Excellent point that too often doesn't cross anyone's mind! Wish I had mod points for you!
I am still pretty happy with an AGP Radeon x850... still plays WoW, SC2 beta, Civ4, Roller Coaster Tycoon, UT2004... all kinds of fun stuff, at respectable quality settings at resolutions similar to (or higher than) console games.
Yes, it does support 1vCPU. Only with Easy AI though, so it's not really all that great. Create a custom game, and there's a button +AI on the screen where you see who's in the game.
I've never seen the OP's issues myself, though... maybe my computer is more stable (chose stable components when I built it in '03, maintained it properly, and am not maxing it out) or my connection is more stable (paid the extra $$ for a good router)... No idea why his would be so terrible.
Don't the regular bulbs spray a lot of light in the near IR field anyway? Are these sensors operating on a band of IR that regular headlights aren't pouring out? Yeah, I know, some idiot is going to get lights that dump on the same band the sensors use and it will nullify the usefulness of said sensor system in some situations, I get it.
Better get a mop, all that spraying and pouring and dumping sounds messy...
Ah, "far enough away to see the entire screen without moving your eyes" was the crucial point. I'm sure that's a fairly accurate number. Interested minds involved in such fields would like to see the rest of the research. Do you know where was this studied, published, etc?
Take a look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye#Visual_acuity or any optics textbook at the library. For the purposes of explaining human vision's limits, you can't just throw spatial resolutions around without specifying a screen size and viewing distance, and perhaps an aspect ratio - this is a problem common to HDTV salespeople and customers. 4096x4096 would look a lot different on a 32 foot diagonal 4:3 screen (~10.67 ppi) than on a 32 inch diagonal 16:9 screen (128 ppi), at a viewing distance of five feet. The pixel density of that 32-inch screen would be comparable to my old 22" CRT at 2048x1536, just over a larger area. It's a strange, fabricated example, but you can probably imagine it. Aspect ratio comes into play when your pixels become non-square and start to become individually visible due to their size in one dimension. It's a weird concept but it applies and you almost never see it mentioned anywhere. So, if you want to calculate the pixel density limit at arm's length, go ahead, but you're going to have to express it in pixels per inch rather than absolute screen resolution.
I do agree that we've got a long way to go before we reach the limit of the human visual system, and that I am not satisfied with 72 / 96 ppi on my 19" LCD at work... I see the grid of pixels and remember CRTs much more fondly.
Did you know Foxit had the same vulnerability, though? Sure, they patched it, but it's not bulletproof.
Lots of corporate stiffs (myself included) are forced to use Adobe's Reader at work, regardless of the availability of superior products. In fact, where I work at a very large company you're probably familiar with, Foxit is explicitly blocked.
You forgot a couple things: 1) Don't run as an admin account except for admin tasks. 2) Keep your Adobe products up to date - including Flash and Reader. Someone else you trust might have been compromised and send you an infected PDF file. 3) Allow Windows Update to install MRT and update it every time the monthly definitions update comes out.
Running Windows Update daily won't really help you so much but I agree with the reasons you have for keeping it that way. Microsoft releases most patches on the 2nd Tuesday of every month. There is an occasional out-of-band patch.
Unfortunately, drive-by downloads have been sneaking into banner advertisements on legitimate websites, and those criminals are getting crafty. So, not using A/V is pretty much leaving the door wide open. I've been hit with one in the past 2 weeks (which exploited a 0day in Firefox that was patched very shortly thereafter) that still ran in safe mode and disabled Task manager, Regedit, and MBAM - I had to repeatedly press Ctrl+Alt+Del to find out its PID while task manager would flash on and off my screen thanks to this malware, and eventually got the whole PID and used taskkill to slay it. THEN I was able to run MBAM. Good thing I had the PID column enabled... Would not have expected that kind of thing from a reputable news website!
Virus scanners are typically worse than most of the viruses they are designed to prevent, I agree, but I'll take $antivirus_software with all of its on-access scanning disabled over having to deal with malware like that any day.
One thing to be aware of... If you're doing an in-store merchandise pickup, they will normally want to see your card when you pick it up - for verification of your identity, and their computer systems generally require them to swipe the card. The programmers of said system were lazy enough to make that the only verification method, and the salespeople can't change it. Not the best way to do it, but it will save you a lot of hassle if you DON'T use a one-time number for these particular online transactions.
