Movies haven't followed the same pattern as music. VHS got really cheap when DVDs became popular. DVDs are already becoming pretty cheap even before an alternative format is released. You can get movies as low as $5.00. Sure they're old movies, but I don't think you could get any DVD for under $25 when the format first became popular.
Spyware is down partailly because part of the newspeak is not to call "legitimate" purveyors of surveillance software "spyware." This has, for instance, lead Microsoft to change the recommendation for such select pieces of software to "ignore" from "remove" and has decreased their listed severity rating.
Oh, sorry I need to clarify. The $600 I'm talking about is not using an overhead projector with the standard bulb. It's using an all-custom enclosure and lens triplet with a metal-halide (parking lot) bulb, a-la LumenLab. Noise is not an issue any more than it is with the compact consumer projectors as long as you use a 120mm fan. At that size, the fan can push a lot of air at a low RPM. The only real issues, in fact, are size and build time. On every other aspect I consider that it matches or beats other sub-$1000 projectors, spec to spec and most certainly dollar to dollar. The LumenLab design is actually small and light enough to ceiling mount and have optical gravity keystone correction. Mind you they do take much longer to build than the overhead projector-in-a-box design. The quality is worth it.
They're rated for 4000 hours often times in "economy" mode where you're watching a much dimmer screen. Also, the bulbs carry a 90 day warranty only. They can and will sometimes burn out after only a couple hundred hours of use, especially if the projector is often transported. I know at work I've seen a bulb implode after as little as 30 hours of use. It's a dirty little secret of the cheap, miniature projectors. Much like the dirty little secret of the cheap inkjet printers. It's practically a loss leader.
An LCD monitor itself is translucent. Behind it is a light source. It's encased in plastic to keep the light from escaping out the back. Remove the casing and shine a much brighter light source through the LCD. The rest is focusing and heat removal.
For $600 you can build a 1024x768 projector with DVI input and brightness equivalent to a 1500 lumen projector. The bulbs cost $40 to replace and last 18,000 hours. Parts are cheap and interchangable, should something go wrong (heat is the major issue.)
Your $800 refurb projector will be an 800x600 with no DVI support and $300 bulb replacements twice a year. Good luck repairing it cheaply if something else breaks.
This isn't about simply forcing people to use Linux. I've been considering giving some of these out for Christmas myself. You think of it as:
"Hey! Want to defeat the evil Microsoft Empire and join the Linux Nazi revolution today! Just stick this CD-ROM in your computer and drink the enclosed packet of Kool-Aid!"
What it really is is:
"Hey! Would you like to be able to surf the Web without worrying about your computer crashing or not having the latest updates or having your personal files stolen or............ Then stick in this CD when you want to use the Internet hassle-free. Reboot when you want to get back to Windows."
... Then this part you mumble under your breath...
"(Then maybe I can go an entire year without having to come over to your house and fix your computer.)"
...And just when I clicked on the "Read More..." link, the QOTD at the bottom said:
"You cannot achieve the impossible without attempting the absurd. "
Not really. You forget that, while most Americans and many other 1st language English speakers are uni-lingual, many people who speak other languages are bi- or multi-lingual, speaking English out of necessity. Especially Internet users, considering that English is still the language of choice (although Chinese certainly has a chance at claiming that crown.)
Also look under the HKEY_CURRENT_USER branch, under the same registry keys. Some programs will hide some startups in there, knowing most people who know about HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE still don't know to look in HKEY_CURRENT_USER. Also take a look at your BHOs (Browser Helper Objects). This program should help you sort them out without having to dissect your registry: BHODemon
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Von Roll has a similar technology called a fluidized bed incinerator which is used to incinerate all sorts of waste, including human waste that is up to 70% water. This is currently being built at the Metropolitan Wastewater Plant in St. Paul, Minnesota, and is already in use in many other places to process organic wastes such as from corn and turkey processing byproducts.
The system essentially works by heating up tons of sand being blown around in a large cyclone tower, and injecting the fluid waste into the whirling vortex. A lot of energy is required to heat up the sand to start the process, but after which the system generates enough power to power the entire treatment plant, and sometimes then some. More info in the white paper.
If you go to the technical paper, take a look at figures 5 and 8. Now a quote from page 3 of the same paper:
Utility Conduits: As shown in Figure 5 utility conduits may be built into the walls of a building structure precisely as dictated by the CAD data. Sample sections made with CC and filled with concrete as shown in Figure 8 demonstrate this possibility.
They only scanned for four spyware programs. I would say over half of all Windows machines connected to the Internet are infected. The other half that aren't infected are people who know how to avoid being infected, or don't surf the web. If they would have scanned for every spyware program included with Spybot instead of just those four, they would have come up with a much higher number.
He-lo the-arr Ted. Wou-ld you lah-ik to come-with mee to my roo-amm and have-a goo-ahd tiy-am?
If such a program would have to learn how to survive, that might be one way. But it would be a little bit like dating a vacuum cleaner with throat cancer.
Well, now, they can't create a just-in-time cure to the Superflu and save the world and win the Nobel prize if the Superflu doesn't exist, now, can they?
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Is that why jdbgmgr.exe has a teddy bear icon, by any chance? I always wondered...
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Movies haven't followed the same pattern as music. VHS got really cheap when DVDs became popular. DVDs are already becoming pretty cheap even before an alternative format is released. You can get movies as low as $5.00. Sure they're old movies, but I don't think you could get any DVD for under $25 when the format first became popular.
