Science Fiction vs Fantasy in the Future is a weird discussion. I offered a sort of solid differentiation earlier that was generally accepted. More recently I heard something interesting from a professor. The jist of it is anything that is "good scifi" operates on not being scifi at all: the only premise is that some aspect or aspects of the universe are different from ours. Before slapping yourself and me, by that I mean very specifically. For example, maybe in one universe carbon doesn't form bonds as well. There. You have an entire multibillion dollar franchise based on a single premise (or at minimum a good book). This is what he called scifi. I just found this to be an interesting take on it.
It's kind of fun to come up with these. Some more!
Earth has no axle tilt.
Solar radiation is directional in nature.
A thick ether exists.
Space is significantly folded on itself.
Of course if your premise happens to turn out to be true, horrah! If not, well that wasn't the point. Now of course the point is to select a premise then write a story which exploits it without relying on it. Good luck.
I never plan on buying another console. Why buy a console for $400 when a new graphics card costs $100 (by new, I mean able to play new games). The other intensive things I do assure that I have enough RAM and to the least extent CPU power.
I simply don't see a reason to own a console until I have no choice (bundling it with home media system).
If there exists Product X with an issue, and all of its competitors have the same issue, you can't just declare it moot. MSIE has memory leaks, sucks to be them. Firefox has memory leaks, sucks to be them. How about Lynx and Opera? Do they both have memory leaks just as significant? If they don't, I hardly think they'd appreciate you deciding that it doesn't matter since both IE and Firefox have them.
In a country where everyone doesn't have health care, unions are perfectly understandable IMHO. Dental is even worse. Sure, Americans get paid a good deal because the cars, real estate and generally all markets have vastly inflated prices, but none of that matters if you're sick and can't get care.
Well the idea is similar to say, SNES game emulation. No matter how high you make the resolution, the pixels will still be same size once scaled. If, on the other hand, you are letting the LCD run outside of its native resolution, you get a blending affect similar to the inherent fuzziness in poor quality CRTs (televisions)
I am suggesting that the interpolation improves quality by reducing the artifacts that arise from poor quality movie playback. Software scaling has nothing to do with it.
Erm, outside the sweet spot for graphics is perfectly fine, if not better due to the natural blur, I find. However it's no good for text. For example a 1600x1200 native LCD will probably look better displaying a movie in, say 1024x768 full screen for a low quality recording (such as your typical 700mB-1.4gB recordings).
My view is that-- well let's say, every elephant in America, north and south, is our doing. They aren't supposed to be there. Therefore, Humans as a whole are completely and utterly responsible for their well being while displaced. Also, we're completely and utterly responsible for anything they do to the land while displaced. We screwed it up. And that's just moving elephants.
Ok, so why isn't there a checkbox for whether or not I want any given component of MS available when I install the OS? Not asking for different windows versions, just one. Heck I should have the option not to use explorer with other options such as Astonshell. The only reason for them not to is that they already dug themselves into a hole.
Uhh you have a genetic predisposition to be gay? Isn't that like being genetically predisposed to enjoy, say, oranges over raspberries, or a genetic condition where you simply like the color aqua best? I don't think that's something you're born with.
Me? I was genetically programmed to prefer Duracell over Energizer.
I think a person isn't ignorant if they can agree that:
The universe is at minimum, billions of years old. DNA exists, and it changes, therefore evolution exists. Religious leaders are not authorities on or of anything. They are spiritual guides, however they often misguide.
You're right white totally sucks. EVERYONE DESTROY ALL WHITE! BLACK IS SO IN!!! Let's make white ILLEGAL!
(/err this has so absolutely nothing to do with race and the very fact I have this statement is a sign of my utter disappointment with the human race and an indication that I would not mind its destruction.)
My program is perfect. It does exactly what it is supposed to do. However what this is, is defined by what actually happens. It sort of executes the output from/dev/random. If it cannot access/dev/random, it's supposed to do whatever follows. If it somehow infiltrates your own computer, well it was supposed to do that to.
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Science Fiction vs Fantasy in the Future is a weird discussion. I offered a sort of solid differentiation earlier that was generally accepted. More recently I heard something interesting from a professor. The jist of it is anything that is "good scifi" operates on not being scifi at all: the only premise is that some aspect or aspects of the universe are different from ours. Before slapping yourself and me, by that I mean very specifically. For example, maybe in one universe carbon doesn't form bonds as well. There. You have an entire multibillion dollar franchise based on a single premise (or at minimum a good book). This is what he called scifi. I just found this to be an interesting take on it.
It's kind of fun to come up with these. Some more!
