Which raises the question, why hasn't griffin or someone else produced a TV tuner accessory for the iPod? Would it be to complicated to convert the signal from 640x480? I'd think there would be a market for it. People could take there iPods to baseball games and so forth.
This isn't a particularly new idea. A similar study was conducted in the Washington, DC area 3-4 years ago. I believe the results were pretty accurate due to high cell phone use in the area. People raised privacy concerns then as well.
the 9th century is the 800s, and therefore, you are off by 100 years.
1593~1600
1600-800=800
and yes, the us measurements system is better.
You are correct on all counts.
The US system of measurement dates from 1593 in England, hence the US left the 9th century behind by 700 years. Furthermore, it has always been the perogative of the dominant economic power to dictate the system of weights and measures used in trade. Since the US is the dominant economic power with a GDP greater than China and Japan combined (2 & 3, respectively,) not to mention a GDP greater than the entire 25 member state European Union, it is actually quite generous of us to continue to let the rest of the world use their quaint metric system.
Flame on!
I would accept DRM that prevented across the board copying if a company agreed to provide at least 1 copy per form of any media purchased in any form (.mp3,.wma, CD, DVD, VHS, SACD, Super8, 16mm, etc.) In addition, said company would have to guarantee unlimited lifetime replacements if any form is lost or broken.
Now that computers are moving to dual cores how difficult would it be for say AMD and Apple to team up and produce a co-branded unit with both an x86 and G5 processor on-board? Would it be possible to create a dual mode processor?
I think it's unlikely that MS Music Store will come bundled with Windows. That would raise substantial monopoly issues in both the US and Europe. Bundling was what got them in trouble last time. Also, the article mentions that purpose of this store is to gain market share for.wma (and.wmv) if they were to bundle their music store with windows they would most likely be stealing/cannibalizing market share from the same partners they want to help them establish.wma as the audio media format. Given that iTunes is bundled with the iPod as long as the iPod remains the dominant hardware iTunes will remain the dominant software. Unless a better windows MP3 players comes out, MS will be competing with it's allies more than Apple.
My understanding is that tidal waves are seismic events that travel along the seafloor. They raise the water level only a few feet, and are essentially invisible until they hit shore and start climbing. Since icebergs float, it's not clear how they would suppress a shockwave happening below and around them.
Tidal waves are caused by seismic events but are not seismic events. Tidal waves are shock waves that result from the displacement of water and usually caused by an earthquake or undersea landslide. The height of the wave depends on the amplitude of the wave. The actual tidal wave doesn't form until the shockwave hits the shore. Icebergs can extends tens (and during an ice age, possibly hundreds of feet) beneath the surface. Enough icebergs of sufficient depth might be able to absorb the energy of the shockwave before the tidal wave formed.
Apple just released their new iPod, and won't be coming out with another one for about a year, since they seem to be on a one year release cycle. Most people don't upgrade their firmware after purchase, so Real basically has a free year to of compatability. This is probably the reason they made their announcement so soon after the release of the new iPod.
Um sounds like your math needs a little work too. If b and g speeds were 0, 4x0=0. They would all be the same speed, and n would not be 4 times faster than either b or g. However, since both b and g have approximately the same range g's speed will decrease faster with distance from the antenna as both approach zero speed. At some point prior to 0 speed there will be a given distance for g and a given distance for b where speeds will be equal. In turn, at some given distance from the antenna for n there will be a speed that is 4 times faster than both b and g at the same time.....But I don't think that's what they had in mind.
I worked in asbestos removal for a while (licensed inspector etc.) It's a bad idea to work around asbestos and smoke for a variety of reasons but most importantly the two act in synergy when determining likelihood of lung cancer. For example, if you smoke you are ~10x more likely to get lung cancer than a non-smoker. If you work around asbestos, you are ~5x more likely to get lung cancer than someone who does not work around asbestos. If you smoke and work around asbestos, you are ~50x more likely to get lung cancer than someone who doesn't smoke and doesn't work around asbestos. For this reason, most companies that remove asbestos won't higher smokers because their insurance won't cover smokers.
Does anyone know if there is a way to set-up Mozilla so that tabs that were open last session re-open next time the program starts? Opera has this functionality, but I haven't been able to find it in Mozilla. Thanks.
According to the article Mac Users have a larger vocabulary and use better English. This is expected to a certain degree since many Mac users were first introduced to their machines in high school or college when Apple had a lock on the educational market. Apple retained a larger precentage of college campus computers even after the general public and high schools began to transition to PCs. As a result, new users of Macs were being disproportionately recruited from among people with some college or college degrees. Better vocabulary and grammar skills would certainly be expected among this group.
Cost could also be a factor. Macs cost more than PCs as a result those most likely to purchase them will be people with higher than average salaries. Since there is a correlation between salary and education, those purchasing Mac will once again have an above average educational level.
About a month ago Comcast started experimenting with DVR in Arlington, VA (Outside DC.) I believe that this is the only region in the country that currently has Comcast DVR. If the choice is popular here it might expand. The equipment appears to be the same as mentioned in the article an 80GB HD with 50 hours of capacity as is. The equipment was free and the service costs $9.95 a month. The service very good but doesn't have all of TiVo's features. For example, no predictive recording.My only complaint so far is that it sometimes causes a delay in channel response when channel surfing. The channel won't change for 2-3 seconds and it will then catch up by flipping through multiple channels at once.
