I don't live in colorado - but here in PA my allergies are a pre-existing condition and therefore were not covered for the first year after starting a new plan.
The expecptions were being if i had refilled my allergy medicine within 60 days of getting the new health insurance - unfortunately my allergies were seasonal and i had not planned on pre-ordering my meds that early.
SO now i have to wait till next year or pay the 90 bucks... paid the 90 bucks because OTC doesn't work as well.
Health Insurance is a Scam if you ask me. It not only needs to be reformed and optimized - but looked at and analyzed. Associate Health Programs won't solve anything.. i did those types of programs with Small business insurance forever and they ALL exclude child births, most defensive medicines and really try and scare you out of pro-active healthcare and only to emergency needs that have huge deductables.
sure, you can download your own mp3's by using the apple software or other programs, but we're talking about a commercially viable solution here - not what you can hack out of your ipod.
Its not like the iPod is compatible either...
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Last time i checked vendors are having to hack the iPod to be able to download to it or pay fees to Apple..
I still think the market will be fragmented until the adoption of an open standard - that is royalty free is adopted.
The margins are so thin on online music the only way people can make a profit is through proprietary hardware.
Standardize on the hardware and make some profit on the services folks!
Sounds like Time warner just has crappy service for HDTV.
My comcast service works great. And most certainly i don't see it throttled down. Enable the service codes and you can see the bitrate if you really want to.
OTA out here on the east coast doesn't look nearly as good as what i get over cable.
You can use DVI - as long as you have the copy protection enabled.
Infact i have my comcast cable box hooked up to my projector through DVI and it looks great. Although i preferr analog since my receiver can't switch DVI ports yet and i hate yanking cables to watch dvd's, play xbox or watch tv.
I'm not sure where you live or what you whatch, but yes - standard tv is 4:3 - i don't watch standard tv:) This is an HDTV thread.
HDTV is 16:9 and there is tons of content in 16:9 - not too mention it is the standard format for dvd.
Leno is 16:9, CSI is 16:9, Not to mention all the HD special channels and premium channels. Heck PBS in 16:9 is great.
Widescreen is the standard for Hi-def. You don't go to a movie theater to watch a 4:3 cut of your movie - i'd rather see a limited black bar then miss half the film.
But your right on projectors - they are awesome. I have one and it's great. For 1,000 you can get ones with a very capable scaler that can handle 1080i/720p (ofcourse not native pixel to pixel sizing but usually at a better resolution then anything you can buy at the "box" stores)
You silly, HDTV isn't a competing "format" - it is a technology. HDTV is merely high-res displays and a picture quality that is set to take advantage of souch displays.
HDTV can ride over the internet as soon as the internet has the bandwidth to do so. Until then it rides on satellite and cable systems.
HDTV is here to stay - its a standard in resolutions. I can use my HDTV projector as a video, tv or computer projector as long as i tell my radeon what the native resolution is.
16:9 is used on every DVD done today - don't tell me that format is dead either.
16:9 is a more natural field of view - watch sports, wildlife, movies and documentaries or play video games and you won't go back.
HDTV has nothing to do with the transport it rides on - if you cable company sucks go to satelite or beg your isp for a 100+mb/sec link to download live hdtv.
I swear, the X-prize seems to have put some steam back into commercial space exploration and opened up a market that has been idle for years or controlled by a single few.
Why not start the "E"nergy prize with a 10 million dollar reward for someone who makes individuals independant from corporatate/governement energy policies.
I just can't bring myself to see a movie based upon a video game of my generation that has the Rock as the lead character.
I would rather not know the person that saves the world then have it be an action flick where the movie is based upon a love story or popularity of its main character.
Just spend the 40-50 bucks on a baby monitor. The last thing you want is cords dangling all over your babies room or anything expensive that you would fear to get broken.
Keep it low tech, simple and easy for you and your wife to install. Don't leave anything open for other people to see either. Your baby is yours and privacy is paramount to raising a healthy child. Don't risk putting up webcams and crap of your innocent child just because your a geek.
uhmm.. SVG is part of the avalon concept done through the XAML interface. Avalon is part of XAML which is part of many microsoft visions for its longhorn and future products
http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/04/01/A va lon/default.aspx
As for 2d rendering, it has always been pixel/bitmap fill based and not vector based.
And what does your typical rant that is seen on every other slashdot article have to do with the topic of the story?
I think this idea for an API is amazingly innovative. Far less weight than the expensive (in cpu and bandwidth) desktop interfaces/api's we have now for any platform.
Possibly microsoft's answer to competing and blowing away the mozilla XUL or whatever it is called these days
with further explanation that means it can use the 3d acceleration of your video card and interface with directx as part of the graphics api to accelerate/render your desktop.
