In New Jersey, 45 minutes away is "no where near".
Considering the poster was talking about the likelyhood beach houses, I don't think Newark Bay or Port Newark qualify for Algan's interpretation of "the shore". Newark Bay and Port Newark aren't exactly known for their beach houses.
I thought in Atlantis they developed a shot that allowed people w/o the gene to operate Ancient technology. If so, it is probably standard for all SGC personnel to get the shot. Of course, I doubt the senator would have been included in that group, so that theory is pretty much gone.
It is also possible that the consoles could only be operated by living beings. They don't require the ancient gene, but the require an actual being to operate.
I was more confused as to why such a large ship was needed if it was to be unmanned? Or why a ship of this size wasn't mentioned in the Atlantis database already.
I always just highlighted the completely irrelevant passages of the books. Then re-sold them. Nothing more entertaining than messing with the heads of students.
There is also the fact that most LED bulbs I see advertised are already listed from 30k - 50k hours life time. Which is something like 15-25 years at 5.5 hours a day.
You can do it, but you might lose your number. The issue is that once your account is closed, if the number hasn't already been ported, it is no longer yours, it is lost. Typically with number ports in the US, you sign up with a new company and request that your number is ported. You are never supposed to cancel your old contract until the number is successfully ported. Once the number is ported, then you can cancel the old account.
In theory if you could open up a second account with the same provider, you might be able to port the number, then cancel the first account. But it depends on whether they will allow you to sign up to a new account.
I never tracked it precisely, but after getting the calls I checked my usage and every time it was over 1GB for the month. I used to use the phone tethered to my laptop during my commute (90 minute each way).
I no longer have such a long commute, so I don't use nearly as much data.
I'm grandfathered into an unlimited 3G Data & SMS plan for $20/month. Now they have a tendency to call me and leave voicemails when I use too much data (telling me that I must "upgrade" to a different plan). But I just never call them back and don't run into an issue.
Front end developer is the most common term I hear nowadays. A combination of design skills, HTML skills, CSS skills, and a smattering of JS is usually the skillset I see for Front end developers.
Well more than likely it would be more cost effective to simply install landbased solar arrays out in the desert than to launch a satellite and build a microwave receiving station.
Also it is my understanding that AC is not very efficient for long distance power transmission. So building power stations in the middle of nowhere is less effective than power stations located near the consumers. DC is much more effective than AC over long distances, but the US doesn't have a DC infrastructure.
Popular Science (or mechanics, I forget) had an article a year or two ago about how the US could re-vamp its energy infrastructure. It involved renewable resources (solar/wind/hydro), a DC transmission backbone, and local energy storage using compressed air energy storage (CAES). It was interesting concept, but would cost billions to even start implementing.
2. When the TV was moved to digital, it should have been better than what was offered before. Yes, the quality is better (when you can receive the signal) but most of the time (even with good equipment) the signal doesn't come in, you lose channels, and they randomly drop audio and video. At least with the old way, if it came in most of the way, I could still see and hear what was going on.
Its my understanding that some digital broadcasts are currently limited in power to prevent interference with digital broadcasts. Once the digital transition is complete, they will be able to up the power to the towers and reception should improve.
I don't know how many stations that currently applies to, but it should help reception in some cases. I'd presume that it would be more common in areas that have more stations broadcasting (in between multiple major cites, etc.).
More similar to a clive cussler book than 24. Actually it is similar to his 1990 book Dragon where the secret 3rd bomb sent to Japan during WWII is lost when the plane crashes into the ocean.
Is that it will always be tied to HDTV adoption. And it will lag behind it. DVDs could be played on the existing TVs when they came out. You might have needed an RF modulator if all you had was a coax input, but many TVs at the time were compatible.
I don't know what the latest #'s are but after this past holiday/superbowl season, HDTV penetration was only 25% in the US. Which means that the consumer base for blu-ray disks is only a quarter of the market for DVDs.
The real question is whether blu-ray will entrench itself prior to downloadable HD movies becoming popular. Yes, I know blu-ray is a much better quality than downloadable HD right now. But its not always about quality, sometimes it is simply about "good enough". That is why people are currently satisfied with upscaled DVDs.
"I just wanted to share that I am extremely disappointed to see Profiles going away. Profiles have allowed my wife and I to share a netflix account without any marital discord. Now I will have to navigate the horrors of balancing my wife's desire for romantic comedies with my desire for action & sci-fi movies.
I will be sure to forward you the transcripts of our arguments so you too can join in the discomfort."
