"This is why the FCC has had to continually push back the manditory HDTV cutover date."
come on, you're on slashdot. you should know/be able to differentiate between digital TV and HDTV. the government mandate is to make all TV broadcasts DIGITAL, not HD. this not only advances tech, but also frees up portions of the spectrum.
"...users are taken for a ride by the OS companies in compelling them to upgrade their hardware in order to enable these processor intensive and memory hungry special effects."
You're not going to get good bass out of a 6.5" woofer
Yes, you can.
Refer to one of a billion posts on here or on audio forums that explains that this simply isn't true. to get SPLs acceptable to consumers who want "thumping bass" from 6.5" computer speakers, tuning the enclosure is necessary. The cone of a 6.5-er can only push so much air, and that means compromizes have to be made. You might be happy with response around 80 - 120Hz, but good luck hearing anything below 60Hz with your Klipsches.
When you can buy a CD at a record store and only pay for the songs you want from that particular album, get back to me.
This comment got modded as insightful, and I suppose that it is. I think it's an unfortunate affirmation that the "album culture" is fading. If consumers can just pick and choose songs, why should artists bother releasing anything other than what they feel confident will be a hit single? Why bother stringing themes throughout multiple songs or writing tunes that are longer/heavier/whatever-er than what passes as a single. Whole albums give a context to individual songs that enhance the experience of each song.
One thing I glossed over in my message, of course, is that you can get old music CDs for $6.99. In that case, it's the difficulty of finding good $6.99 music that makes it not really worth it. I visited one of those stores and must have scanned 200 CD titles to find five I wanted.
Really, it's just a question different sensibilities when it comes to music. I happen to enjoy scouring used CD racks for hard-to-find or out of print albums. There's a sense of accomplishment when you do succeed, and there's always hope that soemthing of interest may appear next time if you aren't lucky this time. Not to mention the fact that you might come across a long-forgotten band or be intrigued by the cover of a random album.
If you go to a "real" music store (say, Record and Tape Traders locaitons in MD), you're surrounded by music - posters, albums, concert DVDs, people who love music, smoking accessories, etc - it's one step away from a concert. I don't know how many times I've been browsing through some CD's and someone's commented "Oh hey, you like ______? You know they're coming to town in a few weeks" or "Why don't you check out ______?" Nice to run into like-minded people when you listen to non-mainstream music - blues, and metal in my case.
I doubt physical media will be phased out anytime soon, but it seems that's only thanks to the millions who think Walmart is the only place to buy music and who cower at the sight of a computer. Most everyone I know who is even slightly technologically savy has jumped the on the MP3 bandwagon without so much as a second thought.
Where's the contingent of computer geeks who simply like having an album in hand, with artwork, lyrics, and songs arranged in the order the artist intended? There's something very satisfying about listening to every track on an album (even the ones that aren't your favorite), knowing that song X always transitions into song Y ("Eruption" into "You Really Got Me" or "Heartbreaker" into "Living Loving Maid" anyone?), and smelling that new CD smell. The fact that there's no lossy compression is just icing on the cake...
...but now the states need to take initiative and fix their own silly laws.
- 6 states (North Carolina, South Carolina, Mississippi, West Virginia, Alabama, and Arkansas) restrict alcohol by volume (ABV) for beer to 6%. This basically ensures that no craft breweries can survive in these states.
- Alabama limits the size of beer containers to 16 oz. No growlers for you in 'Bama
- An individual can possess no more than a case (30 cans/bottles) of beer in Arkansas
- Do we even need to mention the insane alcohol laws in Utah?
That article reeked of "Oh sh*t, I've got a deadline to make... well, video games have been pissing me off... let me google for an industry dude who expresses some dissatisfaction with the state of games, cite him to bolster my argument, then squirt out 1,500 words so I can go back to denegrating my kids' chosen forms of entertainment."
