Rear projection looks nice if you're centered in front of the screen perfectly, but even the newest Samsung DLPs suffer from some serious vertical off axis dimming. Add that to the sparkly anti-reflective coating they use, and it's a deal breaker for me.
I could tell people were suspicious, they never heard of 'French butter steak' but everyone loved it. To me, that's worth more than masturbating over some ram or a cpu.
If that's what you do with new computer equipment, I don't think I want to know what the secret ingredient in your 'French butter steak' is.
I agree with everyone who was impressed by the technical side of the movie. The lighting effects were outstanding and everything stone or metallic looked stunningly realistic. Leaves and trees didn't have that same realism, but I'm not sure if it was an intentional design decision.
I wasn't at all impressed with the story or the jokes, which were totally corny and paint by numbers. I'm no comic book fan, so that probably didn't help things, but I prefer plot twists and gags that aren't obvious from a million miles away. I don't think I laughed more than a handful of times the entire movie. There was nothing that stood out as particularly new or clever. the whole thing was just the same old corny action movie under a really pretty skin.
Yes. I have a Zen Xtra and control it through my front pants pocket all the time. The raised buttons are easy to feel even through a pair of jeans. And since they're on the side, I've never accidentally pushed one.
CF, SD, and PC Card would be fine. MMC and SD are the same, XD is useless and SmartMedia is obsolete. Fujitsu does it and includes a Memory Stick slot, too.
Apple notebooks come with FireWire/IEEE and USB ports. With those (and a cable) you can connect whatever camera or other 'card' device you are using and transfer your data over. Much better because you don't end up wasting space, design time, or manufacturing dollars on useles slots.
You're right, why integrate anything? Nobody should want to pull the memory card from their camera and stick it in their laptop. Juggling cables and readers is simpler. In addition, wired ethernet should only be available via USB dongle. Same with WiFi, Bluetooth, and a modem. Hell, why put a trackpad in there? There's USB, use a mouse. Internal optical drives? Fuck 'em! There's a Firewire port, use that if you need to work with CDs and DVDs.
All those integrated things are useless to amichalo and therefore useless to everyone else.
The drive will run about $4000, but the tapes are only around $0.20/GB assuming a 1.5:1 compression ratio. And keeping that assumption, 1 TB of data should only take 3 200 GB native tapes per month, so swapping wouldn't be so bad with the single tape drive. An autoloading library would be significantly more expensive, but if you really need automation, that's the way to go.
For $10 a month you can subscribe to Rhapsody, buy one of these things to hook to your stereo, and have access to 600,000 songs. It's not all the songs in the world, but it's pretty sizable collection.
Oh yeah, and the "home" version of OS X doesn't come with the user set to run in "root" mode by default. XP Home does.
No it doesn't. Both XP Home and OS X have the default user with Administrator access, which isn't "root" in either OS. In OS X, "root" is root, under Windows "system" is root. And it's not possible to log on as "system." The Windows administrator accounts have a little more access than the OS X ones, but they're both perfectly capable of installing software and messing up a system.
As an example - if someone made a car that looked very much like a Jaguar, but cost a third as much and had more commodity parts under the hood, and started selling it as the Panther. That's very obviously wrong, and even those theme-makers will probably agree.
It's very obviously not wrong and very obviously exactly what happens in every other market.
Sony introduced the flat screen Wega TV line years ago and now everyone from Toshiba on down to Apex has a boxy silver TV with a flat screen and speakers on the sides. The ability to create knock off products is what gives consumers choice. Like that Calvin Klein suit but can't afford it? Get the Versini knock off. Don't want to spend the money on real Coke? Get the supermarket brand. Can't justify the price of Word? Download OpenOffice.
In all those cases, you're trading either quality or an image to save money. There's still a market for the original because sometimes people aren't willing to comprimise. Patents kill that competition.
Let's say you OWN a gun, it's YOURS. YOU CAN PROVE IT BY SHOWING THE CORRECT PAPERWORK.
You have the RIGHT to do with it as you will.
You can shoot whoever you want whenever you want.
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Same experience using a G5 DVD on an iBook. The newest Panther install discs do a hardware check.
