Oh, in case someone tries something similar - don't! At least not anywhere populated!
That thing starting to come back down way too early - we started to get a bit worried as it started to curve back down, luckily it exploded just high enough so that only a few sparks bounced off our roof!
Shout's of 'Pigs in Space' soon turned to 'Shit, INCOMING!!';)
A few years ago, a friend had a nasty split with his g/f not to long before Guy Fawkes night and she'd been foolish enough to leave her beloved 'Piglet' cuddly toy...
Piglet was firmly taped to a display firework rocket (one of those damn huge ones), head facing the sky before being fired into the sky.
Can you say "Pigs in Spaaaaaaace!";)
I wish we could have had a Piglets eye view of it, we kept finding bits of piglet in nearby streets for days:)
Unfortunately, your rights extend as far as your bank balance..
The only way Adam Smith's 'invisible hand' is going to reach out and smack them around the chops is if people make a point of buying MORE CDs from competitors who DON'T put this bullshit technology on their discs.
"Every individual necessarily labours to render the annual revenue of the society as great as he can. He generally neither intends to promote the public interest, nor knows how much he is promoting it...He intends only his own gain, and he is in this, as in many other cases, led by an invisible hand to promote an end which was no part of his intention."
.. but then are they supporting high CD prices and the lack of individual track purchases?
Alternatively, if(when?) they manage to get all CDs crippled in this way - download the tracks you want off P2P and buy whatever discs you need to keep your copies legit;)
In the case of a purchase of a flatpanel, you should try before you buy wherever possible. The quality of various flatpanels vary dramatically.
I use a 17" Samsung 171S and mostly play MMORPGs, though I do occasionally play FPSs and have yet to have noticed any problems with the panel.
Not long ago, I would have agreed that flatpanels were pretty much useless but viewing angle seems to have been more or less sorted out nowadays. Vertical changes of angle seem to affect this more than horizontal but it is dramatically improved over older screens. (Used to have a Vaio a couple of years ago - had horrendous problems with view angle).
The only problem with modern flatpanels that I've noticed hasn't improved a great deal is the native resolution. You might want to balance that out with the lack of eyestrain long coding/gaming session may cause, though:)
As far as I'm concerned, Proximo is the best role he had (Huge Gladiator fan) but don't think that the cgi 'acted' for him..
The effect you mention involved a combination of out-take, cgi and a stand in (This is from memory, so correct me if I'm wrong).
It strikes me that without any of the above, it would take a huge wodge of cash to film a new 'Bruce Lee'. Don't expect cgi to take over any time soon.
Great quote attributed to Olly Reed:
"My only regret is that I didn't drink every pub dry and sleep with every woman on the planet."
Sheesh! You have got to be the only person in the world who likes the midichloran aspect...
(Hopefully the midi-c theory will get disproved in forthcoming episodes..)
The Guardian's website is still up (no slashdot effect yet)...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/wtccrash/story/0,1300,55 0201,00.html
There's something about a rocket attack on the Pentagon there too..
Slashdot Mirror
Oh, in case someone tries something similar - don't! At least not anywhere populated! ;)
That thing starting to come back down way too early - we started to get a bit worried as it started to curve back down, luckily it exploded just high enough so that only a few sparks bounced off our roof!
Shout's of 'Pigs in Space' soon turned to 'Shit, INCOMING!!'
Piglet was firmly taped to a display firework rocket (one of those damn huge ones), head facing the sky before being fired into the sky. Can you say "Pigs in Spaaaaaaace!" ;) :)
I wish we could have had a Piglets eye view of it, we kept finding bits of piglet in nearby streets for days
The series also has Brian Blessed apprearing as himself basically taking the piss out of himself-- "Gordon's alive??"
The only way Adam Smith's 'invisible hand' is going to reach out and smack them around the chops is if people make a point of buying MORE CDs from competitors who DON'T put this bullshit technology on their discs.
.. but then are they supporting high CD prices and the lack of individual track purchases?
;)
"Every individual necessarily labours to render the annual revenue of the society as great as he can. He generally neither intends to promote the public interest, nor knows how much he is promoting it...He intends only his own gain, and he is in this, as in many other cases, led by an invisible hand to promote an end which was no part of his intention."
Alternatively, if(when?) they manage to get all CDs crippled in this way - download the tracks you want off P2P and buy whatever discs you need to keep your copies legit
In the case of a purchase of a flatpanel, you should try before you buy wherever possible. The quality of various flatpanels vary dramatically.
:)
I use a 17" Samsung 171S and mostly play MMORPGs, though I do occasionally play FPSs and have yet to have noticed any problems with the panel.
Not long ago, I would have agreed that flatpanels were pretty much useless but viewing angle seems to have been more or less sorted out nowadays. Vertical changes of angle seem to affect this more than horizontal but it is dramatically improved over older screens. (Used to have a Vaio a couple of years ago - had horrendous problems with view angle).
The only problem with modern flatpanels that I've noticed hasn't improved a great deal is the native resolution. You might want to balance that out with the lack of eyestrain long coding/gaming session may cause, though
Some info: Wales is 8000 square miles, 160 miles long by 60 miles wide. If you want any more info go to: Wales Statistics
By the time FF X is released in the UK, you lot will have played through 'Finished Fantasy I'...
As far as I'm concerned, Proximo is the best role he had (Huge Gladiator fan) but don't think that the cgi 'acted' for him..
The effect you mention involved a combination of out-take, cgi and a stand in (This is from memory, so correct me if I'm wrong).
It strikes me that without any of the above, it would take a huge wodge of cash to film a new 'Bruce Lee'. Don't expect cgi to take over any time soon.
Great quote attributed to Olly Reed:
"My only regret is that I didn't drink every pub dry and sleep with every woman on the planet."
Greetings friend citizen, the computer is your friend. Why do you want to use such words? Are you unhappy? **BzzRRRRtttt**
Sheesh! You have got to be the only person in the world who likes the midichloran aspect...
(Hopefully the midi-c theory will get disproved in forthcoming episodes..)
I have no sig!
The Guardian's website is still up (no slashdot effect yet)... http://www.guardian.co.uk/wtccrash/story/0,1300,55 0201,00.html
There's something about a rocket attack on the Pentagon there too..