...And Justice For All, which I consider to be their best album.
This was also right around the time Metallica realized they couldn't play the very songs they'd written live....And Justice For All is too technical for Metallica. If you want to hear what Metallica would sound like if they were talented, listen to Dream Theater's recording of Master of Puppets.
At 120db signal-to-noise ratio, to hear the difference you need hi-fi components starting from $600, loudspeakers starting at $400 for piece and cables for $300.
For $300, I can buy a whole spool of 14/2 romex and wire in speakers for the whole street. And even 14/2 is overkill. Most speaker wire is 18 or 16 gauge.
Seat 11E on Southwest 737-700 and 737-300 airplanes has a built-in space to the right. Seat 12F has tons of legroom, because there is no seat 11F. Seats 11A, 11B, and 11C have about 10 extra inches of legroom. Often people overlook these seats for some reason; I cannot contemplate why anyone flying alone would turn down a seat with extra room.
They call it an exit row. I call it "first class".
I sat in an exit row for the first time a few weeks ago. I figured that the extra legroom would be great. One thing I didn't realize is that those seats don't recline. It makes sense so that the row isn't blocked, but it still kind of sucks being stuck totally upright for a 4 hour flight.
When you connect your transformer to the mains, what do you expect? 76kV is way too much power for that small transformer. Try plugging it into line voltage, which here happens to be a measly 120V.
If your PC is off, and you want to check movie times on your way out the door, being able to rapidly boot into an environment with a web browser would be appealing.
Try using a (web enabled) phone and you can literally do it on your way out the door. Making a PC instantly available is an increasingly disminishing benefit.
Or, you could do something even more outrageous. Try opening a newspaper. Made from recyclable paper, and the only energy expenditure is you getting out of the chair and turning the page. Oh, did I mention that I can buy an entire newspaper for the amount you pay to check said movie times on your web enabled phone?
Um, don't they realize that the thermostat is just low voltage control for the air conditioning? What's to stop someone from installing a simple jumper wire across R and Y terminals inside the air handler? You don't need a thermostat at all, in fact. What about all those fancy wine cellars that have refrigeration units. Those compressors are controlled by low pressure switches, and have no stats at all. Of course, only the rich people have those, and as far as I know measures like there are only supposed to affect us plebes.
Here in Toronto, the utility installs a small relay inside your condensing unit to take out the compressor. It has nothing at all to do with your thermostat.
here bringing the whole show to Vancouver in 2010, and we the local taxpayers are on the hook for all the cost overruns. Most of us won't be attending anyways, so the whole thing is a real joke on the unlucky souls who get to foot the bill.
I take it you aren't a skier then? The upgrades done to the Sea-to-Sky highway up to Whistler are amazing. I realize that most highways in the GVA are somewhat of a joke, but what they've done up there is, as I said, amazing. I'm pretty sure that the BC government wouldn't have spent that money if it weren't for the Olympics. I suppose I can see the argument that this only benefits skiers, but they do have golf, biking, hiking, and pretty much anything else you can think of up there. And the new highway upgrades make it all even more accessible.
People aren't buying into it in droves, because the previous thing they used works well enough for them and the new features offered by it aren't enough of an incentive to 'upgrade'; on the other hand, it is laden with DRM that the previous thing wasn't.
Am I the only one here who just doesn't buy the whole DRM argument? So what if there is DRM? I have no desire whatsoever to rip dvd's to my computer. I'd much rather watch a movie on a big screen in the living room than hunched over my desk. Ditto for the idea of watching a movie on a portable device, a phone, or what have you. Am I showing my age here? Is it really so difficult to open the player, insert a disc and watch the movie? In what way does DRM affect your ability to do that?
Aside from the ability to copy discs, what exactly does the DRM not allow you to do?
in the case of Wikipedia, you should find an actual expert you can trust, have them read the entry, and tell you their expert opinion of its reliability.
If you know an expert in a field why bother checking Wikipedia at all?
Just don't buy one. Does it really make you feel better to tell us all that Sony is too big for their own good? That Sony is shooting themselves in the foot? That (insert favourite comment here)? Enough already.
ut I didn't buy it for gaming, I bought it for something much more important:
Just for a moment there, I thought you were going to say for HD Hockey broadcasts. I had my first experience with HD hockey on the weekend, and now I can't think of a better use of the technology.
DIY is frequently less expensive than paying someone else to do it
This is assuming that your time is not valuable. If I can pay someone to do something that would take me 10 times as long, it is money well spent. I have very little free time as it is.
And of course I have built something before. I just can't imagine someone who can barely afford a crappy car being able to afford a car + the electric conversion.