Does PC Magazine give columns to any sour, bitter middle-aged man who complains about anything and everything? His recent articles: "Concerns With the Future" in which he whines about power outlets, email etiquette, cell phone companies; "The Dumbing Down of America" in which he admonishes his readers for being lazy. What a likable guy.
however, 1920x1080 is the resolution of an HD broadcast format (1080i). a higher resolution monitor won't better the image quality if the source is the limiting factor.
hmmm, my point was that humans contribute 10,000 times more CO2 to the atmosphere than volcanoes. no claim that CO2 levels are the main factor in climate change (though that should be obvious).
also, just a guess, but i think our scientific methods have improved a bit in the past half-eon. but maybe all the studies done in the past 20 years should be discounted b/c they were secretly funded by Kyoto accord beneficiaries, even though it hasn't existed for nearly that long
A volcano can dump more greenhouse gasses in an hour than man can produce in a year.
really? thanks for clearing that up, because here i was, believing hundreds of scientifically-backed sources.
"There is no doubt that volcanic eruptions add CO2 to the atmosphere, but compared to the quantity produced by human activities, their impact is virtually trivial: volcanic eruptions produce about 110 million tons of CO2 each year, whereas human activities contribute almost 10,000 times that quantity."
The only people really pushing the idea that the aluminum tubes were for a centrifuge was the CIA.
And herein lies the heart of my point. Here are all these people, damning the Bush administration for acting on CIA intelligence. Previously, these same people damned the Bush administration for not acting on CIA intelligence prior to 9/11.
Looks like you caught a flaw in the parent's logic, but actually these are two different situations. The criticism is that Bush chose the theory of the CIA over numerous competing and more compelling theories. Why? Presumably because it fit his agenda.
Before 9/11, the CIA was probably the only (or one of a few) sources to offer a report on the subject of terrorism on US soil. It's not the situation that the CIA had a dissenting opinion in the intelligence community, as it did in regards to aluminum tube centrifuges. Maybe then would your criticism be valid.
For having been written thousands of years ago by a man (Moses) who knew nothing about science, it seems pretty close to me.
There's no evidence to support that the bible (Old Testament) was written by Moses, let alone a single person. Much research suggests that there are 3-4 authors of the OT and an editor or two along the way.
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"This is why the FCC has had to continually push back the manditory HDTV cutover date." come on, you're on slashdot. you should know/be able to differentiate between digital TV and HDTV. the government mandate is to make all TV broadcasts DIGITAL, not HD. this not only advances tech, but also frees up portions of the spectrum.
"...users are taken for a ride by the OS companies in compelling them to upgrade their hardware in order to enable these processor intensive and memory hungry special effects."
I'm guessing the parent isn't familiar with "I Whooped Batman's Ass" from the late, great Wesley Willis?
Yes, you can.
Refer to one of a billion posts on here or on audio forums that explains that this simply isn't true. to get SPLs acceptable to consumers who want "thumping bass" from 6.5" computer speakers, tuning the enclosure is necessary. The cone of a 6.5-er can only push so much air, and that means compromizes have to be made. You might be happy with response around 80 - 120Hz, but good luck hearing anything below 60Hz with your Klipsches.
This comment got modded as insightful, and I suppose that it is. I think it's an unfortunate affirmation that the "album culture" is fading. If consumers can just pick and choose songs, why should artists bother releasing anything other than what they feel confident will be a hit single? Why bother stringing themes throughout multiple songs or writing tunes that are longer/heavier/whatever-er than what passes as a single. Whole albums give a context to individual songs that enhance the experience of each song.
Really, it's just a question different sensibilities when it comes to music. I happen to enjoy scouring used CD racks for hard-to-find or out of print albums. There's a sense of accomplishment when you do succeed, and there's always hope that soemthing of interest may appear next time if you aren't lucky this time. Not to mention the fact that you might come across a long-forgotten band or be intrigued by the cover of a random album.
