They use to say not to watch TV in the dark. Your pupil dilates in the dark, more light gets in than would normally, greater stress to the eye happens. Now, the CAO says watching TV in day light conditions is equally as dangerous, but that overall reading is more dangerous to your eyes. Well, if I have these eyes, but can't use them, what good are they? According to this link, the CAO also suggests you shouldn't watch TV with sunglasses on (sic). Well, what else am I supposed to use these Ray Bans for?
the exhibit curators are trying desperately to remind people that now-Muslim peoples are not just terrorist monsters
It could also be seen as an attempt to remind people that you can loose scientific reason because of religious fundamentalism (are you listening, America?)
They actually came out with a new polymer covering for the Blu-Ray that's highly scratch-resistant. They did a demo a while back trying to jam a screwdriver into the disk and it was still fine. It's really quite an improvement.
Great, finally my Netflix discs will play properly!
Total downloads is a totally honest way of reporting success. It's not a count of users or a measurement of their satisfaction, but it is a pretty good yard stick of success in the market place. Only a complete moron would think that 15 million downloads = 15 million satisfied unique users. Just like McDonald's "X Billion (products) served" does not equal X billion satisfied unique customers. Some are repeat customers, some were one time users, many weren't satisfied. But, unless the product was desireable for whatever reason, the number of products sold never would have gotten so high.
Another huge factor is Hollywood's expected time to return on it's investments. Huge blockbusters use to play for months, sometimes years in the theater, earning their money back slowly. In today's market a film is expected to hit big the first weekend, or it's considered a failure. It's hard to make $200 million back in two or three days. This is one reason why their are so many remakes and sequels being made. They want instant brand name recognition.
"How do the analog inputs running in low res mode compare to a current generation DVD running over analog inputs?"
According to what I've heard, it will be equal to. Current DVD is 480P. The crippled component outputs of HD-DVD will be 480, as well. Here's the quote from Toshiba:
their HD-DVD Player will ONLY output high Def on the player's HDMI output the analogue output will be downrezed to 480 lines. link
How many people here point and laugh at anyone who belives in ID instead of real science, but in this case are basing their comments on their BELIEFS about obesity and not looking at the very interesting science these researchers are doing.
Sorry to say that if you believe in gods,... you are not well educated.
Sadly, when I was younger and full of anger, I believed this as well. Then a little real world education woke me up. After meeting and working with some incredibly intelligent people in college and the engineering world that believe in religion, but are still logical, critical thinkers, I've settled down on my "if you believe in God you're a moron" hypothesis. I still have my atheist beliefs, they have their religious ones. But, being well educated, they understand how I came upon my beliefs. I am starting to understand why they believe theirs. Almost ALL of them that I've asked believe evolution should be taught in school, religion should be taught in church/at home.
Oh, yeah. You don't what that big evil grocer to find out that you bought peanut butter AND jelly. This is the kind of inherently evil data collection that lead to GooberGrape!
I take it that ultimate edition dealie is never gonna see the light of day?
Lot's of legal issues on that one. I'm waiting with bated breath myself. Here's a page that's tracking the (little) progress that is made on it. Guaranteed sales, don't know what their problem is.
Doesn't really matter. Words come, words go. A dictionary is not an official document that tells people what are and are not words (though it's often used as such). Rather, a dictionary is a catalog of the words that people commonly use. Any word that gets widely used should be added to the dictionary. Dictionaries change with time (new words are added). Ideally, words would be deleted from dictionaries as they fall out of use, but they are usually kept it. Sometimes the tag "archaic" or "older use" is added behind them to signify that the words are no longer in common use or if their definition has changed over time. e.g., the wordgay.
It would be nice if some of those artists... would stick up for themselves
According to this Boing Boing link, they are. Although the article isn't very specific about Who or What they are doing.
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Now if only the first books could be rewritten by the current Terry Pratchett... oh lord...
YES! Like a... a... a "Special Edition" of some sort, were he updates the series with new scenes. Nobody could have a problem with that.
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you have to get it pre-ground
BTY - You can get whole bean decaf. I use to get it during the brief period of time when I experimented with decaf. It was pretty good decaf, but you did have to use a lot more to get a nice tastey cup of joe. And I wouldn't say it's a fringe item. A lot of people drink decaf.
What era of Genesis. Cause I much prefer their earlier Progressive era with Peter Gabriel on vocals. The Phil Collins stuff is ok, but they got a bit too poppy towards the end.
