Maybe the iPod doesn't have the processor power to decode hi-res video, but an iDVR would. I wouldn't be surprised if Apple released a DVR with a docking port, using an iPod for storage. That way you can take all your shows/movies with you. Content might need to be down-sampled for iPod playback, but with the new h.264 codec the same content can be easily scaled anywhere from 3G to HD.
I think this is the start of Apple entering the multimedia market in full.
Jimi Hendrix anyone? Its not hard to learn to make a guitar play the notes you want, but very few people can actually play an instrument. Listen to his Star Spangled Banner, complete with screams and sounds of war. Now that's playing a guitar.
Music is about creative expression (at least the good stuff).
Why does everything come with security 'features'? Shouldn't everything be as secure as possible out of the box? If it was made inherently secure, it wouldn't need 'features'.
Go RIT!
This is extremely offtopic but,
do you go to RIT? I am currently a junior in high school, and am trying to decide where to go. I am trying to decide whether or not it is worth it to drop the money for MIT, or to go somewhere smaller and cheaper. How is RIT?
It seems as if the Anti-Piracy Buereau of Sweden and their infiltrator "Rouge" had a good deal of involvement in supporting the busted FTP server not only with hardware but with so called "warez" as well.
As I totally agree on all accounts with Bill Gates on how U.S. high schools today are struggling to teach well, high school isn't all about academics. High school is just as much about learning social skills as learning calculus or physics. Why do you think that there are so many school dances and pep assemblies? Anybody can go online and learn C++, or the concepts of thermodynamics, but only a school can offer a place for students to make friends and participate in the numerous sports and clubs. If students came out of high school with a great education and no social abilities, the standard would raise (and as someone mentioned above) people would need a college degree to manage a restaurant, instead of having people who are content to have a strong social life instead of a great career. Humans are inherently social creatures, some more than others, and the schools see this. They recognize that most students aren't going to be able to study four hours a night to get that quality education Bill Gates foresees. Bill Gates, much like most of the/. audience, probably went through high school seeing the academic inadequacies not realizing that most of the high school learning experience is in the after school activities and between classes.
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Maybe the iPod doesn't have the processor power to decode hi-res video, but an iDVR would. I wouldn't be surprised if Apple released a DVR with a docking port, using an iPod for storage. That way you can take all your shows/movies with you. Content might need to be down-sampled for iPod playback, but with the new h.264 codec the same content can be easily scaled anywhere from 3G to HD. I think this is the start of Apple entering the multimedia market in full.
Jimi Hendrix anyone? Its not hard to learn to make a guitar play the notes you want, but very few people can actually play an instrument. Listen to his Star Spangled Banner, complete with screams and sounds of war. Now that's playing a guitar. Music is about creative expression (at least the good stuff).
I have a real question so I am sorry if this was already discussed...
You must be new here.
If it is possible to run Windows on an Intel based Mac, FireFox is also a direct competitor to Internet Explorer.
weighs roughly equal to that of Saturn
Last time I checked, everything weighed equal to Saturn. About 0 lbs.
A fail-safe vehicle needs to be developed.
Haha. I almost thought you were serious for a moment.
Oh wait...
But not as much as how slashdot is becoming Apple's show pony
The mission is characterized as the first 'scout' mission for possible manned landing in the future."
What were those two rovers doing there then?
...even when security features are switched on.
Why does everything come with security 'features'? Shouldn't everything be as secure as possible out of the box? If it was made inherently secure, it wouldn't need 'features'.
Porting Open Source to Minor Platforms is Harmful
I would say that an article about someone's blog entry on the front page is harmful.
90% say if we receive a message from another planet we should reply.
I would like to see how that number would compare to the same survey taken after the War of the Worlds movie comes out.
Or again if/when we actually do recieve a message.
Now that Dvorak said its dying, sales will sky rocket and Duke Nukem Forever will be released ahead of schedule.
Go RIT! This is extremely offtopic but, do you go to RIT? I am currently a junior in high school, and am trying to decide where to go. I am trying to decide whether or not it is worth it to drop the money for MIT, or to go somewhere smaller and cheaper. How is RIT?
Why drop it into the ocean? Why not just blast it off into space and see what it finds until we lose communicaiton? It seems like a waste to me...
Rodriguez's Sin City,
Actually, its Frank Miller's Sin City. IMHO the writer is more important than the director.
I for one welcome back our ("now more serious") Science Overlord.
It seems as if the Anti-Piracy Buereau of Sweden and their infiltrator "Rouge" had a good deal of involvement in supporting the busted FTP server not only with hardware but with so called "warez" as well.
"Rouge"?
"warez"?
CowboyNeal?!
unless OSC writes the script, directs, AND plays Graff.
As I totally agree on all accounts with Bill Gates on how U.S. high schools today are struggling to teach well, high school isn't all about academics. High school is just as much about learning social skills as learning calculus or physics. Why do you think that there are so many school dances and pep assemblies? Anybody can go online and learn C++, or the concepts of thermodynamics, but only a school can offer a place for students to make friends and participate in the numerous sports and clubs. If students came out of high school with a great education and no social abilities, the standard would raise (and as someone mentioned above) people would need a college degree to manage a restaurant, instead of having people who are content to have a strong social life instead of a great career. Humans are inherently social creatures, some more than others, and the schools see this. They recognize that most students aren't going to be able to study four hours a night to get that quality education Bill Gates foresees. Bill Gates, much like most of the /. audience, probably went through high school seeing the academic inadequacies not realizing that most of the high school learning experience is in the after school activities and between classes.