Because Ballmer figured out that he needs to have 14 MS stores to every 1 Apple Store? Also, it's but a stones throw away from Office Depot where you can sometimes get a good deal on chairs.
Refresh rate is going to be really important. At 30fps with normal technology you're looking at 33 milliseconds or so just for the frame to be onscreen. When you move to a system that has to display 2 images during that time frame, you have to more than halve the refresh rate as you have to potentially change from black to white and then white to black and still have time for the image to be up long enough for you to observe it before the next one comes down the pipe on the other eye.
Beyond that you're also having to worry about the fact that the receptors in the eye only retain the signal for a fixed period of time before they go back to registering the black imagine represented by a closed shutter. IIRC the projectors they use in theaters actually show the same frame twice, very quickly, before showing the next one.
In other words, the refresh rate is the main issue, but you do also have to worry a bit about the amount of light as the glasses will block some of it even when open.
The problem with 3D is that it's seen as a profit maker rather than as a means of making a better film. Post process 3D just makes it even worse by causing problems with quality. It does work with animated films in most cases, but trying to post process films usually doesn't work very well. THX 1138 would probably work well.
Personally, I won't go to a 3D film if it wasn't shot in 3D, and often even if it was I won't got because it's expensive and 3D offers very little over the natural 3D that comes from a well shot film interpreted by the mind.
Oil figured into it, yes, but how do you explain that the baby boomers more or less completely dismantled the engines of economic growth? And by that I mean the educational, regulatory, and cultural systems that led to the increased prosperity. Oil played a role, but there were plenty of other countries that had access to oil that didn't see similar growth.
When you consider jail time and court costs from file false paperwork with the police, you'd be better off just buying a new one and forgetting about the old computer.
It's of general interest to nerds as it dictates our future condition. Some nerds are in the 1%, but most are at best middle class and this directly affects us either way.
That won't happen for the same reason that nobody in the Bush administration was ever put on trial for crimes against humanity, despite the numerous on air admissions of guilt. The Democrats lack the stomach to risk a civil war, and the people don't have a say in the matter.
They represent the 99%, unfortunately, the way that the governance is done stacks the deck in favor of the rural voters that are too damn stupid to realize what's going on in the urban areas. Or too greedy to care, and why should they when the urban areas are subsidizing the hell out of their lifestyle.
Without the small state bonus that mostly benefits rural America, we wouldn't have had even one term of King George.
They do, however the GOP has decided that it's not going to participate in fixing that particular problem, and is not interested in allowing the Democrats to even try, so this is at least something.
I have a hard time believing that Apple realizes how dependent it is upon developers, considering how far they've gone out of their way to piss off developers. Random rejections in the appstore, ambiguous guidelines of acceptable, locked down interfaces and an inability to install things without either going through the appstore or jailbreaking the device.
That requires a citation. Psychopathy is an illness, it's not presently curable and the only methods of treatment tend to just result in more abhorrent behavior. The diagnosis itself has been folded into another diagnosis and there's still some controversy as to how precisely to categorize it, but it's extremely clear that it is indeed a type of mental illness.
Some professionals do indeed consider it a moral judgment, but it's really not any more of a moral judgment than any of the other diagnoses they use on a regular basis.
It's astonishing to me how far you're willing to go as an apologist to justify what was clearly illegal behavior.
He's not a possible pedophile, if the images were on the computer combined with the odd behaviors that were observed, it's pretty damned likely that he's a pedophile, and one that's already committed at least 2 sex crimes.
If you've read the article, it's abundantly clear that, if true, the bishop in question was turning a blind eye to a likely pedophile. He allegedly asked one off duty policy officer about one of the least obvious pictures and received the answer he was looking for. That particular image was questionable, but since the child was fully clothed, it's unlikely that the prosecutor would have prosecuted it. I find it hard to believe that he was asking in good faith, considering that the cache allegedly contained much more graphic images.
He had grounds for reporting the affair to the police, the issues were brought to his attention and he allegedly chose to inquire about them to a police officer on an oversight board, he also chose to limit the images shown to one image that was likely to give him the answer he was looking for.
As for conspiracy, yes, there was a conspiracy here. If you're going to be that purposely obtuse, you could also say that he was an accessory after the fact, but given that he himself appears to have engaged in an effort to cover it up, I for one do not think that it's too much of a stretch to suggest that there was a conspiracy involved. It wouldn't exactly be the first time that there was a conspiracy involving a bishop to cover up sex crimes by clergy in the Catholic Church.
As for being a "raging anti-Catholic" fuck you, it's a hell of a lot better than supporting an institution that still hasn't grasp the concept that people in a position of trust need to ensure that children are being protected. We have a system of justice to ensure that the accused receive a fair trial, but unless somebody reports such blaringly obvious incidents like the ones that he covered up, there's no way that any possible victims will ever receive justice. Most of those children probably didn't even know what was going on.
