He wears turtleneck sweaters ok? If that aint Dr Fuckin' Evil, I don't know what is.
I think it's just a name. I don't believe they are actually made from turtle's necks. That would be pretty fiendish, because you'd need to use the giant Galapogas turtles in order to fit a human's neck.
This is one reason the modern hip hop/rap, heavy bass sound wasn't even possible until the cassette and CD.
Nonsense. That's why you isolate the turntables from vibration induced by the speakers. That's why DJs frequently have their decks suspended in the air. Use good quality, thick vinyl and you're good to go with heavy bass.
Not true. They are now selling DRM-free tracks in an industry-standard format, which will play on any portable player or software that chooses to support it.
How about just listening to some bands that produce quality music?
Because that would require visiting MySpace.
I'd rather stab myself in the ears with a pair of forks, and never listen to music again. Is it really worth degrading yourself that much, just to listen to some music? Do have no self-respect?
Since when were PETA environmentalists? They are animal liberationists. Nothing to do with environmentalism at all. That you include them under "environmentalists" just shows how bullshit stereotyping works. You have already decided that anyone with a radical agenda is an environmentalist. Facts be damned.
And yet CDs, which are DRM free, have the highest quality audio
No, they don't. There are these things called SACDs. And my master recordings in Pro Tools easily surpass CD quality. It's not like it's difficult to beat a CD's quality. Yet we still have uninformed people like you pretending that it is the best possible audio quality in existence.
But the other part of the problem is of course expecting pixel perfect rendering on ANY browser. If you want page perfect exact rendering, HTML + CSS isn't the medium for that.
Having concerns about CSS implementation and rendering does not mean one expects "pixel-perfect" layout. I didn't see anything about that in the GP post.
Try PS or PDF (which is mostly specialized PS).
That's fine for print, but not so great for screen displays on varying screens, or for browsing linked information on the web.
Hang on. Why would Domino's come up in a search for "pizza"? Shouldn't that be in the "toxic waste and household poisons" category? Whatever it is they sell, it does not resemble a foodstuff.
Subway service is a limited resource; everyone who hops a turnstile to ride the subway is taking up space that could have been used by a paying customer.
True, except that it should be a free public service. The social, environmental, and economic benefits of free public transport far outweigh the cost of not charging for tickets.
If I buy a CD, I first have to rip it, and then transfer it. That's just too much work, so screw that too.
Too much work? Shit, you hardly have to do anything! You just stick the CD in your computer, and it automatically rips the music, tags it with track names, and then transfers to your portable player the next time you plug it in. It takes more effort to find a CD on the shelf, or look for a track number than it takes to rip a CD.
A national register of pirates would make the problem far easier to deal with.
It would also make planning seafaring trips of pillage and plunder much more convenient to organize. I salute your brilliant idea, me salty dog. The only thing that would make it better would be a national register of wenches.
That's a fucking stupid idea. It's simply pork for private companies. And it's already been done - Napster (the new pay-Napster, that is) did it, and it was totally unsuccessful. Students didn't like it, and it was a waste of everybody's money.
If I'm reading this all correctly, this means that Nikon chose to go with what I gave as option 2, which lets the aperture and the fstop ring get out of sync in automatic modes. (So the ring is set to f/8, but the camera is in auto and chooses f/5.6 instead, or something like that.)
This is probably the best option, but it's still a little ugly.
But that's not "added complexity" - that's how it's been for around 40 years. If you think it's ugly, then you must think your Canon digital camera's design is ugly. You don't need automatic modes for the aperture to be "out of sync."
Think about it. When you are looking through the viewfinder and focusing, the aperture is wide open - even if you have set a small aperture for the exposure. When you release the shutter, the aperture closes down to the desired setting.
If you wanted to eliminate this complexity, you would have to focus with the lens stopped down. That just doesn't work.
There's no way around it. Cameras are complex devices. You seem to be seeing ugliness where there is beautiful engineering and innovation. What is ugly is the old way of focusing, where you would have to manually open the aperture for focusing, and close it to take the shot.