You can't afford to buy anything but an old clunker, yet you are inspired to convert a car to electricity? Am I the only one confused here? Do you think that converting a car to electricity is free? I'm not sure if you are aware of this, but first you need to acquire an automobile - which costs money. Then you need to convert said car to electricity - which also costs money and probably more than the car is even worth.
How about asking this instead: Dear Slashdot, does money grow on trees? Because I want some expensive things for free.
Do what I do if they want to search your bag: Let them. Oh yeah, just remember to keep your smelly hockey socks and jock and underwear and miscellaneous wet towels in your bag. The look on their face when you open that disgusting backpack is more than worth it.
Are we still using the term virii? I thought Slashdot stopped using that word, along with putting a $ in Microsoft. Has the English language regressed somewhat back into archaic Latin terms? Don't forget about foci and octopi.
I'm afraid it won't be the last time, but the plural of virus is viruses. I don't think they even knew what a virus was when Latin was conceived as a language.
Sorry for getting off topic but I just can't help it.
You know, I had no idea he mentioned the poncho in Cosmik Debris as well. Should have listened before I posted. Unfortunately, I don't own that album, so I really couldn't. I'll be sure to listen, though. Luckily my boss is a Zappa nut, and he has everything. Well, mostly. Now that we are officially off topic...
Well, we don't have Fry's here in Toronto, but I get a Best Buy and Future Shop flyer weekly. Usually about 10 pages or so. And I do agree with you, it serves the purpose quite nicely. But sometimes, I need more than 10 pages. As far as the organization at Fry's goes, I suppose the toilet is as good a place to ponder it as any.
And the reason is simple. A magazine is the perfect size to take into the toilet with you. Unless you want to sit there with a laptop? A magazine is the ultimate in portability, as well.
As somebody who works with hand tools on a daily basis, believe me when I say that standardizing on one type of screwdriver would be a good idea. Provided that choice would be Robertson screwdrivers, of course. In fact, I'd almost go as far as to say that Phillips and flat head screwdrivers should be illegal.
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...And Justice For All, which I consider to be their best album.
...And Justice For All is too technical for Metallica. If you want to hear what Metallica would sound like if they were talented, listen to Dream Theater's recording of Master of Puppets.
This was also right around the time Metallica realized they couldn't play the very songs they'd written live.
At 120db signal-to-noise ratio, to hear the difference you need hi-fi components starting from $600, loudspeakers starting at $400 for piece and cables for $300.
For $300, I can buy a whole spool of 14/2 romex and wire in speakers for the whole street. And even 14/2 is overkill. Most speaker wire is 18 or 16 gauge.
Seat 11E on Southwest 737-700 and 737-300 airplanes has a built-in space to the right. Seat 12F has tons of legroom, because there is no seat 11F. Seats 11A, 11B, and 11C have about 10 extra inches of legroom. Often people overlook these seats for some reason; I cannot contemplate why anyone flying alone would turn down a seat with extra room.
They call it an exit row. I call it "first class".
I sat in an exit row for the first time a few weeks ago. I figured that the extra legroom would be great. One thing I didn't realize is that those seats don't recline. It makes sense so that the row isn't blocked, but it still kind of sucks being stuck totally upright for a 4 hour flight.
Alfred Bester fans would agree that Jaunting is the best technology for travel.
No, the problem is that humour is lost on most people. (Americans don't spell it that way. But we Canadians do!)
When you connect your transformer to the mains, what do you expect? 76kV is way too much power for that small transformer. Try plugging it into line voltage, which here happens to be a measly 120V.
If your PC is off, and you want to check movie times on your way out the door, being able to rapidly boot into an environment with a web browser would be appealing.
Try using a (web enabled) phone and you can literally do it on your way out the door. Making a PC instantly available is an increasingly disminishing benefit.
Or, you could do something even more outrageous. Try opening a newspaper. Made from recyclable paper, and the only energy expenditure is you getting out of the chair and turning the page. Oh, did I mention that I can buy an entire newspaper for the amount you pay to check said movie times on your web enabled phone?
Um, don't they realize that the thermostat is just low voltage control for the air conditioning? What's to stop someone from installing a simple jumper wire across R and Y terminals inside the air handler? You don't need a thermostat at all, in fact. What about all those fancy wine cellars that have refrigeration units. Those compressors are controlled by low pressure switches, and have no stats at all. Of course, only the rich people have those, and as far as I know measures like there are only supposed to affect us plebes.
Here in Toronto, the utility installs a small relay inside your condensing unit to take out the compressor. It has nothing at all to do with your thermostat.
