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Before transforming into Satan, Reeves' character was named Thomas Anderson to reflect his status as a "Doubting Thomas," someone skeptical of the Lord's Word. [...] Upon becoming the Devil, he is renamed "Neo," which literally means "new" and is a prefix for words that reflect new ideas, another attack on Christian thinking.
There's a whole group of coasters that still rocks. Raging Bull in Schaumberg (Six Flags Great America, I think) - no inversions, it rides like a giant, really really fast woody. Big and wide sideways "loops".
Personally, I view this as a proof-of-concept. Superman vs. Mr. Freeze. Superman is a giant shoot-you-out-fast, long hangtime. Literally, it goes up, it goes down. Big whoop. Compare it to Mr. Freeze, which includes that and a whole lot more. Or to Poltergeist (Fiesta Texas), which takes the whole linear-accelerator to throw you into one gigantic knot of a coaster (think of a ball of yarn, and flying along the yarn through that.)
MS has admitted that Trustworthy Computing has nothing to do with security. It's all about whether you trust Microsoft. Do you trust them enough to give them money? If so, they've met their goals.
I do like the idea of integrating it into a cell phone, since we always carry it. But yeah, this would be nice. Someone's mentioned the rumored BluePod, which would have bluetooth access. So, on a train, you could listen to other people's tunes, see what other people have.
But what I really see the potential for is a repository. I posted about this before, just can't find it offhand. You have a digital camera. It needs storage. So you have to keep track of that. MP3s in an MP3 player, have to keep track of that. Why not provide a central repository on your person? I get home, it syncs. If I added new data on my Palm, it's there and gets sync'd. I took new photos, they're there, sync them. Etc, etc.
Thief. Because I could actually extinguish the lights. _I_ was affecting the environment.
Half-Life. I remember coming out after the initial accident, and seeing a Barney giving CPR to a doctor. Then walking around a corner, seeing an elevator, hearing the screaming, and then seeing the elevator plummeting. Amazing. These seemed to be real people.
Tomb Raider. I had dreams in which I was watching myself, 3rd-person-over-the-shoulder. When I looked over my shoulder in the dream, I turned at the waist, arms twisting with me.
Tetris. I probably played more in my sleep then in real-life, for a little while. Odd.
Actually, go pulse. The only disadvantage is that you'd have to switch your phone back to tone for voice menus. It actually costs them _more_ these days to do pulse. So, if you're willing to give up a little of your time, you can screw them. (From what I remember, Tone allows them to packetize the dialing portion of the call, while pulse requires they leave the circuit open the whole time you're dialing. So that equipment now can be used less.)
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Actually, Al's label released "Gangsta's Paradise" without getting permission. Al told them to get it, they didn't. Coolio got a check (forget whether it was royalties or not), but went on about how they had to ask. Technically, Al doesn't, but does so as a matter of courtesy.
How much time does that really take from their day? After the spam filter catches them at my place of employment, about 1-2 hours per day (spent checking for non-spam and uncaught-spam). That's for one company, and doesn't include the amount of time each end user has to spend on spam that makes it through the filter.
Panasonic DMR-HS2. While it doesn't have the Tivo guide (no guide, actually - you program it like a VCR. But, you can say to tape it every week, replacing the old episode with the new one).
I love it. Edit out the commercials quickly if you want to keep it, or just CM SKIP (1 minute skip) a couple of times. And a DVD will hold up to 4 hours (they say 6, but the quality is shit at that rate, while 4 hours is watchable and 2 hours is identical to the broadcast), while the built-in hard drive will hold up to 40-50 hours or so.
$1000 right now, $800 street price, dropping to $500 by the end-of-year.
Yeah, but that's like saying that capitalists are greedy pigs, and that capitalism is a sham. The individual's goal may simply be to get something cheaper/better/etc, but collectively things do get changed. Security gets tightened. Etc.
No telling - Joss keeps taunting us by saying (or having people like Adam say) that it'll fly again. The sets weren't destroyed, they were dismantled. Who knows...
Hell, I thought this was going to be some sort of extra module for Neverwinter Nights. I'm on part 5 of Penultima and figured this would be the Penultimate Penultima. And considering the puns they toss around, I could see it.
I believe the injunction/agreement/settlement has long expired, so it shouldn't be an issue. But I agree with the other guy, it'll probably keep it's name.
This is a noticeable improvement on the 2nd generation of DVD-recorders, along with the Toshiba RD-X3. First generation was a DVD-Recorder. Pure and simple. They're still coming out, should be under $500 this summer. The second generation, which is still coming out, includes a Hard Drive, which IMHO is necessary. While the DVD-RAM can let you edit and the like, it's far from a DVD-R.
