Perhaps this test just happened to coincide with a software upgrade/patch that was being rolled out to their systems, requiring some per-system downtime.
Having a trial by jury, then being convicted by them, then going through sentencing, and then having the option of appeal..... that's one thing.
Getting shipped off sans due process to an offshore prison camp for an indeterminate sentence for something you weren't convicted of... that's something else entirely.
They will play HD-DVD's at high res. There's no argument over this.
Also, there is *no doubt at all* to anyone who owns an HDTV of any size that DVD's are significantly inferior to broadcast HD programming. When American Idol has a sharper picture than the newest $20 King Kong DVD, something is wrong.
"Early adopter" gear has never been for the feint of heart. This applies to HDTV's, DVD players, VHS decks, CD players, you name it. You don't buy the first generation of a technology expecting it to work just fine for Joe Schmoe or if $1000 breaks the bank.
HD-DVD offers *clear* advantages to the techie/early adopter bracket, and I'd buy one if I had a spare thou to throw around.
No, it's 720p vs 480i. Actually I messed up, 480i is 720x480, not 840x480.
But still. 720p and 1080i, the two currently supported HD resolutions that are being broadcast by the likes of ESPN, InHD, HDNet, HBO, etc, look way better than regular DVD's on HD sets.
As someone else noted, it's necessary if you have an HDTV.
Movies shown on HDNet or HBO HD look significantly better than DVD's when viewed on an HD set. 1280 x 720 progressive is way better than 840 x 480 interlaced.
Lieberman has been criticized by many computer and video game players for his stance on video games; he is a strong supporter of video game censorship. He has also been vocal in the censorship of many controversial musical artists. In the late 1990s Lieberman was vocal in lobbying for censorship against shock rocker Marilyn Manson, calling his group "one of the sickest" he had ever seen. As a senator he inspired the advent of the Entertainment Software Rating Board. The Entertainment Software Association is against governmental regulation of or restriction on video games. Therefore, the organization opposes Lieberman. He has been known many times to denounce the violence contained in video games and has made attempts to regulate sales of violent video games to minors.
On November 29, 2005, Lieberman, together with Hillary Clinton and Evan Bayh introduced the Family Entertainment Protection Act. The act is intended to protect children from inappropriate content found in video games."
1) AMD has something like 20% of the processor market, including OEMs. They couldn't deliver 80% of the market in many years even if the market wanted it.
Maybe in the notebook and server markets, or if you count total installed base.... but AMD certainly has a hell of a lot more than 20% of new desktop sales.
http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/01/ 19/1440200 "Sales of AMD-based desktops took the lead during the pivotal fourth-quarter holiday shopping season. AMD chips were found in 52.5 percent of desktop PCs sold in U.S. retail stores during that period."
The owner of the team should just cut pricing as a humanitarian gesture. Cut ticket prices 30% and make 30% less revenue because every game is sold out anyway.
"How big a slice of that pie would you think you deserve, and if it's only a tiny slice, then who deserves the rest?"
I always pull out this argument when people complain about the amount of money athletes and movie stars make.
Idiot: "I can't believe how much baseball players make! They should not be given ridiculous salaries like that."
Response: "When the team makes $500 million in revenue because of the fans that pay to see the players play, who SHOULD be getting the bulk of that money if it's not the players? Should the owner of the team just keep more of it?"
It will make the servers smaller, save space by consolidating power supplies into one unit, save lots of power by having one large power supply that's more efficient than small ones, and make it way easier to remove waste heat by concentrating most of it into one big unit.
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Took me one try.
Dell Dimension 9150.
3GHZ Pentium D
512MB RAM
250GB 7200RPM HD
20" Widescreen LCD monitor
256MB GeForce 6800 PCI-E 16x graphics card
802.11a/b/g adapter
$1268
iMac same specs, with a worse video card but with DVD burner
$1699
34% increase in price for the mac.
Perhaps this test just happened to coincide with a software upgrade/patch that was being rolled out to their systems, requiring some per-system downtime.
Who uses a beta product to repartition their hard drive and change their boot records without any sort of backup?
Please tell me that Boot Camp at least *suggested* doing a backup before beginning.
Having a trial by jury, then being convicted by them, then going through sentencing, and then having the option of appeal..... that's one thing.
Getting shipped off sans due process to an offshore prison camp for an indeterminate sentence for something you weren't convicted of... that's something else entirely.
So you won't buy AMD because they advertise on /.?
I don't get it. Explain?
They will play HD-DVD's at high res. There's no argument over this.
