And whenever quality competes with convenience, convenience wins every time.
That's true in photography as well and, perhaps to a lesser extent, video. There is a certain quality that is "good enough" for human perception.
I can listen to MP3s from nearly ten years ago and they sound just fine to me. I can still use the same loops I was using in 2004 and they still work in songs today in the same mixing software.
The very reason amateurs can catch up to a big studio technologically is that there isn't as much obsolescence in audio. And why variations of the iPhone occupy the top three slots of the most popular cameras on Flickr.
It will be interesting to see if the video industry can push 4K. 2K and HD look just great projected on the big screen and 4K seems like the first upgrade for the sake of upgrading.
The prototype is 25 kW, that's metric assload of power. Probably enough for your house and one or two of the neighbors depending on how much you run the A/C.
You can leave out the grass and mansions. Honestly, if I had a room to myself on a space station with rudimentary indoor plumbing I'd be deliriously happy.
So if you're trying to figure out consumables for grass, you can skip that one for me and put that effort into the indoor farming operations.
AAs success rate varies between 5 and 8 percent, about the same success rate you'd expect from no treatment.
If you can't beat the control group then it's junk science at best to try and derive meaningful conclusions from the few success stories and lends undeserved credibility to a program that is a massive statistical failure by almost any measure that means anything.
Have we reached the limit of resolution improvements that people with average vision can actually notice?
Hasn't really slowed the push toward 4K in video production. While it's sometimes handy to have the frame real estate in production, it takes up a crapton more space, requires more power to edit and it's mostly useless to consumers. Even theater projection systems can't resolve much over 2K.
But if the industry doesn't go to 4K, then who will buy new cameras, editing software and storage hardware? And consumers might never upgrade their "old" HDTVs. Think of the children!
So you're saying highly armed SWAT teams with tanks driving around on city streets, breaking down doors in residential homes and slaughtering house pets doesn't make you feel safer?
Land of the free, baby! At least for very small values of free.
Long before the Chinese were the country in the hotseat for spying, France and Israel were already established professionals in the industrial espionage arena.
Before traveling overseas in the late 80s and early 90s we got lectures about how the French probably had bugs and cameras in our hotel rooms and that they routinely spied on visitors.
Just like the NSA spying shouldn't have been news, but most people act surprised. Seriously, what's the next headline we're going to wake up to? That the Koch family has been funding a vast propaganda network to influence public opinion? That the Chinese have stolen the design of every nuclear warhead in our arsenal? That Pakistan is giving safe harbor to terrorists? Or the FBI was been tipped off and missed both 9/11 and the Boston Marathon bombers?
I've read her words and his blog and right now my money is on her story being true. She wasn't offended by him coming on to her, admits she was drinking, thought he was good looking and that she let him into her room. All things a liar would know undermines their story and would try to conceal or modulate.
If there was no attack then she put herself in jeopardy even reporting the incident. Something happened in that room that shook her up very badly and her actions and reactions were consistent with that mental state. Her telling of the story is a bit verbose but not grandiose.
In his blog he actually doesn't actually deny he attacked her. He implies she's a liar and mentally unbalanced, none of which comes across in her account of the incident. He also says he'll sue anyone who accuses him without proof, which seems a little defensive.
If her story is a blatant lie, how did she get the black eye? There were only two people in that room, the security tapes verify it was him, and he doesn't even admit he hit her. She admits she hit him with a coffee cup. And how did her stuff end up in his room?
So we have one party admitting to the facts in evidence and one suggesting the other is crazy and a liar. That's not exactly a tough case to crack.
I can do anything I need to do on a Linux desktop and the only place I find the need to use another OS is in video editing.
Nearly identical experience except for me it's video editing and Lightroom 4. I use AfterShot Pro on Ubuntu but like the color tools better in Lightroom. That and Netflix, but that's available on Android now.
It's not going to be Linux that kills Windows, Android is the real killer. And as soon as video and photo editing are available, there won't be anyone using Windows at home and Excel is not going to change that.
Bring on the Microsoft astroturfers. That's the surest sign ever of dead company walking.
Companies need to get slapped across the face when they pull this crud
Who's going to do it? When people like Rand Paul step up to apologize to big companies on the rare times the senate even tries to get after some of the more flagrant abuses, what do you think is really going to change?
Who's in charge of the new consumer bureau? Oh, right, nobody! Because the GOP blocks every candidate the president tries to nominate unless Democrats agree to gut the agency.
So is it any big surprise AT&T thinks they can treat you like a bitch and get away with it?
