I'm not a fan of the Battlestar Galactica remake, too much soap opera and not enough plot for me... and the human Cylons, total cop-out meh. But Caprica was an amazing surprise, head and shoulders better than BG ever was in either incarnation.
Maybe. I don't know if that's true any longer. China is a deeply invested trade partner today, not an opponent. They might actually look with favor on our stepping in there. Especially now that the little crazytard has some minimal nuclear capacity. They might just think that fond as they are of him, it might be time to pull that tooth.
Imagine the US is winding down it's two cash cow wars; almost done with Iraq, and Afghanistan's end is in sight, if not in fact.
Imagine the USMIC without a constant flow of cash.
We'll be needing -- and having -- a new war. Just watch. NK could be very convenient for the USA. And if not NK, then someone else. But NK has all the characteristics we want: A smallish country, an easily defeated military, a huge population to keep us there fighting in the bushes for 5-10 years, no particular economic value to be concerned about, has been described as part of the mythical "axis of evil"...
Yep, I'm pretty sure I smell another uptick in USMIC stocks.
I *have* an old one. Reading comprehension fail much?
I mean, do you really expect them to support devices which few people use anymore?
No. I expect them to support optical audio, which is a standard connection even today; and I expect them to support component, which is *also* a standard connection, even today. They can of course choose not to include such support, just as they have done, but then I will choose not to buy the new device to replace my old device, just as I have done. Understand now?
I didn't have a HDTV until a few months ago
Ah, well then, you're an expert, aren't you?/rollseyes
Are companies really supposed to support dying technologies just to make a handful of geeks happy?
These are not dying technologies. They are simply older technologies. Both are still in use; both are present on an astonishing number of devices currently in use and currently for sale. Look here: Marantz AV7701, current high end pre-pro: 3 component inputs, one out; two optical audio inputs. Onkyo TX NR515, current middle of the line receiver, component in and out, two optical audio inputs. Samsung UN32EH5300 1080p current LED HDTV, you guessed it, component input. There are huge numbers of similar devices. Just go look.
The device is tiny and cheap as it is, continuing to hold out on these old technologies drops the ability to have support for other things people want.
No, it doesn't. There's no reason at all they can't have a model for people like me with the broader connectivity, while still maintaining a more narrowly targeted HDMI only system. They already had the tech; I'm pretty sure it wouldn't have been a huge pushup, and putting out a few more bucks to keep very expensive devices useful is a perfectly sane consumer decision. Roku simply punted when they could have kicked for the field goal. It's also worth pointing out that the original models had this connectivity, and they were *still* tiny and cheap.
Sadly, although the new Roku has the new interface and a fast CPU, it's lost a lot of the connectivity that made the original Roku such a great device; the optical audio is gone, and so is the component video. The 3 is composite video + analog audio, or HDMI+audio, or nothing. I made great use of that connectivity with a high end, but older, Denon receiver for one unit, and a toshiba flatscreen 720p CRT display. Both still work perfectly, but will have to stay with the original roku, which is very slow. So no new interface for me, sigh.
I'm thinking there's still a lot of similar hardware out there, too.
If by "interacting with other people" you mean "online play",
I was thinking about titles like Mechassault, where the heart of the game is playing with multiple people as mechs... people employ infinitely variables strategies, and so the gameplay likewise varies. Used to be able to do that online, too, but now it's all at-home play. Even though the online play is gone, the game retains a great deal of its playability because it's not just you against a very limited opponent (the computer.)
On XBox live, my experience has mostly been with racing games, and various kinds of lag, cars that flash on and off the track or freeze in place, pretty much soured me on it. I prefer multiplayer at home, because it tends to be a lot more reliable, and there's pizza, friends, music, etc. We hold a regular gaming night every Thursday at my house; it's been going on for almost ten years now. Total blast.
No hardware compatibility, no emulation == no buy.
And I agree with you: I *am* going to hold my nose because of that linux thing. That was uncalled for. "Here! Have this console with this feature! Got it? Ok, yeah, that feature? We're taking that out."
I just can't see giving Sony any more money; as they chose to make it so that only used, older units will play the titles in my game library, then so be it: Used, older units is what I will buy when the ones I have go nipples north. I've already dedicated more shelves (and system inputs) to game machines than most people bother to; no more.
There's a silver lining to this, too... the used game market for the previous and earlier generation machines is inexpensive and rich with titles. Couldn't find and play all the good ones if I played one a day for the rest of my life. There are a few titles that have basically infinite re-playability, too, because they're about interacting with other people. So.... pfbbbt.
You know, when this all started, I was only carrying 8 bits. That wasn't so bad. But then it was 16. Then 32. Now I'm always carrying 64 and what was a light purse is now clogged by these massive integers, big FP numbers and flag collections you could almost make the United Nations out of.
Thank goodness Amazon has created a locker for me to put those bits down in when I shop. My Chiropractic bill has never been lower.
