Funny you should mention that. I just saw a Thomas Dolby concert last night at the Gothic Theater in Denver. One of his new songs is 'Your Karma Ran Over My Dogma'. Great song, but you can only hear it at a live performance I believe since it hasn't been released on any CDs yet.
The Texas A&M football team hasn't beaten U. of Texas since 1999!! Come on, that's even worse than Colorado's record with Nebraska over that last 10 years. If Dr. Gates can't put a team together to win rivalries, how can we hope for him to get our generals together to win in Iraq? I'm afraid we'll be on the loosing end again on our outstanding US-Iran rivalry.
I have met some reasonably intelligent people that were completely ignorant of the issues and weren't voting because of it. Personally, I don't vote on issues/candidates on which I either have no opinion or don't know enough about (such as county coroner/surveyer).
I'm sure I don't need to tell this to someone in Alaska, but be sure not to kill yourself with carbon-monoxide poisoning. While I haven't camped out in Alaska in that weather, I have in Colorado and a nice, toasty sleeping bag does the job nicely, especially if you have something hot to drink too.
The review over at the Washington Post wasn't exactly steller. It seems the documentary could have used facts much more to their advantage but rather relied more on implication and innuendo rather than following through on their leads.
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From the article you linked to:
Leichtman's "HDTV: Awareness, Interest and Intent to Purchase 2005" study was based on a survey of 1,300 households throughout the United States, and the company said the number of households with HDTV-capable sets rose 7% in the third quarter of 2004 and 12% at the end of this year's third quarter.
And that was from over a year ago. More than 1 in 10 is more than zero. That's somewhat higher than the market penetration of the Gamecube. Most of my friends have HD sets now and my roommate just bought one so I effectively have one too.
As for the Gamecube having the same horsepower as the XBox, that's bull. I have seen a number of Gamecube games and have yet to see one that comes close to the graphics of Project Gotham on the XBox. Also, looking at the Gamecube's specifications vs. the XBox's specifications I don't believe the Gamecube was that close. Both the main and graphics processor is substantially slower on the Gamecube, has a lower pixel fill rate, doesn't seem to support full-screen AA, etc.
You are forgetting the horizontal resolution. 1080i still requires a higher throughput of pixels since it has a much higher horizontal resolution than 780p. The throughput required for each resolution is:
1080p - 1080*1920=2073600 pixels/frame
1080i - (1080/2)*1920=1036800 pixels/frame
720p - 720*1280=921600 pixels/frame
720i - (720/2)*1280=460800 pixels/frame
480p - 480*720=345600 pixels/frame
480i - (480/2)*720=172800 pixels/frame
So the 1080i needs about 15% more pixels/s than 720p.
The problem is keeping the electronics cool. Regardless of what they are made of, they must be able to get rid of heat. And unless you intend for the electronics to run at an even higher temperature than ambient (which would be absurd on Venus), you must provide a forced cooling system of some kind. No refrigerator has ever been invented for that kind of environment although I have heard that one may be possible by using liquid sand as a refrigerant (in what I would presume would be a multiple step heat-transfer system).
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Don't get me wrong, I'm still going to buy a Wii. I'm just disapointed that it won't even support a higher resolution. It really is nice to be able to use the higher resolution when playing with friends on a split-screen. And since the Wii won't have any service like Microsoft's Live initially (and I don't think there will even be any local network games at first), this will be the only way to play with friends for a while on the Wii unless it is a turn-based or overlayed game of course.
It's nice having the higher resolution when playing with friends on a split screen. It's nice to actually be able to see what's going on, especially in racing games. For single-player, if you really want high resolution then you're best off with PC gaming since even 1080p can't touch what high-end cards and PC monitors are capable of.
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I thought the Nintendo Wii was supposed to have similar capabilities as the original Xbox. There are many games that support 720p resolution on the old Xbox, with a few (simple) games supporting 1080i. So the new Nintendo isn't even up to the standard of the previous generation of game consoles?
What are the top priorities for the next Firefox release? Will there be an attempt to add any new features in IE 7 to Firefox? Will standards compliance come first? Or will security be the main focus as Firefox becomes more widely adopted?
