Because the SETI institute isn't, contrarily to popular belief, just about finding aliens. I'll quote their mission statement for you:
"The mission of the SETI Institute is to explore, understand and explain the origin, nature and prevalence of life in the universe."
The alien part (SETI research) is just a subsection of broader research, just like astronomy (and that's what this is about) is.
It would be nice to have a vmware player image (or other virtual machine app) of the minimal setup necessary to run that. I don't know if I'd want to run a BSD machine just for it, but a barebone virtual machine, I'm sold.
First off, please use paragraphs. And articles, too.
Its relativly cheap system and new "remote" is exciting feature. It is probably something my wife would like to try out and find it fun enough.
"Cheap" is relative. In the current offer of non-handled consoles, though, it is true it is cheap.
However, for me, one of the 100,000,000 guys that purchased PS2, I need games that I like to play. I need my PES (real football). I cant imagine waving around an remote to play PES.
Yeah, it's sad Nintendo didn't think about selling a regular controller or making it compatible with GC controllers. Oh wait, they did.
Not to mention that graphics will look like PS2, which looks pretty bad on my HD screen.
Yeah, it is well known everyone has a HDTV. Like 90-95% of the population, however, I don't. There's also (a lot) more to games than how pretty they look on a screen, too. Not to mention that "looking good" is subjective.
So that leaves me with xbox or ps3. Xbox has the lead and has the games, but for me, difference is huge, even if price is THE same. - Blueray support from out of the box (and why is it cooler):
Yes, Blueray. Haha. Currently the offer in terms of Blueray videos is close to what? 78 (according to the current version of the blueray article on wikipedia)? A hundred? In comparison, what's the DVD offer?
1. HDMI connection (lack of which will make xbox unusable for HD movies in the future)
Personally, I've never used my PS2 to play a DVD, my computer does that and much more already. Same will go when Blueray/Hd-dvd becomes mainstream.
2. Support for H.264 compression format of Sony HD Camcoders (Both DVD and HD), which normal players cant play right now. And Sony makes around 99% of the HD Camcoders right now, way ahead of everyone else. Format is not proprietary, simply most DVD players dont have it implemented yet.
My computer can play H.264. Isn't it amazing?
3. Blueray HD movies - why would you have to replace complete collection of DVD's? Thats what I cant figure out from other people posts. You simply buy or rent (Netflix!!!) Blueray movies and voila!
Why buy/rent it if you already own it? Blueray doesn't make a movie better.
4. Support for 1080p which is a lot better than 1080i and 720p that xbox plays. Screens are very expensive right now, but in 3-4 years, they will probably be a lot cheaper.
I might aswell wait for the PS3 price to go down too.
And PS3 can play 1080p content without issues (unlike XBOX which might skip frames on 720p)
I remember reading an article about how it can't display 720p games preoperly on TVs that support only 1080 and 480 (it downscales instead of upscaling). So much for your HD content.
Free online play - you dont have to pay for online matching service like you do for xbox.
Same for the Wii.
Standard bluetooth - connect ANY mouse or keyboard to your PS3, no need to buy extra expensive stuff just for PS3. -
What about people using IR sets or *gasp* serial? I expect usb to work, though.
Standard wireless - no brainer. -
Same for the Wii
Support for diffent flash drives and usb drives (not only memory sticks). - Swap HD drives easily - hard drive is built so it can be easily taken out and replaced (plus it is 60GB vs 20GB in XBOX). - Water cooling - a lot cooler than xbox. -
That's a nice feature, yes. Not sure if I want to pay the extra buck for it, when I can use my computer, though. Water cooling's ok.
Support for LINUX out of the box. PS3 has an option to install additional OS in its menus. Can it be less complicated? -
That's a cool, though somewhat limited in its use, option.
You can play DRM free audio/video over your HDMI connection. How cool is that? Easier and simpler than playing DVD's
Well, it's really an appropriate name. You sleep with someone of ill-reputation (movie/music/tv major), it feels good on the moment ("oh fans, we love you! Just bend over a little more"), but it burns like hell in the long run (C&D in the butt).
While I'm sorry for all the competent people who probably lost their job because of the loss of marketshare, I also have to say that any company that resorts to dongles as a copy-protection scheme deserves to drown.
The post that doesn't exist anymore actually said in effect that "while they don't see a reason to forbid using keyboard macros, that policy is subject to revision at any time".
This ban has been discussed to death on the EU WoW boards, the fact remains his character was leveling his weapon skill through macros, while the "player" was somewhere watching a movie. If he had been paying attention to the game, he'd have seen the GM attempts to contact him and wouldn't have been banned. I have absolutely no sympathy for him, he was banned by his own stupidity.
