I get all my product reviews from the front page of Slashdot. I know they're particularly trustworthy when they're in the form of an article about the product, rather than a "proper" review. It helps when I can google certain key phrases from the article and find identical matches in other articles about the product. I also pay close attention to the square and rectangular colored boxes that announce products on the different pages of Slashdot. They really get my attention when they flash or make sounds.
...I for one spent far too much of my 1980s-based childhood in my backyard wearing my school backpack and shooting imaginary ghosts with the garden hose...
Just please don't tell us how your little sister got "slimed."
I realize I'll probably be labeled a heretic by some of you, but the Diamond Age is probably my favorite Stephenson book (Cryptonomicon and Snow Crash come in a close second and third, though). It'll be interesting to see how this whole thing pans out. Thankfully, even if it sucks, the book will still be amazing. However, with Neal handling the screenplay, there's a decent chance that he'll adapt it well. Then it'll all be up to Clooney to make it good...
It's sort of like rot13 encryption. Do it enough times and you're bound to get the same things as what went in. 79 times - nope. 113 times - nope. But dammit, the 186th time works!
Fried egg? Nah, just scramble one up in a cup and then dump it in your boiling ramen at the end. Whisk it around with a fork for about 5 seconds and you're done. Of course, this only works with non-instant ramen.
This will end the Blu-Ray / HD-DVD war much in the same way that DVD±R drives ended the DVD+R / DVD-R war.
And to a lesser extent the Betamax / VHS war.
Please elaborate on how DVD±R drives ended the Betamax/VHS war...
When I was on one of my school breaks around '95 or '96, I temp'd for a couple of guys who were attempting to compete with Yahoo! Their plan: Buy every book like that, hire a bunch of temps, and have them manually enter everything into one ginormous html page. I don't think they ever got very far with that. But hey, I was making 15 bucks an hour for work that nobody would ever check. : p
Oh, I should mention that this was all done using Windows MCE running on a 32" HDTV (not that any of this stuff was HD). MovieLink and CinemaNow both have MCE plugins for them, so you can browse and rent using the 10' interface. Even with those slight pluses, I still lean a bit towards the Amazon service (even though it does require an additional program to be installed).
I dabbled with all of these services a few months ago, generally downloading two or three movies from each. Unbox was the most straightforward with consistently good video quality. CinemaNow had the problem of not indicating whether a movie was widescreen or fullframe, so a couple of movies I downloaded from them ended up being fullframe with no option for a widescreen version. Movielink was in the middle--decent selection, fairly straightforward, but with so-so video quality in a few places. IIRC, most of the movies came with a stereo audio mix. Overall, I was left with a 'meh' feeling about it all. However, if I had to use one, it would probably be Amazon Unbox. And oh yeah, FairUse4WM worked on all of them. ; )
I picked up FF3 Thanksgiving weekend and have been plugging away at it in bits and pieces since then. I'm finally up to what I believe is the final boss (I won't look at any guides to check), and the game has been great so far. I don't play too many RPGs anymore, but this is what a game should be. I hope they redo FF7 or FF8 for the DS, too.
TFA's title is "NASA's vision lost on Web generation," which is still stupid and meaningless, but at least it's stupid and meaningless without dragging an overhyped brand name into it.
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Tag sounds like it is a temporary attachment, to be removed on arrival at its destination.
And even then it can only be removed by the consumer. Anyone else who does so risks doing so under penalty of law. ; )
I get all my product reviews from the front page of Slashdot. I know they're particularly trustworthy when they're in the form of an article about the product, rather than a "proper" review. It helps when I can google certain key phrases from the article and find identical matches in other articles about the product. I also pay close attention to the square and rectangular colored boxes that announce products on the different pages of Slashdot. They really get my attention when they flash or make sounds.
...I for one spent far too much of my 1980s-based childhood in my backyard wearing my school backpack and shooting imaginary ghosts with the garden hose...
Just please don't tell us how your little sister got "slimed."
Diamond Age won a coveted spot in my "Thou shalt read and discuss" box of books for my sons.
