First, I have about 300 or more DVDs. Only seen artifacts on a handful. And only on a crappy, Apex DVD player. And even then, only in lack of handling dark scenes well.
Second, you can get the aforementioned, crappy Apex for $40, a reasonable name brand model for $110 and really nice stuff for a bit more. Expect the higher end jobs to be just about as relevant as SVHS players/recorders.
If you are really seeing artifacts on DVDs frequently, then how can you stand tapes? If you buy them, they are much more bulky, no random access, etc. If you rent them... Lord help you. When I was still renting tapes, if I couldn't get it within a week of release, I passed. It was generally just barely viewable to me. It was unwatchable to my wife, as the captioning information degrades VERY quickly on VHS. This is just one very obvious sign of the lack of durability of VHS tapes.
No, there won't. The restrictions on getting an LPFM license (even now) are nearly insurmountable. In addition, there are no provisions to decrease your fees to RIAA, and you are not allowed (basically) to earn money on the station. So, unless you are in a garage band, you've got no music.
The signal is also 'Low Power'. I can't remember offhand, but I think the range is something like ~1/2 mile or so. Really, this thing isn't going to change much.
Do you kick puppies for fun? How do you sleep at night? Are you afraid to enter churches for fear of immediate immolation? Do Hillary, Jack Valenti, and Michael Eisner give you a reach around? How many roads must a man walk down? Oh shit, guess you're coming for me now, huh? What the hell were you thinking, being interviewed on slashdot? What are you people smoking? How does it feel to be part of a police force that only protects the uber wealthy? What are the odds that you'll come to my rescue if the latest rapper steals a bassline I came up with for his album?
I think that covers the joke/moronic/biting questions.
It's too much like the Sims. Pointless tasks to get simoleans to impress people with house and stuff in it. WAY too much micromanagement. I have to figure out when to go to the bathroom, sleep, eat, etc?
Still, I'm somewhat addicted to the game, and not looking to stop any time soon.
The films of the 70's were largely a result of the commercial success of Easy Rider and similar. Because of the lag time in the production of movies, many of these were actually a result of the late 60's. I read an interesting book a couple of years ago about the short lived 'auteur' films of the US in the 70's.
Certainly you're familiar with the term 'popcorn flick'? 28 Days Later is clearly the modern incarnation of the first feature. What a shame that most films today fall into this slot, whereas there are darned few second feature films.
You've also been around long enough to know that black and white (morally speaking) movies are very popular in times of other social ambiguity.
Nice picture. Let's analyze. First, it says 'Virgin' on the ID. Okay, technically, it's 'Virginia'. There's a picture of Jango Fett, not a hot girl. Finally, there's no imprint from a carried prophylactic device. Survey says: It's an accurate representation of a wallet carried by a slashdotter. (The presence of cash in the wallet implies the photo was taken before the dot-bubble burst.)
The idea is to tell others why they shouldn't engage in the contest. As far as holy war about a t-shirt contest? I've gone on much bigger tirades about much smaller things. The bulk of my post was a cut/paste of relevant sections of the contest rules. My commentary was miniscule at best. Hell, even a 'BSD is dying' troll is longer.
If it were released under an open content license, there would be no grounds for a lawsuit. The problem is, anyone could then print the shirts. Further, we're not dealing with laws, we're dealing with rules for a contest. Those rules were chosen by VA's lawyers. It would have been just as easy for them to say that all designs submitted must be submitted under the open content license as to say AYBABTU.
It must also be said that ~$100 is cheap for a t-shirt design. But/. users have always been not just whores, but cheap whores.
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Ah yes, once again, CT doesn't practice what he preaches. First, it took him forever and a day to release the slash source. Now it seems that the open content license (and similar) don't really exist. The rules for this contest say, in effect, AYBABTU. Don't feed the trolls. Don't feed Rob. And tell the VA keiretsu to go fuck themselves.