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Jar Jar: "Ooo, Meesa horny! Whe'r da white woman at!"
They use to say not to watch TV in the dark. Your pupil dilates in the dark, more light gets in than would normally, greater stress to the eye happens. Now, the CAO says watching TV in day light conditions is equally as dangerous, but that overall reading is more dangerous to your eyes. Well, if I have these eyes, but can't use them, what good are they? According to this link, the CAO also suggests you shouldn't watch TV with sunglasses on (sic). Well, what else am I supposed to use these Ray Bans for?
It could also be seen as an attempt to remind people that you can loose scientific reason because of religious fundamentalism (are you listening, America?)
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Great, finally my Netflix discs will play properly!
Pete Townshend has applogized in advance for anything he may have been caught for ....
Total downloads is a totally honest way of reporting success. It's not a count of users or a measurement of their satisfaction, but it is a pretty good yard stick of success in the market place. Only a complete moron would think that 15 million downloads = 15 million satisfied unique users. Just like McDonald's "X Billion (products) served" does not equal X billion satisfied unique customers. Some are repeat customers, some were one time users, many weren't satisfied. But, unless the product was desireable for whatever reason, the number of products sold never would have gotten so high.
Another huge factor is Hollywood's expected time to return on it's investments. Huge blockbusters use to play for months, sometimes years in the theater, earning their money back slowly. In today's market a film is expected to hit big the first weekend, or it's considered a failure. It's hard to make $200 million back in two or three days. This is one reason why their are so many remakes and sequels being made. They want instant brand name recognition.
I wonder what other interesting tidbits he found whilst flipping through the "homosexual rule book".
Robert J Sawyer used them in his last novel. He does quite a bit of research for his books, as do other sci fi authors.
They'll *love* that.
According to what I've heard, it will be equal to. Current DVD is 480P. The crippled component outputs of HD-DVD will be 480, as well. Here's the quote from Toshiba:
their HD-DVD Player will ONLY output high Def on the player's HDMI output the analogue output will be downrezed to 480 lines. link
This will make it so much easier for Sony's programmers ....
Very insightful. I wish I had mod points.
Sadly, when I was younger and full of anger, I believed this as well. Then a little real world education woke me up. After meeting and working with some incredibly intelligent people in college and the engineering world that believe in religion, but are still logical, critical thinkers, I've settled down on my "if you believe in God you're a moron" hypothesis. I still have my atheist beliefs, they have their religious ones. But, being well educated, they understand how I came upon my beliefs. I am starting to understand why they believe theirs. Almost ALL of them that I've asked believe evolution should be taught in school, religion should be taught in church/at home.
We can't let these activist scientists run our lives!
Oh, yeah. You don't what that big evil grocer to find out that you bought peanut butter AND jelly. This is the kind of inherently evil data collection that lead to GooberGrape!
Lot's of legal issues on that one. I'm waiting with bated breath myself. Here's a page that's tracking the (little) progress that is made on it. Guaranteed sales, don't know what their problem is.
Doesn't really matter. Words come, words go. A dictionary is not an official document that tells people what are and are not words (though it's often used as such). Rather, a dictionary is a catalog of the words that people commonly use. Any word that gets widely used should be added to the dictionary. Dictionaries change with time (new words are added). Ideally, words would be deleted from dictionaries as they fall out of use, but they are usually kept it. Sometimes the tag "archaic" or "older use" is added behind them to signify that the words are no longer in common use or if their definition has changed over time. e.g., the wordgay.
I believe Superman and Lois travel back in time to visit Krypton, if i remember right.
BTW, the author of "Ubermensch!" wasn't Kim Stanley Robinson, it was Kim Newman.
According to this Boing Boing link, they are. Although the article isn't very specific about Who or What they are doing.
YES! Like a ... a ... a "Special Edition" of some sort, were he updates the series with new scenes. Nobody could have a problem with that.
BTY - You can get whole bean decaf. I use to get it during the brief period of time when I experimented with decaf. It was pretty good decaf, but you did have to use a lot more to get a nice tastey cup of joe. And I wouldn't say it's a fringe item. A lot of people drink decaf.
What era of Genesis. Cause I much prefer their earlier Progressive era with Peter Gabriel on vocals. The Phil Collins stuff is ok, but they got a bit too poppy towards the end.