Well this is now off-topic but there are private highways near where I live and they are better-maintained and if you added up how much of your income/state/sales/fuel taxes go to roads and such you might be shocked at your return on investment.
Although your point about the phone network is possible, there are other ways to subsidize than to create monopolies.
And the phone and cable companies too? Like how the government essentially creates monopolies through subsidies and then 20-30 years later decides that the monopolies are bad and to disband them to create actual capitalistic competition again? Keep the government away, please.
I'm pretty sure this will be fixed in a firmware update - it's not that the console can't scale, it's just a programming error where if a device is not found to support the level of currently required display, it trie downward instead of up - the programmer probably never considered there would be deivces that supported 1080i and 480p but not 720p. I had never heard of anything like that, and the only report I've seen of one is a TV at IGN.
According to the article: "...But perhaps even more significant is that aforementioned late-breaking issue surrounding the PS3's resolution upconvert/downconvert problems. Sony has confirmed that the PS3 has no internal scaler as part of its hardware that can upconvert 480p/i or 720p content (whether a standard-def DVD or a PlayStation game) to 1080p/i."
There are a lot of CRT-based HDTVs out there which do not accept 720p input.
It's interesting to note that Germany for example suppresses and will imprison people for exercising 'free speech' about certain Nazi-related things and people on this site will rush to their defense to say how bad Nazism is and it's good that people can't talk about those ideas. There you have people talking about a regime that fell 60+ years ago vs. a terrorist network of modern age that still poses a real threat and the reaction is polar opposite.
I don't think either should be suppressed but some people are just jumping in for the good old-fashioned US-hating that is so popular here.
Also you usually have to have a pretty dark room to use it in. What would cause a bit of glare on a normal TV screen can wash out and render a projector image almost unwatchable.
So many LCDs are advertised as being 1080p HDTVs as well. In fact they are fixed-pixel displays, often 1366x768. They can display 720p natively and while they may accept 1080i and 1080p signals, they are merely scaling them down to 720p. I laugh when I see people talk about their new awesome 1080p TVs that are really only giving them a 720p picture. They'd probably get a better picture leaving it on 720p mode.
If you enjoy it. If you're getting into it for the money you'll probably be better off getting a business or BCIS degree. So many of the CS students when I was in school just wanted to get into 'computers' and hated to code. Ridiculous degree choice under those circumstances.
What specifically in the Constitution says anything about stem cell research?
Just to play devil's advocate a bit: The relevant question is where does the Constitution give the federal government power to fund medical research?
Maybe there is a good answer for that, maybe not. However don't get stuck in the mindset that the government has a right to do anything that the Constitution doesn't specifically prohibit, it doesn't work that way.
Well, I'm talking about security clearances and you're talking about simple background checks. There's no reason a company shouldn't do a background check, but security clearances are more expensive and time consuming than perhaps you realize.
Sounds like you are confusing a background check with a security clearance. One can be done in a week, the other takes months. I am referring to the latter.
Clearances are expensive and time-consuming, many companies cannot afford to do it unless it is a stipulation of their contract (eg defense contractors). And you can also bet that it will cut your available workforce significantly.
And in five minutes they'll be complaining about the ridiculous paper ballots that resemble the 'Dark Ages' and how much of a mess it is to do all of that by hand and how easily votes can be lost or miscounted.:) Can't please 'em all.
And the difference is, despite all those things, people in the US still tend to insist that they have their family. If you were married to your job in Europe or Japan, there would be a higher likelihood of just not getting married and wanting to have 2 kids, a dog, and an SUV (hey they barely have SUVs over there). People here in the US will make that family even if it ends in divorce and high child support payments.
Well, I am not speaking to the reasons for Europe's birthrates. You can't turn a corner here in the US without hearing about 'family values' and the 'baby culture'. Some people pop out kids for social acceptance, others do it for intrinsic cultural values that often come from religion (Catholicism being but one of them). A noticeable trend appears to be that child rearing is most often inversely proportional to income and intelligence, which is bad news. Of course there are always exceptions.
Anyone know why the US is stilling growing significantly, as opposed to most European countries? Which demographics are producing most children? How much does the number of legal immigrants contribute to the growth?
The US is still growing significantly because there is a more family-oriented mindset here than in Europe. The European birthrates are declining in many places while the US continues to rise. This is catalysed by immigrants who are mostly Catholic and very pro-family (and often not into birth control).
The demographics producing the most children are hispanics, around 3 times the general population last I checked.
The number of *legal* immigrants has little effect because it is hard to immigrate to the US legally. The number of illegal immigrants, however, has a very large impact on the growth rate, as per the answer to your second question.
Sure, but the problem is eventually Girlfriend 5.0's constant nagging to be upgraded gets on your nerves and you end up having to buy the upgrade or uninstall the software.
Exactly, and the ultimate problem is that eventually your hardware is incompatible or too old to run the latest version of Girlfriend. Then the prospects of upgrading to Wife obviously become bleak. Now you should be warned that if your system is not running any version of Girlfriend then you may get infected by Hookers and Blow, Alcoholism, or gratuitous overlapping installs of Porn Library.
Your ignorance is showing. To pretend that none of the troops make an effort to learn phrases in local language is just political bias against war/the US/English/whatever. Oh you went to Prague, I guess you know everything about what it's like for a soldier in Iraq right now. Arabic is an extremely difficult language to learn for an English-speaker (or most anyone who uses a Latin alphabet). People in the US who can speak the language casually can't even pass a proficiency exam to work as a government linguist much of the time because their knowledge is not in-depth enough. Putting aside the ability so speak a few phrases, the ability to translate text accurately is a much more difficult feat and requires mastery of the language.