Whatever, I'm sure the slashkids will submit and be bought out for $75 worth of overpriced stuff from ThinkGeek. You're the same people who scream about the MPAA, but line up for The Matrix. (Yes, I know slash is not some monolithic entity. Save it.)
Flame me, mod me down, but know in your heart that Rob (and his corporate masters) have just snubbed OSS and its principals. Again.
Expense and small market. Braille displays start at about $5000. They only have ~180 'dots' total. To have any kind of 'viewable' image, you'd need thousands, raising the price similarly. There are also damned few deaf-blind people in the world. I don't have any hard numbers, but it's really not many people.
Although or blind and deaf, you're still out of luck.
No shit. Read my journal for more info. Suffice to say that my wife is SOL. Straight text (or html-ized text) is the only legitimate output that she can read. Anything else doesn't meet ADA requirements. Will we sue? No. We'll find other sites.
See, about 30 years ago, they invented these frost-free freezers/fridges. Turns out that if you put stuff in them, they do in fact dry out. If the air in a fridge has high humidity, why aren't the walls covered with condensation? Perhaps you have one of these ancient refrigerators? Parent to your post was correct.
Read my journal. That comment wasn't harsh for me. I wield a heavy cluestick, and I wield it without thought or subtlety. If I can prevent one more cold cathode tube in a case, or coffee can muffler tip, I've done a day's work.
FWIW, I did look for a nearly screwless case on my last machine. I look for that kind of jazz for drives, as those are the only components I regularly replace.
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First, I have about 300 or more DVDs. Only seen artifacts on a handful. And only on a crappy, Apex DVD player. And even then, only in lack of handling dark scenes well.
Second, you can get the aforementioned, crappy Apex for $40, a reasonable name brand model for $110 and really nice stuff for a bit more. Expect the higher end jobs to be just about as relevant as SVHS players/recorders.
If you are really seeing artifacts on DVDs frequently, then how can you stand tapes? If you buy them, they are much more bulky, no random access, etc. If you rent them... Lord help you. When I was still renting tapes, if I couldn't get it within a week of release, I passed. It was generally just barely viewable to me. It was unwatchable to my wife, as the captioning information degrades VERY quickly on VHS. This is just one very obvious sign of the lack of durability of VHS tapes.
And for those of us who have had sex with real live women, without paying for it (except for engagement ring;) machinima is???
What burned CD do you have from 1993? I don't recall Macs or Win3.1 having any burners available.
He probably got his info from the same place as those people who figured out that income taxes are only applicable to non-citizens.
No, there won't. The restrictions on getting an LPFM license (even now) are nearly insurmountable. In addition, there are no provisions to decrease your fees to RIAA, and you are not allowed (basically) to earn money on the station. So, unless you are in a garage band, you've got no music.
The signal is also 'Low Power'. I can't remember offhand, but I think the range is something like ~1/2 mile or so. Really, this thing isn't going to change much.
NBSP?
Sounds like someone needs to invent a spam html rendering engine:
spam, spam, spam, spam, khtml, spam, ie, and spam
I've got something that I *think* uses a spam rendering engine; it's called 'pine'.
A few questions:
Do you kick puppies for fun?
How do you sleep at night?
Are you afraid to enter churches for fear of immediate immolation?
Do Hillary, Jack Valenti, and Michael Eisner give you a reach around?
How many roads must a man walk down? Oh shit, guess you're coming for me now, huh?
What the hell were you thinking, being interviewed on slashdot?
What are you people smoking?
How does it feel to be part of a police force that only protects the uber wealthy?
What are the odds that you'll come to my rescue if the latest rapper steals a bassline I came up with for his album?
I think that covers the joke/moronic/biting questions.
It's too much like the Sims. Pointless tasks to get simoleans to impress people with house and stuff in it. WAY too much micromanagement. I have to figure out when to go to the bathroom, sleep, eat, etc?
Still, I'm somewhat addicted to the game, and not looking to stop any time soon.
Bunch of asshats. Men with conviction join the People's Democratic Collective OS Farm instead.
Wait until she wants a baby. It's the only time in my life I had to say 'honey, I have a headache'.
