The 2K resolution (2048 X 1536) 3-chip digital cinema projectors do a great job. I've seen "The Incredibles" on a Christie projector, and it looked great!
We also saw some live action test material as well. I can say that at the 2K level with the newest DLP systems, it looks great. Colorimetry and contrast (including dark detail) are there, about as good as a release print - with no scratches.
This has been studied a lot. The evidence is showing that women sexually select both strong, highly-masculinated men at times, and more sensitive, less masculinated men at other times. For example:
Women prefer both the scent of symmetrical men and masculine male faces more during the fertile (late follicular and ovulatory) phases of their menstrual cycles than during their infertile (e.g., luteal) phases. Men's behavioral displays in social settings may convey signals that affect women's attraction to men even more strongly. This study examined shifts in women's preferences for these behavioral displays. A sample of 237 normally ovulating women viewed 36 or 40 videotaped men who were competing for a potential lunch date and then rated each man's attractiveness as a short-term and a long-term mate. As predicted, women's preference for men who displayed social presence and direct intrasexual competitiveness increased on high-fertility days relative to low-fertility days, but only in a short-term, not a long-term, mating context. These findings add to the growing literature indicating that women's mate preferences systematically vary across the reproductive cycle.
Oh man, the Taco Bell near my place gets my drive-thru order wrong about 1 time out of 3...I wish I could just type in my order. The biggest problem I see is that rapid turnover makes the newbies unfamiliar with the menu.
There also have been trials to outsource the drive-thru ordering of several fast food locations into a single call center (US based, for now...)
I hate to say it, but the spam & security problems are so rough these days (yes, even with GNU/Linux applications) that it pains me to run any of my own services. I've about given up on my own tmda/qmail for gmail, and I'm thinking about losing web hosting as well (lots of livejournaling already anyway).
Life is too short to run your own services these days, if the price of outsourcing is right...
The one clear Patriot Act abuse I am aware of is the issue with Steven Kurtz whose genetically engineered artwork is considered in violation of the Patriot Act Sec. 817: Expansion of the Biological Weapons Statue.
If you fail at your start-up, you will suddenly have a new level of appreciation for a stable, boring job, as well as your upper management's business issues.
The value of a company is = (value of current assets) * (depreciation) + (net present value of future profits)
The only way to maximize value of a company is to have maximal future profits.
And, of course, the relevant net present value will differ from the viewpoint of short-term investors (maximum profits now) and long-term investors (maximum net present value of profits over a longer period).
VC-1, like MPEG-2, is standardized as how to parse and decode the data stream. The encoding is not actually standardized or defined. Infact, compression gets better every year, even for old-school codecs like MPEG-2, because of new encoding technology.
I suspect that there may be fewer patent problems with the standardization of VC-1 than there are with the implementation of VC-1 (or any kind of WMV). Things like efficient algorithms for determining motion estimation vectors is where you would find the serious patents, these are encoding issues.
(BTW, I am at the SMPTE meeting in Pasadena right now, but I probably won't be attending much of S22. Nor would I talk about it if I did;)
In the interest of fairness, try to be more open minded and less prejudiced.
Yes, just because someone believes in an non-existant supernatural being does not mean they are nuts. There are nuts who take religion to extremes, but they are actually rare. Most religious people are able to rationalize scientific realities with the semi-mythological basis of their beliefs, even if it requires an extremely complex process (7 days? oh wait, those days are actually billions of years long, uh huh!)
Religion is probably an evolved behavior, and is just as natural (and weird) behavior as love. No doubt religion & spirituality was useful for organizing tribes of early humans for survival purposes.
If anything, it is atheists who believe in reality that are the true mental oddballs...
Americans on average are the stupidest population center on this planet.
The following countries have lower average IQs than that of the US (which is 98):
Canada 97 Czech Republic 97 Finland 97 Spain 97 Argentina 96 Russia 96 Slovakia 96 Uruguay 96 Portugal 95 Slovenia 95 Israel 94 Romania 94 Bulgaria 93 Ireland 93 Greece 92 Malaysia 92 Thailand 91 Croatia 90 Peru 90 Turkey 90 Colombia 89 Indonesia 89 Suriname 89 Brazil 87 Iraq 87 Mexico 87 Samoa (Western) 87 Tonga 87 Lebanon 86 Philippines 86 Cuba 85 Morocco 85 Fiji 84 Iran 84 Marshall Islands 84 Puerto Rico 84 Egypt 83 India 81 Ecuador 80 Guatemala 79 Barbados 78 Nepal 78 Qatar 78 Zambia 77 Congo (Brazz) 73 Uganda 73 Jamaica 72 Kenya 72 South Africa 72 Sudan 72 Tanzania 72 Ghana 71 Nigeria 67 Guinea 66 Zimbabwe 66 Congo (Zaire) 65 Sierra Leone 64 Ethiopia 63 Equatorial Guinea 59
You can also see from mathematics tests that the US is not the stupidest population, but above the international average for mathematics achievement as well.
