Except for some reason, the Apple keyboards often can't supply enough power for a flash stick. Depends on the flash stick. Some work, but probably 75% or more of typical flash sticks don't work in the keyboard ports. It's pretty annoying, as it would be so convenient otherwise.
A billion songs sold is like ten songs per customer, for the relatively narrow customer base that has any interest in iTunes.
"Narrow customer base" for iTunes? I'd like to know what the hell you are smoking. It's totally mainstream. iTunes is one of the most popular software applications in history.
What's worse than instant gratification is wasting fossil fuels just to drive down the road to get data. That's much more selfish. Not to mention the petrochemicals involved in manufacturing the DVD and its case, then transporting it to the distributor and then transporting it from the distributor to the video rental store.
The difference is that almost nobody is buying video online. Instead, people are flocking to buy DVDs. In contrast, CD sales have been dropping and people are quite comfortable buying music online. One of the reasons for this is that DVDs are much more reasonably priced than audio CDs. Other reasons are that not many people own multimedia or "home theater" PCs hooked up to their TV. They just want to stick a disc in and play on the TV. While almost nobody has a computer hooked up to their TV, almost everybody has either an iPod, or their computer hooked up to some speakers. MP3 downloads (via Napster and P2P) were already in full-swing before the iPod was released, video downloads weren't.
Basically, having 90% of the paid video download market doesn't mean much, because there's not much of a market yet.
It can play 1080p, moron. Just because it has a greater possible resolution doesn't mean it won't support a lower one. Something that CRTs are better at than fixed-pixel displays like LCD.
But it's a CRT projector. That will kick some serious LCD and DLP butt, quality-wise. 350 lumens is just fine for a small home theater, with the right screen and lighting conditions. You don't want to burn people's eyes out and make them uncomfortable. Installing too bright a projector in a home theater is often worse than installing one that's dim. And for fuck's sake, it's a "batcave" - it's supposed to be dark!
When I scanned the headline, I thought that somebody had made a retro home theater system that runs only on Betamax tapes. Now that would be cool. This batcave, not so much.
So, basically, you're a whacked out nihilist who believes that government can never do anything good, and there's no point in ever trying to do anything good as collective citizens. Therefore, we should just be completely selfish and not give a shit about anybody else, or striving to improve the future for humanity. And even when you try to "do good" it does harm.
So, why not provide them without ANY mount? That would stop the ridiculous waste, and possibly a couple of bucks off each unit. And I think the assumtion that all businesses use third-party mounts to be faulty. Most just plonk them on the desk with the mount they come with.
By the way, if the purpose of goverment is to perpetuate policy, then do you think it was wrong for the US government to abolish slavery? After all, if perpetuation of policy is what they are supposed to do, then discontinuing this policy would be something they shouldn't have done.
Excuse me, but _policy perpetuation_ is exactly the point and purpose of govt.
No, it's not. The point of government is to represent the interests of citizens, and to provide services/streangths/infrastructure that is not possible for individuals to provide. Where did you get this idea of government from?
Trying to make good laws is pointless. What one should be trying is making the laws that don't harm.
Well, those would be good laws, so I don't see how it is pointless trying to make them. We should also aim for a government that does more than just not do harm. If that's your goal for government, then we may as well not have one. Government should be much more than that. Please explain why it is wrong for the government to do good things.
No. There was a project to port Linux to the spoon, but there was a lot of infighting about future directions and major members left, so the project was effectively shelved.
You are wrong about this one. The spoon project still exists. It just got sporked.
I disagree. It's the gridlock that gives the illusion of safety, and allows perpetuation bad policy - without the gridlock, people would actually see how depraved many of the policies are, and vote them out of office, or start a revolution quicker. It makes it easier to sweep stuff under the rug.
And like I said, it doesn't stop bad laws being passed. The worst laws tend to be the ones that both parties agree on - "terrorism", "drugs", think of the children" etc. The good potential laws are the ones that don't have bipartisan support. So gridlock just makes a bad situation worse, and stops the potentially good (and most controversial) laws from being passed.
Millions of these photos already exist, but, in HD?
What do you mean, in HD? This usually refers to TV or video standards, and HD video is well below the resolution of even the crappiest still cameras.
By the same token, your digital camera isn't going to come close to the quality of a 4x5" or 8x10" film camera. Those have been around for many decades, and make the average digital SLR look like a web-cam. I guarantee you that there are picture of the pyramids taken with large-format cameras.
So, your reasoning is that thid display was made to have projectiles shot at it? If so, wouldn't a tilting display be better, because it would lessen the impact force, and help prevent the projectile flying back and hitting the person who flung it?
Does your reply to have anything to do with my off-hand quip that sarcastically ties a misspelling of "malware" to the male fashion industry? If not, why reply to my post, instead of a more relevant one?
It's hard working middle class people trying to acquire wealth that are crushed by the jackboot of confiscatory taxation.
Except they aren't being crushed by taxation. They in fact, benefit the most from tax spending. What middle class person is in the poor house, or has their lives "crushed" by paying taxes? If they are "middle class", then by definition, they are doing just fine.
They benefit enormously from taxes building roads, nice schools for their children, etc. Meanwhile, the rich usually send their kids to private schools, and the poor get the worst of the public schools, and often aren't in a position to take advantage of public infrastructure and spending.
