Well, consider this: NAND is commonly used in solid state drives. I doubt companies like Dell, Lenovo and Apple would sell computers configured with SSD:s if they sucked it down with only a few cycles. This was a problem in early versions, but things have improved much and will surely improve to a point that makes it practically "unbreakable".
The summary failed to mention the most important factor: the new AMD card is actually much cheaper than the 8800 Ultra and at the same time a lot faster in many tests. In addition, it seems that the X2 equivalent of nVidia is delayed by one month or more, so AMD does have the lead for at least another month.
I'll give you a hint of things that aren't worth a shit: Playing video games, playing real life sports, drinking, partying, watching tv, watching sports, upgrading your car, buying new toys, buying a new car, hiking, camping, getting married, having a baby, buying a house, and much more. I thought Murphy's Law was depressing until I read your thoughts.
Besides the Presidential Records Act, why shouldn't it be monitored and preserved? Is a president's doings not everyone's business? It's hardly a private conversation as long as it is the plans for a nation and its future.
You're kind of missing my point here. I'm saying that we can already make things look truly realistic as in picture by picture. The reason we haven't created a movie with true real life feeling on (for example) animated humans is because it is insanely difficult to attempt it and therefore also not worth the sacrifice. As a 3D artist, I have seen attempts to create a realistic human being and it was really close. The difficulty lies not in technology, but rather time consumption.
As for Beowulf, they never intended to create realistic visuals. I read that they attempted to create something that wouldn't look truly realistic but very close to it. Obviously, they could have done a far better job if they had a budget to make it more realistic, so it's not so much about not being able to go beyond that as much as it's about time, money, etc.
Btw, I know which article you're speaking of, but it's dated and we've sort of found ways to work around that problem. I still think it's too costly to work on human faces, however. I suggest that we wait for groups that create scripts and plugins to do that job.
It's quite obvious that cgi can only go to real life quality and not beyond. We're already there and we have the instruments to create a movie that could fool anyone believing it's non-cgi. But now that we're there, the tools must be improved to make it cheaper, faster and easier to produce. This method sounds like a logical step in the evolution of cgi. Eventually, there will be plugins for virtually everything that scripts skin behavior, trees, etcetera.
Props to these guys for improving massive battle scenes even further. I don't think I can get enough of it.
Apparently, I didn't make myself clear. I'm not saying there is no alternative to CD/DVD/etc. Obviously, there is, with the most prominent being a simple internet connection. Eventually, everything will be downloaded instead of mounted via a disk. My point is that you don't buy a computer without a media player today because the vast majority still require it.
We are finally starting to move away from a long era of computers with moving parts. Since conventional hard drives will be gone within 10 years (my prediction), all that remains is the media player (CD, DVD, etc). Obviously, I am not taking fans into consideration since I don't consider it to be a part of a computer system like a processor is.
Hopefully computers will be completely free from moving parts in 10 years or so. Now that would make it interesting for laptop owners.
If the purpose is to prevent illegal/dangerous files from getting into the country, who exactly do they think they can catch? Have they heard of the internet and how easy it is to transfer files from one user to another - anonymously?
Toshiba Execs Delay the Death of HD DVD Fixed that for you.
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The problem with Word and notably Microsoft, is that they have attempted to make both Windows and their apps, notably Office, all things to all people with an interface that has not really changed at all over the course of its lifetime. I was thinking the exact same thing until the release of Word 2007. It's one of the biggest improvements ever seen in a Microsoft product, really. It went from bulky and advanced to - dare I say - Appleish with simplicity and great options for customization.
I guess it's difficult to release a perfect Word since there are so many different types of users, yet Microsoft can't release five different versions simply for the sake of avoiding too much confusion. As if all the Vista releases weren't bad enough, five Word releases would make it harder by a large magnitude.
I think you misunderstood his entire point. (S)he was not trying to tell anyone that people can tell the difference between any of the HD formats, but that it is extremely easy to distinguish HD content from non HD content. The whole discussion here was based on the idea that no one cares about HD content because what's out there already is of satisfaction.
