The iphone isn't a "slick portable computer with cell phone capability". It's an oversized phone with a crippled PDA capability. Anyway, Opera's been available for PPC devices (and also Psions and other phones) for quite a while now. The iphone can't record video, and the stills are worse than those from a Samsung device.. Oh well, enjoy your koolaid.
Or more seriously, what about the PC release? There's no one to get permission for, the ratings are optional, and if there's still trouble there's the online distribution. There was a PC version of the first game, so I hope they make this one available. The first one certailnly wasn't GOTY material (although a friend of mine is quite fond of it), but it was still enjoyable... most of the time.
So it's rather like darts? You start with a constant number of points, say 300, and then with each answer you give points are subtracted from your total score. The game ends when you inevitably reach 0.
I don't drive a Mercedes, but honestly, what "status" car owner gives a shit about what Consumer Report says about them, or how much a repair manual costs? A DMC-12 might also suck according to CR, but I'd rather have it over any Toyota.
At the risk of sounding ignorant due to the lack of a PhD in physics, I thought people in spaceships (in orbit at least) are weightless. The gravity is still present so it's not zero gravity, but since there's no force acting on them other than gravitational acceleration, they are indeed in free fall and are thus weightless.
I guess a lot depends on whether the "point and shoot" camera you're looking for is one which is not SLR based or one which fits in a shirt pocket.
If it's the former, you might want to have a look at the Panasonic FZ- cameras. They're still somewhat smaller than most SLRs, and they don't suck. The shutter lag is around 0.009 or 0.07 seconds, assuming you don't want the camera to perform any fancy auto focus or IS. The larger number includes the time it takes to actually display the image on the LCD. The Leica lens is pretty good too, the end results aren't too bad compared to a 50mm prime lens on a 350D. The image noise at high ISOs still sucks compared to any DSLR of course, but there's simply no way to fit a large sensor in a compact camera.
If the FZ50, or even the FZ8 is too large, there's still the TZ3 and whole bunch of even smaller cameras. As far as I can tell, they all have similar shutter lag, but they aren't directly compared to SLRs in terms of image quality, and I can't comment on them myself.
No, I'm not in any way related to dpreview (or Amazon), but as I've mentioned in a post somewhere above, I do have an FZ-5 and I'm quite happy with it.
Reliable voice recognition is probably a little too much to ask from a camera, but why not simply record an audio clip with the description, and then run voice recognition on it on the PC?
My Panasonic FZ-5 (which is already what, 2 generations old?) has this feature, you simply turn it on in the menu and then after each shot you can record up to around 5 seconds of comments. The camera stores the comment in a separate mov file with the image thumbnail for video. Rip out the audio with mplayer, run voice recognition on it with some kind of console tool, and store the result in the image EXIF comment field, separate text file, or database. I think I found my next perl project;-)
There are a few (unique to the method) problems with this, though. Most cameras, including the FZ-5, would be using a built-in microphone, which is probably facing the direction of the subject, not the person making the comment. It's also often very noisy, in urban environments this could be traffic or gunfights, even out in the country strong wind could interfere with the quality. Bad sound quality == poor recognition accuracy. And of course it might not be possible or appropriate to say the comment out loud, like "a slutty chick with huge boobs I met at Joe's party" when she's posing for the shot right in front of you.
There are some general problems too, of course, like what exactly to comment on besides the subject. Anyway, some cameras already have GPS units built in, and others support external ones. IMO adding geographical data is the easiest thing to do technologically, and while it's not the complete solution, it helps a great deal.
Dude, read the original comment again more carefully!
I won't have to battle against the hippie-chick mac users in the coffee shop...
Plenty of reasons to stay the fuck away, and not to actually fuck. The nagging must be intolerable:
-How can you wear that leather jacket? -Why are there two mouse buttons on your computer, is it not as easy to use as my Big^WMac? -Why don't you drive a hybrid already, *closes eyes* like I do? -You'll have to get at least an ibook before you can meet any of my friends -You must sell your 1000 XOM shares immediately! etc.
Of course it's a cost/watt thing, except that the cost of the panel is not the only thing in the "cost" part there. There are a lot of overhead costs associated with solar power such as installation and maintenance, plus there's the fact that you usually can't cover the whole roof with them since roofs are often used for other useful purposes. These costs can be reduced by using fewer (smaller) more efficient panels. Also, the per m2 panel prices can go down only that far (unless Al Gore subsidizes them), so the new more efficient panels could show more significant price drops than the low-efficiency ones. Conclusion: better efficiency == good.
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Well, since in "Soviet Korea" they don't really have this Internet thingie, obviously Email is Dead there too.
It's the iphone we're talking about here! It was a real pleasure to see the overhyped POS gound up into a pile of black dust. Ahhh...
The iphone isn't a "slick portable computer with cell phone capability". It's an oversized phone with a crippled PDA capability. Anyway, Opera's been available for PPC devices (and also Psions and other phones) for quite a while now. The iphone can't record video, and the stills are worse than those from a Samsung device.. Oh well, enjoy your koolaid.
The real answer is no. It's a fucking* RPG after all.
Oh, and Halo doesn't belong on the list. Anyway, enjoy your scheduled pointless top-XX list flamewar.