When can we see a trusted computing environment? (gui down) When will we see fully improved network/remote access?
When will we see some innovation instead of eye candy? Why does something have to be invented on OSX or Windows instead of pioneered on linux?
The hooks for modular gui plugins should be there - just as with any gui. OS/2 had the object based interface, windows has the pretty indepth theme integration and OSX has the PDF display..
Why not work on something to compete against microsofts new gui/api interffaces based upon 3d rendering instead of pixel rendering? why not kill 2d before the competition and work on an graphical interface that is competitive instead of intriguing.
Quick release cycles don't do anything for corporate adoption. Give us the "killer app" - in this case a desktop/windowing system that delivers everything we seem to bash in other systems as insecure or proprietary.
Those criticisims of WalMart may be true. I dont know. They have been around since before Sam Walton died, however. My point is that WalMart very much is interested in driving prices lower.
Thats the issue at hand. Walmart can (and does) force vendors to give them prices advantagous over every competitor in the market. Walmart buys more so they get the discounts, but they also have the clout to say to people that if they DON'T sell to walmart at the price WALMART once they will loose the market.
The only thing walmart is good as is screwing over its employees. I'd rather pay for quality goods knowing that good hard workers are able to make a living, afford health insurance and have a job.
And to think all this time i thought the bad economy was to blame for Bush, when in reality someone is just sneaking in some cold fusion.
Who woulda thunk it!
How much energyt to produce the fuel?
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How much "energy" is needed to produce the fuels (plutonium/uranium)?
Last time i checked Helium is still rather expensive to get as well.
Would re-processing coal to burn cleaner offer as much fuel with less risk as nuclear fuels at a lower cost of energy in its full life cycle?
You have to consider that storing spent rods in glass cylinders is very costly in energy as well. From mining the materials used to making the glass to actually milling out the storage and securing the materials..
Sounds to me like Wind, Sun and Water are the best energies to harness
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I don't live in colorado - but here in PA my allergies are a pre-existing condition and therefore were not covered for the first year after starting a new plan.
The expecptions were being if i had refilled my allergy medicine within 60 days of getting the new health insurance - unfortunately my allergies were seasonal and i had not planned on pre-ordering my meds that early.
SO now i have to wait till next year or pay the 90 bucks... paid the 90 bucks because OTC doesn't work as well.
Health Insurance is a Scam if you ask me. It not only needs to be reformed and optimized - but looked at and analyzed. Associate Health Programs won't solve anything.. i did those types of programs with Small business insurance forever and they ALL exclude child births, most defensive medicines and really try and scare you out of pro-active healthcare and only to emergency needs that have huge deductables.
3. He would have claimed it was "long winded" and not too the point.
sure, you can download your own mp3's by using the apple software or other programs, but we're talking about a commercially viable solution here - not what you can hack out of your ipod.
Last time i checked vendors are having to hack the iPod to be able to download to it or pay fees to Apple..
I still think the market will be fragmented until the adoption of an open standard - that is royalty free is adopted.
The margins are so thin on online music the only way people can make a profit is through proprietary hardware.
Standardize on the hardware and make some profit on the services folks!
Sounds like Time warner just has crappy service for HDTV.
My comcast service works great. And most certainly i don't see it throttled down. Enable the service codes and you can see the bitrate if you really want to.
OTA out here on the east coast doesn't look nearly as good as what i get over cable.
You can use DVI - as long as you have the copy protection enabled.
Infact i have my comcast cable box hooked up to my projector through DVI and it looks great. Although i preferr analog since my receiver can't switch DVI ports yet and i hate yanking cables to watch dvd's, play xbox or watch tv.
I'm not sure where you live or what you whatch, but yes - standard tv is 4:3 - i don't watch standard tv :) This is an HDTV thread.
HDTV is 16:9 and there is tons of content in 16:9 - not too mention it is the standard format for dvd.
Leno is 16:9, CSI is 16:9, Not to mention all the HD special channels and premium channels. Heck PBS in 16:9 is great.
Widescreen is the standard for Hi-def. You don't go to a movie theater to watch a 4:3 cut of your movie - i'd rather see a limited black bar then miss half the film.
But your right on projectors - they are awesome. I have one and it's great. For 1,000 you can get ones with a very capable scaler that can handle 1080i/720p (ofcourse not native pixel to pixel sizing but usually at a better resolution then anything you can buy at the "box" stores)
You silly, HDTV isn't a competing "format" - it is a technology. HDTV is merely high-res displays and a picture quality that is set to take advantage of souch displays.
HDTV can ride over the internet as soon as the internet has the bandwidth to do so. Until then it rides on satellite and cable systems.
HDTV is here to stay - its a standard in resolutions. I can use my HDTV projector as a video, tv or computer projector as long as i tell my radeon what the native resolution is.
