We are too ignorant of the details to say it's all a scam.
No, we aren't too ignorant of the details to say it is a scam. The details are very clear: every double blinded, placebo controlled test shows that homeopathy doesn't work. It is irrelevant how or why it might/could/should work. The theory is irrelevant.
The fact is, it does not work. When you sell something that is known to not work, that is what is called a SCAM.
I think it is still true. The computer I WANT to buy really does cost $5000. I can get a $500 POS, but I don't want to. Hell, the video card I want costs that much!
It is just like it was with cars. Originally, they were insanely expensive, affordable only to the rich or the hobbyists that built their own. Now, they are affordable by the general populace, but you can still buy an insanely expensive version if you really want it.
Because most source material for DVDs are from analog 35mm film, which contains more detail than either 1080i or even 720p can contain. The studios would simply need to create a new transfer from the master film at the higher resolution. That is, assuming the existing masters haven't degraded too much by then.
Sure, things like TV shows and digital video movies won't look any better, but filmed movies will.
Not only that, but it highlights a very important theme in the books: evil comes in many forms, and one must be constantly on guard against it.
By not showing the razing of the Shire, we end with a feeling that only Sauron was evil, and now that he's gone, all is good. A bit of a disappointment for me.
He didn't want people to hit control-alt-delete by accident.
Sure, difficult to hit by accident for humans, but as a cat owner, I can assure you that cats are perfectly proportioned to hit the three finger salute "by accident" when walking on a keyboard.
I saw AOTC in both DLP and film. The DLP had much richer, more vibrant colours than the film version. However, after leaving the DLP theater, my eyes were very sore, which has never happened with any film I've seen.
The film version seemed to have better contrast ratio, but the colours seemed quite muted. I couldn't help but wonder if that was done delibrately to make the DLP version look good.
Stupid things like declaring variables? Declaring variables is one of the most fundamental concepts of modern programming languages! Learning how to name variables properly is of extreme importance to writing clear code. Ever try to debug someone else's code where the variables were named var1, var2, var3, etc.? It is not easy.
Implict variable declaration is a great way to introduce bugs. Make a typo inputing your variable var1 and call it varl instead? No problem, the compiler/interpreter will simply make a new variant type varl for you. Have fun tracking down that bug...
Basic is becoming less and less a modern language, with fewer similaries to languages that tend to get used in the real world, like Java, C++, and many of the scripting languages.
Since Basic is a poorly typed language, it is very easy to learn some very bad habits that make learning a more advanced, strongly typed language more difficult to learn than it should be. Learning Basic CAN make it harder to learn other languages. If you plan to go on to learning other languages, don't start with Basic.
I've had a CD in a normal drive (guessing about a 40x read) explode on me before. It blew the door right off of the drive with one hell of a bang, scaring the crap out of me as my head was about 2 feet from the drive.
The disk had shattered into thousands of tiny pieces. I was able to retrive about 75% of the disk, at which point I started re-assembling it like an NTSB investigation. Unfortunately, the janitors here at the office cleaned it up before I was able to get a picture of it.
Man, was the IT manager surprised when I told him why I needed a new CD drive...
Oh, and the disk? Microsoft ActiveSync 3.1 install disk.:)
What about N.U.D.E@ for XBox? Apparently it is supposed to be similar to Seaman , but much more visually appealing.
Doesn't sound very interesting to me though. Innovative yes, but I'm not going to shell out my hard earned cash for it unless it is fun and enjoyable to play.
This is not exactly new tech here. Many wireless providers, such as Voicestream/T-Mobile/whatever they are called this week, use this accelerating proxy for PDAs and laptops. They will actually attempt to re-compress and re-size many of the images from the websites. They also strip out "redundant" information from the HTML.
For the image recompression, they can also convert the image to B&W (user setting) for additional compression. Based on this, I would say the 7x faster web page download is possible, but at a significant quality loss.
Looks like Earthlink is just using an existing wireless product for dial-up.
On a side note, most of the accelerating proxies I've gone through have usually managed to mangle our XML SOAP stream to the point where we actually have to use a different port to avoid it.
You obviously haven't seen my Nerf gun then. Spent an evening modifying for greater range/power. It can shoot an unmodified Nerf dart at least 60 feet, and modified ones (weighted with the non-aerodynamic cup removed) 90 feet. Even a normal dart can put a nasty welt on you.
It got even more dangerous when I realized that the whiteboard markers here fit perfectly into the barrel.:)
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We are too ignorant of the details to say it's all a scam.
No, we aren't too ignorant of the details to say it is a scam. The details are very clear: every double blinded, placebo controlled test shows that homeopathy doesn't work. It is irrelevant how or why it might/could/should work. The theory is irrelevant.