*- since there's no actual intercourse involved, it's not a good one at that
Ah, but now if the iphone tanks (we can only hope...) the Apple fanboys will have a good excuse: it was AT&T's fault all along!
Hong Kong of the Caribbean.
Or more seriously, what about the PC release? There's no one to get permission for, the ratings are optional, and if there's still trouble there's the online distribution. There was a PC version of the first game, so I hope they make this one available. The first one certailnly wasn't GOTY material (although a friend of mine is quite fond of it), but it was still enjoyable... most of the time.
Hmmm, perhaps they know more about their target demographics that it might seem at first...
>That just means that the maximum score is 0 :p
So it's rather like darts? You start with a constant number of points, say 300, and then with each answer you give points are subtracted from your total score. The game ends when you inevitably reach 0.
My IQ is 280, let's go take a test on anything together!
The Smart roadster is sexy?! It looks like TVR Tuscan's retarded brother, FFS!
I don't drive a Mercedes, but honestly, what "status" car owner gives a shit about what Consumer Report says about them, or how much a repair manual costs? A DMC-12 might also suck according to CR, but I'd rather have it over any Toyota.
Walter Lewin seems to agree with this: From this video lecture, wich deals with this issue.
Oh shit, is that the brushed metal theme I see on that screenshot there? Somebody'd better give B.M. a call!
I guess a lot depends on whether the "point and shoot" camera you're looking for is one which is not SLR based or one which fits in a shirt pocket.
If it's the former, you might want to have a look at the Panasonic FZ- cameras. They're still somewhat smaller than most SLRs, and they don't suck. The shutter lag is around 0.009 or 0.07 seconds, assuming you don't want the camera to perform any fancy auto focus or IS. The larger number includes the time it takes to actually display the image on the LCD. The Leica lens is pretty good too, the end results aren't too bad compared to a 50mm prime lens on a 350D. The image noise at high ISOs still sucks compared to any DSLR of course, but there's simply no way to fit a large sensor in a compact camera.
If the FZ50, or even the FZ8 is too large, there's still the TZ3 and whole bunch of even smaller cameras. As far as I can tell, they all have similar shutter lag, but they aren't directly compared to SLRs in terms of image quality, and I can't comment on them myself.
No, I'm not in any way related to dpreview (or Amazon), but as I've mentioned in a post somewhere above, I do have an FZ-5 and I'm quite happy with it.
Reliable voice recognition is probably a little too much to ask from a camera, but why not simply record an audio clip with the description, and then run voice recognition on it on the PC?
;-)
My Panasonic FZ-5 (which is already what, 2 generations old?) has this feature, you simply turn it on in the menu and then after each shot you can record up to around 5 seconds of comments. The camera stores the comment in a separate mov file with the image thumbnail for video. Rip out the audio with mplayer, run voice recognition on it with some kind of console tool, and store the result in the image EXIF comment field, separate text file, or database. I think I found my next perl project
There are a few (unique to the method) problems with this, though. Most cameras, including the FZ-5, would be using a built-in microphone, which is probably facing the direction of the subject, not the person making the comment. It's also often very noisy, in urban environments this could be traffic or gunfights, even out in the country strong wind could interfere with the quality. Bad sound quality == poor recognition accuracy. And of course it might not be possible or appropriate to say the comment out loud, like "a slutty chick with huge boobs I met at Joe's party" when she's posing for the shot right in front of you.
There are some general problems too, of course, like what exactly to comment on besides the subject. Anyway, some cameras already have GPS units built in, and others support external ones. IMO adding geographical data is the easiest thing to do technologically, and while it's not the complete solution, it helps a great deal.
In Blair's UK, only outlaws have guns!
Dude, read the original comment again more carefully!
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I won't have to battle against the hippie-chick mac users in the coffee shop
Plenty of reasons to stay the fuck away, and not to actually fuck. The nagging must be intolerable:
-How can you wear that leather jacket?
-Why are there two mouse buttons on your computer, is it not as easy to use as my Big^WMac?
-Why don't you drive a hybrid already, *closes eyes* like I do?
-You'll have to get at least an ibook before you can meet any of my friends
-You must sell your 1000 XOM shares immediately!
etc.
If anyone is still having trouble imagining the size of that thing, think of it as ten AK-47 bullets placed next to each other. HTH.
You complain about Microsoft's acquisitions, and then later mention Google? Please, STFU. Now.
How exactly do those two statements contradict each other?
This must be the third horseman. Let's just hope the unimaginable doesn't happen, and GNU doesn't puke out Hurd. That would mean the end of us all.
Does "deputy prime minister Sergei Ivanov" sound like a position within a manufacturing company?
So what, now we're supposed to detonate nukes in front of our solar panels for maximum efficiency?
Of course it's a cost/watt thing, except that the cost of the panel is not the only thing in the "cost" part there. There are a lot of overhead costs associated with solar power such as installation and maintenance, plus there's the fact that you usually can't cover the whole roof with them since roofs are often used for other useful purposes. These costs can be reduced by using fewer (smaller) more efficient panels. Also, the per m2 panel prices can go down only that far (unless Al Gore subsidizes them), so the new more efficient panels could show more significant price drops than the low-efficiency ones. Conclusion: better efficiency == good.