All they really need are the apps used on any of the crime shows (or even Las Vegas, which I watched a couple of times with a woman I was dating). They are truly amazing. Although I don't see the shell, or understand what all the furious key-clicking is doing, I can say that it (the app) can clean up even the blurriest image and zoom in (they use the phrase "push in"), and can even get the eye color from a reflection off a car door captured in a low-res security camera! I am also dumbfounded at the reverse angle, whereby one can get a view 180 degrees from the actual image.
"Until that time, however, I'm standing with all the people who can't afford a new TV or converter. The primary consumers of normal rf-based (non-satellite, non-cable) broadcasts are precicely the people that can't afford this change.
I can afford either Cable, DTV, or satellite, and have had 2 of the 3. I got rid of them, simply because I felt that all I got for the money was 10 times the crap. I'll admit, at first I had some withdrawal, but I soon found other, more useful, and even creative uses for my time.
If the FCC stops broadcast of the few shows I actually watch (Stargate, Nova, and NCIS), then I'll just use the TV for watching DVD's, since I also long ago stopped going to the movies. After, it's TV, not air, food, water, shelter, or sex.
What if the networks actually made something worth watching? I'm not concerned, as that is highly unlikely.
I had this 'job' and we were told we were not permitted anything from outside. I mean NOTHING. I even signed some paperwork to that effect. If they didn't issue it, you are not to have it. Soap, socks, underwear, stationery, stamps, etc. etc. After a couple of months, I was dying for some chocolate. I had an opportunity for a package of plain M&M's, and I took it. When I got back to the compound, the Charge of Quarters decided to have an inspection. He went straight to my locker, asked me "Are you ready for inspection?" to which I replied "Yes." He reached into my pocket and pulled out the unopened package of M&M's. He said "Tomorrow will be a very bad day for you. What comes after that will be even worse."
Either someone had snitched on me, or it was a setup. Either way, I figured balls were the order of the day. So I waited until everyone went to sleep, then broke into their office and recovered my candy.
Nothing was ever said. This worked for me later when they pinched my codebook while I was showering. Then, too, no mention was ever made.
I have to remember to put the full story in my book. That was probably the best damn ounce of chocolate I ever had.
I thought it might be something else, but when I got to the site all I got were Volkswagon ads.
Am I alone in being turned off by excessive commercialism? For example, the latest Star Wars offering may be entertaining, but with all the tie-ins, from Pepsi to fast foods to Saturday morning cereal advertisements aimed at children, to my formerly-favorite candy M&M's (for which I almost went to jail over once-don't ask), coupled with all the astroturfing...well the stench of desperation is turning my appetite off. And that's just one example.
I'm ready for a revolution. Tear it all down and start fresh, or at least, let the writing and acting stand on its own.
...and when I was studying the for ASVAB (Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery), I was somewhat embarrassed to discover that years of using a calculator had diminished my ability to do simple math.
For some reason, it seems more like many of these 'superheros' in the comics are wearing their underwear on the outside of their tights. That raises so many questions, not the least of which would be: are they wearing 2 pairs of underwear?
History tells us that many of the Celts went into battle naked. This was disconcerting to their foes. I wonder how popular That comic would be?
On another note, "Holy Men in Tights!" sounds like the next scandal.
And some people ask why is the quality of health care in the U.S. deteriorating? I also just read an article from some Boston University that showed the real reason that Doctors malpractice insurance is not due to lawsuits, but is, in fact, due to the greedy insurance companies.
On the other hand: Greedy Dentists want to Screw Alaskans Mouths
I wondered how long it would take someone to dig THAT one up. I just found a snippet of the movie I recorded years ago. Now I have to find an unedited DVD of the movie, or maybe a time machine.
But in the current climate of hysteria over cloning, you can't say that out loud or the whackos will be all over you.
That's why you need an island that no one ever goes to. That rules out the tropical islands, like in the Jurassic Park movies.I'm talking someplace desolate that almost no one has ever heard of, and wouldn't want to go to even if they did.
The U.S. Air Force has a very serious program directed at taking down networks, taking over C&C systems, and a whole lot more. While the operational details may be secret, the general information is out there. And it's not fluff as I suspect this 'revelation' by North Korea is.
"If Morse code is so much better than using text messaging, why doesn't everyone do it?"
That's why it's called Morse Code, to keep the uninitiated out of the loop. Shhhh!
"Free falling from 15,000 feet is faster than landing in a plane from the same height. Doesn't mean you want to go ahead with it." But some of us do, actually.
How About Something, ANYTHING, Worth Watching?