It looks like Microsoft is getting desperate about the dismal rates of Silverlight adoption by consumers and developers since its release earlier this year. [..] With over 60 million unique users visiting Microsoft.com a month [..] How is that a desperate move? It would be extremely stupid of Microsoft if they didn't change it to Silverlight, considering the fact that many of their pages currently use Flash. And if they have 60 million unique hits - why not? Are we calling Adobe desperate for using Flash on their site?
Besides. I feel safe. You know you "feel" safe at the expense of a corrupted administration that has taken our country a lot closer to commie China, right?
From a RIAA lawyers perspective, this is just fine. Add a little immorality (deprived children), do some simple math (300 * $66,666 = $20,000,000) and voila!
Microsoft's Biggest Threat - Google or Open Source? Why would it be only one of them? As stated in the summary, Google pushes heavily for open source software development. The subject should say Microsoft's Biggest Threat - Google/Open Source?
As the Bad Astronomer notes, the odds of nothing happening have shrunk from 99% to 96%. By writing this, you just ruined a NASA scientist's day who had a boner until now.
Are you drunk? How can you say that it's "pretty much the equivalent" to a laptop? Either it is one or not. You'd simply have to rely on how strong you are to define what the definition of laptop is, because if your name is Schwarzenegger, you can bring a super system with you and call it portable.
Dell XPS One was developed a desktop computer as much as any iMac.
Would you choose the better hardware of the Dell XPS One -which is more expensive- or the elegant design and software of the Apple iMac? Personally, I'm still choosing neither. Why? Because I can't afford them and I don't spend enough time using a desktop machine to justify it if I could. I put money into my laptops, because that's where I live and work. For my desktop, I want a big case that I can dig around and play in. And for the most part it's all cheap stuff. Would an imac be nice? Sure. Just like a Mercedes would be a lot nicer than my '95 Taurus. But the Taurus and my gateway case with a motherboard I got on special at Frys do the job - and that is enough. To summarize your post with a few words: "a laptop is more suited for me". Unfortunately, you completely failed to answer the question you just quoted. Even if you have no use for it, you can still prefer one based on what they offer. Or let's say you were given one for free and had to keep it, which one would you pick. And why?
If it was a choice made by the citizens of the United States, how come this bill was put at the very end of this huge Safe Port Act bill? One that was definitive and would - with almost no doubt - pass through to the pen of George W. Bush? It was a choice made by the citizens to give the power of veto to that very pen of GW's. One that I definitely disagree with but that is a whole other issue. That depends on how you want to interpret it. I think it's wrong to say that we - the people - voted on this issue. It's not like we wanted to abolish Habeas Corpus or remain for a decade in Iraq. Bush could very well nuke the moon but that does not mean he is supported by the people. He was only elected to lead.
Since when did "free trade" translate into an abandonment of sovereignty in favor of having an unelected global organization dictate national policy? If the people of the United States (or any country) want to ban online gambling then what business of the WTO is it? At least when the WTO steps in over protective tariffs that makes SOME sense. If a product is completely outlawed though, how the hell is a free trade issue? You haven't been following this issue. Countries can prohibit trade on moral ground under the WTO. They just can't treat the domestic businesses differently than the foreign ones, which the US does explicitly. Correct. And I must add that this bill was hardly a decision made by the citizens of the United States, as the first post claims. UIGEA was sneaked into the Safe Port Act. Now let's take a look at what the Safe Port Act mainly includes:
* Additional requirements for maritime facitilties
* Creation of the Transportation Worker Identification Credential
* Establishment of interagency operational centers for port security
* Port Security grants
* Container Security Initiative
* Foreign port assessments
* Customs Trade Partnership Against Terrorism
If it was a choice made by the citizens of the United States, how come this bill was put at the very end of this huge Safe Port Act bill? One that was definitive and would - with almost no doubt - pass through to the pen of George W. Bush? And it's funny that a great supporter of this bill happened to be a large casino corporation somewhere in the United States.. Oops..
It's scary just how many different things out there seem waiting to kill you; from asteroids to stellar explosions to, now, death-star black-holes. It's safe to say that you're exposed to a more probable danger when you're sitting in a car. Of course, if you get space-rayed while sitting in a car, you're pretty much doomed.
