What about those of us that have HD-DVD drives in our home theater? The cost of a processor that would do this in a timely fashion, is no laughing matter. Plus an HD-DVD drive, plus a Blu-Ray burner? You're kidding right. If you had all that equipment to begin with, I'm pretty sure you already knew what to do in order to convert your discs. Sheesh! You can do it with one unit. There is a combo HD-DVD/BDR drive available for PCs.
Instead of being such a pessimist, think for a change I was trying out my lame sense of humor.
If you really want to think about it in such a way, the pressure difference at the hole in the bulkhead would be negligible. The inner wall of the airplane is just a piece of plastic with a sizable gap between it and the real bulkhead responsible for maintaining cabin pressure.
Pick up the perp, moisten his hand and stick it over the hole in the fuselage. The difference in pressure will keep him glued to the hole and the hole will be sealed.
As a bonus, you might get to see a live re-enactment of the scene in Alien Resurrection.
That said, it's hardly a weapon and couldn't have caused the symptoms described in the article unless the pilot was looking directly down the beam for quite some time. While I really believe the beam was distracting and the flash from the beam could diorient/startle a pilot, I think the article's description is mostly just a bunch of embellishments from an understandably pissed-off pilot and a prosecutor who wants to make an example out of someone.
The reason for this is that the beam must be held pretty steady at the cockpit window at a helicopter travelling pretty quickly and low off the ground. The farther away the helicopter, the harder it is to hit the cockpit. There's no targeting device here except someone's hand and eye coordination.
Most likely what happened is some idiots were shining it at the helicopter and the pilot saw some bright green flashes from when the beam momentarily hit the cockpit window.
Since the beam is visible, it was not too much of a problem determining the location of the idiots doing it.
It's like the old military saying: "tracers work BOTH ways."
You can add local municipalities which are also adding to forfeiture laws. Here in wonderful So Cal, you can also have your vehicle seized when suspected of soliciting a prostitute or street racing.
Or try "employment lawyer." Beware: the US is largely employment-at-will. So, unless you're a minority, pregnant/a woman, handicapped, over 50, or in the military...you're pretty much screwed.
Shame, as it wasn't always that way, and the US is one of the few places where at-will employment is the norm.
Believe me, being in the military doesn't mean squat. I was given the boot from my employer shortly after returning from Desert Storm and the JAG told me they were not doing anything about it. I was stunned.
We had TV-Japan, and while it was really neat to watch Kohaku on New-Year's, you need to remember this is an NHK feed. Lots of drama, educational, news and cultural programming - none of the anime the typical fan would desire.
Yup. Back in the late 80's The Wherehouse had a sizeable Beta section for rent that rivalled the VHS section, along with a porn section divided into VHS and Beta.
Actually Disney does not allow adult material to be produced in the same plants that press Disney discs. That's a problem because Disney obviously presses a hell of a lot of discs. After the Toy Story Box Set fiasco, I can understand their position.
However, there is a BD plant in Taiwan that does not press Disney discs and is responsible for the large (cough) and (ahem) growing Blu-Ray pr0n market in Japan. Sony admitted themselves they were not being prejudicial on the content providers. HD-DVD was just the easiest format to initially come to - and right now, it probably still is the easiest format for the adult market to distribute.
Seriously, I try to copy music over and it comes over in one long list 1000 lines long. I try to copy it by artist and that fails. The ps3 interface for music and video is horrid. I cant make playlists as well.
Wow, they must have heard you and then issued a firmware update that addresses this very problem...
Seriously, v2.0 was released this morning and includes playlists, themes, and remote play. How much of an improvement it is is still up to debate.
I have a DP800 Quicksilver with the same video RAM and HD specs you do.
I'm really wondering if my system will be left out - with the above upgrades, my system easily ran software requiring a faster machine (the COD2 United Offensive for example). Besides, a DP800 should outpace a SP867 machine. After all, it will be running more than one process.
On the other hand, my machine was purchased in Oct 2001. It's had a long, good life and needs to retire.
Actually it's a quote from a post of someone on a different forum.
It seems he once got a car from a dealer that had some serious issues and the dealer would not cooperate despite numerous attempts to get a resolution to the problem.
He responded by getting a demonstration permit, renting a chicken suit and parked the car on the street in front of the dealer with a banner stating "So-and-So sold me a lemon" and picketed the location while wearing a chicken suit carrying a sign that said the same.
The dealer quickly came to a resolution of the problem afterwards.
The last line of the post became my sig 'cause it was so damn funny. Maybe you had to be there.
It's not you. It would be your church leaders who do not want you to be curious about who is picketing their church or why. They also may not want it known if there are any problems between your church and previous members or the community at large.
This is the issue with Scientology. The "management" does not want the members to know anything is wrong with their "community". Picketers also discourage new memberships and the cashflow that comes from them.
In this particular case the self-regulation works.
And that's a good thing since the last thing I want is the government making videogame (or DVD) purchases as much of a hassle as buying Sudafed is today.
Have you ever purchased said content from Walmart?