Also, there is *no doubt at all* to anyone who owns an HDTV of any size that DVD's are significantly inferior to broadcast HD programming. When American Idol has a sharper picture than the newest $20 King Kong DVD, something is wrong.
"Early adopter" gear has never been for the feint of heart. This applies to HDTV's, DVD players, VHS decks, CD players, you name it. You don't buy the first generation of a technology expecting it to work just fine for Joe Schmoe or if $1000 breaks the bank.
HD-DVD offers *clear* advantages to the techie/early adopter bracket, and I'd buy one if I had a spare thou to throw around.
WTF are you talking about?
Watch a 50" 1080p display, then watch your freaking computer monitor, and tell me which one gives a better experience.
Give me a break.
Several companies, including Toshiba and Samsung, market sub-30", sub-$600 widescreen HDTV's.
For example, $530 gets you a 26" Toshiba widescreen or 30" Insignia widescreen at Best Buy today.
I'm... quite surprised.
To me, and I'm no videophile, VHS tapes look like complete shit, even on the super-tiny 15" TV in my bedroom.
DVD's are way, way, way better. I can't even watch VHS tapes because they're so far below broadcast quality.
Your TV must really suck.
DVD is significantly higher quality than VHS. Across the board. VHS is crap even compared to standard broadcast video.
Dual core processors basically double performance in Photoshop and Windows Media Encoder.
AMD doesn't make any dual-core notebook chips...
I have decided that the only reason you get modded up is because those doing the moderation simply don't read your posts.
It's as generic as, say, kleenex, xerox, or coke.
It was inserted into the public consciousness as a term by these comics writers. They trademarked it in 1967.
Just because everyone uses it to refer to Superman and Aquaman doesn't mean that "everyone" invented the term.
No, it's 720p vs 480i. Actually I messed up, 480i is 720x480, not 840x480.
But still. 720p and 1080i, the two currently supported HD resolutions that are being broadcast by the likes of ESPN, InHD, HDNet, HBO, etc, look way better than regular DVD's on HD sets.
So, yes, the new technologies are necessary.
As someone else noted, it's necessary if you have an HDTV.
Movies shown on HDNet or HBO HD look significantly better than DVD's when viewed on an HD set. 1280 x 720 progressive is way better than 840 x 480 interlaced.
From Wikipedia:
"Political positions
Censorship
Lieberman has been criticized by many computer and video game players for his stance on video games; he is a strong supporter of video game censorship. He has also been vocal in the censorship of many controversial musical artists. In the late 1990s Lieberman was vocal in lobbying for censorship against shock rocker Marilyn Manson, calling his group "one of the sickest" he had ever seen. As a senator he inspired the advent of the Entertainment Software Rating Board. The Entertainment Software Association is against governmental regulation of or restriction on video games. Therefore, the organization opposes Lieberman. He has been known many times to denounce the violence contained in video games and has made attempts to regulate sales of violent video games to minors.
On November 29, 2005, Lieberman, together with Hillary Clinton and Evan Bayh introduced the Family Entertainment Protection Act. The act is intended to protect children from inappropriate content found in video games."
Lierberman has been leading the Congressional fight against video games for as long as I can remember.
He was the first Congressman to start this shit.
1) AMD has something like 20% of the processor market, including OEMs. They couldn't deliver 80% of the market in many years even if the market wanted it.
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Maybe in the notebook and server markets, or if you count total installed base.... but AMD certainly has a hell of a lot more than 20% of new desktop sales.
http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/01
"Sales of AMD-based desktops took the lead during the pivotal fourth-quarter holiday shopping season. AMD chips were found in 52.5 percent of desktop PCs sold in U.S. retail stores during that period."
I don't get it.
He was in the Army. What would he know? ;)
Oh, OK. Brilliant.
The owner of the team should just cut pricing as a humanitarian gesture. Cut ticket prices 30% and make 30% less revenue because every game is sold out anyway.
That's capitalism for you!
"How big a slice of that pie would you think you deserve, and if it's only a tiny slice, then who deserves the rest?"
I always pull out this argument when people complain about the amount of money athletes and movie stars make.
Idiot: "I can't believe how much baseball players make! They should not be given ridiculous salaries like that."
Response: "When the team makes $500 million in revenue because of the fans that pay to see the players play, who SHOULD be getting the bulk of that money if it's not the players? Should the owner of the team just keep more of it?"
Idiot: "...."
Yes.
It will make the servers smaller, save space by consolidating power supplies into one unit, save lots of power by having one large power supply that's more efficient than small ones, and make it way easier to remove waste heat by concentrating most of it into one big unit.