There are a very few things that make it superior. I by no means imply that + is vastly superior, just a little better. The main advantages are:
you don't have to wait as long to write a +RW disc because it does on-the-fly formatting. You have to wait anywhere from a few minutes to an hour and a half before you can even start using a -RW.
+RW supports higher speeds before -RW; for example, 4x +RW media and drives were available long before 4x -RW.
The other advantage is now basically a non-issue, but +R discs have been found to be readable by slightly more of the older DVD players than -R's.
why would the MPAA, of all people, pull a 'fast one'? I'll have you know they're fine upstanding folks, and besides, it's not like they've ever tried anything like that before, is it?
...anyone?
I know what you're thinking, but that whole Betamax thing really wasn't our^H^H^Htheir fault...
In the +/- DVD format war, HP backed the slightly-superior-but-not-DVD-forum-approved + format. Now they back the Blu-Ray. HP may have some weird people working for them (certain ones I'd even call wacko), but I'd say they're smart just the same when it comes to choosing the better of two emerging technologies.
The CRT manufacturers have been telling us for years that CRT's don't give off enough X-rays to harm you. Now we've got proof they do. Let's give 'em what for!
Right, they just, somehow (maybe God told them), know that imminent doom is coming, they also know what *kind* of doom, and they just happen to know exactly where to go, huh? All this, despite never being in the absence of good temperatures...
TA specifically mentions amber specimens, and how the bees inside the amber are virtually identical to the present-day species, on which much experimentation has been done; that's how they know what temperatures these things can take.
That's all well and good, for *those* species. Problem is, TA ain't talking about those. TA is speaking of more fragile Tropical Bees, who are not used to temperatures below 80 or so. They *can't* *survive* this 22 degree drop that is claimed, and this is known because scientists tried it out on this same species, which (according to TA) is practically Unchanged for as far back as they have amber specimens (65 million years, they say).
You're talking about the kind of bees that actually *can* take that kind of cooling. TA is talking about a whole 'nother animal: Tropical Bees, who *can't* survive the 22 degree drop claimed.
You as well as others have made this point. The problem is, the bees we're talking about *couldn't* survive the 22 degree drop because they're *tropical* bees. How do we know this, we wonder? Because they're Still Here, and Unchanged since then. The ka-Blam event didn't freeze the *tropics*, either, by the way.
According to the theory of the Ka-BLAM event, temperatures didn't drop more than about 22 degrees. Do the math:
~91 degrees (optimal temp)
- 22 (max temp drop)
= 69 degrees. That's far above freezing, but far below what the bees--AND the flowers--need to survive. So, according to the theory, the flowers DIED for lack of sunlight, and the bees DIED from (to them) cold temperatures. Since they weren't frozen, chemical reactions did not stop; therefore, they starved to death because they couldn't keep (from TA) vital metabolic activities running. And since they weren't frozen, their carcasses should have Rotted Away. But...
they're Still Here. That means there's something Wrong with the theory.
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and just as they were getting cheap enough. Okay, you talked me out of buying a $500+ machine. I'll just stick with my years-old inkie.
See my reply above.
There are a very few things that make it superior. I by no means imply that + is vastly superior, just a little better. The main advantages are:
you don't have to wait as long to write a +RW disc because it does on-the-fly formatting. You have to wait anywhere from a few minutes to an hour and a half before you can even start using a -RW.
+RW supports higher speeds before -RW; for example, 4x +RW media and drives were available long before 4x -RW.
The other advantage is now basically a non-issue, but +R discs have been found to be readable by slightly more of the older DVD players than -R's.
Like I said, slightly superior.
You're new here, aren't you?
why would the MPAA, of all people, pull a 'fast one'? I'll have you know they're fine upstanding folks, and besides, it's not like they've ever tried anything like that before, is it?
...anyone?
I know what you're thinking, but that whole Betamax thing really wasn't our^H^H^Htheir fault...
In the +/- DVD format war, HP backed the slightly-superior-but-not-DVD-forum-approved + format. Now they back the Blu-Ray. HP may have some weird people working for them (certain ones I'd even call wacko), but I'd say they're smart just the same when it comes to choosing the better of two emerging technologies.
can be found here. It also gets regular TV signals. Dunno if it does HD over cable or not, but if you want linux support, this is It.
The CRT manufacturers have been telling us for years that CRT's don't give off enough X-rays to harm you. Now we've got proof they do. Let's give 'em what for!
I for one welcome...actually, no. No I don't.
All of them.
Right, they just, somehow (maybe God told them), know that imminent doom is coming, they also know what *kind* of doom, and they just happen to know exactly where to go, huh? All this, despite never being in the absence of good temperatures...
Sure.
You misspelled eke, btw.
TA specifically mentions amber specimens, and how the bees inside the amber are virtually identical to the present-day species, on which much experimentation has been done; that's how they know what temperatures these things can take.
That's all well and good, for *those* species. Problem is, TA ain't talking about those. TA is speaking of more fragile Tropical Bees, who are not used to temperatures below 80 or so. They *can't* *survive* this 22 degree drop that is claimed, and this is known because scientists tried it out on this same species, which (according to TA) is practically Unchanged for as far back as they have amber specimens (65 million years, they say).
You're talking about the kind of bees that actually *can* take that kind of cooling. TA is talking about a whole 'nother animal: Tropical Bees, who *can't* survive the 22 degree drop claimed.
You as well as others have made this point. The problem is, the bees we're talking about *couldn't* survive the 22 degree drop because they're *tropical* bees. How do we know this, we wonder? Because they're Still Here, and Unchanged since then. The ka-Blam event didn't freeze the *tropics*, either, by the way.
According to the theory of the Ka-BLAM event, temperatures didn't drop more than about 22 degrees. Do the math:
~91 degrees (optimal temp)
- 22 (max temp drop)
= 69 degrees. That's far above freezing, but far below what the bees--AND the flowers--need to survive. So, according to the theory, the flowers DIED for lack of sunlight, and the bees DIED from (to them) cold temperatures. Since they weren't frozen, chemical reactions did not stop; therefore, they starved to death because they couldn't keep (from TA) vital metabolic activities running. And since they weren't frozen, their carcasses should have Rotted Away. But...
they're Still Here. That means there's something Wrong with the theory.
And people wonder why today's pest/herbicides are so toxic.
Wow, man, I sure hope so...wow...those brownies are just...beautiful...
Somebody just has to steal your phone. They don't even need your cc# or anything. Just about the most delicious thing thieves have ever heard of.
put this kind of effort into securing their software.
Among the companies being sued...Square Enix
Does anybody besides me think maybe Uematsu-san broke up with them for this reason?
Just a thought.
Mod parent up, please!
can take more abuse than you would ever imagine when looking at them
But can they take that kind of abuse after I take my eyes off them?
Do you have any idea how HARD it would be to knock out all of them at once? America alone has 1000+ sats in orbit.
If terrorists were even going to TRY, they'd much more likely target a few of the more important ones.
Not unless you can manage to fry ONLY components that the sat doesn't need for communication, and there are, oh, say, zero to few of those in comsats.