Well, um, I suppose the reason most automakers (and consumers) prefer GPS is because it doesn't matter where the traffic is bad if you can't figure out how to get to your destination in the first place.
Yo Sherlock, if you removed your head from your posterior for a tick you'd probably get some air to that noggin of yours and realize that my tongue was firmly planted in my cheek. PS, there were only 11 responses when I posted...
2 of the last 3 tech support calls I've placed (ReplayTV and Dell) have been routed overseas to India, which makes me wonder... Is there any good reason why telemarketing shops wouldn't begin setting themselves up the same way? IANAL, but as long as they actually called internationally rather than routing through a U.S. phone number, it sounds like an easy way to skirt these new U.S. regulations.
Michael Angelo. Hmmm, wasn't he in the original Menudo? OH WAIT! You meant Michaelangelo Buonarroti the renaissance man. Stupid brain, I'll teach you to only work at 10% capacity!
Which of the following do chicks dig the most: 1. the honking big loud-ass PC case sitting by your TV 2. the mediocre output quality from the TV-out jack on your VGA card 3. the wireless keyboard and mouse that litter your coffee table 4. the way your PVR is filled with 173 hours of bootleg fansubbed anime and the occasional episode of Night Court or M*A*S*H;-)
WRONG. The 30-second skip button (which has been present since the first ReplayTV) isn't going away. Commercial Advance (the new feature first added to the 4000 series which automatically skips commercials without button-presses) IS going away.
Nope, I think this is different. This supposedly builds the image pixel by pixel DIRECTLY onto the retina without relying on an intermediate viewing surface. The displays used by the MIT borgs are all variations on the projection TV theme, which is old technology indeed.
It's one thing to put an image up onto a screen which the eye can scan while the brain quietly does its own meatware version of Sony Steadyshot. But wouldn't countering small projector vibrations and eye movements be darned tricky? Does this require the projection unit to be clamped to the skull while the eyes are immobilzed with a Clockwork Orangesque device? Or is the thing smart enough to continuously vary where it projects each frame? Naturally, I'm skeptical...
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Well, um, I suppose the reason most automakers (and consumers) prefer GPS is because it doesn't matter where the traffic is bad if you can't figure out how to get to your destination in the first place.
Yo Sherlock, if you removed your head from your posterior for a tick you'd probably get some air to that noggin of yours and realize that my tongue was firmly planted in my cheek. PS, there were only 11 responses when I posted...
43% more pornographic goodness on every disc!
2 of the last 3 tech support calls I've placed (ReplayTV and Dell) have been routed overseas to India, which makes me wonder... Is there any good reason why telemarketing shops wouldn't begin setting themselves up the same way? IANAL, but as long as they actually called internationally rather than routing through a U.S. phone number, it sounds like an easy way to skirt these new U.S. regulations.
The one extremely important question that never gets asked of these UV-and-plexiglass addicted dorks is:
Do chicks dig it??
Say what you want about rice boys in their Civics. At least they get laid one in a while!
Michael Angelo. Hmmm, wasn't he in the original Menudo? OH WAIT! You meant Michaelangelo Buonarroti the renaissance man. Stupid brain, I'll teach you to only work at 10% capacity!
I've got to ask one question...
;-)
Which of the following do chicks dig the most:
1. the honking big loud-ass PC case sitting by your TV
2. the mediocre output quality from the TV-out jack on your VGA card
3. the wireless keyboard and mouse that litter your coffee table
4. the way your PVR is filled with 173 hours of bootleg fansubbed anime and the occasional episode of Night Court or M*A*S*H
WRONG. The 30-second skip button (which has been present since the first ReplayTV) isn't going away. Commercial Advance (the new feature first added to the 4000 series which automatically skips commercials without button-presses) IS going away.
Nope, I think this is different. This supposedly builds the image pixel by pixel DIRECTLY onto the retina without relying on an intermediate viewing surface. The displays used by the MIT borgs are all variations on the projection TV theme, which is old technology indeed.
It's one thing to put an image up onto a screen which the eye can scan while the brain quietly does its own meatware version of Sony Steadyshot. But wouldn't countering small projector vibrations and eye movements be darned tricky? Does this require the projection unit to be clamped to the skull while the eyes are immobilzed with a Clockwork Orangesque device? Or is the thing smart enough to continuously vary where it projects each frame? Naturally, I'm skeptical...
that nobody likes a smartass? ;) I mean, born in '37 and graduated from RPI in '54?