I'm surprised no one has yet brought up the theory that organophosphates (such as Phosmet), are the cause of the Mad Cow outbreak in the UK. Mark Purdey proposed that it was the result of treating cattle against warble fly infestations. The prions are supposedly a result of the disease rather than the cause.
I'm certainly no expert on the disease or its possible causes, but has no one else heard of this?
"What good is a judgment if you ain't around to collect it? Besides, attacking that corporation ain't my idea of courage, kid. It's more like... suicide."
The obvious thing for the record companies to have done, IMHO, is:
create a single standard for high-quality DVD-audio
start marketing all audio discs as dual-sided CD/DVD-audio discs
push the manufacturers to market only players that are capable of handling both formats (meaning audio players, not video decks)
lower the prices on CDs, and keep the prices reasonable on the new dual-format discs
If they had done this, I believe they could have kept their sales numbers. The key thing being, consumers will buy the physical media if they are getting better quality - or believe they are getting better quality, and if they don't have to think about whether their player will play the disc or not.
Spirituality is really just the subjective world of experience, emotion, meaning, and identity. It doesn't have to imply the dualistic existence of a separable, eternal, immaterial soul. It's something we all share, but it's not really reducible to biochemistry and physics.
"Spiritual," after all, is an abstract word - I don't see any reason for an atheist/materialist/scientist to avoid using it any more than words like "ironic," "funny," "beautiful," or "poignant."
As for humanism, I would definitely be a humanist except that I have no faith in people.:)
Do the police require a warrant if they want to follow me around for the day? If yes then I believe this should require a warrant. Else, what's the diff except it costs much less and is more discrete.
The difference is that your car is your property. - that should be pretty obvious. They have no right to mess with it unless, at the very least, they have probable cause.
Interesting thing about that model, it is progressive-scan vertically but effectively interlaced horizontally!
"The DLP chip itself has a resolution of 960 by 1080, but it displays every odd/even horizontal pixel every other frame, thereby doubling the frame rate, so that our eyes see every last one of the 1920 columns."
It seems pretty plausible anyway, that aliens exist. The thing that perplexes me is that they are also pretty much of the Cambrian format: bipedal, two eyes, eyelids, head, lungs, two arms, two legs, fingers, and so on. What a HUGE coincidence that would be, unless this is the ideal shape for beings to evolve into. (?) Or, perhaps we have some DNA in common...
So, let me get this straight - you find it ridiculously implausible that we could come up with a very good titanium alloy on our own, but it's completely believable that aliens evolved to look like us, or could even have DNA in common with us?
This site will tell you a great deal about the graphics in TRON and how they were produced. They were done by several different companies on a bunch of different hardware.
AFAIK, the only things that were hand-painted were the rotoscoped "circuitry" traces on the costumes, and the Grid Bugs.
Now old Mr. Joker had some troubles of his own
He had a scary Bat that just wouldn't leave him alone
He tried and he tried to put the Bat away
He put him on a train going far far away
But the Bat came back the very next day
The Bat came back, he thought he was a goner
The Bat came back, he just wouldn't stay away
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I have Priuses swarming mine!
I'm surprised no one has yet brought up the theory that organophosphates (such as Phosmet), are the cause of the Mad Cow outbreak in the UK. Mark Purdey proposed that it was the result of treating cattle against warble fly infestations. The prions are supposedly a result of the disease rather than the cause.
I'm certainly no expert on the disease or its possible causes, but has no one else heard of this?
"What good is a judgment if you ain't around to collect it? Besides, attacking that corporation ain't my idea of courage, kid. It's more like... suicide."
Oog no ask to be thawed out!
Oog perfectly happy entombed in ice...
Didn't Asteroids have prior art on this..? :)
....by email, phone or fax:
"I'm sorry, but my vote is not compatible with your party or candidate. Please try again with the following platform and/or policies..."
Well, it is possible to have a disc that is CD-audio on one side and DVD on the other:
http://www.dualdisc.com/faq.html
The obvious thing for the record companies to have done, IMHO, is:
If they had done this, I believe they could have kept their sales numbers. The key thing being, consumers will buy the physical media if they are getting better quality - or believe they are getting better quality, and if they don't have to think about whether their player will play the disc or not.
Spirituality is really just the subjective world of experience, emotion, meaning, and identity. It doesn't have to imply the dualistic existence of a separable, eternal, immaterial soul. It's something we all share, but it's not really reducible to biochemistry and physics.
"Spiritual," after all, is an abstract word - I don't see any reason for an atheist/materialist/scientist to avoid using it any more than words like "ironic," "funny," "beautiful," or "poignant."
As for humanism, I would definitely be a humanist except that I have no faith in people. :)
Did you know there's a language called 'aUI' whose author claims it really is from outer space?
"aUI: The Language of Space: Pentecostal Logos of Love & Peace"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AUI_(language)
The difference is that your car is your property. - that should be pretty obvious. They have no right to mess with it unless, at the very least, they have probable cause.
Oh, and BTW it's "discreet."
That's it... consider me LinkedOut. :-/
"Raiders of the Lost Medicine Cabinet"
"Indiana Jones and the Child-proof Cap"
"Indiana Jones and the Walker of Doom"
"Indiana Jones and the Damn Kids on His Lawn"
Interesting thing about that model, it is progressive-scan vertically but effectively interlaced horizontally!
"The DLP chip itself has a resolution of 960 by 1080, but it displays every odd/even horizontal pixel every other frame, thereby doubling the frame rate, so that our eyes see every last one of the 1920 columns."
http://www.bigpicturebigsound.com/samsung-HL61A750-review-1620.shtml
Hasn't anyone suggested "Tron++" yet?
> They need to update to more advanced frameworks. Like COBOL on Cogs.
How about Mono on Monorails?
Haskell on Handrails?
BASIC on Beams?
Python on Pillars?
C++ on Conveyors?
GRASS on Girders?
Scheme on Scaffolding?
Lisp on Lintels?
REBOL on Rebar?
Assembly on ...er...
The scary thing about murderers, is they drive just like you and me!
Okey doke. I'll go get my Ouiji board...
So, let me get this straight - you find it ridiculously implausible that we could come up with a very good titanium alloy on our own, but it's completely believable that aliens evolved to look like us, or could even have DNA in common with us?
Back into the Debunkulator with you!!
> I'm sure it paid pretty well, considering all the time it spends in rolling in cache.
Well, that's the state it was in out of the gate... but its value appears to have flipped lately.
>> After all, Tron is the only movie so far with a bit in a speaking role.
> It was just a bit part.
Yes, but it had regular work in a serial.
This site will tell you a great deal about the graphics in TRON and how they were produced. They were done by several different companies on a bunch of different hardware.
AFAIK, the only things that were hand-painted were the rotoscoped "circuitry" traces on the costumes, and the Grid Bugs.
Maybe the aliens will do better than we've done.
As for us, we'll make great pets!
> Unless you're both chimpanzees. Then it would be fine.
Have you gone berzerk? Can't you see that this man is a NIT??
Now old Mr. Joker had some troubles of his own
He had a scary Bat that just wouldn't leave him alone
He tried and he tried to put the Bat away
He put him on a train going far far away
But the Bat came back the very next day
The Bat came back, he thought he was a goner
The Bat came back, he just wouldn't stay away
> Yeah but the language your cat speaks is not Turing-complete.
Are you sure? My cat seems to have run into some kind of halting problem.