If you go to a "real" music store (say, Record and Tape Traders locaitons in MD), you're surrounded by music - posters, albums, concert DVDs, people who love music, smoking accessories, etc - it's one step away from a concert. I don't know how many times I've been browsing through some CD's and someone's commented "Oh hey, you like ______? You know they're coming to town in a few weeks" or "Why don't you check out ______?" Nice to run into like-minded people when you listen to non-mainstream music - blues, and metal in my case.
Where's the contingent of computer geeks who simply like having an album in hand, with artwork, lyrics, and songs arranged in the order the artist intended? There's something very satisfying about listening to every track on an album (even the ones that aren't your favorite), knowing that song X always transitions into song Y ("Eruption" into "You Really Got Me" or "Heartbreaker" into "Living Loving Maid" anyone?), and smelling that new CD smell. The fact that there's no lossy compression is just icing on the cake...
- 6 states (North Carolina, South Carolina, Mississippi, West Virginia, Alabama, and Arkansas) restrict alcohol by volume (ABV) for beer to 6%. This basically ensures that no craft breweries can survive in these states.
- Alabama limits the size of beer containers to 16 oz. No growlers for you in 'Bama
- An individual can possess no more than a case (30 cans/bottles) of beer in Arkansas
- Do we even need to mention the insane alcohol laws in Utah?
Dry counties are still abound
More cool laws: http://www2.potsdam.edu/alcohol-info/FunFacts/ItsT heLaw.html
Does PC Magazine give columns to any sour, bitter middle-aged man who complains about anything and everything? His recent articles: "Concerns With the Future" in which he whines about power outlets, email etiquette, cell phone companies; "The Dumbing Down of America" in which he admonishes his readers for being lazy. What a likable guy.
"Renders the Tivo obsolete" becomes "obsoletes the Tivo". See, it's easy!
haha, i have the first post with the correct calculations yet get the "Redundant" mod? Throw me a bone here!
Well, since you asked...
pixels are ~1.1 mm x ~1.7 mm (2.2 m / 1920 and 1.87 m / 1080)
however, 1920x1080 is the resolution of an HD broadcast format (1080i). a higher resolution monitor won't better the image quality if the source is the limiting factor.
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also, just a guess, but i think our scientific methods have improved a bit in the past half-eon. but maybe all the studies done in the past 20 years should be discounted b/c they were secretly funded by Kyoto accord beneficiaries, even though it hasn't existed for nearly that long
really? thanks for clearing that up, because here i was, believing hundreds of scientifically-backed sources.
"There is no doubt that volcanic eruptions add CO2 to the atmosphere, but compared to the quantity produced by human activities, their impact is virtually trivial: volcanic eruptions produce about 110 million tons of CO2 each year, whereas human activities contribute almost 10,000 times that quantity."
http://www.sciam.com/askexpert_question.cfm?articl eID=000D4121-91C5-1CD1-B4A8809EC588EEDF
And herein lies the heart of my point. Here are all these people, damning the Bush administration for acting on CIA intelligence. Previously, these same people damned the Bush administration for not acting on CIA intelligence prior to 9/11.
Looks like you caught a flaw in the parent's logic, but actually these are two different situations. The criticism is that Bush chose the theory of the CIA over numerous competing and more compelling theories. Why? Presumably because it fit his agenda.
Before 9/11, the CIA was probably the only (or one of a few) sources to offer a report on the subject of terrorism on US soil. It's not the situation that the CIA had a dissenting opinion in the intelligence community, as it did in regards to aluminum tube centrifuges. Maybe then would your criticism be valid.
"freakish ocean waves that rise as tall as ten-storey apartment blocks" Wow, that's almost as tall as a ten-storey office building!
For having been written thousands of years ago by a man (Moses) who knew nothing about science, it seems pretty close to me. There's no evidence to support that the bible (Old Testament) was written by Moses, let alone a single person. Much research suggests that there are 3-4 authors of the OT and an editor or two along the way.