For instance, moving the aperture control from the ring on the lens to the back of the camera takes all of 10 minutes to learn -- look up "manual mode" or "fstop" in the index probably, then a few days of getting used to if you shoot regularily. Maybe a little longer if you're changing back and forth between old and new cameras.
But it's not ergonomic. Holding the camera with the left hand gripping the barrel gives a steadier shot. So it makes sense to have controls on the lens, so you can use both hands at once. Why waste a key location for controls? Why compromise camera handling technique?
If microwaves are just for reheating leftovers, then why are the supermarket shelves filled with "microwave meals"?
The fact of the matter is that many people use microwaves exclusively for cooking their meals. A large portion of microwave users would balk at the idea of using leftovers. If microwaves were just for leftovers, then they would not sell in the vast quantities that they do. The only way to explain the predominance of the microwave is that it is considered a primary cooking tool, not a mere adjunct for niche purposes.
Don't get me wrong - microwaves do fill a useful niche. But they should only be that - a supplement to the kitchen toolset. People should invest more in quality cookware such as cast iron pots and pans, gas ovens, and good knives, before they buy a microwave. But that's not what most people do - they buy a microwave and some plastic containers, and that's all they use for 95% of their cooking needs.
And wonder if living inside our cracker box apartments and looking out through our solar-film-enabled windows will be like being stuck in one of those advertising-film-wrapped bus lines?
Those buses with the window advertising are great. They're much more comfortable than those with plain glass windows. Instead of blinding glare from the sun, you get a nice filtered light, and the insulation they provide gives more comfortable temperatures.
Plus, the advertising helps offset the cost of public transportation. What's not to love?
Compare waiting for your oven to heat up for 10 minutes to a 1 minute nuke in the microwave....
Compare having a properly cooked meal to having a horrible microwaved meal - the gas stove/oven easily wins on convenience. Compare the quality time spent cooking and eating good food with loved ones to having crap food in 1 minute - the gas stove/oven easily wins on quality of life.
Part of what drives iTunes sales is that it's the only online store that can supply music to your iPod
No, people use the iTunes store because it's a really good store that works well. The other stores suck - they are horrible to use.
Therefore, if everyone starts selling DRM-free AACs, it's unlikely to drive more business to iTunes.
I think it will. Seeing as the other stores suck - people who use other players can now start buying their songs from iTunes, rather than just ripping from CD as they do now. After all, nobody uses the other online stores, even though they do support the other players.
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I think it's just a name. I don't believe they are actually made from turtle's necks. That would be pretty fiendish, because you'd need to use the giant Galapogas turtles in order to fit a human's neck.
Nonsense. That's why you isolate the turntables from vibration induced by the speakers. That's why DJs frequently have their decks suspended in the air. Use good quality, thick vinyl and you're good to go with heavy bass.
Not true. They are now selling DRM-free tracks in an industry-standard format, which will play on any portable player or software that chooses to support it.
Because that would require visiting MySpace.
I'd rather stab myself in the ears with a pair of forks, and never listen to music again. Is it really worth degrading yourself that much, just to listen to some music? Do have no self-respect?
Since when were PETA environmentalists? They are animal liberationists. Nothing to do with environmentalism at all. That you include them under "environmentalists" just shows how bullshit stereotyping works. You have already decided that anyone with a radical agenda is an environmentalist. Facts be damned.
No, they don't. There are these things called SACDs. And my master recordings in Pro Tools easily surpass CD quality. It's not like it's difficult to beat a CD's quality. Yet we still have uninformed people like you pretending that it is the best possible audio quality in existence.
Having concerns about CSS implementation and rendering does not mean one expects "pixel-perfect" layout. I didn't see anything about that in the GP post.
Try PS or PDF (which is mostly specialized PS).That's fine for print, but not so great for screen displays on varying screens, or for browsing linked information on the web.
That's not from Aesop. That's from Ass Bandits VI: Booty Heist in Muletown.
Cocktail wieners are not real sausages.
Indeed. They don't accept bribes. There's also the small matter of the technology not being quite there yet, and being expensive.
