I think you need to show more respect for a show that gave both Rick Springfield and John Stamos their acting debuts. These episodes also have incredible historic value. Years from now, when historians are needing footage of Demi Moore before plastic surgery, you'll thank me!
Soon I shall have a single media server with every episode of "General Hospital" ever made stored at a high bitrate. WHO'S LAUGHING NOW, ALL YOU WHO DOUBTED ME!!!!
And how big is a petabyte you ask? There have been about 12,000 episodes of General Hospital aired since 1963. If you encoded 45 minute episodes at DVD quality mpeg2 bitrate, you could fit over 550,000 episodes of America's finest television show on a 1 petabyte server, enough to archive every episode of this remarkable show from its auspicious debut in 1963 until the year 4078.
I just wish Sony would put equal effort into replacing the godawful regular PS3 remote. It's slow, it's not backlit, and the lack of IR input on the PS3 means you can't replace it with a universal remote. That thing drove me so crazy I finally replaced my PS3 with a stand-alone blu-ray player just so I didn't have to break out a flashlight every time I wanted to watch a blu-ray.
Well, that kind of sucks though. A geostationary orbit would mean it's only generating half its power potential (since it would presumably be in darkness half of the time).
This may be a stupid question (if so, you may flame away), but if a given country or business interest were to launch such a satellite, what would stop another country or business from "stealing" the energy from the satellite (I mean, building their own receiving station on the ground and intercepting the microwave beam for themselves)?
That's the same thing I heard people saying back when Age of Conan got "delayed" for the 360. And I would be willing to bet serious money that the Champions Online "delay" on the 360 will turn into "canceled" just as surely as Conan did. It's one thing to delay a title to make sure the publisher gets it right, it's quite another to actively kill every MMO in development for your console. MS, for whatever reason, simply does not like the idea of MMO's on their console. Every one of them since 2006 has been killed off.
There is way more to the story than that. MS seems to be openly hostile to MMO's on their console (probably because the cost conflicts with with own Xbox Live Gold subscription program). Basically, every single MMO since Phantasy Star Universe announced for the 360 has been canceled or put on indefinite hold. Only two MMO's have ever been released for the Xbox, Final Fantasy 11 (an awful PS2 port) and Phantasy Star Universe--both released three years ago. And not a single MMO is currently on schedule for the 360 (by contrast, several are in the pipeline for the PS3).
There is nothing cowardly about accepting the inevitable and moving on. Without such "cowardice" we would still be fighting every war we ever engaged in (since no one would ever surrender). Sometimes fighting on is a futile, pointless, and wasteful act. Refusing to acknowledge that isn't bravery, it's foolishness.
Considering the continuing legal troubles, I'm surprised they found a buyer. That's why Google purportedly backed out of negotiations to buy them some time back.
The fact that the Bill of Rights was included by the Federalists to help ensure ratification by a skeptical public is common knowledge, acknowledged by Federalists at the time. Even if you weren't aware of that, and didn't read anything about the ratification process, it should be obvious by taking one look at them and comparing their content to that of the main body of the Constitution.
Historically, Americans are just very distrustful of our government. That's why the founders had to put the 2nd Amendment in the Constitution to get the people to support it enough for ratification. It's also why it's hard to get stuff like government controlled healthcare passed here.
Yes, that's true. But the grandparent was talking about the UK going back and apologizing for *all* their past transgressions--presumably going back hundreds of years.
It's true that it's just a symbolic act at this point. But symbolism does matter sometimes. Such apologies are a reminder of how we can lose our way, particularly in paranoid times. That's a not-unimportant lesson for our post-9/11 era.
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I think you need to show more respect for a show that gave both Rick Springfield and John Stamos their acting debuts. These episodes also have incredible historic value. Years from now, when historians are needing footage of Demi Moore before plastic surgery, you'll thank me!
Soon I shall have a single media server with every episode of "General Hospital" ever made stored at a high bitrate. WHO'S LAUGHING NOW, ALL YOU WHO DOUBTED ME!!!!
