Babylon 5 is by far one of the best science fiction TV series ever written.
People keep saying this but I've watched the first season and a few episodes of the second season, and it frankly... sucks. Terribly poor acting, weak storylines, and heavy-handed "plot complications" (the show tries to make itself more dramatic that it is). I keep watching only because the SO does... maybe it gets better, but the first season at least is a pass.
People complain about Star Trek DS9, well, B5 is worse.
I think you have it backwards: the "selection" is EVERYTHING
Well, almost everything. Netflix does cool things like refunding part of my monthly fee when they have problems mailing out discs on time. They also send me an 'extra' disc from my queue when the disc I want is coming from a more distant distribution center.
Little things like that have made me rather loyal to Netflix, so even if Amazon or somebody else beats them on price and/or selection, I'm very likely to stick with Netflix anyway.
Radar assisted cruise control helps avoid driver frustration because their speed doesn't match the speed of the car ahead of them. If this frustrates you, don't use cruise control. Also, seek counseling.
Blind spot systems that watch the corners of your vehicle you can't see out the windows and in the mirrors. If you can't turn your head to check your blind spots, get off the road.
Backup cameras to avoid running over your children in the driveway. Really? You don't check behind your car before getting in and backing out? Glad I'm not your kid. Myself, I just back in to the driveway.
Collision avoidance warning indicators flash a simple red light bar and sound a tone to startle the driver in the event of an impending collision. If you're not paying enough attention to see an impeding collision, you shouldn't be driving.
Head up displays help to keep eyes on the road. Not really. Adjusting focus to the HUD is about as disruptive as a standard instrument scan.
Traction control helps avoids spinouts. No, using a lighter touch on the accelerator avoids spinouts.
Stability control helps avoid rollovers. No, going slower and using appropriate steering input avoids rollovers.
Antilock brakes help stop shorter and quicker. Actually, antilock brakes stop slower. But they do let you steer while standing on the brakes.
Pre-charged brakes help stop suddenly if the driver isn't assertive enough when attempting to avoid a collision. Drivers who aren't assertive enough on the brakes shouldn't be behind the wheel.
Voice control to operate the technology without removing your hands from the wheel or eyes from the road. Eliminate all that techno-crap and just drive, and you won't need voice control.
All that junk lulls the driver into a false sense of security, and disconnects them from the task at hand: driving. Why not spend all that money and research time learning how to train better drivers and enforce existing traffic laws? Nah, that would never work. After all, pilots have dozens of hours of training, certifications, and stacks of regulations, yet flying is still more dangerous than driving. Right?
Actually the OpenRD and other Marvell SoC that use the 88FXXXX "Kirkwood" core are ARMv5TE (at least, according to the Linux kernel running on my SheevaPlug).
Anyhoo, HP makes a neat little t5325 ARM "thin client" that could also be a desktop if run with a lightweight Linux distro. If only it had a mini-PCIe slot, you can add a Broadcom CrystalHD card to get full HD (1080p) video decoding with very little CPU utilization... practically ARM desktop nirvana. Actually, this (CrystalHD) is the way ARM netbooks are going... once they become successful in the market, it's only matter of time before someone sells a display-less ARM netbook and we can all squeal with delight as the Year of the Linux ARM Desktop finally arrives....I say that only half in-jest. Due to Windows marrying itself to x86, Linux becomes the natural choice for ARM desktops. ARM may well be the harbinger of the Linux Desktop, and vice versa. I can dream, can't I?
Coupled with the inability to overtake sensibly anywhere on the curve-heavy courses most races are won and lost in the pits.
See, that's the problem I have with racing sports in general. You should race by yourself against the clock, shortest time wins. Might sound boring but computer tech can overlay your opponent's track runs on-screen so you still get the simultaneous competition feel (they did it in the Olympics for stuff like the bobsled, for example).
It's called an audio pad. Magically takes the -10 dB IHF level of your Technics stereo down to the -45 to -52 dB mic level so you can plug it into your laptop.
If I'm not mistaken, a 5-cent resistor will do the same thing.
most of the recent movies were kind of disappointing. The first one was good though.
Huh, My reaction was the opposite -- I thought the first was the weakest. It was like they tried to stretch a 1/2 hour episode into a full movie, so it was kind of thin in places... weak jokes, scenes that dragged on a bit.
I thought the second was a pretty epic disappointment
I thought the second was pretty good, especially compared to the first one. The third movie was the best, though.
The story was also retold quite well in The Man From Earth. If you have not seen it, read nothing more but just rent it and watch it cold. You will thank me later.
No, we will not thank you but curse your name. The Man From Earth is a steaming pile of poor acting and boring script. Interesting premise, sure, but your 87 minutes are far better spent elsewhere... such as removing your liver with a spoon.
