Which brings up another point. People bitch about the loss of jobs during the Bush administration, then he comes out and says he opposes a treaty that would cause a loss of jobs.
And these are the same people bitching about both things. So which is it? You can't bitch about both....
Just because there are bad lawyers does not mean lawyers are bad. Your view is very naive. You really should think about it before you try to get yourself modded up.
Imagine how much havoc you could cause on gameing forums if you took this, made up some stuff about this new information making it illegal to play games by these publishers till its sorted out...:D
But it certainly can't diffuse the laser, I would presume, or cause any type of refraction. That's what I was meaning by optically perfect. Perfect isn't the correct word I'm looking for, but the only one that came to mind.
How about the portion of the laser from the reflective layer to the thing that actually reads it?
You'd think that if we had the capabilities to make something like this, it would have been done...
A coating that is (I assume) optically perfect enough to not mess up something as sensitive as the laser in a CD, and that durable, would be a boon for a huge number of industries.
I'll have to see it before I believe it, and then, if its true, someone's probably gonna make a good bit of money...:D
Yeah, it would have been different if it were something about hacking Mac OS X so that it would run natively on the machine. Running it through emulation isn't nearly as exciting. That doesn't really take much more than having a serious amount of free time on your hands.
Well of course, as mentioned in the question, it wouldn't mean buying a Mac. Don't forget, there are other systems that use the PPC. Actually, did you read anything other than the headline? Half the question was devoted to making sure no one had this *slightly* obvious question.
And of course, having Windows on PPC would probably sell more chips, creating lower prices (of course, this is in theory...:D)
You're right, but being a business with a lot of other customers, it's probably a better business decision to go ahead and do this than have the FBI come back with a warrant to take ALL of Rackspace's US property.
They have no obligation to protect any of their customer's against a legitimate warrant from a law enforcement agency. It's not their problem, its the problem of the company, let them handle it, and don't cause any undue burden on yourself.
I know a lot of people see it the other way, and think they should have questioned it, and might think that they'll scare away business from people who would want that protection. But as a legitimate business, anyone who might be afraid of having the FBI want their information is not high on my list of wanted customers.
Don't forget, it's a warrant to sieze IndyMedia's harddrives, not Rackspace's. Rackspace isn't in trouble for anything, so they're not innocent or guilty.
Warrants are not used just to collect property of the people in question, but any evidence that might point against them.
I'm pretty sure you know this, but the grandparent I don't think thought about that.
Sharpness is a function of dot pitch which is a function of resolution.
By today's standards, an average 17" CRT will have a higher max resolution than a 17" LCD panel. So the dot pitch is going to be smaller, making it sharper. More plays into it, but in general, a smaller dot pitch means better sharpness.
Not to mention the brightness and contrast ratios one LCD's still have not managed to surpass those of a CRT.
I myself have an OLD Trinitron (well, not that old, but before they were completely flat, and were flat vertically, not horizontally) and it is significantly sharper than any LCD I've ever looked at.
Actually, you're not correct. But it's nice to know you have the confidence to pretend you do!
To be perfectly honest, I HATE LCD's. I think they look like crap compared to a nice CRT that costs a third of the price.
That being said, there are a few LCD's I would buy. Any of the Apple Cinema displays, or one of the other manufacturers that uses the same panels (I know Sony has one that uses the same panel and looks just as good). The others are the 17" and 20.1" Dell Ultrasharp panels. They look good. HARDLY the cheapest parts.
Really, you should know your stuff before you talk like you do.
You bring up a point I was specifically going to comment on. Being from Austin, and having friends who are fans of the Mr. Sinus Theater, I had to actually come to the defense of the MST3K producers.
One point was what you brought up. The other point is, even though they use the same format, which I don't see as an egregious error, the title is obviously ripped from the MST3k title, even without the 3000 in it.
That being said, apparently the MST3k people didn't respond to some suggestions the Mr. Sinus guys sent for a name change. Then they sued. I think they are a bit abrupt with the lawsuit, but its still not something that should be labeled as frivilous.
You have no idea how happy I get when I see a post talking about the latest Dvorak column. Seriously. I love to see people, particularly people relatively well known (at least to the Slashdot crowd) write something that is utterly crap, and then get it torn to pieces. And his columns are almost guaranteed to get shredded to bits.