Disclaimer: I used to work in a store. These one-time numbers caused us endless headaches and hassles because customers would get downright nasty when we simple and unempowered salespeople would have to jump through all these ridiculous hoops (return, refund, repurchase) to make our system handle them. This would take half an hour or so, while the customer did this to "save time"... so just use your actual card number for in-store pickups, or call the store to confirm merchandise availability, have them hold it for you, and buy it at the store.
tl;dr if you need to verify your identity as the purchaser at a later date, especially with physical evidence, don't use one-time numbers.
Yes, but do you know where are the U.S. manufactured goods going, or who the customers are, or why we don't see them on the shelves at the big box stores? It's because foreign goods are usually cheaper at the consumer level, because US manufacturers won't accept such low profit margins. The foreign manufacturers accept such small profit margins because their standard of living is so much lower than ours that they can afford to pay workers peanuts to make all these things. Yes, economy of scale, low profit times lots of sales equals lots of money, etc...
Once you need big industrial equipment though, it often costs a lot more to import it from overseas than to have it custom built and sent cross-country on a truck/train. Corporate purchasers are actually where a lot of big profits lie - for example look at how much an industrial valve costs (four or five figures is common), or a simple wrench from someone like Snap-On or whoever else forges and builds it here. You can buy an $8 wrench at Home Depot, or you can pay $40 from a big tool company. But, when it really counts, that $40 wrench doesn't break.
So, that's why we have a huge manufacturing industry that's largely invisible to the consumer.
Wait, wait, you need to paint the room matte black so those photons don't bounce off the wall and enter the wrong lens by mistake! That's why they make the screen border and all your home stereo equipment black, you know!
If the 3D effect isn't working, make sure the cable isn't kinked. (Like a garden hose, it causes data flow problems if the cable is kinked.) If you're using the component cables, they have to be rotated JUST RIGHT or it doesn't work. I know it's a hassle, but spend the time and you'll get the absolute best picture you can get!
You're absolutely correct. I wasn't expecting anyone to consider the possibility of larger format sensors or film! Good work.
Group f/64 was such a great idea... I'd join something similar if I had the money for a nice Sinar field camera. I enjoy using those very much. You just can't beat f/64 for incredible depth of field when you're doing architectural work.
Non-visible spectral imaging (also known as infrared and ultraviolet photography) are typically used to detect alterations to a painting. You don't need an expensive laser, just a nice IR-pass filter and some tungsten lights.
I see this sort of thing a lot on here, so I'll ask it (not AC even) at the risk of being flamed.
Since when has "not wanting to indulge in certain types of content or wishing for my young children to see it either" equaled "evil right wing communist bible thumping"?
Last I knew, having a standard was an appreciable thing, not a bad thing.
Besides, TV stations don't have to listen to what any of their viewers want... they can ignore those letters if they choose.
If the outspoken people stop voicing their opinions because the majority doesn't want to hear it, then what's the point of free speech?
Pick up a game at the store that neither of you have played, and agree that neither of you will play it except when you're both playing.
That way neither one will hold the advantage of having played more. It might be a little hard to keep to it, but it should pay off... that or you'll get bored.
The trend has *always* been (refer to Intel CPU pricing, or different sizes of LCD monitors, for example) to introduce the new hardware at the same price point as the last generation when it first came out. So, the top of the line always costs the same, except for those brief couple months before the new top of the line comes out. Remember 3DFX? Yeah, they charged a lot for their top-end cards too. You're completely out of luck if you're hoping for the trend to change. (Sorry)
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Excellent point that too often doesn't cross anyone's mind! Wish I had mod points for you!
I am still pretty happy with an AGP Radeon x850... still plays WoW, SC2 beta, Civ4, Roller Coaster Tycoon, UT2004... all kinds of fun stuff, at respectable quality settings at resolutions similar to (or higher than) console games.
Yes, it does support 1vCPU. Only with Easy AI though, so it's not really all that great. Create a custom game, and there's a button +AI on the screen where you see who's in the game.
I've never seen the OP's issues myself, though... maybe my computer is more stable (chose stable components when I built it in '03, maintained it properly, and am not maxing it out) or my connection is more stable (paid the extra $$ for a good router)... No idea why his would be so terrible.
