So does this mean that the thousands of kids who have fucked up their education by too much gaming can look forward to big endorsement checks? I guess being addicted to WoW actually is a good thing.
For some reason the widescreen LCDs I see in stores always have a very grainy look to moving images. They have a very pixellated quality, like looking at an mpeg compressed video close up.
My complaint with any large CRT is the weight and size. Those things weigh a frigg'n ton.
"Closer to the edge" refers to resolving power, not space vs ground. Since they are observing in the x-ray frequencies they have to observe from space. Ground based x-ray astronomy is impossible due to atmospheric absoarption.
If you are that serious about trail clearing (you wouldn't be talking about the Minuteman Path by any chance?) you might as well rent a Bobcat and plow the trail properly. You'd probably be a hero to the wanna-be winter bikers and you can leave one side uncleared for the x-country skiers.
Even if you use studded tires you'll need full body armor and some sort of weapon if you plan on driving out in a Boston/Cambridge road. The drivers are more dangerous than the ice.
"I live in Vancouver, and bike through the winter, so don't give me any shit about how that simply wouldn't work where you live"
I'll give you some shit about it. I used to have a job where I could bike to work and would do it except after the first snowfall. Yes, winter in Boston comes with snow, not rain. Try riding in snow on a trail, it is like riding through molasses. Then the snow freezes and thaws into ice that will send you flying. Go on the road and you find out that the plows have created glaciers along the curbs that force you to ride in the middle of the road. The sidewalks are barely passable on foot. Then the road salt will turn your bike into rust after a month. Fortunately I was close enough to a train station to walk to it until spring.
I wonder, is there any way to simulate moving in any direction (horizontal of course) in a virtual reality environment? Standing on a giant track ball is the closest thing I can think of but it seems like a poor simulation, not to mention likely to cause injury.
I liked Darth Maul and Palpatine because they helped me keep track of who was good and who was bad. Handsome or beautiful is good, ugly is bad (Anakin had to get fried before he could become properly bad). If you have little horns on your head then you are REALLY bad!
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That's because it wasn't faith based. He is funding orbital adjustment via Evangelical Christian prayer.
"...all by yourself, on a single day, on an approved system, with all your memory of the event erased afterward."
Sounds like the aftermath of a very lonely New Year's.
So does this mean that the thousands of kids who have fucked up their education by too much gaming can look forward to big endorsement checks? I guess being addicted to WoW actually is a good thing.
Monster Island has released Godzilla and Rodan to save us!
To paraphrase the NRA:
If watching a DVD is a crime then only criminals will watch DVDs.
A glass of hydrochloric acid will unclog you of that copper bolus right away!
For some reason the widescreen LCDs I see in stores always have a very grainy look to moving images. They have a very pixellated quality, like looking at an mpeg compressed video close up.
My complaint with any large CRT is the weight and size. Those things weigh a frigg'n ton.
"Pray tell, how can one 'compare' new display technologies by viewing a video of said technology on your display that uses existing technology?"
It is like trying to describe the color "orange" to a blind person.
Bush is pushing for a faith-based blood for oil program.
I hope the Indian government sees the light and drops this.
I'm convinced from playing on public BF1942 servers that, for most players, no brain usage is involved.
"Closer to the edge" refers to resolving power, not space vs ground. Since they are observing in the x-ray frequencies they have to observe from space. Ground based x-ray astronomy is impossible due to atmospheric absoarption.
Funny, I remember from my childhood chemistry delinquency days that the stink of hydrogen sulfide would wake me right up.
If you are that serious about trail clearing (you wouldn't be talking about the Minuteman Path by any chance?) you might as well rent a Bobcat and plow the trail properly. You'd probably be a hero to the wanna-be winter bikers and you can leave one side uncleared for the x-country skiers.
Even if you use studded tires you'll need full body armor and some sort of weapon if you plan on driving out in a Boston/Cambridge road. The drivers are more dangerous than the ice.
I wish someone would restart PGP Fone.
"I live in Vancouver, and bike through the winter, so don't give me any shit about how that simply wouldn't work where you live"
I'll give you some shit about it. I used to have a job where I could bike to work and would do it except after the first snowfall. Yes, winter in Boston comes with snow, not rain. Try riding in snow on a trail, it is like riding through molasses. Then the snow freezes and thaws into ice that will send you flying. Go on the road and you find out that the plows have created glaciers along the curbs that force you to ride in the middle of the road. The sidewalks are barely passable on foot. Then the road salt will turn your bike into rust after a month. Fortunately I was close enough to a train station to walk to it until spring.
I wonder, is there any way to simulate moving in any direction (horizontal of course) in a virtual reality environment? Standing on a giant track ball is the closest thing I can think of but it seems like a poor simulation, not to mention likely to cause injury.
If you are Congressman Foley that should read:
"For 14 year old boys and the 52 year old men that love them"
Brrrrmmmm
Yawn...Must not sleep at wheel...
(sound of car hitting rumble strip)
Who!? What? Oh yah, must stay awake (turns up radio)
Zzzzz...
Voices call out to George Lucas during meditation...
"George...we are your investors. PLEASE go to the other side. We can't take it anymore."
I leave it as an exercise for the reader as to which side George Lucas is currently on.
I liked Darth Maul and Palpatine because they helped me keep track of who was good and who was bad. Handsome or beautiful is good, ugly is bad (Anakin had to get fried before he could become properly bad). If you have little horns on your head then you are REALLY bad!
But then you'll miss the Star Wars Christmas Special!
Actually the sun shines out of mine and the earth revolves around me.
Aaaaachoo! Hey look at my tissue, 20MB of RAM!
I've been happy with my Creative X-Fi Music board. I use it with 5.1 headphones (great for gaming). Very good quality sound.