL weapon.
This is just rehashed technology from the Airborne Laser anyway. They've been putting giant chemical lasers into Boeings for a while now, and the intention is to make it a widely-deployed weapons system for theater missile defense. Can't say for sure, but I bet the ABL has a much more potent beam.
Not that the Spectre version isn't hella cool! Gives a new meaning to "light 'em up."
Post a followup when those OSes can run Photoshop. (Gimp doesn't count either.) Like it or not, commercial software still does some things that are useful and irreplacable to some people.
It may be non-voting stock, but don't you think Microsoft will continually hold that over the company's heads like an older brother? "Remember that loan I gave you a while back? That was really nice of me, wasn't it?".
Even at that low time, Apple had BILLIONS in cash reserves. The MS $150M was purely symbolic. Apple isn't/wasn't going to roll over, sit up, beg or speak for only $150M.
She would have gotten more votes if she was listed as "the all-white chick." Channel flippers who have never watched the show (me) may still know her by sight.
Macs have places to put those memory chip thingies, and ports to plug in gadgets.
OK, so you can't overclock a modern Mac without getting our your soldering iron -- but it's not like they are sealed systems.
Hardware availability is an issue, I can't deny that... there aren't as many goodies, and there are a lot of $50 1-button mice for clueless Mac shoppers who don't understand the magic of USB. But it ain't as bad as "can't touch the hardware."
I gotta come to the defense of Coke here. I have tried many a cola, and nothing tastes quite the same.
It's more expensive, but it's worth it to me. I'm picky. It's not about branding, it's about taste. I can't even drink Pepsi, it's vile. Taste matters.
If anyone with a golden tongue can recommend a cheap brand that tastes as good as real Coke, I'd be happy to hear about it.
Not everyone is a computer hobbyist. The people buying Dells etc. don't know jack 'bout northbridge, southbridge, RAM latency, detonator drivers, heat sinks, etc. To part out a PC, you need a clue! Clues are in short supply.
If they don't KNOW anything -- if they don't even KNOW that they are ignorant -- buying name brand is the obvious outcome. When you are clueless, you go where the glossy brochures and TV commercials lead you.
I saw a couple of episodes and I thought, "eh, this is OK."
Then I saw the RIGHT 2 episodes and I got hooked. After that, it was allll good. Right now, Stargate has my vote as best SF on TV at the moment, and best SF on TV ever next to Bab 5 -- and it's a darn close second. (YMMV)
Keep watching. You might get the "click" too.
For the current fan: Stargate wallpaper at my web site. Scroll down. (yes, I made Stargate wallpaper and I am 30. The show makes me carry on like a little kid again -- I like it that much. Crazy.)
Dude, I do not deny that it would SUCK -- I was just replying to someone who said "there is no way to make money off a PVR as an advertiser." I believe there is but I too hope we never see it.
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I would have flipped out and killed everyone in the room, starting with the instructor. I work plenty hard on "plain" pages that have good cross-platform code.
When I read the Matrix site news here my first thought was, "you couldn't PAY me to visit that site, it'll be pure aggravation."
Heck, I haven't even visited fox.com/24 and I love the show. They drill the URL into my brain every chance they get but I know it'll be a load of Flash crap.
I rest my case!!
You're not like the other people here in the trailer park.
I can't even think about HDTV until there is a way to time-shift it. I have a ReplayTV, and I am sure all my Tivo kin will agree that watching TV on someone ELSE'S schedule is a no-go. I don't care how good it looks. I'll tune in for a live moon landing, but that's about it.
Considering all the copyright BS that's going on, it looks to be a cold day in hell before there's an HDTV RTV/Tivo.
It's nearly as terrible a product name as "Daewoo Leganza."
Is it possible that the increased resolution of HDTV might be a BAD thing for some shows?
For example: have you ever seen Darth Vader's original costume close-up? It's super cheesy, it's got black electrical tape on it. Many movie props are like that, but it works out because you don't get to examine them closely.
Another example: In the Olympic figure skating last night, they showed some EXTREMELY TIGHT closeups of the womens' faces. If there were 1000 lines of resolution, every pore, pimple and other blemish would have been visible, makeup or no. Is that actually better?
Hey, I'm still all for the technology -- but we've been watching motion picture entertainment in the home in a particular way for decades and I can't help but think that the new format will be jarring in a way. "Luckily" it's almost impossible to get.
(Disclaimer: I haven't seen HDTV except for a sporting event sample in a store once. And that was years ago, I don't know what it looks like today.)
and it wouldn't run existing Mac software either...
Eh? OSX runs all my OS9 apps very well.
How did a post that says, "Mac OSX won't run existing Mac software" get up to a 5?
Didn't you see the SNL with Jeff Goldblum that came on shortly after JP came out? After his monologue, he took questions from the audience. People kept asking, "What did they feed the dinosaurs," and he kept trying to tell them that the dinos weren't real. Laura Dern was in the audience too, and she asked, "Jeff, weren't you afraid in that scene where the T-rex chased the jeep?" And he had to give in and say, "Yes Laura, I sure was."
