Have you ever seen those little novelty square rocks for sale? Cutesy "on the rocks" rocks? You put them in the fridge and then use them in your drinks instead of ice. Actually quite practical since they don't water down your drink.
I don't see why you couldn't heat them up instead.
Why did they choose the name Robo Sapien? It's not really a thinking robot, just one that kinda looks human. It would make more sense if they had gone with HomoRo..
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"Some how CD drives and DVD-ROM(not an optical storage device, it's an optical read device) can't be trusted to work since the shape of the system is different? Uhhh... that's a load of crap."
Not crap. MSI drives have the added feature of being able to play CDs/DVDs without the computer being turned on. A very useful feature for a living room style computer used as a DVD player and stereo. A feature not all drives have, so this isn't just a pathetic attempt to make you buy their products.
"Sure, they got the bigger stick, but at what price?
Personally, I'd invest in a nuclear facility and some of the european-style fuel reclaiming plant/system things, instead of destroying a rather good-looking piece of real estate."
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"Just out of curiosity, how is this a troll?"
Because it implied the only reason China has for building it is to fill out their pants?
Because -a- nuclear power plant wouldn't produce more than a few per cent of the power output of this dam?
Because nuclear fuel recycling still produces radioactive waste no one wants?
Because nuclear power might not be economically viable?
Because the real estate thing doesn't hold up since they could just be pulling a Lex Luthor?
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...be outside walmart for a 25 ride for your kid while you're shopping
Yes. There's nothing walmart employees enjoy more than cleaning up children's vomit hurled around the room from the centripetal forces from a spinning robocoaster.
What if I forget to turn off my phone before I put it in my pants pocket, will it send out messages telling the police Yul Brynner has come back from the dead?
What's the point in changing standards when the current one is ok? I mean current DVD technology is good enough for most video uses. This "improvement" can merely scare people from buying that DVD players to replace their VHS systems. It's too early to change standards! I mean VHS lasted for more than ten years and so should the current DVD technology.
The point is that while DVD looks great on most standard TV's, HDTV's are another matter. Suddenly you can see lots of compression artifacts. This isn't much of an issue now, but it will be soon enough.
I doubt DVD2, or whatever it will be called, will arrive in the next 5 years and if it does it will be in parallell with the current technology and cater mostly to videophiles and gadget freaks. There's a lot of money to be made from early adopters.
I for one think it's a great idea to decide on a standard before companies start producing their own technologies. That has caused problems again and again. Nice to see people are learning from past mistakes.
They were detecting these planets by watching for "transits", in other words eclipses. If you look at a star&planet from a random direction there is a VERY small chance that it will happen to line up exactly right to see an eclipse. I would estimate the chances as several thousand to one.
On the other hand, it is impossible to tell these partial eclipses apart from reasonably stable sun spots, especially if the star is monitored for this brief period of time. Both decrease the star's apparent luminosity, and both would appear to circle the star.
Worst-case scenario, there isn't a single real planet among the aberrations found using this method. Unlikely, but possible.
Now, I'm pretty sure this is FOR WINDOWS ONLY, but I suspect that'll probably be the case for the test case mentioned in the article too.
Still, it's interesting to see that this stuff does indeed work even if the convenient streaming video is limited to those of us with very fast connections. Those less fortunate will have to settle for downloading it or to abstain from watching mindless B-movie violence altogether. But that's not really an option is it?
They probably chopped Keanu's head off by accident.
Still, it seems a bit excessive with a 6 month delay just to glue a replacement grapefruit on there. His facial expressions were pretty non-existant to begin with so who's really gonna notice.
"But this violates my right to choose who I associate with.
For example, a few years ago an essay I wrote about rape was stolen and put on a porn site, because it did well in search engine searches on "rape."
Now even if the porn site were willing to pay me $1,000 for that short article, I would not be interested in granting them a license to publish.
But once you get into compulsory licensing, this sort of discretion goes completely out the Window, and creative types can no longer choose for themselves who they will associate with."
Not necessarily. They way I read (skimmed through) it, this would work similarly to the rules for recording covers of old songs. The original artist can't stop you from doing so but you are required to pay them.
With cover songs there most likely are rules for the sort of things you mentioned about your essay. For example; if the Hitlerjugend Choir wanted to rerecord some Public Enemy song, the lyrics would probably be seen in a very different context and the release would very likely be stopped.
In your particular porn-monger case, your essay was essentially used as advertising and there are much stricter rules for that. That's why you don't hear some Britney Spears sound-alike singing her latest hit in a tampax commercial. If companies could do that, they would.
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You already can.
