Oh, you're right, you found a situation that it isn't ideal for. Forget it, just throw in the towel, it won't work for this guy to go blow money in Las Vegas so let's just forget the whole idea.
And 220lbs? I bet you have relatives heavier than that so subtract one passenger.
And what next-gen rechargable are we waiting for that is going to be perfect for this use case?
The combat looked exactly as crappy. I saw lots of rolling and the jump/zoom 40 feet to kill monster. They are making some noise about tactical gameplay, but the guy flat out says you can play the whole thing as an action game. The same shit that made DA2 combat suck. Without even getting into all the other ways DA2 sucked (amazingly ugly, emtpy levels, backtrack over same 3 places over and over, completely uncompelling story, forgettable characters, I honestly can't remember anything I actually liked). I was actually optimistic (stupid I know) until I saw that video. Ah well, I suppose I'll just save my pennies until Witcher 3 comes out.
Airbags are an example of adding components that make cars safer. ABS. And other posters have pointed out that a rear view camera allows you to see more than just turning your head.
I am sure you won't be swayed, but this is bullshit: "I mean, I can buy motorcycle insurance from a national company across lines, why can't I buy health ins across state lines?"
You can buy motorcycle insurance that conforms to your states laws as far as coverage they have to provide. Not the same thing as you are saying.
And then the argument would be that it would just be a race to the bottom where companies would just set up shop wherever the politicians were cheapest and they could maximize profits.
Not sure why I am bothering posting since you clearly won't be swayed by facts. But...
What contraceptives can you get without a prescription? I am sure as a male you are very familiar with the options, right?
And the medicaid expansion has the fed. government paying all of it for the first few years and then scales it back to the feds paying 80%. Not exactly all. Plus the simple fact that it brings a lot of money into those states and lets face it the states that have denied the expansion are the 'moochers' in that they receive a lot more federal dollars than they send in revenue. Those states could actually use the extra money that would be spent in the state.
Right now, the ONLY thing that is preventing me from getting a Tesla is that I have to travel longer than 500 miles a few times a year, and renting a car for a week, three times a year is too expensive an option.
However, I do see the possibility of all this changing how we travel. Especially if the Autonomous automobile becomes a reality. This would allow people to travel by train / airplane and "rent" a vehicle only for getting to / from transportation hubs and local travel.
That is a whole lot of stupidity in one sentence. Even disregarding the fact that you are talking about a $60k car, renting a car for a week costs, what, let's say $300 cause you want a nice car. So $900 dollars a year. How much do you spend in gas in a year?
It's a rhetorical question since your math skills are clearly not up to simple addition.
I sort of agree with you, but clean coal is a bit of a myth too.
The point is that we go to electric cars, we can do pollution control in a central location (ie. cheaper) plus there are alternatives to cola. For example, all of my electricity comes from the nuclear power plant down the road. Other places it could come from solar or wind.
The point of taxes is that they fund the operations of a country that enables you to earn said wealth. Without the functions of government, I'd just beat your ass and take said money.
Oh, wait we are talking about money which in itself is some kind of government scheme.
I presume you only accept payments for your services in chickens or some other tangible goods instead of this socialist scheme of "money".
That's not what the article says though (sigh, read TFA).
Even if the battery pack costs 12,000, that still leaves 28,000 to build a car around that battery pack. Considering it is a pretty basic car beyond that, I highly doubt they are losing money on a per unit basis.
But the The Why of Fry was the only good one on that list. I refuse to watch Jurassic Bark since I didn't think it was funny that Fry incinerates his loyal dog. The other two are part of Futurama's slide in space opera drama between Fry and Leela.
And you don't think deregulation (a republican rallying cry) had anything to do with energy prices going up? Or deregulation of the financial sector? Or deregulation of the mortgage market? Or that Bush's energy policy (yes the president does have SOME influence) emphasizing rewarding campaign contributors over alternative sources had anything to do with it?
I guess it all just "happened" and no one had any influence on it.
This is not always the case, I am looking at a 400mhz celeron system that uses 59 watts, versus 114 for an AMD 1400. Now yes a well built system can get down around 59 watts but that's pretty low.
OK, agreeing with the basic idea for most people but other than that this post is seriously misinformed.
HD is not upconverted, DVDs are downsampled. Actually so is HD, just downsampled at a better quality. Upconverting does not "add" information back that was lost in the downsampling.
