I brought up a similar rhetorical question with my girlfriend....boy was that barking up the wrong tree. I hope you got a better response than me! We're fine but that night was a bit awkward.
Y'know I wasn't even considering PAL discs. I won't even pretend to know much about them. Thanks for catching that, I didn't even think to mention I was talking NTSC.
Actually I think you're both right. Your progressive DVDs are in fact interlaced on the disc...you admitted this. When played on a normal, non-HDTV (or rather, a TV without component video and doesn't support progressive...I think there are non-HD sets that support it), it stays interlaced. It's only when the DVD player is set for progressive mode that it applies 3:2 pulldown, thus returning to a full-res 24p.
So basically, as far as the actual video data is concerned, everything is indeed interlaced. But the end result can be interlaced or progressive.
* Price Agree. But from articles I've seen, the $200 for SNES/Genesis at the time is roughly comparable. You're getting a lot for $400. Yes there will be pissed off people with the core system.
* Lack of games Same thing anytime a new console launches. But y'know what? I don't buy 5 games a month like some people do. The fact that there are several games on 360 I want already (PGR, PZ0, Most Wanted), I don't care how many there are total. By the time I'm ready to buy another game, one will come out.
* No competition No argument here. But I see Xbox360 vs PS3 as being almost identical to Xbox vs. PS2...which means for the most part, you get most games on both. I plan to get the Revolution too.
* Hidden costs Have access to HDTV already. Yes I can see this as a problem for others.
* Older consoles are not dead yet That's why I still have my GameCube hooked up.
So for these reasons and more, I'm hoping to snatch up an Xbox360 early Tuesday morning.
Hehe...with HD you could almost (completely?) fit a whole Mario level on one screen with no scrolling. Sure Mario would be about half an inch tall but hey!:-D
How infinitely improbable is it that an intelligence would exist that could create something that would be otherwise infinitely improbable? I have a hard time trying to figure out why people will accept that God or some other intelligence just happened to be here to create the universe, but they can't accept that the universe could have just happened to be here instead.
I'll add that when looking at those stained glass windows, it looks absolutely fantastic when the helicopter flies by outside. The shadow it leaves on the glass and how it effects the lighting in the room looks incredibly realistic. In fact I was so startled by it (and trying to see it again) that I hardly noticed when some enemies came and started shooting at me:)
"Company background: An independent energy company that explores for, develops and produces natural gas, crude oil and natural gas liquids. Company has exploration and production interests in North America, Australia, Africa and Asia."
Hmm, thinkin' that's not the same Apache. Bad editorial job I guess.
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No, you shouldn't be able to freely download it. IMO, the perfect-world solution is you present proof you owned it before and you are charged a nominal fee for the work that engineers/mixers put into the new version. Will this ever happen? Ha.
I just hope some games have UI like in Minority Report. Hell, it could be an entire game.
-You start, just like in the movie, a red ball comes down and you look for clues, using motions just like Tom Cruise did in the movie. -Next you yourself fly the helicopter to the location. The controller works just like a flight stick. -Next you run into an unfamiliar house (randomly generated?) and need to find the exact location before time runs out. The first level would be simple, like in the movie. Later levels would be more complex and the bad guys would fight back.
Larson-Green: No, we don't have a "classic mode." We surveyed customers to find out what would help people transition, and they told us they really wanted us to help them move forward, rather than doing any kind of classic mode. In addition to redesigning the UI, we've added a lot more functionality in Office 12. Faced with the same challenge of making all this new functionality available in the old UI, we couldn't keep the old command-oriented model and make it easier for users to find new features, so we decided to make a bolder move.
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I brought up a similar rhetorical question with my girlfriend....boy was that barking up the wrong tree. I hope you got a better response than me! We're fine but that night was a bit awkward.
Hey look I can do that too!
I remember hearing somewhere that Java was a mistake and that Sun will end support for it. Therefore, in a few years, Java won't matter.
Sweeeeeet
I'll keep an Intel box around for heat in the winter, and my upcoming AMD machine for keeping cool in the summer!
Yeah, the last guy already confirmed I had a boner post...
The saddest part is I know exactly what 3:2 pulldown is and wow did I not say it in the post. Oh well. I have been since corrected.
Y'know I wasn't even considering PAL discs. I won't even pretend to know much about them. Thanks for catching that, I didn't even think to mention I was talking NTSC.