Get a group of your friends together and contact her agent and offer her a gig - just think of the cool ring tones you could get for just a $500.
I wonder if you can get her to act as Cortana for you. My guess is that she can only act as Cortana for Bungie due to her contract. You could, of course, get her to make a message for your phone, but it would have to be without any obvious references to Halo.
I would say education follows racial lines which will strongly influence any test you were given. There is ample evidence of this in the US wherever you look: the number of minorities vs. whites going to/graduating from college (or graduating high school for that matter), etc.
My point about Southern officials is that they would be given an excuse to enforce any prejudice they desire. Since voting in the US strongly depends on local officials with little oversight, this is all they would need to disenfranchise at will.
In any event, I believe this would be impossible legislation to pass and be enforceable as the Supreme Court has ruled against voter tests administered in the South years ago (although I don't recall the details).
I would just like to point out that while the parent post is trollish in nature, it is a sentiment similar to what nearly all (if not all) of the founding fathers believed. That being certain qualifications are needed in order to cast a ballot. Their fear was some rogue could convince less educated people to vote for him so that he could, in turn, pillage the government and/or be a tyrant. I'll grant it's a thorny issue, but the problem of attempting to intentionally limit people who vote is that inevitably some racial groups will be disenfranchised (as well as other categories of population, such as the elderly in this case). Also, some local officials will try to exacerbate the situation to their favor (as happened-- and is still happening--in the South).
It doesn't seem convincing that he intentionally funded the Nazis based on the article you linked to. The author of the article certainly doesn't seemed convinced.
The article doesn't really go into detail. Since they are generating 1.6 mega watts, perhaps they are using a trough system where oil is heated and used to heat water into steam to turn a turbine connected to a generator. That process is relatively clean to build (just steel pipes, mirrors and a generator).
Believe me, this is one case where I wish I was wrong. I remember when Clinton first got elected with a pledge to reform healthcare and seemed to have the political will to get it through. Then the details got in the way and before you knew it the bill died. I'm afraid a similarly expensive project would meet a similar fate. Democrats may end up being against it because they wouldn't like the companies that ultimately get the government financing (companies like Shell most likely) while Republicans would be against it because they will say it won't work, is inefficient for the government to do due to inherent bureaucratic costs and are (usually) against large federal expenses. In addition, large pork-barrel projects will probably be tacked on to the bill during the way giving everyone reasons to vote against it since it wouldn't be viewed as a must-pass bill. A Republican president might be able to get such a bill through congress but I doubt a Democrat could regardless of how much he/she would like to. To be clear I'm not talking about a small, ineffectual bill but a genuine attempt at quickly and significantly reducing oil consumption by the US which would be a monumental feat.
Would people vote for a presidential candidate if he said something to the effect "I promise to increase taxes for the sole purpose of implementing whatever technology is prudent to quickly wean ourselves from foreign oil." My guess is no so we will just have to wait until the price of oil goes through the roof, crippling the economy before anything significant happens.
I'm not saying it's not possible, just very unlikely. If you consider the story, her dad was totally clueless about technology (at least in the book, can't remember if it is described in the movie). Her rich grandfather was also rather clueless about technology so I don't see how she would get access to UNIX tech.
Even here on slashdot I haven't seen any posts about an actual 10-year old being familiar with UNIX. While many of us became familiar with UNIX in our teens, none of us were familiar with it when we were only 10. Given that we are some of the most likely people anywhere to be exposed to UNIX at a young age, I stand by my statement that 10-year old kids just aren't likely to know UNIX.
Would it make you feel better if I said that it wasn't likely for boys to know UNIX back in 1993 also? Jeeze, I hate how people are always trying to be PC. It's absolutely true that it was (and still is) unlikely for a typical 10-year old kid to be familiar with UNIX.
Also, people shouldn't be modded down for simply being wrong. Other posts that are insightful should be modded up instead. You state:
The underlying assumptions regarding ten year old girls and computers are pathetic.
My assumptions are that 10-year old girls back in 1993 would not likely have access to UNIX since it was almost entirely only available at universities, government offices and large businesses. Most (actually all) 10 year old kids I ever knew did not have sufficient access to such locations as to be able to become familiar with UNIX. And there was very limited net access back then so learning remotely would be difficult too.
