I remember reading an article about flexible displays that were supposed to replace LCDs someday, and this was probably over 5 years ago. It was made using little polymer dots sprayed onto a sheet of some sort of material using something similar to an inkjet printer head. It was supposed to be super cheap and flexible. I'm not excited about any new until I see a working prototype... In the meantime, LCDs have come down significantly in price and has increased significantly in quality, so now it's really hard to bring anything new into the market to compete with LCDs.
The way people use video is fundamentally different than music. Like you mentioned, people (generally) don't watch movies multiple times (more than 2). Whereas music, people tend to listen to it repeatedly. One reason I can think of is that a movie requires your full attention. With music, you can just listen to it and do other things. Plus, most of the movies that Holleywood manages to put together are crap. Who wants to be caught with a DVD copy of Gigli?
According to this website, Haliburton has a cost-plus contract, which encouraged them to waste money. The movie "Iraq For Sale", which points this out. Unfortunately I know these sources are biased, so they're unreliable. Really, I have no clue what the truth is anymore. I've seen this debunked, but I've also seen the debunker debunked as well. Everything is BS... But something doesn't seem right when Haliburton receives a contract without any competitive bidding.
I think this is the tip of the iceberg in terms of the rampant corruption in the Bush Administration. Here's a few examples:
- Surgeon General is silenced for political gain.
- NASA scientists silenced over global warming.
- Misleading of the American public to go to war with Iraq with the WMD argument.
- The commutation of Libby, who will probably receive a full pardon later on.
- Illegal wiretapping of the American public.
This is what really irks me about Americans. Why aren't you Americans revolting over things like this? In Canada, the Liberal party lost an election because a few bad Liberals stole a mere $1 million. Dick Cheney lets Haliburton steal BILLIONS from the American tax payers, and Bush got re-elected. Suppressing the words of the Surgeon General for political purposes is detrimental for every single American. This is quite scandalous. I suppose it doesn't help that the mainstream news (CNN, Fox, etc) is reluctant to exposing things like this.
The US has it great. In Canada, you get to choose whether you want to get screwed by Bell, Telus, Virgin Mobile (which runs on the Bell network) or Rogers. Oh, and you want a GSM phone so you can use your phone everywhere in the world? Well, Rogers is the ONLY GSM provider in Canada (at least in Ontario). Bell and Telus are looking to merge too! And guess what, when they need more profits, they don't cut costs, they just raise prices. Canada has one of the lowest mobile phone penetration in the 1st world because of this.
You bring up a good point. There are still some independent radio stations that don't stick to the mainstream, such as college radio stations. I'm going to look for my local college radio station and preset that in my car. Unfortunately, they usually have weaker signals...
I have a feeling that the NAB (National Association of Broadcasters) that represent terrestrial radio is partially behind this. Recently, they've seen competition increase significantly with MP3 players like the iPod, satellite radio, and Internet radio. The NAB is already trying to limit their competition by lobbying against the merger of the satellite radio companies, Sirius and XM, which are both taking massive losses. I wouldn't be surprised if they're behind an attempt to kill Internet radio.
I don't know about you guys, but I've completely stopped listening to regular radio. To me, regular radio has degenerated into commercials and the same 10 songs in repeat. Now I listen to my iPod on my commute to work. I'm very sure that many people are doing the same.
I'm wondering if it would be possible to win some money by countersuing the RIAA for damages caused by these ridiculous lawsuits. I'm guessing this isn't really possible, otherwise, there'd be an army of greedy lawyers filing these lawsuits.
How are you supposed to setup a secure wireless network? WEP can be cracked in minutes, and MAC address filtering can be worked around by MAC address spoofing. So, how can anyone expect the average user to take responsibility for hackers hacking into their wireless networks? It sounds like people in the UK will have to resort back to wired networks.
US politicians reeks of corruption, straight to the top (if you watch the documentary, Iraq For Sale, it's startling what's going on over there). Are the Senators pushing DCMA onto Canada because they think it's good for their country, because they've been paid off by lobbyists, or because they can somehow gain financially with DCMA in Canada? As a Canadian, I would be willing to listen if the US politicians were acting in the interest of their country. But can't, because I always have a feeling that they're acting in the interest of their own bank accounts.