House of cards is moderately good -- better than most TV fare -- but underplays the level of corruption in Washington. We haven't seen any depiction of entrenched values and religious fuckery, either, and those are part and parcel of Washington's current operations.
In the SF vein, news that would make me (and a lot of other people, I'm guessing) smile is someone pulling Firefly back together. IMHO, that show was the most consistently well done SF show ever. It had everything; it was quirky enough to be interesting just from a plot-assembly POV, it was often very funny, almost everyone had a great role (River's the exception, but it's pretty clear they were developing her slowly) and, oh, I don't know, a host of other things. A touch of genius, certainly. Perhaps several.
LOL! Read the quote. Read it carefully. Don't read it for what you expect it to say, read it for what it says. Read the words that were used. When you understand what he wrote, you will then have the key required to understand the following humor. Assuming you're following the arguments about pre-crime, too.
I don't know if you actually have the wits, your post seems to signal otherwise, but I'm willing to extend the benefit of the doubt your way this one time, cuz I'm a nice guy.:)
This one is about some morons drawing the ine at magnets, which invites, nay, demands, such comparisons. Perhaps you missed the point, as often happens on slashdot, where nanny-state trolls abound.
It's obviously better when there are no buckyball supermagnets or guns around.
Yes. And that's your job. Not the state's. You control the environment. You are responsible for the environment. There is no way the state can make the environment you provide "safe enough", that is completely on you. The moment you start passing that responsibility off to the state, you've failed those children. Sure, there may not be little buckyball magnets on the floor, the state saw to that, but there might be needles, pins, insecticide residue, broken glass... just to name a few of the more obvious candidates in a list that could go on for many, many pages.
Oh, you wouldn't let your kid crawl around where they could find a nice shiny bit of broken glass and put it in their mouth?
Ok, fine. Sounds like good parenting to me. So why is it that you want the state to exempt you from keeping little magnets out of their space? What's the difference? Or would you have the state legislate all things away from you that might cause harm? Welcome to your padded room -- you deserve it.
People like you are, quite literally this time, why we can't have nice things.
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...we don't allow them to have ships.
I'm not a fan of the Battlestar Galactica remake, too much soap opera and not enough plot for me... and the human Cylons, total cop-out meh. But Caprica was an amazing surprise, head and shoulders better than BG ever was in either incarnation.
Have some of this.
um.
April 1st.
ok, IHBT. I think.
...someone at slashdot has lost their mind.
You've got it backwards.
That smoking hole in the ground wouldn't be the consequence; it'd be the precursor.
They're just waiting for the little crazy guy to step out of line. That'd be it, right there.
Maybe. I don't know if that's true any longer. China is a deeply invested trade partner today, not an opponent. They might actually look with favor on our stepping in there. Especially now that the little crazytard has some minimal nuclear capacity. They might just think that fond as they are of him, it might be time to pull that tooth.
Yeah, might be Iran. Or Iran, too.
As for refugees spilling into SK, no, probably not. DMZ, ya see.
Your reading comprehension is now rated at below 25%. Congratulations.
Imagine the US is winding down it's two cash cow wars; almost done with Iraq, and Afghanistan's end is in sight, if not in fact.
Imagine the USMIC without a constant flow of cash.
We'll be needing -- and having -- a new war. Just watch. NK could be very convenient for the USA. And if not NK, then someone else. But NK has all the characteristics we want: A smallish country, an easily defeated military, a huge population to keep us there fighting in the bushes for 5-10 years, no particular economic value to be concerned about, has been described as part of the mythical "axis of evil"...
Yep, I'm pretty sure I smell another uptick in USMIC stocks.
I *have* an old one. Reading comprehension fail much?
No. I expect them to support optical audio, which is a standard connection even today; and I expect them to support component, which is *also* a standard connection, even today. They can of course choose not to include such support, just as they have done, but then I will choose not to buy the new device to replace my old device, just as I have done. Understand now?
Ah, well then, you're an expert, aren't you? /rollseyes
These are not dying technologies. They are simply older technologies. Both are still in use; both are present on an astonishing number of devices currently in use and currently for sale. Look here: Marantz AV7701, current high end pre-pro: 3 component inputs, one out; two optical audio inputs. Onkyo TX NR515, current middle of the line receiver, component in and out, two optical audio inputs. Samsung UN32EH5300 1080p current LED HDTV, you guessed it, component input. There are huge numbers of similar devices. Just go look.
No, it doesn't. There's no reason at all they can't have a model for people like me with the broader connectivity, while still maintaining a more narrowly targeted HDMI only system. They already had the tech; I'm pretty sure it wouldn't have been a huge pushup, and putting out a few more bucks to keep very expensive devices useful is a perfectly sane consumer decision. Roku simply punted when they could have kicked for the field goal. It's also worth pointing out that the original models had this connectivity, and they were *still* tiny and cheap.
Dots definitely something to focus on.
