Have a look at this. From what I heard about it, it's basically the course designing tool the deveolpers used for all the tracks, and is thus very potent. You could dreate all kinds of loops and bends.
Nah, this fine isn't because of the anticompetative practices, that's what the 2003 fine was for. This is because MS have basically ignored the ruling, and been a real asshole.
Back in 2004 the EU said: Document your code or else. MicroSoft: Or else what? EU: We'll fine you MS: Meh, we got money EU: Then we'll fine you millions of dollars a day MS: You loosers haven't got the Balls
Is the money that Microsoft makes in a day in Europe more or less than what they are being fined. If it is more, they continue doing it, but try to comply more (though they've done much better at complying than the ruling would imply).
The fine isn't a final agreement. If they do that it will just show how they are ignoring the judgement.
MS was already fined a record 450 Million for past offences, and were ordered to release documentation etc. The daily fine is because they still haven't responded to the ruling.
It's like what happens when you ignore a speeding ticket. The penalties get more and more severe.
If MS were to still ignore the ruling, the EU might consider business sanctions, or maybe even lift their rights to various IP.
Meh. Back in 1995 you could pay 250$ to encode mp3's. When DVD drives became available, you hat to buy DVD playing software to watch them.
Technology advances with time, and simpler things become cheaper and many don't expect to have to pay anything for some basic things.
The more competition there is, the better the pricing. Maybe MS did push the browser market a little, but i find it completely incomprehendable that people pay 500$ for Microsoft Office.
Try this. The experiment is strikingly similar to the Michelson-Morley interferometer, an experiment which also returned a null-result, trying to detect an "aether" for electrmagnetic waves.
The problem with these kinds experiments though is that results are very easily misinterpreted, because we really have no, shall we say, "creativity" in our imagination about such fundamental physics.
The Sagnac-interferometer (which BTW I will be building for a project) seemed to prove the presence of the aether that the Michelson-Morley experiment couldn't detect. It turned out to be a misinterpretation because they didn't quite grasp the concepts. (It turned out to be very useful anyway, as it's the basis for laser-gyroscopes)
This makes experiments like this even more important because if you are to accept any theories as "confirmed" or develop upon them, you need to research every possible result and implication.
I don't know about the details of the release and support of double layer Bluray discs, but I've heard talk about triple-layer HDDVD coming soon, pushing it to 45 GB.
I've heard of research into 4-layer BD-discs, but the question is whether it will ever be released.
As far as movies go, as you can see, the best current format of 1080p fits comfortably on both discs, and the quality problems are with film transfers and compression codecs.
More space would only be needed when a new HD-video format comes out, and by then Bluray will be ancient technology.
100 million units beats the N64s sales. The main loss were the 3rd parties, who preferred to develop for Playstation, and as a result, N64 was dry of games, with only Nintendo releasing a limited selection on quality games. All in all not a good generation for them.
As for hardware design/quality: I think the GameCube beats tho PS2 and XBOX, but it didn't help them much.
I'd say that's also pretty much given, except maybe Final Fantasy V, because that's due to be released on GBA soon.
It would be interesting to see if they will have some way of transfering these games on a DS, as it's unlikely Seiken Densetsu or Super Mario RPG will be coming to GBA.
Yeah, let's buy 12000 of Apples overpriced, underpowered desktop solutions so everyone can run iphoto and comment on superior design, as opposed to, uh, getting work done using hardware we already have.
I don't know the details of the US education system, but a contract signed with illegal conditions, it is invalid. So, if a school can't stop you from graduating if you don't sign (and have a right for education or whatever), they can't stop you if you did.
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Have a look at this. From what I heard about it, it's basically the course designing tool the deveolpers used for all the tracks, and is thus very potent. You could dreate all kinds of loops and bends.
Nah, this fine isn't because of the anticompetative practices, that's what the 2003 fine was for. This is because MS have basically ignored the ruling, and been a real asshole.
Back in 2004 the EU said: Document your code or else.
MicroSoft: Or else what?
EU: We'll fine you
MS: Meh, we got money
EU: Then we'll fine you millions of dollars a day
MS: You loosers haven't got the Balls
Just had a vision of Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer sitting in a cell in a french prison
Is the money that Microsoft makes in a day in Europe more or less than what they are being fined. If it is more, they continue doing it, but try to comply more (though they've done much better at complying than the ruling would imply).