It says that it reflects virtually no light. I wonder if that includes the frequencies that are used for radar. If it doesn't reflect any radar signals, that could radically change military aircraft. Currently, military aircraft use shape as well as radar absorbing materials to achieve their stealthy-ness. Imagine if you can coat an F-16 with this stuff, and bam, you have a pretty cheap stealth fighter.
That's ridiculous. I don't trust any free e-mail service provider with my information. In fact, I never provide real information unless I have to make a payment or something. I just don't trust Hotmail, Yahoo, Google, or any website with any real information.
There's talk about creating mini black holes with the upcoming particle accelerator coming online in a few years (I don't remember what it's called). But apparently, these mini black holes will evaporate very quickly, so there's no danger in creating a black hole that will go out of control. I hope they're right.
Anyone ever see that children's educational music video, "Don't Copy That Floppy", where this rapper does this whole rap about software piracy? That video is hilarious. It's on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afuc8TmU2Rg.
I always wondered this about the US. If you don't pay sales tax on out-of-state items, isn't this like a subsidy for shipping companies? One of the costs of buying products online is shipping. If you're not paying sales tax, that saving goes into paying for shipping. I think there should be a US wide sales tax standard for cross-state purchases.
it's the whirling blades themselves that cool the air (you'll see the same thing on the bottom of airplane wings). What's the mechanism that causes the air to cool? I understand that when moving air contacts skin, the moisture in the skin evaporates quicker, removing more heat, making it feel cooler. But wouldn't the friction between the moving air and the blade cause the temperature to increase? BTW, I'm no scientist, so I might just be talking out of my a$$.
I would also like to know how this works. Any speculations here?
Here's my theory: It uses the power generated from the windmill to run some sort of cooling mechanism to cool the blades, which then causes condensation on the blades, where the water will trickle down into some container.
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I wonder if this floor would be more noticeably more tiring to walk on. If that was the case, I can see people avoiding these floors.
I remember reading an article about flexible displays that were supposed to replace LCDs someday, and this was probably over 5 years ago. It was made using little polymer dots sprayed onto a sheet of some sort of material using something similar to an inkjet printer head. It was supposed to be super cheap and flexible. I'm not excited about any new until I see a working prototype... In the meantime, LCDs have come down significantly in price and has increased significantly in quality, so now it's really hard to bring anything new into the market to compete with LCDs.
The way people use video is fundamentally different than music. Like you mentioned, people (generally) don't watch movies multiple times (more than 2). Whereas music, people tend to listen to it repeatedly. One reason I can think of is that a movie requires your full attention. With music, you can just listen to it and do other things. Plus, most of the movies that Holleywood manages to put together are crap. Who wants to be caught with a DVD copy of Gigli?
According to this website, Haliburton has a cost-plus contract, which encouraged them to waste money. The movie "Iraq For Sale", which points this out. Unfortunately I know these sources are biased, so they're unreliable. Really, I have no clue what the truth is anymore. I've seen this debunked, but I've also seen the debunker debunked as well. Everything is BS... But something doesn't seem right when Haliburton receives a contract without any competitive bidding.
I think this is the tip of the iceberg in terms of the rampant corruption in the Bush Administration. Here's a few examples:
- Surgeon General is silenced for political gain.
- NASA scientists silenced over global warming.
- Misleading of the American public to go to war with Iraq with the WMD argument.
- The commutation of Libby, who will probably receive a full pardon later on.
- Illegal wiretapping of the American public.
I'm sure the list goes on.
This is what really irks me about Americans. Why aren't you Americans revolting over things like this? In Canada, the Liberal party lost an election because a few bad Liberals stole a mere $1 million. Dick Cheney lets Haliburton steal BILLIONS from the American tax payers, and Bush got re-elected. Suppressing the words of the Surgeon General for political purposes is detrimental for every single American. This is quite scandalous. I suppose it doesn't help that the mainstream news (CNN, Fox, etc) is reluctant to exposing things like this.
I remember reading an article about it. But I don't remember where. But a quick google search yields some info. Check out this link.
