My Kodachromes from 20 years ago still look as good as they day they were processed. Kodachrome was the film of choice for many years, you could even push it.
Exactly, compare the Wii specs to say the Dreamcast and tell me that the machine is the reason can't create an open world with complex AI. I think the real problem is the lack of design creativity by the publishers.
I beg to differ. There is a noticeable difference between digital and film, especially when it comes to tonality in larger formats. That and there's nothing as beautiful as an 8x10 transparency.
No more negatives. I've recently gone back to film and hand processing. Yes it's a real pain but there is a distinctive film look that digital just doesn't create.
I've been using opera since v2. And yes that makes me one of those people who actually paid for a browser. Over the years it's grown in size and complexity but still manages a great and fast browser.
But I have to admit I'm finding Chrome very alluring.
I tell my kids about loading programs off cassette tapes but they just don't get it. I guess they'll never know the agony of having a program ruined by fragility of magnetic tape.
Agreed, why no love for old 4.0. It was fast and stable. If MS has just bitten the bullet and broke with DOS then maybe they would be better off today.
The judge in this case was a complete and total idiot. He can warn all he wants to, but he just set a legal precedent that says they can if they want to. There is now absolutely nothing stopping the police from GPS-bugging anyone at any time for any reason, or even with a complete lack of a reason. Who here thinks that even though the police can GPS-bug people without a warrant that they simply will choose not to do so because the right thing to do, in the spirit of the Constitution, is to get a warrant first? This is pretty typical of Posner. Here's a great quote to sum up how he thinks, "Americans don't actually value privacy as much as the ACLU thinks." If you can find it, read his The Right to Privacy to see what he thinks.
If you look at the US's history with China you'll find that always envisioned China as an almost limitless market that could absorb vast amounts of American goods. And we've always been wrong, China has always been more interested in developing their domestic industries. If you go back and look at some of the arguments for the Open Door Policy you'll find them very much like the arguments made by free traders today.
Battery life is what makes or breaks a PDA. I've got a Sony in my pocket that I haven't recharged in days. It still has 40%, despite wi-fi at the pool yesterday and watching Office Space this morning. If the Palm has a decent battery I'll buy it, if not it's history.
Ok, one of you hard science types will have to check me on this one but isn't U-235 incredibly chemically toxic. So much so that Pu is easier to work with?
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My Kodachromes from 20 years ago still look as good as they day they were processed. Kodachrome was the film of choice for many years, you could even push it.
Exactly, compare the Wii specs to say the Dreamcast and tell me that the machine is the reason can't create an open world with complex AI. I think the real problem is the lack of design creativity by the publishers.
I beg to differ. There is a noticeable difference between digital and film, especially when it comes to tonality in larger formats. That and there's nothing as beautiful as an 8x10 transparency.
No more negatives. I've recently gone back to film and hand processing. Yes it's a real pain but there is a distinctive film look that digital just doesn't create.
Somebody's code wasn't ready for the 366th day of the year.
I've been using opera since v2. And yes that makes me one of those people who actually paid for a browser. Over the years it's grown in size and complexity but still manages a great and fast browser.
But I have to admit I'm finding Chrome very alluring.
Didn't the Russians/Soviets already develop a reactor for use in microgravity environments? I could have sworn I read about it in the 80's.
Asimov may be better at the science part of scifi, but Bradbury is definitely the better writer.
By some chance both All Summer in a Day and Sound of Thunder were in my 7th grade lit book, better than the crap my kids are assigned to read.
Hmmm, perhaps just a coincidence but the EU has just expanded it's anti-trust investigation into Intel.
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080716-report-eu-to-expand-intel-antitrust-investigation.html
I tell my kids about loading programs off cassette tapes but they just don't get it. I guess they'll never know the agony of having a program ruined by fragility of magnetic tape.
Bingo. If glass flowed at any rate the glass vases found in Egyptian tombs would have been puddles. I can't believe this stuff still gets repeated.
Agreed, why no love for old 4.0. It was fast and stable. If MS has just bitten the bullet and broke with DOS then maybe they would be better off today.
Thirded--
I watched Cosmos when it first aired and I was just 10. It was pivotal to me becoming interested in science.
Can you imagine what's happening at Euro-Itchy and Scratchy land?
Why doesn't the DOD hire them?
If you look at the US's history with China you'll find that always envisioned China as an almost limitless market that could absorb vast amounts of American goods. And we've always been wrong, China has always been more interested in developing their domestic industries. If you go back and look at some of the arguments for the Open Door Policy you'll find them very much like the arguments made by free traders today.
Actually it's worse than that. They can only listen to it three times in those three days.
Is it just me or is Zune a terrible name?
I would refer you to Stephen Gould's article Evolution as Fact and Theory.
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http://www.stephenjaygould.org/library/gould_fact
Battery life is what makes or breaks a PDA. I've got a Sony in my pocket that I haven't recharged in days. It still has 40%, despite wi-fi at the pool yesterday and watching Office Space this morning. If the Palm has a decent battery I'll buy it, if not it's history.
Ok, one of you hard science types will have to check me on this one but isn't U-235 incredibly chemically toxic. So much so that Pu is easier to work with?
I've been waiting for a pro-terrorism movie.
Cheack out this article, in the currently Legal Affairs to see some thoughts on the what rights should AI's be granted.