And how big is a petabyte you ask? There have been about 12,000 episodes of General Hospital aired since 1963. If you encoded 45 minute episodes at DVD quality mpeg2 bitrate, you could fit over 550,000 episodes of America's finest television show on a 1 petabyte server, enough to archive every episode of this remarkable show from its auspicious debut in 1963 until the year 4078.
I think it's translated in New Jersey as "All Youz".
I just wish Sony would put equal effort into replacing the godawful regular PS3 remote. It's slow, it's not backlit, and the lack of IR input on the PS3 means you can't replace it with a universal remote. That thing drove me so crazy I finally replaced my PS3 with a stand-alone blu-ray player just so I didn't have to break out a flashlight every time I wanted to watch a blu-ray.
Well, that kind of sucks though. A geostationary orbit would mean it's only generating half its power potential (since it would presumably be in darkness half of the time).
This may be a stupid question (if so, you may flame away), but if a given country or business interest were to launch such a satellite, what would stop another country or business from "stealing" the energy from the satellite (I mean, building their own receiving station on the ground and intercepting the microwave beam for themselves)?
What, was someone supposed to write an app for the Microsoft phone?
That's the same thing I heard people saying back when Age of Conan got "delayed" for the 360. And I would be willing to bet serious money that the Champions Online "delay" on the 360 will turn into "canceled" just as surely as Conan did. It's one thing to delay a title to make sure the publisher gets it right, it's quite another to actively kill every MMO in development for your console. MS, for whatever reason, simply does not like the idea of MMO's on their console. Every one of them since 2006 has been killed off.
There is way more to the story than that. MS seems to be openly hostile to MMO's on their console (probably because the cost conflicts with with own Xbox Live Gold subscription program). Basically, every single MMO since Phantasy Star Universe announced for the 360 has been canceled or put on indefinite hold. Only two MMO's have ever been released for the Xbox, Final Fantasy 11 (an awful PS2 port) and Phantasy Star Universe--both released three years ago. And not a single MMO is currently on schedule for the 360 (by contrast, several are in the pipeline for the PS3).
There is nothing cowardly about accepting the inevitable and moving on. Without such "cowardice" we would still be fighting every war we ever engaged in (since no one would ever surrender). Sometimes fighting on is a futile, pointless, and wasteful act. Refusing to acknowledge that isn't bravery, it's foolishness.
Sure, but it's the perfect way to ensure that the chicken you create is a real badass.
That feature has always been wonky in Firefox (for me anyway). Kind of weird considering the percentage of /.er's who use Firefox.
Considering the continuing legal troubles, I'm surprised they found a buyer. That's why Google purportedly backed out of negotiations to buy them some time back.
The fact that the Bill of Rights was included by the Federalists to help ensure ratification by a skeptical public is common knowledge, acknowledged by Federalists at the time. Even if you weren't aware of that, and didn't read anything about the ratification process, it should be obvious by taking one look at them and comparing their content to that of the main body of the Constitution.
I just hope you're talking about Cat, not the 13-year-old.
Historically, Americans are just very distrustful of our government. That's why the founders had to put the 2nd Amendment in the Constitution to get the people to support it enough for ratification. It's also why it's hard to get stuff like government controlled healthcare passed here.
Yes, that's true. But the grandparent was talking about the UK going back and apologizing for *all* their past transgressions--presumably going back hundreds of years.
I can't believe you guys have missed the obvious:
Howard the Duck vs. Donald Duck
At least the press conference announcing the bad news featured a really cool dance number.
You ever hung out with whales? Most of them are complete assholes. Good riddance, I say.
It's true that it's just a symbolic act at this point. But symbolism does matter sometimes. Such apologies are a reminder of how we can lose our way, particularly in paranoid times. That's a not-unimportant lesson for our post-9/11 era.
They'll agree, contingent on the Italian government apologizing to them for Roman treatment of the Britons.
You never know when terrorists might try to launch an political campaign that opposes the President.
Today the Netherlands is mourning wood?
Actually, it's just proof that Neil Armstrong has a wicked sense of humor.