Let's face it, the only reason folks buy stuff from China is because the goods are cheap. And that's because it's cheap to produce there. And it's cheap to produce there for two reasons: 1. Cheap labour (Very poorly paid workers, most of whom I suspect simply don't know any different) 2. Virtually no pollution regulations. Factories can belch out pretty much whatever they like, so can use much cheaper production methods than elsewhere.
Take those two things away by, say, introducing workers' unions and pollution laws, and watch the manufacturing dry up. Like what has happened in many first-world countries now. Westerners just don't like to see pollution and underpaid work locally, so outsource it - NIMBY.
Note: I am not saying this situation is good by any means - I avoid buying stuff made in China wherever possible. You should too.
"The Super Principia is in no way, shape, form, or fashion a religious book or religious treatise; It is serious and hard core physics. There is no mention of God or any creator anywhere in the mathematica and physics. The creation theory is only presented in the Prologue, and this was similar to what Newton did in 1687."
Yes, it is true HDR recording, in exactly the same way that the old techniques of multiple exposures were true HDR recording.
I'm not sure what pedantic contradiction you think you've found, but despite decades of research no display device has come close to the range of what a retina can perceive at any given time. Two extreme exposures of a scene may well contain information that a retina could not perceive all at once, but this becomes irrelevant as soon as you combine them. When these exposures are combined into a single image, each pixel is assigned three values from 0 to say 4096, for a 12-bit per channel RGB image. At this point the image ceases to be HDR, unless they somehow retain the original exposure information.
You get a "fake" HDR picture just as we always have. They look lovely, but they are not actual HDR images.
What's happened to the Slashdot tagging system? Why can't I click the little triangle to add new tags to an article anymore? Are only editors allowed to tag articles these days?
And why the hell hasn't anyone marked this one 'dupe'?
When tags were first introduced I saw a massive drop in the rate of duplicate articles that made it past the firehose (was it even called 'firehose' back then? I don't remember)
It it was true HDR then we'd need a (non-existent AFAIK) HDR monitor to see it. This is two exposures compressed down to a standard dynamic range image, aka fake HDR.
The novel part here is in the simultaneous capturing process of these two exposures.
This may well be another nail in the coffin of print media. At the moment at least, by and large, any magazines you subscribe to can be chucked in a paper bin for later recycling. What is one meant to do with these monstrosities?
I'm usually against crippling technology in the name of satisfying some safety-related corner cases, but I don't really see much advantage in having a completely silent car.
Sorry, but I'm having difficulty coming up with any scenario where silent cars would be anything other than downright dangerous.
All cars are required by law to have headlights operating when visibility is poor for two reasons:
1. So the driver can see the road and potential hazards ahead. 2. So other road users can see the car.
Point 2 above is important - a car must be seen by potential roadkill. Likewise, a car must also be heard.
Therefore all cars should be required to produce some level of sound. If the engine/motor/tyres are too quiet to be heard from say 50m away by a pedestrian then some kind of substitute is absolutely necessary.
Now the trick comes in finding an appropriate sound that serves the required purpose while being as least annoying as possible.
That's why that version of Football, as in where you kick around a white spherical ball with black pentagons, should only ever be referred to by its proper name: Soccer.
I'll second this. Adywans version of ANH, and soon-to-be-completed ESB, are (will be) the definitive versions. The attention to detail is utterly astonishing.
Han: "Over my dead body" Greedo: "Chee pow kibowww nikessska [That's the idea]"
Filtering through all the bad dialogue, it's quite plausible that Greedo was set up to dispense with Han. If so, then it's clear that Jabba wanted at least one of them dead, though not necessarily Han:)
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Well, for all intensive purposes I suppose
Let's face it, the only reason folks buy stuff from China is because the goods are cheap. And that's because it's cheap to produce there. And it's cheap to produce there for two reasons:
1. Cheap labour (Very poorly paid workers, most of whom I suspect simply don't know any different)
2. Virtually no pollution regulations. Factories can belch out pretty much whatever they like, so can use much cheaper production methods than elsewhere.
Take those two things away by, say, introducing workers' unions and pollution laws, and watch the manufacturing dry up. Like what has happened in many first-world countries now. Westerners just don't like to see pollution and underpaid work locally, so outsource it - NIMBY.