Of course, the US may still be stupid, but it isn't like there are a lot of people less stupid outside of the US.
Some European countries may have higher IQs and Math scores than the US, but they have real problems in understading basic economics;)
You are allowed to use reasonable force to repel intruders, and always have been.
Please check your local laws. In most states in the U.S., deadly force cannot be used unless the person utilizing it 1) has reason to believe the force will stop an immininent danger to life or limb (not property) and 2) you have retreated as far as possible.
Secondly, note that this is criminal law, there are often cases of people who use deadly force in a way that is criminally legal, but are still sued in civil court for damages.
Lithuania gets 86% of electricity from nuclear power. France gets 78%. Belgium gets 57%. Sweden gets 52%. Switzerland and Slovakia get 45%. Ukraine gets 44%. Germany gets 29%. Japan gets 28%. The UK gets 23%.
I have heard that some of the early image-intensifier tubes had X-ray problems (often occur when you accelerate electrons to high velocities and they hit metal targets)...
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The 2K resolution (2048 X 1536) 3-chip digital cinema projectors do a great job. I've seen "The Incredibles" on a Christie projector, and it looked great!
We also saw some live action test material as well. I can say that at the 2K level with the newest DLP systems, it looks great. Colorimetry and contrast (including dark detail) are there, about as good as a release print - with no scratches.
Here is the NPR On the Media podcast feed.
This has been studied a lot. The evidence is showing that women sexually select both strong, highly-masculinated men at times, and more sensitive, less masculinated men at other times. For example:
Women's Preferences for Male Behavioral Displays Change Across the Menstrual Cycle.
Women prefer both the scent of symmetrical men and masculine male faces more during the fertile (late follicular and ovulatory) phases of their menstrual cycles than during their infertile (e.g., luteal) phases. Men's behavioral displays in social settings may convey signals that affect women's attraction to men even more strongly. This study examined shifts in women's preferences for these behavioral displays. A sample of 237 normally ovulating women viewed 36 or 40 videotaped men who were competing for a potential lunch date and then rated each man's attractiveness as a short-term and a long-term mate. As predicted, women's preference for men who displayed social presence and direct intrasexual competitiveness increased on high-fertility days relative to low-fertility days, but only in a short-term, not a long-term, mating context. These findings add to the growing literature indicating that women's mate preferences systematically vary across the reproductive cycle.
Oh man, the Taco Bell near my place gets my drive-thru order wrong about 1 time out of 3...I wish I could just type in my order. The biggest problem I see is that rapid turnover makes the newbies unfamiliar with the menu.
There also have been trials to outsource the drive-thru ordering of several fast food locations into a single call center (US based, for now...)
I hate to say it, but the spam & security problems are so rough these days (yes, even with GNU/Linux applications) that it pains me to run any of my own services. I've about given up on my own tmda/qmail for gmail, and I'm thinking about losing web hosting as well (lots of livejournaling already anyway).
Life is too short to run your own services these days, if the price of outsourcing is right...
Several of the Binishells have collapsed...
Concrete curing is a very complex business.
This has been the general thought on "peering" relationships between ISPs. Don't peer with smaller networks, let them buy your connectivity.
The one clear Patriot Act abuse I am aware of is the issue with Steven Kurtz whose genetically engineered artwork is considered in violation of the Patriot Act Sec. 817: Expansion of the Biological Weapons Statue.
You can read more about this case here.
In my experience, it is more important to find a geek-compatable woman than a geek woman...
If you fail at your start-up, you will suddenly have a new level of appreciation for a stable, boring job, as well as your upper management's business issues.
Too late - being on Slashdot twice is all it took...
The value of a company is = (value of current assets) * (depreciation) + (net present value of future profits)
The only way to maximize value of a company is to have maximal future profits.
