When I read the headline to this story, I first wondered, "How does radiation eat fungi? That makes no-- oh, wait." This is definitely one of those times when a hyphen is not only useful, but important.
Oh, and radiation-eating fungi could be useful, too. Got to stay on topic, you know.
Actually, along those lines, ABC World News Tonight ran a story not too long ago about the plight of illegal immigrants crossing the border from Mexico into the United States. The story was produced by... the BBC. Wha-huh?!? I know American news organizations have cut back their international news budgets, but ABC can't even report a story in its own back yard?
I will say, though, that the BBC did a pretty good job. Still, it was a bit odd watching a British reporter interview an American border patrol officer.
That McLaren steering wheel is great, but it's a bit out of date. The launch-control buttons (the green ones in the upper corners) probably aren't there anymore or do something different. Launch control was banned for the 2004 season, although Renault has been having amazing starts without it this year, and their process is still a bit of a mystery.
California Extreme is a similar event held once a year in San Jose (this year on Aug. 7 and 8), though without the home console angle.
I've gone the last couple of years and they've been great events, though the game selection can be a bit inconsistent. I hope to go again this year.
This reminds me of when the Apple IIgs was used as a development platform for the Super Nintendo, since they both used Motorola's 65C816 chip.
If the Inquirer's report is true, maybe Apple should take a hint and revive the Pippin program. Others seem to think Apples are good for game programming.:-)
Cheer up! My good friend and his wife are both Star Trek fans, and they just recently had a baby. And I don't believe they own a replicator or live in a giant holodeck.
IIRC, there seemed to be some question back when DVDs were introduced ('96? '97?) whether the discs would suffer the same fate as laserdiscs. It was thought that the materials used and the assembly process would prevent DVDs from getting laser rot. Apparently that's not the case.
What is key here is the deal for Cox Cable to buy AT&T's cable TV unit. If that goes through (and I think it will), Cox will try to make its big investment pay off by competing for local and long distance phone service over its cable system.
Actually, Comcast is buying AT&T's cable unit, not Cox.
Poking around the JVC Japanese website, I found this release (in English, no less!) from 1998 announcing the complete D-VHS spec. It indicates that D-VHS can record HD signals at its HS ("high speed") setting, at a bitrate of 28.2MB/s, double the standard 14.1 which was adopted in 1997 and presumably used in the first D-VHS models, like the one that comes with a DISH Network setup.
Calculating it out, that's about 100GB/hr. If in fact that's the spec, then the four-hour capacity gives you 400GB, not 600 as some have stated here.
It seems to me that JVC may now be implementing the HS standard, as well as an on-the-fly MPEG-2 encoder, HDCP copy protection mechanism and DVI connector. I won't jump into the debate about the security of HDCP, but recent history suggests its future looks bleak.
Of course, it's all vaporware until it's sitting in your living room.
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When I read the headline to this story, I first wondered, "How does radiation eat fungi? That makes no-- oh, wait." This is definitely one of those times when a hyphen is not only useful, but important.
Oh, and radiation-eating fungi could be useful, too. Got to stay on topic, you know.
I'll bet Archimedes as a child liked to burn ants with a magnifying glass, too. ;-)
Wow, so that's where Homer's "E" key went...
Actually, along those lines, ABC World News Tonight ran a story not too long ago about the plight of illegal immigrants crossing the border from Mexico into the United States. The story was produced by ... the BBC. Wha-huh?!? I know American news organizations have cut back their international news budgets, but ABC can't even report a story in its own back yard?
I will say, though, that the BBC did a pretty good job. Still, it was a bit odd watching a British reporter interview an American border patrol officer.
That McLaren steering wheel is great, but it's a bit out of date. The launch-control buttons (the green ones in the upper corners) probably aren't there anymore or do something different. Launch control was banned for the 2004 season, although Renault has been having amazing starts without it this year, and their process is still a bit of a mystery.
Not sure about Europe, but Japan has the Personal Handyphone System, which is like you describe.
California Extreme is a similar event held once a year in San Jose (this year on Aug. 7 and 8), though without the home console angle. I've gone the last couple of years and they've been great events, though the game selection can be a bit inconsistent. I hope to go again this year.
This reminds me of when the Apple IIgs was used as a development platform for the Super Nintendo, since they both used Motorola's 65C816 chip.
:-)
If the Inquirer's report is true, maybe Apple should take a hint and revive the Pippin program. Others seem to think Apples are good for game programming.
But is the sugar green?
So you're saying you can turn lead into gold? Wow, and I thought alchemy was just a myth...
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Cheer up! My good friend and his wife are both Star Trek fans, and they just recently had a baby. And I don't believe they own a replicator or live in a giant holodeck.
That depends. Do you have experience with '50s-era vacuum-tube routers? :-)
IIRC, there seemed to be some question back when DVDs were introduced ('96? '97?) whether the discs would suffer the same fate as laserdiscs. It was thought that the materials used and the assembly process would prevent DVDs from getting laser rot. Apparently that's not the case.
Actually, Comcast is buying AT&T's cable unit, not Cox.
Calculating it out, that's about 100GB/hr. If in fact that's the spec, then the four-hour capacity gives you 400GB, not 600 as some have stated here.
It seems to me that JVC may now be implementing the HS standard, as well as an on-the-fly MPEG-2 encoder, HDCP copy protection mechanism and DVI connector. I won't jump into the debate about the security of HDCP, but recent history suggests its future looks bleak.
Of course, it's all vaporware until it's sitting in your living room.