Well, as much as I'd like the big bonus, I'm not so gung-ho about giving out my email address on/. You can see a list of what we're hiring on our webpage... there are a lot of openings for EE and CompSci type jobs, everything from Java programming to Pulsed Laser Communications.
My company is one of those rare ones that has good management and cares about its workers. I don't necessarily think this is the job I want for the rest of my life, but I like the company so much that I'd hate to leave it. We have good retirement packages, good benefits, managers that ask us what we want to do and whether we think we their time estimates are realistic, executives that can name by face almost all of the 1000 people working under them, a flexible work schedule, and a relaxed corporate atmosphere that values accomplishment over appearance of work (I can surf the internet all day at work as long as I get my project done on time). I think the difference between us and most worker-hating corporations is that we are a Fed Funded R&D Corp, which is essentially a non-profit.
We are also hiring... www.aero.org My team specifically is looking for a spacecraft trajectory and dynamics person with some coding experience. I even get a major bonus for referring people. The catch is that you have to be a US Citizen.
What an intelligent reply.. thanks for taking the time to post it.
I live in the second largest city in the country, Los Angeles, and there isn't a football team here. I could drive 3 hours to see San Diego or 6 hours to see Oakland or Arizona, but not only are those not teams I want to watch but that would be so much more expensive. A ticket to a game is minimum $50. Tack on gas and parking and food/drinks, and you are up to $80 per game to watch... and broadcasts in HD are actually better than those minimum price tickets because the cameras are closer. My HDTV cost $400; DirecTV is $700/year with the HD NFL package + $200 for the box, while one could cheap out with cable (no NFL package) and spend $500/year for HD DVR (no box cost). I watch on average two games per week in HD (which is better than being at the game if you don't have good seats), so I'd have to shell out $1600/year just for tickets and extras... and that is if there is a stadium in my city, which there isn't.
It's also nice to leave my house and drive 15 minutes to the beach for some surfing or volleyball when the games are done. It's kind of hard to do that when you are spending an hour getting out of the parking lot at the stadium.
And don't let that jerk get you down... 1MB SHOULD be 1000KB (which SHOULD be 1000 bytes), but some lazy electrical engineers decided the significant figures were confusing their managers.
I don't know, possibly because Linus on groklaw and the lawyers from TpreviousFA said specifically that it was allowed. I think they even used that exact example. This is only to stop people from trying to trademark Linux as their business name, e.g. Ubuntu Linux. This is not about trying to stop people from using Linux as part of their business. They are protecting the Linux name from submarine trademarks. If you want to call yourself "Drizzlenuts, a Linux distro" you don't have to pay at all; if you want to call yourself "Drizzlenuts Linux," you do. This way, anyone will be able to have Linux in their name.
You can go to Best Buy right now and buy a brand new TV with only component inputs. I have three things hooked up to my HDTV in HD, and all three are component... I figured when I bought my TV just 6 months ago that component would work just fine. Now they are announcing this crap with Vista, HD-DVD, and soon for BluRay, HDTivo, HDdtv, HDcable, OSx, etc. Looks like I won't be buying any of those techs until I can afford a new TV.
You are saying this is a limitation on computer monitors, but you have to realize that the vast majority of TVs aren't like yours. I know 8 people with HDTVs and only 1 has HDMI or DVI with HDCP.
I don't know anyone with an HDCP compliant monitor yet. And it isn't easy to tell if they do... I researched three Dell LCDs; one was analog only, two were DVI-D with no statement about HDCP.
Maybe it was from the official press release that MS said would be put out today? Everyone who follows console gaming knew that this morning at 9:30am EST MS would be announcing the pricing of the system. I could link you to IGN, Kotaku, Joystiq, LA Times, etc. I won't, though, because I'm lazy.
Here's the thing: most newspapers don't just "speculate" things they print. If they do, then they say that some analyst predicts it. This isn't saying that. This is saying the official price is out. And, actually, the originally linked article didn't even say that; it said that LA Times said that (why the/. editors allowed a post from some guy linking to his own website that generates ad revenue and then just says the LA Times says something, I'll never know). If you read the link, at the bottom there is a link to the official press release info.
