Almost all the 3D movies I've watched were either made with 3D in the first place, and those were all good experiences. The exception was Toy Story 1 & 2 in 3D, and for that, they went back to all the original data files and re-rendered them for proper stereoscopic effect. There are services that scan a 2D film and make fake 3D, but I've yet to see a 3D movie made that way.
You briefly touched on why border security isn't a big priority with politicians, it's the businesses who contribute to their campaign funds. The US can also enforce employment laws, the appropriate enforcement agencies should have plenty of information to do a good wide-spread crackdown, but they would run afowl of the business interests.
How much of this are you being serious about? It sounds like you could be serious, or not, it's hard to tell sometimes.
People saying that it's OK to do anything in the name of money eventually end up being on the side of Enron and AIG before they realize it. Or WWII IBM.
There seem to be different kinds of electronic transfers, but what's referred to as a "wire transfer" by the bank industry can be pretty expensive. It seems like both sides of the transaction get charged for those, the sender gets charged $15 and the recipient gets charged $15. I've had worse too, especially for international transfers, my end cost me $40 on a recent one.
I do use some kind of electronic bill payment system, I don't know what the technical term is for it, at least it doesn't cost so bloody much, I don't know if there is a transfer fee. But it's not for everything in my opinion, I've paid for cars using a paper check. Other irregular payments seem more convenient to just pay up with a paper check.
While there are reasons to keep some things secret, I also think it's naive to think that power doesn't corrupt. Secrecy is a form of power, it's a way to hide what's going on, and it's easy to keep dirty laundry hidden under the guise of national security. Also, even good intentions can go awry.
Also, so far, none of the leaks at WikiLeaks has compromised people or national security.
Going off on not wanting to be called a troll without explaining why GPL is so troublesome to you doesn't help the discussion that you're supposedly trying to have here.
Yes, but closer to what? The existence of this project seems to demonstrate that a lot of people didn't learn anything from the Space Shuttle. Wings on a space cargo mover add a lot of unnecessary weight that people should have concluded is more detrimental than useful. The space industry has ways to launch objects without big, heavy wings and even without a crew. The ability to use the large cargo bay to return large objects to the ground isn't that important, I can only find one example of it happening, the LDEF.
I think that is some of it, but that's not all of it. The price of a pile of parts just buys you: a pile of parts.
In-the-ear models are hand built into the ear mold taken from an impression from the user. It's not necessarily something that can be stamped out like a netbook, which millions of identical ones are made. I don't think the mold can be just any old epoxy either, it needs to be something found safe to be in constant contact with human skin for years on end. Also, these devices have to work for 16 hours a day, every day of the year for several years, the people that have them depend on them a lot. Mine have been working pretty well for about eight years, I don't have any hand held or smaller portable electronic device that's held up that well with that much use.
The article summary also said that Apple sells a "Macpro" computer. They don't. The computer's name is Mac Pro. I don't think the litigation regarding the store name is ethical tough.
Apple doesn't seem to go after iAnything unless it's more similar to one of their product names than that, for example. They didn't try stopping Cisco's iPhone before they had their own product, and later made a deal to use the name in the US. I wish Apple would give up the "i" naming system though, it's starting to wear thin on me and strikes me as being unimaginative, lame and starting to feel stupid on an "Idiocracy" level.
Sure, effectiveness is another factor to consider, but that doesn't mean the net benefits aren't there. In order for your statement to hold water, the vaccine would have to have a 0.33% overall rate of effectiveness to make it net neutral benefit, as in, it saves as many lives as it takes. A vaccine that's only slightly effective wouldn't be approved. As it was, the advisory board found it to be so effective that they felt it was unethical to have those on the placebo continue go without the real vaccine.
The problem I kept running into is, how do you make diagrams and equations in an efficient manner on a computer? Computers seem to fall short in providing a fast and efficient way to draw diagrams. There is only so much time to take down the information, and note taking programs don't do well with adding sketches to text.
I can't think of a class that I had that didn't benefit from having diagrams, except maybe history, though the need for rough maps might arise. Even English benefits from diagrams.
My general policy is the ad media type must match the content media type. If the content is video & sound, then the ad may be video and sound. If the content is a text article, the ad may be text. Motion, sound & animated ads for still content is out of bounds as far as I'm concerned. Ad networks and sites that aren't content sensitive don't earn my pity.
