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  1. Re:Daddy what's a cassette? on Sony Discontinues the Walkman · · Score: 1

    "In 1988, Sony would again push the envelope with ED Beta, or "Enhanced Definition" Betamax, capable of up to 500 lines of resolution"
    Right from Wiki
    Comparison to other video formats
    Size comparison between a Betamax cassette (top) and a VHS cassette (bottom).

    Below is a list of modern, digital-style resolutions (and traditional analog "TV lines per picture height" measurements) for various media. The list only includes popular formats. All values are approximate NTSC resolutions. For PAL systems, replace "480" with "576".

            * 350×480 (250 lines): Umatic, Betamax, VHS, Video8
            * 420×480 (300 lines): Super Betamax, Betacam (professional)
            * 460×480 (330 lines): Analog Broadcast
            * 590×480 (420 lines): LaserDisc, Super VHS, Hi8
            * 700×480 (500 lines): Enhanced Definition Betamax

    Digital formats:

            * 352×240 (240 lines): Video CD
            * 480×480 (480 lines): SVCD
            * 720×480 (480 lines): 4:3 DVD, Anamorphic Widescreen DVD, miniDV, Digital8
            * 720×480 (360 lines): Letterbox Widescreen DVD
            * 1280×720 (720 lines): Blu-ray (720p), D-VHS, AVCHD (720p)
            * 1440×1088 (1080 lines): miniDV (high-def variant), AVCHD (1080i/p)
            * 1920×1088 (1080 lines): Blu-ray (1080i/p), D-VHS

  2. Re:All war, all the time on WikiLeaks Releases Cache of 400,000 Iraq War Documents · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Don't say Jews say Israeli. That's like saying "blacks" for whats happening in Mozambique... that's just racist shit. Speak of who you mean. All my Jew buddies out here (Canada) hate the war and really dislike Israel. So STFU.

  3. Quiote common on All Your Stonehenge Photos Are Belong To England · · Score: 1

    Many countries claim ownership over monuments and unique cultural icons and artwork.
    Eiffel Tower at night is copy-write. The Mexican government says it has notified Starbucks Corp. that Mexico is owed intellectual property rights for a line of coffee mugs showing pre-Hispanic images. The Golden Gate Bridge is a trademark. In addition, the pyramids, Big Ben, the Seattle Space Needle I'm sure there are more. This is not news but certainly an interesting subject.

    See France for http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/fast-company-staff/fast-company-blog/eiffel-tower-repossessed

    http://www.whistlerquestion.com/article/GB/20100106/CP07/301069782/1030/WHISTLER/mexican-government-says-starbucks-owes-for-using-pre-hispanic-images&template=cpArt

  4. Re:yikes on NASA Reveals Hundred Year Starship Program · · Score: 1

    Why hasnt it happened yet?Probably something to do with the one way trip thingy...

  5. Re:Something I find interesting on Gene Simmons Threatens Anonymous Again and Gets DDoS'd · · Score: 1

    No way there is enough money! 470.00$ for a (that's one) ticket to a show. How can they live charging so little!

    http://www.ticketmaster.ca/event/1000446CEAACA12B?artistid=1249444&majorcatid=10001&minorcatid=1

  6. I don't own a PS3 but MY responce would be... on Sony Gets Nasty With PSBreak Buyers · · Score: 1

    It's mine, I bought it, Now go fuck yourself assholes! Who the fuck do they think they are? To fuck with stuff you bought legally? Come to my house plaaaeeze. Truspassers wull be shot!

  7. Re:Not sure this belongs in 'idle' on Ontario School Bans Wi-Fi · · Score: 1

    pro-CO^2? Get a life! Use your brain! Stop being a dick puppet for big oil.

