If I remember correctly, 888 will continue to be broadcast and inserted into video output of satellite/terrestrial set-top boxes, at least on BBC and ITV.
Bamboozle was interesting in that it made use of hexadecimal page numbers to store the quiz pages, so you couldn't just navigate around with the remote (you could, however, with a BBC Micro and a Teletext receiver:) )
Not only that but DVB-T/DVB-S can and do receive/insert real teletext into their video output - page 888, for example, still plays host to a teletext subtitle feed.
And it's remarkable to see. I haven't been able to find a clip on YouTube or similar, but the patient concerned was happily smiling and talking to the camera about how her implant had changed her life (as I recall, this was less than a day since the operation). As part of testing, they then switched off the implant - her face instantly fell and you could almost see the life drain out of her (I recall her saying "I don't like this at all" which, if you could see her face, was a massive understatement).
One of the most incredible things I've ever seen, really.
Well there you go, I don't think I could ask for a better answer - thanks.
I should have said that what I needed was a non-pseudorandom RNG rather than "very random." The application was a (semi-ironic) program to test for psychic powers (never meant to used in earnest).
When I needed some very random numbers, I read the low bit of samples from my soundcard without a source connected. Connecting a mic may have better, to use ambient rather than electrical noise, but it worked well for me, and always had a "fair" average (but that was the only criteria I knew how to test).
I'd be interested to hear what's wrong with doing it that way from those more knowledgeable than myself.
physicists on the Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey have determined our universe's most precise measurements: 13.5 billion years old
Is "13.5 billion years old" the measurement (singular, not plural as the summary says)? Or are the measurements they have measured 13.5 billion years old, whatever that means?
Look, I know this is ads - sorry, news for nerds, but it just seems like common courtesy to make a summary at least partially non-opaque to a casual reader. I know what Mutt is, but if I hadn't been able to drag up that half-remembered fact I'd have found this to be yet annoying frustrating FS.
Most people never finish these games and they know it, so why spend a lot of time on a great ending? For return customers? HAH! when you're the only game in town, you don't need to worry.
BioWare apparently disagree, since in this case they've bowed to the pressure and improved the endings. They probably did the sums and realised they stood to lose more on the next game because of the bad feeling from fans.
But I really don't think you should be imprisoned just for being a racist.
You can't be jailed for "being a racist" any more than you can be jailed for being a paedophile or an asshole. Expressing a racist view is not, in and of itself, equivalent to inciting racial hatred, which is what this guy was convicted of.
The GP is right. Slander is, by definition, an untruth. It sounds like you're conflating it with invasion of privacy, which is what the GGP originally brought up, but the two are by no means synonymous.
That's not the deal at all. The magician comes on stage, tells you he's going to saw the girl in half, but no-one believes the lie. He presents an effect that is seemingly impossible to achieve, but the audience knows it and gains their sense of wonder from not knowing how he did it.
Derren Brown has to tell you the incredibly clever bordering-on-the-psychic method he (didn't actually) use, because the kind of effects he presents aren't really that impressive, particularly on TV.
I have always wondered how much money the studios have spent (wasted) on copy protection and huge legal teams over the years. Just lower the prices, when people walk by the 5$ dvd bin at walmart, they stop and grab a few. Bring down prices across the board and sales will go up.
It's almost as if - and I know this will sound crazy - they've spent time actually investigating this, and come to a detailed, researched conclusion that it's more complicated than that and won't work the way you think it will.
Too Bad David Tennant doesn't want to act the Doctor anymore
Tennant has always given impression that he loves playing the Doctor and will do so at any opportunity. Thankfully he also knows that it's best to go out on a high.
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If I remember correctly, 888 will continue to be broadcast and inserted into video output of satellite/terrestrial set-top boxes, at least on BBC and ITV.
Bamboozle was interesting in that it made use of hexadecimal page numbers to store the quiz pages, so you couldn't just navigate around with the remote (you could, however, with a BBC Micro and a Teletext receiver :) )
Not only that but DVB-T/DVB-S can and do receive/insert real teletext into their video output - page 888, for example, still plays host to a teletext subtitle feed.