Right, but while SLRs (or any camera) may _seem_ simple, they aren't, take a look at the cut-away diagrams some time. Even a disposable style film camera would require a lot of testing too.
I wonder how often the cameras need to be updated. They certainly don't need to do annual model replacements, updated cameras rarely change significantly. I bet a five year old SLR that's been certified will do the job just fine, keep using them until there's concern about something breaking.
I thought some of the considerations were interesting, Olympus made a special space version of one of their cameras: http://www.letsgodigital.org/en/21760/olympus-slr-camera/ Particularly, the removable caps are clear so you can see if anything is floating inside, to avoid accidentally releasing pieces into the living space.
Another problem is that some citizens pretend that NASA's budget is staggering, suggest that it needs to be cut to balance the budget. That's a naive, because NASA's budget isn't nearly as big as its perceived budget, people seem to think it's hundreds of billions of dollars when it's $17B. You can completely end America's involvement in space and the deficit wouldn't even burp. If you make a version of Amdahl's for balancing budgets, you scrutinize the biggest government programs by budget first, not scavange the small fries. The problem is that those big programs is pretty popular because they're entitlements.
I didn't invent the idea of a mouse over event. I never liked them, however, I was just offering a possible solution to make them work.
Simulated pressure sensing could work well for paint programs.
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Some times falling into harder times causes the crazies to do stupid things. And it's not about absolute wealth or income, but changes in wealth or income, because this guy did manage to own an airplane. Airplanes aren't terrifically expensive, I think people might be surprised how inexpensive one can be in good shape, but they do cost money to operate and maintain. But even wealthy people like popular movie actors or corporate officers go crazy. I think it's partly stress, partly an underlying emotional imbalance that didn't manifest itself so strongly before.
Niall Ferguson did an interesting TV mini-series and book on how a previous age of globalization and its collapse in the late 19th, early 20th century initiated conditions that precipitated into WWI, the aftermath precipitated into WWII. That pattern was why the Marshall Plan was so important. Mid-east terrorism might not be so common if unemployment and poverty wasn't so high.
From my understanding of Apple's capacitive sensing, it should be able to simulate variations in pressure by reading the rough diameter of touch. A light touch would have a small contact area for mouseover, a "click" could be a somewhat heavier touch or tap.
I think the insurance company in this case is making suspicious claims. They're basically questioning Apple owners who make claims and implying that they're dishonest.
I think it's the other way around.
It's no either-or, there's often dishonesty on both sides. Individuals can be dishonest in the same way businesses can be dishonest, it's a basic human tendency.
I think it is significant that there was a 50% increase in claims when the new device is announced. It's possible they're lying, but I don't think for a second that there aren't plenty of people willing to commit fraud to trade up.
[quote]A media company wages an 18-month lawsuit against private companies[/quote]
I don't think that's true, it looks to me that the lawsuit is against the regulators, not the private companies themselves. The FOIA doesn't apply against companies directly.
Besides, because Google claims it is diverse on their own site, the only damage would come is if they're lying about it and the slide shows are just tokenism, all the photos appear to be of the same group of 20 or so people. Of which I would shed croc tears if it's an exposed lie.
I think it's a question of how long they expect to spend money on a strategy that hasn't succeeded in a long time. Office is an old product, Windows is an old product. They haven't done a lot since then that makes money in the same way.
Right now, it looks like Microsoft's strategy is to throw whole pots of spaghetti to the wall in the hopes that a couple strands stick, with a questionable profitability when they do stick, because the rest of the world may well have moved on to something else by the time their seed capital produces fruit.
This is a lot like how communities fought military base closures. We don't need an air base in the Dakotas to defend ourselves from Canadians. They want it because the base contributes to the local economies. A lot of times, the Pentagon gets hardware forced on them because a contractor in key district makes them, it had nothing to do with whether it was needed or wanted. The bigger projects made with components from many different districts are even harder to kill.
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Almost all the 3D movies I've watched were either made with 3D in the first place, and those were all good experiences. The exception was Toy Story 1 & 2 in 3D, and for that, they went back to all the original data files and re-rendered them for proper stereoscopic effect. There are services that scan a 2D film and make fake 3D, but I've yet to see a 3D movie made that way.
