Take it from a former resident of New Mexico: if something can be built to withstand an Albuquerque summer, it will withstand launch, orbit, and re-entry.
What is the genesis of the concern that any given player handle any and all of two or three dozen different formats? My audio files, all 20+ GB of them, tend to be in the same format. In other words, I've managed pick one and go with it. Don't select the least impressive format of the bunch (WMA) and describe its exclusion from a device as a glaring flaw. Puh-lease. Perhaps you just like the Pocket Vaio because it gives you the opportunity to use the word "superb" a lot?
Also, last time I checked, "crApple" computers (desktops and servers) could communicate openly and freely with machines running Microsoft's "benign" operating system, but the converse was not necessarily true. Windows compatability is built into OS X. Show me where MS has extended the same cross-compatability to other hardware/software options.
Perhaps you have a different definition of proprietary?
Does TV yet offer anything above and beyond what can be gotten quicker, fuller, and more readily via the Internet?
Raise your hand if you've turned on TechTV to see if they pick up on a story you first read on/.
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Rogue? Sorceror?
Back when I played until my DM's guide fell to pieces, we used to call them Thieves and Magic Users.
Kids talk so funny these days.
Why would you expect the "Horse Lords" to maintain a large standing army of footsoldiers? Consider the wide, open terrain they occupied. Many cultures in history, including the Mongols and Huns, succesfully waged wars exclusively from horseback. A mixed army would not have been able to move quickly enough to reach Minas Tirith in time.
The Romans had no cavalry? I guess all those chariots they were so proud of were used for joyriding around after the battle . . .
Laugh all you want. The "secret door" is known as a sally port, and most Medieval castles featured them. They were included for exactly the purpose you see in the movie - for sending out messengers or scouts without alerting a besieging force. They often went unnoticed or ignored because they were too small for a large force to access. If you're storming a castle, you've simple got to breach the walls or the main gate to get the bulk of your infantry through. A bottleneck allows defenders to mow you down.
The cavalry charge at the end of The Two Towers was a final act of deperation, in case you hadn't been following the story. The charge of the Rohirrim at the Battle of Pelinor Fields was utilizing their strength (horses) against an unmounted enemy in the absence of archers. I'd be interested in hearing what alternative strategies you thought were available to them against an enemy who had encircled Minas Tirith.
Pity the poor troll . . . not only does he despise Macs, but he feels strangely compelled to read any post that mentions them! Such passive-aggressive behavior may be the indication of some deeper mental disturbance . . .
Objects in low earth orbit lowly lose momentum due to friction with the outer atmosphere. Left on its own, Hubble is going to eventually come down on its own. The ISS, for example, requires a periodic boost in speed to keep it from slowing to the point where it can no longer maintain orbit. The point of guided re-entry and burnup is to make sure the big stuff comes down in a place it can't hurt anything (i.e., the ocean).
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Take it from a former resident of New Mexico: if something can be built to withstand an Albuquerque summer, it will withstand launch, orbit, and re-entry.
Oh really?
You win this time, my clever foe . . .
What is the genesis of the concern that any given player handle any and all of two or three dozen different formats? My audio files, all 20+ GB of them, tend to be in the same format. In other words, I've managed pick one and go with it. Don't select the least impressive format of the bunch (WMA) and describe its exclusion from a device as a glaring flaw. Puh-lease. Perhaps you just like the Pocket Vaio because it gives you the opportunity to use the word "superb" a lot? Also, last time I checked, "crApple" computers (desktops and servers) could communicate openly and freely with machines running Microsoft's "benign" operating system, but the converse was not necessarily true. Windows compatability is built into OS X. Show me where MS has extended the same cross-compatability to other hardware/software options. Perhaps you have a different definition of proprietary?
. . . we watch cable. In America, cable watches you.
Does TV yet offer anything above and beyond what can be gotten quicker, fuller, and more readily via the Internet? Raise your hand if you've turned on TechTV to see if they pick up on a story you first read on /.
Rogue? Sorceror? Back when I played until my DM's guide fell to pieces, we used to call them Thieves and Magic Users. Kids talk so funny these days.
Someone explain to me the advantage of wireless gaming tied to stationary kiosks.
Ogg not acronym! Ogg not codec! When spell Ogg uppercase, make Ogg angry! Ogg want to break things!
If a company wants to make a profit, it would be wise to market to customers with money to spend - i.e., not musicians or bootleggers.
Why would you expect the "Horse Lords" to maintain a large standing army of footsoldiers? Consider the wide, open terrain they occupied. Many cultures in history, including the Mongols and Huns, succesfully waged wars exclusively from horseback. A mixed army would not have been able to move quickly enough to reach Minas Tirith in time. The Romans had no cavalry? I guess all those chariots they were so proud of were used for joyriding around after the battle . . .
Laugh all you want. The "secret door" is known as a sally port, and most Medieval castles featured them. They were included for exactly the purpose you see in the movie - for sending out messengers or scouts without alerting a besieging force. They often went unnoticed or ignored because they were too small for a large force to access. If you're storming a castle, you've simple got to breach the walls or the main gate to get the bulk of your infantry through. A bottleneck allows defenders to mow you down. The cavalry charge at the end of The Two Towers was a final act of deperation, in case you hadn't been following the story. The charge of the Rohirrim at the Battle of Pelinor Fields was utilizing their strength (horses) against an unmounted enemy in the absence of archers. I'd be interested in hearing what alternative strategies you thought were available to them against an enemy who had encircled Minas Tirith.
Pity the poor troll . . . not only does he despise Macs, but he feels strangely compelled to read any post that mentions them! Such passive-aggressive behavior may be the indication of some deeper mental disturbance . . .
Of course you're not lazy. Like I said, even the mighty ISS needs a boost now and then. ;)
Objects in low earth orbit lowly lose momentum due to friction with the outer atmosphere. Left on its own, Hubble is going to eventually come down on its own. The ISS, for example, requires a periodic boost in speed to keep it from slowing to the point where it can no longer maintain orbit. The point of guided re-entry and burnup is to make sure the big stuff comes down in a place it can't hurt anything (i.e., the ocean).