Why get an upconverting DVD player if your display will effectively be doing the same thing itself?
Because the upconverting player is working with the original signal, which is not just stored pixel data. If I understand correctly, it's more like waveforms, so you can get better quality generating a higher res image from those waveforms than you can by generating a lower res image and then scaling that.
Turning a TV on and your mind off is not good for your mind.
That's why I watch a lot of things while also being on the computer, and thus like the lights on. Or there are times where the kids are watching something and I'm doing something else. We could hang out in different rooms, but it's much less sociable.
Put in terms more easily imagined, 300 watts is like running 3 100 watt lightbulbs. (Why yes, I am a rocket scientist!) Would it stress you greatly to have a TV that uses that amount of energy? Assuming a cost of (say) 8 cents per kw/H, it costs less than 3 cents an hour in power to run. More of a concern, I would think, would be the weight and the need for quiet fans to cool it.
I like the thought of LCDs (like Sharp's Aquos line, which tops out at 45") running at 1080p resolution, which plasmas can't currently do because they can't make the physical plasma tubes small enough. I have to admit the black level issue of LCDs is a concern, however.
Yes, but good ol' statistics also says that if it comes up heads 9,999 times in a row, you're probably not playing with an unbiased coin. Given a long streak of some event not happening in X number of years, you can put a pretty accurate cap on the probability of X happening in a give year.
Something about Apple, like their almost bulletproof list of successfull OS upgrades?
As a programmer on a cross-platform PC/Mac app, I have to say that this must be some different Apple about which you speak. Apple's OS upgrades have messed up our app far more frequently than Microsoft's. Heck, Apple's most recent screwed with our app by adding a new slowdown between the last developer release and the final version.
Along those lines, one thought I had is usage-count highlighting in the bookmarks menu. If you use a bookmark a lot, it shows in a bolder font than those you use occasionally, or never.
I also want a quick way to switch bookmarks, so I have my work set, shopping set, tech set, games set, and so on, and switch between them in a particular browser window.
I've also had a "replace last bookmark" feature request in mozilla for a long time, that would allow for easy updating of bookmarks that change location.
Besides industry efforts, some individual game companies have taken steps of late to stop piracy. Last month Nintendo Co. Ltd. (7974.OS: Quote, Profile, Research) won a court order barring the sale of devices running pirated copies of classic Nintendo video games.
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Moreover, Solaris wasn't hidden in a cave before. Hiding the source doesn't hide useful features, just an implementation of them.
Of course, my wife would still kill me for buying a TV that size, but there you go.
Mine said she'd tolerate it, but not for more than $2,000...
Why get an upconverting DVD player if your display will effectively be doing the same thing itself?
Because the upconverting player is working with the original signal, which is not just stored pixel data. If I understand correctly, it's more like waveforms, so you can get better quality generating a higher res image from those waveforms than you can by generating a lower res image and then scaling that.
Turning a TV on and your mind off is not good for your mind.
That's why I watch a lot of things while also being on the computer, and thus like the lights on. Or there are times where the kids are watching something and I'm doing something else. We could hang out in different rooms, but it's much less sociable.
LCDs only tend to go up to about 32",
Sharp's Aquos line has a 37" and a 45" version.
And resolution is worthless if you're feeding noisy over the air analogue signals.
Get DVDs and an upconverting DVD player that can create 720p/1080i signals, and you'll be glad you have a higher definition set.
Put in terms more easily imagined, 300 watts is like running 3 100 watt lightbulbs. (Why yes, I am a rocket scientist!) Would it stress you greatly to have a TV that uses that amount of energy? Assuming a cost of (say) 8 cents per kw/H, it costs less than 3 cents an hour in power to run. More of a concern, I would think, would be the weight and the need for quiet fans to cool it.
I like the thought of LCDs (like Sharp's Aquos line, which tops out at 45") running at 1080p resolution, which plasmas can't currently do because they can't make the physical plasma tubes small enough. I have to admit the black level issue of LCDs is a concern, however.
Why not get a projector?
Projectors generally don't look good in anything but a dark room. Nice for movie night, not so good for more "casual" viewing.
Yes, but good ol' statistics also says that if it comes up heads 9,999 times in a row, you're probably not playing with an unbiased coin. Given a long streak of some event not happening in X number of years, you can put a pretty accurate cap on the probability of X happening in a give year.
i have read it four times and i have no idea what it means
So accounting is a lot like Perl...
Something about Apple, like their almost bulletproof list of successfull OS upgrades?
As a programmer on a cross-platform PC/Mac app, I have to say that this must be some different Apple about which you speak. Apple's OS upgrades have messed up our app far more frequently than Microsoft's. Heck, Apple's most recent screwed with our app by adding a new slowdown between the last developer release and the final version.
What is the point of these extra sites?
Agreed. I'm going to register whack.jobs and redirect it to icann...
Ah, so you were my Secret Santa!
Fortunately, you see me now, a veteran
Of a thousand psychic wars.
but I don't see e-mail being called mail any time soon.
Might I mention one of the most recognized phrases of recent history, "You've got mail"?
Along those lines, one thought I had is usage-count highlighting in the bookmarks menu. If you use a bookmark a lot, it shows in a bolder font than those you use occasionally, or never.
I also want a quick way to switch bookmarks, so I have my work set, shopping set, tech set, games set, and so on, and switch between them in a particular browser window.
I've also had a "replace last bookmark" feature request in mozilla for a long time, that would allow for easy updating of bookmarks that change location.
Now this writer is talking about running out of programmers capable of maintaining code that was presumably easy to write and maintain?
No, quite the reverse. The article claims there is a surplus of COBOL programmers. I guess they did write code that was too easy to maintain...
...except when you have to swap batteries, and your wife throws out the "alkalines" you gave her to hold...
Just move closer to the subject.
Yeah, that'll make you real popular at sporting events...
Do you know of any before/after pictures of such mines? I'd like to see just how dramatic it is.
Yes, but Gnomes usually avoid the Sun.
Troll...?
Oh heck yes. trolls definitely avoid the Sun. In Tolkien's stories, the sun would turn trolls (except Olog-hai) into stone.
Besides industry efforts, some individual game companies have taken steps of late to stop piracy. Last month Nintendo Co. Ltd. (7974.OS: Quote, Profile, Research) won a court order barring the sale of devices running pirated copies of classic Nintendo video games.
Wouldn't that make every PC illegal?
It's not a dream anymore for some, it's a reality.
Damn.
For a moment there, I thought you were referring to GoofyBoy's bit from "The Office."
...or strip twister, if by "adult games" you mean...
I did once, but I think I got away with it.