I personally prefer plasmas for the exact reason you specified. And yea, a scope would be better. Once I can afford a good one I'll give it a go.:p
My reason for using the power filter is for guitar equipment and studio monitoring/recording, it does a great job of killing out any 60 Hz hum that becomes pretty apparent with high gain circuits. For a home theater, meh.
I think one of the coolest voltage stabilization/emergency power backup systems I've seen is at the Terremark building in downtown Miami.
Part 1: Excessively huge electric motor attached to power grid. Part 2: 5 ton concrete disc attached to motor spinning at exactly 60 rotations/second. Part 3: Generator attached to 5 ton concrete disc that powers the building.
There are 8 generators around it, uniformly spaced. At any given time two of them are operating in sync with the commercial grid and also powering the electric motor. If the power goes out, the rest of the generators kick on and take over the electric motor within minutes, long before the disc loses any momentum. As soon as power comes back on, all of the generators are cut from the motor and two new standby generators are picked and synced up with the grid.
Granted, almost all of the traffic to South America is routed through this building, so it's gotta be pretty resilient. It also has if I recall a 20 ton concrete roof to prevent any hurricane problems.
We've got one of those around here... They managed to use all of the HDMI ports on the 103 incher, and wanted $1000 to hook up a friggin Wii. That was a "No thanks, we'll just play on a different TV" moment.
I've got a 50" in my apartment, parents own one of the 103" Panasonic units... It's fairly insane and in my opinion a total waste of money, but then again, he can afford it.
Also, the Monster power filters are actually very good units, I've taken a multimeter to them and done some tests. However, everything else that comes out of that company is total snake oil.
Anyone who buys a $150 AES/ABU cable when any $5 XLR cable will do the job perfectly fine is an idiot. Gold plated connectors? Sorry bud, but your connectors on your gear are most likely tin or copper, and the gold plating actually decreases conductivity... Gotta love the things "audiophiles" do that electrical/audio engineers laugh at.:p
Side note, since I'm a guitarist, I also think tube amps are entirely overrated, I can do just about anything with my Vetta that someone can do with (x brand here) tube amp.
Also, good point on the projector, the only problem is during daytime if you have windows open you can't really see much, but aside from that it is a cheaper alternative that's equally good.
It's not HTML or XHTML, it's all just XML+CSS, much like what the iTunes Store does. Apple has publicly stated that iTunes uses WebKit on a few occasions. I can't be arsed to look up the links though.
However, he really is talking about ESPNU. If you even bothered to look stuff up before assuming you know everything about everything you wouldn't have made that post.
Yea but that's alongside a smartphone I'm assuming? Not all phone let you use them as a modem/connection card, and some of us need to be able to receive calls while using our mobile connections. Not to mention a lot of providers like to charge extra for their 'phone as modem' service, even though there's no difference in service, just what you pay.
If you use it as much as I do you'd definitely want a dedicated plan for it. I went for the integrated card in my laptop, no USB dongle/Expresscard to deal with. I used to have a USB dongle and it was just obnoxious.
I'm in Miami, FL. I had Sprint for voice for a bit but dropped it, I hated it as a voice provider but for data I like them. It costs $60/month for Sprint unlimited as opposed to $80 for AT&T/Verizon.
I use Sprint for this stuff, have a minipci card built into my laptop. The Sprint network encrypts your connection using SSL from the card to the point where it exits to the internet, I'd assume the other providers do the same. You really don't have to worry about someone wirelessly packet sniffing you.
I also get a fully public IP when I connect, and my latency is usually around 100-200 ms. I can play a lot of games online just fine. My average download speed on Sprint is about 2 Mbit, which considering the type of service it is isn't bad at all. I still wouldn't replace my 8Mbit cable line at home, but for on the go stuff I much prefer Sprint.
The reason I chose Sprint is simply because their terms of service don't have that "If you use this for anything but web browsing and email we'll drop you" clause that AT&T and Verizon have, and T-Mobile is still stuck using EDGE, which is just plain hilarious. Also the Sprint service is $20 less per month than AT&T/Verizon.
Honestly the Crystal Space engine screenshots make it look like the devs are still stuck in 1999. Using decals for shadows? In their news, they just recently implemented decals in the engine?
Rickenbackers are great axes in general. I was more talking about the guitars than the basses, I don't know how great/not great EBMM basses are. The guitars are wonderful though. Anyway, my point is that Gibson/Fender are both VERY overrated. There are so many companies out there that make much better instruments...
Sometimes keeping a friendship after severing those types of ties can be hard as hell just because of all of the emotions involved -- it can be painful to see or hear about them. I only really understand the hate-the-ex thing in certain circumstances (cheating, being a total bitch/asshole/whatever) but in general if it's possible to keep a friend then keep a friend. It's just tough, which overall leads most people to just shut out their exes entirely... I'm currently trying to keep my friendship with my ex from completely falling apart, it's simply not an easy thing to do.