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I did away with cable and went back to broadcast, because I realized that there simply wasn't anything worth watching. I'm sure this will rile some people who watch a LOT of TV (like my ex) and claim that there are lots of 'good shows' on, but I just don't see it. Plus there are so many ads, it seems like many shows start 10 minutes late, have a 30 second hook, then cut to another big block of obnoxious, insulting advertisements. I recently had the misfortune of being subjected to part of the "Today" show, which seems to have one small clip sandwiched between huge blocks of adverts. Most of the ads seem to be for drugs.
I'd rather ride my bike, take photos, or go fishing. Anything other than sit and watch that crap.
Chemical techniques exist, but archaeologists are wary of anything that can damage an ancient find, unless it is so far beyond salvage that preservation of the original would be impossible anyway. Even then, they don't like it and try to avoid it.
I wonder at what point the potential benefits outweigh the potential alteration/damage? Who knows what would be revealed?
Slashdot Mirror
KOA
Giant Missile Defense Radar Sails to Alaska
I can afford either Cable, DTV, or satellite, and have had 2 of the 3. I got rid of them, simply because I felt that all I got for the money was 10 times the crap. I'll admit, at first I had some withdrawal, but I soon found other, more useful, and even creative uses for my time.
If the FCC stops broadcast of the few shows I actually watch (Stargate, Nova, and NCIS), then I'll just use the TV for watching DVD's, since I also long ago stopped going to the movies. After, it's TV, not air, food, water, shelter, or sex.
What if the networks actually made something worth watching? I'm not concerned, as that is highly unlikely.
KOA
The Northwest Passage Gets State Funding
I had this 'job' and we were told we were not permitted anything from outside. I mean NOTHING. I even signed some paperwork to that effect. If they didn't issue it, you are not to have it. Soap, socks, underwear, stationery, stamps, etc. etc. After a couple of months, I was dying for some chocolate. I had an opportunity for a package of plain M&M's, and I took it. When I got back to the compound, the Charge of Quarters decided to have an inspection. He went straight to my locker, asked me "Are you ready for inspection?" to which I replied "Yes." He reached into my pocket and pulled out the unopened package of M&M's. He said "Tomorrow will be a very bad day for you. What comes after that will be even worse."
Either someone had snitched on me, or it was a setup. Either way, I figured balls were the order of the day. So I waited until everyone went to sleep, then broke into their office and recovered my candy.
Nothing was ever said. This worked for me later when they pinched my codebook while I was showering. Then, too, no mention was ever made.
I have to remember to put the full story in my book. That was probably the best damn ounce of chocolate I ever had.
KOA
Am I alone in being turned off by excessive commercialism? For example, the latest Star Wars offering may be entertaining, but with all the tie-ins, from Pepsi to fast foods to Saturday morning cereal advertisements aimed at children, to my formerly-favorite candy M&M's (for which I almost went to jail over once-don't ask), coupled with all the astroturfing...well the stench of desperation is turning my appetite off. And that's just one example.
I'm ready for a revolution. Tear it all down and start fresh, or at least, let the writing and acting stand on its own.
KOA
KOA
Giant sea-based radar that looks like something out of a science fiction movie
History tells us that many of the Celts went into battle naked. This was disconcerting to their foes. I wonder how popular That comic would be?
On another note, "Holy Men in Tights!" sounds like the next scandal.
The King
Rural Alaska nuclear power gets legislative backing
And some people ask why is the quality of health care in the U.S. deteriorating? I also just read an article from some Boston University that showed the real reason that Doctors malpractice insurance is not due to lawsuits, but is, in fact, due to the greedy insurance companies. On the other hand: Greedy Dentists want to Screw Alaskans Mouths
Time for some changes.
Rural Alaska nuclear power gets legislative backing
I'm guessing he isn't repelling any females.
Rural Alaska nuclear power gets legislative backing
No one has stayed year-round on the island since 1954
That's why you need an island that no one ever goes to. That rules out the tropical islands, like in the Jurassic Park movies.I'm talking someplace desolate that almost no one has ever heard of, and wouldn't want to go to even if they did.
President Bush to Liberate Alaska
President Bush to Liberate Alaska!
That's why it's called Morse Code, to keep the uninitiated out of the loop. Shhhh!
"Free falling from 15,000 feet is faster than landing in a plane from the same height. Doesn't mean you want to go ahead with it." But some of us do, actually.
The King
President Bush to Liberate Alaska!
I'd rather ride my bike, take photos, or go fishing. Anything other than sit and watch that crap.
I wonder at what point the potential benefits outweigh the potential alteration/damage? Who knows what would be revealed?