Has this guy actually ever written something insightful? I really don't bother reading his articles, since they usually involve some critique of how shitty Apple is doing, or how a highly profitable product for MS should be scrapped.
I'll probably get a nice flaming for actually admitting I don't read his articles and saying what I'm saying, but I'll gladly take it if someone can link to some actual good articles of his.
Just reading the larger quote that you took that sentence from that was posted a few posts up really impressed me. Whoever actually wrote it is quite the writer. I would never have expected something like that from a judge...
Yeah, uh...not very insightful. In fact, Marketing/Business/Not Being An Idiot 101 would put the number one reason for advertising at:
Knowledge of product/service.
Why? Who the hell cares if there's a cheaper alternative if you don't know a product exists? And since when does cheaper mean better? Do you live in a little one room shack with a black and white portable TV and a Lindows box from Walmart?
Honestly, if Coke releases a new soda, how are you going to find out about it if they don't advertise? Only other two ways I can think of is perhaps stumbling upon it in a store or word of mouth. Neither is a fast form of advertising. TV ads? A multi-million dollar ad campaigns spreads knowledge of a product quite a bit faster, wouldn't you say? Sure, there's always good 'ole Dr. Rite you can go grab thats cheaper. But does that mean its better?
If I invent a revolutionary product, what do you think I'm gonna do? Sit on it and tell a few friends? Probably not...If its revolutionary it has no competitors (Well, more likely than not), and I'm sure as hell gonna spend a lot to advertise it.
Hell, I could go on for twenty minutes just giving some Advertising 101 lessons, and I've only had high school marketing. I mean, don't even get me started with product reinforcement, etc.
I have not heard that rumor, and I wish I hadn't because I'll excited now...I've been wanting an Apple laptop for a long time, but don't want to shell out a bunch of money for one right now. This, if attractively priced, would be a great middle road. I'd be able to walk around my house with my "computer." My question is, will the bandwidth allow for just basic computing, or could I play games, etc? And what kind of graphics card does the monitor run on?
One of the other reasons I've avoided a laptop happens to be that we have wireless internet all over campus at school (yeah, who doesn't...), and I know that given the ability to surf porn in the middle of class, I'm the kind of person who would do that just because I can...
Let me be among the first to call "Bullshit" on you calling bullshit.
These scams are not directed at YOU. They're directed at your mom, your dad, your kid. You're correct any "nerd" although I think thats a stupid term to use, because I know plenty of "nerds" that don't know crap about stuff like this (*cough*90% of the CS students I work with*cough*).
I usually just look at the e-mail address. Never seen one like this with a seemingly normal e-mail.
And saying there's something wrong with HTML-enabled e-mail is ridiculous. Yeah, I don't like it. But the LEGITIMATE e-mails sent by eBay are certainly a lot easier to read than a text version would be. Cause text is so much better at advertising then pictures, right?
If they're gonna send them to me as HTML, I might as well read them as HTML. Since they're not going to my junk e-mail in the first place. I obviously want to read them, so read them I shall.
Up until I turned sixteen I wanted to get a neon sign of a hand giving the middle finger I could mount in the rear window of my truck. I thought it would be hilarious, and be easier than actually doing it myself. Then I got over the idea and realized how not funny it was.
I'm now in college and for some odd reason, I now think it would be hilarious again.
I usually like to point out that medical costs, in general, are higher than they should be. Not because of the practitioners, but the other general costs. I used to always go through my dad's magazines and even to this day am amazed at the costs for equipment.
He just broke down and spent $100k for a CADCAM machine. Simply a computer with software that takes a picture of a tooth, builds up a crown or other such addition, then after allowing some editing, it will send it to a milling machine that mills it in a few minutes.
Its actually draw dropping seeing it work, but $100k? Thats a lot of money...
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And I bet one of the reasons you didn't vote for Bush is because we've lost jobs over his term, right?
Which brings up another point. People bitch about the loss of jobs during the Bush administration, then he comes out and says he opposes a treaty that would cause a loss of jobs.
And these are the same people bitching about both things. So which is it? You can't bitch about both....
And one day, after they're gone, you'll need one.