The fact is, it does not work. When you sell something that is known to not work, that is what is called a SCAM.
"why do i even read the comments on slashdot?" Heh...
I think you mean Greedo and not Greebo.
Is it hot swapable?
Yes, but I doubt it has anything to do with Nitrogen...
I think it is still true. The computer I WANT to buy really does cost $5000. I can get a $500 POS, but I don't want to. Hell, the video card I want costs that much!
It is just like it was with cars. Originally, they were insanely expensive, affordable only to the rich or the hobbyists that built their own. Now, they are affordable by the general populace, but you can still buy an insanely expensive version if you really want it.
Because most source material for DVDs are from analog 35mm film, which contains more detail than either 1080i or even 720p can contain. The studios would simply need to create a new transfer from the master film at the higher resolution. That is, assuming the existing masters haven't degraded too much by then. Sure, things like TV shows and digital video movies won't look any better, but filmed movies will.
It's an XBox in a plastic case. Somehow that just doesn't excite me much.
Not only that, but it highlights a very important theme in the books: evil comes in many forms, and one must be constantly on guard against it. By not showing the razing of the Shire, we end with a feeling that only Sauron was evil, and now that he's gone, all is good. A bit of a disappointment for me.
It was so dirty that a tree had actually taken root, and was actively growing in the dirt stuck in the door jam.
According to a spam I got today, this should be all the "augmenting" needed...
I saw AOTC in both DLP and film. The DLP had much richer, more vibrant colours than the film version. However, after leaving the DLP theater, my eyes were very sore, which has never happened with any film I've seen. The film version seemed to have better contrast ratio, but the colours seemed quite muted. I couldn't help but wonder if that was done delibrately to make the DLP version look good.
Stupid things like declaring variables? Declaring variables is one of the most fundamental concepts of modern programming languages! Learning how to name variables properly is of extreme importance to writing clear code. Ever try to debug someone else's code where the variables were named var1, var2, var3, etc.? It is not easy.
Implict variable declaration is a great way to introduce bugs. Make a typo inputing your variable var1 and call it varl instead? No problem, the compiler/interpreter will simply make a new variant type varl for you. Have fun tracking down that bug...
Basic is becoming less and less a modern language, with fewer similaries to languages that tend to get used in the real world, like Java, C++, and many of the scripting languages.
Since Basic is a poorly typed language, it is very easy to learn some very bad habits that make learning a more advanced, strongly typed language more difficult to learn than it should be. Learning Basic CAN make it harder to learn other languages. If you plan to go on to learning other languages, don't start with Basic.
I've had a CD in a normal drive (guessing about a 40x read) explode on me before. It blew the door right off of the drive with one hell of a bang, scaring the crap out of me as my head was about 2 feet from the drive.
:)
The disk had shattered into thousands of tiny pieces. I was able to retrive about 75% of the disk, at which point I started re-assembling it like an NTSB investigation. Unfortunately, the janitors here at the office cleaned it up before I was able to get a picture of it.
Man, was the IT manager surprised when I told him why I needed a new CD drive...
Oh, and the disk? Microsoft ActiveSync 3.1 install disk.
What about N.U.D.E@ for XBox? Apparently it is supposed to be similar to Seaman , but much more visually appealing. Doesn't sound very interesting to me though. Innovative yes, but I'm not going to shell out my hard earned cash for it unless it is fun and enjoyable to play.
This is not exactly new tech here. Many wireless providers, such as Voicestream/T-Mobile/whatever they are called this week, use this accelerating proxy for PDAs and laptops. They will actually attempt to re-compress and re-size many of the images from the websites. They also strip out "redundant" information from the HTML.
For the image recompression, they can also convert the image to B&W (user setting) for additional compression. Based on this, I would say the 7x faster web page download is possible, but at a significant quality loss.
Looks like Earthlink is just using an existing wireless product for dial-up.
On a side note, most of the accelerating proxies I've gone through have usually managed to mangle our XML SOAP stream to the point where we actually have to use a different port to avoid it.
You obviously haven't seen my Nerf gun then. Spent an evening modifying for greater range/power. It can shoot an unmodified Nerf dart at least 60 feet, and modified ones (weighted with the non-aerodynamic cup removed) 90 feet. Even a normal dart can put a nasty welt on you. It got even more dangerous when I realized that the whiteboard markers here fit perfectly into the barrel. :)
Sure, no problem. Problem is, no one would want it!
Only somewhat true. Check out snopes for a more accurate (although less humourous) rendition and the true origins of this not quite urban legend.
Two atoms were walking down the street.
Atom 1: "I think I lost an electron."
Atom 2: "Are you sure?"
Atom 1: "Yeah, I'm positive."