Thats odd, I don't have an HDTV because I can't yet afford one. However, when I went to the local mega-super-electronics store and looked at the display models, I was hugely impressed. It all depends on the signal you send to it, and the quality of the device itself. Looking at a cheap model playing a dvd was much better than any normal NTSC signal I have ever seen though. I just can't figure out how you could have seen a for real HDTV playing a for real HDTV signal and it look anywhere near as bad as a standard analog NTSC signal. Unless they had some kind of equipment problems, which is possible.
You are a college student and you don't even understand the basic rules of capitalization?
Requisite disclaimer: Of course, someone will call me a Nazi of some sort. This response is to make a point. If the parent spent more time paying attention in school than playing Solitare on their laptop, they would see the humor in advertizing that they have advanced to higher education but they write like a grade school student.
Let me further clarify my position. Some people (perhaps the parent is a prime example) need less distraction in school. However, you are welcome to completely disregard my opinion, since not only do I lack a college degree, but I also quit high school in the ninth grade.
Ouch, its not often you get to see a complete literary beatdown in one transaction, but there it is. I certainly wouldn't want to be on the other side of that one.
Anyway, back to the topic at hand. This is one of the most ridiculous things I have heard. Superhero... now sue me you dimwits.
Well how about a modern maglev equivilent. How about a system where the power that generates the maglev effect also holds BACK the tensioned dogs. As soon as power is removed due to failure, they are released and engage the teeth, thereby stopping the lift. A deadman switch in effect.
Another idea I was thinking as I read this, regenerative breaking of a sorts. The falling elevator could conceivably be used to turn a generator which would generate power which could maybe be used as an alternative way of doing something:) How about that for vague?
Yeah, too bad for you AMD-fanbois that Intel still produces the only industry-strength processors, whil you play with your underpowered toys.
Sorry to break it to you son, but a fanboi is a loser that keeps believing that a particular product or service is better even when overwelming proof to the contrary is right in front of their eyes. Like you, for instance. You actually believe that Intel makes a better processor than AMD. You really believe it. Now thats funny.
I know the the attitude "I'm the [CEO|manager|owner] don't bother me with trivial details. *I* have important work to do".
CEO's need to he held directly and personally resopnsible for the shortcomings of their company. After all, this is why they get the big bucks, right?
Please. My guess is that 90% of the CEOs out there aren't CEOs by merit they are by accident or family. Hell, a lot of them are blooming idiots with ridiculous attitudes. Its a wonder they can manage to tie their shoes much less a multi-million dollar company.
Idiots deserve no quarter. If they are stupid enough to believe that 'low orbit has gravity'
You know, I saw several people make this kind of statement. Up until now I was able to resist the urge, but I just couldn't do it any more. Low orbit does have gravity. What do you think keeps you IN ORBIT instead of just wisking off into the nether? Its called micro-gravity. Gravity doesn't just stop, it dwindles. I'm not a physicist so I can't be 100% certain about this part, but I THINK you are affected by gravity no matter where you go, out between the galaxies you would still have some gravitational attraction to large masses, like the galaxies itself. So, technically, you could never make the statement "so and so has no gravity".
Oh shut up you dirty rotter, everyone knows the UK is so funny not because we were inherently funnier than any other nation but because we sent all the humourless puritan bastards like you to america and thus our average went up. You all wore buckles a little too tight on yer noggin and it killed a few too many brain cells then you went around slaughtering the natives claiming god told you they were evil. A few witch trials and some gerrymandering later and look at the pathetic husk of a nation you are. A giant bully, stung by a bee now flailing around and punching the nearest victim. You get people like Bush and Kerry condending to lead your country, we brits get Blair and Cameron who for all their dodgy faults at least are intelligent human beings.
Oh come on, stop all the posturing. We know you are just jealous and want to move here and become a citizen of this, hands down the greatest nation to ever spring up on this green earth. Just go to customs and tell them Michael sent you, we will take you right in.
Freedom of speech has nothing to do with being free of reprisal. If you call me a jackass in public, you're damn sure you'll get a reprisal right in your jaw. Freedom of speech says you can say that, but you can't start claiming freedom of speech as a shield from my fist. Freedom of speech is the restriction of the Government preventing you from saying something. Not a private entity that you have a private relationship with, such as this school.
Quite a stretch, but Im going to have to assume that you really are that idiotic. I can call you a jackass all I want, but you are not allowed to hit me for it. If you do, you will be sued and jailed (criminal assault, and then a civil suit). And you would deserve every bit of the ass pumping you would recieve in jail, for being both a moron and a jackass.
Well, I was going to make a comment about how I found Blazing Saddles much more funny and certainly entertaining, but at the last moment I just couldn't bring myself to tell the lie. I would never watch a propaganda piece like Passion, so could really not make any sort of comparison. But in all fairness, I could never watch a propaganda piece like that Michael Moore thing that came out a year or so ago either, so there it is.
Your attempt at stopping movie downloads by spamming p2p networks will fail miserably. Those pesky "internet movie thiefs" are use to dealing with unscrupulous groups like you, who for some strange reason, feel you have the right to congest the finite amount of network bandwidth and make things worse for everyone. Another similiar "business" that spams networks is the asshole who sends millions of emails a day asking people to buy his viagra and penis enlargers.