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That said, I don't think there is any particular reward for the guild/guy who opened the gates, other than pride and satisfaction (although these two are most certainly considered of great importance to some players). I have memories of MMORPGS (*cough*RO*cough*) where some one time events landed the lucky bastard a reward that would take someone else forever to get. It's even worse on private servers.
The Ahn'Quiraj event fits your definition of "Hero" stuff, since on a given "world" (server), only one group can make the scepter to ring the gong (only one player gets to do that) and open the gates. The gates also open only once, so once it's done, no one else will have the opportunity to do it. It also allows everyone on the server to benefit from what that one group/player did.
I'd really like to see more of that, but it has its limits in terms of "who gets to do it" (big guilds) and "will the server live?" (zone overload -> crash).
"You have the right to keep silent. Everything you say can and will be used against you. You may call a lawyer, if you don't want or can't, one will be assigned to your case..."
I am remembered of a George Carlin line here: "'Hi guys, I'm full of sh*t. Now how do you like that?', he said. People replied: 'Well, at least he's honest'"
Thinking that somehow XML is a rewrite of HTML shows his general lack of knowledge here. I mean, doh. XML is not a language meant for browsers or displaying nice pages, it's a way to structurate data. XML uses HTML/XHTML though for it's representation, so it can be used for that, it's just a side use. Now, stroring/transmitting/fetching structured data... that's what XML is about.
And CSS? Just don't get me started on how silly his idea that plain old HTML is better for large complicated sites than one CSS file to rule them all pages. Yeah, it's sure easier to maintain all the pages' layout by rewiriting every single page to match the new look. Some people...
If your contract law is remotely close to the one we have in France, they can technically stop the service at any time, but there will be a price to pay for that (breach of contract anyone?), especially if the limit is not stated in the contract.
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Because the SETI institute isn't, contrarily to popular belief, just about finding aliens. I'll quote their mission statement for you:
"The mission of the SETI Institute is to explore, understand and explain the origin, nature and prevalence of life in the universe."
The alien part (SETI research) is just a subsection of broader research, just like astronomy (and that's what this is about) is.
I suppose you were being humorous, right? They're the same case, just read TFAs. Or check http://googleblog.blogspot.com/
At least they have the excuse that it was not on the front page anymore ;)
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/13/13 44248
Considering that the Netcraft uptime list shows a change of hosting/ip, chances are they forgot to renew and the domain was immediately squatted.
It would be nice to have a vmware player image (or other virtual machine app) of the minimal setup necessary to run that. I don't know if I'd want to run a BSD machine just for it, but a barebone virtual machine, I'm sold.
First off, please use paragraphs. And articles, too.
Its relativly cheap system and new "remote" is exciting feature. It is probably something my wife would like to try out and find it fun enough.
"Cheap" is relative. In the current offer of non-handled consoles, though, it is true it is cheap.
However, for me, one of the 100,000,000 guys that purchased PS2, I need games that I like to play. I need my PES (real football). I cant imagine waving around an remote to play PES.
Yeah, it's sad Nintendo didn't think about selling a regular controller or making it compatible with GC controllers. Oh wait, they did.
Not to mention that graphics will look like PS2, which looks pretty bad on my HD screen.
Yeah, it is well known everyone has a HDTV. Like 90-95% of the population, however, I don't. There's also (a lot) more to games than how pretty they look on a screen, too. Not to mention that "looking good" is subjective.
So that leaves me with xbox or ps3. Xbox has the lead and has the games, but for me, difference is huge, even if price is THE same. - Blueray support from out of the box (and why is it cooler):
Yes, Blueray. Haha. Currently the offer in terms of Blueray videos is close to what? 78 (according to the current version of the blueray article on wikipedia)? A hundred? In comparison, what's the DVD offer?
1. HDMI connection (lack of which will make xbox unusable for HD movies in the future)
Personally, I've never used my PS2 to play a DVD, my computer does that and much more already. Same will go when Blueray/Hd-dvd becomes mainstream.
2. Support for H.264 compression format of Sony HD Camcoders (Both DVD and HD), which normal players cant play right now. And Sony makes around 99% of the HD Camcoders right now, way ahead of everyone else. Format is not proprietary, simply most DVD players dont have it implemented yet.
My computer can play H.264. Isn't it amazing?
3. Blueray HD movies - why would you have to replace complete collection of DVD's? Thats what I cant figure out from other people posts. You simply buy or rent (Netflix!!!) Blueray movies and voila!
Why buy/rent it if you already own it? Blueray doesn't make a movie better.