The fine isn't a final agreement. If they do that it will just show how they are ignoring the judgement.
MS was already fined a record 450 Million for past offences, and were ordered to release documentation etc. The daily fine is because they still haven't responded to the ruling.
It's like what happens when you ignore a speeding ticket. The penalties get more and more severe.
If MS were to still ignore the ruling, the EU might consider business sanctions, or maybe even lift their rights to various IP.
Meh. Back in 1995 you could pay 250$ to encode mp3's. When DVD drives became available, you hat to buy DVD playing software to watch them.
Technology advances with time, and simpler things become cheaper and many don't expect to have to pay anything for some basic things.
The more competition there is, the better the pricing. Maybe MS did push the browser market a little, but i find it completely incomprehendable that people pay 500$ for Microsoft Office.
Is it wrong to want the extermination of one little species?
Correction: About 3500 different species of the family Culicidae.
Doesn't get much easier than this.
You can even have it transcode Google videos to different formats.
These guys will sure like it.
Try this. The experiment is strikingly similar to the Michelson-Morley interferometer, an experiment which also returned a null-result, trying to detect an "aether" for electrmagnetic waves.
The problem with these kinds experiments though is that results are very easily misinterpreted, because we really have no, shall we say, "creativity" in our imagination about such fundamental physics.
The Sagnac-interferometer (which BTW I will be building for a project) seemed to prove the presence of the aether that the Michelson-Morley experiment couldn't detect. It turned out to be a misinterpretation because they didn't quite grasp the concepts. (It turned out to be very useful anyway, as it's the basis for laser-gyroscopes)
This makes experiments like this even more important because if you are to accept any theories as "confirmed" or develop upon them, you need to research every possible result and implication.
Last time I tried, I couldn't open my odt file in MS word. I had to save it as a .doc file and you can imagine what that done to the formatting.
Admittedly, this is solely Microsofts fault. But I can imagine alot of people having the same problem.
I don't know about the details of the release and support of double layer Bluray discs, but I've heard talk about triple-layer HDDVD coming soon, pushing it to 45 GB.
I've heard of research into 4-layer BD-discs, but the question is whether it will ever be released.
As far as movies go, as you can see, the best current format of 1080p fits comfortably on both discs, and the quality problems are with film transfers and compression codecs.
More space would only be needed when a new HD-video format comes out, and by then Bluray will be ancient technology.
Considering it's encoded in 1080p, you wouldn't need deinterlacing, and scaling is performed by the TV anyway.
What about just blocking his MAC address?
Ulcers are also just one of the many complications associated with contact lenses. According to Wikipedia, complications affect 5% of user each year.
It might sound a little scary, but laser eye correction is a routine procedure performed on millions of people every year.
You mean like this?
100 million units beats the N64s sales. The main loss were the 3rd parties, who preferred to develop for Playstation, and as a result, N64 was dry of games, with only Nintendo releasing a limited selection on quality games.
All in all not a good generation for them.
As for hardware design/quality: I think the GameCube beats tho PS2 and XBOX, but it didn't help them much.
False. Component is capable of carrying 1080p
Technically feasible, but it would look crappy and you can bet that no product will ever be able to output it.
Duh, in which case you buy the $30 self contained upgrade, and pay for the licensing fees.
Looks like someone hasn't heard of WMV HD
I'd say that's also pretty much given, except maybe Final Fantasy V, because that's due to be released on GBA soon.
It would be interesting to see if they will have some way of transfering these games on a DS, as it's unlikely Seiken Densetsu or Super Mario RPG will be coming to GBA.
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I can't see how 5.1 surround sound would work for one-screened multiplayer. Use PrologicII to enhance the Stereo sound and enjoy.
HD would be nice, but my tip for you is to get a nice upscaling projector and beam it across the wall.
Why's this offtopic?
Yeah, let's buy 12000 of Apples overpriced, underpowered desktop solutions so everyone can run iphoto and comment on superior design, as opposed to, uh, getting work done using hardware we already have.
I don't know the details of the US education system, but a contract signed with illegal conditions, it is invalid. So, if a school can't stop you from graduating if you don't sign (and have a right for education or whatever), they can't stop you if you did.