Don't you mean Canadia?
Hang on. Why would Domino's come up in a search for "pizza"? Shouldn't that be in the "toxic waste and household poisons" category? Whatever it is they sell, it does not resemble a foodstuff.
This is not the word you were looking for. You want "viola."
Pretexting is what happens when pre-pubescent pre-teens use mobile phones.
True, except that it should be a free public service. The social, environmental, and economic benefits of free public transport far outweigh the cost of not charging for tickets.
Too much work? Shit, you hardly have to do anything! You just stick the CD in your computer, and it automatically rips the music, tags it with track names, and then transfers to your portable player the next time you plug it in. It takes more effort to find a CD on the shelf, or look for a track number than it takes to rip a CD.
It would also make planning seafaring trips of pillage and plunder much more convenient to organize. I salute your brilliant idea, me salty dog. The only thing that would make it better would be a national register of wenches.
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That's all well and good, but that wugging is pretty hard on the chicken's stomach. Please think of the chickens.
That's a fucking stupid idea. It's simply pork for private companies. And it's already been done - Napster (the new pay-Napster, that is) did it, and it was totally unsuccessful. Students didn't like it, and it was a waste of everybody's money.
If you can't stand the federal government, then why are you so happy about this?
But that's not "added complexity" - that's how it's been for around 40 years. If you think it's ugly, then you must think your Canon digital camera's design is ugly. You don't need automatic modes for the aperture to be "out of sync."
Think about it. When you are looking through the viewfinder and focusing, the aperture is wide open - even if you have set a small aperture for the exposure. When you release the shutter, the aperture closes down to the desired setting.
If you wanted to eliminate this complexity, you would have to focus with the lens stopped down. That just doesn't work.
There's no way around it. Cameras are complex devices. You seem to be seeing ugliness where there is beautiful engineering and innovation. What is ugly is the old way of focusing, where you would have to manually open the aperture for focusing, and close it to take the shot.
For instance, moving the aperture control from the ring on the lens to the back of the camera takes all of 10 minutes to learn -- look up "manual mode" or "fstop" in the index probably, then a few days of getting used to if you shoot regularily. Maybe a little longer if you're changing back and forth between old and new cameras.But it's not ergonomic. Holding the camera with the left hand gripping the barrel gives a steadier shot. So it makes sense to have controls on the lens, so you can use both hands at once. Why waste a key location for controls? Why compromise camera handling technique?
If microwaves are just for reheating leftovers, then why are the supermarket shelves filled with "microwave meals"?
The fact of the matter is that many people use microwaves exclusively for cooking their meals. A large portion of microwave users would balk at the idea of using leftovers. If microwaves were just for leftovers, then they would not sell in the vast quantities that they do. The only way to explain the predominance of the microwave is that it is considered a primary cooking tool, not a mere adjunct for niche purposes.
Don't get me wrong - microwaves do fill a useful niche. But they should only be that - a supplement to the kitchen toolset. People should invest more in quality cookware such as cast iron pots and pans, gas ovens, and good knives, before they buy a microwave. But that's not what most people do - they buy a microwave and some plastic containers, and that's all they use for 95% of their cooking needs.
The whole situation is rather stomach-churning.
Those buses with the window advertising are great. They're much more comfortable than those with plain glass windows. Instead of blinding glare from the sun, you get a nice filtered light, and the insulation they provide gives more comfortable temperatures.
Plus, the advertising helps offset the cost of public transportation. What's not to love?
Compare having a properly cooked meal to having a horrible microwaved meal - the gas stove/oven easily wins on convenience. Compare the quality time spent cooking and eating good food with loved ones to having crap food in 1 minute - the gas stove/oven easily wins on quality of life.
No, people use the iTunes store because it's a really good store that works well. The other stores suck - they are horrible to use.
Therefore, if everyone starts selling DRM-free AACs, it's unlikely to drive more business to iTunes.I think it will. Seeing as the other stores suck - people who use other players can now start buying their songs from iTunes, rather than just ripping from CD as they do now. After all, nobody uses the other online stores, even though they do support the other players.