And the fact that you had to go to all this extra trouble just to get the damn thing to work right points to exactly why it never caught on. Youtube has shit video quality, but at least it works consistently and simply.
The fact that you consider the Discovery Channel as mere entertainment shows how radically out of touch you are with the general public (at least in the U.S.). The Discovery Channel does not even come CLOSE to attracting the "eyeballs" of the general public. Even the Discovery Channel, for all its flaws, is *WAY* above the heads of the average American. Seriously, I come from a working-class family and the closest thing any of them come to watching anything that could even remotely be classified as "educational" are court shows like "Judge Judy" (which might conceivably teach them *something* about the legal system at least, were it not for the fact that they only watch them for the Judges' sassy bailiffs). We're talking about people who, by and large, believe professional wrestling is real, Saddam Hussein flew planes into the "New York Trade Buildings," and that shows like "CSI: Miami" reflect real-life police work.
I would say the actual average American is a cross between that guy you always see interviewed after a tornado, a Fox News viewer, and a character from the movie Idiocracy.
Well, yes that is true. But in application they seem to serve similar functions (once you decide what language you're using in PHP). Dynamic server-side content would seem an ideal way to separate layout from content (much in the way CSS separates formatting and content), yet ASP's Master Pages seems to be the only implementation of this simple idea (can't believe it has taken this long for someone to come up with something that would seem so basic). I always expected PHP would come up with something similar (why replicate layout on each page?).
Either way it sucks because I love Master Pages but I hate dealing with the limited script selection you get with ASP.NET.
A little off on a tangent, here. But I've never seen this addressed in any of these "Web 2.0" books. Has PHP ever introduced anything that is the equivalent of ASP.NET's "Master Pages"? That's one of the few innovations that I really liked about asp, and the last time I checked, php still didn't have anything quite like it (it was a godsend for me as a developer/designer).
Nonsense, I played a great prank on this bloke just the other day. I walked up to him, called him a douchebag, and kicked him in the balls. Isn't that a clever prank?
I have both HD-DVD and blu-ray and haven't had any scratching problems with either to date (and I abuse my discs pretty badly). As far as I can tell, they both seem to hold up at least as good as DVD--making it a wash either way.
As for the silly blu-ray "scratch-proof" claim, I take that with a HUGE grain of salt. There is no such thing as "scratch-proof" (any more than there is any such thing as "water-proof"). Anyone who thinks they've invented something that can't be scratched has never had anyone take some sandpaper to it (much less a grinder). It reminds me of an eyeglass store that I went into one time. They had a big display for some new "scratch-proof" lens with a demo lens in the display, challenging you to scratch it. Of course, I picked it up and looked at it and saw that it was scratched all to hell (NEVER challenge people).
I've own one since April 2006 and no RROD yet (used for both gaming and HD-DVD's). And I work with two guys who also own 360's and neither has had any RROD. Yes, RROD is a problem, but to suggest that it happens to everyone (or anywhere even close to everyone) is ludicrous.
Let me know when the tortoise actually releases some GAMES, instead of just making promises. So far, all the best titles are, and have been, either exclusive to the 360 (Mass Effect, Bioshock, Halo 3, etc.) or available for both consoles (Call of Duty 4, Oblivion, etc.). Anyone looking just to buy a game console would be crazy to buy a PS3 at this point. And the people looking to buy a blu-ray player may be buying it, but this won't make for better games (since it won't improve game sales unless blu-ray fans also become gamers), and it won't even have that advantange for long (as stand-alone blu-ray players start to come down in price).
Considering that the 360 is still the reigning god of game sales (outselling PS3 titles by as much as 8:1 and Wii titles buy 3:1), I think it's WAY premature to be declaring the Ps3 the winner of anything.
And note that I say this as someone who owns BOTH consoles myself. My 360 plays my HD-DVD's and games, and my PS3 plays my blu-rays. But, as a game machine, the PS3 is little more than a doorstop (Uncharted and Warhawk are the only decent games on the thing, and they still pale in comparison to the best 360 games).