Some of those companies haven't paid taxes anywhere for five years. Big companies will adopt the attitude that we're so big we can tie up litigation in the courts for decades. So screw you. The deductions probably aren't legal, but if they're too big to prosecute then what do they care?
And that's pretty much how they get away with it. What amazes me are the numbers of corporate apologists who stick up for behavior like that. If you did that you'd go to jail for five years. If Apple does it you come on here and post in their defense.
But doesn't address how we could reshape our educational system to fit that new model. Perhaps make high school six years, with the last two intensive training in trade specialties, for those going that route, and college core courses for those going on.
That would change college from 4 years to 2 and let them focus on specialties, almost like a finishing school.
Everyone goes to school until they're 20, with an option to learn a trade, then you're on your own.
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Of course, it's just a coincidence that the lines that carry the most politicians are actually funded and effective,
If memory serves the Obama administration tried to put more money into high speed rail and Republicans in Florida made a big show about turning the money down.
In an efficient transportation system planes would carry passengers between major airports and trains would fill in for commuter airlines. We subsidize every form of transportation in one way or the other, I don't see why passenger trains get singled out for ridicule.
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And whenever quality competes with convenience, convenience wins every time.
That's true in photography as well and, perhaps to a lesser extent, video. There is a certain quality that is "good enough" for human perception.
I can listen to MP3s from nearly ten years ago and they sound just fine to me. I can still use the same loops I was using in 2004 and they still work in songs today in the same mixing software.
The very reason amateurs can catch up to a big studio technologically is that there isn't as much obsolescence in audio. And why variations of the iPhone occupy the top three slots of the most popular cameras on Flickr.
It will be interesting to see if the video industry can push 4K. 2K and HD look just great projected on the big screen and 4K seems like the first upgrade for the sake of upgrading.
In the U.S. if we can deny using federal funds for abortion, we should also have the right to demand they not be used for fertility treatments.
The internet put people out of jobs in the newspaper and magazine industry, it also opened up a world of new ways for people to make money.
Self-driving cars will have a lot less impact than the internet. A handful of cab drivers, whoopee do.
It's going to be awesome seeing self-driving cars assign red light camera companies to the scrap heap of history...parasitic bastards.
Sending yourself pilfered code through your company email account is probably not the wisest plan.
The bright side is the NSA used the code to make enough money to pay for their company picnic this year.
Ion Canon
I think you mean "ion cannon" unless you're talking about the definitive collection of published works on ions.
An ion cannon works by projecting a beam of charged particles, either atoms or molecules, not a beam of microwave energy.
And, no, it's not going to destroy the ground station.
I'm in.
If driverless cars were available today I would buy one tomorrow.
You could work, read, screw...seriously think about all the lost time you'd get back to do things that are far more interesting.
I can't relate to people who wouldn't want a self-driving car.
I'm too lazy to add up the exact numbers
The prototype is 25 kW, that's metric assload of power. Probably enough for your house and one or two of the neighbors depending on how much you run the A/C.
Your power bill is pretty high.
You can leave out the grass and mansions. Honestly, if I had a room to myself on a space station with rudimentary indoor plumbing I'd be deliriously happy.
So if you're trying to figure out consumables for grass, you can skip that one for me and put that effort into the indoor farming operations.
AAs success rate varies between 5 and 8 percent, about the same success rate you'd expect from no treatment.
If you can't beat the control group then it's junk science at best to try and derive meaningful conclusions from the few success stories and lends undeserved credibility to a program that is a massive statistical failure by almost any measure that means anything.
I remember an IBM project at my old day job where the firm, fixed-price bid was $5 million with delivery in 3 months.
5 years and $27 million dollars later the project was abandoned, no product was ever delivered.
The government project manager was given an award and promoted.
Have we reached the limit of resolution improvements that people with average vision can actually notice?
Hasn't really slowed the push toward 4K in video production. While it's sometimes handy to have the frame real estate in production, it takes up a crapton more space, requires more power to edit and it's mostly useless to consumers. Even theater projection systems can't resolve much over 2K.
But if the industry doesn't go to 4K, then who will buy new cameras, editing software and storage hardware? And consumers might never upgrade their "old" HDTVs. Think of the children!
NASA's first attempt to launch goldfish into space goes awry when astronauts accidentally mix up the experiment and their EVA suit .
NASA insists the goldfish are fine and experienced only minimal distress during their brief EVA.
as military tactics move inland from US borders
So you're saying highly armed SWAT teams with tanks driving around on city streets, breaking down doors in residential homes and slaughtering house pets doesn't make you feel safer?
