It is icky (a technical term), but I had it done and I have to say that I would really recommend it to anyone! It really does change your life - even simple things, like being able to just look at the clock at night and know what time it is
Look at the clock at night.. I had lasik custom cornea three months ago, and the only trouble to focus on red LED displays in dark. The both eyes together just couldn't focus perfectly, while each single eye could.
Maybe it's the brain problem. I went to my brain specialist, but he refused to be one./Monty Python reference/
Well, it's 16 MEGABYTES per second-- which is still ridiculous but not as ridiculous. No offense to you-- it's yet another obvious typo in the article summary (using a small "b" instead of a large "B").
That's it, since when is memory speed is specified in bits per second, unless the data are transfered through serial line? And I don't expect PS3 to be 1-bit architecture....
Watch out for the superparamagnetic effect though.
After reading the article, I think I can sum it up in one word:
superparamagneticarealdensitiesallowidocious
I still don't get it, could anyone explain it by means of tachyons pulses and subspace distortions?
Maybe Microsoft is reviving Tamagotchi technology http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamagotchi and is incorporating it into Vista. In other words, if user will not take care of the system (defragment disk, remove viruses, worms and spyware, apply patches) the system will die.
You can't actually, macrovision will give you a distorted picture.
Not if you remove it.
Once I needed to play DVD on really old TV without A/V inputs. The only way was to connect DVD player through VCR's A/V inputs, while the VCR was connected to TV through antenna cable.
Such configuration couldn't play Macrovisioned DVDs normally, regardless to a fact, that VCR's tape mechanism was jammed long ago and I couldn't record the movie anyway even if I wanted to (I did not).
The only way out was to play DVDs with macrovision protection removed.
Agreed. If you would like to recharge your car with the same energy in the same time as you fill your fuel tank with gasoline, it would require electric current at thousands of ampers at common plug voltage (consider 400 Volts, 3 phases).
No recent batteries are capable of such superfast charging. Also the cable has to be very very thick.
I wonder that HDTV's 24 fps in hi-res will really suck in action scenes, just as it sucks in cinema. Even NTSC 30p/60i fps makes noticable difference compared to PAL 25p/50i fps.
150 Hz progressive scan could bring much more reality into scenes like Kung Fu combat or spaceship wars.
I bet the 80 MPH car didn't go by that speed because of speed limits.. I wonder it just couldn't go any faster.
Speeding for your life is just a result of the most primitive human instincts - run, run away. People wouldn't speed if they didn't make them feel well.
Make driver feel terrible when he's speeding, he will slow down happily. The only technical question is HOW...
You don't have ambulance helicopters in U.S.? They're faster than your hot rod no matter what.
Well you don't have to drive 140MPH to get your relatives to hospital. In such situation it is more likely to have an accident since you're gonna be nervous as hell and barely concentrated on driving.
You can easily kill you both.
I don't think any law in any country allows speeding even under such circumstances. Anyway, you're probably not a doctor and you can have troubles recognizing heart attack from blocked farts.
Speeders are just trying to find reasons for their speeding. Just like drunks have their for reasons for drinking.
Well, such vehicle is usable only at environment where permanent temperatures above freezing point of water, because water is what I need to produce steam to make hydrogen to feed the barely 40% effective combustion motor.
Anyway, it's shame to burn hydrogen; using it to produce power via fuel cells could be quite nicer.
Just understand: Chinese have a strong motivation to go in space. They invented gun powder, fireworks but couldn't get their butts off the ground to space during the space race.
But no space flights changes the fact that China has communistic dictatorship.
You are wrong there. Lotus was very slow in getting 1-2-3 to Windows. They concentrated on
OS/2. This gave Microsoft the chance to gain a lead in the Windows spreadsheet market with Excel.
Actually, Borland's Quattro Pro spreadsheet was there too, quite nice product.
My Canon A75's LCD shows some strange vertical color lines on lcd when light source is bright, however images taken in that moment are always fine. Maybe it's just a software flaw. I've recently upgraded to firmware 1.0.1.0 and I've got to check if this strange lines still appears.
Otherwise I'm very content with this camera, I've purchased it one year ago and it still have got great abilities for nice price.
Explosions don't work so hot in a vacuum.
You've got it damn right.
Most of all explosions in hard vacuum as shown in scifi movies are wrong. Something just explodes, spews out hot gas, debris, bodies etc and the cloud just collapses back. Why the hell it should?? Gases in vacuum will only expand, there is no force that can make them collapse back as it does during explosion in atmosphere, where it is due to lot of thermodynamic and kinetic reasons.
7. Trade the VW Beetle (or other bad-in-a-crash car) for a Volvo (or other good-safety-record-for-its-driver vehicle).
Not so long ago, Volvo sales manager for Russia was killed by lightning in the middle of his backswing while playing golf near Karlstejn castle (Czech republic, Europe). Playing golf while storm is coming shall be also on your list.