I've picked up R rated and Unrated DVDs from there. The cash register actually halts the transaction after the item is scanned until the clerk verifies that the customer looks the appropriate age or checks ID and hits the appropriate key on the register. Nearly every time this happens the clerk stares at the register then looks at me and gives me the once-over.
So they seem to take it somewhat seriously. It's enough for me to notice and I'm over 40.
Would "Mexicans are less intelligent than whites" be racist? What if it were demonstrated to be true?
Arguments over race and intelligence went out ages ago, along with phrenology. I'm pretty sure it has been well established that racial makeup has little to do with the potential intelligence an individual may have. "Dumb" vs. "less intelligent" doesn't change the above argument any - dumb is just meant to be a "loaded" word.
Replying to an AC is like pissing in the wind, but here goes:
Calling me a moron is an ad-hominem attack.
Prejudice is one of the ways racism is manifested. Prejudicial thoughts are not all necessarily based on "hate" but can be based on ignorance as well.
Racism is another matter. The people going after your father hated him for a reason. If you father has more tact than you do, I would assume by your argument that race was the reason:
"those men are a threat to you simply because of the color of your skin"
Hating someone just because of the color of their skin is a way of expressing racism.
"Mexicans carry knives" is a stereotype "Watch that Mexican, I bet he's carrying a knife" is a prejudicial statement "Mexicans are dumber than whites" is a racist statement
Still, people can be racist and not be violent. Not all racists wear sheets. Violence is just one of the many ways racism is expressed.
Dunno, that sounds more like prejudice based on stereotypes to me.
Racism is the belief that a particular race (usually one's own) is inherently better than another or that a particular race is inferior. How that manifests itself - genocide, slavery, hate, discrimination, apathy, etc. is up to the holder(s) of those racist beliefs.
While my erm "overusage" experience with Speakeasy was much more pleasant than yours, they do indeed have an undisclosed cap of about 100GB/mo.
They called me initially about having a possible "unsecured access point" but by how they were fishing around seeing if I actually know what's going on on my network, I just said: "Let's just cut to the main point. You're looking at torrent traffic, right?"
At that point we were able to work on the problem. Now it took me several weeks of tweaking to get the numbers down to acceptable levels, and the person who I was dealing with (and the same person every time) really liked the fact I was proactive and contacted them periodically about how the numbers are shaping out as the weeks went by. Once the numbers dropped to 3-4 GB/day they dropped the matter.
My local Fry's (Woodland Hills, CA) has had Wiimotes and Classic Controllers in stock continuously for nearly a month straight.
How do they do it? Imported grey-market Japanese controllers (which are identical to the US controllers) with a $10 premium over the US MSRP slapped on them.
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It's only one drive, so you'd have to rip & reburn.
Instead of being such a pessimist, think for a change I was trying out my lame sense of humor.
If you really want to think about it in such a way, the pressure difference at the hole in the bulkhead would be negligible. The inner wall of the airplane is just a piece of plastic with a sizable gap between it and the real bulkhead responsible for maintaining cabin pressure.
If you have enough water, like between California and Hawaii - yes, I believe it would work just fine.
Pick up the perp, moisten his hand and stick it over the hole in the fuselage. The difference in pressure will keep him glued to the hole and the hole will be sealed.
As a bonus, you might get to see a live re-enactment of the scene in Alien Resurrection.
The reason for this is that the beam must be held pretty steady at the cockpit window at a helicopter travelling pretty quickly and low off the ground. The farther away the helicopter, the harder it is to hit the cockpit. There's no targeting device here except someone's hand and eye coordination.
Most likely what happened is some idiots were shining it at the helicopter and the pilot saw some bright green flashes from when the beam momentarily hit the cockpit window.
Since the beam is visible, it was not too much of a problem determining the location of the idiots doing it.
It's like the old military saying: "tracers work BOTH ways."
You can add local municipalities which are also adding to forfeiture laws. Here in wonderful So Cal, you can also have your vehicle seized when suspected of soliciting a prostitute or street racing.
Suggestion: wrongful termination
Or try "employment lawyer." Beware: the US is largely employment-at-will. So, unless you're a minority, pregnant/a woman, handicapped, over 50, or in the military...you're pretty much screwed.
Shame, as it wasn't always that way, and the US is one of the few places where at-will employment is the norm.
Believe me, being in the military doesn't mean squat. I was given the boot from my employer shortly after returning from Desert Storm and the JAG told me they were not doing anything about it. I was stunned.We had TV-Japan, and while it was really neat to watch Kohaku on New-Year's, you need to remember this is an NHK feed. Lots of drama, educational, news and cultural programming - none of the anime the typical fan would desire.
There's a ton of blu-ray porn.
Here you go (definitely NSFW):
Amazon Blu-Ray JP pr0n
Note: you might need to tell Amazon.jp to show adult content to see the thumbnails
Yup. Back in the late 80's The Wherehouse had a sizeable Beta section for rent that rivalled the VHS section, along with a porn section divided into VHS and Beta.
"The Demon Seed" actually contains the first use of Teledildonics - in the 1970's - by an A.I.!