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Which raises the question, why hasn't griffin or someone else produced a TV tuner accessory for the iPod? Would it be to complicated to convert the signal from 640x480? I'd think there would be a market for it. People could take there iPods to baseball games and so forth.
This isn't a particularly new idea. A similar study was conducted in the Washington, DC area 3-4 years ago. I believe the results were pretty accurate due to high cell phone use in the area. People raised privacy concerns then as well.
A couple of mortage payments?!? I'd be lucky to find a house with a mortage that cheap and $500-1000 more wouldn't be out of the question.
the 9th century is the 800s, and therefore, you are off by 100 years. 1593~1600 1600-800=800 and yes, the us measurements system is better. You are correct on all counts.
The US system of measurement dates from 1593 in England, hence the US left the 9th century behind by 700 years. Furthermore, it has always been the perogative of the dominant economic power to dictate the system of weights and measures used in trade. Since the US is the dominant economic power with a GDP greater than China and Japan combined (2 & 3, respectively,) not to mention a GDP greater than the entire 25 member state European Union, it is actually quite generous of us to continue to let the rest of the world use their quaint metric system. Flame on!
I would accept DRM that prevented across the board copying if a company agreed to provide at least 1 copy per form of any media purchased in any form (.mp3, .wma, CD, DVD, VHS, SACD, Super8, 16mm, etc.) In addition, said company would have to guarantee unlimited lifetime replacements if any form is lost or broken.
Does anyone know what the system requirements are? Listed? Actual? What type of systems have people successfully run the game on?
Now that computers are moving to dual cores how difficult would it be for say AMD and Apple to team up and produce a co-branded unit with both an x86 and G5 processor on-board? Would it be possible to create a dual mode processor?
I think it's unlikely that MS Music Store will come bundled with Windows. That would raise substantial monopoly issues in both the US and Europe. Bundling was what got them in trouble last time. Also, the article mentions that purpose of this store is to gain market share for .wma (and .wmv) if they were to bundle their music store with windows they would most likely be stealing/cannibalizing market share from the same partners they want to help them establish .wma as the audio media format. Given that iTunes is bundled with the iPod as long as the iPod remains the dominant hardware iTunes will remain the dominant software. Unless a better windows MP3 players comes out, MS will be competing with it's allies more than Apple.
Tidal waves are caused by seismic events but are not seismic events. Tidal waves are shock waves that result from the displacement of water and usually caused by an earthquake or undersea landslide. The height of the wave depends on the amplitude of the wave. The actual tidal wave doesn't form until the shockwave hits the shore. Icebergs can extends tens (and during an ice age, possibly hundreds of feet) beneath the surface. Enough icebergs of sufficient depth might be able to absorb the energy of the shockwave before the tidal wave formed.
Apple just released their new iPod, and won't be coming out with another one for about a year, since they seem to be on a one year release cycle. Most people don't upgrade their firmware after purchase, so Real basically has a free year to of compatability. This is probably the reason they made their announcement so soon after the release of the new iPod.
Um sounds like your math needs a little work too. If b and g speeds were 0, 4x0=0. They would all be the same speed, and n would not be 4 times faster than either b or g. However, since both b and g have approximately the same range g's speed will decrease faster with distance from the antenna as both approach zero speed. At some point prior to 0 speed there will be a given distance for g and a given distance for b where speeds will be equal. In turn, at some given distance from the antenna for n there will be a speed that is 4 times faster than both b and g at the same time. ....But I don't think that's what they had in mind.
I worked in asbestos removal for a while (licensed inspector etc.) It's a bad idea to work around asbestos and smoke for a variety of reasons but most importantly the two act in synergy when determining likelihood of lung cancer. For example, if you smoke you are ~10x more likely to get lung cancer than a non-smoker. If you work around asbestos, you are ~5x more likely to get lung cancer than someone who does not work around asbestos. If you smoke and work around asbestos, you are ~50x more likely to get lung cancer than someone who doesn't smoke and doesn't work around asbestos. For this reason, most companies that remove asbestos won't higher smokers because their insurance won't cover smokers.
Does anyone know if there is a way to set-up Mozilla so that tabs that were open last session re-open next time the program starts? Opera has this functionality, but I haven't been able to find it in Mozilla. Thanks.
According to the article Mac Users have a larger vocabulary and use better English. This is expected to a certain degree since many Mac users were first introduced to their machines in high school or college when Apple had a lock on the educational market. Apple retained a larger precentage of college campus computers even after the general public and high schools began to transition to PCs. As a result, new users of Macs were being disproportionately recruited from among people with some college or college degrees. Better vocabulary and grammar skills would certainly be expected among this group. Cost could also be a factor. Macs cost more than PCs as a result those most likely to purchase them will be people with higher than average salaries. Since there is a correlation between salary and education, those purchasing Mac will once again have an above average educational level.
About a month ago Comcast started experimenting with DVR in Arlington, VA (Outside DC.) I believe that this is the only region in the country that currently has Comcast DVR. If the choice is popular here it might expand. The equipment appears to be the same as mentioned in the article an 80GB HD with 50 hours of capacity as is. The equipment was free and the service costs $9.95 a month. The service very good but doesn't have all of TiVo's features. For example, no predictive recording.My only complaint so far is that it sometimes causes a delay in channel response when channel surfing. The channel won't change for 2-3 seconds and it will then catch up by flipping through multiple channels at once.