Activision 1995 Game of the Year stunned me when I first heard it. Each track was an mp3 on the game disc, and I played it like CD
Same for me and Descent 2, except it actually had redbook audio right on the game CD. I listened to it more than I played, and I played D2 way more than was healthy.
D3 also had some fantastic soundtracks: Level 7, Ceres, was so good I actually stopped playing and just listened to the music.
Most of D1's soundtrack was also quite good and even had a different track for each of the 22 levels. Apparently the Mac version of D1 had redbook CD audio too, and was rendered somewhat better than what your common soundcard could do with MIDI.
The fabulously beautiful planet Bethselamin is now so worried about the cumulative erosion by ten billion visiting tourists a year that any net imbalance between the amount you eat and the amount you excrete whilst on the planet is surgically removed from your body weight when you leave: so every time you go to the lavatory there it is vitally important to get a receipt.
In the Illinois case, the green arrow was obscured just enough to appear to be a full green.
Just because I have the solid or arrow green, doesn't mean I don't take 0.5 seconds to check for other traffic before I go. Perhaps it's just because I ride a motorcycle and other drivers violate my right of way all-the-freakin'-time, but still, automobile drivers should never assume that they have, or will get, their right of way. It only takes a fraction of a second to flick your eyes to check, and it might save your life.
Unfortunately, expecting cell-phone blabbing SUV-driving soccer moms to actually engage their brain while driving may be beyond the realm of plausibility.
The implications of this are very saddening. That's beyond promoting competition, and just dividing up the booty.
Why stop at browsers then?
The fair solution is to not have any kind of (pre-installed) browser or a ballot at all. A user is greeted with a desktop with no prompts or programs. If the user wants a web browser, they can install one from media.
I'm assuming MS decided that was no good -- can you imagine the tech support calls that would generate? So they agreed to the next best thing, a ballot prompt. I think it's really in MS's best interest, given the alternative -- how well will a desktop OS sell that, out of the box, can't access the web without installing a browser from removable media?
Meh. I read it and while the first third was interesting, the middle third was dull and the last third just kind of went off on some unrelated rant about euthanasia.
If the commerce clause gave that kind of power, then the rest of the constitution would be moot.
Ah, but the Commerce Clause DOES give that kind of power and the rest of the Constitution IS moot. The Supreme Court said so on June 6, 2005. I believe Justice Thomas said it best: "...the Federal Government is no longer one of limited and enumerated powers."
Where were you when this decision was handed down? Pelosi was obviously paying attention.
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People keep saying this but I've watched the first season and a few episodes of the second season, and it frankly... sucks. Terribly poor acting, weak storylines, and heavy-handed "plot complications" (the show tries to make itself more dramatic that it is). I keep watching only because the SO does... maybe it gets better, but the first season at least is a pass.
People complain about Star Trek DS9, well, B5 is worse.
Gravity. Come on, it's not rocket science.
I always say I want to die in bed, but what I really mean is, I'd like to be trampled by a herd of wild elephants while having sex.
(RIP Roger Zelazny)
With the technology of the time, sure. Modern semiconductors have made high voltage DC-DC conversion pretty darn efficient though:
"For long-distance transmission, HVDC systems may be less expensive and suffer lower electrical losses" -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hvdc
Also, brushless DC motors have also made AC pointless (to an extent).
Well, almost everything. Netflix does cool things like refunding part of my monthly fee when they have problems mailing out discs on time. They also send me an 'extra' disc from my queue when the disc I want is coming from a more distant distribution center.
Little things like that have made me rather loyal to Netflix, so even if Amazon or somebody else beats them on price and/or selection, I'm very likely to stick with Netflix anyway.
But you're right, selection is VERY important!
Radar assisted cruise control helps avoid driver frustration because their speed doesn't match the speed of the car ahead of them.
If this frustrates you, don't use cruise control. Also, seek counseling.
Blind spot systems that watch the corners of your vehicle you can't see out the windows and in the mirrors.
If you can't turn your head to check your blind spots, get off the road.
Backup cameras to avoid running over your children in the driveway.
Really? You don't check behind your car before getting in and backing out? Glad I'm not your kid. Myself, I just back in to the driveway.
Collision avoidance warning indicators flash a simple red light bar and sound a tone to startle the driver in the event of an impending collision.
If you're not paying enough attention to see an impeding collision, you shouldn't be driving.
Head up displays help to keep eyes on the road.
Not really. Adjusting focus to the HUD is about as disruptive as a standard instrument scan.
Traction control helps avoids spinouts.
No, using a lighter touch on the accelerator avoids spinouts.
Stability control helps avoid rollovers.
No, going slower and using appropriate steering input avoids rollovers.
Antilock brakes help stop shorter and quicker.
Actually, antilock brakes stop slower. But they do let you steer while standing on the brakes.
Pre-charged brakes help stop suddenly if the driver isn't assertive enough when attempting to avoid a collision.
Drivers who aren't assertive enough on the brakes shouldn't be behind the wheel.
