I don't really trust a review that:
A: Doesn't talk about the longevity problems with plasma displays (they have circuitry built in to compensate for the wearing out display elements, but it only lasts so long, some folks say ~3 years, but I'd say that's pessimisting)
B: Says the S-Video input had WORSE picture quality as compared to Composite. Sure, it could be a problem with this particular display model, but they didn't even comment on how *strange* that is.
The whole thing is fishy.
This makes infinitely more sense than an older, VCR based system i heard about years ago.
Heck, with a really redundant error correction protocol, make it 6 gigs per tape, at $5 a tape, and "lots" of folks have these camcorders... it's a great idea!
I've seen this commercial, and if anything, it will convince Sci-Fi that Farscape fans are a bunch of untalented fan-boys (and girls) that smell bad, and don't know how to make a commercial. It's... bad.
On the other hand, Farscape is so great that it's taking up 13 gigs of my hard drive...::blinks innocently::
Contrary to this was the exciting thing Toshiba did with the Libretto 50CT when they ran out of Pentium 75 chips... they started putting in P120s downclocked to 75. Unfortunately I didn't get one of those, but I *was* able to OC my 75 to 100... too bad someone stepped on my libretto and cracked the screen, eh?
Any way to bypass some of the obnoxious bots...
Of course, will this affect the ever-dubious "Archive.org?" I think it doens't snag images, at least on the first pass.
Actually, much as it pains me to say this, hacking *can* affect the bottom line of a company, in this case. It's a well known fact that Microsoft is losing money when they sell an X-Box... total up the parts cost yourself. Sure, they're losing less money than they used to, but building a video game system from essentially off the shelf parts isn't cheap.
So what does this mean? "Hackers" who buy an X-Box just to run home-brew software, and not any MS-Licensecd games... is only actually making MS lose money.
Moral of the story? Buy X-Boxes and don't buy games. =]
Actually, it looks like this whole thing was a misunderstanding, and involved screw-ups by people on both sides. And believe me, I'm the first one who'll go on about how awful the DMCA is, but I think this was just overreaction on one side and misbehavior on the other. But... well, we'll never know the real story.
I'd tend to disagree. Placing the flywheel in the station would be just the same as the electrical regenerative braking they were describing, if my understanding is right. Unfortunately, since I doubt the engineers are going to post here, it'll just be a matter of opinion.
Still, if they're in the trains, then there's less distance for the energy to travel, but if they're in EVERY station, then the distance to travel wouldn't be too bad.
Hmm, on second thought, they could be anywhere, as long as they're close to (or in) the trains.
I'm pretty sure that the effort it would take them to code that in wouldn't be worth it, simple as it might be.
Spend the 15 seconds typing in gibberish, and let it save the bloody cookie, rather than taking just as much time to post a complaint. Sure, we all hate NYT's registration, but HOW lazy ARE you?
What's wrong with a name that's based on one of the least expensive synths made by one of the world's first (and best) synthesizer companies ever? Heck, Bob Moog practically invented the modern synth, after Buchla started.
Oh, I won't argue that lots of open source software is miserable; that's part of the risk when you don't have a big development house. (Heck, that's even a risk when you DO have a big development house).
But... "I use the linux version of AIM..." Have you noticed how MISERABLE the official linux version of AIM is? GAIM is a whole lot better, and it happens to be open source...
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I don't really trust a review that: A: Doesn't talk about the longevity problems with plasma displays (they have circuitry built in to compensate for the wearing out display elements, but it only lasts so long, some folks say ~3 years, but I'd say that's pessimisting) B: Says the S-Video input had WORSE picture quality as compared to Composite. Sure, it could be a problem with this particular display model, but they didn't even comment on how *strange* that is. The whole thing is fishy.
If you had a FreeBSD box running DirectX, I'd shit your pants too.
This makes infinitely more sense than an older, VCR based system i heard about years ago.
Heck, with a really redundant error correction protocol, make it 6 gigs per tape, at $5 a tape, and "lots" of folks have these camcorders... it's a great idea!
So fast that your AMD chip overheats and you get pissed off and buy a P4...
Yes, and I'm sure your monitor is running at 100hz. This is a P4 3ghz system, and they fit a GF4 TI 4400 in there...
I've seen this commercial, and if anything, it will convince Sci-Fi that Farscape fans are a bunch of untalented fan-boys (and girls) that smell bad, and don't know how to make a commercial. It's... bad.
::blinks innocently::
On the other hand, Farscape is so great that it's taking up 13 gigs of my hard drive...
Dude, imagine a beawolf cluster of those books...
In Fourteen hundred and ninety two, the sites were fine, that's my MTU!
(It rhymes, so, it's clever. Really.)
Contrary to this was the exciting thing Toshiba did with the Libretto 50CT when they ran out of Pentium 75 chips... they started putting in P120s downclocked to 75. Unfortunately I didn't get one of those, but I *was* able to OC my 75 to 100... too bad someone stepped on my libretto and cracked the screen, eh?
Any way to bypass some of the obnoxious bots... Of course, will this affect the ever-dubious "Archive.org?" I think it doens't snag images, at least on the first pass.
No such server. 'sides, they'll probably give it a 56k modem for a 'net connection, just to make sure no l33t h4x0rz bother with it.
In other news, the oil companies rejoyce as they plan the new power plant that this number of processors will require.
Of course not... even if the DID lose, it wouldn't make a dent anyway.
Actually, much as it pains me to say this, hacking *can* affect the bottom line of a company, in this case. It's a well known fact that Microsoft is losing money when they sell an X-Box... total up the parts cost yourself. Sure, they're losing less money than they used to, but building a video game system from essentially off the shelf parts isn't cheap.
So what does this mean? "Hackers" who buy an X-Box just to run home-brew software, and not any MS-Licensecd games... is only actually making MS lose money.
Moral of the story? Buy X-Boxes and don't buy games. =]
Actually, it looks like this whole thing was a misunderstanding, and involved screw-ups by people on both sides. And believe me, I'm the first one who'll go on about how awful the DMCA is, but I think this was just overreaction on one side and misbehavior on the other. But... well, we'll never know the real story.
I'd tend to disagree. Placing the flywheel in the station would be just the same as the electrical regenerative braking they were describing, if my understanding is right. Unfortunately, since I doubt the engineers are going to post here, it'll just be a matter of opinion. Still, if they're in the trains, then there's less distance for the energy to travel, but if they're in EVERY station, then the distance to travel wouldn't be too bad. Hmm, on second thought, they could be anywhere, as long as they're close to (or in) the trains.
I'm pretty sure that the effort it would take them to code that in wouldn't be worth it, simple as it might be.
Spend the 15 seconds typing in gibberish, and let it save the bloody cookie, rather than taking just as much time to post a complaint. Sure, we all hate NYT's registration, but HOW lazy ARE you?
What's wrong with a name that's based on one of the least expensive synths made by one of the world's first (and best) synthesizer companies ever? Heck, Bob Moog practically invented the modern synth, after Buchla started.
Oh, I won't argue that lots of open source software is miserable; that's part of the risk when you don't have a big development house. (Heck, that's even a risk when you DO have a big development house).
But... "I use the linux version of AIM..." Have you noticed how MISERABLE the official linux version of AIM is? GAIM is a whole lot better, and it happens to be open source...
Here's an example of a very "open" case. It ran a bunch of game and file servers for a LAN Party I helped host a few years back (Pre-QIII anyway)
http://www.overand.com/slashdot.html
Would you call this an "open" server?