Spyware is down partailly because part of the newspeak is not to call "legitimate" purveyors of surveillance software "spyware." This has, for instance, lead Microsoft to change the recommendation for such select pieces of software to "ignore" from "remove" and has decreased their listed severity rating.
So does this mean that Blackberry service will definitely not be shut down? Could you cite a source, such as a news article?
Quit bitching and use Mirrordot. How many times must you be told? You're welcome.
Oh, sorry I need to clarify. The $600 I'm talking about is not using an overhead projector with the standard bulb. It's using an all-custom enclosure and lens triplet with a metal-halide (parking lot) bulb, a-la LumenLab. Noise is not an issue any more than it is with the compact consumer projectors as long as you use a 120mm fan. At that size, the fan can push a lot of air at a low RPM. The only real issues, in fact, are size and build time. On every other aspect I consider that it matches or beats other sub-$1000 projectors, spec to spec and most certainly dollar to dollar. The LumenLab design is actually small and light enough to ceiling mount and have optical gravity keystone correction. Mind you they do take much longer to build than the overhead projector-in-a-box design. The quality is worth it.
They're rated for 4000 hours often times in "economy" mode where you're watching a much dimmer screen. Also, the bulbs carry a 90 day warranty only. They can and will sometimes burn out after only a couple hundred hours of use, especially if the projector is often transported. I know at work I've seen a bulb implode after as little as 30 hours of use. It's a dirty little secret of the cheap, miniature projectors. Much like the dirty little secret of the cheap inkjet printers. It's practically a loss leader.
An LCD monitor itself is translucent. Behind it is a light source. It's encased in plastic to keep the light from escaping out the back. Remove the casing and shine a much brighter light source through the LCD. The rest is focusing and heat removal.
For $600 you can build a 1024x768 projector with DVI input and brightness equivalent to a 1500 lumen projector. The bulbs cost $40 to replace and last 18,000 hours. Parts are cheap and interchangable, should something go wrong (heat is the major issue.)
Your $800 refurb projector will be an 800x600 with no DVI support and $300 bulb replacements twice a year. Good luck repairing it cheaply if something else breaks.
...like "don't take the purple acid!"
Aha! This is just what I need to conduct my clandestine terrorist operations! I mean, forget model rockets! Those were so last month!
This isn't about simply forcing people to use Linux. I've been considering giving some of these out for Christmas myself. You think of it as: "Hey! Want to defeat the evil Microsoft Empire and join the Linux Nazi revolution today! Just stick this CD-ROM in your computer and drink the enclosed packet of Kool-Aid!"
.... .... Then stick in this CD when you want to use the Internet hassle-free. Reboot when you want to get back to Windows."
... Then this part you mumble under your breath...
What it really is is:
"Hey! Would you like to be able to surf the Web without worrying about your computer crashing or not having the latest updates or having your personal files stolen or....
"(Then maybe I can go an entire year without having to come over to your house and fix your computer.)"
...And how long until cockroaches stop falling for the poisonous bait motels? They're still effective, decades later...
They can't reproduce and probably have a limited supply of energy. Once their energy supply is drained they won't be a problem.
...And just when I clicked on the "Read More..." link, the QOTD at the bottom said: "You cannot achieve the impossible without attempting the absurd. "
A good time to bring out BTAF's guide to the apostrophe, YOU IDIOTS!
Not really. You forget that, while most Americans and many other 1st language English speakers are uni-lingual, many people who speak other languages are bi- or multi-lingual, speaking English out of necessity. Especially Internet users, considering that English is still the language of choice (although Chinese certainly has a chance at claiming that crown.)
Yes you can get SP2 RC2 from Windows Update, but only if you already have RC1 installed. That's how I upgraded to RC2.
A googolplex is a googol squared.
Also look under the HKEY_CURRENT_USER branch, under the same registry keys. Some programs will hide some startups in there, knowing most people who know about HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE still don't know to look in HKEY_CURRENT_USER. Also take a look at your BHOs (Browser Helper Objects). This program should help you sort them out without having to dissect your registry: BHODemon
Von Roll has a similar technology called a fluidized bed incinerator which is used to incinerate all sorts of waste, including human waste that is up to 70% water. This is currently being built at the Metropolitan Wastewater Plant in St. Paul, Minnesota, and is already in use in many other places to process organic wastes such as from corn and turkey processing byproducts.
The system essentially works by heating up tons of sand being blown around in a large cyclone tower, and injecting the fluid waste into the whirling vortex. A lot of energy is required to heat up the sand to start the process, but after which the system generates enough power to power the entire treatment plant, and sometimes then some. More info in the white paper.
If you go to the technical paper, take a look at figures 5 and 8. Now a quote from page 3 of the same paper: Utility Conduits: As shown in Figure 5 utility conduits may be built into the walls of a building structure precisely as dictated by the CAD data. Sample sections made with CC and filled with concrete as shown in Figure 8 demonstrate this possibility.
They only scanned for four spyware programs. I would say over half of all Windows machines connected to the Internet are infected. The other half that aren't infected are people who know how to avoid being infected, or don't surf the web. If they would have scanned for every spyware program included with Spybot instead of just those four, they would have come up with a much higher number.
He-lo the-arr Ted. Wou-ld you lah-ik to come-with mee to my roo-amm and have-a goo-ahd tiy-am?
If such a program would have to learn how to survive, that might be one way. But it would be a little bit like dating a vacuum cleaner with throat cancer.
Well, now, they can't create a just-in-time cure to the Superflu and save the world and win the Nobel prize if the Superflu doesn't exist, now, can they?
Is that why jdbgmgr.exe has a teddy bear icon, by any chance? I always wondered...