I quite like the Peter Lada's design (plus it's the only one that isn't um... Slashdotted at the moment), but there's one thing that bugs me about it. On the left side, when I click on a section header, it smoothly expands or contracts that section, which I quite like. However, on the right side, when I click a section header, it tries to open a new page. Why do the two sides act differently? It just doesn't make sense. I can understand preventing the "advertisement" section from being minimized, but why can't I shrink the Poll, or the Older Stuff?
Um, did you even read it? Wait, I can answer that... no, you didn't. Because I didn't say a thing about wanting to know the frames per second, or wishing for more first person shooters (whichever one you were talking about). Not a thing. I did lament that they did not reveal the release date, but I mainly went gaa-gaa over the games they showed, such as when I said that Super Mario Galaxies looks "freakin sweet".
Argh, I can't believe I just wasted my time replying to you.
Indeed, what an amazing and insightful "news" story. It's not because of cell phone technology that cell phones are such a drag in the US, it's because of the cell phone "service" providers. Who would have thought.
Does anybody out there have any information about what happened to Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix for the GameCube? It came out back in November, sold out, and hasn't been seen since. Of course Nintendo is only giving out boilerplate responses, but something has to be up. Anyone out there have any inside information? (And no, I'm not talking about Gamestop/EB Games/Best Buy employees who "heard it was discontinued" or some such junk—I mean real info.)
Finally, there's the assumption that the Revolution will use no exotic, hard-to-produce components. You've got to wonder if the little motion-sensor widgets for pitch/roll/yaw are going to be a rate limiting step in production.
Those kind of sensors have been around and have been cheap for quite a while now. How do you think they make electronic airplane instruments? I bring up that example specifically because I have connections to a company that makes an Electronic Flight Information System (EFIS). It sells for something like $2,500, but most of the cost is in the custom case, the manufacturing, and the bright color screen. The sensors are dang cheap, and would be really cheap if you bought them in large quantities.
So no, it's a fact, not really an assumption--at least when it comes to the motion detection in the controller.
Funny, you say that it is the "stupidest system for elevators I've ever seen" and yet the situation you describe is caused by the stupidity of the elevator passengers.
He "resigned as chairman of the Department of Religious Studies" not his teaching position. Given the way he spoke about some religious groups, I think this was appropriate:
A recent e-mail from Mirecki to members of a student organization referred to religious conservatives as "fundies" and said a course describing intelligent design as mythology would be a "nice slap in their big fat face." Mirecki apologized for those comments.
Later, other e-mails written by Mirecki that surfaced were deemed "repugnant and vile" by Chancellor Robert Hemenway for their views toward Catholics and other Christians.
I am tired of paying for 50 channels of cable when I only watch 5 of them...
Here's a novel thought then: Stop it.
Stop paying for 50 channels when you only want five. Don't pay for any channels. The fact that so many keep paying for it enables the cable companies to keep selling it without offering better options. If people like you stopped paying for a crappy service that isn't what they really want, the cable companies would be forced to change. Until then, expect the Cable TV status quo to continue.
It seems to me that there's a good reason that tombstones are one thing that hasn't changed much at all with thousands of years of advancing technology.
Stone lasts a very long time. Can the same be said of LCD video displays?
I imagine Paul Allen will end up purchasing a healthy amount of these items, and that they will end up in his Science Fiction Museum, which is really just a showcase of his crazy personal collection anyway. Hey, at least he's sharing it with us, though. Even if it is for the low-low price of $12.95 per visit.
Sure, you could use riches to become a crime-fighting super hero. Alternatively, you could use your fabulous wealth to spend your entire adult life living as a 2-year-old girl.
From what I've read, the lunar dust is incredibly hard on mechanical things (gears, seals, etc)...that would make maintenance of any lunar base very difficult, and prohibitively expensive.
I know that Dyson's cost a bit much, but I think it's going a bit overboard to call them "prohibitively expensive," especially for NASA.
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...how many of us gaming enthusiasts owned a NeoGeo, or a 3DO? Now what about the general public?
