I installed IE8 through windows update in Vista and it asked me if I wanted to set it as the default browser. I clicked no and Firefox is still my default. If you use the full auto install it will make it the default browser. Of course, if you do the full auto install with any Microsoft product you deserve any pain that results.
Interesting math. How did you come up with the 6 day number? By my math 500000MB/8MB/Sec=62500sec. 62500sec/3600sec/hour=17.36hours. Last I heard there were 144 hours in six days not 17.36.
No, if it said what you thought is said, it would have read "biggest HIGHEST resolution display" Also, you do realize that this display is 8" larger than the display you refer to don't you(which is only 22")? For many applications the smaller higher density screen would be counter productive since trying to see the the same or greater resolution on a smaller screen would tend to increase eyestrain.
Just use a simplified inertial tracker. Why make it more complicated and involve GPS and the complexity and cost involved with that(among other issues). An inertial tracker can calculate distance traveled simply by tracking speed and time at that speed. Multiply speed by time and you have distance traveled. Cheap too, would probably be under $50 in quantity and be the size of a deck of cards. I think they only mentioned GPS because it sounded cool. Unless they have some 1984'ish desire to track movements.
I happen to sell KIAs and I look forward to selling as many Sorentos as I possably can. (that seems to be the vehicle you are referring to) However I wish you had done some little bit of research before spouting the party line. You don't even seem to be aware that Daewoo hasn't been in the US for about 9 months now. Neither of the two remaining (very successful) Korean auto manufacturers produce a passenger vehicle with anything larger than a 3.5L V6. Although very inexpensive for its class the Sorento is not going to be flooding the roads. Many more people purchase passenger cars with 4 cyl engines in the US than SUVs. The only reason people are complaining about SUVs is that they can't afford them. I really think it's a severe case of envy. I see it all the time. Someone will wander onto our lot to buy our "inexpensive" KIA SUV thinking that they can put $1k down and trade their old beater and be able to get a $200 payment. When I (politely) tell them their an idot and they can get one for a very "affordable" $500/month they get all angry at me as if I can't do simple math. Then I break out the calculator with the big numbers and do simple division $25000 divided by 60 months is $417 (0% of course, If they can't do simple math on their own they must have excelent credit right?). When I read this article I remembered this and realized that these people elected the idiots who proposed this law. Then it no longer suprised me that anyone could think up something so convoluted and stupid to collect taxes and think it would actualy net any revenue.
Just my 2 1/2 cents.
You're wrong on that count. If we were to use an analogy to a hand tool I would think a hand plane would be a good example. In this analogy the progam is the blade which in this case can be set interchangeably (sp?) in various handles. In this case I would say the Wintel PC is a simple block of wood, rectangular and sharp but with a teflon base. The Macintosh is a ergonomicly shaped piece of plastic with rubber grips in all the right places.
The PC plane is quicker with it's teflon bottom but teribly uncomfortable with it's sharp edges and occasional slivers from the wood. This means that it can't be usesd efficiently.
The Mac on the other hand, with it's smooth comfortable shape can be used non-stop all day. However without the teflon that the PC has it can't smooth as much wood per minute as the PC.
In any case it's your classic tortise and hare scenario.
This package has by far the best rendering engine I have ever seen. The highest quality setting uses a rendering technique called raydiosity. This is similar to ray tracing in that it follows light rays from their source to the camera. However instead of just tracing ray paths, the renderer also keeps track of color information. For example if you have a red tinted mirror or red glass the light reflected or refracted picks up the color information from the object. If you had a red apple next to a white object the light reflecting from the apple will color the adjacent object. This additional information dramaticly increases the realism if the rendered scene. This is because light acts like it does in real life. Check it out at: www.strata.com. The demo is free, the full package is only $450 and is OSX native.
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I installed IE8 through windows update in Vista and it asked me if I wanted to set it as the default browser. I clicked no and Firefox is still my default. If you use the full auto install it will make it the default browser. Of course, if you do the full auto install with any Microsoft product you deserve any pain that results.
Bill Gates seems to fit better in the Runelord universe. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Runelords My guess is that he has at least several thousand endowments.
I, for one, welcome our HDTV overlords. Bow down, for they are bright and shiny!
Interesting math. How did you come up with the 6 day number? By my math 500000MB/8MB/Sec=62500sec. 62500sec/3600sec/hour=17.36hours. Last I heard there were 144 hours in six days not 17.36.
No, if it said what you thought is said, it would have read "biggest HIGHEST resolution display" Also, you do realize that this display is 8" larger than the display you refer to don't you(which is only 22")? For many applications the smaller higher density screen would be counter productive since trying to see the the same or greater resolution on a smaller screen would tend to increase eyestrain.
Just use a simplified inertial tracker. Why make it more complicated and involve GPS and the complexity and cost involved with that(among other issues). An inertial tracker can calculate distance traveled simply by tracking speed and time at that speed. Multiply speed by time and you have distance traveled. Cheap too, would probably be under $50 in quantity and be the size of a deck of cards. I think they only mentioned GPS because it sounded cool. Unless they have some 1984'ish desire to track movements.
I happen to sell KIAs and I look forward to selling as many Sorentos as I possably can. (that seems to be the vehicle you are referring to) However I wish you had done some little bit of research before spouting the party line. You don't even seem to be aware that Daewoo hasn't been in the US for about 9 months now. Neither of the two remaining (very successful) Korean auto manufacturers produce a passenger vehicle with anything larger than a 3.5L V6. Although very inexpensive for its class the Sorento is not going to be flooding the roads. Many more people purchase passenger cars with 4 cyl engines in the US than SUVs. The only reason people are complaining about SUVs is that they can't afford them. I really think it's a severe case of envy. I see it all the time. Someone will wander onto our lot to buy our "inexpensive" KIA SUV thinking that they can put $1k down and trade their old beater and be able to get a $200 payment. When I (politely) tell them their an idot and they can get one for a very "affordable" $500/month they get all angry at me as if I can't do simple math. Then I break out the calculator with the big numbers and do simple division $25000 divided by 60 months is $417 (0% of course, If they can't do simple math on their own they must have excelent credit right?). When I read this article I remembered this and realized that these people elected the idiots who proposed this law. Then it no longer suprised me that anyone could think up something so convoluted and stupid to collect taxes and think it would actualy net any revenue. Just my 2 1/2 cents.
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You're wrong on that count. If we were to use an analogy to a hand tool I would think a hand plane would be a good example. In this analogy the progam is the blade which in this case can be set interchangeably (sp?) in various handles. In this case I would say the Wintel PC is a simple block of wood, rectangular and sharp but with a teflon base. The Macintosh is a ergonomicly shaped piece of plastic with rubber grips in all the right places. The PC plane is quicker with it's teflon bottom but teribly uncomfortable with it's sharp edges and occasional slivers from the wood. This means that it can't be usesd efficiently. The Mac on the other hand, with it's smooth comfortable shape can be used non-stop all day. However without the teflon that the PC has it can't smooth as much wood per minute as the PC. In any case it's your classic tortise and hare scenario.
This package has by far the best rendering engine I have ever seen. The highest quality setting uses a rendering technique called raydiosity. This is similar to ray tracing in that it follows light rays from their source to the camera. However instead of just tracing ray paths, the renderer also keeps track of color information. For example if you have a red tinted mirror or red glass the light reflected or refracted picks up the color information from the object. If you had a red apple next to a white object the light reflecting from the apple will color the adjacent object. This additional information dramaticly increases the realism if the rendered scene. This is because light acts like it does in real life. Check it out at: www.strata.com. The demo is free, the full package is only $450 and is OSX native.