It just seems like another attempt to jack up prices by introducing a new medium. I know that it provides superior quality, blah blah blah, but really: is it worth $30 a pop?
$30 a pop? What DVD's are you buying. Most of the ones I see are between $17 and $23. Some of the special editions with a shitload of content are near $30. Box sets are more. I find you get a lot of content for the higher priced DVD's. Plus, as you said, the quality is amazing.
I'd rather download the movie (I'm not saying I'd pirate it, although I do sometimes) legitimatly, amd I'd pay $5, or maybe even $10 if they would just let me do it.
You'd want to download a movie for $5 or $10, and watch it most likely on a small computer screen?
Yes, Carlin, the person this guy was essentially quoting, has very insightful commentary when it's not taken out of context.
Last time I checked, I haven't heard about anyone writing a book about stamps appear on TV. By your logic, Stamp collecting must be far-far worse than sex or farting.
Carlin's original joke, albeit decade(s?) old and not as applicable as it used to be, was that you can talk about fucking on TV as long as you don't call it "fucking." However, you can't even talk about farting on TV.
Obviously today that is not true so much...
Personally, I prefer his commentary on prostitution:
Some research company with "evidence" suggests that you're less vulnerable to getting hit by email viruses if you use Outlook rather than anything else.
That's because newer versions of Outlook aren't able to receive executable attachments by default... if you can't open the attachment, you can't get infected.
He also said that maybe, that's the whole reason we're here. The earth couldn't make plastic on it's own, so it created us to do it. Now that we've created plastic for the earth, we're expendable, and the earth can now move on to the next great stage in it's evolution.
Sharpness should always be down low, especially on a nice TV. All sharpness does is add data to the picture that was not there originally. In this case, it makes the edges stand out by increasing the contrast between dark and light areas. This is bad. If you want that film to look as good as it did in the theatre, turn the sharpness DOWN. Use Avia to get it set correctly. Same thing goes for the games, the sharpness needs to be down, or it just adds crap to the picture that shouldn't be there.
Sharpness is jacked up high for showroom floors, so the picture looks artifically clear in the bright lights. In an ideal setting, you turn it way down.
Until Mozilla gets its updates in the form of patches, it'll never be accepted outside the IT community.
Just because they haven't released patches doesn't mean they can't do it.
You simply can't tell the average user that the only way to upgrade a product is to completely erase their old installation and download a new 50 meg version.
1. Full Mozilla install is about 9MB, less than a full MSIE install, and nowhere near 50mb. So when I downloaded the latest MSIE 6 to keep my computer up-to-date, it was a hefty download.
2. You don't have to completely erase your old installation.
the problem with the tv today is content, not presentation. crap like "friends" and "survivor" and "who wants to debase himself on national tv for a few dollars" isn't gonna be any better in 720p than it is now.
Correct. But I feel that these shows might look better in 1080i:
Sopranos (oops already is) Six Feet Under Curb Your Enthusiasm West Wing Sex in the City Law & Order(s) CSI (whoops already is) NYPD Blue (whoops already is) Firefly (yep I liked it)
etc...
Just because shitty shows exist on TV doesn't mean all shows are shitty. Every time there's a TV-related posting on slashdot, you get some idiot posting on here about how there's only crap on TV, and THEN THEY LIST ONLY THE CRAPPY SHOWS!
It's like being pissed off that everything's red when you're wearing rose-colored glasses.
Not sure what she does yet, but the hot hair brushing chick.. keep it coming.
Why am I not surprised that a slashdot reader can't discern the obvious "whore" role in a TV show. I mean, they made about half a dozen references to her job that made it pretty clear...
Let's see, in four hundred years they haven't invented anything better than 20th century shotguns and four wheelers (powered by internal combustion engines no less).
So what?
People still use chopsticks even though arguably better utensils have been invented.
In this show, there were huge battles and problems in the world in the next 500 years. There are other weapons available, but people are still using shotguns, presumably because they are cheap and easy to create. They are mechanical, not electronic. Etc.
Seems entirely plausible in this version of the future.
Train robberies?