Earth has no axle tilt.
Solar radiation is directional in nature.
A thick ether exists.
Space is significantly folded on itself.
Of course if your premise happens to turn out to be true, horrah! If not, well that wasn't the point. Now of course the point is to select a premise then write a story which exploits it without relying on it. Good luck.
What would a computer program do with $100,000?
two chicks at the same time
hehe right on. I smacked myself right after submitting because I meant to put that in.
No, none of this is official. Netcraft as said nothing on this.
They DID hug.. though I think it's pretty obvious Jobs enjoyed it more. After all, he's a mac user.
<ducks>
I don't own a patent on any particular toaster brand, but if I find a really neat way to put a clock in one, you bet your ass I'll patent it.
</republican mode>
I never plan on buying another console. Why buy a console for $400 when a new graphics card costs $100 (by new, I mean able to play new games). The other intensive things I do assure that I have enough RAM and to the least extent CPU power.
I simply don't see a reason to own a console until I have no choice (bundling it with home media system).
If there exists Product X with an issue, and all of its competitors have the same issue, you can't just declare it moot. MSIE has memory leaks, sucks to be them. Firefox has memory leaks, sucks to be them. How about Lynx and Opera? Do they both have memory leaks just as significant? If they don't, I hardly think they'd appreciate you deciding that it doesn't matter since both IE and Firefox have them.
In conclusion, IE has memory leaks. Nya nya.
In a country where everyone doesn't have health care, unions are perfectly understandable IMHO. Dental is even worse. Sure, Americans get paid a good deal because the cars, real estate and generally all markets have vastly inflated prices, but none of that matters if you're sick and can't get care.
Well the idea is similar to say, SNES game emulation. No matter how high you make the resolution, the pixels will still be same size once scaled. If, on the other hand, you are letting the LCD run outside of its native resolution, you get a blending affect similar to the inherent fuzziness in poor quality CRTs (televisions)
All I am really saying is it's not all bad.
For years I've said I just want a fucking phone. I've changed my mind. If it makes me food, I'll buy it.
I am suggesting that the interpolation improves quality by reducing the artifacts that arise from poor quality movie playback. Software scaling has nothing to do with it.
The way I see it, they are no longer belittling us.
Erm, outside the sweet spot for graphics is perfectly fine, if not better due to the natural blur, I find. However it's no good for text. For example a 1600x1200 native LCD will probably look better displaying a movie in, say 1024x768 full screen for a low quality recording (such as your typical 700mB-1.4gB recordings).
My view is that-- well let's say, every elephant in America, north and south, is our doing. They aren't supposed to be there. Therefore, Humans as a whole are completely and utterly responsible for their well being while displaced. Also, we're completely and utterly responsible for anything they do to the land while displaced. We screwed it up. And that's just moving elephants.
Ok, so why isn't there a checkbox for whether or not I want any given component of MS available when I install the OS? Not asking for different windows versions, just one. Heck I should have the option not to use explorer with other options such as Astonshell. The only reason for them not to is that they already dug themselves into a hole.
Uhh you have a genetic predisposition to be gay? Isn't that like being genetically predisposed to enjoy, say, oranges over raspberries, or a genetic condition where you simply like the color aqua best? I don't think that's something you're born with.
Me? I was genetically programmed to prefer Duracell over Energizer.
I think a person isn't ignorant if they can agree that:
The universe is at minimum, billions of years old.
DNA exists, and it changes, therefore evolution exists.
Religious leaders are not authorities on or of anything. They are spiritual guides, however they often misguide.
That's all it takes people.
Unnecessary services, such as weather reporting? www.weather.gov should shut down so I have to deal with www.weather.com's shit? No thank you.
You're right white totally sucks. EVERYONE DESTROY ALL WHITE! BLACK IS SO IN!!! Let's make white ILLEGAL!
(/err this has so absolutely nothing to do with race and the very fact I have this statement is a sign of my utter disappointment with the human race and an indication that I would not mind its destruction.)
Don't you watch commercials? Consolidation = fewer numbers. Fewer = less!!!
Companies will complain that it's against capitalism to have competition.
Whenever this happens, I assume the apostrophe HAS to be right. Something else must be wrong.
The school has classes on; it's use! (the new w00t?)
My program is perfect. It does exactly what it is supposed to do. However what this is, is defined by what actually happens. It sort of executes the output from /dev/random. If it cannot access /dev/random, it's supposed to do whatever follows. If it somehow infiltrates your own computer, well it was supposed to do that to.
My program is perfect.
Easy. The article is a dupe.