Clearly it was a huge coverup, but Goldblum cracked under pressure and the truth is out.
Dinosaurs are real.
Factiod: a friend who works for Blizzard tells me that the company pays $400k per month in bandwidth for Battle.net.
Just thought it was interesting.
Horsefeathers. This is exactly like region encoding on software, which is done all the time so the licensor can carve the world up into closed markets more easily.
It sucks for the consumer but there isn't anything illegal about it.
That's a good point. I haven't seen the toon in years, I hope I get to watch it again soon with more critical eyes...
I didn't know that the frog was a "great symbol of intimate expression." But I did always think it was a weird choice for a mascot, because the only cartoon I saw with the frog in it was the one where he sings for the guy, only to clam up whenever the guy tries to show him to other people. Eventually, the guy ends up a bum, and perhaps insane to boot.
The frog is pure evil.
Laserdisc was hardly an "expensive fuckup." It was a niche market, yeah, but just because a market is a niche doesn't mean it isn't worth pursuing.
There were many LD buyers, and at the format's peak you could get nearly ANY movie on it, and CHEAPER than VHS, which was still primarily a rental format. Let's see... Die Hard on VHS for $100, or on LD for $50? Many LDs were down in the $30 range, when VHS tapes were always expensive because they were made to sell to video rental stores.
Laserdisc let me watch near DVD quality movies when I got my player back in '90. (!) My rich brat friend had been there years before, too.
I have since switched to DVD and never looked back, but LD was sweet "back in the day."
It's called deniable cryptography.
ReplayTV has no monthly fee.
They claim that the data they collect is anonymous too.
It depends on the range of the weapon, which they are not saying, and the range of air-to-air missiles that can splash the plane, and the quality of the tracking system... I don't think this will be a superweapon. Just a super COOL weapon.
This is just rehashed technology from the Airborne Laser anyway. They've been putting giant chemical lasers into Boeings for a while now, and the intention is to make it a widely-deployed weapons system for theater missile defense. Can't say for sure, but I bet the ABL has a much more potent beam.
Not that the Spectre version isn't hella cool! Gives a new meaning to "light 'em up."
Post a followup when those OSes can run Photoshop. (Gimp doesn't count either.) Like it or not, commercial software still does some things that are useful and irreplacable to some people.
It may be non-voting stock, but don't you think Microsoft will continually hold that over the company's heads like an older brother? "Remember that loan I gave you a while back? That was really nice of me, wasn't it?".
Even at that low time, Apple had BILLIONS in cash reserves. The MS $150M was purely symbolic. Apple isn't/wasn't going to roll over, sit up, beg or speak for only $150M.
MS has since sold that stock anyway.
She would have gotten more votes if she was listed as "the all-white chick." Channel flippers who have never watched the show (me) may still know her by sight.
Can't touch the hardware? Eh?
Macs have PCI slots.
Macs have IDE support.
Macs have places to put those memory chip thingies, and ports to plug in gadgets.
OK, so you can't overclock a modern Mac without getting our your soldering iron -- but it's not like they are sealed systems.
Hardware availability is an issue, I can't deny that... there aren't as many goodies, and there are a lot of $50 1-button mice for clueless Mac shoppers who don't understand the magic of USB. But it ain't as bad as "can't touch the hardware."
I gotta come to the defense of Coke here. I have tried many a cola, and nothing tastes quite the same.
It's more expensive, but it's worth it to me. I'm picky. It's not about branding, it's about taste. I can't even drink Pepsi, it's vile. Taste matters.
If anyone with a golden tongue can recommend a cheap brand that tastes as good as real Coke, I'd be happy to hear about it.
Why do people buy name-brand anyway?
Not everyone is a computer hobbyist. The people buying Dells etc. don't know jack 'bout northbridge, southbridge, RAM latency, detonator drivers, heat sinks, etc. To part out a PC, you need a clue! Clues are in short supply.
If they don't KNOW anything -- if they don't even KNOW that they are ignorant -- buying name brand is the obvious outcome. When you are clueless, you go where the glossy brochures and TV commercials lead you.
Are you saying that this all-digital production smashes the 24 fps barrier?
I think the movie will stink, but it migh be worth seeing for the novelty of the system.
Then again, I don't think there is a digital screen in Seattle.
I saw a couple of episodes and I thought, "eh, this is OK."
Then I saw the RIGHT 2 episodes and I got hooked. After that, it was allll good. Right now, Stargate has my vote as best SF on TV at the moment, and best SF on TV ever next to Bab 5 -- and it's a darn close second. (YMMV)
Keep watching. You might get the "click" too.
For the current fan: Stargate wallpaper at my web site. Scroll down. (yes, I made Stargate wallpaper and I am 30. The show makes me carry on like a little kid again -- I like it that much. Crazy.)
Dude, I do not deny that it would SUCK -- I was just replying to someone who said "there is no way to make money off a PVR as an advertiser." I believe there is but I too hope we never see it.