It's called population density. The US has a density of 80 per sq mile. South Korea is at 1274 per square mile. Such a higher population density provides a much better return on infrastructure investments. This opens the competiveness of the broadband market, forcing prices down.
In the US it is nearly impossible for a new broadband player to enter the market due to the extensive infrastructure investments needed. In areas where Verizon FIOS and the cable companies compete, speeds have increased. Prices still haven't come down too far, but I bet in general that the cost of living in Korea is less than the US.
As a representative of the asshats that tailgate...try to go a little faster than the speedlimit in the left lane, you won't get tailgated as much. So in order to get you to stop breaking the law, I must break it? Makes little sense to me.
Also doesn't explain why I get tailgated in the middle & right lanes when the left lane is open for passing.
I am not questioning your desire to get a new TV, but I find it somewhat contradictory to think that your living room would be "dominated" by a 40+" TV, but yet the room is too large to get any benefit from HD on a smaller TV. Especially in my experience where I went from a 27" SD set to a 46" HD LCD and the TV is actually less "dominate" than the old TV. It is pretty amazing how the flat panels can actually blend right into a room, much moreso than older CRTs.
Not sure if we have EDGE tho. Yes, EDGE is AT&T's 2.5G network. Slower broadband speed than Sprint & T-Mobile's EVDO-based network. Which in turn is slower than AT&T's HSPDA 3G network.
The problem is that elections are no longer won from the bottom up, the are won from the top down. Ultimately the top of the ticket & leadership of the party is a better determinant of the outcome of congressional elections than the actually qualifications of the candidates. Do you actually believe that every single Republican that lost their seat to a Democrat in the '06 election was a less qualified/worse candidate? Probably not, most of it was simply backlash against the top of the ticket.
Since the electoral college make it difficult for a third party to win the top office in the country, it is a very difficult path for a 3rd party.
I wasn't disagreeing with his main point, merely nitpicking on the choice of words. Use costs differences are pretty insignificant between oil/coal & alternative fuels. Its the manufacturing/extraction are where the costs are much different.
Oil and coal an order of magnitude easier/cheaper to use than anything else. Actually thats not entirely true. Alternative fuels are probably just as easy/cheap to use (heck, biodiesel can be used in existing diesel engines). The issue is the cost to make the alternative fuels. No one ever compares the cost to make oil & coal (lots of bio-mass, a few million years...). Take the raw material costs out of any product and it certainly seems a lot cheaper than its competition.
Samsung is supposed to be coming out with a dual format player this fall. Based on European prices it should be around 700 US. I assume LG will also be coming out with their next gen dual format player soon at a lower price point then their previous player. I also believe the dual format players will win this warn.
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In New Jersey, 45 minutes away is "no where near".
Considering the poster was talking about the likelyhood beach houses, I don't think Newark Bay or Port Newark qualify for Algan's interpretation of "the shore". Newark Bay and Port Newark aren't exactly known for their beach houses.
I thought in Atlantis they developed a shot that allowed people w/o the gene to operate Ancient technology. If so, it is probably standard for all SGC personnel to get the shot. Of course, I doubt the senator would have been included in that group, so that theory is pretty much gone. It is also possible that the consoles could only be operated by living beings. They don't require the ancient gene, but the require an actual being to operate. I was more confused as to why such a large ship was needed if it was to be unmanned? Or why a ship of this size wasn't mentioned in the Atlantis database already.
On the other hand, Sci-Fi's decision to call themselves "Syfy" is simply a lame attempt to justify having professional wrestling in their lineup.
It was my understanding that the primary issue is that they couldn't trademark Sci-Fi b/c it was a generic term.
Natural selection.
I always just highlighted the completely irrelevant passages of the books. Then re-sold them. Nothing more entertaining than messing with the heads of students.
There is also the fact that most LED bulbs I see advertised are already listed from 30k - 50k hours life time. Which is something like 15-25 years at 5.5 hours a day.
You can do it, but you might lose your number. The issue is that once your account is closed, if the number hasn't already been ported, it is no longer yours, it is lost. Typically with number ports in the US, you sign up with a new company and request that your number is ported. You are never supposed to cancel your old contract until the number is successfully ported. Once the number is ported, then you can cancel the old account. In theory if you could open up a second account with the same provider, you might be able to port the number, then cancel the first account. But it depends on whether they will allow you to sign up to a new account.
I never tracked it precisely, but after getting the calls I checked my usage and every time it was over 1GB for the month. I used to use the phone tethered to my laptop during my commute (90 minute each way). I no longer have such a long commute, so I don't use nearly as much data.
