3:2 pulldown and things like that would muck with a small framerate change, especially if people upconvert to higher resolution before ripping it (480p -> 720p -> 480p) (which they should do, if it's an analog-output rip, rather than a direct data rip)
Blocking *mediafarm* and *intellitxt* in your adblock settings will eliminate the advertising on that page.
Welcome to the new century, while you're at it, we have these things called "spam filters" which do a fair effective job on email, and DVRs/HTPCs which do a fair effective job on television advertising.
I don't understand why people watch advertising anymore, with all the options out there... Maybe if I had money to buy ANY of the products they're pushing...
In reality: Strike that, reverse it. Almost nobody I know uses email as a primary means of communication. It's all IM and cell phones. (Incidentally, a number of cellphones support IM, thus bridging the gap)
I concur about the narcotic syrup. I would lay back in bed and just think "whee". I had a LeFort I osteotomy (hack your upper jaw off, split it in thirds, and move it around) and that was the only saving grace. That operation messes with your nasal passages something fierce too, since your upper jaw is essentially your sinuses.
PS top your couple weeks without food by a month. Four weeks on liquids only (think strained) and an additional two on soft foods (think applesauce)
Parent is right. In this scenario, end users "get" to pay for the costs of the hypothetical liability insurance for software developers just the same as patients pay for medical malpractice right now.
I know that I, for one, would just about have to double my rates for development, given any need for liability insurance.
Hell, I'd have to turn down a lot of jobs, too. People just aren't willing to pay for secure software development until it bites them in the ass, and by then it's too late.
Well, it's kinda simple, really. They're like tires or oil changes. 1000 miles is a good number. If you wonder how far you walk on an average day, try wearing a pedometer for a day or a week.
For people who run, 500 miles is a low end figure, since running puts 3-5x as much stress on the shoe (and your foot and leg!)
If you work at a business with lots of motion, you're going to be walking five miles a day, easy. So twenty weeks of work will put you out a pair of shoes.
Thus, every six months makes perfect sense, for shoes that get heavy use.
Try the entire http://www.the-underdogs.org/ catalog. 90%+ of those games will still run on a modern PC. Flight simulators and anything without massmarket appeal (flight simulators, wargames, etc) Throw in everything MAME can do, as well, for an encore: Eventually, all of the games you're now playing on will come to the PC, just as nintendo, sega genesis, super nintendo, N64, and sooner or later dreamcast have.
Also, modifiability. I build new levels, textures, etc for games. Mods are what make PC gaming go from on par to better than most consoles. The (current) Xbox is a special case, being of course a general-purpose P3 and Nvidia card
You could very nearly fit an apollo-style lander module in that much weight. 40,000kg or so was the gross weight for the saturn C-5. Certainly, one could do manned spaceflight on a 25,000kg budget, although probably not much fun, and of course neglecting the aspects of safety and reliability of the Falcon rockets (presumably important...:D )
I've refuted a lot of your points previously. This isn't something I just spur-of-the-moment decided "hey, it'd be easier if I didn't have to pay income taxes!" Fire dept is volunteer out here (I volunteer), sewer is privately owned septic tank, library I pay a $150/yr out of town due for, sidewalks are nonexistent and paid for by property tax anyway, I pay bills by phone with credit card, my investments are generally in non-FDIC places (money market, value funds, etc, not that I have a ton of money at the moment)
I don't incorporate because that just means more paperwork. Very simple.
Ooh, I can write it all off... or I can just not pay in the first place. It comes out the same, net.
Government services are shitty, anyway. Figure it out, man.
Property taxes in my area make up the remainder of the road construction funds. I live in an area maintained by the county, which draws, as far as I can track the byzantine tax system (yet another reason I prefer not to propagate it), solely from property taxes as income.
roads - Gas tax + property tax which I do pay, unfortunately. emergency services - I live in an area with volunteer fire and police that take a half hour to get here, if I'm lucky. national defense - They haven't been doing much defending lately. Point me to an agressor in the last 20 years that can be fought with standard military forces. local schools - Private schooling, when and if I have children radio & TV (agencies oversee thos airwaves ya know) - Again, I do not recieve television or radio over-the-air broadcasts. I pay to use sat tv. local law enforcement - hahahahaha you gotta be kidding me... he is fat, eats donuts, and writes speeding tickets national guard - is currently busy helping SOME OTHER country, NOT my country. grain subsidies to keep staples affordable - You mean "grain subsidies to keep grain expensive"?
