Because of the clarity, the folks (mainly women) are having to undergo surgery, use mucho makeup to cover flaws or, in some cases, the studios are using software to soften the images. In other words, there's TOO much clarity and we have to somewhat downgrade the image. Ironic, no?
Time changes everything. TRON was passed over for an Academy Award nomination for Best Visual Effects because the Academy felt TRON "cheated" by using a computer, but seven years later, The Abyss would win for its computer visual effects.
iPods in Brazil aren't expensive because of the "real value of its currency", but because they are heavly taxed. If they were taxed in Brazil as they are in the USA, the price would be almost the same.
To be pedantic... the absolute minimum time to explore the whole galaxy from Earth is about 80,000 light-years
You probably mean "To be incorrect", because if memory (and Wikipedia) serves, light-year is a unit of length, not a unit of time. I'm amazed that nobody pointed that out so far and this post was modded "Insightful"... I thought that Slashdot swarmed with nerds.
Could this be the much-needed nail in the coffin for Blu-Ray? The sooner it dies (and you know it will, its backed by Sony), the sooner the HD-DVD industry can advance. Who'd want to buy while we're still in the midst of a format war and risk having the next Betamax? (Also a Sony product)
"Sargent, I got a bullet! A live one!"
"Good job, soldier. Now the war is won!"
*Random spanish name chosen because Brazil was one of the first countries on the list
Unfortunatelly for you, we speak Portuguese here in Brazil, as many others have already pointed out. Anyway, just for not being "one more to bash you for you not knowing that", let me add some information. In Spanish-speaking countries, "Paco" is a nickname for "Francisco", which is a common name in Brazil too. But in Brazil the nickname for "Francisco" is "Chico", which coincidentally is one of the Spanish words for "boy". But "Paco" has no meaning for brazilian people, sounds "foreigner". Sorry!
5) Open embassies wherever a geek need a safe place to develop his ideas without fears of lawsuits. An embassy is territory of sealand too.
And oddly enough, they would also be the only real territory of Sealand! (Territory comes from latin "terra", which means "land" in the sense of "ground".)
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Isn't that a little unfair?
Or he tried to plug a firewire drive in. Every one I've tried blackscreens the mac instantly (identical to a bluescreen only it's black).
Identical (adjective): having properties with uniform values along all axes; being the exact same one; not any other
Slashdotters are a riot...
"PC" stands for "Personal Computer" which could be running Windows, Linux, *BSD, MSDOS, FreeDOS, etc. etc.
Oh, my... now that feels like Slashdot!!! Thanks!!!
I thought Windows Vista was the most stable and secure version of Windows ever! Surely there will be no need for disaster recovery!?
I have 3 words for you: hard disk failure
And unfortunatelly, we usually can't blame Microsoft on this one...
Yes, if you are american and win the privilege of being kidnapped in a lottery.
The lesson: Don't f*ck with someone who has a four-digit userid on slashdot.
Oh, my! That's the first time I notice someone with a four-digit userid here! Did he walk with dinossaurs?
On a side note:
AC: How do you know it's a he?
Me: you got to be new here
Because of the clarity, the folks (mainly women) are having to undergo surgery, use mucho makeup to cover flaws or, in some cases, the studios are using software to soften the images. In other words, there's TOO much clarity and we have to somewhat downgrade the image. Ironic, no?
Time changes everything. TRON was passed over for an Academy Award nomination for Best Visual Effects because the Academy felt TRON "cheated" by using a computer, but seven years later, The Abyss would win for its computer visual effects.
... promotions to managerial positions is the way Nature has found to take morons from the productive chain.
Of course I spend twice as much with computer as with my wife... when I get home she doesn't allow me to stay with it!!!
iPods in Brazil aren't expensive because of the "real value of its currency", but because they are heavly taxed. If they were taxed in Brazil as they are in the USA, the price would be almost the same.
They want it to last forever, but then patent it to not allow anyone else to use the technology?
Oh, wait... that's Microsoft. They don't need to make sense at all, silly me!
Earth. India and Brazil are States, sure... but they are not part of the "United States of America"!
Orkut - successfull only in India & Brazil, not even close in the USA.
So, if it's not successfull in the USA, it doesn't count?
To be pedantic ... the absolute minimum time to explore the whole galaxy from Earth is about 80,000 light-years
You probably mean "To be incorrect", because if memory (and Wikipedia) serves, light-year is a unit of length, not a unit of time. I'm amazed that nobody pointed that out so far and this post was modded "Insightful"... I thought that Slashdot swarmed with nerds.
- Knock-knock
- Who is there?
- CIA.
- CIA who?
- See I a terrorist with too many ideas for attacks!
Using the logic of these laws, we should charge any child who has seen him/herself naked with possesion of kiddie porn.
And when a minor masturbates him/herself, he/she can be charged as a sex offender for the "sexual assault against a minor"...
Could this be the much-needed nail in the coffin for Blu-Ray? The sooner it dies (and you know it will, its backed by Sony), the sooner the HD-DVD industry can advance. Who'd want to buy while we're still in the midst of a format war and risk having the next Betamax? (Also a Sony product)
"Sargent, I got a bullet! A live one!"
"Good job, soldier. Now the war is won!"
Hey, in the third take he walks like Asimo!
I finally feel like I'm living in a post 2000 era!
(I just read the headline, to be honest)
... we have a winner in the format war!
Hotel Connectivity Provider SuperClick Tracks You!
Oh, wait...
I've never heard of an american that take coins... specially canadian ones!
*Random spanish name chosen because Brazil was one of the first countries on the list
Unfortunatelly for you, we speak Portuguese here in Brazil, as many others have already pointed out. Anyway, just for not being "one more to bash you for you not knowing that", let me add some information. In Spanish-speaking countries, "Paco" is a nickname for "Francisco", which is a common name in Brazil too. But in Brazil the nickname for "Francisco" is "Chico", which coincidentally is one of the Spanish words for "boy". But "Paco" has no meaning for brazilian people, sounds "foreigner". Sorry!
And until last week, the speed of light for NASA was 1.8026174997852541159627773801002 terafurlongs per fortnight...
5) Open embassies wherever a geek need a safe place to develop his ideas without fears of lawsuits. An embassy is territory of sealand too.
And oddly enough, they would also be the only real territory of Sealand! (Territory comes from latin "terra", which means "land" in the sense of "ground".)