I have the Dell mini 12 (Dellbuntu version), and it has the Intel GMA 500 chipset which is designed for playing h.264 and indeed it does work quite well. I can play 720p videos on it and the (6-cell) battery still lasts approximately 5 hours (down from the estimated 6). I recently watched a good portion of the "Band of Brothers" miniseries while on a cross-country flight.
Of course, the drivers for this chipset leave a little to be desired (outside of Dell's version of Ubuntu), but that's another issue.
I just tried that add-on because it looked really cool, but I couldn't seem to get it to work. It claims it works with google, but it never loaded the next page. Is there some sort of trick that I am missing? (I even played with the settings, but that proved to be futile as well).
Last i checked you can't even play a burnt BD on a set top BD player, or watch BD movies on your PC!
I picked up a blu-ray drive for my computer for less than $100 a while back, and it plays BD movies just fine. In addition, with AnyDVD HD and Handbrake, I can rip the movies and stream them to my xbox 360 or put them on my laptop for viewing while on vacation.
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I grew up in Los Alamos and I can agree that the museum there doesn't really offer a whole lot. There is an Atomic museum in Albuquerque (http://www.nuclearmuseum.org/) thats a bit more substantial.
Of course working as a student at the lab (they hire a lot of college students for the summer) is the only real way to experience some of the more interesting stuff. They do fun tours and even field trips to places like the Trinity test site on occasion.
So we need a way to harness and store that energy for later consumption. That way we can avert disaster and charge up our super battery about once a year.:)
As someone who grew up in Los Alamos (and worked at LANL for several years), I can tell you that Los Alamos is very different than the rest of the state of New Mexico (hell, even the rest of the world). That place is very... unique.
That said, there is still some crime; I recall they busted a meth lab a few years back, but that sort of thing is a very rare occurrence. The local newspaper has a "Police Beat" which is usually filled with traffic violations.
I live in Phoenix too, and I have no problems (aside from FOX cutting out for a second occasionally). As far as I can tell, all of the stations seem to broadcast from the same location ("South Mountain"), so its fairly easy to point your antenna there. Of course, your reception is going to be based on what type of antenna you have, and how far away you are from the transmitters.
This website is incredibly helpful for determining what you'll need for getting the best reception: http://www.antennaweb.com/
I live in an apartment, so an outdoor roof antenna is out of the question, but I have an indoor Terk HDTVa antenna and it works beautifully.
Another thing you'll want to keep in mind is that if you're close to the transmitters, using an amplified antenna (or the amplified portion, you can often turn it off) can actually make your reception worse because you're essentially amplifying the noise.
Also, I'm kind of pissed that "a PC" means Windows... it means personal computer, does it not? Isn't my Linux machine a personal computer? I hate that.
Yes, it does mean Personal Computer, and since a Mac is a Personal Computer, it is also a PC. This has irritated me for quite some time.
Don't these dumbasses actually test this shit before they shovel it out to you? It seems that a patch that would brick XP would be a bug that the first goddamned time it was tried would be discovered. That was my first thought too, but I'm guessing that they didn't reboot their test machines after applying the patch...
Is there anything out there which can help dampen the sound of the 360 other than storing it in a cabinet? Nothing that I am aware of, and from my experience, storing it in a cabinet doesn't help much either because the fans start blowing harder to try and keep it cool in a confined space (even though there is a hole in the back), hence it gets even louder and you haven't accomplished anything.
As VertigoAce posted in another comment:
I'm pretty sure Media Center Extender is a separate application on the Xbox 360, delivered by a separate team. So the Xbox team has added the DivX support to the Xbox media player, but hasn't received an updated MCE with DivX support. My guess is that MCE was designed to be used on dedicated hardware, so they didn't plan for codecs to be installed outside of their app. It looks like you'll be able to stream/play Divx files on the 360 directly, via the media share (uPnP) on your Windows (or other!) computer. The MCE extender software is its own thing, separate from the rest of the xbox 360 software. This means, you'll be able to open and play the videos directly on the 360, without having to load up the MCE extender.
