I've *completely* switched to streaming. I didn't expect to, but it just happened after I got an Apple TV (Gen 2). I tried Netflix on a whim, and wow... that's all.
Netflix has a large selection that's gotten better over time. I did it to watch a movie from time to time, but it turns out TV programs are actually pretty cool.
Lots of scifi, no waiting, no filling up the DVR. Firefly, Stargate, the Sarah Connor Chronicles, Farscape, Dr. Who. You can watch the whole season in a few days or over a month... (Now the scifi is for me, but the rest of the family is hooked on other stuff, like disney)
The Apple TV is cheap ($89) and has a great user interface. Even the inexperienced young and untrainable old around the house have learned to use it. The quality is great for me.
I have 6m DSL and a 27 and 32 inch sets. Haven't really tried lower speeds or larger sets, so I can't comment there. On my laptop, stuff looks great (especially the HD content).
All this is pretty cheap, waaay cheaper than satellite or cable.
Honestly, I don't take full advantage of the rest the AppleTV offers. I do use youtube from time to time, and the family pulls up internet radio for some music. But mostly I don't rent movies from apple, and only rarely integrate with itunes.
Maybe the USPS could attach (innocuous) physical cookies to people when they receive their mail and use the USPS fleet to (anonymously) track their offline activities. I think this would revolutionize offline marketing and help the economy.
I think the recycling business is where the problem should be addressed.
For instance, the police in Santa Clara set up a recycling business, and they found that out of 278 people who came in, only TWO people actually brought in legitimate recycled stuff.
Was the installer you got a GOG installer, or was it the original installer that came with the game? How much did they automate the installation? How about patch installation?
I do know steam, and when you buy a game, it shows up in your games list.
You click play, and if it needs to install it just does it. Every once in a while it will give you another dialog, but mostly it doesn't. It installs and launches.
What I gave up when I gave up my physical DVD is all the prompting. Where do you want to put the game? Do you want to install the C++ runtime blah blah. Do you want a desktop icon? Do you accept the license agreement? Swap disks?
After launching the game once, I put steam in offline mode and no issues. Every couple weeks I would go online and update everything. No hunting for patches (some games do it in-game, other games do it through the web browser+download)
speed variance is more dangerous than outright speed.
So if everyone was going 90 mph, it would be much safer than 1 or 2% of the drivers doing 90 while everyone else does 75. Or most do 90 mph, and a few do 75 mph.
Look, I would try as much as possible to live life to the fullest before she goes.
But also, I think a couple interviews might be wonderful. Ask a few stories -- ask about the day you got married. The story of each day each kid was born. Other stuff.
Also, for more planned interviews, this isn't for parents
Actually, I kind of wonder if an IS lens might actually work AGAINST you with this algorithm. You'd have camera motion that the IS lens system is cancelling and you'd have to subtract that vector from the camera motion vector to use in this algorithm.
But I can still see this being used in professional settings. Heck, there are applications that contain databases of per-lens data, and you can correct for distortion and light-falloff along with sensor corrections.
Slashdot Mirror
Ironic how history repeats itself. The early railways in the United States were built "fast and loose" almost 150 years ago...
"The original track had often been laid as fast as possible with only secondary attention to maintenance and longevity. "
From wikipedia entry on the first transcontinental railroad:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad#Railroad_developments
I've *completely* switched to streaming. I didn't expect to, but it just happened after I got an Apple TV (Gen 2). I tried Netflix on a whim, and wow... that's all.
Netflix has a large selection that's gotten better over time. I did it to watch a movie from time to time, but it turns out TV programs are actually pretty cool.
Lots of scifi, no waiting, no filling up the DVR. Firefly, Stargate, the Sarah Connor Chronicles, Farscape, Dr. Who. You can watch the whole season in a few days or over a month... (Now the scifi is for me, but the rest of the family is hooked on other stuff, like disney)
The Apple TV is cheap ($89) and has a great user interface. Even the inexperienced young and untrainable old around the house have learned to use it. The quality is great for me.
I have 6m DSL and a 27 and 32 inch sets. Haven't really tried lower speeds or larger sets, so I can't comment there. On my laptop, stuff looks great (especially the HD content).
All this is pretty cheap, waaay cheaper than satellite or cable.
Honestly, I don't take full advantage of the rest the AppleTV offers. I do use youtube from time to time, and the family pulls up internet radio for some music. But mostly I don't rent movies from apple, and only rarely integrate with itunes.
Well, they might have ads, but also... will they provide your information to the advertisers?
This would be a fun way of extinguishing the candles on your birthday cake...
Might even work with those "prankster" candles that relight ... :)
Streaming views should be easier to collect and be more accurate
Right, which means they don't need Nielsen to collect any data, they already HAVE the data and they don't need to pay for it.
