While I'm not sure if it's 720p, 1080i, 1080p, or even 480i (hard to tell on my 720p TV) - it is at least labeled as "HD", but Time Warner offers this already. It's about the same price as a regular DVD rental at Blockbuster, and has a reasonably good selection (maybe the most popular 60% of Blockbuster's "New Releases"). Biggest advantage though is that I don't have to drive to Blockbuster (about 40min for me), and I don't have to return it.
Good luck finding them... I tried following this path, and found that WHITE (a.k.a. clear) artificial diamonds are much harder to produce, so only 2 or 3 companies world wide are manufacturing them... and all of them are out-of-stock nearly indefinitely (a few said 16 months or more... if ever).
On the contrary, artificial YELLOW diamonds are much easier to make, and as such are relatively common.
I agree with this very strongly.
I also feel there should be some form of more aggressive car control training for licensing. While ABS and TCS does remove the driver from the equation somewhat, there can be quite a bit of skill in stopping a car in a controlled manner, very quickly. This is especially true if you need to do ANY maneuvering or don't have ABS (when you're at the limits of your tires, you'd be surprised how little driver input it takes to spin out).
There is also something to be said for just actually feeling what distance your car is capable of stopping from 75mph in. I know when I first started racing, I actually started driving SLOWER on public roads, because I finally realized just how close to certain death I was. Even in my 'race car' which does nearly 2G's under braking (roughly 2x what a normal street car does), I would never be able to come to a complete stop in the distance between me and the car I was following.... even at a proper '2 second' gap.
There's a simple reason for this... the American public demands cars with big motors that handle poorly. Ask a random set of people, and MANY more will be able to tell you how much HP their car makes... but nobody will be able to tell you what suspension design their car has. Manufacturers have noticed this, and as such figure that suspension is just a necessary evil to allow a smooth ride. To satisfy this need, they simply go with what's 'worked' since the 70's... a solid axle... or maybe even 'new fangled' McPherson struts.
Don't believe me, here's a prime example of how the US snuffs innovation:
US: Chevy Corvair
Innovations: Rear engine, swing axle
Public Reaction: "Unsafe at any speed"
Germany: VW Beatle
Innovations: Rear engine, swing axle (later replaced with trailing arms)
Public Reaction: One of the highest selling cars of all time
As someone who frequently works with technical support, I envision two scenerios: .odf:
me: "Here are the instructions..."
them: "I cannot open the attachment..."
my boss: "Why isn't that issue resolved yet?"
me: "You need either OpenOffice or a plug-in for Word, download here..."
them: "Our IT staff doesn't allow us to install software..."
my boss: "Why isn't that issue resolved yet?"
me: "Here is the attachment in.doc format.."
them: "Thank you"
my boss: "Let's try to be a bit more proactive next time..."
.doc:
me: "Here are the instructions..."
them: "Thank You, you're so helpful"
While I may use.odf personally, anything that leaves this office needs to be in either PDF (for read-only) or DOC (for read/write). Like it or not, until Office 2000 natively supports odf out of the box,.doc is the standard.
Seeing as an authentic PS2 can be had for ~$100, if the new model is more than $100 less, I'm more likely to get the new model. Otherwise, I'm less likely.
Maybe I'm not 'mainstream' in what I listen to, but I just checked, and the first 6 albums I could think of were all available there.
I really hope this will take off, and then the 'major' music labels will soon feel the threat if they don't offer DRM-free.
I have a $25 iTunes gift card sitting on my desk unused since last Christmas. I haven't used it yet as I've been afraid of 'wasting it' by buying songs on iTunes and having some sort of issue with 'not officially supported in x64 edition' iTunes.
If I could just download.mp3 files which I could dump on my file server with automatic backups it would've been spent. For that matter I would be happy enough if I only had to worry about also backing up my industry-standard mp3 license key file, and not have to worry that I had a chance to click 'Deauthorize this computer' before I accidentially reformat my hard drive next time.
As a side note....you really can't have enough confirmation dialogs on a button named 'Label Disk' in Ubuntu which will delete all the partitions on your drive.
Does this cover any IP lawsuits against anybody who HAPPENS to make MS embedded devices?