If you read the ACTUAL story from the group, it isn't about extracting fees completely.
He isn't saying that you have to pay to use Linux in your business name, he is saying that if you choose to TRADEMARK said name THEN you have to pay.
This is guaranteeing that nobody can trademark the name linux without paying and that nobody can completely trademark the name linux.
Now, I'm guessing that the fee is to pay for the lawyers when someone does license it. It does seem fishy and the lawyers themselves even stated that the letter was poorly written.
Holeee shit, you are an idiot. Truly an idiot. Not only do you criticize someone, but you look down your mac zealot nose at them as if you are the cock of the walk. You are a cock; that much is true...
Listen up, Listen UP(107011): all of the shit you mentioned as working perfectly with your OSX damn well better. It is all standards based, plug and play, best buy sold, "grandma can buy this stuff" hardware. All of the stuff you mentioned works perfectly with Windows as well.
Try this: go buy any of the 457 off-brand nvidia video cards out there. It's easy for an OEM ATI card to work perfectly when it is OEM! I might be mistaken, but I think you can ONLY buy a Mac edition of a video card and have it actually work... and there are three Mac ATI cards versus nine for PC. Of those three, two are G5 ONLY; if you have a G4 you only have one choice for an ATI video card. Yes, that is great hardware support.
Oh, and btw, have fun buying a retail Nvidia card. You can't. You can buy the 6800GT from Apple, and that is about it (unless you want a geforce MX).
Here's the deal: Nvidia gives Apple the driver source code and Apple makes the driver. For one single card. They focus their energy to create a stable driver for one card. A hardware driver is NOT a hardware driver like you think. Many, many hours are spent trying to make a driver work acceptibly with the widest range of weird PC configs out there. And ATI can't make a stable driver for Windows... it will run fine on my PC and blue screen on another just like for no real reason. If they had a smaller and completely known set of configs, the driver would be more stable and more powerful.
You might be correct that OSX is technically and usably superior to Windows... I've never spent more than a few minutes on OSX so can't really remark. I do know that, contrary to what a non-hardware-driver-codewriter like you thinks, it is a lot easier to make a stable driver for a closed system like a Mac.
The Atlas V wasn't originally an ICBM. The Atlas was originally, but the Atlas II, IIAS, IIIA and IIIB were just normal launch vehicles. I work and did work on the latest four of these (I'm too young to have worked on the original Atlas and Atlas II) and can tell you that each is VERY different from the next iteration.
It would be like saying your current Pentium IV PC is anything like the Pentium you had 10 years ago. ISA bus is gone, RAM is different, video cards are AGP instead of ISA or PCI, floppy drives aren't as prominent, *ATX form factor and power supply connectors instead of AT, etc. There are so many architectural changes (aside from speed and internal cpu design) that they are barely considered similar.
Jamming my fingers together on a keyboard and trying to hit keys? You must have either a) very large fingers, or b) a very small keyboard. My fingers naturally fall on ASDF with my thumb perfectly resting on the space bar. There is no cramming, and this is the natural at rest position of my hand. I think having 5 fingers perform 7 functions with the keyboard and 3 fingers performing 4 with the mouse is much more natural than 2 thumbs and 2 index fingers doing all the same stuff. Each finger has to do twice the work when using a controller.
Think about it. Most games are setup on a console with the thumb buttons for jumping picking up weapons and such... that same thumb is also setup for aiming. How does one aim and jump at the same time? Even if you setup your controller a little differently, there will still be a time when you can't hit certain buttons at the same time when you need to. I absolutely guarantee that if you put the top PC Halo players with a kb+m playing against the top console Halo players with a controller, the PC guys would wipe the floor with them. I've played both extensively, and, aside from wacky PC keyboard-like, gaming specific interfaces, nothing can beat a kb+m for FPS games.