I dislike MS as much as anybody, but I think suggesting that MS would cover up allegations of sexual abuse or serial killing by an employee to be a bit far fetched even for slashdot.
That's a large part of it, but if you read up on the history of the Catholic Church, particularly the stuff just leading up to the Reformation, it's not exactly news that the Catholic Church considers itself to be above the law.
What concerns me is when the Pope uses these incidents to drive a homophobic message rather than taking meaningful action to ensure that subordinates understand that cover ups are not to be tolerated in the Church.
So, what do you think the penalty should be for turning a blind eye to a possible pedophile that has regular close contact with children? And that's the crux of the matter, assuming the reports are accurate, the bishop ultimately is a part of a conspiracy to engage in sex crimes against children.
Having child porn is cause for a more thorough investigation, especially if the particular individual in possession is engaged in other odd behaviors with regards to children. And that's the basis for indicting the bishop. Holding onto that knowledge for that many months greatly weakens the police's opportunity to investigate any crimes which might have occurred on top of the apparent possession of child pornography.
The only concern I have is that there is still no mens rea requirement for possession of child porn and as such it matters little whether or not the possessor is aware that it is child porn or that it's in his or her possession.
I doubt very much that the possession in this case was an accident, I suppose it is possible, but I doubt that he just happened to have those photos and happened to engage in troubling actions with children.
Depends where you live. Around here I'd have significant difficulties downloading anything from AT&T via 3G, it would regularly lose connectivity mid transfer and moving to EDGE would be unreliable. I ended up just turning off the 3G because my downloads were a lot faster with EDGE.
I thought the news story was that somebody with AT&T service managed to contact the servers. And not just one person, but enough people to overwhelm the servers. In AT&T's defense, I'm sure they had no idea that any of those people would manage to get online to activate.
Confusion, I personally hate that fucking name with a passion, but at this point it's been out under than name for like a year, and going back would just confuse people as to which OO.org the software was.
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Because Ballmer figured out that he needs to have 14 MS stores to every 1 Apple Store? Also, it's but a stones throw away from Office Depot where you can sometimes get a good deal on chairs.
I'm pretty sure the GP doesn't mean OpenGL or DirectX, he means some sort of standard API for shutter glasses.
Refresh rate is going to be really important. At 30fps with normal technology you're looking at 33 milliseconds or so just for the frame to be onscreen. When you move to a system that has to display 2 images during that time frame, you have to more than halve the refresh rate as you have to potentially change from black to white and then white to black and still have time for the image to be up long enough for you to observe it before the next one comes down the pipe on the other eye.
Beyond that you're also having to worry about the fact that the receptors in the eye only retain the signal for a fixed period of time before they go back to registering the black imagine represented by a closed shutter. IIRC the projectors they use in theaters actually show the same frame twice, very quickly, before showing the next one.
In other words, the refresh rate is the main issue, but you do also have to worry a bit about the amount of light as the glasses will block some of it even when open.
The problem with 3D is that it's seen as a profit maker rather than as a means of making a better film. Post process 3D just makes it even worse by causing problems with quality. It does work with animated films in most cases, but trying to post process films usually doesn't work very well. THX 1138 would probably work well.
Personally, I won't go to a 3D film if it wasn't shot in 3D, and often even if it was I won't got because it's expensive and 3D offers very little over the natural 3D that comes from a well shot film interpreted by the mind.
Oil figured into it, yes, but how do you explain that the baby boomers more or less completely dismantled the engines of economic growth? And by that I mean the educational, regulatory, and cultural systems that led to the increased prosperity. Oil played a role, but there were plenty of other countries that had access to oil that didn't see similar growth.
When you consider jail time and court costs from file false paperwork with the police, you'd be better off just buying a new one and forgetting about the old computer.
It's of general interest to nerds as it dictates our future condition. Some nerds are in the 1%, but most are at best middle class and this directly affects us either way.
That won't happen for the same reason that nobody in the Bush administration was ever put on trial for crimes against humanity, despite the numerous on air admissions of guilt. The Democrats lack the stomach to risk a civil war, and the people don't have a say in the matter.
They represent the 99%, unfortunately, the way that the governance is done stacks the deck in favor of the rural voters that are too damn stupid to realize what's going on in the urban areas. Or too greedy to care, and why should they when the urban areas are subsidizing the hell out of their lifestyle.
Without the small state bonus that mostly benefits rural America, we wouldn't have had even one term of King George.
If only Steve Jobs had had that sort of foresight, we might actually get to own the computers we purchase.
They do, however the GOP has decided that it's not going to participate in fixing that particular problem, and is not interested in allowing the Democrats to even try, so this is at least something.