Actually I think you're both right. Your progressive DVDs are in fact interlaced on the disc...you admitted this. When played on a normal, non-HDTV (or rather, a TV without component video and doesn't support progressive...I think there are non-HD sets that support it), it stays interlaced. It's only when the DVD player is set for progressive mode that it applies 3:2 pulldown, thus returning to a full-res 24p.
So basically, as far as the actual video data is concerned, everything is indeed interlaced. But the end result can be interlaced or progressive.
My take on their take....
* Price
Agree. But from articles I've seen, the $200 for SNES/Genesis at the time is roughly comparable. You're getting a lot for $400. Yes there will be pissed off people with the core system.
* Lack of games
Same thing anytime a new console launches. But y'know what? I don't buy 5 games a month like some people do. The fact that there are several games on 360 I want already (PGR, PZ0, Most Wanted), I don't care how many there are total. By the time I'm ready to buy another game, one will come out.
* No competition
No argument here. But I see Xbox360 vs PS3 as being almost identical to Xbox vs. PS2...which means for the most part, you get most games on both. I plan to get the Revolution too.
* Hidden costs
Have access to HDTV already. Yes I can see this as a problem for others.
* Older consoles are not dead yet
That's why I still have my GameCube hooked up.
So for these reasons and more, I'm hoping to snatch up an Xbox360 early Tuesday morning.
Your analogy is incomplete. It would need to run on current fuel, albeit not as well. In the future, a fuel will come out that makes the car faster.
Did you hear?! Intel pays a ton of engineers to make cores...and they put their own name on it! Too bad Intel can't invent something itself.
Hehe...with HD you could almost (completely?) fit a whole Mario level on one screen with no scrolling. Sure Mario would be about half an inch tall but hey! :-D
How infinitely improbable is it that an intelligence would exist that could create something that would be otherwise infinitely improbable? I have a hard time trying to figure out why people will accept that God or some other intelligence just happened to be here to create the universe, but they can't accept that the universe could have just happened to be here instead.
Think something like the 80s...with less scary clothes.
I'll add that when looking at those stained glass windows, it looks absolutely fantastic when the helicopter flies by outside. The shadow it leaves on the glass and how it effects the lighting in the room looks incredibly realistic. In fact I was so startled by it (and trying to see it again) that I hardly noticed when some enemies came and started shooting at me :)
FTFA:
With 60 per cent of the population in the Arab world under the age of 20, and 40 per cent under 15, the market is likely to expand.
The cause of...and result of...all of the Arab world's problems?
A quick look at http://quickfacts.census.gov/ shows that 25% of Americans are under 18.
"Company background: An independent energy company that explores for, develops and produces natural gas, crude oil and natural gas liquids. Company has exploration and production interests in North America, Australia, Africa and Asia."
Hmm, thinkin' that's not the same Apache. Bad editorial job I guess.
Touche...
No it ain't.
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Hehehehehehehe
:-P
He said "Pubic"
Woah there, boy....
30 GB * 8 Gb/GB * 1024 Mb/Gb = 245760 Mbits
245760 Mb / 25 Mb/sec = 9830 sec.
9830 sec / 60 sec/min / 60 min/sec = 2.73 hours.
How did you get 20 hours??
But still, 2.73 hours is plenty for most movies...
Works fine for me with the Firefox 1.5 Beta 1
No, you shouldn't be able to freely download it. IMO, the perfect-world solution is you present proof you owned it before and you are charged a nominal fee for the work that engineers/mixers put into the new version. Will this ever happen? Ha.
New Dilbert book: Still Pumped From Holding The Revolution Controller Out In Front Of Me For Hours On End.
I just hope some games have UI like in Minority Report. Hell, it could be an entire game.
-You start, just like in the movie, a red ball comes down and you look for clues, using motions just like Tom Cruise did in the movie.
-Next you yourself fly the helicopter to the location. The controller works just like a flight stick.
-Next you run into an unfamiliar house (randomly generated?) and need to find the exact location before time runs out. The first level would be simple, like in the movie. Later levels would be more complex and the bad guys would fight back.
From a Microsoft interview:
Larson-Green: No, we don't have a "classic mode." We surveyed customers to find out what would help people transition, and they told us they really wanted us to help them move forward, rather than doing any kind of classic mode. In addition to redesigning the UI, we've added a lot more functionality in Office 12. Faced with the same challenge of making all this new functionality available in the old UI, we couldn't keep the old command-oriented model and make it easier for users to find new features, so we decided to make a bolder move.