That said, the controller is definitely better for other types of games. Third person games like Splinter Cell are very good with a controller (though I haven't spent much time trying it on a PC with a kb+m). Racing games can only be played well with a controller or a wheel... trying those on a keyboard is very, very tough (analog mouse movements for accel and brake are required for accurate control and those can only be done on the mouse, which doesn't work so well).
It's also funny you mentioned the Strategic Commander for FPS games, since it was designed for strategy games and wouldn't work very well at all (from the reviews I read) for FPS gaming... they do have the Dual Strike for FPS games, but although it is an interesting take on aiming, I'm not sure how well it would work. The reviews I read of the strategic commander also said the buttons were too close together, and he felt he had to jam his fingers to hit them.
"plus it doesn't look out all the consumers without HDMI."
You think BluRay won't? Just because Sony hasn't announced it won't doesn't mean it won't. Sony is notorious for giving the consumer a big "screw you," so I'd expect them to be announcing the same thing in about 3 months (their release schedule is about 6 months behind HDDVD). Hell, Sony is both a hardware and content producer, so they'd really want to lock out the analog hole.
Toshiba locking out older HDTVs and Microsoft saying the next Windows will suck balls for playing media on current monitors (do you even know anyone with a monitor supporting HDMI? I don't, and I have a newer LCD) are both trends in the market that aren't going away. Sony will probably step right in line.
My hope right now is that the consumers will be so jaded that no new technology works with the expensive stuff they just bought the past two years and have no guarantee the format they buy will be around next year that they just refuse to support EITHER format and refuse to upgrade to the new Windows. I think these large companies need to find out who really pays their bills.
1) it might be kind of hard to have a BFG Radeon 6800 OC, since they don't make ATI cards. They do sell a GeForce 6800 OC, though.
2) this is a good reason not to buy NVidia cards. The only ATI card out there with a crazy dual slot cooling system is the x850XTPE (their top of the line). All the others I've found have normal fan systems. I've seen so many laughable NVidia fan systems, though... it seems almost like the only way the 500 companies making the same product can differentiate themselves. ATI doesn't have to worry about that (whether or not their chips run any cooler, I have no idea).
Although I agree that it is important to go with Covad or another CLEC instead of Verizon/ILEC, that would not solve this issue. If you read the story (not the article, just the blurb up top), it says that even ADSL companies leasing their lines are getting filtered content.
I think this is a good place for a lawsuit to happen. One of these line sharers could sue because THEIR customers are getting screwed by the filtering of another company.
I am from Indiana, where not having DST was the ONLY smart thing they've done (until next year when they finally make the switch to DST). I moved to Cali a few years ago and can honestly say that DST is an absolutely retarded idea, both in practice and theory. Changing clocks twice a year just causes confusion and no longer helps with saving energy (the original reason for the idea). Also, I think it sucks to leave work at 5pm when it is dark (I use mass transport and skateboarding to the train in the dark isn't safe). Having kids go home from school in the dark isn't safe, either (they'll probably be going TO school in the dark regardless).
On the other hand, though, I love having the extra hours in the day after work. I actually go OUTSIDE and play sports. Yes, I know, exercise is a foreign concept to some/.ers. I played beach volleyball till 8pm and then swam in the ocean for 20 minutes last night... if we stayed on standard time year round, then I couldn't have played so long.
I propose moving everything to summer's time with no time change. Why change for the winter and why change for just 3 months?
Nice try, but the CPS 2000 was more powerful. I have the MK1, which had to be toned down after a dude lost an eye. The MK2 shot farther but not with as much water. The 2500 had variable stream widths, but none were as powerful as the mk1 2000's beam of death.
... are a fucking idiot if you posted that thinking it was informative and not a complete fucking joke.
The top causes of death in this country are things like heart disease, cancer, strokes, etc. Even if some of the deaths due to cancer and strokes were due to medical mistakes, the person probably would have died ANYWAY.