For overthrowing local governments, there can be only one logical key combination:
Control-Break
I'll show myself out now.
Don't the regular bulbs spray a lot of light in the near IR field anyway? Are these sensors operating on a band of IR that regular headlights aren't pouring out? Yeah, I know, some idiot is going to get lights that dump on the same band the sensors use and it will nullify the usefulness of said sensor system in some situations, I get it.
Better get a mop, all that spraying and pouring and dumping sounds messy...
Ah, "far enough away to see the entire screen without moving your eyes" was the crucial point. I'm sure that's a fairly accurate number. Interested minds involved in such fields would like to see the rest of the research. Do you know where was this studied, published, etc?
Take a look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye#Visual_acuity or any optics textbook at the library. For the purposes of explaining human vision's limits, you can't just throw spatial resolutions around without specifying a screen size and viewing distance, and perhaps an aspect ratio - this is a problem common to HDTV salespeople and customers. 4096x4096 would look a lot different on a 32 foot diagonal 4:3 screen (~10.67 ppi) than on a 32 inch diagonal 16:9 screen (128 ppi), at a viewing distance of five feet. The pixel density of that 32-inch screen would be comparable to my old 22" CRT at 2048x1536, just over a larger area. It's a strange, fabricated example, but you can probably imagine it. Aspect ratio comes into play when your pixels become non-square and start to become individually visible due to their size in one dimension. It's a weird concept but it applies and you almost never see it mentioned anywhere. So, if you want to calculate the pixel density limit at arm's length, go ahead, but you're going to have to express it in pixels per inch rather than absolute screen resolution.
I do agree that we've got a long way to go before we reach the limit of the human visual system, and that I am not satisfied with 72 / 96 ppi on my 19" LCD at work... I see the grid of pixels and remember CRTs much more fondly.
Good choice. Foxit is definitely faster.
Did you know Foxit had the same vulnerability, though? Sure, they patched it, but it's not bulletproof.
Lots of corporate stiffs (myself included) are forced to use Adobe's Reader at work, regardless of the availability of superior products. In fact, where I work at a very large company you're probably familiar with, Foxit is explicitly blocked.
You forgot a couple things:
1) Don't run as an admin account except for admin tasks.
2) Keep your Adobe products up to date - including Flash and Reader. Someone else you trust might have been compromised and send you an infected PDF file.
3) Allow Windows Update to install MRT and update it every time the monthly definitions update comes out.
Running Windows Update daily won't really help you so much but I agree with the reasons you have for keeping it that way. Microsoft releases most patches on the 2nd Tuesday of every month. There is an occasional out-of-band patch.
Unfortunately, drive-by downloads have been sneaking into banner advertisements on legitimate websites, and those criminals are getting crafty. So, not using A/V is pretty much leaving the door wide open. I've been hit with one in the past 2 weeks (which exploited a 0day in Firefox that was patched very shortly thereafter) that still ran in safe mode and disabled Task manager, Regedit, and MBAM - I had to repeatedly press Ctrl+Alt+Del to find out its PID while task manager would flash on and off my screen thanks to this malware, and eventually got the whole PID and used taskkill to slay it. THEN I was able to run MBAM. Good thing I had the PID column enabled... Would not have expected that kind of thing from a reputable news website!
Virus scanners are typically worse than most of the viruses they are designed to prevent, I agree, but I'll take $antivirus_software with all of its on-access scanning disabled over having to deal with malware like that any day.
One thing to be aware of... If you're doing an in-store merchandise pickup, they will normally want to see your card when you pick it up - for verification of your identity, and their computer systems generally require them to swipe the card. The programmers of said system were lazy enough to make that the only verification method, and the salespeople can't change it. Not the best way to do it, but it will save you a lot of hassle if you DON'T use a one-time number for these particular online transactions.
Disclaimer: I used to work in a store. These one-time numbers caused us endless headaches and hassles because customers would get downright nasty when we simple and unempowered salespeople would have to jump through all these ridiculous hoops (return, refund, repurchase) to make our system handle them. This would take half an hour or so, while the customer did this to "save time"... so just use your actual card number for in-store pickups, or call the store to confirm merchandise availability, have them hold it for you, and buy it at the store.
tl;dr if you need to verify your identity as the purchaser at a later date, especially with physical evidence, don't use one-time numbers.