And older movies look great on HD, because they were recorded on something called "film", and not in HD. In fact, a lot of newer movies still use this ancient analog technology called "film".
And my obligatory comment that dvds look great on your average tv or even average "big" screen. When you have a home theater setup where your screen is measured in feet, and not inches, HD makes a huge difference and makes it really hard to go back to watching regular DVDs.
I agree with you for the most part, but I think you are disregarding quite a few advantages you have that others don't....podunk school from a town of 3000 people; I bet this means you are a white male, am I wrong? Right off the bat this means you have a number of advantages in American society today that a lot more than half the population do not.
And genetically, you probably have advantages as well, you are posting on slashdot so you're probably not entirely dumb. Did you know that almost half the population is of below average intelligence? Do you think they have the same opportunities to get rich as you do?
While I agree with a lot of your points, what I see missing from diatribes like yours is a lack of recognition of the innate advantages you were blessed with. Good for you for getting ahead in life and making good choices, but don't think that everyone in a bad/worse situation than you is there simply because of bad decisions. There are things such as opportunity and plain old luck that work for and against people.
You may not be a Christian, but you should still remember the phrase, "There but for the Grace of God go I".
Thanks for your work on KnoppMyth. I can and have installed Myth from scratch and it works on my hd box, but KnoppMyth was easy to install and has been rock solid on my main myth box for a year and a half now even with me upgrading a few pieces here and there.
Nice work.
While that may appeal to you, a lot of other people appreciate the quality "feel" of an ipod, part of which is no seams or panels. The first time you hold an ipod, it just feels like a quality piece of hardware and that impression is part of what has made it a success. There is no big label on the back that peels off, no panels that get worn out and loose, and it just flat out screams quality. Us tech geeks talk about various features we want and how itunes kinda sucks, but most people couldn't care less.
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Oh, you're right, you found a situation that it isn't ideal for. Forget it, just throw in the towel, it won't work for this guy to go blow money in Las Vegas so let's just forget the whole idea.
And 220lbs? I bet you have relatives heavier than that so subtract one passenger.
And what next-gen rechargable are we waiting for that is going to be perfect for this use case?
The combat looked exactly as crappy. I saw lots of rolling and the jump/zoom 40 feet to kill monster. They are making some noise about tactical gameplay, but the guy flat out says you can play the whole thing as an action game. The same shit that made DA2 combat suck. Without even getting into all the other ways DA2 sucked (amazingly ugly, emtpy levels, backtrack over same 3 places over and over, completely uncompelling story, forgettable characters, I honestly can't remember anything I actually liked). I was actually optimistic (stupid I know) until I saw that video. Ah well, I suppose I'll just save my pennies until Witcher 3 comes out.
From TFA: "I’ve emailed her (the special education teacher) several times on this incident with other kids.”
His mom was aware and had contacted the teacher about it.
Who would mod this nonsense up? Inflation was 1.8% or so in 2013.
Airbags are an example of adding components that make cars safer. ABS. And other posters have pointed out that a rear view camera allows you to see more than just turning your head.
I am sure you won't be swayed, but this is bullshit: "I mean, I can buy motorcycle insurance from a national company across lines, why can't I buy health ins across state lines?"
You can buy motorcycle insurance that conforms to your states laws as far as coverage they have to provide. Not the same thing as you are saying.
And then the argument would be that it would just be a race to the bottom where companies would just set up shop wherever the politicians were cheapest and they could maximize profits.
Not sure why I am bothering posting since you clearly won't be swayed by facts. But...
What contraceptives can you get without a prescription? I am sure as a male you are very familiar with the options, right?
And the medicaid expansion has the fed. government paying all of it for the first few years and then scales it back to the feds paying 80%. Not exactly all. Plus the simple fact that it brings a lot of money into those states and lets face it the states that have denied the expansion are the 'moochers' in that they receive a lot more federal dollars than they send in revenue. Those states could actually use the extra money that would be spent in the state.
Right now, the ONLY thing that is preventing me from getting a Tesla is that I have to travel longer than 500 miles a few times a year, and renting a car for a week, three times a year is too expensive an option.
However, I do see the possibility of all this changing how we travel. Especially if the Autonomous automobile becomes a reality. This would allow people to travel by train / airplane and "rent" a vehicle only for getting to / from transportation hubs and local travel.
That is a whole lot of stupidity in one sentence. Even disregarding the fact that you are talking about a $60k car, renting a car for a week costs, what, let's say $300 cause you want a nice car. So $900 dollars a year. How much do you spend in gas in a year?