Hopefully, you posted that as an instance where the web hurts hypochondriacs (sp?) and increases the public's mistrust of doctors. If not, you need to read some more pages on the web to get the rest of the story.
I just found a PC sitting with the trash on the side of the road. In it were a perfectly functional amd barton 2500, 40GB hard drive and 128MB pc2100. I didn't find any spyware on the drive, so I think the person threw it out when they couldn't get their new 333MHz FSB cpu to work correctly on their old mobo with 266MHz bus limitation (they might know you can easily underclock it). Either that or the mobo blew up.
I don't care, because I got a free cpu upgrade and hard drive.
There will never be a processor box that will convert the DRM signal to analog.
Umm... Never is a strong word.
Especially since never is now. You can go out right now and get a box that converts HDMI/HDCP to straight DVI. That is still digital but at least unencrypted. To get it analog you can go out and buy a DVI to Component converter right now. It would be very easy to combine these into one box. I'm too lazy to link you, but a quick google search will turn both up.
As for your XBR and waiting for a "converter box," I have no idea what you mean by that. I have an XBR and watch HD on it everyday... DiscoveryHD is stunning, but HBO/ShowtimeHD don't look any better than DVDs. If I had a device that did DVI or HDCP only, I could get a converter to switch it.
Of course, I agree that this move by Toshiba is very stupid. There are a TON of older HD sets that don't have DVI let alone HDMI and therefore can't use this HDDVD player easily. Yes, we can all buy the converter, but those things are expensive right now and the consumer won't take that.
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Nope, that is definitely not the way I took that to mean. From some of the posts, it seems a lot of people didn't make that connection.
"It almost NEVER makes financial sense to replace a functional existing car, unless ... you are an extremely heavy driver."
I've really been wanting to buy a new car, but I'm pretty skinny. Does this mean I should gain a lot of weight beforehand?
Well, as much as I'd like the big bonus, I'm not so gung-ho about giving out my email address on /. You can see a list of what we're hiring on our webpage... there are a lot of openings for EE and CompSci type jobs, everything from Java programming to Pulsed Laser Communications.
My company is one of those rare ones that has good management and cares about its workers. I don't necessarily think this is the job I want for the rest of my life, but I like the company so much that I'd hate to leave it. We have good retirement packages, good benefits, managers that ask us what we want to do and whether we think we their time estimates are realistic, executives that can name by face almost all of the 1000 people working under them, a flexible work schedule, and a relaxed corporate atmosphere that values accomplishment over appearance of work (I can surf the internet all day at work as long as I get my project done on time). I think the difference between us and most worker-hating corporations is that we are a Fed Funded R&D Corp, which is essentially a non-profit.
We are also hiring... www.aero.org
My team specifically is looking for a spacecraft trajectory and dynamics person with some coding experience. I even get a major bonus for referring people. The catch is that you have to be a US Citizen.
What an intelligent reply.. thanks for taking the time to post it.
I live in the second largest city in the country, Los Angeles, and there isn't a football team here. I could drive 3 hours to see San Diego or 6 hours to see Oakland or Arizona, but not only are those not teams I want to watch but that would be so much more expensive. A ticket to a game is minimum $50. Tack on gas and parking and food/drinks, and you are up to $80 per game to watch... and broadcasts in HD are actually better than those minimum price tickets because the cameras are closer. My HDTV cost $400; DirecTV is $700/year with the HD NFL package + $200 for the box, while one could cheap out with cable (no NFL package) and spend $500/year for HD DVR (no box cost). I watch on average two games per week in HD (which is better than being at the game if you don't have good seats), so I'd have to shell out $1600/year just for tickets and extras... and that is if there is a stadium in my city, which there isn't.
It's also nice to leave my house and drive 15 minutes to the beach for some surfing or volleyball when the games are done. It's kind of hard to do that when you are spending an hour getting out of the parking lot at the stadium.
1. Post list of top 50 things a geek cares about.
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..., just straight profit from the geeks clicking through 50 pages of ads.