As someone who was part of the closed beta, Tim pretty much denied using Wine code in it. Check out this email exchange in the bug tracker about a terrain glitch in Tribes and Tribes 2 that appeared exactly the same way it did in Crossover. It still isn't fixed after them reportedly fixing it about 4 times now.
It's just a coincidence I believe.
DX support is not yet available in this beta, so don't bother yet please.
Best regards,
Tim
On Wed May 16 12:53:12 2007, (snip) wrote:
Will do! It's weird that I had the same glitch in Crossover though,
it was literally exactly the same. But if it's fixed in Parallels,
awesome.
I'm curious, does this current build support any of DX8/9 at all or
is that in future builds? If it does I can start testing some DX things.
Best,
James
On May 16, 2007, at 1:50 PM, Tim Surgent via RT wrote:
Thank you for reporting.
It indeed is Parallels Desktop bug. And it has already been fixed.
Please don't forget to test it in next code drop and report the
results:)
Best regards,
Tim
On Wed May 16 12:48:18 2007, (snip) wrote:
Similar to the Tribes 1 bug I opened. This I'm not sure if it's an
actual Parallels bug or not, because the same thing happens in
Crossover. I think it could be a glitch with the driver for the 17"
MBP C2D video card possibly.
Hell, Oblivion ran just fine on my 6800 Ultra. I can't imagine that a 8600 would have any trouble with it... I agree with you, no point in constantly upgrading to play what pretty much boil down to being massive tech demos. I lost interest in Oblivion after the fourth citadel.
So you're saying that I can't install the Mac native version of UT2007 that's coming out at/around the same time as the Windows version and play? And you're saying the GeForce 8600 that's standard in the MacBook Pro now doesn't even have any graphics power at all? Hell, HL2 runs absolutely fine under Crossover on my MBP with an X1600. Zero artifacts. And how the hell is running Windows in Boot Camp any different than running it on a PC with the same hardware?
Nice to see that you don't even look shit up before you run your mouth.
Your argument is stupid, as are you. And your troll mod was deserved because that's exactly what it was. Now STFU and GTFO.
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Yea, retard moment on my part. Already been pointed out. :p
I personally prefer plasmas for the exact reason you specified. And yea, a scope would be better. Once I can afford a good one I'll give it a go. :p
My reason for using the power filter is for guitar equipment and studio monitoring/recording, it does a great job of killing out any 60 Hz hum that becomes pretty apparent with high gain circuits. For a home theater, meh.
I think one of the coolest voltage stabilization/emergency power backup systems I've seen is at the Terremark building in downtown Miami.
Part 1: Excessively huge electric motor attached to power grid.
Part 2: 5 ton concrete disc attached to motor spinning at exactly 60 rotations/second.
Part 3: Generator attached to 5 ton concrete disc that powers the building.
There are 8 generators around it, uniformly spaced. At any given time two of them are operating in sync with the commercial grid and also powering the electric motor. If the power goes out, the rest of the generators kick on and take over the electric motor within minutes, long before the disc loses any momentum. As soon as power comes back on, all of the generators are cut from the motor and two new standby generators are picked and synced up with the grid.
Granted, almost all of the traffic to South America is routed through this building, so it's gotta be pretty resilient. It also has if I recall a 20 ton concrete roof to prevent any hurricane problems.
We've got one of those around here... They managed to use all of the HDMI ports on the 103 incher, and wanted $1000 to hook up a friggin Wii. That was a "No thanks, we'll just play on a different TV" moment.
I've got a 50" in my apartment, parents own one of the 103" Panasonic units... It's fairly insane and in my opinion a total waste of money, but then again, he can afford it.
:p
Also, the Monster power filters are actually very good units, I've taken a multimeter to them and done some tests. However, everything else that comes out of that company is total snake oil.
Anyone who buys a $150 AES/ABU cable when any $5 XLR cable will do the job perfectly fine is an idiot. Gold plated connectors? Sorry bud, but your connectors on your gear are most likely tin or copper, and the gold plating actually decreases conductivity... Gotta love the things "audiophiles" do that electrical/audio engineers laugh at.
Side note, since I'm a guitarist, I also think tube amps are entirely overrated, I can do just about anything with my Vetta that someone can do with (x brand here) tube amp.
Also, good point on the projector, the only problem is during daytime if you have windows open you can't really see much, but aside from that it is a cheaper alternative that's equally good.
Good point, I didn't notice that. Also, the 100+ inch plasma would knock the price up to around $100,000 or so instead of $18,000.
A 103+ inch plasma, not that 50 inch. Honestly, after seeing a 103 inch plasma regularly, a 50 inch plasma seems tiny. :p
Other than that, I approve, nice setup.
Doh. Well thanks for clearing that up. I guess I should have double checked before posting... Hah.
Go take a look at http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/
It's not HTML or XHTML, it's all just XML+CSS, much like what the iTunes Store does. Apple has publicly stated that iTunes uses WebKit on a few occasions. I can't be arsed to look up the links though.
