I dunno. If I leave my watch on a shelf for a few days, or months, I can pick it up and... well it's already working. The battery in mine lasts for a good few years, and replacing a battery every few *years* is hardly a chore.
The show was the famous BBC science program (now sadly ended) "Tomorrow's World", and most people mis-remember. What they claimed was that you could spread jam on your CD, and then wipe it off again, and it would still play. The point being, of course, that you couldn't do this with a record, because bits would get stuck in the grooves.
As for the error correction on an audio CD, it's better than you think. I once read that if you took a jigsaw and cut four 1mm grooves into a CD from the edge to almost the centre, at 90 degress intervals, it will still play. I didn't believe it. I took a crap CD single to school (this was some years ago), and used the school's jigsaw to cut as described. The CD still played. I was amazed.
OK, this isn't meant to be a flame, I hate Microsoft as much as the next guy, but...
The layout of that window on the screenshots is almost identical to Outlook 2003, right down to the buttons in the bottom left and the search bar at the top.
Open source shouldn't content itself with stealing good ideas, that's Microsoft's job. Surely we can come up with something innovative, and I'm not using the Microsoft definition.
Why themes? I don't understand why everyone would want their apps to look different. One of the fundamental principles of a good UI is that all applications use the same widgets. I hate apps that look different in order to be "cool", and I consider skinning/theming features to be a complete waste, except where they're there for cross-platform purposes. (Which is arguable in Moz.)
Oh! And ignore digital zoom. I wish it didn't exist. I can enlarge it on my computer after the fact and get the same effect.
Not quite. The photometry of the photo will be based on the entire picture. If you take an un-zoomed picture and then crop it, the photometry will be off. Probably not by much, but it's still off. Digital zoom at least allows the camera to choose the correct settings for the image you have framed.
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This is the sort of pedantry up with which I will not put.
That was the two most useful features, after "Search". Boo. :(
I dunno. If I leave my watch on a shelf for a few days, or months, I can pick it up and... well it's already working. The battery in mine lasts for a good few years, and replacing a battery every few *years* is hardly a chore.
At least Windows lets you activate over the phone, by calling up a Real Person and reading out your key.
I don't think HL2 lets you do this.
It does not beg the question
Just so you know, BT no longer own O2. That doesn't mean O2 don't still suck, they do, but they're not the same company as BT.
As for the error correction on an audio CD, it's better than you think. I once read that if you took a jigsaw and cut four 1mm grooves into a CD from the edge to almost the centre, at 90 degress intervals, it will still play. I didn't believe it. I took a crap CD single to school (this was some years ago), and used the school's jigsaw to cut as described. The CD still played. I was amazed.
Bistromathics!
The layout of that window on the screenshots is almost identical to Outlook 2003, right down to the buttons in the bottom left and the search bar at the top.
Open source shouldn't content itself with stealing good ideas, that's Microsoft's job. Surely we can come up with something innovative, and I'm not using the Microsoft definition.
The license fee for radios was dropped years ago. Only the TV license remains, which funds both TV and Radio. (And the BBC web site.)
Although I agree 256MB is a bit stingy, what possible use could a home user have for more than 2GB or RAM?
Just for reference, Diamond insurance do accept male clients, they just advertise specifically at women.
Unstable was broken just a few days ago, when an update deleted /usr/bin/crontab
The next day's update fixed it - but still.
If that statistic is accurate, that means they received an average of 619 valid e-mails, per person, per day. That's over one per minute, per person.
I don't believe them.
Why themes? I don't understand why everyone would want their apps to look different. One of the fundamental principles of a good UI is that all applications use the same widgets. I hate apps that look different in order to be "cool", and I consider skinning/theming features to be a complete waste, except where they're there for cross-platform purposes. (Which is arguable in Moz.)
IE PNG hack
Give me full XHTML and CSS2 compliance please. Oh, and transparent PNGs.
Too much to ask?
It could almost be described as a trojan, since it's pretending to be an audio CD, but isn't, quite...
But really it's just a really annoying program.
In this context, it refers to how your camera, in automatic mode, calculates the appropriate shutter speed, aperture, and ISO level.
Oh! And ignore digital zoom. I wish it didn't exist. I can enlarge it on my computer after the fact and get the same effect.
Not quite. The photometry of the photo will be based on the entire picture. If you take an un-zoomed picture and then crop it, the photometry will be off. Probably not by much, but it's still off. Digital zoom at least allows the camera to choose the correct settings for the image you have framed.
I would imagine that, in the low pressure of space (it's not quite a vacuum), even a tiny amount of gas would inflate it quite effectively.
Of course, they still have to fill the thing with air to breathe, so I'm sure they can manage to carry up a little bit more to actually inflate it.
MiniDisc only lost in the USA. In Europe and Japan - it's very popular.
I have plenty of friends who say "Avi movies".
:(
Sadly.
Eh? I think you mean Ariana Richards. Also, the 3D file navigator used in Jurassic Park actually exists.
Yes. The OS X version is currently at 3.4 - non-beta.