Land of the free, baby! At least for very small values of free.
or we will FREE the shit out of your government
I love the smell of laser guided democracy in the morning!
Smells like...victory.
Long before the Chinese were the country in the hotseat for spying, France and Israel were already established professionals in the industrial espionage arena.
Before traveling overseas in the late 80s and early 90s we got lectures about how the French probably had bugs and cameras in our hotel rooms and that they routinely spied on visitors.
Just like the NSA spying shouldn't have been news, but most people act surprised. Seriously, what's the next headline we're going to wake up to? That the Koch family has been funding a vast propaganda network to influence public opinion? That the Chinese have stolen the design of every nuclear warhead in our arsenal? That Pakistan is giving safe harbor to terrorists? Or the FBI was been tipped off and missed both 9/11 and the Boston Marathon bombers?
It's like living in Groundhog Day.
Her word against his.
I've read her words and his blog and right now my money is on her story being true. She wasn't offended by him coming on to her, admits she was drinking, thought he was good looking and that she let him into her room. All things a liar would know undermines their story and would try to conceal or modulate.
If there was no attack then she put herself in jeopardy even reporting the incident. Something happened in that room that shook her up very badly and her actions and reactions were consistent with that mental state. Her telling of the story is a bit verbose but not grandiose.
In his blog he actually doesn't actually deny he attacked her. He implies she's a liar and mentally unbalanced, none of which comes across in her account of the incident. He also says he'll sue anyone who accuses him without proof, which seems a little defensive.
If her story is a blatant lie, how did she get the black eye? There were only two people in that room, the security tapes verify it was him, and he doesn't even admit he hit her. She admits she hit him with a coffee cup. And how did her stuff end up in his room?
So we have one party admitting to the facts in evidence and one suggesting the other is crazy and a liar. That's not exactly a tough case to crack.
I can do anything I need to do on a Linux desktop and the only place I find the need to use another OS is in video editing.
Nearly identical experience except for me it's video editing and Lightroom 4. I use AfterShot Pro on Ubuntu but like the color tools better in Lightroom. That and Netflix, but that's available on Android now.
It's not going to be Linux that kills Windows, Android is the real killer. And as soon as video and photo editing are available, there won't be anyone using Windows at home and Excel is not going to change that.
Bring on the Microsoft astroturfers. That's the surest sign ever of dead company walking.
Oh, wait that was the last administration.
Companies need to get slapped across the face when they pull this crud
Who's going to do it? When people like Rand Paul step up to apologize to big companies on the rare times the senate even tries to get after some of the more flagrant abuses, what do you think is really going to change?
Who's in charge of the new consumer bureau? Oh, right, nobody! Because the GOP blocks every candidate the president tries to nominate unless Democrats agree to gut the agency.
So is it any big surprise AT&T thinks they can treat you like a bitch and get away with it?
If what they did is legal, so what?
Some of those companies haven't paid taxes anywhere for five years. Big companies will adopt the attitude that we're so big we can tie up litigation in the courts for decades. So screw you. The deductions probably aren't legal, but if they're too big to prosecute then what do they care?
And that's pretty much how they get away with it. What amazes me are the numbers of corporate apologists who stick up for behavior like that. If you did that you'd go to jail for five years. If Apple does it you come on here and post in their defense.
But doesn't address how we could reshape our educational system to fit that new model. Perhaps make high school six years, with the last two intensive training in trade specialties, for those going that route, and college core courses for those going on.
That would change college from 4 years to 2 and let them focus on specialties, almost like a finishing school.
Everyone goes to school until they're 20, with an option to learn a trade, then you're on your own.
Of course, it's just a coincidence that the lines that carry the most politicians are actually funded and effective,
If memory serves the Obama administration tried to put more money into high speed rail and Republicans in Florida made a big show about turning the money down.
In an efficient transportation system planes would carry passengers between major airports and trains would fill in for commuter airlines. We subsidize every form of transportation in one way or the other, I don't see why passenger trains get singled out for ridicule.
>privately owned-and-managed system
I despise Pearson Vue and their heavy-handed tactics. There has to be a more practical way to determine certification than those hacks.
As for their outage, I feel sorry for anyone who has to reschedule but the company can suck shit and die.
Where does that leave my patent of exchanging oxygen and carbon dioxide across a thin, moist barrier in a rhythmic process?
In late March, Fisker put its entire U.S. workforce on furlough...Fisker asked 53 senior managers and executives to stay on board,
Layoff all the workers, keep the execs. That's what happens when the problem is dictating the solution.