The US has it great. In Canada, you get to choose whether you want to get screwed by Bell, Telus, Virgin Mobile (which runs on the Bell network) or Rogers. Oh, and you want a GSM phone so you can use your phone everywhere in the world? Well, Rogers is the ONLY GSM provider in Canada (at least in Ontario). Bell and Telus are looking to merge too! And guess what, when they need more profits, they don't cut costs, they just raise prices. Canada has one of the lowest mobile phone penetration in the 1st world because of this.
You bring up a good point. There are still some independent radio stations that don't stick to the mainstream, such as college radio stations. I'm going to look for my local college radio station and preset that in my car. Unfortunately, they usually have weaker signals...
I have a feeling that the NAB (National Association of Broadcasters) that represent terrestrial radio is partially behind this. Recently, they've seen competition increase significantly with MP3 players like the iPod, satellite radio, and Internet radio. The NAB is already trying to limit their competition by lobbying against the merger of the satellite radio companies, Sirius and XM, which are both taking massive losses. I wouldn't be surprised if they're behind an attempt to kill Internet radio.
I don't know about you guys, but I've completely stopped listening to regular radio. To me, regular radio has degenerated into commercials and the same 10 songs in repeat. Now I listen to my iPod on my commute to work. I'm very sure that many people are doing the same.
The NCAA has a lot to gain by keeping a monopoly on live reporting. Who cares anyway? Besides, anyone with a Blackberry at game can blog live.
I'm wondering if it would be possible to win some money by countersuing the RIAA for damages caused by these ridiculous lawsuits. I'm guessing this isn't really possible, otherwise, there'd be an army of greedy lawyers filing these lawsuits.
And you would have to pay royalties every time you used the word banana.
How are you supposed to setup a secure wireless network? WEP can be cracked in minutes, and MAC address filtering can be worked around by MAC address spoofing. So, how can anyone expect the average user to take responsibility for hackers hacking into their wireless networks? It sounds like people in the UK will have to resort back to wired networks.
Next time you hear your neighbour's music, the moral thing to do is cover your ears so you can't hear music for free.
US politicians reeks of corruption, straight to the top (if you watch the documentary, Iraq For Sale, it's startling what's going on over there). Are the Senators pushing DCMA onto Canada because they think it's good for their country, because they've been paid off by lobbyists, or because they can somehow gain financially with DCMA in Canada? As a Canadian, I would be willing to listen if the US politicians were acting in the interest of their country. But can't, because I always have a feeling that they're acting in the interest of their own bank accounts.
It says that it reflects virtually no light. I wonder if that includes the frequencies that are used for radar. If it doesn't reflect any radar signals, that could radically change military aircraft. Currently, military aircraft use shape as well as radar absorbing materials to achieve their stealthy-ness. Imagine if you can coat an F-16 with this stuff, and bam, you have a pretty cheap stealth fighter.
Yes, instead of all these legal terms that I don't understand, I think he should have written the summary in pseudocode.
All jokes aside, I thought it was standard for the loser of a court case to have to pay the winner's lawyer fees. Let me clarify what I'm saying:
if (judge.decision().winner == defendant){
defendant.bankbalance += plaintiff.getmoney(defendant.fees);
}
That's ridiculous. I don't trust any free e-mail service provider with my information. In fact, I never provide real information unless I have to make a payment or something. I just don't trust Hotmail, Yahoo, Google, or any website with any real information.
There's talk about creating mini black holes with the upcoming particle accelerator coming online in a few years (I don't remember what it's called). But apparently, these mini black holes will evaporate very quickly, so there's no danger in creating a black hole that will go out of control. I hope they're right.
Anyone ever see that children's educational music video, "Don't Copy That Floppy", where this rapper does this whole rap about software piracy? That video is hilarious. It's on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afuc8TmU2Rg.
I always wondered this about the US. If you don't pay sales tax on out-of-state items, isn't this like a subsidy for shipping companies? One of the costs of buying products online is shipping. If you're not paying sales tax, that saving goes into paying for shipping. I think there should be a US wide sales tax standard for cross-state purchases.
I would also like to know how this works. Any speculations here?
Here's my theory: It uses the power generated from the windmill to run some sort of cooling mechanism to cool the blades, which then causes condensation on the blades, where the water will trickle down into some container.
Ooooh, $30K fine. That's hardly a punishment. In fact, it might encourage them to release more invasive spyware, since it'll only cost them $30K.