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Except for some reason, the Apple keyboards often can't supply enough power for a flash stick. Depends on the flash stick. Some work, but probably 75% or more of typical flash sticks don't work in the keyboard ports. It's pretty annoying, as it would be so convenient otherwise.
Ok, so you don't like Mac OS X. So, why not buy the iMac, and install Windows on it? Why pay more for the Dell hardware?
"Narrow customer base" for iTunes? I'd like to know what the hell you are smoking. It's totally mainstream. iTunes is one of the most popular software applications in history.
What's worse than instant gratification is wasting fossil fuels just to drive down the road to get data. That's much more selfish. Not to mention the petrochemicals involved in manufacturing the DVD and its case, then transporting it to the distributor and then transporting it from the distributor to the video rental store.
The difference is that almost nobody is buying video online. Instead, people are flocking to buy DVDs. In contrast, CD sales have been dropping and people are quite comfortable buying music online. One of the reasons for this is that DVDs are much more reasonably priced than audio CDs. Other reasons are that not many people own multimedia or "home theater" PCs hooked up to their TV. They just want to stick a disc in and play on the TV. While almost nobody has a computer hooked up to their TV, almost everybody has either an iPod, or their computer hooked up to some speakers. MP3 downloads (via Napster and P2P) were already in full-swing before the iPod was released, video downloads weren't.
Basically, having 90% of the paid video download market doesn't mean much, because there's not much of a market yet.
Got a link or any evidence for that one?
But, I repeat myself.
What about lawyers and prostitutes?
... why would one order coffee?
It can play 1080p, moron. Just because it has a greater possible resolution doesn't mean it won't support a lower one. Something that CRTs are better at than fixed-pixel displays like LCD.
But it's a CRT projector. That will kick some serious LCD and DLP butt, quality-wise. 350 lumens is just fine for a small home theater, with the right screen and lighting conditions. You don't want to burn people's eyes out and make them uncomfortable. Installing too bright a projector in a home theater is often worse than installing one that's dim. And for fuck's sake, it's a "batcave" - it's supposed to be dark!
When I scanned the headline, I thought that somebody had made a retro home theater system that runs only on Betamax tapes. Now that would be cool. This batcave, not so much.
What's this "a$$"? Is it a term for a regular expression? Some new form of currency?
So, basically, you're a whacked out nihilist who believes that government can never do anything good, and there's no point in ever trying to do anything good as collective citizens. Therefore, we should just be completely selfish and not give a shit about anybody else, or striving to improve the future for humanity. And even when you try to "do good" it does harm.
Good luck with that. I prefer not to be insane.
So, why not provide them without ANY mount? That would stop the ridiculous waste, and possibly a couple of bucks off each unit. And I think the assumtion that all businesses use third-party mounts to be faulty. Most just plonk them on the desk with the mount they come with.
By the way, if the purpose of goverment is to perpetuate policy, then do you think it was wrong for the US government to abolish slavery? After all, if perpetuation of policy is what they are supposed to do, then discontinuing this policy would be something they shouldn't have done.
No, it's not. The point of government is to represent the interests of citizens, and to provide services/streangths/infrastructure that is not possible for individuals to provide. Where did you get this idea of government from?
Trying to make good laws is pointless. What one should be trying is making the laws that don't harm.Well, those would be good laws, so I don't see how it is pointless trying to make them. We should also aim for a government that does more than just not do harm. If that's your goal for government, then we may as well not have one. Government should be much more than that. Please explain why it is wrong for the government to do good things.
You are wrong about this one. The spoon project still exists. It just got sporked.
I disagree. It's the gridlock that gives the illusion of safety, and allows perpetuation bad policy - without the gridlock, people would actually see how depraved many of the policies are, and vote them out of office, or start a revolution quicker. It makes it easier to sweep stuff under the rug.
And like I said, it doesn't stop bad laws being passed. The worst laws tend to be the ones that both parties agree on - "terrorism", "drugs", think of the children" etc. The good potential laws are the ones that don't have bipartisan support. So gridlock just makes a bad situation worse, and stops the potentially good (and most controversial) laws from being passed.
So, what's the difference? The pyramids are Egyptian monuments. So they are copyrighting the pyramids.
What do you mean, in HD? This usually refers to TV or video standards, and HD video is well below the resolution of even the crappiest still cameras.
By the same token, your digital camera isn't going to come close to the quality of a 4x5" or 8x10" film camera. Those have been around for many decades, and make the average digital SLR look like a web-cam. I guarantee you that there are picture of the pyramids taken with large-format cameras.
So, your reasoning is that thid display was made to have projectiles shot at it? If so, wouldn't a tilting display be better, because it would lessen the impact force, and help prevent the projectile flying back and hitting the person who flung it?
Does your reply to have anything to do with my off-hand quip that sarcastically ties a misspelling of "malware" to the male fashion industry? If not, why reply to my post, instead of a more relevant one?
By that impeccable logic, most of the world's photographers use Leica cameras.
Except they aren't being crushed by taxation. They in fact, benefit the most from tax spending. What middle class person is in the poor house, or has their lives "crushed" by paying taxes? If they are "middle class", then by definition, they are doing just fine.
They benefit enormously from taxes building roads, nice schools for their children, etc. Meanwhile, the rich usually send their kids to private schools, and the poor get the worst of the public schools, and often aren't in a position to take advantage of public infrastructure and spending.