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=483068&cid=22717162
I already boarded the failboat once, I gotta board it again?
*shameful head hang*
*boards the failboat*
Oh. Well then.
*boards the failboat*
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ESPNU
However, he really is talking about ESPNU. If you even bothered to look stuff up before assuming you know everything about everything you wouldn't have made that post.
Yea but that's alongside a smartphone I'm assuming? Not all phone let you use them as a modem/connection card, and some of us need to be able to receive calls while using our mobile connections. Not to mention a lot of providers like to charge extra for their 'phone as modem' service, even though there's no difference in service, just what you pay.
If you use it as much as I do you'd definitely want a dedicated plan for it. I went for the integrated card in my laptop, no USB dongle/Expresscard to deal with. I used to have a USB dongle and it was just obnoxious.
I'm in Miami, FL. I had Sprint for voice for a bit but dropped it, I hated it as a voice provider but for data I like them. It costs $60/month for Sprint unlimited as opposed to $80 for AT&T/Verizon.
I use Sprint for this stuff, have a minipci card built into my laptop. The Sprint network encrypts your connection using SSL from the card to the point where it exits to the internet, I'd assume the other providers do the same. You really don't have to worry about someone wirelessly packet sniffing you.
I also get a fully public IP when I connect, and my latency is usually around 100-200 ms. I can play a lot of games online just fine. My average download speed on Sprint is about 2 Mbit, which considering the type of service it is isn't bad at all. I still wouldn't replace my 8Mbit cable line at home, but for on the go stuff I much prefer Sprint.
The reason I chose Sprint is simply because their terms of service don't have that "If you use this for anything but web browsing and email we'll drop you" clause that AT&T and Verizon have, and T-Mobile is still stuck using EDGE, which is just plain hilarious. Also the Sprint service is $20 less per month than AT&T/Verizon.
Honestly the Crystal Space engine screenshots make it look like the devs are still stuck in 1999. Using decals for shadows? In their news, they just recently implemented decals in the engine?
They really should have used Ogre.
Not to mention the guy writes like he just graduated 2nd grade...
Rickenbackers are great axes in general. I was more talking about the guitars than the basses, I don't know how great/not great EBMM basses are. The guitars are wonderful though. Anyway, my point is that Gibson/Fender are both VERY overrated. There are so many companies out there that make much better instruments...
Reminds me of the second half of joke video: http://youtube.com/watch?v=MSNLfa1VPwo
...On a related note, I'm trying to figure out that unison from Blind Faith. Some of the runs there are just WTF.
My Carvin DC727 will kick both Fender and Gibson's asses any day... So will my Music Man. Muahahaha. =P
Sometimes keeping a friendship after severing those types of ties can be hard as hell just because of all of the emotions involved -- it can be painful to see or hear about them. I only really understand the hate-the-ex thing in certain circumstances (cheating, being a total bitch/asshole/whatever) but in general if it's possible to keep a friend then keep a friend. It's just tough, which overall leads most people to just shut out their exes entirely... I'm currently trying to keep my friendship with my ex from completely falling apart, it's simply not an easy thing to do.
DX support is not yet available in this beta, so don't bother yet please.
Best regards, Tim
On Wed May 16 12:53:12 2007, (snip) wrote: Will do! It's weird that I had the same glitch in Crossover though, it was literally exactly the same. But if it's fixed in Parallels, awesome.
I'm curious, does this current build support any of DX8/9 at all or is that in future builds? If it does I can start testing some DX things.
Best, James
On May 16, 2007, at 1:50 PM, Tim Surgent via RT wrote:
Thank you for reporting.
It indeed is Parallels Desktop bug. And it has already been fixed. Please don't forget to test it in next code drop and report the results
Best regards, Tim
On Wed May 16 12:48:18 2007, (snip) wrote:
Similar to the Tribes 1 bug I opened. This I'm not sure if it's an actual Parallels bug or not, because the same thing happens in Crossover. I think it could be a glitch with the driver for the 17" MBP C2D video card possibly.
For WM5/6 cell phones, SPB Phone Suite has a call whitelist/blacklist feature that seems to work wonders so far.
Hell, Oblivion ran just fine on my 6800 Ultra. I can't imagine that a 8600 would have any trouble with it... I agree with you, no point in constantly upgrading to play what pretty much boil down to being massive tech demos. I lost interest in Oblivion after the fourth citadel.
So you're saying that I can't install the Mac native version of UT2007 that's coming out at/around the same time as the Windows version and play? And you're saying the GeForce 8600 that's standard in the MacBook Pro now doesn't even have any graphics power at all? Hell, HL2 runs absolutely fine under Crossover on my MBP with an X1600. Zero artifacts. And how the hell is running Windows in Boot Camp any different than running it on a PC with the same hardware? Nice to see that you don't even look shit up before you run your mouth. Your argument is stupid, as are you. And your troll mod was deserved because that's exactly what it was. Now STFU and GTFO.