Well, just yesterday China decided to increase taxes for foreign companies. (Will be increased to 25% in a transition period of five years.) Also due to the rising amount of retired people and increasing number of poor moving to cities, they have to increase costs (and other taxes too) to maintain order. Manufacturing costs will even out.. So, perhaps the China wont dominate economically in the future.
I thought the GP really meant the Adblock Plus, with it's four built in, selectable, filter set subscriptions. They update automatically, no need for filterset.G (and for the stale-ish Adblock).
Why don't they just bury them in the ground. Either by placing them in a hole (craters a probably too shallow), or just on a flat, and then piling some material on them. The soil should provide as additional protection (e.g. against solar radiation if not for micro-meteorites).
Yep, computers are peanuts. Just a few weeks ago me and my family had some photos take of us, and the photographer mentioned her camera and the digital back on it, and some of the prices involved. Her camera was Hasselblad, like you mentioned, and she had that 16 megapixel back on it (CFV I think it must have been). She said it cost about as much as a car; and looking online it goes for a cool 10k.. (Of course that is a quite nice resolution; though looks like there now is a 39 Mpix version too.. Damn..) Anyways, a lot of money for that part alone! =)
Just two weeks ago I read Ken Macleod's Learning the World: a novel of first contact. This book also had Rama like space ships (different kind of drama though). The travel between systems took a realistic time, i.e. hundreds of years. Powerplan and propulsion system was a bit beyond our current capability (or strictly speaking, apparent feasibility;).
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You don't really have to build one huge telescope. As has been previously discussed, we could build multiple small ones. Distribute them over our solar system, and integrated their signals (like some current radio telescope arrays). And voilà, one gigantic telescope.
Well, I suppose that is possible, but I still would like to see some confirmation from Microsoft. (I haven't read too many reviews about the new tech.) New SM 4 of course wouldn't be compatible, but universal stages of the DX10 might be synthesized the with older DX9 pipes.. Ati's DX10 chip will not support as universal stages as Nvidia, but it still is DX10 compatible, right? Anyway.. Well, sometimes you just have to through the old baggage away and stop supporting the old.
What kind of crabuchet do you need to launch an scary tub? Sure they had their trenches quite close to each other but still.. Or do you just roll it over to your 'neighbor' in the cover of darkness?
Nice memories about that series, The Twilight Zone.. Also The Outer Limits was one of the best series ever in television. Is it too hard to come up with stuff like that anymore? Sci-fi isn't mainstream enough I guess, so things like Firefly just doesn't fly.:(
The ore might have been dug up in India where there is a little bit of tungsten in the iron. Also read Neal Stephenson's book The Confusion, if you want a fictional description of the forging of that steel (pages 580-584). (The book is the second book in a three book series.)
I'm with you there. As is probably most people here anyway.
Like it has been mentioned many times, the meta moderation should be extended to cover the news summaries. At least then one could browse at +1; or even at 0, provided that the disappointing articles would quickly get some negative ratings. Though, this system has the obvious disadvantage that it doesn't really work for the most recent news articles.:(
So, the only real way to affect the whole site would be for the news posters to do a better job of selecting or editorializing the news. *Ought to be an easier job do than getting rid of those dups, right? No really good memory necessary..:) * Maybe VA should hire some professionals with science etc. backgrounds. Or at least the news could be 'validated' with outside experts (a pool of said real science/technical/medical people) not directly working for VA.
Would be really sad if this site would slowly slip into some online version of a bad tabloid, with no serious credibility. This site still has some credibility, right? Right? (I'm not really serious there.. Don't come bashing about it.;)
Funny.. Though a simple checksum wouldn't be very good. A simple log entry would through it off. A checksum per directory would be better. *If one was to nitpick about the details..*
Given that Peter Jackson wants to establish his own game studio and make a 'game like' experience (on an unknown platform) based in the Halo universe; I think that PJ has involved himself quite a lot in this movie..
Sure the per centage of the HDTV ready televisions in peoples homes ins't big, but at least here in Finland I think that quite a large portion of new tv purchases is. So, I think now is the perfect monent to start to sell HD source components. But yes it is true that the difference between DVD and HD isn't as big as between VHS and DVD. So I don't think there is any immediete need to get rid of them. Just that technology moves on and there has to come a point in time when you have to go for the next generation of products. Besides Xbox360, and in the Christmas time, PS3 will undoubtedly increase TV sales.
And like I mentioned how bad that PS2 game looked; it was so bad that I had great difficulties event to read simple text.. Granted GTA SA isn't the best looking game on the PS2 by far (the aging console just doesn't have enough processing power to do everything that large game requires:( ). But I think that I'm with you with that fact that the actual game content has to be good. *And I find many of the current games lacking..* Lets hope that bigger resources of the next gen consoles improves that aspect, at least.
You seem to downplay a little next gen DVD formats. Have you watched movies with a projector or on a big LCD/Plasma screen? HD resolution is very nice. Similarly it is nice to play games with higher resolution. *Just yesterday I played GTA SA on a PS2 for a few hours, just for fun.. but UGH what terrible graphics.:( *
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Well, just yesterday China decided to increase taxes for foreign companies. (Will be increased to 25% in a transition period of five years.) Also due to the rising amount of retired people and increasing number of poor moving to cities, they have to increase costs (and other taxes too) to maintain order. Manufacturing costs will even out.. So, perhaps the China wont dominate economically in the future.
Maybe Redmonton will be available after few more successful Google years.. =)
Sadly the brass wont probably be in it when the time comes.. Sure would be good if they really where to be run over by the SEC etc...