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Funny you should mention that. I just saw a Thomas Dolby concert last night at the Gothic Theater in Denver. One of his new songs is 'Your Karma Ran Over My Dogma'. Great song, but you can only hear it at a live performance I believe since it hasn't been released on any CDs yet.
You could always write him in.
I tried to put a tag but screwed up (damn HTML...).
The Texas A&M football team hasn't beaten U. of Texas since 1999!! Come on, that's even worse than Colorado's record with Nebraska over that last 10 years. If Dr. Gates can't put a team together to win rivalries, how can we hope for him to get our generals together to win in Iraq? I'm afraid we'll be on the loosing end again on our outstanding US-Iran rivalry.
I have met some reasonably intelligent people that were completely ignorant of the issues and weren't voting because of it. Personally, I don't vote on issues/candidates on which I either have no opinion or don't know enough about (such as county coroner/surveyer).
I'm sure I don't need to tell this to someone in Alaska, but be sure not to kill yourself with carbon-monoxide poisoning. While I haven't camped out in Alaska in that weather, I have in Colorado and a nice, toasty sleeping bag does the job nicely, especially if you have something hot to drink too.
The review over at the Washington Post wasn't exactly steller. It seems the documentary could have used facts much more to their advantage but rather relied more on implication and innuendo rather than following through on their leads.
From the article you linked to:
And that was from over a year ago. More than 1 in 10 is more than zero. That's somewhat higher than the market penetration of the Gamecube. Most of my friends have HD sets now and my roommate just bought one so I effectively have one too.
As for the Gamecube having the same horsepower as the XBox, that's bull. I have seen a number of Gamecube games and have yet to see one that comes close to the graphics of Project Gotham on the XBox. Also, looking at the Gamecube's specifications vs. the XBox's specifications I don't believe the Gamecube was that close. Both the main and graphics processor is substantially slower on the Gamecube, has a lower pixel fill rate, doesn't seem to support full-screen AA, etc.
You are forgetting the horizontal resolution. 1080i still requires a higher throughput of pixels since it has a much higher horizontal resolution than 780p. The throughput required for each resolution is:
- 1080p - 1080*1920=2073600 pixels/frame
- 1080i - (1080/2)*1920=1036800 pixels/frame
- 720p - 720*1280=921600 pixels/frame
- 720i - (720/2)*1280=460800 pixels/frame
- 480p - 480*720=345600 pixels/frame
- 480i - (480/2)*720=172800 pixels/frame
So the 1080i needs about 15% more pixels/s than 720p.The problem is keeping the electronics cool. Regardless of what they are made of, they must be able to get rid of heat. And unless you intend for the electronics to run at an even higher temperature than ambient (which would be absurd on Venus), you must provide a forced cooling system of some kind. No refrigerator has ever been invented for that kind of environment although I have heard that one may be possible by using liquid sand as a refrigerant (in what I would presume would be a multiple step heat-transfer system).
Don't get me wrong, I'm still going to buy a Wii. I'm just disapointed that it won't even support a higher resolution. It really is nice to be able to use the higher resolution when playing with friends on a split-screen. And since the Wii won't have any service like Microsoft's Live initially (and I don't think there will even be any local network games at first), this will be the only way to play with friends for a while on the Wii unless it is a turn-based or overlayed game of course.
It's nice having the higher resolution when playing with friends on a split screen. It's nice to actually be able to see what's going on, especially in racing games. For single-player, if you really want high resolution then you're best off with PC gaming since even 1080p can't touch what high-end cards and PC monitors are capable of.
I thought the Nintendo Wii was supposed to have similar capabilities as the original Xbox. There are many games that support 720p resolution on the old Xbox, with a few (simple) games supporting 1080i. So the new Nintendo isn't even up to the standard of the previous generation of game consoles?
What are the top priorities for the next Firefox release? Will there be an attempt to add any new features in IE 7 to Firefox? Will standards compliance come first? Or will security be the main focus as Firefox becomes more widely adopted?
He specifically states that the BBC's website is not blocked when, in fact, it is and has been for a long time.
Get a group of your friends together and contact her agent and offer her a gig - just think of the cool ring tones you could get for just a $500.
