That's not what I'm saying. What i'm saying is you can't use lack of absolute realism in one area to justify lack of absolute realism in an unrelated area.
do you have any idea what the half life of dna is.
Nope. Not the faintest idea, and neither do 99.9% of the people watching it and neither did Michael Crichton or Steven Spielberg. But that's beside the point... It's fiction. It doesn't need to be plausible. It just needs to sound plausible to the viewers.
It was no more an extrapolation of current technology than the enterprise being an extrapolation of the space shuttle.
It's more of an extrapolation of a Saturn V and HMS Victory. But once again, you can't sudenly and arbitrarily change rules without justifying it (Star Trek did far too often, and was criticised for it). You end up with Deus Ex Machinae.
Picked up towards the end. (As did father Ted). Seems the creators are a little wary of the more bizarre surreal ideas at first. I'd like to see another series.
In a world where they're cloning dinosaurs, I think it's perfectly acceptible for them to also have unrealistic technology.
No. You can't do that. Otherwise, why not end the film by having Sam Neill call the Enterprise and have a Dinozapper gun teleported to his hands?
The fact that dinosaurs were being cloned was explained all through the film, and was simply an extrapolation of current technology. If you want other non-realistic technology, then that needs to be justified too.
I know DX7 doesn't support shaders, but not every texture effect needs them. DX7 still allows bump mapping and multitexturing. FPS fans would be a little disappointed at the limitted detail this gives, but at the moment, the top games are The Sims, and World of Warcraft. Now, these do use shaders, but the games could still look more than good enough without, and may even be indistinguihsable (depending on how the shaders are used).
Yes. But I think this will just mean fewer games will use DX10. Only the very serious gamers are going to upgrade their OS for a few games. The new features that it offers aren't going to be essential, or even supported on most hardware. In fact, 3D graphics has been fairly mature for a few years now. A lot of games could be written using just the features in DX7.
Might not be copyrighted. If it's white noise, then recordings of white noise are in thepublic domain.
That, and we can argue implicit permission to copy since they were deliberately seeded on P2P networks. I'm sure the lawyers will be able to come up with much better arguments than those both for and against.
Of course it's the American way. China can produce things of adequate quality for less money. They have a competitive advantage, so they win in the marketplace.
How do you know the cost of bandwidth will go down?
Well, a year ago it was more expensive than it is now. 2 years ago it was more expensive than that. 3 years ago even more expensive. Okay, this may stop eventually, but doesn't seem likely to do so soon.
Even if it does, the resolution/content will just go up to meet it...
Quality of Codecs is also improving, although we will get diminishing returns here. There is a point at which most people will consider the quality to be adequate.
This isn't a violation of our civil liberties at all. The government just wants to eliminate a lot of paperwork. By removing the need to include completely different branch of government, we can do the same job with fewer agents, thus reducing the tax bill. And all the benfits go back to you, the taxpayer.
Estimates for the bandwidth bill are about $1 million per month. They pay for it using loans and venture capital. At the moment, it's a black hole for cash, but that's not neccesarily a problem.
Cost of bandwidth will go down. They may become successful enough that they can start advertising or charging a subscription or something.
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I imagine they're assuming the price of manufacture will fall. The early consoles are sold at a big loss to increase market penetration.
Simply sell their console to themselves at the typical loss. Then sell them on ebay for the price people are actually willing to pay. Serious profit!
That's not what I'm saying. What i'm saying is you can't use lack of absolute realism in one area to justify lack of absolute realism in an unrelated area.
do you have any idea what the half life of dna is.
Nope. Not the faintest idea, and neither do 99.9% of the people watching it and neither did Michael Crichton or Steven Spielberg. But that's beside the point... It's fiction. It doesn't need to be plausible. It just needs to sound plausible to the viewers.
It was no more an extrapolation of current technology than the enterprise being an extrapolation of the space shuttle.
It's more of an extrapolation of a Saturn V and HMS Victory. But once again, you can't sudenly and arbitrarily change rules without justifying it (Star Trek did far too often, and was criticised for it). You end up with Deus Ex Machinae.
Picked up towards the end. (As did father Ted). Seems the creators are a little wary of the more bizarre surreal ideas at first. I'd like to see another series.
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In a world where they're cloning dinosaurs, I think it's perfectly acceptible for them to also have unrealistic technology.
No. You can't do that. Otherwise, why not end the film by having Sam Neill call the Enterprise and have a Dinozapper gun teleported to his hands?
The fact that dinosaurs were being cloned was explained all through the film, and was simply an extrapolation of current technology. If you want other non-realistic technology, then that needs to be justified too.
I know DX7 doesn't support shaders, but not every texture effect needs them. DX7 still allows bump mapping and multitexturing. FPS fans would be a little disappointed at the limitted detail this gives, but at the moment, the top games are The Sims, and World of Warcraft. Now, these do use shaders, but the games could still look more than good enough without, and may even be indistinguihsable (depending on how the shaders are used).
They're nerds. They have a highly specialised concept of smarter.
Yes. But I think this will just mean fewer games will use DX10. Only the very serious gamers are going to upgrade their OS for a few games. The new features that it offers aren't going to be essential, or even supported on most hardware. In fact, 3D graphics has been fairly mature for a few years now. A lot of games could be written using just the features in DX7.
It's not hard. Usually you can just put your paper in set the number of copies, and press the button. Guess and you'll probably get it right.
Now, as it turns out, I'm not sure if we have a photocopier in the office. It took me a few months before I even needed to print anything.
He's delegating the aspects he doesn't understand to someone more capable.
You just need to learn to delegate your job to someone lower down the chain.
Might not be copyrighted. If it's white noise, then recordings of white noise are in thepublic domain.
That, and we can argue implicit permission to copy since they were deliberately seeded on P2P networks. I'm sure the lawyers will be able to come up with much better arguments than those both for and against.
Okay. I've read the replies to this comment. I just totally misunderstood the argument.
They still have the copyright on the song don't they?
Of course it's the American way. China can produce things of adequate quality for less money. They have a competitive advantage, so they win in the marketplace.
True. It does sound a little overpriced. It seems to be priced at that purely because it might actually be worth that much in the future.
How do you know the cost of bandwidth will go down?
Well, a year ago it was more expensive than it is now. 2 years ago it was more expensive than that. 3 years ago even more expensive. Okay, this may stop eventually, but doesn't seem likely to do so soon.
Even if it does, the resolution/content will just go up to meet it...
Quality of Codecs is also improving, although we will get diminishing returns here. There is a point at which most people will consider the quality to be adequate.
If you want to buy a set of scales with a check, then you still can. Most people use plastic these days though.
This isn't a violation of our civil liberties at all. The government just wants to eliminate a lot of paperwork. By removing the need to include completely different branch of government, we can do the same job with fewer agents, thus reducing the tax bill. And all the benfits go back to you, the taxpayer.
Well, you could wait for one to spontaneously come into existence due to a collision of a large number of atoms.
Estimates for the bandwidth bill are about $1 million per month. They pay for it using loans and venture capital. At the moment, it's a black hole for cash, but that's not neccesarily a problem.
Cost of bandwidth will go down. They may become successful enough that they can start advertising or charging a subscription or something.
Happened to me last week.
There is a possibility that the PS3 really is that good. Its paper specs really are pretty impressive. Perhaps it will live up to the hype.