I quite like the Peter Lada's design (plus it's the only one that isn't um... Slashdotted at the moment), but there's one thing that bugs me about it. On the left side, when I click on a section header, it smoothly expands or contracts that section, which I quite like. However, on the right side, when I click a section header, it tries to open a new page. Why do the two sides act differently? It just doesn't make sense. I can understand preventing the "advertisement" section from being minimized, but why can't I shrink the Poll, or the Older Stuff?
Um, did you even read it? Wait, I can answer that... no, you didn't. Because I didn't say a thing about wanting to know the frames per second, or wishing for more first person shooters (whichever one you were talking about). Not a thing. I did lament that they did not reveal the release date, but I mainly went gaa-gaa over the games they showed, such as when I said that Super Mario Galaxies looks "freakin sweet".
Argh, I can't believe I just wasted my time replying to you.
Here's another very important liveblog of the big event.
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Indeed, what an amazing and insightful "news" story. It's not because of cell phone technology that cell phones are such a drag in the US, it's because of the cell phone "service" providers. Who would have thought.
Good news! I just received an update from Nintendo! Sweet Dance Dance action is set to hit store shelves again in April!
Does anybody out there have any information about what happened to Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix for the GameCube? It came out back in November, sold out, and hasn't been seen since. Of course Nintendo is only giving out boilerplate responses, but something has to be up. Anyone out there have any inside information? (And no, I'm not talking about Gamestop/EB Games/Best Buy employees who "heard it was discontinued" or some such junk—I mean real info.)
Finally, there's the assumption that the Revolution will use no exotic, hard-to-produce components. You've got to wonder if the little motion-sensor widgets for pitch/roll/yaw are going to be a rate limiting step in production. Those kind of sensors have been around and have been cheap for quite a while now. How do you think they make electronic airplane instruments? I bring up that example specifically because I have connections to a company that makes an Electronic Flight Information System (EFIS). It sells for something like $2,500, but most of the cost is in the custom case, the manufacturing, and the bright color screen. The sensors are dang cheap, and would be really cheap if you bought them in large quantities. So no, it's a fact, not really an assumption--at least when it comes to the motion detection in the controller.
Funny, you say that it is the "stupidest system for elevators I've ever seen" and yet the situation you describe is caused by the stupidity of the elevator passengers.
- bird's eye view
- right-click menu
Dislike:So, an infrared light would blind you? Are you some kind of X-man?
from the oh-my-god-it's-actually-happening dept.
You can say that again.
I am tired of paying for 50 channels of cable when I only watch 5 of them...
Here's a novel thought then: Stop it.
Stop paying for 50 channels when you only want five. Don't pay for any channels. The fact that so many keep paying for it enables the cable companies to keep selling it without offering better options. If people like you stopped paying for a crappy service that isn't what they really want, the cable companies would be forced to change. Until then, expect the Cable TV status quo to continue.
Folks, we are getting ripped off here, regardless of which package we buy!
You're only getting ripped off if you, you know, actually buy one. Nobody's forcing you to do so.
I get the distinct feeling that something about Slashdot is broken right now...
But maybe it's just me.
It seems to me that there's a good reason that tombstones are one thing that hasn't changed much at all with thousands of years of advancing technology.
Stone lasts a very long time. Can the same be said of LCD video displays?
Check out the contrast-enhanced image here and here (a cropped, zoomed, highlighted version showing the repeating and the lines).
For anyone who is wondering what the anti-/.-"editor" comments are all about, this is what the original story looked like.
Pathetic.
This sounds so familiar...
I imagine Paul Allen will end up purchasing a healthy amount of these items, and that they will end up in his Science Fiction Museum, which is really just a showcase of his crazy personal collection anyway. Hey, at least he's sharing it with us, though. Even if it is for the low-low price of $12.95 per visit.
Sure, you could use riches to become a crime-fighting super hero. Alternatively, you could use your fabulous wealth to spend your entire adult life living as a 2-year-old girl.
I wish I were making this up.
-Skor
From what I've read, the lunar dust is incredibly hard on mechanical things (gears, seals, etc)...that would make maintenance of any lunar base very difficult, and prohibitively expensive.
I know that Dyson's cost a bit much, but I think it's going a bit overboard to call them "prohibitively expensive," especially for NASA.
Wow, this is such a new and interesting argument. I've never heard anyone try to make this point before. Ever.