I'm actually excited about this, because it means I won't have to switch the aspect ratio on my video projector to watch the videos stored on my computer. In order to get the 360 to display correctly with the projector, I had to set it to 1280x1024 widescreen (which distorts the picture) and then have the projector set to 16:9 aspect ratio (which distorts it back to look normal), because my projector can't take a 720p input for some reason (it was either 1280x1024 or 480p). This works well for games, DVDs, HD-DVDs, anything on the 360, but when I connect it to MCE, it only sees 1280x1024 and ignores the "widescreen" setting, so all the TV and everything is horribly distorted, so I have to switch the aspect ratio back anytime I want to use MCE. This means the picture is taller than my projection screen, but most of the stuff I watch is in widescreen anyway, so it doesn't really matter, its just annoying.
So basically, it's not gonna happen unless we discover an obscene amount of platinum off-world, or we discover some radical form of propulsion that can out-perform and/or out-price chemical rockets. Well, its not quite so radical, but we do have the option to use nuclear rockets, which would out-perform (and possibly out-price) chemical rockets. However, this country as a whole tends to freak out whenever they hear the word "nuclear", so its not going to happen very easily.
Buffy was on for... I forget if it's 6 or 7 seasons. Either way, that's really good. Except "Buffy" didn't start on Fox.
After what happened to "Firefly" and "Drive" (yes, I realize that wasn't Joss Whedon, just using as an example), I'd say any new show on Fox stands a good shot of getting canceled early on.
I don't know why Joss Whedon would go back to Fox...
You can "rent" HD versions of movies from the xbox live marketplace right now. Granted, it's a download, but it's still 1080p hd content. In my experience, all of the HD movies I've seen on xbox live are only in 720p (which is fine for me, because my projector only supports up to 720p), and they cost around $6 for a 24 hour rental. It was fun for a few tries, but really, the $6 is still too much.
I love my netflix, though, so if they do manage to work something out with microsoft, it might pretty good.
Will he get ganked in later chapters? Have to que to kill a boss, wait hours for a spawn? Since when have you ever had to queue to kill a boss, or wait hours for a spawn in WoW? You have to queue to go to battlegrounds and join arenas, but that's all PvP. Bosses are typically instanced and you can just go in and kill him/her/it.
As for waiting for spawns, the only time I've ever had to wait for a spawn is when a server is just opened, or new content is added, and everyone is trying to kill the same boars (or what-have-you). That can get frustrating, but you hardly have to wait hours, and after a few days there won't be any problems anyways.
Internet access is not a right. It is a service provided through someone's labor, with all the associated costs that entails. True, but you are paying for that service. Shouldn't you expect to get what you're paying for? Not what the highest bidder is offering for the service provider to give you.
Why should the service companies be able to charge on both ends for a service that they are already providing to paying customers?
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I have the Dell mini 12 (Dellbuntu version), and it has the Intel GMA 500 chipset which is designed for playing h.264 and indeed it does work quite well. I can play 720p videos on it and the (6-cell) battery still lasts approximately 5 hours (down from the estimated 6). I recently watched a good portion of the "Band of Brothers" miniseries while on a cross-country flight.
Of course, the drivers for this chipset leave a little to be desired (outside of Dell's version of Ubuntu), but that's another issue.
I just tried that add-on because it looked really cool, but I couldn't seem to get it to work. It claims it works with google, but it never loaded the next page. Is there some sort of trick that I am missing? (I even played with the settings, but that proved to be futile as well).
So then what is to stop people from killing the tags themselves while still in the store, prior to "checking out"?
Last i checked you can't even play a burnt BD on a set top BD player, or watch BD movies on your PC!