Yes, but do you know where are the U.S. manufactured goods going, or who the customers are, or why we don't see them on the shelves at the big box stores? It's because foreign goods are usually cheaper at the consumer level, because US manufacturers won't accept such low profit margins. The foreign manufacturers accept such small profit margins because their standard of living is so much lower than ours that they can afford to pay workers peanuts to make all these things. Yes, economy of scale, low profit times lots of sales equals lots of money, etc...
Once you need big industrial equipment though, it often costs a lot more to import it from overseas than to have it custom built and sent cross-country on a truck/train. Corporate purchasers are actually where a lot of big profits lie - for example look at how much an industrial valve costs (four or five figures is common), or a simple wrench from someone like Snap-On or whoever else forges and builds it here. You can buy an $8 wrench at Home Depot, or you can pay $40 from a big tool company. But, when it really counts, that $40 wrench doesn't break.
So, that's why we have a huge manufacturing industry that's largely invisible to the consumer.
Wait, wait, you need to paint the room matte black so those photons don't bounce off the wall and enter the wrong lens by mistake! That's why they make the screen border and all your home stereo equipment black, you know!
If the 3D effect isn't working, make sure the cable isn't kinked. (Like a garden hose, it causes data flow problems if the cable is kinked.) If you're using the component cables, they have to be rotated JUST RIGHT or it doesn't work. I know it's a hassle, but spend the time and you'll get the absolute best picture you can get!
*tips hat to parent poster
Those smart researchers. They researched a.. uh... DNA... vaccine... hmmm.. uh, shoot, what was I talking about? Oh well. When's lunch?
Actually, Mr. Nazi, you "loosen" your belt. But thank you for your brief list.
You're absolutely correct. I wasn't expecting anyone to consider the possibility of larger format sensors or film! Good work.
Group f/64 was such a great idea... I'd join something similar if I had the money for a nice Sinar field camera. I enjoy using those very much. You just can't beat f/64 for incredible depth of field when you're doing architectural work.
Non-visible spectral imaging (also known as infrared and ultraviolet photography) are typically used to detect alterations to a painting. You don't need an expensive laser, just a nice IR-pass filter and some tungsten lights.
True.
f/32 and MAYBE f/45 if you have a good camera is usually about the limit before diffraction starts to affect a picture.
But, have you ever seen one of those pinhole photographs made on an entire wall? Those are nice.
Huh?
Sounds like some interesting folklore going on in that comment... can I get a translation?
That's the cleanest UI I've ever seen.
It's so simple.
Where's the source, though?
Why do the Facebook people feel the need to sell their company? Come on, just keep running Facebook the way it is. It doesn't need to be sold.
Remember what happened when they sold mp3.com? It died a horrible death. If that happens to Facebook... a lot more people will be upset.
Like maybe... Wait, this is a Second Post?
I see this sort of thing a lot on here, so I'll ask it (not AC even) at the risk of being flamed.
Since when has "not wanting to indulge in certain types of content or wishing for my young children to see it either" equaled "evil right wing communist bible thumping"?
Last I knew, having a standard was an appreciable thing, not a bad thing.
Besides, TV stations don't have to listen to what any of their viewers want... they can ignore those letters if they choose.
If the outspoken people stop voicing their opinions because the majority doesn't want to hear it, then what's the point of free speech?
Try this.
Pick up a game at the store that neither of you have played, and agree that neither of you will play it except when you're both playing.
That way neither one will hold the advantage of having played more. It might be a little hard to keep to it, but it should pay off... that or you'll get bored.
Ah... it's always possible. Thanks for the correction.
The trend has *always* been (refer to Intel CPU pricing, or different sizes of LCD monitors, for example) to introduce the new hardware at the same price point as the last generation when it first came out. So, the top of the line always costs the same, except for those brief couple months before the new top of the line comes out. Remember 3DFX? Yeah, they charged a lot for their top-end cards too. You're completely out of luck if you're hoping for the trend to change. (Sorry)
What they must have said at the meeting:
"If we can't beat Linux in the present or the future, let's try to beat it in the past."