And oh, I don't know, being digital instead of analog, not prone to burn in, lending well towards miniaturization, and allowing for much sharper resolution and contrast. Other than that, yeah LCD is just like CRT but lighter.
(important if you're concerned about terrorists setting off bombs while waiting in a densely packed line).
I've wondered about that. You're not screened before that so you could pretty much get away with whatever. Or suicide bombings in any given crowded place. We've been particularly fortunate in that regard given how much crap Israel has had to put up with. There would seem to be so many targets that are wide open that protecting airplanes specifically borders on ridiculous.
I mean, look what those two guys did with a sniper rifle and some training a few years back on the East coast. Mega-terror on the cheap right there.
Don't get me wrong, I'm glad it's not worse, but I have a hard time seeing how it's now worse if terrorist organizations are as serious about this as the claim to be.
It deserves to sweep the technical award categories - special effects, sound editing, choreography, costume (if motion capture can be seen as a costume), set design, etc. But I would give it a mediocre rating at best for things like plot, overall movie, acting, etc. But technically it was the most brilliantly done I've seen all year (and possibly ever).
Well, bear in mind that it's probably sending the video signal compressed in the first place, and compression is just as prone to catastrophic errors as encryption is. It's encoded either way. As others in this thread have mentioned, you just do some error correction and carry on. Encapsulate the encrypted payload with some kind of error handling stream.
Yes, well my hair is a bird. Your argument is invalid.
What I love about that is that it parses as a true statement in symbolic logic. Since the assumption is false (my hair is a bird) it is logically true statement to conclude anything from it (i.e. if my hair is a bird then your argument is invalid). Of course, it's a fairly worthless statement, but amusing all the same in its unassailable nature.
Further, the internet police wish to inform you that you must link to the relevant picture when invoking any meme-ish items.
That's the instinctual reaction - they're not paying attention, make it harder to ignore. However, as happens from time to time, the correct answer is the non-intuitive one. The best way to get people to pay attention is to make your ads non-obtrusive, but readily available. Google does a good job of this already. Their text ads are generally relevant, but so far from annoying that I wouldn't bother to try blocking them. Actually, with flashblock on I haven't been annoyed by an ad in ages.
I think they have it right, use of blockers to kill the more sophisticated and annoying ads will lead to a positive direction in the online ad industry.
Honestly most of the driver problems with Windows are fixed if you install a copy that has SP3 slipstreamed in it. Installing an RTM copy of Windows XP is a PITA on modern hardware, SP3 slipstream? Not that bad at all.
Of course, as with any OS, if you're using some incredibly esoteric hardware you *will* have to track down the driver for it. That just goes with the territory.
Luckily that story has an okayish ending - I maintain that it was stupid for him to be charged in the first place, but at least the prosecutors had more sense than the cops.
Generate about 4-5 good, strong passwords, memorize them thoroughly, then come up with 4-5 variations (symbol substitution, case flipping, increments the numbers, anything really), then put a hint to the password number and variation in the bookmark text.
Like, for gmail have the bookmark name read something like:
GMail - P1VC
For password 1, variation on capitals. I use a system similar to this and I haven't had a problem in years. Though, I do keep a few copies of my bookmarks file lying around because otherwise I am most hosed. You just have to make sure that no one ever has a chance to get your actual passwords, nor share any of the variations ever, but it seemed to me to be the most reasonably secure and simple method.
I own a Blu-Ray player. I still buy some of my movies on DVD. The reason for that is basically that there's not enough advantage with some movies to overcome the ~$10-$15 price hike for the Blu-Ray version. Something like a romantic comedy, or some Oscar nominated drama, or even some horror flicks don't benefit enough from the high-def format to make it worth my while. The upscaling the BD player does on DVDs is plenty nice enough. Where the format really shines is in action/effects driven movies. Watchmen, Transformers, Pixar movies, things like that I prefer on Blu-Ray format. I can't for the life of me imagine why something like "Just Like Heaven" or "Office Space" or any documentaries would ever be offered on Blu-Ray. What's the point?
It Still is.
Punishable by up to five years in prison.
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Well, *now* sure. But the concept of "Level cap, classes, crafting, and grinding" has been around since...well you could argue since D&D started the mainstream RPG market. It's a really addictive and successful model, there's no real impetus to change it in any meaningful way.
What's really ironic about all of this though is having the same copyright legislation that Disney shoved through to protect their own interests come back to bite them in the ass when someone wants them to play by the rules they set up. You're right, copyright lasts a ridiculously long time right now, but hopefully this latest silliness will help to mend a broken system. I can dream anyway.
SQL 2000 does support PAE if you can at least get him to run the DB on a Server 2003/8 Enterprise box with 16GB+ of memory.
I can't conceive of not using the SAN though, that just seems silly.
Mostly criminal vs. civil prosecution. The FCC can fine the bejeezus out of you, but it takes an act of congress to make whatever you're doing land you in prison.
And if your current country's government really has their panties in a twist, you have hundreds of other governments to shop around and choose from. Maybe France would be interested in a new multi-million dollar research complex that supports your new hobby. No? Then Russia, or Norway, or... Eventually one of them will let you.
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And oh, I don't know, being digital instead of analog, not prone to burn in, lending well towards miniaturization, and allowing for much sharper resolution and contrast. Other than that, yeah LCD is just like CRT but lighter.
(important if you're concerned about terrorists setting off bombs while waiting in a densely packed line).