Just because there are bad lawyers does not mean lawyers are bad. Your view is very naive. You really should think about it before you try to get yourself modded up.
Blake
Imagine how much havoc you could cause on gameing forums if you took this, made up some stuff about this new information making it illegal to play games by these publishers till its sorted out...:D
Blake
But it certainly can't diffuse the laser, I would presume, or cause any type of refraction. That's what I was meaning by optically perfect. Perfect isn't the correct word I'm looking for, but the only one that came to mind.
How about the portion of the laser from the reflective layer to the thing that actually reads it?
Blake
You'd think that if we had the capabilities to make something like this, it would have been done...
A coating that is (I assume) optically perfect enough to not mess up something as sensitive as the laser in a CD, and that durable, would be a boon for a huge number of industries.
I'll have to see it before I believe it, and then, if its true, someone's probably gonna make a good bit of money...:D
Blake
Yeah, it would have been different if it were something about hacking Mac OS X so that it would run natively on the machine. Running it through emulation isn't nearly as exciting. That doesn't really take much more than having a serious amount of free time on your hands.
Blake
Well of course, as mentioned in the question, it wouldn't mean buying a Mac. Don't forget, there are other systems that use the PPC. Actually, did you read anything other than the headline? Half the question was devoted to making sure no one had this *slightly* obvious question.
And of course, having Windows on PPC would probably sell more chips, creating lower prices (of course, this is in theory...:D)
Blake
You're right, but being a business with a lot of other customers, it's probably a better business decision to go ahead and do this than have the FBI come back with a warrant to take ALL of Rackspace's US property.
They have no obligation to protect any of their customer's against a legitimate warrant from a law enforcement agency. It's not their problem, its the problem of the company, let them handle it, and don't cause any undue burden on yourself.
I know a lot of people see it the other way, and think they should have questioned it, and might think that they'll scare away business from people who would want that protection. But as a legitimate business, anyone who might be afraid of having the FBI want their information is not high on my list of wanted customers.
Blake
Don't forget, it's a warrant to sieze IndyMedia's harddrives, not Rackspace's. Rackspace isn't in trouble for anything, so they're not innocent or guilty.
Warrants are not used just to collect property of the people in question, but any evidence that might point against them.
I'm pretty sure you know this, but the grandparent I don't think thought about that.
Blake
But then again, EULA's haven't been proven to be enforceable, correct?
Blake
They sure as hell have a pretty big lead so far. Maybe they're mad that lead happens to be in the PC market as well...
Blake
Sharpness is a function of dot pitch which is a function of resolution.
By today's standards, an average 17" CRT will have a higher max resolution than a 17" LCD panel. So the dot pitch is going to be smaller, making it sharper. More plays into it, but in general, a smaller dot pitch means better sharpness.
Not to mention the brightness and contrast ratios one LCD's still have not managed to surpass those of a CRT.
I myself have an OLD Trinitron (well, not that old, but before they were completely flat, and were flat vertically, not horizontally) and it is significantly sharper than any LCD I've ever looked at.
Blake
Actually, you're not correct. But it's nice to know you have the confidence to pretend you do!
To be perfectly honest, I HATE LCD's. I think they look like crap compared to a nice CRT that costs a third of the price.
That being said, there are a few LCD's I would buy. Any of the Apple Cinema displays, or one of the other manufacturers that uses the same panels (I know Sony has one that uses the same panel and looks just as good). The others are the 17" and 20.1" Dell Ultrasharp panels. They look good. HARDLY the cheapest parts.
Really, you should know your stuff before you talk like you do.
Blake
You bring up a point I was specifically going to comment on. Being from Austin, and having friends who are fans of the Mr. Sinus Theater, I had to actually come to the defense of the MST3K producers.
One point was what you brought up. The other point is, even though they use the same format, which I don't see as an egregious error, the title is obviously ripped from the MST3k title, even without the 3000 in it.
That being said, apparently the MST3k people didn't respond to some suggestions the Mr. Sinus guys sent for a name change. Then they sued. I think they are a bit abrupt with the lawsuit, but its still not something that should be labeled as frivilous.