1a. doesn't matter how accurate or well researched the list is
2. Make list available one item per time on a page heavy with ads
3. Post link to
4. There is no
I find it funny you know what a priapism is.
And don't let that jerk get you down... 1MB SHOULD be 1000KB (which SHOULD be 1000 bytes), but some lazy electrical engineers decided the significant figures were confusing their managers.
Does this remind anyone else of that movie Project X with Matthew Broderick? Won't these scientists ever learn?
I don't know, possibly because Linus on groklaw and the lawyers from TpreviousFA said specifically that it was allowed. I think they even used that exact example. This is only to stop people from trying to trademark Linux as their business name, e.g. Ubuntu Linux. This is not about trying to stop people from using Linux as part of their business. They are protecting the Linux name from submarine trademarks. If you want to call yourself "Drizzlenuts, a Linux distro" you don't have to pay at all; if you want to call yourself "Drizzlenuts Linux," you do. This way, anyone will be able to have Linux in their name.
Or if you can't afford a projection TV...
You can go to Best Buy right now and buy a brand new TV with only component inputs. I have three things hooked up to my HDTV in HD, and all three are component... I figured when I bought my TV just 6 months ago that component would work just fine. Now they are announcing this crap with Vista, HD-DVD, and soon for BluRay, HDTivo, HDdtv, HDcable, OSx, etc. Looks like I won't be buying any of those techs until I can afford a new TV.
You are saying this is a limitation on computer monitors, but you have to realize that the vast majority of TVs aren't like yours. I know 8 people with HDTVs and only 1 has HDMI or DVI with HDCP.
I don't know anyone with an HDCP compliant monitor yet. And it isn't easy to tell if they do... I researched three Dell LCDs; one was analog only, two were DVI-D with no statement about HDCP.
Gee, I don't know where they got it...
/. editors allowed a post from some guy linking to his own website that generates ad revenue and then just says the LA Times says something, I'll never know). If you read the link, at the bottom there is a link to the official press release info.
Maybe it was from the official press release that MS said would be put out today? Everyone who follows console gaming knew that this morning at 9:30am EST MS would be announcing the pricing of the system. I could link you to IGN, Kotaku, Joystiq, LA Times, etc. I won't, though, because I'm lazy.
Here's the thing: most newspapers don't just "speculate" things they print. If they do, then they say that some analyst predicts it. This isn't saying that. This is saying the official price is out. And, actually, the originally linked article didn't even say that; it said that LA Times said that (why the
If you read the ACTUAL story from the group, it isn't about extracting fees completely.
He isn't saying that you have to pay to use Linux in your business name, he is saying that if you choose to TRADEMARK said name THEN you have to pay.
This is guaranteeing that nobody can trademark the name linux without paying and that nobody can completely trademark the name linux.
Now, I'm guessing that the fee is to pay for the lawyers when someone does license it. It does seem fishy and the lawyers themselves even stated that the letter was poorly written.
Holeee shit, you are an idiot. Truly an idiot. Not only do you criticize someone, but you look down your mac zealot nose at them as if you are the cock of the walk. You are a cock; that much is true...
Listen up, Listen UP(107011): all of the shit you mentioned as working perfectly with your OSX damn well better. It is all standards based, plug and play, best buy sold, "grandma can buy this stuff" hardware. All of the stuff you mentioned works perfectly with Windows as well.
Try this: go buy any of the 457 off-brand nvidia video cards out there. It's easy for an OEM ATI card to work perfectly when it is OEM! I might be mistaken, but I think you can ONLY buy a Mac edition of a video card and have it actually work... and there are three Mac ATI cards versus nine for PC. Of those three, two are G5 ONLY; if you have a G4 you only have one choice for an ATI video card. Yes, that is great hardware support.
Oh, and btw, have fun buying a retail Nvidia card. You can't. You can buy the 6800GT from Apple, and that is about it (unless you want a geforce MX).