You briefly touched on why border security isn't a big priority with politicians, it's the businesses who contribute to their campaign funds. The US can also enforce employment laws, the appropriate enforcement agencies should have plenty of information to do a good wide-spread crackdown, but they would run afowl of the business interests.
How much of this are you being serious about? It sounds like you could be serious, or not, it's hard to tell sometimes.
People saying that it's OK to do anything in the name of money eventually end up being on the side of Enron and AIG before they realize it. Or WWII IBM.
There seem to be different kinds of electronic transfers, but what's referred to as a "wire transfer" by the bank industry can be pretty expensive. It seems like both sides of the transaction get charged for those, the sender gets charged $15 and the recipient gets charged $15. I've had worse too, especially for international transfers, my end cost me $40 on a recent one.
I do use some kind of electronic bill payment system, I don't know what the technical term is for it, at least it doesn't cost so bloody much, I don't know if there is a transfer fee. But it's not for everything in my opinion, I've paid for cars using a paper check. Other irregular payments seem more convenient to just pay up with a paper check.
While there are reasons to keep some things secret, I also think it's naive to think that power doesn't corrupt. Secrecy is a form of power, it's a way to hide what's going on, and it's easy to keep dirty laundry hidden under the guise of national security. Also, even good intentions can go awry.
Also, so far, none of the leaks at WikiLeaks has compromised people or national security.
Going off on not wanting to be called a troll without explaining why GPL is so troublesome to you doesn't help the discussion that you're supposedly trying to have here.
Yes, but closer to what? The existence of this project seems to demonstrate that a lot of people didn't learn anything from the Space Shuttle. Wings on a space cargo mover add a lot of unnecessary weight that people should have concluded is more detrimental than useful. The space industry has ways to launch objects without big, heavy wings and even without a crew. The ability to use the large cargo bay to return large objects to the ground isn't that important, I can only find one example of it happening, the LDEF.
I think that is some of it, but that's not all of it. The price of a pile of parts just buys you: a pile of parts.
In-the-ear models are hand built into the ear mold taken from an impression from the user. It's not necessarily something that can be stamped out like a netbook, which millions of identical ones are made. I don't think the mold can be just any old epoxy either, it needs to be something found safe to be in constant contact with human skin for years on end. Also, these devices have to work for 16 hours a day, every day of the year for several years, the people that have them depend on them a lot. Mine have been working pretty well for about eight years, I don't have any hand held or smaller portable electronic device that's held up that well with that much use.
The article summary also said that Apple sells a "Macpro" computer. They don't. The computer's name is Mac Pro. I don't think the litigation regarding the store name is ethical tough.
Apple doesn't seem to go after iAnything unless it's more similar to one of their product names than that, for example. They didn't try stopping Cisco's iPhone before they had their own product, and later made a deal to use the name in the US. I wish Apple would give up the "i" naming system though, it's starting to wear thin on me and strikes me as being unimaginative, lame and starting to feel stupid on an "Idiocracy" level.
Sure, effectiveness is another factor to consider, but that doesn't mean the net benefits aren't there. In order for your statement to hold water, the vaccine would have to have a 0.33% overall rate of effectiveness to make it net neutral benefit, as in, it saves as many lives as it takes. A vaccine that's only slightly effective wouldn't be approved. As it was, the advisory board found it to be so effective that they felt it was unethical to have those on the placebo continue go without the real vaccine.
The problem I kept running into is, how do you make diagrams and equations in an efficient manner on a computer? Computers seem to fall short in providing a fast and efficient way to draw diagrams. There is only so much time to take down the information, and note taking programs don't do well with adding sketches to text.
I can't think of a class that I had that didn't benefit from having diagrams, except maybe history, though the need for rough maps might arise. Even English benefits from diagrams.
My only question is, the alleged hacking took place in 2004, how does it take until 2010 for it to be presented as news on Slashdot?
My general policy is the ad media type must match the content media type. If the content is video & sound, then the ad may be video and sound. If the content is a text article, the ad may be text. Motion, sound & animated ads for still content is out of bounds as far as I'm concerned. Ad networks and sites that aren't content sensitive don't earn my pity.