Sadly, although the new Roku has the new interface and a fast CPU, it's lost a lot of the connectivity that made the original Roku such a great device; the optical audio is gone, and so is the component video. The 3 is composite video + analog audio, or HDMI+audio, or nothing. I made great use of that connectivity with a high end, but older, Denon receiver for one unit, and a toshiba flatscreen 720p CRT display. Both still work perfectly, but will have to stay with the original roku, which is very slow. So no new interface for me, sigh.
I'm thinking there's still a lot of similar hardware out there, too.
I was thinking about titles like Mechassault, where the heart of the game is playing with multiple people as mechs... people employ infinitely variables strategies, and so the gameplay likewise varies. Used to be able to do that online, too, but now it's all at-home play. Even though the online play is gone, the game retains a great deal of its playability because it's not just you against a very limited opponent (the computer.)
On XBox live, my experience has mostly been with racing games, and various kinds of lag, cars that flash on and off the track or freeze in place, pretty much soured me on it. I prefer multiplayer at home, because it tends to be a lot more reliable, and there's pizza, friends, music, etc. We hold a regular gaming night every Thursday at my house; it's been going on for almost ten years now. Total blast.
No hardware compatibility, no emulation == no buy.
And I agree with you: I *am* going to hold my nose because of that linux thing. That was uncalled for. "Here! Have this console with this feature! Got it? Ok, yeah, that feature? We're taking that out."
I just can't see giving Sony any more money; as they chose to make it so that only used, older units will play the titles in my game library, then so be it: Used, older units is what I will buy when the ones I have go nipples north. I've already dedicated more shelves (and system inputs) to game machines than most people bother to; no more.
There's a silver lining to this, too... the used game market for the previous and earlier generation machines is inexpensive and rich with titles. Couldn't find and play all the good ones if I played one a day for the rest of my life. There are a few titles that have basically infinite re-playability, too, because they're about interacting with other people. So.... pfbbbt.
You know, when this all started, I was only carrying 8 bits. That wasn't so bad. But then it was 16. Then 32. Now I'm always carrying 64 and what was a light purse is now clogged by these massive integers, big FP numbers and flag collections you could almost make the United Nations out of.
Thank goodness Amazon has created a locker for me to put those bits down in when I shop. My Chiropractic bill has never been lower.
I dunno, doesn't seem to have slowed you down much. You go right ahead, fellah. :)
ok, I'll bite -- "blew it" how?
You *do* realize that the degree of creative freedom in a movie is a fraction of what it is over many episodes, right?
I'd really like you to elaborate here.
Other than that, yeah, I gave up already, but that doesn't change what I'd like to happen. :)
House of cards is moderately good -- better than most TV fare -- but underplays the level of corruption in Washington. We haven't seen any depiction of entrenched values and religious fuckery, either, and those are part and parcel of Washington's current operations.
In the SF vein, news that would make me (and a lot of other people, I'm guessing) smile is someone pulling Firefly back together. IMHO, that show was the most consistently well done SF show ever. It had everything; it was quirky enough to be interesting just from a plot-assembly POV, it was often very funny, almost everyone had a great role (River's the exception, but it's pretty clear they were developing her slowly) and, oh, I don't know, a host of other things. A touch of genius, certainly. Perhaps several.
LOL! Read the quote. Read it carefully. Don't read it for what you expect it to say, read it for what it says. Read the words that were used. When you understand what he wrote, you will then have the key required to understand the following humor. Assuming you're following the arguments about pre-crime, too.
I don't know if you actually have the wits, your post seems to signal otherwise, but I'm willing to extend the benefit of the doubt your way this one time, cuz I'm a nice guy. :)
This one is about some morons drawing the ine at magnets, which invites, nay, demands, such comparisons. Perhaps you missed the point, as often happens on slashdot, where nanny-state trolls abound.
But hey... I forgive you.
I have no doubt whatsoever that you are.
Now that, you got backwards.
And so, all things should be legislated as Unsafe and Forbidden. Yes?
Your world would have rounded edges, taste bland, and result in a drooling, useless populace.
Yes. And that's your job. Not the state's. You control the environment. You are responsible for the environment. There is no way the state can make the environment you provide "safe enough", that is completely on you. The moment you start passing that responsibility off to the state, you've failed those children. Sure, there may not be little buckyball magnets on the floor, the state saw to that, but there might be needles, pins, insecticide residue, broken glass... just to name a few of the more obvious candidates in a list that could go on for many, many pages.
Oh, you wouldn't let your kid crawl around where they could find a nice shiny bit of broken glass and put it in their mouth?
Ok, fine. Sounds like good parenting to me. So why is it that you want the state to exempt you from keeping little magnets out of their space? What's the difference? Or would you have the state legislate all things away from you that might cause harm? Welcome to your padded room -- you deserve it.
People like you are, quite literally this time, why we can't have nice things.
Hmmm. Like a... slashdot moderator!