I have a hard time believing that Apple realizes how dependent it is upon developers, considering how far they've gone out of their way to piss off developers. Random rejections in the appstore, ambiguous guidelines of acceptable, locked down interfaces and an inability to install things without either going through the appstore or jailbreaking the device.
Then you have a trial in the Senate and impeach him.
That requires a citation. Psychopathy is an illness, it's not presently curable and the only methods of treatment tend to just result in more abhorrent behavior. The diagnosis itself has been folded into another diagnosis and there's still some controversy as to how precisely to categorize it, but it's extremely clear that it is indeed a type of mental illness.
Some professionals do indeed consider it a moral judgment, but it's really not any more of a moral judgment than any of the other diagnoses they use on a regular basis.
It's astonishing to me how far you're willing to go as an apologist to justify what was clearly illegal behavior.
He's not a possible pedophile, if the images were on the computer combined with the odd behaviors that were observed, it's pretty damned likely that he's a pedophile, and one that's already committed at least 2 sex crimes.
If you've read the article, it's abundantly clear that, if true, the bishop in question was turning a blind eye to a likely pedophile. He allegedly asked one off duty policy officer about one of the least obvious pictures and received the answer he was looking for. That particular image was questionable, but since the child was fully clothed, it's unlikely that the prosecutor would have prosecuted it. I find it hard to believe that he was asking in good faith, considering that the cache allegedly contained much more graphic images.
He had grounds for reporting the affair to the police, the issues were brought to his attention and he allegedly chose to inquire about them to a police officer on an oversight board, he also chose to limit the images shown to one image that was likely to give him the answer he was looking for.
As for conspiracy, yes, there was a conspiracy here. If you're going to be that purposely obtuse, you could also say that he was an accessory after the fact, but given that he himself appears to have engaged in an effort to cover it up, I for one do not think that it's too much of a stretch to suggest that there was a conspiracy involved. It wouldn't exactly be the first time that there was a conspiracy involving a bishop to cover up sex crimes by clergy in the Catholic Church.
As for being a "raging anti-Catholic" fuck you, it's a hell of a lot better than supporting an institution that still hasn't grasp the concept that people in a position of trust need to ensure that children are being protected. We have a system of justice to ensure that the accused receive a fair trial, but unless somebody reports such blaringly obvious incidents like the ones that he covered up, there's no way that any possible victims will ever receive justice. Most of those children probably didn't even know what was going on.
I'd be surprised if it happens anytime soon. Libreoffice is still a fairly hefty download, and space on hand helds is still somewhat limited.
I missed that, I'll have to give that a whirl. I assume this is the one you mean: http://code.google.com/p/ooo2gd/
I dislike MS as much as anybody, but I think suggesting that MS would cover up allegations of sexual abuse or serial killing by an employee to be a bit far fetched even for slashdot.
That's a large part of it, but if you read up on the history of the Catholic Church, particularly the stuff just leading up to the Reformation, it's not exactly news that the Catholic Church considers itself to be above the law.
What concerns me is when the Pope uses these incidents to drive a homophobic message rather than taking meaningful action to ensure that subordinates understand that cover ups are not to be tolerated in the Church.
So, what do you think the penalty should be for turning a blind eye to a possible pedophile that has regular close contact with children? And that's the crux of the matter, assuming the reports are accurate, the bishop ultimately is a part of a conspiracy to engage in sex crimes against children.
Having child porn is cause for a more thorough investigation, especially if the particular individual in possession is engaged in other odd behaviors with regards to children. And that's the basis for indicting the bishop. Holding onto that knowledge for that many months greatly weakens the police's opportunity to investigate any crimes which might have occurred on top of the apparent possession of child pornography.
The only concern I have is that there is still no mens rea requirement for possession of child porn and as such it matters little whether or not the possessor is aware that it is child porn or that it's in his or her possession.
I doubt very much that the possession in this case was an accident, I suppose it is possible, but I doubt that he just happened to have those photos and happened to engage in troubling actions with children.
Depends where you live. Around here I'd have significant difficulties downloading anything from AT&T via 3G, it would regularly lose connectivity mid transfer and moving to EDGE would be unreliable. I ended up just turning off the 3G because my downloads were a lot faster with EDGE.
I thought the news story was that somebody with AT&T service managed to contact the servers. And not just one person, but enough people to overwhelm the servers. In AT&T's defense, I'm sure they had no idea that any of those people would manage to get online to activate.
Confusion, I personally hate that fucking name with a passion, but at this point it's been out under than name for like a year, and going back would just confuse people as to which OO.org the software was.
That was Oracle's doing ultimately, and at this point, I don't think there's any going back, even if Oracle does agree to let them have the mark.