I'm using the Panasonic DMR-HS2, which has a 40 gig drive. Very nice, but programming it's a pain - either manually program it or use VCRPlus+ codes. A TiVo-like program guide would be the cat's meow. The catch is that for $1000+, should it come with a "lifetime subscription" ala ReplayTV, or are you going to have to pay each month? This is not a trivial issue - the boards dedicated to these DVD-Recorders mention it frequently.
Three other things: 1) Cable Blaster - if you have a cable box, you have to program your box to change channels, and the DVD-Recorder to record. A Cable Blaster/Cable Mouse (i.e. something to change channels) really is a necessity. 2) CPRM is supported on these things. The television transmission can have a "No Copy" bit set, and these DVD-Recorders will obey. So, for now, MythTV may still be superior. 3) How long before DVD-R drives become cheap enough for them to be included in some kind of Tivo? A big reason for owning these is to make it _easy_ to burn to DVD. Yes, you can use stuff like DVArchive to download to your computer. Then you transcode. Then burn to DVD. This is all one step, and the reason I have one - it's simple. Granted, I'd rather make SVCDs of some of them, rather than a DVD, but I'll cope.
1) URL is exactly what I posted, minus spaces. Slash code breaks up URLs, so that you can't hijack the page and make it ultra-wide. This way an ultra-long URL will take up several lines, not one extra-long one.
2) I just copied the URL, removed the space, and it showed up fine for me.
1) As evidenced by Lotus Notes' "shared message", it'll never go away. SOMEONE will want to keep it, indefinitely. And be ultra-pissed when it vanishes. So you're going to wind up holding a lot of programming forever. What are they going to say? "content only available for 1 year" and you can't tape it on your VCR?
2) I think this may be doomed. I've said in the past that Free as in Beer trumps a lot of things. But if you can't tape tonight's Friends, what's the point? Then Joe Consumer has to say "well, I can't watch that on the cable box, so I have to tape it? Why am I paying the money?". More confusion will trump Free Beer.
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Choice quotes:
Before transforming into Satan, Reeves' character was named Thomas Anderson to reflect his status as a "Doubting Thomas," someone skeptical of the Lord's Word.
[...]
Upon becoming the Devil, he is renamed "Neo," which literally means "new" and is a prefix for words that reflect new ideas, another attack on Christian thinking.
There's a whole group of coasters that still rocks. Raging Bull in Schaumberg (Six Flags Great America, I think) - no inversions, it rides like a giant, really really fast woody. Big and wide sideways "loops".
Personally, I view this as a proof-of-concept. Superman vs. Mr. Freeze. Superman is a giant shoot-you-out-fast, long hangtime. Literally, it goes up, it goes down. Big whoop. Compare it to Mr. Freeze, which includes that and a whole lot more. Or to Poltergeist (Fiesta Texas), which takes the whole linear-accelerator to throw you into one gigantic knot of a coaster (think of a ball of yarn, and flying along the yarn through that.)
That's catchy - anyone know where I can find an mp3 of it?
MS has admitted that Trustworthy Computing has nothing to do with security. It's all about whether you trust Microsoft. Do you trust them enough to give them money? If so, they've met their goals.
One other thing: that's on standard DVDs. If you're willing to do DVD-RAMs, double the amount of recording time.
- Comes out looking better due to Time code correction
- DVD will hold 2:20 at the next-to-best setting. I can't tell the difference, and some DVDs can't even deal with a higher bitrate.
- Record up to 6 hours at a time, then cut it into multiple files. Stick in the tape and walk away.
- Use the Hard drive to edit, pull out commercials, then burn to DVD.
Panasonic DMR-HS2. $800 online, $1000 retail. Only downsides are that you really can't do chapters, and that it'll drop in price.Lessee...
Ipod: 6.2 oz (30 gig). Nomad: 9.5 oz
Ipod: 4.1 by 2.4 by 0.73 Nomad: 75.9 x 112.6 x 24.5 mm (anyone have a translation?)
I do like the idea of integrating it into a cell phone, since we always carry it. But yeah, this would be nice. Someone's mentioned the rumored BluePod, which would have bluetooth access. So, on a train, you could listen to other people's tunes, see what other people have.
But what I really see the potential for is a repository. I posted about this before, just can't find it offhand. You have a digital camera. It needs storage. So you have to keep track of that. MP3s in an MP3 player, have to keep track of that. Why not provide a central repository on your person? I get home, it syncs. If I added new data on my Palm, it's there and gets sync'd. I took new photos, they're there, sync them. Etc, etc.
Does this mean I can buy Yes's "Tales from Topographic Oceans" for $4? (2 albums, 1 track per side)
Actually, go pulse. The only disadvantage is that you'd have to switch your phone back to tone for voice menus. It actually costs them _more_ these days to do pulse. So, if you're willing to give up a little of your time, you can screw them. (From what I remember, Tone allows them to packetize the dialing portion of the call, while pulse requires they leave the circuit open the whole time you're dialing. So that equipment now can be used less.)