I thought the GP really meant the Adblock Plus, with it's four built in, selectable, filter set subscriptions. They update automatically, no need for filterset.G (and for the stale-ish Adblock).
Why don't they just bury them in the ground. Either by placing them in a hole (craters a probably too shallow), or just on a flat, and then piling some material on them. The soil should provide as additional protection (e.g. against solar radiation if not for micro-meteorites).
Yep, computers are peanuts. Just a few weeks ago me and my family had some photos take of us, and the photographer mentioned her camera and the digital back on it, and some of the prices involved. Her camera was Hasselblad, like you mentioned, and she had that 16 megapixel back on it (CFV I think it must have been). She said it cost about as much as a car; and looking online it goes for a cool 10k.. (Of course that is a quite nice resolution; though looks like there now is a 39 Mpix version too.. Damn..) Anyways, a lot of money for that part alone! =)
Just two weeks ago I read Ken Macleod's Learning the World: a novel of first contact. This book also had Rama like space ships (different kind of drama though). The travel between systems took a realistic time, i.e. hundreds of years. Powerplan and propulsion system was a bit beyond our current capability (or strictly speaking, apparent feasibility ;).
You don't really have to build one huge telescope. As has been previously discussed, we could build multiple small ones. Distribute them over our solar system, and integrated their signals (like some current radio telescope arrays). And voilà, one gigantic telescope.
Well, at least I am going to rush out and download Ubuntu Feisty Fawn (up from Edgy Eft) when it is released in April.. :)
Well, I suppose that is possible, but I still would like to see some confirmation from Microsoft. (I haven't read too many reviews about the new tech.) New SM 4 of course wouldn't be compatible, but universal stages of the DX10 might be synthesized the with older DX9 pipes.. Ati's DX10 chip will not support as universal stages as Nvidia, but it still is DX10 compatible, right? Anyway.. Well, sometimes you just have to through the old baggage away and stop supporting the old.
DX10 does run on non DX10 cards you know..
Though, like you, I don't fancy the Vista requirement one bit. Oh-well, have to get the 360 version instead.
What kind of crabuchet do you need to launch an scary tub? Sure they had their trenches quite close to each other but still.. Or do you just roll it over to your 'neighbor' in the cover of darkness?
Nice memories about that series, The Twilight Zone.. Also The Outer Limits was one of the best series ever in television. Is it too hard to come up with stuff like that anymore? Sci-fi isn't mainstream enough I guess, so things like Firefly just doesn't fly. :(
Great looking signs! BTW Do those traffic signs work below freezing?
The ore might have been dug up in India where there is a little bit of tungsten in the iron. Also read Neal Stephenson's book The Confusion, if you want a fictional description of the forging of that steel (pages 580-584). (The book is the second book in a three book series.)
I'm with you there. As is probably most people here anyway.
Like it has been mentioned many times, the meta moderation should be extended to cover the news summaries. At least then one could browse at +1; or even at 0, provided that the disappointing articles would quickly get some negative ratings. Though, this system has the obvious disadvantage that it doesn't really work for the most recent news articles. :(
So, the only real way to affect the whole site would be for the news posters to do a better job of selecting or editorializing the news. *Ought to be an easier job do than getting rid of those dups, right? No really good memory necessary.. :) * Maybe VA should hire some professionals with science etc. backgrounds. Or at least the news could be 'validated' with outside experts (a pool of said real science/technical/medical people) not directly working for VA.
Would be really sad if this site would slowly slip into some online version of a bad tabloid, with no serious credibility. This site still has some credibility, right? Right? (I'm not really serious there.. Don't come bashing about it. ;)
Everyone knows that pulling out is unsafe. That's why you're supposed to use condoms instead.
Well, the condom is actually worn by the other party.. Though it keeps leaking spam.
Well, sure that would be proper. But checksums for all directories would reveal what was possibly changed.
Funny.. Though a simple checksum wouldn't be very good. A simple log entry would through it off. A checksum per directory would be better. *If one was to nitpick about the details..*
Given that Peter Jackson wants to establish his own game studio and make a 'game like' experience (on an unknown platform) based in the Halo universe; I think that PJ has involved himself quite a lot in this movie..
Sure the per centage of the HDTV ready televisions in peoples homes ins't big, but at least here in Finland I think that quite a large portion of new tv purchases is. So, I think now is the perfect monent to start to sell HD source components. But yes it is true that the difference between DVD and HD isn't as big as between VHS and DVD. So I don't think there is any immediete need to get rid of them. Just that technology moves on and there has to come a point in time when you have to go for the next generation of products. Besides Xbox360, and in the Christmas time, PS3 will undoubtedly increase TV sales.
And like I mentioned how bad that PS2 game looked; it was so bad that I had great difficulties event to read simple text.. Granted GTA SA isn't the best looking game on the PS2 by far (the aging console just doesn't have enough processing power to do everything that large game requires :( ). But I think that I'm with you with that fact that the actual game content has to be good. *And I find many of the current games lacking..* Lets hope that bigger resources of the next gen consoles improves that aspect, at least.
You seem to downplay a little next gen DVD formats. Have you watched movies with a projector or on a big LCD/Plasma screen? HD resolution is very nice. Similarly it is nice to play games with higher resolution. *Just yesterday I played GTA SA on a PS2 for a few hours, just for fun.. but UGH what terrible graphics. :( *
So.. In space, you can't hear inflatable space stations pop. =)
Besides, in Soviet Russia inflatable space stations pop you.
I'd take Dr. Strangelove. He's a bundle..