They aren't trying to invent some technical masterpiece, but rather to make money off of the idiots at the studios who think this will actually protect their content. They are laughing all the way to the bank either way.
In the issue of a wrongful execution what you are looking at is a wrongful conviction. This is not an issue you can fix by getting rid of the death penalty. Whether a man is killed by lethal injection or dies rotting in his cell, the justice system has ultimately failed him in that case.
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Well this is now off-topic but there are private highways near where I live and they are better-maintained and if you added up how much of your income/state/sales/fuel taxes go to roads and such you might be shocked at your return on investment.
Although your point about the phone network is possible, there are other ways to subsidize than to create monopolies.
And the phone and cable companies too? Like how the government essentially creates monopolies through subsidies and then 20-30 years later decides that the monopolies are bad and to disband them to create actual capitalistic competition again? Keep the government away, please.
According to the article:
"...But perhaps even more significant is that aforementioned late-breaking issue surrounding the PS3's resolution upconvert/downconvert problems. Sony has confirmed that the PS3 has no internal scaler as part of its hardware that can upconvert 480p/i or 720p content (whether a standard-def DVD or a PlayStation game) to 1080p/i."
There are a lot of CRT-based HDTVs out there which do not accept 720p input.
It's interesting to note that Germany for example suppresses and will imprison people for exercising 'free speech' about certain Nazi-related things and people on this site will rush to their defense to say how bad Nazism is and it's good that people can't talk about those ideas. There you have people talking about a regime that fell 60+ years ago vs. a terrorist network of modern age that still poses a real threat and the reaction is polar opposite.
I don't think either should be suppressed but some people are just jumping in for the good old-fashioned US-hating that is so popular here.
"Try telling your wife that she has to make sure the blackout shades are down if she wants to watch her soaps or Oprah in the middle of the day."
Or you could tell her to go get a fucking job.
Also you usually have to have a pretty dark room to use it in. What would cause a bit of glare on a normal TV screen can wash out and render a projector image almost unwatchable.
So many LCDs are advertised as being 1080p HDTVs as well. In fact they are fixed-pixel displays, often 1366x768. They can display 720p natively and while they may accept 1080i and 1080p signals, they are merely scaling them down to 720p. I laugh when I see people talk about their new awesome 1080p TVs that are really only giving them a 720p picture. They'd probably get a better picture leaving it on 720p mode.
LOL. He nailed it.
Now if we could only convince them to start suing each other for violating business model patents...
If you enjoy it. If you're getting into it for the money you'll probably be better off getting a business or BCIS degree. So many of the CS students when I was in school just wanted to get into 'computers' and hated to code. Ridiculous degree choice under those circumstances.
Oh, what, you say? The Democrats won? Well then America has spoken and we finally have a clean election!! Hurrahh!!
Just to play devil's advocate a bit: The relevant question is where does the Constitution give the federal government power to fund medical research?
Maybe there is a good answer for that, maybe not. However don't get stuck in the mindset that the government has a right to do anything that the Constitution doesn't specifically prohibit, it doesn't work that way.
Well, I'm talking about security clearances and you're talking about simple background checks. There's no reason a company shouldn't do a background check, but security clearances are more expensive and time consuming than perhaps you realize.
Sounds like you are confusing a background check with a security clearance. One can be done in a week, the other takes months. I am referring to the latter.
Clearances are expensive and time-consuming, many companies cannot afford to do it unless it is a stipulation of their contract (eg defense contractors). And you can also bet that it will cut your available workforce significantly.
And in five minutes they'll be complaining about the ridiculous paper ballots that resemble the 'Dark Ages' and how much of a mess it is to do all of that by hand and how easily votes can be lost or miscounted. :) Can't please 'em all.
And the difference is, despite all those things, people in the US still tend to insist that they have their family. If you were married to your job in Europe or Japan, there would be a higher likelihood of just not getting married and wanting to have 2 kids, a dog, and an SUV (hey they barely have SUVs over there). People here in the US will make that family even if it ends in divorce and high child support payments.
Well, I am not speaking to the reasons for Europe's birthrates. You can't turn a corner here in the US without hearing about 'family values' and the 'baby culture'. Some people pop out kids for social acceptance, others do it for intrinsic cultural values that often come from religion (Catholicism being but one of them). A noticeable trend appears to be that child rearing is most often inversely proportional to income and intelligence, which is bad news. Of course there are always exceptions.
The demographics producing the most children are hispanics, around 3 times the general population last I checked.
The number of *legal* immigrants has little effect because it is hard to immigrate to the US legally. The number of illegal immigrants, however, has a very large impact on the growth rate, as per the answer to your second question.
Than the wide acceptance of Michael Moore films as 'fact', to know that this would be true.
Your ignorance is showing. To pretend that none of the troops make an effort to learn phrases in local language is just political bias against war/the US/English/whatever. Oh you went to Prague, I guess you know everything about what it's like for a soldier in Iraq right now. Arabic is an extremely difficult language to learn for an English-speaker (or most anyone who uses a Latin alphabet). People in the US who can speak the language casually can't even pass a proficiency exam to work as a government linguist much of the time because their knowledge is not in-depth enough. Putting aside the ability so speak a few phrases, the ability to translate text accurately is a much more difficult feat and requires mastery of the language.
They aren't trying to invent some technical masterpiece, but rather to make money off of the idiots at the studios who think this will actually protect their content. They are laughing all the way to the bank either way.
...of HDCP.
This lunacy is coming at us from every angle.
In the issue of a wrongful execution what you are looking at is a wrongful conviction. This is not an issue you can fix by getting rid of the death penalty. Whether a man is killed by lethal injection or dies rotting in his cell, the justice system has ultimately failed him in that case.