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  1. Re:Sounds like imp.org on Rendering Shrek@Home? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I'd rather donate the cycles to something other than entertainment. But, if I had to choose entertainment, I'd donate to the needy (read: not Pixar or Dreamworks).

  2. Re:Odd restrictions... on When 8 Megapixels Just Isn't Enough · · Score: 1
    If you were shooting a landscape, and wanted to ensure your foreground was in focus, as well as the mountains off in the distance, you'd tilt the top of the focal plane forward a bit, for instance.
    The article says that the mountain tops as well as blades of grass in front of the mountain are all in sharp focus.
  3. Re:EE on Sony's 'Cell'-based TV Ready By 2006 · · Score: 1

    The difference between the Cell and Sony's previous custom chips is that this one is based on PowerPC architecture.

  4. Re:Sony rant on Sony's 'Cell'-based TV Ready By 2006 · · Score: 1
    3 hour battery life
    <Nelson>Ha ha!</Nelson>

  5. Photos? on Video T-shirts · · Score: 1

    Where are some photos or videos of this? There weren't any links in the article. Someone had to have captured it.

  6. Re:.... [dots] on Gmail Users Get A Storage Boost [updated] · · Score: 1
  7. Screenshots? on Fedora Core 2 Officially Available · · Score: 1

    I'm a Mac user, so I can't readily download this and install it, but I am interested in seeing what it (and the new features) looks like. Anyone have a link? Google wasn't useful.

  8. Re:I believe it was Clark who said... on Ray Bradbury's Reasons to Go to Mars · · Score: 1
    Remember the story about the Chinese all getting in line and marching past a given point and how the line will never end?
    No.
  9. Re:i-tunes on Pixar's Next Movie: The Incredibles · · Score: 1

    It's not really an advertizement if you're seeking it out, is it?

    You're using the loathed "advertizement" word to get out of the fact that Apple is spending money to quickly get content that you want to you. And you're whining about it because you don't like jumping through their hoops.

  10. Re:Hooray! on Pixar's Next Movie: The Incredibles · · Score: 1

    Make it so!

  11. Re:Tech? on Pixar's Next Movie: The Incredibles · · Score: 1
    What are they running for web services - seriously?

    Xserves and WebObjects.
  12. Re:i-tunes on Pixar's Next Movie: The Incredibles · · Score: 1

    They're providing massive amounts of bandwidth at no cost to the end user. Quit whining.

  13. Re:Adult films on Pixar's Next Movie: The Incredibles · · Score: 1

    Are you asking for a Final Fantasy sequel?

  14. Re:Adult films on Pixar's Next Movie: The Incredibles · · Score: 1

    I'd say Pixar's movies are geared to a more mature audience that those horrible lines of dialog are.

  15. Re:Adult films on Pixar's Next Movie: The Incredibles · · Score: 1

    Most cartoons are written for adults. Because they're written by adults. Pixar is no different. Their movies certainly are written for adults but are also a format and presentation that translates well to children.

  16. Re:iTunes 4.2? on 2nd Multi-Format 128kbps Public Listening Test · · Score: 1

    They should test both then, to prove the case.

  17. iTunes 4.2? on 2nd Multi-Format 128kbps Public Listening Test · · Score: 1

    Why are they using iTunes 4.2 as the encoder? Apple made improvements to their AAC encoder in the 4.5 release a few weeks ago.

  18. Re:Mac Version on DOOM III This Summer · · Score: 1

    I'm the poster you were responding to. I never said Doom 3 for the Mac was a lock because it was first demoed at Macworld. I do think it makes it likely that it will. Especially since it will be available for Linux.

  19. Re:Volkswagen Golf TDI on Hybrid Cars Don't Live Up to Mileage Claims · · Score: 1

    How much less than $20,810 was your Golf TDI?

  20. Re:What About Emissions? on Hybrid Cars Don't Live Up to Mileage Claims · · Score: 1

    My Jetta VR6 usually gets between 31 and 33 MPG on the highway.

  21. Re:Better than nothing on Hybrid Cars Don't Live Up to Mileage Claims · · Score: 1

    Look for Mitsubishi's next Eclipse. It's supposed to use hybrid technology to boost acceleration and fuel economy.

  22. Re:Duh on Hybrid Cars Don't Live Up to Mileage Claims · · Score: 1

    Yes.

  23. Overblown by the media... on Hybrid Cars Don't Live Up to Mileage Claims · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Perhaps the Civic isn't as great as the EPA rated. I don't know, I'm not interested in one. However, Randy Rathbun's blog had a mileage log that contradicts this story at least as far as the Prius (the only hybrid I'm interested in at this point) is concerned. I trust his empirical evidence more than a poorly researched article that paints all hybrids with the Civic-brush.

  24. Re:Mac Version on DOOM III This Summer · · Score: 1

    Well, Halo is a unique example. Bungie was a Mac developer primarily before Microsoft bought them. That's why Halo was (as you said) seen first at Macworld.

  25. Re:HFS+ on Linux Filesystems Benchmarked · · Score: 1

    Actually, the first time I installed Mac OS X, I used XFS as the filesystem. It was slow, though, so I reinstalled selecting HFS+ as the filesystem instead.