Well, a pretty good definition of an auction is "a process by which a fair market value is determined". So the amount the uid auction ends up at is the fair market value (let's face it, that's what the market is willing to pay for a unique item), and the winner will not have paid a cent over that. The mothridden old tower, on the other hand...:)
No point in buying a fullframe DSLR for astrophotography. Reduced frame gives you a blow-up factor, meaning you can get better shots with shorter lenses. Seriously, how often do you need ultra wide angle field of view when photographing the night sky? And how often do you wish you had a lens just _that_ bit longer? For the price of a 5D ($2,500) you can get a 40D _and_ a 400mm f/5.6 L lens. Throw in a 1.4x teleconverter and you have a ~900 mm equivalent camera system - nice for moon shots etc. For stars & such you should forget about conventional lenses and look at telescope mounting systems instead.
Now the problem is that these people aren't asking if they can have a phone without a camera. And they know it. They want a phone that has WiFi, stereo bluetooth, a big high quality color screen, 3G, can play back every media file under the sun and better yet they can put custom software on and isn't locked to any provider... but not a camera. And that is where you do end up getting into "good luck, mate" territory.
Actually, you're wrong. Some phone makers offer exactly this, presumably for companies with no-camera-phones-policies (although dropping the crappy little camera gets you some extra space too).
For example, the Nokia E62 - Symbian Series 60 v3 OS, WiFi, 3G, office suite, the works - and no camera.
`Really nice place you have here, pity if it would burn, eh? Luigi here is really disappointed with your negative attitude to us.' ...an' what's that PENGUIN doin' in the corner?
I upgraded my home PC a month ago, and bought 500GB worth of disks for about £120. Taking an exchange rate of approx 1.76 (from x-rates.com), that works out as a touch over $68, or $6.8 per 50GB
Uhh... no. £120 is closer to $211, if you do the math correctly. Which is $21 per 50GB. GP is correct.
in Collie, Western Australia, Muja #1 plant burns 4 million tonnes of coal per year. Coal which is 3 parts per million Uranium. Simple arithmetic says that 12 tonnes of Uranium goes up the stack or into the ash every year.
I'm not disputing your claims, but given a 3ppm concentration of uranium in the coal, this does not translate into the 12 tonnes. ppm is a measure of particle concentration, not mass. Unfortunately, the number should probably be higher:-/
Sadly, the pyramids are not all that impressive up close either. Granted, the structures themselves are prett awe-inspiring, but the surrounding area killed a lot of the experience for me. I didn't mind the state of the residential areas around Giza, as they are representative of average housing in Cairo, but the amount of debris and junk in the undeveloped desert immediately surrounding the pyramids themselves is quite disgusting. I saw several rotting carcasses of horses and donkeys among plastic wrappers, bags of household garbage, and construction debris. As one of the world's most important and interesting heritage sites, the lack of interest the Egyptian government shows in keeping it clean and inviting for visitors is just one stop short of apalling. So I'm pretty sure that although a 19-incher might be a bit underwhelming, a seriously sized projection of a 3D flythrough could be every bit as fascinating an experience, seen as a whole, as actually visiting.
Not to mention how are hospitals going to respond to critical changes in a patient's vital signs? Once cardiovascular or pulmonary stats start going downhill, you don't have a great deal of time.
Although this is a far shot better than being sent home with no follow-up, it could also lead to a false sense of security - you just don't have stand-by nurses and operating theatres in your average home.
Human rights violations has nothing to do with our invading another countries.
Well, actually, some people believe that controlling one's own country is something of a human right in itself. I'm not saying that Iraq was a country in the control of its citizens at the time of the invasion, but still your comment makes no sense.
>They also rightly pointed out (i think, as i've not >tried) that this would be a 1:1 copy, so a 60 >minute album would take you the same amount of time >to copy - which isn't going to be much fun to do >lots of.
Well, generally I would think that the object of downloading music in the first place is to listen to it. As listening usually has to take place in real time anyway, I don't really see the problem here. Just copy it the first (or second, if you will) time you listen to it...
DoCoMo (Japan's largest mobile communications company) has services that aspire to third generation mobile comms, but the technology is just perked-up second generation. There are no commercial 3G networks anywhere. Yet.