I've wondered about that. You're not screened before that so you could pretty much get away with whatever. Or suicide bombings in any given crowded place. We've been particularly fortunate in that regard given how much crap Israel has had to put up with. There would seem to be so many targets that are wide open that protecting airplanes specifically borders on ridiculous.
I mean, look what those two guys did with a sniper rifle and some training a few years back on the East coast. Mega-terror on the cheap right there.
Don't get me wrong, I'm glad it's not worse, but I have a hard time seeing how it's now worse if terrorist organizations are as serious about this as the claim to be.
It's an integral part of the discipline.
It deserves to sweep the technical award categories - special effects, sound editing, choreography, costume (if motion capture can be seen as a costume), set design, etc. But I would give it a mediocre rating at best for things like plot, overall movie, acting, etc. But technically it was the most brilliantly done I've seen all year (and possibly ever).
I would say disparage is probably the word you're looking for.
Well, bear in mind that it's probably sending the video signal compressed in the first place, and compression is just as prone to catastrophic errors as encryption is. It's encoded either way. As others in this thread have mentioned, you just do some error correction and carry on. Encapsulate the encrypted payload with some kind of error handling stream.
Yes, well my hair is a bird. Your argument is invalid.
What I love about that is that it parses as a true statement in symbolic logic. Since the assumption is false (my hair is a bird) it is logically true statement to conclude anything from it (i.e. if my hair is a bird then your argument is invalid). Of course, it's a fairly worthless statement, but amusing all the same in its unassailable nature.
Further, the internet police wish to inform you that you must link to the relevant picture when invoking any meme-ish items.
That's the instinctual reaction - they're not paying attention, make it harder to ignore. However, as happens from time to time, the correct answer is the non-intuitive one. The best way to get people to pay attention is to make your ads non-obtrusive, but readily available. Google does a good job of this already. Their text ads are generally relevant, but so far from annoying that I wouldn't bother to try blocking them. Actually, with flashblock on I haven't been annoyed by an ad in ages.
I think they have it right, use of blockers to kill the more sophisticated and annoying ads will lead to a positive direction in the online ad industry.
Honestly most of the driver problems with Windows are fixed if you install a copy that has SP3 slipstreamed in it. Installing an RTM copy of Windows XP is a PITA on modern hardware, SP3 slipstream? Not that bad at all. Of course, as with any OS, if you're using some incredibly esoteric hardware you *will* have to track down the driver for it. That just goes with the territory.
Probably because making twenty copies of a car costs around $200,000 whereas making twenty copies of a game costs around $0.20
Luckily that story has an okayish ending - I maintain that it was stupid for him to be charged in the first place, but at least the prosecutors had more sense than the cops.
sudo let_there_be_light
Generate about 4-5 good, strong passwords, memorize them thoroughly, then come up with 4-5 variations (symbol substitution, case flipping, increments the numbers, anything really), then put a hint to the password number and variation in the bookmark text. Like, for gmail have the bookmark name read something like: GMail - P1VC For password 1, variation on capitals. I use a system similar to this and I haven't had a problem in years. Though, I do keep a few copies of my bookmarks file lying around because otherwise I am most hosed. You just have to make sure that no one ever has a chance to get your actual passwords, nor share any of the variations ever, but it seemed to me to be the most reasonably secure and simple method.
If you have to brake suddenly you let go of the fucking cup and clean it up later. It isn't rocket science.
What is it that makes a copper less likely to be distracted by a hand held device than you or me?
Training.
I own a Blu-Ray player. I still buy some of my movies on DVD. The reason for that is basically that there's not enough advantage with some movies to overcome the ~$10-$15 price hike for the Blu-Ray version. Something like a romantic comedy, or some Oscar nominated drama, or even some horror flicks don't benefit enough from the high-def format to make it worth my while. The upscaling the BD player does on DVDs is plenty nice enough. Where the format really shines is in action/effects driven movies. Watchmen, Transformers, Pixar movies, things like that I prefer on Blu-Ray format. I can't for the life of me imagine why something like "Just Like Heaven" or "Office Space" or any documentaries would ever be offered on Blu-Ray. What's the point?
You say po-tay-toe, I say po-tah-toe.
It Still is. Punishable by up to five years in prison.
Well, *now* sure. But the concept of "Level cap, classes, crafting, and grinding" has been around since...well you could argue since D&D started the mainstream RPG market. It's a really addictive and successful model, there's no real impetus to change it in any meaningful way.
What's really ironic about all of this though is having the same copyright legislation that Disney shoved through to protect their own interests come back to bite them in the ass when someone wants them to play by the rules they set up. You're right, copyright lasts a ridiculously long time right now, but hopefully this latest silliness will help to mend a broken system. I can dream anyway.
SQL 2000 does support PAE if you can at least get him to run the DB on a Server 2003/8 Enterprise box with 16GB+ of memory. I can't conceive of not using the SAN though, that just seems silly.
Casual Friday here I come!
I know it's a joke, but your comment makes me feel all stabby.
Mostly criminal vs. civil prosecution. The FCC can fine the bejeezus out of you, but it takes an act of congress to make whatever you're doing land you in prison.
And if your current country's government really has their panties in a twist, you have hundreds of other governments to shop around and choose from. Maybe France would be interested in a new multi-million dollar research complex that supports your new hobby. No? Then Russia, or Norway, or ... Eventually one of them will let you.