Right, but while SLRs (or any camera) may _seem_ simple, they aren't, take a look at the cut-away diagrams some time. Even a disposable style film camera would require a lot of testing too.
I wonder how often the cameras need to be updated. They certainly don't need to do annual model replacements, updated cameras rarely change significantly. I bet a five year old SLR that's been certified will do the job just fine, keep using them until there's concern about something breaking.
I thought some of the considerations were interesting, Olympus made a special space version of one of their cameras: http://www.letsgodigital.org/en/21760/olympus-slr-camera/ Particularly, the removable caps are clear so you can see if anything is floating inside, to avoid accidentally releasing pieces into the living space.
I agree. Some app update checkers don't even offer a way to self-update, they open the web page for me to manually download and update the app.
Another problem is that some citizens pretend that NASA's budget is staggering, suggest that it needs to be cut to balance the budget. That's a naive, because NASA's budget isn't nearly as big as its perceived budget, people seem to think it's hundreds of billions of dollars when it's $17B. You can completely end America's involvement in space and the deficit wouldn't even burp. If you make a version of Amdahl's for balancing budgets, you scrutinize the biggest government programs by budget first, not scavange the small fries. The problem is that those big programs is pretty popular because they're entitlements.
Besides, I don't think you're up for persuasive writing either.
I didn't invent the idea of a mouse over event. I never liked them, however, I was just offering a possible solution to make them work.
Simulated pressure sensing could work well for paint programs.
Some times falling into harder times causes the crazies to do stupid things. And it's not about absolute wealth or income, but changes in wealth or income, because this guy did manage to own an airplane. Airplanes aren't terrifically expensive, I think people might be surprised how inexpensive one can be in good shape, but they do cost money to operate and maintain. But even wealthy people like popular movie actors or corporate officers go crazy. I think it's partly stress, partly an underlying emotional imbalance that didn't manifest itself so strongly before.
Niall Ferguson did an interesting TV mini-series and book on how a previous age of globalization and its collapse in the late 19th, early 20th century initiated conditions that precipitated into WWI, the aftermath precipitated into WWII. That pattern was why the Marshall Plan was so important. Mid-east terrorism might not be so common if unemployment and poverty wasn't so high.
From my understanding of Apple's capacitive sensing, it should be able to simulate variations in pressure by reading the rough diameter of touch. A light touch would have a small contact area for mouseover, a "click" could be a somewhat heavier touch or tap.
I think the insurance company in this case is making suspicious claims. They're basically questioning Apple owners who make claims and implying that they're dishonest.
I think it's the other way around.
It's no either-or, there's often dishonesty on both sides. Individuals can be dishonest in the same way businesses can be dishonest, it's a basic human tendency.
I think it is significant that there was a 50% increase in claims when the new device is announced. It's possible they're lying, but I don't think for a second that there aren't plenty of people willing to commit fraud to trade up.
[quote]A media company wages an 18-month lawsuit against private companies[/quote]
I don't think that's true, it looks to me that the lawsuit is against the regulators, not the private companies themselves. The FOIA doesn't apply against companies directly.
Besides, because Google claims it is diverse on their own site, the only damage would come is if they're lying about it and the slide shows are just tokenism, all the photos appear to be of the same group of 20 or so people. Of which I would shed croc tears if it's an exposed lie.
I think it's a question of how long they expect to spend money on a strategy that hasn't succeeded in a long time. Office is an old product, Windows is an old product. They haven't done a lot since then that makes money in the same way.
Right now, it looks like Microsoft's strategy is to throw whole pots of spaghetti to the wall in the hopes that a couple strands stick, with a questionable profitability when they do stick, because the rest of the world may well have moved on to something else by the time their seed capital produces fruit.
This is a lot like how communities fought military base closures. We don't need an air base in the Dakotas to defend ourselves from Canadians. They want it because the base contributes to the local economies. A lot of times, the Pentagon gets hardware forced on them because a contractor in key district makes them, it had nothing to do with whether it was needed or wanted. The bigger projects made with components from many different districts are even harder to kill.
But that is different from your previous comment:
"Lenovo will, certainly, build a more affordable and compatible/open device than Apple."
Compatible yes, but more affordable than iPad, no.
And more affordable is not equal to better features/price ratio, they are different things.
Last I heard, Lenovo's is going to have a base price of $1000.