I'm grandfathered into an unlimited 3G Data & SMS plan for $20/month. Now they have a tendency to call me and leave voicemails when I use too much data (telling me that I must "upgrade" to a different plan). But I just never call them back and don't run into an issue.
Front end developer is the most common term I hear nowadays. A combination of design skills, HTML skills, CSS skills, and a smattering of JS is usually the skillset I see for Front end developers.
Well more than likely it would be more cost effective to simply install landbased solar arrays out in the desert than to launch a satellite and build a microwave receiving station.
Also it is my understanding that AC is not very efficient for long distance power transmission. So building power stations in the middle of nowhere is less effective than power stations located near the consumers. DC is much more effective than AC over long distances, but the US doesn't have a DC infrastructure. Popular Science (or mechanics, I forget) had an article a year or two ago about how the US could re-vamp its energy infrastructure. It involved renewable resources (solar/wind/hydro), a DC transmission backbone, and local energy storage using compressed air energy storage (CAES). It was interesting concept, but would cost billions to even start implementing.
ummm... I meant "to prevent interference with analog broadcasts." Woops.
2. When the TV was moved to digital, it should have been better than what was offered before. Yes, the quality is better (when you can receive the signal) but most of the time (even with good equipment) the signal doesn't come in, you lose channels, and they randomly drop audio and video. At least with the old way, if it came in most of the way, I could still see and hear what was going on.
Its my understanding that some digital broadcasts are currently limited in power to prevent interference with digital broadcasts. Once the digital transition is complete, they will be able to up the power to the towers and reception should improve. I don't know how many stations that currently applies to, but it should help reception in some cases. I'd presume that it would be more common in areas that have more stations broadcasting (in between multiple major cites, etc.).
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More similar to a clive cussler book than 24. Actually it is similar to his 1990 book Dragon where the secret 3rd bomb sent to Japan during WWII is lost when the plane crashes into the ocean.
I don't know what the latest #'s are but after this past holiday/superbowl season, HDTV penetration was only 25% in the US. Which means that the consumer base for blu-ray disks is only a quarter of the market for DVDs.
The real question is whether blu-ray will entrench itself prior to downloadable HD movies becoming popular. Yes, I know blu-ray is a much better quality than downloadable HD right now. But its not always about quality, sometimes it is simply about "good enough". That is why people are currently satisfied with upscaled DVDs.
"I just wanted to share that I am extremely disappointed to see Profiles going away. Profiles have allowed my wife and I to share a netflix account without any marital discord. Now I will have to navigate the horrors of balancing my wife's desire for romantic comedies with my desire for action & sci-fi movies. I will be sure to forward you the transcripts of our arguments so you too can join in the discomfort."
It's called population density. The US has a density of 80 per sq mile. South Korea is at 1274 per square mile. Such a higher population density provides a much better return on infrastructure investments. This opens the competiveness of the broadband market, forcing prices down.
In the US it is nearly impossible for a new broadband player to enter the market due to the extensive infrastructure investments needed. In areas where Verizon FIOS and the cable companies compete, speeds have increased. Prices still haven't come down too far, but I bet in general that the cost of living in Korea is less than the US.
I am not questioning your desire to get a new TV, but I find it somewhat contradictory to think that your living room would be "dominated" by a 40+" TV, but yet the room is too large to get any benefit from HD on a smaller TV. Especially in my experience where I went from a 27" SD set to a 46" HD LCD and the TV is actually less "dominate" than the old TV. It is pretty amazing how the flat panels can actually blend right into a room, much moreso than older CRTs.
Since the electoral college make it difficult for a third party to win the top office in the country, it is a very difficult path for a 3rd party.
I wasn't disagreeing with his main point, merely nitpicking on the choice of words. Use costs differences are pretty insignificant between oil/coal & alternative fuels. Its the manufacturing/extraction are where the costs are much different.
NOTHING is better than what we've got.
Oil and coal an order of magnitude easier/cheaper to use than anything else.
Actually thats not entirely true. Alternative fuels are probably just as easy/cheap to use (heck, biodiesel can be used in existing diesel engines). The issue is the cost to make the alternative fuels. No one ever compares the cost to make oil & coal (lots of bio-mass, a few million years...). Take the raw material costs out of any product and it certainly seems a lot cheaper than its competition.
Samsung is supposed to be coming out with a dual format player this fall. Based on European prices it should be around 700 US. I assume LG will also be coming out with their next gen dual format player soon at a lower price point then their previous player. I also believe the dual format players will win this warn.