They should have just taken an existing invention and stuck a clock on it.
Before the current X-Box no console ever had an Intel CPU. I don't think they care much about the market.
McGwire's home run record hasn't counted since Barry Bonds broke it four years ago.
Rear projection looks nice if you're centered in front of the screen perfectly, but even the newest Samsung DLPs suffer from some serious vertical off axis dimming. Add that to the sparkly anti-reflective coating they use, and it's a deal breaker for me.
I'm going to go out on a limb and say your home-built TV will be much crappier than a pre-made Sharp LCD or Pioneer plasma.
The 45" Sharp Aquos LCD can do it. They're working on a 60" now. And I believe the Sony 60" Qualia LCD rear projection model is 1920x1080 as well.
If that's what you do with new computer equipment, I don't think I want to know what the secret ingredient in your 'French butter steak' is.
I agree with everyone who was impressed by the technical side of the movie. The lighting effects were outstanding and everything stone or metallic looked stunningly realistic. Leaves and trees didn't have that same realism, but I'm not sure if it was an intentional design decision. I wasn't at all impressed with the story or the jokes, which were totally corny and paint by numbers. I'm no comic book fan, so that probably didn't help things, but I prefer plot twists and gags that aren't obvious from a million miles away. I don't think I laughed more than a handful of times the entire movie. There was nothing that stood out as particularly new or clever. the whole thing was just the same old corny action movie under a really pretty skin.
Yes. I have a Zen Xtra and control it through my front pants pocket all the time. The raised buttons are easy to feel even through a pair of jeans. And since they're on the side, I've never accidentally pushed one.
They could be, but it depends on how far away they are.
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You're right, why integrate anything? Nobody should want to pull the memory card from their camera and stick it in their laptop. Juggling cables and readers is simpler. In addition, wired ethernet should only be available via USB dongle. Same with WiFi, Bluetooth, and a modem. Hell, why put a trackpad in there? There's USB, use a mouse. Internal optical drives? Fuck 'em! There's a Firewire port, use that if you need to work with CDs and DVDs. All those integrated things are useless to amichalo and therefore useless to everyone else.
Simple solution: Don't allow the robots to use cell phones.
The drive will run about $4000, but the tapes are only around $0.20/GB assuming a 1.5:1 compression ratio. And keeping that assumption, 1 TB of data should only take 3 200 GB native tapes per month, so swapping wouldn't be so bad with the single tape drive. An autoloading library would be significantly more expensive, but if you really need automation, that's the way to go.
No. It's labelled as an "Enhanced CD" on the packaging. The "Compact Disc Digital Audio" logo doesn't appear.
For $10 a month you can subscribe to Rhapsody, buy one of these things to hook to your stereo, and have access to 600,000 songs. It's not all the songs in the world, but it's pretty sizable collection.
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No it doesn't. Both XP Home and OS X have the default user with Administrator access, which isn't "root" in either OS. In OS X, "root" is root, under Windows "system" is root. And it's not possible to log on as "system." The Windows administrator accounts have a little more access than the OS X ones, but they're both perfectly capable of installing software and messing up a system.
It's very obviously not wrong and very obviously exactly what happens in every other market.
Sony introduced the flat screen Wega TV line years ago and now everyone from Toshiba on down to Apex has a boxy silver TV with a flat screen and speakers on the sides. The ability to create knock off products is what gives consumers choice. Like that Calvin Klein suit but can't afford it? Get the Versini knock off. Don't want to spend the money on real Coke? Get the supermarket brand. Can't justify the price of Word? Download OpenOffice.
In all those cases, you're trading either quality or an image to save money. There's still a market for the original because sometimes people aren't willing to comprimise. Patents kill that competition.
"Quad-pumped?" Is that anything like a DVDA?
Let's say you OWN a gun, it's YOURS. YOU CAN PROVE IT BY SHOWING THE CORRECT PAPERWORK. You have the RIGHT to do with it as you will. You can shoot whoever you want whenever you want.
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Yes, in Boston and Seattle. Both cities are very easy to walk around (if you don't mind the ridiculously huge hills in Seattle).
But would you call it "DIEING. HORRIBLY?"