But don't take my word for it, I just added your administrator's e-mail address to a dozen gay porn mailing lists.
I have to say, im perplexed by this post. First they call HBO "unscrupulos" for poisoning downloads of their content (wouldn't the people doing the downloads be the unscrupulous ones?), then they go on to lament the network bandwidth loss generated by said poisoning data that technically they shouldn't be downloading at all? Then they compare this to spam. I really think this person's sense of morality is a bit out of kilter.
Granted, I posted not long ago about how I have downloaded a lot of music and this stance COULD be seen as hypocritical. I don't think these are the same thing at all. In THIS situation, HBO is the original creator, and entitled to get paid for their hard work. In the other, the RIAA gets almost all the money instead of the artist who actually deserves to get most of it, not some pittance.
These people have taken the laws and sculpted them, in my opinion through certainly immoral methods, into what THEY want. When did laws become about enforcing someones outdated business model? When did they become about ensuring someones continued revenue stream from works for more than a century? Way after the person who actually created it is dead. This is not about the artists, if THEY got a decent share of the money I wouldn't mind so much. But they get only a tiny amount of the proceeds, the rest goes to this beast that has warped laws in their favor. It should be illegal, and the heads of the MPAA and RIAA should be jailed.
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Angry little shit arent you?
I have a TON of music I didn't pay for. I have a lot that I have paid for multiple times (lost the CDs, damaged, etc). Fuck them, most of it is shit anyway. Lets see, the typical CD is 1-2 good tracks, 7-9 filler tracks, and im supposed to either pay way way too much for a CD for the 2 good songs, or get that DRMed trash from iTunes? No frigging way. And its not theft, by me downloading it they have lost nothing, I wasnt going to buy it anyway, sorry if you didnt want to hear it but that doesnt change the fact that its true. They. Have. Lost. Nothing. No loss, how can it be theft?
The trick is -controlled- fusion, and FWIW, the ball of magic fire in the sky isn't controlled either.:)
This couldn't be further from the truth. It is a VERY controlled fusion reaction, its controlling mechanisms are magnetism, gravity, and other forces. It is so perfectly balanced that it takes a quantity of fuel and an inital ingnition and will burn for billions of years. How much more controlled can you get?:)
I dont recognize it as either copyright infringement or theft. First of all, me downloading a track of music I would NEVER have bought in the first place costs them nothing at all. In your scenario, by stealing that bottle of Gin you have cost quite a few people something. Whether the distinction is right or wrong here is immaterial to the point of that statement.
Now, as for the copyright thing. These people have manipulated the laws so rediculously as to almost make it my DUTY to get the crap they call music for free. They are trying to use purchased politicians and strong arm tactics to protect an outdated business model. Hell what if the buggy whip makers had bought politicians and made buying cars illegal since it would reduce their sales? I see little difference.
So, I will continue to perform my duty to this great nation and rob the RIAA blind.
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Thats odd, I don't have an HDTV because I can't yet afford one. However, when I went to the local mega-super-electronics store and looked at the display models, I was hugely impressed. It all depends on the signal you send to it, and the quality of the device itself. Looking at a cheap model playing a dvd was much better than any normal NTSC signal I have ever seen though. I just can't figure out how you could have seen a for real HDTV playing a for real HDTV signal and it look anywhere near as bad as a standard analog NTSC signal. Unless they had some kind of equipment problems, which is possible.
Ugh, I just realized I missed the point of your post. Making my response just plain stupid.
Only if it is 1/1000th of a pound (off my head, not 100% sure thats correct at the moment).
1 million pounds would be 1 megapound? Something like that maybe.
You know, I tried and tried to resist posting this. Really, I did.
Tail packing? Isn't that a popular sport in prison?
Boy, egg on my face :(
Does it matter that I popped that one off in the couple of minutes I had before leaving for work? Also, that I had just woken up? I didn't think so.
I knew how to spell advertise, honest!
You are a college student and you don't even understand the basic rules of capitalization?
Requisite disclaimer:
Of course, someone will call me a Nazi of some sort. This response is to make a point. If the parent spent more time paying attention in school than playing Solitare on their laptop, they would see the humor in advertizing that they have advanced to higher education but they write like a grade school student.
Let me further clarify my position. Some people (perhaps the parent is a prime example) need less distraction in school. However, you are welcome to completely disregard my opinion, since not only do I lack a college degree, but I also quit high school in the ninth grade.
I use BookDB. It is closed source and the database format isn't open, but it is free and I like it. Works really well for me.
Ouch, its not often you get to see a complete literary beatdown in one transaction, but there it is. I certainly wouldn't want to be on the other side of that one.
Anyway, back to the topic at hand. This is one of the most ridiculous things I have heard. Superhero... now sue me you dimwits.
So, fix it:
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http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx
Well how about a modern maglev equivilent. How about a system where the power that generates the maglev effect also holds BACK the tensioned dogs. As soon as power is removed due to failure, they are released and engage the teeth, thereby stopping the lift. A deadman switch in effect.