Here's the deal: Nvidia gives Apple the driver source code and Apple makes the driver. For one single card. They focus their energy to create a stable driver for one card. A hardware driver is NOT a hardware driver like you think. Many, many hours are spent trying to make a driver work acceptibly with the widest range of weird PC configs out there. And ATI can't make a stable driver for Windows... it will run fine on my PC and blue screen on another just like for no real reason. If they had a smaller and completely known set of configs, the driver would be more stable and more powerful.
You might be correct that OSX is technically and usably superior to Windows... I've never spent more than a few minutes on OSX so can't really remark. I do know that, contrary to what a non-hardware-driver-codewriter like you thinks, it is a lot easier to make a stable driver for a closed system like a Mac.
The Atlas V wasn't originally an ICBM. The Atlas was originally, but the Atlas II, IIAS, IIIA and IIIB were just normal launch vehicles. I work and did work on the latest four of these (I'm too young to have worked on the original Atlas and Atlas II) and can tell you that each is VERY different from the next iteration.
It would be like saying your current Pentium IV PC is anything like the Pentium you had 10 years ago. ISA bus is gone, RAM is different, video cards are AGP instead of ISA or PCI, floppy drives aren't as prominent, *ATX form factor and power supply connectors instead of AT, etc. There are so many architectural changes (aside from speed and internal cpu design) that they are barely considered similar.
Jamming my fingers together on a keyboard and trying to hit keys? You must have either a) very large fingers, or b) a very small keyboard. My fingers naturally fall on ASDF with my thumb perfectly resting on the space bar. There is no cramming, and this is the natural at rest position of my hand. I think having 5 fingers perform 7 functions with the keyboard and 3 fingers performing 4 with the mouse is much more natural than 2 thumbs and 2 index fingers doing all the same stuff. Each finger has to do twice the work when using a controller.
Think about it. Most games are setup on a console with the thumb buttons for jumping picking up weapons and such... that same thumb is also setup for aiming. How does one aim and jump at the same time? Even if you setup your controller a little differently, there will still be a time when you can't hit certain buttons at the same time when you need to. I absolutely guarantee that if you put the top PC Halo players with a kb+m playing against the top console Halo players with a controller, the PC guys would wipe the floor with them. I've played both extensively, and, aside from wacky PC keyboard-like, gaming specific interfaces, nothing can beat a kb+m for FPS games.
That said, the controller is definitely better for other types of games. Third person games like Splinter Cell are very good with a controller (though I haven't spent much time trying it on a PC with a kb+m). Racing games can only be played well with a controller or a wheel... trying those on a keyboard is very, very tough (analog mouse movements for accel and brake are required for accurate control and those can only be done on the mouse, which doesn't work so well).
It's also funny you mentioned the Strategic Commander for FPS games, since it was designed for strategy games and wouldn't work very well at all (from the reviews I read) for FPS gaming... they do have the Dual Strike for FPS games, but although it is an interesting take on aiming, I'm not sure how well it would work. The reviews I read of the strategic commander also said the buttons were too close together, and he felt he had to jam his fingers to hit them.
"plus it doesn't look out all the consumers without HDMI."
You think BluRay won't? Just because Sony hasn't announced it won't doesn't mean it won't. Sony is notorious for giving the consumer a big "screw you," so I'd expect them to be announcing the same thing in about 3 months (their release schedule is about 6 months behind HDDVD). Hell, Sony is both a hardware and content producer, so they'd really want to lock out the analog hole.
Toshiba locking out older HDTVs and Microsoft saying the next Windows will suck balls for playing media on current monitors (do you even know anyone with a monitor supporting HDMI? I don't, and I have a newer LCD) are both trends in the market that aren't going away. Sony will probably step right in line.
My hope right now is that the consumers will be so jaded that no new technology works with the expensive stuff they just bought the past two years and have no guarantee the format they buy will be around next year that they just refuse to support EITHER format and refuse to upgrade to the new Windows. I think these large companies need to find out who really pays their bills.
Two things...