  8. Re:problem on Ontario School Bans Wi-Fi · · Score: 1

    Think about this for a second... Microsoft product tests like crazy to find fatal flaws. They assume their operating system is safe. It never is; so the question remains; is it safe for most people most of the time? And can we (insert x company) be sued or ruined by the percentage of risk? And what's the cost of litigation vs product termination? In summery nothing is safe but you should find out what works for you. My doctor wanted to give me meds for my stomach... I find out they can cause permanent twitching like Parkinson's disease. Needless to say I didn't take them and went to nature. Weed is so much better! My cousin with the same problem but worse took the meds... now he twitches randomly when he talks and poops into a bag. Me, I'm OK except for the sore lungs. Gotta look out for yourself and make your own desisions in life.

  9. Re:Your definition of movie may vary... on Torrent-Only Movie Denied IMDb Listing · · Score: 1

    Because it would have to be accepted and not total shit. Unless they made a festival called "Total shit" and that would be kinda fun.

  10. Re:Offensive content ... or not on Building the LEGO MMO · · Score: 1

    You don't have kids. Simple as that.

  11. REally? on Iris Scanning Set To Secure City In Mexico · · Score: 1

    Does it come with something to prevent the local drug lord from cutting your head off? Eye ball scanners PLAEZZE they will cut off your head and take it to the bank machine ... I'm not kidding! Who gives a shit about this crap?!? Secure your citizens right to a safe life in the real world first. They need more police and military. This is a big joke. I am not pro guns but if I was living in Mexico my whole family would be double strapped with Kevlar shit all over. Hell even my Santa suit would be made out of Kevlar with plates. My treat bag would defiantly have at least one automatic weapon and some grenades for sure. HOHOHO!

  12. Re:So they can just keep stolen property then? on UK Man Prevented From Finding Chipped Pet Under Data Protection Act · · Score: 1

    That is completely untrue. Cops also do their job if a family member is at risk. That includes other cops. Also for any elected politician or official.

  13. I have to say... on IBM Demos Single-Atom DRAM · · Score: 0, Redundant

    This is fucking awesome!

  14. Re:I'm all for it on Intel Wants To Charge $50 To Unlock Your CPU's Full Capabilities · · Score: 1

    If it costs me as a chip maker more to manufacture two different chips then why not make one chip and have the other "built in"? The problem is they have incurred the cost of EVERY chip, so that leaves one to ask if we are getting ripped off!". Following this logic, if a game company sold you a disk with 5 games on it and you would pay to unlock one at a time are they ripping you off?? Seems cool that all the product is there at your fingertips. Software doens't really incur costs pressing disks so what about trucks? If your truck came with 4 wheel drive built in and you could "upgrade" and be able to turn your 4 wheel drive button on; that would seem strange. The bottom line is that THE COMPANY has to be responsible for the cost of the base unit. If the cost of the base unit is still low and even competitive then there isn't a problem. Like if my two wheel drive trucks (with disabled 4 wheel) cost less then last years two wheel drive model without unlock, then they are adding value by dropping costs. I don't see how they could but if the product is a good price, then they are adding value.

  15. All in all on Intel Threatens DMCA Using HDCP Crack · · Score: 1

    This protection did great as far as not being broken by a 14 year old. Next time will be stronger but will they lock the plans up better?

  16. duhhh on Learning By Playing · · Score: 1

    The whole point of play is to learn. Take a cat, make a fluff ball run away from it like run, hide and stuff then it has a blast. Get that same dustball and make it come at the cat (like a dog might like) and the cat isn't down to play. Why? it's in training.

  17. Re:Zero Day? on Stuxnet Attacks Used 4 Windows Zero-Day Exploits · · Score: 1

    Zero day originally referred to software that was out for zero days before it was released for pirating. Then it mutated. Dude.

  18. Strange but true... on Left-Handed Gamers Getting Left Behind? · · Score: 1

    I've often wondered about the fact that we really use the left thumb in dominate analog controls like looking and piloting and the right hand is throttle, strafe and buttons. So whats up with that? We just dump out right hand dominance when needed? I think we are all ambidextrous. I'm right handed but (in video games) I can left thumb pilot a jet under a bridge at mach 2 and headshot with a pistol st 50 yards. Hummmm.