Talk about visionary!
Actually Disney does not allow adult material to be produced in the same plants that press Disney discs. That's a problem because Disney obviously presses a hell of a lot of discs. After the Toy Story Box Set fiasco, I can understand their position.
However, there is a BD plant in Taiwan that does not press Disney discs and is responsible for the large (cough) and (ahem) growing Blu-Ray pr0n market in Japan. Sony admitted themselves they were not being prejudicial on the content providers. HD-DVD was just the easiest format to initially come to - and right now, it probably still is the easiest format for the adult market to distribute.
Wow, they must have heard you and then issued a firmware update that addresses this very problem...
Seriously, v2.0 was released this morning and includes playlists, themes, and remote play. How much of an improvement it is is still up to debate.
I'm in the same boat.
I have a DP800 Quicksilver with the same video RAM and HD specs you do.
I'm really wondering if my system will be left out - with the above upgrades, my system easily ran software requiring a faster machine (the COD2 United Offensive for example). Besides, a DP800 should outpace a SP867 machine. After all, it will be running more than one process.
On the other hand, my machine was purchased in Oct 2001. It's had a long, good life and needs to retire.
Actually, one should be worried when the length of time it takes to crack it falls within a time span that is less than the statute of limitations.
Actually it's a quote from a post of someone on a different forum.
It seems he once got a car from a dealer that had some serious issues and the dealer would not cooperate despite numerous attempts to get a resolution to the problem.
He responded by getting a demonstration permit, renting a chicken suit and parked the car on the street in front of the dealer with a banner stating "So-and-So sold me a lemon" and picketed the location while wearing a chicken suit carrying a sign that said the same.
The dealer quickly came to a resolution of the problem afterwards.
The last line of the post became my sig 'cause it was so damn funny. Maybe you had to be there.
It's not you. It would be your church leaders who do not want you to be curious about who is picketing their church or why. They also may not want it known if there are any problems between your church and previous members or the community at large.
This is the issue with Scientology. The "management" does not want the members to know anything is wrong with their "community". Picketers also discourage new memberships and the cashflow that comes from them.
Yes, you are right.
In this particular case the self-regulation works.
And that's a good thing since the last thing I want is the government making videogame (or DVD) purchases as much of a hassle as buying Sudafed is today.
Have you ever purchased said content from Walmart?
I've picked up R rated and Unrated DVDs from there. The cash register actually halts the transaction after the item is scanned until the clerk verifies that the customer looks the appropriate age or checks ID and hits the appropriate key on the register. Nearly every time this happens the clerk stares at the register then looks at me and gives me the once-over.
So they seem to take it somewhat seriously. It's enough for me to notice and I'm over 40.
Arguments over race and intelligence went out ages ago, along with phrenology. I'm pretty sure it has been well established that racial makeup has little to do with the potential intelligence an individual may have. "Dumb" vs. "less intelligent" doesn't change the above argument any - dumb is just meant to be a "loaded" word.
Calling me a moron is an ad-hominem attack.
Prejudice is one of the ways racism is manifested. Prejudicial thoughts are not all necessarily based on "hate" but can be based on ignorance as well.
Racism is another matter. The people going after your father hated him for a reason. If you father has more tact than you do, I would assume by your argument that race was the reason:
Hating someone just because of the color of their skin is a way of expressing racism.
"Mexicans carry knives" is a stereotype
"Watch that Mexican, I bet he's carrying a knife" is a prejudicial statement
"Mexicans are dumber than whites" is a racist statement
Still, people can be racist and not be violent. Not all racists wear sheets. Violence is just one of the many ways racism is expressed.
Dunno, that sounds more like prejudice based on stereotypes to me.
Racism is the belief that a particular race (usually one's own) is inherently better than another or that a particular race is inferior. How that manifests itself - genocide, slavery, hate, discrimination, apathy, etc. is up to the holder(s) of those racist beliefs.
While my erm "overusage" experience with Speakeasy was much more pleasant than yours, they do indeed have an undisclosed cap of about 100GB/mo.
They called me initially about having a possible "unsecured access point" but by how they were fishing around seeing if I actually know what's going on on my network, I just said: "Let's just cut to the main point. You're looking at torrent traffic, right?"
At that point we were able to work on the problem. Now it took me several weeks of tweaking to get the numbers down to acceptable levels, and the person who I was dealing with (and the same person every time) really liked the fact I was proactive and contacted them periodically about how the numbers are shaping out as the weeks went by. Once the numbers dropped to 3-4 GB/day they dropped the matter.
I'm in their Los Angeles service area.
No, what you will see are requests for coupon codes for "10% off your next settlement offer" on fatwallet.
Another great idea:
RIAA pre-lawsuit gift cards. Load them up with $10, $40, or $250,000,000 - great gift for college students and little old ladies!
My local Fry's (Woodland Hills, CA) has had Wiimotes and Classic Controllers in stock continuously for nearly a month straight.
How do they do it? Imported grey-market Japanese controllers (which are identical to the US controllers) with a $10 premium over the US MSRP slapped on them.