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Look at the clock at night.. I had lasik custom cornea three months ago, and the only trouble to focus on red LED displays in dark. The both eyes together just couldn't focus perfectly, while each single eye could.
Maybe it's the brain problem. I went to my brain specialist, but he refused to be one. /Monty Python reference/
I can imagine portable arc welder powered by these things. And really powerful power tools, not that weak crap we have today.
That's it, since when is memory speed is specified in bits per second, unless the data are transfered through serial line? And I don't expect PS3 to be 1-bit architecture....
I still don't get it, could anyone explain it by means of tachyons pulses and subspace distortions?
Sir, do you wish to serve the cops deeply fried or just slightly toasted?
Don't forget to welcome overboars.
No, wait, this is the way Windows already works..
This is heavy.
Not if you remove it.
Once I needed to play DVD on really old TV without A/V inputs. The only way was to connect DVD player through VCR's A/V inputs, while the VCR was connected to TV through antenna cable.
Such configuration couldn't play Macrovisioned DVDs normally, regardless to a fact, that VCR's tape mechanism was jammed long ago and I couldn't record the movie anyway even if I wanted to (I did not).
The only way out was to play DVDs with macrovision protection removed.
Is this the way the things are meant to work???
Agreed. If you would like to recharge your car with the same energy in the same time as you fill your fuel tank with gasoline, it would require electric current at thousands of ampers at common plug voltage (consider 400 Volts, 3 phases).
No recent batteries are capable of such superfast charging. Also the cable has to be very very thick.
1) "Funny" doesn't get you karma.
Well, according to buddhism, if you make someone laugh, you are actually decreasing your karma.
I wonder that HDTV's 24 fps in hi-res will really suck in action scenes, just as it sucks in cinema. Even NTSC 30p/60i fps makes noticable difference compared to PAL 25p/50i fps.
150 Hz progressive scan could bring much more reality into scenes like Kung Fu combat or spaceship wars.
Speeding for your life is just a result of the most primitive human instincts - run, run away. People wouldn't speed if they didn't make them feel well.
Make driver feel terrible when he's speeding, he will slow down happily. The only technical question is HOW...
If you had Microsoft firmware in your car, the car would just halt in the middle of the tunnel, waiting for GPS coordinates to acquire, forever.
Well you don't have to drive 140MPH to get your relatives to hospital. In such situation it is more likely to have an accident since you're gonna be nervous as hell and barely concentrated on driving.
You can easily kill you both.
I don't think any law in any country allows speeding even under such circumstances. Anyway, you're probably not a doctor and you can have troubles recognizing heart attack from blocked farts.
Speeders are just trying to find reasons for their speeding. Just like drunks have their for reasons for drinking.
Imagine Beowulf cluster of these..
that if you're running Windows, you have a much bigger problem than ghosts
Right. Zombies are worse than ghosts.
Well, such vehicle is usable only at environment where permanent temperatures above freezing point of water, because water is what I need to produce steam to make hydrogen to feed the barely 40% effective combustion motor.
Anyway, it's shame to burn hydrogen; using it to produce power via fuel cells could be quite nicer.
Just understand: Chinese have a strong motivation to go in space. They invented gun powder, fireworks but couldn't get their butts off the ground to space during the space race.
But no space flights changes the fact that China has communistic dictatorship.
Actually, Borland's Quattro Pro spreadsheet was there too, quite nice product.
Of course this is the very best method to create perfect audio. You can even produce HDCD (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HDCD) audio tracks easily...
Remove all ads from TV and couch potatoe generation will suffer from bladder rupture. Sure someone will sue you for that...
Well hell, that sucks.
My Canon A75's LCD shows some strange vertical color lines on lcd when light source is bright, however images taken in that moment are always fine. Maybe it's just a software flaw. I've recently upgraded to firmware 1.0.1.0 and I've got to check if this strange lines still appears.
Otherwise I'm very content with this camera, I've purchased it one year ago and it still have got great abilities for nice price.
But I will not take it to a tropical jungle trip.
You've got it damn right.
Most of all explosions in hard vacuum as shown in scifi movies are wrong. Something just explodes, spews out hot gas, debris, bodies etc and the cloud just collapses back. Why the hell it should?? Gases in vacuum will only expand, there is no force that can make them collapse back as it does during explosion in atmosphere, where it is due to lot of thermodynamic and kinetic reasons.
7. Trade the VW Beetle (or other bad-in-a-crash car) for a Volvo (or other good-safety-record-for-its-driver vehicle).
Not so long ago, Volvo sales manager for Russia was killed by lightning in the middle of his backswing while playing golf near Karlstejn castle (Czech republic, Europe). Playing golf while storm is coming shall be also on your list.