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Well, consider this: NAND is commonly used in solid state drives. I doubt companies like Dell, Lenovo and Apple would sell computers configured with SSD:s if they sucked it down with only a few cycles. This was a problem in early versions, but things have improved much and will surely improve to a point that makes it practically "unbreakable".
The summary failed to mention the most important factor: the new AMD card is actually much cheaper than the 8800 Ultra and at the same time a lot faster in many tests. In addition, it seems that the X2 equivalent of nVidia is delayed by one month or more, so AMD does have the lead for at least another month.
Pirate Bay now has more users than Sweden, which is at about 9 million. I wonder what the Swedish authorities think of that.
This is terrible news for Radioactive Man, who can no longer keep his identity secret.
Besides the Presidential Records Act, why shouldn't it be monitored and preserved? Is a president's doings not everyone's business? It's hardly a private conversation as long as it is the plans for a nation and its future.
You're kind of missing my point here. I'm saying that we can already make things look truly realistic as in picture by picture. The reason we haven't created a movie with true real life feeling on (for example) animated humans is because it is insanely difficult to attempt it and therefore also not worth the sacrifice. As a 3D artist, I have seen attempts to create a realistic human being and it was really close. The difficulty lies not in technology, but rather time consumption.
As for Beowulf, they never intended to create realistic visuals. I read that they attempted to create something that wouldn't look truly realistic but very close to it. Obviously, they could have done a far better job if they had a budget to make it more realistic, so it's not so much about not being able to go beyond that as much as it's about time, money, etc.
Btw, I know which article you're speaking of, but it's dated and we've sort of found ways to work around that problem. I still think it's too costly to work on human faces, however. I suggest that we wait for groups that create scripts and plugins to do that job.
It's quite obvious that cgi can only go to real life quality and not beyond. We're already there and we have the instruments to create a movie that could fool anyone believing it's non-cgi. But now that we're there, the tools must be improved to make it cheaper, faster and easier to produce. This method sounds like a logical step in the evolution of cgi. Eventually, there will be plugins for virtually everything that scripts skin behavior, trees, etcetera.
Props to these guys for improving massive battle scenes even further. I don't think I can get enough of it.
Apparently, I didn't make myself clear. I'm not saying there is no alternative to CD/DVD/etc. Obviously, there is, with the most prominent being a simple internet connection. Eventually, everything will be downloaded instead of mounted via a disk. My point is that you don't buy a computer without a media player today because the vast majority still require it.
We are finally starting to move away from a long era of computers with moving parts. Since conventional hard drives will be gone within 10 years (my prediction), all that remains is the media player (CD, DVD, etc). Obviously, I am not taking fans into consideration since I don't consider it to be a part of a computer system like a processor is.
Hopefully computers will be completely free from moving parts in 10 years or so. Now that would make it interesting for laptop owners.
If the purpose is to prevent illegal/dangerous files from getting into the country, who exactly do they think they can catch? Have they heard of the internet and how easy it is to transfer files from one user to another - anonymously?
I guess it's difficult to release a perfect Word since there are so many different types of users, yet Microsoft can't release five different versions simply for the sake of avoiding too much confusion. As if all the Vista releases weren't bad enough, five Word releases would make it harder by a large magnitude.
I think you misunderstood his entire point. (S)he was not trying to tell anyone that people can tell the difference between any of the HD formats, but that it is extremely easy to distinguish HD content from non HD content. The whole discussion here was based on the idea that no one cares about HD content because what's out there already is of satisfaction.
Are you sure it's not just preparing you for the possibility of doing it again? Some dreams are read from past events you've long forgotten about.
From a RIAA lawyers perspective, this is just fine. Add a little immorality (deprived children), do some simple math (300 * $66,666 = $20,000,000) and voila!
Are you drunk? How can you say that it's "pretty much the equivalent" to a laptop? Either it is one or not. You'd simply have to rely on how strong you are to define what the definition of laptop is, because if your name is Schwarzenegger, you can bring a super system with you and call it portable.
Dell XPS One was developed a desktop computer as much as any iMac.