Anything is practically a cool name for a band, from my observations. Even the title can be broken up into band names: Higgs Boson, Particle Field, Been Hiding, Plain Sight.
I think you will find that many people have many different ideas on what death exactly is. Perhaps you should give us your idea, rather than assuming there even is a single, correct concept of death.
He also hinted that ray tracing could make collision detection much better, so that you dont get hands/guns sticking through thin walls/doors, which would also be good.
Can someone please explain to me exactly why this happens? I've done some complex 3D modeling and animation (where weird things like that can happen), but not as familiar with gaming.
At least in Stalker, you can just pretend it's an radioactive anomaly.
Who cares if they don't match? Seems a bit picky to me unless you really need them to be the same resolution. When my iMac reaches the end of it's useful life, there will be much better monitors around, and I'll have the perfect excuse to get a new one.
I used my old monitor as a 2nd screen for my iMac. Most people probably want a new monitor when they get a new computer, so that's the way Apple makes it. It works for me. If your old monitor was better than the iMacs, I could see your point, but I don't think that is case most of the time.
No one in my family has ever bought a 2nd laptop battery, and we've had over 6 laptops over the years -- 2 Macs. Not everyone needs to replace their battery.
With no way to take it out at security checkpoints, that means you'll have less waiting time.;)
Also, I advise not trying to remove a burning LiPo battery from a laptop -- that sounds a bit dangerous.
Not now, but as the availability goes down and focus turns to finding ways to extract helium more efficiently, along with a sharp price rise, then the incipient profit involved in extraction will likely create a market for atmospheric or some other method of extraction... or perhaps lead to the future ability to synthesise helium.
Why is it that some people seem to think that all you need to do is increase research and you will always find a timely solution? People are still looking for a cure to cancer. What makes you think it will ever be financially feasible to extract helium to meet the current scale of use?
On the other hand, computers are a viable technological alternative to paper, but we all know that doesn't stop people printing off every damn e-mail. The internal combustion engine is more efficient than ever, but there are still more cars than ever and you can still buy big gas-gusling engines. We can produce large amounts of food thanks to modern agriculture, yet there is still a shortage in some places. We have also advanced medically, yet some people still can't get basic medicine and some people are over-medicated.
So, you can't even rely on current technology by itself to fix problems, let alone hope that future technology is going to come along and save the day. It's one thing to say "I'm sure we'll come up with a solution if that problem arises" when you're talking about your latest software project, but not such a good idea when talking about the world's limited resources.
They do change it's meaning. I suggest you read it again. It quite clearly puts terms and conditions on that right, and therefore it can't be intrinsic, because if those conditions are broken, you loose the right.
I'm pretty sure we're talking about a description of what it looks like, not the technical details of the actual physics involved -- no need to show off your knowledge of sub-atomic theory.
Useless to you, perhaps. Do you think that all programmers know better than their bosses? Because I've seen plenty of examples where the programmer thinks they know what is the better business decision, when it isn't -- it's often the same reason behind why Linux doesn't do well on the desktop (or used to be worse that is is now, at least). So why assume that most readers of the article are of the incompetent type?
* Social networking integration - Many people don't care about MySpace.
* GPS/map/social networking - Neat, but not high up on most people's lists, yet.
* Video camera - Yeah, video would have been nice...
* Music downloads - Why not just download them at home?
How usable is the Helio web browser? Safari on the iPhone -- a killer feature right there.
The Helio looks like a nice phone, but I wouldn't say it was better than the iPhone -- it depends on what you want from a phone.
In general, I agree with you. But having notes and tasks added to Mail.app, and still not yet having them sync with the iPhone is a glaring feature that is missing. Although, I'm certain it will be added soon. At the moment, for me, the iPhone is lacking a few key features that my Treo 600 has. So I think there is some truth in the "lack of features" complaint.
My guess is that to get the interface and user experience they wanted, they probably would have had to re-write a lot of the Linux code. Add in licencing/IP issues, and it was probably easier to use bits of OS X. So you could be right.
Apple isnt being aggressive enough in adding features that the iphone lacks.
I don't think that's the case here. I think it's a case of shipping something that works, then adding the features later. If Apple gave people a fully featured phone, it would have set the release date back. From Apple's point of view, they're better off getting something out that's good, but laking a few things, rather than delaying it too long or shipping it fully featured, including bugs -- That's more the Microsoft way.
You mean just like they moved the industry a step backwards when they offered reasonable (compared to others) DRM on iTunes, and subsequently added a DRM-free option, forcing many of it's competitors to also start offering DRM-free options?
The iPhone is carrier locked at the moment, and it's not programmable at the moment. But if you had bothered to read the article properly, it tells you why the iPhone is actually a step forward in these areas. The current restrictions are simply the price it took for Apple to get their foot in the door. If it wasn't for the restrictions, then might not have been an iPhone, just like there may not have been an iTunes store.
I expect the iPhone to be available unlocked in the future -- and they have already announced that there will be an SDK.
You're only quoting the first part. You left out:..."against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized."
You can't just leave out part of the sentence, because that changes its meaning. They sure are identified, but it seems that they're identifying something different to what you think it is.
Of course the difference between environmental movement and religion is that there is a lot of science to back the former up, so there is often a large grain to truth to what they are preaching. The problem is more the way they go about it. I don't like the way Greenpeace works, but I do like what they stand for, and I think a lot of people feel that way, compared to say, the perception of religion these days.
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Anything is practically a cool name for a band, from my observations. Even the title can be broken up into band names: Higgs Boson, Particle Field, Been Hiding, Plain Sight.
I think you will find that many people have many different ideas on what death exactly is. Perhaps you should give us your idea, rather than assuming there even is a single, correct concept of death.
Of course, not because science or physics has disproved that idea, but because it's not their area of study.