Voice control to operate the technology without removing your hands from the wheel or eyes from the road.
Eliminate all that techno-crap and just drive, and you won't need voice control.
All that junk lulls the driver into a false sense of security, and disconnects them from the task at hand: driving. Why not spend all that money and research time learning how to train better drivers and enforce existing traffic laws? Nah, that would never work. After all, pilots have dozens of hours of training, certifications, and stacks of regulations, yet flying is still more dangerous than driving. Right?
Actually the OpenRD and other Marvell SoC that use the 88FXXXX "Kirkwood" core are ARMv5TE (at least, according to the Linux kernel running on my SheevaPlug).
Anyhoo, HP makes a neat little t5325 ARM "thin client" that could also be a desktop if run with a lightweight Linux distro. If only it had a mini-PCIe slot, you can add a Broadcom CrystalHD card to get full HD (1080p) video decoding with very little CPU utilization... practically ARM desktop nirvana. Actually, this (CrystalHD) is the way ARM netbooks are going... once they become successful in the market, it's only matter of time before someone sells a display-less ARM netbook and we can all squeal with delight as the Year of the Linux ARM Desktop finally arrives. ...I say that only half in-jest. Due to Windows marrying itself to x86, Linux becomes the natural choice for ARM desktops. ARM may well be the harbinger of the Linux Desktop, and vice versa. I can dream, can't I?
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I'm a little worried that you are so familiar with these topics. Please wait, police are enroute.
Not in my state. And if that's running a red light in some states, please tell me which ones so I can avoid driving in them.
See, that's the problem I have with racing sports in general. You should race by yourself against the clock, shortest time wins. Might sound boring but computer tech can overlay your opponent's track runs on-screen so you still get the simultaneous competition feel (they did it in the Olympics for stuff like the bobsled, for example).
If I'm not mistaken, a 5-cent resistor will do the same thing.
Huh, My reaction was the opposite -- I thought the first was the weakest. It was like they tried to stretch a 1/2 hour episode into a full movie, so it was kind of thin in places... weak jokes, scenes that dragged on a bit.
I thought the second was pretty good, especially compared to the first one. The third movie was the best, though.
You say this like it's a bad thing. If a channel can't make it on it's own, it doesn't deserve to survive The market has spoken. That's capitalism.
Propping stuff up artificially is an indication you're doing it wrong.
No, we will not thank you but curse your name. The Man From Earth is a steaming pile of poor acting and boring script. Interesting premise, sure, but your 87 minutes are far better spent elsewhere... such as removing your liver with a spoon.
I'm partial to zinc-air, myself.
Same for me and Descent 2, except it actually had redbook audio right on the game CD. I listened to it more than I played, and I played D2 way more than was healthy.
D3 also had some fantastic soundtracks: Level 7, Ceres, was so good I actually stopped playing and just listened to the music.
Most of D1's soundtrack was also quite good and even had a different track for each of the 22 levels. Apparently the Mac version of D1 had redbook CD audio too, and was rendered somewhat better than what your common soundcard could do with MIDI.
The fabulously beautiful planet Bethselamin is now so worried about the cumulative erosion by ten billion visiting tourists a year that any net imbalance between the amount you eat and the amount you excrete whilst on the planet is surgically removed from your body weight when you leave: so every time you go to the lavatory there it is vitally important to get a receipt.
- Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Just because I have the solid or arrow green, doesn't mean I don't take 0.5 seconds to check for other traffic before I go. Perhaps it's just because I ride a motorcycle and other drivers violate my right of way all-the-freakin'-time, but still, automobile drivers should never assume that they have, or will get, their right of way. It only takes a fraction of a second to flick your eyes to check, and it might save your life.
Unfortunately, expecting cell-phone blabbing SUV-driving soccer moms to actually engage their brain while driving may be beyond the realm of plausibility.
You haven't met my managers.
You make a good point, except you got this part backwards.
If everyone knows my measurement, why do I keep getting penis enlargement spam?!
The fair solution is to not have any kind of (pre-installed) browser or a ballot at all. A user is greeted with a desktop with no prompts or programs. If the user wants a web browser, they can install one from media.
I'm assuming MS decided that was no good -- can you imagine the tech support calls that would generate? So they agreed to the next best thing, a ballot prompt. I think it's really in MS's best interest, given the alternative -- how well will a desktop OS sell that, out of the box, can't access the web without installing a browser from removable media?
Meh. I read it and while the first third was interesting, the middle third was dull and the last third just kind of went off on some unrelated rant about euthanasia.
Not that great.
Ah, but the Commerce Clause DOES give that kind of power and the rest of the Constitution IS moot. The Supreme Court said so on June 6, 2005. I believe Justice Thomas said it best: "...the Federal Government is no longer one of limited and enumerated powers."
Where were you when this decision was handed down? Pelosi was obviously paying attention.