If we can convince the Bush administration that T-E-R-R-O-R-I-S-T-S could use this to cyber attack us, maybe we can get them on the side of good for once!
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I always wanted to know what a $6 milkshake tasted like.
And the fact that you had to go to all this extra trouble just to get the damn thing to work right points to exactly why it never caught on. Youtube has shit video quality, but at least it works consistently and simply.
I would say the actual average American is a cross between that guy you always see interviewed after a tornado, a Fox News viewer, and a character from the movie Idiocracy.
This thing will go great with my 52" plasma TV! Never let it be said that I'm not environmentally conscious.
Welcome to Sarkozy-era France, mon ami!
Thanks for the info!
Thanks for the info. I found a tutorial on the site that goes into some detail. Looks like it's exactly the kind of thing I'm looking for.
Well, yes that is true. But in application they seem to serve similar functions (once you decide what language you're using in PHP). Dynamic server-side content would seem an ideal way to separate layout from content (much in the way CSS separates formatting and content), yet ASP's Master Pages seems to be the only implementation of this simple idea (can't believe it has taken this long for someone to come up with something that would seem so basic). I always expected PHP would come up with something similar (why replicate layout on each page?).
Either way it sucks because I love Master Pages but I hate dealing with the limited script selection you get with ASP.NET.
Could you be a little more specific on that one?
A little off on a tangent, here. But I've never seen this addressed in any of these "Web 2.0" books. Has PHP ever introduced anything that is the equivalent of ASP.NET's "Master Pages"? That's one of the few innovations that I really liked about asp, and the last time I checked, php still didn't have anything quite like it (it was a godsend for me as a developer/designer).
Nonsense, I played a great prank on this bloke just the other day. I walked up to him, called him a douchebag, and kicked him in the balls. Isn't that a clever prank?
Don't knock it. It's designed to double as a medicinal vomit-inducer for the Americans onboard.
As for the silly blu-ray "scratch-proof" claim, I take that with a HUGE grain of salt. There is no such thing as "scratch-proof" (any more than there is any such thing as "water-proof"). Anyone who thinks they've invented something that can't be scratched has never had anyone take some sandpaper to it (much less a grinder). It reminds me of an eyeglass store that I went into one time. They had a big display for some new "scratch-proof" lens with a demo lens in the display, challenging you to scratch it. Of course, I picked it up and looked at it and saw that it was scratched all to hell (NEVER challenge people).
I've own one since April 2006 and no RROD yet (used for both gaming and HD-DVD's). And I work with two guys who also own 360's and neither has had any RROD. Yes, RROD is a problem, but to suggest that it happens to everyone (or anywhere even close to everyone) is ludicrous.
Considering that the 360 is still the reigning god of game sales (outselling PS3 titles by as much as 8:1 and Wii titles buy 3:1), I think it's WAY premature to be declaring the Ps3 the winner of anything.
And note that I say this as someone who owns BOTH consoles myself. My 360 plays my HD-DVD's and games, and my PS3 plays my blu-rays. But, as a game machine, the PS3 is little more than a doorstop (Uncharted and Warhawk are the only decent games on the thing, and they still pale in comparison to the best 360 games).
Like UMD?
All part of EA's new "Take over every game studio in the world, then give gamers the hot coffee treatment with a sandpaper condom" strategic plan.
Well shit, there goes all my work on my pending "A card that can be exchanged for gifts" patent.
If we can convince the Bush administration that T-E-R-R-O-R-I-S-T-S could use this to cyber attack us, maybe we can get them on the side of good for once!
I always figured that Atlantic City served a similar purpose: Guido bait.
I don't blame Canadians for Celine Dion. That's Satan's doing.
Well, I certainly didn't mean to insult the French Canadian race.
If I've said it once, I've said it a thousand times: French Canadians should get baths, not mod points.
Well, at least Alanis was hot--except for her live performances (where she always looked like she was having some sort of epileptic seizure).
Well, if comic books have taught me nothing else it's that superpower wars are *really* cool.