Why not do both? It is not that hard to reduce your consumption. Turn off your computers at night, unplug unused power bricks (for cell phones, cameras, chargers, etc...). It is easy. Just because it appears to be a relatively small benefit, it doesn't mean you shouldn't do it.
I thought the article was OK, but it did seem like he we dwelling on the 'sacrifices' he had to make... really, how hard it is to turn off your computers when you are done for the day. It is not difficult to make the changes needed to reduce consumption.
And if it isn't about race and religion, you should read middle east history. It is all about racial (intolerance) and religious (cleansing).
I believe that statement applies to our entire race (homo sapiens).
They generally want to destroy our lives because of our affluence, race and religion.
This sounds like our government's propaganda and not based on fact. If you actually listen to what people have to say in on-the-street interviews in the countries which "hate us" and "...want to destroy our lives...", they say things like:
- they like the American people,
- they hate our government's policies (to a T), and
- want to come to the US for education and work (not necessarily to immigrate).
Doesn't sound to me like they hate our "affluence, race and religion". It sounds more like they want to be part of the American Dream. Can you clarify something for me: What religion are we?
I don't deny that the terrorists are crazy. I do, however, worry that the fear mongering occurring in the US is doing way more harm than good.
I don't think you can assume that DRM wasn't causing the problem. MS implemented a solution to prevent glitching of audio (maybe all multimedia). We don't know why they implmented that solution, but it could be caused by the overhead of DRM in the system.
I believe that consumers actually want HDTV's. The problem is not the lack of interest, but the lack of a great affordable product. I enjoy watching television, but not enough to justify spending $1500+ for a HD monitor and then an additional $700 for the receiver. I know there are cheaper solutions, but the prices I listed are pretty typical.
Please, that has already been done. http://www.uwstout.edu/ur/np/2000/feaauto.html
Now getting a robot to play ping-pong (table tennis) is a real challenge. That feat, however, has already been done. See http://www.ifr.mavt.ethz.ch/photo/indrobotics/ as an example. I don't think that's the robot I remember seeing, but it is an example. Combines computer vision and robots. Also, because it is such a huge factor, the algorithms have to take the ball's spin into account.
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Why not do both? It is not that hard to reduce your consumption. Turn off your computers at night, unplug unused power bricks (for cell phones, cameras, chargers, etc...). It is easy. Just because it appears to be a relatively small benefit, it doesn't mean you shouldn't do it.
I thought the article was OK, but it did seem like he we dwelling on the 'sacrifices' he had to make... really, how hard it is to turn off your computers when you are done for the day. It is not difficult to make the changes needed to reduce consumption.
And if it isn't about race and religion, you should read middle east history. It is all about racial (intolerance) and religious (cleansing).
I believe that statement applies to our entire race (homo sapiens).
They generally want to destroy our lives because of our affluence, race and religion.
This sounds like our government's propaganda and not based on fact. If you actually listen to what people have to say in on-the-street interviews in the countries which "hate us" and "...want to destroy our lives...", they say things like:
- they like the American people,
- they hate our government's policies (to a T), and
- want to come to the US for education and work (not necessarily to immigrate).
Doesn't sound to me like they hate our "affluence, race and religion". It sounds more like they want to be part of the American Dream. Can you clarify something for me: What religion are we?
I don't deny that the terrorists are crazy. I do, however, worry that the fear mongering occurring in the US is doing way more harm than good.
Well said!
I don't think you can assume that DRM wasn't causing the problem. MS implemented a solution to prevent glitching of audio (maybe all multimedia). We don't know why they implmented that solution, but it could be caused by the overhead of DRM in the system.
It is an overhead shot. :)
I believe that consumers actually want HDTV's. The problem is not the lack of interest, but the lack of a great affordable product. I enjoy watching television, but not enough to justify spending $1500+ for a HD monitor and then an additional $700 for the receiver. I know there are cheaper solutions, but the prices I listed are pretty typical.
Please, that has already been done. http://www.uwstout.edu/ur/np/2000/feaauto.html
Now getting a robot to play ping-pong (table tennis) is a real challenge. That feat, however, has already been done. See http://www.ifr.mavt.ethz.ch/photo/indrobotics/ as an example. I don't think that's the robot I remember seeing, but it is an example. Combines computer vision and robots. Also, because it is such a huge factor, the algorithms have to take the ball's spin into account.