I picked up a blu-ray drive for my computer for less than $100 a while back, and it plays BD movies just fine. In addition, with AnyDVD HD and Handbrake, I can rip the movies and stream them to my xbox 360 or put them on my laptop for viewing while on vacation.
I grew up in Los Alamos and I can agree that the museum there doesn't really offer a whole lot. There is an Atomic museum in Albuquerque (http://www.nuclearmuseum.org/) thats a bit more substantial.
Of course working as a student at the lab (they hire a lot of college students for the summer) is the only real way to experience some of the more interesting stuff. They do fun tours and even field trips to places like the Trinity test site on occasion.
So we need a way to harness and store that energy for later consumption. That way we can avert disaster and charge up our super battery about once a year. :)
Me fail English? That's unpossible!
As someone who grew up in Los Alamos (and worked at LANL for several years), I can tell you that Los Alamos is very different than the rest of the state of New Mexico (hell, even the rest of the world). That place is very ... unique.
That said, there is still some crime; I recall they busted a meth lab a few years back, but that sort of thing is a very rare occurrence. The local newspaper has a "Police Beat" which is usually filled with traffic violations.
Clearly this is meant for playing games of virtual dodgeball!
I live in Phoenix too, and I have no problems (aside from FOX cutting out for a second occasionally). As far as I can tell, all of the stations seem to broadcast from the same location ("South Mountain"), so its fairly easy to point your antenna there. Of course, your reception is going to be based on what type of antenna you have, and how far away you are from the transmitters.
This website is incredibly helpful for determining what you'll need for getting the best reception:
http://www.antennaweb.com/
I live in an apartment, so an outdoor roof antenna is out of the question, but I have an indoor Terk HDTVa antenna and it works beautifully.
Another thing you'll want to keep in mind is that if you're close to the transmitters, using an amplified antenna (or the amplified portion, you can often turn it off) can actually make your reception worse because you're essentially amplifying the noise.
the suits are also called HAL (hybrid assistive limb), so you really have to wonder...
Also, I'm kind of pissed that "a PC" means Windows ... it means personal computer, does it not? Isn't my Linux machine a personal computer? I hate that.
Yes, it does mean Personal Computer, and since a Mac is a Personal Computer, it is also a PC. This has irritated me for quite some time.
I'm actually excited about this, because it means I won't have to switch the aspect ratio on my video projector to watch the videos stored on my computer. In order to get the 360 to display correctly with the projector, I had to set it to 1280x1024 widescreen (which distorts the picture) and then have the projector set to 16:9 aspect ratio (which distorts it back to look normal), because my projector can't take a 720p input for some reason (it was either 1280x1024 or 480p). This works well for games, DVDs, HD-DVDs, anything on the 360, but when I connect it to MCE, it only sees 1280x1024 and ignores the "widescreen" setting, so all the TV and everything is horribly distorted, so I have to switch the aspect ratio back anytime I want to use MCE. This means the picture is taller than my projection screen, but most of the stuff I watch is in widescreen anyway, so it doesn't really matter, its just annoying.
Man sized sea scorpion? Must be a cousin of the infamous Claw Shrimp
After what happened to "Firefly" and "Drive" (yes, I realize that wasn't Joss Whedon, just using as an example), I'd say any new show on Fox stands a good shot of getting canceled early on.
I don't know why Joss Whedon would go back to Fox...
I love my netflix, though, so if they do manage to work something out with microsoft, it might pretty good.
As for waiting for spawns, the only time I've ever had to wait for a spawn is when a server is just opened, or new content is added, and everyone is trying to kill the same boars (or what-have-you). That can get frustrating, but you hardly have to wait hours, and after a few days there won't be any problems anyways.
Ahh... you beat me to it! :)
2) Get the social network to write a book about social networks for you
3) Profit!
(oddly, there's no ??? in there!)
Well done, sir!
Why should the service companies be able to charge on both ends for a service that they are already providing to paying customers?
... that was just Krypton blowing up, of course.