I'm looking forward to the Very Accelerated version they promise.
who needs itunes
Those who still want to buy from the iTunes store, it seems.
This seems to me like the soundest decision, but with consumerism, people want instant gratification
And toast.
The FCC also noted that, according to the available evidence, Google only collected data from unencrypted WiFi networks, not encrypted ones
That hardly seems a reason to cut Google any slack. It's not exactly a judgement call.
And it's remarkable to see. I haven't been able to find a clip on YouTube or similar, but the patient concerned was happily smiling and talking to the camera about how her implant had changed her life (as I recall, this was less than a day since the operation). As part of testing, they then switched off the implant - her face instantly fell and you could almost see the life drain out of her (I recall her saying "I don't like this at all" which, if you could see her face, was a massive understatement).
One of the most incredible things I've ever seen, really.
I think Arthur C. Clarke said it a lot more succinctly.
Well there you go, I don't think I could ask for a better answer - thanks.
I should have said that what I needed was a non-pseudorandom RNG rather than "very random." The application was a (semi-ironic) program to test for psychic powers (never meant to used in earnest).
When I needed some very random numbers, I read the low bit of samples from my soundcard without a source connected. Connecting a mic may have better, to use ambient rather than electrical noise, but it worked well for me, and always had a "fair" average (but that was the only criteria I knew how to test). I'd be interested to hear what's wrong with doing it that way from those more knowledgeable than myself.
It's the last of those things, in the same sense as "alternative medicine." Like how a kick in the balls is an alternative to a box of kittens.
physicists on the Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey have determined our universe's most precise measurements: 13.5 billion years old
Is "13.5 billion years old" the measurement (singular, not plural as the summary says)? Or are the measurements they have measured 13.5 billion years old, whatever that means?
Look, I know this is ads - sorry, news for nerds, but it just seems like common courtesy to make a summary at least partially non-opaque to a casual reader. I know what Mutt is, but if I hadn't been able to drag up that half-remembered fact I'd have found this to be yet annoying frustrating FS.
Most people never finish these games and they know it, so why spend a lot of time on a great ending? For return customers? HAH! when you're the only game in town, you don't need to worry.
BioWare apparently disagree, since in this case they've bowed to the pressure and improved the endings. They probably did the sums and realised they stood to lose more on the next game because of the bad feeling from fans.
Well, if indeed it is legal, then there's nothing illegal with it.
FTFY.
So will petrol if you drink enough of it.
But I really don't think you should be imprisoned just for being a racist.
You can't be jailed for "being a racist" any more than you can be jailed for being a paedophile or an asshole. Expressing a racist view is not, in and of itself, equivalent to inciting racial hatred, which is what this guy was convicted of.
The GP is right. Slander is, by definition, an untruth. It sounds like you're conflating it with invasion of privacy, which is what the GGP originally brought up, but the two are by no means synonymous.
S'on'y your opinion.
That's not the deal at all. The magician comes on stage, tells you he's going to saw the girl in half, but no-one believes the lie. He presents an effect that is seemingly impossible to achieve, but the audience knows it and gains their sense of wonder from not knowing how he did it. Derren Brown has to tell you the incredibly clever bordering-on-the-psychic method he (didn't actually) use, because the kind of effects he presents aren't really that impressive, particularly on TV.
Those who would click on such an ad probably can't, and Google probably knows that.
What does "wassa" mean?
I have always wondered how much money the studios have spent (wasted) on copy protection and huge legal teams over the years. Just lower the prices, when people walk by the 5$ dvd bin at walmart, they stop and grab a few. Bring down prices across the board and sales will go up.
It's almost as if - and I know this will sound crazy - they've spent time actually investigating this, and come to a detailed, researched conclusion that it's more complicated than that and won't work the way you think it will.
Too Bad David Tennant doesn't want to act the Doctor anymore
Tennant has always given impression that he loves playing the Doctor and will do so at any opportunity. Thankfully he also knows that it's best to go out on a high.