You conveniently leave out the fact that the "train" is some sort of high-speed, levitating train. Are you saying that if such a train was invented in the future, there wouldn't be people trying to rob it?
If you don't like it, don't watch it. But please stop bitching about things which make sense in context.
is great and all, especially since they bundle it with the game. (unlike q3, which required getting a different box, which was impossible to get here in norway)
Actually, that's wrong. You could download the other OS executables from id Software's website. You could have bought the Windows box, and then downloaded the linux executables from them.
I feel it's a great example of the strength of TiVo's software. That 3rd party hacks like this can be made is a testament to the device and it's design (HW and SW).
First of all, you're saying it's cheaper, but it's not. You're leaving out the cost of your computer, hard drives, etc. Now add $150 for the special video card. And to top it all off, what you're left with is nowhere near as easy to use or as convenient or as smart or as living-room-appearance-friendly as TiVo.
Although it would be nice to have an easy way to pull and archive video off TiVo, it's not crucial, and if it was, I could use one of the TiVo net hacks to implement it.
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It just seems like another attempt to jack up prices by introducing a new medium. I know that it provides superior quality, blah blah blah, but really: is it worth $30 a pop?
$30 a pop? What DVD's are you buying. Most of the ones I see are between $17 and $23. Some of the special editions with a shitload of content are near $30. Box sets are more. I find you get a lot of content for the higher priced DVD's. Plus, as you said, the quality is amazing.
I'd rather download the movie (I'm not saying I'd pirate it, although I do sometimes) legitimatly, amd I'd pay $5, or maybe even $10 if they would just let me do it.
You'd want to download a movie for $5 or $10, and watch it most likely on a small computer screen?
Uhhh I'll take DVD any day over that hassle.
Insightful huh?
Yes, Carlin, the person this guy was essentially quoting, has very insightful commentary when it's not taken out of context.
Last time I checked, I haven't heard about anyone writing a book about stamps appear on TV. By your logic, Stamp collecting must be far-far worse than sex or farting.
Carlin's original joke, albeit decade(s?) old and not as applicable as it used to be, was that you can talk about fucking on TV as long as you don't call it "fucking." However, you can't even talk about farting on TV.
Obviously today that is not true so much...
Personally, I prefer his commentary on prostitution:
"Selling's legal. Fucking's legal. Why isn't selling fucking legal?!"
K-Mart also..
Not true... as the local gun shop informed me, K-Mart stopped selling guns and ammo when "they went liberal."
Luckily we don't have many K-Mart's around here, so I can't verify.
but it is ironic that they will usually carry games where you can KILL others but the minute you show some one naked it's vulger.
.223 ammo, "because you ran out."
Not only that, but Wal-Mart is the only national chain I know of that continues to sell all sorts of guns and ammunition (mostly shotguns and rifles).
BTW, it is NOT funny to go into Wal-Mart and tell them you need more
Trust me!
As opposed to the other kind?
And the price is the same as the IPod after "rebate" read 8 months to get your money.
The 20GB iPod is $499.
The Jukebox Zen 20GB player is $349 before the rebate, and $299 after.
She never claimed to be an EDITOR.
Some research company with "evidence" suggests that you're less vulnerable to getting hit by email viruses if you use Outlook rather than anything else.
That's because newer versions of Outlook aren't able to receive executable attachments by default... if you can't open the attachment, you can't get infected.
Remember, I am a Windows user trying to convert, but any solution would have to be pretty user friendly.
... I use Windows, also.)
You meant and, right?
(It's OK
As far as I know, wardriving is the only war* term related to 802.11 technologies.
Uhhh, well "warchalking" was being used well before "wardriving." So that's at least one more.
He also said that maybe, that's the whole reason we're here. The earth couldn't make plastic on it's own, so it created us to do it. Now that we've created plastic for the earth, we're expendable, and the earth can now move on to the next great stage in it's evolution.
... ASS-HOLE!"
Absolutely... he said:
It might be the answer to the age old question:
Why are we here?!
"PLASTIC
Is it biodegradable?
