Read this link to answer your questions. To sum this up, the clocks in the satellites don't record the same time as those on earth, because of relativity.
You would be suprised to find out how many stores are actually affiliates of macy's. It's actually a subsidiary of Federated Department Stores Inc. Which includes stores like bloomingdales and the bon marche.
Sometimes using a computer should be just like turning on the tv.
And adapting to your tool isn't always the right option. If my tool is a hammer, everything looks like a nail, that doesn't mean that I shouldn't buy a screwdriver. The OS should adapt to my needs. If i need to do something different tomorrow I should be able to, right now windows does that better.
DVD-Audio and it's competitor SACD are new super high-fidelity audio formats. They both support 5.1 sound (although it is not required) and much higher sample rates and word lengths. I believe DVD-A supports up to 24 bit at 192 KHz, but I could be wrong. SACD is a little harder to explain because it doesn't use PCM like DVD-A and CD do... it instead uses a newer technology called DSD. If you have the proper set up these new formats sound amazing (in even stereo), but most people do not listen on equipment of high enough quality to really make much difference.
CD prices have come down. At the format launch they were probably around $16 a pop. Now you can usually find discs between $11-$15. That seems to be lower to me. Now factor in 20 years worth of inflation and they actually are much less.
I completly disagree. I think selling the movie cheaper won't make a bit of difference. The people who pirate will still want it for less. I think adding special features to the disc (whether cd or dvd) is the best thing they can do. If I download a movie off of kazaa, i don't get: commentaries, trailers, alternate sound tracks (DTS?), documentaries, story boards, interviews, etc. Because I enjoy that stuff, buying the movie over downloading it for free actually presents much greater value to me. Factor in the cost that most DVD's are already cheaper than a trip for me an my GF to the movie theater and I don't see the problem.
I think the way for **AA to keep the consumers buying things, and keep them happy is to keep adding value to the product (that they can't get easily through pirating) and not increasing the price to do so.
You're kind of wrong about the video stores. They don't make a whole lot off of late fees anymore. Blockbuster had to settle a class action lawsuit for overcharging on late fees. They basically aren't allowed to charge you anymore than the cost of renting it again, and if it was a 5 day rental your late fee will let you keep it for an extra 5 days. However, the video stores want you to take the movies back because you're much more likely to rent a second movie when you bring the first one back.
technically he is a theif, but the music industries definitions. If you sell your cd's you aren't allowed to keep your back up copies of them, because you no longer own them. Of course the recording industry would like to see the market for used cd's go completly away as well. I'm not agreeing with them on this one, just stating the facts.
Don't you have insurance? $4500 should be much greater than your deductible, and cd's are covered under almost all homeowners and renters insurance policies. They were kind enough to give me $15 per cd stolen, which was less than the cost of replacing them.
I'm not an anthropologist either. But I have read "Guns, Germs, and Steel" and quite a few other books in the vein. Plus my girlfriend is an anthropologist.
Because africa is where modern humans emerged, and messopatamia is where civilization first emerged. Two completly different things. Think of the difference between an anthropologist and an archealogist.
I'd have to say they were wrong, or that mitochondrial DNA can't be used. try these links:
here and here and here
So you see, I have just as much evidence you have to refute me. Plus the archaelogical record backs me up.
You're kind of right. They did hunt alot of the game to extiniction. However, the climate at that time was perfect for agriculture. The land also contained natrually occuring plants that were perfect for cultavting (wheat, barley, olives) and animals perfect for domesticating (horses, cows, goats, pigs). Now think about areas that we associate with being in the stone age. What kind of naturally occuring plants and animals did they have to domesticate? Not very many. It was kind of luck of the draw that people in the near east had the goods to start efficient food production.
For civilation to start you need food production to start. And for food production to start it has to be better than the hunter/gather lifestyle. This only occurs after a few things:
The population becomes large enough that the hunter/gather lifestyle is no longer efficient.
The climate must be suitable for food production
Enough domestic plants and animals exist to actually begin food production. For instance, in california the climate was perfect for food production, but there were no suitible plants and animals to use.
The people actually have to develop farming and herding techniques.
Crop yields must become efficient enough (through selective breeding) to completly end dependence on hunter/gathering.
All these things take time. In some places (the australian outback for instance) food production could never take place. In other places there just wasn't anything viable to produce food with.
Mitochondrial Eve has been shown in secular literature (ever heard of the magazine "Science") to have lived ~6000 years ago.
That is complete bullshit by 6000 years ago modern humans had populated almost the entire globe (save for a few remote islands), and agriculture and civilization had already started throughout much of the world. Try 160,000 years ago, and you'll be much closer.
Well, I haven't had to pay for any updates to windows xp since october of 2001. And they don't appear to be planning on charging for anymore until longhorn. So it's a much better deal than OS X:)
I agree. I spend far less on a per cd basis now then I did 10 years ago. When you factor in inflation, I think cd's might actually be cheaper now than at anytime before. The average cd I buy costs 11.99, and that's new.
that's true, interlacing is a dumb idea. That's why I'd prefer 720p all the time. Too bad only CBS seems to prefer it. Of course anything is better than the 480p that fox is trying to pawn off as HDTV.
ahhh... semantics. When you said 1080p. I assumed you meant 1080p at 60 fps. you meant 1080p at 30 fps, which is almost equivalent to 1080i. For my money though the best is still 720p at 60fps, and CBS is actually using it.
They would definately be against the archiving of shows. Take for instance HBO. do you think they want you to be able to save a high-quality version of the sopranos or sex and the city? Not a chance. If you could, then who would be buying the DVD's?