Sort of.
Have you ever seen those little novelty square rocks for sale? Cutesy "on the rocks" rocks? You put them in the fridge and then use them in your drinks instead of ice. Actually quite practical since they don't water down your drink.
I don't see why you couldn't heat them up instead.
I wouldn't be too sure about that.
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First rule of physics: When you're dealing with extremes, things get funky.
Fascinating stuff. This physics marvel of a liquid is a mixture of many separate elements... including milk, flour, eggs, sugar, and a pinch of salt.
Why did they choose the name Robo Sapien? It's not really a thinking robot, just one that kinda looks human. It would make more sense if they had gone with HomoRo..
oh..
right..
never mind.
And as a slashdotting attempt to punish Google for suing people, here's a regarding the Star Ballz lawsuit.
This is on the front page of Legacy. How ironic. Or insulting, depending how you look at it."
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Not crap. MSI drives have the added feature of being able to play CDs/DVDs without the computer being turned on. A very useful feature for a living room style computer used as a DVD player and stereo. A feature not all drives have, so this isn't just a pathetic attempt to make you buy their products.
Personally, I'd invest in a nuclear facility and some of the european-style fuel reclaiming plant/system things, instead of destroying a rather good-looking piece of real estate."
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"Just out of curiosity, how is this a troll?"
Because it implied the only reason China has for building it is to fill out their pants?
Because -a- nuclear power plant wouldn't produce more than a few per cent of the power output of this dam?
Because nuclear fuel recycling still produces radioactive waste no one wants?
Because nuclear power might not be economically viable?
Because the real estate thing doesn't hold up since they could just be pulling a Lex Luthor?
Yes. There's nothing walmart employees enjoy more than cleaning up children's vomit hurled around the room from the centripetal forces from a spinning robocoaster.
Can't researchers just set up their own hotmail account?
Seems cheaper.
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"To fully experience the Sharp USA site, you need to have Version 4 or above of Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator Version 4.x."
Great way to make the customer feel good about buying their product.
What if I forget to turn off my phone before I put it in my pants pocket, will it send out messages telling the police Yul Brynner has come back from the dead?
The point is that while DVD looks great on most standard TV's, HDTV's are another matter. Suddenly you can see lots of compression artifacts. This isn't much of an issue now, but it will be soon enough.
I doubt DVD2, or whatever it will be called, will arrive in the next 5 years and if it does it will be in parallell with the current technology and cater mostly to videophiles and gadget freaks. There's a lot of money to be made from early adopters.
I for one think it's a great idea to decide on a standard before companies start producing their own technologies. That has caused problems again and again. Nice to see people are learning from past mistakes.
Worst-case scenario, there isn't a single real planet among the aberrations found using this method. Unlikely, but possible.
Just wondering. It's along the same lines.
Should be simple enough to find out...
"My sources say no."
Nope, not him.
The could call it Dolphin Lundgren
As long as they don't add those little watermark bugs in the lower right corner I don't think people would mind so much.
You think that NBC logo is annoying now, wait til you have to see it every second of every day.
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Go to http://www.filmspeed.com/ and click DownPlay to try it.
Now, I'm pretty sure this is FOR WINDOWS ONLY, but I suspect that'll probably be the case for the test case mentioned in the article too.
Still, it's interesting to see that this stuff does indeed work even if the convenient streaming video is limited to those of us with very fast connections. Those less fortunate will have to settle for downloading it or to abstain from watching mindless B-movie violence altogether. But that's not really an option is it?
Still, it seems a bit excessive with a 6 month delay just to glue a replacement grapefruit on there. His facial expressions were pretty non-existant to begin with so who's really gonna notice.
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For example, a few years ago an essay I wrote about rape was stolen and put on a porn site, because it did well in search engine searches on "rape."
Now even if the porn site were willing to pay me $1,000 for that short article, I would not be interested in granting them a license to publish.
But once you get into compulsory licensing, this sort of discretion goes completely out the Window, and creative types can no longer choose for themselves who they will associate with."
Not necessarily. They way I read (skimmed through) it, this would work similarly to the rules for recording covers of old songs. The original artist can't stop you from doing so but you are required to pay them.
With cover songs there most likely are rules for the sort of things you mentioned about your essay. For example; if the Hitlerjugend Choir wanted to rerecord some Public Enemy song, the lyrics would probably be seen in a very different context and the release would very likely be stopped.
In your particular porn-monger case, your essay was essentially used as advertising and there are much stricter rules for that. That's why you don't hear some Britney Spears sound-alike singing her latest hit in a tampax commercial. If companies could do that, they would._ __
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