I find it ironic because I don't think the gas tax goes where people think it does.
If it goes towards roads, it's only a percentage.
Maybe the USPS could attach (innocuous) physical cookies to people when they receive their mail and use the USPS fleet to (anonymously) track their offline activities. I think this would revolutionize offline marketing and help the economy.
I think tunnels can help too. no lifting required, just drive through the mountain.
Hmmm... Computers have probably done the same sorts of things to local economies by removing the need for file clerks and secretaries.
I think the recycling business is where the problem should be addressed.
For instance, the police in Santa Clara set up a recycling business, and they found that out of 278 people who came
in, only TWO people actually brought in legitimate recycled stuff.
http://articles.sfgate.com/2008-01-24/bay-area/17148400_1_copper-thieves-santa-clara-county-burglary-tools
You know, when younger drivers were not permitted to drive with their friends in the car, kids started riding in the trunk.
People preserve what they have a personal attachment to.
From my seat here in the future, I found this video of San Francisco *super* fascinating:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHqpHf_Znzs
But people living in the past tend to preserve things like this:
http://www.google.com/images?q=old+family+photos
So, in the future, 99% of what we'll have preserved from the past is people's photos of their kids, and only by chance will we find "important" stuff.
I used to have the same objections. When I first bought half life 2 (retail), installing steam did NOT make me happy.
But after the steam holiday sales last year, all the inexpensive games changed my tune.
Then I found out how much easier it was to manage than the physical CDs/DVDs I had, and I could also install 4 games at once.
I hope GOG comes back. All markets benefit from robust competition.
Ok, I'm more curious.
Was the installer you got a GOG installer, or was it the original installer that came with the game?
How much did they automate the installation? How about patch installation?
I do know steam, and when you buy a game, it shows up in your games list.
You click play, and if it needs to install it just does it. Every once in a while it will give you another dialog, but mostly it doesn't. It installs and launches.
What I gave up when I gave up my physical DVD is all the prompting. Where do you want to put the game? Do you want to install the C++ runtime blah blah. Do you want a desktop icon? Do you accept the license agreement? Swap disks?
After launching the game once, I put steam in offline mode and no issues. Every couple weeks I would go online and update everything. No hunting for patches (some games do it in-game, other games do it through the web browser+download)
If GOG has all this, I should have tried it.
She is 10 years old and took a game development course at ID Tech Camp:
http://www.internaldrive.com/
At the end of a week, she had a couple simple video games designed and running.
I was pleased and proud because she's a complete computer novice.
The games she created were base on Clickteam Multimedia Fusion 2 Developer with Photoshop to tweak the art.
Older and more advanced kids used more advanced tools. The tools used in all the courses are listed here:
http://www.internaldrive.com/courses-programs/tech-products-used-at-our-summer-computer-camps/
Steam is a master of painless and organized installation and management -- especially important with older games.
I would have bought stuff from GOG but I got the feeling I was going to have navigate a bunch of installs and manage a bunch of loose zip files.
speed variance is more dangerous than outright speed.
So if everyone was going 90 mph, it would be much safer than 1 or 2% of the drivers doing 90 while everyone else
does 75. Or most do 90 mph, and a few do 75 mph.
I'd guess that most of the numbers would get a D grade...
(9-10 = A, 8 = B, 7 = C, 0-6 = D)
Protest HBO's rates by interfering with their signal!
$12.95/MONTH? NO WAY !
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_R._MacDougall
Look, I would try as much as possible to live life to the fullest before she goes.
But also, I think a couple interviews might be wonderful. Ask a few stories -- ask about the day you got
married. The story of each day each kid was born. Other stuff.
Also, for more planned interviews, this isn't for parents
http://www.livingfamilyalbums.com/Grandparent_Kit.htm
There isn't one for parents, but you get the idea.
Taking the next shot maybe?
Actually, I kind of wonder if an IS lens might actually work AGAINST you with this algorithm. You'd have camera motion that the IS lens system is cancelling and you'd have to subtract that vector from the camera motion vector to use in this algorithm.
But I can still see this being used in professional settings. Heck, there are applications that contain databases of per-lens data, and you can correct for distortion and light-falloff along with sensor corrections.
look at http://www.dxo.com/ or maybe canon DPP app.
Because many TVs have sockets labelled HDMI 1, HDMI 2, HMDI 3, etc - and people would think they needed a different type of cable for each one.
Groan. This is both crazy and reasonable at the same time.
Why not just name them HDMI 1 and HDMI 2?
(or HDMI 3, etc)
But just think -- instead of doing something once, he's spending the extra time to teach a lifelong lesson.
Build a man a fire, and he's warm for one night.
But set a man on fire, and he's warm for the rest of his life.