Monsanto routinely brags in their advertisements about how their products are helping third-world countries. Europe should hope that the prevailing westerly winds hold.
If everyone thinks the speed limit is too low, get involved in politics to CHANGE THEM!
I'm so sick of the HYPOCRITES that would rather break the law than CHANGE THEM.
I hope the US adopts this same system. It'll require all the goody two shoes Democrats to rethink the ridiculous speed limits and money hungry small town speed traps to get money from another source.
ME!?!? I think everyone should have they're own personal speed rating based on DRIVING SKILLS and CAR CAPABILITY, not lowest common denominator! I cannot state my opinion more strongly.
Of course, anyone who works or lives in a very tall building knows the limitation is the number of elevators needed, not necessarily the height. It's bad enough waiting for an elevator in a 50 story building.
That depends on what is taxed or not. I'm lucky enough to live in a state that doesn't tax rent or food. Maybe you should write your government and have it changed to that way.
Those of you wishing to avoid paying for things like schools and roads, skip this message.
For the rest of us with some sort of social responsibility, sales tax is an important part of your state's budget. Some states more than others, obviously. Mostly, the sales tax is something promoted by the people living WITHIN that state, sometimes voted on by those people in leiu of other taxes. Shipping does not go to supporting schools, state parks, etc., so the whole idea of justifying NOT paying taxes because you're paying shipping instead is simply flawed logic. Maybe I shouldn't pay federal income tax because I have to drive farther to work?
Since we voted for the taxes in YOUR state and not the neighboring state, we should pay those taxes I voted for (or perhaps your representative you voted for). As is the case for Oregon residents who shop in Washington and don't pay Washington sales tax by showing their Oregon ID.
So, if everyone buys mail-order from out of state, who gets to pay the taxes NEEDED by the state? Imagine you're in a state that doesn't have the population to support hundreds of computer stores per town like California, for some states, mail-order is significant!
I know this flies in the face of the general anti-tax sentiment, but there are a handful of places I do mail-order that actually have a nexus within my state (Washington). I think it's unfair for places to have to compete with out-of-state sales simply because they get around a tax loophole.
By the way, I believe Washington requires state sales tax to be paid no matter where the purchase is to be made, so technically they're making it EASIER for us since the consumer burden is back on the storefront.
I don't know how all those Linux zealots can disagree except for being a zealot. I've got a box that I've tried to install three different linux's and two BSDs. I would normally discount it as a WEIRD BOX except for Win95, WinNT4.0 and Win98 all have installed fine (yes, twenty reboots later, yes pain in the ass, but THEY INSTALLED!) In fact, I now install Win98 first so that I can find all my addresses / interrupts before I install Linux.
One of the things frustrating to us non-government people is which department is responsible for what. Especially police / fire / courts, etc. Pretend I have a problem and I'm going to your department because it's the only site I could think of. I especially like that I can get state tax forms through links on the federal tax.
Also, has anyone tried to find out local / state / federal laws on most subjects? What a mess that is! It's hard to believe we're supposed to know these things to abide by them.
I personally think some of it has to do with preformatted vs. formatted on the system using the disk. Today everyone relies on the preformatted disk, which I'd be willing to bet was formatted at a high-rate of speed and may be poor to begin with. Contributing to the problem may be the heads on one floppy are different than the other.
Of course, it could be a conspirosy (sp?) among the PC makers to make floppy drives less reliable to sell more floppies;-)
Yes, desktop cards will also scale fine. I don't know which ones specifically, but I have seen scaling done well on a desktop. Also, there are some LCDs that can scale at the same quality, but these are more expensive.
Aliasing is less of a problem with the newer video cards. Also, starting with a higher resolution helps. I've seen one 1024x768 LCD run 640x480 and it looked just as good as a CRT, but it was the video card doing the magic.
Some things that make larger displays expensive:
1) Supply vs. demand vs. market
2) Glass / mfg. cost (basic raw materials)
3) Data rates are extremely high for 1600x1200
4) And finally, row/column driving is very difficult (ITO has a high resistance, row/columns in the center can only be active for a short time, simple RC rules apply.)
Point being, the risk is higher than gain for most manufacturers. Few companies can afford to spend a billion dollars on an LCD line that won't return the money for five to ten years.
Your best bet is to look for projection systems for large wall displays, they get around item 2 and 4, and mitigate 1 a little by being of less image quality. Also, tiling several images is easier.
There's not much cost difference in single glass vs. multiple pieces. Gameboy displays are in the order of $30-$50 each... Gameboys don't have the same profit margin of PC LCD displays.
The differences between consoles and personal computers is almost entirely functional, not economical.
Wrong, consoles typically sell at a loss, profits are made from the game royalties. Try buying a PC that can keep up with PS2 or X-Box for less than $300.
I have long thought that software was just a fad and will fade soon. The old days of designing complex systems with just a few vacuum tubes will eventually prevail and you'll be throwing away those worthless laptops over a Eniac simply because it looks cooler!
I for one am sick and tired of all the knockoffs that the gaming industry is doing. PacMan and Tetris were original ideas doomed to find their way to Charlie Chaplan land. Twenty years from now there'll be a resurgance, for sure. I agree with Hasbro on this one. If someone wants to update the games with features, perhaps they should license it, like they do with films.
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Someone please post the obituary.
Unfortunately, large corporations know how to manipulate people and manage monopolistic sales enough that nobody has a choice anymore.
Sort of like cable companies.
Monsanto routinely brags in their advertisements about how their products are helping third-world countries. Europe should hope that the prevailing westerly winds hold.