  19. Re:Zero Day? on Stuxnet Attacks Used 4 Windows Zero-Day Exploits · · Score: 1

    Zero day originally referred to software that was out for zero days before it was released for pirating. Then it mutated.

  20. Re:Production cost on India's $35 7-Inch Android Tablet To Hit In January · · Score: 1

    Ummm isn't that just what this company IS doing? Or is 30 or so $ not cheap enough?

  21. sorry to say this but... on Court Says First Sale Doctrine Doesn't Apply To Licensed Software · · Score: 1

    The states is like some Willaim Gibson novel. The rule of the corporation defines the real landscape of deep law and the individual has very limited rights. Sucks.

  22. Re:It does make homebrew *possible*. on Sony Has Lost the PS3 Hacking War · · Score: 1

    PS3 is way powerful enough to emulate ps2.

    PS2
      * CPU: Emotion Engine 300MHz, 128-bit INT, 128-bit FP, 24KB L1, 16KB Scratch, 8KB VU0, 32KB VU1, 450 MIPS, 6.2 GFLOPS, 66M Vertices/Sec, 2.4 GB/s Internal, 1.2 GB/s Graphics, 3.2 GB/s Memory
            * Graphics: Sony GS 150MHz, 1.2G Texels/Sec, 32-bit Color, 4MB (48 GB/s), 1.2 GB/sec Bus
            "PlayStation 3 (PS3 Colors)"

    PlayStation 3 (PS3 Colors)
    Sony Computer Entertainment America
    (Continued from Page 2)
    PlayStation 3 Specifications and Details

    Product name: PLAYSTATION 3

    CPU: Cell Processor

            * PowerPC-base Core @3.2GHz
            * 1 VMX vector unit per core
            * 512KB L2 cache
            * 7 x SPE @3.2GHz
            * 7 x 128b 128 SIMD GPRs
            * 7 x 256KB SRAM for SPE
            * * 1 of 8 SPEs reserved for redundancy total floating point performance: 218 GFLOPS

    GPU: RSX @550MHz

            * 1.8 TFLOPS floating point performance
            * Full HD (up to 1080p) x 2 channels
            * Multi-way programmable parallel floating point shader pipelines

    Sound: Dolby 5.1ch, DTS, LPCM, etc. (Cell-base processing)

    Memory:

            * 256MB XDR Main RAM @3.2GHz
            * 256MB GDDR3 VRAM @700MHz

    System Bandwidth:

            * Main RAM: 25.6GB/s
            * VRAM: 22.4GB/s
            * RSX: 20GB/s (write) + 15GB/s (read)
            * SB: 2.5GB/s (write) + 2.5GB/s (read)

    System Floating Point Performance: 2 TFLOPS

  23. simple on The Joke Known As 3D TV · · Score: 1

    Pretty funny joke that's gonna make the industry billions.

  24. Re:thrusting on The Joke Known As 3D TV · · Score: 1

    What the hell are you talking about? Do you understand lenses???...I dont think you do! You have to pay MORE for lenes that have less DOF. Narrow depth of field is used as an effect and with reason. All lenses can "focus to infinity" as its called . This happens at about 15-20 feet. There is NO reason to shoot narrow DOF unless you want the viewer to force focus on an object. Like for instance , one line of text that they are reading in a book. Go check what a f 1.0 or 1.2 lens costs! These are needed for low light and shallow focus but can still focus to infinity. Most films can add light so there is no reason to shoot at narrow DOF unless you lack a lighting crew!

  25. Re:Hmmph. on White House Fingers PlayStation As Obesity Culprit · · Score: 1

    Troll you say nothing and are even less. You don't even address what I say. And what I say is my personal experience counters the statistics. You sir are a moron of low class.