That is true. However, that's not the only reason professional gear (and consumer gear starting with SACD and DVD-A) samples at the higher rate. Studies show, that while humans can't hear any of the higher frequencies, they do percieve some of the harmonics that exist in those ranges. For instance a cymbal actually has much of it's energy in frequencies that we can not hear, but studies have shown the recording that contains the high frequency information sounds more real to the listener. Some how we percieve the information that we can't hear.
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Read this link to answer your questions. To sum this up, the clocks in the satellites don't record the same time as those on earth, because of relativity.
You would be suprised to find out how many stores are actually affiliates of macy's. It's actually a subsidiary of Federated Department Stores Inc. Which includes stores like bloomingdales and the bon marche.
Sometimes using a computer should be just like turning on the tv.
And adapting to your tool isn't always the right option. If my tool is a hammer, everything looks like a nail, that doesn't mean that I shouldn't buy a screwdriver. The OS should adapt to my needs. If i need to do something different tomorrow I should be able to, right now windows does that better.
DVD-Audio and it's competitor SACD are new super high-fidelity audio formats. They both support 5.1 sound (although it is not required) and much higher sample rates and word lengths. I believe DVD-A supports up to 24 bit at 192 KHz, but I could be wrong. SACD is a little harder to explain because it doesn't use PCM like DVD-A and CD do... it instead uses a newer technology called DSD. If you have the proper set up these new formats sound amazing (in even stereo), but most people do not listen on equipment of high enough quality to really make much difference.
CD prices have come down. At the format launch they were probably around $16 a pop. Now you can usually find discs between $11-$15. That seems to be lower to me. Now factor in 20 years worth of inflation and they actually are much less.
I completly disagree. I think selling the movie cheaper won't make a bit of difference. The people who pirate will still want it for less. I think adding special features to the disc (whether cd or dvd) is the best thing they can do. If I download a movie off of kazaa, i don't get: commentaries, trailers, alternate sound tracks (DTS?), documentaries, story boards, interviews, etc. Because I enjoy that stuff, buying the movie over downloading it for free actually presents much greater value to me. Factor in the cost that most DVD's are already cheaper than a trip for me an my GF to the movie theater and I don't see the problem.
I think the way for **AA to keep the consumers buying things, and keep them happy is to keep adding value to the product (that they can't get easily through pirating) and not increasing the price to do so.
You're kind of wrong about the video stores. They don't make a whole lot off of late fees anymore. Blockbuster had to settle a class action lawsuit for overcharging on late fees. They basically aren't allowed to charge you anymore than the cost of renting it again, and if it was a 5 day rental your late fee will let you keep it for an extra 5 days. However, the video stores want you to take the movies back because you're much more likely to rent a second movie when you bring the first one back.
technically he is a theif, but the music industries definitions. If you sell your cd's you aren't allowed to keep your back up copies of them, because you no longer own them. Of course the recording industry would like to see the market for used cd's go completly away as well. I'm not agreeing with them on this one, just stating the facts.
You don't get any value out of actually owning the media? The jewel case, the artwork, and everything else that comes with it?
the z80 was a zilog processor... is motorola manufacturing them now? I though TI was doing it.
Don't you have insurance? $4500 should be much greater than your deductible, and cd's are covered under almost all homeowners and renters insurance policies. They were kind enough to give me $15 per cd stolen, which was less than the cost of replacing them.
I'm not an anthropologist either. But I have read "Guns, Germs, and Steel" and quite a few other books in the vein. Plus my girlfriend is an anthropologist.
Because africa is where modern humans emerged, and messopatamia is where civilization first emerged. Two completly different things. Think of the difference between an anthropologist and an archealogist.
I'd have to say they were wrong, or that mitochondrial DNA can't be used. try these links: here
and here
and here
So you see, I have just as much evidence you have to refute me. Plus the archaelogical record backs me up.
You're kind of right. They did hunt alot of the game to extiniction. However, the climate at that time was perfect for agriculture. The land also contained natrually occuring plants that were perfect for cultavting (wheat, barley, olives) and animals perfect for domesticating (horses, cows, goats, pigs). Now think about areas that we associate with being in the stone age. What kind of naturally occuring plants and animals did they have to domesticate? Not very many. It was kind of luck of the draw that people in the near east had the goods to start efficient food production.
Of course, this wouldn't explain while the people in new guinea came down with laughing sickness until they stopped eating eachother.
Well, I haven't had to pay for any updates to windows xp since october of 2001. And they don't appear to be planning on charging for anymore until longhorn. So it's a much better deal than OS X :)
I agree. I spend far less on a per cd basis now then I did 10 years ago. When you factor in inflation, I think cd's might actually be cheaper now than at anytime before. The average cd I buy costs 11.99, and that's new.
That I don't know. But if I ever go back to get a Phd, it will most likely be in DSP, and that's the kind of stuff I'd be very interested in studying.
that's true, interlacing is a dumb idea. That's why I'd prefer 720p all the time. Too bad only CBS seems to prefer it. Of course anything is better than the 480p that fox is trying to pawn off as HDTV.
ahhh... semantics. When you said 1080p. I assumed you meant 1080p at 60 fps. you meant 1080p at 30 fps, which is almost equivalent to 1080i. For my money though the best is still 720p at 60fps, and CBS is actually using it.
They would definately be against the archiving of shows. Take for instance HBO. do you think they want you to be able to save a high-quality version of the sopranos or sex and the city? Not a chance. If you could, then who would be buying the DVD's?
That is true. However, that's not the only reason professional gear (and consumer gear starting with SACD and DVD-A) samples at the higher rate. Studies show, that while humans can't hear any of the higher frequencies, they do percieve some of the harmonics that exist in those ranges. For instance a cymbal actually has much of it's energy in frequencies that we can not hear, but studies have shown the recording that contains the high frequency information sounds more real to the listener. Some how we percieve the information that we can't hear.