I'm sure that Kim Basinger and Mickey Rourke are pleased...
here bringing the whole show to Vancouver in 2010, and we the local taxpayers are on the hook for all the cost overruns. Most of us won't be attending anyways, so the whole thing is a real joke on the unlucky souls who get to foot the bill.
I take it you aren't a skier then? The upgrades done to the Sea-to-Sky highway up to Whistler are amazing. I realize that most highways in the GVA are somewhat of a joke, but what they've done up there is, as I said, amazing. I'm pretty sure that the BC government wouldn't have spent that money if it weren't for the Olympics. I suppose I can see the argument that this only benefits skiers, but they do have golf, biking, hiking, and pretty much anything else you can think of up there. And the new highway upgrades make it all even more accessible.
People aren't buying into it in droves, because the previous thing they used works well enough for them and the new features offered by it aren't enough of an incentive to 'upgrade'; on the other hand, it is laden with DRM that the previous thing wasn't.
Am I the only one here who just doesn't buy the whole DRM argument? So what if there is DRM? I have no desire whatsoever to rip dvd's to my computer. I'd much rather watch a movie on a big screen in the living room than hunched over my desk. Ditto for the idea of watching a movie on a portable device, a phone, or what have you. Am I showing my age here? Is it really so difficult to open the player, insert a disc and watch the movie? In what way does DRM affect your ability to do that?
Aside from the ability to copy discs, what exactly does the DRM not allow you to do?
but there is a digitial hash somewhere
I've heard of many differing types of hash, but this digital hash of which you speak has really piqued my interest. Where can I get some?
in the case of Wikipedia, you should find an actual expert you can trust, have them read the entry, and tell you their expert opinion of its reliability.
If you know an expert in a field why bother checking Wikipedia at all?
Just don't buy one. Does it really make you feel better to tell us all that Sony is too big for their own good? That Sony is shooting themselves in the foot? That (insert favourite comment here)? Enough already.
ut I didn't buy it for gaming, I bought it for something much more important:
Just for a moment there, I thought you were going to say for HD Hockey broadcasts. I had my first experience with HD hockey on the weekend, and now I can't think of a better use of the technology.
DIY is frequently less expensive than paying someone else to do it
This is assuming that your time is not valuable. If I can pay someone to do something that would take me 10 times as long, it is money well spent. I have very little free time as it is.
And of course I have built something before. I just can't imagine someone who can barely afford a crappy car being able to afford a car + the electric conversion.
You can't afford to buy anything but an old clunker, yet you are inspired to convert a car to electricity? Am I the only one confused here? Do you think that converting a car to electricity is free? I'm not sure if you are aware of this, but first you need to acquire an automobile - which costs money. Then you need to convert said car to electricity - which also costs money and probably more than the car is even worth.
How about asking this instead: Dear Slashdot, does money grow on trees? Because I want some expensive things for free.
Do what I do if they want to search your bag: Let them. Oh yeah, just remember to keep your smelly hockey socks and jock and underwear and miscellaneous wet towels in your bag. The look on their face when you open that disgusting backpack is more than worth it.
Are we still using the term virii? I thought Slashdot stopped using that word, along with putting a $ in Microsoft. Has the English language regressed somewhat back into archaic Latin terms? Don't forget about foci and octopi.
I'm afraid it won't be the last time, but the plural of virus is viruses. I don't think they even knew what a virus was when Latin was conceived as a language.
Sorry for getting off topic but I just can't help it.
You know, I had no idea he mentioned the poncho in Cosmik Debris as well. Should have listened before I posted. Unfortunately, I don't own that album, so I really couldn't. I'll be sure to listen, though. Luckily my boss is a Zappa nut, and he has everything. Well, mostly. Now that we are officially off topic...
Close, but the quote is actually from Camarillo Brillo, off of Overnite Sensation.
Well, we don't have Fry's here in Toronto, but I get a Best Buy and Future Shop flyer weekly. Usually about 10 pages or so. And I do agree with you, it serves the purpose quite nicely. But sometimes, I need more than 10 pages. As far as the organization at Fry's goes, I suppose the toilet is as good a place to ponder it as any.
And the reason is simple. A magazine is the perfect size to take into the toilet with you. Unless you want to sit there with a laptop? A magazine is the ultimate in portability, as well.
You can't roll joints on the back of a CD
Really? Does that mean I actually have a talent that nobody else has?
As somebody who works with hand tools on a daily basis, believe me when I say that standardizing on one type of screwdriver would be a good idea. Provided that choice would be Robertson screwdrivers, of course. In fact, I'd almost go as far as to say that Phillips and flat head screwdrivers should be illegal.