What about Steve Jobs?
Actually, Al's label released "Gangsta's Paradise" without getting permission. Al told them to get it, they didn't. Coolio got a check (forget whether it was royalties or not), but went on about how they had to ask. Technically, Al doesn't, but does so as a matter of courtesy.
How much time does that really take from their day?
After the spam filter catches them at my place of employment, about 1-2 hours per day (spent checking for non-spam and uncaught-spam). That's for one company, and doesn't include the amount of time each end user has to spend on spam that makes it through the filter.
Anyone have her email address?
Panasonic DMR-HS2. While it doesn't have the Tivo guide (no guide, actually - you program it like a VCR. But, you can say to tape it every week, replacing the old episode with the new one).
I love it. Edit out the commercials quickly if you want to keep it, or just CM SKIP (1 minute skip) a couple of times. And a DVD will hold up to 4 hours (they say 6, but the quality is shit at that rate, while 4 hours is watchable and 2 hours is identical to the broadcast), while the built-in hard drive will hold up to 40-50 hours or so.
$1000 right now, $800 street price, dropping to $500 by the end-of-year.
Can't forget that they won a lawsuit based on the fact that they were entertainment, not news, and the reader should have known better.
And we definitely need to request that Google News add them to their list! Obviously Yahoo has.
Yeah, but that's like saying that capitalists are greedy pigs, and that capitalism is a sham. The individual's goal may simply be to get something cheaper/better/etc, but collectively things do get changed. Security gets tightened. Etc.
but by God we can slashdot Honda!
No telling - Joss keeps taunting us by saying (or having people like Adam say) that it'll fly again. The sets weren't destroyed, they were dismantled. Who knows...
Hell, I thought this was going to be some sort of extra module for Neverwinter Nights. I'm on part 5 of Penultima and figured this would be the Penultimate Penultima. And considering the puns they toss around, I could see it.
I believe the injunction/agreement/settlement has long expired, so it shouldn't be an issue. But I agree with the other guy, it'll probably keep it's name.
Or, as The Register (theregister.co.uk) says: "It's Thursday - Microsoft Patch Day"
This is a noticeable improvement on the 2nd generation of DVD-recorders, along with the Toshiba RD-X3. First generation was a DVD-Recorder. Pure and simple. They're still coming out, should be under $500 this summer. The second generation, which is still coming out, includes a Hard Drive, which IMHO is necessary. While the DVD-RAM can let you edit and the like, it's far from a DVD-R.
I'm using the Panasonic DMR-HS2, which has a 40 gig drive. Very nice, but programming it's a pain - either manually program it or use VCRPlus+ codes. A TiVo-like program guide would be the cat's meow. The catch is that for $1000+, should it come with a "lifetime subscription" ala ReplayTV, or are you going to have to pay each month? This is not a trivial issue - the boards dedicated to these DVD-Recorders mention it frequently.
Three other things:
1) Cable Blaster - if you have a cable box, you have to program your box to change channels, and the DVD-Recorder to record. A Cable Blaster/Cable Mouse (i.e. something to change channels) really is a necessity.
2) CPRM is supported on these things. The television transmission can have a "No Copy" bit set, and these DVD-Recorders will obey. So, for now, MythTV may still be superior.
3) How long before DVD-R drives become cheap enough for them to be included in some kind of Tivo? A big reason for owning these is to make it _easy_ to burn to DVD. Yes, you can use stuff like DVArchive to download to your computer. Then you transcode. Then burn to DVD. This is all one step, and the reason I have one - it's simple. Granted, I'd rather make SVCDs of some of them, rather than a DVD, but I'll cope.
Um, don't pay much attention round here, eh?
.norg isn't really useful either.
1) URL is exactly what I posted, minus spaces. Slash code breaks up URLs, so that you can't hijack the page and make it ultra-wide. This way an ultra-long URL will take up several lines, not one extra-long one.
2) I just copied the URL, removed the space, and it showed up fine for me.
3)
1) As evidenced by Lotus Notes' "shared message", it'll never go away. SOMEONE will want to keep it, indefinitely. And be ultra-pissed when it vanishes. So you're going to wind up holding a lot of programming forever. What are they going to say? "content only available for 1 year" and you can't tape it on your VCR?
2) I think this may be doomed. I've said in the past that Free as in Beer trumps a lot of things. But if you can't tape tonight's Friends, what's the point? Then Joe Consumer has to say "well, I can't watch that on the cable box, so I have to tape it? Why am I paying the money?". More confusion will trump Free Beer.