Those look pretty cool too. I've never really gotten into them, but my cousin always loved them. Actually, I think he still does. Not everything has to be high-tech to be fun. Of course, I plan getting a Wii too, so I'll have a good balance of fun gadget things.
Maybe my first post wasn't clear, but PNG definitely supports lossless images. To quote Wikipedia:
PNG uses a non-patented lossless data compression method known as deflation. This method is combined with prediction, where for each image line, a filter method is chosen that predicts the color of each pixel based on the colors of previous pixels and subtracts the predicted color of the pixel from the actual color. An image line filtered in this way is often more compressible than the raw image line would be, especially if it is similar to the line above (since deflate has no understanding that an image is a 2D entity, and instead just sees the image data as a stream of bytes).
PNGs can also uses palettes, just like GIFs, but they don't have to.
But PNG is a GIF-killer, not a JPEG-killer. It use lossless compression, so it's good for diagrams, small images, etc. It's not so good for photographs, though.
I couldn't agree more. For example, I like bowling. I'm no professional, it's strictly for fun, when I have time. That said, there's a very small chance I'll bowl a perfect game someday. (Hey, it could happen to anybody.) If I did, would it be any less "real" because I'm not a competitive bowler? If the guy broke the record in a fair game, then I say more power to him.
Hmm, I actually like the close button on each tab. It seems natural, without taking up too much space. Now, the dropdown arrow on the right side of the tab bar is pretty useless, IMO.
Is it true that the release version of IE 7 still suffers from the old bug that causes gaps between list items in some cases? I thought it had been fixed in the betas/RCs. Even if it's not a major bug, it is an annoyance for those of us using CSS-based navigation menus. Are there any plans for a bugfix release soon?
I'm not sure, but maybe it really isn't compatible with W2K. There are new services in every OS iteration, right? If so, I can understand why Microsoft would only want to support the newest platforms.
I couldn't disagree more. The Visual Studio 2005 IDE is the best one on the market, IMO. I've never had a problem with it freezing up, or anything like that. It can be a bit of a memory hog sometimes, but it's not too bad for an app of its size. Don't bash Microsoft for the sake of bashing Microsoft. Sometimes, very rarely, they put together a really nice piece of software. The VS IDE is one of the greatest.
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Come on, they can't even spell "solid".
Hey, don't knock Super Monkey Ball. The "main" part of the game may be completely stupid, but the mini-games are awesome.
Those look pretty cool too. I've never really gotten into them, but my cousin always loved them. Actually, I think he still does. Not everything has to be high-tech to be fun. Of course, I plan getting a Wii too, so I'll have a good balance of fun gadget things.
Yeah really, what about the Lego NXT?
No, it's just a way to have some fun with the tagging system. I sure hope nobody takes the itsatrap/itsnotatrap tags seriously. :/
I agree. One of the posters above suggested using "itsnotatrap", so that's what I tagged this article.
It sounds like they scanned the negatives and then used JPEG for their pre-print processing. Then again, I would hope most labs aren't *that* stupid.
You mean you *don't* cook your turkey in a blast furnace?!
What if somebody altered the traffic before it got to you? They couldn't change the results, but they could spread quite a bit of mis-information.
PNGs can also uses palettes, just like GIFs, but they don't have to.
But PNG is a GIF-killer, not a JPEG-killer. It use lossless compression, so it's good for diagrams, small images, etc. It's not so good for photographs, though.
Umm, do you mean the metric system. Most Americans I know use decimal.
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I couldn't agree more. For example, I like bowling. I'm no professional, it's strictly for fun, when I have time. That said, there's a very small chance I'll bowl a perfect game someday. (Hey, it could happen to anybody.) If I did, would it be any less "real" because I'm not a competitive bowler? If the guy broke the record in a fair game, then I say more power to him.
Are you suggesting that Vista is unpleasantly like being drunk?
Hmm, I actually like the close button on each tab. It seems natural, without taking up too much space. Now, the dropdown arrow on the right side of the tab bar is pretty useless, IMO.
Is it true that the release version of IE 7 still suffers from the old bug that causes gaps between list items in some cases? I thought it had been fixed in the betas/RCs. Even if it's not a major bug, it is an annoyance for those of us using CSS-based navigation menus. Are there any plans for a bugfix release soon?
I'm not sure, but maybe it really isn't compatible with W2K. There are new services in every OS iteration, right? If so, I can understand why Microsoft would only want to support the newest platforms.
I couldn't disagree more. The Visual Studio 2005 IDE is the best one on the market, IMO. I've never had a problem with it freezing up, or anything like that. It can be a bit of a memory hog sometimes, but it's not too bad for an app of its size. Don't bash Microsoft for the sake of bashing Microsoft. Sometimes, very rarely, they put together a really nice piece of software. The VS IDE is one of the greatest.