Blake
Man, and I thought you Aussie's were like the British and didn't have a sense of humor! :D
Blake
Not much like a modded post on Slashdot to get you some free advertising. Talk about targetted advertising! Cheap too! :D
Blake
Blake
You have no idea how happy I get when I see a post talking about the latest Dvorak column. Seriously. I love to see people, particularly people relatively well known (at least to the Slashdot crowd) write something that is utterly crap, and then get it torn to pieces. And his columns are almost guaranteed to get shredded to bits.
Has this guy actually ever written something insightful? I really don't bother reading his articles, since they usually involve some critique of how shitty Apple is doing, or how a highly profitable product for MS should be scrapped.
I'll probably get a nice flaming for actually admitting I don't read his articles and saying what I'm saying, but I'll gladly take it if someone can link to some actual good articles of his.
Blake
Just reading the larger quote that you took that sentence from that was posted a few posts up really impressed me. Whoever actually wrote it is quite the writer. I would never have expected something like that from a judge...
Blake
Yeah, uh...not very insightful. In fact, Marketing/Business/Not Being An Idiot 101 would put the number one reason for advertising at:
Knowledge of product/service.
Why? Who the hell cares if there's a cheaper alternative if you don't know a product exists? And since when does cheaper mean better? Do you live in a little one room shack with a black and white portable TV and a Lindows box from Walmart?
Honestly, if Coke releases a new soda, how are you going to find out about it if they don't advertise? Only other two ways I can think of is perhaps stumbling upon it in a store or word of mouth. Neither is a fast form of advertising. TV ads? A multi-million dollar ad campaigns spreads knowledge of a product quite a bit faster, wouldn't you say? Sure, there's always good 'ole Dr. Rite you can go grab thats cheaper. But does that mean its better?
If I invent a revolutionary product, what do you think I'm gonna do? Sit on it and tell a few friends? Probably not...If its revolutionary it has no competitors (Well, more likely than not), and I'm sure as hell gonna spend a lot to advertise it.
Hell, I could go on for twenty minutes just giving some Advertising 101 lessons, and I've only had high school marketing. I mean, don't even get me started with product reinforcement, etc.
Blake
I have not heard that rumor, and I wish I hadn't because I'll excited now...I've been wanting an Apple laptop for a long time, but don't want to shell out a bunch of money for one right now. This, if attractively priced, would be a great middle road. I'd be able to walk around my house with my "computer." My question is, will the bandwidth allow for just basic computing, or could I play games, etc? And what kind of graphics card does the monitor run on?
One of the other reasons I've avoided a laptop happens to be that we have wireless internet all over campus at school (yeah, who doesn't...), and I know that given the ability to surf porn in the middle of class, I'm the kind of person who would do that just because I can...
Blake
Let me be among the first to call "Bullshit" on you calling bullshit.
These scams are not directed at YOU. They're directed at your mom, your dad, your kid. You're correct any "nerd" although I think thats a stupid term to use, because I know plenty of "nerds" that don't know crap about stuff like this (*cough*90% of the CS students I work with*cough*).
I usually just look at the e-mail address. Never seen one like this with a seemingly normal e-mail.
And saying there's something wrong with HTML-enabled e-mail is ridiculous. Yeah, I don't like it. But the LEGITIMATE e-mails sent by eBay are certainly a lot easier to read than a text version would be. Cause text is so much better at advertising then pictures, right?
If they're gonna send them to me as HTML, I might as well read them as HTML. Since they're not going to my junk e-mail in the first place. I obviously want to read them, so read them I shall.
Blake
Up until I turned sixteen I wanted to get a neon sign of a hand giving the middle finger I could mount in the rear window of my truck. I thought it would be hilarious, and be easier than actually doing it myself. Then I got over the idea and realized how not funny it was.
I'm now in college and for some odd reason, I now think it would be hilarious again.
I usually like to point out that medical costs, in general, are higher than they should be. Not because of the practitioners, but the other general costs. I used to always go through my dad's magazines and even to this day am amazed at the costs for equipment.
He just broke down and spent $100k for a CADCAM machine. Simply a computer with software that takes a picture of a tooth, builds up a crown or other such addition, then after allowing some editing, it will send it to a milling machine that mills it in a few minutes.
Its actually draw dropping seeing it work, but $100k? Thats a lot of money...
Blake