4. Support for 1080p which is a lot better than 1080i and 720p that xbox plays. Screens are very expensive right now, but in 3-4 years, they will probably be a lot cheaper.
I might aswell wait for the PS3 price to go down too.
And PS3 can play 1080p content without issues (unlike XBOX which might skip frames on 720p)
I remember reading an article about how it can't display 720p games preoperly on TVs that support only 1080 and 480 (it downscales instead of upscaling). So much for your HD content.
Free online play - you dont have to pay for online matching service like you do for xbox.
Same for the Wii.
Standard bluetooth - connect ANY mouse or keyboard to your PS3, no need to buy extra expensive stuff just for PS3. -
What about people using IR sets or *gasp* serial? I expect usb to work, though.
Standard wireless - no brainer. -
Same for the Wii
Support for diffent flash drives and usb drives (not only memory sticks). - Swap HD drives easily - hard drive is built so it can be easily taken out and replaced (plus it is 60GB vs 20GB in XBOX). - Water cooling - a lot cooler than xbox. -
That's a nice feature, yes. Not sure if I want to pay the extra buck for it, when I can use my computer, though. Water cooling's ok.
Support for LINUX out of the box. PS3 has an option to install additional OS in its menus. Can it be less complicated? -
That's a cool, though somewhat limited in its use, option.
You can play DRM free audio/video over your HDMI connection. How cool is that? Easier and simpler than playing DVD's
Well, it's really an appropriate name. You sleep with someone of ill-reputation (movie/music/tv major), it feels good on the moment ("oh fans, we love you! Just bend over a little more"), but it burns like hell in the long run (C&D in the butt).
It's only illegal in France if the call comes from (rival) companies or targets a particular company.
While I'm sorry for all the competent people who probably lost their job because of the loss of marketshare, I also have to say that any company that resorts to dongles as a copy-protection scheme deserves to drown.
The post that doesn't exist anymore actually said in effect that "while they don't see a reason to forbid using keyboard macros, that policy is subject to revision at any time".
This ban has been discussed to death on the EU WoW boards, the fact remains his character was leveling his weapon skill through macros, while the "player" was somewhere watching a movie. If he had been paying attention to the game, he'd have seen the GM attempts to contact him and wouldn't have been banned. I have absolutely no sympathy for him, he was banned by his own stupidity.
That said, I don't think there is any particular reward for the guild/guy who opened the gates, other than pride and satisfaction (although these two are most certainly considered of great importance to some players). I have memories of MMORPGS (*cough*RO*cough*) where some one time events landed the lucky bastard a reward that would take someone else forever to get. It's even worse on private servers.
The Ahn'Quiraj event fits your definition of "Hero" stuff, since on a given "world" (server), only one group can make the scepter to ring the gong (only one player gets to do that) and open the gates. The gates also open only once, so once it's done, no one else will have the opportunity to do it. It also allows everyone on the server to benefit from what that one group/player did.
I'd really like to see more of that, but it has its limits in terms of "who gets to do it" (big guilds) and "will the server live?" (zone overload -> crash).
Might be one of these?
The problem is that the guy is serious about it.
I would assume it refers to the drivers he was distributing.
remind me of that of arrested people:
"You have the right to keep silent. Everything you say can and will be used against you. You may call a lawyer, if you don't want or can't, one will be assigned to your case..."
if the offending material isn't removed
Does that mean they're going to remove his book?
In short, yes.
I am remembered of a George Carlin line here:
"'Hi guys, I'm full of sh*t. Now how do you like that?', he said. People replied: 'Well, at least he's honest'"
IBM turned it to them, as part of what SCO asked IBM to disclose.
Thinking that somehow XML is a rewrite of HTML shows his general lack of knowledge here. I mean, doh. XML is not a language meant for browsers or displaying nice pages, it's a way to structurate data. XML uses HTML/XHTML though for it's representation, so it can be used for that, it's just a side use. Now, stroring/transmitting/fetching structured data... that's what XML is about.
And CSS? Just don't get me started on how silly his idea that plain old HTML is better for large complicated sites than one CSS file to rule them all pages. Yeah, it's sure easier to maintain all the pages' layout by rewiriting every single page to match the new look.
Some people...
If your contract law is remotely close to the one we have in France, they can technically stop the service at any time, but there will be a price to pay for that (breach of contract anyone?), especially if the limit is not stated in the contract.
There are more mirrors. All display the same SCO site. http://216.250.128.4 http://216.250.128.5 http://216.250.128.10 http://216.250.128.20-25
The port issue was discussed on comp.sys.hp48 and it doesn't seem that easy, given the low amount of sram (512kb).