Does it only cover IP lawsuits related to the making of those devices?
Does it only cover IP lawsuits related to MS technology in those devices?
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While I'm not sure if it's 720p, 1080i, 1080p, or even 480i (hard to tell on my 720p TV) - it is at least labeled as "HD", but Time Warner offers this already. It's about the same price as a regular DVD rental at Blockbuster, and has a reasonably good selection (maybe the most popular 60% of Blockbuster's "New Releases"). Biggest advantage though is that I don't have to drive to Blockbuster (about 40min for me), and I don't have to return it.
that should be an quick & easy transition, just like IPv6, right?
I take it you're not allowed to just get a normal phone and either 'remove' or otherwise 'disable' the camera?
Some ideas:Good luck finding them... I tried following this path, and found that WHITE (a.k.a. clear) artificial diamonds are much harder to produce, so only 2 or 3 companies world wide are manufacturing them... and all of them are out-of-stock nearly indefinitely (a few said 16 months or more... if ever). On the contrary, artificial YELLOW diamonds are much easier to make, and as such are relatively common.
I agree with this very strongly. I also feel there should be some form of more aggressive car control training for licensing. While ABS and TCS does remove the driver from the equation somewhat, there can be quite a bit of skill in stopping a car in a controlled manner, very quickly. This is especially true if you need to do ANY maneuvering or don't have ABS (when you're at the limits of your tires, you'd be surprised how little driver input it takes to spin out). There is also something to be said for just actually feeling what distance your car is capable of stopping from 75mph in. I know when I first started racing, I actually started driving SLOWER on public roads, because I finally realized just how close to certain death I was. Even in my 'race car' which does nearly 2G's under braking (roughly 2x what a normal street car does), I would never be able to come to a complete stop in the distance between me and the car I was following.... even at a proper '2 second' gap.
eh, you probably just bought yours.
Of course you could make it to Starbucks in time... by then there should be one within 50 feet of any point on the planet.
There's a simple reason for this... the American public demands cars with big motors that handle poorly. Ask a random set of people, and MANY more will be able to tell you how much HP their car makes... but nobody will be able to tell you what suspension design their car has. Manufacturers have noticed this, and as such figure that suspension is just a necessary evil to allow a smooth ride. To satisfy this need, they simply go with what's 'worked' since the 70's... a solid axle... or maybe even 'new fangled' McPherson struts.
Don't believe me, here's a prime example of how the US snuffs innovation:
US: Chevy Corvair
Innovations: Rear engine, swing axle
Public Reaction: "Unsafe at any speed"
Germany: VW Beatle
Innovations: Rear engine, swing axle (later replaced with trailing arms)
Public Reaction: One of the highest selling cars of all time
Apple-labeled computer? So I only need to put an Apple sticker on my computer?
And don't forget that you can't copy/paste from UAC "Administrator" applications to UAC "User" applications, no matter what hoops you jump through.
Any bets on how long until the "paid for" URL is slashdotted?
Seeing as an authentic PS2 can be had for ~$100, if the new model is more than $100 less, I'm more likely to get the new model. Otherwise, I'm less likely.
Maybe I'm not 'mainstream' in what I listen to, but I just checked, and the first 6 albums I could think of were all available there. I really hope this will take off, and then the 'major' music labels will soon feel the threat if they don't offer DRM-free.
I have a $25 iTunes gift card sitting on my desk unused since last Christmas. I haven't used it yet as I've been afraid of 'wasting it' by buying songs on iTunes and having some sort of issue with 'not officially supported in x64 edition' iTunes.
If I could just download .mp3 files which I could dump on my file server with automatic backups it would've been spent. For that matter I would be happy enough if I only had to worry about also backing up my industry-standard mp3 license key file, and not have to worry that I had a chance to click 'Deauthorize this computer' before I accidentially reformat my hard drive next time.
As a side note....you really can't have enough confirmation dialogs on a button named 'Label Disk' in Ubuntu which will delete all the partitions on your drive.
Does this cover any IP lawsuits against anybody who HAPPENS to make MS embedded devices?
Does it only cover IP lawsuits related to the making of those devices?
Does it only cover IP lawsuits related to MS technology in those devices?
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