If we're doing analogies, I'd say it's even less than name of a football team. At least the players on the team really want the whole team to win. So it's like a basketball team then.
It doesn't logically follow that, just because we exist, intelligent life is at all likely. It could be so absurdly rare that it would never be likely to happen even once in the life of the universe. The fact that we are here says nothing about the probability of it happening again because we're already a given. It's unintuitive, but it's also basic statistics. There is no solid evidence of how likely life is, just guesses. I wouldn't be surprised to somehow find out that intelligent life is fairly common, but I also wouldn't be surprised if we're completely alone. And that argument has nothing to do with religion.
There's no legal obligation to keep the iPod Touch locked. The only explanation there is that they're control freaks, or that they don't want the iPod Touch to be obviously better than the more expensive iPhone.
CHECK WITH YOUR VENDOR BEFORE BUYING A PLAYER TO MAKE SURE IT WILL ACTUALLY WORK!!!
When I buy a display, I check with my vendor to make sure it doesn't include licensing fees paid to the HDCP thugs. The day I feel I need an encrypted digital video source device, I'll buy an HDCP stripper.
Getting back to the topic, it seems like Blu-ray and HD-DVD are both losing so far. DVD sales in a week dwarf total all-time HD disc sales combined. Better than I could have hoped for. A tiny thrill of satisfaction goes through me every time I read an article like this about heavyweight DRM shooting itself in the foot again (and again and again).
And given that this hypothetical road is a toll road, then the road probably pays for itself as well. I don't expect they'll be giving away free rides on this maglev, either. If they can factor construction prices into a toll, they can do it with a ticket.
The LCD is glued directly to the underside of the glass, along with the capacitance sensors. If the glass breaks, it all has to be replaced. It's no different than an LCD monitor that way (except it's higher resolution and touch sensitive, so even more expensive).
Like the other replyer, my Wii plugs into my monitor. The key difference between my monitor and a TV is that while my monitor can display an NTSC/PAL encoded video signal, it lacks a tuner to extract that signal from a radio (or cable) channel. A display isn't a TV unless it has a tuner.
Sony typically reports the number of units shipped to retailers, not actually sold through to consumers. If there as many PS3s stacked in Best Buys in Japan as here, it may be a few more weeks (or possibly months) before a million PS3s are actually hooked up to Japanese TVs in people's homes.
To troll the/. readership, of course. Although in this case, the summary's thesis just seems more ill-conceived than actually trollish given that there's no deliberately misleading information other than possibly the omission of a "the" in the quote. My stupidity/malice gauge inclines toward the former this time.
Of course, here I am still reading... I guess I'm easily entertained.
The LHC is not being built for the express purpose of finding the Higgs boson. It's being built to find whatever there is to find at very high energies, and the Higgs boson is simply one of the most anticipated possibilities. There are four main detectors around the acceleration ring, and each contains a bewildering array of instrumentation to detect all sorts of things that might occur. Even if Fermilab beats LHC to this particular confirmation, there is plenty of purpose to continuing LHC, contrary to the/. summary's implication.
A regular Honda would probably cost a million bucks if it was manufactured by the dozen (or fewer) instead of by the hundred thousand. That said, I suspect a big part of F-1 safety comes from roll bars, four-point harnesses, and crash helmets, not the structure of the vehicle body.
Not to troll, but this is a good point in favor of playing games on consoles. They lack a mouse and keyboard setup, and they are less powerful than PCs for most of their lifespans, but if you like the games avaiable for them, they at least provide an almost completely stable, hassle-free platform for about five years before you have to replace them.
(Hmm, actually, I guess XP was a five-year platform, too.)
If I were designing this system, I'd consider charging more to park larger vehicles. There could be different sizes of storage berths, and the laser-wielding robot would measure your car and charge you for the smallest berth your car would fit into. People who think they need to drive an SUV to work would pay for more cubic meter hours.
I'd be pretty upset if I'd left a laptop in my car and someone tried to use a giant magnet on it. Or if I had tools lying around that damaged the interior when they went flying to the roof. Any number of things could go wrong. What a bad idea.
I don't revere the originals. They certainly have their flaws. But the new ones just don't work even that well, in plot, emotion, or acting. I'd bet that an adult sitting through them all for the first time would still prefer the originals, even without nostalgia or dazzle factor.
Harrison Ford would of course know that even though Lucas shared writing credits, he did not direct Empire Strikes Back or any Indiana Jones movie, and that will hold for the new Indy movie, too. Maybe Ford recognizes a good pattern when he sees it.
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I hereby declare the RIAA unauthorized. They and I share one common problem though: wishing something were true doesn't make it so.