Note: I am not saying this situation is good by any means - I avoid buying stuff made in China wherever possible. You should too.
Ooh, if only I had mod points.
I think you've nailed it right there.
But has it done him any good - has he managed to get access to the driver for the lab Xerox 9700 yet?
Fair enough comments, but from his web page:
"The Super Principia is in no way, shape, form, or fashion a religious book or religious treatise; It is serious and hard core physics. There is no mention of God or any creator anywhere in the mathematica and physics. The creation theory is only presented in the Prologue, and this was similar to what Newton did in 1687."
Google has a front page?
Sincerely,
A keyword search user
So brown sugar, right?
I don't know about cooking it, but molasses is present in brown sugar. It's what makes it, well, brown.
Well, yes and no.
Yes, it is true HDR recording, in exactly the same way that the old techniques of multiple exposures were true HDR recording.
I'm not sure what pedantic contradiction you think you've found, but despite decades of research no display device has come close to the range of what a retina can perceive at any given time. Two extreme exposures of a scene may well contain information that a retina could not perceive all at once, but this becomes irrelevant as soon as you combine them. When these exposures are combined into a single image, each pixel is assigned three values from 0 to say 4096, for a 12-bit per channel RGB image. At this point the image ceases to be HDR, unless they somehow retain the original exposure information.
You get a "fake" HDR picture just as we always have. They look lovely, but they are not actual HDR images.
What's happened to the Slashdot tagging system? Why can't I click the little triangle to add new tags to an article anymore? Are only editors allowed to tag articles these days?
And why the hell hasn't anyone marked this one 'dupe'?
When tags were first introduced I saw a massive drop in the rate of duplicate articles that made it past the firehose (was it even called 'firehose' back then? I don't remember)
It it was true HDR then we'd need a (non-existent AFAIK) HDR monitor to see it. This is two exposures compressed down to a standard dynamic range image, aka fake HDR.
The novel part here is in the simultaneous capturing process of these two exposures.
Can we please stop giving these guys mindshare? It only makes them stronger.
Stopping giving them money is only half of the solution. Until everyone does it.
This language is getting worse all the time...
I see pretty much every other popular distro made that list too.
It looks like they're trying to pull a Lucas and reset the copyright clock.
Tch tch
This may well be another nail in the coffin of print media. At the moment at least, by and large, any magazines you subscribe to can be chucked in a paper bin for later recycling. What is one meant to do with these monstrosities?
The latter.
I'm usually against crippling technology in the name of satisfying some safety-related corner cases, but I don't really see much advantage in having a completely silent car.
Sorry, but I'm having difficulty coming up with any scenario where silent cars would be anything other than downright dangerous.
All cars are required by law to have headlights operating when visibility is poor for two reasons:
1. So the driver can see the road and potential hazards ahead.
2. So other road users can see the car.
Point 2 above is important - a car must be seen by potential roadkill. Likewise, a car must also be heard.
Therefore all cars should be required to produce some level of sound. If the engine/motor/tyres are too quiet to be heard from say 50m away by a pedestrian then some kind of substitute is absolutely necessary.
Now the trick comes in finding an appropriate sound that serves the required purpose while being as least annoying as possible.
No.
That's why that version of Football, as in where you kick around a white spherical ball with black pentagons, should only ever be referred to by its proper name: Soccer.
I'll second this. Adywans version of ANH, and soon-to-be-completed ESB, are (will be) the definitive versions. The attention to detail is utterly astonishing.
ANH changelog
ESB changelog so far
I quite like it, though I agree it might affect the tone.
The way I saw it: The hero, whilst in seclusion and being "taunted" from afar by his evil father, forges a weapon to raise against him.
It all seems very poetic, or maybe I'm just a sucker for such things.
Thank you Ian.
Sorry it didn't work out with Deb.
Not quite:
:)
Han: "Over my dead body"
Greedo: "Chee pow kibowww nikessska [That's the idea]"
Filtering through all the bad dialogue, it's quite plausible that Greedo was set up to dispense with Han. If so, then it's clear that Jabba wanted at least one of them dead, though not necessarily Han
It could be a potato salad.