The films of the 70's were largely a result of the commercial success of Easy Rider and similar. Because of the lag time in the production of movies, many of these were actually a result of the late 60's. I read an interesting book a couple of years ago about the short lived 'auteur' films of the US in the 70's.
Certainly you're familiar with the term 'popcorn flick'? 28 Days Later is clearly the modern incarnation of the first feature. What a shame that most films today fall into this slot, whereas there are darned few second feature films.
You've also been around long enough to know that black and white (morally speaking) movies are very popular in times of other social ambiguity.
Nice picture. Let's analyze. First, it says 'Virgin' on the ID. Okay, technically, it's 'Virginia'. There's a picture of Jango Fett, not a hot girl. Finally, there's no imprint from a carried prophylactic device. Survey says: It's an accurate representation of a wallet carried by a slashdotter. (The presence of cash in the wallet implies the photo was taken before the dot-bubble burst.)
The idea is to tell others why they shouldn't engage in the contest. As far as holy war about a t-shirt contest? I've gone on much bigger tirades about much smaller things. The bulk of my post was a cut/paste of relevant sections of the contest rules. My commentary was miniscule at best. Hell, even a 'BSD is dying' troll is longer.
Linux is available for more platforms than the Xbox!
Since when!? Next you'll tell me that NetBSD is available on more platforms than x86.
I was planning on reinstalling DeusEx anyway, in anticipation of the sequel this fall. Now I get twice the mileage.
Three times the mileage if the adult content is any good.
If it were released under an open content license, there would be no grounds for a lawsuit. The problem is, anyone could then print the shirts. Further, we're not dealing with laws, we're dealing with rules for a contest. Those rules were chosen by VA's lawyers. It would have been just as easy for them to say that all designs submitted must be submitted under the open content license as to say AYBABTU.
/. users have always been not just whores, but cheap whores.
It must also be said that ~$100 is cheap for a t-shirt design. But
Ah yes, once again, CT doesn't practice what he preaches. First, it took him forever and a day to release the slash source. Now it seems that the open content license (and similar) don't really exist. The rules for this contest say, in effect, AYBABTU. Don't feed the trolls. Don't feed Rob. And tell the VA keiretsu to go fuck themselves.
Whatever, I'm sure the slashkids will submit and be bought out for $75 worth of overpriced stuff from ThinkGeek. You're the same people who scream about the MPAA, but line up for The Matrix. (Yes, I know slash is not some monolithic entity. Save it.)
Flame me, mod me down, but know in your heart that Rob (and his corporate masters) have just snubbed OSS and its principals. Again.
Expense and small market. Braille displays start at about $5000. They only have ~180 'dots' total. To have any kind of 'viewable' image, you'd need thousands, raising the price similarly. There are also damned few deaf-blind people in the world. I don't have any hard numbers, but it's really not many people.
Although or blind and deaf, you're still out of luck.
No shit. Read my journal for more info. Suffice to say that my wife is SOL. Straight text (or html-ized text) is the only legitimate output that she can read. Anything else doesn't meet ADA requirements. Will we sue? No. We'll find other sites.
See, about 30 years ago, they invented these frost-free freezers/fridges. Turns out that if you put stuff in them, they do in fact dry out. If the air in a fridge has high humidity, why aren't the walls covered with condensation? Perhaps you have one of these ancient refrigerators? Parent to your post was correct.
Actually, Elite Force was one of the few tolerable Trek games ever to come out.
I'm getting ready to play TR: Angel of Darkness, but I have to admit I'm not expecting much
Doesn't much matter: by buying the game, you've rewarded their earlier incompetence. Good job.
Read my journal. That comment wasn't harsh for me. I wield a heavy cluestick, and I wield it without thought or subtlety. If I can prevent one more cold cathode tube in a case, or coffee can muffler tip, I've done a day's work.
FWIW, I did look for a nearly screwless case on my last machine. I look for that kind of jazz for drives, as those are the only components I regularly replace.