:) How about that for vague?
Another idea I was thinking as I read this, regenerative breaking of a sorts. The falling elevator could conceivably be used to turn a generator which would generate power which could maybe be used as an alternative way of doing something
Dare I say it? Of course I dare. Only an AC would say something so ridiculous.
Sorry to break it to you son, but a fanboi is a loser that keeps believing that a particular product or service is better even when overwelming proof to the contrary is right in front of their eyes. Like you, for instance. You actually believe that Intel makes a better processor than AMD. You really believe it. Now thats funny.
Please. My guess is that 90% of the CEOs out there aren't CEOs by merit they are by accident or family. Hell, a lot of them are blooming idiots with ridiculous attitudes. Its a wonder they can manage to tie their shoes much less a multi-million dollar company.
Completely off topic, but I read the page in your sig and I should sue you. I almost killed myself laughing.
You know, I saw several people make this kind of statement. Up until now I was able to resist the urge, but I just couldn't do it any more. Low orbit does have gravity. What do you think keeps you IN ORBIT instead of just wisking off into the nether? Its called micro-gravity. Gravity doesn't just stop, it dwindles. I'm not a physicist so I can't be 100% certain about this part, but I THINK you are affected by gravity no matter where you go, out between the galaxies you would still have some gravitational attraction to large masses, like the galaxies itself. So, technically, you could never make the statement "so and so has no gravity".
Eh, back to work with me.
Oh come on, stop all the posturing. We know you are just jealous and want to move here and become a citizen of this, hands down the greatest nation to ever spring up on this green earth. Just go to customs and tell them Michael sent you, we will take you right in.
Quite a stretch, but Im going to have to assume that you really are that idiotic. I can call you a jackass all I want, but you are not allowed to hit me for it. If you do, you will be sued and jailed (criminal assault, and then a civil suit). And you would deserve every bit of the ass pumping you would recieve in jail, for being both a moron and a jackass.
Well, I was going to make a comment about how I found Blazing Saddles much more funny and certainly entertaining, but at the last moment I just couldn't bring myself to tell the lie. I would never watch a propaganda piece like Passion, so could really not make any sort of comparison. But in all fairness, I could never watch a propaganda piece like that Michael Moore thing that came out a year or so ago either, so there it is.
I have to say, im perplexed by this post. First they call HBO "unscrupulos" for poisoning downloads of their content (wouldn't the people doing the downloads be the unscrupulous ones?), then they go on to lament the network bandwidth loss generated by said poisoning data that technically they shouldn't be downloading at all? Then they compare this to spam. I really think this person's sense of morality is a bit out of kilter.
Granted, I posted not long ago about how I have downloaded a lot of music and this stance COULD be seen as hypocritical. I don't think these are the same thing at all. In THIS situation, HBO is the original creator, and entitled to get paid for their hard work. In the other, the RIAA gets almost all the money instead of the artist who actually deserves to get most of it, not some pittance.
This post very eloquently explains the problem.
These people have taken the laws and sculpted them, in my opinion through certainly immoral methods, into what THEY want. When did laws become about enforcing someones outdated business model? When did they become about ensuring someones continued revenue stream from works for more than a century? Way after the person who actually created it is dead. This is not about the artists, if THEY got a decent share of the money I wouldn't mind so much. But they get only a tiny amount of the proceeds, the rest goes to this beast that has warped laws in their favor. It should be illegal, and the heads of the MPAA and RIAA should be jailed.
Angry little shit arent you?
I have a TON of music I didn't pay for. I have a lot that I have paid for multiple times (lost the CDs, damaged, etc). Fuck them, most of it is shit anyway. Lets see, the typical CD is 1-2 good tracks, 7-9 filler tracks, and im supposed to either pay way way too much for a CD for the 2 good songs, or get that DRMed trash from iTunes? No frigging way. And its not theft, by me downloading it they have lost nothing, I wasnt going to buy it anyway, sorry if you didnt want to hear it but that doesnt change the fact that its true. They. Have. Lost. Nothing. No loss, how can it be theft?
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This couldn't be further from the truth. It is a VERY controlled fusion reaction, its controlling mechanisms are magnetism, gravity, and other forces. It is so perfectly balanced that it takes a quantity of fuel and an inital ingnition and will burn for billions of years. How much more controlled can you get?
I dont recognize it as either copyright infringement or theft. First of all, me downloading a track of music I would NEVER have bought in the first place costs them nothing at all. In your scenario, by stealing that bottle of Gin you have cost quite a few people something. Whether the distinction is right or wrong here is immaterial to the point of that statement.
Now, as for the copyright thing. These people have manipulated the laws so rediculously as to almost make it my DUTY to get the crap they call music for free. They are trying to use purchased politicians and strong arm tactics to protect an outdated business model. Hell what if the buggy whip makers had bought politicians and made buying cars illegal since it would reduce their sales? I see little difference.
So, I will continue to perform my duty to this great nation and rob the RIAA blind.
Hes a jerk because he called the guy out on an absolutely idiotic and incorrect use for a word?
From my perspective you are the jerk.
Much hate this one has.