And, of course, the relevant net present value will differ from the viewpoint of short-term investors (maximum profits now) and long-term investors (maximum net present value of profits over a longer period).
Unfortunately, a large number of the satellite operators with US footprints are US companies...
My family in El Salvador all have DSL (in the area of San Salvador). Is Costa Rica really so far behind?
VC-1, like MPEG-2, is standardized as how to parse and decode the data stream. The encoding is not actually standardized or defined. Infact, compression gets better every year, even for old-school codecs like MPEG-2, because of new encoding technology.
;)
I suspect that there may be fewer patent problems with the standardization of VC-1 than there are with the implementation of VC-1 (or any kind of WMV). Things like efficient algorithms for determining motion estimation vectors is where you would find the serious patents, these are encoding issues.
(BTW, I am at the SMPTE meeting in Pasadena right now, but I probably won't be attending much of S22. Nor would I talk about it if I did
US HDTV is under 19 Mbps MPEG-2 compression, and I've seen some DBS providers go down to near 10 Mbps (yuck!).
For Digital Cinema, they are actually talking about much better quality (even if the resolution is the same)
Examine US states that voted for Bush and their IQ levels.
It "hypes up" your work.
Suddenly, your "hello world" CGI script is a "highly virtualized, service-oriented architecture, scalable to grid computing."
In the interest of fairness, try to be more open minded and less prejudiced.
Yes, just because someone believes in an non-existant supernatural being does not mean they are nuts. There are nuts who take religion to extremes, but they are actually rare. Most religious people are able to rationalize scientific realities with the semi-mythological basis of their beliefs, even if it requires an extremely complex process (7 days? oh wait, those days are actually billions of years long, uh huh!)
Religion is probably an evolved behavior, and is just as natural (and weird) behavior as love. No doubt religion & spirituality was useful for organizing tribes of early humans for survival purposes.
If anything, it is atheists who believe in reality that are the true mental oddballs...
Americans on average are the stupidest population center on this planet.
;)
The following countries have lower average IQs than that of the US (which is 98):
Canada 97 Czech Republic 97 Finland 97 Spain 97 Argentina 96 Russia 96 Slovakia 96 Uruguay 96 Portugal 95 Slovenia 95 Israel 94 Romania 94 Bulgaria 93 Ireland 93 Greece 92 Malaysia 92 Thailand 91 Croatia 90 Peru 90 Turkey 90 Colombia 89 Indonesia 89 Suriname 89 Brazil 87 Iraq 87 Mexico 87 Samoa (Western) 87 Tonga 87 Lebanon 86 Philippines 86 Cuba 85 Morocco 85 Fiji 84 Iran 84 Marshall Islands 84 Puerto Rico 84 Egypt 83 India 81 Ecuador 80 Guatemala 79 Barbados 78 Nepal 78 Qatar 78 Zambia 77 Congo (Brazz) 73 Uganda 73 Jamaica 72 Kenya 72 South Africa 72 Sudan 72 Tanzania 72 Ghana 71 Nigeria 67 Guinea 66 Zimbabwe 66 Congo (Zaire) 65 Sierra Leone 64 Ethiopia 63 Equatorial Guinea 59
You can also see from mathematics tests that the US is not the stupidest population, but above the international average for mathematics achievement as well.
Of course, the US may still be stupid, but it isn't like there are a lot of people less stupid outside of the US.
Some European countries may have higher IQs and Math scores than the US, but they have real problems in understading basic economics
Are they going to hire Kevin Mitnick next???
You are allowed to use reasonable force to repel intruders, and always have been.
Please check your local laws. In most states in the U.S., deadly force cannot be used unless the person utilizing it 1) has reason to believe the force will stop an immininent danger to life or limb (not property) and 2) you have retreated as far as possible.
Secondly, note that this is criminal law, there are often cases of people who use deadly force in a way that is criminally legal, but are still sued in civil court for damages.
For those who want to start early to get ready for this, check out DNAhack, the website for amateur genetic engineering.
Just FYI...
Lithuania gets 86% of electricity from nuclear power. France gets 78%. Belgium gets 57%. Sweden gets 52%. Switzerland and Slovakia get 45%. Ukraine gets 44%. Germany gets 29%. Japan gets 28%. The UK gets 23%.
The US only gets 20% of electricity from nuclear.
I have heard that some of the early image-intensifier tubes had X-ray problems (often occur when you accelerate electrons to high velocities and they hit metal targets)...