I highly doubt you are as self-sufficient as you think, unless you live in a shack without electricity and eat what you hunt or grow. - I'll grant you that I'm not entirely off the grid, yet. I'm well on my way, though. Mostly, when I need something, I pay for it, rather than relying upon the notoriously inefficient federal, state, or local government to provide for me.
Guess FEMA can just skip your house on the next flood, eh? - There's a reason I carry insurance on my property. FEMA has fuck-all to do with it, anyway, given that I picked an area with very, very few disasters.
Seriously, I'm not just saying "fuck taxes cause I hate them" I'm saying "the economic benefit of paying taxes vs the economic costs of paying 30-50% of my income is a net loss"
Court costs are generally paid by the losing party, at least where I live. If you attempted to assault me, I would probably shoot you, justifiably. Medical attention is paid by the medical insurance that I pay for, out of my own pocket, with no help from the government.
Again, point me to a service that I use on a regular basis.
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3:2 pulldown and things like that would muck with a small framerate change, especially if people upconvert to higher resolution before ripping it (480p -> 720p -> 480p) (which they should do, if it's an analog-output rip, rather than a direct data rip)
Well, they probably already have. They'd better sue themselves.
(and thus the world is consumed by the ouroboros of hot microsoft-on-microsoft action...)
Lubrication would not last long enough. Bare metal-on-metal will wear, but not become sticky enough to increase friction to the point where it stops.
Ever try to open up a car motor from twenty years ago that hasn't been run? Let alone 10,000 years...
If it's a comet large enough to significantly change the orbit of venus, we've got other problems, I think. Do you realize how massive a planet is?
Remember, we're talking about 10,000 year timescales. A nine year old story is practically lightning fast!
I'd have to turn off the internet, and the television, and not go anywhere (billboards... sigh)
Blocking *mediafarm* and *intellitxt* in your adblock settings will eliminate the advertising on that page.
Welcome to the new century, while you're at it, we have these things called "spam filters" which do a fair effective job on email, and DVRs/HTPCs which do a fair effective job on television advertising.
I don't understand why people watch advertising anymore, with all the options out there... Maybe if I had money to buy ANY of the products they're pushing...
In reality: Strike that, reverse it. Almost nobody I know uses email as a primary means of communication. It's all IM and cell phones. (Incidentally, a number of cellphones support IM, thus bridging the gap)
Yes, it does, as well as logging in invisible under AIM, ICQ, and MSN
You mean a very, very tiny penis... Remember that these are micro or nano scale features.
I concur about the narcotic syrup. I would lay back in bed and just think "whee". I had a LeFort I osteotomy (hack your upper jaw off, split it in thirds, and move it around) and that was the only saving grace. That operation messes with your nasal passages something fierce too, since your upper jaw is essentially your sinuses.
PS top your couple weeks without food by a month. Four weeks on liquids only (think strained) and an additional two on soft foods (think applesauce)
Parent is right. In this scenario, end users "get" to pay for the costs of the hypothetical liability insurance for software developers just the same as patients pay for medical malpractice right now.
I know that I, for one, would just about have to double my rates for development, given any need for liability insurance.
Hell, I'd have to turn down a lot of jobs, too. People just aren't willing to pay for secure software development until it bites them in the ass, and by then it's too late.
Man I miss that game, and all it stood for in a time of reaganism. Not that I was alive, but still.
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ ml.html
Apparently a landlocked west african country with a democratic government and a sadly low life expectancy.
Why one would want a box there, I have no idea.
Ooops, I'm an idiot, disregard that. Damn advertising writers and their extensive use of negative statements. :)
NCQ = Native Command Queuing... as said in the article.