Strange thing. In Norway, Mongo is a rather rude term for a person with Down's Syndrome. OK, Norway is a small country, but about 95% of people aged 15-30 own a mobile phone, most of them Nokias, and after all, Finland (home of Nokia) is pretty close to here. Why choose "Retard" (actually, it's a lot worse:-) as their mascot name?
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* And by "light on fire", I mean "make pointless and expensive acquisitions".
or just light on fire
Sounds fun.
Well, a pretty good definition of an auction is "a process by which a fair market value is determined". So the amount the uid auction ends up at is the fair market value (let's face it, that's what the market is willing to pay for a unique item), and the winner will not have paid a cent over that. The mothridden old tower, on the other hand... :)
No point in buying a fullframe DSLR for astrophotography. Reduced frame gives you a blow-up factor, meaning you can get better shots with shorter lenses. Seriously, how often do you need ultra wide angle field of view when photographing the night sky? And how often do you wish you had a lens just _that_ bit longer? For the price of a 5D ($2,500) you can get a 40D _and_ a 400mm f/5.6 L lens. Throw in a 1.4x teleconverter and you have a ~900 mm equivalent camera system - nice for moon shots etc. For stars & such you should forget about conventional lenses and look at telescope mounting systems instead.
I upgraded my home PC a month ago, and bought 500GB worth of disks for about £120. Taking an exchange rate of approx 1.76 (from x-rates.com), that works out as a touch over $68, or $6.8 per 50GB
Uhh... no. £120 is closer to $211, if you do the math correctly. Which is $21 per 50GB. GP is correct.
in Collie, Western Australia, Muja #1 plant burns 4 million tonnes of coal per year. Coal which is 3 parts per million Uranium. Simple arithmetic says that 12 tonnes of Uranium goes up the stack or into the ash every year.
:-/
I'm not disputing your claims, but given a 3ppm concentration of uranium in the coal, this does not translate into the 12 tonnes. ppm is a measure of particle concentration, not mass. Unfortunately, the number should probably be higher
Sadly, the pyramids are not all that impressive up close either. Granted, the structures themselves are prett awe-inspiring, but the surrounding area killed a lot of the experience for me. I didn't mind the state of the residential areas around Giza, as they are representative of average housing in Cairo, but the amount of debris and junk in the undeveloped desert immediately surrounding the pyramids themselves is quite disgusting. I saw several rotting carcasses of horses and donkeys among plastic wrappers, bags of household garbage, and construction debris. As one of the world's most important and interesting heritage sites, the lack of interest the Egyptian government shows in keeping it clean and inviting for visitors is just one stop short of apalling. So I'm pretty sure that although a 19-incher might be a bit underwhelming, a seriously sized projection of a 3D flythrough could be every bit as fascinating an experience, seen as a whole, as actually visiting.
FINISH IT!
Not to mention how are hospitals going to respond to critical changes in a patient's vital signs? Once cardiovascular or pulmonary stats start going downhill, you don't have a great deal of time.
Although this is a far shot better than being sent home with no follow-up, it could also lead to a false sense of security - you just don't have stand-by nurses and operating theatres in your average home.
Human rights violations has nothing to do with our invading another countries. Well, actually, some people believe that controlling one's own country is something of a human right in itself. I'm not saying that Iraq was a country in the control of its citizens at the time of the invasion, but still your comment makes no sense.
>They also rightly pointed out (i think, as i've not
>tried) that this would be a 1:1 copy, so a 60
>minute album would take you the same amount of time
>to copy - which isn't going to be much fun to do
>lots of.
Well, generally I would think that the object of downloading music in the first place is to listen to it. As listening usually has to take place in real time anyway, I don't really see the problem here. Just copy it the first (or second, if you will) time you listen to it...
DoCoMo (Japan's largest mobile communications company) has services that aspire to third generation mobile comms, but the technology is just perked-up second generation. There are no commercial 3G networks anywhere. Yet.
Strange thing. In Norway, Mongo is a rather rude term for a person with Down's Syndrome. OK, Norway is a small country, but about 95% of people aged 15-30 own a mobile phone, most of them Nokias, and after all, Finland (home of Nokia) is pretty close to here. Why choose "Retard" (actually, it's a lot worse :-) as their mascot name?
Beats me.