He also hinted that ray tracing could make collision detection much better, so that you dont get hands/guns sticking through thin walls/doors, which would also be good.
Can someone please explain to me exactly why this happens? I've done some complex 3D modeling and animation (where weird things like that can happen), but not as familiar with gaming.
At least in Stalker, you can just pretend it's an radioactive anomaly.
The only reason to a new monitor is to replace a bad one or because they want a bigger one or one with more resolution.
Of course. Do you think that a nice, big, clear screen is near the bottom of most people's list?
If foreigners are so smart, why do they have to come to the US for jobs?
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Err... The money?
Maybe that report is on to something
Who cares if they don't match? Seems a bit picky to me unless you really need them to be the same resolution. When my iMac reaches the end of it's useful life, there will be much better monitors around, and I'll have the perfect excuse to get a new one.
I used my old monitor as a 2nd screen for my iMac. Most people probably want a new monitor when they get a new computer, so that's the way Apple makes it. It works for me. If your old monitor was better than the iMacs, I could see your point, but I don't think that is case most of the time.
No one in my family has ever bought a 2nd laptop battery, and we've had over 6 laptops over the years -- 2 Macs. Not everyone needs to replace their battery.
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With no way to take it out at security checkpoints, that means you'll have less waiting time.
Also, I advise not trying to remove a burning LiPo battery from a laptop -- that sounds a bit dangerous.
It's been that way for a while. No point in having 2 symbols for the same key, I guess. Makes it less confusing.
If you can suspended or abdicated them, then that is not forever, is it?
Not now, but as the availability goes down and focus turns to finding ways to extract helium more efficiently, along with a sharp price rise, then the incipient profit involved in extraction will likely create a market for atmospheric or some other method of extraction... or perhaps lead to the future ability to synthesise helium.
Why is it that some people seem to think that all you need to do is increase research and you will always find a timely solution? People are still looking for a cure to cancer. What makes you think it will ever be financially feasible to extract helium to meet the current scale of use?
On the other hand, computers are a viable technological alternative to paper, but we all know that doesn't stop people printing off every damn e-mail. The internal combustion engine is more efficient than ever, but there are still more cars than ever and you can still buy big gas-gusling engines. We can produce large amounts of food thanks to modern agriculture, yet there is still a shortage in some places. We have also advanced medically, yet some people still can't get basic medicine and some people are over-medicated.
So, you can't even rely on current technology by itself to fix problems, let alone hope that future technology is going to come along and save the day. It's one thing to say "I'm sure we'll come up with a solution if that problem arises" when you're talking about your latest software project, but not such a good idea when talking about the world's limited resources.
They do change it's meaning. I suggest you read it again. It quite clearly puts terms and conditions on that right, and therefore it can't be intrinsic, because if those conditions are broken, you loose the right.
I'm pretty sure we're talking about a description of what it looks like, not the technical details of the actual physics involved -- no need to show off your knowledge of sub-atomic theory.
Useless to you, perhaps. Do you think that all programmers know better than their bosses? Because I've seen plenty of examples where the programmer thinks they know what is the better business decision, when it isn't -- it's often the same reason behind why Linux doesn't do well on the desktop (or used to be worse that is is now, at least). So why assume that most readers of the article are of the incompetent type?
When people are denied freedom of movement by the gov't when they don't have one is when it becomes a problem.
Such as boarding a plane?
* Social networking integration - Many people don't care about MySpace.
* GPS/map/social networking - Neat, but not high up on most people's lists, yet.
* Video camera - Yeah, video would have been nice...
* Music downloads - Why not just download them at home?
How usable is the Helio web browser? Safari on the iPhone -- a killer feature right there.
The Helio looks like a nice phone, but I wouldn't say it was better than the iPhone -- it depends on what you want from a phone.
In general, I agree with you. But having notes and tasks added to Mail.app, and still not yet having them sync with the iPhone is a glaring feature that is missing. Although, I'm certain it will be added soon. At the moment, for me, the iPhone is lacking a few key features that my Treo 600 has. So I think there is some truth in the "lack of features" complaint.
My guess is that to get the interface and user experience they wanted, they probably would have had to re-write a lot of the Linux code. Add in licencing/IP issues, and it was probably easier to use bits of OS X. So you could be right.
Apple isnt being aggressive enough in adding features that the iphone lacks.
I don't think that's the case here. I think it's a case of shipping something that works, then adding the features later. If Apple gave people a fully featured phone, it would have set the release date back. From Apple's point of view, they're better off getting something out that's good, but laking a few things, rather than delaying it too long or shipping it fully featured, including bugs -- That's more the Microsoft way.
You mean just like they moved the industry a step backwards when they offered reasonable (compared to others) DRM on iTunes, and subsequently added a DRM-free option, forcing many of it's competitors to also start offering DRM-free options?
The iPhone is carrier locked at the moment, and it's not programmable at the moment. But if you had bothered to read the article properly, it tells you why the iPhone is actually a step forward in these areas. The current restrictions are simply the price it took for Apple to get their foot in the door. If it wasn't for the restrictions, then might not have been an iPhone, just like there may not have been an iTunes store.
I expect the iPhone to be available unlocked in the future -- and they have already announced that there will be an SDK.
You're only quoting the first part. You left out: ..."against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized."
You can't just leave out part of the sentence, because that changes its meaning. They sure are identified, but it seems that they're identifying something different to what you think it is.
Know if it's the same case regarding the instant refund in NZ?
Of course the difference between environmental movement and religion is that there is a lot of science to back the former up, so there is often a large grain to truth to what they are preaching. The problem is more the way they go about it. I don't like the way Greenpeace works, but I do like what they stand for, and I think a lot of people feel that way, compared to say, the perception of religion these days.