I'm so sick of the HYPOCRITES that would rather break the law than CHANGE THEM.
I hope the US adopts this same system. It'll require all the goody two shoes Democrats to rethink the ridiculous speed limits and money hungry small town speed traps to get money from another source.
ME!?!? I think everyone should have they're own personal speed rating based on DRIVING SKILLS and CAR CAPABILITY, not lowest common denominator! I cannot state my opinion more strongly.
Of course, anyone who works or lives in a very tall building knows the limitation is the number of elevators needed, not necessarily the height. It's bad enough waiting for an elevator in a 50 story building.
I personally like to let a little air out of the SUV tires, since they've obviously chosen to put themselves in danger that way.
That depends on what is taxed or not. I'm lucky enough to live in a state that doesn't tax rent or food. Maybe you should write your government and have it changed to that way.
Those of you wishing to avoid paying for things like schools and roads, skip this message. For the rest of us with some sort of social responsibility, sales tax is an important part of your state's budget. Some states more than others, obviously. Mostly, the sales tax is something promoted by the people living WITHIN that state, sometimes voted on by those people in leiu of other taxes. Shipping does not go to supporting schools, state parks, etc., so the whole idea of justifying NOT paying taxes because you're paying shipping instead is simply flawed logic. Maybe I shouldn't pay federal income tax because I have to drive farther to work? Since we voted for the taxes in YOUR state and not the neighboring state, we should pay those taxes I voted for (or perhaps your representative you voted for). As is the case for Oregon residents who shop in Washington and don't pay Washington sales tax by showing their Oregon ID.
So, if everyone buys mail-order from out of state, who gets to pay the taxes NEEDED by the state? Imagine you're in a state that doesn't have the population to support hundreds of computer stores per town like California, for some states, mail-order is significant!
I know this flies in the face of the general anti-tax sentiment, but there are a handful of places I do mail-order that actually have a nexus within my state (Washington). I think it's unfair for places to have to compete with out-of-state sales simply because they get around a tax loophole. By the way, I believe Washington requires state sales tax to be paid no matter where the purchase is to be made, so technically they're making it EASIER for us since the consumer burden is back on the storefront.
I don't know how all those Linux zealots can disagree except for being a zealot. I've got a box that I've tried to install three different linux's and two BSDs. I would normally discount it as a WEIRD BOX except for Win95, WinNT4.0 and Win98 all have installed fine (yes, twenty reboots later, yes pain in the ass, but THEY INSTALLED!) In fact, I now install Win98 first so that I can find all my addresses / interrupts before I install Linux.
One of the things frustrating to us non-government people is which department is responsible for what. Especially police / fire / courts, etc. Pretend I have a problem and I'm going to your department because it's the only site I could think of. I especially like that I can get state tax forms through links on the federal tax.
Also, has anyone tried to find out local / state / federal laws on most subjects? What a mess that is! It's hard to believe we're supposed to know these things to abide by them.
I personally think some of it has to do with preformatted vs. formatted on the system using the disk. Today everyone relies on the preformatted disk, which I'd be willing to bet was formatted at a high-rate of speed and may be poor to begin with. Contributing to the problem may be the heads on one floppy are different than the other. Of course, it could be a conspirosy (sp?) among the PC makers to make floppy drives less reliable to sell more floppies ;-)
Oh give me a break ... if 500,000 people bought any version of Linux in one day there'd be twenty five articles on the subject.
Yes, desktop cards will also scale fine. I don't know which ones specifically, but I have seen scaling done well on a desktop. Also, there are some LCDs that can scale at the same quality, but these are more expensive.
Aliasing is less of a problem with the newer video cards. Also, starting with a higher resolution helps. I've seen one 1024x768 LCD run 640x480 and it looked just as good as a CRT, but it was the video card doing the magic.
Some things that make larger displays expensive: 1) Supply vs. demand vs. market 2) Glass / mfg. cost (basic raw materials) 3) Data rates are extremely high for 1600x1200 4) And finally, row/column driving is very difficult (ITO has a high resistance, row/columns in the center can only be active for a short time, simple RC rules apply.) Point being, the risk is higher than gain for most manufacturers. Few companies can afford to spend a billion dollars on an LCD line that won't return the money for five to ten years. Your best bet is to look for projection systems for large wall displays, they get around item 2 and 4, and mitigate 1 a little by being of less image quality. Also, tiling several images is easier.
This would depend on the spec ... many high res LCD displays raise their number of bad pixels for higher resolutions.
There's not much cost difference in single glass vs. multiple pieces. Gameboy displays are in the order of $30-$50 each ... Gameboys don't have the same profit margin of PC LCD displays.
I'm sure that's what all the people moving to America thought ... most likely, you'll bring that with you!
Wrong, consoles typically sell at a loss, profits are made from the game royalties. Try buying a PC that can keep up with PS2 or X-Box for less than $300.
I have long thought that software was just a fad and will fade soon. The old days of designing complex systems with just a few vacuum tubes will eventually prevail and you'll be throwing away those worthless laptops over a Eniac simply because it looks cooler!
I for one am sick and tired of all the knockoffs that the gaming industry is doing. PacMan and Tetris were original ideas doomed to find their way to Charlie Chaplan land. Twenty years from now there'll be a resurgance, for sure. I agree with Hasbro on this one. If someone wants to update the games with features, perhaps they should license it, like they do with films.
I see they include instructions to build a CD player ... I wonder if the Morlocks would be able to figure that out!
I'm doubting it's running at 206 MHz; Does anybody have any semi-concrete rumors? At least we might find out fast of a web server it'd really make.