It doesn't logically follow that, just because we exist, intelligent life is at all likely. It could be so absurdly rare that it would never be likely to happen even once in the life of the universe. The fact that we are here says nothing about the probability of it happening again because we're already a given. It's unintuitive, but it's also basic statistics. There is no solid evidence of how likely life is, just guesses. I wouldn't be surprised to somehow find out that intelligent life is fairly common, but I also wouldn't be surprised if we're completely alone. And that argument has nothing to do with religion.
There's no legal obligation to keep the iPod Touch locked. The only explanation there is that they're control freaks, or that they don't want the iPod Touch to be obviously better than the more expensive iPhone.
When I buy a display, I check with my vendor to make sure it doesn't include licensing fees paid to the HDCP thugs. The day I feel I need an encrypted digital video source device, I'll buy an HDCP stripper.
Getting back to the topic, it seems like Blu-ray and HD-DVD are both losing so far. DVD sales in a week dwarf total all-time HD disc sales combined. Better than I could have hoped for. A tiny thrill of satisfaction goes through me every time I read an article like this about heavyweight DRM shooting itself in the foot again (and again and again).
The LCD is glued directly to the underside of the glass, along with the capacitance sensors. If the glass breaks, it all has to be replaced. It's no different than an LCD monitor that way (except it's higher resolution and touch sensitive, so even more expensive).
Your /bin/cat is 19K? I can't understand how you put up with such ginormous bloatware! Mine's a svelte 14k (ppc-osx).
Uh, then there's the part where Prettyboy sticks his hand into the sun. I don't think scientific accuracy was very high on the filmmakers' agenda.
Like the other replyer, my Wii plugs into my monitor. The key difference between my monitor and a TV is that while my monitor can display an NTSC/PAL encoded video signal, it lacks a tuner to extract that signal from a radio (or cable) channel. A display isn't a TV unless it has a tuner.
Sony typically reports the number of units shipped to retailers, not actually sold through to consumers. If there as many PS3s stacked in Best Buys in Japan as here, it may be a few more weeks (or possibly months) before a million PS3s are actually hooked up to Japanese TVs in people's homes.
iPhone is 480x320, with twice the pixel count of a video iPod at 320x240. Still not quite SD, though.
Why do we have editors?
To troll the /. readership, of course. Although in this case, the summary's thesis just seems more ill-conceived than actually trollish given that there's no deliberately misleading information other than possibly the omission of a "the" in the quote. My stupidity/malice gauge inclines toward the former this time.
Of course, here I am still reading... I guess I'm easily entertained.
The LHC is not being built for the express purpose of finding the Higgs boson. It's being built to find whatever there is to find at very high energies, and the Higgs boson is simply one of the most anticipated possibilities. There are four main detectors around the acceleration ring, and each contains a bewildering array of instrumentation to detect all sorts of things that might occur. Even if Fermilab beats LHC to this particular confirmation, there is plenty of purpose to continuing LHC, contrary to the /. summary's implication.
"Cook the same recipe in two ovens and see for yourself..." and then have someone help you blind A/B test them. Otherwise, it's just wishful thinking.
I block tracking cookies, and I don't see ads for tampons. In fact, I don't see any ads at all, because I block them, too.
A regular Honda would probably cost a million bucks if it was manufactured by the dozen (or fewer) instead of by the hundred thousand. That said, I suspect a big part of F-1 safety comes from roll bars, four-point harnesses, and crash helmets, not the structure of the vehicle body.
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That belongs in the tags, not the comments.
Who let that guy onto the plane with a brain over 3 ounces? Don't they know that thing is a deadly weapon? Heads are going to roll.
Not to troll, but this is a good point in favor of playing games on consoles. They lack a mouse and keyboard setup, and they are less powerful than PCs for most of their lifespans, but if you like the games avaiable for them, they at least provide an almost completely stable, hassle-free platform for about five years before you have to replace them.
(Hmm, actually, I guess XP was a five-year platform, too.)
If I were designing this system, I'd consider charging more to park larger vehicles. There could be different sizes of storage berths, and the laser-wielding robot would measure your car and charge you for the smallest berth your car would fit into. People who think they need to drive an SUV to work would pay for more cubic meter hours.
I'd be pretty upset if I'd left a laptop in my car and someone tried to use a giant magnet on it. Or if I had tools lying around that damaged the interior when they went flying to the roof. Any number of things could go wrong. What a bad idea.
all those old XP drivers wont work if you want DRM.
No one wants DRM.
I don't revere the originals. They certainly have their flaws. But the new ones just don't work even that well, in plot, emotion, or acting. I'd bet that an adult sitting through them all for the first time would still prefer the originals, even without nostalgia or dazzle factor. Harrison Ford would of course know that even though Lucas shared writing credits, he did not direct Empire Strikes Back or any Indiana Jones movie, and that will hold for the new Indy movie, too. Maybe Ford recognizes a good pattern when he sees it.
You seem to have omitted step 2. Could you please clarify what it was?