1) it might be kind of hard to have a BFG Radeon 6800 OC, since they don't make ATI cards. They do sell a GeForce 6800 OC, though.
2) this is a good reason not to buy NVidia cards. The only ATI card out there with a crazy dual slot cooling system is the x850XTPE (their top of the line). All the others I've found have normal fan systems. I've seen so many laughable NVidia fan systems, though... it seems almost like the only way the 500 companies making the same product can differentiate themselves. ATI doesn't have to worry about that (whether or not their chips run any cooler, I have no idea).
Although I agree that it is important to go with Covad or another CLEC instead of Verizon/ILEC, that would not solve this issue. If you read the story (not the article, just the blurb up top), it says that even ADSL companies leasing their lines are getting filtered content.
I think this is a good place for a lawsuit to happen. One of these line sharers could sue because THEIR customers are getting screwed by the filtering of another company.
I both agree and disagree with your post.
/.ers. I played beach volleyball till 8pm and then swam in the ocean for 20 minutes last night... if we stayed on standard time year round, then I couldn't have played so long.
I am from Indiana, where not having DST was the ONLY smart thing they've done (until next year when they finally make the switch to DST). I moved to Cali a few years ago and can honestly say that DST is an absolutely retarded idea, both in practice and theory. Changing clocks twice a year just causes confusion and no longer helps with saving energy (the original reason for the idea). Also, I think it sucks to leave work at 5pm when it is dark (I use mass transport and skateboarding to the train in the dark isn't safe). Having kids go home from school in the dark isn't safe, either (they'll probably be going TO school in the dark regardless).
On the other hand, though, I love having the extra hours in the day after work. I actually go OUTSIDE and play sports. Yes, I know, exercise is a foreign concept to some
I propose moving everything to summer's time with no time change. Why change for the winter and why change for just 3 months?
Nice try, but the CPS 2000 was more powerful. I have the MK1, which had to be toned down after a dude lost an eye. The MK2 shot farther but not with as much water. The 2500 had variable stream widths, but none were as powerful as the mk1 2000's beam of death.
... are a fucking idiot if you posted that thinking it was informative and not a complete fucking joke.
The top causes of death in this country are things like heart disease, cancer, strokes, etc. Even if some of the deaths due to cancer and strokes were due to medical mistakes, the person probably would have died ANYWAY.
Hopefully, you posted that as an instance where the web hurts hypochondriacs (sp?) and increases the public's mistrust of doctors. If not, you need to read some more pages on the web to get the rest of the story.
I just found a PC sitting with the trash on the side of the road. In it were a perfectly functional amd barton 2500, 40GB hard drive and 128MB pc2100. I didn't find any spyware on the drive, so I think the person threw it out when they couldn't get their new 333MHz FSB cpu to work correctly on their old mobo with 266MHz bus limitation (they might know you can easily underclock it). Either that or the mobo blew up.
I don't care, because I got a free cpu upgrade and hard drive.
Here you go:
here's the box
It probably IS illegal under the DMCA, so I should buy one now.
No, I am not confusing anything.
here's the box
It probably IS illegal under the DMCA, so I should buy one now.
There will never be a processor box that will convert the DRM signal to analog.
Umm... Never is a strong word.
Especially since never is now. You can go out right now and get a box that converts HDMI/HDCP to straight DVI. That is still digital but at least unencrypted. To get it analog you can go out and buy a DVI to Component converter right now. It would be very easy to combine these into one box.
I'm too lazy to link you, but a quick google search will turn both up.
As for your XBR and waiting for a "converter box," I have no idea what you mean by that. I have an XBR and watch HD on it everyday... DiscoveryHD is stunning, but HBO/ShowtimeHD don't look any better than DVDs. If I had a device that did DVI or HDCP only, I could get a converter to switch it.
Of course, I agree that this move by Toshiba is very stupid. There are a TON of older HD sets that don't have DVI let alone HDMI and therefore can't use this HDDVD player easily. Yes, we can all buy the converter, but those things are expensive right now and the consumer won't take that.