Thus ensuring that they'll never read the book until well after they've moved out of the house. : p
I realize I'll probably be labeled a heretic by some of you, but the Diamond Age is probably my favorite Stephenson book (Cryptonomicon and Snow Crash come in a close second and third, though). It'll be interesting to see how this whole thing pans out. Thankfully, even if it sucks, the book will still be amazing. However, with Neal handling the screenplay, there's a decent chance that he'll adapt it well. Then it'll all be up to Clooney to make it good...
Potato. To recharge it you just drop it on the ground and wait.
Cisco should just rebrand their iPhone product line and call them Apple Phones.
Now, otoh, it might be a cheap way to build a domain
Yes, but I don't like being master of my domain.
Linux, BSD, Windows, all work fine as servers if you aren't an idiot.
And Macs work great if you are! ; )
Will this lead to Zaireeka: The Video?
It's sort of like rot13 encryption. Do it enough times and you're bound to get the same things as what went in. 79 times - nope. 113 times - nope. But dammit, the 186th time works!
If my ipod dies I can get a new one and put all the songs on my itunes on it how come I can't do the reverse?
You can. It's the 'Transfer Purchases from iPod' command under the File menu in iTunes 7.
Derr, i meant non-microwavable, not non-instant.
Fried egg? Nah, just scramble one up in a cup and then dump it in your boiling ramen at the end. Whisk it around with a fork for about 5 seconds and you're done. Of course, this only works with non-instant ramen.
This will end the Blu-Ray / HD-DVD war much in the same way that DVD±R drives ended the DVD+R / DVD-R war.
And to a lesser extent the Betamax / VHS war.
Please elaborate on how DVD±R drives ended the Betamax/VHS war...
When I was on one of my school breaks around '95 or '96, I temp'd for a couple of guys who were attempting to compete with Yahoo! Their plan: Buy every book like that, hire a bunch of temps, and have them manually enter everything into one ginormous html page. I don't think they ever got very far with that. But hey, I was making 15 bucks an hour for work that nobody would ever check. : p
Oh, I should mention that this was all done using Windows MCE running on a 32" HDTV (not that any of this stuff was HD). MovieLink and CinemaNow both have MCE plugins for them, so you can browse and rent using the 10' interface. Even with those slight pluses, I still lean a bit towards the Amazon service (even though it does require an additional program to be installed).
I dabbled with all of these services a few months ago, generally downloading two or three movies from each. Unbox was the most straightforward with consistently good video quality. CinemaNow had the problem of not indicating whether a movie was widescreen or fullframe, so a couple of movies I downloaded from them ended up being fullframe with no option for a widescreen version. Movielink was in the middle--decent selection, fairly straightforward, but with so-so video quality in a few places. IIRC, most of the movies came with a stereo audio mix. Overall, I was left with a 'meh' feeling about it all. However, if I had to use one, it would probably be Amazon Unbox. And oh yeah, FairUse4WM worked on all of them. ; )
If we assume that the average boss has an average of ten grunts...
Ditzy secretary: "I've never had a boss last that long."
And now I add some more text, ruining the joke, because the lameness filter has no sense of humour.
Uh huh. Sure. That's just what you want us to believe...
Anyone know the context in which the word "animalbabies" appears in the Bill Gates April 1987 Byte Magazine article?
I wish they had a maximize button as well as an "optimize" one, for the apps like iTunes that do something weird on "optimize"
It's been a while since I've used a Mac, but IIRC, option-clicking the 'zoom' button will do just that.
Let's show Qatar that unlike Wikipedia, Slashdot is not a haven of ignorance.
Says the guy who uses a Wikipedia link to back up his assertions... : p
I picked up FF3 Thanksgiving weekend and have been plugging away at it in bits and pieces since then. I'm finally up to what I believe is the final boss (I won't look at any guides to check), and the game has been great so far. I don't play too many RPGs anymore, but this is what a game should be. I hope they redo FF7 or FF8 for the DS, too.
TFA's title is "NASA's vision lost on Web generation," which is still stupid and meaningless, but at least it's stupid and meaningless without dragging an overhyped brand name into it.
NASA's Vision Lost on Web 2.0 Generation
Ahhhh, much better...