I wonder if you can get her to act as Cortana for you. My guess is that she can only act as Cortana for Bungie due to her contract. You could, of course, get her to make a message for your phone, but it would have to be without any obvious references to Halo.
I would say education follows racial lines which will strongly influence any test you were given. There is ample evidence of this in the US wherever you look: the number of minorities vs. whites going to/graduating from college (or graduating high school for that matter), etc.
My point about Southern officials is that they would be given an excuse to enforce any prejudice they desire. Since voting in the US strongly depends on local officials with little oversight, this is all they would need to disenfranchise at will.
In any event, I believe this would be impossible legislation to pass and be enforceable as the Supreme Court has ruled against voter tests administered in the South years ago (although I don't recall the details).
I would just like to point out that while the parent post is trollish in nature, it is a sentiment similar to what nearly all (if not all) of the founding fathers believed. That being certain qualifications are needed in order to cast a ballot. Their fear was some rogue could convince less educated people to vote for him so that he could, in turn, pillage the government and/or be a tyrant. I'll grant it's a thorny issue, but the problem of attempting to intentionally limit people who vote is that inevitably some racial groups will be disenfranchised (as well as other categories of population, such as the elderly in this case). Also, some local officials will try to exacerbate the situation to their favor (as happened-- and is still happening--in the South).
It doesn't seem convincing that he intentionally funded the Nazis based on the article you linked to. The author of the article certainly doesn't seemed convinced.
The article doesn't really go into detail. Since they are generating 1.6 mega watts, perhaps they are using a trough system where oil is heated and used to heat water into steam to turn a turbine connected to a generator. That process is relatively clean to build (just steel pipes, mirrors and a generator).
Believe me, this is one case where I wish I was wrong. I remember when Clinton first got elected with a pledge to reform healthcare and seemed to have the political will to get it through. Then the details got in the way and before you knew it the bill died. I'm afraid a similarly expensive project would meet a similar fate. Democrats may end up being against it because they wouldn't like the companies that ultimately get the government financing (companies like Shell most likely) while Republicans would be against it because they will say it won't work, is inefficient for the government to do due to inherent bureaucratic costs and are (usually) against large federal expenses. In addition, large pork-barrel projects will probably be tacked on to the bill during the way giving everyone reasons to vote against it since it wouldn't be viewed as a must-pass bill. A Republican president might be able to get such a bill through congress but I doubt a Democrat could regardless of how much he/she would like to. To be clear I'm not talking about a small, ineffectual bill but a genuine attempt at quickly and significantly reducing oil consumption by the US which would be a monumental feat.
Would people vote for a presidential candidate if he said something to the effect "I promise to increase taxes for the sole purpose of implementing whatever technology is prudent to quickly wean ourselves from foreign oil." My guess is no so we will just have to wait until the price of oil goes through the roof, crippling the economy before anything significant happens.
No. Rather, they don't want to be the minority race/religion in their country.
I'm not saying it's not possible, just very unlikely. If you consider the story, her dad was totally clueless about technology (at least in the book, can't remember if it is described in the movie). Her rich grandfather was also rather clueless about technology so I don't see how she would get access to UNIX tech.
Even here on slashdot I haven't seen any posts about an actual 10-year old being familiar with UNIX. While many of us became familiar with UNIX in our teens, none of us were familiar with it when we were only 10. Given that we are some of the most likely people anywhere to be exposed to UNIX at a young age, I stand by my statement that 10-year old kids just aren't likely to know UNIX.
Would it make you feel better if I said that it wasn't likely for boys to know UNIX back in 1993 also? Jeeze, I hate how people are always trying to be PC. It's absolutely true that it was (and still is) unlikely for a typical 10-year old kid to be familiar with UNIX.
Also, people shouldn't be modded down for simply being wrong. Other posts that are insightful should be modded up instead. You state:
The underlying assumptions regarding ten year old girls and computers are pathetic.
My assumptions are that 10-year old girls back in 1993 would not likely have access to UNIX since it was almost entirely only available at universities, government offices and large businesses. Most (actually all) 10 year old kids I ever knew did not have sufficient access to such locations as to be able to become familiar with UNIX. And there was very limited net access back then so learning remotely would be difficult too.