16:9 is used on every DVD done today - don't tell me that format is dead either.
16:9 is a more natural field of view - watch sports, wildlife, movies and documentaries or play video games and you won't go back.
HDTV has nothing to do with the transport it rides on - if you cable company sucks go to satelite or beg your isp for a 100+mb/sec link to download live hdtv.
I swear, the X-prize seems to have put some steam back into commercial space exploration and opened up a market that has been idle for years or controlled by a single few.
Why not start the "E"nergy prize with a 10 million dollar reward for someone who makes individuals independant from corporatate/governement energy policies.
I just can't bring myself to see a movie based upon a video game of my generation that has the Rock as the lead character.
I would rather not know the person that saves the world then have it be an action flick where the movie is based upon a love story or popularity of its main character.
Don't give it to the rock.
Just spend the 40-50 bucks on a baby monitor. The last thing you want is cords dangling all over your babies room or anything expensive that you would fear to get broken.
Keep it low tech, simple and easy for you and your wife to install. Don't leave anything open for other people to see either. Your baby is yours and privacy is paramount to raising a healthy child. Don't risk putting up webcams and crap of your innocent child just because your a geek.
uhmm.. SVG is part of the avalon concept done through the XAML interface. Avalon is part of XAML which is part of many microsoft visions for its longhorn and future products
A va lon/default.aspx
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http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/04/01/
As for 2d rendering, it has always been pixel/bitmap fill based and not vector based.
http://wwws.sun.com/software/xml/developers/svg
my sense of humor thought that was funny the first 25,000 times over 3 years ago
And what does your typical rant that is seen on every other slashdot article have to do with the topic of the story?
I think this idea for an API is amazingly innovative. Far less weight than the expensive (in cpu and bandwidth) desktop interfaces/api's we have now for any platform.
Possibly microsoft's answer to competing and blowing away the mozilla XUL or whatever it is called these days
with further explanation that means it can use the 3d acceleration of your video card and interface with directx as part of the graphics api to accelerate/render your desktop.
unlike the current pixel based 2d rendering system of today.
:)
Not necessarily 3d as in "3 dimmensional" but on the other hand not necessarily restricted to what we can 2d either
I generally have 3 day turnaround.. Return the movie monday and have a new on wednesday. I don't know how they do it, but they do.
:)
I'm assuming its because they have distribution centers strategically located and that the postal service is well aware of the mail
When can we see a trusted computing environment? (gui down) When will we see fully improved network/remote access?
When will we see some innovation instead of eye candy? Why does something have to be invented on OSX or Windows instead of pioneered on linux?
The hooks for modular gui plugins should be there - just as with any gui. OS/2 had the object based interface, windows has the pretty indepth theme integration and OSX has the PDF display..
Why not work on something to compete against microsofts new gui/api interffaces based upon 3d rendering instead of pixel rendering? why not kill 2d before the competition and work on an graphical interface that is competitive instead of intriguing.
Quick release cycles don't do anything for corporate adoption. Give us the "killer app" - in this case a desktop/windowing system that delivers everything we seem to bash in other systems as insecure or proprietary.
No matter what OS or Application you use, your supposed to TEST everything before you roll it into production.
If your the kind of person who does things haphazard then your asking for trouble. Debian won't make you a better sysadmin.
The OS is only as secure and stable as the person managing it.
I don't find this comment interesting, funny or even worthy of a mod point.
There is a time to be funny, and a time to just shut your trap.
Doesn't seem like a spec, a process or anything you would package or get certified. Just sounds like someones idea?
How about you signup at http://www.sourceforge.net and launch your program there and use the available j2ee protocols to design your application?
Yeah, i did this under OS/2 almost 8 years ago on a 486dx2/66 with 16 megs of ram :)
Thats the issue at hand. Walmart can (and does) force vendors to give them prices advantagous over every competitor in the market. Walmart buys more so they get the discounts, but they also have the clout to say to people that if they DON'T sell to walmart at the price WALMART once they will loose the market.
The only thing walmart is good as is screwing over its employees. I'd rather pay for quality goods knowing that good hard workers are able to make a living, afford health insurance and have a job.
And to think all this time i thought the bad economy was to blame for Bush, when in reality someone is just sneaking in some cold fusion.
Who woulda thunk it!
How much "energy" is needed to produce the fuels (plutonium/uranium)?
Last time i checked Helium is still rather expensive to get as well.
Would re-processing coal to burn cleaner offer as much fuel with less risk as nuclear fuels at a lower cost of energy in its full life cycle?
You have to consider that storing spent rods in glass cylinders is very costly in energy as well. From mining the materials used to making the glass to actually milling out the storage and securing the materials..
Sounds to me like Wind, Sun and Water are the best energies to harness