I've seen those 700 meg, 90 mins-2 hour movies from kazaa, etc. The quality is crap. I'd rather pay the $20 a DVD costs not to have to subject my eyes to that torture. There's more artifacting than image. 200 meg for 44 minutes is even worse.
At 450-500 meg/44 min episode the quality becomes pretty decent.
Read the specs...320x240 pixels (very low res), and compressed so that a 22 minute show takes 200 meg (very small)....The previous responded had a good summary; like crap.
I know this was intended as a joke, but it might be good for wikipedia.
Lately I'm finding more "missing" articles than problem ones. Topics that should be there but aren't. Maybe they could have some sort of bounty system to get people to write these missing articles. Of course, that would require paid editors to approve the entires before a payment can be made.
for n > 3, you have to be Andrew Wiles to show that:)
No, for n >= 3, you have to be Andrew Wiles to show that no solutions in integers exist...or maybe "the guy who met Andrew Wiles" who gave a talk on it at my school:)
People spend a lot of money on fancy coffins that nobody will (ideally) see again. Does that mean the coffine is there to give the person a tribute and make more money for the funeral industry, so taping a goatse image to the inside makes no difference?
It is the closest most will ever get to 'seeing' a top quark
What does a wave in the ocean look like when you remove the water but not the wave?
These particles don't have a "look" in any sense we can understand. Current theory is they're harmonic vibrations in the substructure of the universe.
It is a fictional piece of art.
Tango is the name of Air Canada's discount carrier.
Since Air Canada offers pathetically bad service to begin with, and Tango is their division with less service, the name does not conjure up good images.
Nice try, but a Celeron does not out perform a G4 at comparable clock speed. The XPC K is so big and heavy compared to a mini, why even bother with SFF if you're going to get that?
Evolution selects favorable traits and removes unfavorable ones from the gene pool. Modern medicine and science all people who would be weeded out by evolution to live fairly normal lives and remain a part of the gene pool.
Are you unaware of the fact that the deluge of bad patents also impacts the consumer? Do you think these companies just eat the legal fees to defend themselves against these crappy patents? Do you really believe that Apple will, out of the goodness of their heart, just absorb the legal costs out of their profits? They explain why shareholders should be saddled with this increase in the cost of doing business.
You're implying apple will raise prices to compensate for their legal fees. Apple already charges what they believe is the maximum prices the market will pay for their products. If they could raise prices to cover legal fees they'd have already raised them to increase thei profits.
I am not picking on apple here; all companies do that.
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I've seen those 700 meg, 90 mins-2 hour movies from kazaa, etc. The quality is crap. I'd rather pay the $20 a DVD costs not to have to subject my eyes to that torture. There's more artifacting than image. 200 meg for 44 minutes is even worse.
At 450-500 meg/44 min episode the quality becomes pretty decent.
And you claim you're picky on the quality.
Read the specs...320x240 pixels (very low res), and compressed so that a 22 minute show takes 200 meg (very small)....The previous responded had a good summary; like crap.
Thank you. Exactly what I was thinking :)
I know this was intended as a joke, but it might be good for wikipedia.
Lately I'm finding more "missing" articles than problem ones. Topics that should be there but aren't. Maybe they could have some sort of bounty system to get people to write these missing articles. Of course, that would require paid editors to approve the entires before a payment can be made.
it would be cool to "see" a pc case made out of it thou (obviously you cant see it but you can pretend it's there :p)
You mean the way uoi can't see a case made oud of acrylic?
Damn, I had a drinking glass full of water on the table somewhere, if only it weren't invisible I could find it....oh yeah, clear != invisible.
for n > 3, you have to be Andrew Wiles to show that :)
:)
No, for n >= 3, you have to be Andrew Wiles to show that no solutions in integers exist...or maybe "the guy who met Andrew Wiles" who gave a talk on it at my school
People spend a lot of money on fancy coffins that nobody will (ideally) see again. Does that mean the coffine is there to give the person a tribute and make more money for the funeral industry, so taping a goatse image to the inside makes no difference?
If it's never to be seen again and doesn't matter if it contains a few goatse references....why send it at all. You're totally missing the point.
Your sarcasm meter is faulty.
It is the closest most will ever get to 'seeing' a top quark What does a wave in the ocean look like when you remove the water but not the wave? These particles don't have a "look" in any sense we can understand. Current theory is they're harmonic vibrations in the substructure of the universe. It is a fictional piece of art.
Tango is the name of Air Canada's discount carrier.
Since Air Canada offers pathetically bad service to begin with, and Tango is their division with less service, the name does not conjure up good images.
Why don't we go with instantly....
I picked one up a couple of weeks ago when the store was donating their gross income for the day to a Katrina fund. It's advertised in Make vol 3.
Well that shot right over your head.
Once place I worked had enough buying clout that driving nails through the drives would not void the warranty. It was actually in the contract.
Clearly this still takes power, even if it's coming from a user turning a crank.
It is an inefficient system, so why not use the same power source for something more efficient like a peltier junction?
I'd say he gotr the humor perfectly. That sig with that post is a great example of irony.
Any form factor?
Okay, you put a $600 X86 PC in a 6.5x6.5x2" box (including optical drive and wifi) and we'll do our speed test.
Nice try, but a Celeron does not out perform a G4 at comparable clock speed. The XPC K is so big and heavy compared to a mini, why even bother with SFF if you're going to get that?
*most* PC laptops aren't as powerful as a mac mini. They have crapy low end CPUs that make a 1.42 GHz G4 look blazingly fast.
Also, I have a 12" powerbook which is tiny as laptops go, and if you say laptops are more compact that a mac mini, you haven't seen a mac mini.
Let's see a link to a $600 SFF PC that far outclasses the mac mini.
Nothing I said contridicted your points. I merely said things are not being selected for or against anymore in humans.
I made no conclusions about whether that was good or bad. You've just said why it's good.
Evolution selects favorable traits and removes unfavorable ones from the gene pool. Modern medicine and science all people who would be weeded out by evolution to live fairly normal lives and remain a part of the gene pool.
Are you unaware of the fact that the deluge of bad patents also impacts the consumer? Do you think these companies just eat the legal fees to defend themselves against these crappy patents? Do you really believe that Apple will, out of the goodness of their heart, just absorb the legal costs out of their profits? They explain why shareholders should be saddled with this increase in the cost of doing business.
You're implying apple will raise prices to compensate for their legal fees. Apple already charges what they believe is the maximum prices the market will pay for their products. If they could raise prices to cover legal fees they'd have already raised them to increase thei profits.
I am not picking on apple here; all companies do that.
Yeah, like how the billions of dollars spent on the space program benefit everyone...or money spent on public health care...or public schooling...
All these are essential but they don't benefit EVERYONE. There is probably nothing that does.
It would not be unreasonable to make it legally required to use such a system on some highways. You don't like it, take the side streets.