Well, it's kinda simple, really. They're like tires or oil changes. 1000 miles is a good number. If you wonder how far you walk on an average day, try wearing a pedometer for a day or a week.
For people who run, 500 miles is a low end figure, since running puts 3-5x as much stress on the shoe (and your foot and leg!)
If you work at a business with lots of motion, you're going to be walking five miles a day, easy. So twenty weeks of work will put you out a pair of shoes.
Thus, every six months makes perfect sense, for shoes that get heavy use.
Try the entire http://www.the-underdogs.org/ catalog. 90%+ of those games will still run on a modern PC. Flight simulators and anything without massmarket appeal (flight simulators, wargames, etc) Throw in everything MAME can do, as well, for an encore:
Eventually, all of the games you're now playing on will come to the PC, just as nintendo, sega genesis, super nintendo, N64, and sooner or later dreamcast have.
Also, modifiability. I build new levels, textures, etc for games. Mods are what make PC gaming go from on par to better than most consoles. The (current) Xbox is a special case, being of course a general-purpose P3 and Nvidia card
You should really replace your shoes every 500 or 1000 miles, regardless of actual wear, if you do any serious walking or running.
The loss of spring and energy absorption isn't visible, but you'll sure notice the pain in your feet, ankles, and shins.
You could very nearly fit an apollo-style lander module in that much weight. 40,000kg or so was the gross weight for the saturn C-5. Certainly, one could do manned spaceflight on a 25,000kg budget, although probably not much fun, and of course neglecting the aspects of safety and reliability of the Falcon rockets (presumably important... :D )
I've refuted a lot of your points previously. This isn't something I just spur-of-the-moment decided "hey, it'd be easier if I didn't have to pay income taxes!"
Fire dept is volunteer out here (I volunteer), sewer is privately owned septic tank, library I pay a $150/yr out of town due for, sidewalks are nonexistent and paid for by property tax anyway, I pay bills by phone with credit card, my investments are generally in non-FDIC places (money market, value funds, etc, not that I have a ton of money at the moment)
I don't incorporate because that just means more paperwork. Very simple.
Ooh, I can write it all off... or I can just not pay in the first place. It comes out the same, net.
Government services are shitty, anyway. Figure it out, man.
Property taxes in my area make up the remainder of the road construction funds. I live in an area maintained by the county, which draws, as far as I can track the byzantine tax system (yet another reason I prefer not to propagate it), solely from property taxes as income.
roads - Gas tax + property tax which I do pay, unfortunately.
emergency services - I live in an area with volunteer fire and police that take a half hour to get here, if I'm lucky.
national defense - They haven't been doing much defending lately. Point me to an agressor in the last 20 years that can be fought with standard military forces.
local schools - Private schooling, when and if I have children
radio & TV (agencies oversee thos airwaves ya know) - Again, I do not recieve television or radio over-the-air broadcasts. I pay to use sat tv.
local law enforcement - hahahahaha you gotta be kidding me... he is fat, eats donuts, and writes speeding tickets
national guard - is currently busy helping SOME OTHER country, NOT my country.
grain subsidies to keep staples affordable - You mean "grain subsidies to keep grain expensive"?
I highly doubt you are as self-sufficient as you think, unless you live in a shack without electricity and eat what you hunt or grow. - I'll grant you that I'm not entirely off the grid, yet. I'm well on my way, though. Mostly, when I need something, I pay for it, rather than relying upon the notoriously inefficient federal, state, or local government to provide for me.
Guess FEMA can just skip your house on the next flood, eh? - There's a reason I carry insurance on my property. FEMA has fuck-all to do with it, anyway, given that I picked an area with very, very few disasters.
Seriously, I'm not just saying "fuck taxes cause I hate them" I'm saying "the economic benefit of paying taxes vs the economic costs of paying 30-50% of my income is a net loss"
Court costs are generally paid by the losing party, at least where I live. If you attempted to assault me, I would probably shoot you, justifiably. Medical attention is paid by the medical insurance that I pay for, out of my own pocket, with no help from the government.
Again, point me to a service that I use on a regular basis.
Hahaha I live on my own land, with my own septic system, that I pay to have cleaned and installed.
Try again!