... that plastic is not biodegradable, well then the Earth will just create a new paradigm: The Earth + Plastic."
"If it's true
Sharpness should always be down low, especially on a nice TV. All sharpness does is add data to the picture that was not there originally. In this case, it makes the edges stand out by increasing the contrast between dark and light areas. This is bad. If you want that film to look as good as it did in the theatre, turn the sharpness DOWN. Use Avia to get it set correctly. Same thing goes for the games, the sharpness needs to be down, or it just adds crap to the picture that shouldn't be there.
Sharpness is jacked up high for showroom floors, so the picture looks artifically clear in the bright lights. In an ideal setting, you turn it way down.
Preferably something that gives electric shocks whenever vowels are substituted (flexable, rediculous, definately, etc ad nausem)
I love it when someone bitches about spelling, and then spells a word wrong in the diatribe.
It's ad nauseum, but you probably already knew that?
It does bring a whole new meaning to 'pop up ads', doesn't it.
Yest it sure does!
Until Mozilla gets its updates in the form of patches, it'll never be accepted outside the IT community.
Just because they haven't released patches doesn't mean they can't do it.
You simply can't tell the average user that the only way to upgrade a product is to completely erase their old installation and download a new 50 meg version.
1. Full Mozilla install is about 9MB, less than a full MSIE install, and nowhere near 50mb. So when I downloaded the latest MSIE 6 to keep my computer up-to-date, it was a hefty download.
2. You don't have to completely erase your old installation.
the problem with the tv today is content, not presentation. crap like "friends" and "survivor" and "who wants to debase himself on national tv for a few dollars" isn't gonna be any better in 720p than it is now.
Correct. But I feel that these shows might look better in 1080i:
Sopranos (oops already is)
Six Feet Under
Curb Your Enthusiasm
West Wing
Sex in the City
Law & Order(s)
CSI (whoops already is)
NYPD Blue (whoops already is)
Firefly (yep I liked it)
etc...
Just because shitty shows exist on TV doesn't mean all shows are shitty. Every time there's a TV-related posting on slashdot, you get some idiot posting on here about how there's only crap on TV, and THEN THEY LIST ONLY THE CRAPPY SHOWS!
It's like being pissed off that everything's red when you're wearing rose-colored glasses.
Not sure what she does yet, but the hot hair brushing chick.. keep it coming.
Why am I not surprised that a slashdot reader can't discern the obvious "whore" role in a TV show. I mean, they made about half a dozen references to her job that made it pretty clear...
Let's see, in four hundred years they haven't invented anything better than 20th century shotguns and four wheelers (powered by internal combustion engines no less).
So what?
People still use chopsticks even though arguably better utensils have been invented.
In this show, there were huge battles and problems in the world in the next 500 years. There are other weapons available, but people are still using shotguns, presumably because they are cheap and easy to create. They are mechanical, not electronic. Etc.
Seems entirely plausible in this version of the future.
Train robberies?
You conveniently leave out the fact that the "train" is some sort of high-speed, levitating train. Are you saying that if such a train was invented in the future, there wouldn't be people trying to rob it?
If you don't like it, don't watch it. But please stop bitching about things which make sense in context.
No problems here.
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.1) Gecko/20020826
is great and all, especially since they bundle it with the game. (unlike q3, which required getting a different box, which was impossible to get here in norway)
Actually, that's wrong. You could download the other OS executables from id Software's website. You could have bought the Windows box, and then downloaded the linux executables from them.
Man, where have you been? ;)
TiVo Airnet
I feel it's a great example of the strength of TiVo's software. That 3rd party hacks like this can be made is a testament to the device and it's design (HW and SW).
...no sound.
First of all, you're saying it's cheaper, but it's not. You're leaving out the cost of your computer, hard drives, etc. Now add $150 for the special video card. And to top it all off, what you're left with is nowhere near as easy to use or as convenient or as smart or as living-room-appearance-friendly as TiVo.
Although it would be nice to have an easy way to pull and archive video off TiVo, it's not crucial, and if it was, I could use one of the TiVo net hacks to implement it.