It's a rhetorical question since your math skills are clearly not up to simple addition.
Because there was an existing classification that covered it so it wasn't needed.
Eh, I'll wait until Bachelor Chow hits the market.
I sort of agree with you, but clean coal is a bit of a myth too.
The point is that we go to electric cars, we can do pollution control in a central location (ie. cheaper) plus there are alternatives to cola. For example, all of my electricity comes from the nuclear power plant down the road. Other places it could come from solar or wind.
The point of taxes is that they fund the operations of a country that enables you to earn said wealth. Without the functions of government, I'd just beat your ass and take said money.
Oh, wait we are talking about money which in itself is some kind of government scheme.
I presume you only accept payments for your services in chickens or some other tangible goods instead of this socialist scheme of "money".
That's not what the article says though (sigh, read TFA).
Even if the battery pack costs 12,000, that still leaves 28,000 to build a car around that battery pack. Considering it is a pretty basic car beyond that, I highly doubt they are losing money on a per unit basis.
But the The Why of Fry was the only good one on that list. I refuse to watch Jurassic Bark since I didn't think it was funny that Fry incinerates his loyal dog. The other two are part of Futurama's slide in space opera drama between Fry and Leela.
How many times have we heard the 'Death of the Desktop'. Just because he can't figure out how to make money on it does not mean it is going away.
And you don't think deregulation (a republican rallying cry) had anything to do with energy prices going up? Or deregulation of the financial sector? Or deregulation of the mortgage market? Or that Bush's energy policy (yes the president does have SOME influence) emphasizing rewarding campaign contributors over alternative sources had anything to do with it?
I guess it all just "happened" and no one had any influence on it.
This is not always the case, I am looking at a 400mhz celeron system that uses 59 watts, versus 114 for an AMD 1400. Now yes a well built system can get down around 59 watts but that's pretty low.
Will it play in my HDDVD player?
OK, agreeing with the basic idea for most people but other than that this post is seriously misinformed.
HD is not upconverted, DVDs are downsampled. Actually so is HD, just downsampled at a better quality. Upconverting does not "add" information back that was lost in the downsampling.
And older movies look great on HD, because they were recorded on something called "film", and not in HD. In fact, a lot of newer movies still use this ancient analog technology called "film".
And my obligatory comment that dvds look great on your average tv or even average "big" screen. When you have a home theater setup where your screen is measured in feet, and not inches, HD makes a huge difference and makes it really hard to go back to watching regular DVDs.
I agree with you for the most part, but I think you are disregarding quite a few advantages you have that others don't. ...podunk school from a town of 3000 people; I bet this means you are a white male, am I wrong? Right off the bat this means you have a number of advantages in American society today that a lot more than half the population do not.
And genetically, you probably have advantages as well, you are posting on slashdot so you're probably not entirely dumb. Did you know that almost half the population is of below average intelligence? Do you think they have the same opportunities to get rich as you do?
While I agree with a lot of your points, what I see missing from diatribes like yours is a lack of recognition of the innate advantages you were blessed with. Good for you for getting ahead in life and making good choices, but don't think that everyone in a bad/worse situation than you is there simply because of bad decisions. There are things such as opportunity and plain old luck that work for and against people.
You may not be a Christian, but you should still remember the phrase, "There but for the Grace of God go I".
Thanks for your work on KnoppMyth. I can and have installed Myth from scratch and it works on my hd box, but KnoppMyth was easy to install and has been rock solid on my main myth box for a year and a half now even with me upgrading a few pieces here and there. Nice work.
What if you have a projector and a ten foot wide screen? And a 7.1 audio system?
Another thing about hd-dvd you might be interested in is the much higher bitrates and better fidelity formats for audio.
Size does matter.
Wrong. There is no way Apple will want to become just another boutique hardware manufacturer. Not a chance in hell.
Dude, it has been mandriva for quite some time now, which tells me you're not exactly on the cutting edge.
FYI, it works fine for me using Mandriva 2006 and Mandriva 2007 cooker.
While that may appeal to you, a lot of other people appreciate the quality "feel" of an ipod, part of which is no seams or panels. The first time you hold an ipod, it just feels like a quality piece of hardware and that impression is part of what has made it a success. There is no big label on the back that peels off, no panels that get worn out and loose, and it just flat out screams quality. Us tech geeks talk about various features we want and how itunes kinda sucks, but most people couldn't care less.